The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 31

"Will you come with us back to TonDC?" Lexa asks Luna.

"Sha."

Lexa nods, a hint of a smile playing on her lips. "We will leave tomorrow morning."

"Can we stay here for another day?" I say.

"We can," Lexa confirms. "But why?"

"For one, it'll be easier on both of your injuries. And we can spend tomorrow building something to transport the Pauna on to minimize it's contact with the ground."

"That is a good idea." Luna concedes. "The meat will be less likely to be tainted that way."

"Very well. We will all work on building it tomorrow." Lexa says.

"But you two are injured so you're limited as to what you can do. Luna's limited to doing what she can on one leg. Lexa, you're limited to doing anything that won't hurt your back, so you're going to be tying everything together."

"But-" Lexa starts.

"No buts." I cut her off, giving her a stern look. "It's an important job."

Lexa sighs defeatedly and nods. "Very well. We should get some rest. Luna, you can take some furs from Clarke and I to keep you warm."

Luna takes some furs from both of us, but is sure to leave us enough. She thanks us and then goes right to sleep, starting snoring almost instantly after curling up under them.

"Good night, Clarke." Lexa says softly, though I doubt anything would wake Luna up if her loud snores don't.

"Reshop (good night), Lexa." I murmur back, getting into my bed.

Once underneath the furs, I take off my armor and lay it out beside me along with my weapons. Down to my undergarments, I stifle a yawn and fall asleep.

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I wake up to the smell of cooking meat. Letting out a pleased hum, I stretch out my body (though I am careful to keep myself under the furs because I am nearly naked).

Luna and Lexa have their backs to me, and it seems like they're cooking together. They're talking quietly, probably so they won't wake me up and laughing. It's nice to see them happy and working together. It's obvious that they've both missed each other.

Deciding to test my luck, I get out from underneath the furs and dress quickly, putting on my bra and my armor. Of course Lexa hears me moving around and turns to look. I do have pants and a bra on, but I'm in the middle of putting on my shirt when she looks. Lexa's face flushes and she turns back around quickly. The little squeak she lets out when she realizes that I'm putting on my clothes is the most adorable thing I've ever heard.

Chuckling quietly to myself, I put on the rest of my armor and attach my weapons with ease. When I'm done, I make my way over to them. Lexa's still blushing, but Luna's so focused on whatever delicious thing she's cooking that she hasn't even noticed.

When I reach them, Lexa turns to me. "Moba (sorry), Clarke. I did not know you were putting on clothes."

"It's fine." I reassure, giving her a smile that makes her automatically smile, too. Though she still seems apologetic. "I promise, I'm not mad or anything."

Lexa nods and Luna looks up at us. "Strisis (little sister), the food is ready."

"Mochof (thank you)." Lexa responds.

We eat and then get to work. Luna and I both find logs that are big enough for Lexa to tie together. I have allowed Lexa to have one extra job, which is to find more rope or rope-like things because we don't have enough. I do urge her not to overexert herself, and I hope she listens to that. I don't want the ride back to be more painful for her.

After Luna and I exhaust the nearby forest of all fallen logs, we decide to start cutting down a few smaller trees. I don't want to do it with a sword, so Luna builds an ax. From scratch. While being able to only put pressure on one foot. To say the least, it was yet another impressive feat.

I make Luna and Lexa stop working a few times for lunch or a snack or just for a break.

When everyone's satisfied with the amount of wood we have, Luna and I help Lexa tie everything together. After we finish it Lexa, being her commanding and perfectionist self, goes over and checks every single inch of rope to make sure it's done right. Luna and I watch her the entire time, until the sun sets. Then Luna heads into the cave, saying something about cooking us all dinner. I stay with Lexa, glad that she's on the last section. Satisfied, she nods to herself and stands up.

"How do we get Pauna on there?" I ask.

"We're going to need to lift the Pauna onto it." Lexa murmurs. "And do not worry, Clarke, I already know you will not allow me to do that. You and Luna should be enough to lift it."

"Do we want to do that now or tomorrow morning?" I ask.

"Tonight. We should bring the Pauna as close to it as we can so you will not have to carry it far." Lexa muses. "We can do it before or after food."

"I would prefer to do it before." Luna says from behind Lexa, making us both jump. Damn, she's sneaky.

"Very well. The horses can pull the Pauna over here and then you two can do the rest." Lexa states, moving back into the cave.

Luna and Lexa get the horses to pull the Pauna over to the raft thing we've built. Luna and I lift the Pauna and pull it. It's slow and extremely difficult.

"It would be easier if I put down my other foot." Luna huffs as we stop after five measly minutes for a break. We moved it maybe a foot.

I kneel down and check her ankle again. "It should be okay to walk and stand on, but putting it down while we lift an extremely heavy thing is out of the question."

"Fine." Luna grumbles, but seems happy to put her foot down.

"I could help." Lexa offers. Seeing my expression, she hurriedly continues. "Check me over, I should be okay."

I do, and sigh. "Okay, you can do this but you need to be careful. And I have one condition. You and Luna ride the horses tomorrow."

They both open their mouths to complain, but seem to think the better of it and nod.

"You chose a stubborn one, strisis (little sister)."

Next chapter, they're finishing putting the Pauna on their raft thingy and heading back to TonDC. And even Luna picks up on Lexa and Clarke's chemistry... Thank you all for reading and your incredible comments! Stay awesome!