The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 42

The guard brings me the walkie talkie, eyeing it warily as they hand it over. They go back to their spot as I study the piece of technology.

It seems pretty sophisticated, like the kind of thing we had on the Ark. I'll check the inside when I'm not riding a horse. The walkie talkie crackles again, making Lexa and I both tense up for a moment. My arrow's still sticking out of it, so I'm surprised it even works that much.

"Sir." A voice comes from it, making Lexa put her hand on her sword. "We have a problem."

"It works!" I say to Lexa excitedly. "We can listen to what they're saying!"

Lexa seems surprised and impressed.

"What now?" An annoyed, crackling voice asks.

"The Commander and her guards now have a walkie talkie of ours." This guy sounds nervous. The annoyed one must be the boss or something.

"What? How could you let that happen?"

"Uh, the new one, the one who fell from the sky... She shot it out of my hand."

The boss grumbles out a few curses while a couple others chime in, saying stuff like "way to go" or "look what you've done now you idiot". I actually feel kind of bad for the guy. Only kind of because he's spying on us.

"Does it still work?" The boss asks.

"I don't think so, it still has an arrow sticking out of it. Plus, the savages are too primitive to be able to figure out how to fix it." The guy says, chuckling. Okay. Now I hate him.

Lexa's eyes flash in anger but she says nothing.

"That's what they think of you?" I question.

"Sha (yes)." Lexa replies, letting out a breath.

"Hey, they're coming up on my position now." Another voice says. "And you were right, the sky girl does have your walkie talkie. Nice job. And damn, those girls." The guy whistles quietly (I wish he did it loudly so I could find where he is) into the walkie talkie. He starts mumbling about the things he'd do to us, making both Lexa and I really uncomfortable.

"Focus, man." Someone else says. "What are your observations besides how hot they are?"

"The new one's blonde."

"We know that already." The boss says, sounding even more annoyed. "I knew I shouldn't have let you do this mission."

"Okay, okay." The sexist guy grumbles. "Uh, they're riding right next to each other. The Commander trusts her a lot already. And they keep looking at each other when they think the other isn't looking. Do you guys think they have a thing going on?" He groans. "That's so-"

"If you say that's so hot one more time I will shoot you in the leg." A female voice says. I fully support that.

The voices continue talking, mainly arguing and I exchange an amused glance with Lexa. "This is our greatest enemy?"

Lexa chuckles. "Yes. Though this is my first time listening in on a conversation of theirs."

"Stop moving around so much, you're going to give away your position!" Someone says, making me perk up. Oh, I really hope it's the sexist guy. Give away your position, you jok (f*ck).

"I'm not used to staying still, especially with hot girls so close to me."

It is him! This is making my day. I look at Lexa and touch two fingers to my ear. Though we haven't ever talked about silently communicating, she understands what I mean. We both still, listening. I pull out my bow again and notch an arrow.

"Watch out guys, she's got her bow out." Someone warns over the walkie talkie. "Stop moving."

"Don't tell me what to do." The sexist guy grumbles.

There's a movement in a tree near us on the same side the other guy was. I aim over there, keeping it pointed away from where I heard the noise to throw them off.

"How'd she even hit your walkie talkie? She can't aim for crap." The guy laughs.

I can hear it, not just from the walkie talkie. It's faint, but... I aim an let my arrow fly.

"That's what happens when you do that!" The guy who's walkie talkie I shot says frantically. "You nearly got shot in the head."

They must be close to each other, then. Lexa directs some guards to go grab the people in the direction I shot. Like most of her guards, they're freaking huge and carry the two people over their shoulders. At first, I couldn't tell they're people because of the rubber suits.

"We've got another problem." Someone says on the walkie talkie. "They've got Franklin and Johnson."

The boss guy curses. "You're all useless. Alright. Abort the mission, come back to the base. Let the savages do what they to them."

About ten voice mumble out, confirming that they're retreating. But none seem happy about leaving their comrades behind.

Our line of people slows down enough so the guards can thoroughly tie them both up and hold them steady on their horses as they walk alongside them.

We continue for half an hour, ignoring the sound of the other Maunon running back to their headquarters.

"It's getting dark, we should stop." I suggest.

Lexa nods and yells out the order. The guards start immediately, leading the horses to a spot where they can graze and setting up tents and fire pits.

Lexa and I take over watching our prisoners so the guards can go help. Anya, Indra, and Luna join us. We sit in silence.

"This does not change anything for me." Lexa says to me. "I would still like to talk to you after dinner, if you would like to."

I just nod, not trusting my voice. It'll give away how nervous I am, though she can probably tell that from my expression. On one hand, I can't wait for that talk. We'll finally tell each other how we feel. But on the other hand, I'm terrified. What if she doesn't feel the same? The kisses we shared feel like they were so long ago, or from a dream when in reality they happened just this morning. They were so passionate, so caring that while they were happening I had no doubts in my mind. But now, my head's full of them. 

Well this turned into an odd chapter... With idiotic mountain men. And nervous Clarke. The talk should be next chapter ;) Thank you all for reading and for your kind comments! Stay awesome!