On the Run ~ON HOLD~

Chapter 13 Raven And The Radio

Eleven days. Eleven days they had been down on Earth and they had already begun to lose people.

Several of the delinquents that Thea hadn't known were gone, as well as Wells and Charlotte and Murphy who had been banished.

Charlotte was too young to die. Sure, she had killed Wells and that was unforgivable but her crime should not have been paid for by her death. She was young and scared. And on the Ark murder had been treated as such a common thing that it was almost understandable how a young girl could make this mistake, thinking that killing the son of the man who had killed her parents was justifiable.

Thea had woken up early. So early that the sun hadn't even risen yet. Only a few people were up. Clarke and Finn had left a while ago to God knows where and hadn't returned.

Thea wasn't worried however, until she saw a light in the sky that caught her attention. After a moment she realized what it was. It was a pod.

The camp was in chaos. Teenagers running around screaming in excitement and fear. Thea rolled her eyes. Yes, the pod was most likely sent down to help them, but the landing hadn't looked smooth. It was likely that anything sent down had been fried during the landing so there was no use getting too excited.

Thea spotted Octavia entering Bellamy's tent and followed her in.

"If it cleared the ridge it's probably near the lake," a boy was saying as Bellamy stood there with his arms crossed.

Octavia nodded, "We should get moving. Everyone's ready."

"No ones going anywhere."

"What?" Thea looked up at Bellamy in surprise.

"Not while it's dark, it isn't safe," he clarified, "We'll head out at first light, pass the word."

The other boy left and Bellamy went to follow but Thea stopped him, blocking the entrance of the tent.

"Everyone for a hundred miles saw this thing come down. What if the grounders get to it first?"

Octavia stood beside her, nodding in agreement, "Bell, we should go now," she told him.

"I said we wait until sunrise," Bellamy said, pushing past the two girls and out of the tent.

Thea growled in annoyance and Octavia huffed, storming out after her bother and leaving Thea alone in the tent.

After standing angrily inside the tent for a moment, she stormed out after Octavia, following her out into the cool night air.

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Thea stood by the fire, her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. She was waiting on Octavia who had gone after an angry Bellamy to talk to him. She had no idea where the two had gone but she was tired of waiting.

She was about to go look for the two when she noticed Clarke and Finn rushing into camp. Thea walked towards them, intending to demand to know where they had been, but someone else got there first.

Fox, a younger girl who was naive as she could be, walked up to the two, "Did you guys see that? It had to be from the Ark, right? It had to be."

Clarke smiled, "Grab your stuff, let's find out."

Thea finally reached them, "Bellamy said we have to wait until sunrise," she informed them angrily, "I was gonna find you two and go anyway but apparently you were out having some fun while the rest of us worried about what to do."