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T W E N T Y - E I G H T: promise

Bellamy, the search party, and I arrived at the dropship without any problems. There were still a few teenagers that were sick but most had survived and the camp was thriving once again. Clarke began her check up and every now and then would make a confused face. Clarke finished the check up within twenty minutes and then Bellamy left to attend to some problems outside. Clarke watched him leave and then turned me with a stern look on her face.

"What?" I asked, oblivious to why she was so angry.

"You have some type of liquid on your wounds," she dug into my pants pocket and pulled out the vials of medicine Janus gave me, "Which I'm guessing came from a Grounder, right? Did Lincoln give these to you?"

"No," I answered and Clarke's face returned to the stern look she had on before, "He didn't. Janus did."

"Janus? Who's Janus?" Clarke asked.

"A Grounder," I sighed and Clarke stared at me in disbelief, "He's like Lincoln. He wants to help us. Clarke, trust me, he's safe. He could've kill me but he didn't."

"Athena, all Grounders are dangerous. You trusted Lincoln enough to meet the leader of the Grounders but they had weapons and everything. They were ready to-"

"Clarke, stop. Lincoln was told there would be no weapons. Janus is a good guy. He wants to help us. I trust him. And please don't tell Bellamy," I begged.

"Don't tell Bellamy what?" a deep voice questioned behind us.

I turned around and saw Bellamy looking confused and worried.

"Just that, uh-" I stuttured as I tried to make up a lie.

"Well, Athena might have a concussion. She didn't want me telling you because she didn't want you to worry about her," Clarke thought up quickly.

"Athena, that's a serious thing. Why wouldn't you want me knowing?" Bellamy asked.

"Because being the leader is hard, Bellamy. And seriously, don't worry. I've dealt with far worse than a concussion. I'm fine, really," I laughed.

Bellamy stared at me for a few seconds and then turned his attention towards Clarke. "She's to be on bed rest until she's fully healed. No excuses."

"What? Then what am I supposed to do? The Grounders could be coming any minute now, Blake!" I yelled.

"You know a whole bunch of medical shit, Princess. You can tend to the injured and sick for now. If you leave this dropship, there will be serious consequences, Athena," Bellamy ordered.

I sighed in defeat. There was no point in arguing with Bellamy. I laid down on one the unoccupied, make-shift hammocks as Bellamy and Clarke left the dropship. Before I knew it, I drifted off into a deep sleep.

***

I woke up to some kids coughing loudly and the sound of boots pacing back and forth. When I was fully aware of my surroundings, Raven was the one pacing along the hammock.

"What's up, Bird?" I asked and Raven immediately stopped pacing.

"Finn left earlier today with the hunters and the hunters returned but without Finn," Raven said quickly.

"Raven, I'm sure he's fine. Why are you so worried about him? You broke up with him. You need to move on from that bastard," I sneered.

"Athena," Raven said sternly.

"What? He cheated on you, Raven. You know damn well that I don't tolerate cheaters. There's plenty of good looking guys here at camp and I'm sure they all drool over your sweet ass," I laughed.

Raven cracked a smile and let out a soft laugh. "Well, how about you, Athena? Are you interested in anyone?" she gasped and flashed a huge smile, "What about Bellamy?"

"Bellamy? Absolutely not. He's a good-looking guy but he's an asshole," I laughed.

"He can be nice sometimes and if you guys do start something, you would be such a power couple," Raven suggested.

"How about you and Bellamy, huh?" she instantly shook her head and laughed, "All right, well, if either of us have a new love interest, we'll tell each other, okay?"

"Promise?" Raven said as she held out her pinky.

I wrapped my pinky around hers and we pulled each other into a hug. Raven left the dropship in better spirits and I continued to help the teens who were still ill. Only about a handful were still not healthy but they seemed like they were going to make it. Raven came back an hour later with a more serious look on her face and didn't say anything as she climbed up to the second level of the dropship to work on the radio. Monty walked in about ten minutes later and informed me that Clarke, Finn, and another boy were still missing so they were going to send a search party after them.

When I was sure that the search party was gone, I got a boy to cover me as I slipped through an opening in the gate. Once outside, I spotted multiple gold flowers along the forest floor leading away from the camp. I looked around to make sure no one was around and the guards couldn't see me. I followed the flowers for about a mile and collected them along the way. I ended up with about two dozen flowers when I reached a hatch door. I laid the flowers down, opened the hatch and hesitantly walked into the cave.

"Janus? Are you here?" I called. 

I walked deeper into the cave and saw the familiar tattoo as it glowed because of the fire's flame. Janus was standing above a table and loading his weapons into bag. He turned and faced me with a look of worry.

"We need to go. Now," Janus said as he started to put out the fire.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"They are attacking tomorrow, Athena. They plan on leaving no survivors. There's a clan across the ocean, just East of here. We can make it before morning if we leave now," Janus handed me a pack filled with food, water, and some weapons.

"Janus, I can't. Those are my people. I can't abandon them knowing that I could warn them. I'm sorry. I just- I can't," I handed Janus the pack he gave me.

He took the pack and set it on the table he was previously at. He bent down to eye level and studied my face. "Okay, then, I'll stay too. I can not help you fight but I will be close by when my people arrive to your camp. Get away when you can. I'll find you."

I nodded. "I'll warn you if we plan to do something extremely idiotic and dangerous with this," I pulled out a bright pink flower I had found as I followed the gold flowers to Janus, "I'll set it by our front gate if I can."

He studied the flower and then nodded. He kissed my forehead and then we embraced.