Clarke of Many People

Chapter 2

Leaving Bellamy standing there hurt. Leaving my family, the remaining hundred and my mom, hurt. My home. My thoughts scrambled for a moment before rethinking the statement. The Ark has not been my home for a long time. Not since my father was floated. My family was home, as cliche as that sounds, and they currently resided in part of the Ark that fell.

My mom would probably send a search party out for me when she realizes I'm gone. She was never one to leave things alone. I got that from her and dad. I had gone to the dropship after walking away from the Ark. Three days have passed since I left and now I realize that leaving with little to no supplies was a big mistake. I had little knowledge of this land. Bellamy's group had always done the hunting and when the Ark came down we still had some rations. A thought came to me.

Mount Weather. It had food, weapons, information. Oh God the reapers! I hastily grabbed my stuff and started to make my way to the mountain. We left the reapers to die!

The sun had just started to show. I estimated around 6 AM. It took maybe about five hours of walking and running to get there. The front door wouldn't open so I went to the tunnels. I readied my gun and started forward. It was empty so far. I heard a thunk nearby and turned. Another thunk had me move even more cautiously. When I reached the tunnel leading to the doors I hid behind the corner. As took a peek around the corner I estimated a dozen reapers were hitting the surrounding walls, as if waiting for permission to enter. I continued to observe them for a few minutes. They continued to wait and stumble around. They were waiting for the mountain men to come out I concluded. As I took another glance around I saw some vials on the floor next to a bag.

That must have been the that they used on Lincoln and the other reapers. I saw a few bodies on the floor. I stared at the scene before me trying to determine what I could do. They must have a supply of the drug. They wouldn't be alive otherwise. I looked around for something to fight with. My gun would draw more to my location. A small flash of light near the reapers gained my attention. Thank whatever deity was out watching me. It's frequency device. Damn it! It was also between two reapers.

I took a breath before going in. I hit the closest reaper in the head, knocking it to the ground, but not unconscious. I easily kicked it's head against the wall and it's body went limp. The other came for me and I shot it in the leg. The shot did little to deter it so I took another shot.

Damn my need for the gun. When I run out of bullets I will be at a disadvantage I thought. The device should keep them away though. I grabbed a sword that was in the hand of the knocked out reaper. I easily slashed the second reaper, not deep enough to kill it, but it gave me enough time to grab the device and turn it on.

The response was instantaneous. Some flinching back and others falling on their knees. The image before me was not as disturbing as the sounds that came out of some of the reapers mouths. I rushed into the mountain and turned it off. The reapers didn't dare follow. I slowly made my way to where I was told where the reapers were made. There was dry blood splattered on the floor and even some on the walls. A lump formed in my throat. Other than the blood there was nothing in the room. Something was wrong with this. The room next door was full of labeled containers and vials, but no red. This must be where they held medicine besides the infirmary.

I forced myself to walk to level five. My body seemed to become heavier the closer I got to the room, and the closer I got made the dread building inside me become unbearable. A foul smell filled my nose before I walked into the room. I only hesitated for a moment before stepping inside the room. The bodies remained on the floor. I didn't know why I thought they would be gone. Nobody would have been here to burn or bury the bodies. They were all dead. I felt a ball form in the back my throat as I took in the sight in front of me again. I flashed back to when I first awoke in the mountain, how horrified they seemed when they realized I had not been quarantined, but they were welcoming after I had come back. Then, I had left the remaining hundred here while I ran with Anya. I let out a cry of anguish and collapsed. I had done this. I killed all of these people.