The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 72

Raven pulls back. "You're so going to have to tell me what's been going on!" Then she notices the people standing by me. "Oh man. I was right! There are people down here! Suck it, Jaha!" She does a little dance, keeping her weight off of her right leg.

"Suck it?" Lexa murmurs quietly as we watch Raven.

"I'll tell you later." I promise.

"Oh dang, I didn't count on how hot the people down here are." Raven says, looking at the women with me appraisingly. Artigas stands in the back, looking awkward and shy. "Hello, I'm Raven Reyes. Mechanical engineer and certified genius." She smiles cockily and shakes Luna and Anya's hands, who look so surprised by her action they don't protest. Raven looks at Lexa and gives her a smile as well. "I'd shake your hand, but I have a feeling you would kill me." She looks back at Anya and Luna, who just look amused now. "So who are you two?"

"I am Luna kom Floukru and I am the leader of Floukru, one of the twelve clans under the Heda. This is Anya, who is a general in the Heda's army."

Raven grins at them, "I have no idea what half of that means, but it sounds impressive."

Bellamy clears his throat from behind her. "Raven."

"What?" She turns around, staying close to us instead of walking back to him. "You can't say they're not attractive. Look at their faces! You're not blind, Bell."

He coughs, "That's not what I was going to say. Is that really Clarke Griffin?"

"Yes, you idiot. Didn't you ever go to Medical and see her with her mom? And stop pointing your guns at them. If they wanted us dead, we would be." The guards comply without hesitation, pointing their guns at the ground. She turns back to us, specifically Lexa and I, somehow being able to tell that we're the leaders. "Sorry about him, he's got the temper of a four year old."

"Hey!" Bellamy protests.

"It's true." A girl says as she walks over. "Oh float me. Are those Grounders? I told you that we were being watched, you nincompoop but you didn't believe me." The girl and Bellamy start bickering.

"That's Octavia, Bellamy's sister." Raven explains.

My eyes widen. "There are no siblings on the Ark."

"Yeah, I thought that too until they caught her. She was living in their room for years."

I grimace. Those rooms are tiny, barely bigger than my cell was. I can't imagine living in one and staying in it for years.

"So they introduced themselves. Who are you two?" Bellamy asks.

"That's Artigas; he's my guard." I say. "And this is Lexa, the Heda."

"Still don't know what that means." Raven points out.

"Right. We should go somewhere we can sit or something. If we're going to be explaining things, it'll take a while." I say.

"We can go in the drop ship." Octavia says.

I look at Artigas, Anya, Luna, and Lexa. They don't look too comfortable with that. To be honest, neither am I. After being here and seeing some of the wonder this world has to offer, I don't really want to get into a steel coffin any time soon.

"How about we sit on the ramp up to the entrance to it?" I suggest. "I'd like to be outside, it's a beautiful day."

Raven shrugs. "Okay."

We walk into their camp, staying close together. I can feel everyone's eyes on us, and I see a few familiar faces. We sit on the ramp and Lexa and I begin explaining things, giving them the basics of what's going on. If we go too much in depth, we'll be here for weeks. Plus, it's a lot of information.

As it is, it's a few hours later by the time we finish. Bellamy seems like he's the leader from what I've observed while talking to them. He kept giving orders to some groups of kids when they came up to him.

"So what are you here for?" Bellamy asks. He's been pretty quiet through our explanation, but I noticed how he looks skeptical about some of the things we told him.

"We want you to become our allies." Lexa says.

"Your allies?" Bellamy asks incredulously. "You come here and expect us to bow at your feet?"

Both Anya and Lexa look like they're ready to pounce on him. I place a hand on Lexa's arm to calm her down and leave it there. For what I'm going to say next, I need the strength her touch gives me.

"Listen to me carefully." I say, keeping my voice hard. He seems surprised at my tone. "Look at this from their point of view. You crashed on their land and set up camp. You are scaring away game and are possibly threats." Bellamy seems to get what I'm saying since he won't look at me. "Make no mistake, we do want peace and to become allied with you. I have made sure that people have seen how good of allies you could be. But just know that we can be forgiving, to an extent. There are about a hundred of you and thousands of us."

"So you're threatening us into becoming allies?" Bellamy growls.

"No. I'm telling you the truth and hoping you and your people will come to the right decision." I say.

"Let us talk this over before we make any decisions." Octavia responds. "I'll knock some sense into Bell."

"Very well." Lexa says. "Do you know the bridge?"

"It looks so explodable." Raven sighs, then focuses. "Yeah. We haven't crossed it, there were weird noises coming from the other side."

"I still cannot believe that worked." Luna says to a smug Anya. "Your stupid idea to make unnerving noises kept them from venturing farther."

"We will meet there in two days time at midday." Lexa cuts off Anya and Luna's bickering.

"Bye, beautifuls." Raven winks at Anya and Luna. She gives me a hug goodbye. "Congratulations on your Grounder girlfriend." She whispers to me. "We're still going to have a good talk sometime, Griff." She says louder.

Right, I forgot that I'm holding hands with Lexa. My hand was on her arm, but her hand and mine must have opposite polarities or something.

"Bye Raven." I say before we start to leave. I know Raven won't tell anyone. I haven't known her long, but she's trustworthy.

I let out a breath when we're outside their walls. At least it went better than I expected.

I know some of you have been commenting about how you like the idea of Luna, Anya, and Raven getting together and I have to admit, I love it too! So that'll most likely end up happening. Next chapter, they head back to TonDC and can do nothing but wait for the meeting on the bridge. Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!