Everyone stood in a trance , their eyes upon the burning infirmary tent . Was there a point in even trying to save it ? . The screams had stopped and in it's place the surviving Ski-kru were hit with the stench of burning flesh . Clarke shivered despite the warmth of the murderous flames just meters away . Bellamy stood beside her , he slipped his hand into hers , squeezing tightly .
" Where are the grounders " Clarke thought aloud " should they not be attacking us now that we're weak ? ".
Bellamy's mind spun , something was wrong . Desperately he searched his memories for something that he had learned from earth skills . " Fire ! " he turned to Clarke , eyes wide " Fire spreads , through the tree's ".
Clarke closed her eyes as if trying to wake up from a bad dream , maybe she was . " Shit " she cursed as she realized the meaning of Bellamy's statement before turning to address the crowd .
" Fire !! " she proclaimed , copying Bellamy " It spreads through the tree's , that's the grounders plan . Look !" she pointed at the flames " It's coming closer , they are going to burn us out , leave us suffocating until we have no choice but to run . And that's where they'll wait , to kill us . "
Clarke waited for everyone to take in the news before speaking to the stunned crowd again . " We have to fight , everyone grab any sort of weapon you can , help your neighbours . Anyone unable to fight , you will be behind us , but still make sure you have some means of defense . Go now " . The crowd didn't move .
" Whats the point ?" someone yelled " we have less people , half of us are injured , only a quarter know how to fight , we're surrounded . Can't we just surrender ? . We're losing ." The crowd murmured in agreement and Clarke wasn't sure what to say . Bellamy saved her .
" Wrong !! " he stood beside Clarke , a look of pure determination on his face " Surrender if you want but don't tell us that we are losing . There's no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. The grounders will have won only when there is no one left to stand against them. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides do–they turn. "
Whoever had been in doubt before was no longer . A roar of determination , shook remaining camp. They were going to fight .
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The guards and gunmen took took the lead . Crawling as quietly as possible through the undergrowth of the forest . There was hope in the air . The grounders wouldn't have expected them to figure out their plan , most likely the grounders weren't even ready , thinking that Skaikru would come stumbling out only when the fire was too great . Bellamy was up front , which meant Clarke was too , there was no way she was letting him out of her sight especially with a gun in his hand . She wasn't sure how mentally stable Bellamy was yet . Every few seconds she'd catch Bellamy staring back at her , and she would blush thinking about earlier on . She didn't regret it , she hadn't just said it to stop him from killing himself . Clarke Griffin was utterly in love with Bellamy Blake . She was brought out of her thoughts by sudden stop in movement as soon as the lead guard , Conaghan she's pretty sure he's called , raises his hand . They have reached the edge of the forest . Bellamy had guessed their pal exactly right . An army of grounders were spread out in a circle around the camp and forest . Maybe 200 of them . Less than Clarke had thought . They stood lazily , talking to the person next to them , their spear's and bows resting carelessly against they're sides . They obviously thought that the arkadians weren't much of threat and Clarke couldn't wait to prove how wrong they were .
Raven crawled up beside her , Murphy glued to her like a siamese twin . Clarke ignored him turning to Raven . She didn't trust John Murphy , not one bit , he had helped Kane and Lexa plan to kill Bellamy . It wasn't as if he was even that useful . Neither the Chancellor or grounder leader had trusted him enough to involve him in the plan of the Skaikru elimination so he couldn't even tell Clarke the enemy's scheme's . She had only not outed him to the rest of the arkadians because Raven had begged her not to and Raven was too important to anger . Clarke didn't think she'd ever understand Murphy and Raven's relationship . But who was she to judge , she was in love with Bellamy fucking Blake for Christ's sake .
" I have the bomb ready " Raven informed her . Raven was a genius , the first Zero-G mechanic in fifty years and Clarke had asked her to make an explosive with the gun powder from the rifle's damaged from the fire . " Wait for my signal "
Raven nodded and crawled back into her place , Murphy following .
Multiple hand movement's by Conaghan told the Arkadians to spread out , them too in a circle inside the forest .
" Is your Bomber ready " Conaghan whispered to Clarke , she nodded " Give the signal "
Clarke cupped her hands around her mouth , something her father had taught her . She blew . An owl sound spread throughout the forest . The grounders snapped to attention , her bird call mustn't have been as realistic as Clarke had thought .
" Skaikru " someone bellowed pointing in at the forest . The grounders charged .
" RAVEN NOW !! " Clarke screamed . A whistle went over her head as the handmade bomb plummeted towards the attacking Grounders . It hit the floor . Even with her head burrowed in the undergrowth and hands clammed over her ears it didn't block out the deafening sound of the bomb .
In a flash on seconds the Skaikru were up on their feet charging into the billowing cloud of dust that the bomb had made , guns on the ready unsure what would meet them on the other side .
Wow long chapter . POSTED A DOUBLE CHAPTER KEEP READING , i just wanna finish this story up , Hope you enjoyed . I've just realized that I've been spelling Skaikru wrong the whole time , i feel like an actual twat. Make sure to vote and COMMENT onyaxx
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Fanfiction" princess " he whispered softly" my princess. Clarke Griffin is haunted by the memories of Finn . Guilt filled and heartbroken she struggles to stay sane . Bellamy Blake has a reputation in camp . A heartless creep who does whatever he wants no...
