The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 88

Clarke's POV

In TonDC, I nearly burst out laughing at how Lexa pales and walks the other way when she sees Indra. I keep quiet and don't say anything because the hickey I have is more obvious than Lexa's. We stay in small alleyways on our way to the stables.

We head back to the dropship quickly, leaving our horses with a guard that stubbornly keeps her eyes on our faces. We head into the Skaikru camp with our heads high, ignoring some of the amused and predatory looks from the kids. I keep Lexa's hand in mine and she keeps me anchored so I don't fight some of the boys leering at us.

We head to Raven's tent and walk in, not expecting her to still be sleeping.

"We should let her sleep," Lexa murmurs and I nod in agreement.

We're about to leave when I hear Raven  groan. I turn to see her sitting up and stretching. Luckily, she has clothes on. Well, I can just see a tank top that shows off her biceps and will make Anya and Luna drool.

"Morning, Griff. I wasn't expecting you for a while." Raven says, stretching and yawning.

"Actually, we're a little late." I respond.

Raven blinks, looking surprised. "I did have an eventful night. I guess I was so tired that I slept in for once."

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" I ask curiously.

"Yup. Right after you tell me about those giant hickies."

I sigh. "There's not much to tell. Lexa and I had a fun night, and we got carried away. And apparently you had an interesting night, too. Spill."

Lexa sits awkwardly on one of Raven's chairs, gesturing for me to sit on one that she pulled next to hers. Raven tells us about her night, sometimes making Lexa blush and mutter about not wanting to know intimate details about her mentor and sister's love life. At the end, when she tells us about how she kissed them, I reach out my hand and we high five.

"Nice," I remark. "I'm surprised that you didn't invite them into your tent or anything."

"This is the first time in a while that I've liked anyone enough to want to go slow." Raven says shyly. "And hey, I'm not that sex crazy."

"No shaming here, Rae. I know you're not, I just remember hearing Finn complain about how you started sleeping around after you dumped him." I say.

I could hear him whining through my steel prison door, which says a lot about how loud he was.

"How did he even hear about that? He was in prison!" Raven grumbles. "And it was like two people. Who weren't that great in bed. They were better than him, though. But that's not saying much."

"Please do not go into detail." Lexa says, a tiny bit of pleading leaking into her tone.

"I won't scar you, Heda. Anyway, you came here for the radios. I'm guessing that's why you're both dressed to impress. You guys know there's no video link, right? They can't see us, we can't see them. I'm going to start working on it, but it is in its early planning stages right now."

"Right." Lexa murmurs before raising her voice to her normal tone. "Of course I knew that, I have just found that wearing my Heda's armor makes me seem more imposing, even if they cannot see me."

"Sure," Raven remarks, obviously not quite believing we dressed in our armor for the confidence. "Alright, if you're both ready we can start the first test."

"You haven't tested it?" I ask.

"What would I test it on?" Raven retorts. "Not to mention the fact I only finished it yesterday."

I can't think of anything to respond to that with, so Lexa and I sit in silence as Raven fiddles with a large black box with a bunch of buttons and levers. It looks high tech, and at least three times bigger than any walkie talkie I've ever seen. So this must be the radio and what will patch us through to the Ark.

She flips a switch on the side labelled in blocky lettering "on/off". The box makes a crackling sound and she turns a few dials. I turn around at the sound of swishing fabric to see that Luna and Anya have entered the tent with a bunch of food.

"You are just in time, we are about to attempt to contact the Ark." Lexa says as they hand us each a plate of food.

"You would like us to stay?" Luna asks, sounding a bit surprised.

"You are both smart and will hopefully not lose your heads." Lexa gives Anya a warning look, who nods to her seriously. "Anya is a general in my army and you are the leader of Floukru. You are good advisors. If you do not mind staying, I would like to have you here."

Luna bows her head slightly and smiles. "Mochof (thank you), Lexa."

"Pro (you're welcome)."

"Shh, guys I think I've got the right frequency." Raven says and the tent immediately falls silent except for the hissing and crackling of the radio. "Raven to the Ark, Ark this is Raven Reyes. Respond if you can hear me."

She repeats saying that a couple times, pausing in between to allow anyone to respond, before we hear anything. 

"Raven? You're alive?"

Oh float me, that's a familiar voice. Raven hands me the thing I have to talk into and I press the button on the side.

"Mom?" I gasp out.

"Clarke? Oh my god, you're alive." She lets out a sound that sounds like a mix of a cry of relief and a sob. "Baby, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine mom. Are you alright?"

"I'm much better now." Mom says. "How did you survive?"

"Well, um. It's a bit more complicated down here than we thought. Explaining it will take a while."

"I have Jackson working so unless there's an emergency, I'm free."

I take a deep breath and start at the beginning.

Holy crap, Abby's back! Next chapter, we'll hear her reaction to everything! Thank you all for reading and for your lovely comments! Stay awesome!