▪Fallen Skies▪ *The 100 FF*

Chapter Four

"His pulse is three eighty." Clarke places a wet cloth on Jasper's forehead as he moans in pain. "Go back to sleep!" "Shut him up." I hear the angered delinquents in the back ground as I crouch next to Jasper. "Hey Jasper I know this hurts buddy. You have to keep it down." I rub his sweat covered hair from his face and look down at him. Clarke nods. "Don't listen to them. You're going to make it throat this. I promise." Clarke holds his hand. "Can he die already?!" I close my eyes and growl under my breath. Clarke places a hand on mine. "Hey. Don't let them get to you." She looks me in the eyes. I slowly nod before turning my attention back to Jasper. Octavia kneels beside me and places a hand on my back. I look at her and smile. "I can take over Haven." She says looking at me. I look down at Jasper and back at her. "Thanks.." I say before standing up and walking away.   I step out of the drop ship and stand outside the entrance. A puff of cloud escapes my lips as I breath out the cool air. I run a hand through my hair and Close my eyes. "No. No no no." My eyes open as I her whimpers nearby. I look around the drop ship and make my way towards the sound.  My gaze lands on a young female figure shivering on the ground. I kneel beside her and gently rest my hand on her shoulder to wake her.  She jumps at the contact and looks up at me. "Hey it's ok. It was just a dream." I look into her dark brown eyes and smile. "It's not just a dream.." Tears begin to pour down her red cheeks. "I-It's my parents. They were floated and they...I just see them in my dreams. I just.." She pauses in her sentence and begins to sob. I scoot closer to her and wrap my arms around her. "Hey. I Know it's hard.. I saw my father get floated too. How did you end up here?"I sit back and look down at her. "Well... we were taking my parents' things to the redistribution center and... I kind of lost it. They said I assaulted a guard."She looks down. "Ahh. I see." I then turn to look up at the sky. "You see that bright light? That's the Ark. That's where this whole thing started. All the pain..Tears.. I look at this as a way to move past all of it. Maybe being on the ground is like a second chance for us." She looks up at me. "You really think so?" "I hope so." I turn to meet her gaze. "I'm Charlotte. What's your name?" "Haven." "Haven. Can you be my friend?" Charlotte lays her head on my shoulder.  I look down at her blond braids and smile. "Of course." I say, hearing her breath shallow. My smile slowly drops as I look up at the bright twinkle of the Ark.

I Stare at Clarke as I sit back in a loose seat. "The grounders cauterized the wound. Saved his life." She says examining Jasper's wounds. "His wounds are infected. He could be septic.." Her hand hovers over Jaspers chest. "Any progress on using the wristbands to contact the Ark Monty?" I ask while standing up. Monty looks up at me. "That would be a firm no." He says with a low tone. A frustrated sigh leaves Clarkes lips. "My mother would know what to do." Wells climbs up the ladder and turns to Clarke. "How's he doing?" He walks towards them. "How does it look like he's doing, Wells?" Clarke snaps at him. "Hey, I'm just trying to help." Wells says, holding his hands up in defense. Jaspers arm moves. He lets out a moan and shuts his eyes, clearly in pain. Clarke closes her eyes for a moment. "Right." She stands up and walks over to a small fire we made in the drop ship. She slips her knife out and places the blade into the flame. "You want to help? I'm going to need you to hold him down." Monty looks up from his work. "I'm not going to like this am I?" I cross my arms uncomfortably as I look at Clarke. I hope she knows what she's doing...

I cover my ears as Jasper continues to scream. "Hold him still.  I need to cut away the infected flesh." Clarke yells as she and Wells kneel next to Jasper. Octavia runs in just in time to see Clarke set the heated blade against Jaspers wound. "Stop! You're killing him!" I step forward. "She's trying to save his life Octavia." She looks at me and then back to Jasper. Bellamy steps off the ladder and looks at me. "She can't." I glare at him. Wells stands up to Bellamy. "Back off." He growls at Bellamy. "We didn't drag him through miles of woods just to let him die." Clarke looks up at Bellamy. "Kid's a goner. If you can't see that, you're deluded. He's making people crazy." I walk towards Bellamy. "Sorry if Jasper's an inconvenience to you, but this isn't the Ark. Down here, every life matters." I step up to him. His gaze hardens on me. "Take a look at him. He's a lost cause." He says pointing to Jasper. I keep my gaze on his and cross my arms. "We're not giving up on him Bellamy so stand down." Octavia looks up at her brother and seems to be in deep thought. "Octavia, I've spent my whole life watching my mother heal people. If I say there's hope, there's hope." Clarke says, placing a hand on Octavia's shoulder. "This isn't about hope, it's about guts. You don't have the guts to make the hard choices. I do. He's been like this for three days. If he's not better By tomorrow, I'll kill him myself." Bellamy says before turning around to exit the hatch. "Power-hungry, self-serving jackass. He doesn't care about anyone but himself." Monty says before glancing up at Octavia. "No offense.." He says noticing her uneasy expression. "Yeah. Bellamy is all that. But he also happens to be right." Finn says looking up at the others. I shake my head. "Not you too Finn." I say before climbing down the ladder. Bellamy will not lay a hand on Jasper. He'll have to kill me first.