All We Do ↠ Bellamy Blake

chapter eleven

'With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink,

I wrote my heart in the night's sky."

Shannon L. Alder

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Learning of Jaha's survival had made Bellamy decide to help, though he was still slightly reluctant. They'd rushed back to camp - most of them heading to the meeting room whilst Olivia went to grab the map for that area. A few days ago, Finn had come back with some paper - he wouldn't say where he got it from but he gave some of it to Olivia and she used it to draw up some more detailed maps and some plans for things. It took her a moment to find the right map as her sight kept blurring and it was hard to make out what things were. She paused for a moment as she saw the dagger in the middle of the pile, reminded of the grounder. Shaking her head, she put it away, heading back to the tent that everyone was gathered in.

Pushing through the entrance, she stumbled slightly, ignoring the worried expression she caught on Clarke. Opening the map, she lay it out flat, turning to Bellamy. She was still furious with him, so her eyes were narrowed as she questioned, "Where did you throw it?"

Bellamy eyed her for a moment before pointing to the side of a nearby river to where Raven had landed. Frowning, she tried to focus, looking at the markings she'd made next to the river. "Okay," she said, "The area you threw it in is quite deep and fast flowing, uh, so it'll probably..." She paused as the map blurred and she had to blink several times to clear it up. Once it became clear again, she pointed further down river, "It'll probably have been washed down but it gets shallower and slower here so I think we should put the most people here. If it hasn't washed up there then it's still somewhere in the river flow and that'll be a huge issue."

"Then we look there for now," Clarke said, "If we come up short then we head higher up."

Everyone agreed and with that they headed out to the main camp. Many of the kids were watching curiously, amazed to see a new face among them. Bellamy and Finn got to recruiting people as Monty took Raven into the dropship to show her what they'd managed to do in the time that they'd been on the ground so far. Olivia was having a drink of water when Clarke stopped her.

"Are you okay, Olivia?" she frowned, eyeing her in concern.

"I'm fine," Olivia forced a laugh out, shaking her head.

Clarke furrowed her eyebrows, replying, "I think you should stay behind and get some rest. You look like you're about to pass out." Seeing that Olivia was too stubborn to be told to stay, Clarke decided to reason with her analytical side. "Think about it, Liv, you're operating at what - twenty percent or ten percent at the moment? You're going to be way more help to us when you're rested and at one hundred."

Olivia looked away, knowing that she was right. "We're all going through the same thing," she sighed, "You guys are doing just fine." It felt embarrassing for her that she needed to go take a nap while they did all the hard work.

Snorting, Clarke patted her shoulder comfortingly, "We have all had some sleep. It doesn't look like you have."

Releasing a breath, Olivia nodded slowly as she knew that Clarke was right. "Good luck," she smiled before heading over to her tent. Once in there, she lay down on her makeshift bed, finding it hard to imagine that she could sleep with all that going on. That thought was completely wrong however as the moment she rested her head on it, her eyes fell shut and she fell completely asleep.

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Later on that evening, they'd managed to set up several flares in order to let the Ark know that they were down there. Olivia was still asleep so she was going to miss the show but everyone else was wide awake, crowding around the flares and watching wide eyed as they shot off into the dark night sky. Raven was glued by Finn's side, so Clarke ended up stood next to Bellamy, watching them shoot off with a sad look in her eyes.