Why Do We Fall

We all die at some point | Chapter 16

Derek's POV

I enter the small camp and I see dead warriors everywhere, bodies lay dead. I can't see anyone I can only see blood and bodies everywhere and the main tent standing. I don't see my little girls anywhere. Then my stomach sinks I see Clarke and my little girls being taken by TriKru guards.

I sprint over there because I'm afraid if I shoot the TriKru member and miss I'll kill one of them. I get about ten yards away from the TriKru warriors before I get pinned down. On top of me is a warrior with a knife to my throat and is starting to push down on my hands which are stopping the knife from cutting into my throat.

I feel the blood from my hands fall onto my face, he gets off of me and stands up. I get up too but he has got a big stick in his hands, I go to punch him and he hits me with the stick. I'm still standing but I feel like everything is in slow motion, the world feels as if it's slow. I see my pistol on the ground I try to attempt to pick it up but it keeps moving. I feel my eyes close and open, in my view the gun seems to be on my right but when I put my hand there it moves to the left.

I'm still standing and I get hit again and now I'm even more disoriented. I fall down and I try to stand but I keep falling, I feel blood from my mouth come out and I cough. "Hahaha, look at this!" The warrior called out to another one. The other warrior walks over to us and he just stares at me.

The one that hit me twice with the big stick comes over to me and starts punching me. I can feel my blood all over my face, I feel peaceful, calm, I know that's a bad sign but my body stops me from moving. I feel as if I'm watching myself in a third person point of view.

Then I'm sucked back into my body and I take my left hand and I try to choke him with it, but the warrior quickly chokes me with two hands. I can feel the world fading, I can feel myself fading, I start to go into my memories. My kids sitting on my bed with Lexa, "don't leave yet, I, we need you." Lexa said to me while she holds Sarah.

Then another memory plays, it's me seeing my real mom leave me at Abby's door. I then fade away from that memory and to us the 100 landing, the smile and light that's coming from Clarke. Now I'm back from my memories and I feel my eyes tear up because I'm leaving this world with Lexa alone with the kids.

"Hang in there, stay strong..." a familiar voice said to me.

I'm still trying to fight back but I'm too weak to even continue trying. My head is pounding and I'm out of breath, I can hear screaming but it's echoing through my ears. My heart beat is slowing I feel it, I just feel warm, nothing else. My eyes are still open but it's like a tunnel vision.

  What is this place? Why is there building everywhere? Why is the time going fast? I see everyone from the Ark and everyone that died from the 100 waiting for me but this big white tunnel. They're all walking into the big white light in the tunnel but me walking into that tunnel doesn't feel right. I start to run into the opposite direction of the tunnel but the tunnel is somehow catching up to me.

"I'm Allie, this is the City Of Light. Nice to meet you Derek Micheal Monroe." The women in a bright red dress just said those names? She knows me?

"I can't be here, I'm sorry I got to leave." I say before I run away from the big tunnel.

I run and run but then I can hear loud sounds as the tunnel gets closer I can hear someone crying, I can hear other people crying, I can hear screaming.  "Come back to me." I hear a voice cry. The sound comes from right behind me and boom.

I can hear a monitor with rhythmic beeping, I feel a hand on mine. I wake up in a building an unknown building.

  "Oh my god! He's alive!" I hear Abby cry out to everyone in the room.

"What?" I say in a scratchy voice. The room went quiet.

"You, you were clinically dead for eight hours." Kane sadly spoke up. 

"Derek!" I hear a familiar voice cry. I can see Lexa she runs over to me, and hugs and kisses me. Lexa was crying for a long time I'm assuming.

"Derek?" Clarke spoke before she ran toward me too. I hug Clarke back and I could tell Clarke and Lexa we're crying their eyes are swollen.

After ten minutes I was asked a series of questions. One of them was a question about my age and I got right obviously I'm 20 years old. Then about Sarah and Alex, then to my surprise about how I got into earth. Well it's obvious that Bellamy and I are over the age limit to be put into the sky box. Bellamy is 23 and I'm 20

I exit the medical care room and I walk toward the lounge. On my way there I was informed by Bellamy that Lexa wants me and she's in our room which Kane gave us. So I'm guessing we're setting up in this vault for a while can't complain though since we should all shower.

"You're welcome." Octavia quickly said to me before walking past me. I'm just confused right now about what she said.

I enter the room which Kane gave us and I see the kitchen and a television with a DVD player that's playing some movie that was in the early 2000s maybe 2016 since the case says 201 so I'm guessing that means 2016? Maybe 2017. Anyways who cares about that. I go straight down the hall and I turn to my left and I see the kids asleep and to my right I see Lexa sitting down crying on the bed.

I go into the room and sit by Lexa, I put my arm around Lexa and pull her in for a reassuring hug. "My people voted me out of the spot of being Leader. And you were dead for five hours, I would've been alone with the kids and incomplete without you."

"Shh, it's gonna be okay." I reassured her.

I continued to comfort Lexa for about two hours. Now the Alliance is broken if I'm guessing right. I'm on the bed on my back with Lexa around my arm she's fast asleep and so are Sarah and Alex, I get up and put the blanket over Lexa and I leave the room for a bit.

My thoughts are a mess because the time that passed was only for like six minutes of less for me. At least now I'll make the most of my second chance that I was given. I'll need to be a better man.

"Derek? Oh my god you've gotten bigger!"