ISABELLE, bellamy blake [CURRENTLY EDITING]

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isabelle
bellamy blake 𝘹 fem!oc
© WANDARYEN ──── 2024

"Isabelle Marie, I don't know how I feel about this." Lisa's bottom lip quivered just slightly as she sat beside her daughter, grasping onto her small hands into her own. "Being sent to earth—anything could happen. When Jaha first presented this idea to us, I wanted to say he was crazy."

Bruce paced around in front of them, Isabelle's father held his hand over his mouth while he processed the idea. None of them were prepared.

Isabelle on the other hand, sat there with small excitement, wondering how earth would be. She hated that she'd be leaving her parents, but if earth was livable, then they would reunite so soon.

"Lisa, we have to go through with this."

Isabelle's mother looked up at her husband with knitted brows, tears hanging at her bottom lashes. "What do you mean we have to? She doesn't have to do anything! She's just a child."

"If the chancellor is ordering for our daughter to be sent to the ground, we must go through with it." Bruce had finally stopped pacing. "This could all work out. She has a task she must follow through on."

Lisa shook her head and gripped onto her daughter's hands tighter. "You don't have to do this. You can say no." She insisted to her daughter, hoping she would say no to this whole idea and stay on the Ark with her parents, where she belonged.

Isabelle pondered on the thought, swallowing a thick lump down her throat that had suddenly formed so quickly. Could she stay? What other orders would she take from Jaha if she didn't go to earth. She thought about it, and she thought about the possibility of working behind the scenes on keeping an eye on the 99 from behind a computer screen with others. The idea excited her to be able to see what really goes on behind closed doors, but touching ground excited her more.

She was either smart or so terribly foolish.

With a deep thought, Isabelle came to a conclusion. "I will be part of the 100 and follow the others to earth." She felt Lisa's grip slowly release but it only made her clutch onto her mother's hands tighter. "I will do what Jaha has asked and see if earth is livable. I will keep an eye on the others and treat them as equals." Isabelle straightened her shoulders as she sat straighter. "I will make sure our home is livable again."

Bruce clasped his hands together and released a steady sigh. "Then that settles it. Isabelle you are the 100."

"How do we know when we'll see you again?" Lisa whispered.

Isabelle frowned at her mother, rubbing her hands soothingly with a short shrug. "I can't give you that answer but I hope it's sooner rather than later. The idea of being away from either of you is extremely hard to grasp."

"As it is for the both of us." Bruce sat down in one of the chairs with the girls at the dining table. "It's not easy saying goodbye to your child — for who knows how long."

"Will we be able to contact you when you get down there?"

Isabelle shook her head at her mother. "I'm not sure. Jaha didn't say when we would be in touch but he reassured us that we would speak soon."

The door of their home opened up and the guard from earlier, Morgan, stood in between the door frame. "Isabelle Valeska, it's time to go."

The family simultaneously glanced at one another. Before Isabelle could speak, Morgan grabbed her bicep and hauled her out of the chair.

Bruce jumped to his feet, "now wait a second — "

"It's time to go, now." The guard started dragging Isabelle towards the door.