2199 Day's - Bellarke Fanfic | ✔️

Chapter 9 - Bones

~Bellamy's POV~

"I've missed you so much O." I say into her ear once I take her in for another hug, no one else coming from the bunker.

"It's been so long." She says sniffing. I pull back and watch a tear fall down her cheek. I worry for a second before she smiles and I realize my eyes are tearing as well. I ruffle her hair like I used to do back on the Ark before she went to bed each night before sending her off to hug others.

I turn around and see Clarke gone from the top of the pile. I wonder where she could have gone but then I remember, the corpse. But why would she go back, especially when her mums inside, unless she knew something was wrong.

I look back to Raven and find her coming out of a hug with Octavia. "Can you handle this?" I say pointing to the bunker and Octavia. I watch her nod and I start my way out of the hole and back onto the ruined streets of Polis.

I walk past a now very awake Echo tied to the bumper of the rover and glare at her before hearing the sounds of rocks and earth moving ahead of me. I look ahead and see Clarke on her hands and knees clawing at the pile. Where the corpse had just been, the arm and rib cage now showing.

I jog over and see tears in her eyes then I suddenly see her stop. I look to her face and her eyes and see the tears coming and falling by the dozens, what seems like hundreds of tears marks falling down her cheeks.

Then I see the necklace in her hand, a ring threaded through the silver chain. I watch her fall back onto the ground and hold the ring to her chest, sobbing and whimpering.

I watch her and feel my chest ache just like it did for Octavia's only mere moments ago, when she was by my side for me, holding my hand. Helping me through all of this mess and here I am watching her cry.

"No, no no no no." I hear her cry as she holds the necklace in her shaking hands, more tears falling down her cheeks.

I run up to her and wrap my arms around her just like I did mere days ago. I hear her sobs only grow louder when she buries her head into my shirt, her warm face and cool tears sending shivers through me.

She has no one.

Wrong

She has me.

I sit down on the ground with her and hold her in my arms, my head resting on top of hers, my chin on the top of her head. Eventually she calms down, her loud sobs and cries turning into muffles into the ruffled fabric of my shirt.

I feel her first my shirt and sniff before lifting away and facing me. Her eyes blood shot and red, he face stained with tears. How such a strong person could fall apart in a matter of minutes nearly breaks me, but I have to be strong. I have to be strong for her.

"She's gone." She whispers, her eyes empty and grey. Not blue and hopeful like they usually always are.

"She wasn't the first out and I just knew that if she wasn't." she trails of and I watch as her lip starts to tremble before pushing her face into my chest again.

I hold her tighter and slowly sway from side to side, as if in some way, it would send away the pain. I have been through it all before, seeing my mother die. Watching space swallow her, sent to be with the stars.

The poem reciting over and over in my head as I thought of Octavia. Not knowing where my father was, not knowing where he was when the mother of his children was being floated for having a second child.

May We Meet Again

I swallow and look down at Clarke, her head nestled in the crook of my neck. I sigh and look back to the pile, no others emerging form it yet. I feel her move and I let go slightly, but only enough so she can look at me, not enough so she can move away.

"The others will be waiting." She says raising a hand to wipe away her tears.

"Clarke." I say softly.

"No its fine, I...I want to talk about it later." She says wiping away more tears and squeezing her eyes shut. She is pushing the feelings down again.

~Clarke's POV~

I give Bellmay one last hug and squeeze him tightly. I pull away not wanting to but have too. My mum would want me to soldier on, keep going.

I stand up and take Bellamy's hand and I feel him move his fingers so that their interlocked with mine, not just in a firm grasp but in a trusted grasp, one that can't be broken.

We walk back over to the pile, our hands still grasped.

I look down and see Octavia, I watch the hurt flash through her eyes once she realizes I have been crying but quickly hides it just like her brother with a smile instead of a straight line and runs into my arms. I catch her and squeeze tightly, happy to see her again.

I pull back and she smiles again before putting on her commander face and looking to everyone in the hole we are now.

"Any where we can set up camp?" She asks the group even after all his time her weapon still strapped to her side. The swords handle worn and scuffed like she had been practicing.

"We have a small forest about a three-hour drive away in the rover, at least a day walking ." Says Raven looking to me, almost asking permission if we could bring our people back there.

I think about it for a moment, it would be better to stay in the bunker, the forest would only make us want to use its recourses, and for all we know it could be the only one on earth.

"The bunker would be better." I say thinking about the situation.

"What about Madi?" Asks Bellmay from next to me, only loud enough for me to hear. I consider this and know I won't leave her their alone.

"I won't leave her." I say back thinking once again about the battery. I take a deep breath and look down to Octavia.

"Do you have enough recourses to house us and another?" I ask her looking to the rest of us and thinking of Madi. I watch as her face drops and then looks to the ground. I watch her feet kick a rock and then her voice starts to move around the hole.

"We had a sickness run through the bunker about a year ago. It started as a cough then attacked the lungs stopping the breathing eventually. 60 died, we are only just recovering now." She says raising her head and adjusting her stance, something Indra probably taught her.

And then it hits me, she wouldn't be bowling and looking so awkward if Indra was here, but she's not. Indra must have been one of the sick.

I walk up to Octavia and place my hand on her shoulder. "Can we go in?" I ask nodding towards the now open bunker door, the metal and red suits beaming at us from the ashy ground.

She nods and I nod back and take my first step down into the bunker. It smells like minerals and herbs, something I haven't smelt in a long time.

I look towards the large steel door separating us from the rest of the living population inside the bunker. I look out of the small glass pane and down towards the large amount of people gathering in the main meeting area, Jaha standing on a stage talking.

I sigh and look towards the others behind me, their foreheads littered with sweat droplets and a burn starting to appear. I look to Bellamy and him and Octavia both walk up to the door with me. I watch as Octavia pushes the large handle and I hear the loud crank of the metal as the door opens.

The large room bellow us falls silent and faces look up towards us. Their faces a huge mix of emotions. Ilook to see a familiar face among the crowd and my heart sinks.

I see Kane his eyes bloodshot and red, large bags under his eyes. A small bandage on his knee. He walks the whole way up the spiralling ramp only to stop in front of me.

"Clarke I'm so sorry" He says trailing off.

"I already know." I say holding back tears. I see him nod his head before embracing me in a hug I give back almost instantly. The others running down the ramp to hug the others they have missed or longed to see.

More Chapters coming soooooooon! Promise.

-RFRC