Keep Trying // j.m

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"Eden, calm down," Bellamy said. He had to use all his power to hold me back.

"No, I won't calm down! I'm furious!" I said through greeted teeth, after I had finally stopped to try and push passed him. "Why won't you let me see him?" I asked as I saw Clarke exit the ship and came walking towards us.

"He's badly hurt!" Clarke sighed once she joined his side.

"More reason for letting me see him!" Clarke was about to say something but I was not going to let her go against me. "He was found last night, right, when I was asleep. I can see why you didn't wake me. But he was here this morning when I went out, and still no one thought it would be a good idea to tell me he came back! If there was anyone here that should have known, it should have been me, so let me through!" I stared Clarke right in the eyes, waiting for her to take a step aside, but she had the nerve to stand still. I pushed passed them, but Bellamy was quick to grab my wrist.

"You're not going in there," He said, his voice dark.

"Why not?" I ripped out of his grip, and walked quickly into the drop ship. They called my name and started to follow me, but I quickened up my pace. With all my power, I pushed aside the curtains we used as door. "Where is he?" I asked looking at the few people standing in there. They all seemed too scared to say anything. I really didn't have to ask, because my eyes found him sitting pretty much right in front of me. I ran over to him and sat down on my knees in front of him. 

"Hey," he said weakly.

"Oh, my god, what happened to you?" I asked softly, carefully putting my hand on his cheek. He flinched once, but relaxed after that, allowing me to hold his face in my hand. He was trembling like a lost puppy. His face was covered in blood and gut, his clothes ripped. It was like I could imagine him being tortured out there. And knowing what his screams would sound like, made it even worse.

"He tried to sneak in," a guy said standing up on our left. I looked up at him and gave him a look of pure disgust.

"Are you stupid? Does he look like he's in the state to sneak in? He's been scared half to death!" I growled at him. I turned back to look at him. The sight of him made me want to cry.

"I was being chased by grounders," he managed to say. His voice was hoarse.

"We hear you say that, but there was no grounders anywhere near here!" The same guy said.

"So you're saying he did this to himself?" Slowly I lifted Murphy's hand, not to cause him any pain, so I could show the guy. "You think he ripped out his own fingernails?"

"For all we know-" he started to say, but his voice faded into silence when I stood up straight and looked him right in the eyes. He looked terrified.

"I suggest you exit this dropship right now, or Murphy's gonna end up not being the only one without fingernails!" He didn't have to think about it for a second. He was out of here within a second. I turned to look at Clarke, Finn and Bellamy, who just looked shocked. Slowly, Clarke came walking towards me. "Anything you'd like to say?" I asked folding my arms over my chest.

"Maybe you should be the one to take care of him?" 

"I think that's for the best!"

"We told him we'd kill him if he came back," Bellamy said and raised his gun at Murphy.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Finn asked hitting the gun, turning it away from Murphy.

"We were clear what would happen if he came back!" He said pointing the gun at Murphy again.

"No, if he was with the grounders, he knows things that can help us!" 

"Help us? We hanged him, banished him and now we're gonna kill him!" Bellamy almost yelled.