2199 Day's - Bellarke Fanfic | ✔️

Chapter 18 - Behind Stone

~Bellamy's POV~

I can feel every stone I step on, the sole of my shoe feels like I have the whole earth crunching under my feet.

I look up ahead of me and see a small hill that looks like it drops at the top. After studding the map for hours we finally found what we think is a short cut, the one that we are taking now.

I walk slowly up the hill, my rifle strap slung over my shoulder and several gas grenades in my pack just in case. We approach the hill and soon we are all on top of it, looking down at the ruins bellow us.

The stone blends in with the colour of the sand almost perfectly, but not well enough. I look to the first ruin, the remnants of what looks like a small house or building, the second ruin makes my blood run cold.

My eyes wonder over the huge statue, the hands and feet of the man in the chair bigger than a rover. I look up towards the mans face and look to his head, parts of it crumbled to the ground then swept away with the dreaded death wave.

"What is that?" Asks one of the Grounders, his pack strapped tightly to his back and his mask covering his mouth. I don't say anything and just stand there in silence.

My legs start to move before I realize and before I know it I'm moving down the slope towards the Man in the chair. I feel my boots filling with more sand but put up with it as a walk towards the ruins ahead of me.

Soon I'm at the base of the statue, the man looking straight ahead, his eyes locked on the unknown.

It turns out that I was walking rather quickly because after a few minutes Nickal and the others appear by my sides.

"A man." Says Nickla understanding the statue. I do nothing but nod. I feel a feeling in my gut that I should bring out the book, look at it, see if it's the same statue. But I dismiss it as simply feeling nervous or paranoid.

I find the heat soon unbearable and walk up into the shadow of the statue, I look up to the bricks and pieces of stone used to build the beast and admire the handy work, each piece fitting together equally and evenly. Once the first brick is placed down all the others need to be like that.

The First brick

I look down to the corner of the statue, to the side where only the side of his throne is visible and look to the very bottom corner. I bend down and wipe away the sand and soon the brick is exposed. I look closely to the brick and see a small dash swiped across the brick.

I stand back up and look to the engraving, number one.

thirteenth stone, you force to solve, use the key, salvation will be resolved

the riddle rings over and over in my mind, if this is the first stone, where is the thirteenth? I look up and see no other signs or engravings apart from weathering of the death wave that swept through years ago.

I follow my eyes across the bottom of the statue from the first brick and count them as I go.

12345678910111213

I reach the thirteenth brick and look for any sign of engravings or marks, none. I sigh and stand back up from my hunched position. If the Grounders didn't already think I was crazy, they do now.

My eyes wonder back to the first brick and I kick it with my foot in frustration. I grunt and look at the other bricks around the first and look for any type of pattern. I soon find one, each brick moving up in a diagonal line.

The top right corner connecting with the bottom left of the one above it. I count them all until I see the thirteenth at my head height. I run my fingers over the brick and some of the sand moves off of its surface, revealing the number 13 engraved into the stone of the statue. I reach up and look at the stone, nothing but the number 13 carved into the surface, nothing more nothing less.

I sigh and move back from the statue to find Nickal and the fellow Grounders sitting down on the sand enjoying what I assume is lunch. I think back to the riddle and wonder what it could mean.

Do I hit it, smash it, pull it, push it. What do I do?

I try to hit it first. I grab the end of my rifle and smash it at the brick, nothing happens. I sigh and think back to my list of things after placing my rifle back around my shoulder by the strap.

I try pulling it but have not luck, my fingers to big to be able to pull out the brick form its place in the ruin. I run my hand through my hair in frustration and think over my plan in my head, there must be a way, but what way? Is there even a way?

I look back to the stupid brick and think of one last thing I could try. I gently push the brick and slowly place more pressure onto it. After a matter of seconds of applying more force each second I feel the brick flinch and a small click ring in my ears.

I step back from the statue as I start to hear more leavers crank and the sound of machinery form what sounds like in the statue. I pull back, right back to where Nickal is now standing, the others behind him.

I pull my gun form my side and hold it in my arms. I feel Nickal next to me, his sword in his hand and the others behind us armed with guns, each loaded.

I watch as the bricks start to crumble in front of us and what looks like rusted metal start to appear where the bricks had just been. Soon all that lies in front of us is a rusted steal door, once hidden behind stone.

We have no time to react.

In a matter of seconds green smoke is surrounding us and I feel my lungs tightening. I look next to me and see Nickal trying to find a way through the smoke. I start to cough but find my last chance of hope being filled with green gas. I take off my pack and take out the leather pouch and give it to Nickal, his mask preventing the gas form reaching his lungs.

He grabs it from my hands and waits for an order. I cough again before watching the other grounders fall to the ground, the sand lifting into the air. Their bodies limp and lifeless, the green smoke becoming denser.

"Get to Clarke." I say barley before crumbling to the ground, the last thing in my sight, red boots walking in front of me, as my head hits the ground. Soon my sight is gone and everything is replaced with silence and darkness.

I hope this chapter made up for the few I have missed over the past few days. Hope you guys enjoyed, as always and leave a review if you want more! Thanks,

-RFRC