REWRITTEN, CHECK FIRST AND LAST CHAPTER FOR MORE INFO
❝Humans only know how to crumble.❞
After murdering the man who killed her father, aged 15 Ariel Matthews is arrested and her mother floated for not doing anything about it.
2 years later, she has...
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We finally arrive back at camp after the crazy events that just took place, only to find Wells holding Murphy by the neck with a knife.
Personally, I want Wells to slit the assholes throat but I know he won't. Which kind of disappoints me. Then I realise if there are other people here who don't seem to be big fans of us, we are gonna need Murphy to help us.
And that makes me sigh. "Let him go!" Clarke calls out. Wells drops him onto the ground but John jumps up and tries to attack him.
But Bellamy grabs Murphy and pulls him back. I instantly notice his hair looks different than usual. Better. I realise I'm starting and look away and back at Octavia. Her leg had been injured and Monty and I have been helping her along the way. Monty carrying her and myself, catching up.
Bellamy runs over to her and grabs onto her. He then looks at Clarke and I. "Where's the food?" He asks.
"We didn't make it to Mount Weather." I say a little quietly.
"Then what the hell happened out there!?!" He questions.
"We were attacked." Clarke announces. "Attacked? By what?" Wells asks making silence fill the air.
"Not what. Who. Turns out, when the last man from the Ark died on the ground, he wasn't the last grounder." Finn says making me fold my arms.
For the third time in my life, I'm absolutely terrified. And I know I'm not the only one.
"He's right. Everything we thought we knew about the ground is wrong. There are people here." Clarke begins, people gathering to hear her speech.
"The good news is, that means that radiation won't kill us."
"And the bad news is the grounders will." I cut in, lowering my head.
"Where's the kid with the goggles?" Wells asks.
I look up at Clarke. "Jasper was hit. They took him." She replies before grabbing Wells' arm.
"Where is your wristband?" She asks him.
Wells looks at Bellamy and signals towards him. "Ask him."
I turn and look at Bellamy who looks guilty as hell.
"How many?" Clarke asks him.
"24 and counting." Murphy replies making me wanna hit him again.
"You idiots." I say under my breath. Clarke looks at me and then back at the crowd.
"Life support on the Ark is failing. That's why they brought us down here. They need our help to know the Earth is survivable again and we need their help with whatevers out there." She pleads.
"If you take off your not just killing them, you're killing us." She finishes.
I nod in agreement with her speech. "We're stronger than you think." Bellamy begins, making everyone turn to look at him. Here we go again.
"Don't listen to her. She's one of the privileged. If they come down, she'll have it good. How many of you can say the same?" He continues, making me roll my eyes.
Why does he even care about these people and what will happen to them when everyone else comes down?
"That wristband on your arm, it makes you a prisoner. We are not prisoners anymore! They say they'll forgive your crimes, I say your not criminals! Your fighters, survivors. The rounders should worry about us!" He finishes earning many cheers.
I look over at Clarke who starts walking away from the scene so I follow her. "What do we do now?" I ask her as we walk away.
"Now we go after Jasper." Clarke answers.
"And how the hell are we gonna do that?" I ask her, making us hault.
"I've heard Bellamy has a gun." She says, flatly.
"And you plan on getting that how?" I question.
"Asking him." She then begins to walk but I stop her.
"Don't. He pretty much hates you. I'll do it." I insist. Clarke is about to argue back but then she nods, realising I'm right.
We then carry on walking, and the only thing I can think about is - where the hell is Jasper?
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Clarke, Wells and I approach Bellamy who is helping Octavia with her leg.
"You could've been killed." We overhear Bellamy say.
"She would've been if Jasper didn't pull her out." Clarke cuts in.
"You guys are leaving? I'm comin-" Octavia starts but her brother stops her.
"No way. Not again." Bellamy says.
"He's right. Stay here and try to get better." I insist and Octavia sighs and nods as she sits back down, Bellamy still standing up.
"We're here for you." I say and he looks at me a little confused. "I hear you have a gun."
He lifts up his shirt a little and attached to his belt is a gun. Looks like it wasn't just gossip.
"Good. Follow us." I start before beginning walking.
"And why would I do that?" He says making me hault and turn around a small grin on my face.
"Because you want them to follow you. And every good leader never leaves anyone behind to die. Besides, do you want to be the reason that a group of people under your leadership are dead?" I point out.
"I wouldn't follow someone responsible for that." I add before carrying on walking, Wells and Clarke behind me.
I overhear Bellamy tell Murphy to come with him and I roll my eyes. This is gonna be a fun trip.
