2199 Day's - Bellarke Fanfic | ✔️

Chapter 34 - Blood Stains

~Bellamys POV~

It's just like Mount Weather. Having another weight on my chest, not knowing where she is or what is happening. Not knowing whether she is dead or lying in the sand face down, or with Madi sleeping under the stars.

I look to the Grounders up ahead, their foots prints in the sand marking the way as I keep my head down, my face away from the sun and the collar of my jacket pressed against the back of my neck, keeping it from burning and scorching like the earth itself.

It's when I feel a cool breeze rush up against me that I look up. The normal plain orange and sandy yellow of the world seeming to blur as my eyes focus on the green trim of a hillside. Our plan to originally go back to the bunker, but now seeing this, I dont think we want to travel the extra day.

The Grounders seeming to walk faster as the sight of small green bushes come into view, small desert plans littering the sand as we approach the hillside up ahead. I take a closer look at the top of the hill and see small funnels of smoke floating up into the air.

The bunker must have travelled there overnight, or maybe just important personnel, just the people they need. Builders and engineers to build living quarters for the rest of the earths population.

Every pair of hands needed to rebuild the world we are now on, even if new threats are now here with us, we will get through it. I know we will, or I might as well die trying.

Within a matter of hours we reach the top of the hill side, my last few steps testing my legs true strength as I pull myself to the top of the ledge, my hands scratched and sore.

I look up and catch the eyes or several Arkadian's sitting by fires and talking to one another. I nod to a fellow guardsman and walk over to a larger fire at the end of the line of burning piles of wood, Octavias back facing me and her body guards around her.

I clear my throat rather loudly making sure the sound is not carried away with the crack of the fire. She spins around in an instant and looks at me wide eyed.

"Never do that again." She says as she slams into my chest, her arms wrapping around my neck and her head next to mine.

"I promise." I say wrapping my arms around her, the marks on my arm starting to fade from the needles and my skin burnt red.

"What happened?" She asks confused yet almost scared, like she doesnt want to know what has happened over the past few days I havent seen her.

"I will tell everyone later, for now we need to find Kane and Jaha." I say, wanting to tell them all. I watch as she nods understandingly, until her face turns worried again and her eyes flicker desperately to each fire.

"Where's Clarke?" She asks, like shes afraid she has lost her again. I reach out and grab her shoulders and turn her to face me.

"She's safe, she has gone to get Madi and bring her here." I say giving her shoulders a quick squeeze. I watch her shoulders relax and her breaths become deeper.

"Should we go find the others?" I ask wanting to see Monty and Raven. She nods and walks off down a small incline to the left of us, into the trees. I watch as she disappears into the green undergrowth and I have to force my feet to move, I didnt notice the trees grew taller here.

I follow her through the dense layers of trees, some growing taller than others and small ferns covering the ground. I watch where she steps and try to follow, not stepping on any major plants or moss. Small birds flying through the branches and bugs crawling across tree bark.

Soon we open up into a large clearing, the grass evening out and the sun blinding me for a few precious seconds. Its when I see the glint of metal that I walk ahead blind until the structure blocks out the sun.