Sacrifice and Survival

The Clans

The meeting of the 12 clans had already begun when Kane, Miller and Harper finally arrived in Polis a few hours after the attack that left them running for their lives and Bellamy with an arrow in his chest. They were stopped at the front gates and escorted, none too gently to the capitol building and taken to the council chamber.

When they entered the chamber there were murmurings from the Ambassadors and even angry shouts in their native tongue 'chit laik emo doing hir'... and .....'killem' ....' emo don no right hir'

Titas put his hand up "shof op" he shouted.

He turned to Kane "Why are you here?"

Kane stepped forward "I am the ambassador from the 13th clan. We have a right to be here." Kane stood patiently and waited until the rumblings from the other ambassador's stop.

"Skiakru are murders you have no rights here!" Shouted one of the Generals, while another pushed his way towards Kane and pointed at him "Are you the one they call Pike?"

Kane turned towards the man trying to temper his raising anger and calm the creeping fears "I am not Pike," he said with authority while pulling up his sleeve and revealing the coalition brand "I am Kane. Many of know me and I am here to tell you that most of Skiakru do not recognize Pike as our leader and we are working to overthrow him." Kane took another step into the center of the room "We tried to capture him, to bring him here and hand him over to the Commander. We failed....I failed."

Kane took a moment, he knew that the grounders might not respect his admission of failure but they do recognize strength, the strength to fight a common enemy "Pike does not have many followers left but those that are loyal to him have control over the weapons and the guard. But we will take back Arkadia from him. I will not stop until he has paid for the crimes he committed against all of Trigedakru and Skiakru."

"So you want our help, Sky man!" said one of the grounder generals. "Ha! Well I for one will not give it to you. Go home, fight among yourselves, kill your selves, do our work for us" he laughed. a cheer and laughter swept through the ambassadors and their delegates.

"That is enough" A voice roared. Roan of Azgeda, the King of the Ice Nation stood up. He had been the one who captured Wanheda and it was he that brought Clarke to Lexa. In the short time he knew her, he recognised her inner strength and respected her strong moral compass. And even though she had been his captive, and even after leaving her with Heda she had been willing to help him, she was willing to kill the Queen... he respected Clarke. And he for one didn't believe the story Titus was telling about her death or of Heda's. But right now his only real concern is that he must keep Ontari from becoming the next commander, if she wins the conclave they may just all die. Ontari is evil and she was raised by evil, The Ice Queen, his own mother. He knows what she is capable of. But Ontari has her weaknesses. And Roan knows what they are and Kane might just be the one who can use them against her.

"Enough!" he shouted again. "They have the right to be heard. Heda branded him, we may not have agreed with everything she did, or with each other but she brought them into the coalition, if we don't honor that then how can we honor you Zandar Kom Floukru, and the 3rd clan or you Esme Kom Yujleda, the 5th clan. I say he has a right to speak."

Roan steps back but doesn't sit, the tension in the room is high and he knows he has made a few enemies with that little speech, some of the ambassadors look a bit nervous, others angry and the generals and seconds are wishing they had their weapons, he can see their hands twitching as he looks around the room "I call for a vote" he looks at Titus and repeats himself "A vote...call the vote"

Titas can feel his control of the room slipping away but knows the clan protocol better than anyone and he must follow that. "Who seconds king Roans proclamation that the 13th clan be accepted?" for a few moments the room was silent and Kane begins to worry until he hears Zandar speak. The older man who represents the Boat People clan stood and in a strong voice said "In the name of our leader, Luna we recognize Skaikru as the 13th clan."