Sacrifice and Survival

The Conclave

Day two of the meeting of the clans was coming to a close, and they still hadn't spoken of the details of Kane's plan for taking Pike down, the ambassadors talked about Lexas legacy and honored her accomplishments. It was quite an eye opener for the Skaikru people, hearing the history of the commanders and of Polis. How their people had survived and rebuilt their society. There was something familiar about the story of Polis, but Kane couldn't quite put his finger on it. Tomorrow would be the third and final day of the meeting of the clans and also the conclave when the spirit of the commander would choose the next Heda, after that Kane wasn't sure when he would have another chance to bring up one last sensitive subject.

Titus stood next to the empty throne and was bringing the day to a close "Tomorrow when we will meet again the new commander will have been chosen. And the throne will no longer be empty and we will celebrate the new commander. Go, Eat, sleep and pray the spirit of the commander chooses wisely."

Titus started to step down as Kane took a deep breath and stood up "I would like to address one last piece of business before we adjourn"

The General from Floukru stood up "We will talk about Pike after the conclave, after the assention"

Kane looked at him "And I thank you for that, but that is not what I want to discuss.... It's about Clarke." Kane turned to speak to Titus "I would like to know exactly what happened to our ambassador. We only know what was told to Octavia and what she relayed to us. I would like to hear it from you Titus. Just to make sure we have been told the truth and so that I can reassure her mother, tell us what happened to Wanheda."

The General from the boat people sat down slowly, the ambassadors themselves had only been told the basics, not any actual details and they had discussed the situation among themselves. With Wanheda dead and at the hands of Titus, what they want to know ,is who has the power of the commander of death?

Titus stepped back up to stand next to the throne, looked around the room, took a breath and began "I had found out that the Skaikru boy ...."

"Murphy?" Kane interrupted.

"I believe that was his name, he had been caught stealing, what he stole had the symbol of the commander on it. It is illegal to possess anything with the symbol of the Commander on it. He was arrested and was being questioned when Clarke found out, I wasn't there at the time, but I was told she waited until the guards had left him alone and she took him to her room. This is where Heda and I found them. The blockade was going into effect and Clarke was going to leave the city and take the boy with her. There was an argument between Heda and Clarke over the boy, normally anyone caught with the sacred symbol is put to death, but Heda was willing to simply let him be imprisoned for his crimes, but Clarke was fierce when it came to her people. She pulled out a weapon and said she was leaving and taking the boy with her, they were backing towards the door when a guard rushed in, the door hit Clarke and the gun..." Titus paused looking for the word "....went off...."

The rest of the story was much like it had been told to Octavia, Titus claimed that when Lexa was shot that one of the guards went for Clarke and that the boy got in the way and was killed and that Clarke turned the gun towards the guard and that Titus then killed her. Kane's face was devoid of expression, but his eyes held a deep sadness, he had hoped to take Abby better news than this. Miller and Harper were seasoned warriors and guards and did their best not to allow their emotions to show but even though they had known for almost a month it was hard for the small band of Arkadians to hear the details of Clarkes death. But as for now Kane had no reason to think that it was untrue. They had all seen the head on the wall as they entered the city, it certainly could had been Clarkes.

Kane nodded his thanks to Titus "I would like to know what has been done with their bodies we would like to take them home to rest among their people."