𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄─𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞¹ (𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠)

14. raven

Not long after Bellamy had stormed off, Octavia had left without really saying much. I assumed she was going after her brother, but I wasn't entirely sure. I, on the other hand, was in search of my own brother. I hadn't seen him since the night before after we returned to camp and my worry was rising. 

I let out a sigh as I looked around the camp which was buzzing with curiosity and excitement as people prepared for the trek out to the ship that had landed.

"Hey," I said, lighting grabbing a hold of a boys arm, "Have you seen Bellamy or Octavia? Or Finn?"

The boy shook his head, "Last I saw Bellamy was right after the pod came down. Not sure about your brother or Octavia."

I internally groaned, where could they have gone in this short amount of time?

"Avery!" I spun around to see Clarke and Finn marching towards me.

"There you are!" I exclaimed, relieved to see my brother, "You guys saw it right?" I asked as they stopped in front of me.

Both of them nodded, "Yeah" Clarke confirmed before pausing to look around camp, "Why is everyone still here?"

"Bellamy told everyone to wait until sunrise, said it was safer. Stupid idea if you ask me." I explained, rolling my eyes at the mention of Bellamy's plan.

"Where is he anyways?" Clarke asked in curiosity.

I shrugged, "I haven't seen him and Octavia since he told us to wait."

Clarke brushed past me, making her way into Bellamy's tent. Finn and I shared a look before following after her.

 As we entered the tent, one of the girls from early—Zoe— scoffed, "Great now it's a free show." she snapped, rushing to cover up her half naked body. 

I watched her through a glare as I glanced around, "Where's Bellamy?"

She returned the less than kind look I was giving her. "Wouldn't you like to know."

I scoffed, "What's that supposed to—"

"Where is he?" Clarke interrupted, not in the mood for our bickering. "This is important."

Zoe bristle, sending me a final look of contempt before answering Clarke. "He took off a while ago." She finally answered, "Didn't say where he was going."

"Gears gone too." Finn pointed out, bringing attention to the fact that Bellamy had taken everything with him. 

"He told everyone to stay. Whatever's in that thing he wants it. We've got to get there before he does." Clarke announced, causing me to mentally kick myself. How did I not realize that's what he was up to?

"Uh, you're welcome!" Zoe called after us as we exited the tent. 

"This isn't your fault Clarke." Finn promised as the three of us made our way through camp.

"It's my fault." I grumbled, causing Finn to look at me in confusion, "I should have known what he was up to when he told us to wait."

"And I should have known he would go for that radio." Clarke added.

"How could either of you know something like that?" Finn questioned.

"Because he has spent every minute since we got down here trying to make sure no one on the Ark finds out we're alive." She explained as we stopped at the table where all of our weapons were spread out.

"That doesn't mean you can predict what people are going to do." Finn argued.

"That's exactly what I have to do. I messed up, let myself get distracted." She said, mumbling the ending of the sentence.