Alive

Chapter 18

"Clarke Griffin would you just stay still for more than 10 minutes."

"Bellamy Blake I have been sitting around doing nothing for the past week. The only way I'm going to sit still is if you tie me to this chair."

Bellamy let outa frustrated sigh, caused by the stubborn girl in front of him. "Don't give me any ideas."

Clarke rolled her eyes as she worked around the field outside the lab. "I've stared at those ugly white walls for over a week and I can't do it anymore. It's also made me realize I want to live up here now that can."

"Fine, fine. Just don't lift anything heavy, let me do that okay. We don't need you ripping your wound open after it's just about healed fully."

Clarke walked over to where Bellamy was sitting on a tree stump. She stopped about a foot in front of him and sarcastically raised her hand to her head in a fake salute. "Yes Mr. Bellamy Blake sir."

Bellamy let out laugh. "What am I going to do with you?" he asked as he grabbed her hand that was up by her head. He continued laughing as he pulled Clarke's arm causing her to trip towards him. "Walk much princess?"

Clarke grabbed Bellamy's shoulders to steady herself, before taking a step forward in between Bellamy's legs. "I'm starting to think you're just trying to hurt me instead of help me heal" Clarke said as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Bellamy placed his hands on her hips, giving them a slight squeeze. "Dammit you're catching on to me" he said as he looked up at her. They stood like that, staring at each other, for a few minutes before they were interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat.

They both looked over to find Raven standing their with a smirk on her face. "I would let you guys stare at each other all day, but Octavia is finally here."

Clarke let out a sigh as Bellamy gave her hips another squeeze before letting go. "I guess it's time to make a game plan to get the bastards that shot me."

They started making their way towards the lab entrance where the group from the bunker was gathered. As they got closer, Clarke could make out everyone that had come with Octavia. She immediately recognized Indra and Niylah standing next to Octavia. Jackson and Miller were also in the group, but they were the only other people Clarke recognized.

They said their greetings as they walked up to the group. "Let's move this inside" Clarke said as she motioned for them to follow her into the lab. "We don't have enough seats for everyone so some of you will have to stand or sit on the ground."

Clarke was about sit down on the couch when she felt a hint of pain run through you stomach. Clarke was healing very quickly, but she would still get small, random bursts of pain. Her mother said it was normal to feel some pain even after she was fully healed, but it made Clarke feel useless. She couldn't do the things she normally would be able to and she hated it.

Bellamy noticed Clarke wince in pain. "Are you okay Clarke?" he whispered so only she could hear.

She nodded her head. "Yeah, just felt a bit of pain."

Bellamy didn't say anything else and helped Clarke sit down, so she didn't hurt herself anymore.

Clarke squeezed Bellamy's hand before letting go and looking at the group in front of her. "As I'm sure most have heard from Octavia, we had a pretty big incident here just over a week ago. We are not alone down here, and we unfortunately can not welcome these people into our home. They need to be dealt with and we're here today to figure out how we are going to do that" she said as she scanned across the faces in the group.

"As of right now we only know a few things. We believe there are six people that come off the ship. These people are some sort of prisoners, from where we don't know." Bellamy was speaking when he got cut off by Raven.

"Actually I may know something about that" Raven spoke up. "As some of you may know, Abby and Jackson actually had found some information about the Eliguis Corporation, which is the corporation the prisoner transport belongs to. Well the corporation is actually a mining company that sent criminals up into space for long duration space missions. Becca actually developed the first nightblood for the Eliguis Mining Company to protect them against solar radiation." Raven took a deep breath, looking at everyone listening intently to what she was saying. "These criminals were given the nightblood and put into a hypersleep, and I think that ship is them returning back to the ground."

Clarke nodded her head in understanding. "It does make sense, I just wonder why them came back now. The thing that worries me is that they're criminals and we have no idea if it's because of theft or murder."

The realization that they might be dealing with very dangerous people sent a tense shudder throughout the room.

Bellamy could feel the weight of the sense air weighing down on everyone's mood. "I know this is a lot to take in, but I know we can handle it. Hell some of you in this room has survived the end of the world twice. We're not going to let anything or anyone take away from our chance to build up our home." His reassuring words slightly lightened the mood in the room, ensuring hope into the group. Bellamy didn't realize that as he was talking, he let his hand fall on Clarke's knee in a reassuring gesture.

He squeezed her knee just before he removed his hand from her, but not before the gesture was caught by Octavia. She looked from where Bellamy's hand was on Clarke's knee then right up to his face, giving him a look that told Bellamy that he had some explaining to do.

They're little meeting ended after that, giving everyone some time to think about their new visitors. They hadn't come to a solution on how they were going to handle the others, but decided on coming back together tomorrow to figure it out. As everyone got up and went their own way, Octavia was on getting some answers out of her brother and Clarke, but before she could interrogate them someone else caught their attention.

Madi found Clarke as soon as the meeting was over. "Are we going to train today?"

"Oh why are you so eager today? Did you want to show off at all?" Madi's cheeks turned pink as Clarke teased her. Clarke knew very well that Madi wanted to show off her growing skills.

"Uh maybe I just need to practice."

Clarke chuckled at her awkwardness. "Well why don't we ask Indra if she wants to practice with us? She's the best fighter I know."

Madi's eyes lit up at Clarke's suggestion, having heard stories of Indra from Clarke. She replied a quick yes before hurrying off to get ready.

Clarke watched Madi move quicker then she normally would've, making Clarke laugh. As soon as Madi was out of the room Clarke left Bellamy's side to go talk to Indra. She found her talking to Octavia and another person, who Clarke remembered being Trikru before everything.

"So Indra, I may have just have volunteered you to training with Madi and I. I've told her stories and she won't admit it, but she wants to show off her skills."

Indra gave Clarke a slight smile. "Well considering fighting is what I'm good at, I don't mind training with you two. I didn't even know you knew how to fight Clarke."

"Let's just say I learned a whole lot while I was by myself."

Octavia spoke up next. "And after you guys are done, I would love to know what's going on between you and my brother." Clarke had a look of surprise written all over her face. "Don't even try to deny it either, because I know there's something going on. There's always been something between you two."

Clarke let out an awkward laugh. "Well you're not wrong, but can we just handle one dilemma at a time?"

Octavia starting pushing Clarke out of the room, "well hurry up and get your training done, because I want to hear everything."

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