The First On The Ground

Earth Skills 2

(BELLAMY POV)

Wells has Murphy in a choke hold with a knife when the group returns. I break up the fight before heading to Octavia, seeing that she has scrapes on her arms. Clarke, Finn, Wells, Octavia, and I discuss why they don't have the supplies and where Jasper is. Clarke heads to the dropship with Wells and Finn not too far behind. I start cleaning Octavia's scrapes asking what happened. I have felt like we have been watched since we got here.

"I was going swimming, then Jasper started freaking out saying there was something in the water. When I looked something was coming towards me in the water. Then there was this girl that jumped between me and the snake. She shoved me into the rocks causing the scrapes before the snake drug her under the water. We didn't see either of them after that." Octavia explains.

"So, just some random girl saved your life? One of the 100?" I question her already concerned that there are grounders here.

"I don't really know who it was. I mean whoever it was, knew my name. But, Bell I think I may be seeing things because the girl did look like August." Octavia says the last part quieter than the rest. August, the girl I never knew. Apparently, she was Octavia's best friend. All I knew is that she risked her life for my sister and was floated for it. She was a gorgeous girl though.

"O, you know it couldn't have been August. Remember she was floated for..." I trail off, knowing it was my fault. If I hadn't of made O go to the dance none of it would have happened.

"For trying to help us. Yeah, I know. But maybe it is her. I remember the last thing she said to me. It still confuses me. Instead of saying May we meet again. She said I will see you again. So I have hope that she is still alive somewhere." Octavia explains.

"O, you just need to accept the fact that she is gone," I say not knowing what to make of what O just told me. Clarke then walks up with Wells not far behind.

"You're going back out? I'm coming too," Octavia says.

"No," Clarke says.

"Not this time," I say sternly.

"I'm here for you," Clarke says to me. "I hear you have a gun." I raise my shirt revealing the gun. "Good, let's go."

"And why would I do that?" I ask her as if she was crazy for ordering me around.

"Because you want them to follow you, and right now, they're thinking only one of us is scared," Clarke says before walking off. She has a point.

"Murphy! Come with me. Atom! My sister doesn't leave this camp. Is that clear?" I order before turning to leave.

"I don't need a babysitter," Octavia argues.

"Anybody touches her, they answer to me," I order before leaving camp with the others. I still feel as if we are being watched and it doesn't help knowing that there are grounders out there.

"Since when are we in the rescuing business, huh?" Murphy asks me.

"The Ark thinks the prince is dead. Once they think the princess is too, they'll never come down. I'm getting that wristband, even if I have to cut off her hand to do it," I explain to Murphy before calling out to the rest of the group. I have to get rid of all of the wristbands. "Hey, hold up. What's the rush? You don't survive a spear through the heart." I take the gun out and start waving it around.

"Put the gun away, Bellamy," Wells says.

"Well, why don't you do something about it, huh?" Murphy challenges.

"Jasper screamed when they moved him. If the spear struck his heart, he'd have died instantly. That doesn't mean we have time to waste," Clarke explains. I then grab Clarke's wrist that has the wristband.