Everything's Changed

8

Clarke was being restrained by Cage and his gang. Cage lifted his sleeve, revealing a tattoo of a huge gang all over New Jersey. Cage just happens to be one of the head leaders of the gang.

Flashback:
Cage was sitting with Clarke as she leaned her head on his shoulder. They were only freshmen and Cage was sort of new to the school. Cage was helped by Clarke and he "liked" her.

After school, Clarke and Cage were hanging out in his room and he was changing his shirt. Clarke glanced over at his right shoulder, revealing a tattoo.

"What is that?" Clarke asked surprised and angry.

"It's a tattoo of my dad's family business." Cage lied.

"Cool." Clarke said snapping a quick photo.

Clarke walked into her house, quietly and being cautious. She had hoped to not see her mother drunk again. Luckily she wasn't. Clarke approached her mother.

"Hey mom, do you know what this is?" Clarke asked lifting her phone up with the picture.

"Oh my lord." Her mother gasped.

"What?" Clarke asked.

"That's a gang logo." Her mother frowned.

Clarke gasped and ran off to her room, angry at herself for trusting a most likely criminal. She decided to call him.

"Hey, what's up?" Cage's raspy voice came onto the screen.

"You're in a gang?!" Clarke shouted.

"Chill out." Cage muttered.

"No!" Clarke shouted. "You didn't tell me the truth?!"

"I'm trying to make a new image." Cage growled.

"Not working." Clarke said and hung up.

The next day during lunch, Clarke sat by herself once again right before Cage had come to the school. Cage walked up to her with Emerson and another girl. "Tsing, Emerson, hold her!" Cage demanded.

Cage started punching her in guts and when she refused, he would have his guys have a tighter grip on her wrists. Then he'd kick her shins.

"Let her go!" Octavia shouted at Cage.

"It's okay." Clarke reassured Octavia. "Just let me go."

"No!" Octavia shouted. "This is illegal."

Cage started to punch Clarke in the guts. Clarke coughed up some blood. Then Cage punched her again. Clarke was barely conscious but she heard footsteps once again.

"Tell them the truth!" Cage demanded.

Clarke struggled and let him punch her again, knowing there was someone coming. Then Clarke felt the guys let go of her wrists and someone catch her.

Lexa made her way, following Clarke slowly behind. She was making sure everything was alright. When she approached Clarke, she saw her coughing up blood. Lexa looked up and saw Cage.

"What the hell Cage?" Lexa shouted.

"None of your business." Cage whispered.

Lexa threw a punch at his face. Cage was already down. Tsing and Emerson came for Lexa, trying to fight her. Lexa just punched them in the face too. She had scared the rest of them off and rushed over to Clarke.

"Is she breathing?" Lexa asked.

Octavia nodded her head and Raven called 911. Lexa nodded her head back to Octavia, watching to make sure Clarke was still alive.

The ambulance arrived and they got Clarke into the ambulance and they drove away. Once the ambulance got a distance, Finn came up to Lexa.

"Fuck off." Lexa said to Finn who was behind her.

"Let's not get hasty." Finn whispered.

Lexa turned around and threw a punch at him. Finn's hand had caught her wrist and he threw a punch at her, but she had caught his wrist. Octavia jumped onto his back, choking him to an extent where Lexa could break free and knock him out. Lexa took the opportunity and escaped his grip. She then punched his guts and they let him go.

Octavia got into her car and drove them all to the hospital. The ride was silent, everyone's mind on if this was Clarke's life every day. They tried to imagine it but their minds kept going blank.