"war paint - the 100¹ [EDITING]

IX

Katherine stood outside of Lincoln's room, bewildered at the fact he did not wish justice for the people who had been brutally murdered by Finn.

Her mind drifted to the promise she made to Amara, she would not allow her death to go unavenged. Finn had to pay one way or another, and she would kill him herself if it came to that. 

Bellamy appeared beside Katherine disrupting her thoughts abruptly, she rolled her eyes in annoyance, already presuming what Bellamy was there for.  

"Here to convince me to help you stop the execution?" Katherine questioned leaning against the wall with crossed arms, a stern expression on her tired face.

"I was hoping I could bring you to your senses," Bellamy answered mimicking her stance causing her to scoff.

She knew he would attempt to persuade her into helping them, but she was determined to get justice for the lost, and nothing and no one would change her mind.

"I'm leaving," Katherine stated beginning to walk away, however, Bellamy gripped her arm, forcing her to stop. 

"Please Kat—," He pleaded in a soft voice, though it was filled with desperation. Katherine could sense it making her smile.

Who would've thought the most hated person in their camp was the only one who could help them? In some bizarre and wicked way, she enjoyed him begging for her help, and it caused her immense satisfaction to destroy the tiny shred of hope he lingered onto.

"Don't insist Bellamy. The sooner this is over the sooner we get our people out of mount weather, isn't that what you wanted? Or is Finn more important?" Katherine muttered, a taunting glimmer in her eyes.

"All of my people are important! But Finn— he's our friend. He's your friend. He's one of the first people to seek peace with your people, he doesn't deserve to die," Bellamy insisted, striving to find a bit of empathy within her, but his statement only provoked her anger to increase.

"The people in the village were my friends, did they deserve to die?" 

"I didn't say that," Bellamy murmured shaking his head regretfully. 

"The answer is no, but Finn took it upon himself to decide that. We want justice, that's all," Katherine explained staring intensely into his eyes which somewhat intimidated him. Her gaze was cold, displaying all the hatred she felt at the moment.

"I've seen the scars on your shoulders, you've killed more people than Finn. Do you deserve to die?" Bellamy retorted making Katherine scoff at his pitiful efforts.

"Those are two completely different situations Bellamy." 

"Murder is murder. And if you didn't get punished for it, neither should Finn," Bellamy argued causing Katherine to scowl.

"You know. . . you're doing a terrible job at convincing me," Katherine grumbled with an unamused snicker before beginning to walk away, only to once again be held back by Bellamy, however, her patience had run out and her face contoured in rage. "No! You're going to turn him in or you all die. There's no other way to stop this Bellamy. If you want to save your people. . . you know what to do." 

She stormed off infuriated, it baffled her how his people decided to waste time protecting one life when they could've had achieved an alliance by now. 

Bellamy groaned and kicked the wall in frustration. He knew Katherine was stubborn and it would take a lot of persuading to have her on their side, the way she thirsted for revenge seemed infinite, and the determination in her eyes frightened him, but he wasn't giving up yet.