Welcome to Arkadia {3}

Chapter 9

I helped Octavia get Bellamy off of her horse. She had gone to meet him. He wanted to 'help'. Octavia and I didn't really believe that. Even if he was, he could help by being our prisoner. 

He seemed to be waking up. The first thing he seemed to see was Octavia, Indra, and I standing in front of him. 

"It was a mistake to bring him here." Indra told Octavia. 

"He was out the whole way." Octavia told her. 

"He was even out as we got him in here." I added. 

"And I searched him for bugs." Octavia stated. 

"You think I'd let them hurt you two?" Bellamy asked. 

"Shut your mouth." Indra hissed. 

"Indra, we talked about this." Octavia reminded. 

"You waste time. You should be in their camp by now." Indra scolded. 

"No, it's suicide. Pike will be expecting you. You won't get close. I can. We can save them, but we have to work together." Bellamy warned. I rolled my eyes. 

"You're the reason they need saving." Octavia seethed. 

"And we don't trust you." I added. Bellamy looked hurt by our words. 

"Maybe. But that doesn't change the fact that you need me." Bellamy stated. 

"For the first time in my life, that's not true." Octavia countered. Bellamy looked even more hurt. He depended on her needing him. Sometimes that was all that had kept him together. That didn't seem to work this time though. 

"O." Bellamy tried. 

Octavia just walked for the exit. I turned to Indra, making sure she remembered what the three of us talked about. If he tried to run, take him down. Just don't kill him. 

"Go." Indra told me. I nodded and jogged to catch up. 

"O! Rach!" I heard Bellamy call after us. 

***

"Package is on the move. I repeat, package is on the move. We are a go. Okay, S, is your team in position?" Harper said through the radio. 

"Roger that. We're in position and ready to intercept." Octavia said. 

We were hid in the floor as the plan started. We stayed silent as the door to the room opened. There were footsteps and then the door shut. 

Octavia pushed up on the floor tile we were under. We peaked our heads up. The three stared at us in shock. 

"Are you gonna stand their all day or are gonna get in here with us?" I asked. 

"What about the guards?" My dad asked. 

"Miller's boyfriend is on our side now. He's got the other guard. I'll get him." I explained climbing out. It took a couple minutes before there was a slight knock on the door. I looked to the other four. "Go. I'll be back in a second." 

The others climbed in. I went out and faced Miller's boyfriend. Octavia didn't trust him enough to not knock him out but he was on our side. I didn't want to make him change his mind. 

"Okay. Get down. Act like your knocked out." I ordered. He nodded and laid on the floor. 

I heard footsteps running in our direction. I ran down the hall and around a corner. I waited until I heard them running back out of the room. I threw myself onto the floor, making a bang as my body made contact with the metal. 

I scrambled to my feet and ran, making my footsteps loud so they could follow me away from Octavia and the others. I navigated my way through the hall I knew so well. 

Like I knew would happen, some guards cut me off after a while. Luckily, I had already made it to where I needed to. I went into the room next to me. It was the old Kane residence. 

I locked the door behind me. I knew it wouldn't keep them out for long. They were already banging on the door. I took off a floor piece long enough for me to slip in. Then I put it back into place. 

I knew it shouldn't fool them. They had seen me come into this room. They'll tear it apart til they find me. But I had a plan.

I crawled towards the wall that connected to my old neighbor's place. They had a daughter my age. We were best friends. She passed away though. It was a virus going around. People like her and a few others died. My mom and dad survived. I didn't even get it. 

I opened the vent the connected the floor under my place to the floor under her place. This was how we'd sneak into each other's rooms for whatever reason we wanted. 

I was bigger now though. I was older and had already had a kid. I almost got stuck two times: at my shoulders and at my hips. Once I was passed my hips, I fit through fine. 

I pressed a floor piece so I could crawl back out. I could hear Pike's guards finally break into my room. I put the floor piece back. 

I went to the door and opened it. There were two guards in the hall but they were looking into the room where Pike was having a fit. 

I quickly and quietly ran down the hall. I successfully made it around a corner without being noticed. I ran to where the others were getting out. They weren't there. 

I hoped they already made it out. If so, they'd be headed for the cave. That's where I needed to go. If they weren't there yet, I could come back for them. 

I opened the wall and climbed in before shutting the wall. I climbed through the hatch to where it dropped outside the fence. It was in the back so no one was paying attention back there. I made it to the tree line. I hike up the hill a bit. I could see the camp from here. 

As I looked to the camp, I noticed some guards pulling out someone who was struggling. Looking closer, I saw it was Lincoln. I gasped. 

Had they not made it out? Why was it just Lincoln out there?

I noticed Lincoln looking in one direction. It was up and over from where I was. He didn't look away as Pike put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. 

***

I made it back to the cave just as the others seemed to.

"Octavia!" I called. She looked over at me with an emotionless face. She knew. I'm guessing she saw it too. I ran over to her. I pulled her into a hug. She just stood there ,not hugging me back. "I'm so sorry." I said with tears of my own in my eyes. 

"A warrior doesn't grieve the dead until the war is won." She stated numbly. 

I sighed and pulled back. She was right. We needed to get rid of Pike. Then the war will be won and we will have justice for what happened to Lincoln. 

My dad came over and pulled me into a hug. I hugged him back. 

"Lia has been with Sam since I got arrested. He's agreed to stay out of this to stay with her. I don't think he minded to much. I think she did. She misses you. She hasn't seen you in a while." My dad caught me up real quick. 

"Well, when all this is settled, I can finally go home to her." I told him. He nodded. 

"Now let's go deal with Octavia's brother." I said. 

I noticed that Miller and Harper had already gone in ,as well as Brian. Sinclair was just going in. My dad smiled at me before following Sinclair. I put a comforting hand on Octavia's shoulder. She turned to me with sad eyes. 

"Come on ,babes. We're almost done. The war will be over soon enough." I told her. She nodded and walked to the cave. I followed her ,easily catching up with her.