Welcome to Arkadia {3}

Chapter 10

"Where's Lincoln?" Bellamy asked after a moment of silence. Octavia kept her back facing him.

"Pike put a bullet in his brain." Octavia told him.

The look of remorse, shock, and sadness that crossed his face physically hurt me. I didn't want to look at that face but I couldn't look away.

"O... O, I'm so sorry." Bellamy apologized.

Before anyone could do anything, Octavia turned and punched him in the face. Bellamy looked at her ,shocked she would hit him. She looked at his face and rage filled hers. She punched him two more times.

"Octavia, that's enough." My dad warned Octavia.

"Kane, stay out of this." Bellamy told my dad.

Octavia punched him in the face then the gut. I looked away as tears filled my eyes. She was hurting so much. I couldn't even imagine. I could hear the blows landing, Bellamy's groans of pain, and Octavia sobbing.

"Okay, that's enough." Miller stepped forward. Octavia shoved him back. She tried to hit him but he backed up.

"Miller, back off." Bellamy told him.

Octavia screamed and hit Bellamy again. And again. And again.

This time I stepped forward. I stepped in front of her ,catching her fist before it could hit me.

"Tavi, please." I cried. She told one look at my face and her anger seemed to melt. She gently pushed me aside. As she looked at her brother again, breathing hard from hitting him and crying, some of the anger came back.

"You're dead to me." Octavia spat at him. I flinched at her words. 

She left the cave. I stepped towards Bellamy. He looked up at me with a mix of hurt, defeat, and fear. He thought I was going to do the same as Octavia. 

He flinched as I dropped to my knees beside him. He flinched again as I raised my hand. He scrunched his eyes shut. He jumped when I rested my hand against his cheek. I used both hands to cup his face. I gently caressed his cheeks with my thumbs. 

He looked up at me in surprise. I leaned forward and pressed  my lips to his forehead ,letting my lips linger for a minute. He wrapped his arms around me tightly ,like he was afraid I was going to disappear. I pulled away enough to look him in the face. 

He looked so heart broken. I kissed his forehead again. He seemed more relaxed now. Then I went to pull away again. He tensed up, keeping me close to him. 

"Let me go ,Bellamy." I told him with no emotion in my voice ,which definitely contradicted my previous actions. It took him a couple moments but he listened. 

I stood up and left the cave. I found Octavia leaning against a tree. I went and wrapped my arms around her. She quickly turned and hugged me tightly. I felt the air leave my lungs but I ignored it for her. I turned my head and pressed a kiss to her temple. I didn't bother telling her that everything was going to be okay. 

Her heart was broken right now. She had seen the man she loved die. Shot in the head. I don't know how anything's going to go down in the next couple days. I don't know who's going to live and who's going to die.

All I know is that Pike was going to die for making Octavia hurt this bad. I'd make sure of it. I'm going to kill him or die trying. 

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"I say we run two-man patrols, round the clock, starting now." I stated. 

"We'll do that ,but we should be safe here. The blockades to close for Pike to risk looking for us." My dad said.