PRINCESS OF GROUNDERS (Book 1) On Hold

CHAPTER 2

After the encounter with the two headed radiated deer the six continued their way to mount weather, hoping to find themselves closer to supplies. The six of them walking down hill.

"You know what I like to know. " Finn started walking along the the group. "Why send us down today after 97 years? What's changed?"

Octavia let out a scoff. "Who cares? I woke up rotting in a cell and now I'm spinning in the forest." Grinning as she grabbed Gretel and spinning together around the tree trunks, but Octavia tried to Finn's attention and failed terribly as he walked right past her.

"Maybe it was a satellite." Monty suggests to the group. "You know, like an old satellite-.."

"It wasn't a satellite." Clarke interrupts Gretel. "The ark is dying." Stopping in their tracks, they all turned to look at Clarke but she just continued walking past them. "At the current population level, there's roughly three months left of life support, maybe four now that we're gone. "

Gretel took in and thought about what Clarke said and at this point she didn't care about if her father was alive or not. He got his kids arrested and his wife which let her to be floated. How can someone do that to their own family?

"So that's the secret they locked you up to keep? " Finn asked Clarke, standing right beside her.  "Why they locked you up in solitary? Floated your old man? "

Gretel was surprised to hear the news about what happened to Clarke's father.  He was a second dad to her and now he's gone. He's dead.

"My father was the engineer who discovered the flaw. He thought the people had a right to right to know.  The council disagree, my mother disagreed. They were afraid that it would cause panic. We were gonna public, anyway but wells...."

Gretel wanted to know what Wells did.  " What? " Asked her blonde haired friend. " H-he turned in your dad? "

Gretel didn't want to be right but she was when she saw that didn't respond she knew she was right. Clarke continued talking, "Anyway, the guards showed up before we could. That's why today..... That's why today was worth the risk.  Even if we all die, at least they bought themselves some more time. "

"They're gonna kill more people, aren't they? " Monty asked but Clarke didn't respond.

"Good" Octavia spoke up as she wrapped her arm around Gretel's arm.  "After what they did to us, I say float 'em all. "

"You don't mean that. " Jasper said said following both girls as the passed Monty,  Clarke and Finn. 

Rushing up to them Jasper stopped and his eyes widen.  "Oh damn, I love earth. " He said,  watching as the girls slide her pants off and other clothing. Clarke, Finn and Monty came up besides Jasper
Holding the same shocked expressions.

"Octavia, Gretel what the hell are y'all doing? " Clarke shouted at them. Octavia turned her head, smirking at the group before she grabbed Gretel's hand before they both jumped off the rock and landed in the water with a splash.

The four of them rushed over and found both girls with their head sticking out of the water.

"We can't swim" Monty pointed out.

"No but we can stand" Gretel said, as both girls straightening their legs so that their upper body was out of the water.

"Wait there's not supposed to be a river here. " Clarke pointed out, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Well there is, so take off your damn clothes off. " A small smile appeared on the blondes face as Clarke began to take her clothes off.  "Wahoo go Clarke! " Gretel said. Before Clarke as get undressed Jaspers voice stopped them from going any further.