Princess ♕ Flarke ❶ {Wattys2015}

Chapter 14: Clarke

Chapter 14: Clarke

"Lincoln said he was going to the coast," Octavia says. "If we can find him then he could tell us what can heal."

"I doubt Lincoln knows what it is, let alone me," I say. "Neither does Finn."

"The doctors never told me," Finn adds.

"Finn is a good tracker, he could navigate us there," Bellamy suggests.

"Finn's coming with us anyway. Let's get packed."

***

After packing the supplies up we set off. Finn seems to think that the coast is East from camp, according to one of our compasses.

"Are we there yet?" Octavia asks for what seems like the 1000th time.

"Just a few more miles," Finn says, but he's out of breath.

"We should take a break," I say. "We've been walking for almost a whole day."

I collapse on the ground and lie my head on my backpack. It's actually quite comfy. Octavia and Bellamy fall on the ground too. Finn is the only one left standing.

I roll onto my back and look at the landscape, darkening with the sunset sky. It's pretty bare, barren and devoid of life. There are a lot of dead branches and shrivelled-up bushes scattered around.

Eventually Finn sits on the ground next to me.

"We needs to set up a little camp to stay warm," he says. He starts to unpack a folded tent and props it up on planks of wood. "Voila, a tent for four."

"I'm not sharing a tent," Bellamy scoffs stubbornly. "And who knows what Finn and Clarke will be getting up to?"

"You have to, Bell," Octavia says. "It's either that or sleep outside."

"That's better than listening to two people get it on."

"We're not gonna get it on!" I exclaim. "The most we'll probably do is kiss."

"Too much PDA. I'll sleep outside." Bellamy looks sad. Could he be jealous?

"You'll get cold," Octavia says. "Just stay with us in the tent."

"Fine. As long as they," - he points at us - "don't kiss."

"Okay," Finn says.

***

It's surprisingly cold by the coast. The tent blows side to side, the only thing weighing it down is us. Bellamy and Octavia are asleep but I can see them shivering.

I'm shivering too, and so is Finn. He puts his arm around me, like that night in the drop ship. I turn around and snuggle my head into his chest.

"I'm s-so cold," I stutter.

"N-no shit," he says. "I never knew it was so cold by the coast."

"It's the prevailing wind." I gust of air comes under the tent and pulls it off the ground.

"What have we done to deserve this?!" Finn shouts sarcastically.

But it's not a gust of wind.

Lincoln stands above us, his stare boring into my mind.

"Octavia!" he says, picking her up and bringing her into a hug. "Why are you here?"

"We need help," she says. "Well, Finn needs help. He took his last dose of a medicine yesterday. Clarke realised that there was a drug in it that caused hallucinations. Dr. Griffin from the Ark said that maybe you could help. Do you know any medicinal plants?"

Lincoln thinks for a moment. "It depends what you need to heal."

From behind me I hear coughing and vomiting. I slowly turn around and see Finn with blood around his mouth and a pile of puke.

"Soooo, that's what you need help with..."

"Finn, come here." I take him into my arms. He's shivering and sweaty.

"Do you have any chest pains at all?" Lincoln asks. Finn nods in response. "Shortness of breath? Nausea?" Finn nods again. "I know what this is."

"What is it?" My eyes start to water.

"Hemoptysis."

"How can we cure it?" Bellamy asks.

"He would normally need to be put in an intensive care unit, but we don't have that down here. But there's a flower that could cure it." He reaches into his bag and takes out a few white flowers. Octavia grabs one.

"These are the flowers that you leave me!" she says. "I have tons of them back at camp, let's get a move on."

"W-wait." We turn around to face Finn. "I don't feel l-like walking."

"I'll carry you." Lincoln picks Finn up as if he weighs nothing. "Let's go."

He mutters something else, too. I can barely hear it but I know what he says:

"I hope we get back in time."

***

A/N

Was this longer? I think it was. I'm so evil right now and I wish I wasn't.

I'm ill so I had time to research that disease "Hemoptysis". I had to use Yahoo Answers for this. And then research the disease. And look at gross pictures. I'm scarred for life, my throat hurts, and I'm lonely today :(

Hope you all enjoyed!