Grounded

Chapter 4- survivors

Once again I feel that familiar throbbing sensation in my head. Fucks sake what the hell happened?! All I can remember is being hit with-

HOLD THE FUCK UP........A PERSON?!

I bolt up with my eyes wide and frantically look around at my surroundings.

"WHERE THE FUCK AM I?" I scream, I know I should probably calm down or whatever but I'm so overwhelmed I really don't care anymore. "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"

With that I hear muffled groans behind me and when I spin around, I notice that Raven and my parents are here, why the hell would they bring them here?

But my attention instantly snaps back to the door when I hear loud footsteps getting louder. When the door eventually creaks open it reveals a bulky man dragging a timid young woman along with him and he stops straight in front of me and snarls, "so you are the ones that fell out of the sky?"

"And you're the one that fucking knocked me and my family out" but all he does is grins, which fuels my anger even more, "wipe that grin off your fucking face or I swear I will cut it off".

But with that his face completely darkens, and silent threats dance in his eyes, suddenly he rushes towards me and grabs me by the throat, "you dare to threaten the commander girl?" 

Though I am completely terrified by his words, I refuse to give him the satisfaction of showing him, "what the hell is a commander?"

He steps back, releasing his tight grip and smirks once again, "A brave one I see?" I say nothing but rather continue to glare straight back at him, "I guess we'll have to fix that."

He shouts something behind him in a language that I don't recognise and three guards run in and begin dragging Raven and my parents out of the room, but when I try to stop them I am instantly held back by him, god damn he's strong.

Once again the door slams closed, and I am released from his iron grip.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BRING THEM BACK"

Once again I wish I could cut that smirk straight off of his stupid face.

"Disrespect me again and I will punish them, understand?"

With that I can do nothing but hang my head. He turns to the timid girl behind him and says, "answer her questions and tell her what we expect from her, fetch me when it's done." When she nods again he strides out of the door, without even glancing at me and slams it shut leaving only me and the girl.

I turn around and murmur "Asswipe", and cannot help but punch the wall behind me out of pure frustration, but instantly regret when I pull back and there is blood dripping from my hand, but I could not care less at the moment. Eventually I slump onto the floor in defeat and look towards the girl that has not moved since he left. I think I scared her with my sudden outburst.

Eventually she turns to the side and begins to limp to the other side of the room, and guilt instantly floods me, she seemed just as scared of him as I was. If this is to be the first time I introduce myself to a survivor, I really don't want them to be talking to me out of fear.

After a few minutes of silence, I take off my jacket and use it to wipe away the blood on my hand, and cautiously make my way over to the cowering girl. I decide to sit in front of her, in hopes that I will not scare her further and when she meets my gaze I gently say, "I am sorry, he just angered me.......the people he took away, they are all I have left" when she finally nods I decide to ask, "what is your name?"

I almost give up as a few moments pass and she seems to not want to answer but finally she whispers, "....Lexa, who are you?"

Okay she seems curious, I can work with that, I give a small smile "I'm Clarke, it's nice to meet you Lexa" and finally I receive a small smile in return.