Beautiful Disaster

Sixty-three

Third Person POV
          **Inside the Mountain**

"I had them prepare your favorite." Cage said walking into the quarantine room he had Dante placed in.

"Come on, Dad. They tell me you haven't eaten in two days."

"How bad is it? We both know you aren't here to bring me dinner."

"It's bad. They're going after our power." Cage said looking slightly fearful. "I sent a team out to the dam, but there is an army outside of our main door, and they're drilling into it. They must know that there's a delay." When Dante says nothing just stares at the wall. "I underestimated the commander. Is that what you need me to say?" Cage says frustratedly

"It wasn't the commander. It was Clarke."

"Dad."

"You've killed us." Dante says turning his hard eyea onto Cage. "One week in office, and you've managed to turn neighbor against neighbor, you've made the outsiders hate us more than they already did, you've lost our outer defenses, and now a door that hasn't been breached in 97 years is going to fall, and an army of savages is going to flood these halls, killing every last one of us."

"Tell me how to stop it. Please. I need your help." Cage pleads "Your people need your help. They'll destroy everything."

"You already have." Dante replies tiredly.

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"We don't have much time. The last 12 are on this level." Bell

"Including Monty. Which way?" Jasper asks looking to Maya

"This way."

They hadn't taken more than several steps before an announcement when over the PA system.

"Attention. Class one quarantine protocols are now in effect. All citizens must report to level 5 immediately. Hard seal lockdown in T-minus 30 minutes and counting."

Maya instantly started panicking at the mans words.

"Listen to me. It's gonna be ok. All right?" Jasper said grabbimg hold of her arms trying to calm her down. "You're gonna be ok. We're not gonna let anything happen to you, will we?" He says looking to Bellamy

"Jasper, in 30 minutes, all backup power gets diverted for species continuity." Maya says trying to make him understand. "That means level 5 for life support and security. Radiation will seep in everywhere else. I can't go to level 5 without being shot in the head."

"Guys, we need to keep moving." Bellany urges them.

"We'll get you your Hazmat suit, extra oxygen, enough to last until the engineers get the power back on."

"And then what? You think Cage Wallace is gonna let me live here after that?"

"Attention. Class one quarantine protocols are now..." Man on pa

"Then we kill him." Jasper says plainly.

"All citizens must report to level 5 immediately. Hard seal lockdown in T-minus..."