Prisoner 345 (book 2) The 100

Chapter 4: Many Happy Returns

Currently, we were all running through the woods.

"Everyone, eyes peeled. We're in Grounder territory.", Bellamy stated. I got tired of running.

"Everything is Grounder territory, all right? I can't keep running.", I stated and stopped running. "We don't even know if the guy Finn killed was telling the truth."

Finn walked over to me and pulled me harshly on my arm. "Keep moving."

"Back off.", I yelled. Finn was so different ever since we started looking for Clarke. I sure as hell didn't like it.

"Hey, give her a minute.", Bellamy defended me.

"No, we can't. You heard what the Grounder said: They'll outlive their usefulness.", Finn told Bellamy.

"I heard what he said when you had a gun to his head.", Bellamy said.

"Look, you think I wanted to do that?", He asked.

"No, but you did.", I said making Finn turn around.

"He would've told his people we're coming.", Finn defended himself. "And by the time we got there, our people would be dead. Maybe that's something you can live with, but I can't.", Finn wanted to keep moving but Bellamy stopped him.

"I know you did what you think you had to do. But you are not yourself right now and I can't be out here with another loose cannon.", Bellamy told him.

"Guys.", Monroe suddenly spoke up making us look up. We saw dead bodies laying everywhere. We walked further, but slowly.

"Where the hell did they come from?", Murphy asked.

"From the Ark.", Bellamy stated as we all kept walking. We ended up on a cliff. We all looked down, seeing pieces from a station of the Ark.

"That's a rough landing.", Murphy said. I walked a bit back, I was scared I'd fall off of the cliff, being the clumsy person I am.

"There's nothing we can do for these people. We gotta go.", Bellamy said. We all walked away when we heard a girl whimpering. I was surprised someone survived that.

"Did you hear that?", I said walking over to the edge of the cliff again. Everyone followed me.

"Hey, hey, someone's down there.", Monroe said making me look over a little further.

"Hey! Up here!", Bellamy screamed.

"Please, help me.", I heard the girl scream. I felt so bad for her, she must be terrified right now.

"Mel?", Sterling called out. They knew each other.

"Help me!", Mel yelled back.

"You know her?", Murphy asked.

"Shut up, Murphy. She's my friend. We have to do something.", Sterling said and I agreed. Mel kept yelling and Sterling walked over to our bags. I followed him. He grabbed the rope and I helped him tie it around a tree. Sterling tied the other end around himself and walked over to the edge.

"Hold on! Just hold on, Mel.", He yelled.

"We're moving out!", I suddenly heard Bellamy speak up. Was he actually considering leaving her there? What if that was Octavia? Sterling was already climbing down.

"Wait, Sterling.", Finn and Bellamy tried to stop him but it was no use. I stepped in front of them.

"Let him help her.", I said, harsher than I meant.

"Yeah, well, it looks like we're taking that break after all, huh?", Murphy said and I rolled my eyes.

I went to sit down on the tree branch the rope was tied on.