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Jasper moans loudly in pain

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Jasper moans loudly in pain. Scarlett watching him intently as she wipes the sweat off of his forehead.

"His pulse is three eighty." Clarke says as she looks at her watch.

"Go back to sleep! Quiet!" The kids outside yell as they grow restless from Jasper's constant moaning.

"Don't listen to them. You're gonna make it through this, okay? Promise." Clarke whispers to Jasper.

"I'm gonna get clean water. Keep an eye on him." Clarke says as she begins to get up.

"No it's okay, I'll do it." Scarlett stands up heading down the ladder.

Scarlett hears a girl screaming and instead she goes to find her.

"No! No! No!" Charlotte yells in her sleep.

Scarlett goes towards the girl and gently tries to wake her up.

"Hey, wake up. It's okay. It's okay. It's just a dream. You're Charlotte, right? I'm Scarlett. It's okay to be scared. Do you want to talk about it?" Scarlett says to Charlotte gently.

"It's... my parents. They were floated and they... and I see it in my dreams and I just..." Charlotte explains as she cries.

"I understand. My parents were floated, too. So, how did you end up here?" Scarlett says solemnly.

"Well... we were taking my parents' things to the redistribution center and... I kind of lost it. They said I assaulted a guard."

"I can't say I blame you. See that bright star up there? That's The Ark orbiting above us. I think whatever happened up there, you know, the pain... maybe we can move past that now. Maybe being on the ground is our second chance." Scarlett explains as she looks up at the sky.

"Do you really believe that?"

"I'm trying to." Scarlett says with a soft smile.

Scarlett pulls Charlotte closer to her as they look up at the Ark in the sky.

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"The Grounders cauterized the wound. Saved his life." Clarke says as she cleans his wounds.

"Saved his life so they could string him up for live bait. Garden of Eden this ain't." Finn scoffs.

"This is infected. He could be septic. Any progress on using the wristbands to contact the Ark? Monty?"

"That would be a firm no." Monty says flatly.

"My mother would know what to do." Clarke says.

"How's he doing?" Wells steps of the ladder going over next to Clarke.

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