The End of the World (Bellamy Blake x Reader)

VII - Gimme Shelter

Yellow. The world around me was shaded in hues of yellow. Incredibly foreboding. I jumped out of the rover along with Bellamy, and headed for my dad who greeted us. I hugged him.

"Welcome back," Dad said.

I smiled, but it dropped almost instantly when thunder rumbled across the land. Given the sickly hue around us, it was going to bring black rain. For real this time. Wind picked up, whipping at the flyways from my braid, and I immediately knew that we wouldn't have to wait much longer for the rain to come. Just one drop sprinkled on my face, and it burned. If only one little raindrop could be so painful, I imagined that a downfall would be excruciating.

"Black rain," I murmured.

"Everybody inside!" Dad yelled.

"Black rain!" Bellamy shouted. "Sound the alarm!"

No one objected. I herded everyone towards the entrance of the Ark. Everyone lifted their jackets over their heads as the rain poured down harder. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and made way towards the Ark myself. I hoisted my jacket over my head to try and protect myself as I headed to the back of the stampede. I tried not to cry as rain pelted onto me, burning what skin I had exposed.

I stopped in my tracks when I nearly tripped over a man screaming in pain on the ground. I thought about helping him, but he already was so burned I doubted we had the medical resources to spare to help him. I hated to leave him there, but it wouldn't matter if we couldn't save ourselves when the radiation came anyway.

Harper was staring at him with horrified shock. I could see it in her eyes that she wanted to help him up. So when she moved towards him, I grabbed her arm.

"Come on, Harper," I shouted above the chaos. I pulled her towards the Ark, and she came along willingly, though distraught.

As soon as I was under shelter, I threw my jacket down and stripped off the rest of my clothes until I was standing only in my undergarments. I rinsed myself off thoroughly with water from the barrels, all the while keeping my eyes open for my boyfriend. When I couldn't find him, I ignored the stinging and stepped away from the barrels. Wandering just in my underwear, I searched around for Bellamy, calling out his name. But there was no response. I couldn't find him anywhere.

My heart leaped into my throat. I knew maybe I was thinking the worst; he had to be in here, I would have heard him screaming if not. But I couldn't see him.

"Bel?" I called, shoving through everyone who paid me no mind. "Bellamy!"

I raced to the front of the room to find him and my dad stumbling in with the man who'd been dying on the ground. Guilt struck me for a moment, but I pushed through it. Right now, it wasn't worth it to be guilty about anything. Not until after we found a way to survive.

"I need to find Octavia," Bellamy said, after rinsing himself off rather poorly. At least he didn't look to be in much pain so hopefully he was okay.

"She's not here!" Dad replied. "She took off hours ago."

Bellamy moved for the door. "I gotta find her."

I grabbed his arm, stopping him. "Bellamy, stop! I doubt anyone knows where she went! We just got back, and the rover doesn't have enough power to go searching through the woods."

"The rain will kill her!" Bellamy argued, his voice taut.

I put a hand on his face, trying to reassure him. "She's smart. You gotta trust she found shelter, okay?"

Bellamy stared into my eyes for a moment, and finally agreed. I gave him a small smile, and then closed the heavy door. Chaos still reigned, and I practically dunked myself back into the barrel beside Bellamy who was also undressed.