Madness//Book 1 in the Calliope Kane series

Chapter 1

"Callie....Callie." The redhead turned around at the voice and saw the woman standing in front of her. Flashing a smile so Abby wouldn't worry, Callie moved away from the window. "Sorry, apparently my mind has been other places." She said laughing slightly.

"It's alright dear. I just wanted to tell you that we have another patient and then you're allowed to go." Red brows shot up in surprise when she heard that there was yet ANOTHER patient. They had been overrun for the last week with kids that were coming down with something. And unfortunately they didn't have enough medication to treat them all. It broke Callie's heart to basically go to the parents and say that they were only able to keep them comfortable.

"Kids shouldn't live like this." She muttered to herself. Callie had hardened a lot in the last year since she had seen Octavia Blake thrown in the skybox for just being born. Bellamy had barely talked to her and whenever she went to find him on his shift, he always had an excuse and walked away. She wished he would just talk to her, but she also knew that she needed to give him space. She just didn't expect to be ignored for an entire year.

Checking the clock, Callie knew she had a job to do so she shook all thoughts of the dark haired boy from her mind. "Abby do you mind if I sit this one out. It's starting to get to me.." The girl trailed off hoping that she would be able to leave.

The woman nodded and put a hand on Callie's shoulder, her hazel eyes full of tears. "Yes sweetie. I understand, this is the part of the job that never comes easy." Giving Callie a hug Abby turned and walked out of the room while Callie felt the guilt creeping in. She always did when she was about to steal from the medical supply. But she had been doing it for about two months now, trying to help as many people as she could. And she couldn't stop now.

Heading over to the case where the medications were kept, Callie quickly picked the lock and got it to open in no time. Grabbing one of the vials, she shut the case and put the vial in her back pocket. She only had a little bit of time before she had people back in there with her. Grabbing her jacket, Callie shrugged it on before heading out of the infirmary. Quickly making her way down the hall, the redhead almost fell over when she ran smack dab into her parents. "Hey guys, whats up?" Callie asked flashing a grin. Her mother looked worried though as she grabbed her daughters hands in hers.

"Calliope. Please tell me it's not true. Please tell me that you haven't been stealing medical supplies." Amara said quietly, the worry in her eyes and in her voice causing her to grip her daughters hands tight.

Callie kept the blank face as to not give away the fear that she was feeling. "W-what are you talking about." She said quietly.

Her father looked around as he started to speak. His voice heavy with regret. "Jaha came to us...said someone had seen you swiping medical supplies. Callie please, if you have you need to tell me so we can fix it."

Callie wrenched her hands from her mother's as she shook her head. "No...no..I was careful. No one was supposed to see me." She whispered her voice growing frantic. Pulling the vial out of her back pocket, Calliope heard her mom gasp as she saw it.

"Oh no baby...no." Amara said. She could hear the panic and sadness in her voice and it made Callie want to just take everything back. Only before she could, she heard a voice being her.

"Calliope Kane. You have been accused of theft of medical supplies. An action that leads to death on the Ark." The redhead set her face of stone before turning around to the man that was about to tear her life apart. "How do you plead?"

Callie could hear her parents arguing behind her as she chewed on her lip, trying to figure out what she wanted to say. No matter what she was screwed, if she lied she would die. If she told the truth then she would die.