Clarity

Chapter Fourteen

Clarke had just turned the corner away from the infirmary. It was only about a five minute walk until she would be home. The halls were surprisingly quite, but Clarke did not give it a second thought. It was late most people would be getting ready for bed. It was because of this quite that Clarke was able to make out the distinct footsteps that were behind her. It was easy for her to tell that they belonged to a man. There was no mistaking the sound of their heavy boots against the mettle floor.

Clarke was about to turn around when she was hit from behind with so much force the wind was knocked out of her and she feel down to the ground. It was not until she was on the floor that she realized she was tackled to the ground. Whoever attacked her had their arms still around her waist.

She struggled to catch her breath and once she did she tried to flip back over but she could not. Whoever was attacking her had hid full wait pressed down on her back. She tried to crawl away, out from underneath him. She managed to get out from underneath him. But he quickly pulled her back by her feet. She kicked back at him not shore if she was going to make contact or not. She did but she was not shore where but it gave her enough time to get up and try to run away.

She only got a few feet when she felt a hand wrap in her hair and pull her back violently. She cried out in pan as her neck snapped back more than she thought was possible. She spun around to face her attacker hoping she would be able to pull out of his grasp. When she turned around she was shocked to see that the person was wearing a mask from last night and she could not see his face. Just a blue mask. It was at that moment that he pulled a knife out from his pocket and Clarke could not do anything but scream as he tried to stab her.

She moved out of the way but not quick enough. The knife came down and stabbed her in the arm. She screamed again as the knife was removed.

At this exact moment Bellamy was leaving Todd’s.

“Did you hear that?” He asked Todd as a loud scream rang through the halls.

Todd did not answer but by the look in his face Bellamy knew that he did. The only problem was they could not tell where it had come from. It was not until a few seconds later when a second scream rang through the halls that they were able to tell where it was coming from.

“This way.” Bellamy told Todd as he started running the way he heard the screams coming from.

He quickly turned the corner to see a guy in a mask trying to stab a young blonde girl. His heart sunk for a second as he thought it could be the girl from last night but then he was set at ease when he saw that it was just Clarke.

He quickly towered the guy and tackled him into the wall just before he brought the knife down to her chest. Bellamy quickly looked down to Clarke to see that she was bleeding. This was a mistake because the man in the mask took this opportunity to head but Bellamy causing his nose to start gushing blood. He tried to take a stab at Bellamy but he managed to block him. Bellamy grabbed his wrist and spun it around his back just like he had done in training with Todd. The guy yelled out in pain and dropped the knife. Bellamy was just about to restrain him when the guard came running around the corner distracting him. The guy managed to shove Bellamy off of him and run away. A few guards ran after him why others came and restrained him.

Bellamy was pinned on the floor he looked up to see Clarke still on the floor. Todd had at some point joined her and was holding her in his arms. Bellamy could not believe that his friend did not help him; instead he went to comfort Clarke.

A few seconds later Clarke’s parents ran around the corner and Todd let Clarke go so she could run into her parent’s arms.

“Thank god you’re okay Clarke.” Abby said as she hung onto her daughter.