Love & War

Nightblood

Clarke POV

We arrive at the island. I walk up to the lab while Roan helps the others unload the fuel. I walk into the lab stoping when I see the rocket. It is nothing like I have ever seen before. I look down to see my mom working. She has adapted to this technology faster than me. She actually likes this. 

She looks up, smiling. She walks up the stairs to me.

"Where's Roan?" She asks.

"Helping unload the fuel. I just needed to see my mom." I hug her. She rubs my back. 

"It was dream." She says pulling away. 

"A dream that could have saved us." I say as she nods. I step forward staring at it. "Do you think there is any other way?"

"Jackson and I have been looking but we haven't found a way. We have been experimenting with Luna's blood."

"Luna's here?" I remember her from when Lexa became commander. She left. 

"She found us while you were in Polis. Radiation fish had poisoned her and her people. We tried to help but they died, except her. Thats when we discovered she was a nightblood. She agreed to help us."

"I'm surprised. She hated everyone." I say leaning on the railing. 

"Hey." We turn to see Emori, Murphy's girlfriend. "I'm going up to the big house, do you need anything?" Mom looks at me. 

"I think you should go. Get washed up." I nod following Emori out of the lab. She takes me to the house that is huge. Emori shows me where bedrooms are. I find a huge mirror, I stare at myself, seeing the dirt. 

Thats when I see it. The small bump. I raise my shirt, staring at it. I turn looking at it. Is this why I am sick? Could I be? I lower my shirt. I walk into the bathroom. I get into the shower, letting the warm water wash away the dirt. I look down at my stomach again. Staring at the small bump. It is more noticeable. 

I get out of the shower, dressing. I lie down thinking of the dream I had. Maybe it was vision. That dream I had of my dad and Bellamy. Holding our child. Could I be pregnant with Bellamy's child? I do not know.

I hear a crash. I get up walking to another room. I look in to see a window broken. I frown looking around. I move closer when I am attacked. I am knocked to the ground, a grounder on top of me. Emori rushes in, knocking the man off me. She hits him over the head, causing him to go unconscious.

I stare up at her before getting up. We tie him up, not sure what to do. Murphy comes up to the hose to tell us that Jackson and Abby think they made nightblood. We decide to bring the grounder. We need to see if it works. 

Mom injects him with the serum and then puts him in the radiation machine. We watch as it doesn't work. The man dies, exploding from the radiation. 

Mom feels like they missed something. She gets back to work, ignoring me. I walk into the office, turning the radio on. I call to Bellamy, hoping he is doing okay.

"How's it going?" He asks.

"Not good." Tears fill my eyes. "The nightblood serum they made didn't work."

"Abby and Jackson will find a way." His voice sounds sad.

"What happened?" I ask. He is silent for a minute.

"Octavia is gone." He says at first. "She left before I got back."

"I'm sorry, Bellamy." He starts to cry. "What else happened?"

"Black rain came. We all got in except two of the boys that came down with me, they were trapped." He sniffles. "I took the rover, hoping to get to them but I got stuck." I feel his pain. "They didn't make it."