Love & War

Polis

Clarke POV

Bellamy is alive. It keeps going over and over in my head. He is safe. I follow Indra to where my mom is. I hope she is okay. Indra opens a door.

"Is it over?" I hear her say.

"Yes." Indra says, stepping back to let me in.

"Mom?" She turns to look at me.

"Clarke?" I kneel down in front of her. "Your here?" I nod, tears in my eyes. She rubs her hands over my cheeks. She pulls me against her, holding me tight.

I can see she has been through a lot these last six years. I don't know what exactly she and the others went through but I hope that I can help her, however she lets me.

We leave the room, going to the opening. They start us in and we ride up. I look around when I see Bellamy walking towards a building with Octavia. He probably wants to know what the fighting pit is about. Tell her the plan. Kane comes up with Indra and we make our way into the city, away from the others.

Kane tells me that Octavia has turned dark. She is not the girl we once knew. Lincoln dying changed her and not for the better. Night falls and I make my way around, trying to find Bellamy. We need to talk, not just about Wonkru but about Madi.

I finally leave them to find a place to stay away from Octavia. I walk up to the group when I see Diyoza and her people pointing guns at Octavia. 

"Sorry about your pretty bunker but that is only half the power." I hear her say as I walk to the front of the group. "I know most of you are armed. If anyone moves for a weapon you see what full power does to human flesh. It's not pretty."

"Hey!" I see Bellamy walking from behind the crowd with Octavia. "What the hell are you doing? One call from me..."

"Make your call." She smiles. He presses the button on the radio.

"Raven come in." No answer. "Raven come in." Just static. He looks at her. 

"Deals off." She says to him. I slowly move up beside him. "But nobody has to get hurt." She looks at me. "Where's your mother?"

"She's our doctor." Octavia steps up to her, angry. "You can't have her."

"She asked you a question." McCreary says, pointing one of those blasters at her. "Where is the doctor?"

Another one of the prisoners points his gun at the crowd. Causing everyone to step forward.

"No!" Diyoza calls to them. 

"Hold." Octavia says to her people.

"I'm right here!" I hear my mom's voice behind us. I turn to see her walking towards them, Kane behind her. "Don't shoot. We'll come without a fight."

"I bet you will." I hear Octavia say to her. Mom looks at her before looking at Diyoza. "Traitor." She says as Kane looks at her.

"We?" Diyoza asks.

"Yes. Those are my terms." She says. 

"I see where your daughter gets it from." Diyoza points out. "Take them both." She says over her shoulder.

"Mom, what are you doing?" I ask her, tears burning in my eyes. 

"I love you Clarke." She says before she is taken away.

"Okay, here are my terms." Diyoza calls out. "The valley is ours. Any attempt to get there will be met with overwhelming force. As long as you stay here, we won't have a problem. Is that a problem?" She asks Octavia.

"What about Raven and Murphy?" Bellamy asks.

"For now insurance." She looks at him. "Let's go." Her people slowly start to back away. 

They are backing away when one of them looks at Octavia. I look in her direction to see she is silently taunting him. He gets mad, blasting his gun at the crowd. Arms grab me turning me away from the blast. I fall to the ground, a body protecting me. I look over my shoulder to see Bellamy holding me.

He looks down at me before getting up, helping me to stand. Once I am steady he walks over to Octavia to make sure she is alright. She glares at him as she leans on Indra.

"This is your fault!" She yells.

"Blodreina!" Miller calls. "What now?"

"Now." She says looking at him. "We go to war." She says before limping away. I see him turn, watching her walk away. He looks back at me, his face seeing it all. Another war. Would we ever be done with war?

Bellamy POV

I find a corner, tears falling down my face. How could I let this happen? Everything was going good. I sit, my hands on my face. I have to find a way to save Raven and Murphy as well the others. They are still in the forest.

I keep thinking of Madi. That little girl looked like Clarke but she also looks like me. Could she be mine? If she is why hasn't Clarke said anything? I hear footsteps approach me. A hand goes to my knee as I look up. Clarke kneels in front of me, sympathy on her face. I wipe the tears away before standing up.

She stands up with me.

"Are you okay?" She asks. I look away, taking a deep breathe. I look back at her.

"I'm fine."

"You always say that." I laugh. 

"We'll this time I am."

"Bellamy I know you met Madi and are probably wondering...."

"I know."

"You do?" She stares at me confused.

"I know she is mine. It's hard not to see it. I guess we haven't had time to talk about it." She nods, tears forming in her eyes. "Did you know?" I ask.

"Before you left?" She asks me as I nod. She takes a deep breathe before blowing it out. I see it on her face. She knew and she didn't say anything. Anger rises inside me. 

"Why?"

"I was afraid." She says, quietly. I stare at her. "I didn't know if we would survive. I thought you knew?" 

"I knew you were acting funny but I didn't think it was that. When you pointed the gun at me in the bunker I saw your hand go to your stomach but..."

"You weren't sure." I nod. "I'm sorry."

"It was six years ago. That life is over." I say before walking away. I feel angry at her but I understand. She didn't even know we would survive. She would have only been a few months along. 

I find a place to sleep. Trying to push back the betrayal. I fall asleep thinking of the little girl that Clarke and I made.