Second Chance//Bellamy Blake

-9-

With little to no sleep, the two started their second day on the ground with a game of catching berries. Murphy left abruptly with Jones ending their fun, both on the mission to convince more people to take off their wristbands.

He left his knife behind though and Violet picked it up admiring the cool yellow and black striped handle that bent creating a sort of J-shaped knife. She thought plenty of people would want it or steal it if Murphy lost it again, so she carved J.M. into the inside dip of the handle before slipping it into her boot.

Violet watched Wells from the hill she was sitting on. He buried the bodies of the two boys who had died in the landing. She sat for a very long time putting thoughts together and daydreaming until screams from camp startled her. She ran down the hill towards the ship to see what was happening, Wells and Bellamy were approaching at the same time. To her surprise, Murphy was holding a girl over a fire.

"Bellamy. Check it out. We want the Ark to think that the ground is killing us right? Figure it'll look better if we suffer a little bit first." Murphy explained as a crowd gathered.

Violet didn't hesitate to shove Murphy to the ground as hard as she could causing him to lose grip of the girl and she ran off. 

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" She shouted in his face.

He looked so utterly shocked and Violet was fuming at his stupidity. It was one thing to take them off but to torture people so it looks like we're dying that's next level fucked, she thought. As Murphy began to get up Wells had just reached him and shoved him back to the ground. 

"You fucking prick." Wells spat before turning to Bellamy. "You can stop this." He said almost as if he were begging Bellamy to make it stop.

"Stop this?" Bellamy scoffed watching as Murphy get up anger seeping from every pore. "I'm just getting started." He said just as Murphy threw a hard punch to Wells's face.

Wells stumbled back as Murphy threw another punch to his stomach then his face again, soon fists from both the boys were flying everywhere and the crowd was chanting "Fight! Fight!" Murphy took out Wells's legs, jumped on top of him and threw more punches to his face. Wells pushed Murphy over onto his back and slammed his head into the ground repeatedly until he stopped resisting.

"Murphy!" Violet shouted as she knelt next to him and as Wells got up turned back to Bellamy.

"Don't you see you can't control this?" He asked Bellamy as Violet slid Murphy his knife.

"You always got my back." He muttered getting up with her help and a smirk spread crossed his face.

"I wouldn't need to if you weren't a fucking idiot." She spat moving away, still pissed off.

"You're dead." Murphy stated plainly as he advanced towards Wells.

Bellamy had seen Violet give him the knife and shot her a dirty look. 

"Wait!" He demanded putting his arm in front of Murphy. 

The crowd went silent as they watched Bellamy reach into his pocket and pull out his knife then throw it on the ground in front of Wells. 

"Fair fight." He said before taking his place next to Violet on the sidelines.

The crowd was unsteady mumbling things to one another. Violet crossed her arms and gripped her gun inside her jacket. Bellamy watched her every move the leaned over.

"Don't be fucking stupid." He stated.

"I wouldn't need to worry if you didn't give him a knife."

"I could say the same to you."

They watched as the boys circled one another. Murphy tried to jab at Wells twice and each time Wells jumped back. Wells swung at Murphy and he dodged it slicing Wells across the arm. Murphy saw Wells was vulnerable.

He lunged at him shouting "This is for my father!" But was denied, Wells got him into a headlock with his knife to Murphy's throat. 

Violet pulled out her gun and Bellamy jumped in front of her.

"Wells! Let him go!" Clarke shouted before anything could escalate. 

Violet shoved her gun into her pocket. Wells took a moment to comply but then threw Murphy to the ground in front of Bellamy and Violet. He leapt up from the dirt about to go back in for the kill but Bellamy dove to divide the two holding Murphy back. 

"Enough Murphy!" He said pushing Murphy towards Violet, who then gripped his forearm.

Bellamy ran to help his returning sister sit on a log since it looked as though she was injured. 

"Octavia are you alright?" He shouted. "Where's the food?" He then asked realizing no one was carrying any.

"We didn't make it to mount weather." Spacewalker chimed in.

"What the hell happened out there?" Bellamy asked.

"We were attacked." Clarke blurted out.

"Attacked by what?" Violet asked shocked by this revelation. 

What she was taught her whole life was nothing should be alive down here for another 100 years.

"Not what, who." Finn stated. "Turns out when the last man from the ground died on the Ark, he wasn't the last grounder."

"Its true. Everything we thought we knew about the ground is wrong. There are people here. Survivours. The good news is that means we can survive, radiation wont kill us." Clarke said.

"The bad news is the grounders will." Finn stated.

"Wheres the kid with the goggles?" Asked Wells

"Jasper was hit, they took him." Clarke said unnerved by the situation but her eyes floated to Wells's empty wrist. "Wheres your wristband?" She demanded taking his wrist, he pulled it away looking up at Bellamy, Violet and Murphy.

"Ask them." Wells stated.

"How many?" Clarke questioned Bellamy, clearly furious.

"24 and counting." Murphy said causing Clarke to practically explode.

"You idiots." She shouted well staring Violet down. "Life support on the Ark is failing. That's why they brought us down here. They need to know the ground is survivable again, and we need their help against whoever is out there. If you take off your wristbands, you're not just killing them. You're killing us!" She explained. 

Shivers sent down Violet's spine, the only reason she took off her wristband was to hurt her father, she didn't realize she was killing him or her grandmother. Her father may deserve death but she didn't want to become him, she didn't want to kill her own family.

Bellamy saw that Clarke was winning over the crowd and took it upon himself to bring them back over to his side. 

"We're stronger than you think. Don't listen to her. She's one of the privileged. If they come down, she'll have it good. How many of you can say the same? We can take care of ourselves. That wristband on your arm? It makes you a prisoner. We are not prisoners anymore! They say they'll forgive your crimes. I say you're not criminals! You're fighters, survivors! The Grounders should worry about us!" He shouted receiving many cheers, Violets not amongst them. 

Clarke stormed off frustrated and Violet watched as guilt consumed her body.