Love & War

Sands of Time

Clarke POV

The next morning I wake to find Jackson helping those that were injured from the blast. I help as best as I could.

"Could have used you in the bunker?" Jackson smiles at me.

"You had my mom." I say but he frowns. Something happened to her down there that no one wants to talk about. Miller walks up to him, saying goodbye. I see a backpack on him. As he's walking away I go after him.

"Miller, wait." He doesn't stop. He walks around a building when I catch up to him. I grab his arm turning him to face me. "Where are you going?" He looks down at me and then I know. "You're going to the valley."

"Clarke wait." I march past him. Miller manages to get past me, stopping me.

"Get out of my way, Miller." I glare at him.

"What's going on?" Bellamy ask's coming up beside's me.

"Wish I could tell you Bellamy." Miller says.

"They're going to the valley." I say.

"Octavia told you not to tell us. Right?" He looks at me and then Bellamy. Bellamy and Miller glare at each other as I walk past him to where Octavia is. I am about to walk into the building when I am stopped. 

"Get back." A wonkru warrior says.

"Octavia, I know where you're going."

"You do? Then you won't stop us." She says turning to face me.

"I know these lands, do you?" I look at her. "I have traveled them thousands of times. Let me help." I hear footsteps behind me, knowing Bellamy is there.

"O, listen to her." He says

"Bloodrenia shouldn't have to listen to you, not after what you did." A warrior yells out.

"Enough." Octavia looks at me and then nods. I move past her warriors to a map.

"I see you want to go the sea route," I look up at her. "You can't."

"Why not?" Indra steps up beside me.

"After Priamfaya it became a hot spot for sandstorms. Sandstorms that are so unpredictable." I look at them.

"We have the tents, it should be fine." Indra says.

"Yes they would work for normal sandstorms but these aren't. Priamfaya crystallized some of the sand. If you went out there during a storm. The sand would cut you to shreds." I look at Octavia who I can tell is listening to every word I say.

"The sea route is six days. The other path would add two days. We only have rations for seven." A warrior comes up beside me. I look at her and then at Octavia.

"I'm telling you if you go out into those sands and a storm comes up. We're all dead."

"How do we know there won't be sandstorms on the longer routes?" Indra speaks up.

"Enough. Were doing this. The hydro-farm is barely feeding us now. So if this the last living valley then it should be ours." Octavia says.

"Diyoza believes the same thing." Bellamy speaks up. I look up at him and see that he is scared. He is worried about his friends and Madi. Now that he knows about her. 

"Then we fight." She says as everyone moves out except Indra.

"I'm glad you're back, Bellamy. Your sister needs you." She looks at us. "There's two packs by the door with rations." Indra leaves and I turn to Bellamy.

"What do we do now?" I look at Bellamy. He walks over to the bags.

"Raven and Murphy are on that ship. Everyone else is in the valley." I nod, taking the bag. "Six day hike, through sandstorm country. What could go wrong?" He smiles. I haven't seen that smile in a long time.