𝙃𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙎² ➣ 𝐵. 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑒✔

10 | EMP

"Niylah said we can work in here," Clarke stated as she put the wristband we came here for on the table in front of us. "So how do we do this?"

I stood beside Bellamy, my arms crossed as I watched Monty and Sinclair across the table. I watched as Monty studied the wristband. Sinclair let out a breath as he spoke, leaning over the table. "We think Raven wanted to use this wristband to generate an EMP. Which is freakishly brilliant."

I shrugged. "She is a genius. But what does it mean?"

"A targeted electromagnet pulse could destroy the chip's circuitry," Sinclair explained. "We could use this to send an EMP along Raven's own nervous system. Just need to reverse the polarity, wire for external input, and attach a battery."

"But what would that do to her?" Clarke asked, curiously.

"EMP's don't affect our bodies," Sinclair stated. "But I don't know the mechanics of how this chip integrates with her brain."

"This was Raven's plan," Bellamy butted in. "She wouldn't do it if it was gonna destroy her brain."

"Depends how bad she wanted it out," Octavia said as she walked into the room, standing beside Clarke.

"Regardless, without an electromagnet, this is just talk," Sinclair stated.

I raised an eyebrow. "Where do we get one?"

"The Ark," Sinclair answered, causing me to let out a sigh. Of course, it would be the Ark. "Every station had a pulsed inductive thruster for maneuvering--"

Belly stepped forward, interrupting. "Arkadia's out of the question. It's too dangerous, you heard them."

"We use the dropship," Monty said. We all looked at him. "It has PI thrusters just like the Ark."

We all looked at Sinclair for confirmation. He nodded, speaking. "That's good. Okay, I'll go salvage the magnet."

Just as Sinclair started walking, Monty stopped him. "Uh, no. You should stay with Raven and figure out how this thing works. I'll take the rover. Be back by the time you finish the device."

"I'll go with you," Octavia suggested.

My arms dropped to my side as I spoke. "Me too."

As I turned to follow Monty and Octavia, I was stopped by Bellamy grabbing my arm. I turned to look at him, sighing. "Bellamy, I'll be fine. I promise okay. Just...help save Raven. Okay?"

He seemed reluctant but didn't say anything as he let go of my arm. I gave him a tight-lipped smile, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek before turning on my heel and going after Monty and Octavia.

°°°

We eventually reached the dropship, Monty stopped the rover a few meters away.

"Who would've thought it'd be good to see the dropship?" Monty joked.

"It's not," Octavia said before getting out of the rover. I followed close behind, going out the back. Monty followed soon after as Octavia walked ahead of us toward the dropship.

I looked around cautiously when I ran into Monty ho had stopped in front of me. I gave him a sorry look as he looked at Octavia and spoke. "I heard you tell Bellamy you're leaving. Is that true? After everything we've been through?"

My eyebrows furrowed as I looked at the girl who had stopped a few feet in front of us. She had a slightly guilty look on her face as she looked at Monty and me.

The girl nodded. "Yeah."

I watched as Monty walked toward her. "Octavia... We're your people. We were sent down together, we survive together."