WHY

2

Stella had spent a total of eight months in the skybox. 243 days. If she was being honest, it wasn't all that bad, she got to spend her days with her friends, and her brother would come to visit every once in a while.

She was lying on her bed when her door was slammed open and she was jolted awake.

"Take it easy asshole," She slightly rolled her eyes, feeling protective of her roommate Harper. Two guards came in and pointed their guns at the girls, making them raise their arms up

"Prisoner two-seven-one and two-seven-two, stand up and face the wall", the first guard commands, gun moving towards their heads as they both stand up.

"Okay, jeez no need for violence" Stella responds, facing the wall, her hands still in the air.

Voices were echoing from all over the skybox now, this piqued the girl's interest and she faintly turned her head.

"what the hell is going on", whispers Harper as they look through the small window to see all the other kids receiving the same treatment as them. Stella takes a step forward but the guard is quick to yank her back, she tries to free herself but the guard has an iron grip on her arm.

She only stops struggling when she hears a yelp from Harper," What did you do to her?" Stella yells.

Panic floods through her as the guard drags Harper away. She feels a stinging sensation in her wrist during her moment of distraction. She looks down and sees a metal cuff on her wrist. Were they going to use these bracelets to kill them all?

Feeling even more scared than before Stella began fighting the guard once again but he had barely flinched, instead, he dragged her out into the hallway. Stella was just about ready to unleash her inner guard on the man when he unexpectedly dropped her. She rubs her back in an attempt to soothe the pain when she notices a familiar figure in front of her.

Kane helps her stand up but doesn't let go of her hands," Are they finally getting rid of us?" she tried to pull her hands away but Kane wouldn't let go.

"In a sense" she raised a brow," You can finally be free" he smiled. Stella looked up at the ceiling in utter defeat," Kane I know I'm always complaining but I don't wanna die"

Kane shakes his head with a chuckle," Earth is habitable again. This is your chance, you'll be okay", Stella's mouth dropped open in utter disbelief, Kane nods enthusiastically and places a hand on her cheek.

"Where's dad?" this could possibly be the last she would see him, he could at least show up now.

"There was another emergency, an unexpected one so your dad had to take care of that" her expression hardened, of course. Kane finally let go of her clammy hands," I know it's scary but you have to go" he gestures towards the growing crowd of delinquents.

She faintly nods and turns away from him. She only walks a few steps when a guard roughly grabs her and begins walking faster. She looks up to see a boy, not too older than her, with slicked-back hair. His face had become more fearful the further they walked and when they stopped in the middle of the crowd, it looked like the boy was ready to turn around and leave. A small smile made its way onto her face as she realised that this guy was one of her clients, Bellamy blake.

Stella used to have the biggest crush on him until he stopped contacting her. Later on, Miller had told her about Bellamy's little sister, who hid under the floor for sixteen long years. Stella, later on, learned her name was Octavia since they were in the same Erth Skills class.

"Calm down, you look like you're about to shit yourself" Stella spoke quietly.

"Shut up and keep walking", he demanded in a quieter voice, making the blonde pout

Bellamy would often ask her to steal extra food rations in exchange for guard shifts, sometimes he would often go as far as to erase any evidence against her.

Stella nodded, " you know where they're taking us, right?" she asked.

Bellamy had walked her into the dropship and fixed her seat belt for her, his voice was louder now, " we're going to the ground"