𝙃𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙎² ➣ 𝐵. 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑒✔

17 | Hydro-Generator

It's been nine days since Clarke, Bellamy, and me went back home. I had moved all of my things back into Bellamy's room, so we now share a room again. I had my head resting on Bellamy's bare chest as I listened to his heartbeat, tracing lines along his chest. His arm was around me holding me close to him as we lay in bed, the covers just barely covering us.

"Aiden..." Bellamy began. "I just-- I want to apologize for everything I did while following--"

"Don't," I cut him off, knowing exactly where this conversation was headed. "I told you in the cave, I forgive you, Bellamy. It may take a while to forget, but I do forgive you." I shifted so I was looking at him. His face was covered in cuts from when we were fighting in Polis when Alie was still here, but he looked good nonetheless. His hair was matted down from sweat and his eyes had a brightness to them that I haven't seen in a while. I pulled him into a kiss, my lips lingering on his before pulling away. Just as I opened my mouth to say something, there was a knock at the door. I let out a quiet sigh as I spoke. "Just a minute."

I got out of bed, grabbing my shirt from the floor, and pulling over my head. I grabbed my pants, along with Bellamy's before pulling them on and walking toward the door. When I opened it, Harper stood there.

"Gotta head to the engineering," she said. Her eyes trailed to Bellamy behind me, a small smile forming on her lips. I just nodded and watched as the girl turned on her heel and walked away. I spun around and saw Bellamy pulling his shirt over his head. I slipped my boots and my jacket on before tossing Bellamy his jacket after he had put his boots on.

°°°

"We've been at this for two days," Bellamy stated frustrated. "There must be something we're not thinking of. What if we could reach the nearest reactor?"

"I told you, the meltdown started months ago," Raven stated. "There's no magic button to turn them off... Today, this isn't black rain, but it will be soon. That's why we have to focus on riding out the radiation, finding someplace safe, and big enough to hold all 500 of us."

"This isn't just about saving us," Clarke butted in. "I made a promise to Roan. It's about saving everyone."

"And that's why we need to tell everyone," Raven added, getting frustrated. "Crowdsource it. If there's another Mount Weather out there, the grounders will know about it."

"And you think they're just gonna tell us just like that? I asked raising an eyebrow as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"If we tell everybody they're gonna die, the Coalition is over, Roan falls, and the grounders will be at our gate," Bellamy added.

Raven spoke calmly this time. "Then just tell our people. We need more minds on this problem. On the Ark, people for the culling because they were told the truth and given a choice..." The girl turned to Clarke. "A choice your dad died for."

Clarke gave Raven a look as she spoke, slightly offended. "You think I've forgotten that?"

"Okay," Bellamy interrupted. "We'll tell everybody the truth as soon as we have a viable solution. Without one, it'll start a panic."

Raven scoffed. "You don't know that--"

"That's it!" Monty exclaimed, causing all of us to look at him, a bit confused.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

The boy looked at us. "Think. Alpha station survived for 97 years in space.  Through elevated radiation levels and extreme temperature fluctuations. Sound familiar? All we have to do is patch up the ship. We're standing in our viable solution."