26 | Escape Plan

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I made my way to the office that Clarke was in after I had cooled down a bit. We need it to have a talk. Once I had gotten close to the door, I heard voices inside; Clarke, Jaha, Abby, and Bellamy's voices. My pace quickened as I made my way to the door, pushing it open.

"It'll be chaos, and if we open that door, we let that chaos inside," Jaha said to Abby.

"I understand. Now, get the hell out of my way."

"Maybe you shouldn't have closed the door in the first place," I spat, causing everyone to look at me. Abby and Bellamy stood in front of the radio on the desk.

"The walkies are set to 21.5 megahertz," the boy said. The sound of static from the radio filled my ears, until Octavia's voice could be heard, but just barely.

"Can anyone hear me? Over." She's alive. Does that mean she won? "This is Octavia. Can anyone hear me, damn it."

"I, it's me," Bellamy said into the radio. "You okay?"

"I'm alive. I won." I knew it! "Bell, what the hell did you do?"

"It wasn't me," Bellamy admitted. "But I'll fix it."

"Listen to me. When I won, I decided to share the bunker with everyone. A hundred from each clan. Kane is out there buying us time, helping them select their people, and Gaia somehow convinced the scouts to lock down the temple. But if anybody finds out that Skaikru stole the bunker, we're all dead."

"Copy that. I'm on my way," Bellamy said just as the door opened. Miller and a few other guards walked into the room.

"Turn off the radio," Jaha ordered.

"Thelonious, we can save them." Abby gave Jaha a look.

"O. I'm gonna need some time."

"Wait, what? Bellamy, we don't have--" I stared at Jaha as he ripped the cords from the radio.

"Did you hear her?" Bellamy asked. "The grounders are listening to her now, but they won't be for much longer. I am opening that door."

Jaha spoke calmly, "I'm sorry. But right now, our people are safe. We cannot risk that."

"To stop me, you're gonna have to kill me." My attention turned toward a guard behind Bellamy as he pushed a chair out if his way. After a few seconds, the boy spun around and shoved the guard, running passed him. Miller and the other guard grabbed him. After a bit of a struggle, Bellamy managed to escape, but not before Miller shocked him with his baton, causing Bellamy to collapse to the floor, gasping.

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"We did the right thing, Clarke," Jaha said. I scoffed quietly and rolled my eyes. Jaha had Bellamy locked up, and I wasn't allowed to see him. They said if they let me, I'd help him try to escape, and they're damn right I would. I mean they won't even let me out of this room.

Clarke shook her head. "Yesterday, we were right. Today, we have to live with being wrong."

"We're back on the Ark," Abby commented. "Killing our own people so that-- so that we can live. Licking them up.

"Bellamy's sister is out there," Jaha said as he sat in the chair behind the desk. "He would do anything to open that door. Do you think that's a risk we should take?"

"No, but unlike you... I hate myself for it," Abby said. As the woman stood and began walking toward the door, Jaha spoke again.

"How we feel about ourselves is irrelevant, Abby. We all have done things to save our people. Unconscionable things. We put our people first... That is how we live with ourselves." I watched Clarke as she stood upon hearing the door open. Jaha sighed, "Your mother is strong. You are stronger... It won't always be like this, Clarke. You'll see. Bellamy will go free as soon as the death wave passes, okay?"

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