EUTHANASIA ⇾ R. REYES & C. GRIFFIN

iv. | "i usually am bored"

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"YOU SHOULD TEACH HER HOW TO FIGHT." Indra sighed deeply. "She has potential and you're a better warrior than I could ever be, you know much more than I do because of Lexa and your father, so. . . will you?" she asked.

"I don't know-" Falo began.

"Please," Indra interrupted. "She can be my second, but you'll be the one teaching her. Can you do that?"

Falo sighed, knowing Indra wouldn't give up until she said yes. "Fine. . . I'll her everything I know."

With that, she left and walked down the hall towards the medical room. She swallowed thickly, not knowing if Octavia was severly hurt or not, but she hoped she wasn't.

Before she opened the door, she told herself to tell Octavia the brutal truth.

Falo walked into the medical wing inside the huge ship. She walked further into the room and noticed a doctor tending to Octavia. Falo stared at her disheveled figure with a frown -- she was all bloody and bruised.

The girl rubbed the back of her neck from the pain she felt, groaning and wincing. She sighed in frustration when she noticed Falo walk up to her.

"What do you want?" Octavia asked in annoyance, averting her gaze.

"You fought like a child today." Falo told her. "You were fighting out of anger, which is not a good thing, Octavia. You need to think it through, you need to better defend yourself, and don't reveal your next move before you even strike someone down, or at least try to," she paused, taking Octavia in. "You suck."

Octavia released a deep sigh. "Okay, I know. . . I got my ass kicked," she looked at the ceiling. "That should make you happy, huh?"

Falo chuckled, glancing to the door, noticing a guard standing there. "It does," she sat down on the bed. "But. . . you have potential. . . you didn't want to give up," she placed her hands on her knees. "You have greater strength than you think, but you have to learn how to use that strength well without getting your ass handed to you."

"Thanks."

It fell silent between them. Falo watched Raven walk past the medical wing through the window, which Octavia noticed, but she didn't say anything about it.

"Do you know what a warrior's second is?" Falo questioned.

"An apprentice."

"I can make you the greatest warrior among your people, Octavia, but only if you're willing to do what it takes to become Indra's second."

Octavia arched an eyebrow. "What's in it for you?" she asked.

"Nothing," she simply told her. "Only that I can make you a great warrior while you are Indra's second, okay?" she raised her own eyebrows, Octavia nodded. "Also do not ever question your mentor or the one who is willing to be your second."

Falo stood up from the bed and went to walk away, but stopped when she heard Octavia yell.

"Wait!" Octavia called, making Falo stop in her tracks. "I'll do it. . . I'm in."

"Good," Falo nodded. "We'll start at the crack of dawn."

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FALO sat on the bench of the Skaikru, wondering when she'd be able to go back home.

Sitting here made her sick to the stomach, she didn't like the looks everyone gave her and she didn't like being away from most of her people. She wanted to be by Lexa's side and help her through anything she needed.

The gates to the camp suddenly opened which caused Falo's head to perk up as she watched a man in a hazmat suit walk in with one of her own, rushing him towards the medical room. Indra followed behind closely, giving Falo a look before she entered it.

Falo swallowed thickly, wondering what that was. Suddenly, someone put their hand on her shoulder. She snapped her head up to see Raven, who looked extremely tired, more tired than the other times she saw her.

"You look bored." Raven laughed as she sat down beside her.

Falo sighed, but nonetheless put on a smile. "Yeah. . . I usually am bored when I'm not doing anything."

Raven slowly nodded, awkward silence falling between them. Falo awkwardly scratched the back of her head, gazing out towards the gates.

"Do want to have a drink?" Raven asked Falo. "I was going to ask someone else, but you're the first person I found, so-"

"Sure."

Raven immediately dragged her down to a room within the ship.

As they walked in, Falo glanced around in awe at all of the technology stuff within the, it really was amazing. More amazing than anything in this world.

She didn't even know what half of this stuff was which was why she wished she was in space with Skaikru instead of down here on Earth, she would've known so many other things, but she's also glad and proud to be apart of Trikru.

If she wasn't apart of Trikru, she wasn't sure if she would even be here today.

"Here's a cup." Raven suddenly handed her a cup, which she almost dropped, but thankfully didn't.

"What is this drink?" Falo asked, staring at the cup.

"Uh, I think it's bourbon or whiskey. . . I'm not sure."

Raven then motioned her over to follow her, which she did. Falo sat down as Raven limped over to a locked metal cabinet.

As the cabinet door swung open, the Skaikru girl with the raven hair crouched down and looked for the bottle.

"How'd you get that limp?" Falo questioned, her face filled with curiosity.

"Uh. . . someone shot me then I suffered from nerve damage" Raven replied. "A day or couple hours later, I lost all feeling in my leg and. . . Wick made me a brace to help me walk."

Falo nodded and continued to stare at her cup. "I am sorry."

"It's fine," she stood up from the ground. "Anyways found it." she held the bottle up as Falo looked at Raven.

A few moments passed before they both got drunk. As they were, Falo couldn't help but think that Raven looked so beautiful right now despite that she was intoxicated as Falo was.

She abruptly shook her head, telling herself not to think that and catch feelings.

Once before she had liked someone romantically before, but it ended in betrayal the same day Lexa found Costia beheaded by Azgeda. Which caused Lexa to come up with the saying "love is weakness", which was what everyone that was a warrior followed, even some who weren't warriors followed that rule.

When she was betrayed by her lover, she became more fierce and more of a ruthless fighter especially after Lexa mentored her and made Falo one of her seconds.

She always knew never to love anyone else, but there was a part of her that did want to love another human being.

Maybe one day she could, but not now.