Chapter 6: Clarke
I'm woken up by screams, loud and painful that leave me feeling light-headed after the silence. Harper pads into my room, eyes full of fear.
"Mommy, Daddy, who's screaming?" she asks.
"I don't know," Finn answers. "Just go back to sleep."
"I can't, that's the thing. Can I sleep with you guys?"
"Sure," I say. "Just stay here for a few minutes, I'm gonna see what's going on."
Finn shoots me a concerning look, but I pretend I don't see it. I stand up and make my way to the bedroom door and I open it in an attempt to drag on what might be my last moment of safety. What if I see a grounder? No, the only grounder in this area now is Lincoln. But it still could be possible.
I can't hear any more screams, so the air is left silent with a creepy aura to it. I open the door, the cold breeze enveloping me. There's a faint glowing light coming from the drop ship - that's all I see. I look around me to see Octavia cautiously emerging from her house.
"Octavia, over here," I whisper as loudly as a dare.
She looks towards me and a small grin makes its way to her lips. "Clarke, what are you doing here?"
"Probably the same reason as you."
"Hear the screams?"
"Yep."
I go and stand next to her and smile back. "What do you think it is?" she asks.
"More like who. Even a distressed animal couldn't sound more in pain than what we heard."
"True, that. Then who do you think it is?"
"I won't know until I look." A new kind of bravery seeps through my veins, forcing my curious side to take control. I take a couple of steps forward before Octavia's arm is propelled in front of my path. "What?"
"We don't know what's in there." She points to the drop ship. "It's not safe, Clarke."
"O, in a world where man-eating water beasts attack you and trees glow, nothing surprises me anymore. This is as safe as Earth gets."
She wrinkles her nose at the distant memory of when we went in search of Mount Weather and she jumped in the water, luckily she was saved by Jasper. Okay, maybe my words were a little harsh, but she lifts her head up high and nods.
"Alright, let's do this. Whatever the hell we want?"
I chuckle. "Whatever the hell we want."
I push Octavia in front of me and quickly follow behind. The low hum of the drop ship lights gets increasingly louder as we get closer. When we get to the doorway there isn't anyone in there...
Seeing-wise, anyway.
It's very quiet, but I'm sure I can hear someone stomping their feet against something, something hard. I nod my head to O to signal we should go in further, but she shakes her head in reply.
"Why?" I ask.
"I'm scared," she answers.
"Don't be. Look, I'll go first."
Tentatively, I put one foot on the metal floor and step inside. Octavia still doesn't move, so I take another step. She begins to move when I look back. Good. Right, Clarke, one foot in front of the other. Left, right, left, right, left, right, turn. O trails behind and takes a second to catch up before I place my hand on the slightly-warm door handle. Someone must have been here recently, very recently.
I jump back in fear when I hear a voice shouting.
"Stop, Bell! You're hurting him!" Me and Octavia exchange glances. Bellamy is in there? And the voice, it sounds like... like... Raven.
"He killed Malcolm, Raven! He deserves this!" Bellamy shouts.
I look through the keyhole of the door to see Bellamy and Raven standing over a body slumped on a chair.
"Zak didn't kill Malcolm, another grounder did!"
Zak? Who the hell is Zak?
Octavia knocks me to the side. "Hey, let me see," she whispers. Her eyes dart around the scene, and then she stands up. She places her hand on the door handle, and before I can stop her she opens the door and Raven and Bell look up.
"O, what are you doing here?" Bellamy asks.
"Did your asshole-ness block your ears?"
"I don't know what you mean."
"That guy's scream could probably be heard in a mile radius. Zak, is it?"
"You were listening?"
"Of course."
"I need to patch him up," I say, moving forward to pick up Zak.
Bellamy stands in front of me. "Not so fast."
"I swear to God, Bell, if you don't get out of my way I will give you a reason to." I put my hand on his chest to push him away but he stays there firmly in place.
"Like what?"
"For example, tell everyone what you can really be like when it comes to law and order." I point to Zak.
"Fine. Just this once, Princess."
"Don't call me Princess."
I step to the side freely this time and lift Zak onto his knees. He groans in pain; at least he's not dead. He's surprisingly light compared to what I expected, underfed maybe, but it isn't likely grounders are underfed.
"Do you need any help?" Octavia asks.
"If you want. He's not that heavy."
Zak groans again, and continues to until I put him down in another room of the drop ship.
"Ow... Ow... Ow...." That's all I seem to hear until I yell "Shut up!" louder than intended.
I eventually find a few strips of bandages in the medical box. I take them in my hand and walk up to Zak, lifting up his chin so he focuses on me.
"Do you have any major injuries, Zak?" I ask.
He nods very slowly, as if he's taking time to absorb the words. He lifts his arm with strong perseverance and points to his thigh. That's when I notice the knife wedged deep in it, blood oozing out with each beat of his slowing heart.
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