We're going where...?!?

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Nico Pov:

I feel the sun on my face. I see trees all around me the scent of wildflowers on a breeze. It's so beautiful. At this moment I'm not stranded in space. It's been ninety-seven years since a nuclear apocalypse killed everyone on Earth leaving the planet simmering in radiation. Fortunately, there were survivors. Twelve nations had operational space stations at the time of the bombs. There is now only the Ark one station forged from the many. We're told the Earth needs another hundred years to become survivable again. Four more space-locked generations and man can go home back to the ground. The ground that's the dream.
This is reality.

I sit on my cell bed counting the stars I see outside my window. I've been in this cell for a year now and I still couldn't get used to how lonely it was. I almost regret what I did to end up here...almost.
Here on the Ark every crime matters. No matter how small it maybe, it is punishable by death. That is unless you're under eighteen. If you're under eighteen you labeled as a Juvenile Offender and get put here in Lockup. Us "offenders" usually just call it the SkyBox though. It's a good thing I'm sixteen or I would have been dead a long time ago. I start to get bored with counting stars when suddenly my cell door bursts open and a guard walks in.
"Prisoner three-one-eight face the wall!" screamed the guard. I hopped off my bed and gave him a big smile and a cheerful greeting "Why hello Mr.Guard, what can I do for you?". He apparently wasn't too happy with my question, since my shoulder was then tightly grabbed and I was shoved to the wall. I winced at the pain but held in a whimper as I asked him what was going on. I could have sworn I still had two years left till I was eighteen so I knew I wasn't getting executed, but I couldn't help but be a little scared. I looked at him with pleading eyes only to be met with a look of disgust, but deep in his eyes, I could see a hint of pity. He told me it would be easier for both of us if I just held out my arm. He let go of my shoulder and allowed me to turn and face him. "Oh, and sorry about your shoulder" muttered the guard as he fished something from his pocket. I could tell that he was really sorry so I held out my arm to him and allowed him to put on some type of metal bracelet. I examined the accessory and realized it was some type of device. Mabey a watch? I asked him how it worked but he just ignored me and typed in the code for my cell door. "Prisoner three eighteen!" was announced as I walked out of my cell. The guard told me to stop asking questions and walk down the hall. I guess he was tired of talking to me. I looked around and noticed all the juvenile offenders were being forced out of there cells and lead somewhere. I also could see they were all wearing those weird watches on their writs. I was about to ask the guard where they were taking us before I suddenly hear the familiar voice of my sister Clarke screaming for someone to stop. I run off from the guard ignoring him as he yells for me to come back. I rush over to her cell number, three nineteen, and see Clarke fighting against Costa, the head guard of the SkyBox, and the only guard that would actually talk to me. Clarke and I lock eyes causing her to lose focus on her struggling which gave Costa enough time to pull out his stun baton or zappy stick as I like to call it and electrocute Clarke right in her side. She faints and falls but luckily there's someone there to catch her. Wait....who caught her? I look up to notice it's no one other than my mom! I run over to them both and stare at my mom with concern "Mom what's going on and why are they taking all the prisoners out of there cells and why did Costa knock out Clarke and are they going to kill us and why--" I was then silenced by a large hand covering my mouth. I looked up to see the owner of said hand be none other than Costa. "I've got this Costa you can take my daughter to the ship, now. " said my mom. Costa than removed his hand from my mouth but not before putting it on my head and ruffling my brown messy mop of hair. "Be safe out there" said Costa as he walked off with my sister being pushed on a stretcher "Mom what does he mean by being safe out there?" My mom looks at me with worry in her eyes as she explains to me what was happening "Nico you are not being executed. You're being sent to the ground all one hundred of you and then you all can......Nico? Are you listing? Hello!?...Nico!....." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. They were going to send us down to earth and I didn't even have to win a raffle or a lottery? Heck, I'm a whole criminal for Pete's sake. "Hello!?! NICO ARE YOU OK?!? Let's see his pupils aren't dilated there's no numbness in his limbs.....could he be having a seizure!?!?" My mom must have finally gotten concerned with my sudden silence cause she started shaking me and shouting medical terms I haven't yet learned. My mom is the Arks doctor and I used to be her mini apprentice when I was little. I always adored how she helped people and wanted to do just that when I was younger. Too bad I was always off playing with Clarke and Wells so I couldn't be with her all the time but when I was I always made sure to talk to the patients and make them feel better. I always did love to talk. I snap out of my thoughts when I realized why I was stunned into silence in the first place and face my mom with excitement oozing from my voice as I asked if we were really going to earth. My mom let out a light giggle as she pulls me into a big momma bear hug that I oh so missed for the past year. "Oh I'm so happy you reacted better than your sister did." I give a nervous laugh at her comment. I'm not surprised that Clarke didn't take the news to well. I mean I can't blame her. She has been keeping up with the history of our people and the planet earth since she was a child so I know she wasn't too fond of being forced on to the radioactive planet that's been abandoned for about 97 years now. Heck, I probably freaked all the guards out with how calm I was being about the whole ordeal but I'm used to being different so I'm fine with it. "Mom I thought we were going to get reviewed at 18 though?" She looked at me with life in her eyes and said "The rules have changed. This gives you and Clarke a chance to live. Your instincts will tell you to take care of everybody else first just like your father. But be careful I can't lose you too. I love you both so much." And with that, she placed a kiss on my forehead and backed away. "But mom what about--" Before I could finish my sentence I feel a jolt of electricity go through my body and then I blacked out.

Abbey's Pov:

I watch my son's body fall limp before he's caught by Costa. I look up at him with a hint of irritation and say "Did you have to shock him like that? He wasn't even done talking yet!" Costa rolled his eyes and said "Yeah and if I didn't stop him he would have never stopped talking. He already looked like he was gonna pass out from excitement and you know that boy would talk till he drops." I laughed as I thought about all the times I would get complaints from Nico's teachers, especially Pike, for how much he would talk in class. He really does never stop talking. Just like his father."I hope Clarke wasn't too much trouble for you. I know she can be very stubborn at times" He let off a low sigh and said "It's okay Abbey she wasn't the only kid who put up a fight when we forced them out of there cell out of nowhere. To be honest Nico was the only one who seemed calm throughout the whole ordeal." We started walking off towards the ship. While Costa carried my son in his arms I started to remember how he got there in the first place which caused me to question Costa again "I still don't understand why you had to knock him out when we both knew he would have walked to the ship with us with little to no protests." He looked at me with a face of discomfort "That's the problem he would have been too eager to go with me then he would have talked to me the whole way there. I knew I would have had to zap him before we even made it to the boarding dock." I laughed at his comment as we continued our walk to the ship. We soon arrived just before they were sealing the doors. I see my two sleeping babies sitting next to each other on the pod. Their hands are interlocked and Nico is leaning on Clarke's shoulder despite being the taller of the two. As I watch the ship depart and head off to earth I whisper to myself "Earth Guys. You both get to go to earth."

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