Attitude Adjustment [Book 1 - Season 1]

Chapter 13: We Are Grounders Part 2

 The small group gathered in the dropship hurriedly worked to make Raven semi stable before they all ran out of the gates. Reigna, however, stood around and watched everyone bustling around like ants while she stewed in anger over Clarke's decisions.

"I don't understand. How did Murphy get a gun?" Finn asked after Clarke finally stopped Raven's external bleeding.

"Long story." Both Bellamy and Reigna spoke simultaneously.

"We got lucky. If he had hit the fuel tank instead of me we'd all be dead." Raven said through clenched teeth.

"Wait, there's rocket fuel down there? Like enough to build a bomb?" Clarke asked. Reigna glared.

"So now you don't want to leave? Once you have the prospect of building more bombs? Not like we have guns or anything to defend ourselves with." Reigna hissed, her hands gripping her crossed arms to keep herself from pouncing on Clarke.

"Hey." Bellamy's voice called her as she glanced out of the corner of her eye and seethed at Bellamy shaking his head at her but calmed down slightly nonetheless.

"Doesn't matter anyway," Raven spoke up, "There's enough rocket fuel down there to make 100 bombs but we don't have the gunpowder."

"What about the reapers? Maybe they'll help us. The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Bellamy said, moving to stand beside Reigna.

"Not this enemy." Clarke said with a strong shake of her head.

"We saw them. Trust me, they're not an option." Clarke said firmly before turning back to Raven. Reigna rolled her eyes.

"This isn't going to end well. I can feel it, I just know it won't." Reigna mumbled, turning slightly to Bellamy as she spoke. Bellamy nodded at her statement.

"We shouldn't be going anywhere. We're more than capable of defending ourselves from grounders."

"People are gonna die today because of this decision." Reigna huffed before they both looked over to Finn who was rushing away to get a stretcher for Raven.

"Can't run away fast enough, huh. Real brave." Bellamy said mockingly to Finn. He glared up at Bellamy once he returned with a stretcher to carry Raven with.

"Dying in a fight you can't win isn't brave. It's stupid." He spoke as if he was proving a point to them.

"Spoken like every coward who's ever run from a fight." Bellamy retorted.

"Okay, that's enough. It's time to go." Clarke ordered, watching as Raven's stretcher was gathered and she was finally lifted up. Reigna rolled her eyes and stormed out of the dropship, Bellamy hot on her heels.

"What do we do if they follow us, huh? Won't have an opportunity to turn around then." Reigna asked, throwing out a reasonable possibility. Clarke opened her mouth to argue with Reigna but was interrupted by Finn.

"This is a waste of time. If they want to stay and fight they can."

"No, they can't. We can't do this without them. Both of them." Clarke clarified and Reigna narrowed her eyes at the blonde.

"What do you want us to say, Clarke?" Bellamy asked exasperated.

"That you two are with us? Those kids listen to you, even if they do happen to also be scared of you." Clarke directed the end of the statement to Reigna who scoffed.

"I'm not gonna endorse a move that i can't agree with. Leaving here isn't going to end well. I can feel it in my gut, this is a bad idea." Reigna spoke her mind before sending a look to Bellamy and retreating to her tent to gather her few belongings.