Defiance • Bellamy Blake [1]

4. Saving Jasper

"Hey, hold up." Bellamy called. He held his gun in one hand. "What's the rush? You don't survive a spear through the heart."

"Put the gun away Bellamy." Wells ordered.

Murphy came up and pushed Wells back. "Well, why don't you do something about it, huh?"

"Jasper screamed when they moved him. If the spear struck his heart, he'd have died instantly." Clarke informed him. "It doesn't mean we have time to waste."

"Come on Bellamy stop it, we need to get going. He could be dying right now because of you." I said, annoyed.

Bellamy grabbed my wrist and held it in his hand. His touch was warm and sent goosebumps up my arms but I ignored it.

"As soon as you guys take this wristband off, we can go." He said.

I pulled my wrist from his grasp and stepped closer to him. "The only way the Ark is gonna think I'm dead is if I'm dead. Got it?"

"The sweetheart and the brave princess." Bellamy said with a smirk.

"Hey, why don't you find your own nickname?" A voice called. I looked behind Bellamy to see Finn walking out of the clearing. I was somewhat glad he was here, even though I didn't like him. Finn looked over at Clarke. "You call this a rescue party? Got to split up, to cover more ground. Clarke, Harley, come with me."

I'd rather be with Finn then Bellamy any day, so I obliged and followed him.

"Better late than never." Clarke muttered.

"I like to think so." He said.

~*~

Finn, Clarke and I walked ahead of Bellamy, Wells and Murphy. Finn and Clarke spoke while I stayed quiet most of the time.

"So I've been thinking about Mount Weather. How come they didn't attack until Jasper crossed the river? It's not like we were being quiet and they didn't know we were there." Finn said.

Clarke was quiet before she realized, "they waited for us to cross. The rivers a boundary."

"Which means Mount Weather is off limits." I added.

Clarke scoffed. "How are we gonna get those supplies? What are we gonna do for food?"

Finn looked into the distance and walked away from us. Clarke and I shared a look before going to follow him. We stopped next to him.

"Wow." I said. In front of us was a small waterfall and it was beautiful. "Well, at least we don't have to worry about water."

Finn smiled before we all went into the river. Clarke and I pulled out our bottles to fill up with water as Finn splashed himself with it.

"Oh yeah." He said happily. Suddenly, I was hit with water. I stood up, a look of annoyance crossing my face.

"Come on Finn. We don't have time for this." Clarke scolded.

"Clarke, we've been hiking for hours. We need to take a break."

"I'll take a break when we find Jasper."

"Ditto." I said.

"Come on."

Finn started getting out of the water, only to grab onto Clarke's hand. A mischievous look made its way onto his face. Clarke saw it.

"Finn! Don't!" She shouted.

I grabbed onto Clarke's waist to help her but Finn was stronger than both of us and managed to pull both of us in. The water was cold but at the same time nice.