Skaikrasha (The 100 - Octavia Blake)

The nuts that make you nuts

I feel someone's lips on mine. I'm trying to open my eyes, but I'm still too tired. "Damn it. This always works in the fairytales." The person says. I recognise Octavia's voice immedietly.

I feel her hand in mine. I collect all of my strength and squeeze her hand, but unfortunatly I don't get a reaction. She probably didn't feel it.

I try again and again, until I eventually drift off to sleep again.

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It's been about two days since I woke up. Everyone went back to work. They're all acting like there isn't a grounder chained up in the dropship.

I'm teaching Lola to fight and she's suprisingly good at it. It's comforting to know she's not helpless. But the training session is interrupted by Clarke. "Storm, mom wants to talk to you."

"Tell her I don't want to talk to her." I reply, dodging a punch from Lola.

"That would be hard, 'cause I don't want to talk to her either." She says.

I spin Lola around and pin her against a tree. Then I turn to Clarke again. "Good. Then we're on the same page."

We nod at each other, silently agreeing not to talk to her. Then she leaves and Lola and I carry on training.

Octavia is the next one to interrupt. Not that I mind. "Storm. My brother just left with your sister, so I'm gonna go see the grounder. You coming with?"

"Let's take a break." I say to Lola.

She sighs. "Okay. I'm gonna go play with Monty."

We both know she won't tell anyone that we're seeing the grounder. She's a very loyal kid, which I adore. So I smile and follow Octavia into the dropship.

We walk in and hide behind a corner. We see one of the boys, the one that Murphy pied on, come in. He calls out for Miller. "Hey, Miller. Roma's parents are waiting for you on the radio."

Then he walks out, followed by Miller. When they're gone, Octavia and I go upstares to the grounder. I greet him. "Hey, we don't have a lot of time."

Octavia opens her backpack. "We brought you some water."

She helps him drink it. I look at his wounds. They aren't healed yet. I really feel sorry for him. Octavia told me what happened when I was out, but now I can see it. They actually tortured him. I know it was to cure Finn, but still...

"That's good, right?" Octavia asks, while the grounder keeps drinking.

"Sorry I haven't seen you since everything happened." Octavia apologizes.

"And that I haven't seen you at all." I add.

Octavia explains why we didn't come. "My brother's been keeping us away. He's a total dick, which you probably already figured out."

A small smile appears on his face. "You were right, Storm. He does understand us." Octavia says.

I grab a piece of cloth and dip it in some water. "At least let me get you cleaned up quick."

I start to clean him. I see a few scars that I almost touched, but then I realised that this is already weird enough.

"This is all my fault because I freaked out so bad when you locked us up in that cave." Octavia realises. "You'd totally understand why if you knew how I grew up."

I make a mental note to myself to ask her about her past. I only know what my mom told me, which isn't much. For now I just don't want to let Octavia take all the blame.