xxxii. | the long road to survival

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FALO SAT ON HER NEW BED IN HER NEW QUARTERS INSIDE THE BUNKER, her mind kept straying back to Raven instead of Skaikru picking their twelve within the new few hours. A smile crawled onto her face and she laced her fingers together. Would it be worth it to save Raven, or to stay with her people? She sighed and glanced around the room, blinking her dark eyes a few times.

"You seem conflicted."

Falo gasped and looked at the desk in the room, a boy with a small smile sitting upon it, his hands clasped together, his clothes rugged, yet they were still the same as she remembered before he was kidnapped by Mount Weather.

"Rio?" Falo breathed out, a smile forming.

"Hey, big sis." He jumped down from the desk, taking a few steps forward towards his sister, the only surviving family member from their family line.

"How. . ." she trailed off, her eyes fixating on him, trying to make sense of this. This wasn't a dream, this was more real than not real.

"I'm a hallucination, Falo," he sighed and crouched down in front of her. "You're only seeing me because you want to see me. . . because you have no clue what to do, but I say go after the girl."

She slowly nodded. He smiled and pulled her into a hug, stroking her hair to comfort her before she left.

"Survive tonight, no matter what you have to do."

"I will."

The door suddenly opened, snapping her out of her hallucination, and in came both Octavia and Indra. They both had stern expressions, their hands at their sides as the guard closed the door to give them privacy. "Are you going with Clarke to Becca's lab?" Octavia asked, sitting down beside the girl.

Falo picked herself up from her bed, her feet hitting the ground as she sighed, her mind was conflicting on what to do. She didn't know if she would come back, if she decided to go with them to save her, but there was also a chance they would come back.

But her survival chances of staying in the bunker had a greater percentage than going out there to save Raven. She couldn't die while she was leading these people, there would be no one to lead them in this bunker.

Unless Octavia or Indra stepped up and led the people if she died.

A few strands of hair fell into her face, slightly obscuring her vision for a moment until she pushed the strands back. "I don't know. I want to save Raven, but. . . what if I don't make it back?"

Indra placed her hand on her shoulder. "Falo, I know how much she means to you. Go," she forced herself to crack a small smile. "Me and Octavia have this under control until you get back."

Falo nodded, turning to Octavia. "If I don't come back, I need you to lead Wonkru. . . or at least lead them until I come back, okay?"

"Okay. I'll do my best." Octavia answered. Falo returned the nod, letting out a shaky breath. She narrowed her eyes at Octavia, hoping she would be the best leader they could possibly have if she and the others didn't make it.

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