What If (Season 5 AU)

Chapter 5

Bellamy uses the radio he had on hand to try and contact Monty, but he doesn't get a response. Raven and Murphy were already in trouble, Bellamy needed to know the others were safe and sound, especially Augy and Madi. He and Clarke may not have gotten around to talking about it yet, but it doesn't mean he didn't want to know. Maybe getting in contact with Monty and the others would put some of his mind at ease.

As Bellamy sits there by the fire, a loud scream pierces the air.

"Help! We need help!!"

"It's the scouts." Indra exclaims while standing up.

"Medic! We need a medic!" Clarke comes out of her tent and hears the commotion before going to get the med kit.

Octavia asks if they were under attack, but Miller replies that he doesn't know what's wrong. He sets the other scout down and shouts they need help.

"Out of my way. I can help." Clarke comes from behind, but she's stopped. The man on the ground continues to scream and thrash his body around in pain, angering Clarke. She needs to help him. "Octavia!" Clarke calls out. Blodreigna looks up at her from the man before nodding.

"Let her in." Bellamy side steps a few people to get a better look and sees Clarke rushing to the scout's side.

He's alive but his heart is racing. Octavia asks what happened and Miller explains. They separated to cover more ground but then the other man screamed and said they were everywhere, but Miller saw nothing. All he heard was more screaming. As he says this, something moves from within the man on the ground. Everyone jumps back, and Bellamy reaches for Clarke.

She pulls away and has the scout lifted and moved to a tent.

"Nobody else comes inside." She demands.

Miller picks up his friend and Bellamy clears a table for him to be set down on. Clarke steps closer and is assisted in getting his jacket off to examine him. Something wasn't right.

"Clarke, what is this?" Indra voices from behind.

"I don't know." And she doesn't. In all of the years on earth exploring the terrain, she's never once seen or experienced anything like this. Bellamy notices blood on his leg and points it out to Clarke, and that's when it makes sense. "It came from the sand." She states, looking up in horror.

Traveling on foot in these conditions wasn't safe, the man on the table was a perfect example of that. Clarke tries to convince Octavia they need to turn back, but she doesn't listen. This isn't going to end well.

She looks up at Bellamy, hoping he could help, but even Blodreina doesn't listen to her brother. They still have to keep marching at first light. They were weary of the plan but knew there wasn't any other option. Rations were low and resources cut. They needed to get to shadow valley or face certain death. Clarke shakes off the though and tends to the scout. Whatever was inside of him was still there, but she couldn't do much about it right now. All she could do was clean the exterior wounds. She glances at Bellamy, he was the only one who stayed in the tent with her to watch over the scout. As she looks at him she notices the shift.

"You know, Octavia isn't the only one whose changed." She says, breaking him out of his thoughts. "You could have killed those prisoners in cryo, but you didn't. Diyoza would have killed me if not for you. Madi and Augy would have been alone."

Bellamy looks up at her when she says this. She's been avoiding talking about Augustus, and he understand why, but what he doesn't get is how she could have thought they would have been alone. Bellamy would never have let that happen. He's already missed out on 5 years of Augy's life, he wouldn't miss out on anymore.