*Arcadia; chapter 16

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Clarke POV

'I'll take her somewhere else, they won't let her stay' I was about to call out and tell her to stop but before I could (y/n) had already scooped Anya up and was sprinting in the direction we had just come from. "STAND DOWN OR WE'll SHOOT" I heard someone yell from behind me and slowly turned around with my hands raised above my head "is it a grounder" I heard one of the other say and I didn't blame them I'm wearing armour, my hair is ratty, I'v got cuts littered across my face from the battle with the grounder and not to mention my blood soaked hands from trying to help Anya.

I felt two people each grab me from behind and they started shoving me forward while the rest had their guns aimed at me. Getting closer to the ark I saw a sign above that said 'Arcadia' and there was a tall wire fence going around the whole thing. "Open the gate!" The lady at the front yelled up to one of the post guard people and soon enough a scruffy squeaky noise was as the metal wall of a gate moved inwards. Again, being shoved toward I could see a small crowd of people from around camp stopping what they're doing and watching us "hey! What are you doing?!" I heard a man yell, turning my head in the direction I saw Marcus Kane and... "mom" I went to yell out but it only came out as a weak croak "we're taking the grounder to lockup, we've gotta find out where the kids are somehow right?" Getting a closer look at the blonde guard I could now tell it was major Bryn "right, but I don't think we should be capturing grounders and interrogating them!" Kane said back to Bryn.

Locking eyes with my mothers I could see her eyebrows furrow and then her eyes widen in realisation "Clarke" she said but not loud enough for anyone to hear but I could read her lips "stop!" She marched forward towards me but only for Kane to put an arm out to stop her "let me through" she basically growled "I'm sorry ma'am but you should stay away from the grounder" a guard next to Bryn said "that's not a grounder, that's my daughter!" Kane's eyes widen, looking back at me, we locked eyes and his brows shot up. Bryn had wide eyes starring back and forth between myself and Abby "I'm so sorry, ma'am we couldn't recognise her" Bryn reasoned but Abby just waved her off and went straight to my side, crouching down she put both hands on my face as if not believing I was here "I'm so glad you alright" she said and I nodded "get her to medical!" She shouted out "mom, I'm fine I wasn't the one who got hit" I said and immediately realised my mistake when Bryn snapped her head in my direction "wait, there was more of you" she asked and my mouth was open and closing like a gold fish "no, no, I meant you didn't hit me, the bullet missed" she nodded seemingly only half believing it.

Turing back to my mom who was already looking in my direction "mom, I don't need to go to medical-" "I know you said that but I just want to make sure, okay?" I reluctantly nodded and she sent me a grateful smile and I was moved off in the direction I'm assuming medical is in.

They set me down on a bed in the medical tent and five minutes later Abby came in "so is everything alright down here? How many of you got down?" I asked "well, the risk of bringing the ark to the ground was very high and we lost multiple stations along the way, we haven't found farm station yet so we don't know how many people survived the crash" I nodded "did the other make it here?" Abby looked confused by my question "like did raven, Finn, Murphy, Bellamy and Octavia make it back here?" She gave me a smile and nodded "they made it back but not Octavia, she's off somewhere else" I was about to ask where Octavia was but them my eyebrows shot up, oh I knew where Octavia was. "That's great, I was really worried about them" she nodded "I was really worried about you" "same goes" she sent me a nod before turning around and grabbing some disinfectant and some wipes "this might still a bit but I need to clean these cuts" I nodded and let out a hiss when I felt the fresh still on my chin as my mom cleaned it.

"Okay, you're all done and as much as I'd like to continue to talk and catch up, you're exhausted and should sleep" I gave my mom a grateful smile and nod "thank you, goodnight mom" she gave me a hug and a kiss in the cheek "goodnight darling, love you" "love you too" I said before she walked out of the door and I got comfortable in the hospital bed.

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The rays of light hit my face, leaving a warm feeling and my eyes to feel fuzzy from the bright intrusion, squinting my eyes and eventually getting them fully open I looked around the room remembering where I was and smiled. I could feel the dull ache all over my body from all the events that have happened in the past week. Hearing birds chirping and people outside having happy chapter while doing their jobs made my smile that much brighter. Sitting up and throwing my legs over the edge of the bed, hearing the crake of my joints popping make my face crinkle, I never have liked that sound. Standing up and looking around the tent then looking to the exit, I started making my way out.

"There you are!" I heard as soon as I left the medical, looking to my right I saw raven on a bench but she had crutches and a brace on "I'v been waiting out here all night" she said and had a massive smile on her face that was contagious "it's great to see you Reyes" I said and hugged her once she finally stood up "same goes"

Pulling away from the hug I glanced back down at her leg "what happened?" I asked and she looked down and visibly deflated "just the battle, stray  bullet" she shrugged of casually, nodding but still really concerned about the mechanic I decided t...

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Pulling away from the hug I glanced back down at her leg "what happened?" I asked and she looked down and visibly deflated "just the battle, stray bullet" she shrugged of casually, nodding but still really concerned about the mechanic I decided to change the subject "how'd everyone else doing?" She looked behind her and pointed to a table that was about 20 metres away if even possible my smile widen seeing Murphy, Bellamy, Finn, Monroe all around the table "go on, I'll catch up" raven raid with a hand on my shoulder and I turned and gave her one last hug before walking over to the table "look who's here" Murphy announced loudly with a clap causing everyone on the table to look my way 'Clarke' 'princess' a bunch of them called out my name but Bellamy and Finn said 'princess' causing me to roll my eyes "hey guys!" I said and after giving them all a hug I sat down next to Monroe.

"So, what happened?" I asked them and Bellamy raised an eyebrow "I think the real question is, what happened to everyone else? I saw the drop ship close and the grounders crowd around it but then everything got burnt?" He said as if questioning himself "yeah, it's a crazy story" I said scratching the back of my neck not sure whether to mention that (y/n) was the one to create the fire. "Well you can start off with where everyone is?" Finn said and I looked at them "well, after the fire happened we opened the doors and we were ambushed-" "so it was the grounder! I knew it" Finn cut me off and I rolled my eyes "no, it wasn't the grounder. Maybe if you let me finish speaking then you'll find out" he nodded and looked a little embarrassed "the doors opened and smoke went everywhere, but it wasn't like normal smoke it was red and when we inhaled it we passed out but long story short, we were ambushed by mount weather and they have 47 of our people in there including thousands of grounders" they were all listening curiously and were focused on what I was saying " so they just let you go?" I heard someone say and I didn't even realise raven was here yet but she was now siting next to Bellamy "well, no, not exactly" "what do you mean?" Monroe asked "(y/n), Anya and I escaped" "Anya as in grounder princess?" Bellamy asked and I raised a brow "grounder princess?, but yeah" "well where are they now?" Raven asked "Anya got shot and (y/n) took her somewhere else because we knew they wouldn't let Anya stay" I said motioning my head towards where major Bryn and Kane were and the others nodded.

"So what are we going to do about our friends?" Raven asked "their not safe in that mountain for long so, we're gonna get them out as soon as possible" they nodded but before anyone could say anything else there was a commotion at the front gate causing everyone to turn and their brows to furrow.

Sorry for the short chapter 🏹

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