From the Ashes

22

"'The tiger and the lion may be
Powerful
But the
Wolf
Doesn't perform in the circus"

- Unknown

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"I feel like I'm going insane," Bear sighed, piecing together a puzzle piece, noticing the small, white flower than began to appear in the centre,"My people are disappearing... I'm suppose to protect them."

Slamming her first on the table, she looked to the artificial lights to stop herself from crying,"They depended on me to protect them... and I fucking let them down."

Clasping her hand over Bears, Reese smiled through the solemn feelings that had begun to set in their minds. Noah casted his eyes to the floor, feeling ashamed of what his people were doing to Bear.

"We'll find them, Bear," Reese reassured, cupping the right side of Bears face in her petite hand,"They know you tried, they know you're still trying."

"How can you say that," Bear growled,"They are... alone, in this unknown cage, and I'm nowhere near them, I'm not close enough to shield them from their pain."

"Bear," Noah sighed,"These are your people you're talking about, the same people that saw you shield themselves from everything the world had to throw at them. If they think you've forgotten about them, then they truly weren't paying attention to all those times you must've saved their lives."

Suddenly, staring off into space, Bears thoughts started to crash against eachother, intertwining like vines on a tree. She felt as if she was riding a deadly wave, a tsunami, with ferocious beasts beneath the water just waiting to snatch her up and steal away her oxygen.

In that moment, Bear wished Finn was here, he would've made up some joke to get her thoughts off of this shit. Closing her eyes, she could see Finn, Kage, Clarke, Octavia, and Bellamy reaching out for her.

"Just jump," Finn laughed.

"We've got you!" Octavia reassured.

"Show us how brave you are," Kage smirked.

"You can do it," Clarke smiled.

"I won't let you fall, smalls," Bellamy said, reaching out.

Reaching out, in her mind, she could feel her hand brush against his callous fingers. Then, she suddenly fell.

Down.

Down.

Down the rabbit hole.

The darkness enveloped her, as she reached out for Bellamy's hand. He was outlined by the light, they all were, glowing as if they were ethereal angels.

Gasping for air, Bear awoke in the bunk room, with Noah seated at her legs. His eyes were staring off into space, no doubt, thinking deeply about things like usual.

"Noah?" Bear called, causing the boy to turn and look at her with a smile.

Sitting up, Bear felt a pounding headache, as if someone had smacked a rock against the side of her skull. Craning her back, she looked to the bleak roof, as her shoulder smacked against Noah's.

The two dangled their legs off the side of Bears bed, both in thought. Well, not truly in thought, just thinking about who's going to speak first.

"How did I get here?" Bear finally asked, turning to look at Noah.

Smiling sadly at the girl, he leaned back onto his elbows,"Reese and I led you back here... you were alright, just too far into your thoughts to distinguish the real world from your own mind."

Sighing, Noah looked to one of the cameras in the room,"Reese had to go to work, so I got you into bed and promised her I'd make sure your ok... so, are you?"

"Am I what?" Bear wondered.

Snickering to himself, the boy beside her played with the ring on his finger,"Are you ok?"

"Physically... yes," Bear wondered,"Mentally? Never."

Letting out a boisterous laugh, Bear and Noah sat there together, unafraid of what the security cameras would capture... because they had a mole in the system.

"I just got caught up in the memories of those that I miss, was all," Bear noted, biting her lip,"Sorry."

Patting her shoulder, Noah stared straight ahead, as he felt it must be foreign for Bear to have to apologise like that.

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Opening his eyes, Bellamy felt the caged bars around his body. The caged box made him want to curl his hands into fists and punch right through them, but he knew better than to waist a good punch on a broken possibility.

His heart burned with the fire of freedom, which made him wonder how Bear was doing in this maze of cement. At least the ark had windows out into the dark void, this place had nothing.

Bellamy had hoped to save his people, by sneaking into this hell hole of a mountain, it seemed he instead found his way to the monument of hell.

On the other side of the room was a clear box attached to the wall. It was larger than all the other cells, tall enough to stand, wide enough to walk.

"Em vil ikke fungere," a voice called out, as Bellamy pulled on the lock,"emo laik smartere enn emo se."

Looking up through the bars, he saw a silhouette move behind the glass. Squinting his eyes, he tried to focus, but he felt the energy slowly drain from his body.

"Chon laik din kru?" The voice came again, soft, almost as if they were talking to a frightened child.

"What?" Bellamy croaked out,"I-I don't understand?"

Humming softly, the silhouette came to the glass wall closest to Bellamy. There stood a girl, with pale skin dancing freckles against her calloused, scarred body. He couldn't make out the colours of her eyes, all he could see was that one of them was bruised, swelling shades of purple and green.

Her hair dropped by her side, covering her like a blanket, as if it hadn't of been cut in a couple of years.

"Who are you?" Bellamy asked.

Smiling to herself, the girl drew an infinite symbol on the glass, unconsciously humming to herself the tune of her people's war cry.

"Ai laik Lovota kom pakstoka kru."

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Authors note:
Here are the translations of the Trigedasleng used

So, we finally got to hear from Lovota

Em vil ikke fungere - it won't work
Emo laik smartere enn emo se - they are smarter than they look
Chon laik din kru - who are your people
Ai laik Lovota kom pakstoka kru - I am Lovota come Wolves people