Clarke was not happy at how things had turned out. The fools she was stuck with had more interest in exploring the forest than setting up shelters for later on.
The Ark had been nice enough to provide everyone with their own set of supplies such as tarpaulins, cups, rope, pegs, sleeping bags, pillows and there was even a large box which contained a map and a compass.
There was also enough rations and water included to last a week, but that could be either shorter or longer depending on the person and their eating habits.
If there was any indication that the 100 being shunted down to Earth was done a whim, the supplies which would have taken weeks to get together disproved that idea.
Clarke looked at the corpses of the two boys who had been out of their seats when the thrusters had activated and shuddered. Their death may have been quick, but she doubted it was painless.
It had been well over an hour since they landed and all everyone seemed interested in was enjoying their new found freedom. They did not even know they had supplies as Clarke had been the only one with enough sense to explore the dropship.
Even Wells had been enamoured with their surroundings and despite herself Clarke couldn't blame anyone for it. She'd probably also be outside exploring if it wasn't for main problem plaguing her.
On the Ark, the citizens were encouraged to exercise as much as possible in order to keep their bodies in shape. In the earlier years of the Ark, those who had been physically unfit had been amongst the first to succumb to the pressure living in space.
The human body though quite adaptable in most cases had been on the Earth for millions of years. Thus, it was not initially adapted to life in space. The space-related sicknesses had died down a long time ago as their bodies got used to their new environment.
Evolution was something that had taught to the Citizens of the Ark and it was apparently a demand made by the very first Chancellor who had been the creator of the Ark yet ironically opposed to the ideas of religion.
Darah Sydney had wished for the Citizens of the Ark to be similar and as such religion was cut down and English was made the official language of the Ark.
It was meant to reduce the differences between the people as it had shown throughout history that the differences amongst humans had caused many conflicts and wars.
Clarke had taken all of her studies a lot more serious than the rest of her peers. She'd been intrigued by the idea of evolution and genetics thus she had immersed herself in the textbooks and articles stored in the electronic library of the Ark.
She had read on the various adaptations that animals and humans had developed. They ranged from the relatively mundane adaptations such as animals fur turning white in winter to the astonishing such as fish in the Antarctic Ocean having the ability to create antifreeze proteins that prevented them from freezing to death.
Thus, Clarke was well versed in the field of evolution and also understood the human body to a great degree having been arrested days away from her final certification test that would let her be a doctor. She was certain she was going to pass and having been around her mother had helped her grasp the concepts easily.
It was this knowledge that confounded Clarke as she knew all about the limits of human evolution and strength or she thought she did until she'd bent the steel handrails of her seat.
She knew that the type of strength was well beyond the capabilities of humans. She suspected that her body had undergone a massive change from the time she'd been restrained by the guard to her time on the ship.
She had been unable to break free of her restraints before her mother had injected her with that–
"Impossible,"murmured Clarke as she had an epiphany. The golden solution that had been injected had been unlike anything she's ever seen before.
It had also caused her body to experience excruciating pain unlike anything she's ever felt in her life.
Clarke stood up from her seated position and she went back to the top level of the dropship before she found what she was looking for.
She went through the survival pack of one of the two dead boys and retrieved a peg. It was made of cast iron and clearly designed to support a large amount of pressure.
She held the peg in between her hands before trying to snap it like she'd done out of frustration to some of the pencils she'd been given during her imprisonment.
The groaning of metal drew her attention and a feeling of detachment from the moment rose up in Clarke as she bent an iron spike with near minimal effort.
She observed the spike and it clearly had no signs of rust or any other structural default that would enable her to bend it as easily as she had.
Is this what the injection had done to her? Why was it given to her? Did any of the others also get an injection?
"I should keep this quiet,"said Clarke softly as she went to the ladder to climb down and on the way down she slipped a little and had to catch herself, but she ended up bending the rail that her hands were on.
"It's probably going to be harder than I think if I can't even control my strength,"said Clarke dryly as she glared at the bent rail as if it was somehow to blame for all this. She continued her descent and was just about to pick up the first corpse when a familiar voice drew her attention.
"Hey princess,"said Finn as he entered the dropship, but he stopped as he saw the corpses of Nathan and Mason. The two boys who'd stupidly ignored Clarke's advice and paid for it with their lives.
Finn felt trepidation well up inside him as he knew if it wasn't for Clarke he'd be dead like the two in front of him. He saw that Clarke had reached for the body of Mason who had punched the screen before his demise.
"You need any help with that? He looks pretty heavy and I'm stronger than I look,"said Finn as he looked at Clarke.
Finn smiled as a small smirk stretched across Clarke's face before she said,"Yeah, I suppose I do need some help."
Finn moved to the boy's ankles and Clarke held him at his wrists before they both lifted after a count of three. They snaked around the back of the dropship amid gasps of horror from their fellow delinquents before they went into the surrounding forestry.
They finally reached a rather large clearing after a few minutes that was both suitably far away from the drop ship and had a smooth floor that could easily be dug up.
They placed the body down and Finn gingerly rubbed his wrists as he tried to get some feeling back in them. Clarke on the other hand looked perfectly fine and she began walking towards where she knew the dropship.
Finn was surprised that Clarke had barely taken a moment to rest and rushed to catch up with her.
"Hey do you work out? I mean like intense weights training and all that,"said Finn as that body had been heavy even with the two of them carrying it. Oddly, it would feel like at times Clarke was carrying more of the weight than he was which surprised Finn since her body didn't really seem capable of handling weight with the ease that it had.
Clarke panicked for a second before inspiration hit her and she said,"I'm stronger than I look you know."
Finn smiled at Clarke despite having his words thrown back at him. The two walked back in a comfortable silence before they reached the dropship.
Clarke quickly rushed up the stairs and going through the big supply box and she retrieved a medium-sized shovel that luckily had a strap she could put over her shoulder.
She went down the ladder and with Finn already waiting for her they took the body of Nathan and began to walk to the clearing where they had dropped off Mason's body.
They finally reached the clearing and after they laid Nathan down Clarke began digging using her shovel. It was the least she could do after all. The two had already died and even though it had been entirely preventable, Clarke would at least see to it that they got the burial they deserved.
Finn offered to rotate with her, but Clarke shook her head,"No, rather go back to the dropship and get the other shovel. It'd be quicker if we both focused on one grave instead of constantly swapping. The shovels are on the top level and don't let anyone up there if you can help it. I don't trust them to distribute the rations properly."
Finn gave her a salute and said,"Got it. I'll be back soon."
Clarke halted in her digging and waited for Finn to disappear from sight before taking a deep breath. She had a feeling that enhanced strength wasn't the only thing she'd been gifted with and she decided to put it to the test.
She jumped out of the grave and wasn't entirely surprised when she went higher than she's ever leapt before. She was barely able to put her arms underneath her and she managed to land safely on the ground.
Clarke let out a small breath and said,"Okay. Let's see what else I can do."
Clarke then stood up and decided that she'd done enough experimenting for now. She picked her shovel up and began to dig in earnest and her strength helped her speed the process up.
She might have been a bit overzealous in her attempt to finish as by the time Finn had returned she'd already placed Mason's corspe in the rather deep grave and was in the process of putting the dirt back into it.
"Ok, I got the shovel. How far are you?"said Finn before he dropped his shovel as he took in the large pile of dirt that was freshly dug up,"Are we digging graves or digging for gold?"
Clarke shrugged and said,"The graves need to be deep enough for their bodies to not rise up."
Finn nodded and said,"Fair enough, but how did you get so far ahead? I've been gone only for like a few minutes."
Clarke opened her mouth, but Finn cut her off and said,"Yeah, yeah. You're stronger than you look. Anyways, there's something going on back at camp and I think you might want to have a look so don't worry I got this."
Clarke raised an eyebrow and said,"Interesting? What's going on?"
Finn shook his head and said,"Well let's just say Bellamy found some pretty interesting fuel for a fire."
Clarke immediately rose and was about to leave when Finn called after her,"Hey princess! Were you the only one in the upper level of the dropship?"
Clarke was surprised at the random question and said,"Yeah, anyways I've got to go. Thanks for your help, Finn."
In a few seconds, Clarke was gone and Finn turned his attention to the open grave before him and he took something out of his pocket before bringing it up to his eye.
The light from the sun reflected a little off the metal spike that was bent completely bent out of shape. Finn looked at the direction Clarke had run off in before throwing the spike in the grave.
He then began to shovel the dirt back into the grave and once he was done he looked to the sky thinking of what he had discovered. A large part of him was still confused, but the signs were clearing pointing out only one solution.
"Yeah. A lot stronger than you look."
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The sun was still pretty high in the sky and so Clarke had absolutely no trouble getting back to the dropship at all.
She'd had an odd feeling when she saw Bellamy as his guard uniform wasn't even the right size and oddly enough his name wasn't on any of the survival packs.
She put that on the back burner though as she reached their landing site and was surprised to see the large fire burning with people cheering around it.
Her confusion grew until she saw Bellamy and Murphy removed the wristband of another boy, Atom, if she remembered correctly. Another round of cheers rang out before Atom threw the wristband into the fire.
There was a line of people who were waiting for their wristbands to be removed, but it wasn't everyone as there others who were indifferent to the whole thing and simply watched.
She ran into the clearing and was able to grab onto the wrist of Murphy who was about to use his knife to remove the wristband of another person before she turned to Bellamy and said,"What the hell is going on here?"
Bellamy smirked and said,"What do you think? We're taking these stupid things off!"
Clarke frowned and said,"Are you stupid? The Ark will never send people down if they think the Earth is uninhabitable. How are we going to survive? We have no way of contacting the Ark and now they think we're all busy dropping like flies."
Murmurs rose up as worry began to settle in and Bellamy realising he was losing face said,"Don't listen to her! Her mom is on the council! The same council that sent is down here to die. Jaha and his cronies locked you guys up and left you to rot, but I say no more! The Earth is ours now so we can do whatever the hell we want!"
Cheers rang up from those who had removed their wristbands as well as some of the others that were surrounding the altercation.
Clarke sighed seeing everyone was cheering and made to leave, but her wrist was held by Murphy who said,"I'll bet the Ark won't come down if they think their little Princess over here is dead."
Murphy then pulled Clarke's wrist towards or he tried to, but Clarke feeling very annoyed at this point punched him in the face and he fell unconscious.
The impact of her fist connecting with Murphy's face was loud enough to silence the crowd and everyone was surprised that Clarke had managed to knock Murphy out with one hit.
The silence that followed was deafening and Clarke seeing a golden opportunity to speak said,"We're going to need some supplies. If you guys hadn't been doing whatever the hell you wanted, you would have seen that the Ark had packed us some supplies and clothes, but they aren't enough to last us long so we'll need to gather resources and build shelters."
Clarke then began walking to the dropship, but stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned back and felt a flash of annoyance well up within her as she Wells looking at her.
"Clarke, are you okay? Is your hand bruised?"said Wells as he tried to examine the hand of his childhood friend.
Clarke ripped her shoulder from his grasp and said,"I'm fine. Don't bother following me. I can handle handing out the rations. If you want to be useful gather up some people for a supply run."
Wells looked upset and said,"How long are you going to be upset at me for that? I've done everything I can–"
"Including getting my dad killed. Sorry if I can't find it in me to forgive you. There must clearly be something wrong with me if I can't forgive you for something so small,"spat Clarke before she turned away fully and walked through the crowd of people surrounding the dropship.
She walked up the ramp and said,"I checked everything out and we have decent supplies, but I'd suggest pooling your resources together because the tarpaulins aren't really big enough to make adequate resources. Everyone be calm and you'll get your supplies."
With that said Clarke went inside and went to start to take the supplies down and she was surprised when a couple of the others had followed and began to help her.
She nodded gratefully at them and it took only a further 30 minutes to take all the supplies down and distribute them to their rightful owners.
Eventually, there were only the two packs that belonged to Nathan and Mason left over as well as Clarke and Finn's packs. Shed given Murphy's pack to one of Bellamy's goons and as she sat down Bellamy stepped inside the dropship.
Clarke threw him Mason's pack and said,"Aren't you lucky? If they hadn't been so dumb, you wouldn't have had anything left for yourself. It is strange that's Guard wasn't given the necessary provisions, but then again you obviously aren't a Guard."
Bellamy put down the pack and then walked right up to Clarke and stared her down,"Does that matter? Look princess you may feel like you need to take charge and call all the shots, but understand this. I won't let you ruin this for me and everyone else down here so don't expect me to bow down to you. I'm the best person to lead us so you better stand down if you know what's good for you."
Clarke was hardly intimidated by Bellamy's words even when he pulled aside his jacket to reveal the gun and said," I'm not scared of you and you can go around and wave that gun like it makes you a better person, but we both know the truth."
Clarke took one step closer to Bellamy and said,"You're just as scared as everyone else and you're trying to hide it, but when you're alone like this without your posse I can see you for the coward you are."
Clarke then walked past Bellamy and bumped his shoulder before she turned to him and said,"Now let's go. We're going on a hunt and if we're able to survive there must be other stuff around here too and we'll need that gun. I hope you aren't a lousy shot."
Bellamy took a moment to contemplate her words before making his way out the dropship. He spotted her at the far end of the clearing standing with Wells, Atom, Roma, Murphy and Finn who was holding two shovels and had dirt on some parts of his sleeve.
He smiled as he thought of the altercation he just had and said,"Clarke Griffin, huh?"
He walked up to them and they all exchanged a few nods before they wordlessly began walking into the surrounding forestry once he'd reached them.
The tension amongst them was palpable and there were a variety of reasons for this mostly having to do with Clarke.
Murphy kept shooting the girl who'd laid him out a glare as he followed her from the back end of their little, hunting party. He was next to Bellamy and said,"Once we get far enough from here, I swear I'm going to hurt this chick."
Bellamy, however, scoffed and said,"Get over the fact that she laid you out. You did kinda try to force her to take off her wristband. That was a bit of an ass move. Besides, we'll need her. The people listen to her and from what I've heard she's the only doctor here. Plus, I doubt you'd want her to give you another shiner so just drop it."
Murphy frowned at Bellamy's words and said sarcastically,"Whatever. You're the boss, right?"
Bellamy's eyes narrowed and he grabbed Murphy by the collar before he said,"That's right. I am the boss and if you want to be the boss then you can try and take it from me."
Bellamy pushed him away and sped up his speed so he was now walking next to Clarke and Wells as they trailed Finn who was apparently on the track of something.
They followed the prints before they found a herd of deer. They admired the sight of the majestic animals before Clarke looked towards Bellamy and nodded.
He followed the unspoken request and took out his gun much to the surprise of Wells and Finn and he took aim at the largest of the animals before firing.
The ring from the gun echoed in everyone's ears and they watched as all the deer scattered and everyone sighed as it became apparent that Bellamy had missed his shot.
"Nice shot,"said Finn as they continued to walk, but Bellamy tried to grab for him. Luckily, Wells intercepted him and said,"Guys. Now's not the time for petty arguments. We need to get something to eat back to camp because I don't know about you, but I'm not up to eating rations when we could have something else."
Bellamy calmed down and the group was able to encounter another herd of deer, but this time Bellamy struck true and once the deer fell he turned to Murphy and Wells and said,"You guys should take it back to camp and skin it properly before cooking it. I'm sure you guys know which parts to throw and which to keep. We're going to fan out and see if we can find other fruits and a water source."
Wells and Murphy nodded albeit reluctantly as Wells didn't trust Bellamy to not harm Clarke and Murphy still felt annoyed at Bellamy's words from earlier. In the end though, they hefted up the deer and made their way back to camp.
The rest of the group continued to shadow Finn and there again wasn't much of a conversation going.
Suddenly, Roma went still and said,"Have any of you guys seem Atom?"
The group paused and Clarke was about to say something before a sound from above drew her attention. She looked and was just barely to move out of the way of the falling object only to recoil as she saw Atom with a slashed open throat.
"In the trees!" screamed Clarke as she realised something that sent chills into her very soul,"They're people in the trees."
Roma panicked when she heard the words uttered by Clarke and began running off in a random direction.
Bellamy sighed and said,"Roma, stop! We need to get her. They want us to split up."
Finn was still staring at the body of Atom and said,"They? "
Clarke nodded and said,"Grounders. We're not alone."
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Roma was running through the forest and she felt panic rise up in her as she heard the groaning of the branches. She kept running, but she turned in another direction as a spear landed just in front of her.
She tried to pick up speed, but was shocked to spot two people wearing strange clothes in front of her.
She saw them reach for the swords that were holstered on their bag and she suddenly felt a rush of adrenaline soar through her before she instinctively did what her body was telling her to.
Roma let out an unearthly scream and the two people opposite her sunk to their knees as they couldn't handle the sheer volume of her scream.
A few hundred metres away, Clarke, Finn and Bellamy heard the scream and they all recognised it at once.
"That was Roma,"said Clarke before she began running in the direction of the rather loud scream. Finn and Bellamy were surprised at the speed with which Clarke was running and were further astonished when Roma's scream cut off and Clarke's speed shot way up to the point where she quite literally blurred away in a streak.
Finn and Bellamy stopped and looked at each other before Finn said,"Did you see that?"
Bellamy nodded and said,"I saw that, but I'm still working on believing."
Finn shook his head and said,"I knew there was something about her."
He began running again with Bellamy hot on his trail who said,"What the hell is going on here?"
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Clarke ran into the area that she believed Roma was in and she struggled to stop herself. Clarke tried to gain her bearings as she still felt rather disoriented from having ran at speeds she'd never experienced before.
"This day just keeps getting better and better,"said Clarke before she turned towards Roma who was about fifty metres away and saw her on her knees breathing harshly. She also saw two other people opposite Roma who were staggering towards her. One of the two Grounders had blood dripping from his ears yet he paid them no heed.
The Grounder with the bleeding ears looked to the other and while pointing at Roma said in an extremely loud voice ,"Wangoufu!"
The other looked excited and they both began advancing on a scared Roma. Clarke decided that enough was enough and she ran into the clearing soaring at the amazing speeds she had attained earlier.
Time seemed to slow down for Clarke as she launched a punch into the face of the one and turned before she quickly punched the other one as well. This was all before they could take one more step towards Roma.
The two Grounders were sent hurtling far away and they both crashed through a couple of trees which then fell onto them.
Clarke was breathing slightly heavily and she turned towards Roma who looked at her amazed and said,"Thanks Clarke. You saved my life. I thought that my scream was enough, but they recovered and I became so tired. I really thought I was a goner for sure."
Clarke's mind was barely paying attention to Roma's words after she processed something Roma had said.
Clarke cut Roma off and said,"You're telling me your scream was what caused that guy to bleed from his ears?"
Roma nodded and said,"Yeah. It was weird. I just felt cornered and scared when they caught up to me, but then it was like my body knew what it had to do to survive and I just screamed and it worked. Wait how did you save me? I just saw a blur and...do you have pow–"
Roma's mouth was covered by Clarke's hand and she said,"You were getting loud. We don't know if there's more of them out there or not. I'll answer all questions as soon as I get back to camp. Something tells me we aren't the only ones who have powers."
Roma nodded and she felt fully recovered before she gratefully accepted Clarke's hand and they began to leave the clearing. They heard rustling and froze, but they were relieved to see the faces of Finn and Bellamy.
"Princess,"said Finn as he entered the clearing,"You've got a lot to explain. What the hell is going on? You just disappeared and ran here so quickly we couldn't keep up."
Bellamy nodded and said,"We're not going back to camp until you tell us exactly what's going on."
Clarke sighed as she felt the inquisitive and suspicious stares from Bellamy and Finn and was about to reply until her eye caught sight of what looked like another Grounder with a metal spear held back. He threw it and she could tell it was aimed for Finn.
She yelled out a warning and ran towards them, but she felt as though she was not going to make it. It was still strange for Clarke to travel at such speeds as it seemed like everything around her was going a lot slower.
Finn had spotted the spear and just as she was about to push him out of the way when to her horror she ran straight through him.
She turned back and she was gutted to see the spear hit Finn, but oddly enough it didn't stop and it continued into the ground like Finn wasn't even standing there.
Time came back to normal for Clarke and Finn was surprised to note that the spear had not hurt him.
He looked behind him and saw the spear still shaking after it had pegged inches deep into the ground. He turned towards Bellamy who looked freaked out and said,"Will someone please explain what the hell is going on?"
The Grounder in the tree pointed at Finn and then at Clarke before he said,"Wangoufu."
He reached behind him and was ready to unlatch another spear, but he felt a crushing pressure around him and he was surprised to see the girl with hair like the sun holding her hand out towards him.
Clarke had again felt something within her click as she saw the Grounder reach behind him and she knew that the other three were too shellshocked to react on time.
She held her hand out towards the Grounder with her fingers fully extended. Her hand was emitting a blue light and unbeknownst to Clarke her eyes were also glowing a bright blue.
A translucent, bubble of energy formed around the Grounder's body before she moved her focused and there were now only two band of energys on each of his arms and she moved her hand so he was dangling in the air like a marionette.
She then said,"I don't know if you understand me and I don't care. You better leave me and my friends alone or else you won't be so lucky."
Clarke then clenched her hand into a fist and to the shock of everyone there a large snapping noise echoed out and the man's arms were cleanly broken. The man began to let out hoarse screaming before he fainted.
Clarke's eyes finally stopped glowing and all of a sudden the reality of what's she done hits her hard. She almost falls to her knees, but she steadies herself and looks towards where she had punched the first two Grounders towards.
She could vaguely hear two distinctly different groans of pain and that calmed her down some before she heard Finn say something in a concerned voice.
"Princess, you alright?"
Clarke was about to nod until she felt something dripping from her nose. She reached up and saw some blood dripping before she suddenly couldn't keep herself standing, but she was caught by Finn who said,"Just relax Clarke. You've done enough for today."
Clarke's eyes drooped closed and she finally relaxed. Finn brought her up into bridal style and was surprised at just how much easier to was carry her as she genuinely barely weighed anything in Finn's eyes.
He looked back towards the Grounder's and said to Roma,"Take their weapons. Make sure they have nothing left."
Roma nodded and gathered up the spears and swords that were lying around and she gave some of them to Bellamy who seemed to be unaware of what was going on.
"Hey Blake," said Finn as he began to walk off with Clarke in his arms,"You wouldn't happen to be able to teleport us to camp?"
Bellamy finally snapped out of his daze and simply stalked off. Finn and Roma shared a look before they walked off towards the dropship.
If they had remained any longer, they would have seen the Grounder whose arms were broken by Clarke begin to stir. He rose and groaned before he seemed to focus and his mangled arms were snapped back into place. It looked like they hadn't even been broken at all.
He heard the groans of his fellow Nonkru and in a shocking display of strength he moved the trees laying on top of them off.
They were both fine, but they both had broken arms that were rather clean breaks and only had slight injuries to their legs. All in all, after about 4 weeks they'd be fully recovered and a lot sooner if he decided to heal them.
Their groans died down as the trees were taken off them and they were relieved to see their partner until they heard the words uttered by the man.
"Yu gonplei ste odon."
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Clarke woke up and she was surprised to find herself in a large shelter made from a lot of tarpaulins and lots of thick, firm branches.
She recognised the sleeping bag she was in as the one that had been in her own ration bag, but she was unsure where all of the other tarpaulins and pillows had come from.
She stood up and walked outside and she was surprised to see the camp looking in good order as everyone was seemingly working together to build a wall around the dropship and the many shelters that had popped up around it.
Clarke wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings and as such she bumped into someone while pondering how all this was possible.
"Clarke, is that you?"said a boy who was carrying a sack of berries,"When did you wake up? How are you feeling? Roma told us you took down three Grounders on your own, but–"
"Monty, please slow down,"said Clarke cutting the boy off as she felt a headache forming from the onslaught of questions,"Please tell me what's happened since I left for the hunt."
Monty looked a bit sheepish and said,"Well we began building shelters, but then everyone kinda stopped for a while after Wells and Murphy brought back a deer then after they skinned it and they began making the meat. Maybe like an hour and a half after that Finn, Bellamy and Roma came back and Finn was carrying you. They said that Atom was killed by Grounders and Bellamy took Miller back to wherever you guys were to take Atom's body to the graveyard. After that we found out from Roma that you saved her life, but you were exhausted so you fainted. Roma, Finn and a couple others were the ones who built the shelter and they decided to give you the extra supplies."
Clarke was surprised and said,"Why did they do that? I didn't–"
Monty shook his head and said,"Clarke, you're kinda like a hero. You buried Mason and Nathan. You organised the rations and hunt. You stood up to Bellamy. You saved Roma from like 10 Grounders and you knocked out Murphy...There wasn't really much of an argument when it came down to it."
Clarke was surprised at the passion in Monty's voice and said a little sheepishly,"Firstly, It was only 2 Grounders that I saved Roma from. Secondly, I suppose if you put things that way then I guess I see why people were willing to help, but that's still unfair to everyone else. Does everyone have enough supplies?"
Monty nodded and said,"Yeah, a lot of people buddied up and pooled their resources together also Bellamy made people start to work on a wall so we could be safe from the Grounders. There's also people, like me, who go out on berry, nuts and fruit picking. There's also a hunting party, but they already left."
Clarke nodded and was about to leave before something hit her,"Did Finn, Roma or Bellamy mention how I beat the Grounders?"
Monty raised a brow and said ,"No, they didn't give anything specific. They just said you beat them on your own. Hmmm...now that you're awake. How did you beat them?"
Clarke let out a sigh of relief and said,"I'll tell you later. I'll tell everyone at the same time. We need the wall to be built first."
Monty nodded before opening his sack and said,"You might wanna eat some berries or something. It's probably been a while since your last meal."
Clarke smiled gratefully at Monty and took a handful of berries from the sack before she left looking for one of the three people who knew her secret.
Monty walked forward about 10 metres before he was roughly grabbed by a boy wearing goggles on his head.
"Monty,"said Jasper with a wide smile on his face,"Are you making moves on Clarke? You know that will probably make Finn come after you, right? Not to mention she's way out of your league."
" She's not out of my league, "said Monty, but he frowned when he heard a loud snort from his best friend.
Monty, like all best friends, decided to fight fire with fire,"How's it going with Octavia? Has she noticed you yet?"
Monty then left apparently not caring what Jasper had to say in response.
Jasper lost his smile and shouted after him,"That's not cool man! You're wrong by the way! She even called me my name today!"
Actually, Octavia had called him Casper, but that was not something Monty needed to know. It was close enough anyways.
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Clarke was walking around the camp having already finished the berries she'd gotten from Monty. She was on the hunt for any of the three she needed to speak to. She kept asking the people who were building the walls if they'd seen Finn, Bellamy or Roma, but she found that Bellamy was out on a hunt and Finn had joined him. Fortunately, Roma was apparently still on site, but no one knew where she was exactly.
She finally spotted Roma who was alone inside the dropship and she went up to her and said," Hey Roma."
Roma turned and let out a gasp before she pulled Clarke into a hug,"Clarke! You finally woke up. You had me worried sick."
Clarke returned the hug and said,"It's good to see you're alright. Look we need to tell everyone about what really happened."
Roma stepped back from the hug and said,"I know, but Finn and Bellamy will only be back in quite a while and I feel like it's something we'll need to say in front of everyone at once."
Clarke nodded and said,"Yeah, you're right. So I heard you helped make my shelter and stuff thanks for that. I'm not exactly the best at that sort of stuff."
Roma nodded and looked Clarke in the eye,"It's the least I could do. You did save my life after all, what's building a shelter compared to that?"
Roma then stepped a bit closer to Clarke and whispered,"I could show you my tent. I don't share it with anyone so we'd have a lot of privacy."
Clarke was a bit stunned at the offer, but as she looked Roma in the eye she felt a spark light within her when she saw the sheer emotion in Roma's eyes. The two stepped closer to each other before Clarke pressed her lips against Roma's.
Clarke felt shivers run up and down her spine before she grabbed onto Roma's waist and pulled her in close. The two continued kissing until they separated and Roma said,"Your tent or mine?"
Clarke took a second to recover before she said,"Mine. There's a lot of pillows in there."
Roma smiled and she followed Clarke who was walking very quickly to her tent.
They finally made it to Clarke's tent and immediately continued to make out and Roma was about to remove her shirt, but Clarke stopped her.
"Roma, I hope you aren't looking for anything serious right?"said Clarke as much as she knew she wanted this she didn't want to break Roma's heart.
Roma took off her shirt and said,"Neither am I. Just think of this a thank you gift for saving my life."
Clarke took off her own shirt and said,"I thought that's what this tent was for."
Roma shook her head and said,"That wasn't really anything."
Roma began to kiss her way down Clarke's chest and once she reached the hem of Clarke's pants said,"This is my real thank you."
Clarke lifted her hips and Roma took the opportunity to remove Clarke's pants for her. Roma removed her own and now the two were left only in their underwear.
Clarke smiled and said,"Let's see how grateful you are and maybe I'll return the favour."
Roma smiled and said,"That would be my pleasure, princess."
Clarke was about to reply, but a large moan escaped from her mouth and cut off her retort as Roma had just pulled off Clarke's underwear and tried to show Clarke the depths of her appreciation.
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Finn and Bellamy returned with the rest of their hunting party and they'd managed quite the haul. Their hunting group had managed to kill a few more deer and they hadn't even needed to use the gun thanks to the weapons from the Grounders doing their job.
Bellamy looked towards Finn as they walked past the nearly completed wall and said,"Do you think Clarke's up yet?"
Finn shrugged and said,"I don't know. I'll ask around in a little bit."
Finn laid down the deer he held on his shoulders and he asked Octavia if she'd seen Clarke.
Octavia gained a smile one her face and said,"Why do you need to look for her when I'm right here, Spacewalker?"
Finn smiled and said,"Look it's important have you seen her around? "
Octavia sighed and said,"Yeah, she came to the wall looking for you and Bell, but I haven't seen her since."
Finn nodded and said,"Thanks Octavia. I'll see you around."
Finn left the girl behind and began to make his way towards Clarke's tent. On the way there, he bumped into a upbeat Roma who said,"Clarke's on her way out. I just spoke to her."
Finn was surprised that Roma knew where he was going, but she cut him off saying," It's pretty obvious where you're going. You did stay by her bed for hours yesterday. Anyways, she said she wants everyone to meet outside the dropship and I'm sure you know why."
Finn nodded and said,"She's going public with it? It figures that the princess has a flair for the dramatic. I hope she takes the lead on this one because this is something that needs a gentle touch and out of the four of us I'd say Clarke would be best for this."
Roma nodded and said,"Yeah, she does have a gentle touch. Anyways, let's gather everyone. Clarke'll be there soon."
Finn nodded and followed after her though he couldn't help, but feel like he was missing something.
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Clarke walked around her tent as she mentally prepared herself for what she was about to reveal. It would be best if they got things out of the way now before it came to bite them in the ass later.
Clarke walked out of her tent and approached the dropship. It was the middle of the afternoon and she saw that wall was looking good so far. They'd probably end up needing it soon.
There was a buzz in the air as everyone waited around the outside of the dropship and waited for Clarke to make her announcement. The person in question finally appeared and she was let through the crowd as people made way for her.
Clarke walked up the ramp and waited for quiet before she said,"I'm sure you guys have heard how there are Grounders and that we aren't alone."
A voice called from the back,"You beat them though and we can do it again! Am I right!"
The crowd let out loud cheers and whistles, but Clarke held up her hand and the crowd fell silent.
"You're not right. These guys were fully fledged warriors and they were willing to kill all of us. In fact, we didn't know they killed Atom until they dropped his corspe on us from up in the trees. Finn, Bellamy, Roma and I should have died yesterday, but we didn't and I'm here to tell you why. "
Murmurs rose in the crowd as everyone began to panic at the new information being shared, but Clarke merely waited for them to get it out their system before saying,"Show of hands okay? Who was conscious when you gotten taken to Medical before being out on the Ark?"
Just about all of the delinquents except for one or two raised their hands.
"Do you remember anything specific about that time?"
Octavia spoke up and said,"Yeah, I remember being strapped down and they put this wristband on me before they injected some silvery solution into me and later I felt a prick on my neck and I woke up on the dropship."
The rest of the people who had had their hands up were nodding in agreement with what Octavia had said. Clarke, on the other hand, was surprised to find out that she the only one injected with something gold instead of silver.
Clarke took a deep breath and said,"What you guys don't know is that the thing we were injected with wasn't any sort of medicine. In fact, it was something that changed our bodies."
Clarke took out a metal peg and right before the crowd she effortlessly bent the peg into a circle amid cries of surprise and disbelief.
"The injections we were given must have given us powers and I used these powers to defeat the Grounders who attacked us."
In contrast to before, the crowd was dead silent before Murphy yelled from the back,"If that's true then why are you the only who can bend steel?"
Finn walked up the ramp and said,"She's not the only one. Come on princess let's show them"
Finn handed her a sword and Clarke took it hesitantly, buy she steeled herself and to the shock of everyone she thrust the sword right into Finn's chest.
A few people were waiting for the blood to erupt from Finn's torso as well as some screams of agony. To their surprise, Finn walked straight through the sword as if it wasn't even there and even walked through the first, few people in the crowd before returning to the top of the ramp.
Clarke seeing that she got the attention of the others said,"The thing is we don't how these powers activate. In general, they activated while one is in danger like what happened with Finn and Roma, but I already showed signs of my power when we first landed so there's a chance that some of you might have already activated your powers without knowing."
Finn took the lead and said,"A surefire way of knowing if your powers have activated is if certain physical tasks are easier. I was able to carry a deer for a couple of miles and it honestly felt like nothing."
The crowd began to chat excitedly before Bellamy said loudly,"Why don't out show everyone your real power Clarke?"
Clarke sent a dirty look at Bellamy and was annoyed to see the expectant look on everyone's face. Clarke sighed before she disappeared in a blur and reappeared, but this time Bellamy was with her.
Clarke let out a sigh of frustration as the crowd was now making a pure racket thanks to Bellamy's need to expose her. Clarke decided now was as good a time as any and to the surprise of the crowd her eyes began glowing a soft blue.
She held out her hand before the sword that she'd used earlier on Finn began to rise up with a translucent ,blue aura emanating from it. She moved her hand and was able to move the sword all without touching it.
Murphy stood up and said,"I get that Spacewalker over there can move through things and is quite a bit stronger, but what I don't understand is how you already have so many powers while the rest of us have nothing? "
Clarke let the sword drop and said,"I don't know why you guys haven't developed any powers. I think this thing acts like a virus almost and causes the changes to your body if your body doesn't reject it. There might be a reason why I might be developing powers earlier and more as well."
The crowd was completely silent as they hung onto every word Clarke had to say before she said,"Octavia, you guys said you were all injected with a silver solution right?"
After Octavia confirmed it one again and was this time backed up by various other people, Clarke took a deep breath and said the words she'd been dying to get off her chest since she began this talk,"My solution wasn't silver."
Everyone, even Bellamy, looked towards her in shock and waited for her to continue.
"It was gold."
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Trigedasleng:Wangoufu- Children of Death/ Death Child