Mecha Station
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"Hey Abby," said Raven as the person in question entered the room,"Did you get that pressure regulator?"
Raven looked at Abby and noticed how she seemed to be jittery and said,"What's wrong? You're shaking like Sinclair after he took a few volts of electricity from a battery."
Abby shook her head and said,"I did get the pressure regulator and I'll need you to install as quick as possible before you disengage and head for Earth. I won't be joining you unfortunately."
Raven raised an eyebrow and said,"Don't tell me you're getting scared on me. I mean yeah it'll be a tight squeeze, but mean I fixed this baby up real good. We'll be on the Earth before the Ark even knows we're missing."
Abby threw the pressure regulator at Raven who immediately began installing it and said,"There's been a few complications. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it because there's something wrong within the Ark and I might be the only person who can stop it."
Raven was installing the pressure regulator and said,"That sounds serious. Does it have to do with how you got a brand new pressure regulator? I hope you didn't do what Nygel told me to because this bad boy over here will have me ready to leave in half an hour."
Abby nodded and said,"Yes it me Raven. How much do you know about the First Chancellor?"
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Clarke sighed as she reflected the events of the past few days. Wells had been murdered by a young girl called Charlotte while on guard duty with her.
Apparently, she had misunderstood the advice Bellamy had tried to give her and she ended up killing Wells because she couldn't kill Jaha.
To make matters worse, it had appeared as though Murphy had done the deed since his hatred for Wells was well-known and Charlotte had also used his weapon.
The entire camp had tried to beat up Murphy, but Clarke had been able to push all of them back with a force field. Charlotte admitted the truth when she saw the bloodied and bruised body of Murphy.
Charlotte had in the end been exiled, but Murphy in a fit of rage had tried to kill one of the boys– a frequent victim of Murphy– that had thrown the first few punches.
In the end, Murphy had very nearly killed him because apparently the experience of nearly getting beaten to death had unlocked Murphy's powers and his enhanced strength had left the poor boy in a sorry state.
It wasn't known what Murphy's powers other than the enhanced physical capabilities were, but there were no doubts as to whether or not he had them when he broke Paul's femur with one kick.
A surefire sign of the syringe having been activated and assimilated by the body.
In the end , Paul had been a mess and he had begged for Clarke to put him out his misery. His legs and arms were damaged beyond repair and Paul had also said he couldn't feel anything below his neck.
Clarke had chosen the least painful and quickest way she knew. She had slipped a knife into Paul's carotid artery and hummed softly as he bled out in front of her.
It had been a very horrifying experience and it had taken the gloss off of being on Earth.
As sickening as it was to say, but this traumatic experience had ended up causing some of the other delinquents to begin manifesting their powers.
In a strange twist, not all of the powers were useful for fighting, but that's not to say they were useless. For example, Monty had gotten the ability to grow and even alter any plant, vegetable or fruit of his choosing. The weird thing was that the plant didn't necessarily have to exist.
Monty's stock amongst the group had grown when he'd made apples that tasted like chocolate. Of course, due to them being amongst what was essentially the most irresponsible people on the Ark it wasn't long before Monty was offered various types of favours to grow certain plants.
Luckily, Clarke had managed to cut down on it or else the pungent smell of marijuana would be ever present in the camp.
Recreational drug creation aside, there were others who received powers that were especially useful for combat.
Jasper, for example, had received the ability to shoot laser beams from his eyes. Clarke smiled as she recalled a hilarious event involving Jasper and Octavia.
It had been difficult for him to explain why he'd shot Octavia in the butt when she had bent over. Bellamy had not been impressed at all and had given Jasper extra guard duty.
Luckily, Octavia hadn't been hurt as the powers she'd received (much to Bellamy's dismay) were directly suited for combat and oftentimes activated when she wasn't paying attention.
Octavia's powers had been a revelation to the delinquents as everyone thought that the enhanced physical capabilities were a given along with one more power, but in Octavia's case she hadn't received any physical enhancements.
She had instead gotten two powers. One,the one that saved her from Jasper's smoldering gaze, was the ability to transform into a hard crystalline material. The beam had bounced back at Jasper and burnt a hole in his shirt.
It appeared to have the same characteristics as diamond and could be activated by Octavia's own body without her knowing. It was thus in that sense rather similar to the intangibility of Finn.
The second power she had received was–
"What are you thinking about?"
Clarke jumped and nearly punched the source of the voice, but she had managed to stop when she recognised it.
A scared Octavia appeared from thin air encased in crystal as she stared down the business end of Clarke's fist. It was already known that Clarke's injection was different from the others and one of the ways this was apparent was that Clarke's strength and speed far outstripped the rest of the other delinquents.
She had even been able to pick up the dropship and move it. If that didn't scream danger to someone then they may have had a bit too much of Monty's magic weed.
"Sorry Clarke," said Octavia as she gently tried to put down Clarke's fist and deactivated her diamond armour,"I was just trying to practice sneaking around like you and Bell said I should."
"It's okay,"said Clarke as she looked at the rebellious Blake sibling. The two had patched things up after Finn had apparently spoken to Bellamy about it.
Finn had been a rock for Clarke following Wells' death and she felt as though they had gotten closer. Truthfully, Clarke had recognised that Finn was interested in her, but she had firmly rebuffed all of his advances.
She wasn't looking for a relationship now and while there was some degree of attraction between them Clarke never acted on those feelings. The 100 were surrounded by an unknown amount of Grounders and Clarke had to do her best to stay focused and sharp. It was why she was out in the woods now. She was on guard duty since she was the best fighter they currently had and yet Octavia had gotten the drop on her.
She probably needed to pay more attention to detail.
She'd been with Roma again a few times, but she had stopped once it became clear to Clarke that Roma was developing feelings for her.
The slight touches when passing by and the longing looks whenever she thought Clarke wasn't looking were obvious enough indicators.
Clarke liked them both, but she couldn't give them all of herself like they deserved until the Ark came down.
That's if they came down.
Yesterday, their wristbands had all failed when Monty had tried to contact the Ark, but it had instead shorted all of the wristbands.
It had been a gutting blow, but she was sure the Ark would find a way to survive even if they didn't come down. She just had to have faith.
It was approaching midnight and Octavia and Clarke were sitting in silence before Octavia said,"You know, Clarke. I used to think that you were some stuckup, vapid and self-absorbed bitch, but the way you've looked after us has me thinking that maybe you're not so bad."
Clarke snorted,"Wow, really? Tell me how you really feel."
Octavia pouted and Clarke smiled before she said,"If I'm being honest, I expected you to be a pure basket case considering everything,but you're really well adjusted actually. However, I do think that you give your brother a very hard time. He's just trying to look out for you and he's not really a bad guy. I mean despite not having any powers he hasn't complained about it and everyone still respects him. So please don't give him such a hard time."
Clarke and Bellamy had come to a tentative understanding and while Clarke wouldn't say she trusted the fake guard she knew he had all of their best interests at heart and that was enough for her.
"I guess you're right,"said Octavia,"It's just he's so stubborn sometimes it's so annoying..."
Clarke's smile widened and she couldn't resist the quip that followed,"It must be a Blake thing."
Octavia was about to respond, but Clarke interupted her and pointed to the sky.
"Is that what I think it is?"
Octavia looked to where Clarke was pointing and said,"A shooting star? Don't tell me you want to make a wish?"
Clarke looked confused and said,"Make a wish? What– That's not important. It's not a shooting star. That's a dropship from the Ark! There must know we're alive. I need to run over there–"
"I don't think that's a good idea,"said Octavia,"If we saw it then that means everyone else who's up now did too which by the way includes the Grounders that tried to kill you!"
Clarke calmed down and said,"You're right. Tell everyone that the Ark sent another dropship and that you, me and Finn will head out towards it. We'll need Bellamy, Roma and Jasper here to keep the peace."
"Yes ma'am!"
Octavia dodged the rock Clarke had thrown at her before leaving. Neither of them knew that Bellamy had already seen the dropship and that he was en route to intercept it.
The next morning was filled with gloomy skies and a small amount of rain.
Clarke and Finn were waiting at the gates for Octavia before she suddenly came running and said,"Bellamy's gone! I think he went to intercept the dropship!"
Clarke sighed and said,"I swear it's one step forward and then three steps backwards with your brother. Finn, Octavia I'll carry you guys. We need to get there before Bellamy and we have no idea how long ago he left. Please don't puke."
Finn and Octavia were barely able to blinked before they felt Clarke throw them over her shoulders like they were a sack of potatoes.
"Princess,"said Finn from his position on Clarke's shoulder,"Is this really the only way that you could–"
Whatever Finn was going to say was lost to the wind as Clarke raced off in the direction she saw the dropship land.