"Okay, as nice as this is, I can't let any rumours spread about me being soft. I'm pretty sure Jasper is scared of me and I want to milk that for as long as I can,"said Raven and she smiled when it drew a laugh from Octavia.
"Fine,"said Octavia begrudgingly and she stepped back.
The two girls made their way downstairs and made their way towards Octavia's tent. It was only once the got there that Raven realised something crucial.
"Oh for fucks sake,"cursed Raven as she took in the sight of Octavia's bedding and pillows,"I don't have a fucking tent."
"Why don't you just go sleep in Finn's tent?"said Octavia tiredly as she allowed herself to finally be consumed by the exhaustion she felt.
"That's the smartest thing I've heard come from a Blake since I've been here...Are you sure you and Bellamy are related"said Raven before she had to dodge Octavia's shoe and she laughed and made her way back into the camp.
Sunset was rapidly approaching and Finn and Bellamy must surely be on their way back by now. Raven reached Finn's tent and she saw his bed was a little messy, but she didn't mind much and she laid down on it.
She struggled to find a comfortable position and she felt something digging into her side so she reached underneath herself and pulled it out, but she was incensed to find a bra dangling from her fingers.
As if to mock her further Finn walked into the tent and he was shocked to see Raven lying on his bed.
"Raven, I–"began Finn, but he was cut off as Raven threw the garment at his face.
"Save it for someone who cares,"said Raven as she tried to brush past him, but Finn grabbed onto her arm to stop her.
Raven felt tears build in her eyes, but she blinked them away and she asked coolly, "Whose are those?"
Finn sighed and with a defeated expression said,"They're Fox's, but she didn't even know about you. It happened the night before you landed and I mean Monty had made a couple of alcoholic fruit and I swear it was a complete accident. I didn't even mean to. It meant nothing to me Rave, I swear."
Raven sneered and she ripped her arm from his grasp and said,"You know what, Finn? You can sleep with whoever you want, okay? We're done."
"Raven. Let's talk about this–"began Finn, but this time he was cut off by a punch from Raven that sent him stumbling into his tent and Finn even spat up blood and he also felt like a few teeth were loose.
"There's nothing to talk about Finn,"said Raven as she stepped out,"Go fuck your me girl or whatever. Just leave me alone."
Raven walked briskly out of the tent a.d into the surrounding woods before she felt she had put enough distance between her and camp. Her emotions were running high and Raven felt the wind around her begin to pick up speed. Loud, crashing noises echoed out and Raven was in the eye of a storm as a miniature hurricane formed around her and uprooted several trees and sent them flying.
This wasn't enough for Raven and she felt her body move on it's own accord as her hands took aim at one of the last remaining trees. Twin beams of green light shot out her hands and cut through the thick tree like a hot knife through butter.
The smell of burnt wood reached her nose and Raven barely cared as she prepared to fire more beams of light, but she was surprised to feel two hands grip her wrists from behind before pulling upwards and aiming them to the sky.
The beams of light shot up into the sky for a few seconds before they sputtered out and faded away.
"I leave for a few hours and now you're trying to start a fire,"said Clarke as she let go of stepped around Raven before she noticed the look on Raven's face,"What's wrong?"
Raven shook her head and tried to change the topic, "Its nothing. How did you find me?"
Clarke raised an eyebrow and said,"Well, a hurricane big or small tends to draw attention so I thought I'd check out what was going on. Don't say it's nothing Raven. I'm here for you."
Clarke sighed at Raven's silence before she was suddenly pulled into a hug. Clarke was frozen for a bit before she returned the motion. It was a side of Raven that Clarke didn't expect to see especially from someone who Clarke could tell was resilient and tough.
It was only once Raven spoke with clear anger and sadness and shock about Finn and Fox that Clarke was able to understand more of what was going on. The fact that Finn cheated on Raven while she was risking her life to come down to Earth to save Finn disgusted Clarke and dropped him a few pegs in her books.
She comforted Raven as she hummed a comforting tune and they ignored the early evening chill that had settled into the air. The two remained close like that in silence save for Raven's sobs for a while before Raven pulled back.
"Thanks Clarke,"said Raven calmly as she finally gained control over her voice,"I needed that."
"That's what friends are for, right?" said Clarke as she still held onto Raven.
The two eventually stood and began to make their way to camp in silence. The first few stars had begun to appear and Raven ,not for the first time that day, felt extremely tired. The only problem (and a major one at that) was that she still had nowhere to sleep.
Clarke noticed Raven shivering and said,"You can stay in my tent. I got given all these extra blankets and pillows and all that since I fought the Grounders off and saved Roma's life so it was apparently fair to everyone else that I got the extra stuff. It's way too much stuff though for just one person so we can make a bed for you and you get yourself warm before I get us something to eat."
Raven nodded and once they reached the gates of camp, Clarke made her way towards the fire where Bellamy was in charge of distributing the meat that had been cured.
"Clarke,"said Raven suddenly as the girl in question stopped,"You're a good person, you know. Don't forget that."
Clarke smiled at Raven before she said,"Thank you, Raven. You should probably head inside now. That tank top isn't helping you keep warm at all."
Raven was about to respond before something in the sky drew her attention. A large object was streaking down towards the ground and Raven raised a brow as she said,"That's from the Ark...its the Exodus ship!"
The ship was going down fast though and the panic in Clarke's voice rose as she said,"The retrorockets haven't gone off...it's going to crash."
However, to everyone's relief the rockets activated at last and it landed safely yet rather heavily in the distance. Raven and Clarke looked at each other before as one they both ran to the dropship.
They climbed up the ladder and immediately Raven began to fiddle with the radio.
"There are specific frequencies that all Ark stations and pods are tuned into. Its usually to allow for localised announcements, but I'm pretty sure the Exodus ship was also able to listen in on these frequencies. In case of a lockdown or something the Exodus ship was actually one of the places the Chancellor would retreat to if the control centre ever fell. The last one actually...I guess the next step if the ship was in danger of being breached would be to go towards Earth."
The radio let out spinds of static as Raven kept changing the channel before there was clear silence on one of the channels.
"Exodus ship. Exodus ship. This is Raven Reyes, do you copy?"said Raven as she waited for a reply.
There was no reply for sometime before suddenly a woman's voice spoke,"You must be Abby's pet. I shouldn't be surprised you got a hold of me this quickly, but that's not important. I'm sure Clarke is with you. Tell her to come to the Exodus ship tomorrow. She can bring whoever she wants. It doesn't matter...I have a...proposition...for her."
"What the hell do you want?"said Ckarke as she spoke into the radio radiating anger and distaste.
Diana chuckled and said,"Feisty...just like your mom was until she died. A real shame she rejected my offer, but well that's just life I suppose. Listen Clarke, this isn't a game you better come to the ship tomorrow and then we can have a proper chat. I must admit I prefer speaking face to face. I'm expecting you at noon. Enjoy your night."