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The somewhat familiar feeling of her body taking charge washed over Clarke and she felt her body turn and snatch the knife out the air deftly.
"Okay,"said Clarke in equal parts amazement and relief, "It seems like it only works for things that I don't know are coming judging from what we know."
Bellamy was shocked at the sight before him and he shook his head and said,"Yeah, I guess so. Any other cool and amazing powers you've got hidden?"
Clarke smiled at Bellamy before she spoke,"Well I can move stuff with that blue energy and also shoot blasts with them—"
Bellamy interrupted Clarke and said,"That's psionic powers. "
"What? How do you know that?"said Clarke in confusion.
"I used to do a lot of reading as a kid and while Octavia and I both enjoyed ancient mythology, I really got into comic books when I was 9 . I read almost every copy of whatever there was on the Ark using my mom's tablet and superhero stuff was in there too."
"Wow, "said Clarke as she imagined the sight, "Bellamy Blake, Comic book addict. Who would have thought ?"
Bellamy looked embarrassed and so Clarke decided to let up on the teasing,"Anyways, other than my psionic powers. I have this automatic self-preservation thing–let's call it Instinct for short. I can control and create fire, earth, lightning and also air and water, but I haven't really had the time to use them. Finally, I also have the healing, but that I – nevermind."
Bellamy was impressed by the amount of what Clarke had mentioned, but he was confused about the jumpiness she was showing after mentioning the healing.
It hit as he said,"You're forgetting that you can steal people's powers. You could steal anyone's powers if you wanted to."
Clarke nodded and said, "Yeah, I know. It's just a lot of responsibility. The funny thing is even if I wanted to I couldn't do it again."
"What are you talking about?"
"When I stole that Grounder's power,"said Clarke slowly as she remembered the day, "It was like I took a backseat in my own body. It was different from Instinct. It felt less...natural and no matter what I know I can't do it on my own again."
Clarke didn't tell Bellamy about the voice she had heard in the back of her mind though. The story sounded crazy enough without adding that into the mix.
"That's strange, "said Bellamy before continuing on to say,"I suppose that's a problem for another day. I'll head out to the cache with Jasper and a couple others at dawn. You're staying here. You need to rest up and stay here. The problem is I don't trust Mbege at all. He's already tried to kill you and if we leave him here who knows what he'll get up to?"
Clarke snorted and said," I wouldn't worry about Mbege. I'll give him and his goons a day to leave. I've been pushing it to the back of my mind, but there are way more than just a couple of people who seem jealous. "
It was something she had noted today especially as she noticed the sneers sent the way of her, Jasper and even Monty. This could be a bigger problem down the line, but for now they had bigger things to worry about.
Clarke stood up and it was only then she felt just how tired she was feeling. She stood up and began to blow out the candles that had been set up throughout the room.
"I'm going to bed,"said Clarke before letting out a yawn,"I've done my rounds for the day. Is there still some food out?"
"Yeah, Raven got you some,"said Bellamy as he followed Clarke out of the dropship.
The two made their way to the tents and eventually Clarke was left to her devices after Bellamy reached his tent. Clarke made her way into her tent and she was surprised to see Raven had already set up her bed and she seemed to be completely out of it.
There was food waiting for her and Clarke smiled at Raven before eating the meat and fruit waiting for her.
It only took her a few minutes and it was with some reluctance that Clarke climbed into her bed.
Clarke sighed as she got comfortable and tried to sleep. Clarke eventually fell into an uneasy rest accompanied by slight twitches and mumbles.
Eventually, Clarke bolted upright and she quickly rose out of her sleeping bag and dug into a small pouch. She pulled out a cherry and quickly ate it.
Clarke went to bed and quickly fell asleep.
She did not see Raven staring at her from her own sleeping bag.
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"Okay,"said Octavia as she trailed after the group of four in front of her,"What's the plan again?"
Raven pinched her nose and said,"Okay, let's go over this again. Octavia, you're going to go invisible and stay hidden. You'll snipe anyone and just be a distraction. Roma will basically be the one to cause the distraction if things go badly and she'll scream as loud as she can. Lucky for us, she can direct the sound waves away from us for the most part so it'll sting, but we'll be better off than the poor chumps in her way."
"What about you, Bell and Clarke again?"said Octavia as she decided to actually try and remember the plan this time around.
"Simple. We're the heavy hitters, though I can't really use my laser beams and Clarke can't use her fire since I'm pretty sure they had a heavy landing and–"
"The hydrazine!"shouted Octavia excitedly as she recalled one of the key parts of the plan,"Everything will go to shit and we'll only do that if we really screwed the pooch and either you or Clarke will have to blow everything sky high!"
Clarke smiled at Octavia's exuberance and she said,"That's almost right, but we don't want that. That's only if we're severely outgunned and I know I can run fast, but if any of us are too close to the explosion I'm not sure how fast I can get us out of there. "
It was a rudimentary plan at best, but considering the fact that Diana and her rebels were probably hostile it was better than walking in there without a plan.
The raid on the weapons cache had been extremely successful. There had literally been barrels of rifles, bullets and winter blankets. Miller had been put in charge of dispensing the blankets and setting up a guard for the guns.
They hadn't brought any guns since there was always a chance that a bullet that could ignite the hydrazine which was what they were trying to prevent.
"So how do we know they won't try to kill us on sight?"said Bellamy as they approached the area where they believed the Exodus ship to have landed.
"We don't, " said Roma with a smile on her face.
"Amazing,"drawled Bellamy as he looked through the canopy of the forest.
It was after a few more minutes of walking that the trees around them began to fade and a pungent smell filled the air.
"That's hydrazine,"said Raven as she processed the smell,"We're close."
Octavia took the unspoken hint and immediately disappeared from sight. Luckily, the earth below them was firm so she didn't leave any depressions in the ground as she seemed to find an alternative route to the Exodus ship.
As the trees disappeared altogether after a few more minutes of walking and there was only large open land and perhaps half a mile away the Exodus ship sat crumpled like a giant, burnt and crushed soda can with give or take 10 men stationed on the outside of it all with their rifles at the ready all pointed at them.
Clarke walked to the front of the group and said,"They must have seen us coming. Ok guys, fighting isn't preferred. We'll try peaceful first. I'm sure there are some supplies in there we could use."
Bellamy snorted and said,"As long as they don't even think about coming to our camp or that they're the boss of us then it should be fine."
The group eventually reached the nearest guard to them and Clarke said,"We're here to see Diana. My name is Clarke Griffin."
There was silence and no one moved so Raven spoke up,"Aren't one of you idiots going to get her?"
Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say. The guards all took a step forward and prepared to fire.
The delinquents didn't take well to the threat and Clarke's eyes began to glow blue while the wind began to pick up speed and clouds gathered rapidly above them. The two groups were at a standoff with guns and palms pointed at each other before a voice shattered the tension.
"Well, I see you're enjoying my 7th great grandmother's invention,"said Diana as she took in the aggressive stances adopted by everyone.