Everything was fucked.
That was what was going through Raven's head as she held a rifle tight to her chest. The various fires set up around camp did nothing to calm her nerves.
She had woken up not far away from the dropship and there was no sight of Finn or Clarke anywhere. She had made it back to camp and it was only after she had made it there that her fears were confirmed.
The Grounders had Clarke and Finn.
Raven didn't even want to think about whether they were dead or alive. That was just a downward spiral waiting to happen. Despite her anger at him, Finn was still precious to Raven. He had been there for her whenever her mother had taken her rations for herself.
He had given Raven some of his own meagre rations so she wouldn't starve and Raven truly didn't know where she would have been without his help. It's not like he was without faults, though.
Finn had apparently been enamored by Raven's talk of how cool zero gravity was and so he had decided to go for a spacewalk. In the end, he had been caught and Raven didn't even have the opportunity to see him before he got thrown into the Sky Box.
The betrayal of her trust was by far his worst digression against her, though. She had been gone barely two weeks and Finn had shacked up with Fox and she wasn't even sure how long that had gone on for or if it was still going on.
That betrayal should have torn her apart, but Raven was tough. It wasn't the first time life had thrown her a curve ball and at the time she knew it wouldn't be the last, but what she hadn't expected was for someone to actually pick her up when she was at her lowest.
Clarke was almost too nice of a person in a self-sacrificing sort of way. She constantly kept going on rounds and guard duty. She buried those who died and she had taken it upon herself to rein in and lead everyone despite knowing the burdens that would come with that.
Raven knew that Clarke was struggling a lot. She had lost both her childhood friend and Roma in a matter of days and still didn't seem to want to give herself a break. Raven also knew that Clarke was having extreme difficulty falling asleep.
She had asked Monty about the cherries she had seen Clarke taking and eventually he had revealed that they were basically juiced up sleeping pills. Apparently, Clarke had needed them since Wells had died.
Despite all of this, as well as the news that her father had essentially been killed by her mother, Clarke was still willing to help out where she could.
When Clarke had comforted her in the immediate aftermath of her breakup with Finn, it had touched that someone who cared so much for the people around her could hurt so much and from what she could tell only a few like Bellamy, Monty and Octavia were aware of her pain.
The burdens of Clarke's caring nature were resting heavily on her soul and Raven could only hope that the girl could find peace at some stage. She deserved it more than anyone right now.
Raven shook her head of her thoughts as she stared down the barrel of her gun. The woods were quiet and Raven was on red alert for any Grounders.
There had been roughly 20 delinquents chosen to sweep the forest for signs of Clarke or Finn in groups of two and Trina and Pascal had gone out for their sweep around the early evening before things had gone pear shaped.
The both of them had had rifles with them and so when the sound of gunfire had echoed throughout the camp. Monty and Jasper had volunteered to go and investigate especially when they realised some of the sweepers had disappeared.
They both had radios and once they had reached the site of the gunfire they had(stupidly) decided to split up. Monty had gone radio silent after only a few minutes, but Jasper hadn't had that luxury.
Jasper had radioed in saying that there was a large amount of Grounders approaching the camp and despite everyone's advice he had decided to try and take on some the group.
The last they had seen from him was his designated distress call before his radio too had gone silent. It was soon after the distress beam that things had gone to shit.
These behemoths of Grounders had started to bum rush the wall and what was concerning was that from the chatter over the radio they required a couple of shots to put down.
Raven wasn't entirely sure which cave these Grounders had been hiding in, but she was upset at having to deal with a gun instead of her laser beams.
Whatever blocking effect was on her powers was undoubtedly due to the Grounders having drugged her and she knew now wasn't the time to bemoan her temporary lack of powers.
The delinquents were slowly running out of bullets and they had been told that once their gun ran out they had to make their way to the dropship to get weapons.
Unfortunately, it appeared as though these monsters had some sense as they had begun to draw the fire of the guns after at first taking heavy losses.
According to the radio, of the 40 that had been equipped with guns, only 7 had bullets left and there were only 30 or so dead Grounders. Aiming a gun was apparently a skill the vast majority of them lacked as it turned out.
Jasper had reported that there were way more than just 30 of them. His estimate had been in the high 80s at the very least and Raven knew that was him low balling it.
Shots rang out the camp as the last remaining gunners took pot shots at the approaching Grounders. Some of the Grounders fell, but they had gained territory and soon Raven was the last remaining gunner with one bullet left.
Roughly 10 minutes had passed since Monty had gone radio silent.
Raven began to backtrack away from the wall once she saw various shadows begin a full on sprint once they realised the delinquents had run out of bullets.
Bellamy stood at the front of the delinquents as they awaited the inevitable. It happened in a flash. The Grounders broke through the wall like it wasn't even there and then it was on.
Bellamy was leading the counterattack and he was slamming Grounder after Grounder into the trees, walls and the ground, but they kept standing up.
Miller was struggling too as his metal armour was pockmarked with dents and Raven knew that his armour was strong enough to stop a rifles bullet cold. Their opponents were clearly in another class entirely.
These Grounders were hollering and had crazed eyes. Raven found a target and she aimed and fired her last bullet. The bullet hit the man in his back and Raven expected the man to fall on his face, but that didn't happen.
He turned slowly towards Raven even as his back was dripping blood. He let out a scream of anger that chilled Raven's bones before running right at her.
Raven instinctively took a step back and she stumbled over the body of a delinquent, their body having been pierced by a sword that hadn't even been removed.
The monster was lugging a sword behind him and he seemed to relish his slow walk to Raven. Finally, he reached just in front of her and he lifted his sword up high and was about to swing down when it happened.
A cloud of black smoke obscured Raven's vision for a fraction of a second and she felt something splash on her face when she came to she saw Anya of all people standing in front of her.
The woman had her dagger held in her hand and it was completely covered in blood. It was then that Raven looked back at the man who had just been about to kill her.
His throat had been slashed open and was squirting bright red blood it was only then that he fell backwards and hit the ground with a loud thud. The blood had been what had landed on Raven's face and she barely paid that any attention as Anya spoke.
"Get your people to the ship. Clarke has a plan,"said Anya before disappearing in another cloud of smoke. She appeared in front of another of the behemoths and there was a quick flash of silver before he too fell to the blade of the woman.
Anya's appearance had seemed to help shore up their defense as she flickered back forth waving those who seemed to be in trouble. Raven was about to rise, but she cursed when another of the monsters seemed to have spotted her.
Raven tried to scramble to her feet and she was successful, but she had no weapon to use. However, before the man could even begin to approach her he was sent flying and Raven had to duck as he was sent hurtling over her before his skull collided with the wall.
He didn't get up.
Raven turned back and she only got a glimpse of blonde hair before she felt herself get dragged somewhere. She realised she was inside the dropship and there were about 15 other people already inside.
"You okay, Raven?"said Clarke and Raven let out a sigh of relief as she saw who had carried her into the dropship.
"Yeah,"said Raven and Clarke smiled sadly and said,"I need to go. Those guys are bad news. I need to get everyone in the dropship. "
Clarke put Raven down and she began to collect the last remaining delinquents that weren't already inside the dropship.
The reapers were slowly coming into the camp and Clarke knew that the delinquents would soon be overrun. It did seem like some delinquents had run off as soon as the reapers had come through the gate and Clarke tried not to let that worry her.
Clarke tightened her grip on the dagger Anya had provided for her and she ran back into the melee. She slashed the throat of a reaper that was hounding Fox and Mike and she picked them both up before taking them into the dropship.
There were already a few casualties, but Clarke tried to ignore the dead bodies of her people.
If anything the bodies made her more angry.
Anya stood in front of the dropship with Octavia and Miller. They were both holding off any reapers that were getting a bit too close to the dropship, but they were close to getting overrun by the last remaining reapers inside the camp.
Clarke aimed her hands at group of 7 reapers that were rushing the dropship and she fired a large blast of fire at them. Her aim struck true and all 7 reapers were set on fire.
Clarke made eye contact with Anya and nodded. The woman understood the signal and she grabbed onto the arms of the two teens in front of her and teleported away presumably inside the dropship.
The reapers weren't an organised force. The ones that weren't engaged with fighting the delinquents were actually fighting each other. It was horrifying to see especially when one reaper killed his comrade and began to eat her flesh.
Clarke shot a stream of fire at that one and she didn't let up until his screams stopped. The majority of the reapers were still trying to bulldoze their way through the gate despite there being multiple breaches in the wall.
It was odd. Some of them had shown to be I intelligent fighters and yet the vast majority were almost mindless.
A flash of black drew her attention and that was when she saw the reason why the reapers were struggling to break through the gate.
Bellamy had both his hand held out in front of him and Clarke guessed that he was using his telekinesis to keep the gates shut which must have been extremely difficult considering how strong they were.
Clarke ran over to Bellamy and she used her psionic powers to assist with holding the gate back.