《Fallen: b.b (book 1) REWRITING》chapter twenty-two
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was the first thing that came out of Clarke's lips, "What happened?" She asked looking around.
"Murphy happened" Bellamy replied bitterly
"Thank god! Where have you been?" Jasper asked, "Where's Monty?" He questioned not seeing him in the duo that just arrived.
"Monty's gone?" Clarke answered worried.
"Clarke, we need to leave, now" Finn stated, turning towards Clarke before looking to the rest of the camp, "All of us do, there's an army of grounders, unlike anything we've ever seen, coming for us right now, we need to pack what we can and run" Finn exclaimed with Clarke nodding her head along.
"Like hell we do!" Bellamy opposed, "We knew this was coming"
"Bell, we're not prepared" Octavia shot back
"And they aren't here yet, we still have time to get ready" Bellamy replied, "besides, where would we go?" He questioned Finn, "Where would we be safer than behind these walls?"
"There's an ocean to the east" Finn answered, "People there will help us"
"You saw Lincoln" Octavia asked Finn
"Yeah" he replied to her,
"You expect us to trust a grounder" Bellamy questioned, "This is our home now!" He shouted, "We built this from nothing with our bare hands! Our dead are buried behind that wall in this ground! Our ground!" Bellamy shouted pointing the ground, "The grounders think they can take that away" He stated in disbelief, "They think that because we came from the sky, we don't belong here, but they're yet to realize one very important fact" he responded, "We are on the ground now and that means we are grounders!" He shouted with enthusiasm getting the rest of the crowd to cheer.
"Grounders with guns!" A kid shouted back.
"Damn right!" Bellamy responded, " i say let them come"
Bellamy's right" Clarke spoke up, "If we leave, we may never find a place as safe as this" she stated speaking to the riled up crowd, "And God knows, in this world, we could be faced with something even worse tomorrow" Clarke explained with a worried expression, "but that doesn't change the simple fact that if we stay here, we will die tonight" Clarke finally revealed her true point of view on the subject, leading Bellamy to feel betrayed, "So pack your things, just take what you can carry, now"
Everyone started to disperse, taking piles of things along with them, the very personal items they collect along with multiple blankets. Anastasia looked at the chaos of kids bumping into each other as they were more focused on the stuff in their hands, along with the mass fight breaking out over items that laid around the camp.
"Ana, we should pack up" Octavia uttered pulling her out of the trance, as she started towards her camp.
"Help me" the desperate call echoed throughout the camp, as people shouted Raven watching the injured girl limp from the back side of the drop ship gripping the fence as she tried to stabilize herself. They all rushed over to her.
"Murphy shot her" Bellamy explained as Anastasia was taken back to that moment, it felt so long ago but it was only a few minutes that she escaped. Clearly shown by the markings of the tight bindings still present around her wrist, and her mouth could still taste the seatbelt tied around her mouth silencing her cries. Raven was swooped up into Finn's arms quickly supporting her.
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"Get her to the drop ship" Clarke exclaimed a Finn rushed in towards the opening of the drop ship. Anastasia was prepared to follow in, still scared to be in the environment she knew that without treatment Raven would die.
"Ana" she heard Clarke call her name from behind her while her feet stayed in between where the drop ship doors met the ground, "Please tell me that you agree with me that we should leave" she begged as Anastasia looked to see her and Bellamy staring at the girl.
Anastasia crossed her arms walking over to the duo. She couldn't tell which was right, stay or leave. By the sight, it seemed that the decision was already made by the camp as the hoard was already starting to pack up after the watched Raven limp in.
"The decision has already been made" Anastasia replied keeping her eyes of the crowd of the camp.
"Crowds make bad decision" Bellamy explained, "Just ask Murphy" he added causing her to shiver at his name, as she hid her wrist from Bellamy tucking them behind her back, "Leaders do what they think is right"
"I am" Clarke snapped back turning around to walk into the drop ship to help Raven.
Her boots clicked against the drop ship door, Anastasia wanted to follow Clarke, but she couldn't stop herself from staring at Bellamy, "Raven told me about what happened" she blurted out watching his eyes widen.
"Ana, I'm sorry" Bellamy uttered.
"I don't want to hear that your sorry, I want to know why you did it, why did you do it when you knew that it would hurt me?" She questioned him licking her lips feeling her breath being taken away.
"I was weak and I just couldn't control myself" he tried to explain running his fingers through his curls shyly.
"Is that suppose to make me forgive?" Anastasia huffed out, "Bell, I care for you but I don't think we're meant to be together"
"You don't mean that" he replied quickly, "how could you know that?"
"Because you're reckless and selfish, how am i suppose to trust you?" She asked him, drawing a silence from him. Ana began to walk towards the drop ship as Raven's moans grew.
"I prove it to you, princess" Bellamy uttered turning towards her following right behind her to the drop ship. Anastasia stopped abruptly before composing herself and continuing into the drop ship, pushing back the curtains.
"Where have you been?" Clarke yelled stressed, "We need you" she stated as Raven turned in pain, shaking and sweating, "We don't have time to get the bullet out" Clarke explained.
"Then we have to at least stop the external bleeding" Anastasia stated noticing a shiny metal out of the corner of her eye, she rushed over grabbing the knife, handing it to Finn, "heat it till it's red at the tip" she explained as he ran out.
"Really?" Clarke questioned her, as she knew exactly what Anastasia was planning on doing when the knife returned.
"This is the quickest way and if you want her ready to leave in an hour" Anastasia stated as Raven groaned in pain. Clarke nodded almost like she was saying okay as Finn busted back into the drop ship handing Anastasia the knife which know held a red glow on it. Anastasia took it and in a quick movement she placed it on Raven, sending her screaming loudly as she gripped the table in pain, scraping her nails along it.
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"That should stop the external bleeding" Anastasia remarked removing the knife from Raven's stomach, laying it next to her, making sure it wasn't touching her as it still held to red glow.
"I don't understand" Finn let out glaring at Bellamy, "How did Murphy get a gun" he accused Bellamy.
"Long story" Bellamy replied looking towards Anastasia and then forcing his eyes down to her wrist.
"We got lucky" Raven gasped out, attempting to prop herself up by using her elbows, "If Murphy hit the fuel tank instead of me, we'd all be dead" Raven let out breathing heavily
"Wait, there's rocket fuel down there?" Clarke questioned curious, "Enough to build a bomb" she proposed
"Enough to build 100 bombs" Raven let out, "If we had any gunpowder left" Raven added shooting down Clarke's idea.
"Let's get back to the Reapers" Bellamy stated holding out Lincoln's book that he stole from Octavia, holding up the page that showed a drawing of the said grounders, "Maybe they'll help us?" Bellamy stated setting the boom down, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?" He questioned
"Not this enemy" Clarke replied, "We saw them, trust me, it's not an option" she stated quickly
"There's no time for this!" Finn exclaimed, "can she walk or not?"
"No" Anastasia replied, "We have to carry her"
"The hell you will" Raven answered bitterly, "I'm good to go" she replied slowly trying to sit up hissing even more.
"Hey!" Anastasia pushed Raven back down, shouting, "That bullet is still inside you" she stated as Raven sat back down, "if by some miracle, there's no internal bleeding, it might hold until we get somewhere safe" Anastasia explained, "But you are not walking there!" She condemned Raven, "Is that clear?"
"I'll get the stretcher" Finn said as he headed out, reaching the opening before Bellamy shouted at him.
"Can't runaway fast enough!" Finn turned around, "Real brave!" Bellamy bit back as Finn was coming at him
"Dying in a fight you can't win isn't brave, Bellamy" Finn explained, "It's stupid"
"Spoken like every coward who's ever run from a fight" Bellamy stated rudely stepping up to Finn.
"All right!" Anastasia exclaimed getting both of the guys attention, "that's enough" she snapped back at them.
"It's time to go" Clarke added
"If they follow" Bellamy proposed, "It's an 120 mile walk to the ocean" he stated desperate
"Look, we're wasting time" Finn replied walking away from Bellamy and towards the opening of the drop ship again, "If he wants to stay, he can stay" Finn stated sending glares to Bellamy.
"No he can't!" Anastasia quickly responded, but Finn was already out of the drop ship. Clarke sympathetically placed a hand on Anastasia's shoulder before walking out of the drop ship following Finn to get her stuff ready. She turned towards Bellamy, who was still standing in the drop ship.
Anastasia walked towards him, "We can't do this without you, Bellamy" she said, not wanting to think of what would happen to him if he wasn't to come with them to the ocean. She couldn't comprehend the fact that she would lose Bellamy in the drop ship anyways.
"What do you want me to say?" He questioned with the same hopelessness.
"I want you to say that you're with us" She replied, as Bellamy shook his head "no", "At least be with me" she stated looking up to him, "those kids out there, they listen to you" she exclaimed.
"They're lining up to go" Bellamy retorted in desperation, "They listen to Clarke more"
"She gave them an easy choice" Anastasia spoke, "But five minutes ago, they were willing to fight and die for you" she explained, "you inspire them" Anastasia let out, "I'm afraid we're gonna need that again before this day is through" she stated hearing the ruckus going on outside.
"We're ready" Finn said arriving with Clarke again with the stretcher in their hands.
"Ana?" Clarke asked realizing her friends attention was still not on her.
"Hmm" Anastasia let out turning around to see Finn and Clarke with the stretcher laid out in their hands, "Oh" she replied seeing them walking over to where they were, "Let's lift her up and onto the stretcher" Anastasia noticing that they hands they had was enough for them to hold the stretcher and pick up Raven, "Bell, can you help?" She asked looking over to him as he still stood in the corner, he nodded reluctantly meeting with Finn as they lifted her up and onto the stretcher, Finn taking Anastasia spot as soon as Raven was comfortably on it.
"We're leaving in 5" Clarke said as her and Finn walked out of the drop ship carrying Raven along. Anastasia nodded in understanding, as she took on more look around the drop ship, before stepping out of it, as she grabbed her things.
"Ana, are you ready?" Octavia asked looking at her with Octavia having her bag slung over her shoulder.
"Yeah, have you seen your brother?" Anastasia asked looking around not finding him.
"So" Octavia let out with a smile as well, "You're not mad at him anymore for whatever he did" She probed.
"Octavia" Anastasia groaned, latching her fingers tightly around her bag strap.
"What?" she questioned, "I have a right to know, plus I would like to know if I should be expecting a mad Bellamy or a somewhat happy Bellamy" She explained.
"I wouldn't matter if we made up anyways" Anastasia replied, "He's not happy about us leaving, he doesn't think it's smart" she told Octavia, "That's why I want to find him"
"Well, you're just in luck" Octavia replied with a smile, her eyes focused on something else in the distance. Anastasia turned around to see Bellamy's figure still gloomy, walking away from his tent, "Go" Octavia urged, as she pushed Anastasia towards her brother into his pathway.
"Bell" Anastasia uttered getting his attention, "Are you ready?"
"As much as I'd hate to say it, I am" He replied, watching as Clarke started to march out of the camp. Bellamy gripped a bucket of water tossing it on the still ignited fire, putting it out in a ball of smoke. He began walking towards the exit when Anastasia stopped him with a hand on his chest.
"Hey, you did good here, Bellamy" she spoke softly,
"18 dead" he remarked sadly
"82 alive" she corrected him, "you did good" she added, letting go of Bellamy as they started walking towards the fence and the opened gate.
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