earth kills; ❛ RULES ❜ ↷ the hundred
❝ if you lay one finger on him I will kill you ❞

"𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘢, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦." 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩."

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩. "𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘦."

𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. "𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵, 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳."

𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘱, 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳.

"𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩?"

𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺.

"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳?" 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸, "𝘎𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦?"

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦, "𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘢."

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, "𝘞𝘪𝘤𝘬."

"𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺." 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯. "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦."

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘑𝘢𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 ── 𝘰𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥." 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸. "𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺?" 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱. "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦?"

"𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩." 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦?" 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸.

"𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦."

𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. "𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵."

"𝘖𝘩, 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥." 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬." 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?"

"𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵." 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳.

𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯, "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵."

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Being locked up in solitary for a year, with no human contact except for the guards who brought her food and the ability to attend three Earth Skills classes a month, didn't do Gabriella any good. No human contact made her easily go back to being the same girl she was right after her mother's death. She was cold, emotionless, did not care about anyone but herself, and refused to listen to anyone. That changed when she met John Murphy, it was like the shield around her heart cracked open and she finally found someone who understood her. She was finally able to smile and be happy again. They were close enough that only he was able to see that side of her, the one that showed actual emotion. And that went both ways.

So, of course, he was the only person to notice how different she acted now. She has been throwing herself into work and ordering people around in order to build the wall quicker. She was sending out hunting trips along with Bellamy ── that being the only thing the two did not fight about. They knew what had to be done to survive, so they put their differences aside to keep the camp safe.

Jasper's condition didn't change at all and it made her even more anxious. Wells didn't let her stay in the dropship while Clarke was trying to fix him up and it took everything in her not to stab him in the eye.

"You have to stop doing that."

"Doing what?" Gabriella asked, not looking up from the small replica of the camp on the table in front of her.

Murphy rolled his eyes, not buying her oblivious act, and grabbed her wrist gently "Throwing your head into work instead of facing a problem head-on."

Of course he knew what she was doing, she had been doing that even before being sent to the ground. She would stuff her head into a book and shut out the world around her. It was not always bad and she mostly did it when something was bothering her.

"I am dealing with the problem head-on. I am trying to figure out how to control the camp before everything falls apart." Gabriella replied shortly.

"That's not the thing making you anxious. Bellamy is dealing with the way everything is divided, there's something else bothering you." Murphy argued.

"Maybe I just don't want to let Bellamy do everything around here." she snapped, "I don't trust him. But what else is new?"

His expression softened as he took in the blonde's behavior, "Listen, Ellie. I know it's been awhile since we actually talked but you can trust me. You do still trust me don't you?"

"Of course I do." Gabriella sighed tiredly, "It's just ── everything that happened to Jasper is messing with my head. And the fact that they won't let me see him is just making everything worse, especially when the only thing that lets me know he's alive is hearing his screams every five minutes."

Before she knew it, he pulled her into his chest, her face resting in the crook of his neck. "Jasper will be fine."

"How do you know?" she asked, her voice cracking as she melted into the warmth of the hug.

"Call it a hunch." he shrugged and pressed a light kiss to her forehead.

-

After her short breakdown, Gabriella went to sleep and felt a lot better once she woke up. She got out of her tent to see everyone was already doing something and realized she must've slept in.

She walked around camp to see if everyone was doing what they were supposed to but stopped once she spotted her best friend, Bellamy, and a few other teenagers throwing weapons at a tree in the corner of the camp.

"Doing a good job boys." she praised, sitting on a log next to the weapons.

"Men, Ellie. Men." Murphy corrected with a cocky confident smirk.

"Keep telling yourself that, John."

Murphy clicked his tongue on the roof of his mouth and let out a breathy chuckle, "I love it when you talk dirty to me, Queenie."

Gabriella chuckled at the new nickname, glad that he was back to his usual self and not walking on eggshells around her like most people would if she broke down like that in front of them.

He picked up another knife and chucked it into the tree, only for it to fall straight on the ground. Gabriella tried her hardest not to laugh at the look on his face. The boy glared at her, seeing her amused expression, "You do it then if you think it's so easy. Come on."

"Fine." she rolled her eyes and pulled the knife she still had from The Ark out of the waistband of her shorts before getting into position. She lifted her arm up, turned it to the right degree, and threw the knife into the target that was drawn on the tree.

"Now, that's how it's done." Bellamy said with a small smirk, eyeing the blonde with a coy look in his eyes. The Blake boy only received a deadpan look from her and a glare from Murphy, neither of them even a little amused.

"We searched a half-mile in all directions. No sign of Trina or Pascal." Atom announced as he walked out of the woods with Jones and Mbege following behind him.

"Visit your special tree when you were out there?" Murphy couldn't help but mock, remembering Bellamy's pissed-off expression after he caught one of his best boys making out with his little sister. Then he remembered how hilarious it was to see Atom hanging off a three and could not stop the small chuckle that escaped his lips.

"Atom took his punishment. Let it go." Bellamy scolded, but didn't look too bothered by the mocking.

"Could be grounders." Atom suggested, clearly uncomfortable with talking about taking Octavia Blake's virginity right in front of her overprotective older brother.

"Yeah, or they could be in pound town." Murphy suggested playfully, picking his knife up again. "Lots of that going around recently."

"Maybe not enough." Bellamy shrugged and threw his ax at the tree, only to instantly turn around and eye Gabriella with a smirk that she rolled her eyes at. This guy could not take a hint.

"Look, Bellamy, Ella, people are scared. And that dying kid is not helping the morale around here." Atom said, ignoring Murphy's taunting.

Gabriella couldn't help but tense at the mention of Jasper and turned to glare at Atom. "Morale will go up when we get more food. That's exactly why you are going hunting later."

"And what do we say when they ask about Trina and Pascal?" Jones asked, looking between the two self-proclaimed leaders.

"Now? Nothing." Bellamy said nonchalantly, "It's possible they're just lost. We'll keep an eye out for them when we go hunting."

The Kane turned towards him. "Gather up the hunting team and be back before dawn. We don't need any more people missing."

Bellamy raised an eyebrow at her "You're not going?"

"And do what? Leave the prince and princess in charge? Not a chance." she responded, picking her knife up, putting it into the pocket of her jacket, and walking away to the dropship.

She was going to see how Jasper was doing, even if she had to stab Wells with a knife to get in. Just as she was about to start climbing onto the second level of the dropship, Jasper let out a haunting scream that was even worse than the ones before. Gabriella climbed quicker and threw the drop open, not caring if she hit anyone while doing so. "What the hell are you doing? You're gonna kill him!"

"She's trying to save his life." Finn defended quickly, desperately trying to keep Jasper's body from moving.

"She can't."

Gabriella turned around at the sound of Bellamy's voice to see that the Blake siblings climbed up behind her. Jasper's screams were definitely echoing through the entire camp.

"Back off." Wells told the eldest Blake, trying to appear tough in front of Clarke but failing miserably once he received an unimpressed look from Bellamy who didn't even bother to argue with him.

"We didn't drag him through miles of woods just to let him die." Clarke glared up at Bellamy.

"Kid's a goner." he huffed, "If you can't see that, you're deluded. He's making people crazy."

"Well I'm sorry if Jasper's life is such an inconvenience to you, but down here every life matters. Especially his since I'm going to give you hell if he dies and it turns out to be your fault." Gabriella snapped at him, her glare murderous.

"Take a look at him!" Bellamy shot back. A big part of him was confused about why she even cared so much about the dying boy. "He's a lost cause."

Gabriella drowned out the rest of the conversation as she stared down at the barely breathing body of one of her closest friends. She snapped out of it when she felt a hand on her shoulder and heard Clarke assure her. "Ella, I've spent my whole life watching my mother heal people. If I say there's hope, there's hope."

"I'll believe it when I see it, Clarke." she responded coldly making the Griffin drop her hand back to the floor in defeat.

"This isn't about hope, it's about guts." Bellamy chimmed in, "You don't have the guts to make the hard choices. I do. He's been like this for three days. If he's not better by tomorrow, I'll kill him myself."

"You really wanna test me right now, Blake? Because if you even lay a finger on him I will kill you." Gabriella glared, "Just ask how I got locked up in the first place."

"I'm just saying, Bambi. Don't give yourself false hope or you will end up getting hurt." Bellamy said sternly before he turned to his sister. "Octavia, let's go."

"I'm staying here." the brunette said, not looking away from Jasper's body, except to give Gabriella a reassuring smile which she returned half-heartedly.

"Power-hungry, self-serving jackass. He doesn't care about anyone but himself." Monty said bitterly as soon as Bellamy was out of earshot. He flashed Octavia an apologetic look. "No offense."

The girl only shook her head, knowing what he was saying was only half true. Bellamy really has not cared about anyone but herself and their mother for a long time.

"Bellamy is all that." started Finn and let out a heavy sigh, "But he also happens to be right."

Sam scoffed and glared at him "Why don't you do us all a favor and leave then, Spacewalker? Go ahead and join Bellamy, Murphy, and their rabid dogs. It's not like you're helping here anyway."

"Yeah what he said." Monty pointed at the blond awkwardly, avoiding making eye contact with anyone and keeping his eyes on Jasper.

-

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴."

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?" 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 ── "

" . . . 𝘵𝘰𝘰." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱, "𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘰."

𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥, "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵!"

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩! 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 ── "

𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. "𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱."

"𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?" 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦.

"𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦." 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴."

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵?"

𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩."

𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥, "𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦."

-

Gabriella looked up from Jasper to see Clarke and Wells entering the second level of the dropship.

"So, uh ── Finn, Sam, Wells, and I are going to look for some herbs to help Jasper heal faster." Clarke started, eying her skeptically. "Do you have everything in control here?"

"Yeah. Of course." she nodded confidently, knowing she would not let anyone touch Jasper.

"You are gonna take care of him, right?" Clarke asked and received a nod from Gabriella but it was obviously not enough for Wells.

"How can we trust you, you won't let Murphy or someone else come in and kill him?"

"Well I hope not, I mean I am kind of a psychopath." Gabriella said with a blank expression on her face. When she receives a pointed look from Clarke she deadpans. "Do you want me to pinky swear?"

Clarke let out a sigh and nodded to herself, before heading down to the main level without another word. Wells followed her with a confused look. "You are trusting her alone with him?"

"She is not gonna be alone. Octavia and Monty are up there too." she hesitated before adding, "And for your information, I do trust her."

-

It's been two hours of silence. Monty was working on contacting The Ark, Octavia looking at him with curiosity sparkling in her eyes, and Gabriella trying to do something to ease her boredom.

She and Monty had an unspoken understanding so both of them understood each other's priorities. Monty wanted The Ark to come down and wanted to do everything in his power to help while Gabriella didn't want anything to do with helping it.

"So, uh . . . you and my brother?"

Gabriella tore her eyes away from Jasper as soon as the words left Octavia's mouth. She blinked. "What?"

"I'm just gonna say it because no one else will and because you obviously don't see it." the younger Blake sibling started bluntly, "Murphy follows you around like a lovesick puppy and you and my brother look like you're about to jump each other's bones any second."

The blonde took a deep shaky breath "Ever since we met, John has been my best friend. Yeah, we flirted, but it was always our way to joke around . . . "

"But do you want it to be more?" Octavia asked curiously.

"Of course she does." Monty scoffed. "Have you seen the way they look at each other? I thought that after a year of you two not seeing each other that the tension and obliviousness would disappear but you still don't see it."

Gabriella glared at him. "You're saying it like he has feelings for me or something."

Monty stared at her in disbelief. "Are you serious?" He looked at the Blake sister for help. "Octavia, is she being serious?"

Octavia chuckled at the interaction. It was obvious the two had a close sibling-like relationship. It was not as strong as Jasper and Monty's but she could see they cared about each other a lot.

"And my brother is ── "

"── completely unable to take a hint?" Gabi cut her off with a snort, "Doesn't take no for an answer? Thinks that no means yes and that never gonna happen means take me back to your tent, I'm yours? Figured."

Monty and Octavia shared a look before bursting out laughing with Gabriella following after trying to keep a serious expression for a few seconds. Their moment was interrupted when most of the delinquents went rushing into the dropship panicked, most of them screaming and crying.

"What the hell is going on?" Gabriella asked the crowd loudly.

"Air got thick, everybody's skin started burning." A girl, she believed was called Monroe, told them.

"Guys, my brother is out there." Octavia panicked and Gabriella put a reassuring hand on her back.

"Bellamy can handle himself. He will be fine."

The blonde quickly got up and made sure everyone was inside before closing the dropship door. She told the kids that weren't injured to get on the third level while she got Octavia to help her with the kids on the bottom level. There weren't any dead delinquents in the dropship but judging by the number of teenagers that were inside right now, Gabriella was sure some of them were stuck outside. She hoped they found appropriate shelter because whatever that fog was, was obviously very toxic and possibly deadly.

Once she was sure everyone was settled, she flopped down on the hammock next to Murphy "You sure the fog didn't get to you?"

"Don't worry about me." he said with a half-smile, "How's Jordan doing?"

"Clarke, Finn, Wells, and Sam should be here with the stuff to fix him up soon. So I think he should be okay."

"I told you. That kid lived through getting speared in the chest. He's not going down easily." Murphy said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and letting her head rest on his shoulder. "Now get some sleep. I'll wake you up when the fog goes away."

-

Once they were sure the fog was gone, Gabriella opened the dropship, and about an hour later, the hunting group was back accompanied by the group that went to get the plants for Jasper.

Gabriella watched as Octavia lifted the sheet to reveal Atom's dead body and ran away sobbing. The blonde felt sympathy for the younger girl, she never had a life but once she finally had one, the guy she has feelings for gets killed. So against her better judgment, she ran after the brunette to the back of the dropship and let her break down into her arms. She watched Octavia Blake get through the first of many losses she will face on the ground.

"Thanks, El." Octavia sniffed. "You are not half as bad as my brother says you are."

"I am, you just haven't done anything to piss me off yet, Tavi." she ruffled her hair a little.

Octavia smiled and whipped off some of the tears from her face. "I'll go check up on Jasper and see how he's doing."

Gabriella was about to tell her she was gonna go with her until she looked over her shoulder to see Clarke standing there with a nervous look on her face. "I'll catch up with you in a bit."

The two blondes watched Octavia walk away before they faced each other.

"Yes, Princess?" Gabriella asked, crossing her arms over her chest defensively, the familiar nickname sounding as venomous as it did every time she said it.

Clarke cleared her throat and fidgeted with her hands. Her nerves could rarely be seen by her mannerism. She usually just had a shaky voice. Not that she was ever really nervous anyway. "Now that I came face to face with the truth about what my mother really did, I think it's time I tell you the truth."

"The truth? The truth about what?"

"I had a crush on you." Clarke blurted out before she could back down. She let out a sigh when she saw the confused look on her ex-best friend's face "I had a crush on you and Wells found out. I thought he was gonna tell you so I distanced myself, too afraid I'll lose you the hard way."

The female Kane watched her carefully for a few seconds before a genuine smile appeared on her face. "You had a crush on me?"

"Of course I did." Clarke chuckled to herself, "Who wouldn't?"

Gabriella chuckled softly, her smile forming into a shit-eating grin. "I was your bisexual awakening."

"Shut up." Clarke rolled her eyes but could not hide the blush that rose to her pale cheeks.

"So you didn't hate me?" Gabriella asked the fellow blonde, slightly nervous now.

Clarke's smile dropped, taken aback that Gabriella would even ask her that, "Of course not. You were one of the most important people in my life. You still are. And I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make our friendship the way it used to be. Because I need you, Ella. Especially down here."

𝘼/𝙉: 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙗𝙞'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙠. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨.

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