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"WELCOME, SKAIKRU," Lexa greeted, nodding at the guards that poured into the tent. Their people had finally joined them after the Grounder army had been mobilized. Miller's father and Monroe were the first to enter, Clarke nodding with a friendly smile at the latter.
Monroe looked around the tent in awe, almost not recognizing who she was looking at when her eyes landed on Clarke and Taylor.
"Package from Raven," Sergeant Miller explained, handing a bomb to Clarke. "Hydrazine. She said it should do the job."
Their only option was to blow the doors once the power was cut. "Good," Clarke praised, nodding at him thoughtfully.
"Your mother wanted to be here too," Sergeant Miller assured.
"I know. But the wounded in Tondc need her more," Clarke told him. He nodded and stepped away back into the group of guards. Before them was a table with a map of the area and several markers that represented their army's positions.
"Field commanders," Lexa addressed, looking at everyone who was circled around the table. "Today is the day we get our people back. The enemy thinks it's safe behind its doors. It's not. When it realizes that, it will fight back. Hard. We need to be ready."
She looked at Clarke after she finished, who turned her gaze to them in turn confidently. Taylor felt the eyes of everyone on all of them, shifting next to Lincoln.
"This is a rescue mission. We are not here to wipe them out," Clarke affirmed, glancing at Taylor with a nod. Taylor gave her a appreciative look. "There are people inside that mountain that have helped us, children that have nothing to do with this war. We kill their soldiers, their leadership, if we have to. But we are there to rescue our people. Is that clear?"
There was a murmur of agreement among those in the tent and Clarke nodded.
"Then let's begin," she stated, moving to look at the model of the mountain. "There are four teams. Two of them at the dam and in the mine are in position already. The third, inside the mountain, is freeing the Grounder prisoners as we speak. It is our job, as the fourth team, to keep the eyes of the enemy off of them for as long as possible. To do that, we have to be in position here."
Clarke had paced around the table fully and put her hand on the door to the mountain on the model.
"At the main door. With our entire army. The Mountain Men believe the door can't be opened from the outside," she explained. "So they leave it unguarded. Only it can be. And thanks to our source on the inside, now we know how. According to Maya, the electromagnetic locking system has one flaw. When the power goes out, it disengages. And that's where Raven's team comes in. The Mountain's electricity is generated at Philpott Dam. By now, they've taken the turbine room. It's their job to blow the power. Once they do, we blow the lock."
