Barricade- John Murphy

Chapter 2

Episode 1:
Pilot

"Look, we're just trying to figure out where we are." Wells explains, and I nod. "We're on the ground. That not good enough for you?" My brother asks as he appears with Octavia at his side. "We need to find Mount Weather. You heard my father's message. That has to be our first priority." Wells explains.

"Screw your father. What, you think you're in charge? You and your little princess?" Octavia snarks and I frown. "Do you think we care who's in charge? We need to get to Mount Weather. Not because the Chancellor said so, but because the longer we wait, the hungrier we'll get and the harder this'll be." Clarke rants at everyone.

"She's right Bell. How long are any of us going to last without food? The longer anyone waits to go, the weaker we'll be. Less likely to make it." I say and my brother turns eyeing me. I plead with my eyes and he ignores me turning back to the two. "I have a better idea. You two go, find it for us. Let the privileged do the hard work for a change." He says and people agree.

"Seriously? There is no more 'privileged' down here. We're all one people now. We're the 100, and we're survivors. But how long are we surviving without food? A few days? I know everyone's still adjusting to being here. But any volunteers would be great. Unless you'd rather starve to death." I shrug and turn walking back into the dropship.

When I come out of the dropship, Bellamy and Octavia are to the side whispering to each other and I sigh. I turn walking to join Nathan. Jasper and Monty now joining Clarke and Finn. "You staying here?" I ask Nate and he nods. "Figured I'd make sure your brother or Murphy don't kill anyone." He jokes and I laugh. "I'll keep Jasper safe. Don't worry." I tease and he smiles.

I walk to join the group as Octavia skips over, saying she's joining. "What do you think you're doing?" Bellamy asks me, spotting the bag on my back. "Going to Mount Weather. I'm not going to sit around playing in the grass Bell. I'm earning my keep." I shrug and he frowns. He glances between the two of us and caves making us smile and kiss his cheeks.

We head over and leave with the others as we walk through the trees. I hear Octavia make a comment to Clarke, about Finn and sigh. We walk through the trees admiring as we walk. I mess with some flowers and pluck one twirling it as I walk. "Now that, my friend, is game." I hear Jasper whisper and look over. 

Finn was sticking a flower in Octavia's hair, and I giggled seeing her smile. "That, my friend, is poison sumac." Monty replies, and Octavia's eyes widen. "It is?" She squeaks and starts swatting the flower out of her hair, making me laugh. "It's not poisonous, O." I tell her, and she sighs in relief. "They're medicinal. Calming actually." Monty chimes popping a flower petal into his mouth. 

"His family grows all the pharmaceuticals on The Ark." Jasper explains seeing the curious look on Finns face. I turn hearing Clarke calling for us to keep up. "Come on, Clarke. How do you block this all out?" Finn asks her. "Simple. I wonder, 'why haven't we seen any animals?' Maybe because there are none. Maybe we exposed enough radiation to kill us." She rants.

"Sure is pretty though. Come on." She says after a short pause. "Someone should slip her some poison sumac." Octavia mutters and Jasper snorts as we walk. "I gotta know what you two did to get caught" Finn says looking at the two boys next to me. "Sumac is not the only herb in the garden if you know what I mean." Monty says with a grin.

"Someone forgot to replace what we took." Jasper says, emphasizing the word 'forgot'. I giggle as they bicker about it. "What about you girls?" Finn asks and I frown as Octavia scowls stalking ahead. "Being born." She sneers. "And that, is not game." I mock quietly as Jasper and Monty smile. "I almost asked before I remembered she's your twin." Jasper admits with a blush. "Besides being born, I also assaulted a guard when they caught me." I add on and Finn seems impressed.

We catch up to the others and squat down seeing them looking at a deer. "It's beautiful." I smile. "No animals, huh?" Finn asks and moves to stalk closer. He steps on a branch making me whack his arm. "You need to learn how to walk quietly." I huff at him. I jump, my eyes wide in shock seeing the deer had two heads, the second one deformed.

After seeing the deer, we move on quickly. "You know what I want to know? Why send us down now after ninety-seven years? What changed?" Finn asks after a few minutes of silence. I stumbled carefully down a hill, watching my steps carefully. "Who cares? I'm just glad they did. I woke up rotting in a cell, now I'm spinning in a forest." Octavia chimes spinning around a tree.

I see her frown when Finn ignores her and nudge her giving her a smile. She smiles back and we head along. "Maybe they found something on a satellite, you know, like the old weather ones..." Monty says before I sigh needing to share what I was told. "The Ark is dying." I blurt out and they turn to me as I slow to a stop.

"How do you know about that?" Clarke asks me. "I know people. Uh... I don't know the full story. However, an engineer found a flaw in the system. They're running out of air." I explain shortly. Octavia eyes me curiously. "It was my father, who found the flaw. There's roughly three months of life support, maybe four with us gone." Clarke explains.

"So that's what they locked you up for? Why you were in solitary and they floated your old man?" Finn asks and my eyes widen. "Jake Griffin got floated?" I ask shocked. "How do you know my dad?" Clarke asks me. "Long story for another time." I say walking past everyone to keep going. My eyes sting as a frown spreads on my face. 

Jake Griffin died? Why didn't Marcus tell me? Clarke comes up next to me as we walk but I don't look at her. I know she has plenty of questions, but I don't feel like explaining it now. Especially since Octavia and Bellamy don't even know.