Reunion

Chapter 36 - Just Have Hope

Bellamy led the way down the hallway. He had Madi holding onto his jacket, following closely behind him. Behind both of them was Clarke who was leading August with a rope tied around his hands. The group reached the end of the hallway and stopped. Clarke turned to August and whispered "Where are the guards? We aren't leaving them behind." August looked to Bellamy, then back to Clarke. He didn't speak. He wasn't going to. Clarke looked down and grabbed the knife out of her boot and held it quickly up to August's neck. "Which way I said." August's eyes widened. He then shifted his head to the right to give them directions. Bellamy looked around the corner and down the hallway. "All clear." he whispered. Clarke then proceeded to follow Bellamy and Madi to the right. She looked back to August and whispered "If your wrong, you are all dead."

The group followed August's directions exactly. Turning down multiple hallways - climbing up flights of stairs. The group was eventually led to the top level of the ship. You had to have clearance to get on this floor. Bellamy used the key card he took of the guard to get past the door.

What was once a nice and luxurious living quarters for the guards has now turned into a sloppy mess hall. It was apparent that this is where the prisoners were living and they made sure to make themselves at home. August led them right to the lions den.

Bellamy looked back at Clarke, and then to August. "Where are they?" he whispered. August began to smile at Bellamy. "Bell..." Clarke whispered. Bellamy looked to Clarke, who was looking behind him. He turned around to see a group of prisoners standing directly in front of him. "Run!" Bellamy shouted as he grabbed Madi's hand and bolted back out of the door. "What about August?!" Clarke yelled. "Leave him - he is just a liability!" yelled Bellamy.

Clarke dropped August's rope and began to run after Bellamy and Madi. They ran down several flights of stairs until they reached the room with the drop door. Clarke turned around for a split second to see that the group of men was still chasing them. "Bellamy! Run faster!" Clarke yelled as she stopped. Bellamy didn't see Clarke stop and kept running towards the door. In one swift movement, he removed the key card from his pocket and swiped it across the card reader. The door opened and him and Madi took off running. Bellamy turned around once they were out of the ship to see Clarke standing still. Clarke had turned around to face the men that were running towards her. She had her gun held up and was firing rounds towards the men. "CLARKE!" Bellamy screamed. Before Bellamy could run back into the ship, him and Madi were tackled and pushed into the wood line. Bellamy struggled with all his might.

"Bellamy! You are okay!"

Bellamy recognized the voice. Kane.

"Kane, Clarke is still in there! I'm going after her!" Bellamy yelled as he stood up. Before he could take a step, Kane had grabbed his arm and pulled him back down into the trees.

"No - she will be okay. We are going to get her!" Kane whispered.

"Kane - you don't know what they're planning on doing to her! I've got to save -"

"Bellamy! Just have hope. We will get her" Kane whispered.

Bellamy looked at him, then to Madi. Madi was beside of him, in tears, watching as the door closed on the ship with Clarke inside.

"I hope your right" Bellamy mumbled as he placed his hand in Madi's.