Princess To Prisoner To Grounder (Bellamy Blake) Rewriting

Chapter Twelve: Fourteen

Bellamy's POV
I opened Octavia's tent, and she jumped.
"Jeez, you scared me," She said hiding the grounder's book.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine. Get out,"
"I knew to know. Did you touch Murphy yesterday?" She turns over on to her side and gives me the 'are you serious' look.
"What?"
"Did you touch Murphy?"
"I don't know. I guess so, why?"
"The grounders sent him here with a virus to infect us. Derek just died from it,"
"What?"
"Another mark for your boyfriend's book. Get up. Clarke needs to examine you,"
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"Take that cloth and cover your face," Clarke told me. I nodded.
She took a flashlight and shined it at Octavia.
"No signs of bleeding or swelling,"
"So you're saying that she doesn't have it,"
"I'm saying that she isn't showing symptoms. She needs to stay here,"
"The hell she is,"
"Do you want it to spread?
"She stays here, and she'll die,"
"Look, I'll put her on the third level. Take it as she can't sneak off again,"
"Screw you, Clarke," I nod and leave.
I walked over to my tent to check on McKinley.
She was laying in the cot. "Hey princess," I said.
"I thought you used princess for when you don't care?"
"You know that isn't true, and I guess princess just stuck," I said sitting on the cot and placing a hand on the other side of her. "Good cause princess grew on me," He smiled.
"How are you feeling?" She asked me. "I'm okay, what about you?"
"I'm good," She said.
"Okay, I got to get back out there. I'll come check on you here in a few," I said kissing her forehead.
I walked out and I see people carrying out dead bodies and people were just standing around watching it.
"Shows over, get back to your posts," I said.
I walked close to where Clarke was.
"You got everything you need? Water? Food?"
"Yeah. Some medicine would be nice," She said.
"I'll see what I can do," She turned around and started to walk back.
"Octavia, how are you doing?" Clarke turns around and I walked closer.
"Bellamy, she's not here,"
"What?"
"I sent her out to get the cure from Lincoln,"
"If anything happens to her. Me and you are gonna have problems," I said turning around and heads towards the gate.
"Move. What's the holdup?"
People turned around and one person was bleeding from the eyes. Guns went up. People were coughing up blood. More guns went up. Then everything happened at once. Everyone went after each other. Then the next thing I know there were gunshots. I see McKinley run out of our tent and I see Clarke holding up a gun.
"This is what the grounders want, don't you see? They don't have to kill us if we kill each other," Someone pointed a gun at her.
"We don't have to kill each other if the virus does it. Get back into the dropship,"
I walked up the guy and grabbed the gun and hit him in the nose with it.
"Hate to state, the obvious, but your quarantine isn't working," She started to fall but Finn went and caught her.
"Finn doesn't touch her," Raven said.
"Let me go. I'm okay,"
"No, you're not,"
"It's okay, Octavia will bring back the cure,"
"There is no cure," I heard Octavia said.
I turned around and saw her coming through the gate.
"But the grounders don't use the virus to kill,"
"Really? Tell that to them. I warned you about going and see him again,"
"Well, I have a warning for you. Grounders are coming at the first light," She said walking past him.
I grabbed her arm but she pulled her arm out.
"Come on, I'll help you get her in the dropship," She said.
"How many bullets can you make?" I asked Raven.
She just turned around and went into a tent. I felt someone intertwined their fingers with mine, I looked and it was McKinley.
"Bellamy," She said.
"It's okay. We'll be okay," I said pulling her into a hug.
"Go back to the tent," I said.
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"Five to a clip," I said.
I was in the ammo tent setting up guns with Monty, Raven and some girl Jasper brought.
"We need these guns up on the wall now," I added.
"Why just five?" Monty asked.
"We are running out of gunpowder," Raven said. "
Great, we are dead,"
"Don't worry I got your back," Jasper said.
Monty scoffed.
"Have anything to say?"
"Hey guys, stay focused we're doing good. We need to make as many as we can before dawn,"
"It won't matter if there isn't anyone left to shoot them. What do we need to make a bomb?"
"Depends on, what you are trying to blow up,"
"How about a bridge?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Murphy said we past a bridge on the way here. Sound familiar?"
"Yeah, but if Murphy is telling the truth and that's a big IF. That's bridge stood up to an atomic bomb and 97 years of weather,"
"It won't after I get down with it,"
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It was dark when we returned from getting the hydrazine.
"Okay, you can come in here," Raven called.
Finn and I walked in there and saw the Hydrazine was in a glass bottle.
"Boom!" Raven said making me jump.
"That's cute," I said.
"Relax, it needs an accelerant. Gunpowder. A container of hydrazine. Put the gunpowder around it. Hit the bullseye. Win a prize," Raven said finishing it.
"That's the rest of our gunpowder,"
"Tonight, we need to make a bomb. We'll worry about bullets tomorrow,"
"If we do this and it doesn't work, we will all be dead tomorrow,"
"Then let's make sure it works then, to be safe you need to make sure you're two hundred feet away to make the shot," Raven said.
"Whose gonna plant the bomb?"
"Me," Finn said.
"You won't pick up a gun, but blowing up people you're okay with?" I asked.
"We aren't gonna kill people. We are gonna blow up a bridge,"
"Finn, we have one bomb. We need to blow up as many of those bastards are we can," I said.
"They don't know that. If we only have one bomb, why would we waste it on a bridge? I'm talking about deterrents. Peace through strength,"
"You mean the appearance of strength," Raven said.
"The men who built the A-bomb thought they were peacemakers, how'd the work out for them?" I asked.
Finn looked at me and his eyes widen.
"Don't touch anything," Raven said.
I reached up to my nose and there was blood.
"Who's gonna take the shot now?"
"Thanks for your concern but I'll be fine," I said.
"Have the bomb ready and packed in ten minutes," I added leaving.
"Jasper," I said tell him to come over.
"You need me to go to bridge with you again?"
"I need you to make the shot,"
"Yeah, I can do that," He said looking at the people behind him.
"Don't you guys have jobs to do?" They all get up and leave.
"Why me though? You have twenty shooters,"
I just looked at him.
"I'm the only one who's not sick,"
I nodded.
"If you don't make the shot, we're dead," I said.
"I can do this," I nodded and ended up falling due to dizziness.
"What are you looking at? Get him to the dropship," Jasper said.
They carried me to the dropship where I was met with a perfectly fine McKinley and Octavia.
"Bellamy, no," They both said. "Clear some space," Octavia said.
They laid me down and instantly my sister and girlfriend were right beside me. McKinley looked up when she heard someone coughing.
"Go, I got this," Octavia said and McKinley nodded and left.
"I'll be right over there," She said.
I nodded.
"Hey, big brother,"
"I'm scared," I said.
"I won't let anything happen to you. I promised," She said.
"I said that the day you were born,"
"I know. You've told me like a thousand times,"
"I'm glad you're here,"
"Just get some sleep," She said as I drifted to sleep.
I woke up and started to sit up.
"Drink this," Murphy said handing me water. I knocked it out of his hand.
"Hey, you're sick. I'm just trying to help,"
I felt something start running down my nose and I wiped it with my shirt as Murphy handed me a rag.
"Hey, I got this one," Clarke said.
Murphy nods and leaves and Clarke sits down and gives me water.
"Here," She said handing me water.
"How are you feeling?" I asked taking a drink.
"Better,"
"That's good. McKinley? She was in here?"
"She's fine. I guess she's immune like your sister,"
"Where is Octavia?"
"She was up all night helping people. Murphy gave her a break,"
"Don't tell me you trust him?" "Trust? No. I do believe in second chances though,"
"It's almost dawn. Better get everyone inside. Locked the doors maybe the grounders will think nobodies home,"
"You don't think Jasper and Finn are gonna pull it off,"
"Do you?"
"I'll get everyone inside," Clarke and I go outside and immediately I get hit. I looked down and it was McKinley. "You're feeling better?" She asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Thank God," She said smashing her lips on mine.
"Everyone inside now," Clarke yelled.
At that time, we hear an explosion and see smoke rising.
"They did it," I said.
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"You're outside the wall without a gun," I said to Clarke.
"Fourteen graves,"
"We need to talk about Murphy,"
"He was about the bridge,"
"We'll see,"
"We need the soldiers,"
"We have pardon powers now,"
"It's hard being in charge. "Fourteen," She said going back into the camp.