Downstairs.
Me " She'll be ok. Octavia can take care of herself. "
Bellamy shook his head "That's not what I'm worried about."
Me " She won't be charged. Everyone will say that Pike had it coming which is the truth."
Bellamy looked down " Maybe we all do."
I nodded "you're right. "
He looked at me.
Me "How do we tell these people that the world is ending after everything they've been through? "
Bellamy shook his head "We don't, not until we know A.L.I.E. was telling you the truth."
I nodded " It was the truth. "
Bellamy "Still, keep it to ourselves until we know what we're dealing with and how to stop it. Damn"
Me " You're afraid of how people will react. "
Bellamy nodded "Yes. Besides, I could use a break from keeping you alive. "
I shoved him a little.
Bellamy "They're feeling their pain again. Let's not add to it by telling them they're gonna die in 6 months."
I nodded " Good. "
Bellamy "Once everyone's down, we go home, we get to work. We didn't survive this long just to let a little radiation takes us out."
Me " Thank you for keeping me alive."
--
The grounders were kinda on edge as they find out that their loved ones didn't wake up because Lexa killed them to protect Clarke in the city of lights. It's not safe for us anymore.
Dad and Abby walked to us.
Abby "Clarke."
Clarke nodded " Good. You're down. We have to go. The rover's in the north woods. "
Abby "What about the wounded? "
Bellamy "Grounders don't want our help. Our people we'll treat at Arkadia. "
Suddenly Bell's radio went on.
Raven "Hello? Bellamy, please, come in. "
Bellamy "Raven, you ok?"
Raven " Yeah. Yeah. We're all in one piece."
Bellamy " That's good. There's something we need you to look into. "
Raven "First, tell me how my friends are. Did everyone make it? Clarke? Mel? "
Me "We're here"
Clarke "thanks to you. Oh... Raven, did A.L.I.E. ever tell you why she created the City of Light? "
Raven "No. Why? "
Suddenly we heard a shouting.
Clarke gave me the radio "Fill Raven in. "
I nodded and Clarke took off running.
Bellamy took the radio from me "go"
I nodded and rushed over to the body on the ground.
Me "That's Roan. He got shot trying to help me. "
Then i looked at Dad "thanks to you, by the way"
Dad looked down, sighing.
Me "I thought he was dead. "
Abby shook her head "Not yet, but he's close. No exit wound. We need to get the bullet out quickly. "
suddenly there was a sword held against my throat.
I stood up.
Echo "Get away from our king. "
I rolled my eyes annoyed "of course"
Abby "Wait. Please, no. "
Dad "You're making a mistake. We're part of the coalition. "
Abby "I could save him, but you have to let me. "
Echo "We have our own healer. "
Then she said something in Trigadesleng and someone other Ice Nation showed up. They picked up Roan.
Bellamy showed up "Echo... "
Me " don't. "
Dad held him back "Man, stop. "
Bellamy glared at Echo "Let her go, Echo. Let her go. "
Echo "Back off, Bellamy. "
Me "Your king is my friend. Let us help him. "
Echo shoved me over to Bellamy.
Bellamy caught me.
Echo " Look around you. Skaikru did this to us. Because of them, Ontari, your rightful commander, is dead. This imposter stole her Flame. "
Dad shook his head " No. Wanheda saved us, all of us... Grounder and Skaikru. "
Echo "There would have been nothing to save us from if not for you. "
ad "Azgeda has no authority here. "
Echo "We do now. In the name of King Roan, as rightful caretakers of the throne of the Commanders, Polis is now under Azgeda rule."
A Grounder showed up "Like hell it is. Where's your war chief, girl?"
Echo " Our war chief is dead, Ambassador. As a member of the queen's guard, command of the army has fallen to me until the king awakens."
Ambassador " If he awakens. Until a new Commander can ascend, Polis is to be ruled by ambassadors of the coalition. If Azgeda wants it, they must take it by force. "
Echo slit her throat "Consider it taken. No Skaikru leaves this city."
Azgeda cheered while the rest of us looked at each other.
Bellamy " Looks like saving the world will have to wait."
Me "how the hell do you want us to save the world if we can't even save our own asses?"
In the temple room.
a man walked in " Sir, that's everyone we could find. Stationed 10 guards at the temple door. Are you sure you don't want me to stay? "
Dad "You lead them home, Major. We'll be there as soon as we can. "
The man walked away.
Abby walked to dad to check on his wrist "Marcus.."
Dad put a hand on Abby's cheek "I'm ok. We focus on what comes next. "
She smiled at him nodding.
I looked at Clarke who looked at me.
Then i broke out smiling and so did she.
Indra, O and Bellamy walked in.
Dad walked to Indra. she glared at him before hugging him.
Bellamy walked to Clarke and me.
Me " Well? "
Bellamy shook his head "You're not gonna like it."
Indra " When you destroyed the City of Light, there were a thousand Azgeda warriors inside the city of Polis. "
O "Good timing. "
Indra "Only way to remove them is by force. "
O "Then let's remove them. "
Abby "Slow down. You're talking about a war."
Indra " Yes. Rockline, Flokru, and Broadleaf will join Trikru without question, but we'll still be short. "
Abby "This is madness. We should be leaving with the others while we still have time."
Dad " They know where we live. If we run, they'll follow. There are 8 other clans. How do we get them to join us? "
Indra nodded "I can do it, but I'll need the Flame. "
Clarke shook her head "No. "
Bellamy "Clarke, the clans will follow whoever has the Flame. "
Clare shook he rhead "Azgeda won't."
O " Then we fight. That's the point."
Clarke " No, it's not. The point is, there's no time for a fight. We have to save Roan. "
Octavia "ave him? They won't let us near him. "
Abby froze " Wait a second. What don't we know? "
Clark "The reason A.L.I.E. created the City of Light. "
Dad ""Why?"
I looked at Clarke "just tell them"
Clarke " Nuclear reactors inside power plants that survived the bombs are melting down. Radiation levels are already rising. If we can't figure out a way to fix it, all of us will be dead in 6 months. "
Dad "A.L.I.E. told you this? Y"
Clarke nodded "Yes"
Aabby ". And you believe her? "
Bell "Raven's looking into it"
Clarke nodded " I believe her."
Indra"Even if it's true, that's 6 months away. There are a thousand Ice Nation warriors on the street who want to kill us today. "
Clarke shook her head "They won't kill us. "
O asked confused "How could you possibly know that? "
Clarke "Because we're gonna surrender."
---
Jaha brought a covered Ontari into the Azgeda room as a torjan horse. Well, it was Octavia in reality.
Echo and some Ice Nation walked out with Jaha who looks like he got beaten up.
Jaha ran into Dad's arms weakly.
--
Clarke, Aby and i were waiting in front of the door they had Roan kept in.
Octavia opened it "there's your king"
We rushed in and over to him.
-
Abby was working on getting the blood out " The bullet is pressing against his carotid. It's cutting off blood flow to his brain. As soon as I get it out, he should wake up. "
Let's hope Bellamy can buy us enough time.
Abby took the bullet out "got it"
Me "what now?"
Abby "we wait"
--
Abby "His breathing is still too shallow."
Me " You said his lungs were fine. "
Abby "No. I said I thought so. It's possible a bone fragment could've lodged in the tissue."
Octavia " Come on. It's time to go. "
I shook my head " He needs more time. "
Clarke "If Roan doesn't wake up, we're all dead. "
There was someone hammering against the backdoor.
O "they're here. "
Clarke "Back door."
Abby " I have to close it, or he'll bleed out. "
Me " We have to go, or we'll bleed out. "
Clarke put something on the wound "This is gonna have to do. "
We rushed to the back door but Grounders came in.
We tried the other door but Grounder's came in.
They brought Bell in.
Ice Nation grabbed us.
Echo said something in trigesdleng.
Clarke "No. We were trying to save him. "
Echo walked to Clarke and aimed a sword at her throat
Roan coughed out "wait"
We looked at him.
Echo bowed a little.
Me "Roan, glad to see you breathing. Do me a favor and tell them we're friends"
Roan stood up, weakly.
Abby "You shouldn't try to stand so soon. "
Roan "Where is Ontari? "
Echo "Dead, Sire, killed by them. "
Clarke shook my head "We couldn't save her, but we did what we came here to do. "
Me "Now I need you to honor your promise to protect my people. "
Roan nodded "Yeah. That was before your people shot me and killed my Commander. "
O "We just saved your damn life. "
Echo walked to Roan"Roan, your people are hungry for you to lead them. Do so now as your mother would have. Kill Wanheda. Take her power and rule over everything. "
In our cell.
Echo and a few other Ice Nation walked in.m
Clarke stood up expecting them to take her but they walked to me.
I froze "wait what? Where's the king? Hey, I need to see Roan. "
Ice Nation grabbed me.
Me "no no no o no"
Bellamy tried to fight the chains "Wait! Echo! Echo! Wait! "
They walked me to the door.
Bellamy yelled "Echo, listen to me. Where are you taking her. Echo! "
We walked up the tower. They made me stop in front of Roan who was sitting on the throne with a crown on his head.
Echo " Sire..."
Roan "Get out."
Echo and her people walked out, closing the door behind them.
Roan eyed me "It's always something with you, isn't it? "
I nodded "sorry, can't help it"
Roan looked at me.
Me "we need your help. "
Roan "Well, this should be good. "
I shook my head "not really. Something's coming, something unlike anything we've seen before. "
Roan "What's coming? "
Me "You know the fire that ended the world. Lexa called it Praimfaya. It'll be like that, a wave of radiation that'll kill everything in its path."
Roan stood up and walked to me "Our ancestors survived Praimfaya, and so will we. "
I shook my head "No, you won't, not this time, not without us. "
People shouting were heard from outside. We walked to the window and looked down.
Me "Look. I don't know if we can stop it, but if we can't, all of us will be dead in 6 months. Science is our only hope. Please, honor Lexa's coalition. Recognize Skaikru as the 13th clan so we can go home and come up with a way for us to survive, all of us. "
Roan gestured to the shouting " Listen to that. I let you live, I'll be dead in 6 days, not 6 months. Sorry. Can't. "
Crowd"Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein jus daun! Jus drein..."
I looked down there and sighed.
Then i grabbed Roan's hand and put the flame in it" I'll give you this. "
Roan froze "We were told it was lost. "
I shook my head "you were told wrong"
Roan "You give me one good reason why I shouldn't just take that and cut your head off. "
Me "because your interest in me won't let you do that"
Roan looked at me amused "what makes you think i have an interest in you?"
Me "i wouldn't be standing here breathing if that wasn't the case"
Roan nodded.
ME "The clans will follow you. That's what you want."
Roan " I want what's best for my people, same as you. "
Me "Then help me save them. Roan, listen to me. You wanted an Ice Nation Commander. With this, you control who ascends. There will never be a Commander to rule over Azgeda unless you allow it. Roan, please"
He looked at me before walking away.
Outside.
Roan " I know you've all come here for an execution, but no one else will die here today. The City of Light has fallen... And there is no Commander left to rule us. Until another Nightblood ascends, I... King Roan of Azgeda, eldest son of Nia, grandson of Theo... am caretaker of the throne and keeper of the Flame. Until another ascends, Azgeda honors and will defend the coalition of the last true Commander... Lexa kom Trikru, including the 13th clan. "
I breathed out relieved.
Roan "Let it be known that an attack against Skaikru is an attack against us all. "
--
Echo walked to us pissed off handed Bellamy something like a key "From your king. With this, you'll be safe in any of our lands. You think we'll ever be able to trust each other again?"
Bellamy " I doubt it."
Echo " Welcome back to the coalition. "
Then she walked away
Bell walked to us "Time to go."
dad " We'll do our best to keep the king on his throne. "
Clarke "We'll find a way to beat the radiation."
O " If either of you screw this up, we die. No pressure. "
Bellamy "This is serious, O. If anyone finds out why Roan helped us, it'll be every clan for itself. The king will fall, and they'll come after us. "
Clarke "It's getting dark. Let's do this."
I hugged dad "take care of yourself"
Dad nodded "you too"
Then he shook Bellamy's hand "You turn the page. You turn the page, and you don't look back. You do better today than you did yesterday. You understand? Before you know it, you'll deserve to survive."
Bellamy " I hope so. "
Then the three of us walked out.