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People do crazy things for love. Paris loved Helen so much he took her away and started the Trojan War. Hades wanted Persephone so he stole her to be his for eternity dooming earth to half a year of cold and snow. Orpheus just had to look to make sure his love Eurydice was behind him only to lose her forever and left to wander the world alone.
There is another kind of love. Unrequited love, and that is perhaps the worst kind of all. It makes a person do crazy things in hopes that their love would realize that they loved him too.
That was the case with Finn.
Clarke was not property. Bellamy was not going to have a "she's mine" fight with Finn. Bellamy knew how Clarke felt about him, and only him. So he ignored Murphy's remakes about if it bothered him that Finn was going nuts looking for Bellamy's girlfriend.
Yes, it was getting very annoying. Yes, Bellamy did want to shout that Clarke was his girlfriend and not Finn's. Yes, Bellamy was just as eager to find her as Finn was. Yes, Bellamy knew that was Clarke's watch, and yes, he couldn't help but say he knew because she took it off before they went to bed. Finn stiffened at that one. But fighting with Finn would not make them find Clarke faster. It would just slow them down. So Bellamy bit his tongue and just kept going. Until Finn turned the gun on Bellamy. They had been interrogating a Grounder and Finn lost it. Bellamy pulled him off only to have Finn aim the gun at Bellamy.
"Put the gun down, Finn." Bellamy said carefully putting his hands up. He didn't really know what Finn was capable of at the moment. Finn's eyes went to Bellamy's wrist where Clarke's watch was. Bellamy had took it saying he would give it to her, and Finn didn't have a good reason to disagree. "Put it down. Killing me won't get you her." Finn turned the gun on the grounder. A crazy look in his eye as Finn counted down. The grounder caved and told them where they might be held.
"You thought I was the crazy one, huh?" Murphy commented, and Bellamy didn't have an answer for him. Monroe handed the grounder a piece of paper to draw a map. Once he was done Bellamy told everyone to gather their gear and that they were leaving the grounder there and deal with him later.
"What if he escapes?" Murphy questioned, "He knows exactly where we are going."
"We're not killing him," Bellamy said firmly.
"I'm not really seeing another option here," Murphy went on. "If we don't take care of this now it is going to blow back on us and you know it."
"He's unarmed, Murphy," Bellamy pointed out.
"He's a grounder," Murphy countered. Murphy looked around. "Really? Come on. Tell him.
"I don't know," Monroe said uncertainly.
"You don't know what?" Murphy snapped, "He's gonna tell his people everything. We're as good as dead. Our friends too."
"We're not doing this," Bellamy pressed. He was sick of death, and he didn't want any more blood on his hands. "End of discussion. You want him, you gotta go through me."
A gun shot ran out. Murphy and Bellamy were too busy arguing about the Grounder to notice. Everyone turned to see Finn with his gun still aimed at the now dead grounder. Bellamy was speechless. Finn had really gone mad. Once the Spacewalker had talked about peace and got pissed at Bellamy for how he dealt with grounders. Now Finn had executed an unarmed man. Any hope of peace was farther away than ever. Monroe handed Bellamy his gun and he followed them out.
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The ground was littered with bodies. Only this time it was littered with Arkers. Their people. Bellamy and Finn were arguing. Again. Finn wanted to leave and come back to rescue the girl trapped on the side of the mountain, but Bellamy knew that wasn't the right thing. They…they didn't know if Clarke and the others were alive. But this girl. This girl, was. She was alive.
"Because if Clarke was here, she would want us to save her," Bellamy said, "You are not the only one that misses her, far from it, but I know that Clarke would want this. Want us to save that girl. Sterling was acting more like Clarke then we are. Now go get some damn rope so I can save her."
And he did. Despite Grounders attacking and the rope breaking. They saved her. But who had saved them? Octavia appeared with the horn in her hands. She had blown it and scared the Grounders off. She looked like a badass warrior. A good look Bellamy had to admit.
"Octavia," Bellamy said and they hugged.
"Clarke?" Octavia said hopefully. Bellamy shook his head.
"No sign, and when we got back to the dropship no one was there," Bellamy said.
"It's all clear." Wells said running over. He looked more like himself than Octavia, but he seemed different too. "Clarke?"
"No," Bellamy said.
Octavia had been heading to camp when they heard shots and came to investigate. Octavia was tending to Monroe's leg. But that the arrow was probably poisoned.
"Nice horn, where's your boyfriend?" Murphy asked.
"He's gone," Octavia said not looking at anyone.
"I'm sorry, O," Bellamy said crouching next to her, "But hey, Mom made it down. Abby too. I'll take you to them."
"Mom's here?" Octavia said with wide eyes.
"Yeah, and you don't have to hide anymore," Bellamy said. "Mom can actually be your Mom." That got a smile out of her.
They had to split up. Bellamy was going to take the injured back to camp while Finn continued to look for Clarke. Bellamy wanted to go look for her, but Bellamy kept thinking that this is what Clarke would want him to do. Get the injured to safety and then go after her. Besides, Finn was anything if not determined.
"I'll meet you back as soon as I can." Bellamy said.
"I know," Finn said. Murphy was going with him. He couldn't go back to camp with them because he would just get locked up again. Bellamy threw him a gun.
"Watch his back, and punch him for me if he tries to kiss my girlfriend," Bellamy said and Murphy smirked before following Finn.
"So what happened you to?" Bellamy asked.
"Nearly died, learned to fight, took a man hostage, lost the love of my life, nothing much," Octavia said sarcastically and Bellamy changed the subject. Looked like she wasn't in the talking mood.
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When they finally arrived at camp Bellamy had the breath knocked out of him. Twice. Once for seeing that Clarke was here and alive, and the other because she jumped on him forced the breath out of his lungs. But he could have given less of a shit. She was here. They were together again.
"Um…I know you are having a moment, but we are kinda in the middle of the courtyard and everyone is watching us," Wells said and Bellamy tried to put Clarke down, but for such a tiny person she had quite a grip.
"Just a minute longer," Clarke said into his shirt. He couldn't help but laugh.
"I would love too, but my arms are kind of sore," Bellamy said regrettably, but damn did they hurt. He set her down front of him. She tilted her head in confusion, "I'll tell you later."
"Sorry," Clarke said and Bellamy put his arm around her still wanting to touch her and convince himself she was real. "I'm glad you are all here. Where's Finn?" Bellamy stiffened. He had forgot about Finn. Shit. Who knew what kind of trouble he was getting into now? "What?"
"Looking for you," Bellamy said. "We better go find him." Clarke shook her head tuned her head into his chest. It really shouldn't bring Bellamy joy that Clarke would rather stay with him then look for Finn, but it did. But when they tried, they were stopped. This is what Bellamy was afraid of. They were just kids to them again. Clarke's Mom wouldn't listen. She just put them on house arrest leaving Finn and Murphy to rot.
"Come on," Aurora said coming forward and walking past Abby to Clarke, "Let's get you a hot meal."
"Mom…" Bellamy said but Aurora shook her head slightly.
"Marcus knows what he is doing." Aurora said keeping her face blank. "Let's go."
Aurora led them out of the Ark and outside.
"Mom we need too…" Bellamy said.
"I know," Aurora cut him off, "As a member of the Ark I cannot tell you that the guns are being stored in Alpha section B. I cannot tell you that Abby is about to go into a surgery that will keep her busy for a few hours. I cannot tell you that the guard shift will change in about 20 minutes so you better get a move on. As I member of the Ark I cannot tell you these things, understand?"
"Are you sure?" Clarke asked, "You risk too much."
"Let's say I have some insurance," Aurora said mysteriously. Another secret. "Now, go find your friends."
They met Raven at the fence. Everything was like his mother said, but they needed to move fast. Clarke showed up along with Octavia and Wells. Bellamy handed them their gear before telling them to lead the way. They were the only ones who had been to Lincoln's village.
"Not so fast Pocahontas," Raven said blocking Octavia when she tried to crawl through the fence. Raven tapped her crutch to the wire and it got an electric shock.
"I thought you said it was handled," Clarke said.
"It is." Raven assured them and got out a walkie talkie. "Shut her down Wick." Raven touched her crutch to the wire again. Nothing. "See? Handled."
They walked in mostly silence. Did any of them really know how to start? How to explain what happened the last two weeks? Octavia was quiet not saying anything. Clarke talked a little, but he had a feeling there was still something she wasn't telling him.
When night fell the four of them made camp. Bellamy offered to stand watch. He looked over at Octavia who was asleep on Well's lap. Wells was leaning against a tree. His jacket was over Octavia. The two had bonded even more since they came down. Clarke was asleep next to Bellamy. Bellamy wished he could sleep, but his thoughts kept going back to Finn. What kind of trouble was he causing? Did he hurt anyone else? What about Murphy? Who had Bellamy doomed putting the two of them together? Bellamy looked down at Clarke sleeping again. It wasn't the first time he watched her sleep. Clarke had caught him a few times and called him "creepy." Bellamy would then take the blankets in return for the name calling. She would laugh and try to steal them back. They were leaders, but at night in their tent they belonged only to each other. Why did it feel like years ago when it was only a few weeks? Clarke opened her eyes. She blinked and looked over at him. She smiled slightly.
"The last time I saw you, you were closing the dropship door," Bellamy said and Clarke looked away. "It had to be done, I just wanted you to know that." She smiled softly again and got up and sat next to him on the log. Bellamy put his arm around her and she settled into his side.
"Did you get anything sleep?" Clarke asked.
"I'll sleep when we find Finn," Bellamy replied, "You haven't seen him, Clarke. Losing you, the war, the others, it changed him. He executed the Grounder that drew us the map of where you might be. Pulled the trigger without even blinking and walked away."
"That doesn't sound like Finn," Clarke said.
"No, it doesn't," Bellamy agreed, "I saw what he was capable of and still I let him go with Murphy and two automatic rifles." Clakre was silent for a moment.
"I'm sure that had to be done too," Clarke spoke up.
"When we got back to the dropship nobody was there," Bellamy went on, "We assumed it was the Grounders."
"Of course you did," Clarke said sitting up and looking at him. "You couldn't have known it was the Mountain Men. No one could have." Clarke laced their fingers together. Her father's watch was back on her wrist.
"How long until chocolate cake turns into being hung upside down and drained for their blood?" Bellamy asked.
"I don't know," Clarke said, "We don't have much time."
"Ok, first we find Finn then we go to Mount Weather," Bellamy said.
"And Lincoln," Octavia added and they both looked over. Octavia got up and said they slept enough. She kicked Well's boot to wake him up and they continued their trip to Lincoln's village. They just reached the outskirts when they heard guns. Guns. That meant it was there people. Everyone started running, but the gunfire didn't stop. The person kept firing and firing. Bellamy ran faster with Clarke, Octavia, and Wells on his heels. He finally made it to the clearing and saw Murphy and Finn with guns in their hands, scared Grounders in a pit, and dead bodies littering the ground. Bellamy looked at Murphy and Murphy looked at Finn. So it had been the Spacewalker. Just like Bellamy had feared, and Bellamy had put the gun in his hands.
Finn started walking over to Clarke and Bellamy was done. Screw not wanting Clarke to feel like property. She was his, and Bellamy was going to protect her. He walked over and stood in front of Clarke. He sure as hell didn't trust Finn now, even with Clarke. Finn never took his eyes off of Clarke. And he looked so…hopeful. Happy.
"I found you," Finn said to Clarke and Bellamy looked around again. Dead bodies were everywhere. Octavia and Wells were calling the people by their names. They knew these people. Innocent people that Finn had butchered in the name of love.
Bellamy was right.
Unrequired love was the most dangerous.
And deadly.
They were going to pay for this.
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What did you think? Looks like Sunday nights are my new publishing time. Because that is when I always finish and I don't feel like waiting to put it up.
So I had Finn kill the Grounders. It was something I thought a lot about, but I think that it is an important part of everyone's story. I love writing sneaky badass Aurora!
Another question, do you think I should do other POV's? Like more Aurora, Wells, Raven, or Sasha? Let me know!
Thanks for reading and reviewing and everything!