Chapter 11

KILLER QUEEN CHAPTER 11

I was born in space, I've never felt the sun on my face or breathed real air or floated in the water. None of us have. For three generations the ark has kept what's rest of the human race alive but now our home is dying and we are the last hope of mankind. One hundred prisoners sent on desperate mission to the ground, each of us is here because we broke the law but on the ground there is no law. All we have to do is survive, we will be tested by the earth, by the secrets it hides and most of all each other.

Its been two days since we bombed the bridge. There has been no sightings of grounder retaliation. The hundred took this time as a blessing to prepare for an attack, spikes were placed outside our walls, trenches and fox holes were dug. Even Raven had gotten creative making land mines.

"First watch is over." I look down from the tree I'm standing in, " Go relieve Monroe on the south wall. Keep your eyes open." Bellamy orders one of his troops then continues walking till he reaches Clarke who's staring off into the forest just under me.

"Anything?" He whispers, Clarke sighs shaking her head, "It's been two days, maybe the bomb at the bridge scared them off for good." Bellamy turns his head to her, "You believe that?". Thankfully I watch Clarke shake her head again, "No."

"Good." I said making them both jump then look up into the trees trying to find me, " If you had said yes I could've saved everyone the trouble and kill you all now." With that I start to climb down the tree dropping next to them, " They are coming. We need to be prepared and that includes counts on every gun, ammunition, land mines and I need to talk to Raven about if she can make grenades, also having strategies in place to counteract their own, and if it calls for it plans on when to retreat and where to meet afterwards. Where are we with making gun powered?"

"I don't remember putting you in charge Mystery."

I smile at Bellamy, " Oh don't you?" I said innocently, " I remember, it was just the other day when we declared war, you don't remember that?"

Bellamy steps towards me, "You think this is funny!" He spits at me, "Yes!" I hiss back, "I think it's hilarious that now of all times you decide to question what I say!"

"You liste-"

"Bellamy stop!" Clarke intervenes pushing him back a step before turning to me, "Embry's right... these are plans we need to make in order... to survive..." I nod to her then look back to Bellamy who realises the depth behind Clarke's words.

The truth is...

Not everyone's going to survive this.

"Jasper thinks he can cook up some more gunpowder, if he get some sulfur, and Raven says she can turn that into more land mines so.. be carful where you step." He try's to joke before turning serious again, "What I really need is a thousand more of her tin can bombs so I can roll into their village and blow those grounders to hell!"

Clarke looks at Bellamy from the corner of her eye making Bellamy give a little scoff, "That's what they want to do to us!", Clarke stopped walking looking around, "I can't believe we survived for a hundred years just so we could slaughter each other," she shakes her head, "There has to be another way."

"Clarke." She turns to face me, " You need to stop thinking like this, it's going to get you killed! This is war, like it or not! It doesn't matter who started it, your either going to fight back and win or don't and die! It's up to you but don't pull everyone else down with you. Understand!" Clarke continued to stare into my eyes that were lit with fire, "How did you become like this?" Clarke asked, I didn't answer, just stared back at her. I've been asked that question so many time but this is the first time someone's asked me almost... genuinely... Bellamy, picking up the fact that I wasn't going to answer and that Clark was waiting for an answer, broke the silence, "Any word from the ark?" Clarke looks at me for a second longer before facing Bellamy, "Radio silence", Bellamy looks away, " Finally ran out of air." Clarke nods, " Maybe my mum was lucky, being on the exodus ship. At least it was quick." A moment passes befor Clarke adds, "No ones coming down here to save us."

I nod my head looking out to the forest, " We have to save ourselves."

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Seven  years ago

"Alright! Quiet down! The lot of you!"

Instantly the room fell silent.

"Honestly sometimes you kids will be the death of me." The eldest man in the room shook his head.

"Oh come on dad! You don't mean that." The young teenage boy chuckled.

The young girl in the room turned to look at her eldest brother, " I don't know Matthew? Sometimes just looking at you makes me want to vomit so the feeling of death can manifest." The eldest male laughed at his daughters wording and wit while the young girls eldest sister was displeased at the fact that they were running into lesson time, "Enough of this! Our lesson on war was meant to start ten minutes ago!"

Matthew chuckled at his older sister, " Wow Shay, ten minutes, whatever will I do?"

"Matthew," the father warned knowing that his eldest daughter was not happy and won't be happy with her brothers tone.

Matthew turned from where he was sitting to shrug at his father, " What? Shays in a rush to learn things we already know," He turns back to Shay who's slightly seething in her seat, " Oh you already know do you Matthew, do you know what it takes to win a war!"

"It's really not that hard Shay," The three turn to look at the youngest in the room, "War... you have to know your opponents strengths and weaknesses... yes.. but to be successful, you must know your own as well... ways of leading your opponent around yours and into their own... precisely where you want them to be and when, then.. not too soon or too late.. at approximately the right time do you strike.. successfully wiping them all out. It's all about your timing and strategy. If you don't have a strategy to win the war it's not a war."

Father looked at his young daughter, " What is it then?"

"A massacre."

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I was sitting in a large tree just outside the fence keeping watch and carving more arrows, my own way for preparing for the oncoming war that will eventually arrive was making sure I was full prepared. Any spare time I had was put to use forging more weapons and running through strategies.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"Go!Go!Go!"

I sigh

Cant leave these people alone for two seconds.

I quickly jump down then run though the gate towards where I could see the black smoke making its way into the sky.

"Shit!" It's the smokehouse.

I push through all the screaming teenagers not caring if I knock any of them over, I finally get to the front of the smokehouse where I see Bellamy leaning over Octavia. I quickly approach them putting a hand on Octavia's shoulder, "Are you alright?" She coughs but nods to me, "What the hell happened!"

"This is all you fault! We told you it was too much wood!" I turn around to see Murphy grabbing onto someone, " Get the hell away from me!" The two started to punch one another causing Bellamy to quickly look to me, "Watch her!" I nod looking back to Octavia who is still struggling to breath, coughing continuously so I start slowly rubbing circles on her back to calm her down so she can breath.

Octavia looks up at me gratefully, "Thanks." She manages with a croaking voice.

I nod, "Are you sure your alright?" She nod to me.

"Hey! Hey! Stop! Save it for the grounders!" Bellamy yells breaking them apart.

"Well! Now what the hell are we gonna do? That was all the food!"

Everyone turns to look at the burning smokehouse as it goes up in fames taking all of our meat with it.

"Well," I say aloud to the group, " We'll have to organise a hunting party," I look toward the boy Murphy was fighting, " and I expect you'll be the first to volunteer!" I hiss at him.

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"Each group take someone with a gun," Bellamy tells everyone who's gathered in the drop ship, "They're for killing grounders, not food! We don't have the ammo! Use the spears for hunting. Get what you can. Be back by nightfall. No one stays out after dark!" Bellamy instructs everyone.

I leave the drop ship making a mental check of all the weapons I'm carrying making sure that I'm ready.

"Hey! Mystery! Hold up!" I stop but don't turn around as I wait for Bellamy to catch up to me, "Where the hell are you going?"

I roll my eyes, "Hunting, like everyone else."

He scoffs, " Yeah I got that, I mean why does it look like your going by yourself!"

"Probably cause I am."

"Like hell you are!"

I sigh. Just breath.

"Bellamy," I turn to him, " I'm going out there on my own because I've got a better chance at hunting without some big foot walking behind me scaring everything away! Got it! Good! Bye!" I walk away from him through the gates then look down at the floor.

Now.

Which way did Clarke go.

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Call it a hunch.

But I knew it.

I just had a feeling.

I just managed to watch as the grounders, glaring at the two who I recognised, drag Clarke and Finn away after knocking them out. Lucky I ditched Bellamy so quickly. I quickly run to the boy they shot who was also knocked out, most likely from the pain of being shot multiple times. I quickly assed the injuries knowing that I shouldn't pull the arrows out so I shrug off my bag and look for the jar of healing herbs i had prepared a couple days before. Smearing the green paste around the wounds I then pull some debris over him to keep him hidden. I stand back up looking in the direction Clarke and Finn were dragged in.

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The grounders moved fast but there were sloppy, leaving prints carelessly so it was easy to track them. I stare at the small structure Clarke and Finn were being kept in. I had already surveyed the area twice just to be sure . Four guards were keeping watch near the entrance and two in the trees. I started a mental plan in my head which ones to kill first .....but then stopped. Someone's coming up behind me on my left. I stay crouched down slowly pulling my knife from its sheath that was across my chest, waiting till the person was just about to grab me before I turned grabbing their arm pulling them forward and using my leg to sweep their legs from under them making the attacker fall onto their back, my knife at their throat.

"Oh bloody hell!" I hiss at the familiar face.

"Bilaik krei hard gon sneak up ona ." Talons deep voice croaked out because I winded him.

(Your very hard to sneak up on)

"That's kinda the point!" I hiss at him, Talon looks towards the knife that remands  at his throat but I just glared at him.

"Kei.. krie we'll jos stay hir."

(Okay.. so we'll just stay here.)

I let out a growl like noise gripping him tightly, " Why did you kidnap them Talon!" I lift him up slightly before pushing him back down, " and don't think I didn't notice Lincoln being one of the guards with Anya when they were knocked out!"

"Hod op! Sen op! Chil au!

(Wait! Listen! Calm down)

"Chomouda should ai listen!" I spat at him.

(Why should I listen)

Talon sighed knowing I wasn't going to calm down until he explained, " Oso heard chit Anya was planing krei oso came up kon a geimbreika seintaim"

(We heard what Anya was planing so we came up with a plan too)

I lean back glaring at him.

"Gouva klin!"

(Explain)

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We continued to stay hidden behind trees waiting, from time to time I'd feel Talon staring but make no comment on it, being completely focussed on the task at hand. Just over an hour pasted before we finally heard something.

"Wait! No! Finn!"

"Clarke!"

"Clarke! No!"

I sit up trying to see anything, "They'll na ait." Talon whispered to me.

(They'll be alright)

I ignore him continuing to watch the front door as I see Finn being dragged out by who I know to be Lincoln.

"Kom op, We'll gyon au gon meeting place."

(Come, we'll go to the meeting place)

Staying crouched down I quickly follow after Talon.

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"There's someone in the bushes" Raven radios to Bellamy as Octavia aims her gun towards the bush.

Raven and Octavia guns raised slowly creep towards the bushes then Octavia grabs a branch and yanks it back, "Myles? Myles, what happened?" They quickly work to pull the debris from him, now noticing the multiple arrows scattering his body.

"Where are they?" Raven asks just as Bellamy runs up from behind them, "Clarke and Finn, where are they?"

"Grounders took them" Myles gurgles out.

"Take it easy" Bellamy tells him, "we have to get him back to camp."

Octavia looks to her brother, " Bell? What about Clarke and Finn?"

"Em- em-" Myles try's to speak, " Embry.. here.." he coughs

"What?" Octavia asks quickly looking at Bellamy.

"Your sure?" Bellamy asks Myles.

"Yes!" Cough, " She help my wounds." They all look down at the arrow wounds to see a green slugs paste surrounding them.

Bellamy looks up staring into the forest, "Bring them back Mystery."

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