❝ '𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁'
𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱,
'𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿' ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

We start climbing down the rubble, hopping from piece to piece. My foot catches on a chunk of metal and I trip up, falling forward. Ren yanks me back and I shoot him a grateful smile.

Lincoln starts trying to dig his way through the scrap and Octavia looks up from her place at the bottom.

"Lincoln, be careful. It's not stable!" She scolds him.

"They're down there! Argh!" He groans.

"Do you hear someone?!" I hear Abby shout and I look to see her treating someone just metres away.

"Abby, I'm sure Clarke is okay. We'll find her" Octavia assures the woman as I try to help Ren and Lincoln with the scrap.

Lincoln throws a large sheet of metal out the way and it reveals an injured Indra.

"Indra" I gasp.

"Indra! She's alive!" Lincoln yells.

Octavia, Nova and Abby come racing towards us as Lincoln pulls her out with the help of Ren. Indra comes to and her eyes widen when she sees Lincoln.

"Put me down, Reaper!" She screams.

Lincoln lets her go and she scrambles to her feet, looking around in horror. Suddenly I hear a loud gunshot and Indra is hit, falling to the ground.

"Sniper!" I hear someone scream as we all hit the ground to avoid being shot.

"Go!" Lincoln yells at Octavia and I.

We start running with Nova and eventually after being split up from both girls, I spot Lincoln. He's hidden behind a large slab of concrete with Indra and I sprint towards them, immediately dropping to Indra's side.

"Lincoln, you must stop the bleeding!" I hear Nyko shout from behind me.

Lincoln tries to do just that, but Indra pushes him away.

"Indra, let me help you!" Lincoln snaps.

"No" She spits.

I look around to see that Ren, Octavia and Nova are nowhere to be seen and worry settles in my stomach.

"I got this, Linc" I assure him.

I place one hand on top of the other and put pressure on her wound to stop the bleeding.

"Can you help her?" Lincoln asks me.

"I can stop the bleeding for now, but she needs a healer" I explain.

He looks around before grabbing Indra and throwing her over his shoulders.

"Come on. Run, Ava" Lincoln tells me and I follow his lead, running out into the open.

Shots are fired multiple times but they fortunately miss. Octavia appears at my side and we all stop once we reach Nyko. Indra lets out a pained groan as Lincoln puts her down.

"What are we gonna do? We can't move" Nyko states.

"I'm going for the shooter. I'll sound the horn when it's done" Lincoln replies.

"All right, my friend" Nyko nods.

"I'm going with you" Octavia says.

"No. Nyko needs you here" Lincoln objects.

"Then I'm coming" I butt in.

He opens his mouth to object again but Nova appears.

"If Octavia isn't going, Ava is" She snaps and Lincoln nods.

"Are you sure you're up to this?" Octavia asks him.

"Get knocked down, get back up" He tells her.

They share a moment and I look away in respect. Lincoln then takes a hold of my arm and tugs me up. I follow closely behind him as he swiftly moves through the debris. We make it into the woods and I grab my bow, racing through the trees.

Suddenly Lincoln stops and grabs onto my arm. I duck down beside him and look through the trees to see two figures. One holds a gun at us and I see the blonde hair fall out her hood.

Clarke

"Lincoln, they aren't the shooters" I whisper.

I slowly make my way towards them and Clarke's eyes widen.

"Ava. Lincoln" She says in surprise.

"Clarke, what are you doing out here?" I ask in confusion but get no answer.

"Commander" Lincoln breathes out and I turn my head to see Lexa beside the blonde.

"Octavia said you were both-" He is cut off.

"You've seen Octavia?" Clarke asks in what I assume is relief.

"Yeah" Lincoln nods.

"The few that survived the explosion are being pinned down by a sniper. That's why we're here" He explains, gesturing to me.

More gunshots go off and I share a look of worry with Lincoln.

"Come on. We need to get to the high ground" Lexa tells us in a hurry.

She starts running with Clarke and I follow with Lincoln. The sun soon starts to come up and Lincoln takes the lead as we start climbing up a hill to get a better view.

I hear a gunshot and it whizzes past my head making me yelp as Lincoln pushes me behind a large boulder next to Lexa and Clarke.

"So much for the element of surprise" Lexa scoffs.

"I'll draw his fire" Lincoln offers.

"No. I will" Clarke argues.

She jumps up and starts shooting at the mountain man. Lexa nods at Lincoln who runs off and I grip my bow tighter in my fist.

Everything is silent until a load of grunting and groaning sounds through the air accompanied by the sounds of flesh hitting flesh and blood spurting.

Suddenly I hear the high pitched sound of a tone generator and my eyes widen in fear.

Lincoln!

I jump from my place and nock an arrow into my bow, aiming it at the mountain man who now holds a knife to Lincoln's throat. I see that he isn't wearing a hazmat suit and my fear rockets.

"Drop the weapon" The man demands.

"Just let him kill me, then take him out" Lincoln says.

"Lincoln, no-" I'm cut off.

"Now, Ava! Your people need you!" He yells at me.

"You are my people" I retort.

I let my arrow fly through the air and it finds it's target, in between the man's eyes. His grip on Lincoln slips away and he hits the ground. Lincoln looks at me with a proud expression and I grin.

"Good shot" He states.

"The best" I counter cockily as Clarke and Lexa come up beside me.

Lincoln grabs his horn and blows on it, the sound blaring through the air.

"Come on. We need to get back to the others" I tell them.

I don't wait for an answer before rushing back down the hill. Eventually we reach Tondc and I spot Octavia laying a blanket over a hurt Marcus Kane.

"Kane!" I yell, running towards him.

I kneel beside him and he looks up at me in a dazed out state that makes me worry.

"Ava" He coughs.

"Take it easy. You're gonna be okay" I assure him as my eyes move up to Sinclair who is on the other side of the man.

"What happened to him?" I ask.

"He got caught in the wreckage. Abby said something about an artery being lacerated in his leg" Sinclair tells me and my heart sinks.

"Kane needs blood now. O neg" I hear Abby say.

"Abby, slow down! You're bleeding. You need help too" Jackson scolds her.

"I'm fine" She snaps back.

"Heda!" The crowd starts chanting and I look up from Kane to see Lexa silence her people by holding up her hand.

"What happened here will not stand! The mountain will fall! The dead will be avenged!" Lexa screams and everyone starts cheering.

"Enough! That's enough!" Abby barks, obviously having had enough of Lexa's speech "There are still others in the wreckage! We heard them!"

"Go to work!" She hollers and everyone jumps into action.

I look down to see Kane's head lull to the side and I jump to my feet, ready to help in any way possible.

"Let's get a rope up here! Haul them up! Let's go!" Sinclair orders and I grab the rope, tying it to the stretcher.

"Wait till we say!" Sinclair tells the others at the top of the hill as he helps me secure the rope tightly.

"Now!" I holler and they start pulling Kane up.

I turn and head straight for Clarke who is standing with Lexa.

"Clarke, we need to do something now" I stress "The shooter didn't have a hazmat suit which means the treatment works. They're killing our friends"

"I know, Ava. We have a plan" Clarke tells me.

"Tell me everything" I demand.

Lexa looks at Clarke hesitatingly and Clarke nods.

"Soon" Clarke states.

"You better not do anything stupid without me, blondie" I grumble and storm away from them to help with the survivors.