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DARK, EERIE AND QUIET is all that surrounds eighteen year old Carson Daniels, despite her being of the age of being executed.

The Ark and the people of the ark—mainly the chancellor and the remaining members of the council decided that the woman wouldn't be executed.

Only if she agreed to the terms of the team and crew using her for information and some of their own pleasures.

The eighteen brunette groans hearing the doors opening to her cell, her bones still aching from yesterday's session with one of the guards.

"Prisoner Daniels, on the wall." the guard demands urgently seeing the brunette groan before slamming her into the wall.

"Jesus Christ. Gentle." Carson snarls in disgust feeling a rough and stinging sensation pulsing through her wrist.

"What is this?" Carson asks before falling onto the ground unconscious with a large needle sticking out of her neck.

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CARSON GROANS COMING to feeling the surroundings around her vibrating and the voices of people around, looking to the left side of her she sees Jasper and Monty smiling at the floating figure of Finn Collins.

Said male smirks at Carson who salutes him mockingly, before making his way over to Clarke Griffin and Wells Jaha—the privileged of the group.

"What the hell?" Carson mutters shocked at the chancellor and the doctor sending their children to their possible deaths.

"Prisoners of The Ark. Hear me now, you've been given a second chance and as your chancellor. It is my hope that you see this as not just a chance for you. But a chance for all of us. Indeed for mankind itself. We have no idea what is waiting for you down there, if the odds of survival were better, we would've sent others. Frankly, we're sending you because your crimes have made you expendable." Chancellor Jaha explains through the screen above Carson's head, said girl scoffs already annoyed at the man's face and voice.

"Your dad is a dick, Wells!" a male shouts earning a smile from the brunette.

"Those crimes will be forgiven. Your records wiped clean." Jaha states through the screen once more.

"Yeah. I call bullshit." Carson snarls seeing Jasper and Monty smirk at their older friend.

Carson gulps feeling the ship jump through the atmosphere leading into earth.

Seeing the boys from earlier who decided to join Finn in floating around the air craft, slam into the wall as does Finn himself.

"Collins, you good?" Carson yells hearing the male wince in pain before giving the woman a thumbs up.

Carson sighs in relief knowing she wouldn't want to explain to her cousin how her boyfriend died on impact.

Carson unbuckles the seatbelt stepping closer to Finn and punching the male in the shoulder hardly.

"You dick." Carson mutters earning a small smirk and wince from Finn rubbing his shoulder, "Ow. Carson, god." Finn mumbles.

Carson goes down the latter following the others down, hearing a male call out to everyone.

"The outer door is on the lower level. Let's go." said male cheers, "No. We can't just open the doors!" Clarke shouts.

Seeing an attractive male standing by the door Carson tilts her head, "Hey. Just back it up, guys." the male says.

"Stop. The air could be toxic!" Clarke exclaims from the ladder.

"If the air is toxic... we're all dead, anyway." the male voices, "Bellamy?" a familiar voice says quietly from beside Carson who gasps seeing her best friend from up in the ark, the guy also gasps noticing the girls presence.

"My god. Look how big you are." Bellamy smiles hugging Octavia, Carson nods now figuring out this is the famous brother Octavia always goes on about in class.

"What the hell are you wearing... a guard's uniform?" Octavia asks noticing the outfit Bellamy's wearing.

"I borrowed it to get on the drop ship. Someone has got to keep an eye on you." Bellamy laughs as does Carson who brings Octavia in for a hug, "Carsy, oh my gosh!" Octavia gasps.

"Where's your wristband?" Clarke interrupts noticing the lack of a wristband on Bellamy's wrist.

"Do you mind? I haven't seen my brother in a year and I haven't seen my best friend in three months." Octavia states looking at the blonde.

"No one has a brother!" a male's voice shouts from the crowd, "That's Octavia Blake. The girl they found hidden in the floor." a female explains looking at Carson who glares at them darkly earning gulps from both males.

Octavia goes to run at them, "Octavia. Octavia... no. Let's give them something else to remember you by." Bellamy states holding his younger sister back.

"Yeah? Like what?" Octavia snaps, "Like being the first person on the ground in a hundred years." Carson suggests looking at Bellamy who nods agreeing with the brunette.

A whistling sound is heard as Bellamy pulls down the lever of the drop ship.

Carson gasps stunned at the greenery surrounding them, Octavia taps her hand.

"Tavia, this is your moment." Carson nods standing beside Bellamy who smiles at his sister who breathes in the air.

Octavia raises her arms in the air.

"We're back, bitches!" Octavia screams alerting everyone who jump and cheer off the drop-ship running around the beautiful green forest.

"Wow." Carson smiles standing beside Octavia unaware of Bellamy's gaze checking her out from behind.

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CARSON BREAKS AWAY FROM the crowd of people smirking knowing someone is following behind her.

"What can I do for you?" Carson wonders turning around to face Finn who shrugs admiring the view of mountains in the distance.

"Clarke said that they dropped us on the wrong mountain." Finn states shocking the brunette.

"Well damn." Carson shrugs walking away and back towards the ship to figure out the plan.

"We got problems. The communications system is dead. I went to the roof... a dozen panels are missing. Heat fried the wires." Wells explains.

"Well, all that matters right now is getting to Mount Weather. See... look, this is us. This is where we need to get to if we want to survive." Clarke states pointing out things on a map confusing Carson who stands near them with crossed arms.

"Where'd you learn to do that?" Wells asks before noticing the sad look rest on Clarke's face.

"Your father." Wells realises earning a quick nod from the blonde girl.

"Ah. Cool, a map. They got a bar in this town? I'll buy you a beer. Same as you Carsy." Jasper smiles.

"You mind?" Wells snarls pushing the boy away from them earning a glare from the brunette who steps beside him protectively, "Whoa." Jasper states shocked.

"Hey! Hey, hey. Hands off of him... he's with us." a new voice belonging to John Murphy states walking into the group noticing the glare on Carson's face.

"Relax. We're just trying to figure out where we are." Wells states, "Oh. You want us to relax? Little Jaha to the rescue." Carson chuckles clapping mockingly.

"We're on the ground. That not good enough for you?" Bellamy curiously asks joining the conversation.

"We need to find Mount Weather. You heard my father's message... that has to be our first priority." Wells voices hearing Carson chuckle darkly.

"Screw your father. What? You think you're in charge here. You and your little princess?" Octavia taunts.

"Do you think we care who's in charge? We need to get to Mount Weather not because the Chancellor said so... but because the longer we wait, the hungrier we'll get and the harder this'll be. How long do you think we'll last without those supplies? We're looking at a twenty-mile trek, okay? So if we want to get there before dark. We need to leave now." Clarke explains.

"I got a better idea. You two go... find it for us. Let the privileged do the hard work for a change." Bellamy suggests earning a bunch of yeah's shouted from around them.

"You're not listening. We all need to go." Wells demands, "Look at this everybody. The chancellor of Earth." Murphy smirks walking closer to the son of the chancellor.

"Think that's funny?" Wells frowns earning a rough shove from Murphy.

Wells grunts hitting the ground, "Wells." Clarke exclaims concerned.

"No. But that was all right." Murphy smirks as Wells gets up from the ground ready to fight, Carson rolls her eyes sighing.

"I'm surrounded by literal five year olds." Carson mocks seeing Bellamy smirk beside her.

Carson scoffs seeing Finn jumping down in some kind of superhero pose.

"Kid's got one leg. How about you wait until it's a fair fight?" Finn states as Murphy glares at the male annoyed.

"Hey Spacewalker! Rescue me next." Octavia smirks looking at Finn who chuckles before walking off.

Bellamy looks at his sister not amused, "What? He's cute." Octavia shrugs.

"He's a criminal." Bellamy voices earning a chuckle from the older brunette.

"Dude, we're all criminals in some sort of way." Carson says smiling at Octavia, "What she said." Octavia explains.

Carson scoffs and rolls her eyes as Bellamy drags Octavia away from her, Carson shrugs walking away noticing Finn standing near her.

"So Mount Weather, when do we leave?" Finn wonders coming to a stop in front of Clarke and Wells.

"Right now. We'll be back tomorrow with food." Clarke explains looking at Wells, "How are the two of you gonna carry enough food for a hundred?" Wells questions.

Finn looks around noticing Jasper and Monty standing close to them grabbing them.

"Five of us. Can we go now?" Finn shrugs seeing Carson frown at the mention of her going with them, "Um... sorry, I'm not coming." Carson shrugs.

"Sounds like a party. Make it five... I'll gladly take Carsy spot." Octavia states smiling at her best friend.

"Hey. What the hell are you doing?" Bellamy snarls, "Dude... let her live her life. Oh my god." Carson voices.

"Going for a walk." Octavia shrugs looking at her older brother who's currently glaring at Carson.

"Hey, were you trying to take this off?" Clarke interrupts the intense stare off between Carson and Bellamy bringing their attention to Finn's wristband.

"Yeah, so?" Finn frowns, "So this wristband transmits your vital signs to the ark. Take it off and they'll think you're dead." Clarke voices.

"Should I care?" Finn says earning a confused look from Carson thinking to her cousin and the girlfriend of the male who just said that up on the ark.

"Well, I don't know. Do you want the people you love to think you're dead? Do you want them to follow you down here in two months? Because they won't if they think we're dying." Clarke snarls, "Okay." Finn mumbles.

"Now let's go." Clarke demands leading the group away from the camp.

Octavia looks at her brother pleadingly, "Go on." Bellamy nods.

Carson raises her brows impressed for once at Bellamy, Octavia smiles kissing his cheek and quickly hugging Carson before rushing off with the rest of the group.

Carson chuckles knowing how hard that was for Bellamy to do, "Damn. I'm impressed." Carson voices smirking at the attractive male who rolls his eyes at her behaviour.

Bellamy looks up noticing the brunette walking away from him and punching Murphy in the arm playfully.

"Hey Murph. What are you and the other you doing?" Carson frowns noticing them scratching something into the drop-ship.

"Hello Carsy. Oh you know just terrorising Little Jaha." Murphy smirks finishing the wording.

Carson grimaces seeing the grammar but decides not to speak about it and fluff the boy's hair and walk off smirking noticing Wells walking towards Murphy.

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AT NIGHTFALL CARSON LOOKS AROUND hearing a bickering around the campfire some the kids made earlier.

"Who's next?" Bellamy shouts after successfully taking off Fox's wristband.

"What the hell are you doing?" Wells interrogates also noticing Carson walking into the area of the campfire annoyed.

"We're liberating ourselves. What does it look like?" Bellamy smirks, "It looks like you're trying to get us all killed. The communication system is dead. The wristbands are all we got... take them off and the ark will think we're dying. That it's not safe for them to follow." Wells explains.

"That's the point... Chancellor. We can take care of ourselves. Can't we?" Bellamy shouts resulting in cheers erupting around the fire.

"You think this is a game? Those aren't just our friends and our parents up there, they're our farmers, our doctors, our engineers. I don't care what he tells you... we won't survive here on our own. Besides... if it really is safe, how could you not want the rest of our people to come down?" Wells asks looking around at the campers.

"My people already are down. Those people locked my people up. Those people killed my mother for the crime of having a second child. Your father did that!" Bellamy yells.

"My father didn't write the laws." Wells states, "No. He enforced them. But not anymore. Not here. Here, there are no laws!" Bellamy shouts as another eruption of cheers are heard.

"Here. We do whatever the hell we want whenever the hell we want. Now, you don't have to like it, Wells. You can even try to stop it or change it, kill me, you know why? Whatever the hell we want." Bellamy voices.

"Whatever the hell we want!" Murphy shouts as all of the delinquents shout the phrase out loud over and over again.

Except for Wells and Carson who is still standing in the corner with her arms folded.

A rumble of thunder is heard coming from the sky as the rain now makes it downfall onto the camp and the people inside of it.

Carson smiles feeling the way the droplets are flowing through her hair and down her face seeing Bellamy smiling at her from across the now drowned fire.

Carson snarls turning around walking into the drop-ship to get some sleep if possible, unaware of the attack Bellamy, Murphy and John planned out involving Wells and taking his wristband.

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