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NOT LONG AFTER CLARKE ended Finn's life, Carson and Raven lean over Finn's dead body grieving their loved one.

Carson looks up hearing Lexa's tent flap open revealing Clarke walking towards the two mourning Finn.

"Go away." Raven warns lowly, "Carson. Raven. I'm sorry." Clarke voices with sympathy.

"I said go away!" Raven tearfully snaps with a snarl standing up while Carson moves Finn's hair off his forehead letting her tears fall onto his face.

"I know how hard this must be for you and Carson but I'm leaving with the grounders and I need you to work on the radio." Clarke quietly says.

Carson scoffs over Finn's corpse before being roughly shoved to the side while grounders begin to lift Finn off the ground.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Carson shrieks panicked capturing Raven's attention as well.

"We need to take him..." Clarke mumbles, "Like hell you do! Get off!" Raven exclaims pushing the grounders away from her ex boyfriend's body.

"Give us a minute. Please." Clarke demands receiving grunts from the grounders who roughly shove Carson.

"Don't touch her!" Lexa orders seeing the male push Carson nearly knocking her over.

"Carson. Raven." Clarke starts to say, "You agreed to this?" Carson quizzes with a low scoff.

"We're taking him back to the village where the massacre took place. There's a death ritual. It's the only way to get our people out of Mount Weather." Clarke explains noticing the way Carson is glaring at her before holding Raven's hand gently.

"Then we're coming too. And don't worry. I'll bring your damn radio!" Raven mutters.

Clarke opens her mouth looking at Carson who shrugs agreeing with her cousin and the two of them walk back to Camp Jaha to organise their things for the trip to grounders camp.

Morning soon falls upon the camp and Carson alongside Raven sit in the back of the carriage with Finn's dead body watching their surroundings.

Bellamy follows along with Abby, Kane, Lincoln, Octavia and some of the others walking behind them.

Said male looks at the carriage seeing Carson staring ahead with a deadly glare.

"Hey. You doing alright?" Bellamy questions seeing Clarke's breathing change drastically looking into the trees.

"Yeah." Clarke responds, "You did the right thing." Bellamy voices.

"Now I get to live with it." Clarke mumbles looking at Carson and Raven and feeling guilty for taking away someone the two of them love.

"You still think this truce is a bad idea. Don't you?" Clarke quizzes seeing Bellamy looking behind them to where Abby, Lincoln, Octavia, Kane and some other grounders are walking.

"I think we're wasting our time on politics while our friends are in trouble." Bellamy responds.

"We need their army to get to Mount Weather, Bellamy and you know it." Clarke states noticing Carson watching the both of them with a squint.

"Their army has been getting their ass kicked by Mount Weather forever. What we need is in inside man. Someone to be our eyes and ears." Bellamy states.

"Forget it. It's too dangerous." Clarke responds almost immediately still looking at the Daniels girl sitting on the back of the carriage.

"Clarke if you can make it out. I can make it in." Bellamy mumbles, "I said no." Clarke responds firmly.

Bellamy lowly scoffs looking around their surroundings with a huff, "Since I don't take orders from you. I'm gonna need a better reason." Bellamy mutters.

"I can't lose you too, okay? And neither can she." Clarke says motioning to Carson who's looking at her cousin trying to comfort her as best as possible during this horrific time.

The Sky People and grounders are setting up camp 10 miles away from Tondc for the night.

Carson sits on the side of the carriage seeing Hunter walking towards her seeing and hearing her hold her torso in a wince.

"Be careful." Hunter demands in his famous english accent, "I am." Carson responds almost immediately.

"Carson... you're going to make yourself bleed. I understand he..." Hunter says gesturing to Finn in the back of the makeshift carriage.

"Was one of your best friends but he also murdered half of my village. We deserve this." Hunter explains standing up and offering his hand so he can help her off the said vehicle without hurting herself any further.

"He was one of my best friends yes. Be he was... also my family." Carson mutters in response tapping Hunter's bicep and walking towards Lincoln and Octavia who smile softly at her.

"Hey Sonny." Lincoln greets wrapping his arms around her not caring about the grounders surrounding them.

"Hello Linc." Carson murmurs feeling safe in the man's arms since she trusts him with her life, "I'm so sorry Carsy." Octavia whispers.

"I know Tavia. Let's just sleep for the night." Carson suggests taking notice of Bellamy and Clarke making themselves comfortable by the fire across from them.

Carson looks around seeing Raven asleep in Abby's tent while said woman and Kane talk in hush voices together in front of it.

After a while of sitting up wide awake unable to sleep Carson notices Lincoln and Hunter standing together watching her and Octavia almost guarding the two of them.

Carson stands up seeing the grounder from earlier stalking towards the two men.

"Natrona's" the woman mocks seeing Lincoln and Hunter glare at her.

"What did you just say?" Carson snarls demanding an answer shocking the woman grounder.

"Go on. Repeat it. I dare you. Those men aren't traitors. Oh yeah... I understand Trigedasleng. Move along." Carson taunts lowly seeing the woman gulp at her demand.

Unaware of Lexa's proud smile on her face hearing Carson stick up for Hunter and Lincoln.

"You two okay?" Carson whispers meeting the two of them back at their campfire, "You shouldn't have done that, Sonny." Lincoln sighs.

"They're scared of me. Apparently I look like Lexa's old flame Costia or something?" Carson shrugs seeing Octavia smiling at her.

"Natrona's?" Octavia quizzes, "Traitor's. My people fear me. They think the reaper is still inside. And Hunter left them a while ago due to not liking their laws." Lincoln explains receiving a nod from the male before lying down on their makeshift bed for the night.

"You can talk to me about what happened. If not me... then Carson or Hunter." Octavia voices, "I can't." Lincoln responds.

"You're not that monster." Octavia says quietly looking down at the man she loves, "I hope you're right." Lincoln responds.

Octavia leans down connecting her lips with his in a passionate kiss.

Carson groans lowly before looking over at Bellamy and Clarke noticing Bellamy clenching his jaw seeing Hunter cuddled into Carson's side keeping her warm from their cool air.

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AS SOON AS FIRST LIGHT appears, Lexa and the grounder approach the village on horseback.

"Open the gate!" a grounder calls out in trigedasleng coming to a stop and walking towards the others stood behind them, "Weapons." the grounder demands.

Lincoln walks ahead of them taking his dagger of his pocket, "We need to disarm before we enter." Lincoln explains placing his weapon in the bin.

Clarke, Bellamy, and Kane lay their weapons in the bin, while Carson and Raven stand in front of the grounder who disarms both of them one weapon at a time while glaring at the two of them making Carson look at him with a mocking smirk—one that he returns.

"Commander. All clear." the grounder states in their language, Lexa and the said grounder lead them into the same camp where the massacre occurred.

"Commander. Welcome back! Why have you brought them here? Death to Sky People! Murderers go home!" the surrounding grounders shout in Trigedasleng frustrated over the arrival of the sky people.

A few grounders from the village step forward angrily spitting venom at the female leader.

Which leads to Lexa giving the grounder—whose name is Gustus a signal making him attack the other grounder man knocking him to the ground starting to beat him.

"Commander... stop him. Please. They'll blame us for this too." Clarke desperately appeals.

Lexa looks behind seeing Carson looking at the attack also shocked making the young woman exclaim about letting the beaten man on the ground live.

Making Gustus stop beating him up making the man below him cough and splutter in shock.

"The Sky People march with us now anyone who tries to stop that will pay with their life." Lexa firmly states walking ahead further into the camp.

"Warm welcome." Bellamy voices seeing Carson look at him with a glare.

"Did you expect them to welcome us and start singing lullabies by their campfires?" Carson questions with snarl stunning the male at the amount of venom in her tone.

When just a day ago he was holding her in his arms calming her down from having a panic attack over Finn's death.

Raven stands beside her cousin while the funeral ritual is beginning, Lexa begins by saying words in trigedasleng.

"People of Tondc... in fire. We cleanse the pain of the past." Lincoln translates for the others.

Lexa is handed a torch to conduct the ritual, "Clarke." Lexa suggests motioning to the torch in which Clarke takes and lowers it towards the pyre setting it alight.

"Your fight is over." Clarke says using trigedasleng shocking the surrounding grounders around her including Lexa herself.

The grounder from last night looks towards Carson seeing her watching the fire burn away Finn's corpse before catching the woman's stare.

Carson stands up straight and smirks sending a little finger twiddle wave towards the said woman who looks away immediately.

Lexa stands with Clarke and Carson after begging the brunette not to walk away from the fire that's now ashes.

"I lost someone special to me too. Her name was Costia. Carson... you look exactly like her that's why some of my people are looking at you shocked. She was captured by the Ice Nation who's Queen believed she knew my secrets because she was mine. They tortured her. Killed her. Cut off her head." Lexa explains trying to get closer to the brunette since she also has black blood—another thing like Costia had.

"I'm sorry." Clarke apologises while Carson remains silent, "I thought I'd never get over the pain but I did." Lexa mumbles being honest with the two young women.

"How?" Carson quizzes after a while of her remaining silent, "By recognising it for what it is. Weakness." Lexa explains firmly making Clarke and Carson both look at her confused.

"What is?" Clarke questions, "Love?" Carson realises looking at the woman in charge.

Lexa nods in response, "So you just stopped caring about everyone?" Clarke asks curiously.

Lexa nods once more confusing Carson, "But you've stopped your people from killing me repeatedly?" Carson questions seeing Lexa look at her and nod confirming what she just said was true.

"I could never do that." Clarke responds, "Then you put the people you care about in danger and the pain will never go away. The dead are gone... Clarke, Carson. The living are hungry." Lexa states looking at the two women once more before leaving them.

Carson and Clarke lead their people down a staircase seeing the grounders gathered in a dining hall with food surrounding them.

"Please accept this gift... Commander. We drink this at special occasions I believe this qualifies." Kane explains handing her a bottle in which Gustus grabs it to handing it off to the woman.

"Thank you, Marcus of the sky people." Lexa says, "You're welcome, Lexa Kom Trikru. Just uh... don't drink too much of it." Kane suggests with a smile.

"Clarke, let us drink together." Lexa demands, "It would be my pleasure." Clarke responds with a nod.

Gustus hands Lexa two goblets each which she fills handing one to Clarke and holding the other one to drink.

"Heda. Allow me." Gustus offers taking a sip from the goblet, "Today we celebrate our new found peace. Tomorrow we plan our war. To those we've lost. To those we shall soon find." Lexa states.

Suddenly being interrupted by Gustus collapsing on the table poisoned by the bottle of liquor leaving Clarke, Carson and the others shocked at the sudden disruption.

"This wasn't us! You have to know this wasn't us!" Clarke exclaims panicked looking at the angry Commander who's glaring at Carson the most.

"Don't let him die!" Lexa orders in Trigedasleng, "Everybody out! Search them!" the woman named Indra exclaims.

"NO! No. We didn't do this." Carson states firmly, "Gustus warned me about you but I didn't believe him." Lexa snaps.

"Lexa. Please..." Clarke begs, "Tell me something Clarke. When you plunged the knife into the heart of the boy you loved did you not wish that it was mine?" Lexa quizzes.

Carson grunts feeling someone searching her and grabbing something from her pocket.

"Heda!" a grounder exclaims showing the woman a small silver jar, "That's not mine!" Carson shouts alarmed looking at the woman.

"This was in her coat." the same grounder explains sniffling the jar before handing Lexa the jar.

"I'm telling you it's not mine! He put it there when he searched me!" Carson states now understanding why Gustus was smirking at her while sipping the liquor.

"No Sky Person leaves this room!" Lexa yells storming out of the cellar room.

Carson sits with her head in her hands stressed about what's to come as she didn't do anything to Gustus or the liquor bottle.

"Do something." Octavia demands looking at Hunter and Lincoln who step forward capturing Indra's attention.

"Indra! Indra wait! Let Hunter or me speak for them!" Lincoln demands in a pleading voice.

"Both of you are them." Indra snarls in disgust leaving after the other grounders and Lexa angrily.

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CARSON SITS AT THE TABLE with Raven beside her worried about her cousin's safety.

"Carson... I need to know the truth." Clarke mumbles walking extra close to the frustrated brunette.

"I'd step back if I was you." Raven orders protectively standing in front of Carson's stressed figure.

"You and Carson wanted me to kill Lexa yesterday if you tried to poison her I need to know." Clarke mumbles grunting once Raven's fist collides with her face.

"You're the only murderer here!" Raven cries out while Carson continues to ignore everyone around her.

Missing Clarke's public distress looking into the dark corner of the room confusing everyone in the cellar before leaving and sits in the corner sobbing.

Carson stands up seeing Nyko and another guard come into the cellar looking around for her almost in disgust.

"How's Gustus?" Lincoln questions after his conversation with Octavia beside the entrance.

"Gustus is okay." Nyko states while Indra comes into the cellar glaring at Carson standing behind them.

"Take her away!" Indra orders in trigedasleng making the guard latch onto Carson who grunts and panics at the contact.

"Wait! Wait. What are you doing?" Hunter questions as does Lincoln seeing Carson's stunned face beginning to be dragged out of the cellar by her arms.

"She didn't poison anyone!" Bellamy shouts, "I argued for all of you to die. But the Commander is merciful. She wants only one." Indra snarls.

"She's innocent." Lincoln explains, "I don't care! They move they bleed!" Indra orders, "Hey stop. Let her go!" Octavia exclaims.

"The rest of you are free. When she is dead so is the alliance. You should run." Indra suggests in a warning tone seeing the look of fear cross their faces at the mention of the alliance being destroyed.

Carson is tied to a post looking around the camp numb knowing these are her final moments feeling a sudden sense of deja-vu but this time Hunter and his kind family won't be able to save her.

"I take no joy in this, Carson. But this time justice will be done." Lexa voices getting closer to the brunette.

"I didn't do it. How is that justice?" Carson responds feeling suddenly exposed where her sweatshirt is ripped open revealing her bandage from her wounded stomach.

"We have to do something." Bellamy says stepping forward hating the way he can see Carson's fear pulsing through her figure.

"Wait." Kane says receiving a shocked look from Bellamy, "Wait? How can you say that? She's your daughter!" Bellamy snaps.

"Lincoln talk to them!" Octavia suggests, Lexa makes the first cut on Carson's arm making Carson wince in pain.

Indra makes another cut on her stomach across the already stitched wound making Carson scream in agony feeling her insides burning.

Carson wails in pain as cut after cuts are made over her body making her almost sure she's dying due to the tears flowing down her cheeks and her blood coating every single place on her body—front and back.

Raven hides away seeing her cousin in pain and hides her face in Hunter's shoulder.

Clarke runs out towards Lexa and Gustus, "Clarke. Stop what are you doing? You'll get yourself killed." Bellamy utters.

"I need that bottle. Now!" Clarke demands looking at Nyko and Lincoln.

Nyko doesn't hesitate in walking inside the medical tent and retrieving the same bottle.

"Stop!" Clarke exclaims seeing the amount of blood covering Carson due to the cuts and her stab wound being reopened.

"Let her pass." Lexa confirms, "One of your people tried to kill you, Lexa. Not one of mine." Clarke firmly states now anger laced in her tone seeing Carson's face covered in fear.

"You should have run." Indra says stepping forwards beside Lexa, "I can prove it." Clarke mutters taking the bottle from Nyko and drinking the liquor from inside of it showing the lack of poisoning.

Lexa tilts her head confused, "Explain." Lexa demands, "The poison wasn't in the bottle. It was in the cup." Clarke explains looking at the Commander.

"A trick Commander. Do not be fooled." Gustus warns in trigedasleng making Bellamy look at him in realisation.

"It was you. He tested the cup. He searched Carson." Bellamy states firmly.

"Gustus would never harm me." Lexa responds, "You weren't the target. The alliance was. And using Carson was due to your trust in her." Bellamy mutters.

"We didn't do this and you know it." Clarke responds firmly looking at the young woman.

"You've been accused, Gustus. Speak true." Lexa demands in trigedasleng facing her personal guard.

"This alliance would cost you your life Heda. I could not let that happen." Gustus responds leaving everyone surrounding them stunned.

"This treachery will cost you yours," Lexa states lowly, "Put him on the tree!" Lexa demands in trigedasleng making grounders harshly grab ahold of the male's arms.

Carson whimpers being lifted off the tree by Bellamy and Abby, "You're okay, Angel...baby." Bellamy soothes placing his hands on the reopened wound on her stomach since blood is still pouring out it.

Carson gasps and sobs feeling pressure on the wound finally, "We need to get that cleaned and restitched. Follow me." Nyko suggests also helping Carson stand upright.

"Trust him. His friends with Linc and Hunter." Carson weakly says before slowly losing consciousness due to the pain.

Nyko leads Abby and Bellamy into the medical tent along with an unconscious Carson in their arms.

"You stay. She'll want someone where she awakens." Nyko demands looking up at Bellamy from cleaning Carson's bloodied wound.

Bellamy nods confirming that he'll stay and continues holding Carson's hand running gentle circles on her path.

"Now... we just wait. Luckily she hasn't lost too much blood considering how much is lathered on her clothing." Nyko explains.

"So... she's okay?" Bellamy questions, "She is. She'll just been in pain when she awakens." Nyko explains leaving the medical tent.

Where Octavia, Lincoln and Hunter are waiting outside for news on the Daniels girl.

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CARSON WAKES UP WITH a groan looking around the tent seeing Bellamy to the side of her as well as Lincoln, Octavia and Hunter who all sigh in relief.

"Ow." Carson mutters looking at the treated cuts all over her body, Bellamy looks at her worriedly before feeling her arms wrap themselves around his torso in a tight hug.

"Are you ready to get out of here?" Bellamy questions after their embrace has ended.

"Get me out of this hell hole. No offence guys." Carson smiles looking at Lincoln and Hunter who chuckle in response.

Bellamy helps Carson walk out of the medical tent towards the others seeing Gustus tied the tree and each villager taking their cut like Lincoln explained a few days ago.

"This would've been Finn." Raven whispers after hugging Carson in relief seeing her cousin alive and as well as she can be.

Lexa steps forward to deliver the final blow, "Stay strong." Gustus whispers through a gurgle of blood in trigedasleng taking her sword from her side.

"Yu gonplei ste odon." Lexa states delivering the final blow, immediately killing him while Carson leans into Bellamy's side hating the sight but remaining strong for everyone looking at her.

Lexa looks away from Gustus's body towards Clarke and then Carson who looks away not wanting to make eye contact with the Commander at this moment in time.

Carson, Bellamy and the others sit around a campfire in their camp just outside of the grounder's village.

Carson snuggles into Bellamy's torso finally getting some sleep due to not being able to last night or the night prior.

"How did you know it was Gustus?" Lincoln questions, "He'd do anything to protect her. So it made sense." Bellamy responds looking down at Carson's sleeping form.

"Look at the thanks he got." Octavia mumbles looking up seeing the way her brother is looking down at the sleeping woman snuggling into his torso.

"You should tell her Bell. Before it's too late." Octavia suggests gesturing to Carson hearing Bellamy exhale nervously.

"She feels the way too. You're all she talks about." Hunter states in a low voice not wanting to awaken the girl.

Bellamy blushes hearing that his all Carson talks about when she's around Hunter.

"Guys! Listen to this!" Raven exclaims waking Carson up so she can also hear what she's found on the radio.

Carson stays where she's laid knowing Bellamy won't mind and motioning for Raven to show them what she's found.

"47 of us are trapped inside Mount Weather." a voice belonging to Jasper states over the radio.

"Talk to him. Say something." Clarke states alert, "It's repeating." Raven explains looking up at everyone surrounding the radio.

"This is Jasper Jordan. We don't know how much time we have left. Please hurry." Jasper says over the radio with a pleading voice.

"We need to do this now. We've got the alliance now is the time to use it." Bellamy states firmly.

"First... we need an inside man. You were right without someone on the inside to lower their defences. Turn off the acid fog an army's useless. You should go." Clarke utters shocking Bellamy and confusing Carson who sits up more alarmed.

"Wait. Go where?" Carson questions confused, "I thought you hated that plan. That I would get myself killed." Bellamy states without answering Carson's question.

"I was being weak. It's worth the risk. My map of Mount Weather. Find a way to get on that radio and talk to us. Good luck." Clarke states handing Bellamy a map of Mount Weather and walking off leaving Carson watching in shock and fear.

"You're going inside Mount Weather? Wait what?" Carson repeats looking at the eldest Blake sibling who's already looking at her in sympathy.

"Bell, how are you gonna..." Octavia quizzes, "I can get you through the tunnels." Lincoln states determined.

"You can't go back there. Not yet." Octavia mutters looking at her boyfriend.

"I'll help too." Hunter voices firmly nodding at Lincoln who returns the gesture knowing someone who has his back alongside Bellamy will be helping him in the tunnels.

"Let me show you what to look for. Come on Carson." Raven states leading Bellamy away into the tents along with Carson who's looking at Bellamy in shock.

Raven explains some of the stuff to look for while being inside Mount Weather while Carson paces inside the tent nervously.

Hunter and Lincoln make themselves known motioning that it's time to go if they want to go unannounced to the Mountain Men.

"Bell! Can we talk for a second... please?" Carson exclaims seeing Bellamy nod and hold up five fingers motioning five minutes to Lincoln and Hunter who nod seeing the nervous expression on Carson's face.

"Um," Carson mumbles trying to think of something to say, "Be careful in there okay?" Carson mumbles looking up at Bellamy soft gaze, "Of course, Angel. Who else is gonna annoy you by calling you Queenie all the time?" Bellamy smirks.

Carson doesn't hesitate in connecting their lips in a passionate kiss before breaking it, "Promise you'll come back to me?" Carson begs.

"After a kiss like that. Of course." Bellamy responds connecting their lips once again this time for a while since he doesn't know when he'll see her again.

"This isn't a goodbye kiss. You promised you'd come back for me. So go kick some Mountain Men butts!" Carson demands.

Bellamy chuckles in response and walks off meeting Hunter and Lincoln in the darkness.

"That a girl." Raven exclaims happily seeing Carson and Bellamy finally kiss after being surrounded by their tension the past few weeks.

"Now... all we need is you and Wick." Carson giggles winking at her cousin walking back into the tent and lying on Raven's makeshift bed.

Eventually falling asleep remembering the feeling of Bellamy's lips on her since their intimate moments at the drop-ship.

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TO BE CONTINUED...

TRANSLATION:
Yu gonplei ste odon / Your fight is over

𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
their realisation of more
than liking one
another, eek

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