"Once again the world has proven anything you can do, I can do better."

-Blair Waldorf

15.

The waves continued to crash on the shore and the moon reflected beautifully onto the oceans surface. Night had fallen and it was hard to see beyond the ocean. The fire was still going keeping us warm and Octavia and Jasper kept it that way. Clarke was examining the map Lincoln had left us as if somehow something else would appear. The signal fire we had thrown in earlier was doing nothing and we were slowly running out of hope. Bellamy was standing off along the shore aways from us as he had been since it started to get dark. Deciding I had given him enough time to himself I walk along the water and toward him. He doesn't say anything as I stand by him and I look out into the darkness of the ocean with him.

"I've lost her, Taylor." He speaks. My heart breaks hearing him.

"No, you haven't. You just have to give her time. Lincoln was not your fault." I say and place my hand on his neck.

"Some of it is." He says with tears in his eyes and mine start to water as well.

"Maybe. But you didn't want it to happen. You tried to stop it and that has to count for something. Whether she thinks so or not. Octavia will forgive you eventually. Just like I did. But Bellamy, you have to forgive yourself." A tear slides down his face and I wipe it away.

"Forgiveness is hard for us." He says looking over to Octavia. I know they are both stubborn as hell especially when it comes to one another.

"It'll all work out, Bellamy. I promise." I say and pull him into a hug. He squeezes tight and nuzzles his face into my neck. Before we're able to fully pull apart from each other we're both getting pushed to the ground with crossbows aimed at us. One of them has my mouth covered and another is holding me down as they do the same to Bellamy. My eyes widen once my arms are tied behind my back. They gag us and stand us to our feet and some more of them go over to Jasper, Octavia, and Clarke as the people who have us lead us to them. They push us on our knees.

"Who are you? Why did you signal?" A man asks Octavia who has her hands up.

"I am Octavia of skaikru and I seek safe passage." Octavia replies.

"Skaikru, bringers of death. Why should we give you safe passage?" I'm still wondering where the hell they came from.

"Lincoln. He sent us." She tells him. He immidiealty tells his people to remove our gags and untie our hands. They do as told and me and Bellamy stand up.

"Are you okay?" He asks me and I nod my head.

The man who seems to be the leader takes out a cloth and unwraps it. Inside are vials and he hands one to Octavia.

"What is that?" Clarke questions and the man responds, "safe passage." He hands us each a vial.

"What does it do?" Jasper asks wearily. The man gives him a look and he takes the vial from his hand. Octavia without question gulps it down.

"Octavia, wait!" Bellamy shouts at her.

"If only she drinks, only she goes." The man tells us.

"See you on the other side." Jasper says before swallowing it all. They both start to get dizzy and fall. Bellamy tries to get to Octavia but the man holds him back.

"Last chance." The man tells us three that are left. Clarke drinks hers and she falls to the floor as well.

"She's pregnant. Will it hurt the baby?" Bellamy asks the question that's on my mind.

The guy glances at me curiously but he shakes his head.

"No, it won't. We'll be careful." He tells us and I get this sense of trust from him.

"Okay." I say. Bellamy looks to me and I nod my head. We both sit down and we both drink it as we lay back. His hand reaches out for mine and I take it before everything goes black.

My eyes flutter open to light shining in my face and I sit up. I look around, we're in some sort of crate.

"Where the hell are we?" Bellamy says coming over to me and helping me to my feet even though I'm more than capable.

Octavia panics when she feels around her shoulder, "my sword is gone."

"Guns too." Clarke says patting her jeans.

Octavia starts banging on the walls till finally the crate is being opened. The light comes shinning through and I put my hand in front of myself to stop my eyes from watering.

A woman walks through the opening and I recognize her from Lincolns book. That's Luna.

"Luna." Octavia says walking closer to her.

"Where is Lincoln?" She questions.

Octavia sighs, "Lincoln is dead."

"Lincoln said you would help us. Luna, you're the last of your kind. The last Nightblood." Clarke explains stepping closer to her. I stay back with Bellamy as he has his arm around my waist.

"So Lexa it dead as well." She says realizing that we're here because she's the only Nightblood left.

"Her spirit has chosen you to become the next Commander. Titus entrusted me with the Flame to give to you." Clarke explains and pulls out her tin box with the Flame inside.

"Then he should have told you I left my conclave, swearing never to kill again." She explains. I admire her for doing what she did, she left because she didn't like the way the other clans were doing things. She didn't like to kill.

"You don't have to kill. To lead is your birthright, how you lead is your choice." Clarke says, "here." She holds out the chip and Luna examines it.

"I recognize the sacred symbol but what is that?"

"This is the Flame. It hods the spirit of the commanders, of Lexa. Will you take it and become the next commander?" Clarke asks her hopeful. There is something about this that is too easy almost but then again none of this has been easy. We wait for her answer and for a second I'm hopeful but my spirit gets crushed when she gives us her answer.

"No." She turns and walks out. Clarke and Octavia quickly follow her out and we do too. Once we're out though I have to stop and take a second. We're not on land. We're on a rig in the water. I look around and there is just water, no land. I guess we were really far out in the ocean, I wonder how long it took to get here last night.

"Now what?" Jasper asks.

"Now we convince her." I say and grab Bellamys hand.

"This place is insane." I say as we are all seated around a fire inside. Bellamy has his hand on my thigh and my body loves the contact.

"She's here. Maybe she changed her mind." Bellamy says gesturing over to her. We stand up and walk over to her.

"The boats return at nightfall, then you leave. Forever." She tells us.

"Luna, let us explain." Clarke tries but Luna goes to push past her, "I said no."

Bellamy blocks her from leaving, "no, you need to hear this."

Lunas guard pushes Bellamy back and I grab his arm so he doesn't try it again. The last thing we need is to make her people mad.

"There's something out there that is gonna destroy us all." Bellamy explains. My mind takes in the gravity of his words, Alie is our biggest threat and she will stop at nothing. I just hope we can stop her before it's too late.

"Whatever it is, it can't reach us here." Luna finishes and walks past us and over to Octavia.

"Why are they out here? Why so far away? Why aren't they with the other grounders?" Jasper questions us while walking up to us. I'm just as curious as he is so when I see the same man who captured us last night I walk over to him. He's sitting alone by the fire while drinking something from a cup. I take a seat by him and he eyes me curiously but doesn't say anything.

"Luna wasn't the person you thought she was?" He questions me.

"Guess not. Do you know why that is? Why she won't accept the Flame?" I ask and he sighs.

"She left her conclave. She's not a killer. That's our code here, we take in people who are done fighting, done killing." He explains. And now it all makes sense. They are out here because the other clans kill, it's all they know. I mean their freaking motto was Blood must have blood. Although now blood must not have blood, Lexa is dead and most of the grounders still want us dead.

I look around to see many different people, some laughing and some just sitting around talking. All these people had a choice and they chose to come here. To stop killing and live a life with no violence. I admired it. I guess some people could say they are scared or ran away but I don't see it that way. These people made a choice for themselves which isn't exactly something you can do when you are part of another clan.

"Intrigued?"

I look back to the man. "Very. I didn't get your name?"

"Zeke, and yours?"

"Taylor."

Before I can say anything else my stomach starts growling.

"Hungry?" Zeke asks me and I nod my head.

"I'm eating for two now so I'm starving." I explain even though he already knew that from last night. He sets his cup down and stands up.

"Let's get you some food." I stand up with him and follow him to wherever he's taking me. We pass some people and then we enter a room filled with tables and people eating and talking. On the left side of the room there are more tables but these have food on them and people are serving people waiting in line for food. Zeke goes to the front of the line but I grab his arm. He looks down at my hand on his arm and then looks to me.

"Sorry but I'll wait in line. These people were here first." I gesture to the line of people who don't seem to notice me and Zeke cutting but it's still rude.

"You're a strange girl." He says and we get in line. I roll my eyes at his words as we wait. Before I know it It's my turn and they hand me a plate filled with cooked fish and vegetables. I quickly grab it from them and my mouth drools at the sight. Zeke leads me over to an empty table but he doesn't sit down.

"I'll tell the others where you are." Zeke says and for a second I'm a little hesitant about him leaving me alone in here but before I can say anything he walks off. I look around to see that no one even looks in my direction, I'm then reminded of the code. People come here to get away from killing, everyone accepts each other no matter what. I guess they get new people every so often so It's probably not too unusual for them to see us here.

As I dig into the food I hold back from moaning out loud. I haven't eaten a lot these past few days with everything going on. The fish is delicious and the vegetables are amazing. As I contiue to eat I see Bellamy walk in with Jasper. They look around before spotting me and walking to my table. Bellamy takes a seat by me and Jasper across from us.

"Thanks for telling me where you were going." Bellamy states sarcastically.

"Sorry, Zeke offered me food and I haven't eaten properly in awhile." I explain and he puts his arm around my waist.

"I'm sorry, you're pregnant and all we've been doing is moving from one place to another." Bellamy sighs and I hold his chin in my hand.

"Don't apologize, Bellamy. It's not your fault, this is all going to be over soon and then we can settle." I tell him and he nods and places a quick kiss on my lips.

"Well if Luna doesn't take the Flame we're screwed." Jasper states. I turn away from Bellamy to look at Jasper and give him a pointed look.

"She's not going to take it, so we're just going to have to find another way." I say and finish up eating my food.

"What if there is no other way?" Bellamy questions.

"Hope, Bellamy. If we don't have it we've already lost everything." I remind him of what he told me the other day. He smiles lightly and pulls me closer to him.

"I love you." He whispers in my ear and I smile and kiss him on the cheek.

"I love you more."

"Jaspers actually smiling." Bellamy says. We all gathered around the fire again after we all ate. Jasper was talking to a girl who was just telling stories earlier.

"We can't just leave." Clarke sighs.

"It's not like we have much of a choice." Octavia says.

"What if we do." Clarke has this look in her eyes that can't be good.

"What do you mean?" I ask her my brows furrowing in confusion.

"I mean, putting this chip in her without asking." My eyes widen at her and I shake my head.

"Absolutely not." I say.

"Clarke, we don't have to do this. We can fight, we can go back to Arkadia. We arm up." Bellamy suggests and I have to say it's better than Clarke's idea.

"Fight who? It's an army of our own people. I don't like this anymore than you do. But if Raven's right, the code on this thing could stop Alie. Give me a better idea." I shake my head at her.

"Any idea is better than this one, Clarke." I tell her.

"We'll stay here, it's the only way they'll leave you alone with her." Bellamys words take me back.

"What? No!" I whisper shout.

"Even Alie gave people a choice." Octavia grits.

"We gave Luna a choice, she said no." Bellamy states and Clarke nods her head and gets up.

"Unbelievable." I mutter and stand up. Bellamy grabs my arm but I yank it from his grasp and walk away. I go to the door we first entered and I walk out. The sun was still out but it was a bit cloudy so it wasn't too bright. I walk over to a railing and cross my arms over it.

What makes them thinking forcing Luna to take the Flame is a good idea? She has been hospitable to us and we even ate. Now they want to throw that away and just disregard everything she said. Luna wanted to get away from killing, I respect it and so should they. She wants to live in peace and here we are bothering her and now they are trying to force her. This is exactly why she left the conclave.

Luna had wanted us to leave fast especially after Clarke tried to put the Flame in her and failed. When I heard that Luna took the chip away from her I was kind of glad, I didn't want Clarke trying anything else and I don't think she's thinking straight when she has it. I mean Lexa is still in there after all and Clarke cared for her.

"I'll be there in a second. I want to say bye to Zeke and I need to find Jasper." I tell Bellamy as him and the others are ready to follow Luna to leave. He nods and I walk down the halls away from them. I find him in the common area and I walk up to him.

"We're leaving. Thanks for answering my questions." I say and he nods.

"Good luck to you with whatever you're looking for. Sorry you couldn't find it here." He says and I smile lightly.

"Thanks. May we meet again."

"May we meet again." He nods and I walk away. I go through the same halls except as I am walking I hear a scream. I quickly make my way to where the sound is coming from and find myself in a storage area. I hear grunts and someone shout out. I recognize the voice to be Jasper. I quickly make my way over without being loud and I can see through the shelf in front of me that they have his hands bound and now a gag in his mouth. Luna's people are responsible for this as they push him forward to walk. I count four guards and although I could probably take them, I need to see where they are trying to lead Jasper. I look around for anything I can use to defend myself and I find a pipe. I grab it and quietly follow behind them until eventually we get to a door. As they open it I can see Luna is tied up along with one of her guards. What the hell is going on? As the doors shut behind them I make my way closer to the door and peek though the window. They tie Jasper up and one of the guards holds up a chip.

Oh no. Alie is here. I see Jasper refuse to take it and I hear them yelling for Luna to take it. She doesn't give in though and they start to place a cloth over her head and pour water on it. She struggles and starts choking. I panic not knowing what to do. Where the hell is Bellamy, Octavia, and Clarke? If they are locked up somewhere too, I'm on my own here. As they bring out a little girl I know I have to think of something fast. I see two guards dealing with Luna and the other two standing by Jasper. Before I can think of anything else a few more guards bring in Octavia, Bellamy, and Clarke. Oh no. They tie them up by Jasper and they hold the chip up to their mouths. They refuse and they get beaten for it. I quickly make the plan to not have a plan and to just barge in. I take a deep breath. Here goes nothing.

Before they can chip Luna I shove the doors open and the two guards come running at me. Luna is able to take on the other two after my distraction. Both guards swing their swords at me and I quickly lean all the way back so they clash with each other. I gain balance and hit one guy over the head and as he groans falling to the floor I clash my pipe with the other guys sword. I quickly jab him in the throat with the pipe and he drops his sword allowing me to quickly pick it up. Before he can attack me I plunge the sword through his stomach. The other guard kicks at my legs making me smack against the ground. I groan and turn on my back. He gets above and lands a punch to my face. I grip the sword I have in my hand tight and I quickly slash it over his throat making him fall to my side.

I get up quickly and see Luna finish the two guards off at the same time. She nods at me breathing heavy and I nod back. The little girl quickly runs to Luna and hugs her and she wraps her arms around her. I make my way over to Jasper and cut him loose first and then the rest of them. Bellamy quickly cups my face in his hands.

"You're bleeding." He says as his thumb grazes over my eye brow.

"I'm okay."

"You're crazy just coming in here like that." He tells me and I roll my eyes.

"I couldn't just not do anything. Besides, I saved your ass, you could say thank you." I smirk and he shakes his head.

"Thank you, babe." He whisper in my ear and I smile.

"Taylor, thank you." Luna says and I turn around and nod.

"That was badass." Jasper says laughing and putting his arm around me. I shake my head at the boy for being a bit insensitive in this situation.

Luna just killed her own people. Luna just killed.

A/N:

Hey guys! I'm back and I'm finally stress free! I just graduted 5 days ago and I just had my grad party so now everything is over for me! It's summer time baby! It's very bittersweet because this is my last summer here before I move states for college.

But you guys don't want to hear any of that! Can we talk about how some of the og 100's are going back up into space to live there again?! I'm so excited for this it's insane. I loved how they didn't leave Raven behind and rather die trying. Love their bond. It also made me so sad to see Jaha and Kane gas everyone to pick 100 people. Octavia is such a badass though for being a leader now. I'm so excited for next season and I can't wait to keep following this storyline with Taylor.

Thanks so much for the comments and votes, I love you all so much and I'm so happy that I can focus more on this book now that school is out! We're getting closer to the end of it!

Much love, xoxo.