Chapter 15
PERVERSE INSTANTIATION PART ONE
Beth stood next to Octavia as they sharpened their swords, they were waiting for the Rover to charge. Bellamy was at the top, checking on it while Kai was making sure no on was watching them all, Jasper was sitting on the hood and Clarke was pacing the other side. "The rover's almost charged. We need to pack up. We'll be home soon." Bellamy says to the group as he jumps off the side.
"Then what? Run away?" Clarke asks the man.
Bellamy walks closer. "We're not running away, Clarke. We need to regroup with the others and find another way to defeat-"
"There is no other way. We need to find another Nightblood. Beth doesn't have enough of the blood in her system for it to work and she already has an AI in her neck. We need another Nightblood." Clarke says to him. Beth and Octavia walk closer. "We need to unlock the Flame. It's the only way to stop ALIE."
Beth sighs as Jasper looks at Clarke. "What do you expect us to do, Clarke?" He asks the girl. Clarke looks over at him. "Walk into random villages asking for their Nightbloods?"
"If that's what it takes." Clarke says to them, answering Jasper. Kai walks over from the back of the rover.
"No, Clarke." Octavia says to her. "If ALIE can find us on the rig. She can find us anywhere." The brunette Grounder says.
Beth shakes her head. "I won't help you destroy another innocent Grounder village." She says to Clarke.
Clarke walks closer. "If we don't find a Nightblood, there won't be any Grounder villages." Clarke says to the two girls. She looks towards Bellamy. "Or a home for us to go back too."
Clarke sighs as Bellamy speaks. "We need to go back home and make sure our friends are okay." He says to the group. Beth nods, agreeing with him. Clarke looks around at them before nodding, walking away.
Beth looks at the girl who was walking away, as Jasper spoke. "She'll be fine, just let her cool off." Kai grabs the bags, carrying them to the back of the rover, Octavia and Beth following with the other ones. Bellamy shakes his head, following them, tapping Jasper's knee as he walks past.
"I'm gonna go check on her, make sure she doesn't get killed." Beth says to them. Kai nods and Beth walks away to go look for Clarke.
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Beth soon walks up to Clarke. "I'm sorry I'm not much help with this thing in my neck." Beth says to the blonde.
Clarke shakes her head, turning around. "It's not your fault, Beth."
Beth notices the Flame box in her hand. Clarke holds it out to her and Beth takes it. "Maybe we can put it inside me? Take the one I have in me out, and put this one in me. I still have a little bit of the Nightblood in me, who knows? It could work." Beth says to the girl.
Clarke shakes her head at the girl. "It's to risky, what if it kills you?" Clarke asks her.
"Then I die and you guys find another way." Beth answers. Clarke shakes her head, disagreeing with that plan.
"We'll find a Nightblood who can do it." Clarke says to Beth.
Beth shakes her head. "So, you find another village with Nightbloods, they'd never give their Nightbloods up. Not with Ontari leading." Beth says to them. "Plus, most of them are children, they're not gonna give up their children."
Suddenly, a two men appear behind the girls about to hit them, but right before they could get them, an arrow shoots into both their necks. Clarke and Beth both jump, turning around. Beth looks, seeing Roan walk over. She smirks lightly, but is confused on how the hell he isn't dead yet.
"Roan?" Clarke asks, shocked.
Roan reaches the girls. "Looks like I'm not the only one who's been following your tracks." Beth shakes her head at the man. He snatches the Flame from Beth hold.
Clarke goes to grab it back. "Give that back." Clarke says to him.
"Goodbye, Wanheda, Heda's Seken." Roan says to the girls as he puts the Flame in his pocket, walking away.
Clarke pulls out her gun, aiming it at him. "Wait!" She says to him. Beth holds her sword up to his chest as he turns around. Roan snatches the gun, quickly out of Clarke's hand, making her look at him wide eyed.
Beth's grip tightens on her sword. "Roan. Give it back."
Roan looks at Clarke, ignoring Beth. "You have a real gratitude problem, you know that?" He tosses the gun away before he walks away, Clarke following.
"Would you just hear me out?" Clarke asks him. Roan rolls his eyes, turning to face the girls. "I need to find a Nightblood to put that in."
"I already have a Nightblood to put it in." Roan says to her. Beth rolls her eyes as he goes to walk away.
Clarke follows him. "Please! Just stop!"
Roan turns. "'Cause of you, Ontari never ascended. So, no, I won't stop. Not until the Ice Nation has it's Commander." Roan turns around right as a gun was cocked.
Bellamy walks up to them. "You were saying?" He asks Roan. Beth smirks as Clarke and Roan just look at him. "Hands where I can see 'em." Bellamy says to Roan. Beth and Clarke look at Roan, Beth raising her eyebrow at him as he raises his hands. Bellamy looks at the two girls. "You okay?" He asks them. Beth nods.
"Yeah." Clarke answers.
Roan looks at Bellamy as he speaks, "Let's go." Bellamy says.
Beth looks at Roan. "He's coming with us." She says to Bellamy, still holding her sword up, now it was just facing the Blake man.
"The hell he is." Bellamy says to the red head.
Roan looks at Beth. "Why would I do that?" He asks her.
"Because we both want the same thing, to put the Flame in Ontari." Beth answers, a small smirk on her face as Clarke looks at her, confused, along with Roan and Bellamy. Beth looks at Bellamy.
"How do you know he's not chipped?" Bellamy asks her.
"If he were, do you think he would have saved me and Clarke?" Beth ask him.
Bellamy looks back at Roan. "Still we need to be sure." Bellamy says. Bellamy shoots his arm making Roan groan in pain and then Bellamy hits him on the head with the gun causing Roan to fall to the ground.
Beth looks at Bellamy rolling her eyes, she grabs the Flame from Roan's pocket, putting it in her own. Clarke looks at her. "You keep getting it taken away from you. I'll hold onto it from now on. I'm not letting it get taken again." Beth begins to walk away.
"He's not chipped!" She calls out, not looking back at the two.
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The group finally gets back home, pulling into the hanger bay. They all get out of the rover. Beth looks over at Monty and Jasper. "Glad you made it back." He says to Jasper and Beth. Beth smiles lightly at him.
"We were getting worried." Raven says as she walks forward and Octavia, Clarke and Kai get out of the back of the Rover. She notices Luna wasn't there, looking around. "Where's Luna?"
"Luna said no." Octavia says to her.
Bellamy and Kai bring around Roan as Harper asks. "Who the hell is this?"
Bryan looks at him, a glare on his face as he answered. "He's Ice Nation."
"King of the Ice Nation actually." Clarke and Beth both say at the same time. "And he's are way into Polis." Clarke says to them.
"This way, your Highness." Bellamy says to him, pushing Roan along. He looks at Bryan and Miller. "You too, follow me. I'll take him to lockup." Bellamy says before walking away with Roan, Bryan and Miller following.
They all watch them walk away and then Raven looks at Beth and Clarke. "You wanna use him to get to Ontari?"
"Yes." Clarke answers.
Harper looks at them. "What happened to his arm?"
"Bellamy happened." Beth says, slight anger in her voice.
Monty nods. "Good luck getting him to cooperate." Monty says to them.
Beth nods and looks over at Clarke, throwing the Flame box at her. "Don't let them torture him the way they tortured Lincoln." Beth grabs her sword. "Because, I really don't wanna kill anyone today." Beth says to her before walking away. They all watched the girl walk away, shocked.
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"After Finn, I thought I wouldn't lose anyone else." Beth says as she lays on her bed, facing the wall as Raven walked in.
Raven sighs, sitting next to the girl. "I'm sorry about Lincoln, Beth." Raven says to her.
Beth shrugs, sitting up next to her. "Just another day on the ground, right?" She asks, not really expecting an answer. Beth digs into her pocket, pulling out the chip, holding it up. "I was gonna take it. Make all of the pain stop. But then I realized, it'd only make me forget it. It would all still be there, probably worse after I take it." Raven looks at her, wide eyed. "Don't worry, Little bird. I'm not gonna take it." Beth says to her before Raven could say anything. She shrugs, putting it back in her pocket. "I'm not that stupid."
Raven gives her a look. "Sorry." Beth says to her.
Raven shrugs. "Sometimes we just want the pain to go away so much, we do stupid things." Raven says to her. Beth nods, agreeing.
"I think I'm sick." Beth says after a few moment of quiet.
Raven looks at her confused. "What do you mean?"
Beth sighs, looking down at her ring. "I've been getting really sick lately. Before Lincoln di- before he died it was only a few times, now it's been more often. I don't know if it's because I'm dehydrated or something. But it's gotten worse. I don't know what's wrong with me." Beth explains to her.
Raven sighs. "We'll figure it out. Stay here when they go to Polis, and try to take it easy."
Beth shakes her head. "I can't. They need the third AI." She says to Raven. "But when this is all over, I'll take it easy and we'll find out what's wrong." Beth says. Beth looks down at her ring. "Does it every get any easier?" She asks Raven.
Raven sighs, knowing what she is talking about. "If it does, it hasn't for me yet." Raven answers, honestly. "I still think about him everyday."
"Me too." Beth says, thinking back to the night Finn was killed. "I miss Finn. He would have known what to do, at least with Pike."
Raven nods as Beth puts her head on Raven's shoulder. "I love you, B."
"I love you too, Rave."
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Beth and Lincoln laid down on their bed, just looking at the room. They were both laying on their right sides, Beth back against Lincoln's chest. Music played out softly from the small music player they ended up getting from Mount Weather.
"What are you thinking about?" Lincoln asks Beth, looking at her.
She smiles lightly. "How'd you know I was thinking about anything?"
Lincoln smiles at her, answering. "I could practically hears the gears shifting in that head of yours."
Beth laughs, taking his hand in hers, lacing their fingers. "I was thinking of you." Lincoln smiles and kisses her neck lightly before laying his head back down. "I was thinking about what ot would be like to just run away for a while. Just me and you." Beth tells him.
"I wish we could." Lincoln says to her. "One day, we will. We'll go far away from here, from the wars and we'll be okay."
Beth smiles, turning over to look at him. "Promise?" She asks him.
Lincoln smiles at her, "I promise." He says before kissing her.
Beth lays her head on his chest, now looking up at the ceiling, their fingers still laced together as he wrapped his arms around her. Both of them happy.
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Raven walks over to Bellamy, holding the EMP stuff they used on her, as Beth walks out to the group. "Because she's chipped, you have to EMP her like you did me before you give her the Flame." She hands Bellamy the EMP.
"I though Jaha destroyed all the wristbands." Jasper says to them.
"So did he. Then I came home." Raven says to him. Beth smirks lightly. "There's only enough usable parts to rebuild one, so use it wisely." She says to them. "Made a few improvements, too." She smirks.
"None of which is gonna matter if you can't get us access to ALIE's code." Clarke says, walking closer to the Reyes girl.
Bellamy walks closer as Raven replies. "You worry about the Nightblood. I'll worry about ALIE." Raven says to Clarke.
Clarke nods as Jasper asks. "How can you access a code that doesn't exsist here anymore?"
They all look at him as Monty walks up. "We've got a plan." Raven nods at Monty.
Octavia calls out. "What are we waiting for?" She asks. She and Kai walked closer with Roan.
"Let's move out." Bellamy says to the group.
Beth hugs Jasper. "We'll be back soon."
Jasper nods. "Don't die on me."
Beth lets out a scoff, looking at him. "I'm to badass to be killed by a mind controlled idiot." Jasper laughs lightly.
Beth goes over and hugs Monty. "Finally you and Harper fucked." She whispers to him. He looks at her wide eyed. Beth smiles and winks at him before hugging Harper. "Don't break his heart." She whispers to Harper. "And I'm happy for you." She adds. Harper smiles at her, nodding.
Beth hugs Raven. "Until we meet again." Beth whispers to her. "We will." Raven whispers back before Beth pulls away, grabbing her bag.
The redhead goes into the Rover, looking out of the back and to the group. She smirks lightly before waving as the doors closed.
ALIE appears as Bellamy closes the doors and gets in the drivers seat.
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As the rover drove through the night, Beth sat in the back, Miller, Bryan, Octavia, Kai and Roan all back there with her. Clarke and Bellamy were in the front seats.
"There it is. We stop here." Clarke says. Beth looks up, seeing where they were. Bellamy stops the rover and he and Clarke get out.
Beth and the rest follow, getting out. Beth looks across, seeing Polis down below the cliff. The top of the large building in view.
"All right, this is where we split up." Roan says to them. "The entrance to the tunnel is right over there." Roan says, pointing to the right.
"We know where it is." Bellamy says as Clarke walks over to them.
Clarke looks at Roan as he says, "I'm gonna need the Flame." He says to her. "Look, this will only work if they send Ontari out to get it. If they don't see it, they won't do that. Not much of a trap without the bait."
Clarke looks over at Bellamy, who looks down. She then looks at Beth, who nods at her, telling her to give it to Roan. Clarke gets the box from her pocket before handing it to Roan. "Fine. But I'm coming with you." Clarke says to her.
Beth walks up next to her. "Me too."
Bellamy looks at the two girls. "No way. That is not the plan."
"It is now." Clarke says to the man, causing everyone to look at the two girls. "I'm not letting that out of my sight." Clarke says, nodding down to the Flame. "And Beth has the third AI, she needs to come. Also, I'm the only one who knows the passphrase." Clarke tells Roan and the others. "So you can tell them, without me, or Beth, Ontari can't ascend." Clarke says to the Ice Nation King.
Roan nods at her, looking at her and Beth. "You'll both need to look like my prisoners." He tells them.
Beth nods. "Okay." She says to him.
Bellamy looks at her. "Wait a second. Give us a minute." He says and Roan looks at Clarke and Beth before walking away. Bellamy turns to the two girls. "Come on, guys. You're both really willing to trist that man with your lives?" Bellamy asks the two.
Beth rolls her eyes as Clarke answers. "No. But you'll be covering us the entire time." Clarke says to him. "And I trust you." Clarke tells Bellamy.
Beth smirks lightly. "And as much as I hate you, I know you won't let us get killed." Beth says to Bellamy.
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Roan carefully walks into Polis with Beth and Clarke held as 'hostages'. It was like a ghost town compared to what it was last like when Beth was here.
Beth looks around, looking up at a few crosses, confused before she shared a look with Clarke.
"When this is over, Ontari will know you both helped her." Roan says to the two girls, looking back at them. "You have my word." He says. Beth nods at him as they continue walking.
They soon walk up to a group of people, not many though, who sat on the ground, their eyes closed, almost as if they were praying. "So mush for the thousands of people." Roan says to the girls.
Beth looks over, seeing a flashing light through the tunnel. She nods slightly before looking at Roan and Clarke. "Here we go." He says to the two. Beth nods along with Clarke and Roan walks forward with them into the middle of the group. The King holds up his arm. "I am Roan, King of Azgeda." He says, walking in a circle. "And I have what the Commander seeks." He says holding up the Flame.
The group of people all start to get up, standing and looking at them. "I don't like what I'm sensing. So, if she wants it, she can come to me." Roan says to them, still holding the Flame as more people walk up.
Beth, Roan and Clarke watch as Jaha and two others walk out. "Hello, Clarke, Beth." Jaha says to the two. "Clarke, your mother will be so pleased to see you. Beth, so will your father." Beth glares at the man.
"Who are you? Where's Ontari?" Roan asks the man, still holding the Flame.
Jaha shakes his head lightly. "Not coming out." He answers. Clarke and Beth share a look. Jaha holds out his hand. "But you can give the Flame to me. I'll be sure she gets it."
Roan closes the Flame in his hand. Clarke looks over to the tunnel. Jaha looks at the blonde. "Your friends in the tunnel can't help you girls." Jaha says to them. Beth looks at the man, confused. He looks at Roan. "Now give me the Flame." He tells Roan as the people around them get closer.
Roan quickly grabs a knife from his satchel, holding it to Beth's neck. "Back up or she dies." He says to them.
"Save the theatrics. We know your're together." Jaha says. "We know everything."
"Then you know Clarke is the only one who can activate the Flame and the Beth has the third." Roan says to Jaha.
Jaha points at him. "You're right. We need them alive." He says to Roan.
Roan quickly takes the knife off the Kane girls neck and says "Run."
The three run only to get stopped by Marcus Kane. "But we don't need you." Kane says before shooting Roan.
"Dad." Beth's eyes widen as Roan falls to the ground. She and Clarke share a look.
Marcus looks at his daughter before nodding to the others. They grab Clarke and Beth, pulling them away as they plead for them not to.
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Jaha leads Beth and Clarke off the elevator as the two girls were still being held against their will.
"Let us go." Clarke says to Jaha as they walked down a hall.
"You'll both be free soon enough." Jaha says to the two girls.
The group walks into the throne room as Abby walks up to them. The men let go of Beth and Clarke and walk away. "Clarke." Abby says to her daughter, hugging her. Clarke hugs her back. "I've missed you." Abby tells her before they pull away from the hug.
"I won't take the chip. Ever." Clarke says, shaking her head at her mother. "Neither will Beth."
"Right now, we just need your help with the Flame." Abby says to Clarke. She looks at Beth. "And you need to give us the third AI." Beth doesn't reply, holding her head up, not breaking eye contact with the woman.
"Stubborn like her father." Jaha says about Beth.
Abby looks at Clarke. "What is the passphrase, Clarke." Clarke doesn't reply.
The guards restrain Clarke and strap her to a stand. As another holds onto Beth. "Hey. Hey. Let me go!" Clarke yells as they strap her to the stand. "Mom... Mom, please don't let them do this."
Abby walks closer to the girl. "I'm not letting them do this." She says to her daughter. "I'm doing it." She says. Abby takes a scalpel from her med kit. "What's the passphrase, Clarke?" She asks but gets no reply from Clarke.
Abby stabs the scalpel into Clarke's chest. Beth fights against the man who held her back.
Clarke looks at her mother with tears in her eyes. "Mom, this isn't you. I know you're in there." Clarke says, crying. "Please."
Abby doesn't reply, only asking. "What's the passphrase?" Abby stabs the scalpel into Clarke's chest again.
"No!" Beth and Clarke both yell out.
Jaha walks closer. "It can stop, Clarke. Just tell us what we need to know."
Abby looks at the man. "I told you. Her friends are her weakness. Start with Bellamy Blake." Abby says to him.
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Beth and Clarke watch as Jaha is tying a noose. The two of them sharing a look before looking at Abby. Beth was now tied up to the throne, sitting there, nervously.
"Don't be afraid. It's not for either of you." Abby tells the two girls, as she put a hand on Clarke's face. The two watch as Jaha throws the rope to the top and Ontari ties it.
Abby walks towards the rope. Clarke looks at her mother. "No. Mom, Mom, stop." She says. "Listen to me. I know you can hear me. Just stop."
Abby looks at her daughter. "You know how to stop this." Abby steps up onto a crate and fastens the noose on her neck as the two girls watch.
"Wait, A.L.I.E. If you kill her, you'll never get what you want." Clarke calls out to the woman she could not see.
Abby looks at her daughter. "A.L.I.E.'s not killing me. You are." She says.
Clarke cries out. "Mom, don't do this, please. I'm begging you, don't do it. Please." Clarke says shaking her head.
"What's the passphrase, Clarke?" Abby asks her.
Clarke shakes her head. "I can't. I can't." Abby steps off the stand and begins choking. "No. No! No." Beth's eyes widen as she tries to get loose from the ropes but can't. "No! I'm so sorry." Clarke cries out.
"I understand." Beth hears Ontari says. She looks over at the Nightblood, who grabs a crowbar, walking over to Jaha.
Clarke looks over at them. "What are you doing?" She asks as Ontari bows before Jaha with the crowbar. "Wait. Stop."
Beth tries to get out of the ropes, still tied to the Throne. "Jaha, don't do this." Beth says to the man as he takes the crowbar.
"A.L.I.E., stop it. Please don't do this." Clarke exclaims as Jaha strikes Ontari in the head. "No!" Beth and Clarke both yell as Ontari falls to the ground. Bellamy and Murphy rush into the room.
"Bellamy, stop him!" Clarke yells and Bellamy shoots Jaha as Murphy runs to cut Abby's noose. Bellamy hits Jaha upside the head and goes to untie Clarke.
Murphy leans over Abby, getting the noose off of her. "Are you okay?" He asks the woman who doesn't respond.
"Is she okay?" Clarke asks him. "Is she breathing?"
"It's okay. She's breathing." Murphy says, looking back at Clarke.
Clarke looks over at Jaha. "Jaha has the Flame. Get it!" She exclaims before rushing to Beth and untying her before the two and Murphy rush to Ontari. "We can't let Ontari die. We have to stop the bleeding." Clarke says to them.
"I got the Flame." Bellamy says, rushing back to them.
Clarke checks her pulse. "Pulse is weak." Clarke says.
"At least she's alive." Beth says as Clarke hands John some cloth. "Here, hold this to the wound."
John looks around at them. "What are you gonna do?" He asks them.
Clarke looks through her bag. "I need a flashlight."
Bellamy looks at Murphy. "First we take out the chip. Then we put in the Flame." Bellamy says, getting everything out for the EMP.
Clarke shines a flashlight in Ontari's eyes. "Her pupils are unresponsive." Clarke exhales, leaning back.
"What?" Bellamy asks the blonde. "What does that mean?" Bellamy asks.
Clarke looks at them, shaking her head. "She's brain dead." Clarke tells them. "She can't give us the kill code. It's over." Clarke says as tears form in her eyes. Beth sighs, shaking her head.
"We're trapped here." John says, looking up from Ontari.
They all look at each other, all scared and upset, none of them knowing what to do next.
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OMG! ONE MORE CHAPTER! I stayed up all night doing this guys. I'm probably just gonna do the next chapter now while I still have all my energy. What did you guys think of this chapter?? This was another long one and tbh I was almost about to cut it in two but I hate doing that now so here you go! Do you guys like the Flashbacks I do of Beth and Lincoln? They won't be in a lot durning season 4, only in the important parts. Let me know! I wanna make an edit of like Beth and Raven from the Ark or something but idk how lol. Anyways, guys, comment what you thought of this chapter. I really wanna know your guys thoughts. Please comment! Thanks for reading. Bye.
-Kelly.
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