꧁★ act one — chapter three ★꧂

Madelyn was sitting in the upper level of the drop ship along with Clarke and Monty, tending to Jaspers wounds. People were complaining downstairs.

"Don't listen to them." Madelyn said as she looked down at Jasper, Clarke gave her a smile. "You're gonna make it through this, ok? You are so fun to be around, I need that." Madelyn spoke, trying to lighten the mood which worked as both Clarke and Monty sent her a smile.

"Can he just die already?" Someone yelled from downstairs and Madelyn was slowly loosing it at the moment. "I'm gonna loose my cool soon if they don't stop." Madelyn spoke as she breathed hard in through her nose and back out, Clarke sending her a calming look which made her shoulders loosen up.

"I'm gonna get clean water." Clarke said as she stood up. "Keep an eye on him." She instructed as she left.

Jasper was groaning as Clarke tended to his wounds, Madelyn held his hand and winched every time he squeezed it to tight, but she didn't care, even though Jasper wasn't fully conscious he was obviously still feeling this and he needed to feel that somebody was there for him and Madelyn was gonna make sure of that.

"The grounders cauterized the wound. Saved his life." Clarke spoke as she furrowed her brows. "Saved his life so they could string him up fir live bait." Finn spoke as he walked over, Madelyn and Clarke both looked at him for a second before both returning their attention back on Jasper. "Garden of Eden this ain't."

"This is infected. He could be septic." Clarke spoke, Madelyn didn't know what it meant but by the look on Monty's face it couldn't be good. "Any progress on using the wristbands to contact the ark? Monty?" Clarke asked as Wells joined them upstairs.

"That would be a firm no." Monty spoke and Madelyn sighed, even though she didn't want them to come down here, because she didn't want to be locked up, she was starting to realize they might need some of them, at least doctors.

"My mother would know what to do." Clarke spoke. "How's he doing?" Wells asked as he bent down beside Clarke. "How does it look like he's doing, Wells?" Clarke snapped and Madelyn slightly smiled at her attitude.

"Hey, I'm just trying to help." Wells spoke and then Jasper started groaning again and Madelyn winched again as his hold tightened on her hand. "Fuck, man. He's gonna end up breaking my hand." She joked.

"Then pull your hand away?" Wells asked and Madelyn shot her head in his direction. "No! All he can feel right now is pain, he needs to know that there's someone here for him and holding his hand is the only way I can show him that." Madelyn snapped, everyone in the room could tell that something was not right, and they were spot on with that. There was a much deeper meaning to that.

Madelyn stood in the doorway to the bathroom, watching her father washing his hands, the sink covered in red.

"Daddy?" She asked and he swung his head around to her with wide eyes. "What happened? Are you bleeding?" She asked as she stared at the blood.

"No, no I'm okay." He said and the little girl furrowed her eyes. "But if you're not bleeding then who is?" The little girl asked and her father's face almost went white from how pale he went.

He didn't say anything else as he walked away from her, he was walking into their little home and almost tripped over a bag, out of that bag fell a mask, it was a white mask with an open mouth but there was also blood splatter on it.

"Daddy?" Little Madelyn asked as she took a hold of the mask and looked up at her father, she watched the man turn around and his eyes widened even more than before his face failed even more as he looked at what was in her hands.

"We were showed this in class. The guy who goes around and hurts those other people, he wears this mask.." The little girl, too smart for her age, her eyes widened as she looked up at her father and tears immediately formed in the little girls eyes as she realized.

"Daddy.. Did you- did you hurt those people?" The girl asked, he looked at her and said nothing and that's all she needed to know.

"Listen sweetheart." Her father said as he kneeled in front of her. "You can't tell anyone. If you do, daddy will be taken away forever, you don't want that do you?" He asked and the girl shook her head, she took his hand and let him squeeze it.

Whenever Madelyn would be having a nightmare he'd Sid down beside her bed and take her hand and give it a squeeze.

To let her know, someone was there for her.

Charlotte had asked Madelyn if she wanted to go to the woods with her and Madelyn agreed, Clarke had gone and suggested that Madelyn took a break from sitting with Jasper.

A twig snapped under Madelyn's feet a they walked and a second later and axe came flying through the air landing in the tree Madelyn was standing in front of, it landing just beside her ear, slightly cutting it a little and she winched, she almost screamed but didn't as that would have been dumb.

She pulled away and was tankful her hair had been on her other shoulder so she didn't loose it.

"What are you doing here, and who the hell are you?" Bellamy me asked as he saw Madelyn and Charlotte standing there. "Charlotte." She answered and Bellamy pulled away the axe from the tree.

"I almost killed you." He spoke as he looked at Madelyn who standing there with wide eyes, he turned her face and looked at the cut on her ear. "Make sure that doesn't get dirty and infected." he said and Madelyn nodded her head.

"Why aren't you back at camp?" Bellamy asked. "Well, what with that guy who was dying, I just-- I couldn't listen anymore." Charlotte answered.

"There's grounders out here. It's too dangerous for two little girls." Atom spoke, Madelyn gave him an offered look. "Excuse-" But she didn't get to say anything else as Charlotte put her hand over her mouth.

"We're not little." Charlotte spoke and looked from Atom to Bellamy who smiled when Madelyn mouthed 'bitch' to Atom. "Ok, then... But you can't hunt without a weapon." Bellamy said as he pulled a knife from his pocket and handed it to Charlotte and took another one for Madelyn.

"Ever killed something before?" Bellamy asked, Charlotte shook her head and Madelyn looked at the ground. No but I almost killed someone. She wanted to say but didn't.

"Who knows? Maybe you're good at it." Bellamy said, it didn't go unnoticed by him that Madelyn looked at the ground and didn't answer.

Cameron came out form the bushes and smiled at her, Madelyn smiled back and waved at her.

Out of nowhere the sound of a horn could be heard, Cameron and Madelyn had been holding each others hands as they ran from the weird toxic yellow fog.

"Come on! There are caves this way." Bellamy yelled as they ran one hand took Charlottes while the other held Madelyn's as they neared a cave, Cameron fell over and his hand slip from Madelyn's.

"No!" She yelled as she looked back, but Bellamy had a tight grip on her hand and pulled her forward and into a cave along with Charlotte.

"No! No! We can't just leave him out there!" Madelyn yelled as she ran toward the entrance of the cave that Bellamy had close, he reached out and put his arms around her stomach to stop her.

"No! We can't go out there!" Bellamy yelled at her, her spun her around and held a right grip on her arms as tears ran down her face. "We have to get him, he'll die:" She pleaded she was out of control, panicking.

"Stop! Stop it!" Bellamy yelled and he shook her, Madelyn stopped yelling as she stared into his wide yes. "We can't help him. Stop." He finally spoke and Madelyn let out a loud cry as she felt her knees, Bellamy went down with her on his own knees and pulled her into a tight thug holding the back of her head on the other rubbing her back soothingly as he let her cry into his chest.

Madelyn couldn't sleep, she hadn't stopped crying but she had moved away from Bellamy, she was sitting on the opposite of the cave, right across from his, looking toward the entrance hoping that Cameron would just magically appear, Charlotte was sleeping, only ones awake were Madelyn and Bellamy.

"You should sleep." Bellamy said as he looked at her, she looked like she was dying, she had been crying and she looked utterly exhausted, most likely from the lack of sleep.

"Can't." Was all she said not looking his way.

"Alright then." Bellamy said as he nodded his head. "How about we talk until this thing is over then? I ask you a question, you answer. You ask me a question, I answer. How about that?" He asked her, this time she finally looked at him, a very faint smile on her face.

"Like the game? Twenty questions?" She asked and Bellamy chuckled. "Kind of. Just doesn't need to be exactly twenty questions. can be less, can be more." He said as he shrugged his shoulders. Madelyn straightened up, back still against the wall, Bellamy's legs were straight out in front of him, so Madelyn smiled to heels and straightened her own legs, she parted Bellamy's ankles just enough so her own feet were just in between his.

"You go first." Bellamy said as he smiled at her, Madelyn thought for a second.

"Is it true? Did your sister really hide under the floor for sixteen years?" Madelyn asked. She had heard the stories before, mostly because her father knew almost everything about everyone so he'd tell her others stories as bed time stories.

"Yeah. She spend sixteen years under the floor, can't really blame her for acting out, she didn't exactly have it easy, not that others had it any easier but you know." Bellamy said as he shook his head.

"I think she's pretty badass actually. She was being hidden her whole life, didn't really get to make any friends, yet she's so nice. I mean when we were out there, when she jumped in the water, or well we, I was nervous, but she took my hand to kind of calm me." Madelyn explained as she smiled. "She turned out great, despite the things she had to go through."

"I'm glad you think that way. I think she likes you a lot, even though you're a bit younger, younger than everybody really, you've been more than kind to her, honestly I'd say you've been like her best friend since day one." Bellamy spoke with a light laugh.

"My turn. What's you favorite color?" Bellamy asked. Madelyn thought about the question.

"Well, before, back on the ark it used to be purple, because I had this dress that my mother had picked out when she first found out I was a girl, it was purple and it had stars on it. She used to say that if we ever got down on the earth, she'd take me outside and look up at the stars, I always imagined me doing that with my mom and I'd always be wearing that dress." Madelyn explained with a smile.

"But now, I mean it's still purple but I like so many other colors now, I mean green, it was the first thing we saw when the doors opened and it was so pretty, when I saw just the green it was like I knew this would be the beginning of something big." She smiled.

"Okay, I don't what to ask. Oh wait, why did they choose you to come down as a guard, why not someone who'd been on the job longer?" Madelyn asked, she watched as Bellamy took a deep breath.

"Well.. really I just made my way onto the ship to be here with Octavia." Bellamy explained, Madelyn widened her eyes before she laughed. "The things you do for family huh?" She asked with a smile and he nodded.

"How did you get locked up?" Bellamy asked, Madelyn'a smile slightly faltered. "Sorry. You don't need to answer that."

"No it's okay. I just didn't see that coming." Madelyn spoke and she cleared her throat. "Well my father was Everett Walton. He was the one who walked around in that costume with the weird mask.. you know the killer." Madelyn spoke as she looked at the ground.

"Anyway one day, there was this girl, Ariana Thorn, she always had it out for me for some reason, then that day she was just talking so much shit about my family, telling everybody about how I was some orphan, because I had no mother, and my father didn't like me cause if he did he would've have killed those people and gotten himself floated." Madelyn was tearing up, she refused to look up.

"She wouldn't stop talking when I asked her to, I did it kindly too, I just said 'can you please not talk about me and my family like that' she just laughed in my face and continue.. and I got so mad, I grabbed her ponytail and I just yanked my hand bag toward myself and she fell to the floor, I got into of her and I just kept hitting her.." Madelyn said as she finally looked up.

"I could've." She said and Bellamy's eyes widened. "I didn't though, but they locked me up immediately, they'd always been afraid that I'd someday turn into my father, and now I'm here." Madelyn finished telling her story and looked at Bellamy to see him looking at her with a look that held no judgement at all.

"I don't blame you." Bellamy said and Madelyn smiled, Bellamy patted the ground beside him and the stone beside him. Madelyn got up and walked over to him, she sat down beside him, the stone on her other side, she leaned into his side and he started playing with her hair.

"Cameron is fine." Bellamy said and Madelyn took a deep breath as sleep took over.

Madelyn woke up the next day when someone was lightly squeezing her shoulder, she picked her head up from the stone with a groan and looked to the side to see Cameron sitting there looking at her his hand on her shoulder.

"Cameron.. you're okay." She sat as she immediately sat up. "Yeah. I found another cave not even a minute from this one, I saw you run here, came over here as soon as the fog cleared." Cameron explained as he smiled at her, Madelyn smiled back immediately and jumped into his arms hugging him tight which he returned.

"Don't mean to ruin you little reunion but we gotta get back." Bellamy said as he smiled at the two, they both nodded and got up.

"Anybody out here? Jones?" Bellamy yelled as they all stepped out of the cave. "We're here!" Someone yelled back. They all walked toward were it came from and saw some others from before. "Lost you in the stew. Where'd you go?" Bellamy asked as they walked up to the tree.

"Made it to a cave down there." The guy explained. "The hell was that?"

"I don't know. Where's Atom?" Bellamy asked. The guys didn't answer and Madelyn's heart dropped, something bad could've happened to him.

Bellamy, Madelyn and Cameron all ran as they heard a scream, they ran toward it and found Charlotte, Madelyn looked toward what Charlotte had seen and saw Atom laying there, covered in blisters and scars from the fog. "oh my.." Madelyn spoke as she tried not to puke at the sight. "What do we do?" She asked as Bellamy stood there with wide eyes.

Bellamy walked toward him and crouched down beside him. The three others came over and stopped in their tracks as they saw Atom. Charlotte walked over to Bellamy and handed him the knife he'd given her.

"Don't be afraid." Madelyn heard her say, Madelyn turned her head away from the scene not able to look, she didn't think she'd ever be used to looking at something like that, first she saw what happened to Jasper, now this, gosh when was it gonna end?

"Go back to camp." Bellamy said as he looked over. The three walked away but Madelyn stayed glued to the spot, feeling as If she moved as much as and inch she'd puke. "Charlotte, you, too. Madelyn and Cameron that also includes you." Bellamy spoke, as Charlotte walked away Bellamy spoke up again.

"Watch out for each other out there."

"You okay?" Cameron asked as he and Madelyn sat in the drop ship. When the others came back with Atom's body she hid herself away, not wanting to look at it again.

"Yeah I guess. Just not used to seeing something like that, yeah I know, not exactly what you'd expect something like that coming from a serial killers daughter." Madelyn laughed but it wasn't a happy laugh, far from it.

"You know.." Cameron started and Madelyn looked him in the eyes waiting for him to continue. "I've heard your story. I never thought you would turn out like him, I never once believed that you actually meant to hurt that girl."

"I didn't." She said and this time she smiled at him, an actual smile not fake like the one before. "Thank you."

Their conversation was cut short when they heard the others giving Jasper something to drink. He was gonna be okay.

"I'm really sorry about Atom." Clarke said as she looked at Octavia. "I guess we're gonna have to get used to people dying down here, aren't we?" Octavia asked, everyone in the room looked down, everyone had realized by now that it wasn't gonna be as easy living down here.

"But not you. You hear me? You're not allowed to die." Octavia whispered to Jasper it brought another smiled to Madelyn's face, she had really taken a liking to Octavia.

"Smooth." Monty spoke and couching as he took a sip of the drink Finn had found, he handed it to Octavia who took a sip and immediately made a face. "Disgusting. Love it." She spoke and handed it straight past Madelyn and Cameron and handed it to Finn. "Sorry kiddos no alcohol for you." Octavia said with a smile which both of them returned.

"Can I, uh, get a hit of that?" Jasper asked as Finn was about to take a sip, Madelyn sprung from her seat and made her way to his side immidiately, the others following shortly after, Madelyn had taken his hand once more and gave it a squeeze.

"Let's start with the soft stuff." Finn said as he handed Madelyn the water, Finn helped Jasper with tilting his head as Madelyn held the little weird looking bottle to his mouth so he could have a drink.

"Welcome back, buddy." Finn spoke, Jasper let go of Madelyn's hand and did a handshake with Monty. "Was that a dream or did I get speared?" Jasper asked with a slight joking tone.

"You'll have a very impressive scar to prove it." Clarke spoke, Madelyn looked up as she walked over to Jasper. "My savior." Jasper said in a tone that Madelyn chuckle.

"Thank you for not dying." Clarke let out a light chuckle and smiled at him. "I don't think I could've taken that today."

"I'll try not to die tomorrow, too, if that's cool." Jasper joked which made everyone everyone smile and laugh. "Oh, hello." Jasper smiled as he looked at Octavia who had taken his hand.

"Which one of you held my hand? I remember somebody holding my hand, squeezing in here and there, I also remember squeezing that somebodies hand a little too hard." Jasper let out another laugh as he smiled around at everyone.

"That was me." Madelyn said and Jasper took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "I just thought you should feel that we were here with you. My dad used to hold and squeeze my hand like that when I was little and I had, had a nightmare, made me feel comfortable." Madelyn explained and Jasper's smile widened.

"Thank you for that. I really liked it, knowing someone was there when I needed it, thank you Madelyn." Jasper spoke.

"You know I was supposed to be the one to go over first I jumped and everything--"

"Don't do that to yourself. It wouldn't have been any different other than our roles switched. Besides I would rather it be me than you." Jasper smiled at her which made them all laugh a little again.

"Thank you. It's not exactly what I was going to say but oh well." They all smiled at her comment. "What I was going to say was, since you basically took a spear to the chest for me, you get to call me Maddie or Lynn, only my closest friends get to call me that." Jasper smiled at what the girl said.

"Octavia was actually the first, just don't tell her that." Madelyn whispered but not too low on purpose. "Aww, really?" Octavia asked as she pulled the girl into a hug from behind and leaned from side to side, the others laughing at the interaction.

"Alright, Maddie let's leave Jasper to get some more sleep." Finn spoke which made her snap her head to him. "Who said you can call me Maddie?" She asked and everyone bursted out laughing at the serious look on her face, they laughed even more when she looked around whit a confused look on her face and asked "What?"

"I think I'm gonna go to sleep now, thank you guys. Thank you Maddie." Jasper said as he gave her hand one last squeeze and let sleep take over.

AUTHOR'S NOTE!!

Almost 4k words, holy shit I can't even. I don't write chapters that long.

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(spoilers if you haven't seen the 100 which I hope you have if you're reading this book)

If you follow my TikTok you know what I have planned when Charlotte jumps off the cliff, I just want to say that if you have seen that TikTok, brace yourselves that is next chapter, it's gonna be a sad one.

I already love Madelyn and Cameron with all my heart.