❝ 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀,
𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳,
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

I sit in my cell in silence and my most prominent thought is how fucking dull this shit hole is.

The shit hole in question being the skybox, basically a prison on the Ark for criminals who are still under the age of eighteen.

Some of us are innocent or have committed petty crimes like theft or hacking, meanwhile some of us have committed major crimes like arson or murder.

Once we turn eighteen some of us will be lucky enough to have a chance to be placed under review and then we will either be accepted back into the Ark's society or floated.

Ejected straight into space like waste.

My time in the skybox has been boring other than making a few friends here like my cell mate, Monty. Some of us are lucky enough to get visitors, I am one of those lucky few and my best friend Raven visits me whenever she can.

I lay on my uncomfortable bed playing with the dog tag that has hung around my neck for as long as I can remember, the word 'squirt' engraved on it making me smile. Many thoughts floating around in my brain as I hum a familiar tune of a song that was popular way back when.

I wonder if anything interesting has happened on the Ark?

Will Raven visit me tomorrow?

Will I go crazy in here and scratch my own eyes out?

Will Monty ever shut up?

I'm startled by a loud bang and see two guards barge into my room.

well, that's awfully rude

"Can I help you?" I grumble, pulling myself out the bed.

"Prisoner 149. Prisoner 148. Face the wall and hold out your right arms" One of the guards say, their voice dripping with authority.

I glare at them and look over at Monty who nods, telling me to do as they say. We stand up, facing the wall and hold our arms out. I peek behind me and the guards bring out a box full of metal wristbands which seems innocent enough but then I feel multiple sharp needles pierce my wrist, I hiss in pain.

"Be quiet and follow us" The other guards says.

I look over at Monty and shrug, following them. As we exit the room I see many of delinquents being taken out of their cells which only makes me more curious as to what the hell is going on. Some of them fight while others willingly walk like Monty and I. Soon enough we're thrown into line, one by one we walk down a corridor.

As I walk along side Monty, I wonder where they could be taking us. Suddenly a horrible thought runs through my head and I snap my head back, looking around for someone.

they're going to float us all

"Hey, have you seen Finn?" I ask Monty who shakes his head.

"Has anybody seen Finn Collins?!" I yell but everyone ignores me.

I see guards carrying a blonde girl on a stretcher making me slow down to take a good look at the unconscious girl.

jeez, what the hell did she do?

Someone bumps into me and I turn around to see a familiar face giving me a dirty look but when he realises it's me his face softens.

"You got a problem, asshole?" I snap and he rolls his eyes walking forward.

As I get closer to the front of the line I see them handing out jackets. A guard shoves a leather jacket in my hand and I slip it on, finally realising what is going on.

they're sending us to earth

They load us all into a drop ship telling us to take a seat. I stand up to look around for Finn but I'm shoved into my seat by a guard. Shooting him a fierce glare, I cross my arms over my chest.

Once we're all loaded in they shut the doors and everyone buckles up. I hear someone slightly struggling to fasten their buckle and I turn to the girl beside me who looks frustrated as hell. Rolling my eyes, I grab her buckle and fasten it, causing her head to snap up to look at me.

"I could have done it myself" She states and I scoff.

"When? Next year?" I say sarcastically and she rolls her eyes with a huff.

They launch the drop ship and my heart drops, searching for familiar faces. I look around only to see the blonde girl from the stretcher waking up.

She turns, yelling at the boy next to her who I recognise as Wells Jaha but before I can even make out what they're saying the ship shakes violently and the lights flicker. Multiple people scream and my heart sinks.

Screens above us turn on and we're met with the face of Chancellor Jaha which makes me scowl angrily.

"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" Jaha informs us and I scoff.

"Asshole" I mutter.

"Your dad is a dick, Wells!" Someone yells and I snort at that in agreement.

"But those crimes will be forgiven, your records wiped clean" Jaha says and I roll my eyes.

"As if" I scoff and I here a snort making me turn to the girl next to me again.

I shoot her a smile which she returns and I turn back to the screen.

"The drop site has been chosen carefully. Before the last war, Mount Weather was a military base built within a mountain. It was to be stocked with enough nonperishables to sustain 300 people for up to two years" Jaha tells us but i'm distracted when I hear people yelling.

"Spacewalk bandit strikes again!" Some guy shouts and I perk up.

I see Finn floating through the drop ship and a grin spreads over my face.

"Whoo!" The girl next to me cheers.

"Go, Finn!" I holler and he looks over at me, shooting me a wink.

He leans back so he's laying horizontally in front of the blonde girl and Wells.

"Check it out. Your dad floated me, after all" Finn says to Wells and we all laugh.

"You should strap in before the parachutes deploy" Wells tells Finn.

The two guys on the other side of me undo their buckles making the girl next to me and I laugh as we watch them float around us.

"Hey, you two! Stay put if you want to live!" The blonde girl yells.

"Hey, you're the traitor who's been in solitary for a year" Finn says to the girl.

oh my God, it's Clarke Griffin

"And you're the idiot who wasted a month of oxygen on an illegal spacewalk" She retorts and I frown at her tone.

"But it was fun" Finn grins.

"I'm Finn" He adds introducing himself to Clarke.

"Stay in your seats!" She screams at everyone.

The parachutes deploy and all three boys, including Finn are sent flying.

"Finn!" I scream.