❝ 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂
𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻
𝗶 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

Clarke finally finishes patching Finn up and I stand next to her.

"Okay. I'm done" She sighs.

"Good. Do you have anything to cover the wound?" Abby asks.

"We'll make do, like always" Clarke shakes her head.

"Why is he so pale? Really warm, too" I speak up as I sit down next to Clarke.

"He's lost a lot of blood, Ava, but if your best friend's anywhere near as tough as you, I'm sure he'll be fine" Abby replies and I smile down at him.

he's going to be just fine

"Wait, mom, she's right. He's feverish, and his breathing's uneven" Clarke states, putting the back of her hand on Finn's chest.

"You need to give him some time to recover. Let me know if he gets any worse, but I think- I think he might just be out of the woods" Abby tells us.

"Well, down here, there's nothing but woods" Clarke retorts.

"I need a break" She adds, getting up and walking away.

"Clarke? Clarke, wait!" Abby shouts and Clarke stops.

"Ava, could you give us a few minutes?" Abby asks me.

"Of course" I reply, getting out the chair I'm sitting in.

"No! No. Stay with Finn" Clarke tells me.

I awkwardly sit back down and Clarke storms up the ladders. Finn's hand brushes against my arm and I grab it, lacing my fingers with his.

"You've gotta be okay, Finn. You can't leave me. I just got you back" I whisper, brushing his sweaty hair off his forehead.

"You hear me, dumbass? I won't let you die" I tell him and I hear footsteps at the ladders.

"We won't let you die" I hear a feminine voice correct me and I turn my head slightly to see Raven.

She wraps her arms around my neck from behind me and lays her chin on my head. Raven and I watch the boy closely, looking for any sign of him waking up but nothing happens.

Finally I see his hand twitch and I perk up but then his body starts seizing and both of us jump into action. I try to hold him still while Raven runs to the ladders.

"Clarke! He's seizing!" She shouts.

"On my way!" Clarke replies.

Clarke and Raven appear on the other side of Finn and I look up at them in fear.

"He was fine, and then-" Raven rambles.

"Get my mother on the radio now! Raven now!" Clarke yells and Raven spins around to the radio as Clarke helps me hold Finn down.

"The radio's dead! Interference from the storm!" Raven panics.

"Please don't let him die" Raven begs the blonde.

Finn shakes violently and gasps for air. Clarke looks at me with the look of helplessness on her face and I mirror her expression. He slowly stops and lays there still as pale as snow making me worry.

"It stopped. Quick! Help me get him on his side!" Clarke demands.

Raven freezes up in fear as Clarke and I grab Finn's side.

"Raven, there is fluid in his lungs. He could choke!" Clarke snaps at the girl who unfreezes.

We roll him onto his side with the help of Raven and Clarke lays the back of her hand on his cheek.

"He's burning up" She states.

"What the hell is happening?" I mutter.

"Fluid in his lungs. Does that mean the knife hit something?" Raven asks.

"This isn't blood. It's something else" Clarke tells her, wiping the foreign substance from Finn's mouth as it comes out.

"I did- I did everything she told me!" Clarke panics but then a wave of realisation washes over her face.

"I've seen this before. Shortness of breath. Fever. Seizing. It's poison" She tells us and a shiver goes up my spine.

"Clarke, you sterilised everything! I watched you do it!" Raven argues.

"Not everything" Clarke says.

"The knife" I gasp.

Clarke snatches the knife up off the table and runs to the ladders.

"Stay here. I'll be right back" I tell Raven who nods.

Clarke races up the ladders and I follow her, needing to get answers. We get to the first level where everyone is and Clarke stops causing me to have to stop.

"Clarke! They locked the hatch!" Octavia yells.

Clarke climbs further up, me right behind her and she bangs on the hatch loudly.

"Hey! Open the door!" She shouts.

The hatch opens up and she climbs up a bit further.

"Get out of my way, Miller! Now!" I hear her snap.

She fully climbs up and I do too with Octavia right behind me. Clarke goes straight up to the grounder with the knife held up to his face.

"What's on this?" She demands.

"What are you talking about?" Bellamy asks in confusion.

"He poisoned the blade!" Clarke shouts at Bellamy.

"All this time you knew Finn was gonna die no matter what we did. What is it!?" She accuses the grounder.

"Is there an antidote?!" She shouts.

"Clarke, he doesn't understand you!" Octavia tells the blonde.

"Are you sure?" I ask the dark haired girl quietly and she nods.

"Vials" Bellamy snaps running over to the other side of the room.

He holds up a small case of vials to Clarke and she throws the knife onto the ground causing it to clatter near Octavia. The younger girl's eyes go straight to the knife and I know exactly what she's thinking of doing.

"You'd have to be stupid to have a poison around this long without an antidote" Clarke says, taking the vials from Bellamy and looking at them.

"Which one?!" She yells at the grounder but he ignores her.

"Answer the question!" Bellamy barks but he also gets ignored.

"Show us. Please" Octavia pleads.

"Please, just tell us which one. That boy downstairs dying is my best friend. Don't you have a best friend, huh? Someone you love?" I beg him and he looks at me with a look that tells me he is thinking of someone.

"How would you feel if that was your best friend? You'd do anything for them, right?" I ask him.

He doesn't speak nor does he move but just by the look in his eyes I can tell that he would, he'd do anything for his best friend too. I open my mouth to beg again but Bellamy moves forward.

"I'll get him to talk" He states.

"Bellamy, no!" Octavia shouts, catching her brothers curled up fist before he gets a chance to throw it at the grounder.

"He wants Finn to die. Why can't you see that?!" Bellamy shouts at her.

"Do you want him to live or not?" Bellamy snaps at Clarke and I.

"Clarke, you even said it yourself, this is not who we are!" Octavia pleads.

"He was protecting me. He saved my life. A, help me out here!" She shouts and I feel torn.

"We're talking about Finn's life!" Bellamy fires back taking the heat off me.

There's a small silence and I think about everything thoroughly. Finn is my best friend and I'd truly do anything for him but this guy saved Octavia's life. That other grounder saved mine and I don't believe they'd save us if they were truly as savage as everyone thinks.

Half of me wants to object the way Octavia does, knowing how wrong it truly is to torture a human being no matter the circumstances. But the other half of me wants to stand back and let Bellamy make him talk, fearing that my best friend won't make it much longer.

Before I can even make up my mind on the whole situation Clarke opens her mouth and says two words that make my heart drop.

"Do it"

Octavia shakes her head and my heart slams against my chest in worry as Bellamy walks over past the grounder.

"Just tell us!" Octavia shouts, trying to run up to the grounder but she's held back by Miller and Drew.

She pushes them off her and stumbles back. I turn to see Bellamy cut one of the seatbelts off a chair and then cut off the grounder's shirt.

"You're gonna show us the antidote or you're gonna wish you had" Bellamy tells the grounder and chills are sent down my spine.

He stands back and grabs the seatbelt, reeling his arm back as he makes a move to whip the grounder with the metal buckle. My breath catches in my throat and I lurch forward grabbing Bellamy's arm.

"No! Stop it, Bellamy!" I plead and he looks at me in disbelief.

"Grab her" He states and I'm yanked backwards by Drew and Miller.

"You can't do this!" I yell.

"Watch me" He replies.