You and Me

Chapter 20

His friends were being taken to the Harvest Chamber. The Grounder prisoners had disappeared. His cover was blown. The radio was gone. Maya had to move around in a suit with limited oxygen supply. Bellamy was out of plans and in more shit than ever.

There were three teams working on getting inside the Mountain, and his sister was with the one in the mines, leading the Grounders through the Reaper tunnels. So, that was where he headed. He got there in time to hear banging on the door. Considering it couldn't be the Mountain Men, Bellamy rushed forward, unlocking the door and swinging it open. He was met with guns and swords. His eyes locked on a pair of beautiful blues.

"Bellamy!"

He caught his sister in a hug, holding Clarke's gaze over her shoulder. Clarke dropped her gun, and her face crumpled with it. As soon as O released him, Bellamy rushed to Clarke. His arms shook when he held her. She buried her head in his chest and let out a shaky breath.

"Where's the rest of your army, Princess?"

"Leaving us behind with yours." Bellamy held her tighter.

Around them, the soldiers from Arkadia greeted Jasper, Monty, and Maya. Miller caught sight of his dad and ran into his arms. Clarke stepped away to greet Jasper and Monty. Murphy held out his hand in greeting, slipping a cloth note back into Bellamy's possession.

"A group this big will never be kept hidden," said Miller. Maya's suit beeped, indicating thirty minutes left in her tank, speeding up the decision-making process.

The Arkers that had been in the mines with Octavia left with the Grounders, unaware that Clarke hadn't agreed to the retreat. This left twelve Arkadia soldiers. Six went with Octavia, and Maya to Level Five. The other six went with Murphy and Jasper to find a way to infiltrate the dorms. Bellamy, Monty, and Clarke were headed to President Dante.

Radios weren't an option and meeting back up wasn't either but splitting up was necessary. Bellamy knew he could trust Maya to sneak around Level Five with his sister. Jasper wasn't happy with splitting from Maya but was convinced he needed to guide Murphy's team. Which was a good thing, because Bellamy was not separating from Clarke.

"There won't be any guards in quarantine. If anything happens, go there," instructed Bellamy. It was shocking to see the guards listening to him, but a relief they weren't alone.

Heading back into the Mountain, Bellamy grabbed Clarke's hand, running through the empty halls. She glanced at him, eyes still holding traces of hurt from the Commander's retreat, but she managed a smile and three squeezes of his hand.

"Lexa leaving was not your fault, Clarke."

Clarke sighed and shrugged out an "I know." He didn't think she did.

"Neither was Tondc." She tensed up but looked resolutely forward and just nodded. Bellamy tugged on her hand. She didn't reply. "Clarke, you couldn't have stopped the missile. You did what you could." Clarke picked up her pace, Bellamy let the topic drop. After getting their people back, she'd be ok. They would all be together and be ok.

*

Monty got them into the Command Center and located their friends on the monitors within three minutes of being delegated the task. That was the extent of the good news.

With eyes on their friends, but no radios to communicate, Clarke had to guess at what was happening. Murphy's group was exiting a trash chute onto level four, several guards shaking their head and Murphy and Jasper talking heatedly. It didn't seem the trash chute was their way into the dorms. Inside the dorms, Clarke got a look at the people she'd been missing for weeks. And a look at people that were supposed to be safe far away.