Starlight

ii

I was 100% sure I was dead. I had to be. My whole body was numb. My head lulled from left to right. Then I noticed faint lights as my eyes began to open. Was I in heaven? Was I in hell?

I blinked a few times, trying to get my vision to stop being so blurry. All I could see was a whirlpool of blacks, and reds. I felt nauseous. This time I blinked hard and my vision came back. I wasn't in heaven. I wasn't in hell. No. I was on a drop ship. My heart pounded in my chest. They were going to eliminate me.

That's when I noticed I wasn't alone. There were several other people here. Correction, Teenagers. Were they Sky Box prisoners too?

My head pounded. I reached a lazy arm up and held it; only, I found myself restrained by a seatbelt? "Well, looks like you woke up. You're bleeding." A voice said from beside me. I squinted and looked at where he voice was coming from. Sat next to me was an annoying being. Finn Collins.

The idiot wasted a months air supply on an illegal space walk. Granted I wasted three days worth. But that's because I was starting to go blind in my right eye. Dr. Griffin told me to take as much air as I would need until the black spots went away. Eventually they did and I got in trouble for it.

"Shove it Collins." I snapped. Just as he was about say something, the contraption we were in jolted and I knew we were leaving the Ark. Didn't know where too, but we were leaving.

Finn, being the dumb-ass that he is, unbuckled and started floating around the Drop Ship. "Ah, cheer up Blind Eye." He joked as he laid effortlessly in the air. I rolled my eyes and pushed him away from me. He floated in the air smiling and joking about with all the other prisoners.

I hope he gets hurt. I thought as I glared daggers into him. Okay, so I really didn't hope he gets hurt, but I hope he like stubs his toe or something. I focused my attention on a screen that light up in the middle of the ship.

Councilor Jaha appeared and spoke. "Because you are expendable, we've sent you to Earth to see if it's survivable. If it is then we'll all come down and your crimes will me uplifted." He went on and I didn't care anymore. They already basically Floated us. Of course our crimes are forgiven.

Wait, did he just say Earth? Wasn't that the very planet we fled because of radiation? They sent us on a kill mission. What the hell?

I suddenly became very angry with Jaha, and when I spotted Wells -the son of Jaha- I became angry with him. It was his dad's fault I was on this damned ship! I could have easily been floated and died instantly. But on Earth? I could die a slow painful death.

I hated everyone in the Drop Ship too. I was angry that I had to be stuck on a planet that was maybe survivable with killers. Not all were kills, they were just idiots for getting caught. Like me. I was an idiot.

The ship started to shake violently and my head hit the seat twice before I was knocked out again. When I came too, no one was in their seats and a bright light came from an opening to my left. I noticed my seatbelt was unhinged and I tried standing.

I failed.

As soon as I stood up, my legs buckled and I fell on my hands and knees. My brown hair, that had some how been tied up in a pony, hung over my face. "You alright?" A gruff voice asked from the opening. I sighed heavily and looked up.

"Bell?" I questioned. "Bellamy Blake? Is that you?" Bellamy Blake was the janitor that helped hide me in the boom closet just close enough to his quarters. He smiled big and walked over to me.

"What are you doing on the floor?" He chuckled and bent down to grip my arm and lift me up.

"My legs gave out. I haven't used them in a while I guess." I shrugged. I had to lean all my body weight on him to even think about standing. "They drugged me good." I frowned at my useless feet.