My Blood

Her name is Lexa

~~~~+~~~~

Leoni woke up in a bed stationed on a grey floor mirroring grey walls and a grey ceiling. her hair was tied in a low ponytail and she wore a long sleeved grey top and black leggings. she sat up quickly as yesterdays pain flooded over her. Bellamy was dead. he was just gone. all hopes and dreams of a happy family and a beautiful life had been squashed all together. they were just gone. she dropped her head into her hands and let the tears run down her face

"fuck Bellamy" she whispered running her hands over her face
"FUUUCCCKKK" she screamed kicking thrashing her legs and arms on the bed furiously. her stomach churned at the sudden movement and within an instant she had jumped up and collapsed over the toilet bowl, throwing up the little she'd had to eat in the past couple of weeks. after wiping her mouth and catching her breath she stood back up started pacing the room. there was nothing. the door the air vents everything was so fucking smooth, nothing to make a weapon out of. the light that illuminated the room dimly. it was covered by a metal fence and then a smooth transparent surface of plastic.
"light" she muttered to herself
"lightbulbs the lightbulbs are made of glass" she told herself and started to punch the cross patched metal, throwing fist after fist, making dent after dent in the fence
"they won't kill me like they killed him" she insisted. her knuckles were bruised and had started to bleed but she didn't stop. eventually she'd worn a hole in the fence and was now onto the plastic. she didn't take a break but instead rolled her shoulder and kept going. she watched as the blood splattered across the surface but also as small cracks started to spread.
"BREAK!" she screamed and kept going at it until she went straight through and into the glass that protected the two lightbulbs. with her right hand now completely shredded she wiped it diagonally across her face reaching from the side of her face, across her mouth and down to the side of her chin to get rid of the majority of her blood that was pouring down her hand. reached in with her left and pulled out the lightbulb. she smashed the side against the wall creating a lethal point. suddenly the door opened. Leoni tucked the weaponised lightbulb up her sleeve and dropped her hand to swing at her side as she walked out of the door. she walked forward, clutching at her stomach briefly as she felt another wave of sickness come over her, to a three way cross roads she looked side too side and saw Diyoza and Hope walking towards her from the right, Octavia with a blood soaked Echo walking in from the left and Indie approaching from straight ahead

"what's going on?" Leoni asked, her eyes stuck on Echo's bloodstained face while hers were stuck on Leoni's. the older man from when Leoni first arrived walked towards them with his hands behind his back. his eyes widened at Echo's appearance

"this is what our people do before going into battle" Echo told the man gesturing to herself, Indie and Leoni

"well...i'm glad to hear that" the man broke into a cunning smile
"and the rest of you? are you all with Echo?" he looked around at them.

"you bet. free us and we'll fight your war" Octavia demanded. Leoni gripped her makeshift weapon tightly, ready to take this man out

"the last war will free us all Miss Blake" he said as if reminding the girl.
"your training starts tomorrow. we'll make disciples of you yet" he nodded

"your name?" Leoni questioned

"Anders" he turned to her and she quickly tucked her hands behind her back as he walked away.

"hmm" Leoni hummed
"so now there's a name to my husbands killer" the blonde mused and everyone turned to her in shock

"Leoni-" Octavia attempted to offer her comfort

"no" Echo lifted her hand to silence the girl
"it'll make the kill that much sweeter" the spy agreed. they were all escorted back to their cells and Leoni was once again sat on the cold floor but this time for much much longer. Days? Maybe weeks? Possibly Months? She didn't know. She'd spent almost all of her time sleeping and when she wasn't doing that she was throwing up and then came the crying and when the tears stopped she was just living. Staring at the ceiling in the dark. She'd slipped back into that depression and this time without medication or a daughter and sister to drag her out of bed there was almost no stopping her. Then out of nowhere for the first time since God only knows when there was feeling. Leoni sat up straight in the bed, eyes wide and confused. then it came again. she slowly looked down at her stomach and realisation hit her. she placed both of her hands over it and felt 2 definitive kicks. she almost smiled until she remembered where she was. she stumbled up and over to to a strip of light, examining herself in the plastic's reflection. she ran her hands over her clear bump and her jaw dropped. with life now forming inside of her Leoni was determined to keep living, surviving for the last piece of Bellamy she had. she walked swiftly over to the door and banged on it

"yeah em...i'm gonna need a doctor"

around 4 months later

"Leoni? it's me" the doctor came in the door. she was a woman, Mina.

"Mina hi" Leoni smiled and stood up to greet the woman

"to everything i say just nod or shake your head always smile" Mina told her with a wide grin as she pointed up at the camera with a shaky finger. Mina hadn't told a soul about Leoni being pregnant. she knew that if anyone found out both mother and child would be brainwashed into the ways of the shepard. Mina walked forward and hugged the blonde
"how are you feeling good?" Mina asked as she felt Leoni's stomach subtly so the camera wouldn't see. Leoni nodded
"ok so i'm here about that high temperature" Mina lied loudly then pressed her thermometer into Leoni's mouth
"any abnormal bleeding or sharp pains?" she asked under her breath. Leoni shook her head no
"ok then!" Mina stood back with a wide smile taking the thermometer
"i'm gonna give you these to settle that food poisoning, one before every meal" she said and revealed the label on the pill bottle she had so that Leoni could read that they were only paracetamol to settle her nausea

"thank you" Leoni took the bottle and hid it from view

"cravings?" the doctor asked through gritted teeth while she checked the commander's heart rate

"i'd kill for some mac and cheese" Leoni muttered

"i got you- for all mankind" Mina nodded, squeezing Leoni's hand and leaving. the blonde stood for a second watching the door lock. her hands fell onto her stomach and she smiled gently. she felt looked after and that was a feeling she hadn't felt since Luna's passing

around 9 months of pregnancy

"ARGHHHHH GET IT OUTTTTT" Leoni screamed. she was laying back on the bed with her head propped forward as she tried to push an actual child out of her. her hair was matted with sweat and her cheeks soaked with tears

"come on Miss Kane, one more" Dr Mina cooed from in front of her widespread legs

"no no i can't do it i can't do it Mina i can't, not without my husband, I can't do this all alone" Leoni sobbed, tears flowed like a river over her cheeks

"hey hey! Leoni look at me" Mina grabbed her face as she sobbed
"you have to do this" Mina told her sternly having learned that the blonde didn't respond to the lovey dovey shit
"you hear me! you have to! There is literally no other option! now get a grip and give me one more let's go" the doctor ordered

"AGHHHHHH-" Leoni pushed with all her might, screaming as she did so but then she stopped. her heart fluttered at the undeniable sound of her baby crying

"it's a girl" the woman smiled as she wrapped the squealing little child in a blanket and handed her over to the weakened commander

"holy shit- hi" Leoni gave an exhausted smile as her arms cradled the baby to her and her thumbs ran over it's head. finally after all this time she had something to call her own. this. was. family. the love she felt at that moment meant family

"i'll leave you two alone and fetch some new blankets and clothes - oh but do you have a name?" the woman checked. Leoni looked down at the small creature in her arms that she already knew she would die for. just like she had felt for the girl who had been taken from her

"Lexa" Leoni smiled up at Mina
"Her name is Lexa"

Surprise!!! What are your thoughts??
Please vote
xxx