"Faye?" Nia asked when she saw the blonde running to her horse. "Where are you going?"
"I ride for Polis." Faye said, mounting her horse. "I leave Nia kom Trikru in charge until my return!" Faye announced to the camp before riding away.
"Wait. What?" Nia asked confused.
"I'll go get her." Rich said, grabbing her hand, assuring her he'll bring her back.
He chased her through the woods until he found her stopped in front of a vehicle.
"Faye?" Clarke said, getting out of the passenger seat.
"We have to go, Clarke." Jasper said from the drivers seat.
"Faye." Rich approached them.
"Everybody in, now." Jasper said, rushing them all into the rover.
Rich and Faye got into the back of the rover, finding Raven unconscious.
"I wouldn't touch her." Jasper warned.
"Faye. Lexa's dead." Clarke said, looking into the back. Her voice was still rushed and she was gasping for air.
"The new commander?" Rich asked.
"Ontari. But I have the flame. Titus gave it to me. I needed to find you." Clarke said.
"Ontari doesn't have the flame." Faye said, feeling some amount of relief. "They will never follow her without it."
"You can take the Flame." Rich realized. "And then kill her."
"No, I have to kill Ontari first. Otherwise the conclave is not complete." Faye corrected.
"Lexa chose you. Ontari wasn't even trained with the other Nightbloods. First you can take the flame, then we can worry about Ontari." Clarke said.
Faye sat quietly in the back. She thought of every solution to her not taking the flame. "What about Luna?" Faye asked.
"But we have you." Rich said.
Faye decided to talk about it later with Clarke.
"We're here." Jasper said, stopping the rover. "Need your help!" Jasper yelled from the back. "we have to get her inside before she wakes up!"
"Were you followed?" Bellamy asked.
"Maybe. I don't know. Get her here."
"Get to the ridge. Radio if you spot anyone following. Harper will stay here on watch."
"Octavia, come on. We need you. Clear some space." Clarke said.
"What the hell happened to her?"
"I told you on the radio, Raven is not Raven anymore. None of them are. Jaha has been chipping everyone." Jasper explained.
"Jasper's right. I've seen it with my own eyes." Clarke said, backing him up.
"I don't need your help, all right?"
"Just take it easy and explain." Bellamy said.
"Jaha is using the chips to control everyone. You swallow it and it changes you. You forget who you are, and then see this thing, Alie. Only, she's not really there. She made Raven slit her own wrists. She was trying to get it out of her head. I was trying to help her but-"
"I don't understand." Rich admitted. He looked at Faye for an answer. "A chip did all this?"
"It's an A.I." Jasper said. "She was working on building something. She needed one of her old wristbands but Jaha destroyed all of them." Jasper said.
"Wait a second." Clarke reached into her pocket and pulled out the Flame."Does it look like this?" She asked.
"Not exactly." Jasper said.
Raven got up, running for the exit of the cave.
"Don't let her get away!" Clarke yelled.
"Hey. It's just woods. I can't see anything." Raven yelled to no one.
"No!"
"Stop!" Faye tried to grab her but Raven's elbow collided with her nose.
"Let me go!"
"If Raven finds out where we are, so will Alie. She'll come for her." Jasper said. He pressed something into her neck and Raven went limp. "Reaper stick. Last dose."
"We have to go." Clarke said.
"Why?" Bellamy asked. "Alie doesn't know where we are."
"Because I know where we can get a wristband."
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"I'll go." Clarke said, offering to talk to the trader.
"No, let me. I know her, she'll listen to me." Faye said. She knew it would be easier to listen to one of her own people, than Skaikru.
"I'll go too." Bellamy offered.
"Then so am I." Rich said, not willing to leave Faye alone with anyone from Skaikru.
They walked up to her.
"Skaikru is not welcome here." Niylah said.
"I am Faye kom Trikru." Faye told her.
"I know who you are, Worheda. The last Natblida. You should not be here." Niylah said.
"She's waking up. Hurry! Let's get her inside."
"Is your father here?"
"My father's dead. Part of an army killed by your people while trying to protect you." She looked at Bellamy.
"Niylah, please." Faye begged.
"I said no."
"We haven't got time for this. Move!" Bellamy held up his gun.
Niylah stepped aside.
"Get her in there." Bellamy told the others.
"I'm sorry." Faye told Niylah before following everyone in.
"I told you. My mom was here. If she's chipped, Alie will know." Monty said.
"That's why we're putting her in the back, through there." Clarke told the others.
"Warm welcome." Bellamy said, standing next to Faye. He kept the gun aimed at Niylah.
"Put the gun away." Faye told him, pushing the gun away from Niylah.
"I got this." Clarke said, walking over.
"We'll be over here." Faye said, grabbing Bellamy by the arm and pulling him away. When they were in a corner she turned to him. "You can't just point a gun at anyone who doesn't listen to you."
"Raven was waking up." Bellamy said. "Contrary to what you might think, not everyone is going to listen to you."
"Believe me, I know. But there are more ways than just guns." Faye said.
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Fanfiction"I'm sorry, I just can't pretend to be something like that." "But you are something. You are Worheda." Faye kom Trikru will have to put her past behind her to save her future and people.
