Chapter Forty-Two

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"Where are you going?" Bellamy asked when he saw Faye following him. 

"I'm coming with you, duh. Jasper said nobody should be alone." Faye said, stopping next to Bellamy as he looked down at her. 

With a heavy sigh, he continued. "If you're trying to use this as an excuse to talk, don't." 

"Oh, I know. There's nothing to talk about. We got the chip out of Raven and got away from Alie." Faye folded her hands behind her back and walked next to Bellamy. "I'm sure there's no one here." She said, watching him hold the gun, ready to fire.

"We don't know that." Bellamy said.

Faye looked at the empty land that was all fenced in. The only movement came from a flag blowing in the wind. 

"Sure we don't." Faye followed him.

Faye went to kick open a door, standing just slightly back from it. Just as she was about to kick it down, Bellamy reached forward and turned the knob.

"Whatever." Faye rolled her eyes. 

When they went in, they found it was the armory. Guns were locked away and along with metal boxes.

Faye watched Bellamy rush to open one of the boxes. Inside were dozens of tiny bullets.

"What is it?" Faye asked, looking over his shoulder.

Bellamy pulled out his radio. "Everyone finish what you're doing and meet me in the armory." Bellamy told them.

"Why? What's going on?" Clarke asked.

"You'll see when you get here. We just got lucky." 

"I don't understand. It's just bullets." Faye shrugged.

They went outside and found Clarke running out of the Ark coughing.

"Bellamy! Faye!"

"Clarke!" They both ran up to her when they saw her. "What is it? What's going on?" Bellamy asked.

"Emerson."

"The mountain man?" Faye asked. With only a weak nod, Faye drew her swords and started walking the way Clarke had come from. 

Clarke started following her.

"You shouldn't go back in there." Bellamy told Clarke.

"We can't let her go alone." Clarke said.

"Where's Monty." Bellamy asked.

"Emerson took him. Why?" Clarke asked herself.

"Octavia, can you hear me? Come in." Bellamy said over the radio.

"Jasper was with her." Clarke reminded him.

"Jasper, are you there? Say something." There was only static.

"Miller, Harper, Bryan...This is all my fault. I let Emerson live." Clarke said.

"Don't do that to yourself." Faye said.

"What are you talking about?" Bellamy asked.

"In Polis. I had a chance to kill him, but I let him go." Clarke explained.

"Bellamy, what's wrong?" Raven asked on the radio.

"Raven, are you okay? Where are you?"

"Still in engineering. We're fine."

"Raven, listen to me. Emerson is here. Are the others with you?" Clarke asked, taking the radio.

"Negative. Just Sinclair. Mount Weather Emerson?" Raven asked.

"Yes. "Clarke told her. "Okay, lock down the hangar bay, don't let anybody in but us."

When they got to the hangar bay, the lights were out and they could hear Raven groaning.

"Raven! Raven!" They all banged on the glass.

"The other door." Clarke said.

Faye was the first to get there, banging her fist on the keypad. Bellamy pulled her hand away and typed in the code.

"Raven. Sinclair. Raven." Bellamy said, calling for the two who were just locked in. "After me."

"Sinclair." Clarke gasped when she saw him laid on the floor. When she turned his body over, they could all see a bloody wound. Clarke closed his eyes.

"We're too late." Bellamy said.

"No, we're not. He didn't kill Monty or Raven. He would've left their bodies. He took them somewhere." Clarke explained.

"If you're right, Octavia and the others are there, too." Bellamy said.

"Where would he be taking them?"

"A holding cell?" Faye shrugged. "Somewhere he knows they won't escape."

"How does he even know his way around?" Bellamy asked.

"He was here. You all were in Mount Weather. The airlock." Clarke grabbed Bellamy's radio. "Emerson." She waited for an answer.

Faye put her knife away and drew her swords and was ready to fight.

"I know you're listening. We need to talk." 

"I don't need to do anything." A man said from the other end. "You should have killed me when you had the chance."

"And now you're here to kill me, is that it?" Clarke asked.

"Something like that."

"Then let my friends go. Do that and you can have me." Bellamy and Faye gave each other a confused look before turning to Clarke.

"You're brave, Clarke."

"Clarke." Bellamy said.

"I'll give you that."

"I know what I'm doing." Clarke assured them both.

"They're lucky to have a friend like you. Come to the airlock. No weapons. Right now."

"Here." Clarke handed Bellamy her gun and his radio.

"What the hell are you doing?" He asked her.

"Saving them. Look when it's over, take this. Raven will know what to do with it. Promise you'll do what needs to be done." Clarke said, handing the metal casing of the Flame to Faye. "Promise me." 

Faye was about to speak when Bellamy stopped her. "No. You're outta your mind if you think we're letting you do this alone." 

"Bellamy, this is my fault. I'm not letting anyone else die for my mistake, okay? So just take it!" Clarke grabbed Faye's hand and forced the Flame into her hand.

"Are you through?" Bellamy asked. "I don't know what happened between you and Emerson in Polis. But I do know that letting him kill you here today is a stupid plan."

"You got a better one?" Clarke asked.

"You distract him, Faye cuts off his head." Bellamy walked over to the hangar door, waiting for Clarke and Faye.

"Give this to Luna yourself." Faye handed back the Flame.

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