Knight | b. blake | 3

18.

"I'm breathing in the chemicals."

-Radioactive

18.

"Clarke's not getting enough blood, Ontari's heart rate is decreasing." Abby explains as she checks Ontari's pulse. I swallow hard and rush over to her.

"I'll start compressions." I say and quickly put my hand over the other and start to press down on her chest. Abby goes to check on Clarke who is now shaking.

"If the blood stops flowing her brain will liquify." She says as I continue compressions.

Clarke seizes even more and her nose starts to bleed.

"I don't think it's working." Murphy says at my side. I sigh and look to Abby who runs over to her med kit.

"Make an incision, Taylor. Deep enough to get to her heart." Abby tells me. I nod right away and have Murphy hand me the pack that has all the tools I need. He hands me the scalpel and I quickly cut her open. Abby comes over and puts a metal device in her chest and starts turning a knob making her chest open up. I've never seen something like this done before, on the ark my dad never did a procedure this intense.

Once Abby has her chest open enough she sticks her hand in and grabs her heart. Oh my god, she's trying to massage the heart to start the blood flow again.

"Take over, Taylor." She tells me and I trade places with her. I slip my hand under and around her heart. It's hard to get a grip on from the blood but I finally do and start to gently squeeze. It processes through my head after a couple of seconds that I'm holding a human heart in my hand. The thought freaks me out but I continue. Clarke is still seizing and for a second I think that it's done, that it's not going to work but finally she stops. Abby sighs in relief.

"She's stabilizing." She explains.

Bellamy and the others quickly come flooding in the room and start setting things in front of the door. I can only imagine that Alie's people are here.

"Murphy, I need you to take over." I tell say to him.

His eyes widen, "what? No."

"Murphy, now." I state and he sighs and gets closer to me and puts his hand by mine. I slowly take my hand away as he puts his hand in and grabs her heart.

"Keep the squeezes gentle but firm. Keep a rhythm." I explain to him and he nods. I quickly start to grab things and set them in front of the door with everyone. Eventually there's nothing left to place in front of the door so we all wait. We then start to hear shouts and the doors are getting rammed alerting us that they are trying to get in. I swallow hard. After a few more more attempts they finally get through and come straight at us. A guy comes running toward me and I punch him in the face, he tries to punch me but I block his hit and kick him in the stomach making him fall to the ground. Once he's on his knees I punch him again making him knockout. Someone else tries to get past me and I quickly swipe my feet making her fall to the ground. She tries to get up and I grab her by her collar and punch her twice before she knocks out as well. I turn to make sure Murphy is still doing his damn job and he nods to me as he continues to keep Ontari's blood flowing.

"Look out!" He yells and I turn but it's too late and I'm getting pushed to the floor. I recognize the face. It's Alex.I had wondered if he got chipped or somehow disappeared like my father. He wraps his hands around my neck and starts to squeeze tight. I start gasping for any air that I can but he keeps his hold. I try pushing his hands away but the lack of air makes my attempts a fail as I no longer have enough strength. A tear escapes my eyes as I look into his. This isn't Alex anymore, this is Alie controlling someone who is good. Someone who is pure. My heart aches for him and it aches for my baby. A baby that won't get to see the light of day if Alie isn't stopped. I feel even more light headed and my vision starts to go out. My hands slowly fall to the side but before darkness overcomes me the pressure on my neck is released and I'm taking a huge breath of air and sitting up. Alex gets off of me and I turn on my front keeping myself up with my hands as I start to cough.