It's Such a Shame For Us to Part

Chapter 13

Tram opened the door of Xavier's room to find Abby and Jackson, who were putting a sheet over his small body. They were all fully covered in their suits that wouldn't come off before exiting the room.

"Is he dead?" She asked, while already knowing the answer.
"Yes. I'm quite surprised he's been able to hold on for so long."
"How's Magda?" Jackson asked.
"Pretty good, considering the situation."

Magda was the mother of a teenage girl who died only a few hours after getting sick. Magda was now sick herself, but surprisingly, seemed to be getting better. Abby motioned to the guards to come in and to take care of Xavier's body as the other three went out, careful to speak in a hushed voice.

"How many now?" asked Abby, after taking her suit off.
"32 people." Jackson answered.
"Twelve children and twenty adults." Tram clarified. "The kids and teenagers are now getting sick way faster than the adults. They get sick, and then die only a couple of hours later. The adults who died were already sick before."
"At least Indra, Magda and Paul are getting better." Jackson intervenes.
"True, but still. You need to do something."
"We're trying, Tram." Sighed Abby, pinching her nose.
"Abby!" Kane's voice shouted from their right.

They turned around to see Kane running to them, his face as white as snow.

"What's going on?" Abby asked, already thinking about Clarke.

Bellamy had been in contact with her for the past two days, giving the situation with Clarke. She was afraid that her daughter's heart had stopped beating again.

"It's not about Clarke," Kane said, like he could read her thoughts. "It's Octavia."
"What's going on?"

He took a deep breath.

"She's sick."

"You've got to be kidding me." Abby thought. "What do you mean?" She asked instead.

Abby, Jackson and Tram followed Kane in the tunnels quickly.

"She started coughing blood, right in front of me. No previous symptoms before. She started panicking."
"Is she alone now?"

He shook his head.

"No, Jaha is with her." Kane said, slightly out of breath.
"She visited Indra barely 24 hours ago," Jackson said aloud, "She had to contract the disease at that time."

Abby stopped short.

"She did what?"

The three others also stopped and looked at her, puzzled.

"She visited Indra last night." Jackson repeated, clearly confused.
"I told her to not approach the sick under any circumstances! What the hell has gotten into her?" she exclaimed, resuming the path, the others following her, still not understanding her reaction.
"Indra is like her mother. I don't see what surprises you that much." said Tram.
"What surprises me is that during the last six years, Octavia has always done what she had to do. She knew what she could and could not do. I had a discussion with her, and she knew very well that she should not be close to the infected. If Octavia gets sick, our peace may well collapse and she knows it as well as we do. There are still some people who don't like the idea of living with grounders and vice versa, which is insane, needless to say. So, what was so important for her to put her health at risk by approaching Indra, who is, yes, better, but still sick nonetheless?"
"There's not necessarily any reason, Abby. I wanted to go see her too." Kane said.
"But you didn't, because you know the risks. Just like her."
"C'mon, I'm not the only one who noticed her strange behavior." Tram then intervened.
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing that I know for sure." Tram mumbled. "Yet."