"You say that you have a whole hell of problems, but you underestimate the hell I've been through," I murmur, as he tilts his head downwards towards mine.
He glances back in forth between my eyes for a moment before taking my cheek in his hand. He b...
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As soon as I give the go-ahead, Bellamy jumps into action and begins to give orders.
"Ok, then. This is what we've been preparing for. Kill them before they kill us." He says while everyone scatters around the clearing.
I walk over to the table and begin adding more knives to my already extensive collection.
He continues giving orders while I check the clip in the handgun he gave me a while back.
"Gunners, to your posts. Use the tunnels to get in and out. From now on, the gate stays closed." He says just as I put the gun in my belt and turn around to walk towards the foxholes with Octavia by my side.
She smiles and nods before focusing her head forward.
Bellamy puts his hand out to stop her, which in turn stops me too.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're not a gunner," he says glancing between the two of us.
I smirk. "You're right," I say, tilting my head to the side. "We're not, but it's just like you said," I smile, looking at Octavia.
She smirks before turning back to Bellamy. "We're grounders."
He sighs before nodding. I stay put, watching Octavia go.
"Here." He says, handing me a walkie. "Be careful, okay?" He murmurs before pulling me into a hug. I nod against his shoulder.
"Always," I say pulling apart. "I got your back if you need me."
He smiles. "The whole time?"
I smile back. "The whole time," I say before running after Octavia.
A pang runs through my heart as I realise that I didn't say goodbye to Elliot, but I know that he already knows what I'd tell him anyway.
I continue my pace before breaking from the fox hole and running across the forest floor and into the woods.
I draw my sword and slow my pace, knowing that I need to keep my eyes open. One wrong move and I'm dead.
My eyes are trained on the trees above. My gaze stops on the smallest of movements.
I narrow my eyes before I move my hand to my belt, grabbing one of my throwing knives.
I rear back and throw, aiming it perfectly. It lands in the shadow's neck, making them fall from their perch in the tree and to the forest floor.
A small thud is heard as they hit the floor. I take a deep breath before running and grabbing the knife from their neck.
My hands grip the bloodied handle and yank it out of their neck. I wipe the blood on my jeans right as the gunfire starts.
I crouch down low and run towards another tree farther in the distance. It's better to be farther away from the dropship to avoid being mistaken for a grounder.
I press my back up against a tree and peek out to see what is happening.
Shouts and gunshots ring out from the camp, causing my eyebrows to furrow. I see grounders dodging and weaving through the trees. My frown deepens right before I'm slammed to the ground.
My shoulder hits first, making me wince. The cold metal of a knife is pressed against my neck making my vision blurry from the pain, but I don't hesitate before grabbing the blade with my hand to push it away, causing blood to pour from my palm.
The grounder grins when he notices my fear, revelling in it.
I scream as I shove the blade away, all the while the grounder is pushing it downwards towards my neck.
Blood begins to drip from my palm and onto my shirt. My eyes narrow as I use my leg and kick his shin out from underneath him, making him fall against me. I groan in frustration before I grab the knife away from his hand and whip myself over so now I'm leaning over his face. I drive it into his throat, not hesitating once.
He gurgles and twitches before stopping all together.
My breathing falls from my lips quick and fast as I scramble to grab my sword.
You don't bring a knife to a samurai fight.
I shake my head as I watch the grounders evade the bullets. My lips part in realisation as I grab the walkie.
I press the button and say, "Stop shooting! I repeat: Stop shooting!" I say, and the gunfire becomes more sparse. "The grounders are wasting the bullets on purpose. Only shoot if you have a clear shot." I say and the gunfire stops completely.
"She's right." Bellamy's voice says through the walkie. "Wait for my signal to shoot."
I nod to myself before I clip my walkie to my belt loop.
Then, a war cry rings out and the grounders charge the walls.
"NOW!" Bellamy says through the walkie.
I clench my jaw, cursing, before gripping my sword tight and running.
I slam my sword through the back of a grounder. I pull my sword out, splattering blood on my face, but I don't bother wiping it off.
My eyes dart upwards when I hear running from behind me. I turn and slice my sword through the grounders neck, cutting their head clean off.
I let out a breath, watching the head roll lull to the side.
I don't spare a glance to the blood that coats my hands before running towards the next grounder and then the next.
And after I run through forests and break through the treeline, I have a trail of over a dozen bodies behind me.
I ram my broadsword into another grounder before I see Octavia.
"O!" I yell, running towards her.
She turns around and nods towards me. "You okay?" She asks.
"Yeah, you?" I counter.
She nods, then her lips quirk up. "Us second children have to stick together, yeah?" She says.
I smile, nodding.
Her smile drops when she looks behind me and sees Bellamy on the ground with a grounder on top of him.
"Oh shit." She mutters before taking off in their direction with me running after her.
She shoves her sword into their back before pulling it out and shoving them to the ground.
"Admit it you want one." She smirks, offering Bellamy a hand.
She lets out a grunt of pain as an arrow flies into her calf.
"You're hit!" Bellamy says while I turn and throw a knife into the grounder that shot the arrow. They fall from their post and onto the floor.
"Hailey! Fall back!" Bellamy yells from a couple metres away with Miller helping him with Octavia.
I shake my head. "No! I can still help, Bell!"
"Not if you're dead!" He counters. "Fall back!" He repeats causing me to shake my head.
"I be back in ten!" I say before running back into the forest.
I then hear a scream that causes me to stop.
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A/N
okay I am a little bitch for these cliff hangers, BUT only one more chapter until the end of the season >:)
