eight>>> Lincoln


My eyes flutter open, my head feeling groggy. I shake my head a little bit, going to sit up but feel myself stopped. Hands gently push me back down. I open my eyes and meet blue ones. Immediately followed by a smile.ย 


"Hey," they speak, tilting their head to the side. I close my eyes a second feeling them squeeze my hand.


"C-Clarke," I choke out, feeling my mouth try.ย 


"I'm right here-" she squeezes my hand pausing a second. I open my eyes meeting hers.ย 


"T-The grounders-" I stop feeling a sharp pain in my stomach.ย 


"You're safe now Y/N. They can't hurt you." I shake my head from side to side trying to sit up. Clarke is quick on her feet, grabbing a hold of my shoulders pushing me back down gently. "You can't be getting up. You just got out of surgery."ย 


"Th-They're in trouble."


"Who? The grounders?" I nod my head at her question. My lips separate to speak again when the doors to the room Clarke and I are in open. Clarke tears her eyes away from me and turns around. I follow with my own eyes to be met with a worried looking Raven. I stare at her as she exchanged looks with Clarke. But before long she begins walking over and that's when I realize the brace around her leg. Gently, I sit up a bit, wincing as I do.ย 


"R-Raven?" I say as she walks up to me and to the side. Our eyes lock and without a word she wraps her arms around me. Hesitant at first, I wrap my arms around her, closing my eyes. She was the last person I had seen before the grounders took me.ย 


"Thank god you're okay," she whispers into my ear. I nod and we pull apart. A smile spreads to the girl's lips as I barely give one back, looking away and to Clarke. From there I look back and forth between the two girls. "So where have you been all this time?" I turn my head and look to Raven.ย 


"With the grounders, Trikru," I respond. Raven looks away from me and to Clarke. Both of them wore a confused look across their face. "I w-was with the commander."ย 


"And they didn't kill you?" Clarke asks. I shook my head from side to side, looking a bit confused but understood where she was coming from. The two began to look at one another like they were debating something with just their eyes.ย 


"What is it? J-Just tell me," I finally speak, my eyes continuing to look back and forth between them.ย 


"Jaha had com back with a message from the commander," Clarke began. I kept my focus on her a bit confused on how Jaha got down here, but I guess I can't be too confused considering Abby and Kane are down here along with the Arc. But I nod feeling Raven squeeze my hand. I hadn't even realized she was holding my hand. "The commander said leave or die. We had two days, now we have less than three hours.ย 


"What? No..." My voice trails off as I look towards the door. I keep my gaze on there for a while thinking long and hard. "You have to let me go back."ย 


"Absolutely not!" Raven spoke up. I turned and looked at her, shaking my head.ย 


"Raven I can talk her out of it. She'll listen to me."ย 


"We just got you back, Y/N. We're not giving you up-"ย 


"Clarke, Raven we need help out here!" Finn spoke up. All eyes went to him as he stood in the doorway. He looked nervous as his eyes from Clarke to Raven. But nonetheless the two girls nodded their head and looked to me quickly. I just nod my head as they hurriedly go the door, following Finn.ย 


And yeah I probably should not have gotten up, but I do even thought it hurts like hell. I slide my legs over the side of the bed and slowly touch the ground. I shut my eyes a moment, wrapping my arm around my stomach. Before long I limp towards the door and begin making my way out.ย 


Outside people are running around like crazy. It's dark out. The stars are visible. I take a moment and glance up seeing the stars twinkle. A small smile lingers on my lips remembering the night Lexa and i stayed under the stars for a bit. One of the first nights I was in that room in Polis. But I'm soon brought out of my little daydream as the sky people begin crowding around looking into the distance. Slowly, but surely I make my way over and see flames. My eyes scan the area and know for a fact that this was Lexa and the rest of Trikru. I sink my teeth into my bottom lip and look around at my people, the sky people. Even though Lexa considered me a member of the Trikru I couldn't shake my original people off.ย 


"Mom!" Clarke's voice rings out. I turn seeing Clarke and Finn walking through the gate. Abby runs over to them and there's small interactions. Jaha follows as the four of them head into the Arc. I look away from them and back to the grounders when I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn my head fast but I'm met with soft eyes. Raven's soft brown eyes.ย 


"Shouldn't you be resting?" She asks. I shrug my shoulders and look away. "I mean you just got surgery."ย 


"I'm fine...This is more important," I say, keeping my eyes locked on the scene playing out in front of us.ย 


"More important than you healing?"ย 


I turn my head and lock eyes with the olive skinned girl. She looks back and forth between my eyes, worry written all over her face. "There's plenty of time for that later..." I let my voice trail off, but wouldn't let my eyes look away. Instead they traveled down to her leg. "What happened?" I shifted my head to make it nod at her leg. I look back up to see her glance down, shrugging her shoulders then looking to the grounders.ย 


"Murphy shot me."ย 


My eyes widen as she shakes her head from side to side. I adjust my arm around my stomach looking away. "Why would he shoot you?"ย 


"He didn't do it on purpose...Jasper and I was trying to help Bellamy and Murphy shot blindly."ย 


"Wow...And they d-didn't arrest him?" Silence fell between us. I look to the olive skinned girl once more to see her arms crossed over her chest. I tilt my head to the side before seeing her turn her head looking to me. Our eyes lock and the look in her eyes was something I never seen before.ย 


"I didn't tell the guard it was Murphy-" she pauses a moment, her eyes looking back and forth between mine. "Why did you leave that night?"ย 


"What?" I tilt my head, confused in the sudden change of conversation from the girl.ย 


"I came back to talk to you, to tell you a ship from the Arc came down. But you weren't there-" she stops again as I look away shaking my head from side to side. "We searched and searched for you. But you were no where-"


"Raven, I'm fine. Okay?" I say, cutting her off. My eyes trail past her seeing Abby with a group walking out of the camp. Clarke was coming towards us talking with Finn before he disappeared. I look back to Raven to be met with a sad look across her face. I go to speak but Clarke beats me to it.ย 


"Y/N, you should be resting," Clarke said, her eyes resting on me.ย 


"That's what I told her," Raven said, before limping away. I step forward, reaching out for Raven, but stop bending over a bit, closing my eyes. Within moments I feel a hand on my back and a hand in front of me, but I shrug them off shaking my head from side to side.ย 


"I'm fine...I'm fine," I whisper, pausing .I stand up straight and open my eyes locking them with Clarke. "What's going on with the grounders?"ย 


"They're preparing to fight us," Clarke answers, looking to the grounders. "But I have something they may want."ย 


"What do you mean-"


"Clarke, you got to go," Finn's voice speaks. Both Clarke and I turn meeting Finn's eyes. His eyes for the first time have met mine. He appeared different. Like something was going in. His eyes were wider than I remember. He didn't appear to be the guy I first met on the drop ship when we came down here.ย 


"Right..." Clarke's voice trails off and she turns towards me wrapping her arms around me with no explanation. I let her, a bit confused. Yet within a few moments she pulls away and turns towards the gate. I tilt my head to the side and watch her walk out the gate. I turn my head to find Finn by the fence somewhat hidden behind a tent before he makes his way through the fence, taking off. My head tilts to the side as I slowly begin to walk that way, making sure no one follows me.ย 


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I find myself at the dropship. My eyes scan the area, clenching my jaw seeing bones and skeletons lying everywhere. I wrap my arm around my stomach, letting my fingers rest against where I was shot. My eyes continue to scan the area till I finally land on the doors of the dropship. Carefully I walk towards it and walk in. Voices are heard up above. My eyes lock on the ladder. Last time i was here I climbed up this ladder and helped out Lincoln. Now, I'm not sure what I am to find.ย 


Slowly, I walk towards the ladder lifting up my hands and beginning to climb. I close my eyes and reopen with every step feeling my stomach twist and turn. But within moments I make it to the door, opening it up. Once I lift myself up and out, I feel all kinds of eyes on me.ย 


"Y/N?" Bellamy speaks up first. I turn and lock eyes with Bellamy, Finn, Octavia, Abby, and...Nyko. His eyes stare back at me and within moments he steps towards me. However, Bellamy steps in front of me, pushing me back a bit. He faces Nyko who has a serious, deadly look smeared a crossed him.ย 


"We focus on Lincoln," Bellamy said, keeping his eyes on Nyko. I look away from the two and to Octavia and Abby who are bent down looking at none other than Lincoln. A sad expression dawns over me, feeling sick.ย 


"She belongs to Heda," Nyko finally spoke. Abby and Octavia begin working on Lincoln as I turn my attention back to Nyko and Bellamy.ย 


"I'm sorry but you have the wrong girl-" Bellamy starts.


"Guys we need to focus!" Finn shouts. Nyko, Bellamy and I look to him. His eyes are wide and he seems anxious. I'm telling you, he's not the same as when I last seen him. What happened to the chill, fun space walker?ย 


"Pupils are unresponsive," Abby speaks. My eyes switch to her as she looks to the side of her. Bellamy grabs my hand and drags me on the other side where Octavia sits. He bends down and I standย  behind him and his sister, watching closely. "Tie his arm. Tightly."ย 


Octavia quickly ties a yellow strand around Lincoln's arm. She looks around anxiously as she moved quickly. I swing my arm back over my stomach, tilting my head to the side.ย 


"Thanks to the supplies your brother found, Lincoln might have a chance," Abby said, asserting something with a syringe before leaning over Lincoln.ย 


"What's that?" Octavia questions, keeping her eyes locked on Abby.ย 


"It'll bring down his fever-" Abby goes to stick in the needle but before she can Lincoln begins to move. I back up, clenching my jaw seeing the grounder begin to shake as if he was having a seizure. Immediately everyone panics. "HOLD HIM DOWN!" Abby's loud, but it does the trick. Everyone quickly jumps to hold Lincoln down except Nyko and myself. I take a couple more steps back before shaking my head at the scene that plays out in front of me. Eventually I take off, going to the exit. I hear my name shouted but I pay no attention. I climb down quickly and get to the bottom level of the drop ship. Once my feet hit the ground I hear Clarke's voice. My eyes widen and I look around, running over to my left getting under one of the drapes.ย 


Silence takes over till I hear footsteps and the rattling of the ladder. After a couple moments I toss off the drapes and look up to find no one. A sigh of relief takes over me as I limp my way to the door. But outside I'm met with a ground. He turns and our eyes meet.ย 


Without a word I take off past him. He doesn't stop me. So I keep running, glancing over my shoulder as I exit the walls of the dropship. My eyes lock with his once more before looking back around and making it back to the camp where the rest of my people stay now...ย 

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