contents under pressure; ❛ GODDESS ❜ ⤞ the one hundred
❝Shit that hurt❞

Sep. 25 2149

Instant relief fills the group as they make their way into camp.

Monroe and Octavia rush forward in front of the two boys to alert the others.

"Clarke!" Jasper shouts, a barely conscious Athena in Wells arms, "Where's Clarke, get her now!"

Clarke, followed by Raven and a few others burst out of the dropship.

Their faces fall at the sight of Finn & Athena.

"Finn. Athena? Oh, my god. Oh, oh, my god." Clarke breathes out, fear evident in her voice.

"Oh, my god," is all Raven manages to say as they make their way over to the group.

Clarke rushes over to Finn as Raven goes to Athena.

"Stay the hell awake mama bear!" She shouts over the rain and wind from beside her.

"I'm trying little bird," she manages to croak out.

Clarke checks Finn's pulse,

"They're alive,"

"Bellamy wouldn't let me take the knife out," Jasper panics at the injured girl in his arms.

"No, that was a good call. Get them in the dropship now. Go!" She orders

"Clarke, can you save them?"

"No, not me. I need my mother, I need to talk to her."

"There's still no radio!"

"Raven, fix it! Go!"

She nods before running into the dropship.

Clarke then turns to Octavia,

"Hey, you ok?"

"Ok, yeah," she nods, "Just go."

Clarke returns the gesture before making her way into the dropship.

Nothing could get worse, right?

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The sky had turned a dark gray and rain had begun heavily pouring. Delinquents are holding up the tarp and screaming commands.

The earth cried for Athena Jaha that night, for the first but never the last time.

Clarke had cleaned Finn's wound and was ready to stitch it up as Raven tried to contact the ark.

The storm made the task nearly impossible.

The knife was still embedded in Athena's chest but it kept her stable.

Wells had just changed the bloody cloth covering his sisters wound as he checked her temperature.

Clarke was standing at the dropship door, watching the chaos unfold, before turning to Raven.

"This is Raven Reyes. Calling Ark Station," her voice turns desperate, "Come in Ark Station! This is Raven Reyes, calling Ark Station, please come in."

"Are you sure you have the right frequency?" A kid asks

"Yeah I'm sure," she growls

Clarke sighs, "Raven, you can do this, okay?"

Clarke walks over to Athena and grimaces as she tends to her wound. She is lying on a makeshift bed and is losing color in her face.

Octavia stares at Athena's near-lifeless body, tears filling her eyes.

"Calling Ark Station, Ark station. Please come in. I'm on the ground with the hundred," she glances over to Athena and Finn. "We need you."

Clarke continues mending the wounds as Ravens calls to get more desperate.

"Calling ark station, the hundred are alive."

The radio crackles to life, catching the attention of everyone on the floor,

"This is a restricted station. Who is this? Please identify yourself."

The kids all gather around Raven as Clarke pushes through the crowd.

"This is Raven Reyes. I- I'm from Mecha Station. I'm transmitting from the ground. The hundred are alive. Please, you need to get Doctor Abby Griffin. Doctor Abby Griffin. Now."

The kids mutter in disbelief.

There's silence for a moment until they hear a new voice,

"Raven? Are you there?"

Clarke's eyes go wide at the sound of her mother's voice and her body fills with relief despite the grudge held against her at the moment.

"Mom? Mom, it's me."

Radio static.

"Clarke?" You can hear the absolute relief in her voice

"Mom, I need your help. Two of our people were stabbed by a Grounder." She says, turning her head to the two bodies

Jaha leans towards the mic in the Ark

"Clarke, this is the Chancellor. Are you saying there are survivors on the ground?"

Their eyes widen at the sound of the chancellor but she responds nonetheless.

"Yes, the Earth is survivable. We're not alone." She breaks the news to everyone on the Ark.

It's silent on the other end.

"Mom, they're dying. The knife is still in her chest." She breathes out

"Clarke," the chancellor's voice sounds once again, "Are my children with you?"

Wells runs up to the radio.

"Dad, its me im here. Athena's the one with the knife in her chest." He answers with a wobbly voice.

The adults on the other side of the radio fall silent at the news.

Jaha sucks inna breathe.

"Well, Clarke needs you," he says to Abby, voice breaking, he turns to Sinclair, "Patch her into me when they're finished."

He quickly walks out of the room. Back on the radio, Abby speaks,

"I'm going to talk you through it, step by step"

The dropship creaks as the wind flies across the roof.

"Clarke... just... find-" The radio statics

"What? Raven, what's wrong?"

"It's not the radio, it's the storm!"

"Clarke, we need to hurry." Abby's voice breaks through.

Octavia walks into the dropship, carrying two canisters. Clarke grabs one and turns towards her.

Clarke brings it to her face to smell it and grimaces.

"Monty's moonshine?" She questions

Octavia snorts, "Pretty sure no germ could survive it."

The storm gets noticeably louder and they turn towards the door.

"Storm's getting worse. Monroe, close the doors."

"But we still have people out there."

"Monty and Jasper still aren't back yet. Neither is Bellamy."

"It's okay, they'll find somewhere to ride it out."

Raven hums at Clarke, handing her a needle.

"One stitching needle,"

"Great," she takes it, "I still need something to close the wound."

"There's so wire on the second level. I used it for the tents." Octavia says

"Let's see it."

She nods making her way up the ladder.

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Bellamy walks into the drop followed by a couple of kids carrying an unconscious grounder.

All eyes in the room go to him as his eyes focus right on Athena's body.

The image of her bloody, sweating body has his jaw going slack before he closes it and clenches his fist.

"The hell are you doing?" Octavia demands

"It's time to get some answers," is all he says

"Oh you mean revenge?"

"I mean intel" he ends the conversation.

She scoffs as she walks away.

"Get him upstairs."

Clarke sighs at the man standing at the front of the dropship. His hair was disheveled and wet, his face stricken with anger, and the aura of revenge radiating off of him.

She walks up to him, "Bellamy, she's right."

He looks at her, angry.

"How are they," he says, ignoring her

His eyes narrow in on the radio, voices emitting from it.

Clarke, okay we're ready. Can you hear me?

The color drains from his face as he stares at it in shock. Clarke looks away too, a bothered expression on her face.

"Look, this is not who we are."

Clarke?

"It is now."

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"You sure you've got it?"

Clarke holds her hand steady around the blade in Athena's chest as Wells asks the same question for the 100th time.

She sighs, "Yes Wells." But she cant me mad at him, he was just worried about his baby sister.

"3 mil-," the radio crackles, Clarke-?"

"Wait what was that, you dropped out?"

"Clarke, 3 millimeters you got it?"

She nods even though she can't see it, taking a breath.

"Yeah, I got it. Here it goes."

She tightens her grip on the blade as Athena groans from under her.

Her eyes flutter open but she immediately shuts them from the glare of the light above her body and the pain radiating through her.

It felt like a bowling ball rolled up her spine and landed in her chest and somehow caught on fire in the process.

"Mom she's waking up!" Clarke shouts, her voice shaky

"Athena don't move okay, we're getting this knife out of you."

She lets out a sharp breath, "Mhm, great." Groaning from the strain of her chest muscles.

Abby's voice then sounds again.

"Alright Athena you cant move sweetheart," she reassures, "Once the knife is out the hard part is over." She knew she was addressing both of the girls.

"Firm grip on the knife, Clarke, upper angle three millimeters."

"Okay, Athena don't move."

"Rave..." she croaks out, "Little bird is that you?"

"It's me mama bear I got you just don't move."

Raven holds down Athena's shoulders in an attempt to keep her still as Wells grabs her hand.

"Extracting now."

Clarke slowly pulls out the knife as Athena lets out a cry of pain before clenching her jaw.

"Hold still, I almost got it," Clarke speaks to her, but she can't think of anything but the pain. In this moment the pain is all she knows.

But how much pain could one girl possibly handle?

Suddenly the entire dropship shakes throwing the three girls to the floor.

"Clarke!"

As Clarke stands up relief washes over her. Ravens stares up at her to see a bloodied knife in her hand and her shocked state.

"Clarke! Clarke! What's happening? Clarke, can you hear us? Clarke?"

Ravens stands, "It's out, she did it."

From the ground, Athena looks down at her chest before throwing her head back.

"Shit that hurt."

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*unintelligible sobbing*