
Ch 35 ☆ "GOODBYE."
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"nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful.It was just red"
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GRACIE WAS SAT ON HER FATHERS HIP as they waited for her mother's return. Harry has returned to his room claiming he didn't care for this people so why should he be there. She made a mental note to work on his compassion.
Bellamy ruffled his daughter's short blonde hair and turned to her with a growing smile "Y'know what you did in the dropship, with that pipe. That was pretty badass."
Gracie smirked at her father, her ocean blue eyes twinkling "Would you expect any less from Gracie Blake." The curly haired male snorted in amusement "Careful there you're getting cocky sweetheart."
"No Daddy, I'm just being honest."
The father and daughter duo attention was captured when several memes of the guard began to gather around the gate, their guns aimed, Bellamy immediately walked forward "Hold your fire! She's back."
The gate was opened and it revealed a somber looking Clarke with two grounders accompanying her. Soon Gracie's Uncle Finn was running towards her mother "Are you okay?" He questions worry prominently shown is his facial expression.
Instead of answering the blonde ordered for the gate to be closed before briskly encasing Finn's larger hand in her own moving him farther away from the gate. "You can't be out here." She whispered softly.
The group soon gathered around the griffin, eager to hear her results from her meeting with commander "What did she say? Is there a chance for a truce?"
Clarke hesitated slightly her gaze lingering on Finn's figure before replying "Yes."
"What's wrong?"
Clarke inhaled waiting several seconds before looking straight into Finn's eyes "They want you." Shocked waves flowed through the group as they tried to comprehend what was happening
"That's their offer." Raven stared forward her nostrils flared as she glared at the blonde before her "That's not an offer." She snapped her fist clenched
"It's a punishment." Finn sombrely replies "For what happened at the village. Blood for blood."
Bellamy released a sigh "That's insane."
"If we refuse.." Abby trailed off looking desperately at her daughter "They attack." Uproar filled camp Jaha.
"Well grounders be damned. Let them attack I'll kill them all before they can place a hand on my family. I'm not letting them take away one of the few people that actually keep me fucking same on this Earth." Gracie states earning bewildered looks from her parents but a firm nod Raven who pointed to her as if to say she agreed.
"Give him to the grounders! One life for the rest of us!" One man had the audacity to shout. Anger boiled in Gracie's veins and if it weren't for the fact she was still in her father's arm she was positive she would have stabbed the man.
"Back off!" Her Aunty Raven snaps pushing the man backwards. Clarke pulls the Latina away while Bellamy puts down his daughter and tried to stop the man from pursuing farther.
"Nothing is going to happen to him. I promise." Clarke states glancing from her daughter to the furious brunette. The man continued to spout his opinion on the matter "I'm not dying for him. Space walker burned three months of oxygen from the ark."
Raven snaps breaking free from Clarke's grasp and landing a clean punch on the mans jaw causing him to stumble back. Gracie smiled smugly flicking him off before making her way to her room.
THE SOUND OF A HORN WAKES GRACIE UP FROM HER NAP curiosity arising in her, she grabbed her dagger before making her way to the clearing.
"It's chancellor Kane!" A man yells. Gracie's eyes widened "Grandpa." She breathes, before she can comprehend what she's doing her head are moving into a sprint heading towards the old tired man, a large smile painting her lips as his arms encase her petite body.
Tears roll down both participants face as the hug each other tightly "I thought you were dead." Gracie finally says pulling away from the hug. Kane places a calloused hand on her cheek, a watery smile tugging on his chapped lips "So did I. I thought I lost you, My Mary-Grace."
Gracie finally moves back and let's the others welcome back their chancellor. She watched with narrowed eyes as Abby walked up to the ark. She had a feeling that the outcome of the conversation wasn't one she would be pleased with.
NIGHT HAD FALLEN ON CAMP JAHA AND GRACIE WAS ONCE AGAIN in her room, across from her sat Harold in silence as he stared at the blonde in front of him. Gracie was immersed in a book she had stolen from one of the guards.
Gracie was enigma to him. When ever she was around he would feel warm. And yesterday while the others were getting attacked by the grounder he simply watched impassively from the corner not caring single bit but when Gracie was placed in the line of fire he was sure he felt a small tinge of worry. And that scared the shit out of him.
Abruptly her door slammed open and a breathless Finn entered the room. Sweat beads ran down his forehead and his breathes cane out in pants as though he had been running away from something.
The man checked behind him twice before sitting in front of his niece. His hand wrapped her much smaller ones as he looked at her earnestly in the eye "Do you remember when you first called me your uncle Gracie? God it seemed like years ago, you were happier back then didn't seem so burdened and angry all the time. We had just brought back the meat and Bellamy was being a grade A jackass so me and your mother couldn't get any. So you got some for me and said 'here you go Uncle Finn'. That had to be the best day of my life. Mary-Grace Blake you have brought such indescribable happiness to my life. I love you Gracie and I always want you to remember that."
What seemed like tenth time that day, tears sprung to Gracie's eyes and she buried herself in a her Uncle's jacket. Albeit she didn't know why exactly he had given her the long speech but it was emotional. "I love you too Uncle Finn."
Their moment was ruined by two large grounders entering the room, not even sparing the children a glance they picked Finn him and began to drag him out of his room. Panicked Gracie grabbed her dagger and attempted to keep up with the men's long strides, Harry following behind her "Wait where are they taking you! Don't leave me!"
Gracie came to abrupt stop upon seeing her Uncle being tied to a post, torches surrounding the area along with several Grounders "He gave himself up." She whispered stumbling back slightly her eyes wide with shock.
She watched with disdain as her mother walked towards him and pressed her lips against his own muttering a few words to him. Her mother used a blade a punctured his heart, a sob falling past her lips.
Cries came from Raven as she watched the life of her on/off lover drain from his eyes. Gracie fell to her knees, water flowing down her flushed cheeks, sadness boiling in her chest. Soon her scream filled the area causing many heads to turn and for Bellamy to immediately rush to his daughter scooping her into his arms.
Weakly she punched his chest "Bring him back, Daddy! Bring him back." Bellamy didn't know how to respond to his daughter's requests so simply placed a soft kiss on her forehead "I'm sorry baby, Finn has joined the stars."
Gracie scowled at her father pushing herself away from the crowd "No he's dead. My Uncle is dead." She muttered before she released a harsh scream of sadness. Her body falling into her Aunty Ravens arms who had come to join her.
Their arms around each other as harsh sobs racked through them. Gracie kept muttering the same sentence "My Uncle is dead." As she sobbed into her Aunty's chest.
My Uncle is dead. And I have feeling this is just the start.
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