Chapter 5
Murphy had come back to the camp, covered in blood. He had been tortured by the grounders. He had been lucky to get away. They let him stay, so he stays quiet, and helps out. That all changes when he kills two people and holds Bellamy prisoner. He tries hanging him, for what Bellamy had done. But he can’t do it to him, no matter how pissed he is. Bellamy isn’t angry. He took his time to understand why Murphy was so pissed off. So, he doesn’t get angry. Instead, he hugs Murphy, says it’s ok, and apologies. Murphy cries and hugs him back. They talk to Clarke, who apologies as well. They tell the camp that Murphy was staying, whether the delinquents liked it or not.
The council listens intently as Clarke tells them what she and her people had endured. Frowns and looks of horror are thrown around. How much could a group of teens go through?
The mountain men take Clarke and her people. It isn’t safe, Clarke knows it. She can feel it. No one believes her. she’s right. Of course, she’s right. Mount whether is too good to be true. The mountain men were experimenting on her friends, torturing and killing them. She has to escape so she can find a way to help her friends out of the mountain. So, she escapes with Anya.
She finally gets through to Anya, who is killed later that day.
“How old are you again?” Sasha asks, staring at the blonde with a frown. She felt sorry for the blonde who had endured so much at such a young age. She had been thrown into this mess with only the help of other teens. Came across dangerous campers. Her people were kidnapped and tortured. Experimented and killed. The person she thought she could trust betrayed her, and she had to make the decision to let two hundred and fifty people live, while her friends were being murdered, or kill the two hundred and fifty people, including innocents, so her people would live.
“Eighteen”.
“Good lord” Sasha gasps. No one that age should have to make a decision like that.
Lexa betrayed her. so, she finds her own way to save her people. She does that by swarming the mountain with biters.
“And this was left to you? To make the hard decisions?” Maggie asks with a frown. She and started to warm up to the blonde, and couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.
Finn is dead. Clarke kills him to save him the slow and painful death.
“I bare it so they don’t have to” she states with a shrug.
“It won’t be like that here Clarke. If you and your people stay here, you don’t have to make all the hard decisions. You don’t have to feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. You’ve gone through too much at your age, and you’ve made decisions an eighteen-year-old shouldn’t have to make. I hope you’ll consider staying here” Glenn speaks, smiling softly at the blonde who looks at him in surprise.
“You’ll really have us here? Even after what we’ve done?” Clarke asks as she glances at the council members, plus Rick.
“You’ve told us your story, told us what you’ve gone through. You’ve gone through too much hardship, and the decisions you’ve had to make is completely fair. You’d be gone by now if we didn’t want you here” Maggie states, sending Clarke a soft, reassuring smile. Clarke smiles back before turning to her people, who look genuinely excited for once.
“What do you think?” she asks, glancing at them with a small but excited smile.
“I think they’re gonna regret their decision of wanting us here and we’ll be kicked out in a week” Murphy states, grinning when the other teens laugh. It had been so long since they had been able to laugh, to feel happy and excited about something. And this time, Clarke felt good. She felt like the prison would be good for her and her people. She felt like she could trust Rick too.
“I think we’re staying” Clarke states, chuckling when Glenn lets out a ‘whoop’ noise.
“You can send for the rest of your people tomorrow if you’d like” Rick suggests, smiling at Clarke who nods and smiles back.