Chapter 7
On the way to the medbay Marcus broke off in a different direction. He needed to tell Abby about everything before she found out by someone else. He walked the halls down to the strategy room. When he walked in he found her sitting upright on the couch, asleep. She had her head propped up on her hand as if she had fallen asleep staring at the papers she had spread out on the coffee table.
He hesitated. She had been getting so little sleep lately, he thought maybe he should wait to tell her. No.If she wakes up and finds out I didn’t wake her to tell her we had found Clarke she would never forgive me. He took a few more steps into the room when Abby inhaled sharply, lifting her head. She blinked a couple of times, taking in her surroundings
“Hey,” she said, finally looking back at him. “What happened?” She stood up when she saw his face. He was trying to contain his smile because he didn’t want her getting her hopes up. They had found Clarke, yes. But she wasn’t acting like Clarke.
“We found her,” he said slowly. Abby looked confused before understanding set in. “You-- You found her?” Her eyes started to fill with tears of happiness.
“Yes. We found Clarke-- Abby wait!” He grabbed her arm as she tried to exit the room.
“Where is she, Marcus? I need to go find her. She can’t leave without me seeing her again.”
He grabbed both her arms, forcing her to look at him. “She’s in the medbay-- Wait!” she had started to pull away. “She’s in there because she helped get Bellamy there. He took a knife to the leg. From what Bellamy says she might have an injury on her shoulder but she said it was already taken care of. I’m not sure she’ll let anyone look at it.”
Abby calmed down a bit knowing Clarke wasn’t seriously injured. “An injury from what?”
“We don’t know. She got it before we found her.”
Abby nodded. “Where did you find her?”
“I met with Indra yesterday. She gave me news about a bounty that was put on Clarke. They called her Wanheda.” Abby waited for an explanation of what the name meant. “Commander of Death. When we found her she had been captured by one of the Ice Nation. Bellamy was able to help her get out of there, that’s where he got injured.”
Abby took all of the information in stride. “But she’s okay,” she whispered. It wasn’t a question, more like she was reminding herself that Clarke was in Arkadia, safe.
“But she’s okay,” he repeated.
When Abby turned to walk to the medbay he stopped her again. “Abby, before you go find her… She’s not acting like herself. She’s been stiff and cold. She’s been on high alert since we found her. I don’t think she even slept last night. I don’t know how she’ll react to seeing you.”
“She’s my daughter, Marcus. I have to see her.” Abby left the room and after taking a deep breath he followed her.