Almost Antidote
When Indra and the others finally returned from the drop ship, Clarke, Lexa and their guards, minus Jynx, all mounted up to finally head there themselves. It wasn't a long ride and Jynx waited eagerly for them, along with Bellamy and Raven. Two of the boys took their horses once they all dismounted and Lexa led the way to Bellamy, Raven, and Jynx.
"Welcome Commander! And Clarkey." Raven grinned, hugging them both.
"Hey there Rae. You guys have gotten so much done!" Clarke marveled, looking around.
"Lincoln and some of the people Indra and the commander sent helped us clear out room behind the drop ship and we've extended the walls. We're almost half the size of Arkadia now." Bellamy informed her, nodding his thanks to Lexa.
"Nyko also left a few of his apprentices with us for a bit to teach us healing stuff since we don't really have a doc." Raven added.
"Will you guys be staying for diner? We just had a hunting party leave before you got here. Some of Indra's hunters are leading them until we get better, but we're adapting quickly." Bellamy wondered. Clarke and Lexa looked at each other briefly before nodding.
"Could you show me more of what's been done? I'm sure Clarke can either tag along or go and say hello to the others while we're at it." Lexa asked. Bellamy and Raven nodded, their faces lighting up as they started giving Lexa the tour. Clarke went with them for part of it, quickly realizing that the drop ship was now the center of the camp.
"Have you thought about building up into the tree's?" She heard Lexa ask as she wandered away from the trio. Clarke found her way over to where Monty and Jasper were working on modifying their still for one reason or another.
"Hey Clarke. I heard you we're coming by today." Monty greeted with a smile. Jasper was quiet, pointedly looking anywhere but at Clarke. It stung, but she understood him.
"Jasper... I know you need time, and I won't bug you about it, I understand. I'm not sure if it means anything to you, but I am sorry. I don't know if you'll eventually forgive me, but I am sorry." Clarke told him softly. Monty watched anxiously, biting his lip. Jasper was still for a minute before quickly glancing at Clarke and giving an almost invisible nod.
"That was good Jas." Monty smiled, putting a hand on the other boys shoulder.
"I'll leave you be. If ever you're ready to talk to me Jasper, send me a message or something and I'll make time." Clarke nodded and moved away.
'This is a step forward.' Clarke told herself as she went to look for Lexa again.
"Heda!" Jynx called out, hurrying toward Lexa and the others. Lexa instantly whipped around at the woman's worried tone.
"It's Clarke. She collapsed. Briat brought her into the ship to Nyko's apprentices." Jynx panted.
"Jok." Lexa cursed and took off toward the drop ship with Jynx and Bellamy on her heels. Raven limped along behind them.
"Trei! Get the horses ready, we ride for Polis!" Lexa ordered over her shoulder as she bullied her way into the drop ship.
"Heda. Skai Heda was poisoned. Aluk had an antidote and we gave it to her." One of the healers told her.
"Aluk?" Lexa asked confused.
"Sha Heda. I was Azgeda before the mountain. Nyko took me under his wing after Indra allowed me to take the trials and become Trikru." The man explained. He still bore the scars of the ice nation on his face by his eyes were kind and a thick beard appeared to hide the worst of them.
"How did you know which toxin? How did you have an antidote?" Lexa demanded.
"Before the mountain, I was healer to Azplana, the queen and Ontari, her seken. Ontari had a pull for poisons and we worked together on the antidotes. The one she infected skai Heda with was one of her special ones. It is like nothing I've seen before but out of habit I still had a vial of the antidote on me." He replied.
"Special how?" Lexa pushed.
"Ontari was a nightbleda. You nightbleda give off certain chemicals in your skin that mess up poisons. Ontari used that to her advantage with her favorite toxins. Skai Heda would surely be dead if you weren't a nightbleda. Your chemicals kept the poison at bay until now." He admitted hesitantly. The information floored Lexa. She'd had her suspicions but this was unreal.
"Aluk, I have an assignment for you." Lexa decided, collecting herself.
"Sha Heda?" He looked at her confused.
"I need you to take some of Indra's Warriors and some of the other healers and ride for the Ice nation. I'll send a rider to King Roan to expect you. You are to find and destroy any more of Ontari's poisons that you find in the castle." Lexa ordered. Aluk nodded slowly.
"You may return here when you are finished." Lexa added and the man relaxed, smiling before hurrying away. She was calmer now and sat by Clarke's side.
"Aluk said the antidote will stop it from killing her but it won't go away completely, It's been in her too long. There is no real cure at this point, Heda." Briat warned, leaving them alone.
"The horses are ready." Trei told her sometime later.
"We ride tomorrow. I... I panicked..." Lexa admitted to him softly. He grinned at her and nodded, moving away.
"How's our girl?" Raven asked, plopping herself down in a chair on Clarke's other side.
"Resting. The poison won't kill her anymore. One of the healers had an antidote." Lexa began.
"I feel like there's an extremely big 'but' waiting at the end there." Raven noted.
"It won't kill her but it won't completely go away either. It's been in her blood too long. I'm not sure what that means yet." Lexa sighed. Raven nodded but stayed quiet. Bellamy brought them both dinner as night began to fall.
"We're leaving for Polis tomorrow." Lexa mumbled while they ate.
"I guessed as much. You guys will come back here when you can though right?" Raven asked.
"Of course Bro." Lexa smiled. Raven laughed and flashed her a toothy grin. Raven left to put the plates away but returned once she was done to find Lexa asleep in her chair. Jynx stood nearby, having tucked a fur around the resting commander.
"Keep them safe yeah?" Raven asked softly. Jynx nodded slowly in response as Raven limped away.
"L-Lexa?" Clarke yawned. She felt dizzy and everything seemed to be moving at a slower pace around her.
"I'm here." Lexa hummed sleepily in response.
"What happened?" Clarke wondered.
"Poison. Fixed it." Lexa mumbled, closing her eyes again. Clarke smiled at the sleepy commander.
"Lexa." Clarke cooed. The commander grumbled but kept her eyes closed.
"Somethings never change." Jynx smirked softly.
"She's always like this?" Clarke asked.
"Sha. When she's tired enough." Jynx nodded. It took a while for Clarke to finally coax Lexa back to consciousness but once she was, they rode for Polis, only stopping as night began to fall.