Chapter 9
Lexa protective side woke up, she growled and reached for her canteen which held her smelling salts and held it in front of Clarke's nose. Clarke woke up startled and quickly moved her head away from the canteen. Her nose felt like it was on fire. Before she could cover her nose, Lexa quickly covered her face with cloth.
"Clarke you must not breathe the gas in, I need you to run to safety I will try and slow them down for as long as I can." Clarke shook her head and refused to leave the brunette's side. Lexa sighed. "Clarke this is not up for discussion, one of us needs to return to our people and…" Before Lexa could finish her sentence a man aimed his gun at them. Lexa quickly lunged at the man who tried to dodge out the way by moving backwards but was unsuccessful as she transformed into her wolf form and snapped the man in two.
"Got ourselves a lively one boys!" The lieutenant shouted. His men laughed and continued to advance towards the two women. A man with a scar on his face laughed and made kissing noises at the brown wolf.
"Here puppy puppy, come play fetch with Uncle Sam." With that he hurled a spear at her not anticipating for her to transform back into her human form quickly grabbing him and hurling him into his friend who both screamed while going over the cliff.
While this was going on Clarke hadn't moved a muscle, she was frozen with shock and awe from watching how elegant and deadly the brunette was and how easily she could transform into her human and wolf form within a blink of an eye. She failed to notice a soldier crawling on his belly towards her from behind. He was just about to stab a needle into the back of her neck until he noticed something wet drop onto his shoulder he glanced up and screamed when he saw a wolf licking its lips before those very sharp and shiny teeth latched onto his shoulder and teared a chunk out of him. Clarke spun around and saw what was going on, she never realized how close to danger she was in and watched in horror and in aw while the wolf pushed the screaming man down with her paw. The soldier looked up at the blonde with blood coming out of his mouth. "Please help me! I have a family, please I don't want to die like this." He continued to beg Clarke for his life, Clarke could not take the pleading dying eyes and quickly averted her eyes and moved away trying not to feel remorse for the man, while the wolf mauled the man and threw parts of the soldier in all directions.
Lexa quickly grabbed Clarke by her shirt and dashed off towards the boulder which would shelter them from the ongoing spray of bullets flying there way. Blonde panted and gave a breathless thank you to the transforming wolf and glanced up from the boulder. She gasped when she felt someone pull her down, she quickly turned her head and stared into those bright green eyes. "Clarke we are running out of time, you must run to safety, I will be able to hold them while you make your escape." Lexa studied her surroundings and knew she had to act quickly or else they would both end up dying today.
"Clarke can you swim?"
Blonde didn't understand why other girl was asking but nodded as she was still feeling the effects of the gas, shock and whatever else her emotions where feeling as they were in turmoil at this moment in time.
Lexa nodded. "Then forgive me for what I'm about to do. May we meet again Clarke kom Skaikru."
Before Clarke could ask what was happening Lexa threw her off the cliff. The wind rushed into her lungs when she was falling but her eyes never left Lexa, she watched in slow motion as Lexa spun around and caught a knife which was aimed at her, dodged two men who tried to shock her with their baton, she swiftly kicked one down and grabbed the other to become a human shield. She dropped the dead human shield and launched the knife back at the man who originally hurled it at her. It struck him dead center into the middle of his neck. A man beside him screamed the dying soldiers name and cradled him close to his chest while trying to stop the bleeding. He begged his comrades for aid and no longer cared about the fight.
Lexa fought with so much ferocity, however it was not enough as the soldiers had received fresh reinforcements who flung gas cans at the brunette and unloaded their weapons at the fierce warrior. Clarke's heart stopped when she saw Lexa being impaled by a harpoon which was attached to a rope. She watched in horror when Lexa's eyes went big and blood spurted out her mouth while her legs gave way and fell onto her knees with a thud.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed while falling into the water with tears streaming down her face and heart filled with grief.