Blood Moon

The guard was aiming at Lexa's head. But before he could pull the trigger and hit her, something jumped on his back and knocked him on the ground while he was shooting into the air. He could feel a warm liquid on his back. He tried to look at what it was but before he even turned his head around a wolf paw broke his neck.

The wolf raised its head and looked at Lexa on the ground. "We need to take you to Nyko."

"I'm fine, Costia. It wasn't a Mountain man. We need to go after them." Lexa tried to rise but her legs weren't listening to her and she fell back down.

Costia ran to Lexa and shifted back to her human form. "Then let me at least take those bullets out." She didn't even wait for permission and started removing bullets from her alpha.

Raven and Monroe didn't pay them any attention and ran after their alpha. But Anya stopped them. "They're too far away. You will never catch up."

Raven turned to Anya and growled. "We can't leave Clarke with them! You doesn't know what they were doing to us on the Ark."

"We need to think about it first." Anya answered calmly.

"NO!" Raven bared her teeth and moved closer to Anya. "If she was your alpha you would run there without thinking! They saw she is a werewolf. They will kill her without thinking just because of it."

"Enough!" Lexa started slowly moving next to Anya.

Everyone stopped their arguing and turned to the alpha.

"Hey where are you going?! There are still a few bullets I need to take out." Costia moved with her alpha and waited until she sat down to continue her job.

"Anya is right. We need to come up with some sort of plan." When Lexa saw that Raven wants to argue she continued. "If you just run in there, their guards will shoot you before you even see them."

"So we just let her die?!" Raven was furious.

Monroe moved closer to her friend. "Raven, they are right."

"How did you even get there?" For the first time in their discussion Raven turned to the other sky girl.

"We saw the Ark falling so Octavia and Bell sent me here." After Raven nodded at her explanation she continued. "Don't worry we will come up with a plan before they manage to do anything to Clarke."

Raven thought about what the girl said before she reluctantly nodded. "Fine. But if something happens to her I'll kill them all."

Lexa nodded. "I can promise you that." She was happy to see that Clarke's pack was so loyal to their alpha. "If they hurt Clarke none of them will see another day."

Costia moved away from Lexa. "All good. You're like new." She flashed her alpha a friendly smile and shifted back to her wolf. "So what's next?"

Anya turned to her. "What are you even doing here?"

"I heard Indra was preparing warriors so I thought you could use some backup immediately." She looked at Lexa. "Good thing I did."

"We need to move." Lexa didn't want to do anything other than run into the Skaikru camp and take Clarke back to TonDC with her but she knew it would be suicide for all of them.

The other wolves nodded and all of them ran in the direction of TonDC.

Clarke woke up to the sound of beeping next to her. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room she was in. It was her old cell from the Ark with some medical stuff added to it.

The blonde leader tried to move from her bed but had no success. She was lying with her face away from the door. Her wrists and ankles were tied to the bed. And on top of that, the buzzing in her spine was getting worse with every passing minute.

She tried to remember how she got here but nothing came to mind. Last thing she remembered was shooting. A lot of shooting and Lexa on the ground. She stopped breathing when she remembered her mother's order to kill her. She froze. All Clarke wanted was to help her people but all she managed to do was kill the other alpha and with that probably start a war.

She really tried to think about the other alpha as just another alpha but she couldn't. For her it wasn't some unknown wolf but Lexa. The girl who was nice to her, the girl who was happy like a little kid when she took Clarke to her favorite spot and a few moment after that was kidnapped with her, the girl who kissed her with all the care in the world even when she was supposed to be a heartless leader.

Clarke started crying when she realized that this was all Lexa was now, just memories.

After a moment she heard a door opening behind her. She quickly dried her tears with her shoulder as much as her restrains allowed.

"Clarke, honey, how are you feeling?" Abby moved closer to the bed so Clarke could see her. Worry evident in her voice.

That question angered Clarke more than anything else could in that moment. "How do I feel? How do you think I feel? My own mother sent electric shocks through my body so she could order the execution of my friends without me standing in her way."

"Honey, they weren't your friends. They just listened to your orders because they felt like they had to. They're just animals." All Clarke could do in that moment was look at her mother with her mouth agape. Abby took it as signal to continue. "But you don't need to worry. Wells is ok. He came here a few hours ago."

Clarke knew that Wells had nothing against the Ark council especially when his father was the Chancellor but she thought that none of the delinquents would voluntarily join the Ark again. Not even him. "What about the others?"

Abby frowned. "The others are just savages. That's why they were locked in prison. Now, I said you don't need to worry. Guards will take care of them when they are able to find their camp. They will never get in here. You're safe."

Clarke was really mad now. She started yelling. "What? You can't just kill them. They did nothing wrong! They are my people. I will not let you hurt them." She tried to break her restrains but had no success. She didn't know where her anger came from but she didn't want anyone to hurt the delinquents, and wouldn't let them do so without consequences.

Abby shook her head. "They are no one's people. They're just animals. You can't do anything about it Clarke. You should concentrate on your recovery."

The blonde calmed a little and looked at her mother with confusion all over her face. "Recovery?"

Abby smiled and sat on the edge of her daughter's bed. "Yes. These savages turned you into one of them but I can make it right again. So you can live with us here. Tomorrow you'll have surgery. I already made all the necessary preparations. You just need to collect some energy."

Clarke was looking at her mother without saying anything. She was opening and closing her mouth. Trying to find words but there were none. She knew that her mother was right about one thing. She really can't do anything right now. So she decided to play this game with her mother until she was able to escape and warn her people. "How long was I out?"

"Few hours."

"You know, maybe if you would undo these straps I would feel better." Clarke motioned with her chin to restrains at her wrists.

Abby once again shook her head. "It's for your safety Clarke. In few days you will feel much better." With that she got up and moved to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow, honey." Without waiting for an answer Abby left the room.

Clarke sighed. This could be harder than she thought. She hoped that at least the others were safe.

"So how many of them do you have?" Jaha raised one of the chips and looked at it.

"It takes some time sir. It's hard to find right components…"

Jaha interrupted him. "That's not what I was asking, Wick."

The engineer sighed. "We've got 26 of them already."

The Chancellor shook his head. "That's not enough. We need more."

"Yes, sir." Wick hoped that was all the other man wanted.

Jaha nodded and put a few chips into his pocket. "Work faster." Without a second glance towards the other man he left the room and made his way into the medical wing. Luckily for him Abby was alone. He didn't bother with greetings. "How is Clarke?"

Abby turned to him and smiled. "You're here on time. I just came back. Once we change that chip she'll be fine."

He shook his head. "That will have to wait."

"Why?" Abby wasn't happy about delaying her daughter's recovery.

"We need to take care for our people first. Anyone of them could be a dangerous one. We need to make sure that we can stop any problem that could occur."

"It's just one surgery. She is in great pain. That chip melted inside of her. It's really close to her spine. She could end up paralyzed for the rest of her life."

He took the microchips from his pocket. "First you put these into our guards. One day won't kill her." He saw that Abby wanted to protest so he stopped her with a move of his hand. "If just one person will lose control over themselves, then many of us could die. We can't risk that. Clarke is secured for now. When you are done with this then you can help Clarke."

Abby sighed. "I'll take the night shift. It will be done tomorrow night."

Jaha smiled at the doctor. "Then I'll let you do your job." With that he turned around and left.

When he got into his quarters he saw Wells sitting on couch reading. "You should go talk to Clarke. She'll be happy to see her friend."

"I'll go in a few hours. I just need…" Wells stopped for a second and thought about his answer. "…I need to finish this chapter. It's really interesting right now." He hoped his father believed his lie. He really didn't like lying to his dad.

Luckily for him the older man wasn't listening to him at all. "Yeah, yeah." He looked around the room. "Then go read outside. It's better than here."

"But…"

"Go!" Thelonious wasn't in the mood for arguing.

Wells frowned but did as his dad wanted and left the room.

When Jaha heard the closing of the door behind his son, he moved to one wall and opened his hidden console.

"Hello Thelonious. Do you have it?"

He took one last chip from his pocket so the woman on the screen could see it. "Only a few of them. It will take time. My engineer is working hard but he doesn't have enough material."

The woman nodded. "We have enough of everything. Just ask your engineer to give you a list of what he needs and we'll leave it on the spot we agreed upon."

"That would be great! I'll ask him tomorrow." After a little pause he continued. "What do your people think about that chip?"

"I didnt't ask too much because I did't want them to become suspicious but I know a few things. They found a way to upgrade it so we can have complete control over people with it. People will get stronger and their monsters will be weaker. Everything we wanted will become real, Thelonious." Her eyes were shinning with euphoria.

Jaha's whole face lit up with happiness. "That's great. If you will secure that material I'll secure more chips. I already told Abby to put some of them into our people."

"Great. What about that alpha you told me about? Is she alright? We need her alive, Thelonious. Don't forget that."

His smile faded a little. "Don't worry. She gets her chip with others tomorrow."

The woman smile, "Great. If that's everything call me tomorrow."

Jaha smiled, "Of course."

He switched off his console and hide it in the wall again. He poured himself a drink and sat on the couch with a huge smile on his face. "Everything's going as I planned."