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Anger, anger was all that Adriana knew, anger at the Council, her father, her ex-fiance, those idiotic men who believe they could take advantage of her, nothing but anger. She could still hear the voices of the council as they debated weather or not to float her along with her family.

Her father for buying moonshine.

Her mother for getting pregnant again.

And herself, for 5 accounts of murder and assault of the captain of the guard.

She could also still hear Chancellor Jaha arguing against the Counsel on the sentence. At the end of a 4 hours debate Adriana was sent to sky box where she would spend the next 2 years in solitary with half rations given to prisoners and then floated the moment she turned 18. Though it was only borrowed time Adriana did feel thankful to the Chancellor for not condemning her like the rest of the Council. For being the only one to at least hear her side of the story and for pulling the plug on the captain of the guard whom had been in critical condition after he was found in a puddle of his own blood with most of his bones broken, a collapsed lung, brain damage, possible intestinal burst and spinal damage, it had been said to be " the humane" thing to do, but Adriana knew better. It was her own justice, delivered by the Chancellor himself.

Adriana sighed heavily, oh how the mighty had fallen. At 16 she had been living the life, a decent family that did not get in her way, a fiance whom was a cadet for the guard who was only a few years older, and a very well planned out career that would lead her to be the next captain of the guard when she turned of age. It was a well kept secret within the highest ranks of the guard and the council, but at 10 Adriana showed the most promise for a guard that anyone had ever seen . And so her training began to become the next captain of the guard, rigorous training both physically and mentally that were not necessarily in the normal syllabus for the guard.

She pushed up the sleeves of the old denim jacket, a 15th birthday present from her ex fiance, she had no jackets of her own so even after they split up, when he was thrown out of cadet training and into what she now knew was janitorial work, she held onto the worn jacket, it wasn't sentimental, nothing really was, it was just useful to ward some of the chill in her cell.

Now at 2 weeks from her own death Adriana wondered many things, like if she had never gotten involved in the guard would she be making wedding plans with her father, she knew her mother would have been floated anyways, the women couldn't keep her legs close, Adriana was a living testimony. Maybe she would be with a group of female friends she never had, talking about what she would wear on her wedding night or something or other, personally she no longer cared.

Adriana stood up and stretched completely, a few joints popped from the terrible bedding she slept on and once satisfied with her muscles not being knotted she began an exercise routine that had been drilled into her sense she turned 11. For 2 years she worked hard to stay in shape, it was hard with only half rations, she would burn more calories then she would consume, but she took constant breaks to combat the fatigue that could make her black out.

The sudden opening of her cell door startled Adriana but she was able to maintain her balance in her hand stand, "Prisoner 258, face the wall" the girl smiled, "I am" she suddenly felt a shock run down her leg and her muscles spasm causing her to tumble non gracefully to the floor, anyone else would have been on the ground drooling a puddle but the tazing batons were something Adriana had been subjected to as part of her training, her nervous system was already shot. So she rose up and kneed the guard in the stomach as hard as her body would allow. The guard leaned down heaving and Adriana was sure her knee would bruise but felt only a twinge.

"Guardsmen, that is enough, get out" Adriana looked up in surprise at seeing Chancellor Jaha there, he stopped visiting after a few months, he had more pressing matters to attend to then whom would have been his own personal guard. The guard limped out of the cell room and Jaha sat down on the chair that had been brought in by another guard. The female sat down on her bed and faced the Chancellor, she didn't think she would see him prior to her execution.

"What can I do for you Chancellor, not sure if I can be much help though", Jaha smiled gently, Adriana could see the stress written all over his slowly aging features, being Chancellor was not helping him look any younger. "It's about your execution" Adriana's mouth slowly shaped into a small 'O' of course she would be floated sooner then she was suppose to, why keep her around for a couple of more weeks really, "It's been canceled" now the girls sharp features turned into that of confusion, "Canceled, what?" Jaha nodded his head. "There is a very delicate matter at hand, not that long ago our engineers found that the oxygen recycling system is broken, it can be fixed but we need time, time we do not have."

Adriana's mind began to race , this is why she was to be in the guard, her analytically mind. "How long do you have" she quickly asked, she knew she would not be around to see if the system was fixed, if they needed more oxygen then what they had, then the most reasonable solution is to get rid of unnecessary people, like those in the sky box that were just waiting to be floated, it would extend oxygen by a month.

"We have 3 months of oxygen left" Adriana nodded, "How much time do you need", Jaha was intrigued by how she was taking the information "6 months", Adriana nodded, "Getting rid of the delinquents will only give you another month at most, you either get rid of another 500, which won't make you any more popular, or you send us to earth."

Jaha nodded a little surprised that Adriana already knew the only real options they had, "We will send all 100 delinquents down to earth in 3 days time, w-" "Why are you telling me this Chancellor, this classified information, I can't see you telling this to all the other delinquents, especially in person, so why exactly are you here" Jaha took in a deep breath, Adriana could see the heavy emotion flashing in the mans chocolate eyes, "a few days ago my son was arrested, he is going to be going down as well, I came here because I know what you are capable of" Adriana was not sure if it was a compliment, "I want yo-, no, I need you to keep him safe." Adriana understood the Chancellor's worry, the rest of the delinquents would want to hold Wesley accountable for his father arresting them and floating people important to them.

"Why would you come to me, what makes you think I will help you?" Jaha sighed, he was so tired and so worried, "If earth is livable again when we go down you can have whatever you want, you can be initiated as captain of the guard if you want it, your fiance can be reinstated back into the guard, you can have the life you would be living out now if Tom had never dared to cross paths with you like he did."

Adriana wasn't sure what to think about the proposition, the only reason she wasn't engaged anymore was because her fiance had been kicked off the guard though the details were sketchy for her she knew it was something big but she had been arrested a few days later for murder so she never really found out the extent of what had happened. "All the delinquents will be forgiven for their crimes if earth is habitable, but I need to know that someone will be watching my son's back." Adriana owed her life to the Chancellor in all reality, even if she felt she was being saved for slaughter which she now knew would not come from space but from a radiation soaked planet, but there was still the possibility that this would be successful, either way she would be dead, at least on earth if she wasn't killed by radiation she could chose how to die. No she didn't want her fiance back, or the Captain of the Guard status, no, she wanted a death of her own choosing, the ability to chose at all.

"I'll keep him safe, but on my own terms" the Chancellor sat unsure, what did she want, "what are your terms," Adriana crossed her long legs, "I need weapons, I need my bow, a mini solar powered blow torch with goggles and a hunting knife, my hunting knife," the items that Adriana was listing were not found in her home when they confiscate everything for distribution, he would have known, all of these in a home were illegal, "And where would I find these Adriana" the female smiled tiredly "in the air vent system of the bathroom in my home, also," Adriana sighed, "I can't guarantee that he won't be hurt" the Chancellor looked worried, "I'll keep the others from killing him, but I cannot speak for what we might find down there, if it comes down to me or him I can't say I will chose him, if I am to die down there it will be on my own terms." Jaha looked almost reassured at her words, he pulled a thick silver bracelet from his jacket pocket, the needles on the inside made Adriana not like what was to happen, she just hoped it wasn't some poison injecting piece of jewelry, "this is a biomoniter, it will be transmitting all of your vitals to us from earth, it is going to be put on everyone so don't worry about being the only one" Jaha motioned for her wrist, she lifted her left one and he gently clasped it on, the needles making her wince, but instead of allowing her to pull back her hand Jaha grabbed onto her wrist, "Thank you Adriana, I know you will keep my son safe." He let go of her wrist and turned to the door, a guard came in took the chair and was waiting to lead the Chancellor out, "Your things will be on the drop ship under the chair you are assigned, you will be away from everyone but my son will be within your sight, I will see if we can spare a few more items but that is doubtful, the drop ship will have next to nothing." The Chancellor left after that and the door slid in place.

The morning of our departure was very eventful, the guards were extra rough with everyone and the cries of pain from the biomoniters were consistent, Adriana had been the first to be loaded into the drop ship once uncuffed and buckled in a relatively secluded area she found her backpack under the seat compartment. Once sure her pack was secure in the compartment she just sat and watched as all the other delinquents were herded into the drop ship, and one girl even being carried in because she was unconscious. She drowned out the yells of indignation and demands to know what was going on. Soon she caught sight of the Chancellors son, he was seating across from a knocked out blonde and a few others.

Once they hit the atmosphere things got bumpy and 3 guys were dumb enough to get out of their seat while they were still in space, they now resided on the floor, everyone began screaming while the Chancellors message was cut off. Adriana's ears were almost hurting from the noise and though it sucked that they probably had casualties before even hitting the ground, Adriana couldn't help but shake her head at their stupidity. Wells was yelling something to the blonde across from him and there was unmasked pain evident on his features though Adriana couldn't hear what the young male was becoming distressed by over all the screaming and sparks that were flying. Adriana closed her eyes, the sensation of dropping into earth was something she did not like for it made her stomach turn unpleasantly. Suddenly all movement stopped and the humming of the engine shut down. The silence was deafening, "listen, no engine hum", Adriana quickly unbuckled herself and pulled on her pack and did the chest buckle.

Everyone suddenly started rushing to the bottom level in an attempt to get outside, Adriana slowly followed, trying to stay out of sight but keeping Wells within her vision. As she climbed to the bottom of the ladder she saw someone tall and in a guards uniform by the ramp. 'They wouldn't send a guard down here,' Adriana thought to herself, ' possibly a stow away' Adriana nodded her head to herself, a stow away would be the only explanation to there being a guard here at all or someone pretending to be a guard. She had not been paying attention until someone yelled a name she never thought she would hear again. A girl ran up to the stow away, and even as a fight almost ensued Adriana could not peel her eyes away from the man that was holding onto the teenage girl. Bellamy Blake, her ex-fiance, the only person to ever be thrown out of guard and then put on janitorial.

It was only as the drop ship's ramp was lowered and blinding bright light flooded the entrance that Adriana was able to focus on anything else. She blinked at the brightness, it was different then the artificial lighting on the Arc, a few seconds of heavy blinking later and she was able to see beyond the entrance of the drop ship.

Green, brown, blue, the three main colors. Adriana waited for everyone to shuffle out completely before following. It was beautiful, that much she knew, the air smelled completely different then that of the ark and she could even detect what she assumed was the vegetation around her, she remember that the same scent was around when she would get close to the small tree back on the ark. The area was to open in her opinion, she would have to look for a cave or a bunker to retreat to if things got to heated and she needed to move Wells. She would also have to scout and look for edible vegetation and maybe even find what kind of animals lived in this area, if any. Adriana assumed sense her skin was still intact and the soft tissue of her lungs wasn't liquid yet that there was no radiation to kill them anytime soon. She shadowed Wells while avoiding the other prisoners who were wasting no time in goofing around and finding old friends.

Adriana watched from the sidelines as a boy, a bit taller then her but shorter then Wells came up to him. She was unsure on what was being said, she had no interest in petty feuds, but if this were to go to far she would intervene, though she would prefer to not catch Bellamy's eye she would not allow her freedom to be taken from her. Their altercation did not last long as a boy name Finn jumped in when Well got up off the ground and by the end of it all Bellamy looked like he had new friends and Wells looked like he had a twisted ankle.

It was after the girl whom she learned was Clarke along with Jasper, Finn and Bellamy's sister, Octavia left that Adriana approached Wells. She pushed him down as he tried to get up from his perch and grabbed his foot "Hey!" Adriana forced his boot and sock off in one swoop while being mindful of the injury. His ankle was swelling but no evident bruising, "Who the hell are you" Adriana twisted his ankle and squeezed, a series of popped went off and Wells yelped in pain, "your ankle joints were opened up, now all you have to worry about is the swelling, keep off it for a bit." Wells gave her an incredulous look, his foot now throbbed, but was no longer painful having his boot on. "Thanks" he said quietly as he stepped on his shoed foot gently, "I'm Wells" he raised his hand for a shake, Adriana looked at his hand "I know who you are, Adriana" he nodded and went to walk away but as he noticed the girl following him he became worried, for some reason she looked familiar and the name rang a bell in the back of his mind.

"Why are you following me?" Adriana seem to contemplate on how to answer, "I was suppose to be floated in less then 2 weeks" she slowly spoke and began to help Wells collect wood, for a fire she assumed. "You're father came to see me" at this the dark skin boy stopped and turned to her, "he was concerned for your safety and made a proposition for me." Wells continued on his way, it was like his father to make deals, but how was a simple delinquent suppose to help him. Adriana helped him gather fire wood until they had quite a large pile collected, it was then she noticed it, 'First son, First to dye' that is perfect, a blatant threat to Wells and spelled wrong, funny. As the pair turned around they saw a group of 3 the 'leader' of the group looked threateningly at Wells, he was the same one that had injured Wells ankle. "You know my father, he begged for mercy right before your father floated him" Wells gaze hardened before he pushed past him "you spelled die wrong" the female chuckled at this before walking past the group.

Bellamy watched Adriana walk away from Murphy and his group, he was shocked to see her here, he was sure she had been floated, especially when he hadn't seen her initially, after 4 hours of being on earth he was sure she was dead. And why was she following the Chancellors son. Once she was alone he would have his answers, she had broken their engagement the moment he got kicked out of the guard, at that moment he hadn't cared, his sister had been arrested and his mother floated though now he wondered if she had ever cared for him, neither truly showed outward affection for each other, though everyone said they were the perfect couple. He always thought that she was happy, he couldn't give her much, not until he was a guard but after taking care of Octavia and his mother he made sure to care for her even though she didn't need it.

Wells sat by a tree trunk. Adriana was close by going through the pack that she had with her. She had reiterated the talk with his father to him and now he knew why she was familiar looking, the girl with 5 counts of murder. "Will you kill anyone here?" Adriana chuckled "I won't hesitate but I won't go looking for trouble, I want you to follow me, I'm going to look for somewhere safe away from this camp, I was trained to control every variable and there are 97 variables I cannot control here." Wells gave her a look "so what you're going to do a bunk house and take me there for safe keeping" she pulled out something from her pack and upon close inspection Wells noticed it was a solar powered blowtorch "that's the idea, I'll take apart the ship if I have to, I'll find a cave or a bunker, I'll make it safe for you and for me, I don't know what's out there and I rather not have a sheet of nylon between me and possible death" the boy nodded "if my father trusted you, then I'll trust you too." Adriana smiled at that, "Well then let's start looking."

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