GEMINI

Everyone knows about the Ark Twins, Lily and Alice. The Doctor and the Mechanic. The girl they didn't float for breaking the law and the girl who saved the Ark. Now separated between the Ark and the Ground, can the girls survive without one another to rely on?

CHAPTER 8 – On the Ground.

Lily

I hadn't gotten much sleep, even though I'd ripped up the parachute to make myself a hammock which was more comfortable than the floor of the dropship. I found myself spending most of the night thinking about Bellamy and our kiss. I'd always maintained that there was nothing between us, when I defended myself and my actions to Alice, but last night had made me see it all differently. Sure, I'd kissed him before, but that was part of a cover and that wasn't nearly as intense or passionate. And we'd always been comfortable with body contact and close proximity. We had to be, to ensure that we were never overheard. Maybe it was just anger that he mistook for passion. There is that fine line between love and hate. But what if there was something there, something we'd suppressed for Octavia's protection. There were no rules down here, as Bellamy had so dramatically pointed out many times the night before.

Oh for goodness sakes, Lily. If you aren't going to sleep, get up and do something useful.

I found Wells a little way away from the dropship, finishing up the graves of the two boys who died in the landing. As I walked up behind him, I picked two flowers to put on top. We had no other way of marking the graves, "Hey… I'm sorry you had to do this on your own."

He looked surprised at the company, and then relaxed when he saw it was me. I handed him the flowers and he put lay them down, wiping the sweat from his brow. In the motion, I noticed his bare wrist.

"It's okay. How are you doing?" I shook my head, ignoring the question and gesturing towards his arm.

"Wells. Where is your wristband?"

Anger flashed across his face as he growled through clenched teeth, consciously touching the bruised and bloodied area of skin, "Ask Blake."

I grabbed him by the other wrist and dragged him back to the dropship, "Oh for god's sake. BELLAMY!"

"Lily, it's okay, will you calm down?" Wells muttered, as we hurried back.

Now it was my turn to talk through clenched teeth, "It is not okay. Where the hell is he? BELLAMY!"

"What do you want, Lily?" He sauntered down the ramp, surveying the chaos that he had allowed, stretching as though he'd just woken up.

"You want to explain this?" I brandished Well's arm, ignoring his groan of discomfort.

He smirked, pleased with himself, "What is there to explain, Gemini?"

"Why are you so intent on taking these damn wristbands off?" A girl walked out of the dropship holding her shirt, pausing to kiss Bellamy. She very deliberately draped herself around him and it was only then I noticed that he was shirtless. I was slightly surprised by how toned he was, struggling to stop my gaze from trailing down his very chiselled abs.

"Is that an offer?" He'd noticed my gaze and raised his eyebrows.

I folded my arms, "Don't even think about it, you jackass!"

"You think you have even the slightest bit of authority down here, Lily? You're not under Daddy's protection anymore." Bellamy pulled a shirt from the pile of clothing in Wells' arms, ignoring his protests.

I clenched my fists, "Oh, I cannot be dealing with this again."

Wells threw the clothes at the ground and watched the prisoners scramble to pick them up, "Is this what you want? Chaos?"

Bellamy looked pleased with himself, "What's wrong with a little chaos?"

I was about to storm away when a scream rang across the camp, "What the…?"

Murphy was holding a girl over the fire as she whimpered; her arms pinned behind her back, her face dangerously close the flames.

"Murphy, what the hell are you doing? Let her go!"

He looked up triumphantly, "Bellamy. Check it out. We want the Ark to think that the ground is killing us, right? Figure it'll look better if we suffer a little bit first."

Wells ran up to them and pushed Murphy over, pushing the girl away from the fire. He turned to Bellamy, "You can stop this!"

"Stop this? I'm just getting started." Out of nowhere Murphy punched Wells in the jaw. One idiot shouted 'Fight' and before long they were all chanting, while Wells and Murphy shoved each other around. I pulled the girl up, away from the fight and set her down on a nearby log to compose herself. Then I stormed over to Bellamy and punched his arm.

"Bellamy, this is enough! Stop this madness before someone gets hurt."

He smiled, enjoying the chaos he was creating; "Now why would I stop this? It's just getting interesting."

I threw my hands up, "Fine! Wells, stop it!"

I turned back to the fight surprised that Wells had the upper hand. He had Murphy on the ground and was smashing his head into the ground.

"WELLS!" He stopped, as Murphy's head fell dazed to one side. I sighed as Murphy got up brandishing a knife that he'd made from a broken piece of dropship, muttering under my breath, "This is ridiculous."

I breathed a sigh of relief as Bellamy stepped between them, holding his hand out to stop Murphy from slicing holes in Wells. Then, he held up a knife and I cringed, "Fair fight."

Bellamy looked up at me, almost gleefully and I threw him a pleading look, shaking my head and mouthing, "Bellamy… Please!"

I started forward, but someone grabbed my arm and held me back. I struggled, until a familiar voice muttered quietly, "Lily. Don't get involved. You'll get hurt."

Defeated, I tried to twist my arm out of the very tight grip, "Fine. Can I please have my arm back, Nate?" He released his hold on me and I replied with a huff and a very sarcastic, 'Thank you."

The clearing had descended into utter chaos when Clarke's voice echoed around the trees, "Wells! Let him go!"

Her expression said it all. Something was very wrong. Octavia was limping, Jasper was missing and they all looked petrified. Bellamy beat me to Octavia and wrapped his arms around her, fussing. I instead checked the gash on Wells' arm, motioning for him to take his jacket off so that I could look at it.

Everyone was muttering in confusion as Clarke explained what had happened. Then she noticed Wells' lack of wristband.

"Don't bother," I muttered, "I've already had a go. O, let me take a look at your leg… Are you okay?"

I reached out to Octavia as Bellamy stepped forward to confront Clarke and I listened to the pair of them give booming speeches across the clearing. Bellamy, as always, was ever so charismatic and was met with cheers. Clarke gave up and skulked off, closely followed by Finn.

"Octavia, what happened?" Bellamy was back and I sighed, exasperated.

"The others said it looked like a giant snake." She was still shaking, so I put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"It should be alright. Just keep it clean and it shouldn't get infected. God, I'd kill for some moonshine right now."

She looked surprised and cracked a smile, "Seriously, Lily?"

I managed to force a laugh, "No, it'll work as an anti-bacterial." I turned to Bellamy, "Although if you keep that crap up, I'm going to need it to tolerate you. You are an absolute idiot. These are a bunch of kids that have lived in a tin can up in space their entire lives. They're not strong; they're kids. Are you going to defend us against hundreds, maybe thousands of grounders with your one gun and six bullets?"

Octavia tried not to look impressed as Bellamy's ego deflated ever so slightly. I tucked my arm around Monty's and guided him away from the crowd, feeling slightly proud of myself, "Tell me exactly what happened."

xxx

Clarke and I had agreed that I would stay at the dropship and try to establish some sort of order to the place. She had been met with protests from Monty when she suggested he stayed behind as well.

I gave him a knowing look, "Monty, you were recruited by my sister and I know for a fact that she wouldn't have picked you if you weren't good. Besides, I need you to make some of that infamous moonshine of yours."

Clarke nodded in agreement, "And Clarke, I know he's an ass, but take Bellamy with you. He's got a gun. Besides, I might actually be able to get something done here with him gone. Just… Bring Jasper back and try to not kill any of these idiots while you're out there. Contrary to popular belief, they might actually be quite useful here."

She gave me a weak smile then turned to Finn as he came into the dropship, "Hey you ready to go?"

Finn had scooped up one of the discarded wristbands from next to the fire and he handed it to Monty as he climbed up to the second level of the dropship. His expression told me that he did not want to go with Clarke on the rescue mission and I gritted my teeth. This would be good.

xxx

I stood on the ramp of the dropship, once the rescue part had left and stuck my fingers between my lips. The shrill whistle echoed across the camp and they all cringed as they heard it, turning to me expectantly. Now it was my turn for the convincing speech.

"Alright everyone, listen up! We've had a fun couple of days on the ground, but if there are grounders out there, we need to start working as a team. Down here, all we have is each other, regardless of where we came from on the Ark. If we want to survive down here, we have to put aside our differences and work together." I was shocked at the murmurs of agreement and nodding heads, "So, what do you say we start making this place into home?!"

I smiled, feeling colour prick my cheeks as applause arose around the group, "Now I know that Bellamy said, down here there are no rules, but I'm making one. Pair up! No one is to go anywhere on their own. Is that clear? If there are grounders out there, I don't want to lose anyone because they wandered off."

God, I am such a mother. I thought, looking around the group and mentally dividing them into groups. "Right, Nate, Atom. I am putting you two in charge of building a wall around the camp - use the fallen trees." I pointed at the stronger looking guys, "Will you guys please help them?" I really need to learn everyone's names. "Harper, Fox, Roma, could you two strip the inside of the drop ship, find anything that could be useful: insulation, the seat belts. Charlotte, have a look at the parachute, see if you can cut it up for tents or something. Monroe, you go with her. Can you guys split up and search the area, don't go more than twenty minutes away. Look for a water source; see if there is anything edible, that sort of thing. The rest of you, let's try and clean up this area. Put any bits of dropship on a pile here and trees and things on the other side."

Octavia made her way up the ramp towards me, "What about me?"

I sighed, looking at the gash on her leg, "Just stay out of trouble. Please. And stay off that leg. The last thing I need is your brother on my case."

She huffed and continued passed me, then paused, "Lily? I'm sorry he's being such a dick. God knows what his problem is."

xxx

We'd made progress on the camp by the time that the group returned with Jasper. I'd been sitting down with one of the scout groups, marking out the areas that they'd been on Clarke's map.
"Someone get Lily!" I heard Clarke call as they came through our makeshift gate.

As I hurried over to them, I yelled out for hot water and clean bandages, "Get him into the drop ship…"

Monty came up beside me, weakly muttering, "Is he…"

Clarke tried to match my pace as I followed Finn and Wells into the dropship, "He's alive."

I watched his chest rise and fall, his breathing ragged and reached for his neck to take his pulse, "Barely…"

I'd ignored Bellamy and Murphy when they'd come in after Clarke, my attention on Jasper but when I heard a cheer rise behind me, I turned around to see a group huddled around them, "What's that about?"

"Wells shot a panther." Clarke said shortly and I could tell that they were still not on the best of terms. I made a mental note to talk to both of them when Jasper was stable.

I let out a sigh of relief, "This lot have been complaining about being hungry."

We'd climbed up to the second level of the dropship, where Monty had been working on the wristbands and the boys lay Jasper down. I could hear people talking around me, but I was too focused on my examination of Jasper and I muttered my observations under my breath. "The wound has been cauterised. What the hell is this poultice? Why would they attack him and then try and save him? Damn, I need some alcohol."

xxx

After what felt like hours, I'd managed to stabilise Jasper's condition and clambered down the ladder after Clarke, who seemed to be routed in shock on the ramp. "He's stable for now. I'd kill for some actual medical supplies, a clean OR…" I trailed off, when I noticed her glossed over expression and followed her eye line.

"They're taking off their bracelets for food?" Clarke asked in disbelief, "I won't do it." I set my jaw, ignoring Finn as he told her she wouldn't have to.

I walked up to Bellamy and poked him square in the chest, glaring up at him, "You are unbelievable."

"Hungry, Gemini?" He asked, grabbed my wrist and watching the fire dance on the metal of the band, "You know the drill."

"You're not getting my wrist band, you asshole." I wretched my hand from his grasp and stalked over to where Octavia was sitting. I noticed that she was still wearing her wrist band, but of course Bellamy had given her a skewer of meat.

"Your brother is…" I huffed as I sat down next to her; I paused, as she looked at me expectantly, "I am not going to finish that sentence."

She held out the stick to me, "Do you want some?"

I shook my head, "No I'm fine. I should probably go check on Jasper."

"I get it, you know?" She said, as I stood up, "Why you don't want to take your bracelet off."

I looked over to where Bellamy was supervising more bracelet removals, "I wish he would. I mean, he knows that you're okay because he's down here with you. This is the only thing telling my sister that I'm alive and okay." I felt my voice crack a little as I imagined Alice watching my monitor like a hawk, "After everything I did for him, I wish he'd just get it."

She reached out and squeezed my hand and I leant over and kissed the top of her head, "Let me know if you need anything…"

She nodded and as I turned back towards the dropship, I found Bellamy watching us closely.

"Lily!" He called, and I rolled my eyes, "Wait."

He was holding out a portion of meat and I shook my head, "I don't want your pity food, Bellamy."

"You know this whole experience would be a lot easier on both of us if you just took off that damn wristband."

"No Bellamy! You don't get it. Your family is down here. You can see that Octavia is okay. The rest of us don't have that luxury. People like Clarke and Wells and Miller, their parents will know what's going on. They'll be watching the screens, checking if their kids are okay. What about kids like Dax or Fox or Stacey? What if they've told their parents that their kids are dead? What about…"

"Alice?" he finished, his expression had softened from when he'd gripped my wrist.

"I need her to know that I'm okay." He nodded, holding out the skewer towards me.

"Will you just take the food, Lily?" I did so grudgingly and took a careful bite, not sure what to expect. He watched me and I followed his gaze down to my wristband, "Bellamy, why are you so afraid of the Ark coming down? What did you do?"

He stiffened and made to turn away, "It doesn't matter."

I made a noise of protest and reached out to grab the front of his shirt. It balled up in my fist and I pulled him away from the crowd, "Oh no, you don't… Bellamy… You can tell me."

He looked down at my fist, eyebrows raised in amusement, "Lily, it's not important. You don't need to know."

"Ah no, come on Bellamy, I'm a big girl. I'm sure I can handle it." I refused to back down and he could see that in my eyes. He seemed torn, fighting an internal battle until finally,

"I shot the chancellor."

My fist slacked and for a moment my palm rested on his chest before it fell in shock. My mouth moved but no sound came out, like I'd forgotten how to speak, "You did what?"

"This is exactly why I didn't tell you, because of the way that you are looking at me right now."

I felt frozen, staring up at Bellamy in horror. My body seemed to involuntary lean away from him, which considering my feet were routed in place, made me feel particularly unstable. I couldn't speak.

"Lily. Say something."

I stumbled backwards over a tree route, but caught myself, "I'm going to go check on Jasper."

It took every ounce of control I had not to sprint away from Bellamy and I didn't realise that I was holding my breath until I had reached Jasper's side and gasped, pulling in all the oxygen I could. Monty was still tinkering with the wristbands, keeping an eye on Jasper and I held out the skewer of meat to him.

"Monty, you need to eat something."

He gratefully took the food, and I noticed my hand shaking as he did. He noticed too, "Are you okay, Lily?"

I forced a nod, pulling my knees up to my chest and trying to stop myself from shivering, but I couldn't shake a thought from my head.

Bellamy was a killer.

A.N. So from a short chapter, to a long one. :) I'm becoming very aware of how I'm dragging two episodes into far too many chapters but I do love this show. Please let me know what you all think of this chapter! I love getting all your lovely reviews!

~C.I

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