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slytherinbarnes · 4 years ago

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Sub Rosa [31]

ii. wanheda, pt 2

Pairing: Bellamy Blake x reader

Word Count: 4.0k

Warnings: fighting, blood, injuries, dead bodies/death.

Summary: introductions to a new group leave you feeling on edge, and the search for clarke continues.

a/n: HI ALL HAPPY UPLOAD DAY AND HAPPY SHOW DAY! I’m so excited to see a certain someone on my screen soon (though I won’t get to watch until tomorrow so no spoilers pls)! I hope you all have a great day! the taglist for this series is open! I hope you enjoy, please let me know what you think!!!

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You all sit in tense silence as the moon sets and the sun begins to rise. It’s early dawn before Bellamy breaks the silence. “It’s been three hours. What are they waiting for?”

“Even with the light, I don’t see anyone.”

You turn and peer out of the vehicle, finding no movement or signs of life. Monty turns from his spot in the driver’s seat. “I say we make a run for it.”

Kane shakes his head, “No, that’s what they want us to do.”

“The boy is right. They can wait longer than we can.”

Kane watches Indra for a second, considering her words, before nodding and turning to Bellamy. “Okay, Bellamy. You get in the turret and you cover us. Once we get to that ridge over there, we’ll cover you.”

You can see the skepticism on his face, so you whisper, “I’ll stay with you, and cover them from back here.”

“Copy that. Run fast.”

He stands and pushes open the hatch, poking his head out and pulling his gun up to follow. But before he can make another move, you see him freeze in place, body going rigid. He mutters, “They’re here.”

“Everybody out or the boy dies!”

Suddenly, Bellamy is yanked out of the rover through the hatch, and he disappears from sight. You feel panic rise within you and you yell, “Okay, we’re coming out! Don’t hurt him!”

You drop your gun to the floor, and Kane follows suit, then Monty and finally, after a moment of hesitation, Indra. You turn and look at Kane as you reach for the door, and he nods his approval, so you turn the handle and start to push it open. The second you see sunlight, the door is yanked open the rest of the way, and you are harshly pulled out and thrown to the ground.

Someone presses their knee into your lower back, pinning you in place as they secure your hands behind you. You struggle as you hear the others hit the ground around you, and you hear Bellamy let out a grunt of pain from somewhere nearby. You lift your head and search for him, your eyes landing on him to your left. He meets your eyes and you both struggle harder when you see each other in danger, fighting to reach each other, but two more Grounders converge on each of you, holding you down and stopping your movement. Someone yells, “All targets secure!”

Your brows pull together at the sound of English, the language rarely used by Grounder warriors when they think you might be listening. You hear the beeping of a machine grow more rapid as it locates what it’s looking for, and someone mutters, “Found it.”

You struggle to lift your head and see what’s happening, but you hear someone struggle as they are pulled to their feet, and Monty yells out, “It’s mine. Give it back!”

Across from you, Bellamy yells, “Monty, let it go!”

One of the Grounders lets out a surprised whisper, “Monty?”

You struggle and turn to face him, as realization passes over Monty’s face. “Mom?”

Monty’s mom tugs her mask off and runs to him, pulling him into a tight hug as you all watch the reunion in confusion. Someone yells, “Farm station, stand down.”

They release Kane, but keep their weapons trained on you, Bellamy, and Indra. Kane turns to look at the man standing over him. “Pike?”

The name seems familiar, but you can’t remember why. Pike pulls off his mask, and pulls Kane to his feet and into a hug. “You have no idea how good it is to see you.”

“We didn’t think you made it!”

Pike turns to the men still pinning you to the ground, “I said stand down.”

They finally release you, and cut your hands free, and Bellamy jogs over and helps you to your feet. You both start walking over to Kane and Pike when Kane asks, “How many of you are there?”

“Sixty-three. The rest are camped in the mountains north of here. Grounder killers one and all, am I right?”

Everyone in the group let’s out a hoorah of agreement, and you and Kane exchange a concerned look as you and Bellamy reach their side. You look between the two men and you deadpan, “I hate to cut this short, but we’ve got to find Clarke.”

Pike turns to you in surprise. “Clarke Griffin?”

You nod, and he gives Bellamy a mock disappointed look. “If only all of my Earth Skills students were as good as her.”

Bellamy smirks and they shake hands in greeting. “It’s good to see you, sir.”

“You too.”

Pike turns back to you. “And you’re-”

You guess his line of thinking, and finish the sentence for him. “The twin, yes.”

He shakes your hand as you tell him your name, before he says, “I can see the resemblance to Clarke, but you look like your dad too.”

“You knew my dad?”

He smiles, “Formidable chess player, tough to beat. We used to play every now and then.”

You smile, thinking of a memory, a chess game with your father. You’re thankful to receive a small piece of him, even after all this time. Kane turns and looks at the fallen tree, reminding you of your current mission. “Okay, move the tree.”

You and Bellamy head over to the tree, and Monty comes up beside you before other men from Farm Station line up on either side of him and Bellamy. You all start to push the tree away, and once you’ve cleared a path big enough for the rover, you step away. You turn to Monty, and see the sadness on his face. “Are you okay?”

“My dad didn’t make it.”

You feel a pang in your chest, the all too familiar feeling of losing your father, and you pull him in for a hug. “Monty, I’m sorry.”

He hugs you back before stepping away, “I’ll be okay. I have to be.”

You all start to walk back towards Kane and Pike, and Kane looks at Monty as you approach. “Monty, give them the coordinates to Arkadia. We have a settlement fifty miles south of here. Your people will be safe there.”

Pike gives Kane a serious look, “You’re my people.”

“Good. Because we have reports that put Clarke north of here. We could certainly use your expertise.”

“Mount up, we’re going back into Hell.”

The ride to the trading post is silent, but short.

As soon as Monty pulls up to the building, you jump out, eager to look for any sign of Clarke. You can hear Kane and Bellamy calling out for you to slow down, and you’re about to comply, until you hear the sounds of fighting coming from inside the trading post. You lift your gun and hurry to the door, and you can hear the two men jogging up behind you as you quietly push the door open.

Once the door is wide enough, your eyes land on a man pinning a woman to the ground, a knife to her wrist, yelling at her in Trigedasleng. You catch the word Wanheda before you pull the trigger, shooting him in the head and killing him instantly. His body drops to the ground beside her and she scrambles to her feet, turning to look at you as you all file inside, weapons raised and ready. As the others scan the room, you and Bellamy walk towards the woman, and he asks, “Are you okay?”

She steps away from the both of you, looking scared, and you lower your weapon and lift your hands in surrender. Bellamy follows suit and you tell her, “Osir nou na bash yo op.”

We mean you no harm. You’re not sure if the Trigedasleng is correct, but Indra and the woman don’t give you a weird look, so you think you got the message across. Indra adds, “Yu hon yu in osir sisplei.”

You’re halfway through translating Indra’s words in your head when Pike yells out, “English!”

You turn and give him a sharp look, opening your mouth to say something, but Kane catches your eye and shakes his head. He turns to the man. “Pike, go outside. Take Monty and Hannah, search the perimeter. Make sure he was alone.”

He gives Kane a hesitant look, until Kane nods, urging him to leave, and Pike finally turns and walks out the door. Indra turns back to the woman. “Osir ste lufa Wanheda au.”

We’re looking for Wanheda. The woman turns and glares at the dead body. “So was he.”

You step forward, voice pleading, “Please, she’s in danger.”

Her head cocks to the side, eyeing you closely, and she steps forward and reaches out for you. You feel Bellamy shift beside you, protective, and you put your hand up to let him know you’re okay. She touches a finger to the moon around your neck and whispers, “She has one just like this, but it’s a star.”

“She’s my sister.”

Her gaze lifts to yours, studying you for any signs of mistruth, but finding none. She nods and steps back. “She was here last night.”

“Did she say where she was going?”

“She was here when I fell asleep and gone when I woke up.”

Kane steps closer to her, “Did she give you any indication of where she might go?”

“No, but he did. He said that his partner came back for her, and that he was Ice Nation.” Kane nods and starts to step away, and she reaches out and grabs your hand, “I hope you find her.”

“Thank you,” you trail off, unsure of her name.

She answers, “Niylah.”

You offer her your name, and Bellamy’s, before Monty comes running into the building. “Good news. I found fresh tracks.”

“Great, start the rover.”

Monty shakes his head. “That’s the bad news. Too many trees, we have to go on foot.”

You turn and give Niylah one last nod of thanks before you follow the others out the door and into the trees. Indra leads the group, followed by Monty and his mother, while Kane and Pike follow them. You and Bellamy bring up the rear, watching everyone’s backs.

You hike through the woods, following the tracks into an open field, covered with dry grass that rustles in the wind. It shifts as you trudge through it, and you’re running your hands along the tops of it, lost in your head, when Pike drops back and starts to walk beside you and Bellamy. “Can I ask you a question?”

You and Bellamy nod your consent, and he continues, “Last report we got on the Ark, you were under attack by Grounders. What changed?”

Bellamy answers, “Turns out we had a common enemy.”

“What happened to them?”

You glance at Bellamy, watching as the muscle in his jaw ticks, the subject one he never likes to discuss. You glance over at Pike. “We killed them all.”

Pike’s brows lift, impressed, but he doesn’t get the chance to ask for more details, because Indra holds up a hand and turns back to mutter, “Quiet. Listen.”

You hear the heavy beats of drums in the distance, and suddenly you’re back at the dropship, preparing the camp for invasion. Indra clarifies, “Azgeda.”

Monty looks at her in confusion. “You can tell it’s Ice Nation from the sound?”

“No, from them.”

She points to three dead bodies on the ground nearby, and you get a heavy feeling in your stomach. Something urges you to look around, and you lift your gun and peer through the scope, searching the horizon.

“We need to get those bodies off the field unless you’re good with them thinking we did this.”

“Go, hurry.”

You pass over two figures quickly before realizing and moving your scope back to focus on them. “Wait! Two people at twelve o'clock.”

You see a mess of blonde hair and your stomach drops, sure that it’s her. She turns a second later to take in her surroundings, and you get a good look at her, the gag in her mouth, and the worry on her face. “It's Clarke!”

You immediately lower your gun and start sprinting towards her, but you only make it a few feet before Pike steps into your path and holds you back. You try to move around him as you demand, “Get out of my way!”

“You’ll never make it in time.”

Monty and Bellamy run up to your side, and Monty points to the army marching right into the only path to Clarke. “He’s right. No way we get across without being seen.”

“We should lay low, let the army pass, then we find Clarke.”

You turn to Bellamy, expecting him to be on your side, but he gives you an apologetic look, and you know you’ve been outnumbered. Bellamy grabs your hand and leads you over to one of the dead bodies, and you grab the man’s feet while he grabs his arms. Indra runs off after telling Kane something, and you watch as Monty and his mother grab the second body, while Kane and Pike get the last. You all half walk, half run to the cave, three dead bodies in tow, but you can’t stop turning and looking in the direction Clarke disappeared in. Bellamy pulls your attention back to him. “Hey.”

You turn and he gives you a reassuring smile. “We’ll get her, I promise.”

You nod, but for once, he hasn’t made you feel any better. Once you reach the caves, everyone drops the dead bodies right outside of the entrance, before stepping inside of the hiding place and getting comfortable.

You stand at the entrance looking out at the field, before turning and walking over to Kane. “We’re losing her.”

“Relax. Save your energy.”

Pike puts a hand on your shoulder. “Kane’s right. The army will move soon. You’ll need your strength for what comes next.”

You shrug his hand off and go back to the entrance, finding no support from the others, before plopping yourself down on a rock with a huff. Bellamy kneels down in front of you, situating himself right in your line of sight. “Clarke’s strong. She’ll be okay.”

You nod, dropping your head away from him slightly, and he lifts his hand to your chin and tips your face back towards him. “You’re strong, too. Stronger than any of us.”

You can see the worry on his face, so you smile, hoping that it’s reassuring. It must be, because he smiles back before leaning forward and pressing a kiss to your lips. When he pulls away he whispers, “Come sit with the others.”

You smile, “I’ll come over in a second, I just need a minute.”

He nods, before standing and heading deeper into the cave. You drop your head into your hands, trying to collect yourself as you hear Monty ask about the fate of his father. Your stomach sinks, not sure you want to hear this, but feeling like you should, and when you lift your head again, ready to go join them, your eyes land on the dead bodies at the entrance of the cave. Azgeda. Just like the army.

You turn and glance back at the others, but they’re all focused on Pike, who’s telling them the story of Farm Station, so you walk over to the bodies and lay your gun down beside them before stripping them for clothes. You take enough from them to blend in, including one of their swords, silently thanking Octavia for the lessons over the last few months.

The last thing you pull on is one of their masks, and you wrap it around your face to hide your identity. With one last look into the cave, you take a deep breath for courage, and sneak back out into the field.

You cross easily at first, careful to move at the same pace as the others so as not to raise any suspicions, but the closer you get to the edge of the field and the edge of the army, the faster you start to move. You can see the start of a new treeline right in front of you, ten steps and you’ll be able to duck into the trees for cover. And just as you start to reach it, a hand claps down on your shoulder and spins you towards him. Your heart speeds up in your chest as he gives you an angry look, and for a second you think he knows you’re an imposter. But then he dips his fingers into a pouch at his side, and pulls them back out again, now stained white.

He reaches up and smears the white war paint over your eyes and to the top of your nose, before he turns you in the direction of the rest of the army and nudges you forward. You start to walk with them, watching as the man checks the others around you for war paint. He walks past you and starts to check the soldiers in front of you, and you use the distraction to take the last few steps from the army and into the treeline.

As soon as you are hidden in the trees, you pull the mask off your face, taking in deep breaths of air as your nerves threaten to overtake you. You stand there and collect yourself until you can feel your heartbeat slow again, and then you straighten up and look around for any sign of where Clarke went.

You almost smile when you see grass trampled down in front of you, likely the result of two people walking, and you follow it quickly, allowing it to lead you deeper and deeper into the woods. You send a silent thank you to Finn for teaching you a few things about tracking, as you pass by a tree and see a smear of blood on the bark. You walk that way, until you find a giant pole with a similar patch of blood. Right beside it, a set of stairs descends into the darkness, and with a resolute nod you pull the sword off your back and start to sneak down the stairs quietly.

Once you reach the bottom you peer around the corner, and find a small pair of hands tied around a pole. You look around for a sign of Clarke’s captor, but finding none, you walk towards her as quickly as you can. When you step beside her, you see her body tense, and her breathing quickens until you drop to your knees in front of her and smile. Her eyes widen with surprise, and you reach up and pull the gag from her mouth as you whisper, “My shining star.”

As soon as the gag is free she yells, “Look out!”

You have a split second to register the words and movement to your right, lifting your sword to defend yourself just as her captor’s sword comes down towards you. He delivers a kick to your chest that knocks you flat on your back, and as you try to lift your sword again, he steps on your wrist, pinning it in place.

You start to reach for your knife, still secured in your thigh holster, but he senses the movement and beats you to it, pulling the knife from its place. He lifts his sword to your neck, and just as he’s about to plunge it through your throat, Clarke cries out, “Please, please don’t! I’ll do anything, I’ll stop fighting! Just please don’t kill her!”

The man turns to look at her, considering her offer, and then back at you. You can see the moment he catches the similarities because he lowers the sword, and Clarke whispers, “Thank you.”

He follows her thanks with a swift stab to your thigh, and you cry out in pain as the blade sinks into your skin. He pulls it back out and sends blood flying, before grunting out, “Don’t follow us.”

And then everything goes dark.

You wake quickly to pain in your leg and a pounding headache.

As you blink against the light that pours into the room, you start to remember what happened and you scramble to your feet, crying out in pain as you put weight on your injured leg. You grab your discarded knife from the ground and slide it into your holster, before tearing off a strip of fabric from your clothes and tying a tourniquet above your wound.

You half run, half hobble up the stairs and into the open, searching for the signs of their departure. You finally find them to your right and you start to hobble that way when you hear twigs snapping behind you. You reach down and grab your knife and spin towards the sound, weapon held in front of you, ready to attack. You lower it when you realize it’s Bellamy, who’s tearing through the trees towards you.

Relief washes over his features when he sees you, but it’s short lived as his eyes move down to your hand pressed over your bleeding thigh. His voice is high with panic as he drops to his knees in front of you and inspects the wound, “What happened?”

“I had her, Bellamy! She was right in front of me, until I took a knife to the leg.”

“Let me help you back to Kane and the others.”

“No!”

He looks up at you in surprise, whispering your name with concern. “You’re hurt, bleeding pretty bad from what I can tell, and-”

You cut him off, “Bellamy, this is Clarke we’re talking about. My sister, my twin, and she has a bounty on her head. What would you do if it was Octavia?”

You see the muscle in his jaw twitch, and you know you’ve cornered him. “I’d stop at nothing to get her back.”

He locks eyes with you, and your brows lift, as if asking, “So?”

He sighs, “Which way did they go?”

“That way.”

He slides an arm around you, encouraging you to shift your weight onto him, as he heads in the direction you pointed in. You struggle to hold back your grunts of pain as each step sends a jolt of pain through your leg, and Bellamy pretends that he hears nothing, determined to assist your dumb decision, not hinder it.

You don’t make it very far before you hear the others clambering towards you, yelling your name and, “She’s hurt!”

You glance over at Bellamy, “I’m not stopping.”

He nods and continues to help you along, ignoring Kane and Monty as they yell at the two of you to stop. Monty reaches you first, grabbing Bellamy’s arm to stop him, and leaning down to inspect your leg. “You need stitches.”

He glances up at you and you step away from him. “I’m fine, Monty. I just want to get Clarke.”

Kane hears this as he approaches and glares at you. “You can barely walk.”

“I’m fine.”

He turns to Bellamy. “She’ll bleed out if you continue down this path.”

You see Bellamy look at you with worry in his face and you turn to Kane and snap, “Don’t do that! Don’t freak him out just so he’ll listen to you. I’m not going to give up on Clarke and just let him kill her!”

Monty’s voice is soft as he replies, “We want to find her too, but look at your leg. You could die out here and we have no real trail.”

Emotion builds up inside of you and bursts free as you yell, “I can’t lose Clarke!”

Bellamy shifts beside you, forcing you to look at him. “We’ll find her, okay? We’ll figure something out, I promise.”

You glance down at your leg, and you know they’re right. So you let out a quiet sigh and concede. “Okay.”

Bellamy leans down and scoops you up in his arms, taking your weight off the wound as he carries you through the forest. You start to protest, but as soon as you’re off your feet, you realize how tired you truly are, and how much the last 24 hours has taken out of you.

The last thing you remember before passing out again, is Bellamy softly humming Clair de lune.

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candydos · 4 years ago

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...am I the only one that would have preferred AOAW as a season finale?

+ maybe extended post-credits scene to show some belos stuff idk

I just feel that the stakes at play weren’t... high enough? or at least it didn’t feel like the stakes presented were as high as they were because of how quickly they were resolved (see: petrification -- which had a weird sense of time btw but that’s a different story)

More under the cut, and an important note at the bottom before you reply.

The most I felt watching the episode is seeing Luz give up her only way home and saying “lo siento” (i’m sorry) directed at her mom before giving it up and THEN destroying it. That shit Hurted. but even this thread didn’t stay long enough because surprise, Belos is actually reassembling it by the end of the episode so... it wasn’t really destroyed. the strongest I really felt, walking away form the episode, I’ll talk about these things below.

Don’t get me started on how I was a little irked that Amity, Willow, and Gus were just... there. Amity did get a timeout because she got a LOT of material from Grom and WILW so I understand, but I guess after seeing WIllow and Gus trying to fight by Luz against Lilith, it made me psyched for a full team battle of sorts in the finale. Maybe we save it for another time, I hope.

and now that I’m writing this out, I have a big bone to pick with the finale:

Everything felt a little too touch-and-go.

Firstly, I will say that I appreciated the flashback and reveal of motivations + the most heartwrenching realisation that Lilith cursed Eda for NOTHING because either way, Eda would have forfeited for her sister because she knew how much being in the Emperor’s Coven meant to her.

And as much as I love sibling tropes, we have to remember that she gave her sister a terminal curse in her sleep because she wanted an advantage, didn’t realise the consequences but kept quiet about it for about 20 odd years and still doesn’t relay any of this to the cursed sister in question.

On the flip side, I don’t want them to be too bitter about it because deep down they really do care for each other and I believe that. But it just felt, weird.

The main grievance also stemmed from how the layout of the episode was very, Not What He Seems-esque. No surprise there, Stephen Sandoval directed both episodes, but this ties into a little fear I have that TOH will try to model itself too much after Gravity Falls which doesn’t feel right because it’s not the greatest fit. I want TOH to establish it’s own storytelling but the ending really felt very Gravity Falls-esque and right now, I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing (could be both, why not).

It felt like things happened and resolved real fast, and while I understand the 22min limit, I can still have my grievances about it.

Before you go into the replies and start angrily rebutting things, I wrote these as my initial thoughts. I am back after rewatching the episode and I think these grievances are... still grievances but forgivable ones. TOH is still on its first season, I’m interested to see how things turn out.

And with that out of the way, I will say this episode brought good things:

- I love Luz, King and Eda’s “ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind” moments, warmed and hurt my heart a little.

- More things on the Day of Unity!

- Gus’s last name is Porter (his dad is Perry Porter, the reporter! Ha!)

- The most criminally insane thing Luz and King could think of was stepping on grass with a “Do Not Step On Grass” sign next to them shdfgjhdf

- the Warden’s return!!

- Luz’s Very Visible Hatred for Lilith,,, us @ Lilith in AOAW

- Luz kicking ass with her glyphs!! cinnamon roll WILL kill for owl mom!!

- “Us weirdos have to stick together, remember?” Luz you will not catch me crying in the club rn p-pls im gonna cry-

- Luz going OFF ON LILITH + bonus points for “talk to the glyph, WITCH”

- DID I MENTION EDA FORFEITING BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW MUCH THIS OPPORTUNITY MEANT TO HER BECAUSE I WILL SAY IT AGAIN GODDAMNIT

- Giving Lilith some humanity, she really knew she messed up.

- OWLBERT IS BACK BABY

- Luz lingering on the human world, bean misses her ma

- GUS’S DAD????? HECK YEAH

- the townsfolk just relfecting on Eda’s impact on them, bonus for Bump’s “after she left the school” HA

- in seeing how Willow and Gus riled up a crowd, I am getting a LOT of Take Back the Falls vibes. ah, sweet memories. let my beans lead a rebellion pls pls pls pls-

- Luz SNIPING Belos’ right eye. Actually the whole mini fight sequence, I’m proud of how far she’s come.

- just. Just Keith David. he... wow.. chills.

- Luz and Belos are officially Enemies. season 2′s gonna be Interesting.

- she about to TORCH A BWITCH

- LILITH ACTUALLY BEARING HALF OF THE CURSE,,,, THIS MADLAD

- EDA’S BACK!!!!!

- Eda and Lilith now having to workaround their magic handicaps, gon be fun

- “we’ll learn together” HGAFHGJHG AAAAAAA

- her vlog to her mom,,,,,,,,

- P O R T A L. just PORTAL.

#incoherent thoughts so bewarb #this is queued for tom morning after the 8:45pm release #as in morning for me #feel free to respond but i may not reply back so fast bc its gonna be a busy weekend ahead and week after #theowlhouse #took forever to get this out #the owl house #candy laments

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