17 Chapter 17: The Negotiations And The Attack!
'Thinking'
"Talking"
[System]
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- Dropship Crash Site | The Ground -
- 3rd Person -
*CRASH!*
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
"Keep firing!"
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
"They're everywhere!"
"Where the hell did, they come from man! We're all gonna die!"
"Where is Arthur!?"
"Where is Arthur!?"
"Where is Arthu-... Aagh!"
"Hahahaha! You think that your petty leader will be able to save you humans!?" A giant bipedal black wolf laughs standing over a Rangers body. "Your leader is already dead!" The wolf says stepping on the Rangers head; crushing it.
"I-Impossible."
"No way!"
"God Help u-... AHH!!!"
"Retreat into the dropship go!"
"Run little humans. You can't hide in there forever and when you come out, we'll be ready to tear your limbs off piece by piece!" The giant bipedal wolf yells with a hungry grin.
*HOWL!*
*HOWL!* x?
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- A Few Hours Earlier | Dropship Crash Site | The Ground -
- Arthur Pendragon -
"Gear up we're moving out!" I yell as me, Bellamy, Octavia, and a squad of 15 Rangers prepare to leave.
A rider had contacted us only a few hours before the Ark fell. The rider informed us that they were ready to meet and that the leader of the Coalition; the Commander would be there to negotiate personally. The rider also informed us that the meeting would take place at the bridge when the sun was at its highest point.
The next day I woke up and prepared Bellamy, Octavia, and the other Rangers for the expedition.
After leaving Clarke in charge and sharing a goodbye kiss we set off towards the bridge.
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- Two Hours Later | The Bridge | The Ground -
"Don't you think we should go out in search of the Ark?" Bellamy asked from my left.
"Bell, we have no idea where the Ark even is." Octavia says from my right.
"Shhh... We're here." I tell them as we step out of the tree line and onto the bridge.
On the other side of the bridge some of the trees have been cut down and standing in there place is a tan and green tent made from mesh. Outside the tent are two tall grounder guards both carrying golden tipped spears and wearing roman-like armor with a golden skull helmet.
[Commander's Personal Guard: Ortan]
Titles: Personal Guard of the Commander
Race: Human
Level: 25
HP: 10,700
[Commander's Personal Guard: Acher]
Titles: Personal Guard of the Commander
Race: Human
Level: 25
HP: 10,700
Those are the only grounders visible to the naked eye but if you take a closer look at the trees, you can spot easily up to 50-100 grounders. With no doubt more father back deeper in the forest.
A tall lean muscular man with a tan complexion, deep brown eyes and has very long, braided, grayish-black hair with a long, grayish-black beard to match walks out of the tent and approaches us.
"The Commander will speak with you now. And if you so much as look at her the wrong way, I will slit your throat." He says to me before walking back towards the tent.
"Hey-..." Bellamy tries to yell but I cut him off by raising my hand.
"Don't. We need to play by their rules right now. No mishaps of any kind you got that?" I asked glaring at him.
"Yes, sir." He responds while looking away.
When the grounder got to the tent, he pulled back a red cloth that was covering the entrance allowing me to enter. I walk in and spot 3 people that I recognize instantly. Lexa, Indra, and the guy that tried to kill the 100 in the first season but died in episode one of the second season. [Observe]
[Chief of Tondc: Indra]
Titles: Chief of Tondc, Mentor, War Chief, Chief
Race: Human
Level: 45
HP: 21,000
[General of the Rangers: Tristan]
Titles: General
Race: Human
Level: 35
HP: 15,950
[The Commander: Lexa]
Titles: Commander of the 12 Clans
Race: Human
Level: 75
HP: 63,200
'...I'm speechless.'
Sitting at the back of the tent on a wooden throne is Lexa with her war paint and a small emblem on her forehead. Indra is on her left and Tristan is on her right.
"You're Arthur Pendragon. Descendant of the ancient Pendragon bloodline and descendant of the mythological King Arthur." She says while fiddling with Damascus steel knife.
"Y-You know?" I asked.
"Of course, The Commander's library is vast." She spoke.
Looking at both Tristan and Indra, I see them both subtly glancing at the Commander in confusion.
'They don't know?' I think in confusion.
"Are you here to reclaim your kingdom or are you here to make peace?" Lexa asked.
"Make peace preferably."
"Good, I have been told of what you want. Most of it is acceptable except one. You asked for assistance from Trikru. What do you need assistance for?"
"When we reunite with the rest of our sky people, they will need a reason to follow me. They will be able to support as well as act as a political tool for when I run for chancellor."
"That seems reasonable." Lexa responds deep in thought.
"Heda!" Indra yells in outrage.
"Hosh op Indra." Lexa says shutting Indra up.
"Also, if I may request it, can we move our designated area to where the Ark stations fell. That way we will be farther away from the mountain men and the reapers."
"That is acceptable. But what will we receive in return for the varied materials you requested? What will you offer us?" Lexa asked.
"Simple. Military might. 1,000 grounders are no match for 100 men with guns and once I'm done training them, they won't just be proficient in guns but in martial arts as well as various kinds of melee weapons. Also, we have improved textile production facilities. We can make improved clothes, weapons, and armor due to our machinery." I told her.
'The only reason the Ark never had good clothes or weapons before is because they ran out of supplies to make more clothes and to make new armor. That's why the guards are dressed in spray painted football gear.'
"Hey! Let me in, I need to speak with Arthur!" I hear Bellamy yell from outside the tent.
Apologizing to the Commander for the interruption, I headed outside to check what Bellamy wanted.
"What is it Bellamy?" I asked, Irritated.
"They are being attacked." He told me.
"Who?" I asked.
"The camp they're being attacked!?" he exclaims.
"By whom?"
"Werewolves." He says wide-eyed.
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- Dropship Crash Site | The Ground -
- 3rd Person -
*SLAM*
The dropship ramp slams shut as the remaining members of the 100 huddle inside of the dropship with the Rangers rifles all pointed towards the door.
"Jasper is it ready!?" Raven yells as the dropship door continues to be pounded on. Jasper pulls open a panel in the floor and begins fiddling with wires. "Jasper!"
"G-Got it! We're all set!" He yells after connecting the wires with a remote control.
"Jasper, now!" Raven screams as the banging on the dropship door intensifies.
Jasper flips a small switch, but nothing happens. Jasper looks up towards Raven in panic. Raven runs over to a lamp connected to the wall of the dropship and rips it out. Raven unscrews the bottom causing the lamp to turn off, Raven then grabs the wires and connects them to the lamp's circuit board.
A giant rumbling shakes the dropship as the thrusters activate.
"Raven, what was that?" Finn asked after the thrusters died back down.
"A backup plan. Arthur had me rig the thrusters in the bottom of the dropship so that if the camp was ever breached and we were forced back into the dropship we could activate the thrusters as a last resort." Raven explains.
"How big is the blast radius?" Clarke asked curiously.
"The entire size of the camp as well as the construction project that Arthur started just outside the walls."
"That's at least a quarter of a mile!" Finn says shocked.
They open the dropship ramp and walk out. Death is the only word to describe the look, smell, and feel of the atmosphere around them. Trees, rocks, grass, and everything else has been turned to ash. Countless giant wolf skulls lay lying on the ground.
Suddenly grenades dispersing red gas are thrown into the middle of the camp causing the remaining 100 to begin coughing and falling unconscious.
"What the hell?" Jasper mutters as he falls to the ground unconscious.
Clarke looks up and can see green lights making their way through the smoke. As the men walk through the smoke Clarke is able to get a better look at them. Men wearing hazmat suits with rifles pointed at them.
'Who the-...' Clarke thinks before falling unconscious.
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- Two Hours Later | Dropship Crash Site | The Ground -
- Arthur Pendragon -
Lexa allowed a temporary peace treaty to be issued between our peoples. Lexa also said that when we were ready to make it official that we should make our way to Polis, and that should I require it Trikru will fully support Arthur Pendragon and his leadership of the Sky people.
After that me, Bellamy, Octavia, and the 15 Sky Rangers made our way back to our camp. Upon arrival we found Lincoln standing outside the main gate staring in, in a state of shock and horror.
"What happened here?" He asked me.
"They must have been forced to resort to the thrusters." I say as I observe the destroyed and ash covered camp.
"What do you mean thrusters?" Lincoln asked.
"On the bottom of the ship are thrusters. We fired the thrusters resulting in the heat and fire that the thrusters produced to spread out and kill anything in a quarter mile radius." I explained.
"I've counted 22 werewolf skeletons. They all died in the thruster fire." Bellamy spoke.
"If that was the case then where are our people?" Octavia asked.
"Mountain Men." I responded.
"Who are they?" Bellamy asked.
"They're the ones responsible for the acid fog. They're people that have been alive and living in Mount Weather ever since the first bombs fell." I explained to him.
"You mean people live in there!?" Octavia shouts.
"Yes, now how many human skeletons have we found?" I asked them.
"... 47." Bellamy responds somberly.
"47!" Octavia yells causing the Rangers to all gasp in horror.
"They didn't have enough armor to fend off against that many werewolves. When we found the bullets in the Aid Depot, they were all standard issue brass bullets. I had Raven begin construction on silver bullets, but we didn't have any silver therefore I had to create small light bullets that Raven would then put into a brass casing."
"So, how many rounds do you think they had?" Octavia asked.
"Most of the Light bullets were with us since I hadn't expected us to be attacked, but If I were to take a guess maybe... 200?"
"That's only enough for half of them to have 1 full magazine!" Bellamy comments.
"Ahh!" We hear from inside the dropship.
"Guns up we don't know who is in there." Bellamy orders while aiming towards the dropship door.
"Bellamy, and Lincoln guard the entrance to the dropship, me and Octavia will go in and check it out."
"Yes, sir." Bellamy replies.
"Understood." replies Lincoln.
When Octavia and I walk in the dropship we see Raven in the back huddled up in a corner with a rifle pointed right at us.
"Hey, Raven its me."
"A-Arthur?" she asked.
"Yeah, Raven it's me and Octavia." I say moving to her.
"Where w-were you?"
"We were at a meeting with the grounders 2 hours away from here. I'm sorry we couldn't get here on time, but could you tell me what happened?" I asked her.
"Yeah, only an hour or so after you left. The guards on the wall said that a few of the guys working on the construction project went missing. We sent out a group of 6 volunteers and 1 Ranger to check it out. Only 1 of the volunteers returned saying that a massive 7-foot-tall wolf monster attacked the group. Immediately after that we all heard howls coming from all around us. People immediately began to grab spears, swords, and any left-over weapons. Cough... Cough..."
"Raven are you all, right?" Octavia asked concerned.
"Yeah, when we were fleeing back into the dropship one of those mutts slashed my stomach."
"Shit! Is it deep?" I asked also concerned.
"No, it wasn't too deep, and Clarke was able to patch it up. It just aches is all."
"All right, do you think you can continue?" I asked.
"Yeah, anyways we tried our hardest to defend but we didn't have enough of your light bullets but even then, it took half a magazine just to kill 1 one of those bastards. However, we decided to retreat after they had torn down the main gate and made their way inside the camp. By the time we made it back to the dropship only 3 of the 16 Rangers remained."
"What happened after you fired the thrusters, Raven." I asked her.
"Clarke and the rest of them went outside to check if it was clear, but all I heard was the sound of smoke and footsteps. After a few minutes of waiting, I began to shout if anyone was out there and if anyone could hear me, but no one came."
"How long have you been here Raven?" Octavia asked.
"I don't kno-..."
"Hold it right there!" We hear from outside the dropship.
"Stay with Raven, Octavia, I'll go and check it out."
"Okay." she responds, and I get up, turn around, and walk out of the dropship.
I walk out of the dropship to find Bellamy and my Rangers in a face-off with Kane and a group of guardsmen.
"Hey, what the hell is going on here?!" I shout walking down the ramp.
"We're here now. Everything is gonna be okay so put down your guns." Kane says.
'Yeah, I don't think so...'
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