Chapter 8: Raven Reyes and Shadow!

'Thinking'

"Talking"

[System]

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- Dropship Crash Site | The Ground -

- Arthur Pendragon -

After arriving back at camp Clarke and I were surrounded and bombarded with constant questions.

"Was that the Ark?"

"What was that?"

"Did the Ark send supplies for us?"

"Did they send weapons?"

"Alright enough!" Bellamy shouts over the crowd; walking towards us with Finn and a group of hunters. "Arthur what's the plan?"

"If it cleared the ridge, it's probably near the lake." Finn spoke up; walking up next to Bellamy.

"We should get moving. We're ready Arthur." Octavia speaks up; walking towards us with steel sword in hand.

"Good. Clarke, Bellamy, Finn, Octavia, and I will go. Bellamy pick 4 of the hunters to come with us as well." I direct them.

"Got it. Andrew, Manuel, Ryan, and Charles grab your spears and come on." Bellamy says directing the 4 hunters.

The 4 hunters grab their spears and head out of one of the gates. I quickly grabbed Finn by the arm and handed him a blade that I had found inside the bunker. "Here Finn, have this."

"Thanks. Arthur." Finn says, sheathing the knife and making his way towards the gate.

'Time to go meet Raven!'

[Item: Makeshift Kukri Knife]

Item Rarity: D

Type: Dagger

Attack: +20

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- Forest | The Ground -

After leaving the camp I ordered us to get into a wedge formation. All of them except Bellamy didn't know what that was.

I was in front; Bellamy was on my right with Octavia behind him and a hunter behind her. Finn was on my left with 2 guards behind him. Clarke was a few feet behind me, but she still stayed relatively close to me. Lastly, 1 of the hunters was in the far back in a safety position.

*WHINE*

I raise up my hand in a fist indicating for them to stop moving. The formation halts and I begin to creep forward to where the whining is originating from.

Walking around a giant pine tree, I'm met with the sight of small black fur ball coiled up on the ground. [Observe]

[Dire Wolf Pup] - (Hunger)

Race: Dire Wolf

Level: 1

HP: 80/100

[Status Effect: Hunger - Stats are decreased by 20% until effects are removed.]

"Grrr....."

The dire wolf pup turns its head towards me and growls. In the process it showed me its amazing deep purple eyes. I reach out and lay my hand out flat with my palm facing up. The pup stops growling and stares at my hand for a few seconds before slowly creeping forward and sniffing it. The pup begins to lick my hand and I start to caress its snout before moving my hand up and scratching behind its ears.

The pup leans into my touch and begins to purr. After a while I received a surprising but amazing system notification.

*DING*

[Bond has been formed between player (Arthur Pendragon) and (Dire Wolf Pup)]

[Pet Gained!]

[Status Menu has been Updated!]

[Pet tab now available]

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[Pets:]

[Dire Wolf Pup] - (Hunger)

Race: Dire Wolf

Sex: Male

Level: 1

HP: 80/100

MP: 40/50

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*DING*

[Would you like to name pet (Dire Wolf Pup)?]

[Yes or No?]

I select [Yes] already knowing what name I'd like to give him. "I'll name you Shadow."

"Woof!" he barks in excitement.

*DING*

[Name (Dire Wolf Pup) has now been changed to (Shadow).]

Taking his excited 'Woof' as confirmation that he likes the name; I lead him over to where the group is still stationary waiting for me.

"Arthur what took you so long? Wait what is that?" Bellamy asks after seeing the small pup running on the side of me.

"Everyone this is Shadow and as of now he is part of our group!" I say cheerfully. "Bellamy can you grab some dried meat out of your pack?" I asked him.

"We'll need it for the trek to the cargo pod."

"A few strips of dried venison won't hurt anyone besides you're not the only one carrying supplies." I say pointing to both Finn as well as 2 of the hunters; Ryan and Charles who also have supply packs on their backs.

"All right here." he says begrudgingly.

Taking the dried meat from Bellamy I crouch down and feed them to Shadow, getting rid of his hunger status effect and allowing his health to rise back up to full.

We quickly formed back up and continued our way to the cargo pod.

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- A Few Hours Later | The Ground -

"Over here! We found it!" I hear Octavia shout.

"All right! Let's go Shadow!"

"Woof!"

"I'm here too you know?" Finn asks running next to me.

"When we get to the cargo pod have the hunters and Bellamy set up a perimeter." I ordered Finn.

"You're just gonna ignore my question." He states deadpanning.

"Huh? What question? I didn't hear a question. Did you Clarke?" I ask dumbly.

"I don't know what you're talking about Arthur. I didn't hear a question at all." she states jokingly.

"You guys are assholes." Finn mutters under his breath.

When we reach the cargo pod Octavia is already trying to get the door open with minimal success, and Bellamy is pacing nervously because of the radio that we can hear coming from inside the cargo pod.

"Bellamy take the 4 hunters and form a perimeter and remember what I said don't worry about it."

"Huuu.... Okay, got it. Andrew, Manuel, Ryan, and Charles form a perimeter around the cargo pod."

"You got it Bellamy." They all repeat at the same time.

*DING*

[Skill Gained:]

[Due to issuing 50 commands the skill (Commander's Aura) has been created.]

[Commander's Aura] (Passive) - Lvl. 1/100 {Novice}

Info: Boost's combat morale and stats of nearby subordinates by 5%. Higher levels improve combat morale percentage.

'Woah!'

"Arthur! Arthur!"

"What huh?" I asked not knowing what was being asked of me.

"How do you want to open it? The door won't budge." Octavia asks after failing to open the cargo pod door.

"Bellamy, Finn come over and help me pry this door open." I ordered them. Finn, Bellamy, and I all grab onto the handle and begin to pull. Shadow even attempts to help by coming up behind me, biting onto my pant leg and pulling as well.

*HISS*

*CREAK*

Lifting open the door Finn and Bellamy take a step back while I take a step inside.

"Hi." Looking up I come face to face with a bloodied Raven Reyes.

"Welcome to the ground." I say in excitement.

"I made it?" she asked.

"You sure did." I told her. "There is someone who would like to meet you." I tell her, making her become confused.

"Who?" she asks as I help her out of the pod.

"Raven!" Finn yells as he moves to embrace her.

"Finn!" Raven yells moving to embrace him.

Everyone watches with mild confusion as the couple reunite with a passionate kiss.

"I knew you couldn't be dead." Raven says after breaking the kiss.

"I missed you-... You're bleeding." Finn says worriedly and slightly out of breath.

"I don't care." Raven whispers before initiating another passionate kiss.

"How did you get here?" he asks after breaking up the kiss.

"You know that big scrap hold, the one on K deck." Raven says proudly.

"You built that out of scrap?!" Finn asks incredulously.

"I kind of Rebuilt it. Please. Like that's hard. It just needed a couple parts and some love." Raven says giddy with love and excitement. Though that soon turns south as Raven begins to stumble in Finn's arms due to her head injury.

"Come on, sit down. Sit down here." Finn says sitting her on a nearby rock and placing his jacket around her.

I turn towards Clarke and motion towards Raven. "Clarke can you go check on her and make sure she is, ok?"

"Yeah, sure thing." she says still a little confused.

"This is Clarke. She was on the dropship, too. She's kind of our doctor down here." Finn says motioning towards Clarke who is walking over with a rag for Raven's head Injury. "Him over there though is our leader, Arthur. He commands us down here." He informs her while pointing at me.

I walked up towards her and held out my hand. "Hi, my name is Arthur Pendragon and welcome to the ground Raven."

She reaches out and grasps my hand; shaking it she responds, "Hi my name is Raven Reyes, and I am glad to be here, but... Clarke?" she asks, turning away from me and towards Clarke. Clarke nods and so Raven continues, "This was all because of your mom."

"My Mom?" Clarke asked, confused.

"This was all her plan. We were trying to come down here together. If we waited-... Oh, my god. We couldn't wait because the council was voting whether to kill 300 people to save air." she informs us worriedly.

"When?" Clarke, Octavia, and I ask.

"Today. We have to tell them you're alive!" she says getting up and rushing into the cargo pod.

"Pod one, pod one, this is Ark station medical. If you are receiving, please respond. Pod one, pod one, this is Ark station medical. If you are receiving, please respond."

"This is Raven Reyes. I'm transmitting from the ground the 100 are alive I need to speak with Dr. Abby Griffin. I repeat I need to speak with Dr. Abby Griffin!"

*Static*

"... Raven. Are you there?" We hear from the other side, but before Raven can continue Clarke leans into the radio.

"Mom?"

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- A Few Minutes Earlier | The Ark -

- 3rd Person -

"Blue Triangle. Orange Square. Yellow Triangle. Green Circle. A little smooshed." A little girl says as she analyzes shapes on a tablet with a spoon covering her right eye.

"It's an oval." an older orange haired man says from beside her.

"Thanks, dad. I forget, whose eyes are they testing?" the daughter asks rhetorically.

"Hnn..." the dad grunts.

"Ok, Reese. Now the other eye." Dr. Abigail Griffin says to the now known Reese. Reese moves the spoon and places it over her left eye.

"Nothing. It's just black." she responds causing the father and Abby to grow worried.

"Ok. Let me know if you see anything at all." Abby tells her while shining a small light in her right eye.

"Are you doing it?" Reese asks.

"We're finished. Why don't you wait outside while I talk to your dad?" Abby asks Reese.

Reese slides down off the medical table. "Wait with Miss Lucy. Hey, wait." Reese's father says, motioning for her to come over to him.

"It's fine." Reese says in mock annoyance.

"Let me get this out of your eyes. I don't know how you can see." Reese's father says while moving her hair out of the way and placing it in a bobby pin to hold her hair in place.

"I can't see. That's why we're here. Duh." Reese responds rolling her eyes and running off with Miss Lucy.

"Don't worry- the rolling of the eyes and the attitude doesn't last for long. 10, 15 years, maybe." Abby tells Reese's father.

"It's just an act. She's scared. It's not getting any better." He says worriedly.

"The decline has been accelerating for the past few days."

"The air's never been this bad. They're gonna fix it, right? Like always?" He asks.

"I hope so." Abby says before moving around him and going to work at a table partially full of medical supplies.

"Hey. She's a 9-year-old girl. What's she gonna do with the rest of her life blind in this place?" He asks angrily and confused.

"She's strong." Is all Abby responds with.

"She shouldn't have to be." The father says before scoffing and walking off.

"Hey. You all right?" asked Jackson coming up behind Abby and rubbing her back.

"I just saw a little girl with optic nerve damage because of chronic oxygen deficiency. She's going blind and I can't do anything about it, so, no, nothing about any of this is right." Abby explains in anger.

"Hey. You're doing what you can." Jackson says in an attempt to make her feel better.

"Why aren't you monitoring the radio? Listening for Raven?" Abby asked in frustration.

"Have you looked outside? We're slammed. It's still transmitting the automatic hail." Jackson explains to her.

"I will take care of medical, and you listen to that radio. Making contact with the ground is the only-..."

"Dr. Jackson! Dr. Jackson!" yelled a man as he ran into medical.

"Over here! What is it?" Jackson asks the man.

"You asked to tell you if anything happened with the radio. It did we have feedback from someone saying that their name is Raven Reyes." Before the man can finish his sentence, Abby is already on her way to Earth Monitoring station, telling Jackson to stay behind and to take care of medical.

"Can she hear me?" Abby asks Sinclair as she walks into Earth monitoring station.

"Did you confirm the signal's origin?" Jaha asks as he walks in with Marcus Kane.

Sinclair looks up and stares into Jaha's eyes before responding, "Yes, sir. It's coming from earth."

Jaha and Kane go wide eyed and look towards the many screens that fill the monitoring room. "Raven. Are you there?" Abby asks desperately.

"... Mom?"

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[Status]

Name: Arthur Pendragon

Class: Knight

Title: Leader of the 100

Level: 6 (60%)

HP: 1,355

MP: 1,200

STR: 52 (+8)

AGI: 30 (+4)

VIT: 31 (+10) {Every +1 point from Lvl. 20 is +105 HP}

INT: 40 {Every +1 point from Lvl. 20 is +50 MP}

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Stat Points: 0

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[Skills:]

[Active:]

[Observe] (Active) - Lvl. 36/100 {Adept}

Enables you to see information about a target.

[Pickpocketing] (Active) - Lvl. 2/100 {Novice}

The stealthy art of picking an unsuspecting target's pockets.

[Tracker] (Active) - Lvl. 17/100 {Novice}

Allows for user to track animal sounds and smell for up to 1 mile. (Every 10 Levels = 1 Mile)

[Light Magic] (Active) - Lvl. 8/100 {Novice}

Allows the user to create and use light constructs at will. Higher Levels improve construct creation size and capability.

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[Passive:]

[Swordsmanship] (Passive) - Lvl. 26/100 {Adept}

The Ability to fight with a sword. Higher levels improve fighting capability.

[Spearmanship] (Passive) - Lvl. 17/100 {Novice}

The ability to fight with a spear. Higher levels improve fighting capability.

[Spear Throwing] (Passive) - Lvl. 13/100 {Novice}

The ability to throw spears with precision. Higher levels improve spear throwing capability.

[Sexual Experience] (Passive) - Lvl. 1/100 {Novice}

The ability to satisfy your partners sexually.

[Commander's Aura] (Passive) - Lvl. 1/100 {Novice}

Info: Boost's combat morale and stats of nearby subordinates by 5%. Higher levels improve combat morale percentage and amount of stats boosted and for how long.

Every 10 levels the amount is increased to 10% and adds a extra 1 hour of length.

Every 5%= 1 hour boost.

[Gamers Mind] (Passive) - Lvl. MAX

Protects the mind from being read or manipulated.

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[Quests:]

Active Quests: [Swish Swish Stab - Daily]

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[Pets:]

[Shadow]

Race: Dire Wolf

Sex: Male

Level: 1

HP: 100

MP: 50

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[Inventory:]

[Slot 1:] x24 Black Snake Scales

[Slot 2:] x2 Gray Wolf Pelt's

[Slot 3:] x1 Panther Pelt

[Slot 4:] x1 Random Loot Box

[Slot 5-100:] Empty

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