Octavia's cries for Lincoln quickly turn to anger.
You can see it set in her face, feel it rolling off of her in thick tidal waves, and you know that no matter Octavia does, she'll get revenge for Lincoln.
She turns away and walks back to Helios, the mood of the group somber as she takes his lead from Harper and starts to walk to the cave. There's nothing the rest of you can do except follow, everyone quiet as the rain soaks you to the bone and hides your tears. You feel your heart crack open at the thought of Lincoln being gone, forever, sacrificed to keep his people safe. Nothing you do will bring him, or his quiet wisdom, or his intense sparring sessions, or his kind comfort, back. Lincoln is dead, by Pike's hand, and you were almost dead too. The same way you want to honor Gina with your life, you want to do the same for Lincoln. All he ever wanted was peace, and a life with Octavia. He'll never get the latter, but maybe the rest of you can achieve peace in his name, his memory.
At some point, Miller pulls ahead again, and Octavia drops back to walk with you. You know there's nothing you can say to ease her pain, so you reach out and grab her hand, letting her know that you're there for her. You walk the rest of the way to the cave hand in hand, but she drops it when you get there so she can tie up Helios.
You follow the others inside, Ocatvia beside you still, and as you come around the corner you see Bellamy. You let out a little gasp at the sight of him, chained up to the wall, unable to go anywhere. He looks relieved when he sees you and Octavia both alive and well, but he catches on to the mood of the group quickly. You see his eyes bounce over everyone one after the next, before he realizes who's missing. "Where's Lincoln?"
Octavia turns away from him, pulling her sword, Lincoln's sword, off her back and setting it on the ground at her feet. You see her fighting back tears as she answers, "Pike put a bullet in his brain."
"O..." He trails off, begging her to look at him, but she ignores him and pulls her wet jacket off, dropping it on top of the sword. "O, I'm so sorry."
You can see the change again, can practically feel Octavia pushing her heartbreak down and pulling out her anger instead. It's lighting fast, but it's written all over her face, and you have half a second to register the change before she spins around quickly and punches Bellamy across the face. Everyone in the cave shifts slightly, towards Octavia and Bellamy, you included, all eyes on the siblings, waiting to see if you need to intervene.
The force of Octavia's punch knocks Bellamy's head to the side, and he looks up at her in shock, before she punches him again, once with her right fist and then with her left. You step forward, grabbing her arm. "Octavia, stop."
She turns and pushes you down, blinded by anything but anger, and Kane steps closer to the pair of you. "Octavia, that's enough."
Bellamy looks over at him, blood already starting to mark his skin. "Kane, stay out of this."
Octavia stands panting, watching her brother, before she continues her assault, hitting him wherever she can reach: his arms, stomach, face. You can hear her sobs in between the sounds of the punches, and everyone turns away from the scene, unable to watch. You stay frozen on the ground, still watching, unsure what to do. Miller is the only one still watching alongside you, and as soon as Octavia knocks Bellamy to the ground, he closes the space between them and grabs her arm, pulling her away. "Okay, stop. That's enough."
She turns and punches him in the chest, knocking him back, into Bryan's arms. You scramble to your feet as Bellamy pants, "Miller, back off."
He pulls himself to his feet, blood all over his face, and as she punches him again you walk towards them, unable to watch anymore. She knocks him to the ground as you reach her, and you wrap your arms around her, pinning her arms to her sides. She struggles for a second, tears falling down her face, before she finally goes slack in your arms. She stares down at Bellamy, her face a storm of emotions, and he looks up at her from her spot on the ground. "You're dead to me."
You see his face fall, her words devastating him more than her fists ever could. Octavia shrugs you off and storms out of the cave, and everyone stands frozen for a minute, unsure what to do. Bellamy pulls himself into a sitting position, tucking his knees to his chest, and avoids everyone's gaze as he processes Octavia's words. You look at Kane and nod in the direction Octavia ran off in, and he nods, standing to follow her. You move to one of the packs and grab a first aid kit, before walking to Bellamy and plopping down in front of him. He glances up just enough to know that it's you, before dropping his head again. You reach out, tip his chin up so his gaze meets yours, and eye his face.
He's covered in blood, but you can't tell where it's coming from, though you suspect it's from a few places. You reach for the first aid kit and start to wipe away the blood, wordlessly cleaning him up as his eyes roam over your face. As you're applying antiseptic to his wounds, he whispers, "What happened?"
You glance back, making sure Octavia isn't nearby, and answer, "Pike said there was going to be an execution today, and if we didn't turn ourselves in, it'd be the prisoners."
You see that unreadable expression settle on Bellamy's face again, and you hate it, how closed off it makes you feel, but you say nothing. He's quiet as you clean him up, clearly lost in his thoughts, and you struggle with whether to say something to him, or leave him in his head. Ultimately, you keep quiet, deciding to let him process things on his own, for now. When you finish, you stand, turning to leave, but he reaches out to grab your hand, stopping you. "Lexa's dead. Indra left to meet the new commander."
You feel the breath leave your lungs as he says it, thinking about Clarke, and the loss of someone special to her. You realize now that you were so focused on Lincoln's death and Octavia's reaction that you didn't even notice Indra's absence. You nod, thanking him for the information, before returning the first aid kit to the pack and joining the others, passing along the information.
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Kane returns with Octavia less than an hour later, and they find you all sitting around the fire, talking quietly about nothing. No one wants to address the elephant in the room, or the traitor in the cave, so the conversation is kept to light topics.
When Kane and Octavia return, they join the circle, and you all fall into silence, turning to look at Kane. "We need to talk about next steps."
Bryan is the first to speak up. "I say we run two men patrols around the clock, starting now."
"We'll do that but we should be safe here. The Grounder blockade's too close for Pike to risk looking for us."
"Yeah, but are we safe from the blockade?"
"As long as we stay on this side of the line, we should be."
You give Kane a serious look. "None of that will matter if we give Pike to the Grounders."
Miller agrees, "We take him out, we can go home."
Kane nods, already on the same page. "That's right. We become the thirteenth clan again. Those were the terms."
Sinclair shrugs, "Lexa's terms. If what Bellamy said is true and she's dead, how do we know the next commander will honor them?"
"One problem at a time."
"The only thing that matters now is killing Pike." Octavia's voice is flat when she says it, her mind focused only on Pike's death as she sharpens her sword.
"Octavia's right. So how do we do it?"
Before anyone can offer up any ideas, a radio to your left crackles to life with Monty's voice. "Bellamy, come in. It's Monty, I'm in trouble. Please say you still have your radio."