"Cassie has left" Marcus banged his fist on the table . "She was being watched , you where the one who ordered that she be put on watch !" He said pushing away from the table.
Athena stood up accompanied by Raven behind.
"I'm sure she's just gone out on patrol .."Raven added before being cut off by Marcus punching the table.
"Who are you to speak , did I ask you to ..."
Athena narrows her eyes towards Marcus.
"That's enough Marcus , Raven has proven her loyalty to us and helped us enough ..the least we can do is help her" She said stern.
Marcus looked up at Athena then back to Raven before walking away from the table.
"Your turning soft" he muttered "Cassie better be back before I organise the meeting for the prisoners or she will be .." Marcus says.
Athena crosses her arms.
"Cassie will be dealt with by me , I'm sending Raven out to find her ..accompanied by me" Athena gives a slight nod to Raven.
Marcus stops in his path.
"And why would you do that" he asks.
"I'm pretty sure that I practically took Cassie under my wing and I'm assured that you know I make the rules here Marcus , I'd much rather you give your talk to the prisoners on how we deal with the situation with the outsiders"
Marcus clenched his fists before walking off.
Raven stepped forward after he left placing a comforting hand on Athena's shoulder.
"You did well" she says.
Athena sighed grabbing a gun and her backpack .
"We need to find Cassie , I'm worried she's going to start something terrible" Athena adds
.
"What do you mean ?" Raven asks .
Athena stared at the wall in thought.
"Many times since Cassie has been on this ship she had come to me sobbing , she would say she was upset but never let me know why , I use to help her but I couldn't when Marcus started noticing her changes , all he was concerned about was that she was fit to be in his "Army" as he called it"
Raven stood there listening attentively.
"Cassie Has a dislike to me , she can never look at me the way she did , she blames me for the death of her dad ,he piloted the ship while we was all in a state of sleep , she had no idea only Marcus knew but he died before we woke up , our ship never really got to where it was meant to go , Marcus took over the ship after Cassies dad woke him up something about needing assistance on the ship , at this point Cassies dad was very old he had helped the crew and piloted the ship for a good 60 years before Marcus said he passed. Marcus remembered Beccas book and spent the rest of his time reading it and studying it , he said Cassies dad had passed it on to him , Cassies dad never gave a name , she doesn't remember him well either"
Raven stood there in shock. She never realised how traumatised Cassie was.
"And you and the rest was woken up next ?" Raven added.
Athena nodded .
"Me and a few others where but it was strange , I was woken up years later by accident" Athena added.
"It was timed" Raven blurted out .
"Someone wanted you to wake up at that point , I've been reading Beccas book she mentions interfering with systems such as the cryogenic chambers , who else woke up at this point"
Athena thought for a split second.
"Cassie not long after but Marcus had made sure the prisoners didn't wake up so we managed to stop her from waking up until we needed everyone"
"We never really knew how she got on the ship we assumed she had forgotten a lot because of her almost waking up"
Raven looked at Athena .
"What" she asked.
Raven sighed .
"This May sound stupid but what if it was no coincidence that both you and Cassie awoke before the rest , the only logical explanation is that your chambers where tampered with"
Athena sighed getting her stuff ready .
"Whatever it is , it's in the past we need to find Cassie got it" Athena said .
Raven nodded.
*******
Clarke looked ahead .
"It's dangerous Clarke" Monty added.
Harper moved before him .
"Harper what are you ..." Monty said holding her back.
"Look closer" Harper added "don't you recognise her" she added.
Luna stood alert looking in the distance.
"Oh I recognise that face alright" she said marching towards the group in the distance.
"Luna stand back" Clarke adds.
Luna ignores and runs towards the group.
Clarke is the last to realise that standing amongst the crowd of what seems to be grounders is Cassie.
Clarke and the rest try to catch up with Luna who's almost close to coming in contact with the strange group.
"Luna stop" Clarke ordered again but there was no luck .
Luna had grabbed Cassie tackling her to the ground.
"This is for taking Raven" she said before holding up her fist.
Clarke is next to tackle Luna.
They both end on the ground with Cassie getting up not bothered with the help of the rest of the grounders with her.
Both Monty and Harper help Clarke and Luna up before facing the group.
There where one woman , two men who looked injured with a few children wrapped in blankets dirty and bruised.
"These are the last survivors of the shadow valley clan , 7 of them" Cassie declared.
"Since I found them when we landed I've been going off giving them our supplies we found , the ones I stole from you guys I gave to them for the children , they didn't want to be found" Cassie explained smiling.
It was the first time Clarke had seen her smile not out of spite.
"Nightbloods ?" Clarke asks .
Cassie turns behind her looking at the 4 children and the adults.
"From what I know of two of the children are .." Cassie explains.
"The two brothers are suffering from the radiation all this time they didn't inhale a lot but enough to cause them slow pain , the woman tells us she found shelter in the valley with them and they were untouched"
Clarke looks confused. She only ever knew of Maddie who belonged to that Clan. Maybe they knew who Madi was.
"Do you know a young girl who may have been lost" Clarke asks .
The two brothers look at each other and shake there heads but the woman is being nudged by one of the children.
She nods back in response before facing Clarke .
"There was one child we was meant to look after a long while ... she got lost from us we took her in for her parents orders from Lexa before she passed"
"Nightblood?" Clarke asks .
The woman nods.
" yes she was snuck away to us"
Clarke sighs.
The thought of Madi being evacuated made her miss her even more , she only hoped she was safe with Murphy.
"How did you survive ?" Clarke asks.
"Pure survival , we lived on the edge of the green land and we scavenged , idris and alek here helped but they grow weak , they where less fortunate"
Luna didn't want to break the conversation but coughed to get everyone's attention.
"I don't want to break this up but Cassie what the hell are you doing away from where your meant to be"
Cassie took something out of her pocket putting the group on edge but they relaxed when they saw a book.
"Beccas book , my mothers I assume you know since Monty would of explained it was probably the only way to get you to trust me" she adds
Monty nodded.
"Did you say Becca pramheda?" Harper asked.
Cassie nodded .
"This belonged to my father it was passed to him from my mother , he flew the ship , he died before I woke up and my mother was abandoned from me .. Becca .. I snuck on the ship , Marcus had sent guards to kill me , no one knew what I looked like but I took them out and snuck on the ship as a prisoner guard and Was put in cryo sleep .. Marcus is the one you need to worry about not Athena at this point ... I'm here to bring justice and peace and avenge my parents" Cassie said before looking up to the sky .
"Cassie could you lead us to the ship" Clarke asks.
"That wouldn't be a good idea , Marcus probably is on the look out , I only hope that Athena and Raven took my bait and started looking for me , I needed to be able to get people away from the army on that ship and Marcus so I can focus on the plan of takin him out for good because I know Athena wouldn't do that herself .. if you say that you have the nightblood child on the run with others they need to hide because Marcus will find them on his way"
"And Raven ?" Luna asks .
Cassie nods .
"She is great .. she knows Marcus is after her though , she knows she's the key to open the bunker tomb" Cassie said.
She flips a page in the book.
"What I'm confused" Luna adds.
"Did you say tomb ?" Monty asks .
"Raven is the key?" Clarke adds confused.
"Marcus heard the radios of you Clarke ages ago and remembered the name about Raven , he also heard the radios to you from the ship Ravens name was picked up something about her being related to Becca , only I know she isn't and Athena knows Raven only had a connection with Becca .."
"I assume raven told you about The A I " Clarke asks .
"The book speaks of it , Becca writes pages on it , but Marcus thinks she's related to Becca , he planned for ages after reading this book to take down the bunker and unlock the tomb of Becca" Cassie explains .
"Why all that , he's not related to her " Harper asks .
"He found out the treasures buried within her grave with her , new chips she didn't want to be kept , ways he could have power but he couldn't take the bunker down if there was an army inside so he tried to befriend you guys starting with Raven In which it didn't work"
"I mean if that's befriending he took it the wrong way" Luna adds.
"As much as I want to take over the prisoner ship I changed my mind when realising how corrupt leaders get , I want to do justice and unlock the bunker and destroy the chips , Marcus still thinks Raven is the key but all this time I have been , the lock on the tomb can only be opened by a descendant of Becca Pramheda and here I am"
"The plan is to head towards the ship hoping to meet Raven and Athena , the shadow valley people will travel with us , the more the better we need a plan"
*****
Emori was rested near a tree with her son Ryan while Murphy was scouting the outside area.
They had decided to leave the ruins of beccas lab and search the land.
"Do you think this would hurt someone if I aimed it right at them ?" Madi asked showing a sling shot .
Emori opened her tired eyes .
"I don't know try it on Murphy and we will see " she laughed.
Murphy stared right at her .
"I'd say aim for that tree and if it hits then you got yourself a good little sling shot" Murphy adds .
Madi smiles.
"I knew you weren't all bad and mean as people make you out to be" she said while aiming the sling shot and hitting it.
The shot hit the tree but ruffled in the grasses.
"MURPHY YOU WAS RIGHT" Madi shouted .
The grasses started moving and footsteps where heard.
"I think I hit something" Madi stood there alarmed .
"March on !!" The voice grunted .
"Someone ..." Madi added on " MURPHY WE NEED TO GO ..." she looked back to understand his silence , lying there was Murphy his mouth gagged and Emori being held down with her child .
Standing behind looking down at Madi was the old guy she remembered from the ship.
"Ah Madi what a surprise , why don't me and you take a walk back to the shit and you can tell me where your friends are" he asked .
Madi nodded and smiled.
"Okay, lets go " she said taking his hand .
They walked past where Emori and Murphy where held down.
The other guards helped them off the ground and started walking behind.
"This is a nice walk isn't it ?" Madi asked.
Marcus just nodded confused .
"Do you have any kids ?" She asked.
Marcus shook his head.
"What a shame" she says .
Marcus stops in his tracks.
"Why's that a problem ?" He asks.
Madi looks towards Murphy giving him a slight nod.
"It's a shame because you don't understand that kids usually use there sweetness to get what they want..." she said before pulling Marcus hand and attempting to slam him into a tree.
Murphy took the lead next trying to take out the guard on him while Madi rolled away as Marcus caught her.
"I was being nice and you ...."
Madi bit into his hand skin deep before taking out that sling shot she used before.
She fired a shot at one of the guards who immediately let go off Emori to face her.
Murphy took the chance and pushed Emori away from the scene as he continued his wrestling with the guard who now had his hands round his neck.
Marcus was recovering and got up in temper , he grabbed his radio and attempted to call for backup or so it seemed.
The wrestle match between Murphy and the guard knocked into Marcus as he dropped the radio .
Madi saw her chance and picked up the radio.
"Now you can give it to me or ...." Marcus started.
"Or I can throw it .. I think that's a better option don't you gang ?" She said before throwing it.
"Now I think you better go get that" she said before seeing him run towards it.
This gave her enough chance to take Ryan away from Emori.
She grabbed hold of the guards back ripping him away from Murphy before throwing a punch to his face and gut and pushing him into a tree.
"Where do you learn that ?" Murphy added still on the floor.
"Echo?" She said smiling.
"Guys the guy is still getting his radio" Madi added . She grabbed hold Ryan tightly .
He grabbed her hand smiling at her .
"Maad" he said ever so quietly
Murphy rested his hand on Madis shoulder.
"We will take care of him , you stay here"
Madi rested herself in the grasses with the baby.
"It will be a few seconds we will deal with him and we will come back"
Emori adds
.
"Are you sure ?" Madi asks .
"We are sure" they both said running into the direction of Marcus.