one moment she had been walking, trying to not think of those she had left behind, ignoring the tears that blurred her vision as she thought back on her last encounter that was a week ago. with bellamy. her words to him & his words back, him giving her forgiveness, but it wasn’t enough. she didn’t forgive herself. how they’d hugged each other & it was nothing like how they had hugged when they first saw each other again. there was a sadness looming over it, even with the way she had kissed his cheek.
just as she was about to push those thoughts out of her head, telling herself that she did it all for them, for him. everyone. she felt a sudden sharp pain in her left shoulder, crying out as she fell to the ground. blue eyes looked around in panic & anger all at once, trying to see if she could make out who it was. when she couldn’t, she looked down to the throbbing wound & saw it was a bullet wound, which meant that it wasn’t grounders. that could only mean someone or several people escaped from the mountain & that was slightly terrifying, espcially since she was on her own now. if it was cage, there was no doubt he wouldn’t hesitate in killing her after she had killed his own father.
all she could manage to do was crawl back to hide beside a tree as she pressed down onto the wound, wincing at the pain that rushed through her body.
unaware of how much distance he’d already crossed, bellamy kept running in the same direction. he was out of breath though, but as he held onto his knees, back hunching over, the rebel only allowed himself to suck in two big bouts of fresh air before he was taking off in a dead run again, going as fast as his legs could handle.
the pain was intensifying & it would have hindered him at any other time, but knowing it was clarke suffering, gave him the incentive he needed to keep pushing forward ---push right through the pain & fatigue that hardened his journey. he knew in his gut that she was wincing, because he did too on occasion with how prominent & blinding the pain was. if only there was a way for him to know whether or not he was even running in the right direction. the thought of being too late or not making it there at all, could have choked him, but he couldn’t think like that right now. he had to keep going. for her.
the sound of a gun shot startled him & he only stopped until he knew exactly where it was coming from. Then he veered off to the left, running faster than he ever did before.