CHAPTER FIVE:

"BRAVE PRINCESS."

The group continued walking through the woods in search of Jasper. Clarke and Y/n walked side by side, Wells trailing behind them with Murphy and Bellamy behind both of them. The sisters were walking at a fast pace.

"Hey, hold up. What's the rush? You don't survive a spear through the heart." Bellamy states as he carelessly holds his gun out.

"Put the gun away, Bellamy." Wells demands.

"Well, why don't you do something about it, huh?" Murphy jumps in, roughly shoving him.

"Jasper screamed when they moved him. If the spear struck his heart, he'd have died instantly. It doesn't mean we have time to waste." Clarke tells them.

Bellamy quickly grabs hers and Y/n's wrists. "As soon as you both take these wristbands off, we can go."

Y/n removes her hand from his grip. "The only way the Ark is gonna think we're dead is if we're dead. Got it?"

"Brave princess." Bellamy comments, a little smirk on his face.

"Hey, why don't you find your own nickname?" Finn suggests, walking up to them. "You call this a rescue party? Got to split up, cover more ground. Y/n, come with me."

Y/n follows after him, giving her sister a little nod. "Better late than never."

"I like to think so." Finn replies.

The two walk side by side, going their separate ways from Bellamy, Clarke, Murphy and Wells. Before they were out of sight, Y/n glances over her shoulder, meeting her sister's eyes. The two share a nod before her and Finn were out of their sight.

"I've been thinking about Mount Weather." Finn admits, breaking the silence. "How come they didn't attack until Jasper crossed the river? It's not like we were being quiet and they didn't know we were there."

"They waited for us to cross. The river's a boundary." Y/n concludes.

"Which means Mount Weather is off limits." Finn states.

Y/n scoffs slightly. "How are we gonna get those supplies? What are we gonna do for food?"

Instead of replying, Finn looks out in the distant before jogging forward, Y/n quickly following. The two stop at a tree, looking at the waterfall and the small little lake in front of them.

"Well, at least we don't have to worry about water." Y/n observes, glancing at him.

Finn gives her a little smile before they walk forward, carefully walking on some rocks before they stop leg deep in the lake. Finn, however, goes a little deeper, splashing himself in the face with the water as Y/n begins to collect some of it. As she does so, the boy turns to her, splashing some water at her.

"Come on, Finn. We don't have time for this." Y/n states.

"Y/n, we've been hiking for hours. We need to take a break." Finn argues.

"I'll take a break when we find Jasper." Y/n replies. "Come on."

As she goes forward, Finn splashes her again slightly before he suddenly slips a little. Y/n was quick to grab his arm as they met eyes. She could see the mischievousness in them. Despite her protests, Finn quickly pulled her into the water with him, both their heads going under. Y/n quickly resurfaced, mouth agape at the coldness of the water. She splashes him in anger before she finds herself closing her eyes, enjoying the little break.

"Oh, wow. Okay." Y/n breathes out, nodding. "Maybe just a minute."

The boy nods in agreement, glancing around before they met eyes, staring at one another intensely. Subconsciously, Finn found himself glancing down before looking back into her e/c eyes.

"I think I know why you're so hell-bent on finding Jasper, why you, and even Clarke, are always taking care of everybody else." Finn informs.

Y/n let's out a small scoff. "Now you sound like my mother. No. Go on. This should be good. The delinquent psychiatrist."

"You couldn't save your father." Finn softly replies.

He watches as Y/n's expression saddens before her brows furrowing, looking over his shoulder. She begins making her way to the other side of the lake, Finn following. The two stop in front of some rocks with blood on them before Y/n's gaze lands on a pair of familiar goggles, picking them up.

"Jasper. He was here." Y/n whispers. "We should get the others."

Finn crouches down, wiping some of the blood from a rock onto his fingers, glancing down at it before looking ahead of him.

"We're close." Finn tells her.

The two had reunited with the others, first finding Bellamy and Murphy, then finding Clarke and Wells. Once they were all together again, they revealed they found Jasper's goggles before beginning to lead the way through the forest.

"Hey, how do we know this is the right way?" Murphy asks.

"We don't." Bellamy replies. "Spacewalker thinks he's a tracker."

"It's called "cutting sign". Fourth-year Earth skills. He's good." Wells informs.

"You want to keep it down or should I paint a target on your backs?" Finn questions.

The boy then looks at a branch, holding it up, only for it to fall down when he lets go of it. Looking to the ground, he crouches, Y/n doing the same, both their gazes landing on some blood that was on a rock. Glancing at one another, they share a look. Suddenly, a loud type of groan, or, rather, a cry in pain was heard, catching all their attention.

"What the hell was that?" Murphy asks.

"Now would be a good time to take out that gun." Clarke says to Bellamy, exchanging a look with her sister.

Y/n and Finn quickly led the way through the small trees, Clarke and the others right on their trail. All stop in their tracks when they see Jasper tied up to a tree, shirtless, blood all over his torso, small groans and whimpers escaping him.

Y/n was the first to walk forward, Finn, Clarke and the others following after her. As she goes to take another step forward, the ground suddenly disappears beneath Y/n, making her fall down. However, as she goes down, a hand grabs onto her wrist, stopping her from falling all the way.

Looking up, Y/n meets Finn's eyes, seeing he was the one who had grabbed ahold of her. Quickly, Clarke runs forward, helping him pull her up, Murphy and Bellamy cutting in to help as well.

"You okay?" Finn questions, both him and Clarke looking at her in concern.

Y/n nods. "Yeah."

Glancing down at the trap, no doubt the Grounders had created, she sees spikes at the bottom. If Finn hadn't caught her, she would've been dead. Looking away, they all look up at the tree Jasper was tied to.

"We need to get him down." Clarke states.

"I'll climb up there and cut the vines." Finn tells them.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm with you." Wells agrees.

"No. Stay with the girls. And watch him." Finn objects, eyeing Bellamy before looking to Murphy. "You. Let's go."

"There's a poultice on his wound." Y/n observes.

"Medicine? Why would they save his life just to string him up as live bait?" Wells asks.

"Maybe what they're trying to catch likes it's dinner to be breathing." Bellamy suggests.

"Maybe what they're trying to catch is us." Finn adds.

Both boys then climbed up the tree, stopping right near Jasper as they started cutting the vines that held the wounded boy against the trunk. As they did that, a low growl was suddenly heard from all of them.

"What the hell was that?" Murphy questions.

"Grounders?" Bellamy guesses.

All look over to where the sound came from, seeing a rather large animal with black fur slowly making it's way towards them. Snarling, it began running straight towards Bellamy.

"Bellamy, gun!" Y/n shouts to him.

Bellamy quickly does as told as he reaches for his gun in his pocket, however, it wasn't there. When gunshots were heard, he looks over, seeing Wells was the one who had his gun, pulling the trigger many times at the animal, while he also stood in front of the sisters protectively.

The animal, that was now shot, hid in the bushes around Bellamy, making the boy frantically glance around. Just as it jumps out of the bushes from behind him, Wells shoots it again, making Bellamy jump, turning around, seeing the animal now laying on the ground, dead.

"Now she sees you." Bellamy says to Wells after a few seconds.

It had take about an hour or so to get back to camp, signaling the night sky was now out, replacing the original blue sky. Y/n and Clarke led the way through as Monty exited the dropship, gaze landing on his best friend, who was being carried by Finn and Wells. Meanwhile, Murphy and Bellamy trailed behind them, carrying the animal Wells had killed, into camp.

"Is he..." Monty starts, trailing off.

"He's alive." Clarke reassures.

"I need boiled water and strips of cloth for bandage." Y/n instructs.

After convincing her sister to sit down, Y/n found herself in the dropship, kneeled beside an unconscious Jasper. Monty had gotten her the things she needed as she now gently wiped the dirt and dust from Jasper's face.

Hearing footsteps, she turns to her left, seeing Finn crouching beside her. They meet eyes before Finn holds his hand out, e/c eyes looking down, seeing the small metal figurine of a two-headed deer. With a small laugh escaping her, Y/n slowly takes it, examining it before she places it on the seat beside her. All while Finn smiles at her.

After a little while, Y/n continued doing her work as Finn had left her to finish up. When she was done, she walked outside, stopping right beside the boy, who had been watching many teenagers line up, Bellamy and his goons removing their wristbands in order for the others to eat.

"He's stable for now, but without medicine..." Y/n begins, then finally noticing what they were doing. "They're taking off their wristbands for food? No way. I won't do it."

"You don't have to." Finn assures.

The girl watches as Finn walks forward, leaning down and picking up a stick with meat from the animal they had caught on it, hoping to go unnoticed. However, Murphy noticed him right away.

"Wait. What, you think you play by different rules?" Murphy asks.

"I thought there were no rules." Finn reminds.

Murphy only stares at him as Bellamy finally notices what was going on. Finn turns around, walking off as he gestures for Y/n to follow. The girl obeys, following him as Bellamy and Murphy watch them both leave.

Finn led Y/n towards a log a little above the others. As Y/n sits down first, Finn sits down beside her, rather close. The two continue taking turns on taking bites out of the meat as they sat in silence, enjoying the food they had.