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chapter fifth-teen, Fun

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THE ROVER PULLS UP IN FRONT OF A TRADING POST and Nova looks through the rover windows and sees a girl come out with a sword. "I'll talk to her" Clarke sighs as she gets out the car and Nova scoffs getting out the back and meeting Clarke in the front.

Bellamy and Octavia also hop out of the rover and stand in front of it looking to the girl.

"I thought you said she was a friend" Octavia states weirdly looking to the girl from a distance. "We'll handle it. Just stay here" Clarke says as she slowly walks towards the girl and girl gets in a fighting stance and is really defensive.

"Skaikru is not welcome here, Wanheda" The girl states and Clarke continues to slowly walk towards her.

"Niylah, what's wrong?" Clarke asks.

"She's waking up, hurry! We have to get her inside!" Sinclair shouts from the rover and Nova turns her head to face the rover before she faces Clarke. "We don't have time for this. Move!" Bellamy shouts as he raises his gun and tells Niylah to move.

Nova is taken aback but she quickly rushes to the back of the rover and helps carry Raven in through the back and into a room.

"Tie her to the bed!" Clarke shouts as everyone uses their strength to try and tie Raven to the bed but she was now wide away and fighting back.

"Where the hell am I? Let me go! Let me go!" Raven screams kicking her legs. Raven manages to get her other arm free and swings it towards Nova before Nova catches it and ducks to the side making her hit Jasper in the face instead. Jasper falls back and holds his nose, Fio roughly grabs her arm and tries to tie her back up.

"Why is it always me?" Jasper groans then goes back to helping tie Raven down. Raven continues to scream and fight back but Raven was now fully tied to the bed.

"Let me go! Aaa!" Raven screams as cold sweats beam off her face.

"Okay! Okay! How the hell do we get that thing out of her head?" Nova questions backing away from the bed breathing heavily.

"Untie me! Untie me!" Raven shouts as everyone backs away from her. Niylah walks into the room angry and Clarke sighs and walks out the room to talk with Niylah herself. Once Clarke comes back in the room, she has an exhausted smile on her face.

"Niylah said we can work in here. So how do we do this?" Clarke says throwing her arms to the side of her.

"We think Raven wanted to use this wristband to generate an EMP. Which is freakishly brilliant" Sinclair states and Nova listens in trying to understand every word as she is genuinely confused.

"Meaning what?" Nova questions as she crosses her arms over her chest. "A targetted electromagnetic pulse could destroy the chip's circuitry. We could use this to send an EMP along Raven's own nervous system. Just need to reverse the polarity, a wire for external input and attach of battery" Sinclair states and Nova clears her throat acting like she understood.

"What would that do to her?" Clarke asks and Sinclair sighs. "EMP's don't really affect our bodies and I don't know the mechanics of how this chip integrates with her brain" Sinclair says shrugging his shoulders.

"This was Raven's plan. She wouldn't do it if it would destroy her brain" Bellamy says and Nova scoffs. "Depends how bad she wanted it out" Nova states and Octavia nods in agreement.

"Regardless, without an electromagnet, this is just talk. The Ark has one. Every station had a pulse inductive thruster for maneuvering" Sinclair explains and Monty nods his head.

"We use the dropship. It has PI thrusters just like the Ark" Monty suggests as he snaps his fingers. "That's good. Okay. I'll go salvage the magnet" Sinclair says about to walk out when Monty stops him.

"You should stay with Raven and figure out how this thing works. I'll take the rover. Be back by the time you finish the device" Monty states and Sinclair nods his head going back by Raven when Octavia walks to Monty.

"I'll go with you" Octavia says and Bellamy glances at her and reaches his arm to grab her when she moves away and shakes her head.

"Don't" Octavia states as her and Monty leave. Nova notices and watches everything from a distance before clearing her throat and looking over to Fio who has sat down on a chair.

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NIYLAH SLOWLY STARTED TO ACCEPT the group that was in her home, and she gave them all drinks and Fio and Nova sat next to each other on the stools.

Nova swirled her drink around before taking a few small sips. "Is Iris... okay?" Fio asks and Nova tenses up at the question and nods her head not meeting Fio's eyes. "Nova... what's wrong?" Fio asks and Nova sighs turning her head to face him.

"She killed Naira. She tried to kill Clarke. She killed Lexa and 4 children because she wants to be the next commander" Nova states and Fio doesn't seem the slightest but surprised.

"I knew she would go crazy when she got back there" Fio says looking down shaking his head.

"She never ran away from her conclave because she didn't want to battle Lexa, that's just a story we tell people to hide the truth. She wanted to be commander so bad she- she um she killed our mother and the other natblidas that were there at the time" Fio explains, and Nova widens her eyes at every word he says.

"The people actually found her unfit and wanted to kill her so that's why she ran, and we made a cabin in the woods and- here we are again, I guess" Fio finishes.

"Your mom?" Nova questions and Fio nods his head sliding his cup away as he places his hand on his lower stomach. Nova clears her throat and looks to Fio who's in pain.

"Um- Are you okay? I forgot about your cuts" Nova says and Fio nods his head.

"Just hurts" Fio answers right before Jasper yells from the other room. "Guys! Guys!" Jasper shouts and Nova places her hand on Fio's shoulder before she, Clarke and Bellamy rush to Jasper's cry for help.

They all see Raven's shoulder is dislocated and groan in disgust at the sight. They also see Raven chewing at the ropes tying her wrist together and they all run to pull her away.

"Stop her!" Clarke shouts as they all begin to hold Raven down. Clarke quickly checks her wounds and sighs. "She's reopened them" Clarke states frantically.

"Get away from me! Get away from me!" Raven shouts kicking her legs as she tries to fight back.

"She's gonna bleed to death! I need bandages" Clarke demands and Nova slowly backs away from Raven as she notices Jasper has her and she grabs bandages for Clarke.

Clarke tries to help Raven while Nova holds Raven's wrist down to give Clarke a clear view until Raven continues to try and wrestle free while banging her head against the back of bed.

"ALIE.... ALIE.... Look at me, I know you can hear us. Why are you doing this to her? Let her go!" Jasper screams and Raven's demeanor changes from crazy to serious and she looks to Jasper.

"I'll let her go when you give me what I want. The technology that Clarke carries, it belongs to me" Raven says as a smirk tugs the sides of her lips and she looks over to Clarke who shakes her head, a scoff escaping her lips.

"No way" Clarke argues and Jasper looks Clarke up and down. "Clarke just give it to her. Clarke!" Jasper demands and Nova looks to Jasper.

"She said no!" Nova shouts back before turning to Raven aka ALIE. "If you let Raven die, you'll never get it, understand?" Nova states as Ravens head tilts to the side.

"Since when do you care about Raven?" Raven or ALIE questions but her question remains unanswered as Nova completely ignores it. "Untie her wrist. Hold her steady" Clarke says breaking the silence and Nova does just that as Clarke relocates Raven's shoulder.

"Clarke. She's never going to stop trying to get away. We can't let her hurt herself again. Someone has to stay with her" Bellamy suggests and Nova sighs putting her arms to the side.

"I'll do it" Nova says and Clarke looks to her.

"Are you sure? I could do it" Clarke suggests and Nova shakes her head.

"I'll just sit there and make sure she does nothing crazy" Nova says letting out a humorless laugh while walking over to the comfy chair in the corner. "Alright, we'll be back to check on her. I promise" Clarke says sending a smile towards Nova as her, Bellamy and Jasper leave the room exhausted.

Nova sits back and relaxes trying not to look to the void Raven laid out on the bed near her. Nova notices a smirk coming across Raven's face but she quickly looks away.

"This is gonna be fun..." Raven says continuing to look at Nova in amusement.

EDITED ON 7/25/2024