"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

Chapter 13:
Plague

CLARKE POV: 

I woke up on one of the 'beds' we made from the seats of the dropship. I had a wet cloth placed on top of my forehead but I quickly dragged it away. I stood up at the horrifying sight. Blood was everywhere around the floor and the amount of people infected with the virus doubled. I noticed Octavia, Finn, Monty, Jasper and a couple more kids helping around as much as they could. I walked towards them but a tall someone stopped me within my tracks when he stood before me. The near distance between us measured roughly 2 inches. I brought my head up high and caught a gaze from no other than Bellamy Blake. I smiled at his sight but then took a hold of reality.

''You need to get away from me Bell.'' I said, my look lowering to the palms of his hands. 

He took them and placed them on mine, ''Clarke, I'm not leaving until I know you're gonna be okay.''

''Bellamy-'' I moved his hands from mine and went two feet backwards. 

''There's a 50% chance I'm going to die, I don't want you to remember me like this, a weak and an awful version of me.'' Tears filled my eyes as I shut them tightly. 

"Plus, I do care about your safety too, I don't want you to get infected." I said.

He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight, not releasing me from his embrace. In one moment, my face was filled with shock and in the other a weak slip of a smile appeared and I 
quickly moved my hands and wrapped them around his neck, gripping on to him tightly. I tear fell down my cheek but as soon as he released me from his embrace I wiped it with the sleeve of my jacket. I noticed there was no blood on it, which either meant that this was the last stage and in any moment I could lose consciousness and never wake up or the virus has left my body and I am simply now immune, but by the nauseous feelings I was getting I though it was more of a first thing.

I was ready to die. I was fine with it. The thing with dying is, you're not really scared of facing it yourself but you're scared of watching someone going through the suffering and then their life slowly vanishing in front of your eyes. The feeling of loosing him or her, your loved one or a family member, tears in to your skin like a knife and it cuts, leaving you in agony and despair, facing depression or distress without them. 

If I was to die today, would anyone remember me tomorrow? Would someone cry over my lifeless body? Would a person bring a pile of roses and placed them on top of my grave and would someone think of me even after I am dead? Would anyone even care? 

BELLAMY POV:

As soon as I released her from my embrace, I looked down at her. I scanned almost all parts of the body in front of me. I noticed her hair being clammy and dirty from the blood, her hands being rough and cold on a touch , her lips slowly losing their color and her body roughly holding itself up. I shut my eyes when the thought of her dying crossed my mind. I held off a couple of tears that stood in my eyes. 

''Bellamy-'' She started.

''I need you to know-'' I cut her off as soon as she began.

''No, Clarke. I don't need to know anything!'' I growled. She looked at me with the teary eyes.

''I want you to know something in case-'' I couldn't stand to hear another word.

''Whatever you have to say, you can tell me when we get through this. Okay?'' I cried out in despair.

''Bellamy, we might not get through it all. But it's okay, I've had a good life, I had a family who loved me, friends who trusted me and a jackass who showed me that it is possible to see the world differently, to see a human being with different eyes. He showed me that not all we say or do reflects the person who we truly are inside.'' She smiled and then the tears just started streaming down her rosy cheeks.

''Clarke I-'' I was cut off by a strong pain in my throat. I coughed as if I was choking on a pile of blood, which just happens to be what actually happened. Blood oozed out of my mouth and my eyes soon started tearing up red. 

''Bellamy!'' Clarke started screaming and then she ran to help me.

***

She had brought me water, wet cloth which she'd bring up to my forehead and change it every half an hour. I felt so vulnerable and fragile. The only thing keeping me together is the though of Octavia. My sister, my responsibility. I couldn't leave her alone, helpless and powerless against this cruel new world. And then there was Clarke. I always thought the only girl I'd ever care for was O, but now that i look at Clarke, I'm not so sure.

I'd watch her run after the infected kids, she was better, she survived. It helped me gain a weak smile even if in pain. She'd come up to me when I was pretending to be asleep and just stare at me, she'd hold my hand and then babble something sweet about 'not letting go'. The truth is, the voices began appearing all over my head causing me to scream inside at the back of my mind. I couldn't sleep on my own free will but occasionally I'd lose consciousness which odd enough was the best current thing. I held on to her angel voice.

***

Four hours later

***

''Are you okay?'' Clarke asked while changing my cloth and staring deep into my eyes.

''As much as I can be, Princess.'' I giggled which caused me to cough. Her weak smile slowly disappeared at the sight of me struggling to take another breath.

''Clarke-'' I started. She widened her eyes and let me speak.

''You know when I first saw you, I though you were a privileged brat, a wanna be princess. Then I got to know you a bit and I realized you were actually a privileged Princess.'' I giggled. ''Hell, when I first got to the ground my only goal was to take care of Octavia and to save my own ass. '' She sighted, weakly smiling. 

''Bellamy-'' She tried.

''Clarke please let me finish.'' She nodded sadly and brought her head up high to look directly at my eyes. 

''I didn't know what was it like to be human, to care, to just genuinely do good. But you, Clarke. You brought the best in me. I was the leader of the hundred.'' She tried to cut me off but I weakly shook my hand off and continued. ''I was their leader and you were by my side and I am more than glad that after I'm gone, they'll still have you. You keep us alive, Clarke.'' I lowered my look at her hands, she was shaking. 

''You're right and I'm gonna keep you alive as well. So don't think for a second you're gonna get rid of me easily.'' She said determinedly. I smiled at her words, she took my hand and placed it in under hers. Clarke's warm touch gave me shivers.

CLARKE POV:

I've been watching over Bellamy for a couple of hours now. He's finally asleep. Octavia came in here about 30 times now, she's worried about her big brother and honestly so am I. I lowered my head and observed his bloody shirt, it was dark blue - his favorite one. I noticed the ripped material on his dark black jeans and the gun he'd been holding on to since we landed. Suddenly, I felt a grip on my thigh. I shot my look back up and saw no other than Bellamy Blake, awake , showing off his award winning smirk. A smile slipped on to my lips when I noticed his expression. He didn't look sick - well either that or he's a really good actor. I jumped up, wrapping my arms around his neck, causing him to freeze in his appearance. 

''Princess, you're hurting me.'' He exclaimed awkwardly. 

''I don't care!'' I shouted while holding on tightly.

''I told you we can get through this.'' He smirked, I released him from my embrace only to look at his face. 

''And I told you I'd keep you alive.'' I grinned while he let a small smile slip from his lips.

''Bellamy!'' Octavia yelled out in relief. She jumped on top of her brother and hugged him tightly.

''Don't you ever leave me big bro, okay?'' She begged.

''Never, O.'' He kissed her forehead and she helped him get up.

We walked around the camp, the virus was slowly fading.We lost 8 people today.
Scarlet was with Monty, he was showing her around, Jasper and Octavia were huddled together in front of the fire. People came back to their old boring, Earth - like lives.

Everything was finally as it was previously, peaceful. Well, at least for now.