Part 11
I woke up at probably around 5 in the morning and people were shouting. I ran through the crowd trying to get a view of what was happening. I bumped right into Jasper."Where's Monty", we both said at the same time.
I scanned the crowd but couldn't see Monty anywhere. I started to panic. Everyone was lined up against the wall and around the drop ships with guns or other weapons in their hands. I held the same dagger I had been using to mark the tree. I spotted Bellamy peering through the wall.
"Have you seen Monty", I whispered.
"Shh", he said harshly.
"Please this is important", I said sternly!
"He went out to investigate a noise he might not have came back."
I couldn't believe this was happening. Neither Jasper or I could say a word we just stared at each other in shock. An arrow came out of nowhere, hit my shoulder and another one hit my leg , and I fell to the ground in pain. I clutched my arm with my hand instantly feeling blood cover it. Jasper kneeled on the ground next to me.
“Let me see”, he said.
“I’m fine”, I practically yelled.
“Please”, jasper said remaining calm.
I uncovered my wound, sure enough my hand and sleeve were soaked with blood.
“You need to go in the drop ship”, jasper said.
“No! I need to fight! I need to find Monty”, I sobbed.
“Come on, you can’t fight like this. I’ll find Monty I promise”.
“Monty promised he wouldn’t get hurt. Promises are useless! You can’t find him that’s not something you can promise”!
Jasper helped me up and I limped to the drop ship still crying, not from the physical pain but because everything was going wrong. Jasper helped me up the ladder to the top floor of the drop ship. I spotted Abby crying in a corner. She quickly spotted me and whipped her eyes.
“What happened”, I asked?
“Nothing”, she said looking at the floor obviously trying not to cry.
She looked up at me and flinched “What happened to you, your covered in blood”.
“I was shot, twice”, I said and then took a seat next to her.
After lots of protest Jasper had left to go find Monty. I started to wrap my arm and leg with pieces of cloth.
“Please tell me what’s up with you”.
“I though I could do it”!
“Do what”, I asked?
“Be brave, fight, kill someone. I went out their ready with my gun and everything”, Abby started crying again “and then a grounder came I pulled the trigger and watched their body fall to the ground and blood spill from their head. It was to much! It was awful! I can’t believe I ever did something so horrible! It keeps replaying and replaying in my head”.
I remained silent waiting for Abby to say more but she didn’t.
“War turns us into monsters”, I said quietly.
I suddenly started to vent “I let my brother one of the people I love most in this world go out to take my place and now he’s probably lying dead in the woods somewhere. I’m a horrible person, my best friend will never forgive me and I can’t live with the guilt of letting my brother die, it should have been me to go out in the woods tonight”.
“He won’t blame you”.
“How do you know”?
Abby remained silent. And then said “what about the family of that dude I killed. He might have had kids”.
“I don’t think grounders give a shit about their family’s. They probably don’t know what love means”.
“How do you know? We are the ones who invaded their land. They could be saying the same thing about us. We were going to make peace but our people blew it”.
“We’re horrible people aren’t we”
Abby nodded.
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