2. Disunion

                                    

                                          
"'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages." - William Golding, Lord of the flies
                          
Valery immediately looked in her mother's book. The book had been past from generation to generation since the bombs. Valery's great-great-grandmother knew that one day, her legacy would return to earth. Valery has been reading it since she was 14, and a lot of things were written in it that could help. How to set up a trap, make fire, which herbs you can eat or not and if they have any medical powers, but also how to use tarot cards and rune stones to predict the future or to answer questions. Again, females from Valery's bloodline all had those "powers", although Valery used them more to get what she wants and simply made up a story. But her intuition is very strong. 
                          
She was mumbling to herself when suddenly someone sat down next to her. "What are you doing?" It was Jasper. "Hey, uhm, nothing, just reading a bit. I thought it might be useful to set up a trap, maybe I can catch something... but if you have another idea, we can do that." Jasper was nodding slowly. "And you know how to do that?" Jasper asked. Valery shrugged.  "I mean, we had Earth skills class from Pike, I didn't see you there?" Valery looked at her feet. "Solitary, Jas," she sighed, "I had heard about it from a guardsman." Valery smiled and held her book up in the air. "This is my earth skills class." 
                          
"I really wished I could visit you, you know, Monty as well... You were a good friend and I know you also didn't want to see people, especially your dad and Bellamy, you two were very-" Valery cut him off. "- I know, but I broke up with him before going to the Prison Box, so I had already expected he wouldn't come." Jasper coughed. "He's here as well." Valery shrugged. "I know. I heard him," Valery said grimly, "as usual." Monty came to their direction and started to talk with Jasper. Valery stood up and walked towards Wells and Clarke who were standing above a map. Clarke told Valery about Mount Weather and what would be a good passage to go there. Also, the radio was broken so there was no way to communicate with the Ark. Jasper interrupted. "Cool a map! They got a bar in this town? I'll buy you a beer.' He said to Clarke. Wells grabbed him by the arm and pushed him back ."You mind?" 
                          
"Hey, hey, hey. Hands of him. He's with us." It was John Murphy, followed by a group of guys. "Relax, Murphy." Valery mumbled quietly. "Clarke and I are just figuring out where we are and where we need to go to." Wells said to Murphy. "On the ground. That not good enough for you?" It was the familiar voice, and Valery felt sick when she looked to the person who said it: Bellamy. Their eyes met for a split second, and he looked away immediately. "We need to find Mount Weather," Wells started, "you heard my father's message. That is our first priority." Octavia stood down next to Valery, it was nice to see her again, she had always been a sweet little girl that loved Valery's stories, but Valery's eyes widened when she opened her mouth. "Screw your father. What? You think you're in charge here? You and your little princess?" 
                          
Clarke sighed. "Do you think we care who's in charge? We need to get to Mount Weather. Not because the Chancellor said so, because the longer we wait, the hungrier we'll get and the harder this'll be. How long do you think we'll last out here without supplies? We're looking at a 20 mile track ,okay? So if we wanna get there before dark, we need to leave." Valery nodded in agreement. "You three can go. Find it for us. Let the privileged do the hard work for a change." Everyone shouted a "yeah". Valery was starting to lose her patience. "You are not listening! We all need to go." Wells said. He got pushed by Murphy. "Look at this everybody. It's the chancellor of Earth." 
                          
"You think that's funny?" Wells asked, but Murphy tackled him. Clarke and Valery tried to help him, but they got grabbed by the arms. Valery stepped on his foot and elbowed him. He let her go and she stood down between them. "He's got one leg, Murphy," Valery started nervously, already regretting for interfering. "don't do this!" Out of the blue, Finn jumped right in front of Valery. "Val's right, how about you wait until it's a fair fight?" He said. Murphy looked from Finn to Valery and walked away. "Hey Spacewalker," Octavia said, "rescue me next." Severe people were laughing but Valery was all but in a funny mood.