Aiding the Grounder

[Nina Eaton]

Nina still had a hard time believing that she was on the ground. On Earth. It hadn't been planned and she wasn't even supposed to join Raven, but the timing had worked out and that's what happened. After realizing that Abby wasn't going to make it due to Kane and some of his guards, Nina had jumped ship with Raven. Had she stayed behind she surely would have been floated, probably for aiding illegal activity. Nina hadn't been doing anything other than simply hanging out with a friend, but she knew they wouldn't see it that way. She should know. She was a member of the guard, after all. And perhaps that was why she believed they wouldn't cut her any sort of slack. They would want to make an example out of her, especially considering who her father was in the guard. Her mother had been floated a few years back and if her father had been unwilling to try to save his wife, then he sure as hell wouldn't try to save his only daughter.

Like the 100, Nina hadn't expected for anyone to already be living on the ground. The people were all killed by radiation, at least, that's what they had been taught to believe. But there were people there and they called them Grounders. An original name that always had Nina chuckling. She hadn't run into any except for the one that Bellamy had brought back to torture information out of. Even as a member of the guard, Nina had been highly against his decision. As far as she knew, he had done nothing but save Octavia and tend to her injuries. It didn't even appear he had lived in a village so he could have been on his own. The idea of him leading his people back to their camp was amusing, at least to Nina. They weren't trying to hide and anyone could find them if they really tried. She knew the Grounders knew the area a hell of a lot more than they did. So if they sent a search party out to find their camp, then they would likely succeed.

After listening to Octavia, Nina had agreed to help free the Grounder from the torture. He had already had a nail shoved through his hand, been whipped by Bellamy and electrocuted by Raven. Nina felt bad for him and it hadn't taken her long to agree to help the girl. Nina knew that Bellamy's goons were always keeping an eye on the girl, even more so now that the Grounder was in their possession and they knew she wanted him to be let go. So Nina kept an eye out for anyone while Octavia worked her magic upstairs with the guard and worked on freeing the Grounder. Nina found it a little unfortunate that he didn't speak English, but there was nothing she could do about it. Even if he did, she had a feeling that he wasn't exactly the chatty type.

Nina saw Octavia helping the Grounder down the ladder and Nina reached out to help them down. "I'll go back with him and make sure he's okay. I promise." Nina looked at the younger Blake sibling and the girl nodded her head. "Come on. Let's get you back home." Nina thought it was a bad idea to bring him back to his cave, considering Bellamy and his friends knew exactly where that was. But Nina had agreed to do this and would do whatever Octavia asked of her. Helping him out of the dropship, they went towards the wall where Nina had begun to make a space for them to go. She wouldn't be able to squeeze them both through at the same time, but one at a time would work. "Come on," Nina urged, going through the hole and holding a hand out for the Grounder to take once he got through. 

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