Two Worlds One Family

[Marcus Kane]

Marcus had given them the night to settle, but he would not wait any longer to meet his granddaughter. He had missed out on being a father because Aurora had decided not to tell him, he would not miss out on his granddaughter. He knew there was one obstetrical to this--The mother. The Arkers were not on best terms with the Tree Nation clan of grounders, and from what his daughter had told him--the Ice Nation was worst. Octavia had told him of the stories she'd heard of the Ice Nation. They were ruthless, fierce, and deadly. She had said that if Bellamy had moved up in the ranks of such a clan that he would have had to adapted to that too. Marcus was grateful that they had come here, rather then stay there. It sounded like a world he wouldn't want anyone living in--much less raising his granddaughter in!

Which was why he had no idea of what to expect from the mother. He had seen Bellamy when he didn't know he was Bellamy, and now he was about to meet a woman who had been raised in that world. Marcus knocked on the door to the rooms that had been given to his son--ones that were put near his own and the other council members as these halls were guarded and he didn't want anyone trying anything out of fear. Marcus held a box with hot food in it, and a gift for Rosa from him.

When Bellamy opened it, Marcus gave him a smile and a nod, before stepping in the room. He wasn't sure if he could address him as Bellamy or the other name before Echo, so instead he went with a name that fit both. "Son," He greeted, "I thought I would come greet you good morning, and bring breakfast." Once the food was set on the table, he picked up the small bundle and looked toward the family of three, "And a gift to welcome Rosa to Arkadia."

[Echo]

Echo had not slept much the night before, finding her surroundings too new and with her not knowing anything of this world, or what to do with herself in it, she had been at a lost--which made her restless. As the sun rose up and light came into the metal box, she had felt more and more restless. Though she would never give a sign that was how she felt. She knew Vallier had gone out during the night, and had taken Rosa with him. It had been an uneasy feeling feeling and she'd attempted to find her way out of the maze like halls to the outside world. She'd been unable to manage it, and had retraced her steps to come back here when she saw she was making the warriors uneasy--which they should be.

Vallier--or Bellamy Blake was holding their daughter when the knock came. Echo rose from where she stood, on edge and tense. Vallier opened it, and there was his father. He brought them food (which was an odd custom to her) but she understood it for what it was. She could tell by the way he looked at her that he was trying to read her as much as she was trying to read him. He held out a package, and Echo paused for a slightly extended moment before reaching for it. She had not spoken English since Vallier had told her of his past, but she knew she had too now. They were hard to push out, but she knew this was an important moment and neither of them wanted to be the one that would set the tone of uneasy. "Thank you."

It wasn't that she disliked him personally, but she had spent the past two years thinking of them all as her enemy, and now she was living among them. Letting the two men talk, she pulled open the gift--expecting something like Sky Person clothing to make her daughter look more like one of them. Instead what she could was soft handmade doll, wrapped in a thick blanket. The the doll wasn't dressed in what looked like black pants and a blue shirt--leaving her unable to tell which world it belonged in. Deciding to try and make the best of this, Echo extended the doll to Vall--Belomi to give to Rosa.