Ohana Means Family

[Bellamy Blake]

Tag: Gena Martin and Marcus Kane

whatever

THE HELL WE WANT

Things were finally settling for the Arkers. It had been a month since Mount Weather and while it would take far longer for everyone to emotionally heal from it, they were on the right path. The ceasefire allowed for the Arkadians to start to build a sustainable lifestyle. Plant crops, build homes . . . use what resources and supplies they could. Even from the place that was most dreaded to return to, yet one that aided them when it came to the supplies it entailed. Right now however, Bellamy was not dwelling on the past. Not when he was embracing a brighter present, and perhaps future if fate would continue to be kind to them in this way. Bellamy had discovered something on the Ark; a question that he had forever wondered. Who was his father. The man who was revealed to be this title was not one he had expected, for he was a man with great position and title.

And with that, had assured Bellamy that he would have a spot on the dropship to go down with his sister. Unfortunately, the timing had been off and desperate measures had caused Bellamy to shoot the Chancellor and secure his own position there. Bellamy had never had the opportunity to truly know his father. Not until recently, when time allowed them to. That, was one saving grace. The other was Octavia. And the third . . . the third was the woman at his side now. Gena Martin. He had met her on the Ark during his days as a janitor, but it wasn't until they were on the Ground, and they had spent more time together . . . that Bellamy had finally embraced his feelings for her. He cared about her, deeply. He wanted to be with her. He would never believe he was deserving of love, but he couldn't let her go. She was the light in this world of darkness, she always saw the good.

This was really, the first relationship he had ever been in with someone . . . and that was why he wanted to introduce her to his father. She was practically his family. He had opened up about his mother, and she was the first person -- apart from Octavia -- that he had told about his father. Marcus Kane, who was now Chancellor Marcus Kane. This truth would not stay contained for long. Which was why Bellamy wanted Gena and him to meet before it got out. They had arranged for the opportunity to do in the Chancellor's office, a rather spacious room. Holding Gena's hand in his, he knocked on the door, giving her a slight reassuring smile, and a gentle squeeze of his hand that held her own. Despite his stoic nature, he felt oddly nervous. And he had no idea why. He had a father. He had a sister. And he had a girlfriend. He was pretty damn lucky.

[Gena Martin]

He had a father. He had a father he never mentioned to her before and part of her knew it was probably because he didn’t know before? Or he didn’t want it to be real before. She was not about to judge him for his decision to not tell her earlier, he had his reasons, one of which might even be that he had to make sense of it himself first, but for the decision to tell her now. He trusted her enough to tell her of the father, who existed and who to be a distant stranger in his youth, for whatever reason – again Gena refused to judge without knowing the full story, something neither owed her. She couldn’t tell why, yet, but apparently Bellamy seemed okay, for now. It still was a lot to take in, even for her. He was a grown man and now a father mattered in his life. And he did matter. She saw it in Bellamys eyes, that this man, this father mattered to him. He cared. He wanted to make him proud. 

The weirder thing was how high in rank Bellamys father was. It would not stay silent forever, but it didn’t matter to her. What mattered a lot more was that he trusted her with the knowledge of who his father was. And he trusted her to meet him even though it might not be needed. She was excited and nervous for it at the same time and could only guess that it was as worse for him. For the longest time, as far as she knew, he didn’t know who his father was, now it was apparently someone who he was looking up to, of course he wanted a meeting like that to go well. Gena reached for Bellamys hand. She squeezed it gently while giving him a warm smile. 

“Relax. It’s going to be okay.” She whispered to him. “What’s the worst that can happen? He doesn’t approve and we will have to meet in secret and enjoy the thrill of a forbidden relationship.” She grinned as she didn’t think this was about to happen, but she tried to give him a bit of confidence, while she was absolutely terrified of meeting Bellamys father. What if he didn’t like her? She was just a grunt, nothing as heroic as Bellamy, just a simple grunt.

Bellamy Blake
Marcus Kane

[Marcus Kane]

Marcus Kane, had never married. He had lived most of his life alone, unattached. He had come close to falling in love a few times, but nothing seemed to have worked out for him. One woman, Aurora Blake, had been one of the very few whom he had almost loved. They had been secretly being together when Marcus was her training officer, and he had started falling in love with her. Knowing that it would kill both of their careers for a cadet to be sleeping with her teacher, he had broken things off with her before any more emotion could make it harder. However, he would learn a few days later that she had applied for a permit to have a child with another man. He discovered he might have felt more for her then he understood because the betrayal of that news had left Marcus withdrawn for both friends and pushing himself head first into his career.

A year of nothing but hard work had brought three promotions as he had moved from from a training officer to supervisory officer. From there he worked himself into the chief officer for a sector--in which all the guards in the manufacturing station reported to him. He had not been there long when he was moved to the political station (Alpha), and it was clear he was being groomed for commander. From there, the only promotion left would be joining the council, and even perhaps one day becoming the chancellor. He had been 32 year old and commander of the guard--youngest ever--but had kept pushing himself. In these days, he had even reconnected with her, but nothing had come form it.

Or so he had thought.

Instead he would find out that he had given her not only a son, but a daughter. He had children. Plural. Now he was chancellor, and building a city for his people. No one knew of his children, but himself and his children. He wanted the news to break in his own way, rather then someone using it against him. Which was why he was meeting his son's girl friend this way, rather then afterwards. He would address his plans soon with his children, though that was not his plan tonight. When he heard the knock at the door, and put the marker down, and pushed the map side before talking to answer it. "--and enjoy the thrill of a forbidden relationship.” He could hear her voice from the other side of the door as he opened it. Marcus found himself amused, "If that is the case, perhaps planning it with him standing near would be unadvised." He was clearly joking, though in typically Marcus tone it was almost hard to tell. His tone was always part serious. Stepping back he gestured for them to enter, before shutting the door behind them.