Great Things: The 100 Fanfic
Here is my latest commissioned piece! This one was from @stormkpr, who asked for a piece about Raven's bond with her mentor, Sinclair. I hope you enjoy it!
Raven could hear whistling coming from the end of the metal hallway; without even investigating, she knew it was Sinclair. He was much more of a morning person than she was, not that it bothered her at all.
She made her way down the hall, following the whistling to the last room on the left. It was one of the rooms that had an outer door attached to it, and Sinclair appeared to be working on the mechanism for the access port.
“Morning, Reyes,” he greeted brightly, flashing her his signature smile.
“Morning, Sinclair,” Raven responded. She watched his hands for a moment as he worked, studying each movement so that, one day, she could recreate them on her own. Once he put his work aside and went about cleaning up his tools, Raven’s attention turned to the door.
That door was the only thing between her and wide-open space. She had always dreamed of space walking, of being a Zero-G mechanic, of feeling the sturdiness of the Ark give way to the absolute freedom of floating with nothing to anchor her. She would be away from her mother, away from the stench of alcohol and the disapproving looks of those around her, if even just for a minute.
Sinclair followed her gaze and broke her out of her trance. “You’ll get there one day,” he assured her.
Raven turned to him, staring at him like he had just read her mind. He chuckled.
“The Ark would be lucky to have you as a Zero-G mechanic,” he told her. “You’d be better than half the men we have out there right now.”
Raven scoffed at that and turned to help him pick up the rest of his tools. “You’re just saying that.” She tossed the tools into his carrying case, then wiped her oil-stained hands on her pants.
“I’m not. You’re the brightest apprentice I’ve had in years.” He stood and stretched, letting his back straighten after hours of bending to work. Raven started to argue, but Sinclair cut her off. “Come with me. I’ve got something I want your help with.”
Raven sighed and followed him back down the hallway. Their footsteps echoed in the otherwise empty hall. It was still early, so the ship was relatively quiet. Sinclair resumed whistling, and Raven went about tying her hair back so she was ready to work. After a minute, they arrived at one of the control rooms. Sinclair opened the door and brought Raven inside, waving to one of the stationed operators as he did. Sinclair sat down in a chair across from the main controls and motioned for Raven to sit beside him.
Raven looked over the various dials, buttons, and screens laid out before her. She had been in this room before, but only ever as an observer, not a worker. Still, she recognized most of the controls and knew how to manipulate them to get them to function the way she wanted.
“What’s going on in that big brain of yours?” Sinclair asked as he watched her examine the controls.
“I’m wondering why we’re here, sir,” she told him honestly.
Sinclair smiled. “Well, I’ve got a problem I need help solving. Look here…” Sinclair pulled up a 3-D image of the ship, then zoomed in on a section that showed up in red, rather than the glowing green of the rest of the model. “The fans in the lower quadrant quit at three this morning for seemingly no reason. Engine’s good, blades were replaced one month ago, no wire disconnect that I can see.”
Raven squinted at the image, then reached for one of the dials near Sinclair. “May I?”
Sinclair nodded and motioned to the control panel. “Please.”
Raven moved her chair closer and zoomed in further, looking at the mechanisms connected to the fan. She knew that they were all shown in real time, which was possible thanks to sensors and cameras throughout the ship. She moved the image slightly to the left and zoomed the image in even further. Something wasn’t right…
Raven squinted at the image, trying to focus her eyes and her mind. She shifted the image to the right, to the fan adjacent to the malfunctioning one, and studied the mechanisms behind it. One, two, three…
“There,” she said, pointing at the images behind the fan. The image she pointed out was nearly microscopic, but she had noticed the change. “Look here. On this side, there’s three bolts. On the other…” She moved the image, “There’s four. There’s only supposed to be three. How did a fourth get there?”
Sinclair smiled and nodded. “How, indeed?”
Raven studied the image for a second more before standing. “I’m gonna go check it out.”
“I’ll come with you,” Sinclair replied. He stood and followed her this time, admiring the way her brain worked.
Raven knew her way around the ship as if it was a small cabin. The walk to the fan was a series of twists and turns, but she maneuvered it without hesitation. After about ten minutes, she had reached the fan in question.
“Give me a boost, will ya?” she asked Sinclair, who happily knelt down and offered his cupped hands for her to place her foot into.
He boosted Raven up, and she grabbed onto an air duct to steady herself as she studied the bolts. Now there was something else wrong. There was something tucked behind the bolt.
She pulled a screwdriver out of her toolbelt and got to work removing the strange bolt. She held out her hand below it as she worked to make sure that she would catch the mystery object as it came loose.
As the bolt loosened, Raven caught the object. It was a small piece of paper, folded a few times. She finished removing the bolt and tucked it away in her pocket. A second later, the fan roared back to life as the conductor was freed from its vice grip.
Raven climbed back down and looked at the paper in her hands. “Someone put that up there and left this,” she said before unfolding the paper.
It was a note. Her eyes scanned the paper, and a small smile crept over her lips. She looked up at Sinclair.
“You left this, sir?” she asked.
Sinclair smiled and laughed. “Of course.”
She studied the note again before reading it out loud. “Reyes: You continue to prove yourself. You’re going to do great things.”
“It’s true,” Sinclair told her. “I think you’ll be ready for your exam in no time. You found the solution to this problem and had things fixed in…” he checked his watch, “15 minutes, flat.”
Raven laughed. “You know, you can quiz me without breaking things.”
“Not broken,” Sinclair corrected, “just… paused.”
Raven rolled her eyes, but she was enjoying every second. Being with Sinclair made her feel smart and capable and valuable. It was all the things that she wasn’t used to feeling around her mother.
“Now, let’s get some real work done,” Raven said, adjusting her toolbelt to show she meant business. “I didn’t get out of bed just to solve puzzles.”
“That’s exactly why you got out of bed,” Sinclair pointed out. “This entire ship is a puzzle, and you’re one of the few people who knows where the pieces go.”
***
Raven stared at the paper in her hand, too afraid to unfold it. If she didn’t unfold it, the contents would remain a mystery. A year had passed since the last time she was unfolding a paper to read what was inside. This time, she at least knew what to expect: test scores.
She had felt pretty confident about her Zero-G exam, but now that she was sitting there with the results in her hand, she was frozen with fear. This paper held her future. It was either a pass, and she would begin the next huge chapter of her life, the one that she had always dreamed of, or it was a fail… She didn’t want to think about that.
Raven took a deep breath and started to, very slowly, unfold the paper.
“Sneaking up on them won’t change the results.”
Raven’s head spun around, and she saw Sinclair standing behind her. She breathed a sigh of relief, then held up the paper to show him. “What if I failed?” she asked, her voice strained with doubt.
Sinclair placed a hand on her shoulder. “With your brain? That’s impossible.”
Raven nodded at his answer and slowly unfolded the paper. Her eyes jumped to the scores at the bottom. No fucking way.
“A perfect score,” she breathed.
Sinclair grinned, and his voice was filled with pride. “You know, I think that’s the first perfect score I’ve ever seen.”
Raven’s face broke into a wide smile. “A perfect score,” she repeated, feeling like it might disappear if she didn’t make it real enough.
She continued reading, and her smile fell away.
Sinclair saw it, too. He squeezed her shoulder. “Raven…”
Physical Exam: Fail. Reason: Heart murmur detected.
Raven shrugged him off. “I’m fine,” she said quickly, folding the paper back up and stuffing it in her pocket. “I… I’ve got a lot of work to do.”
***
A few days had passed since her test scores came. In that time, her boyfriend had been arrested for giving her the taste of freedom she’d always craved. Her life was falling apart, and all she had left was work. She put every ounce of energy she had into her work. If she didn’t, she would fall apart, too.
Sinclair approached her as she worked on one of the ship’s supply lines. He watched her for a second before addressing her.
“Reyes.”
Raven looked up at him. “Yes, sir?”
“How’s that supply line coming?” he asked. He knew that she could easily fix it on her own if given an hour.
“It’s a piece of crap…” Sinclair gave her a look, so she quickly added, “sir, but I’ll get it working.”
Sinclair smiled at her response. “No, you won’t,” he said. “I’m pulling you off duty. You got your Zero-G certification. Congratulations.”
Raven frowned, confused. No. There was no way. He was with her when she saw the test scores. He turned to walk away, but Raven stopped him.
“But, I failed the physical,” she reminded him.
“Yeah, I saw your test scores,” he said. Perfect scores, besides the physical. “I overruled the rejection. You’re in.”
Raven hesitated. Was he serious?
“Now, get moving,” Sinclair ordered her before leaving.
Her dream had come true, just a day too late. She felt the necklace resting on her chest. It was the necklace Finn had given her. Finn, who was now behind bars for her freedom.
She chased after Sinclair and wrapped him in a hug. The man looked surprised, but after a second, he returned the embrace. Raven let herself melt into his arms, letting him carry the weight of the last few days for just a moment. Sinclair didn’t seem to mind.
Raven let go and looked up at him. “Sorry, sir,” she said, quickly wiping a stray tear from her lash line.
“No apology necessary,” he assured her.
Raven nodded and took a deep breath. “Thank you.”
“No thanks needed either,” Sinclair told her. “The only thing I need is for the girl with the first perfect score to get to work. Show those others out there how it’s done.”
Raven smiled softly and nodded. “Yes, sir.”
She turned to go, but Sinclair’s voice stopped her. “Oh, and Reyes?”
Raven turned back to him. “Yes, sir?”
He smiled at her, in the type of way only a father really could. Or, as close to a father as Raven ever got.
“You’re gonna do great things, kid.”
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Surviving The World Ending Together...
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by KabbyKruForever
A fanfiction in which Abby never married Jake Griffin, Clarke was never born, Thelonious Jaha has never found the City of Lights and missed some important Kabby's relationship's developments, Jacopo Sinclair and Lincoln didn't die... Bellamy, Echo and the others didn't have to go to space again... The Pramfaya is coming and the Sky people transformed what remains of the Ark into a bunker, which is supposed to resist radiations...
Words: 5751, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English
Fandoms: The 100 (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M
Characters: Abby Griffin, Marcus Kane, Octavia Blake, Bellamy Blake, Echo (The 100), Raven Reyes (The 100), Jacapo Sinclair, Madi (The 100), Thelonious Jaha, Lincoln (The 100), Original Abby Griffin/Marcus Kane Child(ren)
Relationships: Abby Griffin/Marcus Kane, Octavia Blake/Lincoln, Bellamy Blake/Echo (minor), Octavia Blake & Madi, Raven Reyes & Jacapo Sinclair, Marcus Kane & Jacapo Sinclair, Abby Griffin & Raven Reyes
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Original Character(s), Little Sisters, Octavia is a big sister!, Parent Marcus Kane, Parents Abby Griffin/Marcus Kane, Kind of Second Dawn Bunker (The 100), Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Relationship Discussions, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
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Star Wars: Attack of the Reapers
by Jessica23
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far…
There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several hundred solar systems under the leadership of the rebel leader, Count Roan, have declared their intentions to secede from the Republic. This separatist movement has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Lexa, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to Coruscant to vote on the critical issue of creating an army to assist the overwhelmed Jedi.
Basically, this is where Clarke confronts her feelings to Lexa after ten years and they end up married and it's the start of the Clone Wars.
Words: 3190, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 6 of May The 4th Be With You
Fandoms: The 100 (TV), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: F/F, F/M
Characters: Roan (The 100), Nia | Ice Queen, Jake Griffin, Clarke Griffin, Lexa (The 100), Charles Pike, Abby Griffin, Jasper Jordan, Jacapo Sinclair, Lincoln (The 100), Gustus (The 100)
Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Clarke Griffin & Titus
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting, Lightsaber Battles (Star Wars), Sith, Jedi, Space Battles, Secret Marriage, Romance, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Post-Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Minor Character Death
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