Stealing Fire

Stealing Fire is the ninth episode of the third season of The 100. It is the thirty-eighth episode of the series overall.

''Clarke discovers a shocking truth, and Octavia is forced to make a decision that could have devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Kane and Abby share a moment.''

Plot
The Horns blow indicating the start of a conclave. Murphy mocks the idea that the grounders fight to get a chip placed in their heads. Clarke tells Murphy that they have to ensure that Aden wins the conclave. Titus returns and Clarke asks how he is still alive. He reveals he is the only flame keeper. Clarke asks to see Aden and after some resistance, Titus brings Clarke and Murphy to the Lexa's body and the nightbloods are. Clarke speaks to Aden and the other Nightbloods and they all say they will protect the thirteenth clan. They all loved Lexa and she made them promise.

Meanwhile, Lincoln, Kane, Sinclair and the other grounder prisoners are still in prison. Pike tells the three of them that will be executed at dawn. Bellamy and Monty come to see Harper and Miller. Bellamy reveals the bug on Nathan's jacket and tells them he wants to help break Kane and the others out of prison. He tells them to send Octavia at the dropship.

Ontari comes to the conclave with Roan and Clarke asks Titus why she is part of it. Titus says that she is allowed to participate as she is a nightblood. Titus says that he has served four commanders and Lexa was the strongest and purest of them. But he says that Lexa already had these qualities, the flame only enhanced them. Clarke wants to make sure that Aden wins but Titus says that Lexa's spirit will have to choose him, there is nothing they can do. Suddenly the victory horn blows much to everybody's surprise. Everybody comes to see what has happened and they see Ontari sitting on the throne. She is covered in black blood and is holding Aden's head. Ontari says that she has won.

Bellamy comes to see Indra with Octavia. They proceed to tie him up but Bellamy complains and says he wants to help save the others. Octavia says that she is the reason they need saving and leaves Indra alone with Bellamy.

Bryan and Miller are talking and Bryan asks if Miller is the spy. He then remembers the bug and Miller already knows and asks him if he put it there. Miller says that Bryan can't have both him and Pike and leaves. Abby goes to visit Kane in prison and is upset about his execution. Abby says she won't let it happen but Kane says she would get caught and the people need her.

Roan takes Murphy and Clarke out of Polis and says that as he has saved their lives he is no longer in debt to them. Clarke says that Titus will never support Ontari but Roan says that she is Ice nation so he will support her and he leaves. Clarke and Murphy don't leave as warned and instead Clarke says she won't leave without the flame.

Lincoln, Kane, and Sinclair are still in prison and Pike and his men come for them. Lincoln tells the others to stay strong and not protest. Pike puts the three prisoners, Kane, Sinclair and Lincoln into a room that is guarded and to shoot anybody who comes near. Bellamy asks Indra to stop Octavia as he says she will get caught and begs to be set free. But Indra says that if she dies, she will die a warrior's death - something that Bellamy denied Indra.

Clarke goes to Titus and Titus claims that Clarke indirectly killed Lexa. Clarke says that they can't let Ontari become commander but he says that Lexa's spirit chose her. Clarke wants to put the flame into the nightblood that fled, Luna. Titus says that she was a coward but she would be better than Ontari. Titus gets Clarke to hide as Ontari enters. Titus orders Murphy to take Ontari to the purification ritual and they leave. Titus then gives Clarke the flame and says that she is flamekeeper now. He says that he will get Murphy out and Clarke leaves.

Meanwhile, at Arkadia, Pike realizes that something is wrong and finds that the room where the prisoners were is empty and the guards are drugged. Octavia and the prisoners are hiding under the floorboards. The prisoners are nearly caught but Monty lies on the radio in front of his mother and says the prisoners are heading to the main gate, throwing the guards off of the prisoner's trail. Pike comes to see Hannah and Monty and Hannah explains that there was a false report, but doesn't reveal it was Monty.

The prisoners along with Octavia and the others escape but Abby refuses to leave as she says she should stay in Arkadia. Kane then kisses her and she kisses him back. Pike then radios that he will execute all of the innocent grounder prisoners if Lincoln doesn't turn himself in. Octavia tells him he can't but Lincoln kisses her and injects with a substance that makes her pass out. Kane leaves with Octavia and Lincoln surrenders himself.

Murphy is overseeing the purification ritual and Ontari is surprised that he is not afraid of her. Murphy says that he thinks what she did was smart. Somebody knocks at the door and Ontari steps out of the bath and puts on her robe while Murphy watches her. Roan enters with Titus who claims to have lost the flame. Roan and Ontari nearly kill him but Murphy says he is the only one who can perform the ascension. However, Titus says Ontari will never be commander and commits suicide claiming it's for Lexa. Ontari says that she nobody knows that she isn't commander and she will simply pretend. Murphy becomes her fake flamekeeper.

Outside Arkadia, Lincoln is outside for his execution while Octavia awakens and watches from afar. Pike promises that he will care for Lincoln's people and ask Lincoln if he has any last words. Lincoln says he has none for Pike and Lincoln says may we meet again without Pike hearing. Pike then shoots Lincoln and Octavia cries but then stops and glares angrily at Pike.

Starring

 * Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin
 * Paige Turco as Abigail Griffin
 * Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake
 * Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia Blake
 * Devon Bostick as Jasper Jordan (credit only)
 * Christopher Larkin as Monty Green


 * Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes (credit only)
 * Ricky Whittle as Lincoln
 * Richard Harmon as John Murphy
 * Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha (credit only)
 * Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane

Guest Starring

 * Michael Beach as Charles Pike
 * Jarod Joseph as Nathan Miller
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
 * Adina Porter as Indra
 * Neil Sandilands as Titus
 * Zach McGowan as Roan
 * Rhiannon Fish as Ontari


 * Jonathan Whitesell as Bryan
 * Alessandro Juliani as Jacapo Sinclair
 * Donna Yamamoto as Hannah Green
 * Cory Gruter-Andrew as Aden
 * Shaine Jones as Shawn Gillmer
 * Jared Kurtenbach as Chase
 * Georgia Hacche as Denae

Quotes

 * Roan: "Put the knife down, Ontari."
 * Ontari: "Your mother is dead because of her."
 * Roan: "You will obey your King."
 * Ontari (to Clarke): "An unfortunate fact we have her to thank for as well. No matter. When I am Heda and the King bows to me, you and every last member of Skaikru will die.


 * Clarke: "Whatever is best for your people, is that it?"
 * Roan: "That's it, kinda like killing every man, woman, and child in Mount Weather was best for yours."
 * Murphy: "That's not a bad point."


 * Monty: " After everything we've been through together, you don't trust me?"
 * Harper: "Does your mom know you're here, Monty?"


 * Titus: "You do not belong here."
 * Murphy: "Really? Why; does my blood decorate your floor?"


 * Bellamy: "We can save them, but we have to work together."
 * Octavia: "You're the reason they need saving."
 * Bellamy: "Maybe. But that doesn't change the fact that you need me."
 * Octavia: "For the first time in my life, that's not true."


 * Miller: "Why are you so afraid of what I might say, Bry?"
 * Bryan: "We execute traitors now."
 * Miller: "Yeah, you do. You have a problem with that?"
 * Bryan: "No, I..."
 * Miller: "What? Pike? I know he saved your life out there. You owe him."
 * Bryan: "Okay. But...I love you."
 * Miller: "Yeah, well, you can't have both of us."


 * Kane: "Are you alright?"
 * Abby: "I won't let this happen to you."
 * Kane: "Abby, listen. Anyone caught helping us... will be condemned to the death too."
 * Abby: "Then I won't get caught."
 * Kane: [chuckles] "Listen I'm begging you, I'm begging you... don't-don't do it. Our people need someone here to show them the way out of the dark."
 * Abby: "I can't do this again."
 * Kane: "Please. Don't make this any harder than it already is. "


 * Bellamy: "He still trusts me. Anything goes wrong, we can use that."
 * Indra: "You saw where you earned that trust. On the battlefield where you massacred my brothers and sisters."
 * Bellamy: "Should I have let Pike kill you?"
 * Indra: "Why didn't you?"
 * Bellamy: "Same reason you haven't used that sword on me."
 * Indra: "Octavia."
 * Bellamy: "We are running out of time. Cut me loose. She could die in there."
 * Indra: "Then Okteivia kom Skaikru will earn the warrior's death you denied me."


 * Titus (to Clarke): "You killed her. I pulled the trigger, but it was you."


 * Kane: "It's a little bit tight in there."
 * Octavia: "Try doing it for sixteen years."


 * Kane: "I told you not to do this."
 * Abby: "Why would I start listening to you now?"


 * Ontari: "You're not afraid of me?"
 * Murphy: "I don't scare easily. Truth is, I think what you did was smart. A little crazy, maybe. But we do what we do to survive."
 * Ontari: "You know I plan to wipe out your people?"
 * Murphy: "So I've heard. Sucks for them."


 * Pike: "Any last words?"
 * Lincoln: "Not for you."

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode mark Christopher Larkin's 25th episode on the 100.

Body Count

 * Lincoln (executed by Pike)
 * Aden and six other Nightbloods (beheaded by Ontari)
 * Titus (suicide)