I held my notebook and pencil in my hand while Russell droned on about the plan. His words barely registered. None of it mattered. Not when she was standing there- Josephine in Diana's body.

It wasn't her.
She was gone.

At least...that's what I thought.

My eyes, like they had a mind of their own, locked on her hand. A small, almost unnoticeable movement.

Tap. Hold. Tap again.

My chest tightened. I knew that rhythm.

Dot. Line.
Pause.
Dot. Line. Dot. Dot.
Pause.
Dot. Dot.
Pause.
Dot. Dot. Dot. Line.
Pause.
Dot.

My pencil scratched across the paper before I could even think, copying every tap. The room, Russell's voice, miler shifting beside me- all of it blurred into nothing. All I saw was her hand. All I heard was that code.

And then- it stopped.

"Bellamy?" Russell called, pulling me back to the room. I forced myself to nod, mutter some agreement, and walk out with Miller.

But my hands were trembling. My heart pounding like it wanted out of my chest.

I glanced down at the word scrawled in my notebook.

ALIVE.

I swallowed hard, adrenaline surging.

"Miller, remember when pike taught us Morse code in earth skills?" I said quickly, my voice low but urgent.

He gave me a sideways look.
"Yeah?" He said

"Do you remember me teaching Diana?" I pressed, already shoving the notebook toward him.

"Yeah, but why?" He started, then froze as his eyes dropped to the page.

ALIVE.

"She's alive." I whispered, a smile pulling at my mouth before I could stop it. For the first time in forever, something warm bloomed in my chest.

"She's alive. And we're going to get her back" I said

I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Couldn't even try.

Because the girl I fell head over heels for wasn't gone.
She was fighting.
And this time, I wasn't going to lose her.