Hello, my Terreeps! (My new name for you all : )
I am new to this place (Not FF but the TN part of it) and I couldn't wait to start posting. This is a little something I cooked up a while ago and just now got around to writing it.
This story is completely AU and mostly centered around one of the Shannons, not gonna tell you who until next chapter.
Good reading to everyone!
Disclaimer: I do not own Terra Nova *sighs*
The jungle chattered beneath us but we remained quiet as mice. Our old-fashioned binoculars hung from out necks, I had seen all that had needed to be seen. As for Kyle, well, he just wouldn't take my word on anything.
I finally decide to break the silence, "They have my ship."
"I know I've been kinda out of it the last few days, but I could swear that the plan was for them to have the ship. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong." Kyle glanced over at me before grabbing his binoculars and scanning the colony again.
I rolled my eyes, "Apparently you haven't been paying attention. The plan was for Merrale," I paused to gage his reaction to the name, "to have my ship."
"What's the big deal on this ship? It's not even the whole thing, just the prow."
"I have the rest back at Saratoga, besides, it's not the actual ship I care about. It's what is in the prow." I was starting to become very annoyed.
"And by the prow, you mean the weird mermaid-" One of those carno things screeched from under our branch.
I moved my pointer finger to my lips and Kyle nodded his understanding. After a few minutes of our slow breathing the thing went away.
"Why? Why send a ship to the badlands. You knew Taylor would… You knew a lot of things would happen. Why not just drop the thing off on Terra Nova's doorstep in the middle of the night?" I shook my head. No one would ever understand why I did what I did. I made sure my actions were like an unbreakable code.
The look he gave me said this wasn't over. Better now then where someone else can put in his two cents, I thought.
"Don't think all those jumpy, trigger-happy guards would appreciate that."
"What's in the prow?" One thing about Kyle Cunnings, he's persistent as hell.
I sighed, "In the wooden lady's head there is a chrono-ball. A chrono-ball that has important info on it."
He snickered, which scared me a little. Just a little. "One: Does Cameron know you have one of his multimillion dollar chrono's? Two: What kind of important info are we talking about?
"It's just intel that will help us move forward."
Something rustled the leaves in the next tree over and both of our heads looked in that direction.
"It may be a bug or the wind," he said, "keep talking."
"Yes sir! Oh, wait. I'm in charge!"
"You know what? Never mind. I don't need to know about whatever favors you fulfilled to get Cameron to hand over one of his prized chrono's. Just leave me out of it."
"So, you want to know all my secrets now? Got to warn you, haven't clean out the closet designated to my skeletons in a long time." Kyle swung his leg over the branch he was perched in.
"I thought we were staying all night," I said.
"There's nothing more to see here. The whole colony's asleep and the ship is locked up somewhere. Whoever is supposed to find the thing and make some connection to us is not going to do it tonight."
I had to agree. Nothing was going down in Terra Nova tonight.
We made it back to Saratoga at dawn. Our rover slipped into the gate and I hopped out.
"Welcome back!" Matt said. "We weren't expecting you until noonish," my annoyed look convinced him to wrap it up. "You're early."
"You done?" I asked.
"Yeah, no. Sorry. Um," he glanced down at his plex. "The Phoenix Group is settled in the badlands, according to Cameron." This caught my attention.
"You've been in charge for," I glanced at my watch, "a little over twelve hours." He nodded when I didn't continue. "Don't tell me you already sent someone out into the jungle to 'spy.' We agreed! No spying. We're not CIA anymore!" I sighed and looked at the jungle. "I mean, Cameron! Come on. I don't even think he can use a gun."
"Oh. No! He's in his office. He made a little robot that flies," he rambled on.
"I'm sorry. All those hours with Kyle and I just didn't know what to tell him," I looked at him for help.
"How'd he take seeing her?" Matt's usual deep blue eyes almost darkened.
"We only saw her for a moment. But in that time she managed to wreck all hope he had."
We started to move towards the tower that held my office and stepped onto the lift.
"She found someone else," he concluded.
"No," I defended. "Don't say it like that. She didn't break his heart, he broke hers'. He lied, she somehow mustered up the courage to move on. What if someone you love died? Would you pick up and move on? Or would you dwell?" I only stopped when the lift stopped on the third floor.
There were three towers in the center on the camp. One was the science labs, this one held five offices. The last held things we had brought from the future. Kind of like a museum to remind us of the joys the future had held. As well as the pains we had created in that period of time.
"He isn't dead!" Matt's sudden out burst brought me back to the right now. It also brought a few of the guards to maximum attention.
"Well he certainly made sure she thought he was. I don't blame her for leaving us. She found her real family and there were no longer ties holding her."
"Will she ever come back?" He approached the elephant, or dinosaur, in the room with shocking ease.
"I hope so," I confided. "We made a deal when she left. If she ever came back, she'd be head of the Jacks. Whatever was left of us."
"You would put her in charge of the Jacks?" I have to admit, when the plan is said out loud it sounds crazier than it actually is.
A/N Hope you like ;) Review please!
I am about 1/3 of the way though the next chapter, if you want one.