Terra Nova- Something good to die for
Hi, I'm Jack Tyler Jenkins. But I'd like you to call me Jack. That's how everybody calls me. Well, not everybody, but everybody who knows me. And these are not a lot. First something about me: I came to Terra Nova Colony with the 1th Pilgrimage. My father Nathaniel Taylor taught me to survive in the jungle when I came here. He's not actually my father, but he is the only one I would call 'father'. My real parents died long before the 1th Pilgrimage. Roselyn and Michael Jenkins, two brilliant scientists who were assassinated by Hope Plaza. My mother prefered my second name to call me. I don't like 'Tyler'. When Commander Taylor calls me 'Jack Tyler Jenkins', then something went wrong. I don't know much about him and his life before, but he's a good man and he fights for our second chance. He's fair and he gives every soldier a chance to proove they're loyal. Me? No, I'm not a soldier so far. I'm a survivor. I lived in the jungle the last six or seven years and it feels good. It's what I will always call home. The loneliness in the woods gives me the feeling of being a good one. Cause actually I'm not one of the good. Maybe I help the colony and the Commander, but I'm a bad guy who walks through the jungle and kills bad dinosaurs. Not sure that I'm a bad one? Ok. I don't care about your opinion. The only ones I'm listening to is myself and the Commander. But that's enough now. Sit down and listen to my story.
It was a cold, wet afternoon and I walked leadless along foggy cliffs and big trees and bushes. My forest was evergreen and in there, you heard nothing but sounds of the animals that live there. I went through a few colorful jungle flowers and freezed for a second. Hadn't that been a scream? I began to run. I held my pumpgun in my hands, poised to shoot everything what was getting in my way. I heard the sounds of two or three raptor and looked around. A few leaves wiggled, but there was only a surprised girl lying on the ground. I walked over and nodded. She stood up and took a closer look to me. I shrugged and looked around. The raptors were here, sure. 'What were you girl doing here?', I wanted to know. She didn't say a word yet, but it was kind of funny how she looked around carefully. 'I was walking around.', she answered and looked at me. I nodded quietly and loaded my pumpgun. The bushes began wiggling again and I pulled her close to me. Than the raptors began to attack us. I shot one down and another one felt my iron fist between his greenish eyes. I smiled wearily and turned around, to the two last raptors. I growled angrily and the girl in my arms held her breath. A growl from me was like telling a little kid that it can't have its lollipop. The raptors growled too, but not as grumpy as I did and in the end they escaped. The girl broke away from me and looked a bit afraid. 'I won't do anything to you, girl. What's your name?' She answered sheepish: 'Skye.' I smirked about her tone and sighed then. 'I'm Jack. Do you come from the colony?' She nodded. 'Ok, I'll go with you and lead you to Terra Nova again.', I decided and pushed her in front of me. She let me. And so, few minutes of silence later, we entered the Terra Nova Colony. Commander Taylor came over and took a closer look on her. 'What was she doing out in the woods?' he demanded to me. I shrugged and explained: 'She told me that she has gone off. Raptors were attacking her.' Commander Taylor nodded seriously and told her to go to the hospital. Then he turned around and I saw worry in his eyes. 'I have to talk to you Jack.' I nodded and followed him to his biro. 'what has happened Jack, I haven't seen you for at least ten months!' I sat down on the desk. 'I was planning a tour to the Great Plain.' I said and looked out of the window. 'Would you do something for me, something really… important for the colony?' I nodded. 'Hope Plaza cut us off from the future and the Sixers tried to kill me. The Colonists have to know how to survive in the wilderness. Alone. You are the best man for that job. I would like you to first train some soldiers and the kids of our school. Here's the plan.' He gave me a stick and some maps. 'Do you know where you must go?' he asked. I nodded. 'One of the older huts.' I said and stood up.