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This is a story about Josh and Skye and how I wish the bar scene had played out if it had been a mouth after Kara's death, it's all Josh's POV, unlike my other story.
Now it has a bit of violence and some moments may be distressing for some readers, so I've warned you.
Please R&R constructive criticism is much appreciated. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the show, I only own this story.
I hope you enjoy it! :D
I sat on my bed fiddling with the necklace that she gave me. It had been a month since the bomb went off and killed her.
I think about the past, well really the future, about the days where we would just sit in one of the domes and talk about what the past, what it would have been like, what green grass felt like to lie and what flowers smelt like.
Now she wasn't here to experience any of it, I'm still grieving over her death, I missed her like hell, but the pain was getting better. I still blame myself though, even though my family and friends said it wasn't my fault, especially Skye. She tried to convince me it was all Lucas's fault and not mine. Skye gives off a strong argument but I still hold myself reasonable. I do agree that it is partly Lucas's fault, and I'd do anything to lay my hands on him, but I've never dared to touch him, not with the Phoenix group hanging around.
The thought of Skye seemed to brighten me up. I thought she was beautiful the day I saw her in the market, but I couldn't bring myself to cheat on Kara, I'm not that type of person, and Skye respected that. Now after everything, I think I'm falling in love with her even more. She's so beautiful, that I can't believe that Terra nova doesn't have an armed guard protecting her.
God how I'd love to be that armed guard! I smile again.
The only problem is that I don't know if she feels the same way, or if she is still hurt about Kara. Ever since that day on the hammock it hasn't been the same. I knew I shouldn't have let her go but I couldn't cheat on Kara and I'd made her a promise and back then, I was just hoping Skye would understand that. Hopefully when all of this with Lucas has past we can talk about it.
I frowned I really didn't want to talk about it because I'm scared of how she will react, and if she doesn't feel the same way then I might of well have just thrown our friendship out the window. I sigh and run my hand though my hair.
Why's life so complicated, why can't everything just run smoothly? I ask myself. I sigh again and jump off my bed, walk over to my draw and put the necklace in it, closing my eyes for a few second I take a deep breath, ready for the night ahead.
I was working in the bar, like usual, but today was different. Lucas was here and there was a lot of tension in the air.
"Table 4 needs a re-fill." Boylan calls to me, pulling me out from my observations. I look at table four and of course it was Lucas's table because it simply couldn't have been Wash's.
I slump over to him and pour him a drink, he makes small talk, but I don't really care what he says, I slam the drink in front of him.
"Is that all?" I ask I don't want to get him anything but if I don't offer then I'll probably get fired, because Boylan doesn't want to upset him of all people. I just stare I know he can see I'm grieving over Kara.
"You seem sad." He says, I just glare at him. I begin to feel the anger pushing up from deep inside. "You, you didn't lose a friend in all this, did you?" He asks. I don't reply just keep staring. "Buck up kid..." He stands up and puts his hand in his pocket pulling out a Terra. "Here have a terra, go buy yourself a new friend." I glare at him not believing what he said. If Lucas thinks he rules the world, he's psycho.
I see Skye walk in and all of a sudden she is all I see, and I forget about psycho Lucas over there and she is all that matters. She looks at me longingly. I just back at her sadly noticing that she looked a bit worried and I could see she's uncomfortable around Lucas. I couldn't blame her, he sure has a thing for her and if that maniac was looking at me like that I'd be terrified for sure.
"Do you mind, three's a crowd..." Lucas could have just said piss off, but no, he had to sugar coat it. I walk away, not taking my eyes off Skye watching in case he tried any funny stuff on her.
It was one thing to set a bomb off and kill my girlfriend, but if he laid one finger on Skye he'd be more than sorry.
Seeing Skye again made me even more certain that I'm falling for her, every second my feelings growing stronger.
I pick up a tray, still looking at Skye, I place three glasses on a table that has three phoenix group members it, and take the dirty ones away, feeling nervous as I see Skye getting more and more uncomfortable. I feel an urgent need to protect her.
"I wouldn't look at that girl like that, if I was you, Lucas will bash your head in; he sure has a thing for her." One of the men says to me. He can't tell me who I can and can't love.
I just glare at them like I did with Lucas, these people make me sick. They snicker at me as I walk away. I feel so angry as I look over at Skye.
I had taken my eyes off her to empty the tray that had the dirty glasses on it, and I see Lucas raising his hand to touch her face. That was it; my rage was at boiling point I couldn't take this anymore!
I stand there for another moment to see what happens next. Skye was really uncomfortable and looked a bit scared. She grabbed his hand and I begin to walk over to them, holding the tray firmly in my hand. I heard what Skye was saying.
"S-stop it..." she stuttered, she looked terrified and that made me nervous.
"Skye, is this man bothering you?" I ask. I know I'm going to regret this but anyway, if he was going to touch Skye he'd be sorry.
"Josh, what are you doing?" she whispered, trying not to let Lucas hear, I bend down to her level.
I saw Lucas's grip tighten on her hand and she lets out a small whimper of pain.
"Trust me ok." I look deep in her eyes for a second then look over at Lucas. Rage burning inside of me, I feel like I'm on fire.
"Let go of her, can't you see you're hurting her? Or are you so mentally impaired you can't see when some ones in pain?" I ask, seeing Lucas is starting to get really angry, his eyes fixed on me and unblinking, giving me what I guess is his death stare, now I know I'm in trouble, but I don't care.
I then look back at Skye who is squirming under Lucas grip. I look down at their hands, his knuckles white from his tight grasp on her.
I looked back at Skye, who had tears in her eyes, this was the last straw. I stand up and hold the tray firmly in both hands I walk over to Lucas, adrenaline rushing though my veins.
He turns his head to look at me and in that second I smash the tray into his face, right on target. He falls to the floor and I hear Skye breathe out a long breath and I glance at her for less than a second to see her clenching her sore hand, then I throw the tray on and ground.
I pick up Lucas and smash my fist into his face twice, so hard my hand was red and aching by the time two phoenix people have grabbed me. There is yelling but I don't pay attention.
"COME ON!" I scream at him. I watch him stand up. I feel happy with myself as I see blood trickling from his lip and he clenches his nose.
"Hold him up." I hear Lucas say as his gets his fists ready to punch me, I swallow and hear Skye calling.
"No! LUCAS, LUCAS, NO! NO!" She screams but it's too late, his fist has connected with my face and I feel the pain rush though my body, then I feel it happen all again. Skye screaming, the pain clenched my aching body as it sent rippled to my toes.
"LUCAS!" Skye screamed. I just wait for him to ignore her and punch me again. He raised his fist again ready to knock it across my cheek, but then I hear Skye go on.
"STOP! IF YOU DARETOUCH HIM AGAIN, SO HELP ME GOD I WILL DO IT!" I hear her scream. I see Lucas look over at Skye and I turn my head over to look her with a lot of effort. I felt my eye stinging like hell but I could make out perfectly what Skye was going to do. I feel sick. I don't know if it's from the punch or because of what she was going to do but I know I'm terrified.
Skye was standing up and pressed a sonic gun to her temple. I'm speechless at first but then I find my voice.
"SKYE, NO!" I scream at her, "DON'T DO IT SKYE, JUST DON'T." I yell, my voice creaking from sheer terror.
I see pain in Skye's eyes; I just look at her shocked. She couldn't shoot herself because of Lucas.
"SKYE... DON'T DO IT!" I yell again, she just stares at me again longingly and takes a deep breath, like she's preparing herself but I know she's too scared to do it. I also know from the look in her eyes that she would do it for me.
"Now sis..." Lucas starts.
"Don't you DARE, call me that, EVER AGAIN!" She screamed at him full of rage.
"Now, now, no need to be nasty. Inside voices, Bucket..." Lucas smiled. I look at Lucas than back at Skye and now she looks angry- really angry-her eyes now brimming with rage that's how mine must have looked before but now I'm just mortified of what she's doing to get Lucas to stop hurting me.
"LUCAS DON'T CALL ME BUCKET OR YOUR SISTER EVER AGAIN! GOT IT?" She screams. I can't help but smile a tiny bit to myself. She could be so gentle but could be pretty brutal when she wanted to be.
"Come on Skye, put the gun down I bet you don't even know this stupid kid. He thinks his so cool but I bet he doesn't even know you." I hear him say.
I open my mouth to speak but Lucas stares at me with his evil death stare and I close it again, looking back at Skye.
"As a matter of fact I do know this stupid kid and he's anything but stupid, he is gentle and always puts others before himself even if he could get hurt. He's kind and an amazing friend and I don't know what I'd do without him," I see Skye lower her gun and walk closer to us. She only looks at me and I feel kind of special to have her say those things about me.
"Nice speech Skye..." Lucas starts to clap. I can't believe him, "But not even you holding a gun to your head will stop me from beating this twerp up. Any way he started it." Lucas raises his hand clenching it into a fist again but I look back at Skye.
"Lucas just SHUT UP! You sound like a four year old, look he hit you, you hit him. Just break it up and no one else will get hurt." Skye tries to talk him out of it and I'm too busy looking at Skye to realise that Lucas's fist has connected pretty hard with my eye. My head rolled with the blow, that's going to a really bad black eye, I think to myself.
I hear Skye charge up the sonic but I don't know if she's pointing it at herself or not but by this time people have started to yell stuff again and I hear about six more Sonics' charge up. I realise looking over at Skye that it's pointed at Lucas and the other six are pointed at her.
I look back at Lucas. I can only see out of one eye but I can see that he has his hands up.
"Skye come on sis..." I hear the sonic shoot. I flash my head from Skye to Lucas, she shot him, she actually shot him and he lay on the floor unmoving.
"I told you not to call me that again." She walks up to him and kicks him, and he doesn't try to defend himself. "Lucas?" she asks, kicking him softer this time. "Lucas?" She asks again after no reply.
I smile broadly. Skye actually killed him, she actually killed him. She just looks sick, she didn't mean to kill him, just hurt him really badly. She was about to walk away when about all the phoenix group advance on her to arrest her. I notice Lucas raise his hand and the group back off.
"SKYE!" I scream to her but it's too late. She doesn't even have time to turn around before he grabs her ankle and trips her over. She crashes to the floor, he picks up her gun and struggles to his feet and kicks her over to face him. Lucas points the gun at her and he looked disgusted.
"NO! LUCAS, DON'T. FINISH ME OFF!" I plead, trying my best to escape their grasps but it doesn't work. "PLEASE..." I beg. He doesn't even look at me. I finally manage to yank myself free from their grasp and I grab Lucas by the back of the collar pulling his head back so I could see his face.
His lip was bleeding and his face was puffy from where I hit him with the tray. I look at him noticing the bruising for the first time. I must be a sight my eye and cheek is swollen, great pair we are!
Skye then grabs the gun from his hands and points it at Lucas suddenly she starts to charge it up.
"NO, SKYE, WAIT!" I yell but it's too late she's fired it, smack in his chest, because I was holding Lucas in front of me the impact sent both of us flying and suddenly I feel Lucas smash into me not even a millisecond after I collide with the bar bench, the air is ripped from my lungs and I start to feel really dizzy again; all this happens so quickly I feel really disorientated.
"JOSH!" Skye screams, her voice high pitched and full of pain and terror- how mine must have sounded when I saw her with the gun to her head.
"Oh my god... Josh, are you OK?" She throws the limp Lucas off of me, and suddenly I can at least gasp for air, but nothing seems to be reaching my lungs. I'm sitting there, clenching my chest, in utter pain, my back and face are sore, but that was nothing compared to my chest.
"Deep breaths come on, stay with me, Josh. Just don't fall asleep! You'll be fine" I hear her try to reassure me but I could sense the panic in her voice. She takes my hand in hers and it's probably not good in this state but I swear my heart skipped a beat.
"He's dead." I hear another voice call.
I hear a lot of sonic guns charging up this time, probably all of them, but I'm in too much pain to care. I feel Skye place grip my hand, then another gun charge up this one was louder, closer, I was scared it was someone holding it up to Skye.
I open my eye, as much as it hurts, I'm not dead yet so I can still protect her. It was Skye she charged up her gun.
"Come on its only Lucas he was mental anyway, not that big of a loss if you think about it." I hear Skye say.
I would smile but I can't move any of my facial muscles, wait I wouldn't move anything but my hands.
I don't know why but my hands were still working, well, I think to myself.
I twitch my fingers and Skye looks at me, and sees my eyes open and my hands were working, she looks in my eyes, as if to say, we'll be fine, I'll figure out a way to get out of here alive. I swallow hard.
"Let us out or I'll shot anyone in my way, I'm not kidding," She pointed the gun at Lucas's dead body.
"You'll have to get past me first." I hear what must be the second in command of the phoenix group say, and he steps forward. Immediately, Skye shoots him, on low charge so as not to kill him, just to show not to underestimate her capabilities.
"Can you get up?" she asks me, I press my aching arms to the floor and try to push myself up; I just fall back to the floor again.
"Here let me help." She says sounding scared.
She grasps my lower waist, where I'm not as sore and she slowly stands up. I slid up the bar bench and finally after a little bit of effort I lean against it, puffing, still not breathing in much air.
"Here." Skye lifts up my arm and puts if around her shoulder, my left leg ached but I could move it, not as much as I could say for my right leg I couldn't put any weight on because Lucas had landing on it. I think it may even be broken.
"Ok, let's go." I hear her say softly. We manoeuvre around the tables and chairs, careful not to bump into anything. Then all of a sudden we stop and I guess we were at the stairs.
Skye puts one foot up, and I try to hop up; I succeed but almost fall back over the edge if someone hadn't of pushed my shoulder forward, to help me balance.
"Need some help?" I hear a familiar voice asks. My eyes were closed from the pain, so I didn't know who it was but the voice sounded very familiar. It suddenly clicked-Washington!
I hope you liked it. I have plans to continue this story so please stay tuned.
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