A/N: Firstly, let me just say I'm so thrilled to finally reached my 10th chapter for this story. This is by far the most successful attempt in writing as I was never determined to finish my work before this. So I guess this is all happening because of your support and once again let me just say a huge thank you for all of you that have been reading this story so far. Thank you so much! No words can ever describe the way I feel from being appreciated by you guys. :)

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Chapter 10: Intern

Streaks of warm light entered the room through the corrugated window, engulfing the entire space with a yellowy color as the dawn crept its way along the skyline.

She slowly opened her eyes, narrowing them slightly as the sudden brightness surged through her pupils, blinding her momentarily. She shifted from her position to get a good look of her surroundings before she sat up with a jolt pulsing through her body, realizing she was not in the place where she supposed to be. Her heart pounded erratically as the event from last night replaying in her brain, causing her to throw her hands over her face, screaming silently in the inside when she realized that she had slept through the night in his house.

She looked down to find him sleeping next to her obliviously, his steady breathing formed a gentle rhythmical movement on his chest. She was lost in the sight for a moment as her lips involuntarily formed a little smile towards him. He looked so peaceful in his sleep, as if all the problems gone when he was drowning in his own world. She reached out to touch his face lightly with her fingers, caressing his features carefully. Even though she felt ashamed that she had broken her promise for staying more than 10 minutes with him, but she couldn't deny that she rather enjoyed his company more than she ever realized.

Slowly, she slipped off from his grasp, noticing completely on how he clung to her, as if he didn't want to let her go. She took his arms away from her waist, watching him shifted slightly at her movement and hurried herself to the door before he noticed her absence. She opened the door and peeked through the opened space, assuring herself that no one was looking at her direction and carefully taking small steps through the doorway. She walked along the main road as calm as she could. It felt like being the Sixers spy all over again, completely aware of the surroundings and trying to cover herself from being too suspicious with her action.

She dashed through the morning crowd where people were busy walking back and forth in the beginning of the day. Some were starting to open their market stalls and filling up the empty spaces with foods and other daily needs while others were either having a morning stroll or duty patrol for the soldiers who were roving inside the perimeter to have everything on check for the Commander.

Skye walked pass them in lightning speed, keeping her head down as if her entire life was written across her forehead, afraid that someone might notice and accused her for doing the wrong things she had done in the past. She quickly turned around the corner of the road and slipped through the back door of the infirmary. She went straightly to her locker and grabbed a pair of clean shirt and shorts as she was completely aware that she still wearing the same clothes since yesterday and she didn't want to get silly questions from people asking why she didn't change her attire. It would involve a lot of explanations and little lies at some parts, which she was not in the mood for having that kind of foul conversation at the moment after what she had been going through last night.

She went out with the lab coat on, tying her hair up to a ponytail and walked slowly along the aisle, trying to calm herself as she greeted people half-heartedly, keeping distance from them to avoid some suspicions, even though she doubted they knew what she was doing.

A few moments later she saw Elizabeth walking towards her, a wide smile spread across her face. "Morning, Skye. Feeling better today?" she asked her briefly as she took a pair of gloves from the side table beside her. Skye nodded in agreement with her, trying to end the conversation as soon as possible. "Having a good sleep last night?" Skye swallowed pass the lump in her throat. This question was out of her range, but she fought with all her strength and finally let out a simple nod, unable to form any suitable words for describing her bizarre night in Lucas' house. The thought made her shuddered as she remembered how good it felt sleeping in his arms. She quickly pushed the crazy thought away and focusing herself back to the current situation. She was still standing in front of Elizabeth who was busy examining small tubes with different contents.

"Ok then. You can go now. Help those patients on bed 8 and 9, will you?" Skye quickly accepted the order and slowly dragging herself away from Elizabeth. She felt relieve when she reached her destination. At least she was nowhere near someone she knew and she could just focus herself on her work. 'No more distractions' she told herself, feeling more confident than before. Just after she felt a huge weight lifted from her chest, there was a light tap on her shoulder, causing her to automatically spun around to find a familiar face smiling warmly at her.

"Josh.." she stuttered, keeping her hands in her pockets to reduce the sudden shiver that rippled through her entire body. She cursed herself for being overreacted to the situation. But she didn't have any other choice. It was hard to hide her agitated expression whenever she was nervous.

Josh shoved his hands into his pockets, mirroring what Skye did. None of them were trying to start off the conversation. They were just staring at each other, smiling occasionally when their gaze met.

"So.." finally Josh's voice broke the awkward silence between them. "How are you?" He looked up to her. There was an obvious sadness in his eyes. "What are you doing in here?" Skye answered him with another question, resulting him to furrow his eyebrows in confusion. "Well I'm obviously here to see you." He gave her a slight smile, making her heart skipped a beat for a second. She forgot how she used to have a crush on him. It seemed so distant now as her mind mainly occupied by the person who was not supposed to be involved too much in her life.

Josh quickly caught her odd behavior. He placed his hands on her shoulders, eyes searching hers. "Hey, are you ok?" he asked her tentatively. Skye just stared at him blankly. She didn't even know if she was ok or not. Her mind jumbled like an unfinished puzzle, scattered everywhere and it seemed like there was no way to fix it as it already screwed up severely by her own deeds. He sighed heavily and let go of his grip on her. "Look, I need to talk to you about something." She absentmindedly turned around from him, unable to face him directly. Josh took her arm and spun her around gently, staring straightly to her eyes.

"Josh, I have to work. That patient needs medical attention as soon as possible. Can we talk about it later?" she used her pleading tone, hoping that he would understand. "When, Skye? Don't you realize that you're already consumed by your work these days? You almost spend 24 hours in this infirmary everyday. I never see you hanging around with your housemates anymore. I never have you hanging around with me anymore. Will you care to explain me about this changing behavior of yours, Skye? I don't understand." He gazed at her with desperation written all over his face, demanding an explanation to her change of attitude.

Skye gaped at him, trying to explain her situation. But she knew better than that. There was no good explanation for this awful mess. She shook her head slowly, finally unable to cope with the question. "I can't tell you, Josh. I'm sorry." She avoided his gaze, guilt started to creep from underneath her skin.

"Are we still friends, Skye?" He asked her dismissively. "Because friends don't keep secrets from each other." Skye's head shot up at his last words. She felt as if she was being punched right in the gut. Suddenly a wave of fear came rushing to her. She braced herself for whatever answer she might get, but she couldn't hold herself from thinking that he knew about the whole rescue mission she had for Lucas.

"I shouldn't talk to you about this. But I can't keep my secret from you anymore. That's what friends supposed to do, right?" He shot a cold stare at her. His warm presence replaced by a sudden change of perception about her. She wanted to tell him so badly when she realized that she had totally forgotten the outer world since Lucas came into the picture, consuming her entire life thoroughly. The words already at the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't manage to let them free from her mouth and instead she swallowed them back together with her own dignity.

"You know about this?" she asked him quietly, clenching her hands into fists in her pocket. Josh shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe that you're risking everything for him, Skye. What had he done to you that made you want to bring him back here?" She smiled bitterly. "I should've known that you were a close family." She muttered to herself, but Josh could hear it properly. "And do you have a problem with that?" He asked with a sinister in his voice. Skye shook her head. It was never her intention to have a fight with him. This was too much for her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. I completely understand if your parents want to talk about it in your family. I don't mind at all." She huffed in exasperation. "Look, these past few weeks have been the toughest time in my life. I'm really sorry if I didn't notice anything else beside the fact that I've just rescued Terra Nova's number one enemy. Is there anything that I can make it up to you? I promise I will make my time for that." She looked up and searched for his gaze, shooting him with assurance from her eyes.

He shook his head in defeat. "How come I can't get mad at you for more than 5 minutes." Her mouth twisted into a smile, feeling relieve that his mood had lighten up a bit. She just couldn't stand seeing him hurt because of her. It would only adding his name to the list of people that she had betrayed, even when she already done it to him at that moment. She felt dirty from all her twisted games. She kept swerving her way between them, and she was sick of it.

"Ok so, when do you have time to tell me your "amazing" story about this noble deed of yours?" he shot his eyebrows at her questioningly. She was about to answer when she saw a figure approaching her from the distance. Her mind went blank immediately as the figure came closer to her with a mischief smile spread across his face.

"Morning." He greeted her casually, loving the expression of her stunned face and the overwhelming reaction from the person beside her.

"What are you doing here?" she shot the first question that popped in her mind. She glanced at Josh cautiously, afraid that he might burst himself at the sight of Lucas in front of him. She couldn't risk him being beaten up by Josh after what Mark did to him yesterday.

"It's my first day as an intern today." He smiled at her, completely ignoring Josh that had stiffened in his place, couldn't cope with the reality in front of him.

She raised her eyebrows at him. "You have an internship here?" she asked him in disbelief. He shrugged at her question. "The Commander offered it to me yesterday. He said that I could make myself useful in the lab." His gaze shifted slightly to Josh, before turning it back to Skye.

"You're not using your wheelchair today." She suddenly realized that he was standing in front of her with crutches supporting his body. "I figured I should try to walk again after weeks of sitting and lying on the bed. I still have to use these crutches though." He moved them in his hands, showing that he couldn't wait until he finally regained his walking ability back.

Skye couldn't help but smile at his little gesture. "Good luck on your internship, then. And I do hope you'll get rid of those crutches as soon as possible. It annoys me even more than the wheelchair." He chuckled at her words, completely aware of their intimate conversation whereas Josh was left out like a third wheel beside her. It satisfied him even more when he saw Josh gritted his teeth silently at the sight of Skye smiling warmly towards him, seemingly forgotten Josh's presence for a moment.

"I have to go now. It's really nice to see you here. Have a good day. Bucket." He smiled to her and before she could even react to his statement, he turned around and left them with bewildered expression on their faces.

"What was that all about?" Josh's voice pulled her back to reality. She bowed her head and shrugged at him, cheeks flushed from the last word that Lucas spoke to her. Josh studied her behavior and shook his head. "Is something going on between the two of you? And what's his deal of becoming a sane person like that? You know what, this whole deal about Lucas being accepted in Terra Nova is freaking me out. Especially after seeing the way he looks at you. I can't believe he's the same person with the one that had almost destroying our home."

He slowly walked away from her, turning around before he reached the door. Skye took a little sprint towards him, trying to stop him from leaving.

"You're different, Skye." He finally spoke after a brief silence between them. "You're not the same Skye I knew back then. You've changed. And you don't even realize that." He pushed the door open and took a glance towards her before disappearing through the doorway without looking back, leaving her standing alone with thousands of unspoken words swirling inside her clouded mind.

Lucas made his way to the lab on the other side of the infirmary. His mind was still occupied by the current event that happened between him and Skye.

He woke up in the morning with a slight disappointment when he didn't find her sleeping next to him. He forgot how good it felt to have a proper sleep as he usually spent many nights in front of the numbers and calculations. He could still feel the tingly sensation in his skin, where her body laid across his, clung to him as if she needed the assurance that he was there, with her. He couldn't help but smile when she finally drifted off in his embrace. He spent several hours lying quietly next to her, holding her tightly to him. He occasionally gave a soothing rub on her back whenever she shifted uncomfortably next to him, afraid that she might awake and left him.

He could examine her perfect features from a close distance, seeing her completely at his mercy. He had to constantly fighting the urge to kiss her, as they were so close to each other. He could just take the opportunity if he wanted to, but something holding him back, like he was afraid that he might hurt her. He scoffed at his own thought. Since when did he care for her feelings? He was supposed to have the intention to get his revenge on her, and yet he was there, slowly slipping away from his rational thoughts whenever he saw her.

He couldn't even hold the jealousy inside him when he saw that Shannon boy hanging out with her. He didn't mean to make a scene but a sudden urge dragged his feet towards them, jeopardizing his own pride and dignity by approaching her in public. But the price was worth it, as he finally saw what he wanted to see. He smiled in satisfaction for finally made the boy feeling left out and forgotten. That was for hitting his face with the serving tray. That boy really had to get a taste of his own medicine. Too bad he couldn't do much at this point, because he was still at the state of his "good" self, and he determined to keep it that way for awhile.

He arrived at the entrance of the lab and entered it slowly before he realized it was empty. He let himself wandered through the room, trying to memorize everything in his brain. Despite all that he'd been gone through for the last 4 weeks, he still had his own major goal intact in his plan. Nothing could ever get into his way from getting the revenge to his father, not even Skye.

Suddenly he heard a knock on the door as he saw a familiar face entering the room. He knew who this guy was, but he had to keep it in his mind that he supposed to forget entirely about his past. Anyway, he was starting to get used to pretending, so it wasn't so hard for him to make a straight face, as if he was new to the surroundings.

"You must be Lucas." His voice echoed through the entire room. He wanted to scoff at this guy's lame pretension, but he bit back all the retorts and instead reaching out to shake his hand. "I'm Malcolm, by the way." He introduced himself as he took the lab jacket from the table. He studied Malcolm for a moment. He seemed to be easily distracted as he moved a lot in every short fraction of seconds.

"So, are you getting used to the surroundings already? I heard from Elizabeth that you're having a severe memory lost from your accident." Lucas gritted his teeth slightly at his words. This Malcolm guy was not smart at choosing the right words to say. No wonder he had to threaten him by killing his lab assistant when he strongly refused his order to fix the portal's machine.

"It's too bad, isn't it? Because it'll be nice if I knew that we're not actually a complete stranger to each other." He studied Malcolm's expression as he was obviously avoided the conversation. He got the feeling that this guy was scared of him. What a wimp.

"Yeah. That'll be nice." He replied to him with a barely audible tone, keeping himself busy with the stacks of papers in front of him.

Lucas made a slow walk around the lab, eyeing all the devices that might be useful for him to speed up his work. This job would give him a wide access to take whatever he needed as it was the center to all the technology resources in Terra Nova. He couldn't believe his father had put him in the most strategic place from the entire colony. He wondered if this was just a test or just plainly stupid. Either way he didn't care as he was already there, the resources just within an arm reach.

Suddenly Malcolm was standing beside him. "We are having a technology shortage at the moment. Since we've been cut off from 2149, the promethium core has been a scarce object around the colony. I was actually expecting someone that could help me solving this case because it's hard to find the same material around here. I'm trying to find the substitute, but haven't figure that out until now." Lucas knew that Malcolm was trying to refer this case to him. There was an edge to his statement, as if he tried to tell him that he was the cause of all this to happen.

He closed his hands tightly around the crutches, trying to calm himself from the urge to punch Malcolm in the face. He couldn't believe that he had to keep up with this guy everyday. But he would do it for the sake of his lifetime plan. He would do anything for it, even if it had to cost his patience with this unbelievably dimwitted guy in front of him.

The next one hopefully will be up on Wednesday. *fingerscrossed* Well then, 'til next time! ;)