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This one took a little while, but my midterms are coming up and I've been studying like crazy. Sorry it took so long...but Enjoy!

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"Wash?" Mark repeated, the haze in his mind leaving. He could see the "gray wall" was just rock, lit by a small bonfire only meters away from him. He could see clearly now that the woman bent over him was indeed the late Lieutenant Washington, and he wondered briefly if he had lost his mind on the way down from the cliff before he shook his head and reached up to poke the woman in the cheek.

The woman recoiled with a huff and slapped his hand away.

"Yes, Reynolds, its me. Now keep your hands to yourself" Alicia gave him a soft smile, and he saw her eyes wandering to someone who lay to the other side of the bonfire.

"Why are you alive?" Mark asked, wonder creeping into his tone.

Alicia smiled again, looked down, and her face turned hard.

"Lucas is a lot smarter than he seems, if that's possible." She took a breath, and then continued " He knew.. He knew how much I loved his father, and how much he loved me. I don't know how he did, but he knew. When he first overtook the colony he had the chance to kill me, point blank. But he.. He didn't. I knew then that he had plans for me, and that they were going to be about manipulating Taylor more than anything. When I helped the Shannons escape, I thought he would kill me in front of his father, I mean Lucas must've known he would be watching, helpless. He knew that it would destroy him. The plan was never to really kill me, you can't kill someone with a blast gun at the lowest setting. It paralyzes someone yes, and it hurts, but you don't die. I found out later he was planning to use me as leverage to regain the colony, as well as an information source to overtake Nova land" At this, Wash shook her head and laughed bitterly.

"Terra Nova" she corrected herself, and when she caught Mark's weird look she quickly explained " The shot may have no killed me, but it did a lot of brain damage and memory loss."

She shook her head, and continued with her story " Anyways, Lucas, he didn't know, that the shot would cause as much damage as it did. He was too close, but its my fault. I provoked him by telling him about his father's hands…Eyes!" She exhaled. "Memories are hazy, and I can't remember details very well. Which is why I'm no good to Lucas anymore. I can't even remember the way back to the colony, much less all the self-defense tactics that made me a good soldier. Once he was at the Badlands, he let me go. No weapons, no food. Just. Bye! He left the Phoenix Group soon after and I believe he's been planning to get inside the colony ever since. "

"Wash, I can show you the way back" Mark spoke up, and Alicia laughed at him.

"You haven't seen yourself, have you?"

Mark looked down and for the first time, he noticed the splint on his leg and huge gauze made out of sea weed on his arm.

"Your leg is broken is two places and your shooting arm is missing a chunk of skin. You're lucky I stitched you up. Details are hazy, but I do remember how to do a good stitch. Thank God Lucas has some humanity left and snatched a first Aid kit from the Phoenix Group for me before he saw me off. He has potential to be a really good man. I hope Skye forgives him" she whispered the last part, and Mark stared at her.

"Skye?" he asked confused.

She waved her hands around and pushed him into the ground.

"Just get some sleep okay? Forget I said anything" She stood up and went around to the other man in the cave.

"Is Taylor okay?" Mark asked, closing his eyes.

"He's coping… But he's a fighter, always have been."She smiled sadly at Commander Taylor, her hand lingering on his cheek.

"Always have been"

Hope this explains about Wash and that it makes sense...

I'll update as soon as I can

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