Part 3--
John took her to the treehouse. Chloe hiked up her skirt and climbed over all the rubble in the path.
"You know this isn't very fair to me," He said and hacked off some tree limbs that stood in the way. "You know me but I don't know you. What's your name?"
"Chloe Aberdeen." She replyed gracefully, then proceeding to trip over a large branch. She balled her fist and pounded the ground angrily. "Oo" She groaned. " how is a girl supposed to be ladylike around here?" She said and pushed herself up off the ground.
"That isn't really the biggest problem for most of the 'ladies' around here." Said a voice in the trees across from them. Chloe placed a hand on her chest and Roxton pushed her behind him, ready for a fight. Then out of the bush stepped Maruguriete. John breathed a sigh of relief.
"You couldn't say hello like a regular person." He stated. Marguriete looked at Chloe standing behind John's shoulder. "Marguriete Krex meet Chloe Aberdeen. Chloe, Marguriete." He introduced them loosely. Chloe brushed some of the dirt off her green dress and wiped her hands. She smiled at Marguriete and out stretched her hand. Marguriete grinned for a second and looked over at Roxton.
"I'll see you at the tree house. Pleasure to meet you dear." She smiled sarcasticaly and walked back into the bushes.
"Doesn't seem to be the most personable of people." Chloe said and looked over at John. "Onward I suppose." She said and John cut out another branch.
When they finally made it to the treehouse Chloe looked at John with skepticism.
"How in the hell do you get up there?" She asked pointing up. John walked around the tree grabbing Chloe by the wrist and showed her the elevator. She looked at the vines in it. "Are they for going up?" She asked and stepped into the box. John nodded and went in with her. He pulled on the vines until they got up. Chloe looked around in awe. "This," she said with emphasis, "is amazing." She trailed off torwards the bedrooms. Chloe lifted up a curtain and looked into another room. She walked over to a small table by a bed and picked up a wooden jewelry box.
"Excuse me what are you doing?" Chloe turned around and saw a woman in animal skins and blonde hair. She noticed the knife in her boot and began breathing heavily. Suddenly Roxton called the woman out. Veronica turned quickly and angrily. She walked over to John and started yelling at him.
"Who, praytell, is that?" Veronica sounded very perturbed.
"Who? Oh, the redhead? That's Chloe."
"Yes well, Chloe, was snooping through my things."
"I'm sure you're exaggerating. She has been through a lot."
"Oh another damsel in distress? Like the last one who'd 'been through a lot' and turned
out to be a Voodoo princess out to kill us all! John, you have this uncanny ability to find these wemon who are in trouble but then turn out to be murderers or thieves, or spies or...."
"Excuse me," Veronica's lement on John's choice of helpless victems was interrupted by of all people, Chloe. "I'm sorry if I caused any tension or anything, but I didn't mean to. I just found this place and Lord Roxton helped me and I didn't know what all these things were. Please forgive me for anything I did wrong, but I didn't take any of your things. You can check me if you want, John." She said patting her sides. Veronica raised an eyebrow at Roxton.
"Yes, John you could, very innocently, check her. But only if you want." Veronica said and walked away. Chloe felt a burden of guilt.
"Did I make the two of you fight?"
"No you didn't do anything wrong Chloe." But Chloe felt like she had. As Veronica went down she heard a man's voice speaking with her and then the elevator coming back up. An elderly man in his late fortys came in the treehouse and hardly looked up from his book as he stepped around Roxton and Chloe.
"John, it was amazing what I found today. An animal with green speckles and scales that lived in a tree. It was bloody amazing.... Well," The man trailed off and looked at Chloe. "who, who is this?" He sputtered.
"This is Chloe Aberdeen. Chloe, this is Professor Challenger."
"It's an honor to meet you sir." Chloe said and outreached her hand.
"You know of me, then?"
"I just found Chloe." John said.
"You make me sound like a stray dog Lord Roxton." Chloe laughed.
"She was floating near the east in a balloon. Usual story, big storm, everyone else onboard died."
"Yes, well, nice to meet you Chloe. I'll see you later John, I need to go into the lab." And Challenger walked away. Chloe noticed a hint of skeptism in his voice after Roxton told him about discovering her.
"Why does it seem like no one likes me here but you?" Chloe asked and sat down in a large straight back wooden chair.
"They don't know you yet." Roxton looked out the window, the sun was setting. He wasn't going to leave Chloe out there in the jungle. How am I going to convice them to let her stay tonight, Roxton thought. He sighed heavily. "You just stay here. I'll be back in a little while."
"Where are you going?" Chloe chased after him as he walked torwards the elevator. "I'm scared to be here by myself." Chloe admited as she grabbed his arm.
"You're not by yourself. Challenger's here." John said and motioned torwards Challenger in the lab, busying himself with beakers and sparks. Chloe looked at him skeptically. (A/N: Lots of skeptism in these first few chapters huh?)
"Can he defend himself from a dinosaur?"
"He's perfectly capble of taking care of things. I'll be back before dark." Roxton looked down at his arm where Chloe's long fingers were grasping him for dear life. She looked genuinly scared. Chloe let go of him and nodded.
"Alright. Sorry for seeming so clingy." She laughed.
"It's fine. I'll see you in a little bit." He went down on the elevator. Chloe watched him out the balcony as he walked out the gate into the jungle. There was a loud bang and Challenger came running out to the big woodend table and splashed a pitcher of water on his face. Chloe raised an eyebrow at him as smoke came up from head. His beard was slightly cinged.
"Experiment got slightly out of hand." Challenger explained. Chloe smiled and Challenger returned to his work. She pulled a chair by the balcony railings and rested her chin on her hand and waited.
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John took her to the treehouse. Chloe hiked up her skirt and climbed over all the rubble in the path.
"You know this isn't very fair to me," He said and hacked off some tree limbs that stood in the way. "You know me but I don't know you. What's your name?"
"Chloe Aberdeen." She replyed gracefully, then proceeding to trip over a large branch. She balled her fist and pounded the ground angrily. "Oo" She groaned. " how is a girl supposed to be ladylike around here?" She said and pushed herself up off the ground.
"That isn't really the biggest problem for most of the 'ladies' around here." Said a voice in the trees across from them. Chloe placed a hand on her chest and Roxton pushed her behind him, ready for a fight. Then out of the bush stepped Maruguriete. John breathed a sigh of relief.
"You couldn't say hello like a regular person." He stated. Marguriete looked at Chloe standing behind John's shoulder. "Marguriete Krex meet Chloe Aberdeen. Chloe, Marguriete." He introduced them loosely. Chloe brushed some of the dirt off her green dress and wiped her hands. She smiled at Marguriete and out stretched her hand. Marguriete grinned for a second and looked over at Roxton.
"I'll see you at the tree house. Pleasure to meet you dear." She smiled sarcasticaly and walked back into the bushes.
"Doesn't seem to be the most personable of people." Chloe said and looked over at John. "Onward I suppose." She said and John cut out another branch.
When they finally made it to the treehouse Chloe looked at John with skepticism.
"How in the hell do you get up there?" She asked pointing up. John walked around the tree grabbing Chloe by the wrist and showed her the elevator. She looked at the vines in it. "Are they for going up?" She asked and stepped into the box. John nodded and went in with her. He pulled on the vines until they got up. Chloe looked around in awe. "This," she said with emphasis, "is amazing." She trailed off torwards the bedrooms. Chloe lifted up a curtain and looked into another room. She walked over to a small table by a bed and picked up a wooden jewelry box.
"Excuse me what are you doing?" Chloe turned around and saw a woman in animal skins and blonde hair. She noticed the knife in her boot and began breathing heavily. Suddenly Roxton called the woman out. Veronica turned quickly and angrily. She walked over to John and started yelling at him.
"Who, praytell, is that?" Veronica sounded very perturbed.
"Who? Oh, the redhead? That's Chloe."
"Yes well, Chloe, was snooping through my things."
"I'm sure you're exaggerating. She has been through a lot."
"Oh another damsel in distress? Like the last one who'd 'been through a lot' and turned
out to be a Voodoo princess out to kill us all! John, you have this uncanny ability to find these wemon who are in trouble but then turn out to be murderers or thieves, or spies or...."
"Excuse me," Veronica's lement on John's choice of helpless victems was interrupted by of all people, Chloe. "I'm sorry if I caused any tension or anything, but I didn't mean to. I just found this place and Lord Roxton helped me and I didn't know what all these things were. Please forgive me for anything I did wrong, but I didn't take any of your things. You can check me if you want, John." She said patting her sides. Veronica raised an eyebrow at Roxton.
"Yes, John you could, very innocently, check her. But only if you want." Veronica said and walked away. Chloe felt a burden of guilt.
"Did I make the two of you fight?"
"No you didn't do anything wrong Chloe." But Chloe felt like she had. As Veronica went down she heard a man's voice speaking with her and then the elevator coming back up. An elderly man in his late fortys came in the treehouse and hardly looked up from his book as he stepped around Roxton and Chloe.
"John, it was amazing what I found today. An animal with green speckles and scales that lived in a tree. It was bloody amazing.... Well," The man trailed off and looked at Chloe. "who, who is this?" He sputtered.
"This is Chloe Aberdeen. Chloe, this is Professor Challenger."
"It's an honor to meet you sir." Chloe said and outreached her hand.
"You know of me, then?"
"I just found Chloe." John said.
"You make me sound like a stray dog Lord Roxton." Chloe laughed.
"She was floating near the east in a balloon. Usual story, big storm, everyone else onboard died."
"Yes, well, nice to meet you Chloe. I'll see you later John, I need to go into the lab." And Challenger walked away. Chloe noticed a hint of skeptism in his voice after Roxton told him about discovering her.
"Why does it seem like no one likes me here but you?" Chloe asked and sat down in a large straight back wooden chair.
"They don't know you yet." Roxton looked out the window, the sun was setting. He wasn't going to leave Chloe out there in the jungle. How am I going to convice them to let her stay tonight, Roxton thought. He sighed heavily. "You just stay here. I'll be back in a little while."
"Where are you going?" Chloe chased after him as he walked torwards the elevator. "I'm scared to be here by myself." Chloe admited as she grabbed his arm.
"You're not by yourself. Challenger's here." John said and motioned torwards Challenger in the lab, busying himself with beakers and sparks. Chloe looked at him skeptically. (A/N: Lots of skeptism in these first few chapters huh?)
"Can he defend himself from a dinosaur?"
"He's perfectly capble of taking care of things. I'll be back before dark." Roxton looked down at his arm where Chloe's long fingers were grasping him for dear life. She looked genuinly scared. Chloe let go of him and nodded.
"Alright. Sorry for seeming so clingy." She laughed.
"It's fine. I'll see you in a little bit." He went down on the elevator. Chloe watched him out the balcony as he walked out the gate into the jungle. There was a loud bang and Challenger came running out to the big woodend table and splashed a pitcher of water on his face. Chloe raised an eyebrow at him as smoke came up from head. His beard was slightly cinged.
"Experiment got slightly out of hand." Challenger explained. Chloe smiled and Challenger returned to his work. She pulled a chair by the balcony railings and rested her chin on her hand and waited.
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