Disclaimer: Don't own the SeaQuest...
Notes: I just wanted to say a Huge thanks to everyone that has reviewed.
Nina- I'm glad that you like this story, hope you stay tuned.
Dolphinology- Ah, well, you might have to wait a little bit more to find out what is going to happen, but I'll try not let you wait to long.
TeacherTam- I'm glad that you liked the change. I thought I needed some new bad guys, and I still wanted to give Lucas a hard time, (I'm evil, I know,), hence the irritating parents, but I'm still playing around with the idea, so I hope you will like the rest of the story.
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While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. -- Ben Franklin
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The crew watched in shock as they watched the scene happening before them. They watched as Jennifer left the room in anger, as Lawrence walked off in the other. They all turned to the embarrassed teen near them.
Lucas was blushing in embarrassment. Nathan snapped out of his shock as he saw that everyone had their eyes turned on the teen.
"Okay people, we still have a mission. Lucas, can you show us where we are sleeping so we can unpack, and then we will meet here in five minutes," Nathan ordered.
Lucas released the breath he had been holding.
"Right," he said in relief.
Everyone picked up their bags as they followed Lucas up the stairs his parents had just come from.
Ben let a whistled as he saw the massive hall way.
"Was this a hotel?" Miguel asked.
"It used to be," Lucas answered as he began to blush.
Before them lay a huge hallway, with rooms on the right and left hand side, just like a hotel.
"Right, Ford, you take the first room," Nathan said as he pointed to the first room on the left.
"Tim, then Miguel, Ben, Katie, Kirsten," Nathan spoke as they walked by each room.
With only Lucas and Nathan left, they turned into another passageway.
"Are you ok?" Nathan asked Lucas.
"Yeah," Lucas answered.
Nathan looked at Lucas; he could see that he wasn't fine.
"My door is always open," Nathan said.
"Thanks, See you down in five," Lucas said as he began to walk off.
"Wait, where's your room?" Nathan asked.
Lucas pointed at the third room way from Nathan's room. Nathan nodded and watched as Lucas opened his door and disappeared.
"Poor kid," Nathan said softly as he entered his room.
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Ben opened his door and gasped.
"First class, hmmmm, I could get used to this," he said as he got comfortable.
Each room was the same, and each looked like a hotel room. A large double bed, a fancy wooden table, with expensive ordainments, their bed sheets were beautiful blue colour which shone which set a cold, yet relaxing, atmosphere.
Tim was to afraid to touch anything just in case he broke anything. It was just too neat for his liking; it was like a museum, not a home.
Katie thought she had died and gone to heaven. When she was a little girl, she used to wish that she had a huge fancy house like this, where she could run around and have fun, where she could pretend to be a princess. But those dreams where just dreams and she had learnt a long time that dreaming didn't do anything. Anyway she was happy with her life, and where she worked.
Miguel looked around the room. It was wonderful, it had space, everything was neat, and best of all, there was a double bed. He dropped his bags and went straight to the bed where he flopped down on the soft mattress.
"Ah, perfect," he said as he closed his eyes.
Kirsten looked around the room; she was used to elegant looking places. She was one of the few that were brought up in wealth, so she was accustomed to such living standards.
When Ford had entered he was not surprised to see the room so elegant. It didn't really matter to him. Since joining the navy, he had become used to not being picking, to be happy with everything that he got. He gentle laid his bag down, not wanting to damage anything. He went around the room, looking for any places people could hide, and if there were any secrete places.
Everything was safe, and there wasn't any secret passage, which in a way was welcoming, but it also meant that if anything went wrong, there would be no escape.
Nathan walked into the room; he didn't really care for such possessions. He was a simple man, with simple tastes. He liked his Island, it was home, and this, was not. He looked at the glass vase, which properly cost more than he earned in a year. It was beautiful, but to have worked so hard, just for some useless possessions that could break so easily was something he could live without. He just couldn't understand how anyone would rather have money that could buy anything, but love.
He had seen the hurtful look in Lucas's eyes when his mother had forgotten that he had finished university. How could a mother be so cruel? Then to have them fight right in front of everyone, forcing Lucas to act as the parent. That confused him the most; he had remembered when Bill had told him that Lawrence had sent Lucas to SeaQuest because of his behaviour, but what he had seen he thought that Lawrence was the one that needed some discipline.
Nathan shock his head in sadness, he knew that this was not a happy family. Now everything made sense. Now he knew why Lucas didn't tell them when he was sick, or that he felt uncomfortable when he was hugged. It was because he didn't have comfort, he was alone. He had to grow up, teaching himself, defending himself.
Lucas might have been the richest person, but he wasn't. He was the poorest of them all. Sure money could buy food, clothing and other useful goods, but Lucas had paid the price. Instead of a loving family, he had been alone.
Nathan felt angry, he wished he could go downstairs and beat Lawrence and Jennifer, but he didn't want to embarrass Lucas.
He looked down at his clenched fists, his knuckles were turning white, and so he quickly released his grip, and sat down heavily on his bed.
This was going to be a long week.
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Lucas waited till he heard Nathan's door closed before heading out. He silently sneaked pass everyone's room, hoping that no one would catch him. He held his breath as he made his way; to afraid that he breathed someone would hear him.
He released his breathe once he made it to the stair case. He looked around making sure that no one was around, before slowly tip-toeing down the stairs.
Everything was going fine till he stepped on the one step that made a loud creaking noise. Lucas stopped dead, not moving an inch; he silently counted the passing seconds….
Nothing.
He carefully moved his foot without making a noise, as he carried on down the stairs. He signed in relief as he made it. Without wasting a second he headed into the main hallway.
The hallway was very bare; it only had a few paintings, white ceiling and black tiles. He looked down the hallway which leads to a door, which was the Dinning room. Before the dinning room there were two passages, one leading to the kitchen, and another leading into another room which was like a party room. There were a few rooms before that, one was a little room which was used as a escape route, another little room which lead to the lower levels of the hotel, where his parents would be.
Knowing the place, Lucas headed for the second door. He quickly opened it and stepped in.
If he didn't know better, he would have thought it was just a very large closet. He moved some coats aside, as he pushed hard against the one wall. The wall opened a tiny bit, and Lucas released the pressure. He quickly felt pressed the one button that had appeared and stood back.
He watched as the wall closed, and then suddenly flew up, revealing a small white room. With a sign he walked through. He had just stepped through when the closet door shut behind him.
He looked around the small room; there was a small door to the right. He made his way there, and saw the number pad. He quickly entered the numbers, which opened another door to the left.
He walked to the centre of the room, and headed into the small elevator. He pressed the button which had an arrow facing downwards.
He felt the lift jolt as it started to move down to the ground. With new technology the lift reached the ground floor within seconds.
He felt the lift jolt again as it stopped. The doors slid open revealing a laboratory.
It was a huge underground Lab which his parents had organized. Since they did do research and didn't want any competition from finding out, they had brought the island. Making it their home, and their research laboratory.
The ceiling was a white, which helped reflect the lights, making it a very bright and clean place. The lab was separated by glass walls, which made one two rooms, both were filled with equipment.
He frowned when he didn't see his mom or dad working, but his question was answered when he heard the loud arguing over the computer's buzzing.
He followed the voices through the path till he found them fighting.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" Jennifer yelled.
"I DID!" Lawrence shouted back.
"STOP IT!" Lucas screamed.
Lucky for everyone that the lab was sound proof, otherwise Lucas had a feeling that Nathan and the others would be charging down the elevator any second.
Jennifer and Lawrence turned their angry glares at their son.
"I thought you were supposed to learn some manners!" Jennifer spat.
"Don't talk to him like that," Lawrence said angrily.
"Don't tell me how to speak to him," Jennifer snapped back.
"Please stop it!" Lucas said.
"How could you embarrass me like that?" Jennifer asked.
"You did that yourself," Lawrence answered.
Lucas closed his eyes, this always happened. They always had to fight.
"STOP IT!" Lucas yelled.
Lawrence and Jennifer turned their attention back to their son,
"Stop shouting," Jennifer ordered.
"Well if you would just shut up, and let the boy speak,"
"Don't give me that,"
"What? I'm just telling you the truth,"
"The Truth, I'll give you the truth,"
"Yeah right…"
Once again, his parents forgot him, as they started to tear apart each other. He looked around the lab, it was exactly the same, there were one or two new machines, but everything was still there. He looked at his parents again.
It hurt more, this time, to see them fight, to hear the hurtful words they yelled at each other because this time, he knew it wrong.
He had seen Nathan and Kirsten together, how happy they were together. If they fought, it wasn't the same. This was just heartbreaking.
He lowered his head, and turned to leave. He knew that they wouldn't even miss him.
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After five minutes everyone found themselves heading down the stairs. Nathan looked around to see that Ben and Miguel were talking about their rooms, while Katie and Kirsten were admiring paintings which hang on the wall by the stairs, while Ford and Tim just seemed to be taking in their surroundings.
Nathan looked around then remembered that they were missing someone, Lucas. He frowned when he began to wonder where he was.
"Do any of you know where Lucas is?" Nathan asked.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked around for their missing friend.
"He's properly in his room," Kirsten said,
Nathan nodded, but he didn't really accept the answer.
"I'll go and check," Nathan said,
The others watched as Nathan quickly climbed the stairs.
"I wonder where he is." Tim asked.
"He's properly trying to mess his room up," Ben joked.
Miguel laughed.
"He wouldn't, would he?" Katie asked.
"Do what?" Ford asked.
"Mess his room, boy I have never seen anyone mess his room as fast as Lucas," Ben laughed.
"It's not a mess, it's well organized," Lucas said in defence.
Everyone turned to see Lucas standing a few steps away from them.
"Good one," Miguel teased.
Ben just burst out laughing.
Lucas's just glared at them.
"Where were you?" Kirsten asked.
"Just walking," Lucas answered.
"Lucas, there you are, I was looking for you," Nathan said.
"Well you found me," Lucas answered sarcastically.
Nathan suddenly wondered what could have happened that made Lucas become sarcastic. He didn't say anything, allowing it to pass, this time.
"Why don't you show us around?" Nathan asked.
Lucas nodded.
"Well, upstairs is the bedrooms, and the bathrooms," Lucas said.
Ben just shook his head. While Nathan gave Lucas a "You know what I mean" kind of a look.
"Right, down the hall," Lucas said as he began to walk off, "is the Dinning room," Lucas said as he pointed down the hall.
"What's down that passage?" Ben asked as he pointed to the passage to the right, just before the Dinning room.
"That leads to the kitchen," Lucas answered.
"Hmmm… maybe we should inspect it," Ben answered as he licked his lips.
Katie smiled at her ex-husband. He would never change.
"The other passage leads to a room where they normally hold parties, but it doesn't happen a lot," Lucas explained as he pointed to the room.
"Right and these small little rooms on the side?" Kirsten asked as she pointed to left hand side.
"Well, this is one is the closet, the following one is an escape route, and the last door is a secret way to the lab," Lucas said.
"Oooo….secret doors, now this is getting interesting," Ben said.
"Yeah, now all we need are the ghosts," Miguel joked.
Everyone shivered when they heard the word ghosts.
Miguel suddenly remembered the 'ghost' ship that they went on. When Kirsten became possessed.
"Sorry," Miguel said shyly.
"Don't worry, no one died here, yet," Lucas said.
"Geez, Luke, thanks for positive thought," Ben said sarcastically.
"What I was just telling you the truth," Lucas answered.
"What else?" Nathan interrupted.
"Nothing, just the outside," Lucas answered.
"How many secret routes?" Ford asked.
"F…three," Lucas stuttered.
"Where?" Ford asked.
"Well, one is in that room, it leads to the lab. The other one is in the lab, and it leads outside. Then there's the other here that leads outside, that's the room right next to the room which leads to lab," Lucas answered,
"Can anyone access them from the outside?" Nathan asked.
"No, we set up the system so that no one can enter, unless you have the code," Lucas explained.
Before anyone could speak, the room was filled with a red flashing light and aloud on-going alarm.
"WHATS HAPPENING?" Tim yelled.
"SOMEONE'S BREAKING IN!" Lucas shouted as the noise died down.
"Wrong, someone's broken in," a man's voice said from behind them.
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Sorry about this chapter, I know it was pretty stupid. It's just that I had to explain the house. Now I can get to the interesting part. Remember that the guys were sent there to protect Lawrence and Jennifer… hint, hint so there's going to be action and adventure. Oh, and the ghost ship- I was referring to the one episode. Can't remember the name, sorry, but it was a good episode.
Anyway I must go.
Till the next chapter.
K