Hello my faithful followers:)

Uhm... Sorry about the lack of an update yesterday.. heh... I completely forgot to update! I'm so sorry! D: I will try to make it up to you the best I can!

~NumberSixteen

Skye stirred in her sleep, her eyes fluttering open only moments later. She let in a deep contented breath and sat up, preparing to stretch.

WHAM!

He head smacked against something hard. Her eyes still tried to focus on where she was as she looked around herself. Her hand went to her throbbing forehead as her vision cleared and she realized where she was. She was sitting in the rover that she and Lucas had stolen from the Sixers and Pheonix group when they escaped.

"Lucas?" She asked quietly, looking around the interior of the vehicle to see if he was passed out on any of the other seats, but they were all empty. "Lucas?" She asked again, louder and more frantically. She spotted her clothes in a pile on the seat beside her. She looked down at herself as the night came rushing back to her. She fought back a blush and gingerly reached over and grabbed her shirt. She pulled it over her bruised body. She recalled the memory last night when Lucas had seen her battered limbs.

"What happened to you?" He gasped as he saw her bruised torso.

She shrugged. "Mira got the best of me, I guess."

Lucas turned away from her, tearing himself away. "No, I can't."

Skye felt her heart sink. "What do you mean?"

"This is my fault Skye. I don't want to hurt you anymore." He struggled past his lips.

She shook her head at him. "You're hurting me more by not doing this. Can't you see I want this? I want you."

He'd nearly refused to continue that night after he'd seen the shape of her body. Skye sighed inwardly as she reached for her shorts and pulled them over her legs. She felt giddy and happy as she continued to recall the evening they had. She reached for her shoes hurriedly. She was sure that Lucas would be outside starting a fire or doing something productive and she almost couldn't wait to see him. A paper fluttered to the floor when she lifted her shoes.

Confused, she reached for it and opened it gingerly.

Bucket,

I had the greatest night of my life last night and nothing will ever compare, I am sure of it. But I can't let you get hurt anymore. You're too important to me. You are obviously left with the rover. I drove you within ten klicks of Terra Nova. Keep heading straight and you'll find yourself at the gates within an hour.

As for me, I'm going to go and stop Mira once at for all. I won't let them destroy everything you love. Everything we love. When the time comes, I will come back for you. You will know when I am trying to contact you. I love you, Skye.

Love,

Lucas

She read the note for the third time over, making sure that it was real. It was definitely Lucas's nearly illegible handwriting. She finally let out a huff of frustration, crumpled the note and threw it on the ground of the rover. She almost considered turning the rover around and going off in search of him. But Lucas was too smart for that and she knew that if she did something reckless like that, he'd be angry with her. She spat a few curses to herself before scraping her hair back into a ponytail with the band around her wrist and starting the rover. She threw it in gear with a little more force than necessary and slammed on the gas. She then began to speed off toward Terra Nova.

Angry as she was, she understood where Lucas was coming from. But how could he leave her all of a sudden after their magical night. Couldn't he have waited until she'd woken up to tell her in person. Maybe give her a kiss goodbye? She already was pining for him.

"I told him!" She grit her teeth. "I told him I didn't want to go back! I only wanted to be with him!" She banked hard to the right to avoid a tree that appeared. "But leave it to Lucas Taylor to do what he wants! Like father like son I guess." The rover suddenly broke out of the trees and she could see the gates some five hundred yards away. She knew she was in an enemy vehicle and should stop to signal she wasn't a threat, but she was too pissed to care. She only pressed down harder on the gas.

She saw all the soldiers running to the gates, armed and ready to defend. She saw soldiers tensing more as she descended toward the gates. She didn't press on the brakes until she was a about one hundred feet from the main gate. The rover screeched to a stop and she leaned back in her seat, angry at everything and everyone. She cursed aloud as the soldiers were pointing guns at the vehicle, but she didn't budge from her spot. She just didn't care.

"Get out of the vehicle. Now!" A familiar voice suddenly shouted.

Skye's eyes shot up and she scanned the sea of men for a few seconds before she saw him push to the front. None other than Commander Taylor himself. He was weilding a rather large gun and wouldn't hesitate to fire through the gate. "Out. Now. Or I will engage."

Skye huffed irritably before she opened the door to the rover and climbed out. She lifted her hands in a sarcastic and annoyed fashion. The Commander met her gaze. "Skye?"

She nodded, dropping her hands while all the soldiers dropped their weapons. "Yes. It's me. I'm alone and unarmed. Here I am."

"Open the gate!" Taylor called. The soldier in the tower opened the gate at the command. Taylor and a few men ran out and threw open the doors to the rover, checking for any Sixers or Pheonix Group members. But most importantly, they were searching for Lucas.

"He's not there Commander." Skye said quietly. "He left me and let me come back here."

The Commander stood in front of her now. "Skye. You look terrible." He ignored her last comment and examined her cheek and lip.

"Thanks." Skye said sarcastically. Her voice was etched with irritation and dripping with sarcasm.

The Commander looked down and searched her face. "What's wrong Skye?"

Skye shrugged and Taylor just nodded. Curiousity flicked across his eyes long enough for Skye to notice but she didn't say anything to encourage him. "It's good to have you back, Skye. Many people have missed you." He tossed his arm over her shoulders and gave her a sideways hug as he led her though the gates. "One in particular."

"Skye?" The voice was immistakable, and it made Skye's stomach churn.

TERRIBLE CHAPTER. Ughhh! I'm so disappointed with myself! D: I'm so sorry guys! I'll just shut up now.

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~NumberSixteen