Unexpected

Alexandra was walking in the jungle when she suddenly had the feeling that something was wrong. She looked at her belly and saw blood. Pain flowed through her, making her scream. "Lucas! Lucas! The baby!" She called him but he never came. She realized she was lost, alone, in the middle of nowhere. Tears were flooding her eyes, running down her cheeks. Her vision blurred.

She woke up in tears, her back wet and cold.

"It's ok, it's ok. I'm right here. It's only a nightmare" Lucas was rubbing her back, trying to calm her.

She couldn't suppress a shudder. He wrapped his arms around her.

"It was horrible… I had lost the baby and you weren't there," she cried, wrapping her arms around her belly, touching it to be sure she was still pregnant.

"It's not going to happen. I'm here" He tightened his embrace, soothing her.

"Lucas, I'm worried. We never discussed, but what are we going to do when I'm in labour? I mean, are you sure you can handle it? And after, can we raise up a child out here?"

Lucas had thought about it, of course. Actually, he had thought about it every day since she had told him she was pregnant. He still didn't have the answer. He didn't want to ask for help, he wanted them to be alone. The only solution was that he would do it, he would have to help her to give birth to their child. For the first time in his life, Lucas wasn't sure of his plan, but he didn't want Alexandra do worry.

"I can handle it. Everything is going to be ok, I swear," he reassured her, hoping she wouldn't notice the lack of truth in his word.

Alexandra was not really sure that Lucas could handle it on his own. She wasn't even sure she wanted him to do it. It was not his role. He was the father, not the doctor. The exhaustion made her fall asleep, her mind thinking about how to find a solution, knowing that Terra Nova and the Sixer's camp was excluded from the equation.

Taylor had thought of Alexandra many times since he had banished her. She was a good girl who had made some bad mistakes. However, she had always been honest with him, he was sure of that now. Back then, he was just too sad she had protected his son. How could she have protected him? He was insane and selfish. He didn't want her to be away anymore. He knew that he had to find her before it was too late. He would apologize if he had to. After months of tracking, he had finally found her, found them. He spent a few days observing them. She seemed tired but in a good health. Lucas was always with her and Taylor had to be patient for his plan to work. The day he had seen her leave their tree house and go into the jungle on her own he had decided it was the moment he was waiting for to talk to her. He hadn't been expected to see what he saw when he called her and she turned around to face him.

"Alexandra?"

"Commander?"

"Oh my god!" he murmured, shocked. "You're expecting a child!"

"Commander, you shouldn't be here. If Lucas finds out you're here… I can't protect you," she warned him.

"Alex… You don't have to protect me." His gaze was stuck on her round belly. "It's my fault," he shook his head. "I should have protected you better. I'm here because I wanted to apologize to you. I made a mistake, I should have never banished you."

"I don't blame you. I did, but I don't blame you anymore. You don't have to worry about me. I'm ok."

"You are pregnant Alex. No, you are not ok." He stated.

"I'll be ok. Lucas takes care of me."

"Lucas? Listen sweetheart, I know you believe that he is a good person, but Lucas is not able of loving or caring.

"You don't have to save me from Lucas. He is not a danger for me."

"He's not the person you need. Right now you need to come back with me to Terra Nova. You need to see a doctor. You need to do what's best for you and this child."

"It's your grandchild. It's Lucas's child. Lucas is a father to be and he'll be good at it. I trust him with my life. We will be ok." She tried to reassure him.

Commander Taylor gulped as he understood what she had just said. She was carrying his son's child. He was going to be a grandfather. He always had feelings for her like a father would have for his daughter. He never knew why it had been so easy for him to be that close to her.

"You are like family to me. I want what's best for you. For my grandchild. I miss you. I miss my family. Please, come with me," he begged.

Alexandra didn't know if it was because she missed him a lot or because of her hormones, maybe both, but she walked to him and embraced him.

"I missed you too," she murmured.

"I'm so sorry," he replied, sadness in his voice.

"Don't be, please, trust me, you don't have to," she whispered to his ears between sobs. She was crying now. Bloody hormones she cursed herself.

"Well well well! What a beautiful family portrait we've got here!" A voice said sarcastically behind them.

They both turned to see Lucas, madness in his eyes, glaring at them.

"Lucas…" Alexandra started to say.

"You shut up!" he yelled.

Alexandra froze. She looked at him, eyes wet, not knowing what to do.

"Come here," he commanded her. The madness in his voice and the fury in his eyes made Alexandra shiver. She had never seen him like that. Never. He could be cross, of course. But there, he was just the man his father had said he could be. Revengeful, cold and violent.

Alexandra glanced at Taylor, smiled sadly and walked to Lucas. She didn't like how he was reacting but she wanted him to calm down, to be the man she knew again. And right now, the only way to have this was to go to him and for his father to go away.

"Are you insane?" Taylor spat through gritted teeth. "She's pregnant! She can't stay here."

His worry made Alexandra stop. She looked at Lucas, he was staring at her, at her belly.

"It's none of your business," Lucas madly replied. "Alex, come on honey, don't stay there," he tried to say gently, beckoning her to come closer, though his voice was still harsh. Alexandra could feel his anger emanating from him.

"Alexandra, come with me. You need to see a doctor, you need someone to take care of you," Taylor argued, his voice calm.

Alexandra knew Taylor should have not implied that nobody took care of her. Lucas took care of her, or at least he tried. Maybe Taylor wanted Lucas to react the way he did. Maybe Taylor knew exactly that what he had just said would drive him crazy. Maybe he wanted what happened next to occur.

"I take care of her!" Lucas exploded. "You, arrogant son of a bitch, you don't know what it is to take care of someone." Lucas yelled.

"Come on son, do you really know what raising a kid means? Do you understand what being a father implies?"

"Don't call me son! Don't lecture me! You don't know what being a father is. You selfish bastard," Lucas roared before running to his father and punching him, making him bleed.

"No! Stop it! Stop, please!" Alexandra begged them, crying.

Taylor punched Lucas back, making him fall. Taylor grabbed his gun but Lucas quickly stood up and try to make him drop the gun. Their fight seemed last for hours for Alexandra. She wanted them to stop. She begged them to stop but they didn't listen to her. It was violent and bloody. Alexandra couldn't stand to see the two people she loved the most fight together. It was not the reunion she would have hoped for them. She walked to them, ready to fight to separate them. A crack suddenly broke their fight, making her stop. She looked at them, her vision suddenly blurred. They were staring at her, eyes wide opened in shock. She looked down at her belly and saw her hands full of blood. She let a bubbly noise escape from her mouth. She had been shot. The second after, she was down. She had collapsed. She heard voices, people calling her name. She wanted to answer them but no sound was getting out of her mouth. It was like in a dream, or maybe a nightmare? She was floating. The voices sounded far away. Then she felt cold. Her body was shaking and she couldn't stop it. She was scared, wondering where she was. Where was Lucas? He had promised he would stay with her. Lucas… His face came to her mind and eased the pain. She suddenly felt warmer, in peace. This warmth wrapped her. It fell nice and peaceful. The cold and the pain went away as she allowed her brain to stop thinking, to stop worrying, to stop being afraid.

Lucas ran to Alexandra, kneeling next to her, putting his hands on her wounded belly.

"Nooooo! Alex! Alex! Can you hear me? Please! Alex?" His voice was hysterical.

"We need to take her to Terra Nova," Taylor quickly said when he saw how bad her wound was.

"No! Look what you've done, bastard!"

"I didn't have the gun and you know it," he angrily spat.

Lucas gave him a wild, fury, insane gaze. He knew it was true. He had succeeded in getting an advantage over his father. He had grabbed his gun and tried to shoot him. But his father had pushed his arm and then the shot had gone away.

"Lucas, if you want to save her, you have to let me take her to Terra Nova," Taylor tried to persuade him.

"No, noooo I can't do that, our home is here. We belong here. She belongs here, with me…" He was delirious now, tears running down his face.

Taylor was startled to see his son depressed like that, like he had seen him once before. It reminded him on the day Lucas had seen his mother die. This day, Taylor had lost his wife and his son. Lucas had never been the same since that day. Taylor kneeled down and tried to take Alexandra in his arms but Lucas pushed him away.

"Don't touch her!" He spat.

"If you want to save her… and your baby, we have to go now!"

Lucas was suddenly back to reality. His baby. He couldn't lose his child. He put his arms under Alexandra's body and carried her. He quickly followed Taylor to his car and sat in it, with Alexandra still wrapped in his arms. He would not let her out of his embrace. Alexandra was raving now, calling his name.

"I'm right here Alex, I'm right here. I won't let you down," he murmured to her ear.


Was a bit of a drama wasn't it? Don't forget to review! Your opinion is VERY important to me! TBC…