Hi everyone! Ok I'm very very sorry I haven't update for almost two weeks. I haven't forget you! Promise it won't happen again!

To Terra Nova Fan : sorry, I wanted to send you a private message but as you don't have an account I couldn't. Be sure that I always read your messages! :)

And I just realized that today it has been 3 months since I started this fic and guess what? This is chapter 33! Might be a sign of something, no? Maybe chapter 44 for the fourth month? We will see! At least I'm glad to see that I have 11 chapters per month so almost 3 chapters per week. Quite cool huh? Enjoy this happy 3 months birthday! :)


Guess who's bad ?

"How would you know that?" Taylor asked his son in a very suspicious tone when he revealed them he knew Alexandra's parents were hiding from them.

"I know exactly who they are because they are the people who hired me to make the portal go both ways," Lucas confessed.

"What?" Damon was in shock.

"You heard me." Was the only answer Lucas gave him. Taylor looked intensely at his son, he was not lying, he was sure of it.

"Why are you telling us now?"

"Because, my dear father, I don't want them to destroy everything I took the time to build."

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't talked to them yet, but I guess they are here because they need me to help them rebuild the portal."

"Isn't that what you want? Isn't it what you've been trying to do since you came here?" Damon asked, his eyes narrowing.

"I want to control the portal, I want it to be used in a good way. My employers and I do not share the same opinion."

"How do you know they haven't changed?"

"Because they came here lying to you, to us… to her. They are the same people I first met 7 years ago."

"And you never made the connection between them and Alex before?" Taylor inquired. He knew his son was brilliant, how could he have missed that? Alice and Alexandra were so similar.

"I must admit that when I first met Alex I…" A smile was forming on his face at the thought of it. "Well let's just say she reminded me of someone I used to know. But actually there was something else I couldn't define. Now I know."

"But there must not have been a lot of French people that you met and less who had Paris as their last name," Taylor insisted.

"As you probably already noticed, their English accent is really good and they never told me their name was Paris. Their name is Dubois. I'm sure of it."

"Why is Alex's name Paris then?" Taylor asked, surprised.

"I read that Paris was her grandmother's name. When her parents went missing, she probably changed her name." Damon guessed. Lucas stared at him for a minute. He didn't like that Damon knew more about Alexandra than he did. Actually, Lucas had never read her files, he thought he didn't need to as she would tell him everything he'd ask. "Why don't we just arrest them?" Damon asked, perplexed.

"Because we must find out what they really want, why they are really here. I do not believe they are here for Alex otherwise they would have come back sooner."

"I don't believe they will attack Terra Nova either," Lucas continued. "They made a smart move coming here. We invited them in the colony. They are here as guests. Once they have what they are looking for, they'll disappear as quietly as they arrived."

"If we can use them as well, it would be perfect. It would be good for us if they could help repair the portal. If they think Lucas is still on their side, then he must act like he is."

"I've already planned that. I start my role tomorrow morning. I'm such a great dramatic actor," he said overdramatically, smiling. "Yet, I'm sure they are here to find something they need," he continued seriously. "Maybe in the Eye, maybe in the lab..."

"Maybe it's just you? Maybe you are the thing they need?" Damon guessed. Taylor seemed to deliberate. If what they needed to succeed in repairing the portal was his son, then Lucas was the problem and the solution.

"Lucas, you have to become close, very close to them," Taylor told Lucas. "Even if it means being the old you," he added, looking deeply into his son's eyes. Lucas stared at him for a minute and eventually nodded. They didn't need to talk, they had an agreement. Lucas would do what he had to do to protect Terra Nova, to protect his new home.

"Ok, we need a plan. A good one. If they think you are going to double cross us, then we have to be cleverer." Damon was ready to do this. Even if he didn't like Lucas, it didn't matter anymore, because he needed him for this mission.

"Yes, we must be very smart. If they spot us, it's over."

"What about Alex?" Damon asked. "Shouldn't we warn her?"

"I don't think she should know any of this. She has just found them after 7 years. She has the right to spend some quality time with them before… Before what must happen happens." Taylor explained.

"Even if they are her parents, they could hurt her, couldn't they?" Damon looked at Lucas with a questioning gaze.

"They would do what needs to be done. I really don't know them as parents. Let's just say that if they are like they were before, the Phoenix group is as dangerous as a puppy compared to them. They are not violent like them, but a lot smarter. They always end having what they want… Now I say it, it reminds me of someone," he chuckled awkwardly. Taylor and Damon stared at him, eyebrows furrowed. "I think they would be ready to use her if needed," he eventually said seriously.

"We don't know what her parents could do to her. She has to stay out of the equation ok?" Taylor warned them. Damon and Lucas nodded in agreement. "Lucas, it means you must not try to get back together with her. It would be more complicated if you were together. She must not know what is going on." Lucas had not really thought about this part of the plan and he didn't like that part, not at all. "Lucas, do you hear me? You leave her alone."

"She dumped me, I guess it's already enough. She will stay away from me," he frowned.

"It won't be enough," Damon stated. "Alex's faith in Lucas is at the point of insanity. She won't stay away from him just like that." Lucas glared at Damon. He didn't like the way the conversation was going.

"I am flattered but I think you are overestimating my powers of attractiveness," he mocked.

"Lucas, you have to stay away from her, ok? It's for her own good." Taylor said firmly.

"I'll do it. But don't expect too much, you both know how unpredictable Alex can be. It doesn't depend on just me. She always does what she wants. If you push her too much, she'll come back twice as strong. We all know that when you ask her to do something, she does the opposite. Above all if she's mad at you, she'll do it just to annoy you, even if it hurts her." Lucas knew he had to stay away from her. If her parents knew about his feelings for her, they might use her. He wanted to protect her from them, even if it meant being away from her. He owed her that, she deserved it.

"We must be careful with her. I don't know how she does it, but she always ends up knowing everything," Taylor tipped them off.

"And she already suspects something," Lucas added.

"What do you mean?"

"She asked me earlier to tell her what was going on with her parents."

"How would she know?" Damon asked, distrustfully.

"Looks like you just realized who she really is! She's not a stupid pretty girl with an empty head. She's smart, of course she has already noticed something was weird." Lucas mocked again.

Taylor, Lucas and Damon spent the rest of the night thinking about the best plan to execute. Only the three of them would know this plan. They were sure Alice and Charles had a spy in Terra Nova. It was the only way they could have known they were coming to the Badlands, it was the only way they knew their daughter was there, it was the only way they knew Lucas had almost finished the portal.

Alexandra didn't sleep very well, tossing most of the night. Her last meeting with Lucas was torturing her mind. Alexandra looked at the clock and sighed, it was 5 in the morning.

"God what's wrong with me?" She cursed herself. It has been ages since she had slept until noon and she missed it so much. Now she had the opportunity to do it, she couldn't. She sat on her bed, deliberating what to do. The sun was slowly rising outside and it was beautiful. She felt the urge to go outside and enjoy it. A little run before going to work would be great. She dressed quickly with a pair of dark blue tight shorts and a white tank top. She put her trainers on and walked quietly in the house, not wanting to wake up her parents.

"Sneaking out the house?" A voice said somewhere from the dark sitting room.

"Shit!" She cursed. "Dad, you scared me!" She always felt like she was 4 when he was talking to her. She didn't know how he did that, how he had this power over her, but it really annoyed her.

"What are you up to?"

"I'm going out," she started to say. "And no, I'm not sneaking out, I'm just going for a run."

"You? Running? Sport is not really you is it?"

"Well, unless you haven't noticed yet, I grew up since the last time you saw me."

"You were not a morning person either," he said suspiciously.

"I'm still not," she smiled lightly. "I have few things on my mind I need to think about and I realized a while ago that running helps me empty my head."

"What's on your mind?"

"Well…Huh…" She sat in front of him, fidgeting her fingers in nervousness. "Do you…" She stopped, thinking about what she wanted to ask.

"Do I?"

"Do you have stories about me? I mean, do you remember how it was when I was a child? How we were? Do you have anecdotes about me?"

"Of course I do! Why, don't you?" He asked, his eyes narrowing.

"Of course… Of course I have stories… It's just… Sometimes I wonder if they are real or if it's just my imagination that created them. You know, to fill your absence."

"What kind of stories?"

"I don't know," she shrugged. "Holidays, countries we have visited, things you have said… But it's all in a blur. And when I think about it, it doesn't make sense. You were working a lot, both of you, so I don't know when and how we would have been in those places. I don't think we had so much time together." Her father looked at her intensely with his dark eyes and a shiver ran down her spine. She quivered slightly. Charles didn't seem to notice it.

"You know what? I'll tell you some stories later, alright?"

"Yes, that would be great!" She grinned, trying to forget this strange feeling she just had.

"Good. Now go and run! Empty your head," he smirked. Alexandra gave her father a quick kiss on the cheek and went out. She ran for 30 minutes and it helped her, it relaxed her. As she was walking back calmly to her house she saw the light was already on in the headquarters. Maybe Taylor was there? Maybe he knew what was wrong with Lucas? She knew he was not that close with Lucas but maybe he knew something that could help her to find out what was going on with him and her parents. She thought he might talk to her and ran upstairs. She slowed her pace when she arrived at the door. Taylor, Damon and Lucas were there, gathered around Taylor's desk, pointing at things on it. She stayed at the door for a moment,observing them. What were they doing at such an early hour? She gave a quick glance to everyone. They were all wearing the same clothes they had the day before. She couldn't believe they had stayed together all night. She remembered Lucas saying his father was waiting for him the night before. What was going on in here? She cleared her throat to alert them to her presence. They all turned to her in surprise. They looked exhausted.

"Morning?" She smiled lightly. "Long night?"

"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked her immediately. His question surprised her, he seemed tense and it was unusual.

"I…I wanted to talk to you," she stammered, still surprised by his rough attitude to her.

"About?" He asked, arching his eyebrows.

"About…Huh…" She felt stupid. She couldn't say to him why she was there in the presence of Lucas. "It's not important," she said, shaking her head like it didn't matter. "So what you guys are doing?" She said casually, walking over to them.

"Discussing," Taylor replied. He didn't know what to say without warning her more.

"Discussing what?" She asked lightly, smiling.

"Private business," Taylor answered truthfully. Alexandra's smiled faded in a second and her gaze hardened.

"What kind of private business?" She inquired, feeling something was wrong. She looked at Damon and saw him grimace. Lucas was staring at his father's desk, avoiding Alexandra's gaze, yet she could see he was boiling inside.

"Don't you know the definition of private?" Taylor said seriously. That was all she needed, now she knew he was hiding something from her, something that concerned her. Taylor cursed himself for being so unprepared for Alexandra's curiosity.

"What is it?" She asked again. Taylor nodded to Damon and he came to Alexandra.

"You can't stay here," Damon stated.

"Why?" She asked him, her voice slightly harsh.

"You heard the commander. Come on," he said, pushing her outside as nicely as possible. Damon didn't want to be rude. But Alexandra did what she always did and pushed him away.

"What's going on?" She insisted. Suddenly, Lucas banged his fist on the table and looked at her, furious.

"Alex, for once do what you're told," he glared at her. "I'm getting really bored and impatient, and I don't do bored and impatient. Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." She glared at him, her eyes challenging him to come and do what he had threatened to do. Damon and Taylor stared at them in silence. They were stunned by the violence of his tone. Electricity was filling the room.

"Come on then, try me, I dare you," she hissed with arrogance. She was very upset, she hated him for being such a moron. The aggressiveness that was emanating from Alexandra towards him was evident.

"You should really learn to shut your fucking mouth," he roared, walking to her angrily, his finger pointing at her. She stepped back in fear and Damon came in front of her, protecting her if needed. Taylor was quicker and stopped his son, wrapping him with his arms tightly.

"Alex, leave us." He commanded her.

"But…"

"NOW!"

"Taylor I…"

"This is an order soldier." She looked at him sadly, tears threatening to come. "You're off for the week. You do not interfere with any of our business here. Do you understand me?" As she didn't say a word, he added very seriously. "Do you?"

"I do," she replied, the feeling of hurt audible in her voice. She gave them a sad and painful look. It was so unfair. She turned her back to them and walked outside, frustrated. There was no way they were going to get rid of her like that. Lucas' scary attitude would not afraid her, at the opposite, she was more eager to know what he was hiding. Taylor waited for her to be gone for good before releasing Lucas.

"See, this is exactly what I was talking about. We have to scare her, to force her to stay away or she will screw up our plan." Lucas said immediately.

"It was a little bit too extreme don't you think?" Damon said coldly.

"Do you remember our plan? You'll have to avoid her, lie to her, are you able to do this? Are you really ready to do this?"

"I can do this. If it's for her own good, I'll do it," Damon replied firmly.

"Let's go then," Taylor said, assurance in his voice. Yes, he was ready to trap them, to hunt them down. Nobody came to his colony and threatened it under his commandment. No one.


Well, well, well… I told you Alex's parents had a real role in this story, didn't I? I think it's going to be hard for Lucas to keep calm in Alexandra's presence. It's all or nothing with him, he is used to extreme reactions isn't he? Yet, I'm sure he won't tell her their secret mission whereas I'm not sure if Damon is able to do it! We'll find out soon…! Let's just say that it's going to be a loooonnngg day for everyone (and for you too because the day is divided in 4 chapters!). Let me know what's on your mind!