Skye couldn't believe this was actually happening.
She didn't want to live anymore. Not with these people. They told her that Lucas was consuming, molding, controlling her mind.
She wanted him.
Every waking thought was him.
Every dream was him.
Every breath was him.
The guilt she felt when she looked at Josh now felt dull compared to the way her heart pounded for Lucas.
She knew what she had to do.
She ducked under the gate and headed into the surrounding forest.
Within minutes she was at the edge of a cliff. It was one of the only ways down to the place Lucas had told her to meet him.
She wondered if she should be having second thoughts.
But it didn't matter anymore. She needed to move—though she still wasn't quite sure if she was being propelled away from something or towards something.
Skye stepped up to the edge of the cliff.
"Skye, no!"
Josh had followed her here.
"Why did you come, Josh?"
Why did you come, Skye? You're not leaving Terra Nova, are you?"
"Please just turn around and go home."
"Skye, don't do it! I need you—we all need you! I know that you might not believe it, but…
Josh's pleas were distant and unimportant.
For everything he said to her, she had an instant response. She couldn't help it. She didn't care anymore.
"Skye, I love you!"
"You deserve better anyways."
"I know why you're out here…Lucas got to you somehow!"
"So what if he did?"
"He's not even alive! Lucas is dead."
"I don't believe you. I saw him last night."
"No, Commander Taylor killed him three days—"
"He came to me. Now I have to go to him."
Josh was silent for several seconds.
The lack of a reply from him confused Skye—why wasn't he being so adamant all of the sudden?
She spun around.