AN: Okay this is the 2nd chapter :)

Lucket is coming very soon ;)

enjoy :)

Chapter two: Attacked

I got up very early. My lips and my tongue were more than dry. My throat needed water. I was still sitting on my tree looking down to the green and brownish ground. I took out my knife and cut some fruits off the branch to carry them with me so that I would have something to eat for the next few days. They fell to the ground but didn't smash because of the protection of their thick paring. Impressed of the real height of this tree I tried to step down carefully, taking it one branch at a time. Also, impressed by my climbing skills which weren't as bad as I expected, I reached the lowest branch from where I had to jump. After the jump I landed very clumsy on the ground, on a little rock. My knee gave in to the pressure. It appeared to be sprained. Once again I found myself lying in the soft foliage.

"Oh shit" I cursed when I turned up my pant leg to see what happened to my knee. It flushed very fast and turned red, sprinkled with bruises. I thought about how Taylor had lived here for 118 days and how Lucas survived 5 years in the jungle. That's so impossible for me. I felt the dryness scratching in my throat again; I had to get some water. Embarrassed by myself for being so clumsy, I picked up the fruits and put them into my jacket pockets. I started hobbling through the unknown parts of the jungle. The sun burned on my skin and the high air humidity made me sweat. Because of my bad knee I couldn't get to a river or a lake as fast as I wanted to. At noon when the midday sun was high above the sky I had to take a break. The exhaustion made me even thirstier. I sat down on the ground, looking around the depths of the jungle. It really didn't look dangerous at all.

For me the jungle had always been a part of the world to escape to; every time I was worried or confused, I snuck out of Terra Nova. I would crawl under the big fence into the liberty. Trying not to be caught by anyone as I cautiously stepped into the wilderness to sit down beneath a big tree or next to Snakehead Falls to think. The life of the jungle always inspired me and I could easily reassure myself that things are ok. All the weight I carried fell down and I could enjoy the beauty of the moment. I always had to worry about things like friends, duties and work. And not to forget, I had to worry about my mother.

The saddest part of my life was when my dad died. He had been so important to me; I always wanted to be like him. He was a great a man, a brave soldier, but he wasn't only brave and a great fighter, he was loving and caring. The best dad I could imagine for myself. So now, I couldn't let my mother just die because of Taylor's wishes. I certainly knew that I wasn't allowed to go outside the gates but how was I supposed to let my mother die whilst the Sixers were waiting in their tree houses with my mother as a hostage and a bowl with medicine in it. Since my father died, family had become more precious to me. The realization of that made me become the spy. I missed my father more than one could ever imagine. Commander Taylor, who had lost his wife, helped me to forget about my father and tried to replace him, in a good way. He did a fantastic job. When I didn't know how to go on I could ask him. We never had secrets, we hadn't told each other, until the first day I went to Mira.

Suddenly a loud roar filled the air. I looked up, realizing that I had probably fallen asleep. I spun around to see what was standing behind my back but I was smart enough as to recognize what it was. A slasher.

The first night Josh went OTG we were attacked by slashers. The slashers hadn't been very friendly so I knew that the one standing next to me wouldn't let me escape.

That's the end, I thought. There's no turning back. How should I escape? Wait, there's no way to escape, the thoughts messed up my mind. I couldn't think clearly anymore.

Another roar. The slasher came closer and closer until he was less than three meters away. He looked me in the eyes, I felt his piercing gaze on every part of my body. He bared his claws and then all of a sudden he stopped. He turned his head observantly to the left and watched a mid-size dinosaur run away.

Suddenly I remembered the gun that was in my backpack. I cautiously reached for it and opened it carefully, so as to not to make any unwanted noises. My hand dug through my clothes and the fruits I had packed. One second before I could grip the handle of the sonic gun, the slasher looked at the other dinosaur and took one big step forwards. He jumped up and down and suddenly he slid his thorny tail across me and I fell to the ground. Before I fell unconscious I heard him running away. And then everything went black.

So, the dinosaur didn't want to eat me. He was foraging and I accidentally came across him.

The next thing I could remember was lying in a bed of wood and foliage in a little camp. The room was filled with sunlight. I felt a bit shocked and asked myself where I was. I knew this room… Suddenly an unexpectedly careful voice spoke.

"Hey Bucket, are you awake?" I opened my eyes and stared into a grinning face. I didn't know if I should be happy, because someone saved my life, angry because I had been saved by a person I didn't wanted to be saved by or scared because of the person sitting next to me.

"Where am I?" I asked with a slightly husky voice. I wanted to get away from this place, get up, run away, but it was impossible with my knee hurting so much. When the slasher had knocked me to the ground he had slid his thorny tail across me, especially across my legs and my bad knee. The person sitting next to me chuckled.

"Please stay here, dear sister. You are in a bad condition, it wouldn't be clever to go away alone… there are even more dinosaurs around in this area which are very hungr." Lucas said and smiled ironically at me. I think I looked kind of horrified.

"What have you done to me? And where am I?" I sounded a bit insecure as he stood up, walked around the room and explained.

" When I wanted to get back here, to the Sixer's camp, after you shot me twice I finally managed to stand up and made my way through the jungle. I saw you at a little clearance, you were unconscious and injured. I couldn't walk away knowing that my sister was in danger and so I took you here. In my opinion it looked like a slasher crossed your path. I think I saved your life. It's time to say 'thank you', isn't it?" He asked. The only thing I could remember was how I sat at the clearing, thinking about my past and Terra Nova and how I first heard the slasher's roar. It was unbelievable to imagine how he had brought me here, I mean, he is also injured, he has two bullet holes. I watched every step he took. He wore his dark blue shirt and a pair of trousers with boots. Lucas looked quite good but you could see that he was bandaged. I didn't know how to respond to his question so I kept silent.

"What are you doing out here? Doesn't the great Commander Taylor want you in his colony anymore? Aww, what a sad story." Lucas told me, still with a smirk on his lips.

"Let me go!" I whispered.

"So you think I would let you go after you shot and betrayed me? So what do you think?" he interrupted.

"I think that it would be better if you let me go!" I tried to convince him.

"Why haven't you answered my question yet? What are you doing out here? Why aren't you in my 'father's' paradise, in Terra Nova?" he wondered. I didn't want to show him my weakness and my disgrace at being banished and so I answered as strongly as possible

"Commander Taylor banished me from the colony for a short time." Lucas pretended to be shocked.

"Oh, he banished his son and his daughter! That's so ironic. Didn't I say that he isn't a god?! I don't think that you can survive out here alone for two weeks; maybe he wants to see you die. I don't know. But maybe you will survive with some help?" he offered. I hated the expression on his awesome face.

"Stop calling me your sister and Commander Taylor's daughter! And for your information, I won't need help from anybody!" I told him cheekily. He sat down next to me again.

" Hmm… do you really think that you could even escape from here without any help? If you want to try, do so. But I promise, if you do, you'll stay here forever or the soldiers will shoot you. I don't want you to be shot. " He explained. The expressions on his face went harder. Lucas stepped to the 'door'.

"So, if you change your mind, just let me know. I don't want something to hurt you, dear sist-, I mean Skye," he stated. When he disappeared two soldiers from the Phoenix group stood next to the door to keep me under surveillance. My head was full of thoughts I realized that he seemed to be the only way to get back to Terra Nova in two weeks.

I think I've never been lost in my thoughts for as long as I have been now. I didn't know if I should trust him. Maybe he's going to take me out of here and then he get revenge on me? But maybe he also wants to get away from the Phoenix group, because there isn't a possibility of rebuilding the terminus or getting connected to 2149 again anyway. I decided to trust him. Really, I don't know why. Maybe it was a suicide-mission but I thought I had no other choice, did I?

I stood up and headed over to the guards. My hurt knee made me hobble and my head still hurt terrible. They had already brought their hands to their pockets where their guns rested. I told them I wanted to see Lucas. The two soldiers, a tall strong looking one and one who was a bit smaller but also very powerful looking, relaxed and shouted for him. I went back inside the room. I covered my face with my hands, totally shocked about what I had done. I want Lucas Taylor to help me..! What the hell was I becoming?

When he entered the room, grinning like a Cheshire cat, I looked up.

"Huh? I see you decided what you'll do now," he spoke.

"May I be so curious as to ask you, why you are interested in escaping from the Sixer's camp with me?" I asked cheekily as I gave him a fake smirk. Walking past a table next to the doorway he breathed deeply.

"Haha, to be honest I just want to be a dutiful brother and spend some time with my sister." I didn't believe him. I couldn't be the only reason why he wanted to escape.

"Isn't there another reason?" I demanded. Lucas laughed and slowly came closer.

"Okay, on the other hand I'm also very bothered by these Phoenix soldiers who only want me to rebuild their damned terminus. Mira is annoying me every day! They won't understand that the terminus never will work again. The time fracture was a very complex and difficult miracle which you can't just rebuild. You could do equations to fix it and improve the fracture but rebuild? No. So you can choose which reason you like better," he explained.

I wasn't very surprised by his answer, it wasn't much better than I had expected. I also stood up and moved myself to a scratchy chair. When I sat down on it, it cracked a bit. After a moment of silence I stood up to limp towards him. He looked a bit astonished.

"To get to the point, what do you want us to do now?" he interrogated as I stood in front of him.

"It's up to you; I thought you had a plan?" I asked. The foliage covered floor rustled.

"Okay, if it's up to me, I'll come here again tonight and then we'll escape, how's that? Mira won't know that I'm also escaping so the next morning she might come looking for us. We have to move fast. Mira wouldn't let you go, me either, but I'm not subordinated to her, so… Okay, if you look down this window here… that'll be the place I'm waiting for you," he reported. I was a little bit confused.

"And how shall I get there? The soldiers won't let me go outside!" I told Lucas. He also looked confused

"Hm. Jump? Build a ladder? Be creative!" he said it as if it was a simple task. I couldn't believe my ears.

" Deal." I agreed.

" Be a bit careful with your leg," he mentioned when he left as he winked at me. I nodded.

Why did he do that for me? He acted against Mira's wishes, maybe you could say he betrayed her a little. And he did it for me. Why? What does he want from me? Nah, let's see... I encouraged myself a bit.