Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste

Author: Wizard92

Chapter 5: I do not hook up

A few days passed and I was starting to get used to life in the trees. Mira was keeping her distance and so were her men. She hadn't said a word about me being out of her cell. Lucas and Amy were usually with me. Amy showed me how everything worked around here. She also kept our two tent mates away from me. Amy had also given me new clothes to wear. I hadn't noticed but I was starting to smell funny. It felt wonderful to be able to wash up a bit. Sure my hair was still extremely greasy, but at least I didn't smell anymore. My old clothes hadn't survived Terra Nova. The skinny red jeans looked more brown now and it had a lot of cuts in it because of Mira. The hoodie that Amy gave me was also a lot warmer then my white jacket, that also looked more brown than white. Same went for my yellow top.

Lucas would take me out for walks and show me more of this place called Terra Nova. I still didn't understand a thing about him. He would change constantly between his dark and good side. OMG, I'm making him sound like Anakin Skywalker. I had taken Amy's advice and didn't mention the M and D-word. Sometimes his dad would enter the conversation, but then he was the one to bring him up. He really hated him.

"You hungry?" Lucas was standing at the opening of my tent. I was just pulling my hair up. I turned around and saw he was holding a bag. He would always come and get me to eat something together. I guess he's my eating guard or something. Amy was usually at my side to keep an eye on me. In the beginning when I asked her question she would always be on her guard, but she started to let it go. The food that I had eaten here was so weird. Everyday Lucas gave me something else. Don't these people just have apples or simple stuff like that?

"Starving," I answered and smiled. I had to admit this guy was gorgeous. Too bad that his attitude made him so… I don't know, weird. Yeah, that would be the best way to describe Lucas.

There was one tent that was used as some sort of primitive kitchen. It was stacked with strange food, food I didn't recognize. A few people were sitting in a circle and they were eating and playing some card game. It looked rather disgusting what they were eating. Sure it had cool colors, but that doesn't mean it tastes good: "Here, you'll like this."

Lucas gave me a freaky round looking thing. I guess it's a fruit. I wasn't sure if it was eatable, but Lucas was eating it and so were the other people. I guess it can't be that bad. I placed my teeth in the funky stuff and regretted it immediately. I ran out the tent and spit it all out: "That's disgusting! How can you eat that? What is it anyway?"

"In the beginning it doesn't taste good, but you'll get used to it," Lucas said and continued with eating. Now I still don't know what it is. He does that a lot, avoiding my questions. My appetite had vanished rather quickly. I looked at the fruit, but decided that I wasn't going to continue. That taste wasn't worth it and frankly I didn't believe Lucas when he said that the taste got better.

"So what's up?" I asked and looked around. The tree tents were so cool. I couldn't believe that I was sort of living in a tree camp. Oh my god, listen to what you are saying. You sound like a four year old. I had to admit the whole camp thing reminded me of Peter Pan and his lost boy's: "Nothing much. I'm still working on my equations."

"Your what?"

"My equations. I told you about the portal to get here right. Well that only works one way. I'm trying to finger out how I can make it go both ways," Lucas explained. So he must be smart, well more like a genius to think of a way to make it work both ways. Hmm, what are the odds: good looking and smart, but with a weird personality: "That would be useful. That way people won't have to leave other people behind."

"Exactly, but that's not what my father wants. He's against it. He doesn't want this place to become some theme park you can visit whenever you want to," Lucas was getting worked up again. He had his hands balled up and he was trying not to show that he was shaking. His eyes were much colder than they were a minute ago: "Well, that's stupid. I guess it's obvious who's got the brains in the family."

"You can say that again," Lucas said and started starring at the sky. No wonder he doesn't like his father. He isn't supportive at all and how can Lucas his work be bad? His dad sounded like a jerk. I saw Mira walking on the ground. Two man were following her again. What are they? Her dogs? She stopped to talk to someone and then looked up. It was like she felt my eyes were on her. Our eyes made contact and she gave me a very hateful look. I guess I'm not her favorite person. Mira's eyes went to Lucas for a second before she walked further. I could feel Lucas tense up and relax again when Mira was gone. What's up with them?

(Lucas POV)

That idiot! She's going to ruin everything. Winning this girls trust wasn't very hard. Hell, she practically thinks I'm the good guy. Well, that's probably because I only told her half the story but whatever. As long as she doesn't like my father then everything is okay.

I have to admit, if she's a spy she is a really good one. I had expect her to make some comment about my father or about my work when those came into the conversation, but nothing. Like she didn't know of anything. But she'll break. Once she believes I'm her friend she'll let something slip by accident.

I can't believe those morons of Hope Plaza wanted me to get close to her. Like I have time for such stupid things: "She seems to be more willing to talk when you are around. She has a general dislike to Mira and I'm pretty sure that feeling is mutual. Mira won't find out anything. You get close to her and make sure she hears about your father. That should make her mess up somewhere or at least she'll feel for you because of him. We have one more person trying to get close to her. She can't be on her guard all the time."

That it worked still amazed me. She didn't say anything about the sudden change in behavior. I had to admit it was a miracle that I didn't lose control towards her. That would have worked against me for sure. Somehow I had found a way to stay calm around her. Not that she was such a pain in the ass. She seemed to get when to stop asking questions on a certain topic. It made me appreciate her a little.

She was quite an interesting girl. She seemed shocked when she saw the Brachiosaurus and she couldn't believe she was actually touching one. If she's a spy, she is really convincing. And if her story is true then I wonder how she ended up in Terra Nova. A time portal just happened to open up right in front of her and bring her here. Sounds ridiculous.

"How did you guys come up with the idea to build this?" I got pulled out of my thoughts. I looked to my left and saw the girl was studying the way this place was build. She seemed fascinated by it for some reason: "We wanted to make sure that my father wouldn't find us. It worked like a charm. And most of the ground dinosaurs can't reach us up here."

"It's genius," she said and she tried to take another bite of the fruit I gave her. I was hoping she would screw up and recognize them, but she didn't. She's good. She still hated the taste, but she decided to swallow it down anyway. She must be very hungry: "Disgusting! How can this ever taste good."

"Ha, give it time," I told her and took another bite of the food. After a while you really didn't taste the flavor anymore so it wasn't that bad. Alexis was still staring at the camp. She really was fascinated by the whole thing: "This place kind of reminds me of Neverland."

"Neverland?"

"Yeah, you know the land where Peter Pan and the lost boy's live," she explained to me. What is she talking about. She seemed shocked when she realized that I didn't know what she was talking about: "OMG, are you for real? Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. He fell out of his crib as a baby and was brought to Neverland. And there he lives with the lost boys, Tinkerbell and they fight captain Hook. How can you not know that story?"

"It's a child story. People don't tell them anymore. They were lost decades ago. No one knows those stories anymore," I explained and analyzed her. She seemed to be very shocked about this fact. How can she know those stories? My father had mentioned them once, but they were lost way before he was born. If she is a spy then she did some serious resurge, but where would she be able to find those stories?

"So you don't know the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, the little mermaid and Aladdin? God, your time sucks. My parents would tell them to me all the time before I went to bed. They would even come up with the adventures of Peter Pan and the lost boys," she told me.

I should ask Hope Plaza to do some resurge about those stories. Maybe they can find out where she could have found that sort of information. Those stories were lost in one of the wars. I wanted to ask more, but Mira interrupted us: "Lucas, I need to speak to you. In private!"

Alexis took that as her cue to leave. She saw one of her tent buddies and joined her. I waited for her to be out of sight before I looked at Mira. Something was up: "We are low on ammunition. And when I saw we are low, I mean we barely have anything left."

"And you are telling me this way?" I asked. Why could I care about information like that? That was her job. I don't need ammunition to take care of myself. Mira seemed to be thinking something else: "We were wondering if you were close to figuring out how the portal can work both ways. You know, your job?"

Is she patronizing me? What is she up to? I got up and she could tell that I wasn't pleased by hearing those words: "You seemed to be more working on the girl than on your actual job. I thought I could..."

"And who told me to get close to her? Hope Plaza, so you can tell them that I can't do both at the same time. Maybe they should sent someone else to take care of her, that way I can focus on my equations," Mira could always say the right thing to rile me up. In fact she generally pissed me off all the time, acting like she cared for me or that she was my boss.

"I'm just remembering you to put more effort in the portal then in her. I'm sure you can find some other girl to waste your time with when you're done," she was mocking me. How dare she! My body tensed and my fingers closed around her neck. She seemed surprised by my reaction. Yeah, trust Mira to pist me off: "Don't make wild accusations Mira! I warned you before to not get in my way! I suggest you keep that in mind!"

"Whatever you say," the woman said and left. What is her problem? Like hell I care for that brat! She's practically ten years younger than me. I don't even need some woman to waste my time with. My attention is all focused on getting revenge on my father. He'll pay for blaming my mother's death on me! Mira can think whatever she wants to think, stupid woman! That fucker will pay! And no one, not even some brat, will get between that.

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