Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste

Author: Wizard92

Chapter 8: Please, don't stop

(Lucas POV)

A few days had passed and the guilt was starting to take me over. It was driving me insane. I need to get her out of here. If Mira keeps this up she'll kill the girl. She needs to learn some self-control. Ha, like I'm one to talk. Look at what happened a few days ago. Alexis needs to learn to keep her mouth shut as well. Provoking Mira is plain suicide. Although I have to admit it's admirable to see that she's standing her ground so long.

Anyway how can I get her out of here without making the others notice anything?

What is the matter with me? The guilt won't let me go. Every time they went at each other it would drive me insane. I couldn't take it anymore, but running away wasn't helping either. It made me feel guilty and like a coward. Their voices wouldn't leave my head.

And it's obvious that she isn't a spy. It's been five days now and she hasn't spilled a word that might connect her to my father. There is no way that anyone would be able to stand Mira's torture that long and not spill a word. Mira had left a lot of wounds on the girl. A pang of guilty hit me. She was suffering because I had given her to Mira. She still shouldn't have touched that box. She nearly destroyed my work, but maybe I shouldn't have reacted the way I had. Since when do I feel sorry for my actions? It must be because she's bringing up memories that I had hideaway very deep inside my heart. It's not like I really care for her, she was just an annoying job.

Her friend was worried about her. I saw her looking at Mira's tent a lot when they went to get the girl. She looked terrible. Her face was covered with bruises and small cuts. The skin around her eyes was swollen, must have been because of me. Another pang of guilt hit me. One of Mira's man always carried the girl back to her cell. Mira had stabbed her a few times in her legs and the blood was very visible on her pants. The woman was always horrified when she saw Alexis. Why was she even worried about her? How did Alexis mange to befriend her?

These people aren't open to strangers, especially not people who they think are spies. Mira still hated her and refused to believe a word the girl said, but she just seemed to know too much from the 21st century. She could tell stuff about World War one and two in which her grandparents had fought. She knew stuff about the fall of the dictators in Africa and the storm of 2004 and the terrorist attack from 9/11. Apparently she was that day in New York and could remember the panic, chaos and smoke that was all around the city that day.

If she really was a spy she wouldn't be able to give details about those events, but she had. She had told me about that day when I had taken her for a walk. We ended up seeing a group of Slashers running past the territory: "My mom and I were shopping in the city that day. My dad had to be somewhere in the city for his work, so mom decided it was time for some mother-daughter time. We had spent a lot of money. Mom had gotten herself like three new purses from fancy designers and she had gotten me a whole new wardrobe. Dad had recently made a promotion so she thought that we had to celebrate that. We were going to go out to diner in restaurant that evening, but that never happened." In 2149 no one did things like shopping for a day and going out to restraints, only riche basterds can do something like that. And then there were those stories she spoke, the one about Peter Pan something.

Lucas, don't get distracted, focus. We need a plan to get rid of her. But how? Common think, you're a genius for crying out loud! Wait a minute Mira was talking about ammunition. They are running low. They can trade her for ammunition with my father. Only one problem with that…if my father doesn't know her he isn't going to trade. He'll think it's Leah Marcos all over again. We need someone else to trade. I could use Bucket for that, but then her spy position could be discovered. No, we can't risk that, but who else is close to my father?

The Shannons. That cop works close with him, I could use him. But capturing him won't be easy. Wait a minute. The cop has kids and if I'm not mistaken he has two daughters. Now they won't be hard to capture. But how am I going to get them to go OTG? Maybe Mira has more spies on the inside. They could capture one of the girls and bring them here. Whatever, I'll inform Mira of the idea. She can figure out what to do with it.

I couldn't understand why the girl kept controlling my thoughts. She was so different from the people who lived here. I guess she intrigued me for some reason. Maybe it's because she doesn't seem to be from here or maybe because she's so naïve. She was too trusting in the people around her. How couldn't she notice that we are following her and that the people who talked to her were all trying to figure out who she really was.

It must be because she is so naïve. Or should I call it stupidity? Or is it because of the guilt?

(Alexis POV)

I had lost track of the days that had passed. My days were occupied by seeing Mira and being unconscious in my lovely home. My body was in a lot of pain, but I had stopped reacting to it. That can't be a good sign.

Something was changing in the camp. A vibe was going through it and it didn't feel right. They were planning something. All of a sudden the words Terra Nova and Taylor were dropped a lot in conversations, what seemed odd to me. When they would take me to Mira's tent I would hear bits and pieces of conversations, but they didn't make much sense to me.

Yesterday Mira's boys hadn't come for me. It seemed that I had the day of, yeah me. My body was very grateful, but one day wasn't enough to recover from Mira assaults. It seemed like she was going away for something, but today she wanted to give me a little farewell speech: "Before I leave I want to have another little chat. Just to make sure you don't know anything."

The little speech turned into 'let's make sure that Lexie doesn't forget about us'. And let me tell you Lexie didn't like it, at all! The bitch covered my arms in cuts. She genially enjoyed it. Yeah, she must really hate me a lot. She was about to start on my face when Lucas called her: "They're ready to leave."

I felt all color leave my face. Oh god no! Not him. Make him go away. I don't want to be alone with this psycho. I'll take my changes with Mira then. As usual my prayers were not heard. I hadn't seen or heard from him since his outburst in his tent. I wasn't ready to deal or face this mad man. Hell, I didn't WANT to deal or face him. My eyes still hurt because of his fist.

He simply knotted to the two man who were standing as guards next to me. They left quickly. No, I don't want to be alone with him! Dame it! I felt my heart beat raising and it wasn't for a good reason this time. I had made up my mind about this guy: he's insane and has serious personal problems and I need to stay away from him.

Lucas didn't say anything. He simply graphed my arm and pulled me up: "Let's go." His voice was harsh and he was hurting my arm by pulling me so hard. My legs had a hard time following him. What is he up to? I was afraid. I didn't know what to expect with him anymore. Is he going to kill me for what happened in his tent? I don't get why he freaked out so much, it didn't break and I said I was sorry. What could it hurt? We walked out of the tent and I could see people were running beneath us. They seemed to be loading a car or something.

Lucas was walking quickly and avoided conversation. He kept me close to his body, what was not something that I wanted. God, stop focusing on his warm body Lexie! Dame it, I did it again! Lucas his lips came next to my ear, making the hairs in my neck stand up: "You're leaving tonight. Stay in the cell, you're going to get company. Escape with her and go to the other camp."

"What?" What's going on? Is he making me leave? But where can I go? I know nothing of this place. I'll get myself killed in a day. Lucas pulled me behind a small tent so that no one saw us. What is he doing: "My father is coming tonight. Mira thinks he's going to trade ammunition with her for one of the Shannon daughters, but he isn't going to do that. He's coming tonight with soldiers and they are going to get the girl back. When they find her, she's going to be with you in the cell. Go with them."

"But why and…?" I asked and had a million more questions for him. Why was he doing this? What was going to happen when I go with them? Will they even take me with them? Will they believe my story? Why would they do that? How can he be so sure that they were going to attack tonight. Lucas was shaking slightly. He wasn't his composed self that he usually his: "Listen to me: they are low on ammunition, so they won't trade. But this girl is the daughter of someone who works close with my father so they'll get her back for sure."

"Why would they take me with them? They won't believe me," I asked and felt panic start rising in me. This whole situation was starting to go to my head. The thought of being caught up in some kind of fight scared the shit out of me. I'm just a nineteen year old. I can't handle stuff like this. His voice was slightly shaking when he spoke again: "Act like you have amnesia. Pretend that you have no idea how you got here or where you're from. The only thing you remember is what happened when you got here and were captured by the Sixers. Thanks to Mira's they'll believe you were being treated badly and they'll want to be the hero's. Just do it. Mira is sick and tired of having to deal with you. I can't tell how long it will take her to finally crack and just kill you, so you have to leave with them."

"Why are you doing this?" A few days ago he threatened to kill me and now he's like saving my ass. He freaks me out. I don't know what to think of him. He makes me believe like I figured him out and then he does something completely different. I can't deal with his constant changing personality. It's tiring and confusing. Lucas didn't seem to know the answer to that question. He seemed to be in conflict with himself. He was about to say something but a man approached him. He pushed me behind the tent further and told me to stay quite. I didn't recognize the voice who asked him where Mira was: "She's getting ready. Look for her at the entrance."

When the man was gone Lucas pulled me close to him. His scent entered my noise and it was driving me made. He smelled musky and something else I couldn't name. His voice was much calmer now and so was his body. He wasn't so tense anymore. It scared me that he was so close to me, but it also excited me a little: "Just do what I say. If you stay here you'll die for sure."

"But what are you going to do?" I asked and looked up at him. He seemed to be in a battle with himself. What is going on in his head? He seemed to be lost in his thoughts, forgetting about what was going on around us. I just don't get him. He's so confusing What is his actual plan? I guess I should thank him or something. I stood up on my shoes and laid my arms around his neck. He seemed surprised by my action: "Thank you." I wanted to pull back and take a step backwards, but Lucas pulled me back. I felt lips against my ear and couldn't help but shiver at his touch: "Look out, don't just trust anyone and stay in the camp. You'll be safer there."

"Lucas!"

Someone was calling him. They were heading out. Lucas pulled back quickly and graphed my hand. He brought me back to my cell. He removed the plank and helped me in: "Shannon's daughter is supposed to be friendly, you'll get along with her. Once my father is here I'll open the cell a bit, that way you can escape."

"Lucas!" It was Mira her voice this time. They were waiting for him so they could head out and judging by the sound of her voice she was very impatient. He looked up in the direction that Mira's voice had came from: "I'm coming!" The harsh voice was back again. When he looked back at me he handed me a knife: "You never know what you might run into."

"What! I can't stab someone," I protested and shivered at the thought of doing something like that. How can he casually suggest that something like that could happen. He smirked at my comment. At least he thinks he's amusing: "It's just in case something might go wrong. Just stay with the girl, she'll know where to go."

I can't believe this is all happening, so sudden. What am I going to do? Well obviously do what Lucas told me to do. He was right about Mira. She wasn't going to let me live much longer and I'm not so sure I could stand her torture much longer. But what was I going to do when I met his father? It was obvious that they didn't get along at all. He won't trust me when he meets me. Maybe I should point out that I'm not friends with his son.

Lucas was about to close the cell. He needed to leave or they might come and look for him: "Lucas, be careful." The words had left my lips before I even realized it. I felt a blush cover my cheeks. What are you doing Lexie? You're probably never going to see him again. Lucas smirked made place for a real smile. He knotted at me and closed the cell.

Oh god, what is going to happen?

What will tomorrow bring?

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