Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste
Author: Wizard92
Chapter 12: Tie me to a post and block my ears
"We are going to do what?" I asked Sky, not sure what she was talking about. She, Josh and her friends had a free day today and they invited me to go OTG or something with them. What the fuck is OTG? The way Sky asked me to join them made it seem that it wasn't aloud: "OTG? Out the gates? Sneak out and have some good old fashion teenage fun."
The idea sounded so tempting, but also dangerous and not just because of the lovely wildlife that lived outside the gates. What if the commander found out that I had snuck out? And what about Justin? I had moved in with him after the doc kicked me out of the hospital. My face was cut free and my eyes were back to normal. My knee and leg still hurt sometimes but only when I walk to much on them.
"Do you really think that is a good idea? I mean with me being under watch and with my leg and knee. I won't get very far," I asked and couldn't believe how much of a coward I sounded. The idea sounded so cool and fun and I could use that. Not that my time here was bad. Hell no, everyone was very friendly and helped me when I needed it. The commander let me live with Justin. He probably allowed it because he could make Justin report to him about my activities. Although I haven't noticed anything like that. Justin is always home when I get in from helping Malcolm. The doc suggested I help him as a sort of assistant so that I had something to do while I was here. The commander allowed it and Malcolm said he could use the help. Working for him was fun because I learned more about this place.
"Oh common, you know you want to come with us and it's not far where we usually go. And it's safe from any dinosaurs. And we go all the time and only got caught one time but that was really the Sixers fault. It'll be fun," Sky tried to convince me. She suggested I told Justin and Malcolm that I was going to help her with some stuff so that I could sneak out with them. I didn't like the idea of having to lie to them. I mean they are the people I'm with the most and they are really nice to me. Is this really a smart thing to do? The little devil inside me came to the surface. 'What a wossy have you become? You used to be a real rebel. Doing stuff behind your parents and teachers back. You used to love to sneak out. You have behaved here like a model citizen, don't you think it's time you had some fun?'
Curse the devil inside me. It made me accept Sky's offer: "Great, come to my place at 4 and bring a bag with some food. We always get hungry when we're OTG. See you later." How does she do it? Sneak out into that jungle for fun? Is she forgetting about the dinosaurs that walk around free out there?
Justin was doing the dishes when I walked into our house. I can't believe the commander let me live here. It's so much fun with Justin and now I'm positive that he's gay. He judges my outfits like all the time. Maddy had borrowed me some clothes and they pay me for working for Malcolm so that I can pay for stuff here. Thank god, I hate it that I have to live of Justin's money so much. His house wasn't big but very comfy. He had some old looking carpet laying 'living room' and he had placed a low table above it. We used it to eat. The bedrooms weren't big either. It drove me kind of insane. I mean they are so small. I'm way to used to my big bedroom at home. This room makes me get kind of claustrophobic.
"Hey girlfriend, what's up?" I couldn't help but smile every time he calls me that. He doesn't do it when we are in public. I guess he doesn't want to out himself. Lexie he hasn't even told anything about it to you. I graphed a towel and helped him: "Just the usual. I helped Malcolm with some reassure stuff. Oh and I ran into Sky. She invited me to come to her place, she said something about girl-stuff. So I'm going to be out in a bit."
"Wow look at you, little miss popular. It seems like everyone wants to hang out with you," Justin said, pretending to be hurt. I rolled my towel up and hit him with it, making him yell like a little girl. I opened my mouth with the best black woman voice I could: "Don't worry sweet thing, I'll never forget about you sugar."
"Hmpf, that's what they always say," Justin pouted and I ran into my way to small room to graph a bag. I searched the kitchen for some food but only found some strange looking fruits. It amazed me how many different kinds of fruit these people have. Every day I would see a new one. And thank god these taste a lot better than the one Lucas gave me in Mira's camp.
Lucas. I wonder how he's doing? His name had this annoying ability to enter my mind and make me think about the man. It plagued me and I didn't know what to think about it. It's not like I like him or anything. He's a freak who just happens to have this affect on me. With that thought I shook my head and pushed the fruits in my bag: "I don't know when I'll be back."
"I feel like I must say this but behave yourself. Don't trash the girl's house, be polite, say thank you and eat with your mouth closed," Justin sounded just like my mother, what made me think about her. I hadn't even realized that I hadn't thought about my family ever since I landed up in this place. Sure they had asked me about them, but I simply answered that I didn't know anything about them. The doc said it must be because of the amnesia, but she assured me that my memory would come back.
"Yes mother, I'll will do my best to destroy Sky's house," I did a soldiers salute- thing and left the place. It was almost four and I could feel my body get excited. I felt eyes on my body all the way to Sky's house. It was like everyone knew I was going to do something that wasn't allowed to do. I can't believe I'm getting so excited over this. It hadn't occurred to me that I had been acting like such a good girl. It's not like I'm a total rebel, but I'm usually not this well behaved. Maybe it's because I'm sure about my future in this place.
Future? That's another thing I hadn't thought about. What future here? I want t go home but I kind of like it here and every day that I'm here it makes me wonder if I really want to go back? I mean I'm free of school and parent control, but I miss my friends and family and the drama of school. Here you have to grow up so fast. I mean Sky and the gang are only seventeen and they are already working. Is that really how I want my life to be like? So many things are different here and yet I can except them easily.
"Come on, we should hurry before the commander sees me around here. I told him I was going to help with construction work, but they left ten minutes ago," Sky said and we walked to the back of the camp. There was an opening were we would fit through. Josh and Hunter were just crawling through the hole when we arrived.
"We should hurry before anyone sees us. I saw a patrol duty leave just five minutes ago," Hunter said while he got back up on the other side of the gate. A sudden adrenalin rushed through my body. Why am I getting so excited for this? I mean it's just going into the jungle, hang with friends and then come back, right? It's not like we're going to do something that's totally bad or anything.
"Alexis, hurry up," Sky called me and I saw her standing next to Josh and Hunter on the other side. When did she...? Ugh never mind Lexie, just hurry up. I gave them my bag and crawled over the ground. I can't believe I'm doing this!
When I got back up I saw Tasha and Mark standing at the tree line, waiting for us. Josh gave me my bag and we started running towards the others. The adrenaline kicked in and I could easily keep up with the rest. We were running for ten minutes when Mark stopped: "I think we're save. I don't think they'll come here."
"What do you mean you think?" I asked and was slightly embarrassed for the crack that was hiding in my voice. The others heard it to and started laughing about it. Sky noticed that I was slightly panicking with the whole situation: "Don't worry Alexis, they won't come here so we're safe. We have only been caught once and like I said that wasn't our own fault. And I heard the commander talking to Wash about where the Sixers might be hiding out and that's on the others side of Terra Nova."
Great I hadn't even thought about that. What if I run into Mira and her gang? What if Wash is wrong and they are actually in this area. What would happen if Mira found me? God I'm going insane, I shouldn't have come with these guy's. The idea to be caught again by Mira is just too much. Then again, if I run into her I would probably also run into Lucas. Alexis! Stop stopping like that!
"We're here," Tasha announced and looked around me. We were standing at some cave like thing and a small waterfall. What's so special about this place? Josh noticed my puzzled look: "You have to check out the rocks. Someone wrote stuff on it."
"The reason we come here is because we came easily hide if someone or something would decide to join us. See that waterfall, there's a cave behind it and there's a small gap were we can fit threw and hide if it would be necessary," Sky explained and she sat down on one of the rocks. Mark pulled some weird looking juice out of his bag. Tasha gave him some cups and he started giving everyone some. You got to be kidding me? That looks disgusting! The juice had a dark orange red color and it looked like it was rather thick.
"It's good trust me," Mark assured me and he took a sip of his mystery drink. The drink had a weird smell and I couldn't help but wonder if it was really safe to drink this stuff. It kind of reminded of diarrhea. Oh great, how the hell am I suppose to drink this shit now? Just close your eyes, stop breathing and drink the stuff Lexie. I did what the little voice in my head said.
When the juice hit my stomach I couldn't help but wonder if I was going to throw up immediately or if my body was going to torment me for while: "That is the most disgusting thing I have ever tasted in my live! What the hell is that? It looks like shit!"
"Yeah it looks weird but it tastes good. I can't believe you don't like it. I'm hurt," Mark laughed and emptied his cup in his mouth. Oh god, I need some water. I ran to the river and cupped my hands. I can't believe they like that stuff. The water made the taste of the mystery dink leave my mouth, but it didn't do much for my stomach: "Josh wasn't a big fan in the beginning either."
"I can't imagine why? Where did you even get that stuff?" I asked and sat down next to Sky. She handed me some food that would make my stomach relax. I thought it was weird, but surprisingly it seemed to help. Hunter was jumping from rock to rock to amuse himself while drinking the mystery drink: "We make it ourselves. We mix some fruits and alcohol together. You should have taste the first drinks we mixed, now that was disgusting."
"I can't even imagine something even more disgusting then this," I said. This place was pretty neat and I could understand why these kids wanted to come here. I mean they are stuck inside the gates all day, they work and live there. They need a place to just hang out without people seeing them. It's like their own little secret club, but its' freaking boring here. There's only a waterfall to jump of which would be pretty neat but it'll lose its charm after a while. And then there's the cave, that's cool to check out but after that it's stupid. And then there's the weird markings on the rocks Josh mentioned.
I got up and walked over to them. It looked like someone had written and drawn the symbols on the rocks. I couldn't shake the feeling that I had seen them before. The diagrams and calculations seemed strangely familiar.
"Hey Josh what did you bring to amuse us with this time?" Hunter had placed himself on my seat next to Sky. Josh went to some bushes and he pulled out a guitar. Wait! What! Where the hell did that come from? How did he get one? "I only know how to play short tunes, but I'm getting better at it."
Josh wasn't bad on the guitar. The tunes he played were strange for my ears but the others seemed to recognize them. Must be music from this century. I wonder what music sounds like here? What happened to the pop of Lady Gaga and Beyonce, rappers like Eminem and Jay-Z, Rockers like Marilyn Manson and ACDC? Do those genres even exist now?
"Anyone else want to try?" Josh asked and I couldn't resist. I walked away from the weird symbols and took the guitar. It was old and it needed new strings. I placed my fingers on the strings and let small tunes come out. My dad learned me to play guitar. He teaches me how to play mostly soundtracks from our favorite movies, but the last song he thought me was how to play poker face from Lady Gaga.
"I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me I love it
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun
Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face"
"Wow, I didn't know you played guitar and that you can sing. Talk about being jealous right now. What song was that you played," Tasha asked and took a bit from her fruit. I gave Josh back his guitar and he tried to play it to. I gave him pointers, he seemed to be a fast learner. He is really good with a guitar.
"My dad taught me and I used to take singing classes when I was younger," my mouth answered before I really thought about my answer. Shit, I'm supposed to have amnesia. How am I going to explain this? Maybe the music triggered my mind or something and gave me back some memories. They'll never believe that.
"The music must have helped you remind stuff," Mark said suddenly and I mentally slapped myself. You got to be joking me right. They actually believe that. Apparently they did and they seemed to be happy for me that I had regained some of my memories. I cannot believe they actually believe that. The idea sounded so stupid, why do they believe me?
"Yeah I guess you're right," I sighed and lowered my eyes. Okay maybe I should keep a watch on my mouth, to make sure things like this don't happen again. I'm lucky these guy's believed Mark's story. What would I do if I had slipped up in front of the commander or Jim Shannon or someone eels important. I have to stay focused and keep my mouth under control. Who knows what they would do if they found out I'm not from this time? Maybe they would believe me, maybe not. Maybe they would react like Lucas did with the blue box.
God not again, why does he keep popping up in my mind. What's so great about him? He's way too smart for me, that smart he makes me feel stupid. His looks are decent but not wow. That's a defiant lie Lexie, I mean common…those eyes alone. So fierce and deep and also in pain. And I can't help but love the deep lines he had in his face and those two cuts in the back of his head were impressive. I mean he survived an attack from some dinosaur. Oh god Lexie! Stop it! You are talking like you freaking love him! Cut it out!
"ROAR!"
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