Chapter 15: gotta be someone for me

Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste

Author: Wizard92

(Lucas POV)

"Are we there yet?" the girl wined for the hundreds time this afternoon. Is her goal to annoy me to death? An hour after we started walking again she started bugging me with stupid questions and when I started to ignore her she started asking if we were there yet and because I didn't answer her she kept repeating the question.

"No and if you don't shut up soon you're never going to arrive at the portal," I snapped at her. For some reason she wasn't impressed by it. She kept asking her stupid questions while hobbling on her good foot. Maybe I should kick her bad foot, maybe then she'll get the hint: "Ever wonder what happened with the dinosaurs? I mean like really happened to them? I think aliens abducted them and placed them in an alien zoo. Yeah that sounds like right."

"Is it your mission in life to annoy me?" I asked the girl and turned around. I had started breathing heavily and I noticed I was shaking slightly. Self-control is a bitch. Alexis had stopped walking and for the first time in the last five hours she closed her mouth. I am actually longing back to my alone days in the jungle. Dame it, next time I'm not saving her ass: "If you would just take me back to Terra Nova then I wouldn't have to annoy you."

"Well sorry, I'm not going near the great commanders paradise," I snapped and turned back around. I wanted to start walking again but Alexis had other plans: "Ever wondered if he actually knows why you hate him?" Her question stopped me. It was such a simple question but I wasn't sure if I could give it an honest answer. He hates me for what happened with mom, he blames me. It should be obvious to him. Right? I mean he never accepted me after that, he abandoned me and every time I did something great it was never good enough. Even when I finish college a year sooner than my classmates it wasn't good enough for him. I was the freaking smarter than my teachers, then everyone in that place and that wasn't even enough for him.

I slowly turned my head towards her. She wasn't trying to taunt me with the question. When I had looked at her before she had joy and amusement in her eyes, but not this time. I don't get her, why did she ask that question? What does she care? What is it her business for that matter? I didn't answer her and started walking further. I tried to think of something else but the dame question had nestled its way into my brain and it wouldn't leave me alone.

How can the great commander not know why I hate him? He destroyed my life, he couldn't safe mom, he choice his job above me, me his only family member. Everything is his fault. He'll pay, he'll suffer like he made me suffer ever since that day in 2138.

(Alexis POV)

Wow, I didn't think he would become so introvert when I asked that question. It had been lingering in my head for a while. When I talked to his dad it came to me that he might not understand why his son hates him. Maybe he doesn't understand or doesn't know the whole story. Lexie please, you're acting like an over obsessive teenager again. Cut it out. Let them handle their own family problems, I'm sure they know enough to understand each other.

Then why is Lucas being so quite? It's not like he's ignoring me, he seems to be in deep thought. I wonder what answers he has for my question.

Maybe he doesn't even have one.

We walked in silence for another hour. I had a hard time keeping up with Lucas and after an hour I couldn't take it anymore: "Can we please stop? My ankle needs to rest and I'm tired from all the walking." I sat down on a rock and started massaging it when I felt twee arms pick me up: "What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I have camp a click further. We'll be safer if we sleep there and out here in the open," Lucas answered me and a small blush was covering my cheeks. Dame him, why does he have to carry me? "Don't worry, we'll be there soon. Just close your eyes if you're tired." The idée seemed very tempting, but I didn't trust this guy just yet. Who knows what he might do while I'm asleep.

That sounds like the title from some horror movie.

"Just sleep, your safe with me," Lucas his voice sent shivers down my spine when he whispered those words in my ear. It sounded so tempting, too tempting. I closed my eyes and rested my head against his shoulder. Maybe a short nap won't hurt.

When I woke up night had fallen and I was in a tree house. It wasn't as impressive as the last one I stayed in, but it still surprised me that he had build one. Now that I think about it, it is pretty smart. The dinosaurs can't get to you this way so you are a lot safer up here and you have a good view in case someone wants to attack you.

I guess the genius is a genius after all.

Speaking of the genius, where is he? I looked around the small tree house but I was alone with a small fire burning in front of me. Where did he go? He didn't leave me behind me did he? Oh no, please don't tell me he did? What am I going to do now? I have no clue where I am and my navigation skills are zero. I knew I shouldn't have asked him that question or maybe he left because I annoyed him so much.

I tried to get up but I noticed that something was wrapped around my ankle. I unwrapped it and saw it was shirt. Wait a minute, wasn't Lucas wearing this earlier? It was wet. Did he do this to help heal my ankle? If he did that than he wouldn't just leave me right? Maybe he's just hunting or something. God I feel like I'm in the George of the jungle movie.

A sudden crack got my attention. Oh god no, not again. Cracks are usually a bad sign around here. Please don't let it be a dinosaur. Something was near the tree. I could hear branches being crushed. Maybe if I scream for Lucas he might still hear me. I noticed a rope hanging at the opening of the tree house and it wasn't hanging still. Wait a minute, maybe someone noticed the fire and is coming up. Omg, what if its' Mira?

"What is the matter with you?" a voice said and I noticed that I had closed my eyes. When I opened them green eyes were staring back at me with a confused look in them. Thank god it was Lucas. He was holding something that looked like food.

"You bastered, I thought you left and that some dinosaur or one of Mira's guy's was around!" I yelled at the smirking man as I threw his wet thirst at him. He climbed in the tree house and laid the food next to the fire and dropped his shirt on my head. He was wearing another one. It would be rather cold if he didn't wear one.

"Relax, no one comes in this aria but me and as for the dinosaurs…the once that live here aren't big enough to reach the tree house," the smirking man told me and gave me some freaking looking fruit. I hate the food here: "Whatever, you still scared me. Man what I wouldn't give for a McDonalds menu right now. The food here stinks."

"Are you always this whinny or are you it just for me," Lucas asked me and sat down next to me. He placed his teeth in his fruit and a green looking substance came out of it. Yeah there goes my appetite: "Specially for you and I'll pass. You can have mine."

"Eat it, I don't want to have to listen to your empty stomach," Lucas warned me and a piece of dark Lucas was present in his eyes when he looked at me. I quickly took a bite and realized it wasn't as bad as it looked. We ate in silence and when I was done I wrapped the wet shirt back around my ankle. It surprisingly felt good.

"So where are we going anyway?" I asked and got closer to the fire. It was rather cold and I wasn't exactly dressed for a night in the jungle. My top wasn't helping me at all en the wet shirt wasn't helping either: "We're heading towards the portal that brings the people here. I figured out how to make it go both ways."

"So you finished your work?" I asked him and for some reason I was happy for him. During my time at Mira's I had figured out that he had worked hard at them. He had a small smile hanging at the corner of his lips. When he looked at me I felt a small blush cover my cheeks: "Yeah you could say that. Now I have to go to Hope Plaza and catch up with my bosses and get everything ready to take my father down."

I can't understand why he wants to take his father down so badly. I mean okay the man disserves some payback but to actually kill him. I can't imagine doing something like that to my dad. I wonder what the commander has to say about what happened. I mean Lucas was young so maybe he didn't know everything and that's why he can't understand. I mean it's only normal that his dad picked him. What kind of father would he have been if he hadn't. His wife would probably have killed him if he had let his only child die. How can Lucas blame him for that?

Lucas caught on that I was lost in thought: "What are you thinking?" I hadn't noticed that I had been starring in the fire for a few minutes. I looked up in Lucas his eyes and he seemed to get what I had been thinking and he clearly didn't agree with me: "What? You spend some time with the great commander and now you take his side? He win you over with his charming self already?"

"No that's not it," I answered and shook my head. I could tell he was getting riled up because of the thought. I guess he must have a hatred for everyone who would chose his father's side. He had turned his eyes towards the fire and he had placed his elbows on his knees. He seemed to be in thought: "I guess I just don't understand why you would go so far as wanting to kill your father. But I doubt that anyone would ever understand your motives."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Lucas snapped at me, his eyes were darker and I knew I had to watch out with what I said. I didn't want him to snap again and end up with a rebuild face: "We don't know what you went through, how you felt and what you thought. That's something only you can understand."

Lucas seemed to calm down with my answer and he turned back to the fire. I guess I'll have to keep watching out to not push his buttons too much. The wind started cracking threw the tree house and I wondered if we were really safe up here. What if the wind blows it down? Lexie please, Lucas probably slept here before so it's safe.

"Here," I looked up and saw Lucas was holding a blanket. I hadn't noticed that I had started to shiver because of the wind. I wrapped it around me and leaned against one of the walls of the tree house. I wonder what tomorrow will bring. I hope my ankle will be better. I really don't want to keep on hopping threw this jungle. Maybe we'll run into more dinosaurs. I'd love to see some nice and friendly once. It would be so cool to see another veggiesaurus. At least the scenery is pretty incredible. No matter where I go here it all looks so unreal. Like I can walk at any second out of the jungle and back into the 2012 century. I still can't believe that all of this is real. It has to be, there's no way someone can have a dream this long. And besides you aren't suppose to feel pain in a dream.

My thoughts ended when I noticed Lucas was shivering. He didn't seem to pay much attention to it, his eyes kept focusing on the fire. I got up and sat down next to him, wrapping the blanket around both our shoulders. He hadn't notice me get up and he looked surprised when I leaned my head on his shoulder: "I can't have you get sick now can I? How the hell am I going to survive this jungle without you?"

(Lucas POV)

Her words had surprised me. It was sarcastic but I understood the message underneath it. Did she actually care for me? No one has cared for me since my mother died. I couldn't help but feel warm because of it. I'm not one who gets close to people but I let her lay her head on my shoulder. It felt nice for some reason, calming and for some reason the tree house felt peaceful at the moment. The burning hatred for my father wasn't in it, the portal and my calculations weren't there, my bosses and their plans were gone. It was just me and her. Just us.

And that scared me for some reason.

What is she doing to me? Do I actually care for her? I barely know her. Maybe she's just nice because like she said she can't survive her on her own. For some reason that made me want to protect her. Not only from the dinosaurs but also from my father and the people living in Terra Nova and the Sixers. This is crazy, I'm leaving in a few days for Hope Plaza and when I come back it's to attack Terra Nova.

And I'm pretty sure she won't agree with me on stripping this place for all it's worth. She doesn't know exactly what's going to happen and I like it that she seems to be on my side. Knowing that someone is behind me and not just because I'm smart.

Yeah, this is scaring me shitless.

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