Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste

Author: Wizard92

Chapter 17: Silence

(Lucas POV)

"Look out, you're gone fall!"

Splash!

I guess she didn't realize that if you took to many steps the ground starts to reoriented itself what would cause a person to lose his or in this case her balance and fall. When Alexis came back up she had a look on her face that would make most people run of in fear. Before I could say anything or even laugh at her she had jumped on me and pushed me.

"What you do that for?" I yelled at her when I came back above the surface. Alexis was pulling he hair together and trying to dry herself with my t-shirt that I wore yesterday: "You were going to laugh and make fun of me. I told you I didn't want to catch a stupid fish!" She snapped at me as I climbed out the water. Oh she thinks she's going to get away with this? Guess again little girl. I lifted her up and threw her back in the water: "Ahh!"

That'll teach her to push me in. Dame it, what happened to we can't afford to lose time! I pulled my shirt over my head and hung my bag over my shoulders. I graphed two sticks and pushed the fished that I had caught on them. No time to cook them: "We're leaving, so hurry up!"

"What? We're both soaking wet. We can't leave like this, we'll get sick," the girl protested but I started walking anyway. Dame it, I knew I shouldn't have taken her with me! If we stay her to dry up we'll lose another hour and we already have to gain the one we lost because of the Nykos. I gave the girl her fish and a look that made it clear to not complain.

A hint she seemed to understand.

I picked up the pace to try and gain the hour we had lost. Alexis was able to follow. We didn't rest for a few hours. Because of the heat our clothes were soon dry. It was kind of refreshing to get soaked completely. Especially with this heat. I can't remember it being this warm this time a year. On our way a group of Pterosaur flew over our heads. We had to make sure we stayed out of their vision or we would be in trouble. There was no water to hide in and that's the only place you're safe with those creatures.

At least we didn't run into any carnivores. This is unfortunately their territory. And my gun can only hold of a certain amount. And then there's two of us and only one gun so big chance I can't keep an eye out for both of us. And with a sore ankle Alexis won't get far. Speaking of the gun, why hadn't she taken it this morning when she woke up? Considering it took me a while for me to wake up while a group of Brachiosaurses were passing by, she could have easily stole the weapon and used it to get me to take her back.

Then again she wouldn't have fired the gun at me. She doesn't even know how to use it and I'm pretty sure she's not a killer. And if she would have done that it would have probably gotten under my skin and pist me off.

Now that I'm thinking about it, it wouldn't have been smart to jump into water while the Pterosaur were passing by. My machine would break and I would be royally screwed. Then I wouldn't be able to go back to 2149 and come back with an army to bring my father down. I need to be careful with my bag. I know most of the stuff out of my head, but I'm pretty sure that getting Bucket to activate it again won't work. They probably figured it out by now that she's the spy. It wouldn't surprise me if she rated me out to my father.

I wonder what his face must look like when he realized that the spy he's been looking for so long has been his own little foundling. It would probably crush him. I bet she was one of the people he trusted the most in Terra Nova, her and Washington. I wonder what would happen to him when he would lose those two. His world would fall apart. He wouldn't have anything anymore. It's not like he would care if I died. He banished me after all. If I wasn't so smart I would have died in my first weak out here.

"Eum Lucas…can we take a break?" I had been so caught up in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed Alexis had stopped. When I looked at her she didn't look to good, her face was still slightly red ,she was hobbling again and she seemed to be out of breath. She was lining against a tree, trying to catch her breath. The redness in her face can't be from the sun. We have been walking in the shadows all afternoon and our little swimming event should have made sure she wouldn't be bothered by the heat.

"Are you okay?" I asked her and she waved it off like it was nothing. She tried to start walking again but after two steps I could see her eyes close and she fell down: "Alexis!"

(Alexis POV)

What's going on? Why am I feeling so cold all of a sudden? It was super warm today. It felt like I was being carried. Did I pass out? Is Lucas carrying me? Why does it hurt to breath? I could hear myself making weird noises whenever I inhaled. Maybe I fainted because I didn't eat enough or because of the heat. But that wouldn't explain my breathing problems or why am feeling so cold. Maybe it's because of the swimming. That could explain everything, well maybe not the breathing.

I tried to open my eyes and saw Lucas his chest. He was carrying me. I didn't recognize the scenery. I guess he must have picked me up and kept on walking. If we stopped we probably wouldn't make it to that portal on time. Maybe he didn't want to rest because I pushed him in. Can't he get that it was a joke, he was going to laugh at me anyway.

"You feeling any better?" Lucas his soft voice made me look up. The sun wasn't shining as brightly as before, the sky looked rather grew. I guess it's going to rain tonight. Great, that means it's going to be cold tonight: "Yeah I'm fine. I can walk so you can put me down."

"You have a fever, if you start walking you'll just faint again," Lucas told me. This time his voice sounded harsh. I guess he really doesn't want to lose time, but why doesn't he just leave me behind in that case. Give me some directions and just go. I could sleep in the tree house from yesterday and I know how to fish now and I know some fruits that I can eat. The only problem is the wild life.

"We're nearly at the cave I wanted to sleep in tonight. We were able to gain the hour we had lost because of the Nykos," Lucas explained. He was looking around trying to find his way. I noticed he was heading towards water. The idea of having to go into water didn't seem so appealing to me at the moment: "How come I got a fever? Is it from the heat?"

"No, if it was from that than you wouldn't have breathing problems and you would be warm and not cold," Lucas explained and I noticed how cold I really was feeling. I hadn't even noticed I had been shivering. I leaned into Lucas his warm chest: "In the cave I'll make a fire so you can get warm."

Lucas sounded weird, not like this morning, well before the swimming activity. I don't get it, is he mad? But we covered the ground he wanted to cover so why is he mad? He even looks pist. The idea that mad Lucas might show up again was a terrifying thought. Last time Mira was there and she took me away from him, well sort of. Out here we're alone and there's no one that might stop him.

We arrived at the cave shortly after that. It wasn't big but it was dry and out of sight. I wrapped the blanket, that Lucas gave me, around my frame and sat close to the fire. It wasn't helping much. God, I'm still freezing. Why isn't this stupid fire helping me? I saw Lucas leave the cave. Maybe he's going to get some food. Please let it be something good. The fish was rather disgusting, but I've always been picky with my food.

Maybe when he comes back I can sit next to him, don't they say that the best way to get warm is by sharing body heat? The thought alone made my cheeks turn into tomatoes. Thank god he isn't here right now. All kinds of pictures entered my mind and I was just in time to pull a normal face when Lucas reentered the cave: "I caught some fish. They'll taste better if we cook them."

Lucas sat down next to me and held the sticks with fish in the fire: "You feeling better?" I shook my head and kept staring in the fire, trying to not think about my previous thoughts: "When we're at the portal my father will probably be there. He can take you back to Terra Nova. The doctors can check you out than. Try and keep hanging on until then."

"That must be the crappiest pep talk I ever heard in my life," I said with a hoarse voice. Great, what more will I get? I wonder what I have. Maybe some bug bit me or I'm just not used to living in this kind of weather and combining it with all this walking. My eyes felt heavy but I had to eat something before I fell asleep. My stomach had started growling when we entered the cave.

The fish did indeed taste better when it was cooked. It felt good to have something in my stomach but it didn't help me get warm. I pulled the blanket closer to me. I'm going to have such a killer headache in the morning. I didn't stop shivering. It was exhausting me.

"Here, maybe this'll help," Lucas said and pulled me in front of him. I felt too weak to protest and let him lay his arms around me, while trying to warm me up. I can't believe he's doing this. If I wasn't so tired I was positive that my cheeks would be completely red. I could hear rain falling from the sky and it didn't take Lucas long before he started shivering as well. I laid the blanket over both of us: "Can't have you be being sick too. I'll never get back to Terra Nova without you."

"Yeah, you would probably run into a dinosaur, scream the whole valley together and get yourself eaten in the end by the dinosaur. But on the way you would probably hurt yourself a lot too, " Lucas said with a small smirk on his face. His eyes were fixating on the fire in front of us. I have to admit that his body felt a lot warmer than the fire and the blanket: "Wipe that smirk of your face bastered."

"Why?"

"It makes you look like an evil genius," I said and closed my eyes. My head as resting against Lucas is chest and the beat of his heart was calming. His touch was unnerving me and made it hard for me to concentrate on the words he was saying. My mind kept wondering back to his hands who were rubbing my arms in a way to help me get warm. The thought of being so close to this man who intrigued me so much wasn't helping my shivers. His whispering voice in my ear, his smooth touch, his thumping heartbeat.

"You're making it sound like it's a bad thing," Lucas whispered in my ear and I could feel him smirk again. I hate to admit it looks very good on him. What doesn't look on this man, the danger that lurks around him makes everything look good. He's so tempting, to tempting.

Why are bad guy's always so hard to resist? We know they are only going to crush our hearts in the end.

Outside it had started to storm. I could see the entrance of the cave lit up by the lightning, followed by thunder roaming the sky. I have to admit I never liked storms, for some reason they always scared me a bit. They always remind me of horror stories and I always thought that if I kept staring in the light I would see someone. Sometimes I was so scared I actually started seeing things in my head. I would always sleep with dad during storms. I'm kind of glad that I'm with Lucas now. The big dark jungle didn't seem so scary with him around.

Thinking about my father saddened me, I missed him. I hadn't thought about him much since I landed in this place. It all seemed so fake that I assumed that I would just wake up and dad would be there with breakfast. My classmates would join me in class and my friend would take me out to some bar. Dad would be mad at me for staying out to late and we would end up playing music all night long or watching a movie together.

"What are you thinking about," Lucas his soft voice pulled me away from my thoughts. I turned my head and saw him looking at me. His gaze caught mine. I could feel my heart skipping a beat and a lump created it's self in my throat. I tried to calm myself down but felling his heartbeat fasten a bit didn't help much: "Home."

(Lucas POV)

I knotted at her and turned my gaze back at the fire, a safer place to look. Her little naïve eyes weren't safe to look at. I could feel her move her body between my arms. Every time her skin touched mine it created little burning parts in my skin. I could feel her touch even after her skin left mine. From the corner of my eyes I saw a small smile cover her lips. My eyes lingered longer than I wanted to on her lips.

What am I getting myself into? I don't care for this girl. She's no one to me, just some stranger who happened to be traveling with me for w while. Once I leave this place I won't ever see her again. Knowing my father he'll put up a fight over his precious Terra Nova and people will die because his stubbornness. She might even be one of them.

She might even be one of them?

She might die during the fight.

If Mira gets her hands on her she'll be dead within the second.

Why does that thought unnerve me. What could I care what happened to her. Destroying my father should be the only thing on my mind.

And yet…

It's not.

"I wonder how much time has paced since I left home," the object that was haunting my mind wondered out loud. The fire was visible in her eyes. She had laid herself down with her head resting on my knee. My hand had found its way into her hair and was stroking it softly: "They're probably going hysterical without me. Or partying because they finally got rid of me, that could be a possibility too."

"You that annoying to be around?" I asked her and I noticed she had stopped shivering, but her face was still red and her breathing wasn't normal. Maybe I should take a few breaks tomorrow to make sure she doesn't get worse: "I'm just that entertaining, you jerk. At least I make people laugh, can't say the same thing about you."

"People just don't understand me because I'm that smart," I smirked. I wasn't lying, people never stayed around me because they never understood me. Their brains can't keep up with mine: "Well I rather have my brain than yours. So much more interesting than yours."

"And how do you know what plays in my mind," I asked her and she turned on her back, looking up in my eyes. What happened to not looking in her eyes?

"I bet it has something to do with math and the word alone makes me wane vomit. Such a boring course. I'm so glad I don't have that anymore," she told me and I couldn't help but smirk. Maybe she knows me better than I thought: "Ugh, you're such a nerd." The girl sighed and turned back on her side. My hand started tracing her back, letting silence entre the cave. A sudden wind made the girl shiver again and I pulled her closer to my body. She didn't' protest and I felt her head rest against my chest, one hand placed itself on my chest, stroking it gentle. I could feel her breath threw my shirt. I couldn't help but wonder what her skin would feel like against mine. I wondered what her lips would feel like on mine.

The peace that lingered in the cave didn't stay for long, a screeching sound made us both look up.