Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste

Author: Wizard92

Chapter 20: monsters are lurking around every corner

(Maddy POV)

"What do you mean they're stopping the search? They can't do that, she's alone in a jungle filled with dinosaurs. She probably doesn't know how to survive all that," I protested when mom told me they were stopping their search for Alexis. Commander Taylor had sent out a search party when Sky and Josh came running in Terra Nova and told us what had happened. Mom and dad were furious with Josh and he and his friends got punished by the commander. They have to help with community work. Dad went along with the search party but they didn't find her. They found her trail, but they could tell she wasn't alone but the trail ended pretty soon.

"I know Maddy, your dad is talking with the commander right now trying to convince him to let a small group continue the search," Mom explained but I doubt he would have any luck. Josh was standing with next to me, surprised by the news: "Nice going Josh, she might be dead because you and your friends took her with you."

"Maddy!" Mom called after me but I left the house. I found Justin at his place. He has been worried sick for Alexis. He wanted to go with the search, but the commander didn't let him: "Hey Justin, did you hear the news?"

"Yeah, I heard," he sighed. He had liked her the first time they talked. They got along well and seemed to have a lot of shared interests. He had gladly excepted the commanders order of letting her stay with him. He looked like he could use some cheering up now. He's been down for days, checking the gate every hour, asking for information about any news, but it was always negative: "My dad's trying to convince the commander to let a smaller unite continue the search. There is still hope."

"That's if she's even alive. I'm not dumb Maddy, she can't survive on her own out there. She knows nothing about hunting or making camp or even how to make a fire. And then I haven't even mentioned the dinosaurs she might run into. She has no weapons to protect herself with," Justin sighed and let his dead hang down. He really had taken a liking to Alexis. It saddened me to see him like this and it made my anger for my brother grow. How could he have taken her with her? How could he even go OTG after what happened last time? Why does he keep getting himself into trouble?

"Well with such a negative attitude she'll never make it. Besides dad said she wasn't alone. Maybe she found someone to travel with her and they are on their way over here," I tried but Justin just laughed at my remark and rolled his eyes: "And who could that be Maddy, there are not a lot of people out in that jungle. She's either back with the Sixers…"

"But she's not. The commander got in contact with them and they said they didn't have her. They haven't seen her since we escaped together," I interrupted him and laid my arm over his shoulder: "Then she's probably with the commanders son. And what I heard about him from Sky, he isn't a man you want to be alone with. According to Sky it would be safer to be in the hands of the Sixers than to be in the hands of Lucas Taylor."

"Let's just hope for the best and keep our eyes open. Who knows, it hasn't been that long and she might be found," I told him and tried to make him feel better, but it wasn't helping him much.

(Lucas POV)

We didn't speak for the rest of the day, only when it was necessary like when we took a break or when we went to find food. I tried to stay away from her and I could tell she was doing the same thing. We avoided eye contact and when the sky started turning darker we started searching for a place to sleep. Unfortunately there weren't any caves or tree houses here and we both didn't want to sleep in a tree again, for more reasons than one.

We found an open place in the forest and decided that is would do. While I gather wood for a fire, Alexis went in search for fruits. I didn't like this, stopping. I wanted to keep walking but that would be dangerous in this jungle. If we sit still than we'll have nothing to do but give each other our attention and it wouldn't end well.

"I only found these fruits, can we eat them?" Alexis asked me and showed me some yellow fruit. They were edible, but she would probably complain because they don't taste good. I knotted at her and she sat down next to the fire. Surprisingly she didn't mind the food. In fact I think she even liked them: "These taste like banana's."

"A what?" I asked her and sat down next to her. Dame it Lucas, you need to keep space between the two of you. This is not doing that. I started eating the fruit but I couldn't understand why she liked this fruit: "A banana, you know yellow, looks like an old western gun and monkey's love to eat them."

"They don't exist in 2149 anymore. Well maybe the riche have some but I wouldn't count on that," I told her and she seemed surprised by that fact. Monkey's don't even live in 2149 anymore. Because of the pollution in the air a lot of animals have died and most kinds are extinct. The idea of taking her with me to 2149 seemed so ridiculous now. It would be a shock to her. In 2012 the sky was still pretty clean and the earth was much cleaner. Now pollution is destroying everything.

The night was much calmer than yesterday. It stayed dry and there was no wind. Normally we wouldn't have a problem with dinosaurs because this is an aria where none live. Let's just hope we'll have a calm night. It would be most welcome after yesterday. The temperature had started becoming bearable around four in the afternoon. It helped Alexis her fever, but she started hobbling again. I thought about caring her, but I decided that it was a bad idea.

"You feeling any better?" I asked trying hard to not sound like I cared for her. She had started breathing loudly again about an hour ago and the redness in her face had come back. It surprised me that her fever hadn't risen. I took one of my water bottles and pulled my shirt over my face. I made it wet and threw it at her blushing face: "Wrap that one around your head and give me your top." I repeated my actions while she laid my shirt over her head: "Wrap this one around your ankle. You think you can still walk on it tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I 'll survive one more day as long as I don't have to run," she said and smiled at her own joke. I liked her smile, it was soft and caring. It reminded me in a way of my mother. She wrapped her top around her ankle and rolled the sleeves of my shirt up. I caught her sneaking glances at me and it made me smirk for some reason.

"Pull that ugly smirk of your face," she ordered me and it only made my smirk grow. I loved it how she would get angry if I smirked. I wonder why she says it all the time. She seemed to be reading my thoughts: "My ex boyfriend used to do that too and the day he left he gave me the exact same smirk. I hated people who smirk ever since."

Hearing about this ex boyfriend riled me up. It hadn't occurred to me that she might be seeing someone already. Maybe she has a new boyfriend at home or maybe she's seeing someone in Terra Nova. I didn't want to share her. I wanted her as my own, to claim her. What am I saying, I don't even have her: "So you liked man who smirked?"

"You used the correct verb: liked, as in past tense," she answered me and I felt my smirk fall for a second, but I was quick in replacing it. How can I figure out if she's seeing someone without her catching on with what I'm up too? An idea hit me: "Maybe I can make you love it again." I let my eyes wonder over to her and I caught her on blushing. Even whit a red face from some illness I could still see the blush creeping on her face: "I'll take your silence as a yes."

"Bastered," she cursed softly, but just loud enough for me to hear. I couldn't stop smirking because of it. She turned her back to me and started ignoring me. Ha, like that'll work. She'll probably give up because she needs her doses attention. But she didn't give up, in fact she kept her back on me so long it started to annoy me. She had started massaging her ankle, but judging by her pain cries she was hurting herself more than anything else.

(Alexis POV)

Jerk, bastered, son of a bitch! He must really think he's funny. Like I'll fall for such a stupid trick. But I know he caught me blushing so he knows now that I'm sort of interested in him. Dame it! Now he probably thinks I'm a retarded loser or something like that.

I hadn't intended on telling him about my ex, but it just sort of flopped out. It was true that he did that a lot, but it wasn't the real reason why I hated it when Lucas smirks. It makes him that more sexier and the man is already way to good looking. Having to sit next to him with a shirt is just unnerving. And I'm not even mentioning the fact that I'm wearing two of his shirts which both smell a lot like him.

Dame it I need a distraction. Where's Justin when I need him. He would know what to do. This was the first time I had thought about the guy since I went OTG with the Sky and the others. Am I that comfy around Lucas I can just forget about all the other people on Terra Nova.

I must be a horrible person.

And why can't my ankle heal properly? It probably snapped so quickly again because it wasn't fully healed from Mira's camp. And walking all day didn't help much either. Why is my life such a bitch at the moment. Wow, since did I become such a complainer. What am I talking about? I have always been a complainer. I placed my hands on my ankle and started rubbing it gently, but it turned out that I don't really have a gentle touch: "Dame it!"

I could hear Lucas laugh behind me. I felt his hands sneak around my waist and pull me back over his lap. His hands placed themselves around my swollen ankle and he started to rub them gentle. It surprised me that he did have a gentle touch. The irony in that: "That better?"

"If I say yes are you going to stop doing that?" I asked and laid myself down against his chest. I could hear his heart beat into my ear and his breath touched my head: "No I won't stop."

"Than your doing a good job," I answered and yawned. Lucas his hands were doing one hell of a job and breathing with him in union had a calming effect on me. I could feel sleep enter my body, but I wasn't ready to go to sleep just yet. I could feel his fingers tracing my leg and it didn't take me long to figure out where this was going.

I looked up and saw Lucas his green eyes stare at me. His eyes caught mine and when he started lowering his head I could feel my heartbeat quicken. I could my body push itself up so that my lips would touch his. My arms laid themselves around his neck, pulling his chest closer to mine. His tongue touched my lip and I could feel him enter my mouth. His body pushed me down and I could feel his hovering over mine.

I moaned in pleasure as I felt his hand travel past my knee and further up my leg. How badly I could feel my body want him. I wanted him to kiss me, to touch me, to claim me. It scared me for some reason. I had never wanted a man to have me so badly. I never felt this much lust in my body before. Lucas his lips started traveling down my neck, leaving butterfly kisses on their way: "Lucas."

His hand was getting very close to his destination and I could feel excitement grow in my body. I wanted to him to touch me there, I needed it. I practically wanted him to claim me as his. His lips left my neck and his eyes caught mine. Our heads were resting against each other and I felt shivers run down my spine because of his eyes. His gaze was so intense and full with lust. I wanted to feel his lips against mine again but he wouldn't let me. My breath had started getting deeper and Lucas his hand started his travel up my leg again. I gasped when I felt his fingers slid over my womanhood and he took advantage of that by kissing me and sliding his tongue in my mouth.

His hand started rubbing me and I could hear myself moan in pleasure. I could feel myself push into his hand almost begging him to touch me again. I could myself grow hot while his hand graphed me again, but this time it was harder, rougher: "Uh Lucas..."

His lips left mine and found my ear. His hot breath mad me nearly go over the edge right then and there: "I want you, let me have you."My head knotted on its own and Lucas his hand left my womanhood. I didn't want him to stop but when I felt his hand opening my belt I had to control myself. My body tensed when his hand started travelling down my pants, over my underwear. He graphed me again. He started repeating his actions. I could feel myself get hot in his hand.

His lips started another assault on mine and as he entered his tongue in my mouth I could feel his hand crawl beneath my underwear. One finger slide inside me and started exploring me. I grew soft at his touch and I gasped as he found the right spot. I could feel him smirk against my lips. He entered a second finger inside me and they started rubbing my soft spot. I could feel my body getting hotter and hotter with the second. The sensation he was giving me was driving me mad.

"You want me to make you come?" his whisper tickled the skin in my neck. His touch inside me started getting rougher. A third finger slide inside me and I could feel my body grow hotter, almost reaching my breaking point: "Ugh yes Lucas."

"Say you're mine and mine alone," his whisper was almost making me come. His lips started leaving kisses in my neck and it wouldn't surprise me if tomorrow a few would turn into hickeys. His fingers were pushing harder inside me and I could myself gasped for air: "Say it!"

"I'm yours… ugh Lucas!" I moaned and felt him rub me even harder. I could myself coming and a moan escaped my lips while Lucas his eyes came into my vision. He let his head rest against mine again and I needed time to catch my breath. His fingers left me and he graphed me one more time before he pulled his hand out of my pants: "Mine."

The idea of him claiming me as his was turning me on but at the same time scared me. What would happen if we got separated again? Like tomorrow, when will I see him again? Or will he take me with him to 2149? All kind of thoughts entered my mind, but as soon as Lucas wrapped his arms around my waist and told me to go to sleep I couldn't care what tomorrow would bring. We'll see what happens when it happens.

I'm living in today.