Disclaimer: Everything belongs to James Cameron except for my OC, Darya.

Chapter 2

"It's breathtaking." My eyes roamed all around me. It wasn't enough. I wanted to drink in everything.

"Yeah, it is. But don't tell my dad I said that." Josh joked.

"Well, you kept your promise so, there's no reason why I shouldn't listen to you about this."

"But I guess the most interesting part is that, no one has been here apart from us. It just makes the whole experience all the more special." Josh stared at me. A lazy smile on his face as he kept his eyes trained on me. "What? Is something on my face?" I asked, feeling around my face.

"No, it's just I've practically done this my whole life but for the first time I might actually appreciate it because of you." He smiled.

"Yes, you just entered Darya's world. I have the ability of inflicting optimism." I laughed and landed at the bottom of the cave, or entrance of said cave. Josh soon followed behind.

"Holy Crap! What is he thinking?" I shouted as I looked above to find Carl having jumped without any harness or rope. Just a plain parachute.

"Ha-ha! I guess you haven't seen the crazy side of Carl yet."

"He belongs in a mental hospital. I can't believe my parents left me with him." I said rolling my eyes.

"So, where to next 'Oh great climber'?

"You see, Josh doesn't take after his father. He's his own man." I heard Carl say to Victoria. There was obvious friction between father and son. "Hey Darya! You follow Josh's light, okay?" He called out to me. "Vic and I will go on ahead."

By the time I got to their level they were already on their way down. "Guess, it's just you and me now. Trust Carl to make me feel like I'm slowing things down." I complained. Josh adjusted my harness and laughed. "So, Josh. What do you like?"

"Huh? Oh, well I guess I never really thought about it. No wait! Scratch that. Never had the opportunity to. My dad gets me involved in his expeditions during the summers every year."

"I'd say climbing and scaling rocks was your passion, but you might disagree."

"I don't know about passion but I enjoy it. Probably one the things I look forward to on these expeditions."

"But then why do you do it? Why not just say 'no'?" We continued to climb down, further into the cave. The walls of the caves started to get closer for the first time I actually felt a constriction in my chest. Shit! How you do explain claustrophobia to your crazy uncle? Especially down here.

"You think if a simple 'no' was the solution I would be down here? My dad really is a force to be reckoned with." Josh answered, his voice strained. I decided, maybe this topic was really hitting home.

A comfortable silence formed around us as we made our way further into the cave. My eyes feverishly roamed all around me and for once I was grateful that Josh was below me because there was no way I wanted anyone to know of what I was going through. This was the first time I had felt this way, so maybe it would pass once I got used to my surroundings. It had to pass.

"Took you guys long enough. Seriously, Josh I expected you to speed things up." Carl scoffed. Honestly, why was he so impatient?

"Here, make a video for National Geographic, would you babe?" Carl said handing the handicam to Victoria.

"So, Josh do you like caving?" I sat next to Josh eating from the plastic bag in his hand. I looked at him, waiting intently for the answer. He handed me the bag and sat up straighter.

"Ha-ha. My old man is obsessed with torches, okay. So, for my birthday present he got me this." Josh pulled at necklace from under his shirt. From it hung a tooth. "He got this boar tooth when he killed a boar and ate it on his Bonyo expedition, that's cool right? No, because he modified it." With that he flicked on the light in the tooth. I snorted. Honestly, I thought my parents were bad with presents.

"Oh, wow that's so cool!" Vic stood up straighter to get a better look.

"No, that's not cool. That is a caver for you. I get to check out rock. And look this rock looks just like that. It's so lame." I laughed out loud at his expressions and had to suppress it with my hand. I handed the bag back to him.

"Oh, Josh. You just don't get it. Your old man is the most respected explorer of our time. He's like Columbus or Neil Armstrong. This is the last place left on Earth to discover. Why wouldn't you want to shine your light where no human has ever shone light before? You get to see something that the rest of the world won't ever see." Now that was Carl talking from his heart, about something that really meant something to him. I was impressed. In all my years of knowing my uncle, never had I heard him talk about his work like that to anyone. I guess small spaces bring out the truth.

"You mean you want to shine a light where no human has ever been before. Really? There you go!" And with that he lowered his pants and showed his behind. I burst out laughing only to be glared at by Carl. He shot Josh a dirty look before giving me a warning glance. Seriously, I wasn't even the one who decided nudity was a good idea and here Carl thought I was to be blamed. Sheesh.

When we finally arrived to the camp, the atmosphere was gloomy. Eyes downcast and shoulders slumped. Things didn't look good and when Josh finally got to see the video, they took a turn for the worst.

He sat there replaying the video. I knew what was going through his head because the anger was evident on his features. The sadness of loosing Jude was present but so was anger as his hands clenched on the side. "See! He just fucking yanked the mask away from her!"

"I don't see it that way, Josh." I sat, my hand covering my mouth as I looked at Josh stalk away from Carl and Victoria. "Hey, Josh!"

"You have no fucking idea what you're talking about here." Dex reasoned with him as he followed behind.

"No, he killed her! She is dead and it's all because of him!"

"Listen to me! Hey! Listen to me." Dex shouted as he caught with Josh. Buddy breathing is the most radical thing ever. Once Jude lost it she wasn't coming home. We lost her. Frank didn't force her to do anything. Okay?"

"No. No, he always pushes too hard. He made this happen." Josh broke down, his face still contorted with rage.

"Would somebody want to give me a hand here?" Frank had re-merged with a still Jude in his arms.

A/N: Thank you so much for your reviews. I couldn't find any Josh/OC stories and i had read somewhere that if you want to read something and it doesn't exist, then write it yourself. That is exactly what i'm doing. This is the first time i'm writing about a movie, so please bare with me.

Anonymous reviewers, you are much loved but i can't reply to you! :(

Chapter 3 is in the works :D Just review please! 3