OMG, did you guys watch the last episode! I take everything I originally thought about Hillary back! Poor Stephen, although luckily in this fanfic Hillary is still alive, well, I haven't introduced her yet but I will do soon! So recap, Astrid's being held at Ultra, and Jedikiah wants to meet up with John and Morgan… Btw, this might be the last update for a while, I'm sorry for the wait but I have important exams coming up in the next couple months so there will probably not be an update any time soon. But if you review, I might change my mind.
Reconciliation
John glared at Morgan as Stephen told them the unexpected turn of events. Jedikiah just thought he could walk all over them couldn't he?
"John." Stephen said gently, "It's not her fault."
John growled, his injuries prevented him from much physical activity, but if he could, he would have punched Stephen's head in.
"Not her fault. Astrid's in danger, and we're forced to waste time over some meeting?" John spat, rage numbing the pain of his wounds.
"John, I don't want this anymore than…" Morgan began.
"Don't." John growled. "Say. Another word, I know you were trying to help before, Morgan but…"
Morgan stood up slowly, and laid a gentle hand on John's shoulder. "Then let me help now. Tell me what to do."
Cara was leaning on the door, observing the interaction between her ex and Morgan. She narrowed her eyes as John began to take a couple of deep calming breathes.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly, "Sometimes I get these spikes of emotion, they aren't even my own, but I don't know it's like I have a…"
"Connection." Cara suggested, stepping towards John. She folded her arms and a scowl lined her forehead. John shuddered at Cara's glare, it felt as though a spike had pierced his heart.
"Yeah." John said, "Look, Cara, despite recent events the only important thing now is saving Astrid and destroying the machine, what did you say it was Stephen…"
"Project Transfer." Stephen said grimly, "And another thing Cara, why didn't you help me earlier? You and Russel left, but never made it to Ultra, why?" He spat the last word with such malice that Cara felt her insides clench with guilt.
"I…" She began, "I didn't think… we were there, outside the headquarters, but there were too many gards, Eve and Rufus were injured and I thought the safety of our people was more important than…"
"Astrid." John said through gritted teeth. "Cara you could have called for reinforcements, why didn't you?" John curled his fists in anger as his remark stunned Cara into silence.
"I wasn't thinking." Cara pursed her lips, although a nervous sweat trickled down the back of her neck as she received simultaneous glares from both Stephen and John, even Morgan looked a bit shocked.
"Oh." John laughed, except the laugh wasn't his warm, bright laugh that Cara once knew, it was a cold laugh full of disbelief and it made Cara's insides churn with fear. "You were thinking, Cara. Thinking about if they destroyed Astrid, then I would come back to you with open arms. Newsflash, Cara, I care about you, but I care about Astrid more."
"John-" Stephen cut in, a little taken aback by John's harsh remark and sudden attachment to his best friend.
"No, Stephen." John growled, "Cara needs to learn that not everything is about survival." John's voice softened slightly as he noticed that Cara's eyes began to shimmer with tears.
"John you were the one who taught us that survival is the most important thing for our species!" Cara yelled, startling both Morgan and Stephen.
"I've changed, Cara." John approached Cara slowly, and to everyone's surprise, he laid a gentle hand on her cheek, which Cara did not slap away, but embrace as the tears flowed down her cheeks. "I love you Cara, I always will." John whispered, "But now it's time to live, not just survive. We need to end this war once and for all, but I don't think I can live with you. I'm sorry."
Cara nodded, and as though reality had smacked her in the face, her cheeks burned a bright red as she realised she had been crying in front of everyone, and Morgan of all people. Cara angrily whipped her tears from her eyes. Why did John make her act this way? Was she still in love with him? Cara breathed in deeply as the answer echoed in her mind. Yes. Yes she was, but John had moved on. She had to accept that and stay strong to lead her people to the refuge. She looked at John in the eye as she felt his conscious merge with her own. We will save our species. Her telepathic conscious spoke. Including Astrid. Her conscious wavered with jealousy and anger as she spoke the words within the mind, but she spoke those words nonetheless. A small smile graced John's lips in reply.
"Thank you." John sighed with relief.
"Okay, what just happened?" Morgan asked quietly. Stephen ran a hand down his face in frustration. Great timing Morgan.
Cara took a calming breath before she spoke. She had found her voice once more. She spoke in a calm and confident manner, becoming the leader she was elected to be. "We find Astrid." Cara said, Stephen sighed with relief, John simply smiled knowingly, Morgan just scrunched up her forehead in confusion.
"What about Jed?" Morgan asked, and then bit her lip as the three raised their eyebrows, "I mean Jedikiah!"
"You and John will go to him." Cara said after a moment's thought.
"But what about John's wounds, he isn't strong enough to teleport." Stephen said anxiously.
"I will manage in a few days." John said firmly.
"Jedikiah doesn't have a few days." Stephen reminded them, "The meeting is tomorrow."
"Well, I'll be a couple miles away in case anything goes wrong." Cara then smirked as an idea crept into her brain. "Morgan, I hope you are a good actress because I have a plan."
Stephen and John shared a nervous glance. Morgan nervously chewed on her lip.
"I hope you know what you're doing." John muttered.
"Trust me." Cara smirked. "Jedikiah will not know what's hit him."
Not much action, but a lot of suspense. As I said before I don't have a lot of time to update soon, but, plenty of reviews may change my mind! P.s. hope you guys had a great Easter and ate lots of chocolate! Adios.