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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Terra Nova. I RENT IT.

Zoe almost barely stopped herself from knocking on Maddy's door. She had a child now didn't she? What if young Lucie came and saw Zoe dressed in torn uniforms and blood? Pushing aside her doubts, she knocked on the door several times before stepping back.

Maddy came though, holding a plex and not looking up to see who was at the door. She was in a pale green dress with blue trim along with her green wedding ring, and a green necklace. That must've been new, Zoe had never seen it before. "…Hi uh… give me a sec." Maddy said before looking up, jaw practically hitting the ground.

"Hi Maddy," Zoe scratched the back of her neck. "I-I'm back." Before Zoe could say anymore, Maddy rushed up and hugged Zoe fiercely.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Maddy's voice was muffled into Zoe's shoulder, for Zoe had grown taller than her now. "What happened to you!?" Maddy noticed the clothes and took a step back, still gripping both of Zoe's arms.

"I got burned and fell and attacked by Nemies and poisoned for an hour and dehydrated and malnourished." Zoe rolled her eyes and Maddy gasped.

"My god! Come inside, let me get you cleaned up…" Maddy started, but Zoe cut her off.

"No, I can get cleaned by myself, but that's not why I'm here." Zoe said, slightly uncomfortable. "I was wondering if you've read anything in the newsletter, about me specifically."

"Mm-hmm, there was a whole article about how you lived OTG and fought with all these dinosaurs and stuff." Maddy said, pulling up her plex and typing in a series of words. "It's been all over, all the younger ones want to try it now."

"They, want to try it!?" Zoe gulped. It could be her fault that millions of colony children suddenly leave camp in hopes of being a "Strong warrior" like Zoe. "B-but they're children! They'd never survive in the jungle!"

"I know," Maddy sighed, putting her plex down on the key table beside the door. "Taylor's gotten extra gate patrol and put millions more camera's around, as well as fences in those places where Skye and Josh used to sneak out."

"I feel guilty now." Zoe managed to squeak out.

"No, no it's fine," Maddy put her hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure you don't want to come in? Have some tea and relax?"

Zoe gagged. "No, no tea." She had drunk Hell Plant tea almost every day because she hated the taste of raw water. "I think I'll just go home, I have to stay there for the next week anyways." Maddy nodded and closed the door. Zoe sighed, and walked back down the dirt path. Her feet would probably just as bloody and scratched as the rest of her, now that she was barefoot walking on sharp gravel.

After four more attempts of autographs by small children, she finally made it to her house. It was still simple district housing, but Miles had put more Christmas lights and a few more flowers out front. She held her hand up, about to knock on the door before remembering that it was her own house. Cautiously she opened the door, pausing at the point where it creaked so she didn't wake up Taryn from an afternoon nap or something. As soon as the door was open, she was pulling inside and brought into a tight hug.

"Zoe, oh god Zoe." Miles mumbled into her shirt. He had been crying, for what reason she didn't know. He shook as he held her close as if she was about to run away. "You're okay, you're okay." He must've only gotten home the day before her, for even though he was clean and washed, his shirt was muddy and torn along with his camouflage pants.

"Miles… I need to breathe." Zoe coughed and Miles instantly let go, dusting off his shirt and wiping his face.

"S-Sorry." He straightened himself professionally. "I just had to know you were okay."

Zoe scoffed. "What happened to you though? Looks like you got trampled."

"I did." Zoe almost choked at his words. "I angered a couple of Ankylos and they trampled me, had a few broken ribs, a cracked skull and my ankle was broken, but now I'm all fixed up." Miles scratched the back of his head. Zoe couldn't help but mentally tell herself that she called it. "What happened to you? Looks like you got attacked by Malcomus."

"More along the lines of a bunch of Nemies," Zoe shrugged. "My biggest problem OTG was dehydration and malnourishment." She pushed her way past Miles and into the kitchen, where she turned on the sink and wetted a rag, wiping some of the blood off her face.

"Yikes, you hungry?" Miles pushed over a plate of bananas.

"I heard I'm supposed to be back on that drink stuff they give you when you first come through the portal," Zoe made a face. "It's supposed to help me 'recuperate' with food again."

"That sucks." Miles fake gagged. "So, you're stuck here too though right? So we won't be bored?"

Zoe stopped herself. Was it just her or did he sound like her mother? "Uh… yeah, I was planning to go out to the training grounds though; they can't keep me away from there." Around the East side, Taylor had cleared out a space of dirt that Zoe and other recruits could train themselves on. Self-defense, obstacle courses, archery and shooting ranges, as well as herbal medicine and fire starting were held there, though recruits still had to go through a course OTG before becoming full soldiers. "I was going to take a shower and then go to movie, care to join me?"

"For the movie, yes." Miles smirked and started to walk out to his room. "For the shower, no thank you." He winked and closed the door to his room, probably to play games on his plex until she was done.

Zoe shook her head out and walked to the shower, getting ready to look halfway decent after being in the same clothes for more than a week.

A/N Kind of a bad ending, but I've got writers block. BTW there is no set schedule in which I will be posting new chapters, it just depends how many fish I can catch in my river of ideas. R&R please!