The Abandoned Compound
"Screwed up again," Nethania growled as she sat down on the cot. She winced at the pain in her side.
'Dad's going to kill me with his lecturing. That is, if these people don't kill me first,' Nethania thought.
Sienna ran into a local shop.
"Hey miss, can I help you," asked the keeper.
She walked towards him, looking around nervously. He was tall and had a booming voice that was more soothing than frightening; he was slightly balding and had a gentle look to his features.
"Do you have a phonebook with white pages I can use?" Sienna asked.
The man looked at her and then nodded. He picked up a plex and brought up the page.
"Who are you looking for?" the man asked.
Sienna tried to remember who Nethania told her to go to.
"David M Rogers," Sienna said.
"David M Rogers," the man said looking at her.
Sienna nodded quickly, she was frightened about the Phoenix Group catching up to her.
"Well little lady, I happen to be David M Rogers," the man said leaning over the counter. He pulled up his ID and showed her. She smiled and sighed with relief.
"How can I help you?" David said.
Sienna told him everything that had happened and he listened quietly. Finally when she finished he stood up and nodded.
"You did the right thing by looking for me," David said. David knew where Roland had set up the base of operations on this side of the portal, Rio de Janeiro.
Roland looked around the table at the gathering. Going round the table to his right sat Ute, Mira, Carter, Philbrick, Maxwell, Ayani, Lucas, Jim Shannon, Boylan, Alicia and Nathaniel. He was there via hologram.
"Captain Nethania Taylor has gone into the future to rescue Sienna, Mira's daughter," Roland said.
"We haven't heard from her since she disappeared ten days ago," Ute added.
"Now I've called you all hear to decide on how best to move forward with this problem," Roland said, but before anyone could say anything Roland was interrupted.
"David M Rogers," Roland said standing up. Roger came into view, followed by a young girl.
"Sienna," Mira said standing up.
"Momma," Sienna said.
"Captain Taylor's been captured," Rogers said.
There was one massive gasp.
"We need to organize a rescue mission," Roland said.
"Sir, I'll go," Lucas said standing up.
"No," Nathaniel said instantly.
"They trust me there. Last I spoke to them was before Nethania showed up in Terra Nova the first time. As far as they know, I still hate her guts. If they know it is Captain Taylor they are holding and then they know Mira didn't kill her and Carter is in love with Nethania and they know that," Lucas said.
"You can't go alone," Maxwell said.
"No, I can do this. I need to do this," Lucas said, he sounded surer of himself than ever before.
"If Nethania perishes, this land will have one less guardian," Nathaniel said.
"I won't come back without her," Lucas said.
"But how will you get there. We can't access our Portal Room here without Nethania and no one knows where Nethania's secret lab is or how to get into it," Ute said.
"Can't the Portal Room here be opened from the other side?" Lucas asked.
"No, it can only be opened from the outside. It's a major security feature to make sure no one unauthorized by us can come there," Roland said shaking his head.
"And we broke our old terminus down for metal," Nathaniel said.
"There is another portal terminus that can still be activated," Maxwell said.
"Nonsense, that portal terminus hasn't been active in years, it's unstable," Ute said shaking his head.
"With Lucas' help I think we can get it working again," Maxwell said.
"But you must work quickly and efficiently, time is against us all," Roland said.
"Dad, I can't. It took me five years to figure out the equations to reverse the portal," Lucas said shaking his head.
"Ah but now you won't be having to waste your time scrawling them on rocks for Nathaniel to find," Maxwell said with a twinkle in his eye.
"And you'll have the best equipment known to man and Nanosaur to work with," Ute said. Lucas looked from Nanosaur to father and back.
"Then what are we waiting for," Lucas said.
After a three day drive to a secluded valley, Ute led them to a place they came to call the Abandoned Compound. The compound was old and falling apart and the trees were tall enough to hide the structure from sight. Inside were the remains of an old laboratory. Ute led Maxwell and Lucas towards some thick overgrown vines. He pushed them back to reveal the old terminus.
"We need to clear these vines away," Maxwell said. Lucas stepped up and began looking the terminus over.
"We need Malcolm to come here and fix this," Lucas said.
"Nethania did some damage to it in case the guards of this valley couldn't ward off humans," Ute said with a nodded.
A rather large Deinonychus walked in, followed by several other Deinonychus.
"Lieutenant Ute I presume," the Deinonychus said.
"Lieutenant Zanders," Ute said with joy in his voice and the two raptors embraced each other.
"We'll also need to power this place up," Maxwell said.
"Unfortunately the main power generators got damaged during a storm," Zanders said.
"What about the back-ups?" Ute asked.
"Those are animal powered," Zanders said leading them down an adjacent hallway to a room with 22 large running wheels, 11 down one side of the room, 11 on the other.
"Get your Deinonychus in here on the running turbines," Ute said.
"I would Ute, but those turbines require faster runners than Deinonychus. You'll need to call in the Nano-Ornithomimus," Zanders said.
Ute growled his frustration and ran out.
"Show me the main generators," Boylan said.
Zanders led him outside to where the generators were. Boylan took a look at the generators, pulling back the overgrown vines covering them.
"With Malcolm's help, we can get this running like new again," Boylan said.
"Get on it," Nathaniel said.
Nathaniel stood outside looking up at the stars. Alicia walked out, carrying Juniper and joined him. Behind her in the Abandoned Compound Laboratory, Malcolm and Boylan were working on the terminus.
"They're almost done with the terminus. Lucas will be able to go and rescue Nethania," Alicia said.
Nathaniel didn't speak or look at her. He just kept staring at the stars.
"Nethania loved looking up at the stars," he said quietly.
"Stop that, we'll get her back," Alicia said sternly.
"I can't lose her again. The first time was torture enough," Nathaniel said putting his head down.
"Nathaniel," Alicia said roughly, pulling his face to hers with her free hand.
"She is the embodiment of the two of us combined. She is tough, resilient, stubborn, and the most indestructible person I've ever met. She'll come back to us," Alicia said pressing her forehead to his.
"I hope you're right," Nathaniel said with a sigh.
"She will," Alicia said.
"Done," Boylan said with glee in his voice.
"You're sure about that," Lucas asked.
"Yeah, I mean there's no pressure on you to get it done quickly, just right," Jim said. Malcolm walked over to the terminus console.
"Well, here goes nothing," Malcolm said and he pushed the button to start it up. The terminus roared to life then fritzed out.
"What happened?" Ute asked.
"There's not enough power in the generators to sustain it," Lucas said.
Zanders looked at them all then began cawing loudly. Within minutes he had his Deinonychus pack on the running wheels. The lights in the rooms became brighter as power surged into them.
"We need to kill the lights," Lucas instructed. Quickly they ran through the building, turning the lights off, feeding more power into the terminus.
"Try it again," Lucas said walking to stand in front of the terminus.
Malcolm pushed the button again and the Terminus lit up, the portal opening.
"Yes we've got it," Boylan said with great joy.
Nathaniel and Alicia came in. Ayani walked up to her son and took his head in her hands.
"Don't ever forget me and what I stand for," Ayani said.
"I won't. And I'll bring Nethania back, I promise," Lucas said. He turned around and stepped forward into the blue caustic lights and disappeared.