What would happen if another character was introduced in Lucas's life? Could he change? Somebody with no link with his past, could he start a brand new life if he wanted to? Could Skye be part of his life? That's what made me write this story of Lucas Taylor.

Disclaimer: I do not own Terra Nova or its characters… Otherwise the show would continue forever!

Oh and by the way, I'm French, so forgive me for my mistakes and please, do me a favor, tell me when it's wrong so I can correct it!

I'd like to give a big thank to Emtheunicorn, and by big I mean HUGE thank! You made me love the fanfics and you took time to read my texts so THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Chapter 1 - The rescue

It had been 5 months since Lucas had been shot by Skye. Mira had found him laying in the jungle, wounded, dying. She had helped him to survive, she wanted him to rebuild the portal and she absolutely needed him so she could go back to 2149 and find her daughter. Lucas was able to stand and walk only a week after the accident. His anger towards his father and Skye had helped him, she was sure of it. She didn't care why he was going to help her, she just wanted him to do it.

Lucas was in the jungle, looking for inspiration. He had worked hard on the portal for the last few months and he had needed some fresh air to make his ideas up. He had told Mira he was going out for few days, to "think". As he was walking, he heard the roar of a nykoraptor not far away. He froze, waiting, still, listening.

He heard something coming, running fast… breathing loudly.

He hid behind a tree and saw… a girl, around his age, running, a scared expression on her face. She had a stripy polo with a pair of jeans, some Converse shoes and a big brown watch which was twice the size of her wrist. Her dark blond hair was tied up but you could see it was long. She had nothing in common with the girls from Terra Nova, nor the ones from 2149. She looked healthier than the people from the pilgrimages. Her skin was lightly tanned, as if she had been in the sun.

She stopped few steps away from him to look behind her, trying to catch her breath, exhausted by her run.

She had never run that fast in her whole life! She started laughing, unsure why, but all that fear she had in her had to get out. Where the hell was she? She suddenly heard a sound from behind her, like a machine you turn on.

"Put your hands up" said a male voice.

She did what the voice told her, slowly putting her hands in the air.

"Turn slowly"

She turned and saw this guy. Maybe her age or older, she couldn't say, pointing at her what looked like a gun.

"I wish you no harm. I have no weapon. Please don't hurt me!"

She regretted those words the second she had said them. She cursed herself. She had just told a total stranger with a gun that she was totally defenseless. He was staring at her. She kept her eyes into his, not sure what he was thinking.

Lucas didn't know what to do. She clearly was no threat to him. But he had never seen her. She was dressed like a girl from the future would be, like she had just arrived. It was too awkward to let her go. He had to know more.

"Who are you?" he heard himself ask

She hesitated, not sure if she could say it. After a pause, she just answered in a casual tone.

"I'm Alex," she stated. "Alexandra"

She had an accent, not sure from where. As if she had read his mind, she followed.

"I'm french". Lucas's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"What a girl like you is doing alone in the jungle?"

"Who said I was alone?" she replied quickly

"Well, if you had back up they would already be here, don't you think?" he smirked "I don't like to say things twice", he added spitefully.

"What, isn't it obvious? I'm playing hide and seek with my friend the dinosaur," she joked with a tiny smile, not really sure if he was the kind of guy to be anything other than serious.

He walked closer to her, the gun still pointing to her head "You must be stupid otherwise you wouldn't talk to me like that right?"

"I'm lost," she gulped.

Lucas had made his point, she was afraid of him now.

Silence. Lucas put his finger on his lips "shh". An abnormal silence grew between them. The air had become really heavy. They could hear nothing but the sound of their own breathing. Suddenly the reason of this silence appeared.

"DOWN!" Lucas shouted

Alexandra just did what he said. She heard a huge roar followed by a big noise, like thunder, above her head. She stayed put on the ground, eyes shut, much afraid to open them. It seemed like an eternity to her until she finally heard his voice.

"It's ok, you can stand up".

But she didn't move, unsure what to do. He wasn't even sure she could stand up. Her body wasn't responding anymore.

"I won't hurt you," she heard. The voice closer than before, just next to her face. She opened her eyes slightly and met his gaze. She hadn't noticed he had such beautiful green eyes.

Lucas had shot the dinosaur, though he didn't kill it, just made it go away. The dread he had seen in Alexandra's eyes when he asked her to get down stayed in his head. Scare but there was something else in it, he was not sure what it was. Afraid to lose something… or someone? Was she worried about him? No, of course not. Why the hell this girl could show compassion to him in a moment like that. Still, she made him feel strange. She had beautiful blue eyes, not like Skye had, no, different, big dark blue lightly violet ones… beautiful ones. The kind of eyes he couldn't forget, just like his mother's had looked the day she asked his father to chose his son instead of her. Lucas wiped the thought from his mind. He didn't want to think about his mother.

He looked at her as she stood up "How did you get here?"

"I don't know," she said, looking down, brushing her hands on her trousers.

"How did you get here?" he asked, a little bit harder.

"I just told you I didn't know ok?" she spat.

"Are you getting stupid again?" he hissed.

"I SAID I DON'T KNOW!" she cried glaring at him, her eyes locked onto his. She didn't mean to cry but she hadn't slept since she arrived five days ago, much afraid of what could happen to her. Lucas didn't move, waiting for his answer. She tried to calm down, took a deep breath and continued " I… I saw a big blue light and then… " she sighed, "I don't know how I get here, I swear I was at my house and suddenly I was here and..."

"Your house?" interjected Lucas in disbelief. "Where is your house?"

"In France" she answered as if he was stupid.

"When did that happen?"

"5 days ago"

"When…", he paused, "what was exactly the date ?"

"1st January 2012"

"2012? You're sure?

"Yes that's something I'm sure of." She saw him pacing, thinking, his mind obviously full of questions, she suddenly felt afraid "Where am I?". Lucas acted like she wasn't there "Where?"

"The question is not where you are but when," he said as if he just remembered that she was there.

She was afraid that what she had thought when she saw her first dinosaur on her first day was true.

"Am I… in a kind of parallel world or something like that?" she asked, unsure if she wanted him to answer.

Lucas shook his head. "What? Are you gonna tell me that I'm back in the prehistory?"

Lucas nodded. She just stayed still, lost in her thoughts too, not sure of what all of this implied. "I have to go back home" she stated "I can't stay here, I'm not a prehistoric or something like that, I have to go home".

"You can't. There's no way back to the future. The portal has been destroyed"

"Well there must be one because look at me tadaaaa I'm right here" she mocked.

"I can't explain it" whispered Lucas. He had to go back to the sixers camp and understand how that had happened. Lucas started to go away, leaving Alexandra behind.

"Can I come with you?" she asked, trying to follow his quick pace.

"No, I already have enough problems to solve" he spat at her.

"Please… Don't leave me alone" she sadly said "Maybe I can help you?" He stopped and stared at her, she could be helpful… or not.

"Pleeeaase" she begged. "You saved my life, I have to save yours in return" she argued.

"Ok" he answered; already regretting it. But the grateful smile she gave him made thse thoughts go away. "Let's go then, we need to find somewhere to hide for the night."

"Awesome! I knew you wouldn't abandon me like that. You act like the bad guy but you don't really are the bad guy and…"

"Alexandra?" he cut.

"Yes?"

"If you come with me, you'll have to shut up" he said in an exhausted tone.

"Ok, I'll try." He frowned at her. "Ok I'll do it. You're the one who has the gun anyway" she smiled.

Lucas gazed at her, startled she could smile so easily. He shook his head sighing and walked again, leaving her behind him.

"By the way, I'm Lucas".

Lucas. That sounded like a good name to Alexandra.

"Hey, what did you mean earlier when you said 'a girl like you' ?" she added, talking again, following him.

He grinned, keeping his pace, not answering her.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Many others are going to follow. Please review this chapter, I would love to hear what you thought about it!