After The End- A Terra Nova Fanfic

A/N- I'm back! With a new fanfic- of one of my favorite TV shows, so sad it's discontinued! Oh well, I've continued it! Picks up after the end of season 1. Enjoy! ~Jordy

~Prequel~

The private army called The Pheonix Group has destroyed the colony, and then fled into the Badlands, in search of who knows what. Lucas tried to kill Commander Taylor, and Skye had to shoot him. He then escaped, injured. The members of the Shannon family are all safe, and everyone has returned to the colony of Terra Nova.

Taylor hasn't been the same since then, since that day. The day his own son, albeit estranged, but still family, tried to murder him. Repeatedly stabbed him, and would have killed him, if Skye hadn't found them and shot Lucas. Thinking he was dead, she had gone about cleaning Taylor up and helping him get out of there, without realizing that Lucas had gotten up. Skye saw him run, but didn't tell Taylor, not wanting to worry him. They hadn't seen him since, and it is presumed he went to meet up with the Pheonix Group.

Holed up in his personal quarters day in and day out, Taylor has closed himself off from the colony, leaving Jim Shannon, his head officer, unofficially in charge. Wash would have been in the lead, if Lucas hadn't shot her in cold blood the day he took over, after she refused to give him information that might lead to the capture of his father. Luckily, that is all in the past now, and Terra Nova seems to be recovering. Skye is worried, though, that Taylor might never speak to her again, since she shot his only son, even if it was to save Taylor. Lucas told her that, too. He told her that Taylor would never forgive her for betraying the colony to the Sixers, and shooting Lucas was just icing on the cake. She didn't believe him, though, until now. Taylor hasn't spoken to her since, and now she fears he may never again. He thinks she killed his son, thinks that his body is laying out in the woods somewhere, rotting away. Skye doesn't want to tell him that Lucas escaped though, in case Taylor tries to go after him, because he is in no health to do so

"Are you okay, Skye? You seem a bit withdrawn since you and the Commander returned," Jim Shannon asks her when she passes him on the street. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm just headed to see Josh. Would you happen to know where he might be?" she asks, putting on a smile. "Yeah, he just headed to Borlin's for his shift, you can find him there," he says. "Thanks, Mr. Shannon," Skye says, turning to head to the town bar. "Oh, Skye? You can call me Jim," he finishes, turning and walking towards the center of town.

Entering the dimly lit tavern, Skye immediately spots Josh behind the counter, and walks over to him. Settling on the bar stool, she watches him clean glasses for a minute before speaking. "Hey," she says, causing him to look up in surprise, "Oh, hey, Skye, what's up?" She appraises him for a second before asking, "Do you wanna do something with me tomorrow?" He sets down the glass he was holding and turns to her, "Sure, what are we doing?" "Well, I've been feeling really cooped up since we all returned, and I thought we could go OTG for a while, maybe go for a swim at the falls?" she suggests. "Okay, but is going outside the gates really a good idea? Since we don't have our endless stream of supplies anymore, they won't give us a gun or a rover," he asks, ever the practical one. "So? We'll be fine, we'll go in the daylight," Skye insists. "What if we run into Slashers? Or worse, Carnos? What are we gonna do then?" "I don't know, I don't care, let's just go!" Skye says. Josh gives her a suspicious look before sighing in resignation, "Fine, I have to be here at four so let's go early." Skye grins, hopping off the stool, "I'll meet you at the gates at eight!" She disappears back into the sunshine.

Officer Mark Reynolds, who had been watching and listening in on this conversation, unbeknownst to both Skye and Josh, decided to go tell Maddie what he had overheard. Since the gates were still destroyed from the Pheonix attack, they couldn't forbid colonists from leaving, but he wanted to make sure someone knew where they were, just in case. Walking up to the bar, he greeted Josh, "Hey, Josh, have you seen your sister?" Josh smirks, "Why? Can't stand to be away from your girlfriend?" Reynolds doesn't answer, and Josh looks up, "Dude, chill, I'm just messing with you, you know I'm cool with you two being together." "Great, so do you know where she is?" Reynolds asks again. "Umm, yeah she's probably working at the infirmary, but today might be her day to work at the school instead, I don't know. I can't keep track of all of her activities." Josh answers. "Alright, thanks man, I'll catch you later," Reynolds says, strapping on his gun belt and heading off towards the clinic.