Hi- You know how this goes- I'm more than halfway through Needle's Eye and I get the urge to find out what's happening to Yoshiko and her T8 companion, Tracker.
This is a branch-off . Their journey from Sacramento down to Red Valley Motel.
This a love story, but be warned, it's not a particularly fluffy one. You are going exploring the nature of human and machine relationships and sometimes the 'darker' side of a human being who survived Century and fought to bring an end to The War.
Preview.
Through the net curtains it appeared a man and a semi-clad woman were were wresting in the centre of their motel living room, already having destroyed most of the breakable furniture in the process. The female drove a strong body punch into the male's ribs and he fell to the floor . She flung herself on top of him and straddled his chest . When she had both his wrists pinned above his head with one hand, she began tearing the buttons off his checked shirt with the other. When he tried to resist she slapped him hard across the face.
Sarah's eyes opened wide and she swollowed. Suddenly a naked-from-the-waist-down T-8, moving faster than most humans can imagine, was on its feet . It had picked up ( what Sarah could only have presumed to be its assailant) and dropped her behind the overturned sofa . It then positioned himself blocking the woman from any potential line of fire from Sarah. The whole rapid movement could not have taken more then a couple of seconds.
Sarah got the full view of the T-8 clutching its shirt together around its waist. There were what appeared to be human teeth marks in its exposed shoulder.
Having recognised Sarah Connor its mouth twitched into a crinkly T-8 smile through the glass.