I do not own the terminator
T-A147
The first year after the attack on mankind was a tough one for Kat; she had blamed herself because her father was the one to create Sky Net. And billions of people were dead because of it. It took John to show her that she had no say in what her father had done and that she had something to look forward to. Kat hadn't understood till she came out of her daze and started to notice more and more about John. She noticed the way he walked even with the slight limp from his right leg injury from the TX. The way he kept going so that others would be able to also.
But most she noticed the way he smiled even though there really was nothing to smile for. And what that smile did to her insides. Scott had never affected her like that. She noticed that she felt empty when he left the room. She finally told herself that she did love him even if the terminator said they were to get married and never once mentioned love, she knew her fate was to love the leader of mankind. She would be his link to live.
John on the other hand had noticed Kat from the very beginning. Could any other women trick him to losing his gun then throws him into a cage. She had real spunk and he liked that. As the day had worn on he knew he liked her even more. But after the bombing he thought she was going to give up. It took all his control not to hit some sense into her. Make her lose her temper so she felt alive again. John had never gotten that far because slowly she came back to him and reacted once again. And he fell in love all over again.
Sometimes he would find himself just staring at her and when he did he would look away. God he didn't even know how she felt about him. Well he sort of did. She once said something along the lines of "in your dreams" and "you're a mess" like she was disgusted. But he was a man and when John Connor went for something he got it.
Over the course of two months he wooed her and she fell hard for him.
It was the middle of 2004 when they finally told each other how they felt.
John had just finished rechecking the food supply when he heard Kat scream from her room.
"Kat?" he yelled. "Kat, you ok?" but all he got back was a more muffled scream. So john went running to her door. He didn't even bother knocking on the door as he entered.
Kat was lying in bed and she was crying in her sleep. John walked to the bed and looked down on her. He told himself he wasn't going to touch her but the she yelled again and he gave up.
As he bent down he said "Kat wake up. Wake up it's only a dream." Slightly nudging her ha said again "wake up".
Like a gunshot Kat sat up and opened her eyes. She was so startled to have John in her room that her fisted hand connected with his jaw.
"God Kat that's a good right hook you got but can you practice on something other than my face." As John was talking Kat realized what she had done and said, "oh John I'm so sorry but I was dreaming of...of," but she couldn't finish because it still felt so real to her.
"Kat it's best if you do talk about it, especially with someone who cares." John was looking in her face and he saw new tears coming. He gave up the urge and he sat beside Kat and took her in his arms. She began to cry a little harder on his shoulder and talked about her dream.
She said it was so real because it happened just like on judgment day from the time the terminator put her into the truck and her fears of being killed all the way to when the TX shot her father. That must have been her first scream thought John. But the rest changed instead of the terminator shooting the TX he turned and shot John instead because that was his original program before he was sent back. Was that her second muffled scream? Then Kat was alone and the bodies were everywhere billions of them from infants to the elderly. And she could smell it and feel the death. Then the cyborg army was marching over the bodies destroying them more and then one was right in front of her. And she screamed because the robot was so close and he was reaching for her…. And then she hit John.
All in the telling of her story Kat was sobbing and sniffling. When she had finished telling John held her tighter and rocked her. "Kat I'll be right here and nothing will hurt you I promise."
"John do y-you really c-care for me?" Kat was looking at John with tear-rimmed eyes and while he looked at her he knew he couldn't go on unless he told her the truth.
"Yes Kat I care for you very much because you see I love you. I think I have since Mike's basement." There he had said it and she just kept staring at him. Great, John thought, now comes the part where she laughs in my face. But she started to cry all over again.
"Oh, Kat now what'd I do to make you cry?" Kat looked at him and said "nothing I love you and these are tears of joy because you return my feelings." John looked at her then he did what he wanted to do for so long he kissed Kat.
Kat opened to the kiss and wrapped her arms more securely around John. Both thought that the other was a perfect snuggle fit. John couldn't keep his hands off Kat and she couldn't get enough of John. As the kiss progressed John started to slip the shirt of Kat.
"Kat, I want you so much." It was a murmured moan but Kat caught it nonetheless and she felt the same.
"John I want you, too. Please John." Within minutes of her plea John had taken the rest of her clothes off and his own. Kneeling on the bed her stared at her and said, "I love you Kat." And then he was kissing her all over again in more earnest.
Their loving was a new experience for both of them. Their climaxes were like they have never experienced. And as John lay half on half off Kat she whispered in his ear "I love you, too John Connor."
The next two months for John and Kat were happy for them. Kat found out she was pregnant and was shy at first to tell John. His reaction was jumping up and down and swinging Kat around. To say the least he was overjoyed to becoming a dad.
Kat was in her sixth month when people started to call in over the radio asking if anyone was still out there. John and Kat made sure that lines were not computerized before replying the location of a safe place at Krystal peak. Over the rest of Kat's pregnancy over a hundred people of all ages came to Krystal peak or KP to seek solace.
One family had been attacked and only two were left a father and his young 4-year-old son Kyle. John knew it was his father and a bond formed between the two.
Now the year is 2030 and John Connor has been attacked as the T-850 said he would have been, just two years in advance. But the machine never succeeded in killing Connor. He still lives much to the happiness of the resistance and John's wife and their children.
Kat and John Connor have four children. The oldest son, Robert, at 26 looks a lot like his father but his skills run more on his mother's side. At age eight he showed signs of being a caring person. Whenever a troupe came back form an attack or wounded people showed up he was there right along side the doctor helping out. So at age 18 he was given the role of Doctor Robert Connor and a good one also.
The second oldest, another boy named Josh, at 24 is the fighter. He would sit in at all the briefings and that's how he learned the aspects of warfare. Like all the young people he was taught the loading and care of all weapons. He is most like his fathers father a true warrior, the leader of his own unit.
The third child and only daughter, Sarah Jane (SJ for short), at 20 learned everything right next to her brothers. Her parents wanted her to be girl in every sense of the word but SJ had other thing to say about that. She was a girl but in the time being her welfare was key and to do that she had to learn to defend herself. She is also the translator in the family. Whenever a new family arrived and they spoke a language she did not know she would live with them until she could speak the tongue fluently, which never took over a year.
The youngest at 18 is Shane. Shane is the one sibling who is not able to do much like the other three. At the age of two there was a raid at a base they were staying at. During which Shane was hit by a T-801 ricocheted blast. He was blinded by the blow and lost feeling in his left arm. Though he was blind he grew up without fear. He knew ever inch of Krystal peak by heart and was the only one who did. There were places in the safe haven that his father would never imagine could be there. He was frustrated at a young age when all his friends and siblings were learning to shoot and defend themselves he wasn't given the chance until one day he bested Robert in a fist fight. Everyone was amazed that a blind boy could beat a teenage commando and doing it one handed. "I may not be able to see him but I can hear and smell him." and after that he was trained right along with everyone else. And he is now the head of family security.
In the command center in Krystal peak the top twenty personnel under the command of the Conners are holding a conference.
General Stone, the spy leader says, "we believe that a new plan has been hatched to kill Commander Conner. In a few days a new prototype will be launched that will change how we fight the machines. It is said that these new T's are almost undetectable. Like the T-850 their inside structure is machine but the outside is thicker skin. The dogs cannot distinguish between human and robot." There was a collective gasp and all eyes turned to see how Conner took the news. He just shrugged. His wife shook her head and something about stupid men. The statement made John smile slightly. Kat knew he was worried and they would talk about it later in private.
"Good gods how are we to tell now," asked General Hakes the only one to break the silence, "how are to protect Conner if we do not know how to catch T's coming into base camps?"
"There is only one way." All eyes were back on Stone. John and Kat especially. "The dogs can only do so much but there is mechanism that every robot needs, the chip. We have a devise that will read out a chip."
John finally spoke "how do you know it works and what do we have to do for it to work?" as he spoke he gestured to the group. That's when the head of the robot division stood up and set up a readout while speaking "using the 850 in the Conner possession I was able to make a working prototype." Pointing to the diagram he goes on "every machine has a chip located in the same location, here at the curve of the skull. The locator will only work when in inches from the skull. Inspections will have been done that way instead."
"And if a person fights back or freaks out we know it is one of them." John was smiling now.
"There is one more thing Conner." Stone was looking a little peaked.
"What?" Asked Kat.
Clearing his throat stone said, " we know that up until now all T's have been male in gender for appearance of strength and ego to scare us. Well now there are rumors of a female model of the T-850 coming our way."
"That isn't surprising," said John "the TX was female."
"Sir the robot became female to ensnare you or other members of this council. But now the flesh is soft and feminine." Stone was worried because he had six sons ranging from 5 to 30 and they weren't afraid of male robots but may be attracted to females without realizing it too late.
"Then women will have to be scanned as well. We will adjourn this meeting until the crew comes back from that raid up in Nebraska. When they do arrive have all members and new people scanned for insurance." With that John left the room and the others followed and went their own ways. Kat was following John to their living quarters. And a silent shadow followed them.
When new people started to arrive in the first weeks, room was running out. So they started to dig again only to find more empty storage units. One floor after another until they stopped at 50 floors down and each floor was the size of a three-story building. And they stopped there and more floors could be down there. Since they were already 1 mile under the surface in the main area of KP the last floor was 2 miles down. Each floor was then separated into three floors and then there were 150 floors. Some floors were split into apartments for single people. And a family, depending on the size was given half a floor or one "room". After which they could build walls and make it their own home. The last floors were converted into a hospital, mess hall, male and female locker rooms, food storage, wood and other building tools, and lastly weapons.
The only family that lived right on the main level of KP was the Conner family. One storage unite was empty so it was split in three floors and then into two "rooms". While the children were still little the family lived on one floor. But when they grew older they moved into there own "rooms".
Upon entering their home John slumped slightly. Kat gave a small sigh. "Kat ask the T850 to guide the door." With that she turned and asked him. The T turned and shut the door on his way out. "Now it's just you and me." saying that John grabbed his wife in a hug and then he placed a light kiss on her lips.
"John," she started "we can't pretend that the threat isn't out there. Until we can find a way to stop them we have to keep going. Until..."
"We find their base camp I am not safe." he finished for her. For the man who saved lives and is the leader of the resistance John looked old. Before he could comment on how old they were getting Robert came bursting in the door.
"Dad, Mom you've got to come. Josh has come back and they found an ambushed caravan. We're going to need lots of help on this one." While he was talking he was running around grabbing his medical supplies and more of his gear.
"How many wounded do you think there are?" John asked him.
"I don't know dad but there are a lot of them. Josh said he'd brief you while we work on them." So saying they headed to the hospital.
Josh was over seeing to the delivery of the wounded when they arrived. To Kat it looked like he had things well under way. He was a born leader and she was proud of him.
"Josh!" she yelled across the room. He looked up and smiled. Some girl is going to love his smile, she thought. Walking across the separation he hugged her hard and kissed her forehead, he was much taller then her. "Mom, it's so good to see you after five months on the road. I hope you didn't worry too much." He said with a grin.
"Every mother worries over a child no matter how old they get. Now greet you father."
He didn't need much encouraging on that. He walked over to his father and to the surprise of his dad hugged him. "I've missed you too dad."
"It has been rather boring around here without you getting into trouble" the men laughed and then got to business.
"So tell us what happened?" Josh started to tell them how they were on there way home when the saw much more smoke then usual. "When we got there about ten T's had this group of people," he said while pointing at the large group "at gun point but the strange thing was they weren't firing. It was like they were waiting for orders. In the field T's already have orders to destroy the human race or a special target. They were just standing there guns at the ready and that was how we were able to take them down and save the people. Not all the people are harmed just the ones that got hit by the T's delayed timing in shooting at us."
"How far away was that from here?" asked Kat. Walking over to the new map or what was left of the US. Pointing to a location miles away he said "here," HE POINTED TO A spot and then continued, "right where Las Vegas used to be. We would have stopped some where else to help them but we had just learned that the base near there had been evacuated. So we brought them here. It took awhile but we made it and we only lost two of the severely wounded"
Robert was looking at a young girl just a foot away while Josh was talking. He looked up from his work and asked, "could you take all the non wounded and take them somewhere else so I know for sure how much help I'm going to take." Robert was always one to look at every one of his patients and rarely let anyone else help. There were not many wounded, as there seemed to be here.
Josh and John started asking people, that could understand them, that whoever was not hurt to please make their way to the stairs and down to the mess hall for an introduction to KP. About ¾ of the group was making their way to the stairs. "It'll take that many awhile to get down there but they'll make it. I'll make sure that people are down there to give them food and drinks. How many people do you think you'll take?" asked John.
Looking around Robert said "ten most likely, ask the Johnson twins, the laundry ladies and..."
"And don't forget Miss Emily Graham." Finished Josh in a little girl voice. Robert had a young aspiring nurse who had a crush on him. She was 18 and Robert liked her help more than ever. Things were serious between them and Robert was often found walking her home and speaking to her out of the hospital. The couple's parents hoped that they will make a match soon, they were great together.
"Yes and Emily, too. She is the most qualified to help." With that Robert stood up and walked to his next patient. Things went fast after that the help came and the wounded were patched up. The moving of the people was slower since the stair well was smaller. About he time Robert and the others finished the hospital was empty save filled beds.
"Well I guess I'll head on down and see to the…What the hell is that?" John was pointing to a trail of blood of the floor. It went out the door and door the steps. "It looks like someone in the group doesn't want our help" Josh said. Kat and John looked at each other. Worry lines on both their faces.
Both Robert and Josh looked from one to the other. Neither had been at the meeting earlier that day. "What's going on?" josh took a step closer to them.
"We go to follow that trail." John took of, his limp making it harder on him.
"Whoa there dad you got to tell us why you're wearing your 'oh shit' look?" Robert had his face set in a 'don't give me grief' look. "We don't have time," said Kat, "we'll tell you on the way." And so while making it down the stairs they gave the short version of a new T that was near undetectable and the plot to kill their dad.
"Oh shit I might have brought it in with me!" Josh was little pissed at himself.
"You couldn't have known, you were gone for 5 months. Josh do not blame yourself. Save that for the T's" Kat had stopped on the landing to the mess hall. "The tracks don't stop here. You would think they would want to blend in with the others?"
"Apparently not" said Josh gesturing to the drops. "They went further down."
John turned white fast. "The weapons," he said. They all ran down till the drops stopped at the female locker rooms. "Oh great another female one. I just hope no one is in there."
"Wouldn't someone have seen it leave the group?" Kat asked
"Not if it was the last one out the door. I want to go in first. It may only be programmed to kill dad and we want him to stay around longer." Josh slowly opened the door and looked in. "All's clear so far." He opened the door wider and walked in. Robert followed him, then John, and Kat last.
The blood trail went around some lockers and headed for the showers. They could hear talking and some curse words. Josh had to smile the robot did know some fowl language.
"Dad," Josh whispered, "I don't think a T would talk like that. A machine doesn't know how." Josh walked a little faster and walked right to the open. What he saw was astounding. A girl was standing with no shirt on in front of a mirror. There was a large gash going down her left arm and she was trying to stop the bleeding. He waved Robert and John to go around the other way. Then leaning against a locker he said, "you know it won't stop without proper help."
The girl spun around. Josh was taken aback by the way she looked. She had long curly brown hair and big blue eyes. Looking down he saw a few scars on one shoulder and another across her belly. Looking back in her eyes he saw fear and that's how he knew she was a human. "What do you want?" she asked trying to sound fierce.
"What do I want? Hell you freaked some people I know half to death by not staying to get help. We could have killed you for thinking you were a Machine."
"A machine, me a low life piece of metal? You have got to be kinding." Reaching out a hand Josh said, "so why don't you come with me and we'll get you some help."
"I would prefer to be eaten by red ants then get help from a kook doctor. Doctors have done harm to me and mine more then I would like to remember." She was still holding her arm but she was swaying slightly on her feet.
"So now you're calling my brother a kook." Josh was having too much fun poking at the girl Kat realized.
"If he's a doctor yes!" she near shouted it. "I can take care of myself."
"And if you faint and bleed to death?" he left the meaning open.
"Then no one would mourn my passing." Josh could tell talking was an effort now so he nodded his head to Robert. And Robert was silently making his way to her.
"So you have no family? The kooks must have gotten them." At the mention of family an expression of pain spread across her face and then it was gone.
"You could say that. Please just let me alone. I've done this before. I'll even clean up after myself." Josh shook his head and said, "sorry but I got orders. NOW!" he yelled.
The girl was so startled by the yell she missed Robert coming from around a locker close to her and grabbing her around the waist. At the first touch she stated to fight but the loss of blood made it impossible to move and then in an instant she fainted.
"I'll take her to the hospital ASAP and get her fixed up. I'll send Jane down to clean up the blood." With that Robert, in a near run, left with his burden.
Kat, John, and Josh stood there and stared at each other, Kat broke the silence "I wonder who she is?"
John looked at her and sighed "we'll find out as soon as she wakes up. A girl with her gumpshin may be helpful to us."
"Yeah a girl with spunk is just what I need." Josh was already thinking of how he was going to test her abilities. Most of Josh's men were troublemakers and punks, but they were the best unit and they hardly had casualties.
"We'll see about that Josh but for now let her get better." Kat looked to John for support.
"Your mom is right give it some time we still don't know anything about her. She still should be scanned, just in case. Now I have a room full of people I need to greet and catalog." So saying John walked out of the room.
"Mom when I saw her I felt strange. But I didn't look at her all I saw were the scars and I wanted to hurt whoever had given them to her. Is that strange." Josh ran a hand through his hair. "I just meet her and even then she wasn't all that polite. Can affection come from that?"
Kat smiled at her boy. It was about time some girl caught Josh's eye. A man like him should never be alone. "In some cases it is like that. It just happens and others it takes time. Just be mindful that she is the right one before you do anything drastic."
Kat left Josh standing in the middle of the ladies locker room. He didn't leave until Jane came down to clean up.
Up in the mess hall the crowd was buzzing with voices but when John stood up in front of them they all quieted down.
"Hello and welcome to Krystal Peak. I hope that you will make this your new home. I am John Conner." At saying his name a cheer went up in the air. It always was unexpected when new people knew who he was, but his victories and battles were told all over. Gesturing his hands for quiet he continued. "All who wish to stay are welcomed but the stay is not free. You will be asked to do services. Ladies who can and are willing to cook may do so for the troops. Men who have military experience are greatly needed. Whatever your skill we may have a need for it. I will be sitting over by those doors" pointing to the other exit he continued, "and taking names and experiences. If you are in a family please have them together. Thank you." Jumping down from the table John walked through a slowly opening gap in the crowd towards the doors. His wife had already set up the table and record books for him.
Sitting down he began with the closest people. It was an elderly couple, he was a carpenter and she was a quilter. It took over two hours but by then every person and family were accounted for and given "rooms" or apartments.
Josh, striding up to his parents said, "we still have one that needs recording, but she is in no mood to talk."
"So she is awake?" Kat was walking to the door when Josh stopped her by saying, " yes she's awake but she had to be restrained. As soon as she woke up she attacked Robert." When he saw the worried looks on his face he laughed and said, "Robert was so stunned that he just stood there. Luckily I was there and restrained her. But Robert had to get a pack of ice for his face. Now she's babbling some language so I sent for SJ. Hopefully she can understand the girl."
Looking over at the girl John could hear her mumbling voice. He also saw that some of the other patients were staring at her and some looked worried. Some how the words she said were familiar but John could not figure out when he had heard them.
Josh walked up to the girl's cot and looked down at her. I hope for your sake that you are human or we're going to have to kill you. "I hope it doesn't come down to that." he hadn't realized he had talked out loud until his father said "Comes down to what?"
Josh looked at John and said, "that if she is a robot that we would have to kill her. We got two re-programmed ones already and another could create problems. She acts so normal that we may not be able to program her."
John just listened to his son. Josh had some pretty good ideas and theories. Most of his theories came out true. John just hoped that Josh's gut didn't get him into trouble.
Josh knew his dad was thinking but he wanted to think his mind out loud to get it straight. "And if she is a machine what does that mean for us? Totally undetectable machines. More reason to keep KP secret. You could be in more danger than ever."
"I know but she may be in shock. Why don't we wait for SJ, she will know how to talk to the girl. I for one would like to know how she got to be in that group."
"And alone to boot." Josh had just turned around when SJ came walking in the hospital. She was average height and a little plump but everyone loved her anyway. Her hair was slightly red but browner than that. And a lot of the men thought she had the nicest eyes; they were a steel gray and SJ's every expression could be seen. If there was a doorway to a soul SJ's eyes would be that door.
Her voice was calm, clear, and sweet when she said, "so I hear we have a babbler. Let's see if I can talk to her." Walking over to the girl SJ stood there and listened to her talk. After awhile she walked to her gathered family a with a look of confusion she said "I have no idea what language she is speaking. And I have never heard it before. I'm afraid we may not learn any thing from her."
There was a laugh and everyone looked at Josh. "We don't have time to wait for someone to learn her babble. We need info now. Don't you remember, down in the locker room she was speaking perfect English with no traces of race or culture. She just doesn't want to talk to us. Leave it to me and she'll talk." Walking back to her cot he continued "oh, she'll talk to me." the smirk on his face made the girls eyes widen.
Squatting down next to her cot her whispered to her, "why look so frightened unless you now something that will hurt this base and want to keep it to yourself." Pausing for a moment he looked at his dad and asked, "is that interrogating room open and are the 'tools' ready?" he had put a real emphasis on 'tools'. The look on her face made it clear she understood what they were. And she obviously did not like pain though she had shown she could take it.
A light whisper came out of her lips saying, "what do you want to know?" at her words the few people listening came closer to hear better.
"First what's your name?" Josh couldn't wait to hear her say it. The anticipation was making him hold his breath.
"Cora Perish." He was looking at her but she seemed to not be able to look at him.
"Where are you from?" she had to think longer on that one.
"I don't come from anywhere. I just live anywhere."
"Why is that?" asked Kat.
"When I was little my dad was always moving so we went with him." she looked as if a memory came to her. "I remember we lived once in Remnant Detroit, Down South, and North Montana. I remember there the most because we stayed there so long and were actually happy. The air was fresher and the water was cleaner. But then mom died because of a kook and dad just gave up after that." looking at Josh she had tears in her eyes. "I was ten when dad was killed by a T101 unit. We could have taken it but he wanted so badly to join mama. They didn't see me because dad had made me hide and to not come out until they were gone. I had to watch him die. I was alone after that. I made my own way and the next 9 years are blurred together." Looking away from them all she let the tears fall.
"Cora how did you end up with that group?" John had asked the question that everyone wanted to ask. "And why were there so many people in one group?"
"I had been traveling for two days straight when I happened upon a group of seven people. They gladly let me join. They had told me that there was a group further up that was setting up camp. We were going to stop to eat with them." She shifted slightly against the bonds and cleared her throat. "When we got there more people then we thought were there. Almost the whole group that was brought here." A smile was playing on her lips. "It was fun at first. Kids got together and were playing tag, the teenagers were comparing muscles to impress the girls, and the elders were cooking and joking amongst themselves."
She looked at John. "It seemed all the talk was about how if they could just make it to KP the Conners would see that they would be safe. They weren't wrong were they Mr. Conner?"
John shook his head; "no they weren't wrong. They can be safe here. So can you if you wish it."
It was Cora's turn to shake her head, "I should keep moving but I suppose I will have to stay till the kook says I'm ok to travel." Robert's face was half swollen but everyone laughed when he smiled and said "and this kook may never tell you you're ok."
"As soon as the skin tightens up I'm going to be up whether you say so or not."
"What I tell ya Dad, spunk." Cora looked from John to Josh and lingered on Josh.
"Let her finish the story guys before we discuss any thing else," Kat sounded like she was reading a good book and couldn't wait to read what was next. "Go on Cora tell us what happened."
Cora took a deep breath and continued "the older ladies had spread all the food out when they came." The look in her eyes was pain and hate. "They surrounded us but didn't fire at first. They just stood there and waited. One of the older men moved and he was shot. More men moved and they were shot. But when no one moved no one was shot."
"How were you injured?" asked Robert.
"That would be after eight hours of standing in the same position people were getting tired. Just when everyone thought we would all die from falling in exhaustion we heard gunfire outside of the circle. One of the T's in front of me fell and it grazed me. I guess that was when you and your men came?" Cora asked Josh.
"Yeah it was. But she's right dad, the T's were standing around waiting for something. It couldn't have been more drones. The number they had could have wiped the whole group out in two minutes flat. We opened fire, they turned and stared and then they fired."
"That is strange." Said John. He was rubbing his chin, a normal thinking habit of his. "I wonder if this has something to do with the new line?" he was talking to himself so no one answered. "That reminds me. Cora we have to run one more test on you," smiling he added, "but don't worry the 'kook' won't do it…" he was going to say 'I will' but Josh beat him to it.
"Josh I think its best if your dad did the test. You've been gone and don't now about the devise yet," Kat told her son.
"Ok mom but I want to stay to learn." At Kat's nod Robert brought the devise to John. The devise looked like a ball cap of the early 1990's. The only difference being that there was no bill and it was wired and flashing. John took the devise and told Cora that it wont hurt one bit. John put the hat on Cora and Josh held his breath. The hat was connected to an old monitor. After a length of beeping it stopped.
"Well," asked Josh.
"Negative," replied Robert. "No sign of a chip." Everyone let out a sigh of relief, especially Cora and Josh.
"Sorry for the scare on you Cora. We just had make sure you would be a welcome addition to KP." Kat smiled at her and left. John looked at Cora and said the same and followed his wife. But at the door he called out to SJ, "ask her to teach you her babble."
SJ looked at Cora and asked, "may I learn your babble?" Cora looked surprised then laughing said, "I was speaking exactly that babble or gibberish. So there is nothing to learn."
"Darn I was hoping to get over the sudden boredom I'm in by staying with someone to learn a new language." Getting up from her chair SJ looked at both her brothers and said, "see both of you at dinner?" At each nod she smiled then said her good byes till then and left.
Now with just Robert and Josh in the room Cora was a little more relaxed. If the mean one, what was his name, Josh would just leave I could talk to the doc by myself. Just as she was thinking this Josh was thinking how he still had to file a report with his commanders about the raid. "Ah Robert are you going to be ok with Cora if I leave?"
"She's in no condition to do anything yet. And she's still restrained."
Smiling at Robert's face Josh nodded and was turning to leave when he remembered something. Looking at the little captive he squatted down next to her and whispered in her ear, "I'll be back later to talk more about those nine years you seem to be forgetting." With that Josh got up and left the room.
Robert looked at Josh's retreating back and wondered what Josh had told her. He also wondered when there would be a good time to tell his family something he had discovered about Cora.
"Can I get up now?" Cora's voice brought Robert out of his reflections.
"I can let the ropes loose but you need to rest for a while before you get up." He went over to her bed and started to undo the restraints. "Is there something else you wanted to tell me? You can trust me but until then your secret is safe with me." Robert noticed that Coras right arm came up to touch the underside of her left arm, where the cut had been the deepest. "All I ask is that you don't harm anyone while you're here. I'll let you get some rest."
Coras arm shot out and she caught Robert's hand. "thank you," she said, "I didn't know kooks could be human and I would gladly call you Doctor now. And I won't be here lon enough to hurt any one." Her arm fell back down to the bed and her eye lids were drupping with exhaustion.
"one last thing before I go," he was looking around the floor, "how long do you need to rest before Josh comes down here?"
"At least 24 hours, I'll be sleeping most of the time. And disturbing my restoration cycle can get him killed. And that would be more than hurting anyone." She was smiling one minute and sleeping the next. At least to Robert it appeared like sleep.
Shrugging he walked over to his desk. When she's ready she'll tell me what's up. Now it's time for dinner. Robert left the hospital.