Authors note: i don't own Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Please review.
Why does it have to be this way? Why do we all have to die? Should we be grateful our time hasn't come yet, or should we be sad, because of this curse?
It was time to move again. Someone began to take fascination in John. Riley was a security risk. She knew too much, so they had to leave. Cameron was unaffected by this, Sarah felt sorry for her son, and John was heart broken. He loved Riley, why couldn't he just have a normal life. They even had to get new IDs. They were moving to a small town just off New York called West Park. They were sitting at a train station waiting for their ride.
"It would of been for efficient driving ourselves," Cameron said, as she read the map.
"Yeah well... we decided we'd take the train," Sarah replied.
"But there are more people are around us, they might take pictures."
"People are everywhere, I don't see why it is different than walking down a busy street."
"Some people have never been on trains before and want to share their big moment with friends, so they may capture the image in a photograph to-."
"Just stop."
Sarah was still in a grumpy mode. She hated that her son will never get the chance to be normal and have friends.
"Why are you upset?"
"I'm not. I'm just tired."
The train eventually came. They all got on, not saying a single word. John sat away from his mum. He was just sitting down, listening to his ipod, looking like a depressed teenager. Cameron came to sit next to him. John shifted over uncomfortably, he really didn't want to make a scene.
"John, you need to except that she's gone now. She won't be in your life again." Cameron said.
"Can we not have this conversation." John replied glumly.
"She's gone John, there's nothing you can do."
"I've been watching people die for my whole life, and letting them go. But this is different, Riley's not dead!"
"She would have been, if we stayed there."
John didn't reply. Cameron stood up and walked away. Sarah wasn't handling this well either. She couldn't imagine how John felt. Up until the first time she saw a Terminator, she had a normal life. She had friends, family, a job, and a house. But John has been running for his whole life. Cameron sat behind Sarah.
"Everybody forgets." She said
"Not everyone," replied Sarah.
"John will. Soon he will have bigger issues to deal with."
Sarah was silent.
"I may not feel love, but i know how other people do. It is really important for someone to love, and be loved in return."
"I love John, that's all that counts."
"Yes. But what i'm saying is, he may love her, and leaving her, will cause emotional difficulty for awhile, but eventually he will forget."
Later the train stopped.
They walked off with their bags, ready to buy a car from one of Sarah's old friends.
"Sarah! Your looking exceptional. How have you been? Better than worse?" He said in a strong spanish accent.
"Pablo, can we just skip the whole, greeting time, i want the car." Sarah said, to her friend she met in mexico years ago.
"Yes, yes. John, my boy, you look so grown up. And who is this young thing?"
"I am Cameron." Cameron said.
"I will give you the car for... you Cameron."
She pulled her gun from her pocket and pointed it to his head.
"Give us the car." She said.
"Yes, sure. Sorry. I was just making a joke!"
He walked out of the station, with the others following. Cameron put her gun away, to make sure no one screamed. They stopped at a car.
"Do i get some cash?" Pablo asked.
"Yeah. Here." Sarah hand him some money.
"Okay. But this is a great car. If i can't have the girl can i have you, Sarah?"
"No."
Sarah punched him. They got in the car and drove away.
"Why do you make such ignorant and obnoxious friends, Sarah?" Cameron asked.
"When your running for your life, from tin cans, it tends to happen." she replied.
The car stopped and they got out. John walked over to the house, hating every minute of it. He walked into a room with a bed, and guested it was his room. He put his things down and walked into the kitchen, knowing he was going to have another talk. Sarah hated him being so upset. She would like to run up to him and give him a hug and say 'everything's going to be okay.' But that would be a lie. Cameron sat down at a small round table and observed their behaviours. But Sarah wouldn't say anything. She didn't want to hurt him even more. She stood there speechless.
"Mum? Are you going to say something?" John asked annoyed.
Sarah just shook her head and walked away. John turned around looking hopeless. Cameron was staring at him, telling him, he needed to forget. He just ignored her and walked away.
It was nighttime. The problem was Cameron would need to find a new way of spending her nights. She walked outside. It was freezing cold, but she didn't care. She walked down the road. Then she found a small shop.
'good place for stock up,' she calculated.
She walked inside.
"Would you like to buy a drink?" a man at the counter said.
"Yes. 24 bottles of water." replied Cameron.
The man had a shocked look on his face.
"Please," she added.
"Okay 24 bottles, coming right up." He said as he grabbed bottles out of the fridge, "Anything else?"
"Yes. 36 cans of soup, 11 tea bags, 31 paracetamol and 19 bandages. I will come back another day, to get more."
"Umm... yeah, i'll go get that."
He went to the shelves and found the items.
"Next time, i will work at a shop that's not so customer friendly," the man said under his breath.
Cameron got some money out of her bag, to pay for the items.
"So you use pesos?" the man said.
"No, sorry, wrong currency," Cameron said.
She took some dollars out of her bag.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome."
She walked out of the shop emotionless. The shop keeper kept looking at her, suspecting something. Cameron got home, and sat down. She needed some place new to go to. She wanted to know more about the past, but how?
* * * *
John and Sarah woke up. They walked into the kitchen. John looked overly tired, Cameron observed him.
"Are you sick, John?" she asked.
"No," he replied.
"You look tired." Cameron walked up to him and evaluated, "You snuck out."
"John, how could you do this? With all that's going on, you have to still disobey me?!" Sarah yelled.
"I'm sick of taking orders from you people..." He looked at Cameron, "And robots. I never wanted this! I never had a chose! Why me?! Why do i have to be doomed with the fate of the world on my shoulders?! Why!"
"Because you are John Connor. Leader of the resistance. You can save the world. You stop the human race from being extinct, you will-" Cameron began.
"Just stop! I don't want to hear your rubbish about some future that will never happen! I will never be a great fighter, and i will never lead a resistance!"
He walked out the door.
"Should i go after him?" she asked
"No. We've done enough," Sarah replied.
Authors note: this chapter was difficult. i wanted to make them move to a real city, but the only american cities i know are, new york and hollywood. after all the research, i just decided to make up a city. Also i thought about writing 'cameron thought', but robots don't think, so i just said 'cameron calculated'. LOL.
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