Sarah Connor's growing family, Jameron Jallison

by KevinInEngland

Many events take place in the following 10 chapters. They are so far apart from each other and full of surprises that the team are often shocked or taken to places never dreamt of.

1. Chapter 1

Please read my chapters; Cameron's Redemption and the Saving of Sarah

Followed by; John Connor's awesome responsibilities

before reading these. Thanks

Just to clarify events, people in this story are:

John Connor, (Alias Baum, 16 (b. Nov 1984 – he had to be conceived Jan/Feb/Mar and born the same year, otherwise TSCC dates would be wrong) /

Sarah Connor, 33 in 3rd October 1999, according to FBI record – has a regenerator) /

Derek Reese, 31ish /

Cameron Phillips, 3 (b. 2024) /

Riley Dawson, 18 (went to high school with John b.17 May 2009) /

Allison Young, 16 (b. 2008 Soviet reality era Palmdale) & Allison Young, 3 (b.2008 Soviet reality era) Palmdale / Allison Young 1, (b.2008 non Soviet-era – our reality) all on 24 July Palmdale/

Claire Young, 23ish mother of 1-yr-old-Allison – she has music scholarship & teaches at LA Univ. (mother of the other Allys, in theory) –

Keith Young, 25ish, her actual husband – architect (I made his name up) /

Helena – Claire's sister – teaches sign language to deaf children /

Sonia, 3 (Cameron's chassis double but definitely not her features – resembles Ariel Dubois or Sofia Vladimirova Vassilieva –

her lesbian lover is: Lesley Dempsey, 16, who resembles Uma Thurman and has a brother:

Lionel Dempsey, 17 – their parents Julie (killed by TR-cyborg) &

Garvin Dempsey, both aged 34ish /

Kacy Corbin (now has her baby) /

Marta Alvarez, 9 (from 2024) /

Dean, 8ish (also from 2024, fostered by

Contessa Alvarez, (Conny), Marta's mother, now 25 – Mexican (from 2024 too) /

Leila (Afr Carib), 16, from John's school, now a resistance chef – her Aunt

Sunny, 36ish /

**Sofia Vassilieva, actress, age 16, actually appears in this story too, with her parents** /

Nancy – is 3-yr-Ally's (or Allison's) babysitter from j-day 2011 & her boyfriend

Russell Perry – they are actually from Soviet 2011 & accompanied 3-Ally back for safekeeping with Cameron and resistance, where another Nancy/Russell exist but do not feature in this story – phew! /

USAF family, the Howards, living on Base: Father=Jeff, Son=Dominic, Grand-daughter=Melanie – all worked their ways up the ranks.

Jesse Flores – whereabouts alive or dead unknown

Debbie – the turbo body crunches babysitter for Savannah

Zeira crew (with initials) (anagram of Zaire, the source of Gabon/Zaire tantalum):

Catherine Weaver (LMT) / (the original Catherine Weaver (CW) was born 26/Aug/1966 age 43 in 2009, had she lived) /

Savannah Weaver (SW), b.6/Feb/2001 age 8 in 2009 /

Matt Murch (MM),

Thomas Reese (Derek's son), TR /

Victoria, CW's sec. – mentioned once in TV series: "Victoria, call a meeting". "but… yes Ms Weaver" /

John Henry, JH (previously Cromartie) he is an A.I. created by CW's Babylon program

Jennifer Louise Beal – Jul 11 1999

Last Time:

Lesley & Lionel – their mother Julie is killed by the 1st Thomas-Reese-lookalike-cyborg. (1 of 2). They are both extremely upset. (I previously named it TC for Thomas cyborg but to clarify matters have renamed it TR-cyborg : Thomas Reese doppelganger cyborg). The TR-cyborg used a crowbar and bashed Sonia's flesh to bits. She felt the excruciating agony because in her haste to protect John, Cameron did not upload Sonia's pain-sensor software in to a new area of memory after uploading JH's software to control 5, 2011 early-model terminators - it affected her ability to control the termis(terminators).

Cameron saved John by luring the other Thomas-Reese-doppelganger-cyborg away. Then she crashes on to him in an oil-tanker hold. She was able to bash his head with her additional force which puts him in to reboot & she is quickly able to remove his chip. (Well done Cam. Mind you, she has broken her leg).

Now the civilians associated with John Connor are safe, including Claire Young's sister Helena, the Dysons (again) and Vassilievas.

3:15am 16 Feb 2009

John, Derek, Conny & Lionel are heading out for the 3rd time to find Cameron who they will discover has a broken leg rod & is covered in the worst kind of syrupy crude oil.

Again their journey will take over an hour.

Derek listens as the others talk about events. In the future he is quite used to this kind of talk but still finds events in this timeline hard to take - not as much as other people though.

Lionel has now broken down over his mother's death. Conny finds it hard to console him, bearing in mind her own awful future. She can only say "I know how you feel. I've seen it thousands of times".

With John phoning home, Derek phoning Victoria & Conny chatting to her kids on her cellphone, plus their new mates, all for free, the time passes quickly. CW is intrigued as she listens in to the calls simultaneously.

In a way it is a blessing for Lionel as he can listen in on conversations and return to 'this' normality. He had spoken to Riley but not for long, she is not interested in him. She was very nice to him but like Conny, she was not prepared to spend a long time listening to his grief.

As they approach the assumed roundabout, they see a car light flash.

Derek stops & John gets out, quickly ducking behind a van.

He shouts as Derek drives behind a crane unit.

"ARE WE IN DANGER CAM?"

"NO".

"WHO DID SONIA DISLIKE MOST AT SCHOOL?"

"LITTLE and LARGE"

With a smile he says "SHOW YOURSELF".

Even Lionel has pulled himself together and is alert to any danger.

With their weapons aiming, the car door opens & a leg swings out, followed by the body of Cameron in profile standing there in the dark.

John walks towards her with his raufoss primed. "It's great to see you babe, even if I can only see your eyes." He lowers his weapon.

The man in the car speaks up "she kidnapped me. You don't need to kill me. I won't cause you any trouble." he says nervously.

John smiles & replies "we'll take you for a short drive then drop you off". Looking at Cameron he says, (whilst smiling at what he is about to say) "hop in the back".

The 2 vehicles drive off.

As they drive the old man says "he's dead isn't he?"

"Who's dead?"

Cameron speaks up "I have disabled the Thomas lookalike" (being careful what she says).

John looks behind him "oh wow, great job Cam. Is the chip OK?"

"Yes, but if you are interested, I need a replacement leg rod".

John is a little surprised by her reply - 'sarcasm' he thinks. "You know I'm always interested in you, didn't I just say so?"

"Not exactly".

"Well I am. Every part of you. Can it be fixed?"

"Yes" (abruptly).

Just down the road, John gives the man $20 and drops him off saying he would have given him more.

"Was that sarcasm when I asked about the chip?" says John

"I don't know what you mean!"

"I thought you were being sarcastic".

Cameron unintentionally produces a smile caused by this new emotional panning. The humour of the situation causes John to laugh.

Cameron says "I emulated a scenario I saw on TV recently. The laughter was dubbed and in my computerised non-human opinion, louder than normal".

John is taken aback but nods in agreement a few times whilst smiling. Cameron gives a barely distinguishable smile.

On the way back, Cameron gives John a blow by blow description of what happened.

John then tells Cameron the bad news.

Cameron is mortified that she did such a terrible thing to Sonia - it can be seen on her face.

"How bad are the wounds?" she says.

"Almost all of her body looks like deep open gashes. Whatever was used on her went deep right through her clothes".

"Oh!" says Cameron with a distraught look on her face.

"I'll remove her chip as soon as I get home, her distress must come to an end".

Cameron agrees.

The rest of the journey is very quiet and John wonders if Cameron is processing past events.

It is now early morning.

Back at Jenny's place, Cameron gets out & heads in haste for the house, hop hop hop, whilst John speaks to Lesley.

Just then, their heads turn as Nancy & Debbie seem to be scolding Cameron.

"You can't come in here filthy like that, Jenny will have a fit" says Nancy. Debbie agrees.

"Go behind the shed & strip off, we'll send bowls of warm water & detergent to wash you".

During this time Cameron is ratting her sympathies & concern to Sonia. It even shows on her face as tears form.

"Oh I'm sorry Cameron, we did not mean to be mean" says Nancy.

John needs to be careful as he addresses Lesley, who is still outside on patrol instead of indoors mourning.

He says "thanks for standing guard, you ought to be inside now. Go indoors to Sonia and spend some more last moments with your mom. I'm sure someone will volunteer to take your place.

She does just that - John stands guard as Cameron strips behind the shed & waits for water.

Very soon a procession of litluns ferry bowls of warm water across the scrunchy driveway to the shed & Nancy follows with hair shampoo, towels, back scrubber, flannels & body wash.

Derek, Lionel & Conny turn up late after waiting for her to get shopping from a supermarket. As they unload, Derek asks from a distance if Cameron needs a hand whilst smiling at John.

Almost immediately, watched by some kids he is chased by Nancy as a bowl of water lands on the ground close behind him. This creates a great laugh.

Then Derek says "remember kids, what is happening upstairs & Lesley's grief. We've had a little laugh".

"As soon as Cameron is ready we're going to fix Sonia" says John to Derek.

Very soon, Cameron comes out from behind the shed with wet straggly hair, dressed in light blue Jeans & light blue denim shirt, plus suitable terminator boots (which have blue & white striped socks showing).

Nancy even remembered to ask Allison for a set of undies which happened to be light yellow.

Cameron has it in mind to get to work on Ally's deep wounds ASAP.

John asks Derek to help him unload the terminator endos and gets Lesley's father & Mr Young to help.

Now he has to get rid of 3 vehicles - again Derek must help.

They decide to take them at least 10 miles away, burn them then drive back in Derek's pickup truck.

All this takes another 3 hours & soon it is mid-morning.

When they get indoors, now that Sonia has gone quiet, most of the occupants are sleeping somewhere.

Cameron quietly points out that if their responsibility for all these people is long-term, they will need mattresses, pillows & bedding.

"I have got Sonia's chip" she says, showing John the inside of a jiffy bag which contains 2 clear sealable bags, one clearly marked 'SONIA'.

"Jenny needs to take me to the computer co. Named Phoenix Where I created Sonia's software" she says.

"OK I'll give her a call".

Once Jenny understands the situation she says she will do her best once again, to set up a visit with her ex-colleague.

24 minutes later, the Jens arrrive on the scene from Zeira.

Cameron now knows Sonia's physical situation & how important it is to 'keep her alive'.

She goes over to Leila/Sunny Jones & asks them to defrost, then blend various meats from the cows that were cut up a while ago.

"Sonia is damaged too seriously to be able to replenish her external physical bulk. She needs nourishment more-so now that her chip is removed. I will find the means to get it down her throat to her oesophagus".

Cameron then heads out to find John & Jenny, hop hop hop, "I need a flexible tube at least 40cm in length & a funnel to attach to it, urgently".

Jenny leads them out to the shed, followed diligently by l-Jen & unlocks it.

Inside are ordinary garden utensils but also various assortments of engineering & scientific objedas'.

Cameron sees almost straight away what is needed & explains to John what must be done.

She files the end of the tube round to avoid internal damage then hops in haste back to the house.

Inside, she approaches Debbie, Nancy & Claire, wakes them up & asks that they take responsibility for getting the pulverised meat inside Sonia.

"Ooh groan, oh really, OK" & words similar to that effect are their replies.

She knows that Sonia's body might lose a certain amount of dignity and therefore leaves this responsibility to the women.

Meanwhile, John has asked Derek, Sarah & Conny to come with him as soon as he has showered and changed out of his oil-tarnished clothes.

He rushes upstairs and soon returns to see the group waiting outside the vehicles, with Cameron inside John's tinted window SUV.

The Jens join Jameron whilst Sarah/Derek/Conny set off in Sarah's SUV.

1½h later, they arrive close to 'The Phoenix Computer Security Development & Safe Co'.

John & Derek get out & cover their vehicle registration plates with false ones. Jenny shows her pass to the gateman at the entrance to the car park & the 2 cars drive in, then head for the same place as before, facing the computer room with the fire escape doors visible.

With the clean steel egg cup handy, John slices Cameron's head & removes her chip, gently lowering it in to the clear bag which l-Jen holds out.

She seals it & places it in the jiffy bag with Sonia's.

With so much awesome responsibility l-Jennifer feels quite daunted but looks up & sees a proud look on her elder self's face which makes her feel better.

She smiles then holds the jiffy bag closed.

Soon, only John, Conny, JenJen enter the premises.

Fortunately a familiar face exists at reception.

They pass the solitary security guard wearing a grey uniform - he is armed.

"Hello Ms Beal, long time no see, business or pleasure?"

"Hello Nu Ya, I always enjoyed my work, so perhaps it could be both", replies Jenny to the pretty Korean girl.

She signs everybody in as Nu-Ya chats & chats, then they head for the empty offline mainframe computer room.

Sure enough, they get access - a little white sticker marks the port.

Jenny takes out her reducer from her small bag & plugs it in. She types in a few commands to ensure the discs are empty, just out of interest, although she feels pretty sure that Cameron's powerful software can more than handle any problems.

L-Jen holds the bag open, watched by John & Conny whilst b-Jen attaches Cameron's chip.

Immediately a display shows on the monitor

"PLEASE PHONE HOME & ENSURE SONIA IS GETTING HER NUTRIENTS. HIT 'ENTER'

(Tap from Jenny)

'PROCESSING TAKING PLACE – NO PROBLEMS – APPROX. TIME 35 MINUTES.

John finishes talking on the cellphone to Nancy & says "she has thrown it all up & the tube came out".

Jenny types this in & immediately sees

'IF NECESSARY, RUB VASELINE PETROLEUM JELLY ON THE TUBE & RE-INSERT IT.

KEEP FEEDING HER, YOU MUST NOT STOP.

THE PROCESS PRODUCES METHANE'.

John passes on the message then says "Really! How much? (Pause) all over you, the bed & the floor. (Pause) wall too".

Another display comes up 'MAKE SURE SONIA STAYS UPRIGHT ON THE BED'.

'Now she says' he thinks, as John passes on the message, listens then ends the conv.

He says "Debbie says there's lots of it and she feels like barfing".

John's crew look at each other. It can be seen what they are all thinking.

Almost predictably, 35 mins. Later, display

'SWAP MY CHIP WITH SONIA'S'.

They do this then see

'PROCESSING TIME SHOULD BE 47 MINUTES'.

3 minutes later, there is a tap on the door, much to the alarm of everyone.

In walks Nu-Ya with a smile. "Hi, it's my early lunch break, can I come in?"

"Oh, sure" replies Jenny.

"How's life at home, I thought you was retired. Let me guess, that small girl is your little sister" she says jokingly.

Nu Ya keeps talking nonstop only going outside to get drinks for everyone.

The group's anticipation mounts.

Sure enough Sonia's prediction of 47m passes & a display comes up

'PLEASE PHONE HOME, MAKE SURE MY BODY IS BEING FED.

THANK YOU JOHN.

YOU CAN NOW SWAP ME WITH CAMERON FOR HER SYSTEM CLEAN'.

Nu Yah says "what does that mean?" as John phones Nancy.

Jenny says to Nu Yah "my little Sis has added a few lines to remind her to feed her goat.

I'm showing her how to add text to computer programs".

L-Jennifer smiles at her, as does Conny.

Meanwhile, outside in the foyer, the new company director has come downstairs. He wanted to ask Nu Yah to ask someone to man the reception desk whilst she assists him.

He wanted to speak to her whilst they carry some advertising boards in from the trunk of his car.

To his surprise James is covering her lunch-break so he asks where she is.

"She's in the computer room with her guests".

"She is!"

The CEO turns & Walks towards the resistance.

In he walks.

Conny walks nonchalantly to the corner of the room which is to the left of the door.

He speaks courteously "hello, how are you all? My secretary did not tell me you were coming. None of you are familiar to me".

Jenny smiles back "hello, I'm Jenny, I'm retired. I sometimes come here to add useful information to your development notes. I was not aware that Mr Di'Lalio had retired. I'm sure he would have told me but because of the nature of our business, I kept my new address available only to him. He must have forgotten to tell you".

The man looks at John. Then without trying to let on he says "do you have any ID on you?"

"Not on me, in the car yes".

The man says "OK I'll take your word for it" then backs out of the room.

Conny, along with John believe he is going to be a problem.

She pulls her gun from behind her but before the man sees her, John takes his gun, grabs the door & firmly says "don't anybody do anything stupid".

John wants Conny to hide her gun, so he points his gun at her, pushing the door shut "you're the Nanny aren't you. I hope you don't carry a gun because if you do I want it now".

This is the gamble that John hopes Conny would adhere to & understand.

Conny is genuinely startled, as are the others.

"No, no gun, I won't try anything" she says in her Mexican accent.

John says to the new CEO "you, over there with the rest", as Conny walks over too.

"How much longer" says John to b-Jen.

"22 minutes which is now 18 minutes".

"Oh hell, nobody do anything".

With his gun uncocked, he points it at each individual.

Little Jennifer suddenly puts on the performance of her little life: she hands the jiffy bag to Conny & starts Whimpering. Her face changes to crying terror & she backs towards the corner where Conny stood;

"Please don't hurt anyone, we did as you said".

She slides down the wall & her knees are now in front of her chin. Her brown knee length dress & light green tights have the appearance of a pixie. She places her hands over her face & cries.

Everybody thinks 'that is it' then with a red face & what appears to be teary eyes she says loudly

"HOW COULD YOU, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO YOU".

John for one is taken aback but has to act on this fortune.

"Co-operate & nothing more will happen" he says then gets on the cellphone. (Now Jenny & Jennifer have a good alibi).

"Mom, we have a small problem, I have the receptionist & CEO in here with us, can you visit reception & keep the person there close company. Make sure you're inconspicuous".

Sarah gets out the car and says to Derek "stay there, no problems, just being safe". He looks at her suspiciously.

She immediately walks in past the guard, then behind the moon-shaped reception desk & sits down next to James the proof-reader-cum-receptionist.

He sees her gun pointing at him as she says "I'm here to observe, let's be friends for a while", then smiles nicely at him. Back in the computer room Jennifer is back to her big sis's side whilst Conny is having to pretend to be a meek & mild Nanny.

She asks l-Jennifer if she is OK etc.

The new boss/CEO of the co. is having a good moan for the benefit of his receptionist but is only doing so for the benefit of his image.

As the minutes slowly pass by, Cameron is organising her files & modifying her cyborg software for efficiency. During this time, she is slowly processing (thinking) about what Sonia has been through.

She knows that hers & Sonia's com programs are working fine & the new modifications that she does now can be transmitted later. That is, if her best & only alike friend confers and will accept the modified software over radio or ultrasonic (rat frequency).

6 minutes to go, hopefully.

The door opens behind reception. It is a man.

"Ready James. Where's Nu Ya?" says a rather effeminate happy voice.

"I will have to go later, she's in the computer room with the boss".

Sarah keeps facing away.

The guy says "who else is in there?"

"Just guests. I believe they're doing something on the comp."

"Why hasn't Nu Ya come back again?"

Just then the security guy quickly walks over and has a closer look at Sarah. He says "I know you, stay where you are goes for his gun".

From behind him there is a sound of the swing doors knocking, then "one day you'll thank me for this, drop it or hell breaks out".

The security guy now knows full well what he faces and decides it is safer to put his gun on the counter. (He knows all about Cyberdine blowing up, massive explosions and an entire police force being immobilised on the ground).

"OK Sarah, check the others out, I'll bring this little group in to the hallway" says Derek.

Sarah knocks on the door "It's me, how much longer?"

"Uh! (pause) less than 5 mins., any problems?" replies john.

"Nope, we'll wait here with our group of 3 until you're finished".

In the interest of safety, the security guy points out that staff will soon be having lunch breaks and they will trigger alarm bells.

"Thanks for that, send the receptionist out. She can come with me. You, go back to your post" says Sarah.

They sit at reception in anticipation. Nu Ya is able to press the under-counter alarm.

Very soon the phone rings, not the only call from customers. Nu La listens to the operator then says

"Yes, she is in today, please hold".

The police operator is uncertain what to make of that but knows it is not right as a woman secretary picks up the phone.

"Hello, Mr Dell's Secretary".

"Police, I think something is wrong, can you check?".

27 seconds later, she discreetly pushes the door open slightly & sees Sarah's back.

She goes back "There's a woman sitting next to our receptionist, that's all!"

"Police are on their way".

Sarah being inordinately alert, wonders if Nu Ya has done anything.

She peers under the desk to see a button, sits up and draws her gun.

"People's lives depend on what you say, we can get Jennifer out of here safe but you must tell me now. HAVE YOU ALERTED THE POLICE? TELL ME NOW".

Sarah waves her gun & stands up staring menacingly at the unfaltering Nu Ya.

"LISTEN, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, YOUR LIFE WILL NOT MATTER ONE IOTA BUT JENNIFER'S DOES".

Sarah clicks her gun.

Nu Ya blurts out 4 words,

"The police are coming".

Sarah runs to the corridor & shouts "STAY THERE OR YOU DIE".

In through the door is Derek. She rushes past him, then pushes the computer door open & shouts "POLICE ARE COMING", then looks at John, coming to a quick decision.

Looking at him she says "come in the corridor, bring them with you, trust me", then points at the boss and says "this way".

The hostages are now grouped together in the corridor next to the computer room with John.

Now Conny is freed up to be a resistance member again.

Sarah goes back in to the computer room and says "Derek & I will rev up & wait for you. Conny, wait here". Then she opens the rear side doors where the vehicles are parked – Derek follows.

73 seconds later a message is displayed 'PROCESSING FINISHED, REMOVE CHIP & HEAD FOR THE CAR – GIVE NANCY A CALL'.

L-Jennifer has got the plastic seal bag open within the jiffy bag. B-Jenny calmly removes the chip from the reducer & plops it in.

Pulling the reducer out, Jennifer chooses the correct words to use, "Cam is done", then they quickly follow Conny through the door as John looks through the inner door again. He sees them leaving the room.

The Beals return to Sarah's car with Cameron in the back whilst Conny heads for Derek's truck.

John rushes out the main entrance & meets Derek as she drives up & stops.

At the gate Sarah has to slow down and it is at this time that a problem arises.

Cameron's chip was above Sonia's chip in the jiffy bag. The situation is quite urgent.

Jenny is pushing back Cameron's hair & removing the cup to reveal the already removed port cap whilst Jennifer takes the chip from the bag in haste.

It is during this time that Sarah pulled up to await John which made the chip bag slide beneath Sonia's chip bag.

Jennifer has now got Sonia's chip in her hand & is being as careful as possible to place it in to the blue glowing port as carefully as possible to avoid touching the sides.

"Well done" says b-Jen who then smiles.

Sarah sees the gatekeeper approaching & goes in to reverse.

The sound of sirens is barely audible.

Derek pulls up alongside and John points his rifle then fires at the man's feet.

He runs for it.

John fires again and says "drop your weapon".

He puts his gun down. John quickly gets out, picks it up then raises the gate from the small glass-covered cabin.

Sarah screeches through & turns left, soon Derek follows.

They are lucky to get away this time. As the computer they left behind has its discs fully overwritten with characters, Sonia, not Cameron is almost fully rebooted.

The 2 cars split up to avoid them both being caught.

Her eyes open, then looks around "what has happened to Cameron's chip?" says a worried looking Sonia.

L-Jen stares for a second, then her eyes widen with her mouth slightly open, as her brain ticks over.

She quickly picks up the jiffy bag & puts her hand in, takes out the clear sealed bag with a chip in it and sees on the side 'Cameron'.

"SHIT". Then 'OMG (in full), I swore' thinks Jennifer.

Sonia says "what is happening, Sarah is driving fast?!"

Sarah speaks up, "we're evading the police. Don't worry, we seem to have lost them".

"Where is John, is he safe?"

"He should be. Do you want to call him?"

"Please call him yourself, I need to speak to Jennifer".

With those words Jennifer feels mortified & almost tearful. What she does not know is that Sonia has done a lot of thinking, (alright... processing!). She knows that because of any possibility of imminent danger, she can't have her chip removed. She has also considered how l-Jennifer must feel, as she can see by her reaction that she was once again responsible for inserting her chip. Sonia is becoming aware of a new emotion & she can't diagnose it at this stage. It is empathy, sympathy, friendship & taking l-Jennifer's age in to consideration and she wants to help her.

She looks at l-Jennifer & quietly says "I have made a diagnostic test, there are not any problems except for a broken leg rod. You can swap our chips later when all signs of danger have passed. Don't worry, everything will be OK".

Sonia sees l-Jennifer staring downwards so she takes her hand.

Jennifer looks up, Sonia smiles then says "There is not any need for anyone else to know, I will explain everything to Cameron".

Sarah listens as she drives. She has a satisfied feeling – she likes the way Sonia is developing & talking with Jennifer.

The Jens –

14:23pm 16 Feb 2009.

John phones the Jens (Beals/Jenjen/L&B Jennifer, call them what you like) from the car.

"Here is what we do girls" he says. "I'll take you to a police station and drop you off. I demonstrated to the awesome little actress that my gun was unloaded and gave you $20 in compensation".

John then phones Sarah & arranges to meet up in a side road 3 blocks away. He has already heard from Debbie that Allison is not feeling too good with her rear rib injury so John speaks quickly.

He gets the facts straight with JenJen & the others then hands l-Jen $20, leaving Sarah to take them to a police station.

He opens the rear door, leans in & kisses Cameron(Sonia) on the cheek.

"Well done" he says, then helps her out and in to his Pickup with Conny & Derek.

Then Sarah heads off.

Very soon, not far away, Sarah parks & lets JenJen out, watches them walk down the road & in to the police station.

She then heads off to Jenny's house in the hope that trouble will not ensue.

Soon the Jens declare their presence to a surprised desk officer.

Within a short space of time & bearing in mind that the FBI will want to ask questions, they are met by sergeant Gifford, who says

"We were worried about you, are you OK?"

"Yes, we're not hurt (unison)".

They turn their heads momentarily to face each other, raising their eyebrows in abject resignation of their constant repetitions.

"Please wait here, we have contacted the FBI".

B-Jenny thinks that at this point their anonymity has gone - she is also unaware of events that will soon develop at Zeira.

It does not take long for Ellison's lady sidekick to turn up and enter the room – 35 minutes in fact, after failing to get a response from Ellison & driving through heavy traffic.

She shows her card 'Agent Norgaard' , sits down and asks if they are OK.

The Qs & As begin & the story is that they were picked up outside Zeira on their way to the bread & sandwich store.

They were told what must be done at 'The Phoenix Computer Security Development & Safe Co.'

No reason was given & what for, purely access to a computer.

"Who is the Spanish looking woman?"

"She is my home sitter" says Jenny, "I pay for her children to have home tutoring. It's OK, her friend has the children. She is a registered babysitter too".

(Just to clarify; Nancy came from 2011 with 3-Ally. That means there is another Nancy in this timeline – 2009).

Jenny asks the officer if she can phone home to check on the children.

She calls Nancy, who listens then says.

"OK Jenny, I understand. Is everything OK?"

"No, Conny is on her way home, give her a call. I'm in the cop shop, see you later".

"You are!?"

"Yes, how are the kids?"

"They're OK".

"Good, see you later". (click).

"I wonder where James is" says agent Norgaard quietly.

"Probably held up by a woman" says b-Jen.

"Who knows, might be!" says l-Jen who turns away from Noorgaard to look at her bigger self only to see b-Jen smiling back.

A puff of air and a snigger emanates from the little girl's lips, who thinks back to Catherine Weaver shoving him across the room with Sarah following up behind.

Thinking back to Julie lying dead in Leslie's room, Sonia's body being kept alive, soon brought Jennifer back to a sombre mindset.

There is more questioning which includes l-Jen pointing out how nice John was & that he did not intend hurting them.

Noorgaard is surprised by how well the Jens were treated by John & his enterage.

On the way home, John talks. Sonia uses Cameron's voice in response.

Having seen how mortified l-Jen was, she does not want to put her through further embarrassment & decides to keep her chip in Cameron's body for now & rat to her why she has done so.

She tries to understand the emotion, not only in l-Jenny but also in herself. Does she need to do this? Will John really be annoyed? Is it purely pride on l-Jen's part. Does her age have any affect?

Sonia also wonders what this emotion is.

She is John's protector but knows this chip mix-up should not be harmful to him emotionally.

She is facing protecting another human, not physically but emotionally. This is a new facet to her emotions that she will discuss with Cameron later.

"What's up?" says John.

"I'm thinking".

"What about? your leg!"

"No, people's emotions, their mistakes on active duty & what you would think & do".

"In what way?"

"If for instance, a Zeira employee placed the incorrect clearly marked CD in to the mainframe during a moment of urgency & the undesired Babylon AI was loaded. He then kept it secret from yourself and Catherine. How would you feel?"

"Would it have disastrous consequences?"

"No".

"What then?"

"You would discover you have been deceived by the wrong data on the CD".

(Slightly raised voice) "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING CAMERON?"

"Nothing, just thinking".

Sonia detects that John would be upset & changes the subject. "I believe the best plan of action for my leg rod is to replace it with the Marti arm or leg rod through welding. Reducing or extending it. Sonia can go to Kacy's rental house & bring back the entire endo. We should find a suitable rail-freight diesel shed which should have all the requisite welding equipment".

"Good thinking Cam, as soon as we get home I'll get the Jens to replace Sonia's chip whilst you surf the net & get what info you need".

Sonia says nothing.

Back home, Lesley is outside again.

"Hi ya Les(pause)Lee (embarrassment), erm, is everything as good as you could expect?"

"Ms Young has been in & out to tell me the story. She says Jennifer will have a fit!"

Startled, John says "why, what's happened?"

"There's blood & gunge upstairs & downstairs". John jumps out the car, followed by hoppity Cameron(Sonia chip).

"It's OK, it's all from Sonia".

As Cameron's body hops to the door, John speaks with tenderness to Lesley, "how are you standing up after all this?"

"I don't see how for me it can get much worse".

John knows that now is still not a good time to stir up emotions, as he speaks to Lesley.

Sonia stands at the door listening.

"Dear Lesley, I couldn't ask for more from you. I think you ought to be indoors now. Sarah will be here with Sonia's chip & you can be there to see her boot up. I'll get some of the others to take your place".

Lesley puts on a brave smile & says "send my Dad out; he knows how to handle a rifle".

John momentarily places his hand in her right palm & cups it with the other & says "shall I tell him you told me that?"

"If you like. He's upstairs in the bedroom next to mum with Lionel".

Feeling satisfied, Sonia hops indoors to be greeted by the kids, who were told to stay indoors by Nancy.

A few minutes later John gets a call from Leila, who had also volunteered to stay outside. A quick ID handshake, followed by "car approaching".

Action stations but within a minute they see JenJen in a taxi stop outside the entrance.

They walk down the drive & greet the others

Sonia in Cameron's body has still got the jiffy bag & hands it over to John who immediately heads for the stairs to catch up with the Jens but stops in his tracks when Jenny says "WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED HERE?"

The kids, some open-mouthed, other with hands over their mouths looks to the adults for a response.

Claire speaks up "come to the kitchen, we'll talk there". Little Jennifer follows. "Stay there Gina" says Sarah.

In the kitchen b-Jen sees Leila's Aunt Sunny with implements in a sink of bubbly water, wiping blood off the inside of a Tupperware bowl.

"Hi ya" says Jennifer.

Claire says "Sonia has been badly hurt, she might die.

We have been giving her blood in her mouth".

"It's OK, I already know" says Jenny. Then she says.

Claire continues "we have plastered up & pulled together the large open wounds then wrapped bandages all around her body".

"Oh, that's extremely nice of you. Let's get upstairs & get Sonia up & about, even if she does not feel herself" (looking down to a pair of slightly glum eyes).

Jenny continues, "don't worry, the cyborg girls might make light of what has happened".

L-Jennifer shrugs, then turns & walks. Claire warns her "your lovely bedroom is ruined".

Jenny turns to face her & smiles "a sign of the times I guess".

Upstairs, Leila turns as the door opens, with bloody hands, then looks worried as Jenny walks in.

"Oh, I see what you mean, not to worry, it can be cleared up. Let's get girly's head port area cleaned up and do the deed".

Downstairs, Sonia listens & awaits the all-important sign that cyborg systems are up & running.

Sonia's eyes open but it is not for another 5 seconds that Cameron looks down, feels all over herself then looks at everybody & smiles.

During that extra 5 seconds, Sonia explained everything.

Cameron rat-a-tats "That was very nice of you. Jennifer is young and needs support. When you are alone tomorrow we'll get her to swap us". She sees Lesley approaching and by her demeanour it is likely that a pair of lips is going to attack her head. She rats to Sonia "prepare for this".

Lesley leans over; cups Sonia's face, then kisses her gently on the lips and says "have you got all your pain sensors turned off?"

"Yes, apart from my lips and even that deep cut hurts".

"Oh sorry, turn them off too. Back at my house I ignored you when you needed me most. I can't stop thinking about it". Then Lesley whispers in her ear, "I cried about it".

Cameron looks back through Sonia's eyes. She says "we understand". (Note what she said).

Meanwhile, downstairs, Sonia in Cam's body surfs the local network using her Skynet created ability to disguise her every move, as such that a clever little cyborg can do. (Already John-Henry has found the ideal ranch-style real-estate for the resistance & their rescuees).

Before long, an ideal rail-yard belonging to Amtrak is found, with the likelihood for doing extremely heavy-duty repairs on locomotives etc. She informs John, who smiles back & says "great stuff Cam" & immediately kisses her neck 6 times.

"Oooh, that tickles".

Later that afternoon – 14:23PM at Zeira, a detective & police officer arrive in the foyer & ask for their CEO.

Victoria is on the downstairs reception desk & calls CW's personal network cellphone as she knows she is not in the office.

"Yes!".

('Rather abrupt' thinks Vicki), "Detective Aerlan wishes to speak to you Ms Weaver", then connects her to him.

He says "We need to have a serious conversation about recent events, will you be back soon?"

"Please explain".

"It involves a member of your staff and a car registered as a company vehicle owned by Zeira Corp.".

"Understood, then we do need to talk, I will be back at approximately 4pm".

"We'll wait for you. In the meantime we'll get something to eat". (click).

It is not long before CW enters the underground car park, then immediately calls her chauffeur on an internal phone mounted on a wall.

"Tommy, can you please meet me in the underground car park, I need you to fetch something for me".

The trunk of her car faces the elevator out of view of the camera. As the doors open, she pushes him in breaking his neck in the process.

CW morphs in to his form, walks to the drivers' door ensuring the camera sees her & speeds off towards the exit.

Once again she slides down the window & looks behind her at a camera. His destiny is sealed.

She parks 5 blocks away in an alley, opens the trunk, pulls him out, shoves him in to the driver's seat, adjusts the car seat & mirror then leaves him sitting there. Of course, she does not have finger prints.

20 minutes later, she enters the foyer with a sandwich & drink, says hello to Victoria, then says "please send for Tommy, he needs to come to my room".

Upstairs, predictably enough, Vicki calls to say he does not answer.

"Is my car still in the basement?"

Vicki replies "I'll ask John Henry to check".

"OK, whilst he does that and if it is gone, find out how long ago he went & if it is recorded on security cameras, the police are interested in him".

"Oh, OK straight away Ms Weaver" who proceeds upstairs.

It is only 10 minutes later that Det Aerlan & his deputy enter the foyer and are directed to the 14th floor.

Whilst being told about the circumstances of their visit, Thomas knocks & enters.

He says "we have discovered that within the last hour Tommy made a mad dash for it in your company car – he has gone. You can see it on that screen up there when your press 'Control V I' simultaneously.

The detective has seen quite enough.

"What is he wanted for?"

"We want to ask him why he was seen using your car in the vicinity of a murdered FBI agent close to our HQ last week".

"He passed all the checks when he was hired, I would appreciate it if you keep this out of the public domain. It is bad for business. Not just ours who have connections to high places but perhaps the scandal in your bureau too?" she says with yet another masterly unnerving stare without any sign of a smile.

As they leave the room she adds "good luck Detective" then smiles.

He turns, looks surprised then leaves the room followed by his backup.

The Pretzel Girl

Unbeknown to everybody, this cyborg has been in standby at Kaliba storage on board an old WWII battleship in dry dock. This is because her original mission in this timeline never came in to fruition due to the early acquisition of Cromarty & the accomplishments of CW's Babylon team to make JH fully aware & technologically advanced.

Killing Dr Boyd Sherman would accomplish nothing & SW's existence was unknown.

She is awaiting new instructions but until now Kaliba did not have the technology or clout to influence her.

The 2 TR-cyborg Skynet instructions have certainly changed this. Fortunately for the Connors, the TR-cyborg's had input their data before any encounters with them were made – thus the slate was clean & only 2040 Skynet related.

Lab test results from Byron & Gina's middle school.

Back at local FBI HQ, Ellison is still missing and concern is mounting after the death of agent Shane Pongetti.

On his desk is the result of the forensics lab test. Agent Forlaan browses through it & sees a red biro circle around the blood analysis.

"That's strange, the assumed casualty's assumed blood does not meet any criteria that would support life. It contains some kind of synthetic material which is dead & there are not any red cells". (In reality, the dead material has broken down but was originally future technological living nanodes which rapidly repair all destroyed cells. They act under instructions from a chip but can act alone with limited capabilities whilst sustenance is available. Therefore the nanodes are destroyed beyond recognition – hence Sonia and her mincy meal).

Aerlan replies "so, their victim could be alive & they threw blood products around. Is that what you think?"

"Possibly but why?"

"To confuse us, slow us down, freak us out. I mean, they blow that guy the length of the corridor, there are traces of blast residue, there was deafening noises, depleted uranium tank blasting shells & the expertise of a crack regiment. A bunch of bloody sororities lead by who we think could be the ghost of Sarah Connor, her son & newly invented sisters and… some guy who is dragged out the school entrance followed by another guy who can barely walk after being in some kind of tussle".

"Yep, that's about it, nothing is left behind, they even gain 2 kids. Future recruits perhaps?" he says wryly.

She replies "what, kill their foster carers first?"

"Who knows, funny coincidence that Riley Dawkins of unknown origin lived there too".

"If James turns up, I suggest we get the BAU Quantico involved, everything defies logic".

"At first we thought money might be the motive but now it looks more like a fight for supremacy using ordinary civilians as a target for murder or rescue – like a deadly board game where dice with names on is thrown, but there again, not always. Who died in the Dempsey household and how is it possible that the police were sent to another place? Officer Salaam is still missing and possibly dead Only the Mexican drug cartels dare kill police officers with impunity – our guys are really spooked & on guard".

Just then there is a knock on the door, a slim male afro guy speaks, "the family of Vassilievas have hit the headlines – no sign of them whatsoever".

"Who?" says Forlaan.

"You know, the girl named Ariel from Medium".

"Oh (pause). So we automatically assume they are related to our case again?"

(He shrugs), "OK, they're added too".

"This useless blood also showed up in the security armoured van when, I have to admit that awesome firefight resulted in her rescue along with the Dysons. They are making our police force ineffective & almost a laughing stock".

"Yes, how the hell do they do it?"

Forlaan says "heaven knows. I haven't forgotten the account of the high school students describing how they were blown away by their masterful stage play & disco. One guy said he was never so peeved to have missed it".

"I'll make the decision to call the BAU whilst our guys are on the lookout for James Ellison".

Contessa(Conny) slams the door shut from the downstairs basement and startles everybody. She mutters (Spanish) "I survive termination & this guy thinks he can get the better of me".

"Sorry to keep you so long, something important cropped up. Is there anything you need?" says Sarah to James.

"No, a Latino woman fed me".

"Yes, she tells me you tried to grab her to force your way out. Are you feeling better now?" she replies with a smirk.

"Geez, where the hell did you get her from? She went berserk, screaming at me in Spanish & flinging that table at me. She said 'do that again and I'll terminate you'. She had better not".

"Yes, you can come back from the grave and execute her. Have you come to a conclusion about what we have told you and why you are here?" says Sarah, picking up the piece of table leg close to the wall where it hit – fortunately for James he saw it coming after being thrown over Conny.

"I can see that every case I investigate becomes a scenario for death, kidnap or perhaps as I see it abduction or coercion. I see technological abilities, yet no evidence of this. - That woman with super strength and the Mexican woman with the ferociousness of a trapped grissly. You, you're dead, yet alive & younger than you should be. Are you really the Sarah Connor?"

"Oh yes and be thankful for that. Here is the lowdown. You must stop investigating us, our contacts & John's friends. A dark force wants to eliminate us. They are not anybody that you are familiar with. Your puny police & FBI cannot fight them. The army & airforce can fight them in the future but not now because they don't know what they're up against. They are hidden, but everywhere in computers around the world. You don't know who or what to trust. They are cunning beyond your comprehension. All you can do is not investigate us. They won't kill you, you are their best Allie. Any questions?"

"Where does this dark force come from, what is their name?" "They were created in another reality and continued to exist through the year 2027 & beyond. Their name is Skynet, created by our USAF & scientists, whoever, in the reality where the Soviet Union remained in place. There is no point in going to the USAF because it has already happened & our USAF know nothing about it. Skynet sends terminators from the future to destroy us. Think about it, I die, I rise from the dead 8 years later with my son & that mysterious girl named Cameron who has a twin sister. You know damned well that the crater at the bank was massive, so we weren't frozen for 8 years".

"You're telling me that time travel is possible?"

"Yes tiembo viajes, but also futures that have happened before mankind changed it. My Kyle, the father or my son John said, 'one possible future' where he came from. His future was hell. He jumped through time to save me. He was in love with me & now I am in love with him. He gave his life for me, for John & mankind. What was his reward? NOTHING". Sarah hits the broken table with the leg.

"So what do you want me to do?"

"Do your job but stop recording anything that might link to us, keep innocent people out of your investigations. You have influence, stop your people somehow".

Just then, creaking of the steps tells them that someone or more are approaching. It is John. At the top of the stairs is Cameron's body within earshot. John has Ellison's cellphone & sim card in his hand, left on the table by CW.

"Have you told him everything?" says John.

"Yes, but not the bit about the police woman".

"Can we trust him?"

"I think we will after we have called her down here".

A pause as Sonia(Cam) calls Salaam over to the door, Riley too.

They ascend the stairs.

John says to Salaam "do you know why you are here?"

"No".

"What would have happened if you stayed in hospital?"

"What? You say another one of them would come for me?" She shakes a bit.

"Eventually, because if they know we might come to your rescue, they will try. They would try anything if it means exposing me".

Sarah then speaks to her, as Riley Listens "tell agent Ellison what happened & how you were rescued".

The story unravels and finally he says "twins eh, and you say you remember a terrible noise & commotion followed by screams of pain that never stopped, then shooting with high velocity weapons".

"Yes, I was shattered, tired, and unable to keep it together through exhaustion. I think I now remember a woman was shot through the head. After all that, everybody was gone & I was left alone. Silence. I sat on the front step waiting for whoever might come for me next. I prayed it would be the police – it was. The next day you came for me at the hospital and brought me here".

"Me?"

Riley speaks up "Mr Ellison, we saved their lives, please help us".

"What can I do? I'm just one man. I don't control what is done".

John says "do your best. I'm not fighting to be an anarchist; I'm here to save humanity. If we let you go, you must be prepared to do whatever it takes. We will be watching you and so will they. Believe me. They won't kill you until they discover you're helping us. We won't kill you but if you fail us others will die. If you die, even more will die, so don't get any ideas about rolling up in to a ball and sucking your thumb. Only skilled decisions will see you through. We'll let you go now, DO NOT TRY TO CONTACT US".

As Ellison ascends the stairs and sees Cameron's form watching him, he is physically startled as he sees a deep cut neck exposing metal which she got from trying to raise the TR-cyborg by rope. Her face has an awful bruise with a deep cut in it. He jumps backwards.

"Keep going" orders Sarah. Officer Salaam follows. She sees Cameron who has a stoic look on her face. Although Salaam sees everything, she somehow seems to have come to terms with these sights & knows Cameron/Sonia are on her side – thankfully. The pair are blindfolded & led out of the room & taken back to the city by John, Derek & hoppity-Sonia.

Back at FBI HQ, Ellison uses the story, based on truth, which he feared for officer Salaam's life. He now finds that the 2 police officers guarding her room had been shot.

Now it was the turn of the composed Ellison to look visibly shaken as Salaam sits on a chair with her head in her hands. As Salaam sits there, she wishes she was back with her rescuers.

Out of sight – Kaliba

Jenny knows from her experience that to trust Skynet & all of its subsidiary & affiliated links is akin to being tricked & led in to a nice room in hell by the Devil. Indeed, any place of high education, technologies & everyday business that could be deemed useful to it. Whatever would help Skynet to attain higher levels of programming for destroying mankind with the help of unwitting humans, known as Greys. One of these places houses the new 2040 Skynet program code, which will soon be reading the Pretzel girl responses to its question. The 2040 Skynet knows that phosphorus might be coating terminator chips sent back by a Skynet from an earlier reality. The existing means of communication that has a Skype program is quite sufficient to communicate with the red-headed cyborg, as she is out on 'business'. Skynet surfs the net simultaneously. Just as efficiently as Catherine Weaver's Babylon & soon draws up a plan of action. It involves the help of those who oppose the law. They are armed & dangerous – their motives are money, control of large areas, plus street-cred.

7.33pm – With the advice of a few Greys, Pretzel ascends the subway steps at the outskirts of LA, dressed in dark denim jeans, double large/small hoop ear-rings, light-rouge lipstick, grey t-shirt with lace see-through blouse over the top. Her mauve bra-strap was evident & her hair was died black in preparation for its new black growth. This process is controlled by her newly modified chip. It was programmed over her radio connection, which all terminators have.

1h43m later, she reaches a run down but also well populated area. Skynet's future has knowledge from the police files that papers can be obtained through the correct contacts.

This is not her true goal.

Her infiltration update tells her that ordinary street druggies & their associates are not who she needs.

She goes up to one of them. He appears to assume superiority over her by his demeanour/smirk.

(Spanish) "I am looking for Carlos, he told me to come this way and somebody in your group would lead me to him".

The man's face drops immediately, he thinks Carlos knows him.

"He knows me?"

"Si, your tattoo amuses him but it also concerns him".

"Why?"

"Because my name is Esmerelda and you have spelt it wrong".

His associates smile because they have been informed that the last 3 letters are not 'der' but they never told him this.

Pretzel's 2040 programming is very sophisticated and she can act quite humanlike.

This guy takes Pretzel all the way to Carlos' wooden bungalow in a run-down neighbourhood & immediately the fighting dog breeds start barking. They are outside by a car with their owners.

Chola is inside with her man.

2 faces peer out of the window.

Then Chola runs out and beckons the visitors inside.

The dogs begin to calm down as their owners shout at them.

"What is this?" demands Carlos, who still has 2 large bare-chested tattooed guys standing each side of the entrance.

The Pretzel's guy is nervous, will he be accused of dating his sister.

Pretzel girl keeps quiet, could she be learning and wants to see how the conversation progresses?

"Esmerelda asked where you live, so I volunteered to bring her here. We have never met before".

With her extra strength, Pretzel grabs his arm & manipulates it to show Carlos.

Carlos is puzzled & says "you've never met her before, yet you have her name tattooed on your arm".

He replies "I'm not dating your sister either".

Carlos stands up "how do you know I have sisters?"

"Here is your sister".

"She's not my sister".

Pretzel girls speaks up "I lied".

(unisen) "what?!"

"We need privacy".

"Take this guy outside, find out what happened" says Carlos to his men.

"Make sure he stays alive" says Pretzel, who is standing next to the worried guy.

"And who are you to say what I should do?"

"Do you watch the news? If you do you will understand we fear nobody. I am not here to discuss that yet".

Carlos is annoyed, stands up, draws his gun & points it at her.

She turns to face his men then speaks "lower your gun Carlos then watch & learn. If you fire your gun you die".

Believing her to be innocuous, he does so.

Pretzel also knows the art of distraction. She looks at his 2 henchmen, smiles then says (Spanish) "come closer guys", as she walks towards the door.

This action brings the barrel pointing of their guns close enough to her.

Within a flash she pulls their guns from their hands by the barrels, swings her hands in front of her then momentarily lets go of the guns & by swapping grips holds the opposite guns by their handles then points one at Carlos & one at a big guy.

"Whoever moves dies" she says.

One of the guards is stupid enough to attempt rectifying his silly mistake & moves forward.

Pretzel knows gunfire will alert people, so she kicks her foot behind her with force & catches his leg hard.

He yells in pain and goes down.

She stamps on his good leg hard and a bone cracks – he screams in horrific pain.

Pretzel knows the dog owners will be in, guns drawn.

She walks fast over to Carlos pointing the gun at him, then stands behind him just as what she heard approaching pushes the door open.

Outside, Chola was hurriedly given the dog leads & spends her time attaching the barking dogs to fence posts.

Inside, the 2 large latinos stop suddenly at the door and witness their agonized colleague as they look over to Carlos.

They keep their guns pointed but await orders. What they hear shocks them.

Chola speaks in a slightly deeper voice "as I said, we do not fear anybody, we have no pity or remorse. Carlos will do as I say. I know what you all look like. I know every visible tattoo. Your friends or colleagues cannot protect you. The police or army cannot protect you. (Looking at Carlos), tell your lady to come in here".

(Nothing).

Pretzel bashes Carlos on the tip of his shoulder with her gun. He yells in pain. One of the guys at the door calls Chola.

Tentatively she approaches. "Tell her to be quick & not to use her cellphone".

Very quickly Chola walks in through the entrance.

"If you have made a call I will kill you. Hand over your cell".

Fortunately Chola did not.

It is Pretzel girl's intention to get a reputation but she also wants to stay out of the limelight.

The injured Latino is despatched to hospital, along with the street corner gang guy.

Pretzel makes her photo ID forgery request, and then hands over $300k in additional exchange for known names high up in the MS-13 cartel, plus their locations.

Only Carlos is present in the room as the others have now been sent outside. Upon hearing this request, his face changes to horror, again, at the thought of having to find this info and his impending implication.

Earlier at 6:30pm - Back at Jenny's place, Cameron's frame is on the computer again. Sonia's frame (Cameron) is in a SUV with Lesley heading off to the oilfield home that belongs to Kacy. They do not know what to expect when they get there. Cameron was not expecting Lesley's outpourings either. She starts OK and then brings up her mother.

Cameron says "you can't inform any relatives or her friends when you bury or cremate her. You will put them in danger".

Already Lesley is looking sad as she says "you haven't mentioned all your pain, do you just forget about it?"

"No, we never forget or erase such things" says Cameron as she considers this question in more detail & what she felt on the river bank with John.

Later, when she has had her chip swapped, she will recite her feelings with John once their turmoil is over. Before that, she will ask Sonia to transfer some data on the subject about her feelings.

Then Cameron hears "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you when you were in pain. All that happened that day doesn't seem real. It is like a nightmare that came true. I hurt too, ever since it happened".

"Where?"

"Mentally. I know you will never forget what I did. I still remember Sarah telling me to be strong and look down at you" says Lesley as she leans over to kiss Sonia(Cam) on the cheek.

Cameron's eyelids flicker as she considers what to say or do next. She pulls up on the roadside away from traffic. Lesley wonders what she is going to do in hopeful expectation.

Cameron smiles and says "I forgive you" and nervously does what she thinks Sonia would do. She also hopes Sonia will understand that it is only a quick kiss. She says "I forgive you" again and nervously leans forward protruding her lips with her eyes open. (She thought shut might be rude although she has temporarily turned off her vision).

Teary Lesley reciprocates but then she places her hand behind Sonia's head and kisses again & again x7. This is followed by lips to cheek in frenzy. If Cameron was human she would freeze.

Lesley sits back & stares for a moment, "you haven't forgiven me. You're a cyborg, does that mean you never will. Are we finished?" in a declining voice as her world is shattering even more.

Now Cameron has a real problem. She has scenarios to consider.

I don't like Lesley seeing my unattractive badly damaged face.

I need time to restore my feelings.

I have not completely forgiven her & need to understand more about human emotions.

Tell her who I am and explain why.

Cover her in kisses & instigate another move – very risky.

Thinking of Lesley's feelings & her age using data from Sonia, Cameron catastrophically opts for 5 in the hope that Sonia will not find out. She says smiling "you took me by surprise"

Lesley replies "since wh…."

Cameron conjures up a juicy open mouthed 'hugoso' kiss then tries a tactic that she thinks Lesley won't like in order to deter her. The saliva she produces is a clear fluid with a pleasant effervescent feel to it. (In fact, her insides are perfectly clean & she has instilled under pressure from her powerpack some pressurised carbon dioxide in to some water which resides at the bottom of her oesophagus, kept clean by her own regenerator's nanodes).

Once Cameron feels lips on hers, she starts to feel emotionally worried & has to consider her options.

"I love your fizzy lips" says Lesley, who then slides her tongue in Cameron's mouth as deep as possible, saying "I'll try not to split your lip", then does it again.

Cameron does her best to be her Sonia but is becoming concerned.

'Worry over', Lesley straightens up and says "that was nice, shall we go now!"

To feign the moment, Cameron says, whilst pushing some of Lesley's hair away from her face, "all right, when you're ready" (smile).

As they approach the road close to Kacy's house, Lesley says "I thought you didn't like me anymore. You pleasantly surprised me".

Cameron looks back with 'Sophia Vassilieva's surprised face then meekly says "oh, that's nice".

When they stop, it is obviously Lesley's job to walk towards the gravel driveway & see what there is to see. Cameron watches from the car, she has an awesome responsibility on her shoulders – or should that be in her chip?

Lesley is as far away as can be seen then turns and beckons with a hand up-and-down motion which seemed to mean to Cameron 'be quiet & move with care'.

She does – drives carefully up to the gravel then stops. They can see red & white tape stretched across the entrance on metal poles. Kacy would be pleased that Sarah paid her rent but would also hope the FBI leave her property soon.

Lesley walks as innocently as possible across the gravel, up the steps to the door. Listens – no sound, looks in the window, no sign of life.

Cameron walks up & tells Lesley to stay out of sight. She rings the doorbell whilst holding her gun behind her.

Lesley has the raufoss.

Surprise surprise, Kacy opens the door. (Cameron knew someone was approaching & even recognised the footsteps as female – not cyborg, the footsteps were too light).

Kacy's face drops & she steps back. Then she looks horrified after examining Sonia's face.

Lesley rushes up, obviously holding the large weapon "please, you know us, we're not here to cause trouble. Are you alone?"

"Only my baby, Trevor is out looking for your gang. What is she? What do you want?"

"We left something behind".

"You won't find anything here. Men in white overalls went over the entire house".

"Can we come in? These guns are not aimed at you".

"I guess so but you need to be quiet. Please, what is she? Why are you here?"

"To see if what we left in the garden is still there". (For these 2 resistance members, hiding the truth is no longer possible).

Cameron speaks up "we don't have time to talk" then steps in to the house past Kacy.

Lesley explains Sonia's anxiety and what she has faced, mentioning her mother with a tear forming.

Kacy's mouth opens for a while before she speaks. She always liked the Connor(Baum) crowd and is horrified.

"Please don't tell Trevor you saw us today, you will bring danger if you do" says Lesley.

Cameron speaks up "it is there".

Lesley shows Kacy her trust & thrusts her raufoss in to her hands then turns to get the shovels. (The release button would probably not have been detected by Kacy).

Kacy watches the girls dig where the heavy birdbath stood on concrete slabs, holding the rifle close to her ample chest.

Within a minute a metal skeleton can be seen. Within 4 minutes, Cameron tugs it out of the grave & on to the lawn.

"Where's its head? It looks terrifying" says Kacy.

"It was, it killed some men, kidnapped the Dysons & Sofia. You know, Ariel from Medium. She was here. You actually spoke to her" replies Lesley.

"I did?"

"Yes, Sonia had her leg joint broken by one of these & couldn't walk. Clever actress Sofia took her place & fooled you. We rescued her from that thing".

"You did?"

"Yes, it nearly killed her".

Cameron interjects "we must go".

Kacy asks Cameron a question before she bends down "are you Sonia?"

"Yes"

"Are you one of those?" (looking down).

Cameron grabs the heavy coltan or tantalum frame & heaves it over her shoulder then says "yes, different model. I am tok-715 built for infiltration".

"You are?"

Cameron walks off so Lesley gives a quick explanation for Kacy as she grabs her raufoss back.

"She is a model that was designed in the future to join the resistance and hunt down John Connor, known to you as the young John Baum. If he dies, mankind might never survive. He is a great future leader".

As Lesley rushes off she says "ciao, do not tell Trevor, your life depends on it. You have been a great friend".

The dumbstruck Kacy walks indoors to check her baby, whilst hearing the SUV drive off.

The Meal & Healing Allison

8:34pm 16 Feb 2009 – it is getting late when Lesley passes 4 helmeted coltan-framed cyborgs in green coveralls hidden strategically around the garden. Inside the house she says "ooh lovely smell (pause) where's Cameron?"

Little Gina says "she's on the roof with John".

"Really, why?"

"Dunno".

"How did she get up there with a bad leg?"

"I watched her, we all did. She used Jenny's ladder & John helped her. He put his head between her legs and she pulled herself up. It was funny".

L-Jennifer knows why they are up there, she says

"Sis & I went to Radio-World & got a small radio transmitter & some rodent scarers, plus some wire. With Cameron's help, we could convert one to receive her signal & convert it to a radio signal with a wide enough short-range band to send up the cable to the roof. It means she or Sonia can stay indoors with us and control the termis in comfort. That's nice".

"Oh you mean our helmeted friends outside" replies Lesley.

"Yes, the signal is inefficient but allows our cyborg friends enough time to react whilst indoors. Ain't that right Sonia!"

Cameron smiles and says "yes. Is Allison OK?"

Jennifer replies "no, we are worried about her. Claire had to go upstairs & turn her back on to her front again. She kept moaning with pain. Mrs Young is with her. Ally cried".

"Why?"

"I don't know. I think her back must really hurt". (Allison has got her mom (alt mom) to herself and is having a few lullabies sung to her)".

It might seem strange to some but Allison is hurting, feels sentimental & weak and now has what she never stopped thinking about at night ever since the bombs dropped – her mother. (That is when danger was not lurking).

Claire has crushed two painkillers & mixed them with some of 1-Ally's calpol. Allison drank it on a spoon, so now she should sleep.

Claire is touched by Allison & kisses her on the cheek.

Allison, with her eyes shut & face down, smiles.

As Claire leaves the room, Sonia (Cam's chip) meets her.

"Please ensure nobody comes in here for the next hour says Cameron.

"Why, she's asleep. She doesn't need disturbing".

"I won't wake her, she needs my help".

Meanwhile, downstairs Lesley knows Sonia does not eat, so hungrily sets off to find Leila & her aunt 'Sunny Jones'.

When she sees the food spread on the table and their 2 beaming faces, she can't wait to dish up and eat.

Out of courtesy she stays in the kitchen with the ladies to find out what she is eating & how difficult it was to prepare the meal. She learns some useful tips.

There was plenty left over which they could fridge or freeze. Indeed, certain individuals had never had it so good.

Back upstairs stubborn Allison, the Ally of 2024 who tried in vain to keep her resistance members safe, was quite ill. Nobody realised how much. The wound, although treated with antibiotics & cleaned by the Dixons, had still caused physical shock to her - her resistance was very low.

She was in what could be called a deep sleep which she was deliriously enacting through her movements.

Using Claire's voice, Cameron speaks to see if she can get a response.

"It's me Allison, your mom".

"Hello mommy (quietly)".

"I'm going to look at your back".

Downstairs, Marta, despite being told to stay there, was worried about Allison. She liked their card playing and this made her like her even more – it was fun when they both laughed. ("ola", "aah my hand", "hehe", "you mean mano").

Cameron hears Marta but is not bothered.

"Ooh aah" says Allison quietly, whilst Cameron is as careful as possible to remove the wound covering & tape.

"It's OK Allison, mommy is checking your wound" says Cameron. Then she takes out a small knife from the kitchen and places her own hand on Allison's back with her wrist face up.

The door opens slightly and a pair of eyeballs can be seen.

Cameron pretends not to notice. She cuts up her own arm in the meaty area about an inch in length. Again she checks the door & it is immediately pulled ajar. Cameron squeezes her cut on to the wound & although she is not much of a bleeder, is able to get some blood out.

On the other side of the door is a small girl whose brain has gone in to overdrive.

Should she run, scream, try to save Allison?

'Of course not' she thinks then calmly pushes the door again. She is not stupid and now knows that 'Sonia' knows she is there.

In she walks. Sonia(Cam) smiles at her as a little whimper comes from Allison.

Marta's eyes stare intently at the whole procedure, as she whispers "why are you doing that?"

Cameron explains then says "her system is infected. I need to do something else. Will you help me?"

Cameron said this as she knows humans like to help & she needs to know Marta is up for what happens next. She has not done this before, it is a gamble.

Cameron says "nobody knows that Allison could die in her present condition".

With a small syringe, Cameron sucks in some of Allison's blood then injects it in to her own arm.

"Now we need to wait 5 minutes" says Cameron.

Then at this point she says "by the way, I am Cameron. Our chips were swapped accidentally. We will swap our chips later with the Jens help".

"Really?"

"Yes, really".

The infected blood reaches Sonia's regenerator and the information is passed up the thin half flesh/half metallic cable to Cameron's chip. It takes one hell of a lot of processing to eventually come up with all the genetic solutions.

Not much is spoken but Marta speaks to Allison in response to words like "rabbit", "dark", "roots".

5 minutes later, Cameron pushes the needle in to a vein in her own arm and draws in quite a lot of blood.

Cameron turns Allison's arm then says "You must press here as hard as you can. Do not stop pressing".

Marta's face looked a little worried but changed to that of resolve as she pressed on to the vein – hard to describe her face but quite a picture.

The needle, which is attached to the syringe, is pushed up Allison's vein. Cameron slowly empties the super-blood in to her.

Marta looks on, looks up at Cameron's face, back down to the vacating syringe, then over at Allison's face as she mumbles "mom something something" 6 or 7 words, "were you?"

Cameron leans down & kisses each side of Allison's wound and quietly says "I've found you now, I'm going to make you better Darling".

(To make things clear at this point: Sonia's body is in the room but Cameron's chip is controlling the processes).

Marta looks at Sonia's face & blinks twice. She is emotionally moved.

In a mumble Allison says "I knew you'd come".

Cameron hopes the nanodes will live inside Allison long enough to cure her but not be detrimental to her health, otherwise drastic measures will have to be taken…. 'Quickly'.

"You can take your finger off, to allow the blood to get in to her system. The reason I asked you to press hard was to stop her own blood coming out through the syringe hole".

Marta asks "Do your cuts & scars still hurt?"

"Not now that I can turn off my pain sensors but when I turn them on again it is still agony because they have not healed enough & it hurts in many areas when I move".

"Can I stay here with Allison?"

"Yes, but I must go now. Please disturb her regularly like this (shakes shoulder) to see if she responds. If she does not, call me".

Downstairs, a few of the adults are outside with the kids under outdoor lights & have found some remaining apples from the tree. Some are being gathered up for a pie & a few are being used for a game of catch.

3-Ally throws one to see if Byron, Gina, Dean, Jennifer and now Helena, can catch.

These moments are important for all of them.

Cameron sits outside with Lesley, trying to get close, bearing in mind that she has Sonia's blessing, for now. Sonia urgently wants to swap chips before her body is ravaged and she gets jealous.

Everybody will take it easy for the rest of the day and catch up with their sleep.

The rooftop transmitter/receiver is working OK, freeing up Jenny to put her tools away and lock up her shed.

Cameron (Sonia's body), put the thought in to John's head that the boys would be honoured if he could sit with them & tell them stories of his life.

Chip swap time – 19:33pm – still 16 Feb 2009.

The cyborg hotties go upstairs then Cameron checks on Allison before Joining Sonia in Jenny's bedroom.

Claire & Helena are in the room with Marta and 16-Allison, knowing full well that alt-2-yr-older-Nancy can babysit two little Allys for them.

Allison is still responsive and even sat up for a drink. She does not seem to feel pain any more.

Marta took advantage of this moment and fed her some cold veg soup out of a tin.

Cameron joins her best friend in Jenny's bedroom, which Jennifer now shares with Jenny.

As a precaution, Jennifer asked Byron to come upstairs & stand outside the bedroom door for a few minutes. She said it was "only for 5 minutes".

The 2 clever females enter the bedroom to find that the hotties have already cut open each other's head port areas.

Jennifer says "OK ladies, let's do the job"

As the cyborgs lie head to toe on a double bed, both females prise up the chip ports.

Unfortunately, a figure is creeping quietly up the stairs. (typical bad timing).

The females carefully twist the chips & the faces & eyes of the cyborgs become manikin-like. The females swap the chips & replace them carefully.

At the top of the stairs John sees Byron outside Jenny's bedroom & says "what's going on?"

"Nothing" replies a guilty looking Byron with a loud voice. He does not even realise he looks guilty.

John wonders if stealing is taking place. He walks over & opens the door to see Jenny turn to hide Cameron's head, whilst Jennifer is patting Sonia's hair, trying to smile.

"Why aren't they moving? What have you done?"

Byron has to peer in and see what is happening.

Jennifer says "we're checking their reboot times"

Jenny speaks up "Jennifer, we can't lie. John will understand".

John says "understand what?"

Jenny replies "John, I think you ought to speak to Sonia or perhaps Cameron when they reboot. Will you give us that?"

"OK, I'll give you that".

He looks at Jennifer and says "are you OK?"

Hurriedly, she abruptly replies "yes, see you later, come on sis".

John is puzzled by her haste to walk to the door but to her credit she stays there to ensure that the hotties reboot.

After a further 34 Seconds, they sit up and Cameron says "hello John, shall we talk in private?"

Already she has ratted to Sonia, so she gets up to leave the room.

The door closes, leaving Cameron alone with John.

"So, you rebooted, what's so different about this reboot?"

An unfortunate mistake happened. Someone that you think the world of is worried about what you will say".

"Is it serious?"

"No".

"Well what then?"

"She has pride & made an error when it mattered during a serious situation".

"Who?"

"Before I tell you, there is someone else who could be more affected than you".

"Really!"

"Yes, Lesley, she is already grieving, which means your actions might affect her relationship with Sonia".

John sits next to Cameron then says "So what do you want to tell me and what am I supposed to do? I mean, is this something I ought to know?"

"We would prefer you did not. Shall I say it is a relationship issue? There is one thing I would like you to do just because you love me". Cameron makes her eyelids flicker, then smiles.

"Aw come on Cam, we guys know you girls use the eyelid routine when you want something. You are a cyborg and no different. Yet despite this, we guys like it so I promise".

"Good (smile), would you say to little Jennifer 'it is not important' ".

"Is that it?"

"Yes".

Cameron stands up & puts her hand on John's shoulder, then she hippity-hops out the room with him, down the stairs to find the Jens talking to Debbie.

John walks over & looks down then says "It's not important Jen".

"But it could have been. I'm sorry".

Cameron says "it was OK".

Jenny intervenes and says "Lil sis, he is saying that we all have mishaps, don't we John".

Wishing he knew what the hell they were talking about, he says "yes of course".

To lighten the situation, Jenny says "one example was when you kicked the door open in Lesley's bedroom. What did you see?"

This was a master stroke on Jenny's part as little Jennifer knew nothing about it & the next 5 minutes are slightly more light-hearted.

"Not that again" says John.

Hearing the story makes Jennifer and the other kids laugh, quite a lot actually, as do the adults that are present.

"Did you see her…." Shut up Byron". More laughing.

Taking the moment, John sees Lesley & her father alone, so he says "where would you like to do the right thing for your mother?"

Garvin replies "Perhaps Jenny would agree to do it here in her garden".

John replies "I'll leave it to you. I'll take Jenny to one side before Cameron & I go out to get her leg fixed".

John is good to his word.

As he leaves the house he sees hoppity being helped to his SUV by a helmeted terminator.

John asks Lesley & Sonia to keep everyone safe.

Driving down the road, John attempts a piece of AI humour. "Two timing me now Cam?"

Cameron considers this remark as it does not make sense. She considers other possible reasons for John making this remark. She looked at him straight away - he was not smiling. Nor was he annoyed or showing any clues as to tension. The cyborg behind her looks human to a human but John knows she controls it, so it can't be that. Has she inadvertently overlooked signals from another male? Then it comes to her. Shock, horror, he has found out. Did Lesley tell him? 'How could she have done, I would have heard'. Did she write John a note? Now Cameron is worried, she has allowed Lesley to be passionate with her – she should have told him. All this took less than a ¼ second to compute but it was an awful period. She looks at John and says "I had to do it for little Jennifer. Please don't tell Lesley that you know. She will never forgive me".

Now John is puzzled "what are you talking about?"

"Nothing, just a joke, I thought you meant to tease me, I don't have affairs with anybody", lies Cameron.

John says "I was talking about him on the back seat".

"Oh, but he is o…."

John butts in "I know Cam, it's a joke that did not work on you. If mom was here she would see the joke straight away, I think!"

"Oh, do you mean that because I instructed it to help me, it appeared to be attracted to me?"

John smiles "Yes, did you see the film where a sailor dressed in white carries a woman out of a factory?"

Cameron smiles back, as her own form of emotional panning develops for this scenario. She thinks of something to add, just to see if this humour works "I am still deciding whether to go out on a date with John Henry. He said he wants to learn more about me. Also, yes I did see that film, his name was Richard Gere & her name was Deborah Winger".

John does not want to spoil the joke and says "are you trying to make me jealous?"

"No, I am lying".

John stares accusingly at Cameron and says "you had better be lying, cos' if I find you gallivanting, I will be extremely displeased".

Cameron gives a startled look which is, before we forget, quite phenomenal for an AI.

She says "I would never do that".

"Do you promise?"

"Yes, I am your protector and your lover. You know that".

Here is one thing that Cameron has not developed, fortunately for her, 'the look of guilt' or 'a red face'. She has a dirty little secret that Lesley must not find out. (Or Sonia).

It is getting late – time 10:10pm, Jameron arrive at the railyard where the repair sheds are. They have the body of the Marti-cyborg and need to find a suitable place to park out of sight. They find that they can drive in to the yard in question and soon park outside a shed which has a rail-line leading to it.

"You need to stay outside & keep watch" she says.

Cameron is hoppitying with a large box whilst termi is carrying the cyborg frame, most of its flesh is now rotted away.

John has already noticed the smell.

Very soon Cameron is using her 'virtual programs' very efficiently.

Her termi has removed its coverall & helmet and is now searching for an arc welder & everything associated with it. Plus a 'spot' & other welding equipment for the finishing touches.

Termi has not touched anything yet as the equipment is filthy.

Inside the box are a plastic sheet and various sized knives & tools.

She removes her boots, Jeans, tea shirt with 'GET A GRIP' written on it and a picture of a chic holding a tube of window sealant and a naughty smile, a mauve jacket & sensible panties and puts them in the box & closes it.

(The t-shirt was donated by Riley, where she got it from is uncertain but she thought it was cool).

They set out the sheet on the table, then she gets up & lies on it, face down.

Rather horrifically, the frightening termi cuts up the back of Cameron's leg and round the top beneath her butt & knee.

It then peels the flesh outwards, holding it back by using a needle & cotton through the cut and through the side of the calf at 2" or 3" intervals. A bit like an autopsy job.

It removes her moulded protective plates over her joints & soon both ends of the broken rod are removed and placed on the clean sheet with the bolts.

Cameron carefully gets up whilst termi places Marti-cyborg on the sheet.

It removes the leg rod and holds it up. Cameron does the same with her 2 broken ends.

They both scan them.

They are incompatible, the nut holes are too large & the way they fit too large too.

This time termi removes an upper arm bicep equivalent rod.

Termi Scans it and Cameron decides that with careful heating & banging, it should be OK after being stretched.

They get to work – Cameron has to stand back most of the time, completely naked with her hair tied back.

Outside John is impatient & anxious. He phones Cameron.

"Yes John?"

All he can say is "Hi babe, how's it going?"

"We have what we need, I am doing the heating. Please don't come in, keep watch".

"Sure thing, everything is quiet out here".

There are some things a woman should not say to a man.

It appears that mystery & intrigue is the trigger.

A quick peek is all that John wants. He walks carefully, whilst looking around him and then peeks in to the entrance.

Cameron nor termi hear him because of their noise.

He gets closer then sees her.

'WTF' he thinks.

Just then, termi looks towards the door to check that it is all clear from his angle.

John ducks but is seen in a flash.

Now Cameron knows - she is not too pleased.

John sneaks back out.

The eyes turn red, Cameron's do the same.

She did not shine red intentionally. This is indeed something new. It is connected to Sonia's anger, for which they both now have. They will share this dilemma during their chit-chats.

During the next hour & 33 minutes, the arm rod is heated from one end to the other, very hot, then very slightly stretched using the available machinery and gripping vices.

Finally, after more scanning, the surface affected is smoothed by blowing the arc welder quickly over the surface.

To save time, termi carries the Marti-cyborg to the entrance, just around the corner visible to John.

It goes back to find Cameron placing the loose parts in the box.

She tucks the coverall in to the crash helmet, screws up the plastic and puts it in the box too.

Termi picks her up over his shoulder whilst she holds the box and the helmet facing down, ensuring she does not drop the bolts.

As her rear end is naked, when John drives up, termi turns to ensure he does not get a good eyeful.

Cameron steps down out of sight, then opens the rear door in silence and carefully gets in, shielded as much as possible by termi.

She hands the helmet to termi and he dresses, goes round the front & gets in.

Finally, termi puts the Marti-frame & her broken leg in to the rear trunk.

John feels a little awkward as he drives off. He also finds that the smell is even worse. He says "why were you carried?"

As she adjusts her t-shirt: Silence.

"Are you OK?"

"Yes". (With emphasis).

"Are you annoyed with me?"

"Yes". (With emphasis).

"I'm sorry but you have to admit this is the 2nd time you have had a strop recently"

"I did not want you to see me like that".

"I don't understand. You never used to care".

"Yes but now I have modesty. I have a certain amount of sense of decency, pride and desire to look my best".

"I didn't know you didn't want me to see you. You should have said".

To lighten the situation, she tries a well-tested response to ensure the wellbeing of her John.

"Thank you for explaining".

"I love you Cam", he says with a smile.

On the way home, Cameron reattaches her coltan femur equivalent.

In the next ep: Conny finds it hard to adapt to 2009.

Big Allison's life remains in the balance with surprising results.

Pretzel girl continues to be very naughty.

It becomes evident that Cameron & Sonia are definitely the daughters of Skynet but the 'self-repair' outcome is very very surprising. Please do not draw the wrong conclusion and be repulsed.

Something else happens which involves Cameron in a big way.

Yet, despite that, what Cameron does accomplish is quite mind blowing & could only be done by her.

Some readers will remember the quote 'time travel messes with my mind'. (Who said that?) I totally agree, as writing the next chapter certainly did that to mine – more complicated that anyone could envisage. Just recently, Conny translated it in to Spanish for Marta and the other children: 'tiempo viajes'. (which I believe is pronounced 'viahes'. If I'm wrong, tell me).

People can't deny that 3-Ally is very enchanting – note that I have underlined that word for a reason.

The Connor resistance take a risk every time they venture out and this time the results are so catastrophic, it could not possibly get any worse…. Could it? You would think that but of course the word 'Skynet' could suggest otherwise.

Sonia frightens the ****** out of everybody, so it would seem.

Marta remains a good friend of Cameron and is needed again for someone very important, whom she seems to be falling in love with.

Lesley is a very possessive girl when it comes to Sonia – in fact she is besotted with her, especially when….. I can't say.

The BAU do get involved, oh what a catastrophe that could be – are they out of their depth?

The Beal house is crowded, something needs to be done.