Chapter One

Mexico, March 1993 - John Connor | Age: 1 year 4 months...

Ever since the Terminator was sent back in time to terminate, Sarah Connor she's been on the run hiding hoping another one wouldn't find and her baby son, John. Kyle Reese the one sent back to protect her from the Terminator all those months ago, gifted her with their son, John. Just a couple of weeks ago Sarah came into contact with another Terminator, however this one wasn't sent to kill her but, to protect her.

As Sarah sat in the hut, which was located among the camp of a paramilitary group, she played with her son, John. The Terminator stood next to the only door to the shanty house, gazing out upon their surroundings watching for enemy targets.

Sarah turned to look at her and John's 'protector'. The female Terminator stood motionless scanning the area, her long beautiful brown hair cascaded down her back, Sarah could just about make out the Terminator's chocolate brown eyes and her fine lips. The Terminator was dressed in the paramilitaries standard issue combat uniform.

"Cameron" Sarah asked.

Cameron spun around giving Sarah a small smile, "Yes Sarah?"

Sarah just smirked, "Do you have to stand there like a statue...can you do something constructive?"

Cameron walked over to where Sarah was sitting, playing with John. She sat across from them then averted her gaze to John smiling sweetly at his playing form.

"John, would you like to see the blue lights?" she asked him.

John paused in his activities staring at Cameron, at first he looked at her confused with what she was saying when, he realized what Cameron was talking about. He stood up stumbling, smiling gleefully reaching out with his arms towards Cameron. As John neared, Cameron scooped him up in her arms. A few seconds went past when her eyes flashed a neon blue, John giggled gleefully whilst Cameron did the same. Obviously for John he thought it was a party trick that Cameron knew, he had no knowledge that the girl holding him was in fact, a killing machine, designed to terminate humans.

As Sarah watched, she couldn't help but think that not so long back meeting Cameron the first time absolutely terrified her. Since she thought the Terminator was there to kill her but, when Cameron announced she was sent to protect her and John, she did let her guard down but only just a little. As the weeks past since their meeting Sarah had grown attached to Cameron, just like John had grown attached to her and vice versa.

Sarah continued to was the interaction between her son and Cameron just admiring the moment, when the door to her shanty house was opened. At the door was Miguel one of the officers in the paramilitary group they were staying with.

"Sarah, Enrique wants a word with you" he says before he leaves the vacancy of the hut. Sarah stands up brushing off some the dirt from earlier when she did her training. Cameron looks up at her taking in Sarah's perfect muscular curvy body.

"Look after John while I'm away" she orders Cameron.

Cameron nodded acknowledging her command, "Okay Sarah"

Sarah exited from the shanty house, as soon as she did, she gazed upon the luscious green jungle which was lit up by the bright afternoon sunlight of Mexico. As she made her way across the camp and what remained of a deserted shanty town, she eventually came across Enrique's hut, the man was sitting outside relaxing drinking tequila and smoking a cigar.

As she stopped before him, she realized he had his eyes closed resting. She gazed upon his face brown hair and stubble. Sarah cleared her throat to get his attention.

Enrique jerked awake surprised someone was there, he looked around vigorously before setting his eyes upon Sarah, he smiled at her presence. As for Sarah, she equally returned the smile back to him before taking the seat next to him. Enrique offered her some tequila but, she refused respectfully.

"So you wanted to talk" Sarah suddenly said.

Enrique took a long swig of tequila from the bottle before replying, "I want you to have something" he reached over to the left of his seat picking up a duffel bag. Sarah eyed him curiously. Enrique then dropped the duffel bag in front of Sarah. She leaned forward unzipping the bag what she saw inside made her mouth drop. Inside the bag, it's contents was big wads of cash, pouches of diamonds and ID's along the certificates.

As Sarah looked through the ID's she realized they were for her, Cameron and John. She looked at Enrique in confusion.

"What's this for?" she asked incredulous.

Enrique sighed, "Just in case you need to leave if.." he then remembers the moment Cameron he and his men that she was in fact a 'cyborg', cringing at the thought "...if one of those...things...find us"

"What you mean?"

"You're a good friend of mine Sarah, the last thing I want is something bad to happen to you"

Sarah nodded, before she could say anything suddenly an explosion erupted in the middle of the camp and gunfire could be heard. Instantly both Enrique and Sarah jumped to their feet. Enrique immediately hoisted his AK-47 following closely behind a frantic Sarah racing for the centre of the camp. When they both emerge near the centre of the camp in the distance they could see paramilitary soldiers shooting at something in the distance.

"Sarah, get the other two and leave!" Enrique lobbed the duffel bag at her.

"But..." she tried to fight back.

"Just go!" he shouted back before disappearing up the track.

Sarah hesitated but, she knew that she had to get to Cameron and John. Once she arrived at the hut she realized they weren't there, she panicked looking around frantically her heart at rising erratically. She rushed back outside thinking she'd spot them but, as soon as she stepped outside a nearby truck exploded and in a blink of an eye a piece thirty centimetre long metal from the truck impaled into her leg. Sending her to the ground in agony, her vision started to go blurry from the pain and shock.

A few seconds later a figure over her, she could see the red piercing eyes glaring down at her, what the Terminator held was what seemed to be an assault rifle. Her eyes widen in fear.

Suddenly the looming red eyed figured spoke in a monotone voice, "Sarah Connor" she didn't respond, she just stared back. The figure then looked around the surrounding area as if searching for something.

To Sarah it was obvious what the Terminator was looking for, it's looking for John, she thought to herself this meant it hadn't found John, she smirked slightly. Suddenly the Terminator lifted its assault rifle pointing it at Sarah's head, she closed her eyes awaiting the inevitable. When she heard the gunshots she thought she was dead but, she wasn't. Sarah opened her eyes to see the Terminator before being riddled with rounds it's form melting under them.

She turned to see Cameron unleashing gunfire from her AK-47 which had customized thermite rounds, as the bullets were fired the heat generated would light them on fire, as soon as the bullets made impact against the Terminator it'd melt into it's form. Once one clip was depleted Cameron loaded in a new one, she kept on firing until most of the Terminator was a melted form. Cameron walked over making sure the CPU was destroyed which it was.

She then rushed back to get John and then she ran back to Sarah. Her eyes widened at the sight of Sarah's leg immediately, she started to scan Sarah's leg, she sighed when the scan revealed the artery to be intact. But, if she removed the metal piece from Sarah's leg, she could ultimately bleed out from a flesh wound that large or contract an infection. Cameron didn't have the supplies to perform the necessary treatment. As Cameron looked to John, she could see him sobbing slightly upon his mother.

"Momma!" John called out.

Sarah breathed heavily before responding, "I'm...I'm fine John" she hugged her son gently whilst John nearly squeezed the life out of her.

Cameron interrupted their moment, "Sarah, we need to go" she uttered intensely. Sarah just nodded weakly. Cameron looked around the camp to see if there was any intact vehicles but, there wasn't. The Terminator was efficient, Cameron huffed annoying at the thought.

As Cameron tried to pick Sarah up, she screamed in pain even when Cameron hoisted Sarah's let arm around her neck. Cameron gently placed Sarah back down on the ground, she could see tears welling up in Sarah's eyes.

Sarah looked to Cameron, "Cameron, you need to go"

In response Cameron shook her head vigorously, "No I'm not leaving you"

She could see the anger building up in Sarah something she'd never seen in her before, "Yes! You are!..." Sarah grunted from the pain in her leg, then spoke in a calmer voice "...look, the authorities will be here soon the nearest town isn't far so people most definitely have seen the smoke"

As Cameron was about to respond, she paused hearing the sounds of sirens in the distance and helicopters overhead.

Sarah sighed, breathing heavily and grunting from pain as she tried to shift her leg, "Please Cameron, go, take John and that duffel bag with the ID's and money you need"

Cameron didn't know what to say, her CPU was calculated at a rate she never experienced.

"Go into hiding..." Sarah breathed heavily once again "...I'll find you after I've recovered"

Cameron stared at Sarah for a moment, as a tear ran down her cheek. Without hesitation Cameron picked up the duffel bag and then picked a relentless John whom didn't want to leave. Cameron walked hurriedly into the dense jungle heading towards a place of safety before the authorities could arrive. Before heading further into the jungle Cameron turned around with a sobbing John in her arms looking back at Sarah.

Sarah waved a goodbye to both her son and Cameron with her own tears spilling from her eyes. Cameron then turned away reluctantly heading further into the dense jungle. As for Sarah she shifted herself up against the side of a hut, still crying and waiting for the authorities to arrive.

2 hours later...

As Cameron continued to trek through the jungle with John in her arms, she contemplated on where to go. First I'd need to get somewhere to stay for the night and then acquire a vehicle, she thought to herself. But first she had to stop for John's sake.

As she stopped in a rather spacious area in the jungle, she gently placed John on the ground to allow him some freedom to move. But like a flick of switch, John started racing back the way they trekked, Cameron immediately reacted.

"John!" she scooped him up in her arms.

Instantly John started crying and trying to viciously break free from her grip with little success, a tear came to Cameron's eye just thinking about just how distraught he must be from leaving his mother.

As John continued in his antics, whilst Cameron tried to calm him down, "John please!..." John then started to slap his hands against her "...John! Calm down please!"

Cameron knelt to the floor still holding John in her arms, shortly afterwards he started to calm down resorting to sobbing against Cameron's chest, she then gently stroked John's fine brown hair.

"It's okay John..." she whispered to him quietly "...I'm here you, I'll always be here for you" she then kissed the top of John's head then rested her cheek against the same spot letting another tear run down on top of John's head. Whilst gently stroking his head and patting his back gently, John continued to sob but soon afterwards his crying got quieter and quieter until he fell asleep.

27 minutes later...

After Cameron had acquired a motel room for her and John, and settled John on the rooms bed, she immediately started to check whether the room was safe and secure once satisfied she decided to move the only chair in the room near the front window of the room. As she sat down in the chair she checked on John once satisfied he returned her gaze to looking out the window keeping an eye out for any threats to her and John.

As a few minutes went by she felt something tug her trouser leg, she turned to see John looking up at her, his arms outstretched towards.

"John go back to bed" she said sternly.

All John did was whimper and thumped his feet in annoyance at her reluctance. Cameron then reached down picking John up and placing him on her lap, John instantly resting his head against her chest closing his eyes. He then instinctively wrapped his arms tightly around her stomach, Cameron smiled at the sight of a sleeping little John on her lap.

Then something clicked in her CPU, the thought of leaving Sarah must have been a distraught experience for John, although she cared for Sarah deeply herself in her on way. But, just thinking of the effect this situation could have on John made her cringe at the thought, she then decided to change her thoughts to something else.

She then tried to think of the most likely place Sarah would expect to find them as she kept thinking, she suddenly remembered something Sarah told her not so long ago, once I've learnt enough to John to become the future leader of the Human Resistance, we'll be returning to Los Angeles, Cameron didn't know why they'd return to Los Angeles, to be honest she never really thought about it.

After she was certain of where she and John would go, all she need to think about was how to acquire a car without being caught or alerting the authorities.