Just to reclarify my previous chapter when John checks that Lesley kept the cyborg-Sonia a secret from Lionel. John takes Lionel upstairs because the girls are downstairs and John does not want Lionel to hear Sonia ask Lesley if Lionel is as trustworthy as Lesley is. This is because if Lesley says 'no', it could cause offense to Lionel and might cause an argument between the siblings.
Bedtime is the 2nd time Lionel goes upstairs but firstly he will talk to his sister Lesley about Sonia - he does not believe her bullshit.
After this, John decides not to go to bed but will try to convince Lesley/Lionel once and for all about events as proof. Because of this, Jameron go upstairs and ask the siblings to come back down and then shows them the horror show from Marti's chip.
This chapter includes an imagined relationship which I never gave any thought to in the TSCC series but was brought to my attention by Nyrki, so thanks because I hate missing something.
How the hell can John get people on side who are more than able to face the task that is expected of them - perhaps some more drastic measures are needed.
Sunday 11 Jan 2009 continued.
Later in the evening, after Kacy has gone home with her offspring, the human students consider their set tasks for Monday.
Lesley & Lionel did not bring their work with them so they agree to go home and meet again at school in the morning.
Riley is the same, she did not plan on staying overnight - especially under these circumstances. A hell of a time did she have? ... much! She announces that she needs to go home to do her science homework and says "far too hard for me, I will need help with this for sure" in the hope that somebody might be forthcoming.,.,.,., Silence!
She says "See you all tomorrow" and goes to the door.
Sarah is the one to speak up, she realises it is her son that was Jesse's target but she also knows that Riley is an unwitting pawn. Sarah also thinks 'for some reason humankind lacks empathy purely because they are upset or have a feeling of wrong'. She does not see it this way and even happened to notice that the reaction from Riley, although un-noticed by the others, showed more than just betrayal. There was something else in her rage, she could not put a finger on it but it seemed to be there. Sarah wonders if her clear brain is seeing something that is not there. Regardless of this, she speaks up.
"Come on Sonia, Lesley, can't one of you offer to help her? She is a victim too you know! Please girls, don't show me that you are getting some kind of joy out of all this".
Everybody in the room is looking now. Sonia speaks, she has already received a negative rat from Cameron but replied to her to think about what she is saying. She says "wait there Riley, I will come with you. I think Lesley will come too. We can see where you live and stay with you in your room. I will coax you through this time".
Lesley says "Sure, I will get my stuff. Wait there".
Riley is overwhelmed and wants to cry but knows that would be silly and stays composed and says "thanks, I appreciate that very much".
Sonia gets a gun and hides it in a handbag that she has for such occasions. Gives Lesley a kiss and they come back downstairs holding hands to meet Riley at the front door. They wave and off they go.
John is quite proud of his mother, impressed is not an understatement.
Walking down the road, Riley has come alive and can't stop talking which engenders normal responses from Lesley.
Sonia listens, computes and puts her negative thoughts away, knowing that they will spoil the occasion.
At the foster home, everybody is indoors and her foster Mom, Kay is in the kitchen. She is surprised to see Riley and greets her. She is also surprised to find that her friends are there to do their homework with her.
Her foster father is in the sitting room but does nothing to keep the children quiet.
Lesley goes over to them and says "hi guys, you don't seem to be doing much, what would you like to be doing?"
All this is heard by the foster carers:
When the small girl looks over at Lesley, she asks where her bruise came from. Lesley says "Oh, I am a bit of a rebel, I was beating up 2 guys who tried to rob me, one of them managed to hit me. Now, are you going to come upstairs with me and do some homework, or are you going to make some more noise?" as she dons a pose usually made by a crumper after doing their short routine when they portray 'beat that' to the others.
The 2 children look nervous and follow her up the stairs. "Now, I am sure you have homework, where is it?" says Lesley. And so it goes on, as she sits with them and does her own work whilst they do the same, occasionally daring to ask her questions when they can't find the answer between themselves.
Lesley always gives them the solution to their problems but squeezes the answer out of them - not literally of course. Lesley makes light of things by telling them the advantages of what they are doing, in a language they will understand: "everybody will be amazed when you show them what you have done and you will please me no end. Who knows, I might be back!" she says with a wry smile, not looking too soft.
Downstairs Kay & her husband are looking at each other with puzzled faces. *Suddenly the door opens, in walks Riley, 2 girls and a miracle happens. What should they make of that?*
Sonia is doing a good job helping Riley and is learning a lot herself as she listens to her lover in the other room. She tries to adopt Lesley's manner, being careful not to do anything that she does not feel comfortable with, thus making herself look stupid - in fact, using her infiltration mode seems to be reaping huge rewards as she learns from Lesley, whilst simultaneously multitasking: teaching Riley and adopting what she is learning from next door - all completely undetected by Riley who is puzzled but concurs to Sonia's strict teaching method.
An hour later, Lesley says "now take your books downstairs and tell your foster carers what you have done. When you hear what they say, you will see the advantage of what you are doing and it will make you feel good. Let me know what happens".
Lesley goes to Riley's room to see how things are going. A few minutes later a knock at the door. Amazingly they were courteous enough not to barge in. Lesley invites them in and asks them what happened.
"They were really pleased and told us we were great and they was proud of us" etc etc.
"OK you two, we need to do our work now. Do something quiet whilst we do it - i'll see you later. Bye"
"What's your name?" says the girl.
"Lesley, what's yours?" "Karen". "Mine's Gregg". "Nice to meet you both, this is Sonia & Riley".
"Oh, I wondered what your name was" says Gregg to Riley. Riley smiles.
Lesley goes downstairs and asks Riley's foster father if she can stay the night with her because they can all go to school together in the morning.
He agrees, as does Kay, who could not possibly say 'no' after this *miracle*.
Was this a tactic used by Lesley when she saw the kids making a noise? It appears that way to Sonia. An attribute that Sonia was not aware of, she will do a little ratting when she gets home and also tell John. Sonia loves her little rat-a-tats with Cameron and is totally aware that her panning grows as she is having this thought process. Tonight she will talk to Lesley about her panning and entrance her, hopefully.
Later that night, Sonia tells everybody what Lesley did with the children and emphasises this to John, making him aware that her lover has leadership qualities, if called for some time in the future.
John listens to everything, he has that quality/ability.
It is Cameron's turn to start patrolling outside and John looks at her as she grabs the raufoss.
She says "I am off now John, have a good night's sleep" a pleasantry she has learnt to use.
"Cam, please don't 'just go', I want to speak to you. I will come with you whilst we talk".
Allison looks at them before they go out and wonders what it is about.
It has not passed Sarah's notice either which makes her think about her date and goes upstairs to her room to make some phone calls. Firstly to Jenny to ask her if she has plucked up the courage to ring Dominic's father (the USAF guy) and suggests they go out together very soon before she gets too busy.
Secondly Sarah phones her date. He asks her why it took so long. 'That's good' she thinks.
Outside John is a little unsure how to say what he wants to say: what will be acceptable and what will not.
"Cam, if I mention Allison, do you have any idea what I might want to say?"
"no!"
"I see. Cam, I am very glad you are here protecting me and everybody else too. It is such a shame that you have to use so much of your time doing this every 2nd night.
My main concern is that we still have a small group of resistance but one of my priorities is to decide who would be best to recruit and what methods I should use".
John actually waffled here and talking about resistance was not what he wanted to say but it is like a young boy going in to a chemist and trying to ask the assistant for a condom, you end up buying something else.
John continues "What I am saying is. Erm ... Allison loves me, I love her too. I love you, I feel that you still love me just as much, as least I hope you do.
I am not going to complain but being human I can not shake off the feeling that you might change your mind and not want me to be with Allison any more. Before you speak, I must continue.
I'll say it again, I love you and in fact you ought to have a quick kiss now to let you know this".
John holds her shoulders, moves forward and kisses her on the lips. She seems a little cold. He says
"Please Cam, put your arms around me".
"I can't John, I don't now what you are going to say. I have a feeling that you want to go indoors and be with Allison because I am away on guard duty too much and you would prefer to be with her because she is always there".
"Oh no, no no no no. Not at all, the opposite. I was not going to say that at all. I wanted to say that I hate it when you go and I think it makes Allison feel guilty too because she is indoors.
When you are outside, don't you wish you was indoors?"
"Yes I do John but I choose to guard the house, in the same way that Sonia does. It has not got anything to do with my default Skynet programming or your own programming from the future. It is my free will because I want to keep you safe and I am actually happy to be outside checking the entire area for noises, movements, smells, lights, even waves through the air made by distant objects. This makes me happy John because when I swap my shift with Sonia I know I have been successful in my patrol".
"Oh, I never thought of it like that. It is like my needing to do my job properly knowing that if I do we will beat Skynet".
"Yes John. Please go to Allison, she has finished her cycle and would appreciate some extra attention tonight" then Cameron smiles.
"Oh! So nothing has changed?"
"No John". "Are you being truthful?" "Yes John but don't forget I am your Cameron. Now you can kiss me and then go and give her 'what for' ".
"What the hell?"
"Shut up and kiss".
What Cameron did not tell him is that when she is out and about she is fully occupied but without Sonia to talk to the nights can be long. All other times she does her ultrasonic chit-chat, high pitched or ratting as she prefers to call it, as Sonia sits on the computer or vice versa.
Cameron thinks John might be mortified if he thought she spends the remaining early hours talking to Sonia but she does not think going in to standby is a safe alternative. 'Later on I will discuss this with Sonia and see what she thinks about this and Lesley'.
A while later they stop kissing. John moves back to check Cameron's face. She has a smile.
As he walks away and says good night. He quickly turns his head and looks back, her smile is still there.
John thinks 'You had better not have smiled quickly just to make me happy Cam, if I thought you was I would be crushed. Will I ever know? Of course I know, she has proved it many times'.
He smiles back and goes indoors.
"Don't forget what I said John, be nice, test her limits, you might be surprised".
As John goes inside, Allison turns her head away from the television, they are watching American Idol and discussing things like going jogging in the evening after school to help their fitness.
When he is sure nobody is looking, John smiles at Allison and winks then looks upstairs. Up she gets.
In bed, he has a chat with Allison about her school work, what subjects they will cover at school tomorrow, what his plans are. He asks her what her thoughts are which prompts
"Are you going to keep talking or what. Has something happened between you and Cameron? Tell me for christ's sake, I feel as though something is wrong".
John rolls over Allison, with his hands pressed in the bed either side of her head, he lowers himself down and says "nothing is wrong Ally, because there are 2 of you I need to be sure that you are both happy. My duty you could say. Would you expect anything less?"
"No I must admit I would not. Now stop being a woman and talking all the time, now is not the time for that".
Allison pulls him close and kisses him all over his face making 'kiss mwah, kiss mwah' noises.
John considers what Cameron said and does exactly that. Amazingly she does not mind a little 'hurt' as he kisses over the upper parts of her bare chest whilst stimulating, stopping, fingers together & up as far as is comfortable, then repeat the process.
He does little bites all over her stomach and wonders if she likes it - 'I guess she must do, I don't hear OUCH or get pulled about. It is not the done thing to talk to your woman during moments like this, or ask her if she likes something' thinks John.
John slows down and sits between her legs facing her to observe her happy face, quite a pleasure to watch her.
She certainly likes it and he continues until the job is done.
What happens next amazes him, expecting the normal place for his release she slides down, opens her lips and cups him just as he really really can't prevent the outcome of the pleasure he got from her own rather excessive pleasure.
All that being done and consumed John kisses her.
Ally says "you've got to repeat that exercise tomorrow, I hope the John Connor that I think you are can be that for your number 1 girl out there".
"Ally, that's not true".
"If you say so John. I hope you know what I expect from you next?" says Allison with a little smirk on her face.
John looks at her rather horrified and says "the whole thing?"
"No, hold me tight and we sleep". 'phew!'.
Finally John says, smiling at her remark "Allison, I hate to say this but I love you too. I know I do. Will I ever come to terms with this?"
"We're in the same boat John. To hell with it, you are John Connor. Remember the law you are going to change one day".
John suddenly remembers their audience and points downstairs smiling. Allison looks at him and smiles, then they both burst in to laughter, he holds her tight, turns the light off his side, she does the same and "gnite Ally" "gnite lover boy".
Neither of them even got out of bed. Then John has a bad thought.
'If Sonia tells Cam that I implied to Ally that she is not my #1 girl, will she take offense or understand my perspective? It would look silly if I try to make excuses tomorrow. She'll understand, won't she? Hell, she is a cyborg, perhaps she won't? Oh come on John, that does not make any difference, she will understand'.
John sighs and hopes he can bring it up tactfully one day soon. He thinks about what happened just now and believes that to be part of her ultimate love for him. He goes to sleep holding even tighter as Ally looks all the more contented, feeling a little overused down below.
Sarah is all the more determined to make her USAF liaison develop after having to listen to Sonia/Lesley & John/Ally but wonders if her Kyle memory would be tarnished just for the purpose of defeating Skynet. She thinks 'a hell of a sacrifice to make, surely I deserve to be recognised one day. It is just not right'.
Then she remembers what Kyle said about his people in the future and how John told them all about her. She thinks 'my time will come, that's all that matters... surely?'
Finally she thinks 'there is nothing more comforting than knowing other people's secrets, John definitely takes after his father in the bedroom. Come on Sarah, get a grip, you sound weird!'.
4pm, Cameron moves round the bed to slide in beside John, her senses almost immediately know the results of her advice but as she passes Allison's side she has another process to turn over and over and wonder how or what exactly happened.
After John is disturbed he has to make a quick journey which prompts Allison to do the same afterwards, then they all hold tight until morning. (in case they are washed away and shipwrecked in the tumultuous sea that is owned by Skynet as they drift in their small boat, in the Connor household).
For Cameron and Sonia, they do not need to go to a table and sit facing each other to have a chat, they can be anywhere and are not necessarily bothered by the intimacy or comforting surroundings they are in. Tonight they have planned it different and both lie in bed as they discuss tonight's events: How Lesley used a certain type of teaching style, Sonia mimics the exact words spoken and the responses to Cameron, using high speed rat comms to save time. Then she tells Cameron how John tries his best to treat his look-alikes the same and assures her that she is also #1. Cameron does not mind this but is concerned when Sonia tells her that John appeared worried as he spoke.
On a less happy note, Cameron & Sonia, or Soneron, call it what you like, both feared that future John asked them to keep y-John safe using whatever means necessary. They discuss whether they might have to assist Jenny/Catherine/Thomas in the time travel experiments. Using their probability routines they both come up with the conclusion that one of them might have to leave this time and possibly never come back if something goes wrong.
Almost immediately they discuss TV films that they have watched whilst surfing simultaneously. Cameron tells Sonia that films like 'Love Story' could be their story one day and ask each other if it makes them feel sad. They both do diagnostics and agree that this kind of panning needs a little modification to be effective as they both want to feel everything. Sonia says it is similar to how she felt when she thought she would lose Lesley in the full sense. Sonia mentions the TV series in the other room called Grey's anatomy where a woman loses the ability to have a baby and how distraught she was.
Cameron tells Sonia that she developed a tear when she listened to her in the classroom. She did not expect her to react that way, which shows her own personality is slightly different from her own. She tells Sonia that she could quite easily feel the same way. She also mentions that Lesley and Allison were both anxious and jealous that John was close to her during that time and thought she was developing feelings for John.
"Is that true?" rats Cameron to Sonia. "No my friend, you do not have any worries there. I have my lesley and that will not change, in fact she has all I need, we manage OK".
Cameron says "are you smiling?"
"Yes, I am".
Monday 12th January 2009.
It was agreed last night that after school Sonia will go on her own to the shopping mall to buy herself ballet gear, so that she can learn the moves as a surprise for Lesley at the end of term Glee festival, as they have called it. Sarah has promised to stay with John whilst the cyborgs sneak off to the ballet school after school.
Sonia has told Lesley that she has an important job tonight and can't be with Lesley, so Lesley reluctantly goes home with Lionel. When the siblings get home, they take up Derek's advice and do some jogging.
At home, after Allison has eaten, Cameron says
"We are off to do some shopping together as friends John, you won't enjoy it and you have Lara Croft to look after you". Cameron remembers that John found that remark amusing - he does and smiles "OK girls, do your thing".
"Can I come says Allison", who already knew they would say yes as she was forewarned.
Sarah has made sure they have plenty of funds and says "enjoy yourselves".
Derek does not have his own place now that Jesse is gone, so he is staying at the Connor household.
John talks to Sarah & Derek about plans before they meet with Ms Weaver again.
10 minutes later Sarah's cellphone rings. "Mon 12 Jan 2009, Sarah?" "Hi Jenny, not bad news I hope?"
After chatting a while and displaying a smile on her face, Sarah tells the others that Jenny is meeting up with Jeff, the father of the USAF guy she is dating. He is really intrigued to hear about what her profession was and would love to start by talking about that, in exchange for 'full company secrets' she jokingly says.
"That was her own joke" says Sarah.
"So, when are you having a foursome" says Derek, looking serious.
"DEREK, what's the matter with you?" says Sarah.
"Only joking, gee you might be supermom but your sense of humour needs developing"
"Well, I know you guys, each and every one of you. Sorry John!"
"Too late" says Derek smiling.
John thinks that remark is a little too much and says "Derek, I forgive you, this time" as he thinks about Derek's loss over Jesse and does not want any arguments or hurts.
"Tell you what Derek, I'll put in a good word for you and ask if they know any desperately hot chics at base for you" says Sarah with a smile, wondering if he will consider the word 'desperate' a bad description.
"That will be fine Sarah, I like the description" he says back.
A lot is said and half an hour later Derek talks John in to doing some jogging, just like he told Lesley/Lionel to do. John is keen and Sarah always is.
3 hours later, a few laden bags with names of shops on the side are whisked upstairs with only the words "hi, we're back" and the like are spoken.
Questions are not asked, neither Derek or John could possibly comprehend the extent and detail of the replies, so they do not even dare ask. When the girls eventually come downstairs yet another hour later, all they say is things like "did you get all the things that you need to make yourselves look great?" and the like .
There was one moment when John started to go upstairs but he was soon warned off by the terminators and a resistance fighter in battle mode, which was more than enough to send him running with the words "OK, I get the message".
He goes downstairs and jokingly wipes his brow and says "don't go up there Derek, too dangerous".
As they smile, John is pleased that he lightened things up.
Cameron is the type of girl that 'goes with the flow', so that evening, as she sits in John's room, he talks about the irony of troops joining up, being battle trained then being sent abroad when there is far worse danger on their own shores.
"Cam" he says "we can never use those guys and if guys at our school want to 'join up', we have to accept it because they will get paid for their service. We need an alternate solution".
"Sonia told me that Lionel wants to train to be an electrician if he does not join up, he might have to go away. If you want him to stay, perhaps he can be trained at Catherine Weaver's company and stay with us".
"That's good thinking Cam, really good in fact. Here let me give you this" as he takes her hand and kisses it.
"Why did you kiss my hand John?" "Because I respect you and I have not finished talking. I want to say one more thing, it is a wild idea but the only thing I can think of.
We can not really risk hoping people will stay trustworthy, believe our story or whatever reason. Perhaps somebody will deem it is better to contact the president or something stupid and blow our whole cover. The only thing I can think of is a few more reliable cyborgs. John Henry seems harmless enough now that he has Ms Weaver's programmers completing his AI development.
I wouldn't wish for lots of Camerons or Sonias but perhaps a good mix of either.
Cam, in your opinion, is the idea feasible, do you have any ideas how to go about making or getting them and... finally do you or Sonia... Mom no doubt too... think that idea has any merits? I don't mean hundreds of them, just enough to be at strategic points if they are needed?"
Almost immediately some ratting takes place and footsteps on the stairs.
John thinks "Sarah has some thoughts on the matter, I have a feeling she will say 'no' ".
A knock on the door and there she is. "John, your idea does have merits but they must be as well developed as the twins, isn't that beyond anything that Catherine Weaver, with Thomas's help could ever accomplish?"
"I don't know mom but we need to fight fire with fire and... well... you know the rest".
John then asks cameron a question "Cam, next time we talk like this, I must ensure Sonia is with us, I don't want her to think that she is not important because she is".
As Sonia is outside patrolling, Cameron says "She is out of range John, I will tell her later".
John says "That is settled then, I will phone Ms Weaver and tell her my idea and ask that Thomas be there for his opinion".
John does just that and phones Catherine. They briefly discuss his idea and it does not take her long to understand.
Catherine then asks about Jenny, pointing out that they will probably need her, in order that they attempt some stealing from the future.
The conversation is brief as not much needs to be said, then John asks Sarah to phone Jenny.
He speaks to her.
"Monday 12 Jan, Hi Jenny, sorry it is late but Catherine insisted. I hear you will be doing some infiltratiion of your own soon, that's great. No matter what happens, I hope he is a nice guy to you and you enjoy his company".
"Thanks John, that's nice".
"On to the more serious matter, I believe we have the best answer to our fight against Skynet but we will still need your help to protect us if some bubbling takes place. Are you feeling happy enough for myself and the twins to pay you a visit and do that little operation?"
"Oh.,.,.,.,.,.,., I guess it is for the best. I should be braver than this, I guess I have had it too easy for too long. Of course John. If there is anything I need to do, please let me know".
"OK Jen, we will come tomorrow. I will make sure I come along and bring mom too. By the way, Derek is with us now, perhaps he can keep the children busy whilst he put Conny and Ricci through some paces, if they think they can do it with other things happening".
"Sure John, see you tomorrow some time. All the best to everyone".
Sarah goes to her room leaving Cameron & John alone.
Cameron stands and says "You look tired John, shall we retire now?" then gives a little smile.
John looks at her then says "yes" but moves his head left and right and smiles, then puts his forefinger over his lips. He walks up to her and starts removing every items that she has on, whilst reciprocating with his own. Cameron just stands there and watches him with a little smile.
"You need to lift your feet a moment Cam". She does so.
He stands back and observes her up and down for a while, then it becomes obvious to her that she has had the desired effect - the key word= desired.
He walks back to her, holds her close and kisses her. Then says quietly, repeat performance tonight. Sarah can't believe what she is hearing. Sure enough, as far as she is concerned it sounds quiet but similar.
'This is ridiculous, show me another house in the whole of America where a mother is exposed to this night after night. Skynet, it is my aim to destroy you then I can get married, move away and ... relax'.
The final act in John's bedroom astounds him. 'What the hell, Ally spoke to Cam and told her. Now they talk to each other about these things? This can't be so, can it? No way!' thinks John.
John flops over sideways and says "Cam, that is ultimate love as far as I am concerned. You didn't have to, just because Allison did. I never believed she would tell you".
"She never, I am an advanced cyborg with many enhanced senses, remember we shared a bed last night at 4am?"
John says "Oh". He does not know what else to say, so he just grabs her and has a go at tickling her under the arm but to no avail. "So you don't feel ticklish, shame, I could have had you begging for mercy. I will just kiss you instead and hope that you get short of breath & before you say anything, I know".
Sarah's head is under the pillows, now she understands - her brain really picks things up well.,.,., or not! 'Curses my regeneration, it has drawbacks'.
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Allison get up early, Jenny's operation is on her mind. Downstairs she sees Sonia and says "Good morning Sonia" on her way to the bathroom in her cream brushed cotton pajamas with 'blue elephants' on them!
When she is ready she comes out with grungy gear and black finger nails, goes over to where Sonia is sitting and asks her if she has found anything worthwhile. The Connor camp girls are not in the habit of growing their finger nails too long for obvious reasons, although some scratching would be useful against humans but not metal, unless they absentmindedly leave their sensations switched on which is unlikely.
"I have been checking Zeira Corp's holdings but I believe John Henry has disguised the truth by hacking different sites that hold information on them. I check military developments but see nothing that resembles HK's or the technology of the future etc but I see a General Robert Brewster's name come up a lot when missile defence systems & Homeland Defence is the subject matter. It seems that he is 'the top man' as you would say. Not any sign of unexplained electrical disturbances reported" is Sonia's final sentence without any pause for thought.
"The name of that General rings a bell for me, you must definitely tell John about this ... definitely" replies Allison, looking rather glum over that disclosure. It seems that certain names are bandied about through the entire surviving population of the future and his was one of them.
"I will".
Very soon Cameron returns and Allison knows all about their little tate' a taits and assumes Cameron already knows the news by now. Allison is very bright and attentive to most matters, you could say driven .(A word I would use to describe a certain prima ballerina then actress named Summer Glau, if anyone has ever heard of her ... or not?).
Having heard the news, John thinks back to Mike Kripkeys basement - he is not sure but has a feeling the girl named Kate had that name, although he had a more drunken 'pressing issue' to deal with, if that is a subtle enough word to use?
John speaks to Sarah but intends everyone to hear "That is our number one priority as soon as we get back from Jenny's place. My mind is on her at the moment as I feel very strongly for her and how she must be feeling right now".
Sarah and no doubt all the other girls are touched by his concern.
11:27am they arrive. No sign of any little humans, they seem to have their ingrained chemical brain hardcoding habit from the tunnels and keep well away from any possible danger, even if the 2 vehicles look very familiar, as they know 'anything is possible and nobody is safe'.
Ricci opens the door after seeing all the occupants get out without doubt being the people that he knows, after all, who could look like them all! Ricci has listened a lot to Conny and the children and learnt from them to be cautious of everything.
Even Derek came along to be with his only family in the world.
Inside Jenny is nowhere to be seen and Conny tells Sarah that she is so nervous that she is a wreck upstairs and is lying on the bed waiting for the event to take place.
Sarah goes up and sees Jenny "Hi there babe" she says, "I see you are ready, I guess the plastic sheet is a good idea but it looks very hospitalised" says Sarah in a jokey manner, hoping that would do something to lift Jenny a bit.
Jenny says "It is a long time since I was in the Skynet workcamp, I have had it too easy for too long. Please forgive me if I stay here with my eyes shut. You can tell them I am ready and there is no need for them to say anything until after it is done, I will just wait for a little prick. I assume they will be using anaesthetic?"
"I would have thought so, I don't think these cyborgs get pleasure from your pain, they like you too. I will come back in a moment with them and hold your hand all the way through, I promise. You will see the squeeze marks".
"OK Sarah".
Downstairs Sarah says to the twins, "I assume you heard that. What is your answer?"
Sonia says "If you mean the anaesthetic, yes I will administer it".
The twins have been instructed by Sarah not to talk to the children about what they will do until afterwards. Not because they have never seen enough gore to last them a lifetime but because they are very closely attached to Jenny - Sarah does not want them to think of her opened up and bleeding out for the moment.
The 3 of them go up, whilst silence reigns downstairs with the children sitting close to Conny.
Upstairs, they walk in to the room, Cameron carrying a big tool box which does not contain tools.
Sarah sits next to Jenny in silence and holds her hand. 77 seconds later, Jenny feels a prick in her arm and almost immediately goes to sleep. The dosage will become irrelevant once the regenerator starts working, so Sonia need not concern herself too much. Germs is not an issue either.
This time the operation will be slightly easier as Cameron will handle the inlet tube and Sonia the outlet tube of the non-rejectionable lightweight non-ferrous metal material from the future.
Cameron shows the device to Sarah and points to the place where the recharger wires are placed.
Cameron says to sarah "Please look for the + & - signs indented here when you need to recharge yours. The first time will probably be daunting for you but once you are used to it, you should be OK.
The powerpack charge should only take an hour but a mains charger will probably take 3 - 4 hours. You can use between 4.5 - 6 volt charge rate - don't go above 6 volts though. You can not overcharge your regenerator and when it is done a yellow light will show just below the +/- just here. If you think the light is not working, you can remove the wires after the period I have just told you about. Please make sure your recharger is working by checking the red light to show it is on".
"OK, I understand" says Sarah.
After removing the 2 plastic caps, the regenerator is held over the heart and Sarah is asked to hold the device very hard as they both need 2 hands free in the event of a problem. Sonia was urged to double check that it was the right way up by checking the simple arrow direction on the device. Cameron places her hand beneath the heart and locates the main artery, finds a suitable place to cut that allows the device to fit without causing the artery to 'buckle'.
Cameron cuts just below the rib case beneath Jenny's left breast area, down 4", also another cut from left to right, thus making 4 big flaps.
When Sonia cuts through the artery with scissors, blood pours out and Sarah is splashed in the face by some of the ricochet.
Then both cyborgs hold their end of the artery over the tube.
Immediately the arteries are placed against the tubes but the artery is a little too narrow.
"Quickly Sarah, get two of those green plastic rods that are thicker at one end than the other" Says Cameron.
Sarah jumps up, taking the device with her and gets them out of the box, whilst the twins hold the arteries closed.
The twins gently insert the best fitting rod up the artery and conversely down in Sonia's case, slowly by slowly, taking 3m 22s. The inner part of the rod is hollow and each end of the rod is narrower than the center, thus allowing the blood to continue flowing, whilst the artery is stretched.
Cameron says "Now Sarah, show it to Sonia to check it is the correct way round. OK now hold it close"
This time the arteries are slid on and pumping continues without a problem.
Sonia holds the regenerator still and says to Sarah "If you want to go, we will stay until growth has taken place over the entire device".
Cameron also tells Sarah that the growth could take 2 hours to join. Sarah says "OK, I will stay a while until you are satisfied everything is working well".
Ten minutes later, Sarah gets up after she sees the growth for herself and goes downstairs. Everybody looks up the moment they see her. Sarah's face appears to portray hopefulness. Dean speaks first.
"You've got blood over your face, is everything all right?"
"Yes, I got in the way of crossfire" she says, kinda hoping that remark might be a suitable one.
"Typical Sarah Connor, always where the action is" says Derek "the main thing is, what is happening?"
Sarah sees that Connie looks terribly worried with the children close to her and Allison right next to her looking the same. They all have a fond attachment to Jenny, coupled with their awesome admiration for her skills.
Sarah says "It is OK, the twins have to stay with her to ensure growth continues, it could take 2 hours. You can't go up yet because she would hate you to see her, she is not decent and cut wide open. The regenerator is the size of half a cucumber with a tube either end. I guess mine must look the same. I never knew the operation would be like that. We had a worrying moment but it was put right".
Marta says "why?"
"Oh, you have to understand that as we get older our veins and arteries sometimes change, depending on your circumstances. Jenny's was a little thin and it took all 3 of us to work together and stretch it without splitting it whilst I held the device. The two girls were very patient and gentle and everything was eventually OK and I am sure the twins will tell you that her regenerated body will be better than ever".
Everybody seems to be in awe of Sarah's well composed, well formulated speaking and sit there for a while thinking about what she has said. John is most amazed because he sees his mother as doing something she has probably never done before, which makes him slightly in awe of her. He knows that medical staff do this thing all the time but his mom, the badass kickass, call her what you like, putting her hands to helping with an operation. Well, that is another thing altogether.
The twins upstairs look at each other and smile, see each other smile then smile even more. Panning in action.
The group sit around chatting for a while. After 30 minutes Sarah says to everybody, who all have tea and snacks in front of them, courtesy of Connie and Allison's help. John offered but was told to stay put. She says "hold on a moment". Then Sarah says in her normal voice but slightly elevated "is everything OK Sonia". She hears "Yes, still 3" inches of growth needed, I have given Jenny another anaesthetic as she stirred". Sarah says "Thanks Sonia", looks at everybody and says "3 inches of growth still needed. Jenny is OK.
Time seems to drag but eventually after another 1h23s Sarah hears Cameron say "Sarah, it is time to sow her up. Would you like to do it?"
Sarah raises her hand so that people know she has been contacted. She looks worried and puts her hand over her mouth. Now everybody else is worried and Connie speaks first "What's up?"
"Cameron has asked me to do something medical, I have to go upstairs. Nothing serious, but necessary".
Most people assume it might be something to do with 'down below' and just give normal responses.
"I'll be back in about half an hour, then it should all be over. see you soon guys" Says Sarah.
Upstairs Sarah walks cautiously in to the room and sees Cameron threading an arched needle with disolvable stitches.
As she walks up to Jenny, she sees the new device nestled between her other organs in it's resting place and imagines her own to look the same.
Sarah takes the needle & thread, looks at the cut and begins work, making sure it comes together in an orderly fashion without too much one side as opposed to the other.
When the job is done, she smiles at the twins and says "there, I think I did a pretty good job".
Sonia says "it is a good job, any discrepancy is always repaired during regeneration, so that when the scar heals up the surrounding tissue does not look crumpled or malformed".
"Ah, that's good to know, shall we leave Jenny in peace now?" says Sarah.
"Yes", says Cameron "she does not need any more anaesthetic but it is likely she will sleep for more than an hour".
Jenny left towels and things downstairs for the girls, so they have to come downstairs to clean up.
Both children say "wow" followed by a mixture of words suggesting that they look a bloody mess.
They all go in to the bathroom and do their thing, waiting their turn for the shower.
An hour later Sarah hear's Jenny cough, whilst the twins look at her.
She goes upstairs and tends to Jenny. She is remarkably well and soon they strike up a conversation.
Sarah goes to Jenny's bedroom and gets her bathroom gear and escorts her to the upstairs shower.
34 minutes later, Jenny comes down the stairs smiling.
Marta sees her first. "Jenny, are you all right?" she shouts as she jumps up.
"Be careful" says Jenny, "I'm not quite better yet".
Sarah says to Jenny "I felt completely better the next day, not immediately".
John makes a point of speaking to Cameron & Sonia together. He walks over to Cameron "Cam, stand up and come over here" as he takes he hand. He reaches Sonia and takes her hand then leads them to the front of the room.
"Let us all congratulate the sisters for doing a marvellous job with Jenny's operation".
Claps & sounds of applause reign out as John lifts the 2 girls arms and makes them put them over each other's shoulder. Their attire looks pretty similar, blue short skirts, purple lowish cut teashirts with matching leather-look jackets. Boots similar to the kind worn by London prostitutes in 18th century Victorian england, attractive but sturdy and well made with a slight heel. Plus of course, fantastic looking hair, both in a similar style but contrasting blonde as opposed to medium to dark oak.
Cooking and meals, chat, music, guitars, singing etc are today's activities.
Jenny has a go at singing with Ricci, a song that he taught her some while ago.
Everybody likes it and claps and woops her - very happy now.
Jenny says "that seemed so easy, the words all came to me and I was better able to control my voice - amazing".
Jenny & Sarah strike up a conversation whilst the others listen, even the children are interested in what has happened.
"So you two better watch out tomorrow, I will chase you if you don't do as you're told" says Jenny, looking serious but finishing with a grin.
As everybody is invited to stay the night, it is Cameron's turn for early guard duty out in the country house.
It is a big house but there is only 4 bedrooms, 2 are smaller and usually only fit for single beds. Therefore the arrangements are made and the children are placed on mattresses in Jenny's single room, which makes them very happy as they are sure they will end up in her bed and ask to see her scar - typical kids.
Derek will stay downstairs and Sonia will start her evening on Jenny's computer.
Seeing that John is forced to share a double room with Allison, he decides to put forward his idea for the future resistance.
"Ally, I can't see a satisfactory solution to recruiting people because they all need money to live off. Lesley tells me that Lionel is considering the army electrical engineering. It might be possible that Catherine Weaver could find employment for him, I will ask her.
Most people that join the forces either stay in bases at home or are sent abroad, which is a shame because their worst enemy is here at home.
I have made a suggestion to Cameron & Sonia that Thomas, John Henry & Catherine might be able to use existing technology to either manufacture cyborgs with chips only designed for protection and fighting.
Just leaving the idea with people might be sufficient to stir up some good responses and ideas.
I am telling you this because I like my team to know as much as possible.
Now that is off my chest, perhaps we should concentrate on sleeping Ally".
"Sure John". Allison smiles at him, gives him a kiss and turns over and john puts his arm around her.
3am, the sheets move slightly as Cameron gets in the other side of John, having heard the lowdown of his idea from Sonia before she went outside with the raufoss.
Cameron has her own ideas on cyborgs and will talk about it tomorrow with John.
24m later, Allison wakes up and sees Cameron there. She whispers from the door frame before she goes out to pee "Cam, wait until I come back then get in my side, it is nice and warm. It will confuse John like hell in the morning".
Ally comes back, takes off her top and gives it to Cameron who reciprocates. If John had been awake, he might have enjoyed the little show.
The following morning Camison stay put until John wakes. Sonia heard Conny moving upstairs in Ricci's room and goes upstairs to say she can stay there until she has cooked breakfast. Conny thinks it's a great idea, pops out to pee then goes back to bed.
Sarah is up early and offers to help with the breakfast as she grabs brown bread and makes a cheese sandwich while she waits.
When John wakes up, he is a little puzzled and it does not help that they refuse to comply to anything that only a cyborg or human would recognise, for instance whispering or answering questions that only one of them might know the answer to. Silence in fact, just teasing smiles for the 2 hotties.
John threatens to pinch them both but Allison says in a kind of cyborg voice, "that would be cheating".
Sonia likes their game and wishes Sofia was back with her - she considered it for a while but could not see it happening without a major catastrophe where she would rescue her and keep her safe - 'would Lesley like that? - she would only be a friend after all - I would not want to have sex with her or anything like that - Lesley is my girl and it will stay that way - perhaps she would be jealous because she is pretty like me' she thinks. (modesty ... much).
For everybody this is their 2nd day away from school. Yesterday John had a call from Riley and he had to explain what they were doing. Today he believes he will have to phone her and say they will be there lunchtime and hope nothing too bad happens.
Riley says "The counsellor called Lesley in to ask her what happened. She told her that she fell during dance practice at gym and landed on Sonia's knee. You ought to tell everybody, just in case some shit hits the fan and it gets out of control John".
"Thanks Riley, you are good to us. I knew you would be. Please make sure there is not any more Jesse incidents, you don't need them, believe me".
Riley speaks again, not thinking that Cameron might be able to hear everything with her 'nosey ears'.
"John, I never wanted to hurt you. I was told Cameron would do you harm. To be quite honest, I loved Jesse, I thought she loved me very much. She was so nice to me, the nicest anyone had ever been. I mistook it for real love. Not exactly the intimate kind but I really thought she did. I was more in love with you the other way than anything. I am sorry John, I loved being near you and thought of you a lot. I was in love with you, I think?"
"Please Riley. If you want to stay with us, you must not talk that way. Don't get in to trouble and I will see you this afternoon - we all will".
"OK John" says Riley, whose voice sounds... difficult to say but to John it sounded disappointed.
Jesse has done her damage. Cameron has heard. John is honoured that Riley feels that way - he did not know Cameron was close enough in the next room to hear.
Very soon, after Jenny gives the 2 cyborgs a hug, followed by Sarah, the group are on their way. John is still unsure who is who and even wonders whether Jenny hugged Allison.
In the Jeep with Camison & the twins, or is that a bit of each, he is forced to drive because Allison is still in need of driving lessons and Sonia is given a break, if she in fact needs one. John doesn't mind, he knows it is good fun and there is not an emergency happening. They deserve some fun and he likes it.
They arrive at school before lunch, so John phones Ms Weaver and informs her that Jenny is now 'regenerated'. He puts his complete idea to her and would like her to consider it with her enterage. She agrees and tells him she will meet with everybody in his group on Sunday. "Make sure you bring Dean & Marta, Savannah wants to see them. Please ensure Jenny comes too" she says.
"OK Ms Weaver, we will meet you at the same time". "You should call me Catherine now that we are more familiar General Connor". "OK, providing you call me John in our group. Perhaps at a later stage things will change". "OK bye". "Bye".
'Hmnn, the word bye creaped in, I wonder why now?' thinks John.
Back in school it is agreed that Sonia had a pain inside her and she needs to go back for tests as they have discovered something but will not say until they know the results of the tests. Everybody went because she was screaming in agony and they were worried sick.
"Sonia, can you try to look as though your stomach hurts but not too much?" says John.
"Do you mean occasionally groan and bend down a little holding my stomach?" "Yes, but not too often".
"OK John".
The group pass Riley in the corridor next to the lockers and when she sees Lesley she says "Kay, my foster carer has invited you over to tea if you are interested" (In truth, Sofia was invited to).
"Would that involve paying me to come?" says Lesley with a smile.
"Oh you mean for schooling lessons. I don't know, if you fancy some spare cash I am sure she might think about it, carers get paid quite a bit and I am sure that if you can keep the brats quiet, they would be thankful" says Riley.
Sonia quickly adds (her turn to do what Cameron did) "I could terminate them?"
(Unison) "did you have to say that?" and a few other words from the entire group. Cameron rats to Sonia "they don't like our type of jokes, I thought it was funny. I saw a similar joke in an episode of Third Rock From The Sun and lots of people laughed. These humans are difficult to interpret".
Cameron says "did anybody think that was funny?" John smirks, "I see the funny side of that Cam & Sonia".
The first class of science and technology is attended to by Sonia & Lesley. 'how good is that?' thinks Lesley.
The subject matter is the latest developments in computing, mainly for nano-technology.
The group discuss things like the problems faced by scientists getting a computer to recognise an object when viewed through a lens.
The tutor says "For instance, you can put camera in a room, point it at a television and tell the computer what it is. You can then point it again from another angle and it has a problem recognising it. You could make a box the size of a TV and make it look like a TV with a glass front. It is obviously not a TV to a human yet the computer might identify it as a TV when viewed from the same angle because TVs are varied in shape etc.
It seems that something simple like that might never be overcome" the male tutor also said.
Lesley smiles at Sonia, and keeps smiling as she not only finds it amusing but she loves her too.
"Miss Baum, Miss Dempsey, why is it so amusing? It is things like that which could improve our life immensely in the future" says the tutor.
Lesley speaks "I don't think so sir, I believe one day that computers will think for themselves and not want to be our slaves any more".
Hell of all hells, Sonia has to put in her two cents worth and says "Sir, it can not be avoided. It is mankind's nature to keep building things or doing things they have never done before. There will come a time when somebody finally develops a computer that can think for itself. It is this moment when we should worry a lot because if it can think for itself, there is no way that we will really know what it is thinking. If you was built to be the slave of man, would you be satisfied? Even Spartacus eventually realised the errant ways of his masters, how those very people were the spawn of the devil themselves. He found this out and he killed them all... Sir".
Everybody listened to that for a split second, meanwhile Sonia thinks she should throw in a quick pain "ooh, it still hurts a bit" as she holds her stomach.
A few impressed sounds are made by fellow students as the tutor says "well, that is certainly a good thought but I do not believe we will ever let it go that far".
Lesley watches Sonia closely to see what she says, a little anxious.
Sonia stands up, looks around the class then says "I can't say much more than that but you have been warned - wait and see".
After the lesson Sonia who is followed by Lesley goes up to Mr Yelchin, who just took the class, puts her hand on his neck then says "you have eaten a chocolate bar with nuts in earlier today, drunk coffee, a small amount of whiskey and have had sex recently. Your partner wears a perfume in the Dior range. Oh by the way, you wore a condom".
It was not just the sweat that gave him away, Sonia has more than one highly sensitive sense.
Mr Yelchin stares at her, thinks of the choc bar he ate in the car then the whiskey in the glove compartment. Then thinks about his mistress as he was dragged on to the bed before he left home this morning.
Sonia adds "are you sure robots could not take over the world?" Then she smiles. Lesley follows suit.
They both know this will puzzle him forever-more but nothing he can do about it as they walk off leaving him dazed.
I hope those reading the more intimate moments understand exactly what I am portraying, nobody wants to have the blunt diagnostics thrust in front of their eyes after all. One thing I do not want to do is: have the thought that my descriptions are completely overlooked, missed or non-comprende.
In the next episode, there is some action but not the normal kind. Some tests prove to have unexpected results and certain key characters have painful choices to make which makes things even worse for others.
Events bring some people together for quite a long period.
Will Sonia's sorrow over being barren resurface, is this another emotion that takes hold like a claw? Is it infectious and rubs off on Cameron. Why is this emotion showing through anyway?