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The Kitten
Sarah studied over the words on the wall, the artificial light reflecting strangely off the dried blood. Yet again she wished as she studied these words and names that the soldier had lived long enough to tell them what it all meant, but she thought as she slowly walked back to the house, I have wished for a lot of things. I wish Kyle hadn't died, I wish I could provide safety for my son, I wish… Her thoughts were interrupted by a soft meow. She spun around and saw Cameron holding a small grey kitten in her cupped hands.
"What are you doing with that?" Sarah demanded
"It's a kitten" the terminator said, staring at the tiny creature in her hands, Sarah resisted the urge to grab the kitten away from Cameron with some difficultly.
"I see that" she said coolly
"What's happening?" John asked as he and Derek entered the room. John spotted Cameron with the kitten and froze then relaxed "You didn't happen to steal that from the neighbour, did you?" he asked amusedly as he looked from his disgruntled Mum to the smiling Cameron.
"I found him" she said, staring almost fondly as the kitten
Derek snorted, "Just our luck" he muttered sarcastically.
Sarah came to a decision, "Get rid of it" she commanded the terminator, then seeing Cameron's expressionless face she added "I didn't mean to kill it, Cameron"
"And why can't we keep it?" John asked his mother defiantly, crossing his arms, Sarah frowned at him.
"You want the kitten?" she asked her son
"Yes" John said decisively, "I do too" Cameron added suddenly.
Unable to believe what was happening; Sarah agreed, "Fine, keep the kitten" ignoring Derek's disbelieving look. Cameron stroked the kitten softly then handed it to John; John laughed as it made its eager escape from Cameron,
"Kitten has sense" Derek said, earning himself a frown from John
"Do you want to hold him?" John asked and without waiting for a reply he handed the small kitten to a taken aback Derek.
Derek held the kitten in his large callused hands and smiled sheepishly as it started purring,
"They've all gone insane" Sarah muttered as she left the room.