Fighting Love

A Terminator Salvation What If Story, spoilers here if you haven't seen the movie. Blair/Marcus pairing.

Chapter Three, thank you for the reviews so far. This chapter has a few angry moments but all will be well soon, I promise you!

Feeling the heat of the roaring fire, Blair removed her jacket and tied it against her chest. She noticed Kyle and Star were using sign language together, they seemed like brother and sister as they were very close. A small smile came across her face, at least he was alive and happy to live a long time.

Children were never on the top of her to-do list in her life, since the war she refused to let her own roarm around a dangerous world where you would risk your life everyday without being caught or killed by the machines. But since she met Marcus, it seemed like the gods gave her chance to be with someone to give her the gift of motherhood. Now it was horridly snatched away when she was told he was a machine, she knew he couldn't give her children and would last longer than she would.

The heartbreaking thought of it made her want to run away from all of this, give up her life and die somewhere that no-one would know. She shut off her mind for now, suicide wasn't the way out. She had to live to fight and regain her country again without Marcus at her side.

Sitting down alone, Blair watched the flames crackle and pop with the smoke rising higher up the sky. She crossed her legs, placing her hands on knees and remained still. She made her face flush away all emotion, there were no more tears to be shed today and no more feel of pain to smash her body. Her mourning was going to be private, no matter how long it would take or would bother her.

Her eyes watched Barnes talking to a another crew member, his eyes constanly on her. He never really forgave her of what she did, letting Marcus free as he was a dangerous person of not only being a machine but could've assassinted everyone in the Reistance. Blair believed in him, being the only one out of the whole crew to see in the eyes of the man she fell in love with too quickly. Her mistake of letting him free nearly cost her life, she would have been sentenced to death by the hands of John Connor but he let her go which made Barnes even madder. Blair gave up any chance of forgiveness to him, what was the point? Marcus was gone, in some way Barnes was glad he was gone though he saved Connor.

Blair felt uneasy by his intense stare, he never turned to the person before him just looking in way too deep in her eyes. She turned away, looking instead at a young couple that were sitting together holding hands. They were younger than her, good-looking and would last until their dying days. Blair bit her lip from trembling, why was everything around her reminding her of Marcus?

Barnes was getting tired of this converstation, he wanted to confront Blair and shout out his blocked up feelings he hid all the time since that day Marcus was bought in after a mining acident. The instant moment Kate turned away in horror of when she cut away his clothes made Barnes sick to the stomach. Why was his crew member bringing in a machine? Did she really know and just hid it so she could stick up for him? That he didn't know until now, he wanted answers and tonight will be the day. Muttering something under his breath, he moved towards Blair with a mad look on his face. He couldn't give a rat's ass if people stopped and stared at the arugement, he had a feeling that others wanted the truth and he standing up was the best thing he thought for years.

"Get up, Blair!" He shouted, rising everyone's attentions to the two people before them. Blair slowly looked up at Barnes, his choclate brown eyes once again staring down at her. A shiver of fear ran down her spine but she had to be brave through this. The old Blair would have stood up by now and gave him a lot of mouth if he ever dared to speak down at her, now she was frightened by hundreds of eyes looking at her and the incoming fight between her and Barnes.

Suddenly, he roughly pulled her up from the ground which she gave a little yelp in pain from his grip on her wrist. "Why didn't you get up, Blair?" He asked, with a hiss. She shrugged her shoulders, gulping for air as his grip became tighter. "I don't think that's good enough, cat got your tongue?" Blair shook her head, feeling hot tears roll down her cheeks. "Oh please, put the crocodaile tears away. You've done that all day, that's what little girls do not grown-ups." He teased, spitting his cruel words against her face. "You're hurting me!" She cried, pleading for mercy.

Without a second, he let go and she fell on her knees letting harsh sobs come out from her mouth. "You're weak, Blair. Ever since I met you, there was no way you were like this. A mess just because of a dead machine. Tell me honestly, did you already knew that he was one or was it all a act?"

People were gathering now, watching this horrid event unfold. Blair was crying uncontrolably, how she wished she just stayed in bed and not go through this. "I never knew, I swear!" She cried, holding her hurt wrist. "Yeah right, stupid bitch. Everyone's lives were in danger because of him, he was Skynet and could have killed us all. We could have got rid of him right in front of you but no! What happens? You let him go for what? So you two can run off together and live happily ever after? Such a shame for he is dead and will never return."

Blair cried harder, these words were cold and heartless. Not one person came to stand by her, Kyle and Star were too afraid to be under Barnes wrath. "I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for everything that has happened, I know it's my fault for bringing Marcus there and setting him free. I'm sorry for what happened to John, it's something I wouldn't wish it to happen to anyone."

The crowd was deathly silent, their eyes burning on Barnes and Blair. He with a evil grin across his face while she calmly stopped crying.

Suddenly she rose her head to meet his eyes, feeling a powerful strengh that was building to a never ending. "But I'm not sorry for meeting him, Barnes, and to everyone else. He gave me one thing that I nearly gave up on, love and a future. He meant everything to me during that short time we had together, if I could turn back the clock I would but I can't. I will love him for the rest of my life and no-one on this rotting earth will stop that."

With each word she spoke, she rose from the ground and stood to his level with her eyes burning against his. "Now leave me alone to mourn, you cold hearted bastard." She said, gritting her teeth. Barnes slapped her across the face so violently that she landed on the ground, shocked. He walked ever closer, rising his hand to beat her again. The crew watched on in horror, someone had to stop this before it was too late.

"ENOUGH!" Shouted a raspy voice out of nowhere, booming the air around them. Every single person turned to see where it came from to find the person who cried out was someone that shouldn't be up yet. It was John Connor.