Previously, Cameron has inserted the regenerator in to Sarah with Charlie's help - now she will be OK.
Cameron has introduced Allison to John
Next, Cameron makes plans for Sonia (herself, literally... from the future in 2024).
Jenny speaks to Connie - firstly she tells her that Sonia is an identical cyborg to Cameron and in fact she is Cameron.
Of course Connie is shocked and it takes a while for Jenny to tell her everything and answer lots of questions - she points out that Cameron saved them all, there is nobody else like her and she is definitely their friend.
Then she explains to Connie what she wants her to do - "Connie, we're going to a computer installation to program a chip that is inside Sonia's port. It is not dangerous but I do not know how long it will take tonight.
I would like you to come with us but stay well away and observe - if anybody approaches the complex call me on this phone and let me know what happens".
Jenny continues to say "If they open their car door, approach them with your face away from the camera asking them if they want to do business".
Connie says "what kind of business?".
Jennie laughs and says "What do you think - comprende?".
"Oh, si". Connie says, with her eyes looking in the air and her shoulders up too.
Jenny continues "then force them back in to the car at gunpoint. Finally, fire the gun which is actually a tranquilizer gun at them, they will drop after approx 2 seconds. We must not kill anybody - here is your balaclava to hide your face for our arrival and departure, plus some gloves if you have to touch anything apart from your rifle - remember, in this time they can trace you through your fingerprints.
Place the person in the back of their vehicle after you have found their keys, keep the keys then use these ties on their hands and feet. This is how you operate this phone, press these tabs to call me - try it now.
Connie says "this phone actually works, I have seen them in the future but they are always damaged".
Connie presses the buttons and Jenny's phone rings.
Jenny says "hold it like this and speak to me por favor".
Connie then says "Hello, oh I see, it is good".
Jenny says "when we're coming out, I will phone you and you must only press this button to speak - you can then come out of hiding with your balaclava on - we will go back to the car and you can hand the other keys, if you have any, to Cameron and she will drive the other vehicle in the opposite direction to fool the authorities"
All that Jenny can think to ask of Connie is said and the time of departure is set for 10:30pm - 'Phoenix Computer Security Development & Safe Co.' is the destination.
Late evening - the 4 of them arrive - Jenny is sure that this endeavor is safe for Connie so she is not concerned too much for her. The 2 of them don hoods and Cameron carries Sonia to the door and they enter the premises.
Meanwhile Connie makes herself comfortable sitting between 2 bushes - they have left the car outside the entrance away from cameras (which should be disabled and modified to watch a 'still' of nothing happening).
The computer room is conveniently at the back of the building close to where they have entered.
Cameron places Sonia on a chair and checks to ensure her head port is still held open with the stainless steel egg cup.
Jenny heads for the mainframe/servers and sure enough they are just as shown in the diagram given to her by her contact.
The chip port is numbered and Jenny plugs her reducer in to it (she gave it that name as it converts the gold on Cameron's chips down to the standard of this computer - it has long been known that gold was the best conductor after massive corporate companies sued for millions the board manufacturers when the silver metallic coating became furry and oxidized, causing their computers to stop working in the 1990's or thereabouts - The area around terminator chips are kept cold using basic fridge technology but improved using liquid nitrogen).
Cameron sits on another chair next to Sonia and reminds Jenny that once her chip is copied and she displays the message 'DONE' on the screen, Jenny must remove it carefully and place it in Sonia's port and replace the cup. She should then immediately place the other chip in to the 'reducer' as she calls it. Her final instructions are to remove this chip when she sees the instruction 'SUCCESS' displayed.
if 'FAIL' is shown, she should remove the chip from Sonia, who should have rebooted and is waiting for her to concede after going back in to standby.
Upon seeing 'SUCCESS', the new chip can be placed in Cameron's port and the 2 sisters are ready to go.
Jenny sits impatiently next to the sisters on a 3rd chair, gets up and looks at the 2 of them with wonderment then sits down again.
She was also instructed to place a small stainless steel cup over Cameron's port until the process finished.
She can see the computers but there is not any lights flashing as an ordinary layman or fan of science fiction would expect because the LEDs are often for show to impress the management but of course many LEDs are necessary for computer professionals to know what is going on.
Therefore Jenny has to watch a few lights flashing incessantly.
Approximately 35 minutes later Jenny is suddenly surprised to see a display come up which says 'TEST ACCOMPLISHED, TRANSFERRING DATA'.
Jenny wondered if this was purely some kind of health test on the computers that Cameron was accessing.
20 minutes later Cameron displayed 'REMOVE CHIP, PLACE IN SONIA'. Jenny does this, she is glad that Cameron is helping her.
Jenny knows to subsequently place Sonia's chip in the reducer which she does and a message is displayed 'THANKS JENNY, I AM STILL OK - REMEMBER THE CUP'. Jenny smiles and places the cup over the chip port keeping the wound open - sliding her finger around the flesh to stretch it over the cup makes her feel a little queezy each time.
20 minutes later, another display shows 'CHIP TEST ACCOMPLISHED, TRANSFERRING DATA'.
Again Jenny wondered whether the chip appeared OK without any guarantee that the other chip was ultimately in working condition or was it lacking something that Skynet was yet to administer.
This time the wait seemed to go on forever but at least she had crinkle-faced Cameron to talk to after she rebooted for which she timed to take 2 minutes.
Son/Cam said "my tests are successful, this body works" - she then stood up and moved her limbs, then sat down again and told Jenny that she must be prepared to remove this chip and place it back in the Cameron body if necessary.
1 1/2 hour later the message 'DATA TRANSFER COMPLETE, I AM DONE - PLACE ME IN CAMERON'.
Jenny is overjoyed and Sonia smiles and says "now I am almost ready to be another person, different from Cameron - we will talk on the way home".
Jenny removes the chip and places it in Cameron.
2 minutes later Cameron opens her eyes and says "I am here Jenny, my system diagnostics confirm that I am OK".
She tells Jenny "the computer is now deleting files and replacing the entire disc with random characters so that data retrieval is impossible. We must wait a while whilst this process finishes so that we can be sure that nobody can find anything on this computer".
They both replace their port caps & brush their flesh back down - Sonia checks Cameron's hair to make sure that none of the strands are stuck under the flesh.
The mainframe process only takes 9 minutes; it is a pure disc write. The VDU display comes up 'THANK YOU JAMES' not his real name but the one Jenny recognizes when she speaks to him.
Cameron takes the reducer and gives it to Jenny, then goes over to Sonia and says "friend", "friend" is the reply, then they place the cups in their pockets.
Jenny phones Conny to tell her they are coming out.
All is clear to do so.
They begin to leave the building with hoods over their heads. Sonia has her sweater stretched over her head and holds Cameron's hand.
Connie stands up and walks towards them and asks Jenny if everything is OK. "Yes, everything is successful, now Cameron has her new friend and we have another friend too".
On the way back home in the car, Connie asks Sonia what she will do with her face - "will your face stay damaged" she said.
"No", says Sonia, "my flesh is grown that way and it takes plastic surgery 100% as designed, so I have decided to be an identical copy of Sofia Vassilieva who plays Ariel Dubois in the TV show Medium. I like her looks and fashion and I think men will like her lips - I will change my personality and voice to match hers. I will show some pictures of her to you on Jennie's computer when we get home, I feel sure that she will let us if we ask her".
"You knew I would say yes" says Jenny smiling.
Cameron speaks up and says "I have given Sonia these names which I will use to identify her - I chose these names because they sound good to me: Sonia Nogully Alias Sofia Sailsivave alias Ariel Busodi, if we ever have to change our names, which John and Sarah have done many times but I have only done twice.
At this moment in time we share a lot of features in our memory chip but Sonia will change gradually and develop her own personality based on that girl, just like she said she would - I have not copied the developed emotion on her chip but left the full capabilities for it to develop just like mine and perhaps one day she will find a special person to latch on to then unleash her feelings but her priority is still to protect John Connor".
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After Cameron Left John with Allison the previous day, Allison has a lot to say to John, some of which was totally unexpected.
John and Ally go back indoors and join Sarah in the kitchen - pancakes are on the menu which Ally gratefully accepts - she adds maple & honey and asks for a 2nd one, which surprises Sarah but she goes across the room to make one - Allison asks to join her and they talk about how it is made and how they could have lived in 2024 quite happily on them.
"Wrapped up in rat meat" says Allison and they have a good laugh - John never heard it but smiles a lot when they can't stop laughing at the rat tail joke followed by other crunchy rat bits.
Eventually they return and sit down and just can't stop smiling at each other. Just being there was enough for them both.
"What was that about Sarah, was it a cooking lesson or how to be a comic?" asks John - more laughter.
All of a sudden out of the blue, Allison says "As we eat, I would like to pass on my memory to my friends, Contessa, Oleg, Colin, the rest of our resistance, Marta & Dean of Course and now my new friends, Jenny & Ricky. Oh and of course, I include Derek, Sarah and John".
John and Sarah look at each other and seem quite moved by that and then Sarah says "here here".
"Great thought Allison, you are a lovely girl" said John who never really gave that remark more thought than he merited it but for Allison that was more than nice - she smiles coyly, lowers her eyes then looks up at Sarah to see if she was watching her - Sarah does not miss things like that - Oh no, not the great Sarah, she could not afford to. (things are starting).
Allison has one of Sarah's cups of tea and again insists in being there to see what she does because she wants to do these things herself one day soon.
After this Sarah tells John/Allison that she knows Cameron has had a long talk with Allison and no doubt she would like to be alone with John and discuss it.
Sarah looks at Allison "I'll go out and buy you a phone Allison whilst I am seeing if I can find somebody to make the IDs for the new arrivals - he will probably need pictures of all of you - don't worry Ally, he is trustworthy, he dare not be, he is in the ID business up to his neck - I must get you a gun too".
Sarah drives off a little later leaving the 2 alone downstairs. "This is a nice house" said Allison. "Yes" said John, money can buy nice things.
Allison says "Cameron said lots of things to me yesterday, some of those things were unexpected and ... er con. er unusual". John interrupts "Oh I think you might mean controversial".
Allison says "yes, someone somewhere used it and explained it to me a few years ago - that's weird isn't it, perhaps I should say 'in the future'. Cameron told me that she would not be jealous of me and if you looked at me the way you look at her she would understand".
John quickly replies "What! she said that, so she thinks I am a letch, oh oh oh". John goes a little red -
Allison smiles and says "what's wrong John, a woman wants John Connor to do that. She also said that if you ever wanted children you should come to me".
For this John says "this is too much, I think I might have to go soon. Cameron is so mixed up, I mean, I never intended to meet a girl called Allison, I told Cameron only today that I loved her the first time we met - it just had to happen".
Allison replies "I know John, she told me that too and I can't imagine anything more romantic than that. In the future things do not shock us that much, so many of the things Cameron said were quite OK with me. If you want to have your relationship with Cameron and decide anything that needs doing that she can't do, I will be happy to help. I already like you John and your Mom is terrific, she was great with the children, I must spend time with her and see what I can learn."
John says "Children eh that's news to me.
Ally replies "Yes, head rat cooker too".
John says "Wow. Ally. At this time you had better not go away, you will be safe here, I think a house full of women can't be that bad for me but I will be outnumbered - that reminds me, I wonder where Derek keeps going! Some of his money and gun collecting exercises seem to take all night".
Allison says "really, well next time he comes home ask him if he got what he wanted and stare at him, I would like to be with you when you say it, haha".
John replies "Hmnn, it's funny but things like that do occur to me at times but he never says anything - he comes home with the goods, so I assume he is doing what he says".
Allison continues telling John things "Back to Cameron, did she tell you where she was going?"
John replies "no, she often goes off at night to check for possible danger, she probably finds an internet connection somewhere but sometimes comes home covered in cuts & bruises".
Ally says "To me that seems like a good thing, humans don't cause damage like that - perhaps she is performing duties for future John and has not told you about it to stop you worrying about things that she can put right - she is much more nimble than the t-888's that I have observed, I guess they are not a match for her - she would surely not be stupid enough to be beaten by them and leave you unprotected".
To that John says "Now you have me thinking about it, I must talk to her about this because a single mistake and she is finished, I just can't be without her. I know it sounds like I only want a protector but I could not bear to think of her somewhere captured, damaged or destroyed".
Allison says "Quite right John, that is exactly what I would like you to say about me".
(John wonders about that statement, how many double meanings will he hear from Allison - could his emotional thoughts already be committing adultery?)
John says "Oh Cam, what have you done? Cameron is wanted by the FBI everywhere and now you Allison, her exact double will be tarred with the same brush. As I said, if you want to stay with us, you might be safer. Either that or go in to hiding with whoever it was that Cameron and Sarah stayed with".
Allison replies "It was Jenny, she built the bubble that brought us here to be with you and her - she told us that she built the one in the bank that blew up after you time travelled to 2008 - she is aged about 69 now".
John smiles and says "Ah, now everything is clear - did the people whose names you mentioned come back with you?
Allison replies "Yes, Cameron also bought another injured female who she told Colin was her sister but I now realise she had more meaning to her than that because Colin said she made a special journey to go back and get her".
John replies "that is something that Cameron has not told me. What happened to this casualty?"
Allison tells him "she is still at Jenny's house, she doesn't move and her face is bandaged, I think a treble 8 caused it when they destroyed her group".
John says "And you believe her?" Allison replies "not any more John but she has never done anything bad, I don't think she hurt that woman, she was naked when Cameron bought her back, she was definitely rescued as far as I could make out and she took care of her".
John says "OK, let's leave all this talk for now, before we get in too deep. Would you like to do some shopping at the supermarket? I can show you when there is a camera pointing at you - the FBI, er I mean Feds, er Federal Bureau of Investigation can trace you using them but you need not worry because they think we're all dead after the bank explosion".
Allison says "that would be nice, we emptied a supermarket in the future after the bombs went off. We kept going back and stored thousands and thousands of tins, vitamin pills, dried stuff, but the big crates of food stunk like hell and was full of flies - the rats ate the dried food that we brought back with us! - I was only 4 at the time but never forgot the smell - I imagined what the food might have tasted like before it went bad".
John says "yes the frozen food thawed out - I will get you some frozen ice cream and whatever you fancy to go with it - I will leave a note for Cameron telling her we went for food, just in case she comes back - shame, but she will never have the pleasure of food - but let's be clear Al, sorry Allison, Ally, I still love her as she is and if she has quaint or physical differences to other girls I do not care"
John has to make sure Allison knows where she stands but saying this to her seems so hollow and he feels as though she sees straight through him, not just for his growing desire for her but for becoming a cad, a real cad - he feels terrible but doesn't know how to shake off this feeling - he knows Cameron will know, she will see it and know it every time she touches and analyses him.
Now he is actually frightened to see her again, perhaps he should be honest and tell her what is happening now that Allison is here.
'Yes that's it, i'll blame Cameron' he thinks, then changes his mind 'no, she would be upset, emotional Cameron will be upset, I can't do that, it would be cruel, I have got to reassure her, make sure I do not tell her she made a mistake, we will talk it over - that is the right thing to do'.
After some silence Allison speaks up and says she knows why he is quiet.
"I don't want to come between you and Cameron but she was plain when she spoke to me, she knows all about what could happen and she does not mind.
I myself, I am not any different from most girls and I want a man to myself. Cameron has you... lucky Cam has you.
A few seconds silence, they look at each other, it is clear they are both having a thousand thoughts then they get out the car in the car park and head towards the supermarket. John points out that the glass circular thing up there is a camera designed not to be so obvious. They go inside, a new experience for Allison, so many people.
When they get home the house is empty so John shows Allison where the frozen and cold food goes.
He does not want to be with Allison too long whereas Allison is not too bothered and enjoys watching him.
He tells her that he hopes Mom does not forget to arrange an ID for her too - she can use Cameron's photo, they are still young enough to continue some schooling but she might find it difficult.
Allison says she sometimes joins the children and learns to spell and do sums with Connie - "is that good enough for school?" she says.
John replies "We will see, perhaps you will enjoy sports like acrobatic cheerleading, netball or hockey -they might even have gymnastics but I doubt it, perhaps you could challenge some guys to unarmed combat, how do you think you would manage?"
Allison responds in a 'let them dare' manner and says "try me?"
John can't resist and says "All right, come out the back and I'll take a lunge at you, I've been trained by Sarah so I'm sure I will pin you down".
Allison says sarcastically "Big talk".
They go outside and begin. John so wants to show superiority but does not take in to account that this girl has run for her life many times over rough terrain for prolonged periods escaping death.
His first lunge is greeted with her jumping in the air, bringing her hands down on his head and pushing him face first on to the lawn.
She straddles him and does some light chops to his shoulders and says
"now you should be begging for mercy".
John rolls over quickly, grabs her shoulders, pulls her down, holds her head, says "hell Allison, you win" and kisses her square on the lips, looks at her, and then she just can't stop kissing him.
After a while she quickly gets up and rushes indoors saying, "it's not fair" then disappears upstairs.
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Cameron, Sonia & Connie get back home and everything is OK.
Sonia decided to keep her face covered for the sake of the children until her plastic surgery is done. She says she will go in to standby mode on the bed until Jenny arranges her surgery as she knows what she will look like when it is finished.
The kids come in to the room and Sonia says to them that she feels better but must lie down now - she sounds a bit like her namesake but needs to watch some more episodes.
It is mid-morning and the long night has taken its toll on Connie and Jenny so they go to bed too.
Only Cameron stays active and decides it would be good to relieve Ricci and give the children some lessons.
Ricci says he will do the garden for a while and then go out.
Just after mid-day Jenny surfaces and makes a phone call to the plastic surgeon.
He gives a price and Jenny passes this on to Cameron. She tells the doctor "I will get the money today, you can expect us any time from tomorrow".
Jenny speaks a little longer then thanks him, puts the phone down & then tells Cameron "tomorrow 8am, he needs some recent pictures".
Jenny does not have a photo printer so Cameron has to go out to the computer superstore to buy glossy paper and a printer & photo ink, plus a digital camera, then returns to her car and drives around the no-go town areas.
As she drives she sees homeless people and people out on drugs.
Eventually she finds what she is looking for, gets out the car and approaches a man selling drugs.
She marches him at gunpoint to his boss and pushes him inside - a few gunshots are fired one hits Cameron in the arm, then Cameron picks off all the heavies leaving only the smart guy alive.
Her captive screams so she throws him against a wall.
"All your money now".
Already he has seen enough and empties his safe.
"Not enough" says Cameron and points her gun at him.
He says in a panicky voice "that is all I have, if you need more you must go to 19 Fell Street".
She shoots him through the head, takes the money and goes out the back window & down the fire escape.
A similar scenario occurs at 19 Fell street and she grabs even more money out of their hole in the wall.
When she gets back to the car after walking the back streets, a count of the money is ample for the operation with $10k left over.
She is not bothered that the drug dealers of death have died comparing it to the genocide of all ages by Skynet as much worse and serious.
Back home she sets up the printer then sits at Jenny's computer and starts downloading a photo manipulation program and downloads as many pictures of Sofia Vassilieva as necessary and make them look authentic enough to fool the surgeon.
Satisfied with them she prints them off and puts them in her bag.
Most un-terminator-like she then takes $5k out of her jacket pocket and takes it to Jenny.
"Please take this, we are grateful for your hospitality - we do not have a problem getting money - Give me your mobile phone and I will type in my number - if you need to contact us urgently, please tell me the date of your judgement day and I will give you the current date before we speak - no date from me, you hang up the phone and contact Sarah immediately".
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Cameron phones John to make sure everything is OK. He asks her what she is doing.
Cameron says she has to 'tie up loose ends', to put it as a vernacular. She asks if everything is OK there. She needs to get back to him as soon as possible because she wants her relationship to develop. She says "I love you John, I will get back to you tomorrow evening".
He replies and says "as do I to you, if you was not here or damaged I would be very upset. Good bye".
Cameron turns off the phone and assesses his words, agonizes over every word and questions his sincerity. Eventually, (a mere few seconds), she feels that he really means what he says and her priority levels of satisfaction have risen - meaning this is good, it is worth a smile.
She heads indoors and asks Connie, Jenny and Ricci to arrange for good photos of themselves and the children - she thinks 'I can use an internet photo for Sonia'.
Jenny comes to her computer and takes the camera. Cam proceeds to 'surf the net' as only she knows how ... hopefully. Her target places being mineral importers, news and police reports of disturbances and of course any military establishments that she can usually successfully invade. Skynet has tailer software that destroys any ability to trace back through NUA (network user addresses) of invaders and it can also create false trails leading back to fictitious sites.
A while later Connie returns with the 2 children who have smiles on their faces and a look of expectation.
Cameron shows them what she is doing, including the initial CD software installation and answers questions as she works.
Sometimes humans do not have an abundance of patience but AI's do not consider this and just do what is necessary over the period that it takes, unless time is limited.
After printing pictures and selecting the desired choice in photo booth format, she prints some pictures of Sofia at different ages of her life.
If the records office require her to produce an authentic photo booth picture, Jenny will arrange a trip for them to town.
After reading some books to the children at bedtime, she returns downstairs and is asked if she can sing. Ricci can play the guitar.
She does not know any as she was never required to know any so Ricci plays a CD and asks if she knows the song.
Cameron admits that she does not but says "if I listen to it I might be able to recite it whilst you play your guitar".
A short while later Ricky has started playing and Cam starts singing in her own voice. Everybody enjoys what they hear then suddenly Cameron hears footsteps. She continues singing but turns around to the stairs where Dean & Marta are standing, listening. Cameron thinks 'It seems my voice is acceptable to these people and makes them smile'.
An hour passes, Ricky has taught her the words to many of his guitar songs by singing them first and it appears that the ballads in spanish that he improvised to include their names make Jenny & Connie produce tears.
Cameron asks them about it they say they are crying because the song is so nice and it makes them happy.
Cameron thinks 'this is a phenomenon that I do not think I will fully understand'.
The children are still up so Cameron tells everybody that Sonia and her are leaving in the morning and will go home to John afterwards
Cameron also tells them that she will come back with the IDs when they are ready unless they want to come and see us instead.
Later everybody has gone to bed, promising not to disturb Sonia. She goes back to the computer and browses until midnight.
Everything seems to be OK so she checks the house's security - Cam thinks 'I will make suggestions for things that Jenny should do to assist her in the future - 'nobody is ever safe'.
Outside there is much more wildlife than she has seen around Sarah's house but none of it appears to be a threat. The rest of the night she stands guard downstairs by the front door and listens until the morning.
(The continuing paras are from Cameron's point of view):
6am, I expect Sonia to reactivate, this should only take 10 seconds. As expected she rises and comes downstairs with her head bandaged, just her eyes are showing. I know Jenny and the others would worry if we were not there so I leave a note on the table telling her we will come back after surgery.
The surgery is a long drive away and there is a lot of traffic, which is unexpected. The both of us listen to the radio channels, as Sonia constantly changes them to hear the traffic reports.
All we can do is interpret any alternate routes but this might be problematical. I phone Jenny who eventually answers and ask her to tell the surgeon to wait for us. She phones back and says that he will, saying that the money has talked and he can suffer the delay even if it means paying the anesthetist overtime. We do not need one but I cannot tell Jenny to pass on that message in case he is spooked.
We eventually arrive and we are taken to the preparation room. I show the doctor the pictures and say that Sonia needs complete reconstructive surgery.
He tells us that it might be possible but he needs to see her face.
Sonia changes in to a gown, as is standard procedure whilst the nurse is preparing equipment. I tell her not to do anything but she must stay with us.
I go in to the theatre room with them both and tell the doctor that the nurse will not be applying anything.
He responds as expected but both Sonia and I convince him to do the work and that when he starts he will know that his fears are unfounded.
Sonia stays still and quiet, the bandages are removed and there are sounds of deep concern from both of them.
I explain that she is a victim of chemicals and there is not any need to worry as all her feelings are there.
The doctor says that I should not be there but I insist that I should using menace in my voice and facial expression.
He shrugs and begins.
I observe all of his actions and ask questions occasionally.
He says that she is not much of a bleeder, I reply by saying that is not your concern, please continue.
Suddenly he says in a startled voice "she is metal underneath, what is this?" I say that he must not worry and that she is harmless - "please continue, otherwise I will have to make life difficult for you". Then I add: "thank you".
He tells me what he is doing and why.
At one point I question his action on the nose, holding his hand and he pauses for thought after I suggest a possible outcome. He is grateful to me and asks me how I knew. I say that it became apparent.
The doctor takes 4 hours 2 minutes to do the main routine and says that she will need to come back for the rest of the work after she has healed up.
I say "no, you can continue this afternoon. We can go out together to a food place of your choice and I will stay with you".
Sonia says "It is OK Dr Costellas and Nurse Higgins, I will be OK alone".
They look shocked but eventually calm down and lead me out of the building which he locks behind him - 'CLOSED FOR THE DAY' is displayed on the door.
In the Langella Lounge, they have both ordered an ample meal and drinks - Nurse Higgins suggested a wine but I said "no, only non-alcoholic".
I tell them that they have 4 hours to spare before they need to continue and they can do whatever they like but they must not exhaust themselves.
Nurse Higgins suggests she have a body massage but Dr Langella declines so we sit outside for 1 hour & 15 minutes, after he buys some newspapers.
Afterwards, he wants to sit in the park and eat ice cream and we agree to this.
He begins to ask me questions about Sonia but I do not say anything except that it was an accident at work when she wore protective clothing but nothing over her face.
As they sit there they look agitated and bored so I do the only thing that I believe will keep them calm and relaxed, I ask them if they would like to hear me sing.
They definitely like this idea. After I finish the songs that I know, Ms Higgins asks me if I know a particular song.
I say "no, but if you know the words I will listen and then sing it to her afterwards".
Afterwards, Dr Langella decides to suggest a song and I do the same with him - during this time many people have walked past our bench and smiled at us, so I have learnt that singing makes humans happy.
I will tell Sonia this when I see her and also what I have learnt. It would be nice to choose a song that we can both sing to John when he meets her.
I ask the 2 of them if they can suggest a nice unison song. Their answers vary a lot and they seem to disagree with each other's choices although my idea has made them happy & and I detect that their return to work will be less stressful.
When we get back to Sonia I ask her how it feels - she says "healed 3 minutes ago"
We have learnt to drop the seconds and round up or down.
Dr Langella says "Nurse, please remove the bandages".
When she finishes they are astounded, her face is smooth and almost bears the desired result.
The blood is wiped away and he gets to work again, using molding to hold some of the areas in place.
The lips already have their desired shape and there is not much more to do.
Sonia has already changed her hair pigmentation and is allowing it to grow - the strands at the end are brown.
Both of the staff look on but try to ignore what is happening.
Eventually the work is complete and Sonia sits up. She tells us that this time the healing will take 14 minutes, so we all sit outside in the foyer.
Time for me is not important but once again the 2 humans are fidgeting so I tell Sonia what I have learnt and how nice it would be to sing to John in unison.
Ms Higgins says "shall we sing again, listen to my ipod and see if you can copy it".
We both listen as we hold the earpiece close to our ears and very soon we can copy it.
Ms Higgins is very happy and joins in while Dr Langella just listens. We do this with a few songs and then Sonia asks for a cloth.
She wipes her face and asks for the photograph. She looks at the most recent picture and moves her face muscles to emulate the smile. It appears to be a very good likeness.
Ms Higgins says it is fantastic and reminds her of Aerial from Medium.
Dr Langella says it is quite late and he would like to pay Ms Higgins and get home to his family, so I give him the money and we leave.
On the way to Sarah's house Sonia says that they must watch as many episodes of Medium on TV as possible. I agree and say that we can accompany Allison on the settee whilst we watch and perhaps Sarah and John will too - even Derek if he is there.
We get home very late and when we go in the front door we find John asleep on the settee.
I wake him up gently and quietly say "this is Sonia, my friend".
He says "hello" and she says "hello friend, Cameron told me all about you".
I do not want him to be tired so I suggest he talks to us in the morning.
He says "OK good night Cam, I will see you in the morning".
I ask Sonia to guard the house tonight, which she agrees to.
As John walks up the stairs I follow him and without protest he allows me to follow him in to the bedroom. I feel that now is the time because Allison is here and I want to 'stake my claim'.
I undress to my underwear and get in to John's bed - I do not expect anything more than for him to put his arm around me so I say "please hold me tonight John and then I will be happy".
He does exactly that, kisses my ear, then says "I love you Cam" and relaxes.
I am not facing him but I say "love you too John, for a long time".
He sleeps almost immediately, so I lie still and monitor his dreaming and movements thinking of many things. I whisper very quietly "Good night Sonia, my new friend". I hear her reciprocate from downstairs.
John wakes up at 7:30 and visits the bathroom. When he returns he gets back in bed and puts his arm around me again. I detect a difference in him. I put my hand down behind me and say to him "It's OK John" - Sonia is still very much 'me' and is probably 'in the moment'.
10:13, there is a tap on our Door. Sarah says "are you getting up John, Allison & Sonia are downstairs. I don't mind, they are chatty but I want to go for a jog soon and I have persuaded them to come with me but they want you to come too - where is Cameron? Has she gone away again? Derek is here too, we have told him to come with us too".
"OK Mom, I'll be down ASAP".
Cameron is expecting John to get himself ready and join her walking down the stairs. She hears footsteps coming up the stairs, just as John is leaving the room.
It is both Sonia & Allison who are heading for Allison's room for a quick tour.
Neither Sonia or Cameron were able to stop the event happening even if they wanted to but John, having already committed his sin, wanted to try and ease things beforehand.
He opens the door and sees Allison.
Without a thought that Sonia was watching, he looks at her in a kind of sorry way, also portraying horror and mouthing very slightly 'no'. Allison stops in her tracks and then looks at Sonia, smiles and they go to her room.
Sometimes a single event can grow and escalate, would this be it?
Eventually John & Cameron go downstairs together holding hands. "Mom, Derek. Cameron & I are going to begin a relationship that was destined to be right from the beginning. She stayed in my room late last night and..." Cameron chose her moment "I lay beside him and waited for him to fall asleep, he was nice to me and held me tight - I know you don't want to know our business but I will always be here beside him in the future".
"That is correct" said Sonia, - "I did not hear them being passionate", which was a sort of lie. Whose feelings was she thinking of?
"Hell" said Sarah, - "I don't need... we don't need descriptions of what is or not happening in bedrooms. Anyway, my hearing is improving all the time and I am sure I can draw any conclusions that I need on my own, thank you".
Derek has a remark to make, he was just dying to: "What is happening, who is what and what is who... and apart from being bad is anybody going to go bad? - and John, who's in control here?"
"That's all we need" said Sarah and then she changes her stance and says to Sonia "would you tell me if John does hanky panky in this house?" (Was this a lighthearted comment or was she trying to cope with the situation).
John says "Mom, Derek, all of you - we have serious business to conduct and whatever happens here, what I do will be responsible - you all come first so whatever I do, I do for you - we still have Skynet's threat looming over us and we must be ready for that, so butt out".
Whilst they are out jogging, Sarah is remarkable with her stamina & speed, which is remarked on many times. She smiles and says "yes, it is remarkable isn't it" but does not mention her stop-off at Charlie & Michelle's house.
Later after jogging, Sarah suggests that they all watch a DVD video named 'Grease' from the cabinet. "I was told by Kacy that we should watch it again but I have not actually seen it the first time".
Allison is very keen. Sonia & Cameron sit next to each other looking rather alike in their posture. Nobody has seen the series Medium, so the resemblance is not mentioned.
When they get to the part near the beginning when Sandy first joins the t-girls in the canteen, Rizzo asks Sandy where she is from. Sandy tells her that she is from Australia. Rizzo says in her typically sarcastic tone "what's it like down under Sandy?" Sandy says "it's OK thank you" in her meek voice.
All of a sudden John starts laughing his head off. Derek looks at him and John points down towards Sarah's... and he immediately starts laughing too. In fact they laugh for a long time hysterically but none of the girls can understand what is so funny because John's hand gesture was not spotted or understood by anyone.
In the end John has to explain and there is a lot more laughing. Cameron wonders whether John was thinking of her from earlier on and wondered whether she should ask him.
There is still a hell of a lot of talking to do after the film which they enjoyed very much. Sonia said she would remember the songs and recite them whenever they asked her.
Derek's main questions were about 2024 and what Allison could tell him about it - after that he was fully in the picture about the guests of Jenny - he even knew about Sonia now, which explained why she and Cameron behaved similarly.
Cameron told him that their chips were no longer corrupt, which he remarked by saying "we will see - perhaps you can keep an eye on each other". He had to rephrase that to mean 'observe each other for signs of going bad'.
Sarah says "Firstly I have to visit Carlos to arrange IDs - I would like one of you 2 cyborgs to accompany me, do I have a volunteer". Sonia agrees, leaving Cameron with John and the others.
Cameron gives the pictures of the 2024's to Sarah. Allison who is unobserved by Cameron stares at John with a disappointed face. John keeps a straight face, he must not show betrayal, he knows he made the first move on her.
Before they go, John asks Sonia what information does she share from Cameron's chip about her information on possible Skynet threats and all the associated 'goings-on' from other sources. She said that it was everything & also pointed out that their main interest is any shipments involving coltan and any growth in the USAF-military at certain key areas. She suggests that if they wish to do something soon, they should concentrate their efforts at AI companies in this respect. Allison says "I am a member of your team now, don't leave me out of your plans - I have a lot of debts to settle, as Colin from the future says".
Whilst driving, Sarah comments on Sonia's hair plaids and asks her how she manages it. She said that firstly her hair needed trimming to remove the brown ends and she sat in the garden whilst Cameron performed the task last night. She informed Sarah that they did not need the lights on and Cameron copied the photograph. Sarah was puzzled when Sonia said that she felt pleasure as Cameron touched her head gently.
For some reason, Sarah thought about an unusual question to ask: "how do terminators keep their balance?".
Sonia explains that progress was made in 2010 when a gyroscope was replaced by a small chip and this was demonstrated to the public by putting one in a camera for TV broadcasting. It was placed on the back of Valentino Rossi's motorbike for the Moto GP races. His 2nd race with injury was Laguna in which he raced for the 2nd time with a broken tibula and a shoulder injury, yet he was able to come in 3rd place. The giro on the motorbike showed a level track matching gravity with powerful picture quality, portraying to the viewer's his ability to grip the track 30 degrees lean due to the tyre technology. Skynet were even creating technology for chips in motorbikes that could hold an arsenal and destroy humans more effectively as they flee. My chip contains that ability, much improved and many times miniaturized."
All Sarah can say is "oh".
When they arrive, they are greeted by Chola. She says that Carlos is very touchy these days but he is grateful for Sarah's help and that she feels sure he will gratefully see you. Sarah asks if he still has dogs and Chola says "yes - he has got 6 new compadres' now and they are very vigilant at all times. Your appearance has brought 2 of them to the door. Please wait there I will see what he has to say".
When she gets back she tells Sarah that she is told the vehicle must not remain there, so Sonia agrees to take it away and await her phone call.
This time Carlos feels compelled to charge Sarah much more but he is pleased to do business for her. He points out that his wage bill is much higher now and because Sarah needs 5 IDs it will cost $100k, plus $50k for the birth records. He feels confident that his list of untraceable Jane & John Does's will cover her requirements but if she is insistent on 3 unusual names: Sonia Nogully, Sofia Sailsivave, Ariel Busodi, that will be more difficult to falsify, especially as he is expected to put 2 faces against each name, meaning 6 IDs. (Cameron's picture too). He agrees that $200k for the entire jobs are acceptable after Sarah turns down $300k, reminding him of her retribution on his behalf & how he might need her again.
Sarah says "OK Carlos, I will give you $100k now and the rest upon delivery". Carlos now knows full well that letting her down will probably be fateful for his entire group & that because she is Sarah Connor, anything is possible. He has already considered the ridiculous idea that she can resurrect or rise from the dead - if he knew her new-found gift from Cameron he would be really freaked.
Whilst Sarah/Sonia are away, John/Ally/Cam/Derek plot their next endeavor. John's phone rings and Sarah tells him the IDs are arranged but they will need more money after payment, especially now that they have extra guests. She also reminds him that she cannot expect Jenny to be a never-ending-money-supply and they ought to consider her financing too.
"Mom, this is a big ask, does any of her guests have fighting experience?" said John.
Sarah replies "Only Connie but she has 2 children. Ricci is there, he is strong but does not have any experience - perhaps he needs to be better-able to protect them in the event that something happens".
"I understand, you should talk to him when you go back and see if you can keep Connie active by asking her to inspire him and suggest he train for combat & guns". (John is unaware that Connie/Ricci might have too much in common being part Mexican and cause a rift or upset for Jenny).
"Sure Mom" he says, I will tell Cameron, I'm sure she can find some new sources of money". (He could ask Sonia too but her new appearance has not quite sunk in yet).
John asks Derek if he would like join Sarah when she drives to Jenny's house to advise Ricci on weapons & self defence for a while and meet the rest of the people from his time in the future. Derek agrees, he will no doubt phone his fancy woman to tell her he will be away.
The next day Jesse is in the picture about Derek's trip away and concentrates her time on Riley who has not reported in.
11 days after Sarah visited Carlos, she is advised that the IDs/certs are ready but he had to succumb to extra charges from the forger of the papers that the photos will be attached to. "I'm sorry Sarah, another sign of the times and tightening up - blamed on the masses of immigrants crossing the border". She says "How much and don't try something unreasonable". "$10k - the total might seem high but it will not last long" he said. "OK, fair enough" she says.
The next day
Cameron says to John "we will try not to walk and behave like a freak". John says "I did say that didn't I Cam, I think I said it more than once". Cam butts in and says "Yes, it was 14 times - you even said 'silly cyborg' once and there was one time when I tried to lead you away after Jordan Cowan jumped - you later said I was 'stupid terminator, I wanted to save her' I know you apologized for that but it was hurtful".
John looks at her horrified and says "Please forgive me Cam, guys our age behave like that, we try to hide our real feelings and hurt the one we love, it is a 'guy thing, I guess'. Cam says "yes, I have observed it many times during school meals - why do the girls put up with it?".
John replied "I think it is because they are physically attracted to the guy, in fact some girls seem to like 'bad asses' - I have no idea why. Perhaps it is because they are not so boring and do dangerous or reckless things".
Sonia says, "That is a little like you". Cam just smiles, as this is how humans admit things to each other.
Sonia has hardly walked halfway across the campus with Allison when a few heads that were looking in their direction tap their friends on the shoulder and point at them.
"Oh my god, is that who I think it is?" "It has got to be, she is with the odd couple, I wonder what the story is".
From another direction they, the cyborgs, can hear "I can't see any TV cameras, perhaps she is a lookalike" "I need to know more, I'm following my legs". That girl gets up and walks towards them and is immediately followed by others, guys too.
"Are you who we think you are?" "No" says Sonia, "people think I am but I am not - I am Sonia, Cameron's friend and have moved here to be closer to her".
Then "twins too" comes from a girl and all the nearby students look and stare.
The chat goes on and there is some 'hitting on' but coming to no avail, although Allison seems to like it, hoping John is looking – he is.
Sonia grabs Cameron's arm and they head up the steps to enroll which she observed other girls doing as Cameron. (This means that because she has Cameron's chip, she still knows the procedure).
Meanwhile Riley was standing the other side of the front lawn watching them. She wonders who the new girl is and what her plan of action should be - also, 2 Cameron's has really freaked her because she can't imagine John would have a relationship with both of them ... 'surely?'.
John says "Whose idea was it to use her face?" Cameron says "Mine, I thought she would appear appealing and be better suited for any missions that involve infiltration and flirting".
John says "You're too right; you couldn't have picked a better subject if you wanted to draw attention to yourself".
Sonia says "It's OK for that purpose because nobody knows who I really am and I can use it to influence people with money".
The day comes to an end and John & Cameron have to wait a while by their new blue jeep for Sonia.
Eventually she comes through the doors with a female - Allison is behind them. They smile at each other then part company.
John says "So, new friend already eh Son - what will it be, back to her place for girly talk next?".
Sonia says, "We are taking it slowly, just like you and Cameron did".
John looks at Cameron who is not showing much expression, just looking back at her. At that point John could have sworn Cameron was having ponderous thoughts.
They get home to find Sarah sitting at the computer - John is puzzled so he asks her what she is doing.
"I'm teaching myself the internet" she says, "some of it is complicated but I can see that your virus program works very well except that some of the web-sites that I visited seem to take a long time to load - I feel that they are not programmed very well - I can see the progress at the very bottom of the screen to the left as they load".
John is quite surprised and asks "what has suddenly spurred you to do this?"
"Oh, since Cameron made me well after visiting the future, I have been seeing changes each day".
Sarah goes upstairs and tries on some new clothes then stands in front of the mirror to see if she likes wearing dresses - she is intending to go out this evening.
She leaves it on the bed, along with her desired stockings, high heels and decent knickers.
She calls Sonia quietly and asks her to come upstairs with Allison and do her hair in the style of the photo.
Cameron looks at Sonia, they are both at the table with John writing their homework, using the computer for info.
Allison is still working on homework with Cameron's help and finding it hard - that is the biggest drawback of living in the future, her brain is not used to taking in so much information.
(Earlier John asked Sonia if she was able to use a different handwriting from Cameron, for which she says she will).
"Where are they both going Cam, is it a bathroom break for Sonia too?" said John but Cameron did not get the joke and said "she is visiting Sarah to see if she can make her hair look nice - Sonia does not...".
"Oh, and no need to explain the bathroom it is a joke because we both know she does not need one - I don't want to insult you Cameron... darling, perhaps that joke will be useful for you in the future? - by the way, what happened this morning was great but I want you to feel equally the same at moments like that".
He squeezes her hand and smiles.
Upstairs Sarah says to Sonia "can you have a go at doing my hair to look like this picture" - she shows her a picture of Angelina Jolie playing Lara Croft in Tomb-raider - "it is unusual but should have quite an effect" she says to Sonia.
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In the next episode, John has a mild surprise. The team also embark on a dangerous mission.