Chapter 10: Supply Drop

Arriving a few hours after her departure from her hotel room Jesse drives in the hotel's parking lot. Parking the car she makes her way over towards the elevator. Getting inside she makes her way up a few floors to her hotel room. Arriving in front of her door she listens in as she hears someone cry out in pain from inside the room. Opening up the door slowly she sees Sarah tending to the bullet wounds in Derek's shoulder.

" Ouch easy there Sarah!"

" Quit your bitching Resse! These bullet wounds are not that bad!"

" Easy for you to say! You are not the one with bullets lodged into your shoulder!"

" I have taken them all out you big baby and for your information."

Walking directly in front of him raising her right hand up to him.

" You don't know the meaning of the word pain Reese! I had a bullet go straight through my fucking hand! I can barely feel anything in it anymore!"

Looking up seeing Jesse leaning on the door frame she lifts up her left hand pointing a accusing finger towards her.

" You! Where have you been! You said you would help us find John! Instead you have left us here for hours because of some bullshit mission you had to go on!"

Leaning off the door frame she closes the door behind her.

" I said i would help you find John and i have located him Sarah."

Turning back around to look at her in the eyes.

" But i never said i would bring you to him."

" You fucking bitch!"

Taking a step forward towards her with her left hand clutched into a fist.

Popping up from his seat on the ground Derek tries to block Sarah's path to Jesse only to be met with a left fist striking his jaw sending him to the ground. Getting back to his feet he grabs Sarah from behind wrapping his arms around her pinning her arms to her side.

" Let go of me Reese now!"

" No Sarah! You need to calm down!"

" He is right Sarah."

She takes a step closer to the pair in front of her.

" You need to calm down. I can't take you to John right now with the ways things are right now. You both would only make things worse."

" Worse! How can the two of us make anything worse as it is right now! He is not safe out there all alone!"

" That is where you are wrong Sarah. Cameron is with him right now. He is in safe hands."

She starts to struggle trying to break free from his tight grip around her.

" She is with him! She will kill him the first chance she gets!"

Shaking her head towards the furious Sarah.

" That is where you are wrong Sarah. I have seen the way the two of them interact with each other. She will not hurt him and he won't hurt her."

Taking a step forward to look directly into the fuming Connor's eyes.

" Your son loves her doesn't he?"

Seeing the flick of emotion come across the other woman's face for a split second before turning back to anger. She looks away from the furious Sarah with a small smile forming on her face.

" I thought so. Then there is a chance some things can be changed for the better."

Turning back around to look at the pair.

" That is the reason why i can't allow the two of you to interact with them. If i were to show the two of you where they are located both of you would try to destroy Cameron on the spot. Your selfishness would only cause more harm than good to John. I understand why both of you want to protect him but not why you want him to be kept away from her. Actually no i understand why Derek wants to keep her away from him as he has a deep hatred for machines from so many years of fighting in a war. But as for you Sarah, I question why you really want to keep her away."

She starts yelling at the top of her lungs at the resistance fighter.

" Because she isn't real! She is a machine! Metal a piece of fucking scrap that can't feel love or have any type of emotion! No matter what kind of trick she used on me or so called emotion simulator she has programmed in her it is not the same as us!"

Jesse shakes her head before taking a step forward.

" That is where you are wrong Sarah. She may have been made different from you and myself but she is real. She does feel things just like the rest of us. She is real to John."

Getting closer to her until she is standing directly in front of her.

" She is not the one who took Kyle away from you Sarah."

" How the hell do you know about him? I never have mentioned him to anyone before neither has John."

" I bugged your room Sarah. Every night i would hear you crying out for him to come back to you."

Taking a deep breathe before continuing.

" What you need to understand Sarah is Skynet is the one who killed Kyle not Cameron. She had nothing to do with his death. If she could have gone back and prevented his death she would have helped him in a heartbeat without any hesitation. She is giving John a reason to fight this battle. Without her right now he would think he is all alone in this world. He would only be fighting Skynet because that has been drilled into his mind since he was a kid by you. He wouldn't be fighting for anyone or anything but the mission. He would be fighting for the wrong reasons. She can help steer him in the right direction and give him something you can't Sarah. Until you are able to understand this i will not allow you any where near her or John. She is a great influence on John and can teach him the things the two of you have failed to do so."

Seeing the look of defeat on her face Jesse gives a small nod to Derek.

Letting go slowly of Sarah he takes a step forward towards Jesse.

" That may be what you think Jesse but i have unfinished business with her."

She crosses her arms around her chest.

" Really? Why because she saved your ass when you were captured by Skynet!"

" Saved! That metal bitch tortured me for hours Jesse! You call that saving!"

She shakes her head at him.

" That is not the version i have been told Derek. Have you ever bothered to hear Cameron's version of the story. Think about it Derek and i mean really think about it. Who do you think was the one who left you that axe for you to escape from your chain back in that house? How do you think you were found by resistance forces so deep into Skynet territory?"

Seeing him open his mouth a few times before closing looking lost in his thoughts.

" I thought so. You as well as Sarah have a lot to think about before i can allow you to be anywhere near them. But for now Derek i will need your help in the morning."

Shaking his head out of his thoughts he looks directly at her.

" What do you need help with Jess?"

" While i was watching over the Connors i located him Derek."

A confused look comes across him.

" Who did you locate Jess?"

" I located Charles Fischer. He is here in Los Angeles."

Upon hearing the name both his hands clutch into fists.

" Him! He is here in this time! How the hell did he get back to this time Jess?"

" Before i was sent back we raided a Skynet factory outside of Skynet territory. Below the factory there was this laboratory that Fischer was using for experiments. He managed to kill many resistance fighters by booby trapping a hallway before we could get to him. When myself and a squad were able to finally get into the laboratory a TDE inside was activated with him inside. Before we could do anything to stop him from making the jump in time he was gone. We rigged the whole place with explosives and checked where he was heading from the TDE before we blew apart the factory and laboratory.

She takes a deep breathe.

" I was tracking his younger self while watching over the Connors here in LA. One day when i was staking outside the young man's computer shop i noticed him walking down the street into a cafe nearby. I was about to make my move on him when i heard of a shooting at the Connor resistance through one of my police scanners. I had to put that mission on hold until now."

Walking over to him she wraps her hands behind his neck.

" Tomorrow we are going to go and pay that bastard a visit. He needs to pay for his crimes against everyone he has ever killed. Our friends,our family,for everyone he has ever done any harm to. He needs to be stopped before he can do anymore harm to anyone else in the future."

Nodding his head to her she leans in and presses her lips to his.

Shaking out of her thoughts Sarah makes her way over to the door.

" I need to go for a walk."

Closing the door behind her she starts to walk towards the elevator.

Opening up his eyes John looks over to his left seeing the sleeping form of his girl friend. A smile comes to his face looking down towards her. Reaching over with his right hand he starts to stroke her hair when she starts to stir.

Awakening from her standby she opens her eyes to see him smiling down towards her. A bright smile comes to her face as she starts to lean off of him.

" Good morning John."

" Good morning Cameron. Did you sleep well? Wait scratch that last comment."

She starts to giggle at him before leaning over towards him giving him a kiss on the lips. Breaking away from him to look into his eyes.

" I know it's a John thing. Although i suppose you could consider my standby as a sort of sleep mode. A dangerous one for anyone else to mess with."

" Really why is that Cam?"

" If anyone were to disturb us. I would have to destroy them."

He starts to laugh beneath her earning a small smile from her.

" That's why i love my Cameron."

Looking down tilting her head to him.

" Your Cameron?"

He stops his laughing from beneath her.

" Yeah my Cameron. Just like how i am your John."

A bright smile comes to her face hearing the words coming from his mouth. She leans back down to kiss him again.

Getting up from the bed she walks over to grab her duffel bag from the foot of the bed. Looking back to him with still a bright smile on her face.

" We leave in five minutes my John."

Giving him a wink she walks out of the room with her bag in her hand towards the bathroom. Her smile only gets wider as she hears small laughter coming from inside the bedroom behind her.

After a few minutes both make their way out of the apartment dressed in new clothes from their duffel bags. Making their way outside into the parking lot both get inside their car.

" So where is this storage locker Jesse told us about Cam?"

Looking over towards him then back to the keys in the ignition. Starting up the car she does a scan in her systems of the address before answering.

" The address is approximately 5.7 miles to the east of where we are now. We should arrive there in twenty five minutes with us taking a few detours to lose any unwanted followers."

Seeing him giving her a nod she turns back to the road stepping on the gas peddling exiting the parking lot. After a half and hour drive going through multiple alley ways and side roads they arrive outside a small warehouse complex. Exiting the vehicle they make their way toward the building.

Scanning the inside of the building finding a couple of large storage lockers attached to the building she makes her way over towards them. Scanning the numbers on each locker she stops at the third locker. Signaling for John to come over she moves closer to the locker undoing each of the locks on the locker. Reaching down for the handle with her right hand she lifts up the door to the locker. Upon seeing the inside of the locker a small comes across her face.

Upon reaching her turning his head to the left to look inside he looks in with astonishment at what he sees inside the locker. The walls are all covered in all sorts of automatic weapons. Looking down to a few tables set up to the sides stacks of bullet rounds boxes are seen along with a few laptops.

Making her way over inside the locker she moves over to one of the side tables taking a few duffel bags that lay beneath. Turning back around she starts scanning the walls of all the weapons attached.

SCANNING….

M60 ASSAULT RIFLE

Taking the rifle off the wall she places it inside one of the duffel bags before looking back up.

SCANNING….

M4 ASSAULT RIFLE

Placing the rifle inside the same bag as the other rifle she turns back to the rack when one particular weapon catches her eye at the end. Making her way over towards the weapon she quickly takes it down. Holding her brand new Remington 870 shotgun in her hands a bright smile comes across her face. She makes her way back over to the duffel bags placing the shotgun inside the bag with the other rifles before zipping it up.

" You are enjoying this aren't you?"

Seeing the smile on his face her face starts to form back into bright smile when she looks back towards him.

" Of course. I am a terminator."

Seeing the laughing start to come from him she makes her way back over towards the tables. She starts loading the appropriate rounds needed for the rifles and shotgun into two duffels bags until the bags are completely full.

Walking over towards her seeing her loading bullet rounds into the bags takes one of the empty duffel bags from the ground below the tables. Going over to one of the tables he reaches over grabbing a laptop from the table and loads it into the bag. Looking over to his right he sees a few headsets on the table. Reaching over he grabs a ComTac military headset and a pair of Pelator Earpieces off the table loading them into the bag before zipping it up. Putting the bag strap over his left shoulder he turns to see a waiting Cameron with a smile on her face.

Exiting the locker they make their way back over towards the car. Using a free hand she opens up the trunk of the car. She starts to load the trunk with the duffel bags when he approaches her.

Upon looking inside of the trunk he looks over towards her with a confused look on his face.

" Umm Cam when did you retrieve Cromartie's body?"

" I didn't. We can thank your mother and Derek for that."

Looking up to him after the last bag is put into the trunk.

" After my encounter with them when i was leaving the area my systems detected his body inside of a nearby ambulance. There is a high chance that your mother and Derek discovered Cromartie's body while searching for you and took the body from the warehouse with the same intention as us in destroying him later when the necessary tools were obtainable."

Nodding his head to her an idea comes to him.

" Cam you said you would need to save parts in order to repair yourself in the future. Would you be able to use any of his?"

Looking down to Cromartie's body she does a quick scan. After a minute she looks back up to him with a smile on her face.

" Yes there is some parts i can use that would work for my endoskeleton if need be."

Closing the trunk of the car she turns back to him. Leaning in she kisses him before walking back to the locker.

Reaching up grabbing the handle of the locker she starts to slid it down when she notices a object in the corner of the locker. Tilting her head looking back at the car then the object she lets go of the handle before walking inside the locker. Grabbing a Kevlar body armor off the ground she makes her way back over toward the door.

Closing the door of the locker and resetting the locks she makes her way back over towards the car.

Opening up the back she places the body armor on the back seats before making her way back into the driver's seat. Turning the car on she drives away from the warehouse back towards the safe house.

Looking over towards him then back to the road.

" John we need to find a new place to use as our safe house. Although there is a small chance that Jesse could have been followed to the apartment complex i don't want to take any chances."

" Okay Cam. We could stay at a motel and go to another every couple of days. That way nobody would be able to track us down."

Hearing the plan she was going to suggest a smile forms on her face.

" Okay John. My systems tell me there is a few motels in the area. We will return to the apartment to grab our things then head towards the nearest one."

" So this is where the younger Fischer works huh?"

She looks over towards him from her seat in the car.

" What did you expect Derek?"

" Honestly with that bastard being the head Skynet Grey i was expecting something more than this."

He points towards the small shop in the corner.

" Everyone starts somewhere Derek. That is where that bastard began and it is also where he will end."

" What do you mean by that Jess?"

She looks at him then back to the shop.

" I have a little surprise for Fischer inside his shop."

Reaching over with his right hand he lays it on her shoulder.

" Jess we can't kill any innocent people. I hate that bastard as much as you but doing this is wrong. That version of him can change his destiny like the rest of us. Sarah and John always use the phrase no fate but what we make for ourselves. Give this one a chance Jess."

She looks over towards him with a sad expression across her face.

" I'm sorry Derek but i can't take that chance with him."

Reaching over she puts her right hand on his cheek.

" I can't take the chance that he will not become like that man. The same man who killed and experimented on so many people. A man who betrayed his own kind in order to survive."

" Jess we have to…"

Seeing an older man exit the cafe near the shop she nods her head towards the figure.

" That's him Derek."

Turning to his right he sees the older Fischer making his way down the street. Turning back towards her quickly he gives her a nod before exiting the car. Slowly making his way to Fischer sticking to the shadows he moves a few feet behind him.

Hearing a sound from behind him in the corner Fischer turns his head around. Seeing the face of the man behind him he starts to run forward quickly down the street.

Seeing Fischer run down the street Derek chases quickly after him. Seeing Fischer dash around a corner at the end of the street Derek runs up quickly when he hears the sound of tires screeching. Turning around the corner he sees Jesse inside the car with Fischer on the ground. He goes over to check the wounded man's pulse. Finding a pulse he looks down to the unconscious Fischer. He picks up the older Fischer putting him up on his shoulder before heading towards the trunk of the car.

Getting out of the vehicle Jesse makes her way over to the trunk of the car. Popping open the hatch she watches as Derek dumps Fischer in the back before closing the hatch.

Both make it back to their seats in front of the car.

Reaching into her jacket pocket with her right hand she takes out a cell phone. Turning her head to look back down the street she presses the enter button on the cell phone.

Ka Boom!

Turning his head at the sound of the explosion Derek looks in horror as the small computer shop down the road is engulfed in flames. Turning back to look at her face he watches as she looks back ahead to the road driving the car away from the scene.

Author Notes: I would like to thank everyone that has followed or read my story. There is a ton of you and i could list all of you in a giant paragraph but i will stick to writing the story instead so going to give a mental high five to each of you. For this chapter i wanted to go into why John & Cameron were seperated from the others as some viewers of the story have wondered why the group was seperated in the first place. In order for John's character to grow he needs to be seperated from Sarah especially in this story as i am going to show a different version of what Sarah did to train John when he was younger. Hope you continue to read and enjoy the story.

Pootamis