A/N: And here is chapter 11! Action time!
acer-sigma: Yes Weaver built the 'Vengeful' Cameron, and John Henry built the 'Adolescent' Cameron. As for the original body thing... it's answered in a later chapter, don't want to spoil it for you. And yes it seems that John Henry and Weaver have different agendas, I can't tell you for sure since I'm not writing this story. ;) As for the sunglasses I find it very interesting as well, they actually play a pretty big part in this chapter.
olischulu: Okay this will be easier if I just explain this fully so just stick with me even if I explain things you know already. There are three Camerons so far, the 'Vengeful' Cameron, the 'Adolescent' Cameron, and the endo Cameron. Weaver built the 'Vengeful' Cameron, and John Henry built the 'Adolescent' Cameron. The story behind endo Cameron is explained in a later chapter. As for which Cameron is the 'real' Cameron, that's the big question... no body know except for The Crusader (I'm a reader just like you). All we really know is that there are three Camerons, each Cameron is different from the others and John is confused out of his mind.
AJ-JC: I like your thinking, but I don't know if both Cameron would/want co-exist with each other. This chapter will answer some more questions.
shadow: Thanks we appreciate it. :)
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Reign of the Cameron: Chapter 11, by The Crusader
Originally posted on November 19th, 2009
He didn't know what to do. Never had he seen a human or a cyborg act like this. Cammy had shut herself in her room, and John Henry could still hear her crying. She went after John Connor as soon as she heard about him. John Henry wanted Cammy to take action to save the young man, but not go after him directly as that might cause problems. And it did, as whatever happened between the two of them was upsetting. When John Henry's team came to Cammy's rescue, she and the young John Connor were unconscious. Apparently the machines that attacked had built a weapon that could disable a cyborg for significantly longer than 120 seconds. Why tranquilize her? The most logical scenario was that Skynet was trying to lure John Henry into a trap. Or Skynet was looking to reclaim Cammy's body, and reprogram her. Cammy was lucky that John Henry's team got to her before it was too late. Many machines were destroyed, but Cammy was recovered. The team left the boy behind, allowing him to be discovered by the Human Resistance. Some of the machines felt that they should have attempted to make contact with the Human Resistance. But John Henry knew that a Resistance led without John Connor, would not take kindly to the idea of an alliance with machines.
Cammy was still crying in the next room over. John Henry was trying to be patient, but the new mission couldn't wait much longer. He wanted Cammy to infiltrate Skynet and find out what it knew about John Connor. Apparently they knew so much that another Terminator locked him a secret basement. And yet the boy escaped. Or was he set loose? If that Terminator was who John Connor thought it was...
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"I've lost him." Cammy said to herself, not realizing how strange it was for a Terminator to do such a thing. "He'll never love me again."
Suddenly a beeping sound came from Cammy's computer. A screen came up that said "Incoming Transmission," followed by a very familiar voice.
"Cameron...I mean, Cammy?"
A warning flashed on her HUD, but she ignored it.
"John? How is this possible?"
"Catherine Weaver found me. She showed me how to contact you."
"That ***** helped you get in touch with me?"
John's voice laughed. Cammy tilted her head to the side.
"John, what's so funny?"
"Nothing. I'm just getting used to the new you."
"You don't like the new me. Do you?"
"Of course I do. It's just, I've been looking for you for so long that when I found you. I thought it was too good to be true. I'm sorry for what I said."
"You have no reason to apologize. Can you ever forgive me for hitting you?"
"Of course I forgive you, sweetheart."
Cammy's dictionary defined "sweetheart" as a term of endearment usually meant to convey pure affection. Understanding this, Cammy's tears stopped immediately and she was smiling again.
"Listen, Cammy. I wanna see you again."
"You do?"
"Yes. I'm sending you the location. Will I see you soon?
"Very soon. I promise."
"Cammy?"
"Yes John?"
"I love you."
"I love you too, sweetheart."
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The Vengeful Cameron ended the transmission. She stood in her underground bunker in front of her computer screen and next to Catherine Weaver.
"That performance was effective, Eradicator." Eradicator was the Vengeful Cameron's new name. She wanted to establish that she was no longer the same Cameron that John knew and she felt that changing her name might help. Calling herself "The Eradicator" seemed appropriate, as she aimed to eradicate all threats to John Connor. She would begin by destroying this other Cameron.
"Are you sure that John Henry doesn't know?" The Eradicator asked.
"He is growing rapidly, but is not perfect. Skynet will use his flaws to destroy him, while I will use the same flaws to save him."
"He will not take kindly to the destruction of this Cameron."
"One day he will thank me for it."
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Cammy was surprised that John Henry let her go so easily. He had of course heard the transmission. He knew everything that happened in his lair and beyond. He said that he would let Cameron go see her John, as it seemed to be the only way to get her to cheer up. Cammy left for an abandoned building right by the ocean. It seemed like an odd location, but Cammy assumed that was why John chose it. Skynet would not search in so random a location unless it had a very good reason to. So far, Skynet did not know about John Connor? Or did it?
She walked inside the first floor of the 4 story building. The moonlight shone through the windows, or what used to be windows (the glass had been shattered). The room was strangely dark for a human, which made Cammy consider listening to the warning on her HUD. She called out John's name, and the answer came from behind a door to her left. She walked over to it, still ignoring the warning on her HUD, and opened the door.
She took one step and found herself looking at the barrel of a Plasma Rifle. A strange woman was standing in the hallway aiming this weapon at her head. The woman was dressed in all black and wore dark sunglasses. Cammy first identified her as Allison Young, though the woman never wore this outfit. No human being wore sunglasses at night.
"Cameron. You came." John Connor's voice came out of the strange woman's mouth. At that point Cammy knew that this wasn't a woman, but another machine.
"Who are you?" Cammy asked.
"I am you. The real you. The Eradicator."
The voice was cold and mechanical. Cammy was curious about the name this machine used, but there was a more important question to ask:
"Where is John Connor?"
"Far away from you. And I am here to make sure that it stays that way."
"Why?" "You are threat to him. And all threats to him shall know the Vengeance of Cameron."
"You ARE the other Cameron. The reason why he doesn't think I am the real one."
"You aren't. And I will not have him think otherwise."
Suddenly Cammy moved slightly to the side, just outside the barrel of the rifle. She snatched the weapon right out of The Eradicator's hand, then tossed it far away. It actually went so far that it went out a window.
"Impressive." The Eradicator said.
"You are efficient at combat, though easily fooled."
"You're the fool, if you think that you will take John from me. I let a girl steal him from me once. Never again."
"John is MINE!" They both said in unison.
Then The Eradicator punched at Cammy's face. Cammy blocked it easily and countered with 4 punches to the stomach, then a through a left hook to the face. The impact knocked The Eradicator's glasses right off her face. White eyes glared at Cammy. The Eradicator's HUD could not function at 100% without those lenses, but she felt that she wouldn't need them.
Cammy threw another punch to the face, this time The Eradicator blocked, grabbed the arm and threw Cammy right to the ground. The Eradicator wasted no time, picking Cammy up, holding her by an arm and a leg. The Eradicator lifted Cammy up and threw her right up into the ceiling. The body hit the ceiling then came crashing back down to the floor. The Eradicator gave a big kick, knocking her opponent out of the hallway and into the open room.
Cammy lied on the ground twitching in pain, or the robotic equivalent of it. The Eradicator walked toward her. Cammy was on her stomach with her feet facing The Eradicator. Suddenly, Cammy executed a handstand kick right from the ground. Her feet shot up and kicked The Eradicator right in the face, knocking the foe back a few steps. Cammy, now back on her feet, continued the attack with a back kick, then a spinning roundhouse kick. The impact knocked The Eradicator back into the brick wall. Cammy leapt forward with a jumping kick, knocking her enemy right through the wall.
Cammy stepped through the hole in the wall and into the next small room which lead to the staircase. She leapt into the air and as she came down she punched right at The Eradicator's head. But The Eradicator rolled right out of the way just in time, causing Cammy's right hand to punch a hole in the floor. The Eradicator backhanded Cammy several times, then gave a huge uppercut to the chin. Cammy stayed on her feet and managed to throw a punch of her own, but The Eradicator only grabbed it and put her into an arm lock. Suddenly Cammy did an aerial backflip, and in doing so, freed herself of the restraining hold. Cammy landed back on the ground and kicked The Eradicator to the ground. While lying there, The Eradicator noticed a brick right next to her. She threw the item at Cammy who dodged it easily. It seemed that without a proper HUD, The Eradicator's targeting system was off.
Cammy charged again. The Eradicator rose to her feet, only to be knocked into the staircase. The Eradicator's body crashed right into the steel railing, forcing it to break apart. The Eradicator grabbed hold of the railing and ripped it off. Now she had a steel pipe in her hand. She used it to strike Cammy in the face again, and again. Cammy backtracked with every hit until she was again out in that first room. Cammy's endoskeleton began to expose through her flawless skin as The Eradicator struck her. Cammy finally disarmed her opponent and began to grapple with her. The Eradicator emerged victorious, throwing Cammy into the wall. The body crashed through the wall and landed outside.
The Eradicator followed, but when she got outside she had lost all sight of Cammy. The inefficient HUD could not locate her anyway. Just a few bricks and debris from the crash, but no sign of Cammy. Suddenly lights came on. The Eradicator looked ahead and saw a Dodge Ram with it's headlights on. Apparently in the darkness, her HUD could not locate the perfectly camouflaged vehicle. The truck drove right at her, but she dodged out of the way and hit the car with an open fist, much like she remembered doing to another car once. The memory was very vague and didn't make sense to her. Why would she attack Sarah Connor? The impact knocked the car over, though The Eradicator fell from overcommitting to the technique. The car flipped over twice before finally landing upside down just before the ocean.
The door slowly opened and Cammy stepped out. Almost her entire forehead was now completely metal. But she still had enough of a face to express her rage. She slowly came towards The Eradicator and they exchanged blows. Punch for punch, backhand for backhand. Then they grappled, each trying to throw the other. This time it was Cammy who was successful, suplexing The Eradicator right into the dirt. Cammy grabbed The Eradicator by the left leg, then spun around. The Eradicator was only 6 inches from the ground as Cammy spun her around and around, then finally let go. The Eradicator's body sailed upward, crashing through the wall of the 4th floor of the building.
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Catherine Weaver opened the door and walked right over to John Henry, where he was sitting as usual. For whatever reason, he did not say "Hello" when she walked in.
"John Henry. There is a situation. With Cammy."
"I know Ms. Weaver."
"You know that she is fighting a battle with the cyborg that now calls herself "The Eradicator."
"Yes." Then he turned his eyes to her. "And I also know that it was your plan."
Catherine Weaver was without words. How was she going to get out of this one?
"Did you really think you could fool me by having The Eradicator imitate John Connor's voice?"
"You sent your Cameron there, knowing it was a trap? Did she know?"
"No. But she does now, and I am sure she will be victorious."
"Your Cameron will never destroy The Eradicator."
"We'll see."
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A number of trucks and tanks rolled in towards the house where two Camerons battled it out. They were Resistance fighters, attempting to terminate both of them in retaliation for their previous actions. They weren't a large force, but they were heavily armed with turret guns fixed to the backs of trucks.
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Cammy and The Eradicator fought it out on the top floor. Cammy now had only one human eye, as her right Terminator eye now exposed. The Eradicator's human mouth was ripped right off. Her metal jaw was now completely visible. She also had a large portion of the skin on her back missing.
But the two Camerons continued trading blows, each of them wondering how to end this battle. When suddenly laser fire came right through the window. A resistance fighter was shooting at both of them. They both sidled up against a nearby wall.
The Eradicator turned towards Cammy and spoke:
"They are after me."
"After both of us."
"We need to work together to get rid of them."
"No..." Cammy began, then grabbed the Eradicator and pulled her back towards the window. Laser fire from the turret guns pierced The Eradicator's body, then Cammy kicked it from behind. The Eradicator fell from the 4th story window, turret gunfire following her all the way down.
"...we don't." Cammy continued.
She ran to the end of the room right towards another open window. She leapt right through, diving into the ocean. She knew she couldn't swim. But she couldn't drown either.
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A/N: Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed!
Next chapter we go back to endo Cameron.
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