Chapter 11: Kenneth and Bea Jones

She couldn't have explained it even if she tried. She had a gift. She just understood computers. She was a child prodigy; a genius trapped in a timeline in a battle against a computer. And she and her older brother had come back because they had something to offer the Human Resistance this time.

Bea Jones was a small six year old girl with dark brown eyes and dirty blonde hair that stopped at her shoulders. Her small fingers tapped quickly against the keyboard, staring dead ahead at the computer screen in front of her. She watched as the lines of code seemed to dance in front of her eyes, telling her exactly what it wanted to do. But she couldn't let it do that. So she changed it. The code changed quickly as she told it what she wanted it to do. The machine hesitated but eventually accepted the code.

She pulled away from the computer with a small smile as the screen flickered, looking back at her 22 year old brother, Kenneth. Together they were an inseparable team. Kenneth was a soldier; tall and strong with short blonde hair and light blue eyes that always protected Bea from anything that could hurt her. She couldn't do what she did without his help and it was the same for him as well. It was the only thing that had kept them alive in the future and the only reason they were back in the past.

Bea turned to look at John Connor's wide green eyes as he scanned over the code, biting his lower lip as he read it. He shook his head slowly as he leaned back, looking at his mother.

"It's… perfect. There is no way Skynet should be able to get into our system now. She's crazy good."

A grin spread across Bea's face as she clapped hands with an excited John, ignoring the looks of surprise from all the adults in the room. Sarah Connor had her arms folded across her chest as she looked at the numbers and letters that seemed random.

"So… when did you learn she was good at this stuff?"

"We were trying to get back to the Resistance base when we were ambushed by Moto-Terminators and our tech was killed. We were going to turn back but Bea ran off and so I followed her. She walked up to the tech and did her thing and it… it worked. Ever since, the Resistance has been keeping her out of Skynet's reach so she can do her thing."

"What she does is impossible."

"Not entirely. She doesn't know everything about the computer but she knows enough to delay our signal and keep it from Skynet for at least a year and I would say that's a pretty big lead."

Sarah nodded slowly, pursing her lips together for a second before she turned back to her son.

"Have at it."

John grinned as he took the laptop off of the desk and ran out of the room with young Bea on his heels. Sarah turned back to Kenneth and let out a small sigh.

"This will be great for the two of them. When I figured out John understood computers, I didn't know what to do. I mean, a computer is our greatest enemy. A computer is what's going to kill us all and yet my son understands them. Now he'll have someone who can understand him."

"We'd do anything for you, General Connor."

Sarah smiled softly but it quickly faded as she clapped a hand on Kenneth's shoulder.

"You're in for a hell of a ride with me around, kid. I hope you're ready."