Author's note: Well, here comes chapter twenty! I'm starting the plan for subsequent series to my story. I'm still considering if I should make 3 series of the story or 4 series of the story but the second one shorter than the rest? Please tell me your opinions about this! Maybe we'll have a vote?
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Chapter 20: Settling all over again
Future John slipped down from the sheets after hearing a soft whirling which eventually coming to a stop, signaling Cameron coming to stand-by mode but he prefer to think that she's sleeping. He walked around the room, thinking about recent events and about what John and Cameron told him about Carter and what he learnt about Weaver.
Who would be smart enough to reprogram a terminator from the future? The only possibilities I can think of is another soldier I sent from the future, another terminator or Weaver, that bitch. But I think before I decides to do anything, perhaps I should solve Carter's problem first. I don't know if he can be trusted. Perhaps I should get mom to find a house first. I am sure Weaver knows where are we now, the way Cameron's head is open so conveniently by the time I went there. Well, one step at a time Connor.
Future John turned to Cameron sleeping form. Well, never seen that in a while. Future John sighed, walking to Cameron. He knelt by her side, taking her hand, stroking her arm with the stitch carefully, studying her peaceful look that seemed to be imprinted there. He wished it would never go. Suddenly he felt a wave of regret engulfed him as he saw her stitches. He shouldn't have send her here in the first place. He decided, he would stay there all night and protect her, from what? He didn't know, but spending time with her was what he wanted for so long.
At sun rise, Cameron's system whirled into live. She felt a soft stroke run down her stitching. She opened her eyes, seeing the familiar face of the older John there. For a moment she thought they are back in the future but then she remembered the future didn't have any light.
Future John smiled at her brightly as he stroked her arm gently "I have been regretting having send you here," He said softly, smiling
"Why?" Cameron asked "Am I not doing a good job in ensuring your survival?"
"No, I should've known. Although I trusted no one to protect the younger me other than you, I also trust no one to protect you other than myself," Future John looked really in a bad shape of regret now. Cameron reached out to stroke his cheek comfortingly. Then she noticed the dark eye rings under his eyes and the tired look in his eyes.
"You haven't been sleeping again," Cameron said in an accusing tone.
"It's fine Cameron. It's the younger me you should worry about. You occupied his room for the entire night," Future John countered. Cameron sat up abruptly, Future John releasing his soft grip on her hand.
Cameron pushed aside the sheets carefully, stepping down despite all the objection from Future John. She wore her shirt and a spare jacket then headed briskly to the door, flinging it open, finding all of the others all lying around a smothered out fire. Even Carter was relaxing (for a terminator it is classified under 'relaxing'), just sitting there. Derek, who was sitting but he fell asleep, cradled a rifle. Sarah lay down with a gun underneath her coat.
When Cameron approached, Carter stood up.
"Why are you up? Is the power supply in your CPU enough to function for at least 24 hours?" Carter asked, frowning.
"Yes. Approximately enough for 54 hours," Cameron replied, redirecting her attention to the younger John, who was curled up under Carter's jacket. Cameron looked at Carter, smiling appreciatively.
Carter nodded stiffly "Despite that, he never had a good night sleep,"
Cameron studied his sleeping form closely, noticing his fist tightly curled up in a ball. His body squeezed to the smallest size it could go to. His brow furrowed together and he was perspiring. Future John stood behind her, examining his younger self.
"He'll be fine," Future John assured. "He got to get used to not sleeping well, plenty of situations like this in the future,"
"But he isn't used to it now, and he wouldn't be able to function properly without a good night sleep. It leads to frustration and lack of—"
"Cam, I know what it leads to. I experienced it myself lots of times before remember?" Future John smiled at her familiar habit of being specific.
John suddenly shifted, moaning in his sleep.
"It's the twenty-eighth time he called you," Carter commented, facing Cameron, "He only called Sarah Connor once, he said," Carter paused "'Mom, don't! She's good, she's good…'" Carter made a perfect imitation of John's voice. "He failed to conjure Derek Reese's name in his sleep."
"That still freak me out no matter how many times I hear it," Future John said, giving Carter a disgusted look. Carter blinked at him, obviously not understanding the disgust in this.
John suddenly jolted up from his sleeping posture, breathing heavily shouting "DEREK NO!"
"There," Future John announced softly, "He conjured Reese's name,"
Cameron snapped her attention to him from Future John. John sat there, staring at nothing as his breathing quickened.
Carter cocked his head curiously, it's the first time Carter saw a human sat upright when waking up from a nap, though not a very peaceful one. Cameron approached John, placing her hand on the back of his neck, not kneeling or bending over to avoid Future John making a big fuss out of her stitches/
John's eyes were wide open. He gulped, looking up at Cameron grateful for the contact. After glancing at Derek and Sarah, who were both still sleeping, fortunately. He held Cameron's jacket tightly, leaning close to her, lying on her abdomen gently, not forgetting her wound. Cameron looked curiously at John's reaction as she stroked John's hair gently. Once his breathing slowed down, he moved away from her cautiously.
"You should wash up. Your body temperature exceeds of that of a normal human's temperature," Cameron stated. John nodded, standing up.
Future John watched this scene, grinning slyly.
John left his sleeping spot, walking out of the warehouse, to the bucket of water Carter fetched in the middle of the night.
Cameron, spotting Future John's grin, frowned "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. It's gladness. I'm glad I got attached to you so quickly you know," Future John jerked his head to John, who was out of sight. "And I'm surprised I'm not jealous. Maybe I finally thought it through, anyway, it's still me, even if you cared for him now," Future John shrugged.
Future John then told Cameron, Carter and John his plans of finding a new house to settle in. John agreed with his point, Carter didn't have any objections but Cameron looked like she was disappointed it took Future John this long to figure the danger and not shifted them last night which Future John countered with her injuries, he could bear to shift her.
John started to pack his laptop and stuffs while Carter went out to look for an appropriate place to stay after swearing to both Johns that he wouldn't cause any trouble (Specifically not killing) outside and try his best to blend in.
"Hey Cam, can you join me in the room for a while, I need to check on your wounds and your CPU functions," Future John said awkwardly as John stared between Cameron and him.
"I'm fine. I do not need another check up with you," Cameron stated bluntly.
"Just a normal routine Cam, remember, like the future. I also have some things I want to tell you," Future John said hastily. Cameron nodded without hesitation which once again occurred to John how close was Future John to her. Future John managed a quick smile as Cameron walked into the room. He shut the door behind him.
John felt deep down in his stomach that Future John's up to something.
*
Cameron walked into the room, turning to Future John.
"What do you want to check about?" Cameron asked.
Future John, who was facing the door, turned around abruptly and dashed to Cameron, pulling her into a hug aggressively. A normal person would have back stepped but Cameron didn't even flinch as she wrapped her arms around Future John's strong and muscular torso.
Future John buried his face into Cameron's neck. Cameron felt hot tears started to develop, dripping down her neck. She rested her chin on his strong shoulders, managing a smile.
Future John sniffed, pulling away. He held her at arm's length. "I'm sorry I waited till now, I tried to hold this but… I know a fucking messiah shouldn't be crying but I couldn't…I just- It just hurt to see this, all this…" He touched her stitch at her arm gently.
Cameron smiled, wiping his tears away with the crook of her index finger. Future John gazed into her eyes for a long time before he pulled her into another hug, holding on longer than usual "I love you so much,"
Cameron turned a little in his hold, kissing his neck gently.
John, who was witnessing this just outside the door he opened by a hairline, felt his own tears running down his cheeks. He doesn't know it but it broke his heart to see Cameron with another man, even if it is himself, he couldn't help but dislike this.
He leaned on the wall opposite, slowly shutting the door. He resumed packing beside his mom and Derek who was still sleeping, managing to cease crying when Cameron emerged from the room.
She studied John's face and realized he had been crying. She stared at him for a long time until he stood up.
"I'm done packing," John forced a smile.
Cameron walked to him, "You've been crying,"
"No I haven't!" John said, gripping his shirt lining at the tip nervously.
"Really?" Cameron said, almost in a sarcastic tone before she brushed pass him, towards Carter whom John haven't noticed him entering the warehouse.
"I found a house on the outskirts of the city, its location is very isolated. There isn't a hose in sight for a mile. It is safe and the house owner is planning to sell it. He said it is for 3000 and that's all," Carter reported. Future John appeared out of the room, just in time to hear Carter's report. At this moment, Derek suddenly woke, bringing up his rifle. Everyone stared at him, some curiously, some amused. He put down his weapon and washed up after hearing the plan. Sarah woke after him and washed up as well, getting John to fill her up on the plan.
"Come on, we've got to go, Weaver may be here any moment now," Future John said, striping on his backpack and heading for the jeep.
They arrived at the house Carter found. Both Johns agreed it was a fine location. Sarah did not give any comments. Derek went around the house looking for booby traps or bombs, after they paid the house owner, which he suspected Carter may have planted.
"So, now the only problem is who will take which room?" Sarah asked, raising a questioning eyebrow, "There's only three, I guess two sharing one will be fair."
John looked around nervously.
"John?" Sarah asked. Both John snapped their attention to her. "Erm, I was talking to John," Sarah said awkwardly, trying to make herself clear,
"Yeah, and?" Both Johns replied in unison.
"Future John first," Sarah sighed, thinking now she know how it felt to have two sons and why children don't bear the same name. John's stomach squirmed as he awaited Future John's decision. If he decides to share a room with Cameron, he wouldn't be able to object without saying: Because I'm in love with her and don't want you to fuck her, even if you may have fucked her a lot in the future.
But his reply shocked John "I'm sharing a room with Mom,"
Sarah frowned.
"John, you wouldn't mind would you?" Future John asked.
"No, not at all," John replied, trying not to sound relieved.
"So, the rest?" Sarah asked.
"I think Cameron can share a room with John, good for protection," Future John suggested, restraining from adding, of each other from Carter.
Sarah considered this risky suggestion. All these months before Future John's arrival, she and Derek had been trying to stop them from getting to close but in the end, she suppose she should put her trust on John and not adding suspicions on how his hormones will act up. "Okay, so that's set then," Sarah smiled, happy to get to know her future son better. "So Derek you're with—"
Then everyone suddenly realized the disaster they had led to "I AM NOT FUCKING SHARING A ROOM WITH METAL BASTARD!" Derek barked.
"I do not need a room," Carter turned away, uninterested. "And I am not keen in sharing a room with you either,"
Both Johns refrained from chuckling at his comment. John walked to the room he was sharing with Cameron, looking forward to night, although he expected her to half the time stand there, guarding him. But he pushed that aside. His jaw dropped as he walked into the room.
It was a queen sized bed!
John stood there staring. He went from room to room and all turned out to be in queen sized, Future John's and Sarah's appeared to be king sized. John quickly walked into the room he was assigned to.
Cameron walked to him, finding him stoning outside the room. She walked pass him, not surprised by the bed. She walked to the window and looked out curiously.
John walked in after her, facing the wardrobe to unpack his clothes, damn you, Carter, Mom and future me! Now thanks to you accepting all the fucking furniture here, I'll have a much harder time than I expect to have. Get a grip John, you can hold it…I think…
To be continued…
There you have it readers! I imagined this is how she acts in front of Future John. Does it feels right? I hope it does, REVIEW!!!!