Chapter Twenty Five
Year: 2027
Hazel, Kyle and Derek were scouting out the area above ground as to figure out whether the area was under the control of Skynet or the Cyborg Resistance. They've been doing this for thirty minutes and there was no sign of either faction.
"So what series are you?" Kyle asked looking at Hazel.
She didn't notice at first but she turned to look at him "I'm a T-999"
"So is that a Skynet series or what?" Kyle never heard of the T-999 series but ever since getting involved with the Cyborg Resistance he'd seen a lot of them.
"No I was created by engineers in the Cyborg Resistance" she replied, continuing to scan the surrounding area with her neural sensors.
Derek joined in "So why did they make the T-999's?"
"We were designed to be better than most of Skynet's units, which we are, we were made to be better skilled and efficient at what we do but still maintaining the traditional values" she said coldly.
"Traditional values?" Kyle asked slightly intrigued by what Hazel mean't.
She stops to look at the two of them "To be a deadly killing machine"
In all honesty out both Kyle and Derek on edge, Hazel immediately realized she'd freaked them out so she corrected herself "But don't worry my main directive is to learn from humans"
Although that comment slightly eased Kyle and Derek they were still both rather freaked out by what she said. The three of them neared a ridge as Kyle and Derek stayed down the bottom, Hazel climbed the ridge to the top to get a better view of the surrounding she couldn't see anything. However she could see Los Angeles not too far in the distance, she calculated that they were 4.23 miles away.
They then decided to report back to John on their findings and the hopeful news that they were now close to Los Angeles.
John had been waiting intently for Hazel, Kyle and Derek to return, he dreaded the fact that they won't return then that would mean they were either captured or killed. Cameron stood behind him, she could tell that John was getting anxious after he made his decision and sent them off to scout the area.
She walked closer brushing the fingertips of her hand on his neck, he shivered at her touch not in a bad way, but in a way that her touches made him feel...happy but uncomfortable. She took a quick reading of his biological vitals, they weren't extreme but they had definitely elevated.
"John, they're going to be fine" Cameron said to reassure him.
He turned around to look to her smiling but weakly "Yeah I know...but I...I just don't feel right after that decision"
She walked up to him then wrapped her arms around him giving John a loving hug, resting her head in his chest, John didn't hesitate to put his arms around her either. For a bit they embraced each other in their arms, John pulled away slightly then planted a kiss on Cameron's lips, she did the same too. They then looked each other in the eyes for a moment taking in each others features, admiring them.
"You know I dunno what I would be, if I didn't have you" he said to her smiling.
"You'd be John Connor, Leader of the Resistance, the savior of mankind" Cameron smiled at him in return. For a moment John looked at her confused.
"How...?" he wondered how she knew that, he thought she'd lost all her memories of him.
Cameron realized that she never told John, that she was gradually remembering her memories of him "I have gradually been retaining my memories of you, I remember Future John, he sent me back to 1999 to protect his younger self...you" she finished off.
John was surprised, but also relieved to hear that she was starting to remember who he was. They pulled away from one another embrace looking at one another taking in the others features, John's attention was shortly placed elsewhere when he noticed Hazel, Kyle and Derek walking down the tunnel towards them.
When they got closer he was eager to find out what they discovered, he about to ask when Hazel interrupted him "At the moment there's no Skynet or Cyborg Resistance, also I have calculated that we are roughly 4.23 miles away from Los Angeles"
John just nodded in confirmation at what she just said, Hazel, Kyle and Derek then returned to the others, leaving just John and Cameron outside in the tunnel.
He then looks to Cameron "What you think?"
Cameron stood there for a second not saying anything "Do what you believe is right, John" she gives him a friendly smile.
Seeing the smile on her face made him feel better, but he still felt the heavy burden of leading people even if it was a small group, it was the thought of getting people or machines killed because of his mistakes. He walked up to Cameron grabbing her hand intertwining their fingers, they then walk back towards the room.
John is surprised to see Hazer and Catherine standing outside as if expecting them, he looks at them quickly then Cameron then back to the two machines in front of him. They looked as if they were expecting something from him and he knew exactly what it was, so I'm going to have to make another decision...great.
"We'll move out in a few hours when it goes dark" he said to both Hazer and Catherine, all they did was just nod then they both walked back into the room followed closely by John and Cameron.
Savannah accompanied by a group of Resistance soldiers went to see the progress of a project at one of the Cyborg Resistance Base, when they arrived they noticed the security that was put in place at the facility. Savannah meet with the engineers discussing about the project.
She along with her Resistance escort entered the main hanger where their project was being developed, before them was a TDE, the Cyborg Resistance had been using it to send back both Cyborg and human Resistance fighters to the past.
Savannah looked at it in amazement then to one of the engineers "How well does it perform?" she asked it.
"We can now send back anyone every five hours twenty two minutes and thirteen seconds" the engineer replied.
She looked to the TDE then back to the engineer "How many can you send back at one time?"
"Eight" the engineer simply replied.
Savannah walked around to the power source to which provided the necessary power to generate the TDE, she's never seen anything like it before "What kind of power are you using to generate the TDE?"
"We're using the plasma fusion reactors from the Series 900"
Savannah just nodded, she was intrigued by this TDE, she knew deep down this TDE alone will be the decided factor for the War Against the Machines...in the past. Along with John Connor and Cameron.
Year: 2009
Will had returned to the Cyborg Resistance safe-house he realized he was here before Malarkey and Sarah had even returned. Before they did Will had spent time inspecting the weapons, it was the only thing that took his mind off Hazel, he worried about her safety but he knew deep down that she was perfectly capable of handling herself.
After a while he realized that Preston and Hoya weren't even at the Cyborg Resistance safe-house, they left leaving Ellison, Savannah and some T-950's and T-999's he wondered where they were but he had other things on his mind.
Once Malarkey and Sarah returned he realized Gunnar went with them, as well they returned with some new members he recognized one of them, Hayden an I-950 but the other a black guy early twenties he no idea who he was. Will told Malarkey about the T-1000's and T-1001's were helping to lend their support when the time was right.
This seemed to impress Malarkey, Sarah just decided to rejoin Ellison and Savannah to spend some time with them, while the machines discussed things with one another.
Sarah saw Ellison and Savannah both sitting down next to each other reading a book, they both glance at her smiling "What you two up to then?" she asked them.
"Reading her Wizard of Oz...wasn't much else to do" Ellison replied chuckling slightly.
"So how was it?" Ellison asked.
"Well we destroyed the facility to pretty much...non repair...we collected a memory card with...Cameron's 'mind' on it..." Ellison interest was piqued at the mention of Cameron "...and with hooked up with Danny Dyson" she said sarcastically.
"Danny Dyson...well I wonder how that encounter turned out" Ellison smirked at the thought.
Sarah just glared at him "Not too well...he still thinks I killed his father, Miles, which I never did" she said with determination.
Ellison sighed "I know you didn't you just need to...sit down with Danny and explain to him...I can even vouch for you" he gave her a reassuring smile.
Sarah just nodded at what he said.
"You said something about Cameron's 'mind' being on a...memory card?" Ellison asked while he was skimming through the words of each page in the book.
Sarah nodded "Yeah...apparently John Henry made a back up copy of Cameron and left her on the Turk"
Ellison just sat their quietly for a moment "Well I suppose John will be happy to know, when he returns"
That's when it came across Sarah's mind whether her son would return, would she have to wait years to see him or will he travel back through time to return home. She pushed the thought aside she had to be focused to fight Skynet and Kaliba, to help her son, John Connor.
Hoya and Preston arrived at a top secret facility deep in the desert, it was the 132nd Special Forces of the Resistance in the future, the facility were made up of Resistance fighters and Cyborg Resistance that were sent back from the future. Major General Justin Perry was doing his best to rally the human and Cyborg Resistance against Skynet and Kaliba.
But most wouldn't answer the call until John Connor and Cameron had returned, or sent out a message to them. Perry knew who John Connor was he was all over the news like his mother, Sarah Connor, but he didn't who Cameron was. When he was first contacted by the Resistance and Cyborg Resistance he was reluctant to believe the story about the future war, but eventually he was persuaded. Ever since he'd been trying to lead operations against Skynet and Kaliba, without the authority from the US government.
He couldn't go to them then start talking about a future war, machines, Skynet everything they'd think he was crazy and have him locked up. Thankfully I-950's of the Cyborg Resistance went back in time with blueprints on various plasma weapons, equipment and vehicles. Hence the reason behind his forces military armament of plasma weapons, with the blueprints it made it increasingly easier for the engineers to produce the weapons the Resistance and Cyborg Resistance needed.
In Perry's office he was having a meeting with both Preston and Hoya "Progress is slow but I can only do so much" he said to Hoya and Preston.
"All we can do is wait for the return of John Connor and Cameron" Hoya mentioned as if pointing out the obvious.
Perry shook his head in agreement "Yeah...you're right...until they have returned we fighting a losing battle here"
Hoya and Preston just looked to one another and then back to Perry.
"Look...I only have a certain amount of men and machines...four hundred and twenty six...there's thousands more out there...until John and Cameron have returned we can't do much" Perry said with regret.
"Then we'll have to keep a look out for their return, but we still need to put the pressure on Skynet and Kaliba" Preston mentioned putting his on piece into the conversation.
Hoya and Perry nodded in agreement at Preston's statement "Agreed, we'll keep a lookout for John and Cameron, Perry can you still put the pressure on Skynet and Kaliba?"
"Yes...that I can do" he replied.
They all looked at one another knowing their roles for the time being until John Connor and Cameron had returned. Hoya and Preston leave the facility heading back to the Cyborg Resistance safe-house.
Will's Notes
Some of you have been asking me why I write short chapters the reason why is because the human attention span is limited not everyone is going to read a 5000 to 6000 word chapter, I keep them short so there's enough content but doesn't drag on.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter we had a bit more interaction from Perry himself! So feel free to review! Peace!
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