Chapter 25: Questions Need Answers
February 24th, 2000
8:05 PM
Zeira Corp.
San Francisco, California
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Catherine Weaver drew in a slow breath as she stepped into the silver elevator doors, clicking the button that would lead her to the basement of her technology company. As the doors closed, she spoke with a thick Scottish accent.
"Progress update JOHN HENRY."
She stared straight ahead at her reflection; dull, straight orange hair stopping at her shoulders, bright blue eyes, and spotless white dress that matched her tall white heels. While the computer gathered its information together, Catherine couldn't help but think of the double life she lived. The only reason she was able to help and prepare the Human Resistance for the Connors was because she was the owner of the huge tech company, Zeira Corp, which was the leading and only true competitor to Cyberdyne Systems. And her operation, Babylon, was created for the sole purpose of destroying Skynet.
The doors opened and she quickly walked out and toward the core of her operation. Lines of code flashed in front of her eyes and she quickly read over before blinking them away. She then responded to the computer, stopping at the machine and placed her hands on her hips.
"Yes. We need to find a way to reprogram or at least shut down the Terminatrix. But until you can produce substantial information; is there any news on the Connors?"
More codes appeared and she read over them quickly.
"John Connor was alone? And he's in a hospital with the FBI? Well… that's an unexpected problem. I guess we'll have to involve the Connors sooner than I thought. Is he awake yet?"
Catherine placed her hands on the metal desk, leaning forward slightly as she nodded.
"No, we won't move until he's awake. A chest injury could be severe which can buy us enough time to get him before the FBI can take him into full custody."
Several serves were running fast, creating a heavy fan sound and several lights were blinking but Catherine ignored it all. She was staring dead ahead at the blue screen, reading the lines of code that her machine was feeding to her.
"Have you started looking into what kind of shell you want to have? I'm not going to leave you as a part of this room full of junk. You need to be mobile that way Skynet won't expect it coming."
Catherine waited patiently for a few seconds before the machine gave her more information.
"The Terminatrix is an advanced model. If we can hack into it and reverse the control that Skynet has and switch it ours without it knowing who did it, then it would work."
Catherine walked to the side of the room and pulled a chair up to the middle so she could continue talking to JOHN HENRY.
"How is Parker Young doing? Have you been able to sever the underlying connection that she has to Skynet? I don't think she has been fully activated yet but the last thing we need is for her to go haywire and destroy everything we've been working toward. Working on it? Good. Is Fair Haven ready for occupation yet?"
She began to read the line of code before it stopped suddenly and an image from a security camera flashed onto the screen. Catherine spoke briskly.
"Kill the lights. Tell the security guard not to worry. It's a Skynet Scavenger."
Catherine's cold blue eyes watched the machine in the form of a small child look through the windows of the tech company. After a few minutes, she rose to her feet and talked as she walked back to the elevator.
"Keep working on the Terminatrix, Parker Young, and Fair Haven. I'll be back."