Chapter Twenty Nine
Year: 2009
Zash had been planning for missions against Skynet and Kaliba, he expected John and Cameron to of arrived roughly three hours ago, but there was nothing. He had no idea what was keeping them, was there an issue at the other end, were they killed or did the TDE machine have a malfunction.
Malarkey and his group had been out trying to search for them just in case they did come through, but just wasn't there to meet them, so far they hadn't found them.
Sarah heard about Zash jumping back in time to this period, so she immediately thought it was logical to ask the machine about John. So she went to see him and ask him.
Sarah walks into the room that Zash has been using "I hear you jumped back in time"
Zash looks up to her "You must be Sarah Connor, I've heard a lot about you"
Sarah looked at Zash intrigued to find out "Who told you John?"
Zash smirked slightly "Yeah a few bits here and there, but mostly from Savannah"
She was surprised at Zash's answer, she'd never of thought that Savannah would speak about her especially in the future after all shes done for her, Sarah just never expected it, she was use to not being thanked for what she did. But instead she changes the subject to finding about John's whereabouts.
"I came to ask about John" she suddenly said.
Zash just looked at Sarah for a moment "We were expecting him to be here, three hours ago, however we've heard nothing from him or anyone in his group"
Sarah gulped in fear, of the worst, but she pushed the thought aside "Do you have any clue on what happened?" she asks trying to compose herself.
"There's two options one, he and his group jumped back to this time but haven't made contact or two, they're still in 2027" Zash knew the other possibility of John and his group being killed was also quite high, but he thought it was better not to mention it to Sarah.
In response Sarah just nodded her head weakly, she felt slightly better but she still feared something bad has happened. She motions towards the door about to leave when Zash spoke out to her.
"Sarah..." she turned around to look at him "...I'm sure he's fine, we just have to find him"
Zash returns to what he was doing before Sarah walked in, as for her she left the room to rejoin Ellison and Savannah thinking about John and whether he was alright.
Malarkey, Hayden and Will had been sitting in the black SUV for the past forty five minutes waiting for something to happen, all three of them scanned or observed the surrounding area, watching to see if there were activity. Fortunately for them there weren't activity from either the Resistance or Skynet.
"So...this is fun" Hayden sarcastically mentioned.
Will just laughed at Hayden's comment as for Malarkey he just glanced at Hayden with typical cyborg look. Hayden noticed it.
"Too soon?" he asked Malarkey.
Malarkey looked at him confused "No"
Will continued to smirk in the backseat, suddenly they noticed blue and purple electrical sparks appearing from no where, and the wind was picking up slightly from that location. All three of them rushed out of the car with duffel bags towards flashing lighting sparks, expecting it to be John, Cameron and their group instead they encounter Resistance fighters, humans.
Will and Hayden were rather annoyed that it weren't who they expecting for a long time, as for Malarkey he just looked upon the humans.
"Where is John Connor and Cameron?" he asked.
One of the humans, a male, responded "They should be in the next one, they had something to sort out"
Malarkey noticed that there was a T-850 with them, large muscular build, he immediately knew that it was on their side so he didn't bother to question it.
Malarkey simply nodded, he threw his duffel bag to them that had clothes and plasma weapons inside, he then motioned to Will and Hayden to do the same.
Once the humans were dressed and equipped accordingly, they escorted the three humans and a T-850 to their black SUV, driving them back to the Cyborg Resistance safe-house in order to not be found by either Skynet or Kaliba.
Year: 2027
John was sitting at the desk in his quarters, along with Cameron whom was fixing his arm. He insisted that he didn't need any help but Cameron was reluctant to say no, so he gave up on arguing with her in the end. As he sat there watching Cameron fix his broken arm intently, he couldn't help gaze upon her beauty, Cameron noticed him gazing at her she was starting to blush, but it was hard for John to see as it was rather dark in the room.
"Is there something wrong, John?" she asked curious as to why John was gazing at her.
John kept looking until he realized she was speaking to him "Uhh...yeah...just thinking that you look so beautiful" he smiled.
Cameron blushed even more, not knowing why, these emotions and feelings that she was experiencing is confusing her, she made a mental note that she had to talk to John about it some point "Thank you, John" she said giving John a loving smile.
It wasn't long until Cameron had successfully fixed John's arm, he lifted his arm flexing it in and out, testing his arm.
"How do you feel?" Cameron asked.
"It feels great" John replied with amazement, he was surprised at how good Cameron was at repairing.
He looked to the laptop that 'Uncle Bob's' chip was connected to, he knew he was still a long way from finishing looking through the files. Cameron looked at him interested in what he was thinking about.
"What do you plan to do with the chip, John?" she asked disturbing him in his deep thought.
He looked to her "See if I can find anything useful then...I'm going to reprogram it"
"That'll take a long time, two hours thirty seven minutes and forty five seconds, we'll miss our TDE jump"
John forgot about that, but he needed to do this "We'll have to let the others know" he said referring to the rest of their group.
Cameron nodded her head, both she and John exited the quarters in order to inform the others of whats going on. Seeing that the new TDE the Cyborg Resistance created allowing for up to eight to be sent back or forwards in time, made it much easier to distribute forces in timelines.
John and Cameron meet with Hazer, Hazel, Elizabeth, Kyle, Allison and Derek the group that was to travelling back with them, they both informed the others of their plan they were surprised to see that the rest of group weren't so bothered by the decision. John thought that they'd probably wanted more time to themselves and with friends or family before leaving them behind.
Both John and Cameron returned to his quarters, he immediately got to work on looking through the files within 'Uncle Bob's' chip, hoping he could find something of value. Cameron watched John intently making sure he was alright, and not getting over stressed with what he was trying to do, she cared for his safety physically, mentally and emotionally.
As John continued to work on the laptop suddenly Cameron had a flashback, she didn't expect and she didn't know what triggered it.
Year: 2026 (Cameron's Timeline)
"You lied to me" Cameron spoke out in a monotone voice.
Allison looked up to her lookalike "I told where the camp was" she said confused.
"You told me your sister gave you that bracelet"
Allison hardened the look on her face "What does that have to do with anything?" she asked.
Cameron walked up to the table Allison was sitting at, she lifted her arm over the table "We found these on some of your friends" Cameron drops multiple bracelets on the table ones similar to Allison's on her wrist.
Allison looks on in shock and fear.
"Why were you all wearing them?" Cameron asks "It has something to do with the Connor Camp" Cameron persisted.
"No" Allison abruptly replied.
Cameron tilted her head "It's a pass..." she pauses for a moment "...to get into the camp...you were going to send me there without it and they would've known what I was"
Allison looks at her lookalike with a smirk, suddenly Cameron grabs Allison by the throat lifting her out of the chair with her strength.
"You lied to me" Cameron says with no hint of emotion.
Allison looks on awaiting the inevitable "I'll never help you get to John Connor" suddenly Cameron clenches her grip around Allison's neck, Cameron rips the bracelet from Allison's wrist.
"You already did" Cameron walks to the door but glances at the security camera in the corner of her eyes, as she exits the room down the hallway, two machines walk in to take the body away.
They take Allison's body up deck on the ship near a lifeboat, suddenly Allison breathes in heavily in a croaking sensation, she looks upon two machines she tries to run but one holds her tightly, she tries to scream but she can't her voice isn't working.
The machine holding onto her puts a finger to its lips, Allison watches curiously but still terrified, breathing heavily.
"Listen to me you have to leave before they figure out what's happening" the machine says in a male voice.
Allison is gobsmacked, she still can't talk but she had so many questions.
"Get in the lifeboat and reach the safety of the Resistance" the machine said once again, the other machine standing next to it hurried Allison into the lifeboat then pressed a button nearby to lower it down.
The machines stood for a bit watching as Allison descended in the lifeboat, she was still shell-shocked from what happened, she immediately rows the boat to the nearest shore. She looks up to not see the machines there, it clicks in her mind that they were a different series of terminator one she'd never seen before.
As soon as she reaches the shore jumping out of the boat, she rushes towards the blown out city nearby hoping there were still Resistance fighters of some form positioned there.
Year: 2027
"Cameron are you okay?" John is shaking Cameron slightly by the shoulders.
She still doesn't respond, so continues to talk to her trying to get her attention, eventually she looks to John with shock on her face clearly visible. John had no idea what just happened he turned around to see Cameron staring at nothing and her arm twitching.
"Cameron what's wrong?" John asks again, cupping Cameron's face in his hands.
Immediately she breaks down into tears, she cradles onto his shirt tears running through it, John just wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her with words and gestures. Cameron remembered the time she was remembering Allison Young from her timeline, that day she was taken to the local police station, then to the youth hostel. But every time the video of that memory would end at the point she was leaving that room.
But now she knew what really happened to Allison Young in that timeline, she was still crying both joy and despair, she had no idea why she was, at the time it felt like a natural thing to do. John continues to comfort Cameron whom is now starting to calm down, after she was calm he would then ask her about what just happened to her.
Will's Notes
So a very big twist and to be honest when I watched the episode where that scene happened it always seemed to me that Cameron only slightly broke Allison's neck, like she did to Jodie. So I thought for this chapter I'll put one and one together into this TSCC Season 3 fanfic!
I hope you enjoyed it and peace out!
