CH 34
Kaede woke up to a knocking on the door. The curtains showed slivers of full daylight peeking though the edges. "Comin," she croaked out and sat up. She had no idea who it was and didn't want to face anyone in her underwear, so she drew her robe over to her and put it on. A stretch and a peek out the peep hold, she saw Cameron outside.
Kaede put up a shield in case Cameron had another gun and opened the door. "Though ya had school taday?" she asked.
Blank faced, Cameron said flatly, "I am officially sick. Sarah said you wanted to se me. I will not let you near John."
Kaede let out a snort and waved her in. "Ya gotta be the most paranoid machine I ever saw. Come have a seat."
Watching Cameron come in and sit down, Kaede noticed something. "Lass, why's yer left hand twitchin?
"I don't know," Cameron stated flatly.
Kaede shut the door and sat down across the small table. "Ya broke something maybe?"
"I have a glitch."
"Think ya got more than one," Kaede noted aloud. "Look, I ain't here ta harm ya, John or Sarah. I'm diggin fer information on this Sky Net thing. Sarah told me bout this Turk that is an important part of it, and said last she knew, it was sold by a Sarkasian …er something like that was his name. All Mr. Ellison knows is yer alive an ya buried one of these Terminaters in Mexico.. Kin ya tell me more."
In her flat tone, Cameron said, "We have no data on where the Turk is. Two companies are suspect, Zeira and Kaliba. Mr. Ellison know more than he told you. John and I went back to dug the Terminator body up, and it was gone. Besides myself, John and Sarah, the only one know who knew where it was, was Mr. Ellison. I highly suspect Mr. Ellison took the body, but I was unable to get that information out of him and failed to recover the body. John stopped me from interrogating him."
Kaede leaned forward. "Mr. Ellison, uh? Who does he work fer?"
"He was FBI. I do not know who his current employer is."
"Doan ya think we better find out?" Kaede asked. Seeing Cameron was stiff and blank faced, she offered, "Cameron, I ain't yer enemy."
"I cannot verify that information."
Kaede let out a huff. "Ya said ya suspect Mr. Ellison has the terminater body. What happened to the computer chip that runs it?"
"Sarah smashed it on a rock with her rifle butt."
"So no matter where it is, it ain't gonna be active." Kaede concluded.
"It is still a whole combat frame and can be used for experimenting and research as well as being copied. That makes it dangerous." Cameron replied flatly. "It must be found and destroyed."
Kaede got up. "Lass, we're gonna go lookin in Mr. Ellison's house right after I get dressed. We'll find out what we wanna know."
Cameron sat in place as Kaede washed up and got dressed. Going out to her car, Cameron got up and followed. Kaede hit the 'unlock' on her key.
"Your vehicle is large and bright. It is not good for stealth work. It can be easily seen from a long distance. The vehicle I brought is less noticeable," Cameron stated.
Kaede eyed her. "I seen yer drivin, lass. I ain't ridin with ya. Get in."
They got in. Cameron said, "This vehicle is too large for two people."
"Tell me bout it." Kaede grumbled.
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Kaede went to Mr. Ellison's house. She passed by slow. No car as in the driveway, no activity in the area and she didn't see any cameras on the outside. Driving on, she found a ball park and pulled into a parking spot. "Let's go," she said.
Cameron got out with her. Walking back to the house, Cameron said, "It would be more efficient to park in Mr. Ellison's driveway."
"We ain't visitin. We're breakin an entrerin. Do ya know of he's got an alarm system?" Kaede asked.
"Negative. Just locks on his doors."
Coming to Mr. Ellison's house, Kaede walked around back to look in a window. By the front door was an alarm box. "He does now," she said. Looking at the doors and windows, she noticed the small white alarms. "He's wired. Doan see any motion detectors."
"Once inside, I can disable his alarms." Cameron stated.
Kaede glanced at her. "Ain't takin that chance." She brought out a vector and carefully cut the glass out of a window out and set it on the ground. Peeking in the open hole, Kaede looked again. No motion detectors. She lifted herself up and in, then grabbed Cameron and floated her in.
"Look for paperwork, pay stubs, letters, notes, phone numbers," Kaede told her. "We want to find out who his boss is. Mostly likely, that's who has that body now."
Cameron headed for the kitchen. Seeing a desk, Kaede went though that, looking for information. Behind a cardboard box under the desk was a safe. Kaede reached into the workings and turned the dial. She hit the combination and opened the safe. Ignoring the money and gun, she pulled out two large yellow envelopes.
Sitting at his desk, she went through the first one. Mortgage info, Will, personal stuff. She then opened the second one. Jackpot! His employment contract with Zeira, photos of a dead man with a large hole in his head lying on a concrete floor.
"Cameron, come look at this." Kaede called. She then looked at the list of 'important' Zeira phone numbers and a list of the executives. Looking at the contract, Mr. Ellison was a research assistant to Mrs. Catherine Weaver, the CEO.
From beside her, Cameron said, "That is Chromartie, the Terminator we buried in Mexico."
Kaede looked up at her. "Zeira has it, courtesy of Mr. Ellison. Do ya know his boss, Catherine Weaver?"
"No," Cameron said and scanned the paperwork.
On a musing tone, Kaede said, "Question now is, do I call up Weaver an rattle her a bit, go put some pressure on her directly, or just break in and give everyone there a real bad day? Maybe visit'er at home."
"We need to find and destroy the terminator," Cameron stated.
"Ya got no imagination, Cameron," Kaede told her. "This tells us much, but not everythin. Since Weaver has this terminator, she may be planning Sky Net. Then again, it could be just an opportunity fer research. We need ta find out before I bring the place to the ground. Doan wanna think Sky Net's destroyed without knowing if it really is or not. Doan ya think?"
"That is logical. We need to interrogate Mr. Ellison."
"Aye, an if he ain't pissin himself fore we're done, we ain't doin it right."
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Kaede called Mr. Smith. She listened to his recorded message. At the beep she said, "Pig's in the yard ( Sky Net is real), found it's tracks, it's evasive, made some scarecrows (terminators are real also), goin huntin, Let ya know when the pork dinner's ready." She then hung up.
Kaede had Cameron stay out of sight in the bedroom. She arraigned all the papers and the photo on Ellison's desk, and put down the storm window so he wouldn't notice the missing glass right away. It was getting on noon. She raided his refrigerator while she waited.
It was a long wait, It wasn't until six that Mr. Ellison pulled up into his driveway. Kaede tucked herself over the front door wedged into where the ceiling met the wall. Below her, Mr. Ellison walked in. Seeing the documents on his desk, and the safe open, he stopped short.
Kaede dropped down to stand behind him. "Ya lied ta me," she stated.
Ellison spun to face her and backed up a couple steps.
She shut the door, eyeing him with a raised eyebrow, "Do ya got a clue how much trouble yer in?" she asked.
Ellison swallowed. "I told you everything I knew about the Connors," he said weakly.
"Nay, lad, ya didn mention John and Cameron came here, askin bout that terminator you took. That's besides the fact of what ya did wit it," Kaede said. "Ya wanna fess up now an save yer life?"
Holding his hands up in surrender, he said, "I don't know what happened to it."
"Cameron, come on out, I'm gonna need yer help." Kaede called.
Ellison turned to see Cameron stride out of the bedroom. She glared at him with red eyes. To Kaede, she asked, "Do you need that wig now?"
"Nay, not really." Kaede took her wig off and hung it on a hat rack. She then slowly took her contacts out and put them in their case. Mr. Ellison back up again. She eyed him with her red eyes. "Doan think ya kin get out the back," she warned. She reached out picked him up on her vectors and slammed him on his back on the floor.
Ellison was breathing heavy, staring at her wide-eyed.
Kaede walked over to look down on him. "Cameron here kin detect lies. This is how it's gonna go. I ask ya a question, if Cameron says ya lied, ya git ta be in pain. Only when she says yer telling the truth, do we move on wit the next question. Do ya need a demonstration, Lad?"
Ellison squeaked out a, "no."
"Who's yer boss?"
"Catherine Weaver."
"Where's the Terminater ya took? Be specific."
"Sub basement of the main Zeira Corporation building, downtown. It's in a sever room," he said in a shaking voice.
"What's Weaver doin with it?"
Ellison shook his head.
"He knows," Cameron stated.
Kaede bent his arms back, stressing his elbow joints. She also forced his mouth shut. His scream came out through his nose. Keeping the pressure on, just short of breaking his joints, Kaede said, "Doan ya want yer arms ta work any more?"
Out of his nose, he cried a muffled, "Please stop!"
Kaede released the pressure. "So? What's she doin with it?" He only lay wincing and panting. "Guess I gotta finish yer elbows and move on to yer knees..."
"Wait! She's got an AI program, she's using the terminator body so we can speak to the AI!"
"This AI got name?" Kaede asked.
"John Henry," Ellison said, then looked at her with a pleading gaze. "John Henry isn't violent! He's more like a child. I'm teaching him morals. He plays games with Savannah, Mrs. Weaver's daughter!"
"Hard ta believe she made an AI just ta keep her daughter company," Kaede told him. "What's John Henry's purpose? Why'd she make'im?"
"Zeira is a tech company, Mrs. Weaver says John Henry is the future. She want him to be able to interact and live with humans. As far as a specific job, I don't know of any."
"He's telling the truth," Cameron stated.
Kaede grinned down on Mr. Ellison. "Smart Lad. Since yer smart, what you'll do Tamarra is tell Mrs. Weaver I'm coming ta see her and John Henry. If she doan meet wit me, or tries to fight me, her, her building and all her research will be nothing but a pile rubble. Kin ya remember that, Lad?"
Mr. Ellison nodded vigorously. "She might not like a demand like that," he warned.
"She'll like it even less if she doan agree ta meet me," Kaede replied in a heavy tone.
Kaede went over and put her wig back on and put her contacts back in. "Cameron, we're done here fer now."
Cameron followed Kaede out. Walking back to the car, Cameron said, "The interrogation went well. It was done right. He urinated on himself."
Kaede grinned. "That's what he gits fer lyin ta me."
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Today, Kaede called home before it got too late. She talked to Kouta, then her Mom. Kanae was looking for where 'Mommy' went, and got on the phone briefly also. Once she'd talked to her family, there was another knock on the door.
Looking through the peep hole, she saw John outside, looking nervous. She opened the door.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
Kaede stepped aside, and saw another man with him. "An who are ya?" she asked.
"Derek," he said simply and came in behind John.
Motioning to Derek, John said, "Mom said we should come see you. Cameron was out patrolling when we left."
"Ya know lad, she ain't gonna be happy yer here," Kaede reminded him.
"Cameron says you found out a lot about Sky Net." Derek stated as he eyed her.
"I found out much about Zeira. Still not much on Sky Net," Kaede replied. "I'm going ta see Catherine Weaver in the morning. Did ya just come fer that?"
"We found Weaver's house," Derek stated. "There is a possibility that terminator body is there."
"Nay, lad. It's at Zeira, I'm surprised Cameron didn tell ya that," Kaede said. Derek's posture was stiff. She watched him closely.
"She did, but we are going to check out her house while she's at work."
John spoke up. "That's what Mom wants to do."
"I take it ya disgree?" Kaede asked him.
"I think we should wait and see what you find out," John stated.
"I think yer right," Kaede agreed. "If ya want, I kin tell ya what I learn after."
"I'm coming with you," Derek stated.
"Nay lad, yer not." Kaede said firmly. "Doan know what I'll find, and you'll just be a hindrance ta me."
"Look, lady, I don't care who you are…"
"In the middle of his rant, Kaede shot Derek up to plant him to the ceiling on his back. He gaped at her.
"Ya better care," Kaede snapped. "Ya got nay say in what I do, or doan do! Speak ta me like that again, and ye'll find yerself flying out that door head first! Nay care where ya land, or in what. If yer smart ya woan say another word."
Kaede dropped him on the floor. John got between them. "Please, don't hurt him!"
"That depends on him," Kaede stated.
John held his hands up in surrender. "We just want to know what's going on at Zeira."
"Ya will. Gimme your addy, and I'll come let ya know." Kaede replied. "I'm leaving this hotel in the morning, so ya woan be able at come ask me."
Behind John, Derek got up off the floor, glaring at Kaede angrily. She heard the slide rack on his gun. John moved/was pushed to fall on the bed. Derek pointed his gun at her.
"YOU will do nothing but what I say!" Derek growled.
Kaede cast him a wicked grin. A vector on the gun to keep it from firing and she had her way with him.
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Cameron watched out the living room windows, expecting John and Derek to come back. She was surprised to see Kaede's silver SUV roll up the drive, John in the passenger side.
Options raced across Cameron's HUD . Considering it was Kaede, termination, forcibly getting John away from her, every action was ruled out except for one. When they got out and came to the door, Cameron opened it for them. She was nice to Kaede so Kaede wouldn't hurt John.
Kaede let John go inside. Cameron noted John's face was a little pale. "John?" she asked.
John came close and put a hand on her shoulder. He whispered, "Do. Not. Get her angry." He then went in the kitchen.
"Cameron," Kaede said stepping in behind John. "Once I'm done at Zeira, I'll come explain everythin. I doan wanna see any of ya comin and askin questions aforehand."
"Where's Derek?" Cameron asked.
"At the hospital, they're tryin ta git the gun outta his ass," Kaede said and left.
Cameron watched her go, then heard Sarah wail, "She shoved Derek's gun up his ass?"
John's voice sounded. "She did, Mom! He screamed and tried to move, but she got it in except for some of the handle. She dragged him outside and called an ambulance. He passed out by the time they got there."
A new entry apeared in Cameron's John Connor Information file : Do not let John point a gun at Kaede.
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The rest of the night was peaceful for Kaede. In the morning she got her things in the car. She went to the front desk and checked out.
Heading to the tall Zeira building, she found street parking and went in the front doors. The Lobby was large. Seeing the 'welcome' desk, she went over to it.
Getting the attention of woman behind the desk, she said, "I'm Dame Kaede Kikumura. Mrs. Weaver is expectin me."
"I will let her know, please have a seat."
Kaede took a seat on the bench near the hallway. Looking around, she found cameras on the ceiling in corners and over the entrance doors. Every angle in the room was covered by at least two. She also noted the door to the security room on this floor. Above the reception desk, there was also a microphone. A guard came from another hallway and put his hand up to a reader. She also identified at least two motion detectors. Mrs. Weaver was serious about her security.
Kaede checked her cell phone. No bars. The electronic security was tight also.
Mr. Ellison came up. "Mrs. Weaver will see you now." he said.
"Good fer her," Kaede replied and followed him to an elevator. She noticed Mr. Ellison stood against the wall by the elevator controls. He looked nervous. Kaede felt them going down. She brought out all her vectors and used three for a frontal shield.
The elevator dinged, the doors opened. A red head in a white dress stood on the other side. Her arms came up and in a fast motion, became thin and a pair of spikes raced at Kaede. Kaede shot her one vector out at Mrs. Weaver.
The end of the spikes stopped and blunted upon hitting Kaede's shield. Kaede's vector punched through Mrs. Weaver's chest, causing a large silver hole. Small blobs of silver splattered on the far wall. Weaver was still standing and wearing a look of surprise.
"So, a fight is it?" Kaede asked, then slashed Weaver down the middle. She chopped off the spikes. The halves of Weaver started to come back together. The blobs on the floor and the spikes moved towards weaver's main mass.
Kaede pushed the mass away and slashed at it again and again until there was nothing but blobs coming back together. Kaede paused until the blobs were in one mass again, then formed her vectors back into a shield around the silver mass.
Kaede squeezed down on the mass, forcing it into a ball. Stepping into the hallway, Kaede noted a steel door at the other end. She flung the silver ball at the door. Upon impact, the door buckled in and Weaver splattered onto the walls, floor and ceiling.
Looking into the elevator, she saw Mr. Ellison gaping at her and frozen in place.
"Ya doan wanna be here, Lad," Kaede told him. She reached in and hit a button to send him to another floor.
At the end of the hallway, Weaver was reforming again. Her silver head an torso rose up, shoulders and arms appeared. Her arms raised up again, this time, palms up. Kaede waited until Weaver reformed and was back to a red head in a white dress.
"More fighin, or do we talk?" Kaede asked.
"I have underestimated your abilities," Mrs. Weaver stated.
Vectors hanging in the air, waiting to strike, Kaede said, "Yer pretty impressive yerself, but not impressive enough. What are ya?"
Like she hadn't just been sliced apart, compacted and thrown down the hall, Mrs. Weaver firmly said, "T-1001. I came back in time to help John Connor prevent Sky Net from causing a devastating war. Why are you here?"
Kaede replied in the same tone. "I came ta find out what yer doin. Ya got a terminator body, and some think yer makin Sky Net. I come ta find out the truth."
"I am trying to prevent Sky Net. Did John Connor send you?"
"Nay. He did express concern on what yer doin. If yer after Sky Net, I'll give ya a hand. As Mr. Ellison kin tall ya, lyin ta me is a bad idea."
Mrs. Weaver looked at the door behind her, then hit one side to bash it open. She turned back to Kaede. "I am making an AI to fight Sky Net. His name is John Henry. If we can be civil, you are welcome to see him."
"I kin be civil. Even friendly. Remember, you attacked first." Kaede told her and walked down the hall.
Mrs. Weaver grew a tiny smile. "I has assumed you were here to destroy John Henry."
"Never assume," Kaede told her. "It messes up hallways and ruins doors."
Mrs. Weaver pushed the door the rest of the way open and said, "Dame Kaede, I cannot afford to have anything happen to John Henry. He is vital for defeating Sky Net. John Connor will win, but he needs John Henry's help."
"Aye, I understand." Kaede walked into the room behind Weaver. Sitting at a table a light haired young man cast her an innocent look. "Hello," he said.
"Dame Kaede, this is John Henry. John Henry, Deam Kaede Kikumura," Mrs. Weaver introduced.
John Henry attempted a smile and said, "Yes, Dame Kaede Kikumura was Knighted by the Queen of England for controlling the aliens known as the Quahani. She has many names attributed to her that people know her by. Recently, she gave an interview in London. Her ability to destroy is well known, Her first victims was when she was six years old, plus or minus a year."
"Ya been studying me, John Henry?" Kaede asked.
"I search the internet. Yes, there is information about you there. I find you a curious being. You can, and have caused great destruction, yet you also defend others and prefer a quiet life. These qualities should be present in opposing entities. Can you explain why you have both?"
Kaede grinned at him. "Just because I prefer a nice quiet life wit me family, doan mean I won't punish someone who's doin bad things. That's who I destroy, the ones who do not follow the law and hurt others."
John Henry tipped his head to the side. "Mr. Ellison says all life is sacred, that killing others is wrong."
"Mr. Ellison is right," Kaede agreed. "There are cases that those who constantly do harm and kill others must be stopped , so nay more innocents have ta suffer. It's nay a pleasant thing, but needs ta be done."
John Henry turned his attention to Mrs. Weaver. "Is that like why my brother trying to hurt me?"
"It is, John Henry," Mrs. Weaver said. "He will hurt many others if we cannot stop him. Dame Kaede came to help us with that."
John Henry asked, "In the hallway, You attacked Dame Kaede, and she attacked you. Why did that happen?"
"It was a test," Kaede said quickly, which made him look back at her. "Mrs. Weaver wanted to know if I was capable of helping."
"That is why she asked why you were here?" He asked, then asked Ms. Weaver, "You said you assumed Kaede was here to hurt me."
"I did, and that was wrong," Mrs. Weaver admitted. "Kaede was right in telling me I should never assume."
"Yes, finding out the truth is best," John Henry agreed.
Kaede asked, "John Henry, you said your brother attacked you? Do you know where he is?"
"He attacked me over the internet. No, I do not know his location."
Kaede shifted her gaze to Mrs. Weaver. "So, Sky Net is built and active someplace."
"It is. The best lead we have is Kaliba. Unfortunately, they work through satellite companies. I have yet to find a solid lead to Kaliba itself," she explained.
"I see," Kaede said quietly. Raising her eyebrows briefly, she said, "Well we have a place ta start." She got her phone out and brought up her own number. "Mrs. Weaver, I have yer number," then showed Weaver hers. "This is mine. If either of us finds anythin, we call. Agreed?"
"Yes. I will forward any information I have regarding Sky Net."
"So will I. John Henry, it was nice meetin you, but I must be goin. Mrs. Weaver, you should tend ta Mr. Ellison. He's had a bit of a shock."
Mrs. Weaver motion to the hallway. "Let me walk you out."
On the way out, they checked the security office. James Ellison wasn't there. He was in the parking garage leaning on his car.
Seeing him on the monitor, Mrs, Weaver asked, "Dame Kaede, would you come with me to talk to Mr. Ellison?'
"Aye."
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They found Mr. Ellison leaning against the back of his car staring at the ground. As they approached, he lifted his head up. "What did I see down there?" he asked.
Mrs. Weaver said, "A misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" he asked, sounding stressed. "I saw your arms turn into long spikes, then you were chopped up into pieces! What the hell are you?"
"Calm yourself, Mr. Ellison," Mrs. Weaver said firmly.
"If I may?" Kaede asked. Seeing they both looked at her, Kaede told him, "Mrs. Weaver here was afraid I was there ta hurt John Henry. She reacted wit the intent ta save him from me. I defended meself, and after a bit, we got things straight. I kin tell ya, Mrs. Weaver is here to help humanity an her own kind. We agreed to werk tagether ta stop Sky Net, who from all I learned, wants to eradicate everyone. Ya need ta keep an open mind, Lad. Strange things are happenin, but ya gotta separate good from bad. Ya hear me?"
Mr. Ellison nodded. "I half expected you to kill me for leading you into a trap," he said with a snort.
"Yer a good man, Mr. Ellison. I might teach ya a lesson, but I ain't gonna kill ya. We all good?"
Mrs. Weaver took her turn. "So you know, James, I am T-1001, a terminator from the future. I came back to stop Sky Net."
"We're all on the same side," Kaede added.
Mr. Ellison nodded. Weakly, he said, "We're good."
Kaede saw the entrance. "I gotta be movin. If ya folks get in trouble, doan keep it ta yerselves."
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Kaede left and found her car. Out of curiosity, she called the hospital and asked about the man she found outside, who as screamin with the gun up his ass. He'd had surgery to get it out and was stable. Kaede hoped he learned his lesson.
On the way to the Connor house, she called her contact. She let a short message. "Looks like the pig is hidin in the Kaliba shack."
Since it was Saturday, and no school, Kaede arrived to find all of them there, except Derek. Sarah let her in then angrily asked, "Why did you do that to Derek!"
Kaede shrugged. "He was bein stupid a pulled a gun on me. I shoved it up his ass. Doan worry, the doctors got it out." As she explained a slight grin came briefly to Cameron's face. Kaede was getting the idea there was more to Cameron than being a programmed machine.
"What happened at Zeira?" Sarah asked in a demand.
"Git John down here took I'll tell all of ya."
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Kaede sat in a chair by Srah, John and Cameron sat on the couch across the coffee table. Kaede told them about her visit to Zeira. Sarah was first to voice her concern.
"So, Weaver is a terminator, and you can defeat her."
"She's just a liquid metal," Kaede told her. "Very slippery, but there's only one o her. Ya need at focus on why she's here. Mrs. Weaver wants Sky Net gone, just as we do. John Henry, the AI who is unsin that terminator body to communicate, is just a child. Aye, he's smart and picks up fast, but he's still a child. He woan be of much help fer a while. So far, Kaliba is the one suspected o makin Sky Net. They're sneaky. I got hold of me contact ta help look fer it."
"You do know Derek will be arrested when they find out who he is," Sarah warned. "We've lost him."
Kaede let out a sigh. "I'll see what I kin do bout that. Doan git yer hopes up. Anyone gone ta see'im?" she asked.
"We can't risk it," Sarah stated. "There's sure to be police watching him."
"John is not safe here," Cameron stated. "Someone may find us from Derek being caught."
"Derek won't talk," John stated to Cameron.
"A terminator may come to interrogate him," Cameron countered.
"Hospital's callin'im John Doe," Kaede said. "Derek hasn't even given them his name. How's a terminator gonna find'im?"
"The police will be searching for his identity," Cameron stated. "If a terminator is on the force, he will learn of it and identify Derek as a member of the resistance and come to interrogate and terminate him."
Kaede gaped at her. "Ya really are paranoid, ain't ya?"
"We need to move, Sarah, you know we do," Cameron told her.
Kaede saw Cameron's hand twitching. "Lass, ya need ta calm down."
"I can't be upset," Cameron stated.
"Then why's yer hand twitching?"
"I have a glitch."
"Nay, it only does that when yer nervous."
John frowned at Cameron. "Cam, are you nervous?"
"I can't be nervous. I'm a machine," she stated.
"Anyway," Sarah announced to get off the subject of Cameron's twitch. "Kaede if you can get Derek out of the hospital, we would appreciate it. After all, you put him there."
"He had it comin," Kaede replied, casting a glare at Sarah. "Still, I'll see what I kin do." To Cameron she said, "I'll look fer a secure place fer you an John so ya ain' gotta worry bout John."
"I can't worry, I'm a machine,," Cameron stated.
"Right," Kaede said and got up. "My best advice, sit tight fer now. After all, a terminator might be renting out places an he'll find ya that way." She then cast a brief grin at Cameron.
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On the way to the hospital, Kaede got a call. She answered. It was Kanae.
In a meek voice, her daughter asked, "Mommie? Kin ya come home soon?"
"Hi sweetie. Sorry, I'm still very busy. I will be home soon as possible, OK?"
"Daddy has other guys at drive trucks for'im. Doan ya got anyone that kin help ya?"
Kaede grinned. "Nay, ain't no one else that kin do me job, sweetie. It's just the way i'tis."
"That's sad. When I grow up, kin I help ya?"
"We'll see."
"So, where are ya?"
"Los Angeles, Yer dad kin show ya on a map. I'm goin ta see a sick guy in the hospital. Ya been behaving yesrelf?"
"Aye! An I'm gittin better at helping gramma in the kitchen, and it's fun helping Nana dust off the rafters an high walls! It's like a whole nother place up there near the celin!"
Kaede chuckled. "Glad yer havin fun, dear."
"OH! Gramma's commin, gotta go. Love ya mom!" *click*
Kaede frowned at that. Right Kanae learned how to use a phone, and had called her with no one knowing. Her hand tightened on the wheel. She had to finish this and get back home!