Author's note: This chapter is on the sappy side but since I intended this story to be about the love story between John and Kate, I wanted to really characterize that while expanding into the story of what happens after Crystal Peak. I know I left you hanging in the the last chapter and I will reveal who's on that elevator at the end of this chapter. Enjoy! and please R&R!
One week earlier.....
Kate tucked in John Robert, looking down at his sweet face, his eyes growing heavy with sleep. She ran her hand across his silky hair and down his cheek.
"Good night, sweet boy," she said softly.
"Night, Mommy," he said sleepily.
Kate turned on his night light and pulled the door closed. She could already hear his soft snoring. He was such a good little boy, she thought. He didn't have toys to play with or soft animals to cuddle but he already had a good nature. Even though his father was already teaching him that soon they would have to fight the machines that waited for them. But despite the uncertain future that awaited them, Kate and John gave their son as much love as they could, assuring him that he was going to have a future.
Kate walked back into the kitchen area where John sat cleaning a weapon. He was always cleaning weapons, always preparing for the coming war. In the 6 years they had spent at Crystal Peak, they had grown to love one another deeply, shared in the birth of their son, but mostly the time had been spent preparing. Preparing to leave and take back their world. Neither knew exactly how or when that would be but both felt the time was nearing.
John looked up as she walked in. "He asleep?" he asked.
"As soon as his head hit the pillow." Kate replied.
She walked over behind him and put her arms around him, leaning in to nuzzle his neck.
"I can think of something better to do than cleaning a gun," she whispered in his ear.
John put the gun down and ran his hands up her arms. He leaned back and pulled Kate's head down to capture her mouth with his. They kissed hungrily, deeply. John stood and pulled her into his arms kissing her until she had to break away and breathe. They held each other, breathing heavily, then Kate took his hand and led him down the hall to the room they shared.
Sometimes they made love slowly, quietly, enjoying each other's bodies as if they had all the time in the world. Other times they made love urgently, their passion for each other fierce, as if they had no time at all. Tonight was the latter, they tore their clothes off and fell onto the bed, mouths and hands reaching. They couldn't get close enough, Kate pulled him into her roughly, sliding under him, welcoming his hardness into her softness. They became one, filling each other with passion and love, a love that had grown and deepened with each passing day. If everything in their world was destroyed, it had been reborn in their love for each other.
Kate cried out as she felt her body respond to his lovemaking. She couldn't help but cry his name over and over. John held her tightly as she shook, feeling his own release. As they came down from the heights, he whispered, "I love you, Kate, I love you."
As their breathing slowed, they didn't move, just held one another not wanting to let go. John lifted his head and stared into her eyes. Kate smiled, "I love you, too, John, more than I ever could imagine I would."
John rolled over and gathered her into his arms. They lay there in the darkness and quiet. Usually they would go to sleep but tonight they both felt more awake, senses heightened by their lovemaking.
"What are you thinking?" Kate asked.
"I feel like something is coming, like something is about to happen soon." John said.
"I've been feeling that way lately, too." Kate said, "like our time here will be over soon. In a way I'm glad but I'm scared, too."
John tightened his arms around her. "Don't be scared, I'll never let anything happen to you and John Robert."
"I know, but you'll be the leader, you'll have to fight for our world, John Robert and I are just two of the many people to save." Kate said.
"I know," John said, "But you two are the most important to me. I may have to fight but I'll never be happy in a world without you. I always felt so alone all my life, I didn't want my destiny, I didn't feel like I had the strength. You have given me that strength. You were always meant to be part of my destiny. I know that now. And I know what I have to do."
"I never imagined my life would turn out like this," Kate said, "when we met I couldn't comprehend a future like the Terminator told us about. I thought you were just a little crazy. But now I know it was meant to be and no man has ever made me feel like you make me feel. No matter what happens, John, I'll love you till I die. I'll be by your side till the end, I promise you."
John felt his chest tighten and he couldn't speak. He felt so lucky, in all the years before he had not wanted his future but with this woman in it, he couldn't wait for the future.
One week later....
John stood frozen, listening to the rasping noise of metal against metal, of gears not used in six years. The fear he felt inside was overwhelming. The future was now.
Hearing a noise behind him, John turned. Kate stood there, her face white with fear. She reached for his hand and he took it, feeling her shaking.
"John, the radio, I heard a voice from the radio." she said, her voice cracking.
"Yes," he said, "Kate, listen, the elevator, someone's coming."
He pulled her to him and they held each other tightly, staring at the hallway, waiting and watching. The loud grating of the elevator suddenly stopped and they heard the sound of the metal door being opened. Heavy footsteps echoed in the large cavern in which they stood. John and Kate looked at one another, neither knowing what to expect. John protectively put her behind him and raised the weapon that he had grabbed, preparing to face what was coming. The footsteps grew nearer and around the corner came a large figure. A familiar shape, a familiar face. John's breath caught in his throat as he stared at the figure of the "man" he had grown to care deeply for, the only father he had ever known. It was the Terminator. Once again he had come into John's life.
"John Connor." he spoke in that familiar deep voice, "It is time."
The future had indeed come....
One week earlier.....
Kate tucked in John Robert, looking down at his sweet face, his eyes growing heavy with sleep. She ran her hand across his silky hair and down his cheek.
"Good night, sweet boy," she said softly.
"Night, Mommy," he said sleepily.
Kate turned on his night light and pulled the door closed. She could already hear his soft snoring. He was such a good little boy, she thought. He didn't have toys to play with or soft animals to cuddle but he already had a good nature. Even though his father was already teaching him that soon they would have to fight the machines that waited for them. But despite the uncertain future that awaited them, Kate and John gave their son as much love as they could, assuring him that he was going to have a future.
Kate walked back into the kitchen area where John sat cleaning a weapon. He was always cleaning weapons, always preparing for the coming war. In the 6 years they had spent at Crystal Peak, they had grown to love one another deeply, shared in the birth of their son, but mostly the time had been spent preparing. Preparing to leave and take back their world. Neither knew exactly how or when that would be but both felt the time was nearing.
John looked up as she walked in. "He asleep?" he asked.
"As soon as his head hit the pillow." Kate replied.
She walked over behind him and put her arms around him, leaning in to nuzzle his neck.
"I can think of something better to do than cleaning a gun," she whispered in his ear.
John put the gun down and ran his hands up her arms. He leaned back and pulled Kate's head down to capture her mouth with his. They kissed hungrily, deeply. John stood and pulled her into his arms kissing her until she had to break away and breathe. They held each other, breathing heavily, then Kate took his hand and led him down the hall to the room they shared.
Sometimes they made love slowly, quietly, enjoying each other's bodies as if they had all the time in the world. Other times they made love urgently, their passion for each other fierce, as if they had no time at all. Tonight was the latter, they tore their clothes off and fell onto the bed, mouths and hands reaching. They couldn't get close enough, Kate pulled him into her roughly, sliding under him, welcoming his hardness into her softness. They became one, filling each other with passion and love, a love that had grown and deepened with each passing day. If everything in their world was destroyed, it had been reborn in their love for each other.
Kate cried out as she felt her body respond to his lovemaking. She couldn't help but cry his name over and over. John held her tightly as she shook, feeling his own release. As they came down from the heights, he whispered, "I love you, Kate, I love you."
As their breathing slowed, they didn't move, just held one another not wanting to let go. John lifted his head and stared into her eyes. Kate smiled, "I love you, too, John, more than I ever could imagine I would."
John rolled over and gathered her into his arms. They lay there in the darkness and quiet. Usually they would go to sleep but tonight they both felt more awake, senses heightened by their lovemaking.
"What are you thinking?" Kate asked.
"I feel like something is coming, like something is about to happen soon." John said.
"I've been feeling that way lately, too." Kate said, "like our time here will be over soon. In a way I'm glad but I'm scared, too."
John tightened his arms around her. "Don't be scared, I'll never let anything happen to you and John Robert."
"I know, but you'll be the leader, you'll have to fight for our world, John Robert and I are just two of the many people to save." Kate said.
"I know," John said, "But you two are the most important to me. I may have to fight but I'll never be happy in a world without you. I always felt so alone all my life, I didn't want my destiny, I didn't feel like I had the strength. You have given me that strength. You were always meant to be part of my destiny. I know that now. And I know what I have to do."
"I never imagined my life would turn out like this," Kate said, "when we met I couldn't comprehend a future like the Terminator told us about. I thought you were just a little crazy. But now I know it was meant to be and no man has ever made me feel like you make me feel. No matter what happens, John, I'll love you till I die. I'll be by your side till the end, I promise you."
John felt his chest tighten and he couldn't speak. He felt so lucky, in all the years before he had not wanted his future but with this woman in it, he couldn't wait for the future.
One week later....
John stood frozen, listening to the rasping noise of metal against metal, of gears not used in six years. The fear he felt inside was overwhelming. The future was now.
Hearing a noise behind him, John turned. Kate stood there, her face white with fear. She reached for his hand and he took it, feeling her shaking.
"John, the radio, I heard a voice from the radio." she said, her voice cracking.
"Yes," he said, "Kate, listen, the elevator, someone's coming."
He pulled her to him and they held each other tightly, staring at the hallway, waiting and watching. The loud grating of the elevator suddenly stopped and they heard the sound of the metal door being opened. Heavy footsteps echoed in the large cavern in which they stood. John and Kate looked at one another, neither knowing what to expect. John protectively put her behind him and raised the weapon that he had grabbed, preparing to face what was coming. The footsteps grew nearer and around the corner came a large figure. A familiar shape, a familiar face. John's breath caught in his throat as he stared at the figure of the "man" he had grown to care deeply for, the only father he had ever known. It was the Terminator. Once again he had come into John's life.
"John Connor." he spoke in that familiar deep voice, "It is time."
The future had indeed come....