Chapter 50

Timing

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Cameron's Future Timeline:

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Cameron was back in her future a few days before Future Allison was terminated. She wanted to do some recon of the Resistance base and the Connor compound. She thought about preventing Future Allison's capture in the first place. She resisted the compelling urge to do either of those things. Any interaction with the Resistance could change everything.

She was pleased to see that the items that she stockpiled in the past were still where she'd concealed them. They hadn't been found or suffered from the elements. This would aid her greatly in her dealings with Future Allison until the time she could be returned to Future John.

It was soon the day Future Cameron terminated Future Allison. Cameron's team successfully boarded the aircraft carrier. So far they hadn't altered anything that she was aware of. Cameron knew where her future self - Future Cameron would be and when as well as the other Terminators or prisoners she passed or interacted with on that day. They would attempt to avoid everyone until the moment Unit Two and Unit Three needed to act.

Cameron's plan was to have Unit Two and Unit Three enter each side of the compartment Future Allison was being held in at precise offset moments. This was to hopefully disrupt Future Cameron from killing Future Allison. She hoped that Future Cameron would be aware of what was happening in front and in back of her. If Future Cameron was aware there were other Terminators present she should release Future Allison before her termination. Future Allison should be left in the same condition Jodi was at her parents home. If that attempt failed she would commandeer the Skynet TDE and try again and again.

The last resort was for Cameron to time jump and terminate Future Cameron herself with the help of Unit Two and Unit Three before she killed Future Allison. She would replace herself with - herself and relive her life over again for the past few years. Future Allison was not going to die in that compartment. She would not allow it. If she was terminated herself during this procedure, it was the price she was willing to pay.

If Cameron failed and was terminated, either Unit Two or Unit Three was instructed try to use the TDE and prevent Future Allison from being captured in the first place. At that point, she would never exist. Unit Two and Unit Three questioned this last decision only one time. She told them it was her choice and her wish. The said they would carry out her instructions.

Cameron was concealed within a compartment on the aircraft carrier. She went over the timing again with Unit Two and Unit Three. The timing needed to be precise. There were specific words that Future Allison would say that determined when they would act.

"I understand at the word, 'help'." Unit Two said.

"I understand after the word, 'John'." Unit Three said.

Cameron also gave them the corresponding time stamp to go along with that. There were to be no mix ups. She wanted to do this one time and get Future Allison off the aircraft carrier.

They were in position. From her hiding place, Cameron watched Future Cameron enter the compartment. Future Cameron would stand in the shadows as she talked to Future Allison and then step forward.

It all played through Cameron's mind as it happened, right down to the moment of - truth.

"You lied to me." Future Cameron said.

Future Cameron lifted Future Allison by her neck, choking her.

"I'll never help - "

The door behind Future Cameron opened. She turned her head slightly.

"- you get to John - "

The door behind Future Allison opened. Future Cameron slightly turned her head back.

"- Connor." Future Allison gasped.

Future Cameron dropped Future Allison.

"You already did." Future Cameron said as he snatched the bracelet off Future Allison's unmoving form and walked out the door.

Future Cameron walked past where Cameron was hiding.

Cameron entered the room. She rushed to Future Allison. Future Allison was still alive but unconscious. Future Allison stopped breathing. Cameron administered chest compressions. Future Allison started to breathe again.

Cameron briefed Unit Two and Unit Three what to do and where to go. Cameron picked up Future Allison in her arms.

Future Allison started to come around. Her eyes opened and widened as she realized she was being carried by Cameron.

Cameron looked directly in Future Allison's face.

"If you want to live, come with me." Cameron said.

Future Allison wondered what was about to happen now. This must be some new tactic to further break her. Maybe she was being taken to provide 'comfort' for the Grays. She'd heard the stories from others. She would be abused repeatedly. If she survived that she would be sent to a work camp. There it got really rough. If it was a camp with a high concentration of captured Scavengers she would be abuse until she died or was able to take her own life. If it was mostly made up of captured Resistance members, she would be worked to death. She would also be abused there but not as often. Death was the only escape.

"You just tried to kill me." Future Allison gasped.

She was barely able to speak.

Cameron tried to tell her the truth.

"That wasn't ME. I've been sent to rescue you." Cameron said.

Future Allison looked around to see if she could flee. If she saw she was being taken to the Gray's living quarters she would attempt to attack and provoke Cameron into killing her.

"This is a trick." Future Allison said.

Cameron wanted to get Future Allison away from where they were. She gave her some information that Future Allison hadn't divulged to Future Cameron.

"This is no deception. I am here to reunite you with Savannah and John." Cameron said.

Future Allison's eyes widened again at the mention of her beloved.

"How do you know about Savan….'' Future Allison started to say and then quickly stopped.

Cameron thought she could release some personal details as to what she knew from her time with Future John and the Resistance.

"I'm here for John. I can tell you every scar or mark on his body. The Terminator that just questioned you can not know that, only you can or someone who has seen him unclothed. I can tell you everything in his room. I can tell you what and where his possessions are. I can tell you where your possessions are and what they are." Cameron said.

Future Allison began to wonder about this. Things that Cameron told her were correct to the smallest detail. She asked Cameron a few things only she knew about items in the room and scars on Future John. They were scars only one who'd seen him naked would know. They were scars that only someone who'd made love to him would be close enough to see.

This was all too real for Future Allison. Maybe Cameron was telling her the truth. If she was, there is one thing she needed to know.

"Have you had sex with him?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron spoke what she knew as the truth. There were many files deleted.

"No. I have never had sex with Your John. I have tended his wounds, helped him and saved him." Cameron said.

Future Allison was confused. She wondered how this was possible. She didn't think she been a prisoner that long. Something was off here. It did not add up even if it was one hundred percent factual. There was some factor she did not understand that was missing. She even looked at the cuts and scraps she received during her capture. They were not that old.

"Allison, once we're off this ship you will be safe." Cameron reassured her. "It will at least be safer. No one is ever safe."

They avoided other Terminators and prisoners as they made their way off the ship. Allison walked behind Cameron with Unit Two and Unit Three behind her on both sides.

"Allison, I'm here to help you. I need you to trust me and believe me. I know you still think this is some form of elaborate deception. It is not. We are going to have to stay at several secure locations for months."

Alarm bells started to go off in Future Allison's head. Why did there need to be a delay? This must be the prelude to something sinister.

"Why can't I go back to John now?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron looked Future Allison in her eyes. She was sure the answer would not go over well.

"John has not sent me into the past yet." Cameron said. "Once he does that, I will return you to him."

That answer was too much for Future Allison.

"Are you saying you're from the - Past?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron looked directly into her eyes as she spoke the truth.

"Yes." Cameron said.

Future Allison thought this cyborg was insane if that was possible for a machine.

She tried to bolt. She knew she needed to get away from them somehow.

Cameron stopped her and held her in her arms until she calmed down.

Future Allison faced Cameron.

"What's really going too happen to me?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron tried to look passive.

"These two units, Unit Two and Unit Three, will remain with you at all times. They will protect you and provide for you. They will never abandon you or leave you until I can return you to John." Cameron said.

Future Allison looked at the two expressionless Terminators. She knew either of them could kill her in a second.

"Do they have names?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron wondered why Future Allison was confused. She'd already told her.

"They are known as Unit Two and Unit Three." Cameron responded.

Future Allison rolled her eyes some.

"I'm glad I asked." Future Allison said.

Cameron took Future Allison into the foothills. There were a series of abandoned bunkers and collapsed buildings with fallout shelters they could occupy. There were also some current bunkers that she knew were not in use. The Resistance pulled out of them after Future Allison's capture.

She would go out and get food and supplies for Future Allison as needed. All of her stockpiles of materials and items were where she'd hidden them in the past. She would only take a little at a time in case they were detected and needed to move.

Cameron stocked several locations with things she would need to 'remake' Future Allison. There were several other abandon bunkers and fallout shelters they would need to move to at specific times. She knew all the events that occurred and when. She could stay ahead of Skynet and The Resistance. She did not want to interact with Future Cameron in any way or with Future John. If she did it would change her past. She wanted to return to John and resume her life with him if at all possible. She really did not know if that would ever happen.

Cameron spent all of time that Future Allison was awake with her. They were always together. If nothing else Future Allison soon developed 'Stockholm Syndrome'. She no longer tried to escape. In fact it was over three months since her last attempt. She monitored Future Allison every day to make sure her health was as good as it could be. She also noted Future Allison was not yet pregnant. Cameron worked everyday with Future Allison to teach her, educate her, exercise her, groom her, and remaking Future Allison in HER image…. It was the same thing she planned to do with Savannah and Young Allison in the past with John when she returned. The difference there was that she should have years to work with Savannah and Young Allison instead on only months like she would with Future Allison. That was if she was able to return.

Cameron was very proud of her work with Future Allison. Now it was time for everything to change.

"I will be sent back into the past, tomorrow." Cameron told Future Allison. "I will make sure everything has gone as it did and then I will return you to John."

Future Allison looked a little apprehensive. Some of the old fears began to creep back in.

"It would be best if you told anyone who asks that you escaped from a work camp. It would be better if no one knew I returned from the past to free you or I was ever here. I understand you will tell John and Savannah the truth. Tell no one else." Cameron said.

Future Allison felt very uneasy. She'd grown accustomed to Cameron. She'd grown more than fond of her.

"I don't know if they would believe me." Future Allison said.

Cameron tried to be honest with Future Allison.

"Allison, I have sacrificed my future for you. This was a crime I could no longer exist with." Cameron said.

Future Allison did not understand why Cameron would do this for her.

"Why?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron felt great shame as she spoke.

"I killed you before in that compartment. I have come back and traded my future for you to have a future with John." Cameron said.

"Can't you get back to where you were sent 'to' and then 'from' again?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron felt sadness flood her.

"It is doubtful." Cameron said.

Future Allison did not understand why Cameron would do all this.

"Why did you give up everything?" Future Allison asked.

Cameron started to cry.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." Cameron whimpered.

Timing

Everything in life is fluid
Events are often determined by timing
When we try to figure it out
The words can come out rhyming

More often than not
Being in the right place
At the right time
Can determine who we embrace

What is hoped for or planned
Often falls apart or goes awry
It can happen in the blink of an eye
Leaving us befuddled and asking why

Someone who was just there
Can become someone for who we care
We may accept it and dare to share
Maybe even soon become a pair

A future can develop
It may even become binding
However it plays out
It all falls back on the timing

Nobody

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