"What are you doing?" Kat frowned, when she saw Derek searching through Cameron's room a week later.
"Looking for something that is going to prove to you that the machine has to go" Derek replied, as he rifled through her room.
"Are you really that jealous that she gets a room to herself?" Kat suggested, a small grin on her face.
"It would be nice to have a bed…but no, this is about proving that it can't be trusted" Derek informed her.
"You're not going to find anything" Kat insisted, as she saw Derek flip over one of the drawers.
"You were saying?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow at what he saw.
"Is that…a chip?" Kat gasped, as Derek removed the tape surrounding the device.
"This is one of those classic 'I told you so' moments" He grinned, repeating her words from the week before.
They both marched into the kitchen, as Derek placed the terminator chip on a plate on the counter. Everyone was silent for a moment, shocked by what they saw.
"Where'd you get this?" Sarah was the first to question.
"Her room" Derek answered, as John rushed over to the counter.
"Why were you in my room?" Cameron queried.
"Why did you lie?" Kat retorted.
"You told me you destroyed everything" Sarah pointed out.
"The chip contains visual records of the T-triple 8, where it's been, who it's interacted with. It carries important information" Cameron explained.
"It's a brain. It's the only truly irreplaceable part of the machine and she kept it. Next she's going to tell us that somehow that's going to help us find the Turk" Derek suggested, anger clear in his voice.
"It won't help us find the Turk" Cameron stated, as Derek had to stop himself from rolling his eyes.
"What are you saying?" John asked.
"What I'm saying is what I've been saying, John. She can't be trusted. No matter how she acts on the outside, we have no idea what's going on in there" Derek went on.
"Well, I could say that about you" John pointed out.
"Okay, let's not fight amongst ourselves. We already have enough enemies without creating them between ourselves" Kat interjected, standing in between John and Derek.
"Who showed you to my safe house? She did. Who else knew about it? Nobody. Where are my men? In the morgue" Derek theorised, as Kat had to admit he had some good points.
"I didn't give the triple-8 the safe house location" Cameron insisted, shaking her head.
"Prove it" Derek suggested, as Cameron glared at him.
"Have you ever hacked one of those? Have you ever read what's on it?" John questioned.
"No. But you have" Cameron told him.
"Alright then…let's do this" John announced, as he left the room, most likely to call one of his contacts.
"You'll see…I'm telling the truth" Derek mumbled to Kat, who was confused as to why her opinion mattered so much to him.
"Cameron, wait…" Kat trailed off, as she stopped the machine from leaving the room.
"You've explained why you did it, but I don't understand why you'd lie" Kat began.
"I expected you wouldn't like the idea of keeping it" Cameron replied.
"Is it hard for you? To kill another Terminator?" Kat inquired.
"No…I'm indifferent to it" Cameron gave a small shrug.
Kat didn't fully believe that, but she decided not to press the matter any further. What she was more concerned about was how easy it seemed for Cameron to lie.
"Do you lie to us a lot?" Kat couldn't help but ask.
"When the mission requires it" Cameron stated.
"You shouldn't lie to us…its just going to cause more arguments like this one" Kat suggested, as Cameron seemed to ponder on this for a moment.
"I thought you would understand the importance of lies. You asked Derek to lie about your impending death to John…and I have kept it a secret from him. Is that wrong?" Cameron queried.
"Jesus, not so loud! Look, I see your point but…well, okay you've got me there" Kat sighed, as Cameron gave her a triumphant look.
"Little tip though, talking about someone's death in the future is a bit of a touchy subject" Kat pointed out.
"Why?" Cameron frowned.
"Well, no one likes to think about their own death. None of us really knows what happens when we die" Kat explained.
"It is likely that everything simply stops, just like when machines are terminated. The likelihood of an afterlife is-" Cameron started, but she cut her off.
"Right, right. Can you see why it could upset someone to think about being terminated?" Kat queried.
"Death is natural. Everyone dies" Cameron responded, as Kat groaned.
"Just…don't talk about death anymore, alright? Especially not at school" Kat insisted.
John was soon able to hack into the chip and to everyone's surprise they found out that 'Vick', the name the Terminator had been using, had a wife. It didn't take long for them to find an address, which Sarah and Derek were going to investigate into.
"We've got a problem" Sarah announced.
"What?" John frowned, as he was packing up his school bag.
"Agent Ellison is asking questions, looking into me more and people are going to start to notice. I need to find a way to stop him" Sarah explained.
"You mean kill him?" John theorised.
"He's a smart man. I'm hoping if I can talk to him, make him understand, he'll stop" Sarah replied.
"You're really willing to put your trust in a stranger?" Derek inquired.
"I don't see what other choice we have" Sarah shrugged.
"We could kill him" Cameron insisted, as everyone in the room gave her a look.
"Are you going to be up to scouting out the address on your own?" Sarah questioned Derek.
"I'll be fine" Derek dismissed, as he began to pack his bag.
"I can come too…you're not healed enough yet" Kat pointed out.
"Are you sure? You've already missed one day of school recently" Sarah argued.
"It will stand out more if an eighteen-year-old doesn't bunk off school sometimes" Kat retorted.
"Statistics show that sixteen to eighteen-year olds are absent from school for 15% of the year" Cameron added, as Kat gave her a grateful smile.
"Alright but be careful. Don't take any stupid risks-" Sarah started, but Kat cut he off.
"Yes, yes. I know. I've got this" She insisted, pulling one of the bags Derek had packed onto her shoulder, and walking off to the jeep.
"Look after her" Sarah told Derek.
"I will" He promised, with a nod.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I love the little conversations between Kat and Cam, as it can put things in a different view point. We've got some Derek/Kat coming up next chapter. I'd love some more reviews:)
fastandloud: Thank you for the reviews! We will see the EMP come into use quite soon. The tension between Derek and Cameron is going to get more and more intense, so that will be fun, haha.