From then on, the plan went completely wrong. The computer was able to block John's virus and sound the alarms. Two security guards were quickly on their tail, as they climbed the ladder back to the tunnels as quickly as their legs would allow them. Once they came to a small hole in the wall, Derek stopped and began ushering Kat to hide.
"I'll get them past here, then you sneak up on them" Derek advised, as she shimmied into the hole.
"But-" Kat began, as he cut her off.
"You can do this" He told her, as he began running off again.
The guards didn't seem to question why they only caught up with Derek, and pushed him to the ground, aiming their guns at his head. Taking a deep breath, Kat snuck up behind the nearest one and punched him in between his shoulder blades. She then twisted his arm to make sure he dropped his gun and then hit him in the face, as he fell to the floor. The other guard raised his gun towards her, but she managed to twist around so that her back was against his chest and held his arm out away from her. She then elbowed the man hard in the face, knocking him out cold. Derek immediately picked up the guard's gun and aimed it towards the other man, about to shoot.
"Derek, no!" She shouted, as she shoved his arm to the ground.
"He saw our faces" Derek pointed out.
"So, he deserves to die because of that?" Kat argued.
"If we let him live he could identify us" Derek exclaimed.
"If we kill him we're no better than the machines" Kat stated, as Derek almost flinched at the statement.
"Let's just go" Kat insisted, as Derek nodded, and they began to run.
John and Cameron had quickly devised a new plan to get the virus into the system, but it was a dangerous plan.
"So, explain this to me again?" Kat asked, as Cameron went to lie on the bed.
"Cameron's chip is the most sophisticated learning computer on earth, if we can get her into the A.R.T.I.E system, then she can take it down" John explained.
"And she can get in through a traffic light?" Kat questioned.
"Theoretically, yes" Cameron answered.
"So, this might not work at all?" Kat suggested, as John set out his tools.
"It will work. It has to" John retorted, as he picked up a scalpel.
"Start the incision. Push harder, down to my endoskeleton" Cameron advised, as John began to cut into her scalp.
"Kat, once she's in the city's mainframe, What's to say she'll come back out? You know, maybe…maybe it's not the turk that created Skynet. Maybe it's her. Maybe this was her plan all along" Derek whispered, leaning down near Kat's ear.
She knew he had a good point, it was a risky plan, but it was the only one they had. Kat turned to look at Derek, about to give her answer, when John interrupted her.
"She's a machine. She doesn't have a soul and she never will. You don't have to trust her. You can trust me" John announced, overhearing him.
"I do. The question is…do you, Derek?" Kat argued, giving him a look.
"Just don't blame me if this all goes wrong" Derek mumbled, as John pulled back the skin ontop of Cameron's head.
"Good. Set the pliers over the shielded tab on the end of the chip. A half turn counter-clockwise and pull it out" Cameron instructed John, who placed the pliers where he was told.
"It's okay, John. It's not the first time we've done this" Cameron tried to reassure him, in an all too human gesture.
"I…I can't do it" John shook his head, putting the pliers down.
"It's okay. I'll do it" Kat offered, walking to the other side of the bed and placing her hand on John's shoulder.
"I'll see you in a few hours" Kat told the machine, as she picked up the pliers.
She stared into Cameron's brown eyes, as she twisted the chip out of position, and all the tension from Cameron's face disappeared. It was like she was dead. Kat had to remind herself that she was never alive in the first place.
"Let's hope this works" Kat said, biting her lip, as she held Cameron's chip in the pliers.
Derek's head whipped around quickly, as he looked out to make sure no one had noticed what they were doing. John was on the ground, having connected his laptop to the traffic lights beside him, as he continued to type.
"Hey, on your 3'oclock, there's a camera. Don't look at it" Kat advised Derek, who was leaning against the traffic light, shielding John from view.
"Did Pete teach you how to look out for them?" Derek guessed, as she nodded.
"Okay, she's in" John announced.
"How long?" Derek inquired.
"15 seconds…20, maybe. For what it's worth, I believe you. I don't think you knew your guy was watching Barbara" John informed him, as Derek gave him a quizzical look.
"Thanks" Derek replied, as they shared a nod.
"Okay, it's done" John exclaimed, when she saw the red flashing lights all over his screen.
Before he could say anything else, Derek had crouched down and had grabbed Cameron's chip from the dock in the laptop. John was on his feet in seconds, clearly ready to fight Derek to get it back.
"Hey, hey. What are you doing?" John asked.
"Don't do it, Derek" Kat insisted, knowing that he was desperate to smash the chip.
"I want you to hear this in no uncertain terms. Someday one of these things is going to kill you" Derek warned him.
"It's not going to be that one" John retorted, as he tried to grab the chip.
"This is the only time that we're going to be able to destroy this thing" Derek stated.
"You still don't trust me, do you?" John realised, as Derek sighed.
"Then trust me, Derek. If we need to, I'll put her down" Kat offered, going to stand in between the men.
Derek then took her hand in his, and placed the chip in her palm, closing her fingers around the device.
"Don't make me regret this" Derek mumbled, one of his hands still covering her own.
John frowned as he began to pack up his laptop and wondered why Kat seemed to have Derek's trust. Just how well did they know each other in the future, he thought to himself.
Kat decided to give John some privacy when he re-installed Cameron's chip, knowing that he had started to care about the machine. She didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. She was wandering back to her room when she overheard a conversation in the bathroom, and came to a halt.
"Sarkissian returned my call. He'll meet about selling the turk" She heard Sarah announce, who had returned home a few hours earlier.
"He's still got it? When's the meeting?" Derek replied, the water from the shower still running.
"Tomorrow morning" Sarah replied.
"Meaning this news could have waited?" Derek suggested.
"You killed Andy Goode…There was no one there to protect him, and you killed him. You lie to me again, I'll kill you" Sarah threatened, before storming out of the bathroom, almost bumping into Kat.
They shared a look for a moment, before Sarah shuffled sideways and walked away. Confusion etched on her face, Kat heard the shower being turned off and entered the bathroom.
"Why did you do it?" Kat frowned, as Derek had just placed a towel over his hips.
"He was a threat" Derek responded, like it was obvious.
"So you just kill him? Like it's nothing?" Kat insisted.
"You barely even knew the guy" Derek retorted.
"He was a person, Derek. He had a future and you took that away" Kat went on, taking a step forward.
"And now maybe you'll have a future instead" Derek retorted, looking her straight in the eye.
The words Kat was about to say died in her throat, as she looked away from his intense gaze. She suddenly realised that he was only wearing a towel, that was riding dangerously low on his hips, and could feel herself begin to blush. Feeling like she was coming out of a daze, she shook her head, and stormed out of the bathroom.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I love this show and this story, and really want to continue writing it, so please can I have some feedback?:)