Chapter Three

Mexico, March 1993 - John Connor | Age: 1 year and 4 months...

Sarah Connor...

Sarah was still in shock at seeing the very man she saw die just over twelve months ago, sitting in the drivers seat of the same car. Her breathing was erratic as she tried to control herself with no success, as for Kyle he kept glancing at Sarah, the kept going down the road for a few more miles when he suddenly pulled over to the side on the highway.

"You okay?" Kyle asked, looking slightly concerned.

Sarah just looked away, she then launched for the door however Kyle stopped her grabbing her left forearm. Sarah retaliated by striking Kyle in the face. It dazed Kyle slightly but, not enough to stop him from restraining Sarah, as he grabbed both of her wrists, she relentlessly tried to punch Kyle in the face. Kyle reinforced his grip on Sarah's wrists eventually restricting her movement.

Anger built up in Kyle, "Don't do that again" he said quietly with a hint of venomous in his tone.

Sarah started to calm down, her breathing still ragged at the circumstances that were presented before her. Kyle's grip remained on Sarah's wrists but, loosened.

"Now, I'm going to ask you again, are you okay?..." he asked, when Sarah didn't reply, he pressed on "...are you hurt, injured?"

Sarah moved her mouth to reply but, instead she gasped in shock at the sharp pain in her abdomen, she clutched her the side of her stomach realizing the large patch of blood on her t-shirt. Kyle without caring lifted her top to see the gunshot wound and blood slowly oozing out of it.

Worry was evident in Kyle's face, "I'm going to take you back to the Resistance safe-house" Kyle put the car in gear and started to drive further down the highway.

As for Sarah she sat there contemplating to herself, great, first I get injured at the paramilitary camp and now I'm injured again however, this time it's the abdomen instead of the leg, what's next a lost limb! Sarah smirked at the thought but, eventually sleep started to take her as she was too weak to stay awake. Her eyes slowly closed which were upon the kind face of that of, Kyle Reese.

Cameron and John Connor...

As Cameron walked out of the store with a bag of food for John and his personal 'toy'. John had gone out of his way to try and irritate Cameron not realizing that she was incapable of giving in to such actions. As they both neared their vehicle, John kept purposely poking Cameron in the cheek.

Cameron turned to look at little John, "Your tactics to annoy me, John Connor are worthless, if your mother was here maybe it would work but, they won't with me" she scolded little John.

His response was to huff in annoyance as if disappointed that he didn't get the reaction he wanted, he decided to lazily rest his head on Cameron's shoulder. Cameron pulled out the car keys from her pockets and inserted it into car boot door, turning it hearing the metallic click as the locks were unlocked. She started packing the contents within the store bags into the back of the vehicle, she laid John on the edge whom was swinging his legs from his raised position clearly bored.

Cameron watched John closely with interest, she didn't know why John was acting like this. She looked around her surroundings expecting the answer to appear before her, in the store bag in her hand, she saw John's toy, she reached into the bag and pulled it out looking at it with interest. From her files about children especially John's age they saw fun in playing with toys, Cameron decided that giving John the toy was the best course of action.

She reached forward with the toy in her hand towards John. He turned to look at the toy and he produced a small smile, John took the toy in his hands and started to play with it. But, Cameron could still see the look of disappointment and boredom in John's facial features, the smile on her face faded slowly at John's reaction.

As her CPU processed information on this new occurrence, she sensed someone watching she stood still for a moment then turned to see a man in a long coat looking towards her and John, before she could run a scan on the target, he turned walking into the store. Cameron started walking to pursue the target but, remember that she had John to contend with, she turned around looking at little John playing with his toy. Even though she felt she needed to pursue this target, Cameron knew that leaving a vulnerable little child was stupid especially when that child will grow up to be the saviour of mankind.

Cameron walked back to the car and lifted John of the edge and placed him standing upon the floor, she swiftly closed the car boot door then lifted John into her arms. They rounded the car, Cameron opened the passenger door slipping John into the seat then strapped him tightly and securely into the seat. Cameron then walked over to the drivers side and literally hopping into her seat, she put the car in gear and pulled out of the parking space and out onto the highway continuing their journey towards Los Angeles.

Mysterious Man in Store...

The man reached into the pocket of his long coat and pulled out a picture of a girl, it was Cameron at the paramilitary camp. He rubbed his thumb over where Cameron's face was on the picture, he was contemplating to himself.

From the crowd another male figure appeared, he walked up to the man in the long coat.

"So any luck?" he asked.

At first the man didn't recognize his comrade next to him, he glances up at his comrade and the picture before settling his gaze upon his comrade, "Err, yeah I found her"

"Really? Where!"

"Sumner's chill out, everything is under control"

Sumner's face changed from shock to annoyance, "How do you know?"

The man shifted uncomfortable in his position, "Because, I've just seen her"

Sumner's looked around frantically to see if the girl was anywhere nearby, "Was John with her?"

The man sighed rubbing his forehead getting annoyed with all the questions, "Yeah, she had John with her, he's safe"

"That's good to hear" Sumner's smirked.

"Suppose John was right about her" the man spoke casually.

Sumner's nodded, "Yeah I suppose he was", he walks off leaving the man wearing the long coat to look out of the store window.

Cameron and John Connor...

It was night time seeing that Cameron didn't require sleep to recuperate, she continued to drive down the highway by morning she and John should be in Los Angeles that's when she'll start looking for a temporary residence. Thinking of John, she looked to her right seeing the small child sleeping peacefully holding onto his toy tightly.

Cameron was interested in why children find comfort in playing with toys to her it didn't serve any benefit but, as she watched John play with the toy during the car journey. She came to the conclusion that it wasn't about it being a benefit to John, it was about having fun. John enjoyed what he was doing regardless of whether it benefitted him in the long run.

She looked out through the windshield with her night vision activated, whilst using her CPU to process this new information she had acquired in the last few hours.

Kyle Reese...

It had been a few hours since Kyle came back to the Resistance safe-house with an Sarah. The medics immediately got to work on her, it only took a hour and a half to complete the surgery since then Sarah had been resting due to losing a considerable amount of blood.

Kyle was speaking with Summer's who'd just return from his search mission.

"So you found her?" Kyle asked with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Yeah, along with John" Summer's replied.

Kyle nodded, "Good as long as John is with her, he should be safe"

"What about Sarah..." Summer's pauses looking towards the door rubbing his stubbly beard "...she's gonna want to see him"

Kyle sighed rubbing his forehead, "We can't with that machine out there, we could lead it to Cameron and John we can't allow that..." Kyle stood there thinking to himself "...we have to take out that machine before we can go to John"

Summer's nodded, "Okay, I'll sort out the traps with a few others in case you were followed", Kyle nodded in acknowledgment. Summer's instantly vacated the room leaving Kyle there alone, he plumped down onto the seat behind him as he thought of the current circumstances of their situation.