April 4th, 2017

Stranded at the end of the tunnel, John tightened his grip on Destiny and looked into her green eyes before looking back up at the machine. Tightly, he closed his eyes and hung his head. A moment later, a blur of red knocked John against a wall and Destiny flew out of his arms, hitting her head on the wall. Amy pulled John up and shielded him as she threw him down the tunnel where she had come. Destiny sat up and screeched at the top of her lungs. John paused and turned back to get her as Amy stubbornly pulled him away. "There's no time, John. You gotta go." John shoved her against the wall and turned back for Destiny as the shadow of the terminator grew on the walls. The machine looked down at the toddler.

"Subject Identified: Destiny Connor

Threat: None

Target is not a priority"

Looking back at John, it proceeded after him leaving Destiny screaming on the floor. "You see? She's not a threat to it. It's after you." Amy pressed. John glared at the machine that in turn raised its gun and fired, nicking his right arm. John gasped and looked at his arm. "Are you happy now? You're just getting yourself hurt. Move it!" Amy yelled and drug John down the tunnel as the machine followed after them. Destiny continued to sob and pulled herself to her feet.

Stubbornly, she managed to walk back down the tunnel they had come from, falling a few times. Her fifth fall resulted in a scrap across her knee and she went back crying. There was a noise of scraps and rocks being turned over, followed by footsteps and voices. Destiny cried louder.

"See, I told you I heard something." A boy said.

"Yeah, fine. Where is it coming from?" The other asked.

"How about that?" The boy nodded to Destiny as they turned the corner.

The older boy looked down at Destiny then around the tunnels. "Think someone left her here?" he asked.

"I don't know." The boy said, bending down to Destiny's level. Carefully, he picked her up and placed her on his hip. A quick examination of her head and he discovered a knot on her head and some dried blood. Turning to look at the older boy. "Derek, she's hurt."

Derek nodded. "Better bring her back with us." Destiny rested her head on Kyle's shoulder.

March 21st, 2010

Destiny curled up with her comforter and tried to return to her dream. Sarah frowned and looked at the clock which read noon. She had sent Cameron to wake John and Destiny. So far she had seen John mope around downstairs doing his homework. Destiny had yet to come downstairs which wasn't odd since she preferred to stay in her room but she was being very quiet. Her attention shifted when she saw Cameron come downstairs alone. "Where's Destiny?"

"She's asleep." Cameron replied.

"I told you to wake her hours ago."

"Future John lets his daughters sleep late on their birthdays." Cameron stated as she reached the bottom step.

Sarah looked perplexed. "Birthday?" She asked quizzically.

"Destiny Sarah Connor, born March 21st, 2014." Cam answered.

Sarah sighed deeply and nodded. A clicking of the door, averted Sarah's attention. Amy came in the backdoor. Sarah grabbed her handgun. Amy raised her hands. "Just me, relax."

Sarah rolled her eyes and lowered her gun. "What are you doing here?"

"Just dropping off some new leads." Amy indicated to the papers in her hand.

Sarah snatched the papers and shuffled through them. "Knew that, knew that, knew that a bit differently, didn't know that. You're slipping, Adams."

"You're annoying, Ma'am." Amy muttered. Sarah glared and Amy smirked.

Destiny silently got out of bed and searched for her laptop. After she booted it up, she began searching a googled version map of L.A. Something caught her eye. Century City Mall. A Skynet Camp? Skynet's most famous work camp located right here in L.A. Of course now it was merely a mall. Destiny chuckled at how ironic it was. A pop in her earplugs alerted her that someone had signed on her IM list. Checking on her profile, meebo, the IM network went down. "Son of a Bítch! I hate technology! Hate it!"

Sarah looked at the ceiling. "I believe she's up."

Amy rolled her eyes. "Perfect."

Destiny checked her window and looked down the street. Silently she opened her window and climbed down. She spotted Tyler sitting on the roof across the street. She crept to the edge of the woods, aware of the slightest movement of his figure. It didn't matter, he had seen her she was sure. He saw everything. She sat down just inside of the woods and pretended to be thinking. She had to make him think she was gonna stay there. The moment he focused on a car coming down the street, she got up and ran through the trees away from the house."Freedom! Finally. Freaking Freedom!"Destiny thought. Reaching for her cell phone, she scrolled down her address list till she hit a particular number. She dialed the number and waited for the ring. "Hey, Hannah? Wanna go to the mall? Turns out I am free today."

Sarah sighed and dug through her purse. Pulling out three $10s, Sarah handed it to Cam who in return looked confused. "I need you to pick up a cake, and this time try not to revert to your old programming and try to kill everyone in the house." She added with a smirk. Cameron nodded and left through the backdoor.

"What do we need a cake for?" A voice called from behind. Sarah turned to see John standing in the kitchen.

"Apparently, It's Destiny's birthday." John looked confused and then nodded.

Amy choked on her beer and laughed. "That's right. The lil princess is 17 now." She laughed again and went outside.

Sarah sighed and went upstairs, when she got past Destiny's room, she knocked and looked in. The room was empty. Sarah frowned and checked around. She rushed downstairs and went outside. She looked around the yard and nearby trees. "Mom! Your phone is ringing!" John shouted from inside. Sarah ran inside and answered her phone.

"Hello?"

"Kid ran down the street about 15 minutes ago." Tyler answered.

"And you didn't stop her!?"

Tyler snorted. "C didn't send me here to babysit."

Sarah threw her hands in the air out of frustration. "She's impossible."

Tyler saw her through the window and chuckled. "Your genes, Connor. Not mine."

Furiously, Sarah shut her phone and grabbed her keys. "Where the hell would she go? John?"

John shrugged. "I don't know, Mom. I don't know her."

Amy bit her lip. "But you do, John. She thinks like you. You're two of a kind. Where would you go?"

John frowned. "I went to see Charlie once. When I took off, I wanted to see a familiar face."

Sarah frowned. "John and me are both here. So is, Tyler, Derek, Roberts and you. Who's missing?" She said looking at Amy.

"Amy pondered. "Her sister and her mother but they're not here in this time." Amy shrugged.

Sarah looked up. "Her mother is."

John rolled his eyes. "Like we know where or who her mother is."

Destiny gazed in wonder at Century City mall. I was nothing like the future. It was colorful and full of life. A woman passed by next to her a bumped her on the arm, waking her from her trance. Destiny mumbled an apology as Hannah pulled her through the crowd.

"Isn't this awesome?!" She squealed.

"It's something." Destiny mumbled. She looked at the faces of the crowd and tried to pick out those that she knew from the future. No one looked the same here.

Sarah drove by the Sander's home and stopped by it. She looked around it before staring at the windows and doors. Silence. Sarah frowned.

John stared out the passenger window. "I don't think she's there. I'm sure she knows better than to mess with the time lines."

"Knows better? John, she's a child and a stubborn one at that." Sarah rolled her eyes.

Destiny pushed her way through the crowds and grinned at Hannah whom stood on the rim of the fountain, smiling down at her. "Come up here." She said as she pulled her up to the ledge.

"I don't think this is a good idea!" Destiny yelled.

"Oh, what could happen?" Hannah retorted.

The lights of the mall flickered and dimmed till Destiny frowned and looked up.