John awoke as a flash of lightning raced past the window followed by a rumble of thunder.
Great a storm on my birthday what next,
John then felt wetness on his hand and realised it wasn't a leak from the roof.
It was coming from Cameron and John realised it was'nt just a storm that was coming this day.
Cameron then awoke with a scream of pain waking Sarah and Derek who rushed to the room.
Sarah pushed Derek and John outside to give Cameron privacy and allow herself to concentrate on helping.
John marched back and forth across the landing, Cameron's screams of pain cut into him like a knife.
As John completed one more circuit his uncle sat him down, allowing John to calm down.
The night went quiet and John hoped that nothing had happened to Cameron or the child.
The silence was cut as a baby's cry erupted from inside the room.
John then saw the door open and his mother brought him and Derek inside.
In the room John saw Cameron cradling a brown haired baby.
John sat next to Cameron and looked down on the baby whose eyes opened to reveal green irises that flashed blue.
"She has an endoskelton like me but has human organs as well", Cameron tiredly explained.
John choked back the tears, here was his daughter a perfect Hybrid of machine and man.
Cameron allowed John to hold her, pride swelled inside him as his daughter sucked her thumb gently.
John moved his had to stroke her head surprised as his daughter's eyes tracked the movement.
She then reached up and grabbed his hand and pulled it into her mouth with a smile.
John smiled at this sight before a flash of light lit up the room.
It was his mother with a camera capturing the moment between a father and daughter for all time.
"So you two chose any names for her as we can't call her it can we?", his mother asked.
John replied "How about Caitlin it means pure after all she is perfect in every way".
Caitlin smiled at her name and that was it, her name would be Caitlin Connor.
Derek wiped a tear from his eye afraid of his macho image being seen breaking down.
He then congratulated John before going downstairs.
John wondered why he had gone until he saw his uncle come back carrying a cake.
Of course today's my birthday"
John made a wish for J-Day to never happen before blowing out the candles.
The cake was shared out except to Caitlin who was being breast fed by Cameron.
John hugged his mother and uncle who then each gave him gifts.
From his mother he got a guide to parenting and from Derek a cuddly toy bear.
John handed the bear to Caitlin who embraced it warmly with a gurgle.
Cameron apologised for not getting a present but John reminded her that she had given him Caitlin.
Sarah and Derek left the three in peace to retreat to their own rooms.
John then laid on the bed which had been changed whilst he was outside.
He reached across drawing Cameron to himself with Caitlin in between them.
John felt his fingers go wet as Caitlin once more was suckling on them causing him to smile.
After a while Cameron and Caitlin fell asleep, John stayed up reading the Zeiracorp card he had been given.
John knew that it had to do with Skynet, maybe someone who could help stop J-Day and the war from happening at all.
If they couldn't John didn't care either, he had his family and that was the most important thing in the world to him.
John stroked Caitlin's cheek softly, Here was the proof he had made the right choice in his life before John spoke to Caitlin.
"The future is not set, I love you very much and remember little Caitlin there is no fate but what we make for ourselves".
"You are my daughter and I know that if I die, it will be you who can lead humanity to victory".
John then brought both the two most important people in his life into a warm embrace, he then fell asleep himself unafraid of his future for the first time.
The End
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to T:SCC, just doing this for fun