Just another reminder that I have updated the dates within the last four chapters to close off plot holes I made accidentally. So in the story after the events of chapter two, Allison is now fourteen years old instead of her being originally twelve years old. This doesn't effect the story in anyway luckily, just the ages of the characters in the story. That's all for now… So happy reading! :)

Terminator: The Allison Young Chronicles

Chapter 5: Nightmares

Los Angeles, 2022 (Resistance camp)

John Connor hides behind an old delivery truck with three of his men trying to avoid the oncoming fire of the overwhelming T-700 units advancing on their location. "Sir we are badly outnumbered!" one soldier shouts out at John through all the plasma fire.

"I know!" John shouts back. "We need to retreat! This is a battle we cannot win" he then says.

"Sir with all due respect the wounded or families here, won't be able to leave!" lieutenant Bradley shouts out to John from behind a wall across the delivery truck.

The 700's continue to surround John and his soldiers, concentrating their plasma fire on the old delivery truck, and practically melting it down in the process.

"We have no choice! if we stay here any longer lieutenant… the resistance will die with us here, right now!" John says still shouting then continues. "We need to gather every able-bodied soldier…" John says before getting interrupted by his walkie talkie on his belt.

"Hello?... this is Kyle Reese I need assistance over!" A voice says over the radio.

John instantly puts down his rifle and grabs his radio from his belt to respond to Kyle's distress call. "Reese! This John Connor what happened?!" John says shouting into the radio.

"John? Oh thank god I thought nobody was gonna answer!" Kyle says in relief then continues. "I have Allison with me… but she's badly injured! I can't find a doctor anywhere and she's starting to bleed out!" he then says.

"Where are you at Kyle?!" John asks him over the radio with worry and fear in his voice.

"I'm In your and Allie's bunker… I managed to slow the bleeding but you need to hurry! I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Kyle then says.

John sits there with fear in his eyes, thinking about Allison. Snap out of it John! You're no good to her dead, you need to get to her and fast! "I'm on my way Kyle just hold on." he says then puts the radio down. John looks around the room frantically, trying to come up with a plan on the spot but comes up with a blank until he sees one of his fallen soldiers lying across the room lifeless, with an AT4 rocket launcher next to him. John looks at the weapon and then the machines and finally has an idea.

"Bradley! I need you to cover me!" John yells across the room to his lieutenant. "I'm making a run for the AT4!" Bradley nods, agreeing to John's plan and starts concentrating fire at the machines with his MK12, giving John the cover he desperately needs and allowing John the chance to make a run for the rocket launcher in order to execute his plan.

John gets up from his position while the machines are distracted by Bradley's gun fire, and makes a run for the launcher, John then falls on his back and slides across the floor until he is near the heavy weapon and grabs it with ease. John then aims down on the iron sight on the launcher and aims at the ceiling of the bunker above the terminator unit and squeezes the trigger with the RPG firing out of the rocket launcher and impacting the ceiling.

KA BOOM!

The ceiling above the T-700's collapses from the explosion and onto the machines, crushing them and destroying the entire squadron instantly but trapping every resistance fighter underground with the rubble blocking the only exit.

Los Angeles, 2022: Resistance Base (Connor living quarters)

2 minutes ago:

"Where are you at Kyle?!" John asks Kyle over the radio.

"I'm in your and Allie's bunker… I managed to slow the bleeding but you need to hurry! I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Kyle says while trying to apply pressure to the back of Allison's head and talk on the radio at the same time.

There is a long moment of silence before John replies on the radio again. "I'm on my way Kyle just hold on." he puts down the radio and continues to treat Allison's head injury as best as he can.

"You're gonna be ok Allie, everything is gonna be fine." Kyle says to her even though she is still unconscious and is unlikely able to hear him and only trying to calm himself. Just then another loud rumble shakes the entire bunker violently, almost knocking Kyle off the bed.

"What the hell was that?" Kyle whispers to no one in particular while trying to reposition himself after the violet rumble. "I hope John is alright…" he then says.

Allison starts spasming uncontrollably, and violently shaking, she is having a convulsion. Kyle takes immediate notice and holds her down by the shoulders while putting all of his upper body strength, trying to stop the sudden violent movements from injuring her any further. Kyle starts panicking more and more from seeing Allison like this, and is confused as to what he should do, and what he can do.

Los Angeles, 2022: Resistance Base (Bunker Entrance)

After one minute of dead silence every survivor coughs inside the bunker with the dust from the fallen rubble filling the air inside. "Is… is everybody alright?" John asks his soldiers while still disoriented from being closer to the initial blast.

"Yeah… I'm good" Bradley said between coughs. He then looks around and sees the cave in and continues. "Why the hell did you trap us in here Connor?"

John ignores his lieutenant and gets up from the floor dropping the now empty weapon and hurriedly makes his way past the soldiers and into the corridor With everybody close behind him.

"Connor are you gonna answer my damn question? or are you just gonna keep running?! Bradley says loudly to John which makes him stop dead still in the corridor.

John turns around after a moment, and walks up to his lieutenant until he is within inches of his face. He then gives him a piercing look that could put fear into even a terminator. "Excuse me lieutenant?" he then asks in a commanding tone. "My daughter is badly injured right now and I did what I did…" John says pointing down the hall, where they all just came from "To buy her some time!"

Bradley just chuckles a bit at John's comment then decides to push him even further. (a stupid move on his part) "So you are putting everybody in this base in danger for a little girl? That's the most stupidest thing you have probably ever... " Just before he could finish his smart ass comment, John launches his right fist into Bradley's jaw quickly knocking him to the ground.

"You ever say something like that again!" John says with venom and anger in his voice then continues. "You'll wish you ended up with the metal!" John says to his lieutenant, looking down at him from above.

John looks up and turns on his heels, continuing towards his quarters where Kyle told him that he and Allison were located. After walking down the hall John arrives outside his quarters and immediately opens the door revealing Allison lying on the bed with Kyle standing above her with blood covering the sheets of his bed and her violently shaking and spasming.

"Thank god you're here!" Kyle shouts out and sighs in relief when seeing John enter. "She's seizuring I don't know what to do!"

John stares at his daughter to scared to move. Yes scared is the word to describe what is going on inside him. No one should ever have to see a loved one go through that, but that's the situation he's in. John immediately scrambles out of his thoughts and quickly rushes to Allison's side to help control the seizure she is having.

"What the hell happened!?" John asks Kyle while he holds her down by the shoulders with all of his weight while Kyle pins her arms to her sides trying to control her.

"A terminator got through the defenses and made its way down the corridor… it was about to kill Allie till I was able destroy it." Kyle says while struggling to hold her arms in place.

John turns his head slightly to his soldiers staring at him quietly with shock at seeing the wounded young girl seizuring violently. "Someone go find a doctor!" John says but notices that none of his soldiers are moving. "NOW!" he then says, shouting at them before they run off like startled deer.

"Shit the bleeding is back!" Kyle says with panic once again filling his voice. "What do we do!?" he then says to John hoping he would have an answer.

"She might have internal bleeding inside her skull…" John pauses before continuing. "We can't do anything without a doctor… if we try applying more pressure that could cause more bleeding…"

"And what If we don't put pressure on her trying to stop the bleeding?" Kyle asks confused but already knowing the answer.

John looks at Kyle for a moment "Same outcome…" he states sadly.

Three minutes later, lieutenant Bradley re-enters the room with a woman following close behind him. The woman looks like she's in her mid forties with short blonde hair that's tied up in a ponytail, wearing a pair of old glasses, and is wearing a dirty white and gray striped button up shirt with a Black t shirt underneath.

Before Bradley could speak, the woman makes no time and rushes to the opposite side of John and Kyle and examines the back of Allison's head.

"Head trauma… this isn't good…" The woman says unenthusiastically with a British accent. She keeps on examining Allison's head until she speaks up "Well there is good news and there bad news." She then says. "Good news is that the force that caused this, didn't do any damage to the brain."

"And the bad news?" Kyle asks the woman fearing the worst for Allison.

"She has a slight depressed skull fracture, which is causing internal bleeding in her skull… it's causing pressure to build up which could cause severe brain damage if we don't release it" The woman says to John and Kyle in her British accent.

John stares at the woman in shock. "How do we release the pressure?" he says with curiosity and fear.

"If I have the right tools, I can make a small incision in her skull that will release the pressure and will allow me to remove the blood clot that has formed underneath the wound" She states matter of factly.

John looks at the woman for a long moment. She is the only one that can save Allison. This woman is the only person that can save my daughter… I have to give her that chance if she is going to survive. John then comes up with a decision. "What is it that you need?"

The woman looks up at John with a slight smirk on her face. "I will require a drill if you have one, a scalpel, some latex gloves, some anesthetic, and an oxygen tank with a mask."

"Oxygen tank?" Kyle asks the woman confused."The woman looks at Kyle, seeing he does not understand.

"She won't be able to breath while i'm performing surgery on her… How long has she been unconscious?" The woman then asks John with curiosity and confusion.

"I don't know maybe about twenty minutes… Why?" Kyle answers the doctor confused.

"It appears to be possible that she is showing signs of a coma…" John was about to speak before getting interrupted by the doctor. "I'm not sure how long if that's what you plan on asking me general… it depends on her mental state… luckily we won't need any anesthesia to operate on her as well because of her coma." She says to them both giving them some relief.

The woman looks at John and Kyle for a moment before speaking up. "Are you just gonna stand there? Or are you gonna go get the supplies I need to save your daughter general?!" John looks at the woman not needing to be told twice. He gets up and walks away before stopping at the doorway to look at her once again.

"I never did get your name miss?..." John says before getting interrupted by her yet again.

"Doctor Amy Williams… Now hurry!" The woman says shouting at the general. John then turns on his heels and walks out of the room into the corridor to look for what she needed.

Palmdale California, 2022: (Allison's dream)

Allison opens her eyes slowly and lifts her head off the bed and looks around the room she is in. "Where the hell am I?" Allison whispers to herself as she looks around the room confused. The room had a typical design that a teenagers room would have. The room was a light purple that had flower patterns that outlined near the ceiling. There was a desk near the window with a desktop computer on top with a lamp next to it.

Allison gets up from her bed landing her feet and feeling a soft rug between her toes. Wow I never felt anything this soft before, Allison thinks to herself. Where am I?... I have never seen this place before nor have I been here… but it feels… familiar? Allison gets cut out of her thoughts when the door to the room opens, revealing a woman with short brown hair tied in a ponytail wearing casual clothing. Allison looks at the woman with surprise in her face seeing someone very familiar.

"Mom?" Allison says with shock and confusion. She then runs to the woman and wraps her arms around her giving her a tight embrace. "Y-your alive!" Allison says with happiness while crying into her mom's shoulder.

"Allie? Sweetie are you alright? You look like you have seen a ghost." Allison's mom says ironically but with concern for her daughter.

Allison releases the embrace from her mother and looks up at her. "I-I thought you were dead… I had this awful nightmare where I was in this where machines took over the world."

Allison's mother looks at her with concern again seeing her daughter look like what she saw was real. "Allie… you know I will never leave you." She says hugging her daughter once again.

After a long moment Allison's mom releases her embrace and looks at Allison once again. "Get dressed… don't want you to be late for your first day of school right?" Allison's mom says with a grin then walks out of the room closing the door behind her.

School? I have never been to school before… the only knowledge I have of it was the nostalgic stories every resistance fighter would tell around the campfires while cooking rat or dog. Was it like the stories they would tell? Only one way to find out she thinks to herself.

Allison walks up to her closet and opens it, revealing a mirror on the door. Allison curiously looks at herself in the mirror in surprise at what she sees. She sees that she is wearing plaid red and black pajama pants with a black t-shirt.

What mostly shocked Allison about her appearance was she wasn't dirty. "I-Im clean?" She says with surprise. Her hair was no longer dirty and tangled up, except for a major case of bedhead she is clearly showing signs of. Her face was spotless, it had no dirt or grime on it either. "Wow I actually look decent." She says to herself slightly giggling.

After five minutes Allison is fully dressed in a pair of jeans, a white T-shirt and a pair of sneakers. Allison walks out of her room and heads down the hallway until she arrives at the kitchen where she sees her mother standing in front of the kitchen sink washing dishes, and her father sitting at the table reading a newspaper with a cup of coffee next to him.

"Morning kiddo! How'd you sleep?" Her father asks not looking up from the paper.

"Morning dad… I slept alright I guess" she says to her dad while taking a seat at the chair next to him. Funny she thought, I rarely knew my real father. He died when I was very young. I only have seen John as my father… but why do I feel like I barely know him anymore? Was it really a dream? Judgement day? The machines? I don't know for sure. This world seems all too real for it to even be considered a dream.

After six minutes of Allison eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast, her mother turns around and walks away from the sink and up to Allison while grabbing her purse. "Sweetie we need to go, school will start in fifteen minutes" Her mom says to her while Allison gets up off the chair and puts the empty bowl in the sink.

"Okay I'm ready… let's go" She then says to her mother.

Both Allison and her mother walk out of the house where she sees that the world is untouched by nuclear fire. It was beautiful she thought to herself, all around there were lush trees and undestroyed houses with families leaving for work or school during the weekday. Both Allison and her mother get into the car and pull out of the driveway and drive down the street.

Allison was so caught up with all what she was seeing. It was the most beautiful thing she have ever experienced she thought to herself. Is this what the world was like? Not having to worry about if you were gonna eat or not? Not having to always watch your back to see if a machine was pursuing you? Allison almost forgot what that was like. She was hoping that this wasn't a dream at all. She hoped that what she was experiencing the last eleven years was just a nightmare that she couldn't wake up from… but was it true? Is this world real?

"What are you thinking about Allie?" Her mom asks with curiosity.

"What?" Allison says not hearing what her mother just said.

Allison's mom takes her eyes off the road for a second and looks at her daughter. "Are you ok honey? Her mom says then continues. "You have been acting strange lately… is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"I'm fine mom… I-I was thinking about my dream…" Allison says sadly while glancing back out the window.

"Allie… Sweetie… even though dreams may seem real at times… they aren't… they are just our minds telling us something that we don't understand." She says once again glancing back at her daughter.

Allison looks at her mother and lets out a smile. She then glances towards the windshield and frowns with her eyes widening. Allsion sees that a hooded figure is standing in the middle of the road holding a handgun in their hand. The person raises the weapon, takes aim and fires before Allison could warn her mother. The shot hit the driver's side of the vehicle causing the SUV to lose control and turn off the road and into a tree.

Los Angeles, 2022: Resistance Base (Connor living quarters)

2 hours later:

In John's and Allison's living quarters, Doctor Amy Williams and Kyle Reese stand above An unconscious Allison. Williams uses the scalpel to make a small cut into the skin in the back of Allison's head, and prepares to drill a small hole in the area to relieve the pressure that is building up inside her skull. Kyle stands next to her holding a big flashlight at Allison's head, providing light for the doctor to work with but is shaking nervously.

"Please keep the light still… I really don't wanna to cut in the wrong place." the doctor says to Kyle annoyed.

"Sorry… I'm just really nervous." Kyle answers to Williams honestly with nervousness written across his face.

Williams takes a quick glance at Kyle then focuses back on Allison. "There is no need to be nervous, I know exactly what I am doing." Williams states with confidence in her voice but still shows no emotion.

Kyle looks at the doctor really confused and speaks up again. "So you have done this type of thing before?" she gives him a nod, not looking up from Allison. "What did you do before Judgement Day then? We're you a like a surgeon or something?" Kyle then asks her.

Williams stops what she is doing and puts the scalpel down on the table next to her and looks at Kyle. "Actually I was combat medic in the military when I was younger… so I have experience with this sort of thing… can you hand me the drill?"

Kyle grabs the drill from right next to him and hands it to Doctor Williams. She then turns it on and slowly starts making the little hole inside of the back of her head. "Ouch! Is she going to feel that when she wakes up?" Kyle asks the doctor with curiosity.

"She'll only have a massive headache when she wakes up" Williams says to Kyle then continues. "Which reminds me… Since she has a depressed skull fracture… The skull will have a much more harder time healing."

"So what are you saying? Allison will have a metal plate in her head or something?" Kyle says jokingly to Williams.

"Correct…" She says confirming his sarcastic statement while not looking up from the drill. Kyle's eyes widen at the news.

"And how the hell do we get one?" Kyle then said to Williams. She looks up from the drill and smiles."I don't know… where would you get a piece of metal that could be used in her skull?" Kyle looks at her and realizes what she means.

"So look at one of the destroyed 700's and see if we can find one that fits her." Kyle says now knowing her plan.

"Yes… but not you I still need your assistance." Williams tells Kyle.

"I'll get on it" John says while walking into the room. "How is she?" He then asks with concern on his face.

"She's doing fine" Williams says which calms John down much more. "She will have a massive headache when she wakes up, but she should still be her same old self."

"That's good… thank you so much Doctor Williams" John says with happiness in his voice, knowing that Allison will be alright and will be her old bossy self again, which makes him chuckle a bit in his mind. John turns on his heels and leaves the room so that Kyle and Doctor Williams can continue Allison's surgery.

Palmdale California, 2022: (Allison's dream)

Allison opens her eyes after a moment with pain rushing inside her head and sees that the SUV she is in has crashed into a tree. Allison then remembers what had just happened. She turns herself to the right and finds that the dark hooded mysterious figure is walking towards her, now carrying a Remington M870 pump-action shotgun.

Allison quickly turns her head from the figure that is advancing towards her and looks to the left to see if her mother is alright, only to find her mom is not in the driver's seat anymore. "Mom?" Allison says with panic and fear in her eyes. She looks back at the figure and sees that the figure is much more closer to her now. Allison quickly tries to undo the seat belt, but isn't successful in doing so. The hooded figure rips off the door with ease and throws it off to the side. It then reaches with its free hand and grabs the collar of Allison's shirt, and throws her out of the SUV and unto the street. Allison lands on her side, knocking the breath out of her, she then looks up at the figure that has turned around on its heels and walks out towards her yet again.

"W-who are you!?" Allison says to the figure while trying to catch her breath. The figure stops dead still reacting to Allison's question and tilts its head slightly to the right. The figure drops the shotgun, with it landing unto the ground. The figure then raises it's arms to its head to grab the hood that is covering it's entire face. The figure pulls the hood down and reveals something that brought chills to Allison's spine. She looks up at the figure in horror, She sees the very thing that has been haunting her since yesterday at what she had heard from the terminator that attacked her.

"I'm you…" the figure states in her voice without blinking or showing any emotion. Allison looks up at the figure that has her face… but it wasn't her.

"WHY!?" Allison says in an infuriating tone at her not self.

"I don't understand the question?" Her not self says to Allison with yet again no emotion appearing on her face.

"WHY ME!? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LOOK LIKE ME!?" Allison shouts out at her not self with anger boiling her blood.

Allison's not self looks at her and slightly tilts her head to the right again. "You were chosen Allison… Not just by John Connor… By us…" She says to Allison in her monotone voice while looking her straight in the eye.

"What the hell is that supposed mean huh? You say that like I should know what it means." Allison says then continues "You're not even answering my damn questions anyway." She says in a defeated tone.

"You'll understand it… one day…" Allison's not self answers. Why was this happening? Allison thinks to herself. Why am I living through this? What did she mean I was chosen? You were chosen Allison… not just by John Connor… By us. What did I mean by that? Wait a minute! Realization quickly comes to Allison, this is a dream, this isn't real! I control my own destiny here! Not this version that is standing before me!

Allison gets up off of the pavement and unto her feet. She then walks up to her not self until she is inches away from her. "I'm not afraid of you!" Allison says with venom in her voice. "You're not me! You'll never be me!" She then says to her twin.

"You're correct… I'll never be you… because I am better than you." Allison's not self says confidently to Allison, and turns on her heels walking away from her, and not even bothering with Allison.

This infuriates Allison, she needs to face her fears or she'll let it control her forever. Allison looks at the ground trying to gather her thoughts until something catches her eye. She sees the shotgun that her not self had dropped and just left there. Allison quickly grabs the weapon and raises it, takes aim at her twin and squeezes the trigger, With the shotgun firing and instantly impacting her not self in the back, killing her instantly as she falls face first unto the ground.

Allison lowers the gun after a moment and stands there with the gun still in her arms. "It's done… I faced my fears..." Allison whispers to herself. Allison drops the shotgun and turns around to see her mother right behind her with a smile written across her face. "Mom!" Allison yells out in joy and hugs her once again with tears trailing down her face.

Her mother gladly accepts the hug and returns the embrace to her daughter. "Allison… it's time to go…" her then mother says after a long moment.

"I don't wanna leave you…" Allison says not being able to keep her emotions at bay and starts crying into her mother's chest. "I want to stay here with you.

Allison's mother release the long embrace and looks at her daughter in her doe brown eyes and continues. "It's too late for me honey… but not for you." She says to Allison then continues. "John needs you... Kyle needs you… and I need you to keep fighting for yourself and for your future."

"I don't know if I can keep going like this… that world isn't a world anybody wants to live in… I just want to let go." Allison says bowing her head and looking at the ground.

Allison's mother puts her hand on her daughter's chin, and raises her head so that she is looking at her. "There is no fate but what we make Allie… If you lose hope then the machines win… humanity will be lost" She says to her daughter with determination in her voice trying to persuade Allison. "I want you to promise me that you'll fight till your very last breath… by making your sacrifices a positive example for others to follow in your footsteps."

Allison stares at her mother for a moment before giving her an acceptable nod with tears still trailing down her face. "I'll try mom." She then says with a sad smile. Then once again giving her mother a tight hug "Goodbye… I love you." Allison says closing her eyes while everything around her goes dark.

Los Angeles, 2022: Resistance Base (Bunker Infirmary)

8 days later:

John Connor sits in a chair inside the infirmary besides Allison who has been unconscious for eight days so far. During that time John and the surviving resistance fighters had managed to dig their way out of the the bunker to only find that Skynet had lost interest in them and decided to move on. It was unusual for the machines to just let humans go so easily, and they are mostly through when it comes to terminating them.

John immediately rushes out of his thoughts when Allison starts stirring in her bed and slowly opens her eyes to find John who is looking at her with a smile and a tear streaming down his face. Allison returns the smile and while John grabs her hand and gives her a tight squeeze. "Hey" He then says to her after a moment of silence.

"Hey… what did I miss?" Allison jokingly says to John with a smile still written across her face.

John laughs at Allison's attempt at humor. After three days of being in a coma she seems to be her old self like Doctor Williams had said. "You have missed a lot Allie… but your ok, that's all that matters." He then decides to answer. "How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts like hell" Allison then says still attempting to be humorous. Kyle and Doctor Williams enter the room a moment later, both of them greet John then Allison when they see she is awake.

"I see that you're finally awake." Doctor Williams says to Allison with a smile on her face then looks down at her clipboard. "How are you feeling right now?" she then asks, repeating John's earlier question.

"Other than a headache I'm feeling much better, thank you." Allison answers Doctor Williams then turns her head slightly and looks at Kyle. "Well you're a sight for sore eyes" Allison then said sarcastically to Kyle.

Kyle let's out a small grin and chuckles a bit at Allison's response. "Right back at you Allie…" he then says to her. "Now I can go back to teasing you on how you look." he said with a mischievous smile written across his face.

"Ok you too, let her get some rest" Williams then says after being silent for a moment then continues. "Doctors orders, You three can catch up later."

Both Kyle and John nod at the doctor and reluctantly leave the room, leaving only Allison and Doctor Williams inside. "Those two really care about you" the doctor asks, it wasn't a question.

"Yeah they do… they are my family… we look after eachother." Allison says to her with a smile.

Doctor returns the smile "Well get plenty of rest, I'll be by later to give you more meds to ease the pain." she says to her, then also leaves the room now only leaving Allison alone.

Allison lays her head back down on the pillow and stares off up to the ceiling deep in thought once again. "I'll miss you mom…" She whispers to herself. Allison never had time to actually miss her mother, but the dream she had just experienced, she realized she missed her now more than ever. But she was thankful that she wasn't alone in this world, she had John and Kyle. They both cared about her so much that they saved her life more times than she could have counted by now. Allison knows that John practically adopted her as his own, after the death of her mother, John immediately took responsibility and protected her as if she were his own. Kyle was like her brother, she would tease him and boss him and Derek around like normal a sister would do. Allison closes her eyes once again feeling exhausted and lets out a yawn. Even though she had been asleep for eight days already, she felt like she hadn't slept in ages and felt ready for another slumber. Maybe I'll see my mother in my dreams again, Allison thinks to herself. My mother will live forever in my heart, and that's all that counts. The one thing that a machine could never take away from us was our will, our hope. We as a species have lived so long by sticking together in tough times. We will win this war and continue to exist. The whole point of history is to learn from our mistakes, to never repeat what we have done in the past and strive for a better and more beautiful future. Allison then finally drifts off to sleep, hoping to get better soon so she can help rebuild the resistance with her family.

Author's Note: Sorry it took me longer to write this chapter. I found this one the most difficult to write by far. With all the jumping around from Allison's surgery, to her facing her latest fear in her mind and overcoming it.

I have done a lot of research on head trauma and I'm still no expert, so forgive me if there is a couple of inaccuracies you spot in the subject.

Reviews are appreciated!