(Disclaimer: All Chapters of this story are the product of my own creation using the characters from the T.V. show Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles. I am making no money off it and write solely for my own entertainment)

Supernatural Series: Rinse and Repeat

Chapter 6

Alone…that was the only way for John to describe how he felt. Utterly alone…

He made it…his goal…his dream…and yet he didn't feel any satisfaction. He was out of the time loop. Needless to say, it was surprised when he woke up in the bed of his stolen truck in the middle of nowhere. But that quickly became shock and shock gave way to depression. His mother was gone, killed by Cromartie. Nothing new there or at least so he thought. Why should he mourn his mother when she came back the next day? But she didn't come back. She didn't come back because he didn't go back. Time must have sorted itself out because that was the only thing that explained why he was here…alone…on day five.

Day three…that was the day of surprise. To see time move forward, but he wasn't too worried. After all, he made it to day two before resetting back to day one. All that meant was he'd have to figure out what needed to be done to make it past day two and into day three. But then came day four. The day of shock. To learn that whatever happened, it not only propelled him into day three, but the following day as well. Thus leading to day five, the day of depression. The day he realized time wasn't going to reset and his uncaring nature towards the life of his mother sealed his fate. He was alone now.

Part of him contemplated ending it all. It wasn't like he couldn't. He had quite a bit of experience killing his self. But he wouldn't. If time was truly progressing forward, then he owed it to his mother to live on. To fight the war she spent half her life preparing him for. Besides…for him it would truly be the cowards' way out.

John let out a dark laugh. The cowards' way out. That line was used so often it was joke on itself. At face value that line made it sound like any regular Joe could just pick up a loaded gun and point it at their head all fucking day. But that wasn't how it was meant to be interpreted. What it really meant was, you're giving up. And for John, that would have been exactly it.

Oh, I lost my mommy because of my own stupidity. Boo hoo hoo. There's no reason left for me to live. Boo hoo hoo.

'Oh wait! Savior of mankind. Can't believe I forgot about that.' He sarcastically thought. 'Some hero I turned out to be.'

Laying his back on the bed of the truck he stared up at the stars. His thoughts wandered to what his next step should be. None came. Despite his take-charge approach for getting out of the time loops, he had spent no time trying to figure out what to do when he succeeded. That was supposed to be left up to his mother.

'But she's gone now and it's just me.'

Well…that wasn't completely true. Cameron was likely still out there. Unless Cromartie figured out who she was and her purpose for being in Red Valley. Still, he couldn't say for sure. Sadly he also had no means of contacting her. Anything he did to attract her attention would undoubtedly attract Cromartie's as well. So once more that left him here…in the bed of a stolen truck…alone.

'At least I'm the only one suffering.' He thought as his thoughts drifted to the people he had repeatedly yet inadvertently killed. The latest...no, that wasn't right anymore. The last reset had been relatively clean. As had become routine, John skipped school and drove to the deserted valley he had discovered some time ago. And in turn, Cromartie checked his home address after he was nowhere to be found. From there…well, it didn't need to be explained.

"Why did this have to happen to me?" He moaned.

"All right, that does it!" A young girl's voice spoke catching him off guard. Lifting his head off the truck bed, he looked in the direction of the voice. Sure enough he saw a young seven-year-old girl with blond pigtails.

"If I hear one more angst-ridden line or thought come from you, I'm going to knock you the fuck out!" She said putting her hands on her hips to emphasize her point.

John cocked an eyebrow. "Who are you? What are you doing here? And most importantly watch your fucking mouth!"

"Oh sure. I'll get right on that." She drawled. "Just give me a second to pluck my eyeballs out so I can let them shrivel up while staring at my own mouth."

"That's not what I meant, smartass!"

"I know what you meant, dumbass!" She countered. "And for your information I'm far older than I look."

"Yeah…sure…whatever, squirt."

The little girl growled. "Fine then! Don't believe me? Check this out."

John watched in shock as the girl started rapidly growing taller and older in appearance. But that wasn't the end of her metamorphosis. Her soft feminine features grew rougher. Her blond pigtails pulled in becoming a shoulder length mixture of deep red, dark blue, black, and blond. Her eyes thinned out and the irises became a maelstrom of color, matching her hair. The final change was her petite frame growing broader and masculine. When her transformation ended the little girl ceased to be a little girl and was now a six and a half foot tall man.

"And I'll be damned if that wasn't the creepiest thing I've ever seen." John stated. Though his tone gave off the impression of boredom.

"Only creepy?" The man questioned in disbelief. "Usually that takes the number one slot for "piss your pants" scary."

"A morphing body isn't new to me. I've seen a machine do it before." He replied.

"And what makes you think I'm not a T-1000?"

"Okay, now you've put a third question on my list. Who are you? What are you doing here? And how did you know I was referring to a T-1000?"

"Answer mine and I'll answer yours."

"No way, I asked first."

The man opened his mouth to speak, but closed it after replaying the conversation in his head.

"So you did." He muttered. "Well let's get introductions out of the way. My name is Kai Tsune. No need to introduce yourself, John Connor. I've been watching you for some time."

"Oh that's great. Its nice knowing someone was watching me take a crap. My god, I can die happy now." He said, voice full of sarcasm.

Kai blanched. "Ok that was gross. Thanks for the imagery."

"Anytime." John replied with a smile.

"Groddiness aside, you still haven't answered my question. How do you know I'm not a T-1000?"

"Size difference. A T-1000 can only take the shape of something roughly its size. Your turn. How do you know about the machines?"

"I know a great many things."

"That isn't an answer."

"True." Kai consented. "But you wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me. I've been stuck in a never-ending time loop and just saw a little girl hit puberty on steroids and receive a sex-change right in front of my eyes." John responded. It may have seemed odd, how freely he spoke of such things. But truth be told, he had long since given up caring.

"Fair enough." Kai said with a nod. "Truth is I'm a god."

John took a moment to consider his revelation.

"Yeah, you were right. I don't believe you." He admitted sitting up. "But you know what? Fuck it. Hi God, I'm John Connor. You know, that one kid you keep throwing shit at like a monkey in the zoo. Just wanted to let you know that you suck, I hate you, and when I get off this truck I'm going to kick you in the balls."

As he hopped off the truck Kai grabbed his collar and threw him over his shoulder roughly seven feet away. When John hit the ground the air was forced out of his lungs. As he tried to regain his breath a harsh impact met his groin. Once more John was left all but paralyzed on the dusty desert ground. Looking up at his attacker he saw Kai had once more returned to his little girl form.

"First, I am not the God, I am a god. As in, lowercase "g". Second, while your anger towards me is justified, I refuse to let you go down the "blame game" path." Kai said with the cutest little glare John had ever seen. Though the nausea from the ball smash prevented him from appreciating it. "Next thing you know, you'll stop blaming me for everything under the sun and start talking about how unfortunate you are and how life's not fair. And I told you, I'm sick of that angst filled teenage brooding bullshit! Anything to say for yourself?"

"Yeah," John groaned as he weakly raised his right arm and gave Kai the bird. "Fuck you!"

Kai responded with another kick to the nuts.

"Oooh…Wh-what the…hell…was that…f-for." He wheezed.

"Just a reminder." Kai said cheerfully. "If you're going to act all depressed, then now you have a good reason. You got your ass kicked by a seven-year-old girl roughly half your size."

"I didn't…have a go-good enough…reason…before?"

"Want another kick in the nuts? Cause that question leads back to the "poor me" attitude."

"No thanks." He declined as he started picking himself up. When he was back on his feet he looked to Kai and saw the imposing male figure once again. "So…Kai, right? What do you want from me?"

"A lot." He answered. "But there will be time for that later. Right now my focus is repairing your mind and giving you a warning."

John cocked an eyebrow. Kai debated if his face would get stuck looking like that. He sure seemed to do it enough.

"No, seriously. What the hell do you want?" John repeated.

"Alright, you caught me. I want peace on Earth, a puppy in every house, and five-thousand dollars cash."

John's look didn't change. Maybe it really did get stuck.

"I was being serious." Kai stated, dropping the charade. "Believe it or not John, your mind is broken. Your selfishness; your lack of concern for your life or the lives of those around you. That isn't John Connor. That's not who you are."

"I know," he replied sullenly. "But it's too late to worry about that. Time is progressing forward and nothing can change what I've done."

"You're right. Nothing you do now can change things." Kai agreed. John's shoulders slumped as he continued to stare dejectedly at the floor. "But open your eyes. Take in the big picture."

John lifted his head. Looking at Kai with confusion.

"A sudden, unexplainable time loop. A god appearing before you when it supposedly ends. John, how do you think you got into this situation in the first place?" Kai watched as the teen's eyes grew larger with realization.

"Supposedly?" John whispered.

"You were right. Nothing you do now will undo the events of the last few days. But I assure you, this isn't the end. You're still very much a part of the time loop, John. And after we're done talking, you will return to day one."

John's mouth hung wide open. He was at a complete loss for words.

"Why do you think I'm giving you a warning?"

(End of Chapter 6)

Ok I know there is some rather cliché bits in there, but in my defense you should have seen the original version. I had nearly finished writing it when my writing sense came back from vacation and smacked me upside the head. It was just so cheesy and it didn't portray Kai the way I wanted it to. Anyway, you all probably know this, but Kai is the one speaking in the first person. You'll learn more about him and the time loops in the next chapter.

A lot of you noted how John's character grew darker. That is being addressed here and in the next chapter. While humor is a big focal point for the series there will be some levels of darkness to them based on the situation. As you've seen in this story John is stuck in a repeating cycle, a cycle that has bloodshed in it. As Kai said, he's losing his mind. Seeing those close to him die, being responsible for peoples' deaths. That is taking a major toll on him mentally.

That being said, this story is nearly done. Three to four chapters and I should reach the end. The next chapter is a plot moving chapter like this one, so it may not be as funny. But once that is done you'll see humor return. Especially between Kai and John. Please leave reviews. They make me smile. Smiles are good, you want the smiles, you need the smiles, you crave the smiles. So review.