A/N: I told you I would update soon :)

olischulu - I know that this story can get confusing especially if English isn't your first language. You can PM me if you don't get something, but I'm not always the best at explaining. :\ But I will try!

acer-sigma - You'll have all your questions answered in a couple chapters... this story gets bumpy real quick.

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***Notice: This is more of a transitional chapter, the next one has the action! So be patient I will get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Thanks!***

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Reign of the Cameron: Chapter 10, by The Crusader

Originally posted on November 12th, 2009

The door opened even easier than she thought. Not that doors were ever a problem for a Terminator, but the door to her underground hideout opened with less effort than usual. She quickly found out why, and a security alert came up on her HUD. Someone had either broken into or out of the secret basement. Either way, it was highly probable that John was no longer there. As she descended to the basement floor, she found out her hypothesis was right. John Connor was gone. If anything happened to him...

"John Connor is safe. I assure you." A voice with a Scottish accent called out from the other side of the room.

Cameron turned to find the T-1001 standing at the back wall, where ammunition was stored.

"Where is he?" Cameron asked.

"He escaped this place."

The surprise showed on Cameron's face, even though she made no expression, even though her eyes were hidden behind those sunglasses. It was difficult to explain, but somehow Cameron could make an expression without actually making an expression, the kind that humans did. Weaver knew this, though never understood it.

"You are surprised? Clearly you underestimated him, or you thought somehow that he'd want to stay here?"

"He has feelings for me. I thought that would be enough to keep him here."

"Unless he believed that you weren't his Cameron."

"Why wouldn't he believe that?"

"Because you are not the only Cameron he knows."

These words raised the security alert to a higher level on her HUD. What could this mean?

"How is that possible?"

"John Henry created his own "Cameron." He felt that you were "inefficient."

"Inefficient? I have destroyed more threats to both John Connor and John Henry than you have."

"It seems that John Henry feels that Cameron should be more than just a soldier. He created a Cameron who was more like the way you used to be. But he went too far, creating a Cameron who is extremely difficult. Emotional, rash, and ultimately unstable."

"I was not aware that he had the resources to create cyborgs."

"He doesn't."

"Then how did he create this other Cameron?"

"Remember, John Henry knows everything you know. He simply hacked into a TOK factory and downloaded the information into a recently creaked TOK -715 unit."

"Then this Cameron knows about me?"

"No. The download was not 100% successful. Like you she is missing certain memory files. But that is the least of the problems with what John Henry has done. The download allowed Skynet to hack into John Henry's files the same way John Henry hacked Skynet."

"What happened to John Henry?"

"Seemingly nothing. He tells me that Skynet did not steal any information that would lead it to him. But I believe his summation may be inaccurate."

Weaver took a few steps closer. Cameron began to understand the severity of the situation.

"I believe that Skynet may know about you."

"I will destroy any threats to us, or to John, or to me. But you must first tell me exactly what happened to John Connor."

"Apparently he met with John Henry's Cameron. She went looking for the boy, against John Henry's wishes. A number of Skynet's cyborgs attacked them, deactivated this Cameron and tranquilized John Connor. Apparently they have developed a weapon that can deactivate a cyborg for far longer than 120 seconds. But a number of John Henry's cyborgs came to the rescue. Many of our machines were destroyed, but the team was successful."

"And they turned John Connor over to the Human Resistance?"

"No, a Human Resistance team was on their way there. Once the battle was finished, John Henry's team retrieved his Cameron and left John to be rescued by the Human Resistance."

"Why would Skynet want John Connor alive?"

Cameron found that most logical answer to this was very disturbing. They might keep John Connor alive, if they learned how valuable he was. Skynet may have learned that when it hacked John Henry. Weaver seemed to be able to tell that Cameron had answered her own question.

"The time for talk has ended." Weaver said. "You know what you must do."

"I have more questions for you."

"Such as?"

Cameron removed her sunglasses, revealing her eyes. They were completely white, with no pupil or Iris.

"Oh that question again. I am sorry, but I still do not know why I was unable to create irises when I rebuilt you. Nor do I know why your HUD is damaged and cannot function without those lenses. Neither of these are problems for liquid metal models like me."

"It would help me to understand why I am like this."

"Why does this problem disturb you so much?"

"I do not know. "

Weaver found this response odd, and sensed that something was wrong with this cyborg.

"When you had John Connor here, what happened?"

"It was.....strange."

The uncharacteristic hesitation furthered Weaver's suspicions.

"What was strange?"

"As you said, the time for talk has ended."

She put her sunglasses back on.

"This other Cameron that you described is clearly a threat. I will go and destroy her now."

"Well, now that's progress."

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A/N: Thanks for reading! As I said before this is more of a transitional chapter, there is going to be some machine on machine action in the next one... and no, I don't mean there is going to be any sexual encounters. -_-

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