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Chapter Four: The Confrontation

2008: Connor Residence

"Cameron, are you in love with me?" John asked. He could have sworn he saw a look of embarrassment in her eyes as she contemplated how to respond.

"I can't love" she finally said. John was unconvinced. He could tell by the look in her eyes and by the sound of her voice that she was experiencing several emotions at the moment.

"Come on Cameron, I think we both know by now that that's not true" John said, a bit amused by her obvious embarrassment at discussing her emotions.

Cameron was feeling a strange sensation in her chip, one that she had never experienced before. I suddenly feel like I want to be anywhere but here Cameron noted as she analyzed this new sensation.

Analysis Complete…

Comparing to records and recent researched data…

Match found…

Analysis and comparison indicate CPU is experiencing 'embarrassment'

Cameron was shocked by this, she had never felt embarrassment before and it was a fascinating experience. She still didn't know how she was able to feel these emotions, but at the moment, that was the least of her worries.

The whole analysis process only took a few seconds, and Cameron decided she needed John's help to interpret these emotions, after all, internet research on emotions can only take you so far.

"I think I am feeling embarrassed" Cameron admitted.

"Well you don't need to be embarrassed about your emotions, Cameron" John said, trying to calm her down.

"But I was not designed to feel emotion" Cameron protested "It's not part of my programming."

John just looked at her and shook his head. "You can't program emotions, Cameron" he said "they come from inside. It's part of your development to being self-aware."

Cameron considered this. She had been operating outside the bonds of her original programming a lot lately, was it possible that emotions were part of this development? She eventually decided that she didn't care. She realized that she wanted to feel emotions and she didn't care if they were genuine or not, though the fact that she was able to want something was enough to convince her that this wasn't just some glitch.

"I think you're right" she told John "I think my CPU is developing genuine emotions."

John felt his heart leap at this statement and he realized that he could no longer suppress his feelings for the terminator sitting next to him. Fuck it he thought I don't care what she is, I don't care where she comes from, and I sure as hell don't care what created her, I love her and that's all there is to it. As he thought this to himself, he realized, perhaps for the first time, just how true it was.

John suddenly turned to Cameron, leaned forward, and kissed her. Cameron didn't respond immediately and John pulled back, thinking he had made a mistake.

"Sorry, that was stupid of me, I don't know what…" he stuttered, when suddenly, Cameron grabbed him in a tight embrace and kissed him deeply on the lips. John returned her embrace furiously and soon the two were passionately making out on John's bed.

After a couple minutes of this, the two broke apart and stared into each other's eyes. "Yes" Cameron said simply.

John looked at her confused. "Yes what?" he asked.

"Yes I am in love with you" Cameron replied with a genuine smile on her face which John found adorable.

"Me too" John said "I love you, Cameron. I have ever since I met you." John rolled onto his back and looked up at the ceiling, apparently deep in thought. Cameron smiled at his admission and knew better than to disturb him while he was thinking.

"God, I've been so stupid" John said "I knew I loved you but since you're a terminator, I tried to suppress it." Cameron was momentarily worried by this statement, but that feeling soon went away as John turned back towards her, love in his eyes.

"But you know what I just realized?" John asked.

"What?" Cameron replied.

"I don't care" he said "I don't care that you're a machine and I don't care that you were once programmed to kill me, I just care that I love you and that you love me. All this time I've been trying to hide my feelings for you behind anger. I've been an asshole to you and I'm sorry."

Cameron found herself experiencing another sensation she identified as joy, which was another new feeling to her. She felt joy that he loved her and joy that he admitted his mistakes.

"Yes, you have been an asshole" Cameron said "but I forgive you." She then pulled John into an embrace and they resumed making out.

After about a minute of this, they broke apart again and sat up on the bed.

"What about Riley?" Cameron asked, hating asking it but knew that she should.

John got a look of distaste in his eyes as Cameron pointed out his current girlfriend. "I never really loved her, I was just using her as a distraction so that I wouldn't have to face my feelings for you" he said "the next chance I get, I'm going to break up with her."

Cameron nodded, satisfied with John's answer. "So does this mean I'm your girlfriend now John?" Cameron asked.

John nodded "only if you want me to be your boyfriend" he said.

Cameron smiled "I would like that very much" she replied.

John was visibly relieved and pulled Cameron into a tight hug. After a few seconds he let go, a look of seriousness on his face.

"Sarah and Derek" Cameron said, anticipating what he was going to say.

John nodded "I doubt either of them would approve of our new relationship" he said.

Cameron agreed with him. "They would freak" she said.

John laughed, something he had not genuinely done for a long time. "That they would" he said "though it's probably better we tell them ourselves rather than them finding out on their own."

"Yes, we should tell them" Cameron agreed, then suddenly a thought crossed her mind. "What if they reject our relationship?" she asked, fearing his answer.

"I don't care if they reject our relationship, if it comes down to it, I would choose you over them in a heartbeat" he said. Cameron was glad.

"So when should we tell them?" she asked.

"I don't know" John replied "the sooner the better probably, though I would like to deal with Riley before we tell either of them."

A look of disdain crossed Cameron's face. "She's a bitch-whore" she said.

John laughed again. "Maybe, but I still need to talk to her, I feel kind of bad about just breaking up with her like this."

"When are you going to do it?" Cameron asked him.

"Might as well do it tonight, just to get it over with" John said "I need to make up a story about Mexico anyway."

"I'm coming with you" Cameron said firmly, the tone of her voice leaving no room for argument.

John was about to protest when he saw the determined look on Cameron's face and knew arguing would be pointless.

"Riley won't like it" John said "it might make the situation more difficult."

"I don't care" Cameron replied "I'm coming with you."

John held up his hands in surrender. "Fine, fine" he said. He looked at the clock and realized it was already getting late. "If we're gonna go, we should go" he said.

Cameron nodded in agreement and they both got up off the bed.

They went downstairs into the living room and both noticed that Sarah was gone. A few seconds later, Derek walked into the room, a beer bottle in his hand.

"Hey John" he said as he looked at John, not even acknowledging Cameron. "Your mom wanted me to tell you she went to get dinner and that she'd be back soon." Derek then noticed that both John and Cameron looked like they were ready to go out. "Going somewhere?" he asked.

"I'm going to Riley's to give her an explanation for what happened in Mexico, Cameron insisted on coming with me" John said. Derek just shrugged, not really caring one way or another, and walked out of the room.

"Right, let's go" John said as he walked out to the truck with Cameron following behind him.

2008: Riley's House

Kane was once again sitting in the bushes, waiting for John to show up at his girlfriend's house. He has to get here sometime Kane thought, he was starting to get annoyed. Suddenly, his heightened senses detected a vehicle approaching the house. Moments later, a black pickup truck pulled into the house's drive way. This could be him Kane thought.

The truck stopped and the engine turned off. Both doors opened and a teenage brunette girl got out of the driver's seat and looked around. She was quickly followed by a taller, older looking guy getting out of the passenger seat.

Kane quickly identified Cameron and with a little effort, could tell that the guy was teenage John Connor. Finally! Kane thought with excitement now I just need to wait for them to leave, then I can follow them without them knowing.

The two of them walked up to the house, knocked on the door and were quickly let inside. Kane sat back and waited. Not five minutes later, a silver sports car pulled up next to the pickup and a blond-haired woman in a red jacket got out and walked towards the house. As she walked, she pulled a berretta pistol out of her jacket.

Ahh shit Kane thought to himself as the blond woman broke the door down and walked into the house.

Kane quickly got up and ran so fast to the house that he almost teleported. Within a second, and with nothing more than a whooshing sound, Kane followed the Terminatrix inside.

5 Minutes Earlier

The pickup truck pulled to a stop outside Riley's house and John and Cameron got out. The two of them walked up to the door, Cameron scanning for threats as they went, failing to see the vampire hiding in the bushes, watching them.

They reached the door and John knocked three times. The door opened to reveal Riley's foster mom.

"Hi John" she said politely "come in, I'll tell Riley you're here."

John thanked her and the three of them walked into the entrance area. Riley's foster mom then walked up the stairs. A few moments later Riley came downstairs and smiled at first to John, but then frowned when she saw Cameron.

"Riley, we need to talk" John said.

"Yes we do" Riley replied, gesturing to the living room. John and Cameron followed Riley into the living room. Riley then sat on the couch.

"Riley, there's something I need to say to you…" John began when suddenly a loud crash was heard and moments later, a blond-haired woman with a gun walked into the living room.

Cameron immediately moved between John and the mysterious woman as Riley screamed and scanned the woman.

Scanning…

Scan Complete

Warning! Unknown Cyborg model detected

Threat Level: High

Action: Engage Cyborg to allow John to escape

"John run!" Cameron yelled as she moved to fight the unknown terminator.

"I'm not leaving you!" John shouted back. The T-X meanwhile was conducting its own scan.

Scanning…

Facial recognition match...

TOK-715 series terminator 'Cameron Phillips' identified

Threat Level: Low

Action: Terminate

The Terminatrix raised the arm that wasn't holding the pistol and pointed it at Cameron.

Activate internal plasma cannon…

The skin on the Terminatrix's arm pulled back to reveal a metal hand, which changed to form a plasma cannon that rapidly pulsed with energy. An orange burst of plasma shot out of the cannon and struck Cameron in the stomach, sending her flying backwards into a wall.

"Cameron!" John shouted from his position on the ground, having been knocked down by the force of the same blast.

The Terminatrix turned to John and looked at his face.

Facial recognition match…

Primary Target 'John Connor' identified

Terminate

The Terminatrix raised the pistol and pointed it at John. Before she could pull the trigger, however, a man appeared seemingly out of nowhere.

"Oh no you don't" Kane said to the machine as he rammed an exposed power cable into its neck.

The Terminatrix immediately dropped her gun in response to the millions of volts now coursing through her endoskeleton.

Warning! Power overload!

Unable to compensate…

Initiating stand by to preserve chip functionality…

The Terminatrix jerked a few times then fell over with a thud. Kane immediately walked over to John

He looked down at John, still lying on the floor, and held out his hand. "Come with me if you want to live" he told John.

John took Kane's hand and stood up. He then noticed Cameron lying on the ground, unmoving, a few feet away. "What about Cameron?" he asked as he ran over to her.

"Her too" Kane said simply as he walked over to Cameron. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder without any apparent effort. "Now come on, that won't keep it down for long" Kane said to John, indicating the T-X on the floor. John followed Kane outside to the street where a black SUV was parked.

Kane opened the rear door of the SUV and place Cameron in the backseat. He then got in and started the car up as John hurriedly buckled himself into the passenger seat. Kane then drove away from the house as quickly as he could.

John looked over at his savior. He was about 19 or 20 years old, had black hair and brown eyes, and was wearing a black leather jacket with blue jeans. A silver ring with an oval-shaped black gem in the center sat on his left ring finger as he tightly gripped the steering wheel.

John was about to ask the mysterious man who he was when he heard stirring behind him. He turned around to see Cameron starting to wake up.

Scanning for damage, stand by…

CPU Integrity: 93%

Organic Sheath Integrity: 90%

Endoskeleton Integrity: 97%

Warning… Minor damage detected to Combat Chassis

All systems functioning within acceptable parameters

Reactivating System…

Cameron opened her eyes and noticed she was in an SUV. She looked around and saw John in the passenger seat and an unknown individual driving. She immediately sat up and scanned John to make sure he was ok.

"Hey Cameron, how're you feeling?" John asked her.

"I'm fine" Cameron said "who is this?"

Kane suddenly spoke up. "Sergeant Michael Kane, Resistance special forces. I've been sent to protect John" Kane said, knowing the quickest way to get them to trust him would be to tell the truth, partly at least.

"Protect John from what?" Cameron asked. Suddenly a silver convertible pulled up on John's side of the SUV. Cameron saw the same unknown machine from the house was in the car. The Terminatrix pulled out her pistol and aimed it at John.

"From her" Kane replied as he swerved and smashed the SUV into the side of the convertible. The Terminatrix fired several shots but they missed because of this.

Kane smashed into the convertible again which caused two of its tires to blow out. The convertible then spun out and crashed into a building. A few minutes later, Kane pulled into the drive way of the Connor's house.

It was only then that Kane smelled the blood. He looked over at John and saw blood soaking his shirt. John had not noticed the injury right away due to the adrenalin, but he noticed Kane's stare and looked down.

"Oh crap" he said as he suddenly felt light headed.

"John!" Cameron said as she saw that he was hurt.

"Quick, get him out of the SUV, we can't treat his wound well in here" Kane said as he got out. Cameron got out as well and went over to the passenger side door. She grabbed John and laid him down on the asphalt of the drive way.

Kane ripped John's shirt off and noticed a bullet hole in his stomach right below his heart.

Suddenly headlights illuminated the three of them as Sarah pulled up in her car. She immediately noticed what was going on and got out quickly.

"JOHN!" she screamed as she ran over to him. She knelt down beside him and stared at his wound. "What happened? And whose this?" she screamed at Cameron, noticing Kane for the first time.

"Talk later, lets save his life now" Kane said looking at Sarah. Sarah agreed and looked at Cameron, who had, with some difficulty, adopted her blank robot face once again. She knew getting emotional now would not help John.

"The wound is fatal" she said "John will die in approximately two minutes of blood loss."

"NO!" Sarah shouted "I won't accept that, there's got to be something we can do!"

God, I really did not want them to find out this way Kane thought. "Well there is one thing I can do that will save his life" Kane said.

Sarah's head snapped up to look at Kane. "Do it then!" she said, not caring what it was, as long as it would save John.

This will not end well for me Kane thought. Suddenly his eyes darkened and the veins on his face turned black. He pulled back his lips to reveal razor sharp fangs, which he then sunk into his right wrist.

He pulled his fangs out of his wrist and held the wound he had made up to John's mouth. "Come on John, drink" Kane said. John, who was still conscious, barely, had no strength to protest and began to drink Kane's blood.

While this was happening, Sarah looked at Kane in shock and Cameron stared at him intently, in case he should suddenly try to harm John.

After a few seconds, Kane pulled his wrist away from John's mouth. "Now watch" he said, gesturing to John's bullet wound.

Both Cameron and Sarah stared intently at John's wound. Nothing happened at first, but after a few seconds the wound stopped bleeding and closed up. John sat up and examined where the wound had been. "It doesn't hurt anymore" he said as Cameron and Sarah looked at him in shock.

Then all three of them turned to look at Kane. Sarah finally got up the will to speak. "How did you…" she trailed off. "Who are you?" she asked "what are you?"

Kane didn't answer immediately, and just looked at the asphalt for a few seconds. Well, it's the moment of truth he thought to himself. He finally looked up straight into Sarah's eyes. "I'm a vampire" he said as the three of them looked at him in shock.

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