Author's Note: Well guys, here's the next chapter. So what are Kane's missions besides protecting John and Cameron? Read on and find out. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it helps me improve my writing and makes all of this worth it. Well I won't take up any more of your time, so here's the chapter.

Chapter Six: The Objectives

2008: Connor Residence

Cameron walked back up the stairs after finishing patrol. Kane had come to her in John's room at about 1:30 in the morning and asked her to finish the patrol, saying only that he had something important to do before everyone woke up. Cameron had agreed, reluctantly, and had finished patrol.

It was 5:30 and Kane still hadn't come back yet, but Cameron was sure he was fine. Suddenly she heard a knock on the front door. Who would be coming here at this time? Cameron thought as she made her way to the front door, drawing her pistol as she went.

She looked out the window beside the door and saw that it was just Kane. She opened the door and noticed a mid-sized blue cooler with a white lid sitting beside him. "What's that for?" she asked him. Kane said nothing but just grinned as he picked up the cooler and walked past her into the house. Cameron just closed the door and walked back up the stairs to John's room.

As she got into his room, she noticed he appeared to be having a nightmare. He was sweating and she detected an elevated heart rate. She walked up beside him and grabbed his hand as he thrashed around. "Shh, it's alright John, I'm here now" she said. Almost immediately, John began to calm down and fell back into a peaceful sleep. Cameron just smiled and got back next to him in bed.

John woke up a few hours later and immediately felt someone in bed next to him. He turned over and saw it was Cameron. He saw she was smiling as she watched him. "Hey, what time is it?" he asked her.

"It is 8:04 in the morning, your mother is downstairs making breakfast" she replied. John nodded and got out of bed. Cameron got out with him and he saw she was still wearing the same clothes she had been when he fell asleep last night.

"How's your skin healing up?" he asked her, thinking of all the skin he had needed to cut off because of the plasma blast from the T-X.

"Good" she said "it should be fully healed in approximately two days."

"I'm glad" he said as he leaned over to kiss her. She immediately kissed him back. Cameron suddenly pulled away, and John looked at her with confusion on his face. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Someone's coming" she responded. Sure enough, less than ten seconds later, the door to John's room opened and Kane walked in. He didn't look at all surprised to see John and Cameron sitting so close together, in fact, he had a slight smirk on his face.

"Your mom says breakfast is ready" he told John before turning around and walking out of the room.

John quickly changed into some clothes that had been lying on the floor and walked out of the room and down the stairs with Cameron following close behind him.

They walked into the kitchen and John immediately detected the familiar scent of burning pancakes. Well, at least she's consistent John thought.

"Sorry, they got a little over done" Sarah said as she set a plate of half burned pancakes in front of John. John wisely decided to keep his mouth shut at this and picked up his fork to start eating. He offered some pancakes to Cameron, which she politely declined, stating that he needed to keep his strength up.

Sarah watched this exchange with interest, and a little worry. Could something more be going on here? Is that even possible? She was saved from having to answer her own question when Derek walked into the kitchen. After staring disapprovingly at Cameron for a second, he sat down opposite John at the kitchen table. Sarah walked over and placed a plate of pancakes in front of him, which he started to eat immediately. She then sat down next to Derek and started to eat her own breakfast.

After a few minutes, Kane walked into the kitchen and noticed everyone eating. Sarah glanced up at him as he walked in, she was still a little uneasy around him, even though he was clearly on their side. Kane stood and watched the others eat for about a minute before Sarah spoke up. "Do you want any, or can you even eat?" she asked.

"I can eat normal food, I just don't need to" Kane said, then glanced down at the half burned pancakes and smiled. "To answer your other question, no I don't want any." Sarah saw him looking at the pancakes and a scowl appeared on her face. She noticed John and Derek trying not to laugh at the obvious insult to her cooking. She glared at them for a second before returning to her food.

"This is all I need" Kane said as he reached into the refrigerator and pulled out a blood bag, the kind you would use for transfusions at the hospital. He ripped off the top, then pulled a glass out of the cupboard, poured the blood into the glass, and threw the empty blood bag away. He then sat down on the other side of Cameron at the table. He took a drink of the blood while everyone else at the table, except for Cameron, watched him with a mixture of fascination and disgust. They then turned back to their food and finished eating.

After they had finished eating, Sarah turned to Kane. "Alright, now you're gonna tell us about the rest of your mission" she said, leaving no room for argument.

Kane just sighed. He finished drinking the blood in his glass and set it on the kitchen table. "Fine" he said. "Ok first of all, I just want to get one thing straight. My primary mission is, and always will be, to ensure the survival of John and Cameron. Why this is, I will not tell you" he said, making it clear that he meant it. "That being said, my secondary mission is still extremely important. You see, I'm here also to prepare you guys for Judgment Day, and ensure that the Resistance has as good of a start fighting Skynet as possible."

"Why not just stop Judgment Day?" Sarah asked.

"Simple" Kane replied "it's impossible. Judgment Day is inevitable. The most you could do is postpone it. No matter what you do, Skynet will be created somehow, at some time and it will attempt to destroy humanity. That is why we need to beat Skynet after J-Day, not before it."

Needless to say, John was more than a little upset at this news. "So you mean all our efforts so far have been for nothing?" he asked.

Kane shook his head. "Absolutely not" he said "the things you've done have helped hamper Skynet in the future. Since we can't stop Judgment day, we need to help the resistance."

"Alright well how do we help the resistance then?" Sarah asked.

"Well one of the ways is to find the greys in this time" Kane replied. Once he said this, Derek immediately got a scowl on his face. John and Sarah looked confused and Cameron's face remained devoid of emotion.

"What are greys?" John asked.

"Traitors" Derek suddenly spoke up "humans who think that if they work for Skynet, then it will spare them if it wins the war." As he said this, Sarah and John got looks of disgust on their faces. They couldn't believe that anyone would willingly help Skynet.

"Right" Kane said "Skynet sends them back with terminators to accomplish different tasks, like creating Skynet. If we can find them, then we should be able to severely hamper Skynet and its development." Kane let them consider this for a few seconds before speaking up again. "For example, I know of a grey that's in charge of collecting coltan and storing it to be used for terminator production in the future."

John suddenly got a thoughtful look on his face. "Like the coltan supply we destroyed right after we jumped forward" he said.

Kane nodded. "In addition to destroying a source of coltan, we might also find information about other grey operations in this time" he said.

"Do you know where the coltan is?" Sarah asked.

"It's in a warehouse down by the docks. If we're gonna go after it, we should go soon. The coltan will be moved sometime tomorrow and we may not be able to find it after that" Kane told them.

"So we move out tonight" Derek said. He suddenly sounded way more interested in the conversation than he had been a few minutes ago. There was action to be had, and that was all he cared about.

"Good idea" Kane said "I would also like both John and Cameron to stay here." John immediately began to protest and even Cameron had a look close to indignation on her face at the thought of being left behind.

Kane just held up his hand to the two of them. "Before you even say anything, you know that my highest priority is to ensure that the both of you stay safe. I can't do that as well if you both are right in the battle with me."

Sarah nodded, for once she agreed with Kane. "Kane's right, John. It's too dangerous."

Before John could respond, Kane spoke up again. "Don't worry John, we can certainly handle a few greys."

"What if a terminator is at the warehouse?" Cameron suddenly spoke up. "You'll need my help to destroy it."

"I'm more than capable of handling a triple-8" Kane said "don't worry about me. Plus I can protect Sarah and Derek too, if necessary." Cameron looked at him doubtfully, still not believing in his capabilities.

Kane sighed. "Fine" he said "tell you what, if you can beat me at arm wrestling, then you can come along. If not, then I won't have any problems forcing you to stay here." There was a slightly threatening tone in his voice.

All the humans at the table looked at Kane like he was crazy, and even Cameron had a slight look of shock on her face, though she covered it up almost immediately.

"Very well" Cameron said, confident that no organic being could beat her in a battle of pure strength.

John, Sarah, and Derek all cleared the table and watched with interest as Kane and Cameron sat opposite each other. They each put their arms on the table and clasped their hands together in the center.

"3, 2, 1, go!" Kane shouted. Cameron immediately applied only a fraction of her strength, thinking it would be enough to win the competition. She was wrong, however, as Kane began to beat her. She was surprised by this and began to apply more of her strength. Kane winced a bit and put more effort into it. Cameron was surprised even more by his increased strength and applied more effort.

Strength at 75%

Cameron immediately knew something wasn't right as this fact flashed across her HUD. This would be enough effort to break a human's arm off. How can Kane possibly be this strong? She wondered as she increased her strength to maximum. I will win for sure now. She thought. She found herself unusually determined to win this petty contest, more so than just so that she could go on the mission. This must be another developing emotion. I will have to ask John about it later. She thought to herself.

Kane grimaced as Cameron applied her full strength. It's now or never. He thought. He then pushed as hard as he could on Cameron's arm and to the surprise of John, Cameron, Sarah, and Derek, he started to push her arm down towards the table. Cameron looked a little surprised at this. She realized that she had no more strength to give and that Kane was overpowering her. As this was happening, they all realized that Kane's face had changed and that his eyes were dark and his fangs were showing.

It took the most effort he had ever put into anything, but after a minute or so of this struggle, Kane managed to push Cameron's hand all the way down to the table. He then smiled and let go of her hand as everyone else, including Cameron, stared in shock at Kane. No one said anything for several minutes as everyone was still trying to comprehend what they had just witnessed. Cameron was the first to speak.

"That's impossible" she said "I must be malfunctioning somehow."

Kane just smiled. "Cameron let me assure you, you are not malfunctioning. You may be a terminator but I am almost three hundred years old, plus I just fed" he said, nodding his head towards the now empty glass. "I am at my top physical condition and as a result, I am stronger than you, if only slightly." Everyone just stared at him. John noticed Derek had a smug look on his face. He was glad to see Cameron fail at something. John gave Derek a dirty look.

"Well now that that's settled, Cameron, you are staying here with John while Sarah, Derek, and I deal with the greys" Kane said. John realized that there was no way he was going to win this argument, so he turned around and left the room. Cameron quickly followed him.

They walked into John's room. John sat down on the bed while Cameron stood next to him, her face was devoid of emotion. "What's the matter Cameron?" John asked, already suspecting what it was.

Cameron turned to look at John. "I lost the arm wrestling competition, I shouldn't have lost" she said.

"There's nothing wrong with you, Cameron. Maybe Kane is just stronger" John replied, trying to reassure her.

"No" she shook her head. "It should not be possible for him to be that strong."

"Well he did tell us his strength was several times greater than that of a human's" John said. "We don't really know that much about vampires, other than what Kane told us."

"I guess" she said. She had a defeated tone in her voice.

John just sighed. "Look Cameron, no matter how strong Kane is, you're still the thing that matters most to me. Nothing is ever going to change that, alright?"

Cameron nodded. John noticed that she did look a bit happier. "Now come here" he said, there was a grin on his face as he patted the bed next to him. She smiled and complied, sitting down next to him. She then wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.

A few hours passed, during which they alternated between making out and John doing research on the computer. After he had finished his research for the moment, John decided he had not had enough of Cameron's lips and the two resumed their make out session on the bed. They were so engrossed in each other that neither noticed Sarah walking up the stairs and opening the door to John's room.

She walked into the room holding staring at her phone. "John we're gonna order pizza for lunch and I just wanted to know what you wanted on…" she trailed off as she noticed what was going on. She dropped the phone and stared in shock at the two for several seconds, trying to find her voice. Eventually she did. "JOHN! What the hell is going on here?!" she shouted as John and Cameron stared at her in shock.

Author's Note: Well that's another chapter down. Sorry it's a little shorter than usual but I wanted to get an update posted quickly. I had originally planned to combine this and the next chapter, but decided against it. The next chapter should be up in a week or so. Don't forget to review and tell me if you liked it or not. Also tell me if you prefer me to upload the way I have been, shorter chapters but quicker updates, or if you want me to start posting longer chapters, but update more slowly. Well that's all for now, see you later guys