Author's Note: Well here's the next chapter of this little story we got here. How will Sarah and Derek react to John and Cameron's relationship? Will the mission go smoothly or will it go horribly wrong? Read on and find out. Also thanks again to everyone who reviewed. I do read all your reviews so please tell me what you think of the story. Well here's chapter 7, enjoy.
Chapter Seven: Changes
2008: Connor Residence
"JOHN! What the hell is going on here?!" Sarah yelled as she saw John and Cameron holding each other, and looking at her surprised.
Kane, who was in the kitchen, glanced up at the ceiling as he heard Sarah yell. Well I'd say Sarah just found out about John and Cameron's relationship. He thought to himself as he watched Derek run up the stairs with his gun drawn. Well I'd better go make sure they don't kill each other he thought as he started walking towards the stairs.
John was in shock. He didn't know what to do or how to respond to this situation. Cameron also had no idea what to do, so she quickly changed her expression to her blank "scary robot" face. When John finally recovered from his shock, he quickly jumped off the bed and launched into a hurried explanation of his actions.
"Mom! I can explain… its not what you think… its, its…" he stuttered as he tried to come up with a reasonable explanation. Too late Johnny boy you're caught a voice in his head which, for some reason, sounded a lot like Derek said. Time to face the music.
Cameron got up off the bed and moved in between John and his mother, anticipating that this confrontation was about to get heated. All of a sudden Derek came running up the stairs with his gun drawn.
"What the hell is going on up here?" he asked, looking around for trouble.
Sarah suddenly recovered from her own shock and spoke up. "I just caught John in bed and making out with Cameron!" she shouted.
Derek looked at John with a look like he didn't understand what was going on. This quickly passed, however, and it was replaced with a look of anger. "What!?" he shouted, then pointed his gun at Cameron. "I'll kill you, you metal bitch!"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" a voice from behind Derek said. Everyone, except Cameron, Jumped at the sudden appearance of Kane. "Put the gun away, Derek" he said.
Derek looked at Kane like he was crazy. "Fuck you" he said and moved to attack Cameron.
Kane just shook his head, grabbed Derek by the shoulder, and forcefully turned him around. He then stared into Derek's eyes, his pupils dilating. He then spoke in a hypnotic voice. "I said, put the gun away." Derek immediately complied, though he didn't look happy about it, and put the gun back into the back of his pants.
While all this went on, Sarah was just staring at her son and Cameron, trying to think of what to say. Eventually she thought of something. "John, how could you kiss her? She's a fucking terminator!" she said with indignation in her voice.
"Don't talk about Cameron like that!" John shouted, having finally found his voice. "She's more than that, she's different!"
Sarah just stared incredulously at her son, unable to believe how stupid he was being. She was about to respond when Kane started laughing behind her. Everyone turned to look at him, since no one could see anything funny about the situation.
"You think this is funny?" she asked Kane.
Kane just kept laughing. Finally he spoke. "Ha ha, you two should see the looks on your faces" he said, indicating Sarah and Derek. They just glanced at each other and then back at Kane. "I thought you two would react like this when you found out. It's just funny to see that I was right."
Sarah realized what Kane had said and immediately looked angry. "You mean you knew about this and you didn't tell us?!" she shouted.
Kane, unfazed by her yelling, nodded. "Of course I knew. In the future I come from, the resistance is led by John and Cameron Connor" he said, then stopped talking to watch their reactions to this revelation. All the humans, including John, looked dumbfounded and even Cameron had a look of surprise on her face at the news. Kane then continued to speak. "Future John not only sent me back to destroy the T-X and protect the two of them, he also told me to ensure that nothing and no one interferes with their relationship. I intend to do just that."
John wasn't sure how to respond to this. On one hand, he was glad that he and Cameron would have a long and lasting relationship. On the other, he was uncomfortable with the idea of Kane potentially hurting and killing people just to keep him and Cameron together.
Sarah, on the other hand, knew exactly how to respond, and she had a look of pure horror on her face. Not only was John, the future savior of mankind, seemingly destined to marry a machine, but thanks to Kane, there was nothing she could do about it. She glanced over at Derek and noticed he had a similar look of horror and helplessness on his face as well. Sarah knew her only chance would be to convince John that this was a mistake. Kane would listen to him. "John, you can't be serious about this, she's a machine!" she said.
John turned to her, a look of absolute determination and resolution on his face. "I've never been more serious about anything in my life" he said "I love Cameron and she loves me."
Sarah could only look helplessly at her son, knowing she would never be able to convince him otherwise. She saw no option but to accept this unholy relationship for the time being. "Fine John, I'm not and will never be happy about this relationship but I see no choice but to accept it. If she makes you happy then so be it" she said with a resigned look on her face.
Derek stared at Sarah in disbelief. "Sarah you can't just let this go! The metal bitch is manipulating John!" he said, not bothering to hide the contempt in his voice as he talked about Cameron.
Sarah glared at Derek with a look that clearly said "not now." "I can and I will" she said.
Derek just shook his head and turned to leave. "I'm going out for some air" he said.
"Come back before five and sober or you're not going on the mission" Kane called after Derek as he walked down the stairs.
After Derek left, Sarah turned and glared at Kane. She just glared at him like this for a few seconds then turned and followed Derek down the stairs. Kane was unfazed by Sarah's stare and watched her walk downstairs. After that, he turned back to John and Cameron. "I imagine the two of you would like to talk this over, so I'll leave you two it" he said. He then looked at John "I'll be downstairs if you need me, General" he said. He smirked at the look of surprise on John's face then turned to follow Sarah and Derek down the stairs.
John and Cameron looked at each other, neither one talking as they contemplated all the recent information they had been given. John was the first one to speak. "Do you think he was telling the truth about us?" he asked Cameron.
She nodded, then spoke. "Yes, I detected that he was telling the truth. However I have a hard time believing that you would marry a machine." John heard a bit of contempt in her voice as she said the last part and he realized he would have to reassure her.
"Cameron you mean the world to me. I don't care if you're a machine, you are still the woman I love. I would do anything for you. Do you understand?" he said. Cameron smiled and nodded.
"Thank you John, I love you" she replied.
"I love you too Cam" he said and the two embraced each other in a hug. The hug quickly turned into a make out session, which rapidly heated up as John found himself grabbing Cameron's breasts as he kissed her. Cameron looked down at him in surprise, then slowly sat up and, after making sure he was watching, sensually pulled off her shirt revealing a purple bra. John just stared at her dumbstruck before snapping out of it and quickly pulling off his shirt as well. After the two of them were naked, they quickly found each other's embrace.
A while passed and John and Cameron were lying under the covers of his bed, both still very naked. John was sweating profusely, while Cameron looked fine. "That was awesome, Cam" he said as he looked at her. She smiled. The experience had been surprisingly pleasurable for her as well. She was about to respond when the door to John's room opened and Kane walked in.
"I don't mean to interrupt you two love birds" he said with a huge smirk on his face "but Sarah and Derek are back, so you two might want to get dressed." With that, he left once again and shut the door behind him.
A few minutes later, the two of them walked downstairs and saw Sarah and Derek as Sarah set a pizza down on the table. "Here, that's for lunch" she said. John just nodded.
"Alright, I think it's about time we get going on this mission" Kane said "we should stake out the warehouse for a while before we attack."
Sarah and Derek said nothing, but nodded and left to go load weapons into Kane's stolen SUV.
Kane turned to John and Cameron. "Alright, you two know the drill. Stay here until we get back. Don't leave the house unless there's an emergency. If anything happens, call me and say vampire so I know it's you. Here's my number" he said as he handed John a slip of paper with a phone number on it. "Alright, see you two later" he said with a friendly smile as he walked out the door. A few minutes later, John and Cameron heard the SUV pull out of the driveway and take off down the road.
2008: A building next to the highway – Last night
The terminatrix stirred as its systems rebooted. When the car crashed into the building, it had exploded which triggered the reboot.
Systems Rebooting: Stand by…
Running Systems Check:
CPU Integrity: 100%
Endoskeleton Integrity: 98%
Mimetic Sheath Integrity: 98%
Power Source Integrity: 98%
Power Level: 99%
Onboard Weapons Status: Ready
All systems operational: Initiating Power-Up Sequence
The T-X's eyes opened as it rebooted. It reviewed the last few seconds before it had shut down. It had been chasing its target when the SUV had slammed into the car, causing it to crash. The T-X looked around and noticed it was in the flaming wreckage of a store of some kind. It also recognized the sound of sirens in the distance.
Human emergency services detected…
Action: Evade and re-evaluate mission
The T-X immediately stood up and ran out of the building, escaping just before the police and fire department could arrive. The terminatrix ran a few blocks and then stole a car. As it was driving, it analyzed the confrontation. Everything had been going perfectly and it was about to terminate one of its primary targets when an unknown adversary had disabled it. The terminatrix recalled seeing an unknown individual in the SUV shortly before crashing.
Running facial recognition scan…
Subject Identified: Sergeant Michael Kane – Resistance
The T-X considered this new information and quickly calculated the best possible place to intercept Kane, as he would have to be terminated. There was the Connor's house, but the T-X didn't know where it was, so the machine calculated the next most likely location.
Analysis Complete…
Action: Intercept Kane at Coltan storage facility – L.A Docks
The T-X turned a corner in its new car and took off towards the L.A docks to go find Kane.
2008: Coltan Storage Warehouse – Now
Kane's SUV pulled into an alleyway near the warehouse. Kane glanced at the clock on the dashboard. 3:45 he thought. We should wait until it gets dark to attack. He turned to Sarah and Derek, who were still looking distracted by what had happened at the house earlier. "Alright were here" Kane said. "We should stake out the place until it gets dark so we know what were up against." The other two nodded.
"I'll go watch the building" Derek said simply before getting out of the SUV. He walked around to the trunk, pulled out a sniper rifle, and walked away. Kane watched him go, then turned to Sarah.
"You and I should split up. I'll go watch from a different position. You should stay here and watch the rest of the weapons" Kane said. Sarah just nodded and didn't say anything as Kane grabbed a shotgun and a pair of binoculars and left to observe the warehouse.
2008: Connor Residence – 30 Minutes Later
John sat down in the living room, flipping through channels on the T.V. He was bored and was waiting for Cameron to come back from patrol. A few minutes later he heard the door open and close. Cameron then walked into the living room and sat down next to John.
"Hey" John said as he leaned over and kissed her. Cameron smiled and kissed him back.
"Hey" Cameron replied after a few minutes of this. She then turned towards the T.V. "What are you watching?" she asked.
John shrugged. "I don't know, there's nothing good on" he said. Cameron got a thoughtful look on her face and John was curious what she had in mind. "What?" he asked her.
Cameron turned back to John. "I was thinking that while Sarah, Derek, and Kane are on the mission, I could help you train" Cameron told him.
"How so?" John asked, curious.
"In the future, one of the reasons you become leader of the resistance is because you know so much about Skynet its terminators" Cameron said. "Under those circumstances, I think it would be useful to you if I were to help you learn about the different models of terminators you will encounter in the future, along with their strengths and weaknesses."
"Sounds like a good idea to me" John said "let's do it." Cameron smiled.
2008: Coltan Storage Warehouse – 4 Hours Later
Kane watched the warehouse through the binoculars. So far he had seen three people walk into the warehouse and no one come out. If there are any others in there, then they have been there for a while He thought. He glanced at the screen of his phone. 8:15, I guess we better do this. He dialed Derek's number that he had gotten while he was in the SUV with him and Sarah.
Derek answered after a few rings. "What?" he asked after he saw it was Kane's number.
"It's about time we attack this warehouse, meet me back at the SUV and we can come up with a plan" Kane said.
"Fine" Derek replied, then hung up the phone. A few minutes later, the three of them were standing outside the SUV loading several different weapons. "Ok, I saw a car arrive at the warehouse and two people get out" Derek said as they loaded the guns. "They walked into the warehouse, then I couldn't see them anymore."
Kane nodded. "I saw those guys too. I also saw another person arrive alone. From the way he was acting, I would guess it was a terminator" he said.
Sarah groaned. "Great, do you think we can take on that machine?" she asked.
Kane just smiled and nodded. "Of course we can, or rather I can. While I'm doing that, you two should wipe out any humans and plant the C-4."
"Sounds like a plan" Derek said as he pulled an M4 assault rifle out of the trunk and slotted a clip into it. "You got enough firepower to take that thing down?" Derek asked.
Kane held up a box of shotgun ammunition. "Tungsten core slugs" he said with a grin. "They should do plenty of damage to a triple 8."
"Well hopefully they do" Sarah said as she grabbed her SPAS-12 shotgun from the SUV along with a 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol. After they were all locked and loaded, the three of them headed to the warehouse. As they approached, they couldn't see anyone but they knew the grays were here.
The three of them reached the main door of the warehouse and Kane held up his fist, indicating they should stop, which they did. Kane tried the door, realizing it was unlocked and opened it. The inside of the warehouse was dark with only a few lights on. In the middle of the warehouse were several dozen crates with "Coltan" printed on the side. The crates were being loaded into two different trucks by five people in dock-workers' jumpsuits. A sixth man sat back observing. Kane noticed the man was standing unnaturally still as he looked around the warehouse. Kane closed the door carefully and turned to Sarah and Derek.
"Alright, there's five greys and a terminator in there. I say we stick with the plan. You guys take care of the greys and I will deal with the machine" Kane said. Sarah and Derek nodded. "Alright on the count of three" Kane said. "One, two, three!" The three of them then burst into the warehouse, taking the humans by surprise. Kane immediately turned to engage the triple 8 while Sarah and Derek started shooting at the greys, who took cover behind the boxes of Coltan.
The terminator saw Kane approaching it and it raised its gun and pointed it at Kane. Kane just smiled. There was a whooshing sound and suddenly Kane was behind the confused machine. Kane immediately raised his shotgun and shot the terminator in the back of the skull. The machine's head jerked forward and it spun around. It regarded Kane cautiously, confused by Kane's abilities.
Warning! Skull integrity at 85%
Target Unknown… Threat level: High
Action: Terminate
The machine quickly decided that the best way to deal with this unknown threat was to simply terminate it. The machine raised its gun and shot Kane in the stomach before he could react. Kane groaned in pain and collapsed on the floor.
The terminator was about to go help the greys when it noticed Kane getting back up, the gunshot wound apparently healed. The terminator was confused by this but immediately raised its gun to shoot Kane again. Kane wasn't about to get shot twice and quickly grabbed the gun out of the terminator's hand using his enhanced strength. He then raised the shotgun and shot the machine in the chest, causing it to stumble backwards.
The terminator didn't have time to right itself, however, as Kane pumped the shotgun and shot the machine in the leg, causing it to collapse onto the ground. He then shot the machine in the neck, damaging the connections and forcing the machine to reboot. Kane then pulled out a switchblade and pliers and proceeded to cut open the terminator's head and pull out its chip. With the machine dealt with, Kane turned to see how Sarah and Derek were doing.
He saw that three of the greys were dead and the other two had surrendered, kneeling on the ground with their hands behind their heads. Kane walked over to Sarah and Derek. "Good job, the machine's taken care of" he said as he held up its chip. Sarah and Derek looked surprised and were about to respond when one of the greys they thought was dead got up. The man then morphed into a blond woman in a red jacket, who immediately moved towards Kane.
"It's the T-X!" Kane shouted. "Get out of here, I'll hold it off!"
"Were not going anywhere!" Sarah shouted back. "You're no match for that thing!"
The terminatrix then punched Kane in the stomach, hard enough to kill a human, and sent him crashing into a crate of Coltan where he didn't move.
The T-X, satisfied that the annoying resistance fighter was dead, turned to face Sarah and Derek, who aimed their weapons at its head. They both shot at the T-X, but missed as the T-X took off running at them. Before it could do anything, however, it was tackled to the ground by an unknown assailant.
The terminatrix looked down to see what had interrupted it and saw that it was Kane. The T-X's CPU immediately began to calculate how Kane had survived.
Analyzing available data…
Data analysis complete…
Results: Sergeant Michael Kane is a Vampire
Scanning for countermeasures…
The terminatrix blinked at this new information and quickly disentangled itself from Kane. It ran over to one of the crates of coltan where it ripped a piece of wood off and held it like a knife.
Kane's eyes widened in fear as he saw the T-X's new weapon. It knows! He thought, slightly panicking. "It knows what I am!" he shouted out to Sarah and Derek, who were reloading their guns. They looked up in surprise and continued shooting at the T-X.
The terminatrix ignored the bullets and continued to advance on Kane, the wooden stake in its hand.
Kane was about to run, when suddenly a strange instinct he'd never felt before told him to use his compulsion on the deadly machine. That's ridiculous Kane thought Compulsion doesn't work on terminators, I've tried. But the instinct was strong, almost like a voice in his head insisting that he try. Well what have I got to lose Kane thought.
Kane waited for the machine to get closer then, fully expecting this to fail, looked the machine straight in the eye and shouted in a hypnotic voice "STOP!" with his pupils dilating. And, to the extreme surprise of everyone, including the terminatrix, the T-X stopped in its tracks.
Author's Note: Gasp! Another cliffhanger. Well I hope that chapter was worth the wait. Please don't forget to review and tell me what you guys thought of the chapter, and of my first real action scene. That's all for now guys, later.