Chapter 16
Allison lay in her bed, tossing and turning as she tried to sleep. It had been only hours since she had seen Cameron, the person she's considered to be her mother for the past six and a half years for the first time. Allison was both nervous and excited. She didn't know which she felt stronger about. She had always wanted to meet Cameron, ever since she first saw the picture of Cameron holding her as a baby, and Cameron finally being here, just in the next room filled her with excitement. But that feeling in the back of her mind, of what Cameron would think of her, ate away at her excitement. John had always said that Cameron always wanted a family of her own, and it wasn't until two nights ago that John confirmed to Allison why she couldn't have children. Cameron was a machine, but not like the other machines out there. From what John had told her, Cameron has evolved past what she used to be.
Her personality grew, she developed emotions and attachments and even fell in love, fell in love so much that it almost killed her. Allison thought of herself as John Connor's daughter and therefore, Cameron's daughter. But what kept going through her mind was what if Cameron didn't want her. Cameron wanted a family of her own, her own children, would she want a thirteen years old teenager as a daughter?.
Giving up trying to get to sleep, she threw her blanket off her and got out of bed, gasping as her feet touched the cold floor. Finding some spare socks in the box next to her bed which housed her spare clothes, she put them on and walked towards John's room, and looked through the gap of the ajar door. Both Cameron and John were asleep on the bed, Cameron's arm across John's chest . Allison noticed that John had Cameron's hair entwined with his fingers, just as he always said he did. This brought a smile to her face because though he was asleep, John for the first time in her knowing him, looked truly happy, truly complete. Though Allison had always done he best to make her father happy, she knew that he would never be happy unless he got Cameron back. Now that she was back in his life, she wondered how much John would change, for better or worse, John was her father, she loved him, and always will.
Allison next hear footsteps in the corridor outside. Focussing, she could hear the steps of five people, getting louder as they neared the room. Doing exactly what John had taught her, she turned back and walked towards her box of clothes. Reaching behind the box, she took out her plasma rifle from its place and readied herself, aiming at the door. Allison was only thirteen years old, but that never stopped her getting in to the thick of a fire fight when she had the chance. John had taught her how to shoot and he had told her he was only second best to Cameron with her aim. This gave a sense of pride to Allison, especially when she proved she was better in front of solders who have had more experience at fighting then she did. In Allison's view, she learnt from the best and her dad was better then them all.
The footsteps stopped outside the door, Allison heard someone silently knocking on the door, three times. Allison didn't move, instead on answering the door, she called out to the person on the other side, making sure she was loud enough to be heard, but also quiet enough not to wake John and Cameron. "Name and code?, identify yourself or I'll fire!". Allison waited for the reply, and heard Liz's voice coming from the other side. "Elizabeth Anderson, chief lieutenant, operational specialty, Tech Com. You know me as Liz, you've called me auntie Liz since you were seven years old". Satisfied, Allison lowered her weapon, but kept it ready just in case something was to go wrong. She walked to the door and typed in the eight digit code in to the code panel next to the door. The door unlocked and opened. Allison stepped back, allowing Liz to push the door open and step inside the room. Allison could see four solders standing guard outside. Liz closed the door behind her, before turning to look at Allison, noticing that she didn't look tired and hence wasn't asleep when she knocked at the door.
"What are you doing up at this time?, you should have been asleep hours ago". Allison, sat on the edge of her bed, dropping her plasma rifle beside her. "I can't sleep, I've tried but I can't, I can't get her out of my head". Liz walked towards John's room, knowing Cameron was asleep in there before looking back at Allison. "Cameron Connor?, its strange saying her name, John tired so hard to not talk about her, even to you, it hurt him every time". Allison smiled before looking at the door to John's room. "I haven't spoken to her yet, she doesn't know who I am". Liz raised her arms and Allison got up, wrapping her own arms around her. "She will, once she's better, she will know you, and she'll love you, she can't not love you, look at you, your beautiful, headstrong, stubborn like your father". Allison smirked and stepped back as Liz put he hands on her shoulders. "And you're a Connor, that's your name, and that name is a symbol, one everyone looks up to, listens out for, what can Cameron see that she can't love in you, nothing, absolutely nothing, so don't worry".
Allison smiled again as Liz lowered her arms. "What are you here for?, you didn't come here to talk to me, especially at this time". Liz looked a little taken aback but smiled never the less. "I've always got time for you, you call me auntie Liz for a reason, And yes, I need your dad, I just need to talk to him for a minute". Allison turned and walk towards the door leading to John's room. Looking through the gap of the ajar door, she could clearly see John and Cameron asleep on the bed. Cameron's arm across John's chest, their faces facing each other and barely an inch apart from one another. John had his fingers entwined with her hair, where he had been stroking it before falling asleep. "Both of them are asleep, do you really need him now, can't it wait until later". Liz appeared behind her, looking in to the room. "I don't want to wake him, either of them but I need his permission to send supplies and weapons to Perry in Long beach". A wide smile formed on Allison's face, she stepped back an turned to face Liz. "I'm not waking him, you have my permission to send the supplies to Perry".
"Liz tried hard not to laugh but quickly controlled herself at seeing the serious look in Allison's face. "Erm, no offence, but I need his permission, he's in charge". "Yes, he's in charge, but you need a Connor's permission, I'm a Connor, so I'm giving you the order, send Perry the supplies he needs, its what dad would have said anyways". Liz look surprised but even more so, she looked pleased. She gave Allison a smile and nodded. "Okay, fair enough, you're a Connor, we all follow Connor's orders, on one condition, you get some sleep, you looked like your ready to collapse". Allison nodded and hugged Liz again before leading her back to the front door. Liz opened it and stepped out, the four solders standing to attention at once. "See you later Allison, remember, get some sleep, take some pills if you have to". Liz then walked down the corridor, the four solders following her in quick succession. Allison closed the door entered the code to lock it again and then walked back to the doorway to John's room, watching John and Cameron sleep.
Despite what Liz had said, Allison had no intension of trying to get some sleep, and even if she did try and sleep, she knew that the excitement of Cameron being there would prevent her from sleeping. Instead, she watched her sleep from the doorway. Quickly wanting a better view, she slipped in to the room and stood at John's side of the bed, seeing Cameron's sleeping face clearly. As Allison watched, she noticed that Cameron didn't look a day older then she did in the picture. Allison turned and went back in to her own room, finding her picture of Cameron, John and her as a baby before heading back John's room. Standing over them again, Allison compared the John and Cameron in the picture to John and Cameron asleep on the bed. John had noticeably gotten older and had a scar on his cheek. The only difference Allison could make out on Cameron was her hair seemed to be a little longer then it was in the picture. Other then her hair, she looked exactly the same as she did seventeen years ago.
Allison backed off quickly as Cameron moved in her sleep, pushing herself in to John, who responded by doing the same to her. She could see a small smile appear on Cameron's face as she pressed herself against John, getting herself more comfortable. Allison, as carefully as possible, opened Cameron's hand and placed the photograph in it. She then closed Cameron's hand over the photograph. Allison kept her hand on Cameron's, surprised on how warm it felt as she expected her to be as cold as ice. Before going back to her room, she let go of Cameron's hand and moved it to her chest, pressing her hand against it. She could feel her Cameron's chest rise and fall as she breathed and she could also could feel her heart beat, beating at a calm, peaceful pace. Smiling, she leant forwards and kissed Cameron on the forehead and quickly did the same to John before backing out of the room. With one last look at Cameron's hand, seeing that the photograph was firmly in place, she closed the door and got herself in to her own bed. Pulling the blanket over herself, she lay back and wondered what Cameron will do when she wakes up and has the picture in her hand. Wondering what Cameron would say, Allison became drowsy and her head fell to the pillow, and she finally gave in to sleep.
Almost half and hour past before anyone in either rooms moved again, and that someone was Cameron. Her eyes slowly opening, Cameron's first thought was that she was still dreaming. But she quickly remembered John had woken her up, after six and a half long years. Allowing her eyes to focus, the first thing she saw was John's face, his eyes closed in a deep sleep in front on her. Smiling, she moved herself as carefully as possible to not wake him, she kissed him lightly on the lips, savouring every second of it. Pulling herself away, she lay her head back down on to the pillow, remembering her dream, her nightmare. For so long, Cameron in her dream, found herself imprisoned in a dark room, with four walls but no door. Cameron at first tried to punch her way through out of the room through the wall, but she didn't have the strength anymore, she was human, her body full of flesh, bone and blood. The room was so dark that she couldn't see one side of the room from the other. Out of nowhere, someone would appear, his face hidden beneath a balaclava.
Who ever the man was, he would torture her, he would tie Cameron up with rope, and without her strength, she couldn't fight back. He would then pour water over her, giving her the sensation of drowning, which scared her more then anything in the world. After a while, she found herself saying things to him, things she didn't understand. Not once did she know what he was forcing her to say. It went on and on, for over six long years. Then she remembered that out from no where, she heard John's voice in the darkness, calling out to her. The man torturing her became scared and disappeared, leaving her alone in the room. John's voice got louder and louder, and Cameron found herself in John's arms, in the basement of their old home. He kissed her, thinking she was dead, but she kissed him back, summoning all her strength to show him she was alive. Cameron remembered the intensity of her feelings the moment she was kissing John when he woke her. She was more in love with him at that moment then she was at any other time in her life.
As Cameron watched John sleep, she realised she was holding something. Holding it up, she smiled as she saw herself holding baby Allison all those years ago, with John sitting beside her. She remembered the day before that picture was taken. It was her birthday, she had helped Kacy give birth to Allison. Later that day, John brought her a diamond necklace and finally told her that he loved her. It had been one of the happiest days of her life. Pressing her lips against John's again, this time she kissed him deeply with the intent of waking him up. John did indeed wake up and kissed her back, he raised his free hand to Cameron's head and pulled her deeper in to the kiss. She moaned loudly as she ran her lips across John's before the broke the kiss and stared in to each others eyes. "Not that I'm complaining, but what's with the nice wake up kiss?".
Cameron simply smiled. "You woke me the same way, I'm just returning the favour". John retuned the smile and Cameron rose her hand to John's face, only then noticing that she had something grasped in her hand. Bringing it in to view, she saw the photograph of herself holding Allison as a baby with John next to her. She smiled and lowered the picture, kissing John again. "I didn't know you kept this, I thought you lost it before Judgement day". John took the picture from her and looked at it, knowing full well that this was Allison's picture, not his. "I did loose mine, I don't know what happened to mine, but this picture belongs to Allison, not me". Cameron's eyes widened in shock, she didn't even know Allison had survived Judgement day. "Allison?, Kacy's baby?". John nodded and looked towards the door, with Cameron quickly following his gaze. Cameron quickly looked back to John. "She's here?". John again nodded and Cameron turned and got off the bed. Standing up, she fell straight back to the bed again, feeling weak and light headed. Having not stood on her feet for over six years, Cameron wasn't used to standing. John got himself up and walked around the bed and held out his hand to Cameron. Pulling her to her feet, Cameron put her hand on his shoulder to balance herself.
They slowly walked towards the door. John led her in to the doorway and Cameron gasped loudly when seeing Allison asleep on the bed. To Cameron, it seemed like it was only last week when see last saw her, and that she could carry Allison in her arms. John watched as Cameron slowly walked over to Allison and knelt down next to the bed, watching her sleep. Cameron noticed Allison was shivering in her sleep due to the cold so she pulled her blanket over her. Cameron turned to look at John. "She's so beautiful". Cameron was nearly in tears at the sight of Allison. "How did you find her?". John stepped forwards and knelt down next to Cameron. "She was only seven when Kacy died. The machines caught her and brought her to the camp". Cameron moved the blanket down Allison again and moved her arm so she could see her work camp tattoo. At seeing the tattoo, she closed her eyes and blinked back the tears and Cameron's hatred of Skynet began to grow stronger within her. She pulled the blanket back over Allison who moved in her sleep. "We found each other and she gave me a reason to fight harder, she needed me as much as I needed her". Cameron and John made no sudden movements or noise until Allison remained still again in her sleep. Cameron learnt forwards and kissed her on the forehead. John stood up and led Cameron back to their bedroom. Cameron wrapped her arms around him, tears falling from her eyes. "Hey, what's wrong?".
"I've been gone for six years and I wake up to find I've got a daughter, I never thought I would have a family but you've given me one, I love you so much". John was a little taken aback but happy never the less. He held Cameron tight as she cried tears of 's watch began to beep, making John groan loudly. He held up his wrist and turned the watch off. "I've got to go to the command centre, do you want to stay here and wait for Allison to wake up?". Cameron instantly shook her head. "No, I'm not letting you out of my sight, I've spend to long with out you, but will she be alright by herself?". Both John and Cameron headed to the door, before looking to Allison in the bed in the corner of the room. "She'll be fine, she always is, she's a lot like you that way". Cameron smiled widely as John opened the door and stepped outside, Cameron followed him in to the corridor, looking both left and right, seeing that it was empty. With one last look inside, John closed the door and they headed in the direction to the command centre.
As they walked, they passed a group of solders on their way back to their rooms after a long shift. He moment they saw John, they saluted him. When they saw Cameron, they all stared with fascination and disbelief. When they got out of earshot of the solders, Cameron turned to John. "What are they staring at me for?". John turned to Cameron and smiled. "I think the rumour that Cameron Connor is here has spread". The closer they got to the command centre, they began to pass through security checkpoints, each heavily guarded. Every time they went through, all the solders stared at Cameron in awe, making her go red in the face every time they did. Once they finally reached the command centre, everyone went quiet and stared, making Cameron feel more out of place then ever. John found Liz, who was also staring at Cameron. "Liz?". Liz didn't respond, she just stared at Cameron as if John wasn't there. "LIZ!". Liz snapped out her trance. "Sorry!". John looked up at everyone else, who instantly got back to doing what they were doing, each of them glancing at Cameron every now and then. "Liz, what's going on!". John pointed at the screen on the wall, showing supplies being readied for transport.
"Yeah, Perry needs the supplies at Long beach, if he doesn't get it soon, we'll loose the harbour". "Yeah I know we'll loose the harbour, but who gave the order to ready the supplies?, I didn't". Liz instantly took a small step back and looked at the floor. "Allison did, you and Cameron were asleep, she didn't want to wake either of you, if Perry doesn't get these supplies soon, we loose the harbour, you know that". John looked sternly at Liz, who looked ready to pass out,. Everyone in the room went quiet, not knowing what John was going to do, but everyone, including Liz, signed in relive when John smiled at her. "You know that I would have sent the supplies anyways, if Allison gave the order, then that's fine, don't worry about it". Cameron watched from the corner, acting like a bodyguard with out realising it. John nodded to Cameron to come over to him, which she did. "Liz, this is Cameron, Cameron, this is Liz". Cameron nervously raised her hand, and Liz took it. "At least I know why he went out by himself to go looking for you, and I can't blame him". Cameron looked at John raising her eye brows. "You went out alone?". John stepped back as Cameron stared at him in disbelief. Liz was nearly laughing at John at seeing Cameron's face. "He nearly got himself killed, I wasn't there, but I was told that he had a machine standing over him, then Allison saved him". Cameron looked from one to the other. "How did she save him?".
"She blew the machine up with a rocket launcher". Liz smiled and left Cameron alone, completely stunned. "A thirteen year old girl saved you with a rocket launcher". Both John and Cameron smirked widely, knowing how ridiculous it sounded. Liz appeared next to John, holding out a radio. "Perry's on the other end, he's got information of Skynet movements". John took the radio from her and held it up. "Perry, it's Connor, report!". "Connor, Skynet activity is high near your location, at the supply depot at Home Plate. Aerials, Tanks, and the standard machines". John pointed to on of the solders near the door. "Confirm that!". The solder immediately got his radio and began talking. Cameron took the time to access one of the computer terminals, and got a map of the base on screen, quickly putting the map to memory. "The solder looked up, "Sir, I can't contact the supply depot". John held the radio up again. "Perry, I'll get back to you, we've got problems". "We have them everyday sir". John handed the radio back to Liz. "Who was in charge of the supply depot today?". Liz closed her eyes, thinking then opened them again in horror. "Robertson!". Everyone including Cameron turned around. Cameron knew Robertson from before she was sent back to protect John. Robertson was just a captain in charge of the supplies but he was over confident, cocky and thought he was better then everyone else. When it became clear he wasn't going to be given the leadership of the resistance like he wanted, he betrayed John and the resistance which resulted in half of the resistance leadership being killed.
That time, Cameron had saved John and then hunted down Robertson and killed him before he could give Skynet the locations of the other resistance bunkers. Cameron immediately walked to one of the terminals next to Liz and began typing. Liz and John watched as she worked on the wall screen, seeing everything she was doing. Cameron quickly got passed all the security that was in place and got full access to the database, including some files that were for Tech-com members only. Liz stepped forwards. "How the hell did you do that, only John knows how to bypass that security program". Cameron looked up to Liz. "I married him, didn't I? ". She smiled and accessed the cameras to the supply depot. The cameras to the supply depot came on to the wall screen, showing nothing but corpses, burning supplies and a lot of machines. Everyone went quiet, all of them looking to John. Cameron stood up. "Captain Robertson's a traitor, he let the machines in". John stepped to the side and pressed the big red button on the wall. The alarms sounded an the movements of hundreds of people were heard from all around. They watched on the wall screen as the machines breached off In to groups and moved towards the corridors leading away from the depot. "Liz, get firing squads to those corridors and make sure the civilians are protected, now!". Liz immediately began to work, as did everyone else. "John!".
Cameron shouted over and waved her hand to John to come to her. Once he did, she lowered her voice so only he could hear her. "Before you sent me back, Robertson betrayed you and the resistance, the other you ordered me to kill him before he could give any vital information away". John cut across her, "Then he needs to be stopped". Cameron nodded and John frowned, not liking the idea of killing someone he thought he knew. "Sir!". One of the solders threw a radio to John, who caught it. "Sir, I know Robertson, that's his voice". John, Cameron and Liz crowed together to listen. "Follow this path to John Connor, you will have him and his Tech-com leaders". All three of them looked to the wall screen and watched as the traitor came in to view on the camera, leading at least twenty machines towards one of the corridors.
Both John and Cameron felt a sinking feeling in their guts, something which Cameron had only twice experienced before. "Another solder came forwards, "Sir, the machines have broken through our checkpoints, civilians are being killed or rounded up". John hit his fists against the wall, knowing if the machines had got that far, then Home Plate was lost. "Okay, everyone listen up!". Everyone stopped what they were doing. "We've lost Home Plate, get the firing squads to the civilians and evacuate as many as possible, Destroy all the computers, don't let Skynet capture anything it can use. After that, retreat to your exits". Everyone nodded and sprang into action downloading the terminals on to portable hard drives and disks. Once they were done, they began planting explosives on the computers terminals.
Before the explosives could be set, the door at the far wall began to buckle under a constant barrage of force. "That was quick, everyone, arm yourselves". John opened a box near him and took out two plasma rifles, throwing one to Cameron. Under the barrage of the machines, the door was thrown off its hinges. The machines, one by one, both T ones and T six hundreds, began pouring through, firing their weapons. John, Cameron, Liz and everyone else began firing back. The machine's outnumbered them three to one, but the machines didn't have what everyone else in the room did, a strong human instinct to survive. John took cover behind an overturned desk, while Cameron took cover by the terminal she was working on. John, Cameron and the others had an advantage that they were spread out through the room, while the machines were coming through one door, allowing John, Cameron and the others to concentrate their fire.
The machines kept coming through the door and became trapped in a bottleneck, unable to move forwards or backwards. The last machine eventually fell, leaving a large pile of metal by the door. Standing up, John looked and noticed that half of the group were still standing, including Cameron and Liz, but the others were dead. Liz stepped forwards, blood flowing from a large cut on her forehead. "John, we need to get you to safety, if they can get in this far so quick, then your in danger, if you fall, we all fall". Cameron immediately stepped forwards. "I'm not going anywhere without Allison". John quickly handed Cameron a spare pistol and a radio. "Just in case, be careful, I'll wait for you in the motor pool". Cameron kissed John and quickly left without another word. John was then led out through another door by Liz and the others, all of them firing their way through the machines on their way to safety.
At the other end of the base, Allison had been woken up by the alarms going off. She sat bolt upright, looking around the room for the source of the noise. When she released it was the alarms, she muttered, Shit!", and leapt out of bed, pulling on what ever clothes she could find. Once dressed she ran I to John's room, finding that both John and Cameron were already gone. Allison spotted her photograph on the bed side table and moved over, picked it up and pocketed it. Allison smiled as she knew Cameron would have seen it and hopefully, she would know who she is. The alarms went silent briefly then changed to a louder volume. Allison knew this to mean that the machines were inside the base and John had ordered the evacuation. Allison went back in to her room and again took out her plasma rifle, loading it and moved to the door, typing in the code. The door opened and Allison stepped out and was instantly confronted by two solders. "Allison Connor, we've been ordered to move you to a safe location".
Allison and the two solders looked down the corridor to their left as gunfire was heard and people screamed. Machines came from around a corner and began firing at everyone that moved, killing one after another. Allison was flanked by both solders as she ran right, both of them shielding her. As she ran, she heard someone shout, "That's John Connor's daughter, grab her". Allison could hear more gunfire and heard both of the solders scream as they were hit, both falling as Allison turned a corner. Allison ran right in to a pile of bodies and tripped over them. Before she could get up, she saw the feet of a machine advancing on her. Raising her plasma rifle, she fired at it, taking off its arm.
The machine stopped to look at its destroyed arm, giving Allison a chance to rise from the floor and fire again hitting it in the head and watching it fall. She got up and continued on, not knowing where she was going, just keeping herself on the move, never stopping for more then a few seconds to look around corners to see if it was clear to move. Allison tried not to look at the bodies she was stepping over, especially when she was forced to pass some bodies of children to avoid being spotted by two T six hundreds. Allison kept running past groups of people or solders going in different directions, Allison hearing their screams and then gunfire and the silence as she went.
Allison eventually ran in to a large group of T six hundreds, who instantly fired on her. Allison dived in to the closest room. She got up as quickly as possible and closed the door, locking it behind her. She knew that wouldn't stop the machines but it made her feel a little better that the door was locked, but not by much. Allison aimed for the door and waited for the machines to enter. Holding her breath when the one of the machines forced the door open. Allison then hard gun fire outside the room an the door didn't open anymore. She couldn't hear anything but the sound of gun fire and explosions. The door was thrown open with such force by an explosion that t rebounded off the wall and closed again. Then suddenly, the guns went silent and Allison heard nothing. She debated in her mind whether to stay where she was or go to the door and look outside. The door suddenly opened and Allison was shocked to see Cameron standing there, a concerned look on her face. At her feet, were the remains of the T six hundreds. "Mom?". Cameron was just as shocked to find Allison where she was, let alone her calling her "mom". Cameron gave a weak smile as she stepped in to the room. Allison instantly lowered her rifle and stepped forwards. "How did you find me?".
Cameron didn't know how, she just ran in to the T six hundreds and destroyed them, she though Allison was dead. "I thought you were dead, there's so many bodies". Allison saw that Cameron was close to tears and embraced her. Cameron did the same, holding Allison for the first time since she was a baby. "I love you mom". Cameron smiled and a single tear fell down her cheek, never once had she though that anyone would say that to her, "I love you too Allison, now, lets get out of here". Cameron and Allison separated, Cameron checking the corridor to see if it was clear. Allison watched her as she did, noticing that if she didn't know Cameron was a machine beneath the skin, she wouldn't have noticed by the way Cameron was moving her body. Cameron tuned to Allison. "It's clear, lets go". Cameron watched as Allison took hold of her rifle, readying herself.
But before they could move, a single shot was heard as Cameron was shot in the back. She fell forwards, her eyes closing and she lay still. "MOM!". Allison threw her rifle down and dived for Cameron, trying the shake her awake but Cameron remained still. A T six hundred stepped in to the room, grabbing Allison by the throat and pushing her back, holding her against the wall. Behind the machine, captain Robertson stepped inside, smoke coming from the pistol he was holding. "Don't hurt her, yet, that's John Connor's daughter, she'll know where John Connor is building his camp". Allison looked at Robertson, anger and hate in her voice. "You bastard, you traitor, when I'm finished with this machine, I'm going to rip you apart". Robertson smiled and looked down at Cameron. "Cameron Connor, dead after only one bullet, it just proves that the Connors aren't invincible like some say". He then rose his gun and hit Allison across the face and she tasted the telltale metallic of blood in her mouth. Allison didn't show any pain, just anger and hate.
Then she saw something out of the corner of her eye. Two hands had appeared and were slowly making their way to the sides of the T six hundreds head. With one quick movement, the hands grabbed the machines head and twisted it, cutting the power to its chip, its grip on Allison lessened and it fell. As it fell, Allison saw Cameron standing there, anger and disappointment in her face. "What the hell, I killed you". Robertson raised his gun but Cameron was too quick for him, she raised her arms and threw the pistol out of his hands before kicking him hard off his feet, throwing him in to the wall. He fell and moaned in pain, as his back was broken. Allison immediately picked up Robertson's pistol and aimed it for his head, pulling the trigger and killing him. Cameron watched, her eyes wide with shock. Allison noticed this and dropped the pistol. "Hundreds are dead because of him, traitors don't deserve second chances".
Cameron stood again close to tears thinking Allison would reject her because she now knew she was a machine but Allison dropped the bombshell. "I already know what you are, you're my mom, metal or not, that's not going to change, I've already told dad that". "Cameron opened her mouth and closed it again, unable to take in that Allison said. "How did you know?". "When dad has a nightmare, he tends to talk in his sleep, and I heard a lot of things, I worked it out years ago that you were a machine but I don't care, you're my mom". A large explosion shook the room violently, throwing Allison off her feet while Cameron only just managed to keep her balance. "Allison, we can talk about this later, we need to go". Allison nodded and took Cameron's hand as she offered it, getting pulled to her feet. Cameron led the way towards to motor pool. They ran in to another T six hundred, which Cameron quickly dispatched by throwing it in to a wall and crushing its skull. Allison watched open mouthed as she did it. "Mom, I know you can do that, but remember to use the gun".
Cameron smiled at her, knowing she had to keep her cover or she would be killed by the rest of the resistance. They kept on moving, finding a large group of children being led away by two T six hundreds. Two well timed shots, one from Cameron and the other from Allison destroyed the two machines and the children were overjoyed to have been rescued. They reached the motor pool quickly, finding John, Liz and two soldiers standing next to the only remaining truck. John, upon spotting them, was able to breath easy as they approached. John immediately wrapped his arms around Allison. "I thought I lost you". "Don't be stupid dad, I'm fine". John smiled and let her go. Allison smiled at him and began helping the children in to the truck. Cameron and John then embraced and kissed, and even after a huge explosion caused half the room the collapse, they didn't break it. Liz hit John on the back of the head to force him to break the kiss with Cameron. "You two have plenty of time to do that on the way, we have to go, now!".
John made sure he was the last person to get in to the truck. Once he climbed inside, Liz shouted to the driver to go, which he did and they moved out of the base. John looked out the back of the truck and watched as the base disappeared from sight. "Liz sat back an frowned, "That bastard, Robertson, once we find out where he is, we'll capture him and give him what he deserves". Allison cleared her throat and spoke up. "Robertson's dead". Liz looked at her with surprise. "You sure?". Allison looked offended. "Yes, I'm sure, the bullet I put in to his head did the job, I know I didn't miss". Liz looked from Allison, to John, to Cameron and back to Allison again. She shrugged her shoulders, "You are your fathers daughter alright!" and held her radio up. "William, the Connors are en route to the camp, all three are safe, the traitor has already been taken care of, tell Perry that the Connor's are safe". William's voice came back quickly. "Okay, understood, over and out". John sat back and frowned, having lost Home Plate was like moving house all over again, it was only home for a small amount of time, but never the less, it was home. Allison sat to John's left, watching out of the back of the truck as they drove. Cameron sat to John's right, her hand holding his. He turned to her and they kissed again. All three of them, John, Cameron and Allison all felt that they could now face the war, together as a family.