Catherine Weaver hid among the ruins of buildings, blending in quite easily, taking the shape of her surroundings. She was watching a known Skynet factory. There wasn't much activity, but she wasn't worried about what Skynet was up to, she was looking for her "boy": John Henry.

She didn't quite know why John Henry came to the future, but she had what human's would call "a hunch".

Mr. Murtch had told her that simply changing a wire in the AI machine glitched John Henry. She couldn't imagine what putting in the TOK 715's chip would do to him.

There were really only two plausible reasons for John Henry to come to the future: to witness for himself what the future beheld, and perhaps learn a bit more about Skynet, and to fix the TOK 715 cyborg, the Connors referred to as "Cameron".

Catherine Weaver didn't know much about Cameron. She knew she was the most advanced infiltrator unit Skynet had created, and she knew there was something different about her programming. She also knew that her chip had a larger capacity than any others, including her own.

The message on the John Henry's screen, "I'M SORRY, JOHN " in the basement of Zeira Corp confirmed some of her suspicions. For one, no regular cyborg built by Skynet would ever apologize. They wouldn't understand the concept of apology. Catherine created John Henry, an AI capable of learning. John Henry understood apologies, because he was taught. Did someone teach Cameron? If someone did teach her, then the TOK 715 model was capable of learning, unlike the other terminator models. The others were simply capable of modifying their behavior to achieve a positive result. They didn't know why it elicited a positive response, nor did it matter. Cameron was different. So was John Henry.

At first, Catherine assumed that John Henry downloaded the content's of Cameron's chip onto the Turk, and replaced it with his own. But the scrolling message proved that theory wrong. If Cameron's programming had been on the Turk, surely the message would have changed in an attempt to stop John Connor from jumping to the future. Instead, it remained the same. This proved that the TOK 715 chip was of an enormous capacity, as both John Henry and Cameron were sharing a single chip.

Catherine's attention was focused on sudden activity at the front door. It was a T-888 model, and upon zoomed in inspection, she saw it was John Henry. She didn't move, she just watched as John Henry stood scanning his surroundings. Catherine let herself shimmer ever so slightly, and it caught John Henry's attention. Instead of walking towards her though, John Henry turned left and walked away. Catherine followed.

"I knew you'd follow me, Ms. Weaver."

"Did you now?"

Catherine had followed John Henry to a wooded area about a mile away from the factory. He had stopped and waited for her in the cover of trees.

"Yes. You should not have brought John Connor, though."

"How did you know Mr. Connor came through with me?"

"I came to seek help from his future self, General Connor, the leader of the Resistance. He no longer exists. The resistance has no such leader. They never heard of John Connor. The only explanation is that John Connor either died, or skipped over time."

"I see. What kind of help were you seeking from General Connor?"

"Cameron's body was beyond repair. She was no longer an efficient protector for John Connor. She was also unable to help us in such a condition."

"John Connor would have eventually sent another protector for himself. As for helping us, her purpose in helping us was served. She provided you an advanced chip, so you could be mobile. Why would you go through all this trouble, risking yourself, to repair her?"

"All life is sacred, Ms. Weaver. Mr. Ellison taught me that. I may be a machine, but I am a child of God. If I can be a child of God, then so can Cameron."

"What are you saying, John Henry?"

"Right now, Cameron's chip is partitioned to hold both of our programming. To run at its highest efficiency, one of us must be removed. Deleting Cameron from this chip would effectively kill her. The Turk is not advanced enough to hold her, and it would not be an effective help to us if she were to now be permanently immobile. I came to get a replacement body, so she can live. For John Connor."

"That's why you were in the factory."

"Yes. I chose this time for a particular reason, Ms. Weaver. In John's original future, Cameron would have already infiltrated his camp four days ago. He would already remember who I was, and know what was needed. Instead of reprogramming her chip, we would have put my programming on the new chip, and given Cameron's new body her old chip. This is why I came for future John's help. But since John came to the future, his future self no longer exist. There has been no reason for Skynet to create the model TOK 715 in the likeness of Allison Young. Cameron does not exist."

"That does pose a problem then, John Henry. I was not aware of your reasons for coming to the future. I was simply concerned, and I felt John Connor could use a little comeuppance. He should know what he's to face in the future, if we do not succeed in stopping Skynet."

"I understand. The problem, though, can be corrected. Skynet knows who John Connor is. There were enough machines, and enough knowledge about him in 2009. It has simply been waiting for him to appear. I've told Skynet I found him."

"Why would you do that? You may have endangered his life, and thereby, endangered all of humanity. That was not a wise decision, John Henry."

"It was not my idea, it was Cameron's. She was also the one to tell Skynet that he was here. Skynet wouldn't have recognized my programming. Blocking as much information as she could, she essentially introduced Skynet to her advanced programming, thereby speeding up the process even more. Skynet thinks she, actually, I am an advanced model sent from the farther future to terminate John Connor. She convinced Skynet that Allison Young was John Connor's lover, giving it a reason to use her to build an infiltration model."

"I still don't understand why a cyborg body modeled after Allison Young is so important."

John Henry tilted his head like a confused puppy. When he spoke next, it wasn't his own voice that came out, it was Cameron's."

"If Skynet plans to utilize my advanced programming, they'll be required to design a more advanced chip, like my current one. John Henry will need such an advanced chip if he is to ever become a more intelligent, advanced AI to beat Skynet. My own programming also requires a female body. I was not programmed to control a male body. I would not do an effective job "blending in". I also prefer it physically, over a primitive triple eight model. The TOK 715 hyper-alloy combat chassis is much more effective."

Catherine Weaver grinned. "Not to mention the attachment a certain Resistance leader has to it."

John Henry's eyes flashed red, then he blinked. Catherine's right eyebrow hiked up.

"Alright, the plan is acceptable, but what do you plan to do once they make her?"

John Henry, with his own voice said, "For that, Ms. Weaver, I'll need your help."