Upstairs in the Conner house, Sarah's bedroom or armoury whichever, inside was none other than Sarah Conner the mother of the messiah or the son of a crazy bitch what normal people would say. 2:30am, Sarah laid, sprawled out on her bed, staring straight eyed at the sealing just waiting for slumber, at least 2 minutes of sleep would be fine but these past few weeks sleeping is like trying to get blood out of a fucking stone. There was just too much, too much on Sarah's mind, John's safety, his future and her own, who knows if Sarah even has a future, Cameron once told her she died of cancer, they jumped time yes but cancer can just lay dormant in the human body waiting, ticking like a time bomb waiting to go off. That was just one half of what's her mind, now for the other half, god, doesn't life get fucking better for us all. Her best problem at this day is the all unknowing '3 dots' she's been encountering in almost every corner of her eye sight, first seeing it blood printed in the basement along with other names, targets, locations , it's like something you get out of Google earth it's all there in one blink. Derek...well what's to say about Derek Reese now? That man's out more than gas, Hell knows where he goes, he just takes off without telling no one, that will need to be dealt with but there are more important things. John, her son is changing and not in a good way either. He's being defiant, making his own decisions, going out whenever he sees fit without protection, without weaponry, without Sarah. It all started at the junkyard the second she saw his eyes as the termite glared its flaming light, she knew it was him, not John Baum...John Conner. Is this really the person he's going to change into, should she provoke that person? Will it save him or seal his fate? Fate...There is no fate but what we make.
Fantastic, great. She was getting tired. Her eyes felt cold which made her eye lids want to cover them and so she did. Finally, a decent half night's sleep, bet than nothing though.
7:45am. Sarah awoke. That felt good, getting a bit of sleep, she could feel her energy coming back slowly, let's hope it gets spent on something worth it, beating the shit out of people for information was getting kind of boring. She got out of bed, put on a black t-shirt and some white jogging pants and made her way downstairs. She could hear voices, slightly echo, must be from the kitchen, no doubt her son and It. She made her way into the kitchen and saw John in a grey dressing gown, sat at the kitchen table, eating bacon and eggs. He made his own breakfast? What's wrong with her pancakes?
''Morning'' she murmured while taking a seat. John greeted her back while eating
''you made breakfast?'' she asked while smiling
''No'' He replayed, shaking his head. ''Cameron did'' with his mouth full. So she's feeding him now, what's next?
Footsteps could be heard. Sarah looked down at the table not wanting to acknowledge what was about to come in.
''School will be starting in twenty one minutes and thirty six seconds, John. We should go'' Sarah heard while it took a seat opposite her. Heard the chair creek as it sat down next to John.
''Yeah, yeah I know'' John said. Sarah looked in front of her to see Cameron.
Wait...No, That's not right. That's not Cameron. Sarah's blood froze, her feet went numb, butterflies caved her stomach, shoulders tensed. What is this?
She exhaled, her teeth almost clattering. She kept looking on what was in front of her, next to John. She wanted to jump out of her seat take John's hand and run but her body was frozen. Her fingers felt swollen and stiff as they were pressed against the table flat out. Her eyes now beginning to water.
Is what's in front of her now really Cameron? It has to be; after all she heard her voice. This was Cameron but her insides, behind the fake flesh, disguise, face. It was Cameron's metallic skeletal form and by god it is just like the one she saw years ago in the factory, how it limped out of the fire towards Kyle and Sarah. Cameron's skeletal form was however a little different, her coltan was brighter and there were two small bumps on its chest. Cameron looked at her, hearing the metal making a soft vibrating noise.
'' you look ill, Sarah'' It said as it tilted its head a few inches to the right.
Sarah shivered her teeth were clattering, head dripping with sweat.
''Mom'' Said John as he nudged her arm trying to get her attention.
Those eyes. It has the same eyes only Cameron's were bright blue not red. It has a face of death, those greyish metal teeth shined, like it was smiling. The smile of death as it looked.
Sarah shook her head slowly, sweat dripping off as she moved. Why is this happening?
''No'' she whispered and whimpered almost about to cry or throw up because of what she's looking at.
''S-Stay away from John'' Sarah whispered, teeth clattered. Cameron tilted her head again, she could see the blue eyes shrink then went back to normal size. Like it was analyzing her ''stay away from my son''
The machine turned its head towards John. ''John, we should go to school now'' Cameron said, her blue eyes grew brighter as it spoke then dimmed.
''hm..that time already?'' John said before he gulped down his orange juice. He looked at his mother who was still frozen in place. ''you should go to bed mom you look like crap'' sighing as he stood up. The machine stood up also making a screeching noise as its legs stood straight.
Sarah began to cry. ''don't go near it John, don't let it follow you!'' she screamed, trying to move but to no avail, her limbs just frozen as she watched John left for the door and the metal skeleton that followed him. Sarah screamed for John again but he ignored her, almost like he couldn't even hear her. She shouted his name again but no luck. As John disappeared from her sight Cameron came to a halt, its head turned to look at Sarah for a couple of seconds.
A feeling came to Sarah's hand, she felt control over it and without hesitation she pointed at Cameron ''I won't let you go near him...I won't let you take my son away'' she said in a threatening tone, still crying
''We'll see'' it simply replayed but in very slow motion and walked off to where John went.
Sarah stretched her arm as far as she could almost if she was trying to reach out to John. She screamed his name till she felt her ear drums reacting.
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''John!'' she shouted her body jerked upwards and her arm stretched out. Sarah looked around, still in her bedroom, still sweating. She ran her hand through her hair hard. She gained her breathe back and slumped down, her head hitting the pillow. Another dream, these dreams were getting more and more frequent. She looked at her digital alarm clock along the side. It read 3:00am. She took a deep breath and tried to relax again. Something needs to be done. Something needs to be done about Cameron, if only John would listen to her if only he himself would have a dream like that he would at least know what Cameron really is. Though John may know better than her about Cameron he still refuses to let her go, still refuses to keep his life safe. Cameron is dangerous, she needs to go. She stared at the sealing, hoping that she won't sleep this time, her dreams are tainted because of that piece of metal trash.
Sometimes in times like these, Sarah is grateful that John stays with out with Riley.
She sighed. Everything has fallen to shit.
9:30pm. Deep in an underground basement under a five story building was a computer area. Full of servers, equipment, computers and cooling units, inside the main area was two big screen display screens, showing nothing but images, binary and processes. There was a table in the centre with nothing on it but two hands which came from a terminator, now controlled by the most sophisticated, high working, smart AI. John Henry. He sat staring into deep space, body frozen, eyes not blinking and just listened to the noises the servers made next to him.
The door opened. John Henry's eyes snapped towards to see a man in a suit.
He smiled. ''Hello Mr Ellison''
James nodded at him ''John Henry'' He came to sit down on the chair sitting opposite John Henry.
''How are you today, Mr Ellison?'' still smiling.
''I'm fine, John Henry, thank you'' As he unbuttoned his jacket.
John Henry decided to come up with a conversation. ''Mr Ellison, I have made a discovery about this body I'm connected to, about where it came from. There are only scraps of these files as most of them are corrupted or possibly damaged. Some files are also unknown to me and will take some time to convert'' James folded his arms not prepared to see what would appear on the screen but it seemed like John Henry wanted to impress him. So why not, allot he's seen in recent times he wasn't prepared for, he's got used to it.
''Okay, what is it you've discovered'' he crossed his legs, eyes looked at the screen behind John Henry.
''One moment please'' he said in a robotic tone.
An image appeared on the screen which looked to be a destroyed city after nuclear fallout. James got off his seat and went closer to the display screen. He couldn't believe it. This was the future, where Cromartie came from. It was almost like hell had taken over.
''What is this'' James asked.
''I found it in a built in memory unit somewhere inside this body, it appears this machine used to back up it's data in case it's main CPU was ever re-written'' he explained ''It is recorded, Mr Ellison, like a video. Would you like me to play it?''
James nodded. It played. It was like someone walking with a camcorder on their face, he watched as Cromartie moved along the what was like a desert of ash and skulls. The sky was just as normal only the clouds were just as deformed and moved at fast speeds, like it was on fast forward. James flinched and clutched his cross that hung on his neck as he heard the sound of thunder. Then came spectres of light dashing from one side to the other , like a cross fire. Blue and purple long thin lights scattered along the long distant view. This was the war, the war which mankind will face after judgement day. When the devils walk the earth. The picture became blurry and noise began to appear. It came to a pause.
''I am sorry, I cannot play it any further'' He said with a disappointed look.
James sighed ''don't be, I've seen enough'' He felt sick. He needed the toilet.
''I will keep decoding and decrypting the data, Mr Ellison. I will ask Mrs Weaver to inform you if I find anything else'' As he watched James leave the room.
James turned his head and nodded and left. This made him shiver, it's like each day, every visit and not just to see John Henry, Catharine Weaver felt as if the veil was slowly uncovering something but to what, James doesn't know. He heads to the toilet to gather himself. Would John Henry have anything to do with the future, could he be the cause for all this? If John Henry finds any more information about the future what will he do? James went into the toilet, went to the taps, splashed some hot water in his face to regain a stable temperature. He stared at his reflection for a moment. Staring at his reflection his eyes caught something behind him, it was a urinal stand. ''What is god's name is that'' as he focused through the mirror. It was rippling slowly....now it was melting. James turned his head to look with his own eyes in such speed. Nothing, nothing's wrong, the urinal stand was just rinsing itself with water. He took a deep breath, though he could have sworn he saw something....no. No, he was feeling a bit ill anyway and sometimes being in this building made him think anything is possible. 'I'm going home' he thought and turned to leave. He will be back tomorrow, warn Catharine about these files John Henry is encountering.
2:55am. Cameron, still sat staring at a blank station on the television screen. She had not moved since John retreated to his room. ''JOHN!'' She heard from upstairs, it was no doubt Sarah and another bad dream. That has happened a number of times, the first couple of times when this happened it would force Cameron into high alert, it made her get the impression that John was under attack or Sarah. But there was no need now, Cromartie has been disabled and destroyed so the chances of them being under attack has dropped dramatically.
Cameron did a status check, it was 3:00am already. Cameron bolted up off the furnisher and turned the television off. Cameron decided to partrol the household.
{{LOADING-SYS-ROUTINE-4429B. . . . .PLEASE WAIT. . . }}
A list of tasks appeared on her HUD in direct order.
Patrol lower level – check outside area through windows. {{ATTENTION – USE SIGHT – SAVE IN TEMP FOLDER
Patrol upper level – check outside area from windows. {{ATTENTION – USE MOST RECENT SIGHT SNAPSHOT – COMPARE WITH LIVE IMAGE FOR CHANGES}}
Inspect/examine 'MISSION OBJECTIVE – 1.001' every hour {{ATTENTION – USE PHISICAL CONTACT. LOAD – .BIO.S}}
Ensure 'MISSION OBJECTIVE' is in a satisfactory condition.
Repeat – 'SYS-ROUTINE-4429B'
Yes. This was Cameron's every evening routine. She would always use it to ensure John Conner and the security was in good level. It was however boring...but she has a mission and she has no choice but to comply. Cameron's made mistakes, big mistakes in her mission, but she is willing to let that go so John and Sarah should too. Cameron stopped wondering and started her routine.
3:35am. John laid on his bed. He was asleep till he heard his mother cried his name, again. She must have more nightmares than a child does after watching two horrors films. So now he laid staring at the ceiling, waiting for daylight. His cell phone started vibrating and its screen lit up, this caught John's attention and reached for his phone on his bed side unit, well toy chest more like. He looked at his phone and saw a text message from Riley. 'Texting me at this time'? John thought looking confused, he read it anyway.
===RILEY===
Hey jus wondered if ur busy 2day fancy meetin up? Wb x.x.x.x
John blinked, just what's with these short word messages can't understand them at all. He also saw that Riley didn't put the date and month in either but he doubted a terminator would send text messages in that way. John snickered, imagine Cameron or Cromartie being total textoholics. Now is John doing anything today? Hmmm maybe, but whatever that was he isn't going to miss up on real-Riley-time. He replayed. Before John could start pressing his buttons away he heard soft creeks coming up the stairs...Cameron. ''oooh shit'' John whispered, Cameron was doing her checks if she finds out John's awake especially with his cell in his hands there's going be pure complications..again. He quickly put his cell back on the desk and tucked himself in tight under the covers, almost like a child thinking the bogyman's coming.
3:30am. Cameron had been staring outside the window looking at a flickering street light almost like she was attracted to it like a moth. So far and as expected there's no security risks, easy but boring night. She turned to check the other side of the room. After reaching half way past the furnisher her vision flickered slightly and she was hearing a hard quiet beeping noise, this is interference, usually when something has been transmitted from cell phones. It was not Sarah, her chances of being contacted especially at this time is below %30, and John however is 50% higher. Somebody is contacting John, but why? It is very late for people to be awake at this hour, humans need to be asleep and there if was someone awake at this time they wouldn't contact John. Nobody has his number expect herself, Sarah and Derek, which narrows it to one person. Cameron's eyes narrowed and frowned, headed for the stairs to John's room. She was now outside John's bedroom door, she heard a tap like something was dropped on the floor from inside. John was awake, that was unacceptable.
---TEMPORARY MISSION---
Enter primary subjects area
Use {{.BIO.S}}. Do full status check on primary subject
Gather information
Cameron begun, she started to turn the doorknob slowly and let it creek open to unveil John's room. She scanned the area and noticed John's 4 – 7 year old bed, a big bulge underneath the covers, she also saw John's cell phone at his bedside table the backlight was still active, John has been using his phone without doubt. She moved forward towards his bed. She saw his covers shake for a split second, his foot stuck out of the covers, Cameron slowly reach for his foot and wrapped her fingers around his ankle, his foot twitched and heard him sigh, another reason stating he's awake.
---ACTIVTING ---
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HEART-RATE NONAML
BLOOD-PRESSURE NONAML
BRAIN-WAVE PATTERNS NONAML
STRESS-LEVEL ERROR
''fuck off, Cameron'' HIGH
He jerked his off her grip and it disappeared under the covers.
''why aren't you asleep?'' she questioned
''mom had a bad dream again of course'' he grunted underneath the covers
This was true but Cameron picked up interference from his cell phone. John isn't telling her everything. This is not acceptable, John shouldn't lie to her. She rolled her eyes back.
''Shit shit shit shitty shit'' John said under the covers. Cameron's coming, he can hear her walking towards his door. Should have turned the fucking phone off, John thought. John breathed deeply and tried to calm down. 'Okay, I might be able to get away with this' he thought as he slowed his breathing down to a sleeping paste. The door creaked open 'shit, she's here' he tightly closed his eyes and curled into a ball, he felt a draft around his foot, it was sticking out the covers, if Cameron discovers on that she'll- cold fingers wrapped around his foot, she was scanning him. 'Okay, easy, she doesn't know you inside out, just calm it down' His foot jerked as she came into contact.....she just lets herself into his room without knocking, does she NEED to know every move he makes? This is fucking nosiness 'fuck this' ''Fuck off, Cameron'' as he shunned his foot under the covers.
''why aren't you asleep'' he heard.
Does Cameron think humans sleep all hours of the night?
''Mom had a bad dream again of course'' he grunted. Fucksake she wasn't this bad before the explosion. Silence then seem to seep in, she didn't replay. John won, hooray. He heard her stroll to the other side of the bed towards his bedside table. 'shit, the phone' He quickly peeped his head out the covers and drew has arm out to get it but before he had the chance to it was already in Cameron's hand, her thumb pushing in the buttons, she was looking through his damn phone. WHY is she DOING this SHIT he thought to himself, his teeth clenched. 'No, you ain't looking through my phone' he thought as he leaned out of bed and tried to snatch the phone off her but to his surprise she stretched her arm up so he couldn't reach it and took a step back. 'fucking bitch' he whispered.
''This is for your own protection, John'' she said robotic and fast
''Oh, so that's how it's gonna be?'' he said as he bolted off the bed, he isn't going to let her go through his phone.
He closed the distance between them both, grabbed her hand and used his other to get his phone but due to her weight and pure metal it was a bit harder than he thought.
''relinquish the phone, Cameron!'' he said in a terminator tone
He put all his weight into it, trying to get his phone back. Using her empty hand she pushed John back on the bed. Shit, he just isn't going to get it back till she's done with it. He heard her thumb pressing the buttons again, her head tilted and her eyebrows raised. 'sssshit, now she knows'
''Why is Riley contacting you at this time?'' she questioned. Interrogation time, love it
''It's just a message Cameron, she wouldn't know if my phone was turned off or not'' he said trying to finish the subject.
He saw her stare at his phone for a second, she must be reading the message or another.
Her eyes then shot back to John.
''Yes, you are right. Here'' she said as she chucked the phone back at him, it landed on his lap. He looked up at her. 'What, that easy?' As he stared at her gobsmacked.
She turned around and exited his room, before shutting the door she turned around to him ''Go back to sleep, John'' and the door closed to a click.
Yes, ma'am, tut'' he said sarcastically and did a salute with his hand. He was lucky to get out of that one, shit like that would go on all night, especially when Riley was involved.
He plopped his phone back on his table and laid back down, staring at the ceiling, waiting for sleep to take over, pondering on why Cameron gave up so easily.
''Mom had a bad dream of course'' John answered. Cameron rolled her eyes back
Something bright in the room suddenly dimmed down at the side of John's bed. Her eyes settled on to his cell phone. Cameron strolled her way to his phone to check for recent messages and call logs. Cameron picked his phone up and without hesitation she went straight to his text messages, John then lurched his hand out to where his phone was until he noticed she already had it. Cameron knew how to operate this phone with ease as she and Sarah have the same model. John then attempted to retrieve his phone with a surprise but Cameron was well prepared, she knew for certain John would try this, she stepped back and held his phone high so John couldn't reach. Cameron heard John say something verbal towards her. This was an urgent matter, if Riley really is in touch with John at this time she needs to know every detail, Riley is a major security risk and girls are complicated. ''This is for your own protection, John''
''Oh so that's how it's gonna be?'' until Cameron was about to replay, John was rising off his bed, almost readying to attack. Cameron remained still, still had the phone held high. There was less than %10 John could recover his phone from Cameron's metal body strength. He came face to face with her and grabbed her wrist and used his other to snatch the phone off Cameron. As expected, John was struggling, he couldn't even move her an inch. This amused Cameron, watching John struggle.
''relinquish the phone, Cameron'' he said in a monotone with no emotion, was John making fun out of her?
Cameron had enough, using such little force Cameron used her free hand to shove John away, she pushed him so he landed back on his bed to prevent harm to him. Cameron then continued to press his buttons, the phone that is.
MENU MESSAGES:
RILEY
RILEY
RILEY
RILEY
RILEY
FUNNY DEREK
RILEY
RILEY
John has many messages from Riley, she is obsessive. Cameron clicked the first and most recent message, it read:
===RILEY===
Hey jus wondered if ur busy 2day fancy meetin up? Wb x.x.x.x
A very puzzling and confusing message, can Riley spell. What does Wb stand for and since when did digits combine with words? Cameron was very confused about this, she would research on these codes or phrases later, but Cameron got what she wanted. Questioning is now in order.
''Why is Riley contacting you at this time'' she began, brisk, strict tone kicking in. She wants answers, this is about John Conner her main reason of existing, she won't tolerate someone unknown from the outside jeopardize her mission. John is hers, her responsibility.
''It's just a message Cameron, she wouldn't know if my phone was turned off or not'' he said trying to finish the subject. Cameron would press on to get an answer but it would only anger John more. Cameron left it there. She has what she needs, her new plan will come into fruition.
''yes, you are correct, here'' she chucked his phone back and it landed on his lap. John looked back up at her in shock, she did not care. She turned around and headed to exit his room. Cameron forgot about John. ''go back to sleep, John'' humans need sleep in order to perform perfectly despite how weak they really are.
Cameron left John's room and closed the door. Riley had been in contact with John through text message, she was a very bad speller and poor with grammar and sentences. John was trying to avoid the situation by lying to her, he was also very aggressive towards her, she did not deserve that, however Cameron got what she wanted.
---SEARCHING FILES. . . . PLEASE WAIT. . . .SEARCH COMPLETE!
---TEMP FOLDER – OPEN – RILEY.D. . .
Little does John know, Cameron acquired Riley's cell phone number. This will come to good use and aid her into separating John from Riley. She smiled.
---Beginning '– 'SYS-ROUTINE-4429B'. She disappeared into a corridor of darkness.
Right I'm sure you pro writers will notice alot of mistakes but I will try and correct as much as I can. Will get started on chappy 3 ASAP. Hope you lot enjoyed it.