Voiceover By Destiny

1"Hoy es El Dia de Los Muertos. Los Días del Muertos, es una vacaciones tradicionales de México que honoran el muerto. Es celebrado todos los años a la vez que víspera de Todos los Santos y un día después de los días santos cristianos de Todos Santos Día y el día de los Muertos. Los Dias de Los Muertos no es un tiempo triste, pero en lugar un tiempo de recordar y alegría de los que han pasado".

Destiny found her way downstairs to the living room and watched Amy counting bills on the coffee table.

"What's that for?" She asked.

Amy looked up. "Car and maybe a computer or two. Need to do some research."

Destiny nodded. "Can I go this time?"

"Fine." Amy sighed annoyed. Williams walked inside from the backdoor and looked around in the kitchen. "Williams, you're taking the kid with you to computer shop." Amy said withought looking up.

"Fine." Williams responded in an uncaring way.

"I'm not a kid." Destiny mumbled and Amy stood up. She stared her up and down.

"If you're shorter than me, you are a kid."

"That doesn't me I can't take you." Destiny sneered.

Amy smirked. " Bring it, bítch." Destiny pulled her left arm back and shot at Amy's face who grabbed it and twisted it behind her back. Amy forced Destiny to the ground in a second.

Destiny yelped and Amy jerked her back up and shoved her at the door. "Now get!" Amy yelled.

Sarah started filling the customer's coffee mug and glanced over the customer's shoulder to the front page of 2The Weekly Record. "Dramatic Electrical Storms take toll on the surrounding Neighborhood: Citizens blame the blue electrical fields on the overloaded powerplant. Experts don't agree. More on page 6."

"Um, Ma'am?" The customer asked and pointed to his coffee which was now overflowing.

"Oh, sorry." Sarah mumbled setting the pitcher down and began wiping up the spilt coffee as she stared off into space.

David and Destiny stepped out of the truck and looked at their surroundings. "Apple"? What the hell is the place?" Destiny thought.After a glance at each other, they went in and began to look around at laptops. As Williams investigated the Mac and PCs and tried to pick the best between them as Destiny glanced around. The people here were so oblivious to it all. They didn't get it, they didn't know. How could they not know what was coming, not be prepared?

She shook her head and darted her eyes back towards David when she saw a woman who just didn't seem to fit. Destiny stared at her further and intently. The way she moved, looked around. Everything said what she was. She followed the machine's gaze to a boy about her age whom was inspecting laptops as well. He was slightly taller than her and looked very serious. Destiny stared at him further even though he had looked up at her and noticed her gaze. Sheepishly, he went back to the computer. She smiled. Destiny had to admit, he was cute but out of her league.

John was fumbling with the keys on the laptop. Trying to make himself busy. He glanced back up at the girl whom was looking elsewhere. She was pretty but he figured she belonged to some Jock. She was too tall, skinny and had too much natural beauty to be anything but some cheerleader. He looked over to Cameron who was busy staring into space. What was he thinking? After Riley, he couldn't be with another girl. Cameron would chase her off or he'd lose her to the machines. He couldn't have that on his mind. He made his decision on a laptop and checked out. He gave her one last glance before he and Cameron walked out. Destiny sighed and helped Williams with the laptop search.

John felt guilty as he and Cam walked to the truck. He set the computer in the backseat and climbed in the driver's seat. He started the truck and took off towards home.

"Cameron?" John asked quietly.

"Yes, John?"

"In the future, do I have someone?"

"Someone?" Cameron tilted her head.

John sighed. "Like a girlfriend or something."

Cameron leaned her head out the window. "Yes, You have a mate."

John looked at her. "So I have like a girlfriend or something?" He asked again. "You have a wife."

October 6th, 2030

Racheal glared and slapped John across the face. He winced and turned to look at her.

"How dare you." Racheal glared.

Before John could answer, Racheal slapped him again.

"What the hell, John!? "You took her away and sent her to where she couldn't come back withought an explanation, without talking to me! How dare you!?"

"I sent her away to save her!" John yelled.

"No, you sent her to her death! You killed her! She has no help, no one; If Skynet catches on, she doesn't stand a chance and that is on you, John. You will be the one to blame if she dies and I….. will never forgive you for it."

"She's not alone, she has someone." Sarah said quietly across the room.

November 2nd, 2009

Destiny packed up the her choice of a laptop and stuck it in the backseat of the car they had stolen away. Climbing in, she noticed a flock of Ravens staring at her curiously on the took a breath and climbed in the car with Williams. She buckled up and waited for the to take off. As they made their way home, she heard more squawking and leaned forward to look out of the front window. The Ravens were flying over the car, following them it seemed.

During her break, Sarah picked up the phone and called John. " second November."

John answered. "2009.

"There is a story in the paper about electrical disturbances in the neighborhood near the computer store. I'm heading there myself. Ask Cameron if she knows of another terminator or fighter coming to the past."

John looked at Cameron. Cameron stared straight ahead.

" 1904 Venice Boulevard. Resistance Hideout."

John looked annoyed. "Gee Thanks, Cam for not telling me till now."

"You're welcome." Cam said looking at him.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" John demanded.

" I would have told you if you made a move on the girl at Apple." Cam stated.

"What does that have to do with anything?" John asked angriliy.

"The girl is your daughter and she is part of the team that came through." Cam finished.

"Did you get that, Mom?" John asked. " Yeah..., I'll be there in five, we'll meet up." Sarah said.

Sarah pulled up the drive to 1904. She got out of the car and gripped her 9mm in the back of her pants. She knocked on the door and waited for a response. When she got none, she opened the door. Pushing the door open, she entered the house and pulled the gun out. She walked through the house. The living room was a complete mess. The furniture was tossed around and the couch was flipped. Sarah stepped over a broken chair and looked around. On the floor, was the body of an adult male. His white t-shirt was covered in blood. Sarah checked his wrist and found no pulse. She checked his arm and found the barcode tattoo.

" Too late as always." Sarah muttered.

A faint whine caught her attention and she turned around. Making sure the safety on her gun was off, she started kicking things around.

"If anyone is in here, make another noise." Sarah asked. She heard another faint whisper but couldn't pinpoint the source as she heard another car pull up. Sarah peeked out the window and saw John and Cameron. She opened the door when she heard another faint whine.

Sarah leaned down to look under the couch and saw a black mass move. Getting up, Sarah moved to the front of the couch as John came in.

"John help me flip this." John looked confused.

"Why?"

"Just help me!" Sarah yelled.

Flipping the couch, they revealed Destiny curled up in a ball, holding her stomach. She looked up when the couch moved. Sarah bent down closer to her and looked more closely. Judging from the amount of blood she was soaked in, she had caught a bullet in the gut and was bleeding out. John bent down next to Sarah. The girl was very pale and her eyes were dark. Sarah gently touched her neck.

"Cameron, call an ambulance."

Cameron glanced at her deeply. "She's too far gone. You should let her die."

John jumped up from bending down and slapped Cameron then jerked his hand back and cradled it in pain.

"I'll call an ambulance."

Sarah looked back down at Destiny whom she couldn't tell if she was shaking from fear or pain. "Don't die. You have to hang on." Sarah said softly. Destiny looked horrified as she started noticing dark blood pour from her mouth. Sarah moved Destiny's hands away to further examine the wound. It was deep and she would need severe medical attention if she was to live.

Voiceover By Destiny

"Did you say it? I love you. I don't ever want to live withought you. You changed my life. Did you say it? Make a plan, set a goal, work toward it; but every now and then, look around. Drink it in. Cause, this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow."

Footnotes:

1: Today is the Day of the Dead: Los Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, is a traditional Mexico holiday honoring the dead. It is celebrated every year at the same time as Halloween and the Christian holy days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Los Dias de los Muertos is not a sad time, but instead a time of remembering and rejoicing the lives of those who have past.

2: The Weekly Record is the newspaper of New Madrid County, Missouri.