When Destiny opened her eyes again, she was in the back of an ambulance. One of the E.T.s looked at her curiously and asked her
"What's your name? Can you tell me your name?" Destiny looked around confused. She had seen Sarah and she assumed to be John earlier but now they were gone. It felt like someone had stuck their hand in her gut and everything went dark.
Sarah drove her car home while Cameron followed in the truck. John stared out the window while his mother drove.
She glanced over at him. "Are you alright?"
Staring out the window, he answered. "I'm not the one with a bullet in my gut. Are we going to ….. keep her?"
"We'll see if she lives first." Sarah answered him.
Amy stared through the window of the house and peered in. She had seen Sarah and John find Destiny and escape when the ambulance arrived. The police had arrived and were examining the scene and Williams' body. She had to admit she felt badly for him but he knew what the mission was when he signed up for this. He knew his fate. Waiting, she watched and looked around. She couldn't find the chip Destiny had brought with her. She assumed she gave it to Sarah but there was no way to be sure. Well, almost no way. She saw them take the newly bought laptops with them. She sighed. Amy assumed they were go to the store and request the videos to find their faces and identities. As much relied on the chip John gave his daughter, she needed to protect who they were at all costs….. After she visited The Connors. She took a deep breath. It wouldn't be easy to do, after all Sarah did scare her a bit.
Destiny woke to a blinding white light. She felt pain that she had never felt before and let out a piecing screech. A nurse ran into her room quite hurriedly. She checked her morphine levels and quickly replaced it with a new bag. After more morphine, Destiny had calmed down and the nurse pulled a chair up to her bed and sat down.
She picked up a pen and looked at her clipboard. " I need some information if you're up for it. We're missing your name, birthday and your age. Can you tell me those?"
Destiny looked blank and shook her head.
"Probably the morphine kicking in. It can make it fuzzy. Under a new policy, we keep all unidentified patients closely monitored. You may wish to change your mind."
"Just the morphine." Destiny mumbled.
The nurse closely looked at her."That's what your mouth says but your eyes say trouble. If you're in trouble, I'm sure your parents are looking for you and want you to be safe." Destiny shook her head and turned over away from the nurse. The nurse sighed and left.
Taking the time, Destiny looked around her super white , super sterile hospital room. She was brought up to be observant of her surrounds and she found that she was hooked up to a heart monitor, 5 wires, blood and morphine. She leaned her head back and relaxed while the morphine did its job. Slowly, she drifted to a drugged state of sleep.
John was working on the new laptop, aimlessly thinking of the girl he had just met. He felt pretty lousy thinking about having a crush on his own 's words reflected in his mind. "You have a wife." He thought about the daughter he had just glanced at. A faint smile crossed his lips. Maybe being John Connor had its perks. A wife he was sure was pretty and a beautiful daughter. He sensed his mother's presence and quickly went back to work on the laptop.
"When you get a chance, I need you to look up a new I.D. dealer."
"Mom, now?" John whined.
"They're not listed in the yellow pages, John."
John sighed and nodded.
Sarah moved closer to him. "Do you want to talk about today… it…. Her?" She asked.
"Do I wanna talk about what? How I met my future daughter or how I got her killed?"
"John , I'm sure she lived."
John shook his head. "No, there was too much bleeding, too much internal injury. She's gone."
"She had a good grip, John."
John sighed again. "Being a Connor doesn't mean you survive every blast or every gunshot wound. We're not superheroes with powers."
"And yet every fighter we meet talks of you like you are." Sarah countered as she turned around.
Cameron was standing in the middle of the living room staring at the tv.
"What are you doing?" Sarah asked as she came in.
"I'm monitoring the news." Sarah stepped closer to the tv. The news broadcast was airing a story about a found girl matching Destiny's description.
Sarah sighed. "Does Skynet know she's here?" She asked.
"No, John made sure Skynet didn't know she was here."
Sarah looked perplexed. "How?"
"He had some of the fighters dress like her and do recon missions similar to the unauthorized ones that she did."
"Unauthorized?" Sarah asked.
"John Connor refused to let his daughter become a resistance fighter. He kept her hidden away and she snuck away on a regular basis to join the war against the machines on her own."
"Doesn't sound like my John." Sarah muttered. Cameron turned to her " Future John says 'parents do crazy things when their child is at risk."
Amy stared at the tv screen, watching the news. She shook her head and hopped off the hotel bed. She tucked in her gun and went out the door to a car in the parking lot. Amy glanced around and kicked the driver's side window, cracking it. One more kick and she broke the window open. After climbing in, she hotwired the car and took off toward the closest hospital in L.A..
Destiny woke up, dazed as before and looked around. It was finally dark. She sat up and examined her wound and the various wires that hooked her up. Two at a time, she pulled them out. The last thing in her was a pulse reader. Quietly, she got out of bed and drug the I.V. with her to a closet with her clothes. After getting dressed, she opened the window in her room and measured the distance. It was too far down. Yanking the last wire out, she heard the machine's record of her heartbeat slow and stop.
The nurse on watch pushed a crash cart to her room and looked stunned when she saw it was empty. She pushed the alarm and ran back to her station. Destiny eased herself out of the closet and silently walked down the hall, ducking into closets whenever she spotted someone. Climbing through the vents, she made her way outside unnoticed. She took off to the west when someone grabbed her from behind and adjusted her direction. Not bothering to look back, she ran as fast as should could and was shoved into a car. Strapping herself into the passenger seat, she waiting till the other person climbed in and started the car.
Destiny stared at the window for a few miles and then whispered. "Thanks, Adams."
"You're welcome, kid." Amy smirked. Destiny looked over at her and smiled crookedly.
"Police are on the lookout for a teenager who broke out of the Good Samaritan hospital. Reports say the wounded girl ran west and vanished. If you've seen her call …..
Sarah flipped the tv off. "I suppose that answers that." She sighed and turned to face John.
"Why would she break out and run off?" He asked.
"Skynet found her and she ran." Sarah theorized.
"She could have been afraid of being identified and took the necessary precautions." Cameron stated. Sarah nodded.
"So, do we look for her or do we expect her to find us?" John asked suspiciously.
Sarah thought for a minute. "You stay here in case she's looking for us. Cameron and I will look for her."
"But mom." John whined.
Sarah grabbed her keys and cell phone. "Stay here, still like a statue." Sarah said and left.
Amy drove recklessly down the streets. She took several loops to throw off anyone on their trail. Sarah had been gone an hour when Amy pulled into the driveway. Cautiously she got out and walked up to the house. Destiny quickly got out and hid close to the wall at the Connor's backdoor. John quickly dialed Sarah's phone as he saw them pull up.
"John?"
"Someone's here." He replied.
"John, grab a gun and stay inside. I'll be there in a few." Sarah ordered and hung up.
John jumped by the sound of a knock on the door. Grabbing a gun from under the sink, he answered the door. Amy half-smiled. "Hello, John."
"Amy… I'm assuming she's with you."
Amy glanced to her right and Destiny eased herself from the wall to stand at Amy's side. "You assumed right." Amy whispered.
John nodded and opened the door for them.
Amy pulled Destiny in and shut the door behind her. "Where's Sarah?" Amy asked.
"Looking for you.. well.. her actually.
Why?" John replied.
"My mission. I'm suppose to hand-deliver her to Sarah." Amy said nodding her head towards Destiny and rolling her eyes.
"I'm not a package." Destiny muttered.
John half-smiled for a second and responded. "I already called her, she should be here soon."
A moment later they heard a car pull into the garage. "Right on cue." Amy muttered.
"She drives fast." John spoke up.
Destiny smirked and leaned against the wall. Sarah came in to the kitchen with Cameron behind her.
