John Henry and Catherine had spent the better part of the day putting the basement computers back together. John had helped the best he could but he wasn't very useful on he crutches. After a while, John moved into an adjacent room where Cameron's body was resting until they could get her chip back. The flesh on the body was healing very well from the wounds Cameron gained from breaking Sarah out of prison.

"John?" His mother knocked on the door.

Turning slightly, John unlocked the door and opened it. His mother slipped in and then closed the door.

"John, how are you doing?

"Alright. Leg still hurts some. Probably will for the rest of my life. You?"

"I'll be fine. Still not comfortable working with so many Machines. I had just gotten use to Cameron. Hell, I kinda miss her. She was dependable."

John smiled. "At least Lauren has come around to accepting the idea of working with Mrs. Weever and John Henry."

"True." Sarah said smiling. "We should be ready in just a little bit for Cameron to get her chip back. We are mostly just waiting on Derek and Alison. John Henry will be reconnected to his computers and that should give him greater control over the systems. We will continue to make preparations and in about a month, we will be ready for the final battle."

"Yeah. It will be simple. John Henry will attack Skynet virtually, we will take enough C4 with us to level the whole compound several times over, and the war will be over. We will be free."

"I hope so John."

He turned and looked at his mother. She had a bit of a distant look in her eyes. John reached forward and pulled his mother into a hug. "You know, when I was in the future, Ellison told me that they had grown into a family. These people, Mother, are our family now. Live or die, we will do this as a family."

Another knock came from the door. It opened and Lauren stuck her head in. "Derek's truck just rolled up. We are all here. Mrs. Weever said she will come bet Cameron in just a few minutes.

"Good." Sarah said.

"We'll be out in just a second."

John watched as Cameron's body was laid on the table. Alison was standing next to John and Derek next to her. The others were hooking John Henry back up to his computers. Once they were sure the system would not crash, Sarah pulled the chip from his head. John Henry's body spasmed slightly and then he smiled slightly for the first time since John had met him.

"Its seems my system is functioning perfectly. I still have full control over the satellite and I'm uploading myself back into the city network. When we are ready for the attack, I should have control over just about everything."

"Good." Catherine turned to look at John. "Then let's activate your cyborg."

Sarah held the chip out to John. He took it and looked at it. Closing his hand around it, he looked at his uncle and nodded his head. Derek placed his hands under John' arms and held him up as John began working on Cameron. John lifted the tab of flesh and inserted the chip into Cameron. As soon as it was securely in place, John nodded to his uncle who returned John to his chair. John held his breath as he counted down the hundred and twenty second that it took to reboot.

Cameron's eyes suddenly snapped to life. There was a strange blue glow to them before returning to their normal brown color. Slowly, she sat up and began examining everyone in the room. Finally, she looked at John and tilted her head.

"John? You are hurt." She said in her monotone voice.

"Yes. It happened while I was in the future. Mrs. Weever says that it is healing nicely. In about a month, I will be able to place weight on it again."

"She is correct." Cameron turned to look at Catherine. "Thank you for helping John."

"Of course. He, after all, my ally and friend." Mrs. Weever responded.

"How much do you remember?" John asked.

Cameron swung her head around and looked at John. She didn't answer for quite some time. "All of it. I was still inside my chip, John. I heard your plan, I saw your wounds, I was there for it all." Her eyes fell slowly on Alison. "You shouldn't be here. You look like me. That means you are Alison from Palmdale. I killed you before I was captured by John."

The blood drained from Alison's face. John could see how freaked out she was. Slowly, John pushed himself out of the chair and hobbled so he was between Cameron and Alison. "Cameron, that is enough."

"You were present in the chip with John Henry. Miss Young should no' be a surprise to you." Catherine said in puzzlement.

"Surprised? No, I'm not surprised." Cameron slid off the table. "She shouldn't be here."

"Good to know you are the same Tin Miss we all know and love." Sarah said.

John nodded. "It is good to have you back. Are you ready?"

"Yes." Cameron stepped to John's left and placed a hand on his arm. "You need to sit down. Get off that leg."

John looked down at his leg and then back up at Cameron. Slowly he nodded and sat down. "Ok. Derek, show us what you've got for us."

"Yes." Derek walked up to the table and rolled out a set of blueprints. From the original design, the warehouse was not meant to have an underground facility. I'm guessing that the facility was built after Kaliba took over from Cyberdyne. John Henry, would you please pull up the digital modal?" A few seconds later, a monitor flipped on and a 3D model of the warehouse and the maze of tunnels underneath. "From the weeks that we have been scoping this place out—and the knowledge I have on Skynet's bunkers in the future—we have figured a few things out. First off, there are three terminations at all times guarding the place. Honestly, based upon some of the bunkers I've stormed before, this seems like a very small number. Our best theory at this point in time is that Skynet just doesn't have the numbers yet. This is good for us. The bad part is that these three are our first obstacle to victory. If either of these tin cans report back to their master, we could be finished before we start."

"So how are we going to do that?" Ellison asked.

John Henry spoke up. "I should be able to help out there. I will disrupt the communications between these terminators and my brother. As long as we time the attacks, their terminations should go unnoticed by my brother."

"Now comes the hard part." Derek pointed back to the 3D model. "Most of this is constructed off of my personal knowledge. Skynet is an AI, a computer program. Almost everything it builds uses the same blueprints. Assuming that I am right, that would put Skynet's central core…here." Derek pointed to a large, central room.

"Because of the lack of technological advances, I had to use dozens of computers and processors to create John Henry." Catherine said. "It is possible that the terminators sent back have built the system needed to house Skynet's CPU, but more than likely—until he evolves more—his system will look very similar to John Henry's."

"Right," Derek said. "Thus why this room makes the most sense. Our mission is going to be to blow the whole damned place to hell. My recommendation is that we split up into four groups. Group A will focus on the foundational supports." Derek pointed to several points. "Group B will focus on the internal supports." Derek pointed to a dozen different points. "Group C will hit the power supplies as well as anything that we find that might explode." Derek pointed to a section of the model. "And then Group D. Group D is Skynet itself. We take our C4, spit it up between the four groups and set up the charges and blow Skynet to hell."

"Remember," John said. "Destroying Skynet is our primary objective on this mission. A very close second is to find Danny Dyson and bring him out alive. We are going to have a month to prepare for this. I want everyone to study the maps, learn the objective locations. Any questions?"