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Chapter 16: Blast to the Past

April 10, 2009. TDE Room, 11 am. 15 minutes after departure.

Sarah Connor stood in the basement of Ziera Corp looking for anything else she needed to destroy or remove, her shotgun loaded with enough double aught to shred someone to pieces.

Cameron's body was already loaded in Ellison's trunk, which ironically enough already had a deactivated machine in it, the same one that had killed Derek.

She'd burn the the one, but Cameron's... she wasn't sure what to do with it yet.

Right now there was sensitive equipment that needed to be FUBARed. Sarah decided that the the Turk would go first. That black box had caused her family more trouble than it was worth. She leveled the reloaded shotgun at it and fired. She felt immense satisfaction seeing it torn to shreds before turning her scatter gun onto the controls for the TDE.

As the weapon ran dry again, Ellison ran into the room with his pistol held at the ready.

"Sarah, we need to go, there's intruders making their way through the building"! He yelled from the doorway as watched out for intruders. Everything was clear for now, but he'd bet a years salary that they knew exactly where the server farms were.

"We can't let them find the time machine"! She yelled as her head twisted back toward him. She was just about to unload more buckshot into the servers when a gunshot rang out.

The metal above Ellison's head sparked as the 9mm FMJ round bounced off the door frame. He dropped to one knee and returned fire.

He dived back into the room as a hail of automatic fire slammed into the spot he'd just been occupying. Sarah was already turning over the metal table and covering the door from behind it.

"Get behind something"! She yelled as she finished loading shells.

Ellison scrambled off the floor and behind one of the server towers as the intruders made their way down the hall.

Suddenly Sarah's hair stood on end, the air filled with static electricity. Sarah had only felt that way when standing next to a charging time bubble.

Oh god.

She ran as fast as she could towards the back of the room as the walls were lit up by a bright blue flash and trembled from the thunderous roar.

Sarah was forced to the floor by a pressure wave as the displacement bubble formed. She crawled desperately on her knees to get away from the lightning that was singing everything in sight.

Once it was gone, both Sarah and Ellison both recovered and pointed their weapons at the new arrivals.

Neither could believe what they saw.

In the middle of a smoldering ring was a group of naked people, all splayed out on the floor save one.

The one that was kneeling had fiery red hair and alabaster skin gave her away before she ever moved a liquid metal muscle.

Catherine Weaver.

The rest pulled themselves off the floor except two brunette women.

Sarah nearly froze when three very familiar men rose from the floor.

The first she recognized was her son, despite the scruff and scars that now marred his body.

Next was Derek Reese, though she was smart enough to know it wasn't the same one that died two days ago.

The last made her breath hitch.

Kyle Reese.

It took about a second for her to remember that this wasn't the same Kyle who came back in time for her.

"Sarah"!

Ellison's deep voice broke her out of her daze as a mercenary entered the room with his MP5 pointed at her.

He was just milliseconds from firing, but a metal spear had other plans for the merc as it severed his spinal cord at the base of his skull, preventing him from pulling the trigger.

The man slumped to the floor after said spear retracted.

"Nice trick". Derek said as his hand covered his modesty.

Weaver was already dressed for business as she fished out the phaser rifle and sword hilt.

"Thank you Mr. Reese". She said as she handed John the rifle. "After I take care of these intruders, I'll find you some clothes". She said as she marched out of the room, flicking on the energy sword as she walked out of the room.

It took a moment for Sarah and Ellison to recover from Weaver's display of battle prowess before they focused on the new arrivals.

"John". Sarah said as she approached him. John used the phaser rifle to cover himself.

"Uh, mom".

She looked at him for a moment before she fully realized what he meant.

"Oh, sorry". She said as she looked away.

A few screams from down the hall followed by the sound of sizzling flesh interrupted the moment before Kyle spoke.

"I'm glad she's on our side". He said with a small smirk as he looked around for something to cover up with.

Sarah suddenly had a moment of deja vu as her mind transported her back to 1983.

As she stared at this stranger, this new Kyle, she pictured him with a green trench coat, high tops and a shotgun with it's stock cut off staring at her with his calm eyes as he explained to her the horrors of the future from which he came.

"Mom". John broke her out of it as he shook her shoulder. She looked around and saw that the men were dressed in janitor's jumpsuits.

She'd spaced out for over two minutes, for which she chided herself mentally. Weaver had come back in that space with clothing and the men had gotten dressed.

"Sorry, it's just..." She stole another glance at Kyle as he zipped up his jumpsuit.

"I know mom, he was one of the first people I met in the future". He said with an understanding smile on his face. John turned his gaze downward and met Cameron's brown eyes as she stared at him.

"You look like you could use some help". He said as he looked at her body. As soon as his eyes met her shapely body he instantly averted them to the ceiling. Sarah couldn't miss the blush spreading on his cheeks.

Sarah looked down and saw a naked Cameron about four feet from her.

"Tin Miss". She said a little icily. "Can't get dressed yourself now princess"? She said with sarcasm dripping from her voice.

The machine returned her cold stare with one of her own.

"I'm paralyzed". She said as she pulled herself into a sitting position. "I need someone to lift my legs so I can get this on". She finished with something reminiscent of a pout. Sarah didn't know it, but Cameron had lost her low grade MPA clothing in the TDE. It wasn't designed to emit the field that the machine locked onto to transport it.

Weaver looked over and knew that Sarah wasn't going to oblige and that John would just end up with a blood flow problem.

She realized that it would be best if she resolved the situation herself. After setting Cameron in the chair fully dressed, the T-1001 gave an smirk in Sarah's direction.

"Now who's the bi..."

"Catherine, not now". John said before Weaver could finish. "We need to leave, I'd bet the fire department come down here last, but we need to leave now". He said as he picked up the phaser rifle once more.

"He's right, I'm already detecting law enforcement moving into the lower levels". Cameron said with her head tilted.

"How do you know that"? Ellison asked with confusion evident on his face.

"This new body has highly advanced sensors". She explained as she shifted her gaze to Derek. The Lieutenant was currently tending to his adoptive sister's state of dress.

"How is she"? John asked Cameron, knowing she was probably scanning her.

"Better, but she won't last". She said as a minute amount of worry for the girl seeped into her voice.

"Who"? Sarah asked as she moved to see this mystery girl better.

What she saw almost gave her a heart attack.

'Oh god, not two of them'

That thought was quickly countered by the girls breathing and unconscious condition. She turned to John for answers.

"She's human"?

"Cameron had to have been based off of someone mom". He said simply as gazed at the cyborg sitting in the same chair he found her body in. He remembered the last time he saw her in that chair, and vowed to never let that happen again.

Weaver carried Cameron and Derek carried Allison. John took up the rear with the phaser as they made their way to the stairs that would lead them to the garage.

Sarah and Ellison were up front since they knew where they were going.

"I'll take John and you three". She said pointing to the Reese boys and Allison. "The rest can go with Ellison".

"No". Cameron protested immediately. "I will not leave John".

"You can't protect him". Sarah pointed out almost triumphantly.

Cameron only smirked as her arms withdrew their sheath and turned into plasma weapons. Sarah stumbled at the sight before turning around in defeat.

"You didn't have to do that". John said as he walked up beside her.

"Yes I did, I'm tired of being insulted by her". She said as anger creased her brow, this took John by surprise. He didn't know she had felt that way about any of the opinions Sarah nor Derek held for her.

Maybe it was only about the ones that pertained to her ability to protect him. He shrugged off the thought for now as they entered the garage.

Two men that looked similar to the one that Weaver had killed in the TDE room. Both raised their weapons at them without uttering a word.

Sarah and Ellison opened fire first before John opened fire with the strange rifle he possessed.

The yellow energy shot out of the weapon at high speed and slammed into the first one, knocking him out. The second quickly followed his partner as John followed up.

Then someone who wasn't wearing armor walked towards them with an MP5 in one hand and a Glock 19 in the other. The look in it's eyes was one John was intimately familiar with, but Cameron had warned them about a possible machine in the lot before they had entered.

Turns out she had been right.

Before the machine could even fire, John unleashed a fury of heavy stun rounds, hoping they'd be enough to take him down.

It stumbled for a moment before it finally fell.

"John, conserve the power cell, I'll finish it". Cameron said as she pointed one of her cannons at the downed machine. "Everyone get behind cover"! She shouted, knowing that the shrapnel that would come off would be deadly.

Once they were safe, she fired.

When the rest got out from behind cover they just stared at her in different emotions. Sarah and Ellison were in fear while Kyle and Derek considered how useful such a weapon could have been in the future. Weaver was slightly envious, but John was in awe of her.

"Are we ready to go"? Cameron asked as the rest of them shook off their amazement and headed towards the cars.

Kyle went with Ellison and Weaver while Derek, Allison, Cameron, and John went with Sarah. They agreed to meet at a motel in Van Nuys that Ellison once stayed at and was also one that Sarah knew about.

They left the parking lot with squealing tires as they made their getaway. Lucky them the police weren't paying attention at the moment.

About ten minutes later Sarah finally broke the silence as she glanced at John.

"Are you okay"?

He looked at her for a second before turning his level gaze back out the windshield.

"I'm fine mom, but Cameron and Allison aren't". He said pointedly as he glanced back at them.

"I'll heal John, this body repairs itself". Cameron said as she locked her eyes with his. "I'll be able to walk by the time we get to the motel".

John was immensely relieved, now he didn't have to worry about cumulative damage anymore. It had been a major concern of his after he noticed Cameron's hand malfunctioning.

"What else can you're new body do? Fly"? He chuckled.

"Yes". She deadpanned with a smile. "All the way into space".

Sarah sucked in a breath. How the heck was she supposed to stop her if she went bad when she could compete with the freakin space shuttle?

Derek grunted in his seat while John's eyes widened to saucer size.

"Space"?

"Yes, my maximum velocity is 17,000 miles per hour". She stated proudly, but noticed at the same time that Sarah was getting nervous, possibly scared.

"You think I'm an even greater threat". She stated evenly, but John thought she was talking to him.

"I don't". His face was a picture of confusion.

"Not you, Sarah". She said as her gaze lingered on the back of the woman's headrest.

John turned to his mom and instantly picked up on her nervousness. He understood why, he knew that if Cameron went bad again it would most likely result in his death.

Sarah didn't do anything but grit her teeth and swallow the lump forming in her throat.

Cameron let a smile come out as she attempted to relieve the woman's worry.

"You don't have to worry Sarah, I can't go bad anymore".

John twisted his head around so fast it was a blur. Sarah's reaction was a little more subtle. All she did was tighten her grip on the wheel. She didn't believe the cyborg at all.

"Really? How"? He asked as curiosity shown in his green eyes.

"John Henry deleted the Skynet base code and put something docile in its place". She paused as she watched John's reaction. He let a grin come over his face as he grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

"You're in complete control"?

"More or less, I can be hacked only by direct chip access". She explained as she monitored Sarah's reaction to all this.

Yep, she still didn't believe her. She'd have to convince Sarah later.

"I won't let that happen, not again". He said with complete seriousness. Cameron knew that it was a promise he intended to keep to his dying breath, and that concerned her.

She chose not to say anything as he turned back towards the front, but instead decided to check on her partner in crime.

Cortana had been pretty silent for the most part, only speaking when they were in the middle of battle. Not unusual for her, she'd been known to go into silent spells when doing some hard core thinking.

"Cortana"? Cameron asked privately.

"I'm here". She said in a bored voice.

"You've been unusually quiet".

"I kinda want some action, family drama bores me". Cortana said with a fake yawn. "But I don't mind stirring up the conversation". She said suggestively.

"You are good at that". Cameron said back as she began withdrawing the skin around the port.

She ejected her chip and pulled it out. The Data Crystal Chip rested in her hands as she waited for Cortana to make her appearance.

The UNSC AI did so a few seconds after being pulled and looked around. Sarah had noticed Cameron pulling something from her head and then the subsequent flash of blue light that came from the cell phone sized device.

"What the hell is that"? She turned around to see what was going on, and when her eyes met Cortana's blue figure, she froze.

"MOM"! John yelled as he grabbed the steering wheel and pulled the SUV back into their lane.

"Are you trying to get us killed! I think we should be more worried about you killing us than her"! Derek yelled from the back seat as he held Allison's body in place.

Cameron allowed an oh so small grin to cross her features for a brief second, but Cortana was irritated.

"I did not survive rampancy just to be killed in a car accident"! She chided the woman as her figure turned red from the anger. "No more talking until we get to the motel"!

Despite that two people in the car would rather die than take orders from a machine, the car stayed silent for the rest of the trip for the sake of getting there alive.

Once at the motel, both cars parked in the lot in different spots. Sarah chose a spot near the room they checked into so they could move Allison's unconscious form without anyone noticing.

True to her word, Cameron's endo had repaired itself enough to the point where she could walk. The cyborg carried Allison into the room as Derek followed closely behind.

John moved the SUV away from their room as a safety precaution while Sarah did a quick visual sweep of the area. Weaver, Ellison, and Kyle made their way into the adjacently joined room.

They met in the first group's room to discuss their next move.

Cameron stood guard at the window while Weaver checked up on Allison discretely. Cortana was sitting on the standard motel table by the window, her avatar sitting cross legged on it's surface.

"We need medical supplies for Allison". Weaver spoke first as she joined the circle in the middle of the room. "My nanites can only do so much". She explained, getting a concerned look from some of the humans.

"It's okay, she's healed a few of my worse wounds over the last two years". John assured them before turning to Weaver. "You'd have the best chance of getting them, plus you need to pick up Savannah later". John reminded her, though he didn't need to.

"I know, but we have a new problem. Kaliba will continue to target Savannah and I until they realize I'm a machine or they kill her".

"What are you saying"? Sarah asked with a shake of her head.

"What I'm saying Ms. Connor is that I want to disappear, I see no reason to continue putting Savannah in danger now that John Henry is out of the servers and once I withdraw the money from my personal accounts, we won't have to worry about money". She explained to the woman that John had often compared her too.

She still couldn't see the resemblance.

"So you actually care for the girl? I find that hard to believe". The doubt and sarcasm that filled Sarah Connor's voice wasn't missed by man or machine.

Weaver gave her a knowing smirk.

"It may come as a surprise to someone as close minded as you Sarah Connor, but know this". She stepped right into Sarah's face with her glare meeting Sarah's with equal force. "I do care for Savannah. Like I explained to Mr. Ellison and to your son, just because it may seem like I care for John Henry more, doesn't mean I do, but his survival is more important than hers or even mine. You can't tell me you've haven't sacrificed someone to keep John safe, because I know you have".

The T-1001 stepped back as the emotion played out on Sarah's face.

"She's right Sarah". Ellison said as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "You have sacrificed people, and so has she".

"You two aren't so different". Kyle said thoughtfully as he rubbed his scruffy face.

Hearing that from Kyle's mouth nearly broke Sarah right then and there. John and Cameron were the ones to catch it first, but the others picked up on Sarah's distress rather quickly.

"Next subject". She muttered as she discretely wiped the tears brimming in her eyes.

"Okay... moving on". Cortana said to break the awkward moment.

"Right, we also need food. We haven't had much to eat for months". John said as three stomachs growled almost simultaneously.

"A hot dog would be nice right about now". Derek said with a hungry look crossing his scruffy face.

"I'll take them to get some food". Cameron volunteered. "I'll make sure they don't over eat". She gave a pointed glare in John's direction to get her point across.

"Right, what about long term"? Ellison asked with his arms now crossed. His question was pointed at John, so he answered it.

"We can't really make long term plans until we get John Henry, he's stuck where he and Cameron ended up. Which was where exactly"? John asked as he turned his questioning stare towards her.

"The collapsed TDE bubble got caught in an interdimensional tunnel, one that carries objects traveling through any of the numerous subspace layers to another universe. We landed in a universe where all of us are nothing more than TV show characters".

"A TV show"? Derek asked as most in the room had looks of disbelief cross their faces, save Cortana. "You told us we were a story, not a TV show".

"At least you aren't a video game in two universes"! Cortana said as she stood on her chip.

"Wait, I know you're voice". Sarah said as she pointed a finger at Cortana. "I heard it when John was playing that game on his computer".

"Yes, the Halo universe is what it's been dubbed". She said with a roll of her eyes. "I come after the seventh game, Halo 4, which wasn't released until 2012 in the other universe and thus never came out here". She explained despite the fact that most didn't know what she meant.

"Wait, if we're a TV show, then everyone in that universe knows things about us that no one else does". Sarah deduced, even though she didn't really believe what Cameron was saying yet.

"They do, some of our darkest secrets were revealed, things that surprised me, and some that didn't". She said as she turned her head from Sarah to Kyle and then to John.

That's when Sarah knew that she knew who John's father was.

Just when things couldn't get worse. Too bad she didn't realize that it didn't matter, this timeline had been solidified, killing Kyle Reese did nothing to John Connor's existence.

Cameron and Cortana explained in detail what happened, but did not go into the unnecessary ones, like they failed to mention what Federation starship they used to perfect the UDE and any details pertaining to Jim, also details about the TV show and the movies were kept from them.

In the end, they knew that they had a 24th century Federation starship, a farm in the Midwest, and the UDE. Needless to say, most had their jaws dropped when the full explanation was out.

"You have a starship capable of turning this planet's surface to glass and you didn't bring it"? Weaver asked with her arms crossed, not understanding their logic.

Cortana was the one who answered due to her greater expertise.

"The ship only came through because it was in slipstream, a travel technology similar to slipspace in my universe. The ship was being used as a remote test bed for the new tech and the tunnel caught it en route. The drive was damaged and we've been unable to repair it. Without the drive, it can't enter the tunnel".

"I see". Weaver planned to do some research on Star Trek history to confirm the details, but she didn't think there would be any discrepancies. The phaser rifle was all she really needed as proof for now.

Derek and Kyle didn't know much about the show apart from what they'd been told, but John and Sarah on the other hand knew a bit more.

John knew more due to his 'geek' nature, but Sarah knew about it from the shows that used to be on in the late 80's and early 90's. She'd catch them occasionally on TV and watch them with John, often wishing that humanity would get that far, that maybe the world wouldn't end and humanity would finally mature.

Apparently one version did, but not this one.

Once again, the phaser rifle was all the proof she needed for now to prove it, that and Cortana's modified chip. Sarah had touched her tiny body and saw that it was solid. John had told her enough about Halo to know that the UNSC universe didn't have that technology yet. Cortana actually rebutted that to say that the Infinity was using something similar to first generation holodeck technology in its War Games room.

Also the energy sword was pretty convincing as well. The tech to make that was several hundred years beyond Skynet, and the Federation would have taken years to reverse engineer one.

It was one of the most complicated pieces of tech the Covenant had according to Cortana, and Sarah had to admit, it was pretty cool.

Kyle and Derek were taking this one moment at a time, most of this was unfamiliar to them, plus their world had been turned upside down multiple times in the last 24 hours in addition to being in the past.

They needed to get their bearings, the only person they remotely trusted besides Allison was John. This situation was getting stranger by the second and they were just going to have to roll with the punches for now.

These people had saved them, they had saved Allison, and most of all they wanted Skynet destroyed. The only hangnail was the fact that some of them were machines, but again, they had saved them on several occasions.

Trust was earned, and so far their actions had warranted further cooperation.

When the meeting was over, John decided to take Kyle with him and Cameron. They were the least two recognizable with John looking so different and his father being dead for over a quarter century.

That was until Cameron changed her hair and eye colors.

John's jaw flapped a bit at seeing a blond haired blue eyed Cameron.

"John, you're staring". Amusement laced the cyborgs voice despite her face holding her standard robot mask. It was her subtle way of telling John she thought he needed to stop staring at her in front of his mother.

John got the keys from Sarah, who wordlessly told him to be careful as he did.

The trio walked out the door and got into the tan SUV.

They were about to get into the car when Cameron put out her hand to John.

"I'm driving, you're two years out of practice". She explained. John gave her a slight smile and tossed her the keys. Kyle watched the exchange with concern. It was obvious to him that John cared for the cyborg, but he still wasn't sure if it deserved it or not. Cameron had saved his life along with his brother's and Allison's, but he wasn't sure if there had been an ulterior motive for it or not.

He sat in the seat behind John as he checked his new Glock 17 that John's mom had slipped him on the way out the door.

Apparently the woman didn't trust Cameron.

As they pulled out onto the road, Kyle took the chance to look at the city. Now that he didn't have a liquid metal machine making him nervous, he took a good look out the window to see LA as it was meant to be, not the ruined concrete landscape it was in the future.

He was taken by the cars and lights that moved, flashed, and made sounds that he couldn't remember, or didn't think he'd ever hear again.

"Turn on the radio". He said softly.

John turned around and saw that Kyle was staring out the window.

"What do you want to listen to"?

"It doesn't matter". He said simply as he met John's eyes. "I just want to hear music". He said as his gaze turned back out the window.

Cameron obliged the man and turned the radio to one of John's favorites.

The music came through the SUVs worn out speakers, and to Kyle, it was one of the most beautiful things he'd heard in a long time.

After J-day he'd listened to music only once or twice when the batteries or power were available, but now... well he was definitely getting an one of those iPod things he'd heard people mention over the years.

John too missed the rhythm and beat of his favorite songs. He turned back around and leaned back in his seat as the sunlight washed over him and the music fill his ears for the first time in over two years.

Cameron looked over at her charge and saw that he was enjoying the music as much as Kyle. She was happy that he was happy.

"Where do you want to eat"? She asked them as stopped at a light.

"Uhhh, something healthy and something that doesn't resemble rat". John joked, to which Kyle snorted a laugh. Rats were often the butt of jokes in the Resistance.

"I'll find somewhere that sells sandwiches". Cameron said as her attention returned to the road.

She knew the city well and found what she was looking for seconds later.

As soon as they stopped at the restaurant, they got out of the SUV, but Cameron immediately saw that the two boys, who hadn't bathed in who knows how long, would stick out like sore thumbs.

"John, you two need to stay in the car".

"Why"?

"Because you haven't taken a shower in two years". She deadpanned and entered the restaurant.

John stood still in shock for a moment before shaking his head in amusement.

"That's definitely Cameron". He said as he closed the door.

Kyle scooted behind the driver's seat before speaking his mind.

"We need to talk John".

John turned and looked at his alternate father with a knowing look.

"Yeah". He said with a sigh. "Hold on". John changed spots as climbed into the back next to him.

"What more did you want to know"?

Kyle took a moment to consider exactly what question he wanted to ask. Most had been answered so far, but some had not.

"When was I... the other me, sent back"? He said knowingly, though John didn't look surprised.

"1983, he saved my mom from a Model 101, he died a hero". John said simply, but also confirming something that Kyle had been wondering about. "And yeah, he was my father".

Kyle nodded slowly, the difference between expecting and knowing were turning out to be two very different things.

"So, you're my son"?

"No, you share a similar history with that Kyle, but you'll never be him, and I wouldn't want you to be". John seriousness was evident in his voice, and Kyle understood.

"Good, cause I'm not ready to have a kid". He joked as he spotted Cameron near the checkout. That prompted the next question he had in mind.

"What about Cameron? Why did you go after her"?

John looked nervous, but he knew that he was already busted in this arena. His display in front of Kyle back in the future was stupid on his part.

But he didn't care, he'd missed her.

"Because I couldn't stand to lose her too". He said as he stared at the currently blonde cyborg through the glass. "She's special, Kyle. Skynet couldn't make another one like her even if it tried".

"She told us that you cared about her more than she thought you did, she said that the only reason you jumped was because of her. Why"? Kyle made it clear that he wanted to hear what he already suspected straight from John's mouth.

John looked nervous for a moment, like a kid about to be told off by his mother.

"Kyle... I don't..."

"Yes you do". He said with a knowing look in his green eyes. "I can see it in your eyes John. I may not be your real father, but were still related, and Reese boys have tells". He pointed to John's face.

"We do"? Kyle nodded once.

"I don't understand how you can fall in love with one". He paused as he realized what John's counter argument would be. "Not just because Cameron is one, but because the machines have been after you all this time, plus she tried to kill you".

"It isn't because she's pretty either, if that's what it was you would have made a play for Allison by now". Kyle finished, thinking he covered all the excuses John would have.

John let out a sigh, the cat was out of the bag. He didn't deny that he was in love with Cameron, nor that she loved him, but how did he explain it to a Resistance soldier?

"She's special Kyle, I've known that since the moment I met her".

"What makes her so special"? He asked. "I know she seems to have... emotions, but those can be faked John, we've both seen it".

It took John a moment to figure out how to explain this.

"Did we tell you about the time she went bad"?

"Derek said something about you mentioning it on the way to the motel".

"I didn't fix her, she fixed herself. What kind of machine does that"? John challenged.

"One that's programmed to". He said simply, but John shook his head.

"What about one that promised to find a way to kill herself to make sure she wouldn't harm me again"?

Kyle's mouth opened a bit, but couldn't explain that one. John continued explaining since Kyle stayed silent.

"She put a bomb in her skull, and made a detonator into a pocket watch for me to wear". He said as he pulled out the watch. "Mom saved this for me".

John opened the watch to reveal the three button detonator.

"She made this"? He asked as he held the device in his hands.

"Yeah". John said softly as he took the device back. "That's how far she's willing to go to protect me, and the best part is she's no longer has to".

Kyle was confused, a machine without a programmed mission?

"What"?

"The explosion that damaged her chip caused a reversion, it allowed Skynet's anti-intrusion software free and it destroyed the Resistance programming". He explained. "It sometimes happened in her future, a machine would just go bad and no one knew why".

"But this happened from physical trauma".

John nodded and continued. "After I removed her chip, we were going to burn her with thermite, but I believed in her, and she came through". He said as Cameron exited the building. John got out of the SUV and took some of the food from her so she could open her door.

Once back in the car, both John and Kyle's mouths were watering from the smell of the food.

"I got these for you two". She said as she handed John and Kyle water bottles.

"Thank you Cameron". John said with a smile.

The cyborg blushed.

Kyle was chugging his water, he hadn't drank in hours and his throat was parched. When the sweet taste of cold, purified water hit his tongue, it felt like liquid heaven in a bottle. As , but he nearly coughed it all out when he saw Cameron's blushing cheeks

"Uh.. thanks for the water". Kyle said once he stopped coughing. The cyborg looked back at him in surprise, as surprised as he thought a machine could look.

Her eyes were wider than usual and her mouth hung open slightly before one corner of it turned up.

"Your welcome".

Who knows? Maybe John was right.

A/N: Read and Review, this chapter was difficult to write

and your opinion of it would be appreciated.

If you have any ideas for the coming chapters, please PM me or put them in a review.

There's so much potential in the next few chapters and I don't want to miss something.

Also, there will be more Jameron in the next chapter,

but also some John/Allison FRIENDSHIP and the explanation of how it happened.