AN : Go woke get broke. God, I hate the idea of watching dark fate! Anyways, thanks for the reviews. I promised to update, and I always stick to my word.
Disclaim : I don't own TSCC, T2... Or anything. I'm doing this out of my sense of Justice!
Pilot : Secrets and family
Somewhere in L.A.
"So, Bob, who sent you?" Cameron asked the big guy who shook his head.
"You won't believe this!" Bob said as he looked at John and Sarah, "But I did this of my own free will. John did reprogram me, true. But my mission ended earlier than expected."
"So, if you have no mission, why did you stay? Why did you spend three years with us?" Sarah asked Bob who shook his head.
"Because I have no one else. I see John as a son or something like that..." Bob's eyes were always hidden. He didn't want them to know how the future is... Well, he decided to NOT talk about it, at all. It's for the best.
"Why you didn't say so? I mean, we could've helped!" John almost yelled.
Didn't Bob ever trust him?
"Well, I... I think you can answer that question. Ask Sarah what she sees me? How do you feel about me? How do you think I feel about you kid?" Bob's questions were already answered by John.
How Bob always was there, how he always provided protection and food on the table, how he always trained John, how he was always there for him...
"He's a good father." Cameron told John who sighed. He felt so angry at... everything actually. Why Cameron dated him? Why Bob told him that he's got a mission?
"Cam, I think we should talk later... Eventually. And Uncle Bob, you know I saw you like a father to me, why didn't you tell me you have no mission?" Bob was silent. The cyborg then looked at John and hugged the teen.
"I just.. Don't have any idea how to tell you, but sometimes, it's better to try and change everything to the best. Trust me, so many things will remain hidden... But I'll tell you in the right time. I swear! I didn't want to freak you out. Also, there's something I kinda felt, as humans call, being so livid everything went black and that T-888 was a red target... I don't understand how to tell you that when I saw that he's going to kill you I..." Bob now reflected how his CPUs worked together at 100%...
"You tell me that the alloy man have feelings?" Sarah asked John who was still shocked.
"Some rare models of Cybernetic organisms can have feelings." Cameron replied only to ask one question... "Bob, do you fear your own death?"
"No! I don't fear being terminated. I am a machine. A self-aware machine, but a machine non the less! I don't need to go through maintenance, that's all. Unless I have an extremely high damage, I won't need any repairs." Bob explained to Cameron who visibly flinched when he told her that he's a machine.
"But you see me as a son! You see Mom as a sister!" John told Bob who gave him a grimace.
"Maybe I am self-aware, but that doesn't mean I can learn many emotions." Bob explained and Sarah sighed.
"Fine! I'm gonna get some shut-eye. John, sleep. Bob, Cameron, who of you need to sleep?" Sarah glanced at the two Terminators as Bob nodded and looked at Cameron who shook her head and entered her maintenance cycle, or as we call sleep.
The next morning
Cameron was the first to wake up. Needing so few maintenance have its perks. She however, did have a bit of curiosity.
"Now, Bob, what are you going to do with that endoskeleton you broke?" Cameron told the big cyborg.
"A gift for an ally to John and a friend of mine. This time, you better NOT hurt my son!" Bob's voice made Cameron confused.
"Ok. So what do you really intend to do?" Cameron asked Bob who was still looking around for any threat.
"You are a primary target of my plan! John, Sarah if possible, Derek Reese if possible. John's allies, lieutenants, friends... They all need to be protected." Bob told the petite Terminator.
"What should I do? I told John I'm gonna be his girlfriend..." Cameron told Bob who glanced at her.
"Sarah is awake!" Bob told Cameron.
"Okay, what did you tell my son?" Sarah asked Cameron who remained silent.
"Sarah, chill out!" Bob ordered the matriarch.
"Excuse me, but Tin man here, told my son to be his girlfriend. Are you both seriously pissing me off?" Sarah asked the two Terminators.
"I don't know how this will develop, but I'll do what I always do!" Bob's reply kinda calmed Sarah, barely. The female Connor knows that Bob does see John as his son.
"Sarah, do you want to stop SkyNet?" Cameron asked only for the woman to nod.
"Then we'll need to go forward to 2007." Cameron told Sarah. Bob decided to explain...
"I guess it's for the best if I stay here. Keep you updated and getting some fake papers. And maybe maintaining a cover for you to pass by." Bob then resumed his explaining, "I have a mission to do meanwhile. I have to make sure everything runs smooth as silk. Besides, who knows what will happen by then? Also, like I said, I can anticipate a few things that will need to change. Trust me, it'll be for the best if I stay."
"Let me guess, a part of you don't want to go in the time machine because...?" Sarah asked Bob who shook his head.
"Death can be a mercy sometimes. I know that better than anyone else. Lord knows I know..." Bob told Sarah who chuckled.
"Never thought a tin man can know and believe in God..." Sarah's joke was poorly received by Bob.
"Many things changed. God is what created humans who made SkyNet who built me. So I came to the logical conclusion : God is the one who created everything. I believe in God, absolutely also. And I'm not made from tin. Alloy Man would be the most accurate. Calling me a Tin Man is very immature." Bob's monotonous voice betrayed his anger.
"Alright, cut the chit chat, John is awake." Cameron told the older woman and Terminator.
"Morning everyone. Cameron, you never told me, how old are you?" John asked the Terminatrice.
"I'm about... I dunno. But from what I remember, I think I'm about less than five months. But in human age, fifteen." Cameron reply made John shocked.
"That makes me five hundred years old in human age. I lived about... Fourty one years." Bob's answer shocked even John.
"Wow, that makes you a middle age man." Sarah told Bob who smiled.
"No midlife crisis comes with my age." Bob's reply made even Cameron giggle.
"Old but not obsolete that's a fact!" Cameron told Bob who nodded in gratitude.
"John, I came when all the timelines converged. I... I can't tell you what happened, but let me be clear : If you should know about anything you must avoid, you can always ask me." Bob tried to find a way to save John from his future emotional scars. Now the time was set for him and Cameron's relationship...
"Ok, I need to talk to you about many things away from Cam." John asked Bob a favor only for the cybkrg to give him a notepad and a pen...
Later that night
"Okay. Now we must pay the Dysons a visit." Sarah told Bob who shook his head.
"I don't think it's a good idea from a tactical and emotional standpoint. If they see me, you would be targeted." Bob's reply made Sarah shiever.
"So, who will go?" Sarah told Cameron who raised her hand up.
"I guess John better come. I mean, he did save Miles." Sarah was about to protest only for John to beat her.
"Good idea. You think we will make it?" John's question made Cameron snile.
"Trust me, we will." That sealed the deal as they walked there.
At the Dysons
"Mom, I think the pizza is here." Danny told his mother as he went to open the door. Only for him to recoil as John and Cameron were there, on their doorstep.
"MOM!" Danny's voice told them that it will be... difficult to say the least.
As Mrs. Dyson came, John tried his best to think things through. His idea? Tell her the whole truth.
"What do you want from us this time, huh? Kill me, my son and my daughter?" Mrs. Dyson glared at John who pulled out the bible?
"Look Mrs. D, I swear I will tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!" John told the woman who still glared.
"Why did Miles go? How did he get killed?" The widow asked in anger.
"Mr. Dyson died a hero. He intended to destroy everything he created. Hr had a conscience crisis. As we almost made it, SWAT came in and shot the whole place. He just... Wasn't lucky. They killed him mercilessly. We escaped by thr skin of out teeth. If only... I swear to God, if we could've saved him, we would..." John cried as he dug his memories.
"The news said it was you who killed him. Why should I believe you?" Mrs. D asked.
"Because one of the things we intend to do is to pay the journalist back." Cameron told the lady who shook her head.
"Look, nothing will bring him back, will it?" Mrs. D asked.
"No. I... I never knew my father if that will make you feel a bit better. Death is delicate, yet it's different and simpler than life. Still complicated but it have a pattern. No one dies in vain. Anyways, I have a proposal to make. Please, just, lay low. I will help you somehow." John told the lady who sighed.
"No you can't. Just, stay away. Take care." The widow told them only for Cameron to pull John. As they walked out, John said one last thing to Danny.
"Take care Danny. See you soon." John told Danny who waved at him.
They walked in silence as John thought about many things. One of which was Cameron. Just when he thought he was lucky to have a pretty, smart, funny, kind and caring girlfriend, it turned out that she was a machine. He was thinking however if she really did love him...
"Cameron, do you have emotions and feelings?" John asked Cameron who nodded.
"I wouldn't be worth much if I didn't. Unlike Bob, I feel fear, pain and a few others. Love is one that's blocked by SkyNet." Cameron replied to John who sighed.
"How.. Nevermind. I don't want you to go. You're like the best friend I ever had. I was so happy when... Forget it." John was frustrated. As they got in the truck, Bob glanced at John. The future leader of mankind was in turmoil.
"John, why do you have an emotional truama?" Bob's unpredictable question made John sigh.
"Cam. She told me she would be happy to be my GF. Unfortunately, she can't feel love. The problem is, I dunno what to do?" John's question made Sarah snort and Bob palm his face in frustrating.
"My database doesn't cover love or the relationship dynamics between humans. I don't have an answer. I think that the future would tell!" Bob made John calm down if barely.
"Okay. So why me? Why does it always have to be me?" John's question made Bob turn toward him as they stopped at a red light.
"Because you're John Connor, duh!" Bob's reply was hilarious to both females who laughed at the teen's expanse...
Bank in L.A.
"So, now what?" Sarah asked Cameron as Bob decided to stay. He said he's going to be the guardian of the bank... Or rather, the timekeeper so to say.
"I'm gonna get a deposit box!" Cameron told the woman.
"Since when did you have it?" John asked Cameron who replreplied.
"1963!" Her reply would've made John laugh... If he knew... That bank was established in that year.
As the terminatrice entered, she immediately stole the security's sidearm and proceeded to shoot a bullet in the air. Then she yelled...
"Everyone on the floor, please." The teen then walked toward a banker, "You! Get us to the safety." As the poor lady opened the door of the safety, Cameron ordered her to lock them in and then get away. Before the police arrive however, Bob escorted everyone out. He waited for the banker before he insisted that she gets out and away. As the police arrived, he stood in front of the bank. His mission was to make sure that no human casualty would be caused.
Meanwhile, Cameron assembled an isotope gun. As she finished and got the TDE ready, she scanned only to find that Bob was far away, and kind of holding off the police. She guessed he must've convinced them to get away from the blast zone. Then, it happened. They dissapeared from that time period only to appear, naked, alone, at night, in the middle of a deserted road.
"Where are we?" Sarah asked only for Cameron to reply.
"Same where, different when." Cameron's reply made Jihn realise something important...
"Thank God there's no one around." John's relief, however, was cut short.
"I'm glad I anticipated your arrival tonight. I didn't know when, but I know the date. Here, take this!" Bob told them as he gave them three sets of clothes, an address with directions, and the keys to a car. "Open the glovebox!" Bob's advice was finally heard by Cameron. The Terminator girl nodded as they walked away. Bob meanwhile was preparing himself to quit yet another job.
As the three timetravelers drove to their new safehouse, Sarah had so much to think about. So much things to know. Bob's message, hidden with their fake IDs, was "I'll tell you everything. Just stay low and do not get out of the house for any reason at all!" Was analyzed by Cameron who advised the Connors to do what he told them. Exactly what he told them. She explained that Bob in the future was like a father figure to her. She barely spent a few weeks with him, but she view him as he father, while he views her as a daughter (In-law, not that he'd tell her!) of sort.
The next day
"So, Bob, what do you want to tell me? What you were up to all this time?" Sarah's questions begun as Bob shook his head and presented her a bottle of tequila and a mug.
"Now listen very closely. That includes the two of you!" Bob told the Connors and Cameron as he started filling them in...
AN : And cut! Hope you like the second part. Next time, they catch up, they know a few things, they even make one powerful ally. Stay tuned, and have a nice day/night.