Work in Progress

Here's the first part of my story. It isn't complete, there's still quite a way to go.

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"Well, you're going to be famous, kid. My brother is back and you're wearing his coat."

Derek's brother? That would mean...

John turned around and saw a young man come towards them. Looking at his face, John could immediately see the resemblance: This was Kyle Reece, John's father. But at the same time, not: John knew that his father had been killed in 1984 by the T800 that had been sent back through time to kill his mother.

This young Kyle Reece had not yet been sent back to the past, and had no idea who John was.

Behind Kyle, however, was someone else. John's eyes widened. Cameron? Surely not... No. As the girl knelt down to stroke the German Shepherd she was leading, John saw that she moved naturally and smoothly, completely unlike Cameron. Definitely human.

Kyle looked at John intently. "I know you. Who are you?"

"I'm John Connor." He expected some sort of acknowledgement. When everyone continued to simply stare at him blankly, he elaborated: "Sarah Connor's son."

This got a response from Derek.

"Sarah Connor? The Sarah Connor?"

"Yes"

"Listen, kid. What are you, 15? Sarah Connor died 15 years ago, and she certainly didn't have son."

"She.. she died?"

"Cancer. I don't know what you're playing at, but you're human and look fit, so come along. We always need people. I don't know how you've managed to stay alive without us this long," said Kyle. "We'll get you cleaned up and start you training"

"Training?"

"Training. Teach you how to kill metal. Turn you into a soldier"

The group started walking.

John hung back and spoke to the Cameron lookalike.

"I'm John. Who are you?"

"Allison. What do you mean, you're Sarah Connor's son?"

"She's my mother. Kyle is my father. Or at least, a version of him is. I, or at least a version of me, sent him back in time from 2029 to protect my mother in 1984, where they conceived me. I've just travelled..."

Allison, skeptical, interrupted: "Hold on there a second - you travelled through time? You sent Kyle back, so that he could meet your mother and conceive you? And you've just finished travelling through time again?"

Kyle broke in, "You travelled through time? From when?"

"Yeah, well, I don't generally make a habit of walking around naked. I came from 2007."

"20 years. Where did you land?"

"Near where you found me."

"And how, exactly, did you manage to time travel from 2007? We know that Skynet has time displacement equipment, but we haven't managed to capture any yet."

"Catherine Weaver. She's a machine, possibly a T-1000 like the one that attacked me in 1997. She seemed more human though."

"Probably a T-1001 then. Advanced model, more capable of mimicking human emotions. Some say that they can actually feel emotion, but I don't believe that. What the hell was it doing in 2007?"

"Running a corporation. Zeiracorp. We didn't know she was metal until she protected me, my mother and Ellison when a drone crashed into the Zeiracorp building."