...June 3rd...

...Britain...

Ring,ring, ring,

Sarah picks up the phone using  a towel to dry her hair off.

"Hello?" Sarah said.

"This is Bob," Uncle Bob's voice came over the phone.

"Bob, what are you up to now?" Sarah asks.

"Driving out of Indiana," Uncle Bob said. "And there is some one you should be alarmed about."

"Who?" Sarah asks.

"He'll claim to be your son from the future," Uncle Bob said. "But he is not.  He is an  Alternate Universe John Connor infected by Skynet."

"So...John is a Terminator," Sarah said.

"By what he told me; Skynet made him their savior,"  Uncle Bob said. "He destroyed the original timeline."

"...What are you not telling me?" Sarah asks.

"Please,sit down," Uncle Bob said.

Uncle Bob never plead or politely asked Sarah to do anything before, and this was a first. Sarah sat down on a chair.

"What is it?" Sarah asks,a gain.

"They killed the original John Connor," Uncle Bob said.  "Infecting someone to become a Terminator comes at a price. They are replaced and someone else takes their place. He may have John's memories but they are memories and he is someone else. He is T-3000."

Sarah couldn't say a word.

"It is why you have been feeling is out of whack," Uncle Bob said. "That is because it is."

"So...What about the woman who helped us defeat the T-1000?" Sarah asks.

"I know who she is," Uncle Bob said.

"Who was she?" Sarah asks.

"She was your past, Sarah," Uncle Bob said. "That's why she disappeared in a beam of light. They are actively trying to fix the mistake."

"They?" Sarah repeats.

"Her guardian and someone else..." Uncle Bob said.  "Her guardian must have been my series."

"So this is a alternate timeline," Sarah said.

"Yes," Uncle Bob said.

"So..Let me get  this straight," Sarah said. "Someone intervened and changed history."

"It starts with your ancestors," Uncle Bob said. "Some one went in time and killed a large portion of your family tree."

"But...what about you?" Sarah asks.

"Time corrects itself," Uncle Bob said. "And T-3000 will be gone soon as he finds a way to return to his rightful timeline if I am correct."

"Which is..." Sarah said.

"Timeline B; Kyle Reese lives in the new timeline T-3000 created," Uncle Bob said. "Technically there are two Kyle  Reeses living..." Uncle Bob takes a sigh. "T-3000 has a scar on the right side of his face. He has dark brown curly hair. He is in blue a business suit the last I saw him in. He is about Kyle's height."

"Alright," Sarah said. "And if I see him?"

"Use a magnet on him," Uncle Bob said.

"Nice joke," Sarah said. "Try again."

"What I mean is do not let him be near John," Uncle Bob said.

"I won't," Sarah said.

"I am sorry for what became of your son,  Sarah," Uncle Bob said. "The future John Connor I know...Looks nothing like the one I came across."

"Lets hope he won't," Sarah said. "Thank you for the warning."

Sarah hangs up.  It had been hours since T-3000 came across Uncle Bob.  Sarah looks over seeing a strange man chatting with John. Then she froze in shock processing the description Uncle Bob had laid out for her. This man is no other than the T-3000.

"Yeah!" John said. "Maxy's my dog."

Maxy is growling at T-3000.

"Aw, don't be scared of me," T-3000 said.

The dog bites into T-3000's hand.

"Maxy!" John shouts.

T-3000 somehow manages to get Maxy off his grip.

"Owch," T-3000 said.

"Hey, I'll get some band-aids," John said,  turning around.

"I don't need band aids," T-3000 said, abruptly.

John stops in his tracks.

A few months after defeating the T-1000, Uncle Bob at first resisted to needing band-aids for his little cuts working on some preparing technology. John looks up towards T-3000 grabbing Maxy by the leash feeling scared.

"Why are you so scared?" T-3000 said. "I am harmless."

Maxy lead the way then Sarah closed the door behind John. Maxy barks at the door wagging his tail in between his legs. Our view goes to the other side of the door. T-3000 walks towards the door appearing to have a irritated look on his face. T-3000 can hear growls from behind the door that are threatening.

"This is really annoying," T-3000 said. "I only wish to speak with you two!"

T-3000 knocks on the door.

The barking gets worse.

"Fine, I will have to do this the HARD way!" Tf-3000 said.

The door fell.

To the corner of the entrance way is a recorder playing the barking.

"Why is everyone so frightened of me?" T-3000 asks, wondering in pure confusion.

He goes through the hall scanning around for his younger self and mother. The building is cloaked in silence where not an animal made a sound. How could they hide so quickly?, T-3000 wonders going about room to room. He looked under each bed, the couches, the tables, the washing machines, the cabinets, and not a trace of Connor is around.

"I know you are here!" T-3000 said. "You can't hide," He edges towards the television.  Not a sign of the Connors. "You will become me. I just want you to know we are more alike in the future. Oh, the future." T-3000 smiles. "Our father and mother tried to kill us. Can you believe that? We were taught to save the world and that's what we get. They try to kill us!" He goes towards the door. "You also might want to consider going to Skynet instead of leading the Resistance. It is really worthless."

T-3000 walks out of the house.

Sarah opens the basement door.

"Is he gone?" John asks.

Maxy jumps up onto the rug  and gets comfortable on the rug.

"He is gone," Sarah said. "We have to find another place to stay."

John sighs.

"Hope my vacation isn't this way the entire time," John said, hopefully as he gets on the floor out of the basement.

Sarah goes up stairs and  starts packing.  The only concern Sarah had is protecting John from what had been her adult son.  How had Uncle Bob came across this man and not driven over him? Uncle Bob cares about young John, that Sarah had to credit him for. Uncle Bob is a lot like a father figure John never had. Sarah feels grateful to have a Terminator this devoted to protecting John. Uncle Bob would do anything for John.

His John, at least.

That machine wasn't John.