...July 12th...Castle's apartment...

..Couch...8:48 PM...

"You sure you want to spend another night here?" Castle asks, concerned for Alexis.

"I just like to feel protected," Alexis said, with a shrug.

"I don't have a shot gun," Castle said.

"Yes, you do," Alexis said. "Under the bed."

"Hahaha," Castle said. "Right....I knew that character research would come in handy!"

"Good night, Dad," Alexis said.

Castle goes up the stairs leaving Alexis to the couch holding a blanket around her shoulders and had one hand on her pillow. She waits for the doors to close to the bedroom. C-Click the door's close upstairs. A soft knocking is heard on the door to the apartment. Alexis drops the blanket walking over the door increasing her speed.

Alexis opens the door and there is T-11.

"You made the device?" Alexis asks.

T-11 has a mask covering the other side of his face.

"I have," T-11 said, taking it out of his pocket. He hands it to Alexis. "Just remember to use it when the machine glows and bam; the enemy Terminator is shut down."

"I really appreciate what you do," Alexis said.

"Eh, it is no biggy to me," T-11 said. "It is the least I can do in this world..."

"You don't exist in this world, right?" Alexis asks.

"Affirmative," T-11 said.

"Then you have a reason to exist in your world," Alexis said. "You know how to make stuff that can protect people." A small smile appears on T-11's half face. "That is why you don't exist in this world because your world has more knowledge on how to defeat cyborgs." Alexis sighs. "If you existed in this world as a regular hot guy without knowledge and experience to help those he care about defeat Terminators."

"You make a good point," T-11 said. "Bless you, young lady."

"You want to stay over?" Alexis asks.

"No," T-11 said, as his face became grim. "I have a duty to do."

"And what is that?" Alexis said.

"To go home," T-11 said. "The construction currently allows a portal to be made...and I may have sent someone in the past to the future."

"You sent my Dad to the future," Alexis said.

"By accident," T-11 admits, with a nod. "Now I know the reason behind the portal."

"Should I tell my Dad?" Alexis asks.

"No," T-11 said. "I should do it...It is my fault anyway."

"All right," Alexis said.

"Well, I better go," T-11 said, turning away. "I still have some work to do."

"Wait," Alexis said. T-11 stops. "I want to see what is wrong with your face."

"My face will horrify you," T-11 said, lowering his head.

"I have seen much worse," Alexis said.

T-11 turns towards Alexis.

"It is for the general public's protection," T-11 said.

"I sure am not the public," Alexis said, folding her arms.

T-11 takes off the other side of his mask.

"It is still healing, though," T-11 notes.

The left side of his face resembles a Terminator with skin around impacted areas. His left eyebrow is slowly growing back. The damage responsible for this wound was being shoved into a cooking pot yet T-1 saved his left eye by closing his eye lid. Somehow, but remarkably, his left eye was spared. The flesh on TT-11's left cheek, however, is gone revealing a metal cheek plating.

"Aww," Alexis said. "You look cool. A cool kind of cute, too!"

"I terrified a few people in the alley with this face," T-11 said.

"That's because they are not familiar to people like you," Alexis said.

"There is no one like me," T-11 said.

Alexis rubs her chin.

"You are missing something," Alexis said.

T-11 is at a loss.

"What?" T-11 asks.

Alexis takes off a hat from the nearby counter.

"This," Alexis said. "This is my gift to you."

"A....A Stetson," T-11 said, pretty choked up putting the Stetson on his head. "I have always wanted one."

"I figured," Alexis said, with a smile.

"Stetsons are cool!" T-11 proudly proclaimed, and then he hugs Alexis. "Thank you."

T-11 has a warm bear hug with Alexis.

"Not a problem," Alexis said.

T-11 ends the hug.

"You have quite the soul," T-11 said. "Young lady."

"Don't kid yourself," Alexis said.

T-11 puts on the mask.

"Goodbye," T-11 said.

T-11 walks down the hall whistling a unique tune that Alexis barely could put a finger on.