CONTINUUM Serrano Point: 2028

CHAPTER II

-Monday, August 7 2028 (13:02)

"You don't recognize me do you?" Vinc'hart asked. She shrugged. "Not that there's any reason you would, I was a lot young. But it's wired, you see; I remember you. In fact, I remember you very well, considering we only met a few times about twenty years ago."

She sat down and grinned. "My name's Weaver, Savannah Weaver."

John's eyes widened somewhat, but other then that he showed no outward signs of surprise. "Savannah?"

Vinc'hart/Savannah leaned back in her chair. "Yes."

John studied the woman seated before him, looking for some hint of the young girl he had meet. After a moment he opened his mouth. "..."

The door burst open and Derek and a man John didn't recognize entered the room. "Commander," the unknown man said, "We have a problem. It's the dogs; they've gone completely mad. As in terminator."

"Why aren't the alarms going off?" Savannah asked as she stood.

"Apparently we're having problems with the PA," Derek said.

Savannah opened one of the drawers in her desk, pulled out another gun, and tossed it to John. "Where?"

"The kennels."

"Right, lets go," Savannah said moving towards the door. "By the way," she pointed to the soldier, then John, "John Connor, Major Frank Hess. Major Hess, John Connor."

"Ma'am, we need to get you to a safe location," Derek said moving after her.

"Yeah, right," Savannah went out into the corridor and up to the lead guard. "Lieutenant Harris, you know what's going on?"

The soldier nodded.

"Good, we're going to the kennels. Have two of your men take point, the rest to the rear."

"But Ma'am..." he protested.

"Now Lieutenant."

The guard nodded reluctantly. "Yes Ma'am. Trevor, Choi, point. The rest of you to the back." The group quickly moved forward, going down several corridors until they reached a metal stairwell. Looking over the edge John guessed that it went down about twenty floors. Seeing that the stairs continued up from their floor he then looked up. I'd guess another two, three floors.

"The kennels are on Sub-Level 2," Derek said. "This stairwell goes all the way down to S-L 5, we should be able to get down there from here."

"Right, let's move then," Savannah said. Trevor and Choi started moving down the stairs, followed by Savannah and Derek, then John and Frank, with Harris and the other three guards taking up the rear. As they descended down through the building they came across a number of people, some aware of what was going on, most not. Savannah ordered a few of them to join their group, the rest to secure their floors and inform everyone who did not already know of the situation.

"Hey," John said to Frank, "I get the PA being down, but why don't you use radios?"

The group reached the ground floor and started moving down to the first Sub-Level.

"We have limited resources. Most of the available hand held radios are used by our patrols and other bases."

Finally the group reached Sub-Level 2. Another eight people had joined them. They slowly moved out into the corridor with weapons raised. Just then three soldiers came around the next corner.

"What's going on here," Savannah asked stepping forward. "Who's in charge?”

"Captain Reese, Ma'am," one of the soldiers said. "He's right around the corner, with a group of men next to the entrance to the kennels."