CONTINUUM Serrano Point: 2028

CHAPTER III

-Monday, August 7 2028 (16:28)

After giving him a tour of the non-restricted areas of the base Allison lead John to his room. As they had walked around John had noticed that Serrano Point seemed to have two areas: parts that made up the original power plant and sections that had obviously had been added on later, and that seemed to have no obvious place in a nuclear power plant, through they were very useful for a military base. Finally they came to a stop outside one of the doors set along a hallway.

"Right, Barracks: Third floor, section C, room 57. We're here," Allison said. She opened the door and followed John into the room. It was fairly small; it had one cot that by itself took up more then a third of the room. Next to it was a table with a chair and a lamp on it. Taking up all the space between the foot of the cot and the wall was an empty trunk. "So, what do you think?" Allison asked.

John shrugged. "It'll do."

Allison glanced around the room. "Yeah, on the one hand it's about half the size of my own quarters, but then again I'm bunked with three other people, so..." Allison glanced back at John. "Hell, I guess for a tunnel rat though this is pretty nice."

"Tunnel rat?" asked in confusion.

Allison winced. "Sorry, no offense."

"Ah, none taken."

"Okay," Allison said. "Well, you remember where this is in relation to, everything else?"

John nodded. "Yeah."

"Good. You should go back to the Quartermaster, get a few changes of clothes and some other, essentials. He'll be expecting you. I showed you were the mess hall is, Breakfast is usually between 6:15 and 8:30, Lunch is 11:30 to 1:40, and Dinner is 5:30 to 7:00. There's also usually something from 2 to 3 for the graveyard people. Looked like there was a rest room at the end of the corridor. Other then that it would probably be best if you stay here until something else is figured out."

"I understand."

"Alright, well, bye."

John nodded. "Right, see you."

Allison turned and left the room, closing the door behind her. After a moment John went and sat down on the bed.

-Tuesday, August 8 2028 (10:14)

Catherine approached the captain of the guards standing outside the door to Savannah's office holding the notebook she had been given the previous day. "I would like to speak with Commander Vinc'hart," she said.

Harris nodded. Apart from him there was only one other guard from the previous day. "Private Glen, inform the Commander that Mrs. Weaver would like to speak with her," One of the guards turned and went over to the door. He knocked on it, then opened it and stuck his head inside.

"Mrs. Weaver is here. She says that she needs to talk to you," Catherine heard him say. After a moment he looked back at Catherine and waved her over. "She'll see you."

Catherine walked passed the guards and into the office, closing the door behind her. She went over to the desk and placed the notebook on it. "I've completed the designs you wanted," she said to Savannah, who was siting on the desk's other side. Savannah picked the notebook up and looked through it. She saw a number of complex diagrams, most of which she didn't understand.

"I'll give this to one of my engineers, see what they can make of it," Savannah said putting the notebook back down. "You said yesterday that John Henry would contact us once he was done. Do you have any idea how he's going to do that?"

"He will most likely send some kind of radio transmission. If you look at the last page of that notebook you will see a list of frequencies and codes he will probably use based on my knowledge of SkyNet communications systems from my original timeline."

Savannah picked the notebook back up and opened it to the last page. "Do you have any idea when he'll make contact?" she asked as she tore the page out.

"John Henry should have arrived about two weeks before myself and Mr. Connor. He will most likely be another week or two."

"Alright. Is there anything else?" Catherine shook her head. "I'm going to have a meeting with my senior officers tomorrow in order to explain the situation to them. I want you and John to be there."

Catherine folded her arms across her chest. "Are you sure that's a good idea? It might be better to keep them in the dark."

"Really."

"Yes. We have no idea how they will react to this information. It would be best to not tell them."

"Look Catherine, I'm going to have a fucking time machine built!" Savannah said waving the notebook. "I spent a good part of yesterday having a secret meeting with a sixteen year old boy nobody has ever seen before, not to mention you, and then there is the whole business with John Henry. I have to tell them something. The truth seams to be the easiest and safest choice."

"They may not like what's going on," Catherine warned.

Savannah shook her head. "There are parts of this I don't like. If that's all, there are things I need to do."

Catherine nodded. "Of course," With that she turned and left.

-14:27

"Kyle!" Derek yelled at his brother, who was about to walk around the corner of the hallway they were in. "Kyle!"

The younger Reese stopped and turned around, scanning the corridor for the person who had been calling his name. After a moment his eyes fell on Derek, who was making his way towards him. "Yeah," Kyle said once Derek came to a stop next to him.

"Come," Derek said, and the two continued walking down the hallway. "Your promotion to Captain has been made permanent," Derek said after a moment.

"So I did well?" Kyle asked.

Derek nodded. "Your tactics when we ran into that unit of trip eights were particularly impressive. Your going to need to form your own company, leading those kinds of patrols is going to be one of your primary duties."

"I already have some people in mind."

"Good," Derek stopped and turned to face his brother. "You did well, Kyle."

"Thanks."

"I'll want a list of candidates for you unit by the end of the week."

Kyle nodded. "Yes sir."

"See you later," With that Derek turned and started walking back the way he came.