CONTINUUM Serrano Point: 2028

CHAPTER IV

-Wednesday, August 9 2028 (15:22)

John stood near the edge of the conference room and watched as the various members of the resistance command arrived. It was a fairly large room, dominated by the wooden table in its center. It was also the first room that John had come across to have any windows, though admittedly he didn't find the post apocalyptic vista very appealing.

"Good afternoon Mr. Connor," Startled, John turned around to find himself face to face with Catherine.

"Ah, yeah, you too," he replied.

"Tell me," Catherine said stepping closer. "Do you know what the purpose of this gathering is?"

John shook his head. "No. Ah, some soldier showed up at my quarters and said that, Vinc'hart, wanted me to come to some kind of meeting."

"She's planning on telling them why we're here," Catherine said.

"Oh, well... wait a minute. If you already knew, then why did you ask me?"

"Because I wanted to know if you knew."

"Right. So is this good or bad or...?"

Catherine shook her head. "That remains to be seen."

"Right," John went back to looking around the room until Savannah walked over to them.

"How have you been?" she asked John.

"Alright. Weaver says that you called this meeting to tell your people what's going on."

"Basically, yes. Though on that note there are a few things we should talk about first."

"Like what?" John asked.

"Well, mainly my relationship with, her," Savannah nodded at Catherine. "I would prefer if it remain secret."

The T-1001 stared at her. "Because you plan to tell them what I am."

"There's a good chance that will happen, yes. For obvious reasons we perform random sweeps of the base using dogs, I can't let you be discovered that way. And arranging it so that you always avoid them would be difficult, not to mention suspicious," Savannah rubbed her forehead. "Look, just let me do most of the talking," she said.

"Alright. So, who are these people?" John asked looking around the room.

"Ah, well the guy over there with the small beard and reddish hair is my second in command, Colonel Arbirn Ellis," Savannah said. "The woman with the blond hair talking to him is another one of my senior officers, Lieutenant Colonel Caroline Smith. The two of you already know Colonel Reese; the man he is talking to is this base's acting commander, Major Reagan Pinington. While I'm officially the commander of Serrano Point, Pinington is usually in charge of the day-to-day operations. The woman standing by herself next to the far window is Eugenie DeMarco; she's my medical adviser. And the two men who just entered are Arthur Currie, the civilian liaison and Michael Hellic, one of my head engineers," Savannah looked around the room. "And that should be everyone." After a few moments Savannah went over to the head of the table and directed everyone to take their seats. Catherine and John were told to sit on ether side of Savannah.

Once everyone was settled Savannah spoke. "I've called you all here to make you aware of certain, developments, that have occurred recently. I want you all to bear with me on this, it's going to sound a bit far fetched at first," Savannah fell silent for a moment as she tried to figure out what to say next. "You're all probably wondering who these two are," she indicated Catherine and John, "As some of you know they both arrived here two days ago. Upon their arrival I spent over an hour talking with them. A conversation I have so far refused to tell any of you a thing about. Well here goes," Savannah took a breath. "They're from the past. And by that I mean that they used a time machine to jump forward form the year 2008.