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Madness: The John Connor Chronicles
“Hello John, its Dr. Silberman”. John quickly gathered his thoughts as he awoke on the couch, his hand automatically bringing the phone up to his ear at the first beep. "Hello", he muttered, casting a side-glance at Sarah, sitting at the kitchen table. John noticed his mother's eyes flutter suspiciously in his direction. "Yeah", John said, then, covering up the phone, turned to Sarah. "Its Riley, mom. I got the code." John muttered casually as he strolled out the front door.
Outside there was a firm breeze, bringing waves of warmer air under the shade of the porch. John sighed heavily as he took a few quick strides down the path towards the street, then veered off and cut across the lawn to the sidewalk, glancing back up at the roof of the house, as if spotting a bird, then bringing his eye back down quickly towards the front door. It was still closed.
“Ok”, John said into the phone. “Well John, how have you been?” replied Dr. Silberman.
“Fine”, John said, “I mean, nothing has changed. Well, actually, things have gotten worse. Much worse. How about you, doc? How’s the nose?”
Dr. Silberman chuckled over the phone. “Oh don’t worry about it. The knee was much worse. I still limp on cold days!”
“I know”.
“Look, John. Do we need to talk?”
“I don’t know what to do anymore, if that’s what you’re asking.” John replied.
“Well, it’s a tough situation you’re in, John. You have a lot riding on your shoulders. I don’t think anyone could deal with it as well as you have.”
“Thanks doc. Frankly, it helps a lot just talking to someone else who knows the situation. Not many do. I feel like I have to keep secrets my whole life.”
“I know. John, no matter what you may feel at times, you really are a hero.”
Sarah followed John through the window with her eyes as long as she could. She turned as she heard footsteps in the kitchen. Cameron stood at the door, gripping a laundry basket. “Look at it”, Sarah thought to herself, “holding that basket like its nothing, and looking at me with those sad eyes. As if she can feel. As if the little machine actually had emotions.” Aloud, Sarah said, “Tin man, John is outside. Shouldn’t you be following him?” “I’m sure he is fine”, Cameron said, almost with a sigh. “A sigh?” thought Sarah, “Oh please. That’s all I need today, a sighing mechanical Laundromat.”
“Well, its like this doc”, John said as he continued to make his way down the sidewalk. “A little while ago, we celebrated my…16th birthday.”
“What? What do you mean, your 16th birthday?”
“Doc, honestly, I just don’t know. I’m 16 now. At least I know how to drive, that’s something ”
“John! Your not making sense.”
“What kind of sense can I make out of this? Oh I don’t know. Apparently, we used a 'time machine', or something. I’m a little vague on the details, frankly.”
“Oh. I see.”
“Yeah. Well, I think I know when it started to go downhill again. Did I tell you Cameron came back?”
“No…is she doing ok?” Silberman replied.
“Well doc, yes and no. Mostly no. Doc, mom thinks Cam is ONE OF THEM. It’s a nightmare.”
“Oh no, John. Oh god, I’m so sorry. Oh no…did she make you run away?”
“I wish she had. Honestly, I wish we were running from Cam. It would be better…”, John said, his voice cracking.
“Take it easy, John. Calm down. Tell me, slowly.”
“Ok. Doc…she thinks Cam is here to…protect us. It’s the same as Uncle Bob. It’s Just the same. She demanded Cameron stay, in the house, and follow me around. She doesn’t respond to her at all, keeps referring to her as ‘that machine’ or ‘tin man’ “
“John, I’m so sorry. ‘Tin man’…. Cam must feel awful. “
“Cam keeps it bottled up inside. You know Cam. But it has to hurt. I know she is hurting inside. Cam may seem tough on the outside, but I know my twin sister, she is aching on the inside, even if she never shows it. I saw her cry; first time I’ve seen it since we were kids. She denied it totally, of course, like she had something stuck in her eye.”
“Don’t you dare hug me”, Sarah hissed, as Cameron made her way around the kitchen table. “Every time he leaves, you want to put your arms around me, like your part of the family. Like you really are his sister. Like you’re my daughter! I only had one child, just one! A son! And don’t you forget it! Don’t you ever forget it, tin man!” Cameron’s arms dropped mechanically to her sides. “Yes, Ms. Connor”, she said, with a wavering voice. She picked the basket back up and headed for the door. “I don’t trust that robot”, Sarah thought to herself. “It’s got to go.”
“John, listen. I don’t think it’s healthy for you to continue like this. And I know it’s not healthy for Cameron, not under those conditions. John, you have to bring Sarah in.”
“Doc…”
“I know, I know. But you need to do it, John, for all our sakes. Someone can get hurt.”
“Doc…oh I don’t know, doc, I haven’t even told you…”
“Take it easy John. What is it?”
“Doc…. I swear…you know I empty the guns every night. I’ve been doing it for years.”
“Yes?”
“Doc, one night, I don’t know if I forgot or not, but she claimed we had been robbed.”
“Robbed? You mean, the guns?”
“Yeah. I didn’t know whether to believe it at first. The guns were gone, all gone. And…and then…”, John stammered, as he came to a stop on the sidewalk.
Sarah turned back towards the window. “I will protect you”, she said to herself. She reached under the counter and pulled out a gun, holding it steady in her practiced hand. “I will protect you and never let you go. And I will never, ever let them take me away from you again.” Her lips tightened into a thin line of determination.“ It’s what I do. It’s all I do.” Her grip tightened on the gun.
“John, keep calm. What happened?”
“Doc, I found one of the guns a day later. It had been fired. 4 bullets were gone from the chamber. Then, later that day, I heard on the news…”
“What, John?”
“A…triple homicide…at the bowling alley, about a mile from our house…”
“John, you have to bring her in. Do it today. Have your sister help.” yo
u’re in, John. You have a lot riding on your shoulders. I don’t
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