| abstract | - In immediate response to the explosion, Sarah grabs her shotgun and approaches the front door to investigate, but is caught by surprise by Sarkissian's thug, who knocks her to the floor and holds her at gunpoint. John tries to escape out of the back door but Sarkissian himself catches him. They are both tied up and taken upstairs where Sarkissian viciously beats them both and tries to strangle Sarah. John manages to get free, however, and attacks Sarkissian, violently throttling him to death whilst she cuts her bonds. Sarah is shocked by John's actions but before she can comfort him in any way, Cameron arrives on the scene, damaged from the car explosion. She points a gun at John, poised to shoot, but another explosion from below distracts her long enough for Sarah and John to escape out of the window. They steal a car and speed away from the scene, during which Sarah asks an unresponsive John if he is alright, accidentally crashing the car in the process. Both injured and in need of sanctuary, they hide in a nearby church with the priest's permission. Sarah tries to get John to talk about his murder of Sarkissian, but he refuses to speak on it, so she brings up the subject of Cameron instead. Guessing that she's reverted to her Skynet settings, Sarah strongly suggests that they destroy her, which angers John. They decide to lay a trap for Cameron, however, and almost succeed in removing her chip, but she reboots before they can get it out. With Cameron on their tails again, Sarah and John steal another car and attempt to escape down a levy, but Cameron cuts them off and overturns the car. Injured more so by the crash, Sarah orders John to run for his life as Cameron advances. She crawls out of the car and is subsequently tortured by Cameron, refusing to call out to John (mirroring her encounter with the T-1000). When Cameron leaves, Sarah tries to stop her, but is thrown back against the car and seemingly rendered unconscious. She recovers, however, and hijacks a truck, which she then uses to pin Cameron between another truck in a warehouse that John fled to. Keeping her foot on the accelerator, Sarah watches as John tries to remove Cameron's chip, hesitating when she tries to appeal to his feelings for her in a bid to trick him into letting her go. Upon Sarah's insistence, however, John removes the chip after Cameron proclaims her love for him. Later that evening, Sarah and John are found by Derek and Charley, who patch up their wounds and discuss the trauma that John experienced. Derek tries to talk John into destroying Cameron, with little success. Sarah tries her own tack, telling him how proud he's made her, and succeeds in convincing him to destroy Cameron. During the ride to a secluded location, Sarah reminds John that machines can't feel emotions, especially love, and that everything Cameron said back there was a lie. John claims to know this, but cleans her chip regardless. As they prepare to set Cameron alight, John has a change of heart and re-activates Cameron, much to Sarah and Derek's disapproval, though she keeps the latter from interfering. Sarah watches in terror as John gives Cameron his gun and is relieved and confused when she gives it back, promising not to kill him. With Cameron "good" again, they return to the church and Sarah makes John a sandwich. She speaks briefly with Cameron, musing over the story of the Resurrection, before being told not to let John bring her back if she goes "bad" again. She then sits outside the bathroom and tearfully apologizes for everything that happened that day, wishing John "happy birthday".
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