When they got back to camp they found Cameron barely clinging to what she would considered life. Sky net had ordered her to destroy Derek and his team, she had tried. She had done horrible things to all of them. But she could not kill them. So sky net sent terminators after her and she had barely gotten away. Kilee and John spent the night repairing her, even though John had to keep talking Kilee into it. He knew that this revolted her that she saw Cameron as the enemy. "Make sure she will never be the enemy" John said as he handed Kilee the chip "Our past is now literally in your hands. Do what you see fit." So Kilee did. She buried Cameron's memories and re established her earlier programming. Two days later Kilee noticed that Cameron was acting weird and she tried all day to get her to let her look at her chip, but Cameron kept avoiding her. Then John decided to take a group out on a security mission. He ordered Cameron to come as well. Kilee tried to tell John about the odd behavior but he wouldn't listen. It wasn't until she got to her barracks that she realized what day it was. The day Sarah Connor died. 'Great' Kilee thought to herself. Then she got ready and went out to join the others. That is when she saw Cameron shoot John. 'Yeah trust her' She thought as she ran to John's side. She did everything she could to help him and then order Clark and another man to take John back to his quarters. "Shouldn't we take him to the medical wing?" Clark asked. Kilee looked into his face and said "Trust me." Clark starred at her a moment then did as she asked. She then looked over Cameron and got help to get her onto a transport vehicle. She hid them both and worked on keeping the camp running, John alive and fixing Cameron for the next ten days. That's when John woke form the coma he had been in. Kilee was never more relived when she saw this. She had been afraid that she had lost everyone.
The building behind them blew. Fire and metal flew everywhere. The couple didn't seem to notice. They continued on. Fire! It had been in every nightmare. Bodies burning, the screaming. Kilee sat bolt upright drenched in sweat and breathing hard. She had grabbed Kyle's pack as they left that building. She had pulled out the detonator and pressed the button. As John and her walked away the building blew. She imaged hearing the screams of those who had been lost to them that night. She threw back the covers and climbed out of bed. John was now back in charge after waking three weeks ago. Kilee still was unable to sleep any were that reminded her of the Reese's, so she slept in her lab. She went and got a drink of water, just then a light flicked on out in the lab. John was sitting in a chair near the light switch. "I was waiting for you to wake up." he said walking towards her. "And what if I had slept all night." she replied. He laughed, it wasn't a cheerful sound, more lost and lonely then anything. "You and I both know that neither of us has slept a whole night since they left." "You did" "I was in a coma that doesn’t count." "Okay what do you want." "It's time for you to go back." she looked at him. She knew that she was sent back to 2007 and that she met up with the Connor's and Derek, but so soon. "are you sure." "Yeah the team has the portal up and operational. I will be sending you back with someone else. Meet us in the briefing room at 8 a.m." she looked up at him "What about you? I can't just leave you hear alone." "I won't be alone. I have all these wonderful people with me." "You know what I mean. Alone without Kyle, or Derek or me!" Her voice cracked a little on the last word. John hugged her "Babe you can't stay her it is too much for you. I can't watch you slowly die like this."
Tears were flowing down both their faces as they continued to cling to each other. Finally John pushed her gently away. "Try and get so more sleep. I will see you soon." as he walked out the door she wondered if that was the only goodbye she would get. She crawled back into bed, but it was hours before she fell back into a restless sleep. Her alarm went off at 7 a.m. and she forced herself out of bed and into the shower. She dressed as slowly as possible she was in no hurry to leave. Yet she didn't want to stay here and be reminded of the Reese's, of Kyle. She angrily brushed the tears away and finished her tasks. Then with a heavy heart she closed the door to her lab for the last time and walked to the briefing room. John and Clark were already there, plus breakfast. "Have a seat and something to eat" John said. After she filled a plate and sat down next to him he went on "I found out that the building we blew wasn't the only one with a time device. They have sent others back to go after my generals and other command staff." He looked at the two of them. “I am sending you back to the Los Angles area in 2007. Your primary mission is to stop the machines from killing any of my team in that area. understand." Clark nodded, Kilee thought about what he had said. He had told her in that building that she didn't join them until she completed another mission. But because of Linda going back in time, she abandoned that mission to help protect the Connor's. That is when it hit her. He was saying this for Clark, but hinting to the fact that she would have two missions to carry out. She looked up into His face and nodded. For the first time since he awoke John smiled a real smile. Not the pained grimace that had taken the place of his smile. Kilee smiled back. They talked over the rest of their breakfast of the people they knew to be living in that area in 2007, or at least before the bombs fell and destroyed the world.
The day seemed to speed up then slow down only to speed back up. It was a miserable time for Kilee. She couldn't say anything to the people she was leaving, they couldn't know about the device. Also she had turned it over and over in her mind and could not find a way to be sent back just a little further. To be able to save Kyle. She tried to talk to John about this all day but he seemed to know what she was thinking and only kept telling her no, or forget it or it is not going to happen. This of course made her mad. Plus the fact that he kept hiding in the command center with the door locked. No on knew what he was doing in there. She hoped that he wasn't trying to shut her out. But one time Kilee walked by there and heard a few voices raised in laughter. She couldn't believe that he was continuing on as if nothing was to happen later that night. They had decided to wait until midnight so that they would not attract to much attention when they left. John would tell everyone that they were killed on a mission. It was the best way to cover up what they were really going to do. Kilee had a few people that she wished she could tell the truth to like the cook that always made their birthday meals. Or some of her men that had followed her into battle, or helped her run the camp while John was out of commission. She spent the hours before midnight gathering her things. There were some that she wanted only John to find, so she hid them in their secret place. Then there were the pictures of her and the Reese's she plastered them all over her walls. She wanted to see them all together again. In what was now happier times. She thought about her life and wondered if she ever had a really happy time. She knew that whenever she was with John or the Reese's was the only time she could think about as happy. Then came a unwanted thought, 2007 John Connor was only 16. How weird was that going to be. With this thought in mind she headed down to the chamber.
Clark and John and a team to run the machine were already in the room. Clark was only wearing shorts and that is when Kilee remembered that they would go back naked. 'Great' she thought again. John came over to her and walked her into a corner far way from the others. He ran his hand over his face and then turned to look at her "You are my real hope. What you do back there really saves us all. Plus I think you will find everything that you are looking for there." he laughed then added "Your future is my past. Take care of me." He hugged her. She wanted to say something, anything but found that her voice was to choked with the tears she was fighting back. John pulled away and looked at her "You don't have to be tough all the time babe." he had started calling her that after Kyle had left. She thought it was because she was no longer a double K. She looked up at him and said "I love you John!" He smiled "I know and I love you also." they embraced again. Then one of the crew at the control station called over "It is almost time Sir." They moved away from each other and Kilee stripped down and joined Clark on the diasis. The lighting started and she yelled out "Good Bye John!" John couldn't say anything back he just waved. As the machine was firing up three people stepped up beside John. Kilee couldn't believe her eyes. She had only a glimpse but she knew who they were. The older Derek looked even more incredible, and he had his arm across the shoulders of an older Kilee. This made her smile, but it was the third person that really caught her attention. He was standing beside the older her and his smile could not be mistaken for anyone else’s. She tried to scream out to him but her voice was drowned in the noise of the machine. Kyle Reese lifted his hand and waved to her as that world disappeared and she found herself naked and cold on black top next to Clark. She knew it had worked.