Trooper Station, Thursday (September 17)

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese frowned. Her belt buckle was missing. It's not something big but it was enough to piss her off.

And then there's this trooper, holding up the line between her and the coffee, gesturing and complaining about missing socks. Missing socks.

"You're Larry, right?"

The trooper nodded. Even through his helmet he seemed able to convey puppy dog eyes and expectant hope. It was heartbreaking, anyone would be affected--

"Do you really think I care about your missing socks?"

Then again, maybe not.


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[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle had his hands in his pockets as he looked around. There was always something interesting about rooms that were in use. The novelty hadn't worn off yet. "Hey Detective," he greeted after a moment.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Kyle," Reese called, she had coffee in hand. She was a lot calmer now. "How you doin' kid?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Been busy," he replied, walking over to her. "Good busy. Sorry I forgot about our steak."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"No problem, I got busy too." She leaned against a desk, "Wanna try again?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

He gave a nod. "If you're still offering."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I'm still offering," Reese replied with a smile. "So, new school year, how's it goin' for you?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"It's okay," he said, sounding more confident than his choice of words suggested. "Classes are good. Weird, but good. I keep busy most of the time. I heard from home. Nothing big, but I got a letter through the post office."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hey," Reese almost stood-up, then sat back down again. "Hope its good news?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Not really anything new," Kyle admitted. "But Connor's still alive. That's always good news." Little bit of hero worship in his voice? Yes. Yes there was. "He wants reports back about how things are going here. I feel kind of stupid telling him about school and friends and the strange things that happen."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Connor's you're CO, right?" Reese decided Kyle needed coffee for this and stood to pour him a cup. "What's he like?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I think he's everyone's CO now. He's," Kyle paused in thought. "Hard to explain. You trust him. He's got a strength."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"So... he's the leader of the human resistance now?" Reese asked, returning to give him the coffee.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"It's complicated. A lot of people think so. I think so," he said with confidence. "We were trying to track down a more senior officer that might have survived before I left."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Then he's the leader," Reese said, "doesn't matter if he doesn't have the stripes if people thinks he is then he's it."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle nodded, his mouth full of coffee. After he swallowed it, he continued. "He sounded like he wasn't as angry at me anymore. I must have done something right."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Good for you, kid," Reese said, voice warm. "So, besides school activities what've you been up to?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Fight Club, work and running. I have a shift in the library now too, but that's a school activity. I want to do more outside of school, but I'm short on ideas."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Have you watched a movie before?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"On the TV? Sure."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"No, I mean, the big screen version. You go to the movie house and watch from there."

He was from Los Angeles, albeit a post-apocalyptic one but Reese felt it wasn't right he didn't know what a true cinematic experience was.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"What's the difference?" he asked, confused.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"A lot," Reese said solemn, "You should invite your friends to go sometime, or if they can't we can do the movie thing too."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"George probably hasn't seen one either. He's from a different world where electricity hasn't been invented yet. Bobby would know a good movie to go see though. I'll see what he thinks."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Bobby's from this timeline? If he is, trust me, he'd know."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I don't know about this timeline, but he's from the present. Timelines give me a headache."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese smirked, "You're tellin' me."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I don't even know how it works with my own timeline. What if I accidentally do something and it changes things that aren't supposed to be changed? I try not to think about it too much, but sometimes I catch myself thinking about it and there are a lot of questions."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"But wouldn't a change to stop the robot apocalypse be a good thing?" Reese had to ask.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Yes," he said firmly. "But what if something I did didn't really change it? Maybe postponed it, changing things so that the pieces - the people - who could win the war weren't where they were supposed to be or who they were supposed to be. By trying to fix things I could make them worse." He shrugged. "This tech's only new anyway, but I think Connor has plans for it. He'll know what to do."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Guess you're right," Reese said with a shrug, "it's probably why Connor sent you. He knows he can trust you not to mess things up."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I think being here helps. It's not really our timeline. Judgment Day happened in 2004. Which doesn't mean it won't happen in this timeline too some day."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese certainly hoped not. "Yeah, I guess." This was going to the depressing direction again. "I heard from the radio you and some friends go to Luke's, how's that goin' for you?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I like the routine," he replied. "Lacey gave us free pie the other week for being regulars. I've never been a regular before."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Way to go my man," she raised her hand up for a high five.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

He laughed and high fived her. "I'm glad I got to come here, even if it's only for a while."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"So am I," Reese grinned. He was like the kid brother she always wanted. "What kind of pie did you score?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I think we went for cherry. George likes cherry best."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese was sipping her coffee and choked. She went on a brief coughing fit before saying, "Yeah, cherry's nice. Uh, how about strawberry or apple pie?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I like strawberry ice cream best, but not strawberry pie. Something isn't right about it. Apple's my favorite. With the crumbly stuff on top."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"It is better on ice cream, but gotta agree with you on the Apple pie front." She put her coffee down, "How about cake?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"The cake with the cream," he answered promptly. He didn't know there were many different kinds. Kid had never had a birthday he could remember, let alone cake before coming to Fandom.