Chapter 1309

Something To Behold

Jan and Summer were about to take a warm bubble bath in the whirlpool tub. The water was almost ready to get in.

Jan decided she did not want to take a bath with clothes on.

"I'm not going to wear my bathing suit this time." Jan said.

Gail did not know if that was proper. The girls were just taking a bubble bath. She did not think it would be a problem. There was not much to see on them yet.

Gail's phone rang.

"Hello." Gail said.

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"Right now?" Gail asked.

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"Is she OK?" Gail asked.

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"Do you need me?" Gail asked. "Will she need to be restrained?"

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"We are on our way." Gail said.

Gail looked at Jan.

"Go ahead and take your bath." Gail said. "Summer needs to do something first."

Summer looked at Gail as soon as the call started. She put her dress back on before the call was over.

"Let's go." Summer said.

Summer headed towards the door.

Gail was right behind her.

"Where is everyone going?" Jan asked. "What's happening?"

Jan was left alone as the bubble bath filled.

It didn't look like it would be a problem to take a 'bath' now.

Jan stripped and got in the bubble bath. It was very warm and soothing. It made her realize how cold she'd been. Playing miniature golf was fun but she should have stayed warmer.

Hanna was almost to the cabin where Sheila and Ally were. She figured there would be a female for each of them now and they could switch off. The three females were above average but none of them was a knockout in her book. She actually liked the look of the 'new girl', maybe she was a knockout. She sure looked Hot anyway.

She received a call from Jim to return to the Control Center as soon as possible.

Hanna immediately hiked her dress up and slipped off her high heels and ran to the nearest stairwell. She took the steps three at a time.

She exited on the suite deck and ran at full speed down the hall. She opened the door to the private area and entered the Control Center a few seconds later. Gail and Summer were already inside with Jim and Cameron.

Laura elected to assist Sheila. Leticia also volunteered to help.

Mary selected the rings she wanted. They matched her other set.

Sheila carefully cleaned and disinfected the areas to be pierced.

Laura looked a little nervous as she watched Sheila prepare the area.

"Are you sure you don't want some of the pain killer medicine?" Laura asked.

Mary wanted to try one side first without it. Sheila assured her it would only hurt intensely for a few seconds. She remembered how 'alive' she felt when Sheila pierced her nipples.

Sheila looked at Mary once she had everything lined up.

Laura and Leticia eyes were as wide as saucers as they watched. This was different from watching the videos online.

"Are you ready?" Sheila asked.

Mary balled her fists.

"Yes." Mary said.

Sheila instantly made the piercing.

Mary was caught by surprise. She let out a little yelp.

"Are you OK?" Sheila asked.

Mary did not answer at first. She really felt 'alive' right now.

"I'm good." Mary said. "It stung a little more than my nipples did. I'm fine. Do the other side."

Sheila quickly put the first ring in. She made the captive bead 'Terminator tight' so Mary would not be able to remove it on her own. She figured if Mary made it through the first few hours she would be fine.

Sheila quickly prepared the other side.

"Can Laura make the piercing for me?" Mary asked.

This is what Sheila hoped for by asking Laura to be an assistant. It would help entice her to want to do it as well.

"Yes." Sheila said.

Sheila still held everything and showed Laura where to make the piercing.

"It's a lot tougher than it looks." Sheila said. "You need to make a hard steady fast push. Don't stop part way. Don't do it slow."

Sheila heard something next to her head. She glanced over and Leticia was pleasuring herself. This was really working out better than she'd planned.

"Are you ready?" Sheila asked.

Mary hoped Laura would do it as swiftly as the one Sheila just finished.

"Yes." Mary said.

Sheila nodded at Laura

"Remember, it's way tougher than it looks." Sheila said. "Do it hard and fast."

Laura made the piercing. It was a little slower so Mary felt it a little more.

Mary let out a little louder yelp.

Sheila heard Leticia finish as that occurred.

Much to her surprise Laura apparently did too and she hadn't even touched herself.

Sheila was sure the additional three sets of rings she laid out were going to be used. She really looked forward to it.

Ally moved up closer to get a good look as Sheila did the first ring. She was surprised to see Leticia 'help herself out' as the second one was done. This was way hotter than she'd imagined.

Cammy and Cam were behind the SUV.

Savannah moved inside the building with Steve and Tom. She came up in back of Cammy.

"What is it?" Savannah asked.

Cammy was not sure what to make of it. The wall looked the same as it did before the power was cut, except for one thing. Well, three things actually.

"There are three bullet holes visible in the wall." Cammy said.

Savannah did not think Cammy missed where the holographic wall was at. She looked and could see what it was.

"The power is off and there should be an opening there." Savannah said. "I see the wall still there with three holes."

Cammy wanted to check it out in more detail.

"I need to investigate this further." Cammy said.

Savannah looked at Cammy.

"I'll go with you." Savannah said.

Cammy did not know what they faced.

"No." Cammy said.

Savannah was not about to let Cammy go alone. She did not want her 'going inside' whatever was there. Right now it did not look like anything was there except a wall with three bullet holes in it.

"It's the only way." Savannah said.

At this point Cammy was sure they were dealing with Skynet technology from a further future than the SkyMaster of the Fanatics. Based on what she'd witnessed they might be dealing with a temporal portal of some type. She did not think it led to a future but an alternate location. Maybe it did lead to an alternate timeline. If it did lead to a future, she was now afraid Savannah and her would be 'sucked in' somehow and that is where the "Good Skynet', 'The Evil One' and 'The Redheaded Witch' identities came from. She could not say this out loud.

Savannah decided to move up for a closer look.

"Everyone else will remain here except Cammy." Savannah said as she started over to look.

That caught Cammy off guard since she'd been lost in thought on what might happen.

They could hear two drones approaching very low.

Savannah figured Young Allison sent 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' to back her up as per the original plan. They needed to try and bolt away at the first sign of a problem and let the drones blast away.

Cammy hurried after Savannah

"Savannah, wait." Cammy said.

Savannah wanted to get this resolved. For all practical appearances there was nothing there but the wall. A wall that now had three bullet holes in it. A wall that looked like it was the original wall in the building. Where was the opening? Where did all the ordnance go? This did not make any sense.

Savannah paused.

Cammy wanted to tell her what she thought.

"Maybe we should have John Henry turn the power back on first and see what happens." Savannah said.

Cammy physically stopped Savannah at the workbench.

"Wait." Cammy said.

Cammy picked up some more items from the workbench and tossed them against where they thought the opening was at previously. They all appeared to hit the wall and fall to the ground.

"It seems to be the original wall." Savannah said.

Cammy felt a little better about it now. She was glad she didn't mention what she'd feared earlier. She moved up to the dead man and tried to push his leg back inside the wall. It hit the wall and deflected off to the side.

Savannah watched as Cammy carefully touched the wall.

"It is a solid wall." Cammy said. "It is the original wall that apparently was always here."

Savannah wondered how anything could be there after the amount of ordinance that was put through the holographic wall. There was a lot of firepower put into that spot. Where did all the ordnance go? The entire front half of the building should be blown off at this point.

Cammy noticed something she hadn't seen before. There was an electrical box on each side of where they thought the holographic covered opening was. They were covered by the holographic image previously.

"This must be where all the energy was going." Cammy said.

Savannah could not make out the details very well with her night vision.

"What kind of connectors are those?" Savannah asked.

Cammy studied them. It was unlike anything she'd ever encountered. There was nothing in her data base in regards to them.

"They appear to be some kind of power amplifier." Cammy said. "I really don't know."

Savannah wanted to try and have one taken back for analyses. This technology could be used as a weapon against them. She wondered how it was controlled or where the controls were at. If this opening was only a power amplifier where was the original power source at? Where did all that ordnance go? What did it do?

"I think we need to take one to a secure location for evaluation." Savannah said.

At this point Cammy wanted to turn the power back on first.

"I think we can try the power for a short time to see what happens." Cammy said.

Savannah wanted Cammy to move off to the side first.

"I want it ready to be shut off again in an instant." Savannah said. "Let's move in back of the lathe first."

Cammy checked the lathe and it was solid. It would stop any bullets. She contacted John Henry.

"Re-energize the block." Cammy said. "Be ready to cut the juice."

Savannah was not so sure this was a good idea. Everything they'd done was going to make someone on the other end very angry. That would be especially so if they'd killed anyone or any thing.

John Henry worked with CamNet to try and determine if it was possible for there to be a temporal portal. They reached the consensus that it may be possible in the future but it was impossible as they knew things to be in this time period and in Cameron's future timeline.

John Henry was not so sure about turning the power back on. He thought that the unknown electrical components should be removed or disabled first.

John Henry brought the grid back online.

"The power will be back on in seven seconds." John Henry said. "There may be a sight power surge."

Young Allison thought they should disable at least one of the unknown electrical devices before the grid came back online.

"Have the two drones ready to engage any hostile targets." Young Allison said.

Young Allison looked over at Anna who currently checked everything over. She sent a message to CamNet for 'eyes only'.

CamNet asked for 'conformation' based on the extreme nature of the request.

Young Allison looked at Anna again and then gave conformation to CamNet. The time for 'games' was over.

Cameron experienced a hard time trying to process her feelings. They were very overwhelming at this point. She stood behind Jim. She was still naked.

Jim seemed to be speaking to her but she could not understand him. Everything was very confusing. There was a sense of guilt and remorse that was overpowering her right now. There were things she'd done that wronged others.

Something brushed past her.

She felt a hand take hers. The glitch stopped immediately. She looked over and saw a smiling face. It was such a beautiful face. There was almost what felt like and electrical message being sent to her. It seemed to be able to reach her mind somehow. The smile on the face grew larger. She'd felt this type of contact before. She could not place it now.

The hand led Cameron to the bed and she sat down. Something was draped around her. It was soft and white. Gail was there too now. She stood behind the smiling face with a look of great concern on her face. It was clear she was there to protect the smiling face. Hanna was there too. She must have brought the soft material that covered her now.

She just needed to rest for a few minutes. That is what she needed. She was tired. The confusion was less intense since the smiling face reached out to her. Still her eyelids were very heavy. They went closed. Blackness overtook her.

"We're losing her." Hanna said.

Gail and Jim were right there.

"What can we do?" Gail asked.

Summer still held Cameron's hand.

"I have her." Summer said.

No one was sure what that actually meant. They could see Summer held Cameron's hand.

Summer moved close to Cameron as she slowly lay back on the bed. Her feet were still over the side of the bed.

"We're losing her." Hanna said again.

Gail thought she knew what was occurring.

"She is going into 'Sleeping Beauty' mode." Gail said.

Summer read every report that was filed by the Resistance. She knew all the details. She knew what to do and she knew it was going to work. She leaned over Cameron and gave her a soft kiss.

Jim saw what was about to happen and thought it needed to be one of the 'Chosen Ones' to bring Cameron out of 'Sleeping Beauty' mode.

"Is that going to work?" Jim asked.

Almost instantly Cameron opened her eyes. She looked directly into Summer's eyes. Summer moved back and Cameron sat up.

Cameron looked around and wondered what happened. She saw she now wore a robe but it was open in the front. She pulled the two halves together because Summer was there. She saw that Summer did not look at her nakedness but kept her eyes on her own eyes.

"How do you feel?" Summer asked.

Cameron felt fine. She just could not remember what happened. The last thing she remembered clearly was John making love to her in Holly's chassis. She quickly opened the robe and looked down. She was relieved to see it was still her chassis. For some reason she thought she may be in Holly's chassis. He wondered where that thought came from.

"I'm fine." Cameron said.

She saw the three Terminators all look at each other when she said that. She knew why.

"Hi, Cameron, you are fine." Summer said. "You needed to work out a few issues. You're better now."

Summer looked at Jim, Hanna and Gail.

"She is fine." Summer said. "You just need to believe me."

Cameron tried to remember why she'd left John. Her hearing was turned down too. She turned it up.

Cameron instantly stood. She could hear John in their suite with Holly. She went to move to go back to her suite. Summer stood in her way.

"You made a promise." Summer said.

Cameron looked at her for a few seconds.

"I did." Cameron said.

Summer smiled at Cameron.

"Trust in your love." Summer said.

Cameron wanted to do that.

"I'm trying to." Cameron said.

Summer still blocked her path.

"Believe." Summer said.

Reality gripped Cameron.

Cameron opened her eyes and sat up. She checked her time only a few seconds had elapsed.

"Hi, Cameron." Summer said. "She's OK now."

Cameron tried to remember how many times she'd awoke. It was only one, the one right now. That was very odd. It was like she experienced two awakenings. Did she have a dream? Could she dream now? Did Summer reach out and touch her with her mind? Was Summer – River?

She was sure that happened. She was slipping away and Summer grabbed onto her mind and held her as she brought her back.

Gail, Hanna and Jim all spoke with Cameron. She was fine.

Summer touched Cameron's cheek.

"I'm going to take my bath now." Summer said. "I'm only a room away."

Gail and Summer left.

Cameron remembered everything now.

"I think I need to go back." Cameron said.

She was unsure what she was going to find. She was sure John would be making love to Holly. She knew it would be more than sex for the two of them. That was her fault too.

Hanna still hoped that Cameron would need her.

"I'm available if you need me." Hanna said. "It will be the same way and there are no regrets."

Cameron wanted that.

"I'll let you know." Cameron said.

She took off the robe and handed it back to Hanna.

"Thanks." Cameron said. "Excuse me."

Cameron quietly opened the door to her suite and went inside. The door closed behind her.

Jim and Hanna looked at each other. They both witnessed the same things.

"What just happened here?" Hanna asked.

Jim hoped one of the cameras picked it up.

"I am not really sure." Jim said. "It all seemed to happen so fast."

Hanna was unsure what to do now.

Jan heard some noise. She hoped it was Gail and Summer coming back. They hadn't been gone too long but it was long enough.

Summer came into the bathroom.

"I'm sorry. I needed to see Cameron for a few minutes." Summer said.

Jan was almost ready to get out of the bubble bath.

"You can still get in. I made lots of bubbles." Jan said.

Summer needed to hang up her dress.

"I'll be back in a minute." Summer said.

She appeared about thirty seconds later. She now wore her swim suit.

Jan noticed but didn't say anything.

Gail straightened things up and collected the clothes Jan left on the floor. She looked over at the tub when she saw it was all of Jan's clothes including her underwear.

Gail could see there was not enough room for the three of them in the tub. She seemed to have a compulsion to join them. It looked like 'fun'.

"Save the water when you are through." Gail said. "I might take a bubble bath too."

Jan wanted to see Gail in the shower like she did Holly.

"You can always take a shower if you don't want to wait." Jan said. "That's what Holly did."

Gail did not want to make the girls feel rushed.

"Maybe I will do that." Gail said.

Summer and Jan played around some and turned on the whirlpool jets again.

Gail entered a few minutes later wearing a bathrobe. She'd grabbed it at the last second since Summer put her swim suit on. She almost walked in the bathroom naked. That was what she was used to doing at the base. She really didn't think it was a big deal. Nakedness was natural for humans and machines. They were born or constructed without clothes.

She went to the large shower and turned the water on. She took off the robe and entered.

The girls looked without looking. The build on Gail was something to behold. They looked at each other but did not say anything.

It really made Jan wonder what she was going to look like when she was older. She did not think she would look like Gail. Both Holly and Gail were impressive with or without clothes. It was very much more so in the buff.

Young Allison disagreed with turning the power back on especially before disabling one of the unknown power connectors or amplifiers. They actually did not even know what they really were anyway. Savannah and Cammy were on the ground so she needed to go with their tactical call. If they wanted to study it again first maybe it was the only way. They did not know how it worked or even where or when the portal went to.

There was just something that rolled around in the back of her mind. Maybe it was what John Henry said about the power surge.

She decided she was going to deal with this unknown threat in a drastic manner. She'd already started things into motion. CamNet even ask for conformation as to the nature of her request. She thought she would need the SUV that was there to do it. There were other ways too.

Anna wondered about the other teams that backed Cammy's team up.

"What do you want to do with the other teams?" Anna asked. "It does not look like there will be any counterattack or break out from that location."

Young Allison still did not know if they would be needed or not. There were too many variable in play.

"I don't know yet." Young Allison said. "We need to see what happens when the power goes back on."

Anna knew all the teams were ready to respond and that the five drones in the parking lot were ready to evacuate the teams in the building in a moments notice. 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' were both in position to back up Cammy's team.

Cammy moved Savannah behind the lathe. It was big enough to stop any bullets fired at them.

Savannah removed her night vision in anticipation of the lights coming back on when the power was restored.

"The power will be back on in seven seconds." John Henry said. "There may be a sight power surge."

The lights in the building flashed once and came back on.

Cammy and Savannah watched the spot with the three bullet holes.

There was a small bright flash in the center of where Cammy fired the triangle of shots.

There was a small black square that grew into a large black square in the wall and it disappeared as did the three bullet holes.

"The portal has reopened." Cammy said.

Savannah did not like this. She was sure this was a danger to them.

"We need to shut it down." Savannah said.

There was a flicker of the hologram covering the opening.

Savannah and Cam felt a 'pull' on them.

Savannah grabbed the lathe.

The dead Gray was sucked into the wall and disappeared. The drill press toppled over and was pulled into the wall. The bench dumped over and followed it. They both disappeared.

Cammy and Savannah looked at each other.

The lathe began to slide towards the opening and the unknown.

"Cut the power." Cammy shouted.

Savannah wanted to save the other Terminators. Cammy and her were 'stuck'.

"I 'order' everyone out NOW, evacuate." Savannah shouted.

Everything that happened all happened in the last two seconds since the lights came on.

The lathe began to slide along the floor towards the unseen opening. Cammy grabbed onto Savannah.

They were being sucked into the unknown

This is what Cammy feared could happened.

Cammy and Savannah both wondered why the power wasn't being shut off.

Savannah glanced over and saw the SUV was sliding along the floor in back of them.

Cammy and Savannah could not move away from the lathe or the pull of the void. The SUV was moving rapidly now. It looked like it would hit them before they were sucked in.

Savannah saw Steve and Tom make it out of the building through the roll-up door. Cam was right behind them. Her forward momentum suddenly stopped and she toppled over backwards just as she cleared the rear door. Cam began to slide backwards along the floor after the SUV. It looked like she was a 'goner'.

It did not look good for any of them still in the building.