Chapter 1313

Double Jinx

Savannah was naked. She hurried to the Command Center from the TDE room. She thought about stopping by her room to grab some clothes but decided she did not have time.

She entered the Command Center. John Henry glanced at her. He took in her true beauty but did not lose focus on his job.

"You can see the drone footage of the impending attack." John Henry said.

Savannah sat down in John's position and looked at the array of monitors.

There was some movement and Cammy entered the Command Center. She was still naked as well. She carried some clothes.

John Henry noticed it all in but needed to remain focused on his job. It was difficult.

"I picked up some clothes for us in our room." Cammy said.

Savannah was glad to hear that but she needed to see what was about to happen. The clothes would have to wait.

"We can dress in a little while." Savannah said. "It's going down now."

Savannah knew if Cam could not close or destroy the portal that they were going to have to try something else. They'd already tried firing conventional weapons into the portal. There was no apparent effect. If anything, that seemed to make the portal respond out of control. It looked like it was going to take a harder punch.

Cammy knew what Savannah and Young Allison were up to. She'd been there when Cameron showed them some of her nuclear weapons. She showed Savannah and Young Allison how to use the timers and how to detonate one standing next to it. It saddened her some to see that both the girls wanted to learn how to do that in case it was necessary to stop Skynet.

Savannah saw that she was tied into the Young bunker and could see Young Allison. She looked down the front of herself and figured Young Allison could see her topless as well. There was not enough time to worry about it.

The attack commenced.

Cam was relieved that Cammy and Savannah were back safely. She was topless except for the vest she wore. She did not like having her clothes ripped off as she was almost sucked into the portal.

The high altitude drone footage showed the building was being ripped apart and sucked into the void.

She'd directed the drones where to attack. Based on information she received from Cammy they were on to something. The drones would attack from the front side of the building or behind where the portal was.

Two drones volunteered for the assault. They'd both become the 'personal drones' for Young Allison and Savannah. They would attack first to see if it made a dent in what was happening. The other drones were ready to follow them in if necessary.

'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' made their runs together. They planned to hit both the rear sides of the amplifiers at the same time.

They each fired both of their missiles and peeled off. They did not want to get sucked in. They'd already fought the pull of the portal as they drug the three Terminators away to safety earlier. It was touch and go but they made it.

The high altitude drone footage showed the missile strike. Most of the roof on the side facing the portal was gone already. They could see the center of the building erupt into a fireball. Most of the fireball was sucked into the portal. The smoke cleared rapidly.

Young Allison watched the drone footage with Anna.

"I don't see it." Young Allison said.

Anna looked at the rubble of the smoldering center section of the building.

"I don't either." Anna said.

Young Allison wanted to have someone take a closer look. It was still a risky prospect.

"Have a drone make a lower pass several times. Each time will be a lower pass than the one before." Young Allison said. "If they detect any 'pull' or suction they are to break off."

Young Allison knew it was a risk for the drone but the alternative was a nuclear strike if they failed to close the portal.

Savannah could hear and watch Young Allison. Anna coordinated everything with John Henry and CamNet.

Savannah looked at Cammy. She did not want the others to risk themselves.

"I may need to go back there to take a closer look." Savannah said.

Cammy was not about to let that happen.

"There are others that are closer that can do an initial observation." Cammy said.

Cammy contacted Cam directly. She did not want Savannah back there.

Cam's team was the closest. She planned to do a recon of the area. She started off in that direction. She received a message from Cammy. She responded back she was already enroute.

John Henry went over the drone recon scans and images. He could detect no activity. Cam informed him she was about to approached the area on foot.

He was not sure that was a good idea until they knew more.

Savannah watched the trackers on the satellite overlay map. There were several things that bothered her.

"Where is Cam at?" Savannah asked.

John Henry thought he'd better come clean.

"She's approaching the target area on foot." John Henry said.

Savannah wanted to see her.

"Tie her phone in as a tracker." Savannah said.

Cam's position showed up. She was at the front of the building already.

"Send backup for Cam immediately." Savannah said.

As soon as she said that, she saw all twelve of the other Terminator's trackers move. They were all going to go. She saw there were four drones very close to her. It appeared that 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' each picked up a wing man with missiles to back them up. They were ready to engage any targets with their miniguns. Their new wing men would unload their missiles.

Young Allison watched as a group of drones formed into a large circle over the area. Anyone of them could instantly engage any target in the combat zone. It reminded her of something from one of the many things Cameron had her study. It looked like a 'Lufbery Circle' or 'Wagon Wheel' from World War One. It was a combat technique that carried over in aerial combat apparently right up until now.

"How is the high altitude drone coverage?" Young Allison asked.

Anna made sure there were drones at altitude that searched for HK drones that might approach the area.

"The sky is covered." Anna said. "John Henry reports nothing unusual on radar."

Young Allison always worried about an HK drone attack.

"Stay vigilant." Young Allison said.

Young Allison could see Savannah topless but she did not look at the screen for pleasure. There was an operation underway. Cam was in danger.

Anna thought that showed good focus.

Vanna returned to Riley's quarters.

Allison ran up and hugged her when she entered.

"Don't do that again." Allison said.

Vanna hugged her back and gave her a quick kiss.

"It was the logical choice." Vanna said.

The girls did not want to speak of the fact they were expendable in the timeline they were currently in.

Samantha relieved Vanna of her vest and M4.

Vanna hoped they did not know she was trapped in the unstable time bubble. That would worry Allison even more. She'd been worried she would be carried away with the energy bubble if it got sucked back into the portal.

Samantha knew that Vanna made all the right choices. They were the choices made to best protect Precious and the baby Allison carried. She checked in with John Henry and was updated. She also sent another update to Riley. She did not include the drama that unfolded.

"Savannah and Cammy are in the Command Center now." Samantha said.

Vanna thought Allison might want to go see Savannah. Maybe it would help calm Allison down some.

"I will stay here with Precious." Vanna said. "You two can go see Savannah and Cammy. I already saw them."

Allison wanted to do that.

"Thanks, Vanna." Allison said and took off.

Samantha watched Allison go.

"She did not take her clothes." Samantha said.

Vanna thought that Samantha should go and take some to Allison.

"I know you want to be with Savannah before tomorrow." Vanna said. "You can take Allison some clothes."

Samantha decided she would do that.

"Let me get dressed first." Samantha said.

Vanna thought otherwise.

"I recommend you go like that and you and Allison can dress in front of Savannah." Vanna said. "Savannah will notice you."

Samantha looked around and grabbed some clothes.

"Thanks." Samantha said as she headed out.

She hurried after Allison. She looked at the clothes she grabbed and hoped there was a full set for everyone.

Cam approached the building on foot. She did not like how they got burned when the portal seemed to open and run out of control. It already looked like a Jinx because of that. She was afraid it was going to turn into a Double Jinx if it was still active in any way.

She could hear movement behind her.

"Cam, we are coming to reinforce you by Savannah's order." Steve said.

Cam heard the request by Savannah.

She figured all twelve Terminators there with her would respond.

Cam was in the front of the building now as she moved through the smoldering rubble towards the target area. So far it appeared inactive. Young Allison made her aware the 'package' was available for delivery if it was needed.

Summer began to wonder what happened to Jan.

She got up to go check. She spotted Jan looking out the door into the private area.

Jan wanted to go see Jesse with Sheila and Ally. She wanted to see the three of them together.

"What is it?" Summer asked.

Jan jumped.

"You scared me." Jan said.

Summer figured she knew why Jan was so jumpy.

"That's what happens when you are worried about getting caught." Summer said.

Jan didn't want to talk about the earlier episode.

"I didn't do anything bad." Jan said.

Summer saw the door to Sheila's small room was open.

"Do you want to spy on them?" Summer asked.

Jan looked nervous.

"I will if you come with me." Jan said.

Summer looked back to where Gail was.

"I don't want to get Gail in trouble." Summer said. "I'm going back."

Summer reached down and turned the deadbolt so the door could not physically close tight.

Jan wished she would have done that earlier.

"Don't spend too long and don't get caught 'again'." Summer said as she walked back into the bedroom section.

Summer looked over her shoulder and winked at Jan.

Jan thought that was exactly what Jesse did. That was the 'OK' to look. She looked back to the bedroom section and it was quiet. She slipped out into the private area. She made sure the door was physically held open this time. She headed to Sheila's room.

What could it hurt to look?

Summer returned back to bed.

Gail looked over at her.

"I'll give Jan three minutes and then I will need to bring her back." Gail said. "I can only allow so much curiosity but I must allow some. It is Cameron's order."

Summer smiled.

"You knew all along." Summer said.

Gail smiled back at her.

"So did you." Gail said.

Summer snuggled up to Gail and watched the movie.

Jan was back in just under three minutes. She snuggled up to Gail on the other side when she returned to bed.

Gail wondered if all movies could be watched like this. It was very soothing, comforting and peaceful. Maybe she could watch a movie like this with Jesse one time.

Savannah watched all the monitors intently. This was very dangerous for Cam. The overhead drone scans and footage showed no activity.

There was the sound of running feet in the hall.

Savannah looked up as Allison ran into the room. She was naked. She came and gave Savannah a hug and Cammy one too.

A few moments later Samantha appeared as well.

Savannah was surprised to see Allison show up naked and even more surprised to see Samantha show up the same way. It looked like Samantha carried a pile of clothes in her arms. This probably explained why Vanna was naked earlier as well.

Allison crowded in next to Savannah and watched with her. This was not a time for a lot of words. It looked like Cam was in a real danger zone.

Savannah noticed right away that Samantha looked almost identical to Claire except for her face. It seemed to be rapidly changing too. Samantha and her exchanged a series of looks. It was clear they were thinking the same thing.

She needed to think about Cammy who saved her life tonight first. It was Cam that caused her the most worry now.

Cammy eyed Samantha and Allison. She was a little jealous of Allison right now. She moved over to the other side of Savannah and did what Allison did.

Savannah did not like the atmosphere that was developing. Much to her surprise Samantha came up behind her and started to give her a neck and shoulder massage.

"You look really tense." Samantha said.

Savannah ignored all of them and concentrated on Cam.

John Henry watched everything and relied on his server to keep him from being too distracted. JH kept everything under control.

Anna could see what Young Allison looked at on one of her screens.

"It seems Savannah is popular." Anna said.

Young Allison shot Anna a dirty look.

"Everyone loves Savannah." Young Allison said. "She almost died tonight. They are comforting her. That is a good thing. I would do the same thing if I was there with her."

Anna thought Young Allison liked seeing the 'close up' of the four naked girls together. She decided not to mention that.

"Cam is almost to the area where everything occurred at." Anna said.

Young Allison saw that. She also received conformation the package was available. She did not see the drone tracking of it when it arrived or where it was exactly. It appeared CamNet masked the entire operation of her 'special request'.

It was there now if it was needed. They didn't know if the portal would reopen or not.

Cam moved through the rubble.

Tom and Steve hurried to catch up to her.

"Cam, wait a few seconds." Tom said.

Tom reached down a ripped a long section of Romex wiring out of a crumbled wall.

"Tie this around your waist." Tom said.

Tom tied the other end around his waist.

Cam secured it around her waist. She was aware Steve and Tom kept her from being sucked away earlier. There were here right now for her as well.

"Thanks." Cam said. "You and Steve saved me earlier too."

Tom knew the two drones saved all of them.

"We made it because of the two drones." Tom said.

Cam nodded.

"I won't forget that." Cam said.

Steve ripped out some more Romex cable and handed one end to Tom and tied the other end around himself.

"We look like mountain climbers." Cam said.

They all knew how close it was earlier.

"It is better to be safe." Tom said.

Cam called for low drone scans again. There was nothing detected. She moved up in back of where the wall and portal was. She was wary about moving to the side where everything was being sucked in. It appeared inactive now.

"There is nothing here but rubble." Cam said.

She picked up a bent metal stud from a collapsed wall. She pushed it around in the rubble.

"Turn the power back on." Cam said.

All the Terminators that were around her stopped in their tracks for a second, they all wondered the same thing. Was that a wise choice?"

"Belay that request." It appeared Savannah and Young Allison issued the same response at the same time.

That order echoed in John Henry's ears from two sources.

"Cam, are you sure about that request?" Savannah asked.

Everything looked wrecked to Cam.

"I think so." Cam said. "There is nothing here but rubble."

Savannah was not so sure.

"Those electrical cables that were connected to the amplifiers must still be there. What will happen when they get juice again?" Savannah asked. "If that portal opens up again we are not going to be able to close it this time."

"I think we can…." Cam said.

Savannah knew she referred to the 'package'. It was near the location and ready to be armed.

Savannah saw that more Terminators were now at the location with Cam.

Young Allison did not like what she saw unfolding.

"Can the electrical feed from the power pole or underground connection be accessed to that building?" Young Allison asked.

Anna checked the blueprints and looked at the drone footage.

"It appears the electrical station is still intact. It is located in the front right side of the building." Anna said.

Young Allison could see there were more Terminators there now.

"Send as many Terminators as it will take to that electrical station and have them physically rip it out and destroy it first." Young Allison said. "That should prevent any possibility of electricity reaching that spot or any underground feed we don't know about."

Anna sent out the order.

"John Henry is taking care of it." Anna said.

Young Allison needed to make a choice.

"I want Cam out of that area and to a different location. She may need to perform a task for me." Young Allison said. "I need it done now."

Anna passed the word along. The upset response was expected.

"It is not going over well." Anna said.

Young Allison needed to be firm.

"Make it an 'order'." Young Allison said. "There is a bigger picture here. We need to be ready to respond."

Young Allison wanted to be able to get a 'sucker punch' in first if it was needed.

Savannah listened to everything and heard John Henry relay the commands.

Cam did not want to leave.

"Make it an order." Savannah said. "There is more at play here."

John Henry received the same command from Savannah and Young Allison at the same time. He relayed the actual transmission to Cam.

Cam did not like the request to withdraw. She said she was not done investigating yet.

She was surprised to hear Savannah and Young Allison 'order' the same thing at the same time.

She immediately untied from the cable around her waist.

"Tom has lead." Cam said. "I have another assignment."

The Terminators there all wondered what that was all about. There must be something else they were not aware of that was happening or about to happen. For Cam to be ordered away now in the middle of an operation signaled trouble.

"Is there an additional threat?" Tom asked.

Cam was already on her way out.

"I don't think it will be for us." Cam said.

Cam followed the instructions John Henry gave her.

She quickly arrived at the rear of the property. Three drones landed in a triangle around her. She was a little surprised at what she saw. There was a backpack nuke and two larger bombs. Right away Cam saw there was a three tiered response available. One of the other bombs was a B61-12 that Cameron recently acquired in Nevada and the other was a weapon withdrawn from service a decade ago. It was a very large B53-Y2 bomb. Cam knew that was a serious bomb. She wondered where Cameron obtained it and when. There was a larger drone that carried it. It appeared special constructed. It was a serious weapon.

CamNet was in direct communication with her and went over everything that would happen and in what order. The drones would carry the weapons in once they were armed. It was a one way mission. The drones all volunteered. The drones would overload their power cells to be timed to the detonation time of the weapons as a backup to make sure they exploded.

Cam could see the significance of her mission now. It was Savannah's request that a Resistance Terminator or a human be used to arm the weapons unless there were none available. It was a safeguard to protect everyone. CamNet could still arm and deploy most of the weapons herself if there was an attack or to stop an attack. It was the last resort. Savannah made this clear to Cameron and CamNet. There needed to be safeguards. They all knew she did not want another 'Skynet'.

Cam followed what CamNet instructed her to do. She would still need to wait to enter the final command on each weapon. They were all primed and ready to go as soon as she finished each sequence of numbers.

Savannah wondered about the package. She did not know it was a three tiered response. She did know Cam was there now and ready to arm a nuclear weapon. She hoped it did not come to that.

Young Allison indicated to CamNet that she wanted to hit hard if they used a nuclear response. She did not know how hard CamNet was willing to hit. She thought there would be a double response.

Nobody knew about the big weapon CamNet sent but Cam right now.

The report came back from Cameron's Terminators that the electrical system was physically disconnected from the grid and the associated equipment was destroyed.

John Henry informed Tom that the power was about to go back on.

Tom and Steve were ready and sent everyone else away a few buildings distance.

"The grid is back online." John Henry said.

Tom checked the area for anything and nothing was spotted. A drone did a low pass scan and it showed nothing.

John Henry received all the reports and conferred with CamNet.

"The threat is over." John Henry said.

Savannah was satisfied the threat was ended. She decided it was time to get cleaned up.

Samantha offered to make Savannah something to eat first.

The girls dressed in the Command Center.

Allison and Cammy spoke with each other off to the side.

"Cammy, I want to thank you for everything." Savannah said.

Cammy came over to Savannah and they shared a long hug.

"I will see you later on." Cammy whispered in Savannah's ear.

Allison gave Savannah another hug.

"I'll see you later on if she gets tied up." Allison whispered. "You have a new adventure waiting."

Cammy and Allison left together.

Savannah looked at Samantha. She thought about the earlier offer for food. She decided to play things out some.

"What do you have that I can eat?" Savannah asked.

"That depends on what you like." Samantha said.

"I like what you serve, surprise me." Savannah said.

Savannah and Samantha left together. They did not stop at the commissary.

Young Allison watched everyone leave the Command Center. It was clear what would happen. She saw what Samantha looked like naked. She looked like her mother. She watched Savannah and Samantha leave together.

Anna checked everything one more time.

"They will torch the building before they leave." Anna said.

Young Allison agreed with that.

"I want Cam to remain where she is until the building is burnt to the ground." Young Allison said. "The 'package' is to be returned after that."

Anna indicated the time.

"It's late." Anna said. "You need to sleep."

Young Allison wanted one more thing.

"I will get cleaned up and go to bed but I want to know when the 'package' is secured." Young Allison said. "I am responsible for that until it is returned. Cam is to erase what she saw or did that was related to that."

Young Allison was sure her move to use nuclear weapons would not be viewed as positive by some. She would do it again the same way. There were always going to be some who did not like the way she did things.

Anna expected some other comment by Young Allison but there was none. It was clear she understood the seriousness of what could have occurred. The fact she wanted to know when the package was secured was another good sign.