Chapter 1326

Is That Our Ride

Vanna and Allison were excited as they neared the airport. They did not get out like this very often.

"Are we going to fly in a jet or a helicopter?" Allison asked.

Cam hadn't been given that detail. She was only told to go to the Van Nuys Airport and then to the Resistance hanger.

"It may be a piston engine aircraft since we are to report to the Resistance hanger." Cam said.

Vanna wondered if Cam was going to fly them.

"Are you going to be the pilot?" Vanna asked.

Cam doubted it.

"I was not informed that I would be flying." Cam said.

Cam turned onto the street that bordered the east side of the airport. As they neared a gate, it began to open.

"I think it is just up ahead." Vanna said. "I saw the gate open."

Cam nodded.

"That's our turn off." Cam said.

Cam pulled into the open gate. They saw the Mitchell sitting on the ramp.

Vanna liked what she saw sitting there.

"Is that our ride?" Vanna asked.

Cam smiled.

"I believe it is." Cam said.

Allison took in the B-25 sitting on the ramp. Her excitement level built up even more.

"Look at that." Allison said. "Just look at it."

They could see someone in the cockpit. The red hair was unmistakable.

"That must be Savannah." Vanna said. "Is she going to fly us there?"

It looked that way to Cam.

"I'd have to say so." Cam said. "Maybe Cammy is the copilot then since I was not informed I was."

Cam parked the SUV by the hanger and they got out. The hanger door was closed right now.

As they approached the plane they spotted a second person in the copilot's seat.

"I see Cammy now." Allison said. "Wait. That's not Cammy."

Young Allison leaned out the copilot's window and waved.

"Hi, everyone." Young Allison said. "Come inside the plane so that we can start up the engines. You won't need to deal with the 'prop wash' then."

Cam led the girls to the forward entry hatch. She helped Allison and Vanna up.

"I'll be in the rear fuselage." Cam said.

She made sure the front hatch was secured and entered through the open rear hatch. She secured that too. She looked out the port waist gun position and then moved up to the bomb bay. She looked over the crawlway and Anna waved at her.

Vanna and Allison were crowded in back of Anna. They waited for Savannah and Young Allison to go through the start up procedure.

Savannah looked back over her shoulder at them.

"I'm going to let Allison start the engines." Savannah said.

Vanna and Allison looked at each other.

Young Allison looked back at them and smiled.

"Relax, I've done this before." Young Allison said. "After I call 'clear' and verify it is clear I am going to turn the engine over through several revolutions. That's to clear the cylinders before I start it. It looks like it is not going to start but that is the procedure. I don't want you to worry. There will be a big cloud of gray smoke once the engine fires."

Vanna looked at Young Allison and Savannah. That was 'Allison and her' sitting in those seats. They could not do that. It was amazing how skilled and trained their younger selves were. She watched Anna and looked back over the bomb bay and Cam was there. There were the 'Metal versions' of themselves there that could do even more things. It was really mind blowing no matter how much you were exposed to it.

Allison looked up in the top turret.

"Do I get to sit here?" Allison asked.

Anna looked back.

"You can or you can sit in the nose." Anna said. "You can also go over the bomb bay crawlway to the rear fuselage or the tail gun position."

Savannah looked back.

"Get your headsets on and plugged in." Savannah said.

Anna quickly showed them what to do. She ushered them to sit in the jump seats for takeoff.

"Young Allison looked out her window around the engine area.

"Clear." Young Allison called out.

Mel held a fire extinguisher, just in case and gave her a thumbs up.

The big radial engine began to turn over.

Allison was glad they told her what would happen because it sounded like the engine would not start.

Vanna thought the same thing as Allison.

The headsets were a welcome relief when the engine fired up. It was loud.

Young Allison went through the same procedure for the second engine but Savannah called 'clear' and got the thumbs up from Mel after he went to her side.

She saw Mel give the thumbs up and the second big radial began to turn over. It fired up after several complete rotations of the prop. There was another gray cloud of smoke created.

Savannah, Young Allison and Anna looked over all of the instruments. Everything was good.

Anna popped her head up into the top turret and looked around them.

"Everything is clear." Anna said.

Savannah released the brakes and began to taxi. She paralleled the runways on the east side and went past the Great War themed restaurant. The usual crowd gathered at the fence.

CamNet already cleared their take off.

Savannah lined up with One Six Right. She stood on the brakes and was about to rev the engines up to test them.

Young Allison wanted to takeoff.

"Can I do the takeoff?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah looked at her and back at Allison and Vanna in the jump seats.

"I want a standard takeoff." Savannah said. "Don't push it."

Allison and Vanna exchanged quick glances over the last part of Savannah's statement to Young Allison.

Young Allison wanted to be safe.

"I will." Young Allison said.

Savannah nodded.

"You got it?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison smiled.

"I got it." Young Allison said.

Young Allison brought the power up and held it for a short while and then she released the brakes. The Mitchell shot forward and continued to build speed as it raced down the runway. Young Allison did not lift the nose wheel until they were well along in the take off. She lifted off smoothly and gained altitude.

Savannah thought that was a really smooth takeoff. She decided to let Young Allison continue to fly. Anna moved into the top turret to look around them and Cam watched everything from both sides of the waist gun positions.

Savannah looked back at Vanna and Allison.

"One of you can go into the nose for a better view." Savannah said. "Just crawl through the short tunnel."

Allison looked at the opening and started through. Vanna watched Allison's rear end and thought that that was a pretty good view too.

Allison entered the nose and thought the view was fantastic. It looked like there was room for Vanna as well to her. They were used to close quarters. Besides if one of them wanted to cop a feel, it was a good excuse.

"Vanna come on up. There is room for both of us." Allison said.

Vanna went forward and joined Allison.

The two long time lovers watched the view unfold together.

"I see the ocean." Vanna said.

In a minute they were over the coastline and could see PCH below them. It was a view like no other.

Young Allison kept the speed down to two hundred miles per hour. This was a short fight that would only last about twelve more minutes until they overflew Catalina Island.

In just a few minutes over the water Allison spotted something by Catalina island.

"I see a big boat." Allison said.

Vanna saw it too.

"Oh my, that's a big one." Vanna said.

They saw the big cruise ship off to the side and the tiny city next to the small harbor.

"Is that all the bigger the place is?" Allison asked. "There are probably more people on the cruise ship than are on the island."

That assessment was not incorrect if the crew of the ship was added to the passenger total.

"It looks really dry down there." Vanna said.

"I'll take it for the landing." Savannah said.

Young Allison glanced over.

"You got it?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah took control.

"I got it." Savannah said.

Savannah overflew the runway once to look it over and came back around to land. She set down smoothly without incident. The runway ended with a 'drop off' if a plane overran the end of it. She taxied around and parked on the tarmac near the tower. She spun the plane around and shut the engines off. The Blackhawk and Iroquois were parked near by. There were two small Cessna aircraft there as well.

CamNet gave them heads up of a fifteen minute arrival time of the team in the open tour bus.

They all exited the plane.

Savannah and Young Allison did a walk around. Vanna and Allison followed them. They showed them what they looked for as they checked everything.

The airport was very isolated. Most of the people who visited it were on an island tour. There was no one evident around them. That might have been a good thing since there were three 'sets' of what looked like the same two people.

Cam and Anna remained at the plane. The other four girls walked over to the tower and small gift shop and small eating establishment. They just looked like two sets of sisters where the younger sister looked exactly like the older sister.

Cammy was still a little uneasy about her earlier tiff with Savannah. She knew she'd been out of place and wrong to have the attitude problem. Look at her now, she was headed to be with someone else herself.

Cammy passed Cam on her way to the airport as she headed for the Resistance base. She wanted to be with Samantha before her sexual freedom was taken from her again by Cameron. It excited her to think she would be the last person Samantha would be with. That might almost be as special as the first person was.

She entered the base and made her way to Riley's quarters. She knocked once and entered.

Samantha sat holding Precious.

They greeted each other.

Cammy thought they looked so peaceful.

Samantha offered Precious to Cammy. Cammy smiled and carefully took her. Cammy held her for awhile and carefully placed her back in her crib.

Cammy and Samantha faced each other.

"I guess this is it." Samantha said.

Cammy smiled.

"Then I am glad I am the one to be with you now." Cammy said.

The two machines moved together and kissed.

"I need to keep a watch on Precious." Samantha said. "I may need to stop at any point to attend to her."

Cammy understood.

"Precious comes first." Cammy said. "We have about and hour and a half to two hours at the most."

Samantha called John Henry and asked to be alerted as the plane was about to touch down when it returned to Van Nuys. Cammy and her would need to dress. She wanted to get everything in order and make sure it was all perfect for Riley's return. She realized she'd missed Riley more than she thought she would. Being with all the other girls helped her forget about it most of the time.

Cammy listened and hoped John Henry did not come to spy on them and miss the landing. She hoped his server would notify them if that was the case.

Cammy and Samantha slowly stripped each other. They planned to share with each other the way Savannah shared with them. That would give them the most meaningful experience.

They both really like the way the other one looked. Maybe they could do a chip swap in the future for a few days. Cammy was aware that sometimes those turned into a longer affair than planned. Sheila was in her chassis for over a year straight in the past, plus about another year on and off for the eight years they spent in the past.

Cameron and the team was on its way back from 'Two Harbors'. They'd elected to go there instead of 'Shark Harbor'. The Terminators all wanted to go to 'Shark Harbor' to see if they could fight a shark in combat. None of the humans wanted to run into a shark. There'd been enough shark attacks recently. A seventeen year old girl recently lost her leg and some fingers when she tried to pry the shark's mouth open. That was on the east coast but no one wanted to chance it.

At 'Two Harbors' the island was at its narrowest width. It is just over half a mile wide. They all agreed there was not a whole lot to see on Catalina except its arid rustic beauty. Once they left Avalon behind, they left most of the island's population behind too.

The open tour bus neared the airport.

Cameron already knew what she would find there. CamNet gave her a 'heads up'. She was going to try again to get Savannah to stay. She thought about asking Young Allison to stay which would prompt Savannah to stay. Claire might stay at that point as well to 'protect' her daughter. She anticipated a 'win' out of it somehow.

John noticed Cameron's hand began to glitch as they neared the airport. He took it in his hand but the glitch continued. Summer looked back and reached over and took Cameron's hand from John. The glitch immediately stopped. It seemed all the females could quell Cameron's glitch. He wondered if Sarah and Riley could as well. He would really like to know that.

Cameron looked at Summer and then at John.

"I'm fine." Cameron said. "Everything is perfect."

It was a few seconds later when Derek spotted the Mitchell.

"Hey look, there's a B-25." Derek said. "Is that our ride?"

Cameron originally intended to return the group in the Iroquois for the team members going back to the base.

"It is." Cameron said. "You can take that or the Huey back."

They talked it over and everyone wanted to go back in the Mitchell. Cameron knew that was a full load but nowhere near the Mitchell's capabilities, especially her B-25.

Cameron thought about having Cam fly the Huey back but decided she wanted her virgin chassis for John. This would give her the opportunity to see if there was any difference in the performance of her chassis as opposed to Ally's or Cam's. It really did not matter to her as long as she could give their virginity to John as 'herself'. She did not want to say the Metal girls 'owed' it to her but other than Gail and Holly they all owed their existence to her. She was the one that created them.

The small open bus pulled up next to the control tower.

Vanna, Allison, Savannah and Young Allison were there to greet everyone. Summer was thrilled to see Young Allison as was her mother. They both gave her a long hug. They were both happy to see she was not yet a teenager. With Cameron you never knew what could happen or when.

The Metal girls said their 'goodbyes' to everyone.

Cam directed Dan to fly the Huey back.

"Does that mean the narrated tour is over?" John asked.

Cameron looked around at the desolate landscape.

"There's not much to narrate." Cameron said.

Frank took the mic from Dan and put a headset on.

"I took the tour with Dan." Frank said. "I can narrate and drive."

Savannah saw Cameron approach.

'Here it comes.' Savannah thought.

Savannah stopped Cameron before she could speak.

"Hi, Cameron." Savannah said. "The answer is still 'no'. Please don't ask."

Cameron looked at Young Allison.

That irritated Savannah. She stepped in front of Young Allison.

"NO." Savannah said. "I forbid Allison to go."

Cameron looked a little upset.

"I was only going to say 'hello' to everyone." Cameron said.

Savannah wondered if she'd been too quick to judge. She gave Cameron a big hug.

"I'm sorry." Savannah said.

Cameron saw Cam and Anna by the B-25. She expected to see Cammy too.

Savannah noticed who Cameron searched for.

"Cammy stayed behind." Savannah said. "She wanted to 'help' Samantha."

Ken and Lou pulled up to the B-25 in the van and loaded the luggage onboard.

Cameron did not like everyone to be crowded into the B-25. She thought some of them could have a better view in the helicopter. They could take a different route back too.

Dan mentioned someone could sit up front with him in the Huey.

Kyle liked that idea. That should be quite the view.

"I'll give that a try." Kyle said.

Sarah and Jan decided to ride with him.

Jesse and Claire would ride in the front of the B-25 and Derek, Riley and Summer would ride in the rear fuselage. Everybody got a better view this way. They could rotate positions too.

Dan fired up the UH-1 and made sure everyone was strapped in. As soon as the helicopter was warmed up a little he took off.

The B-25 would easily be able to catch it before they reached Van Nuys.

Sarah and Jan sat on each side of the UH-1 in the back seat. Kyle sat on the left side of Dan in the front. They all wore headsets for easy communication.

Dan flew towards Avalon Harbor to give them one last view of the cruise ship.

They were all a little sad to see it go. They all had a really great time.

"Do you want me to fly up the LA River into the valley or cut in across Malibu?" Dan asked.

Kyle thought Jan should see the city and the downtown area while everything was still standing. The skyline sure looked different after J-Day. Everything was burnt and most of the big buildings were down or only half as high. There'd been more than one nuclear blast over the downtown area.

"I'd like to fly up the LA River." Kyle said. "I know it is mostly concrete at this point in time but we pass a lot of history on the way."

Dan nodded.

"Affirmative." Dan said.

Jan looked at Sarah and suppressed a giggle when Dan said that.

Sarah moved over next to Jan so they were both on the same side as Kyle. They would all see the same things this way.

They look one last look at the ship and headed for Long Beach. They would be over the Queen Mary in twelve minutes and follow the LA River north and then west.

Cameron hugged both Allison and Vanna and thanked them for coming.

John eyed both of them and thought how beautiful they looked in the bright sunshine. He'd just looked at Savannah and Young Allison and thought the same thing as they boarded the B-25.

John still wanted a ride on that. He hinted to Cameron a few times about it but did not ask her directly.

Frank stood in front of the B-25 and gave them a thumbs up when someone called 'clear'.

John watched as the first engine began to turn over. He watched the prop spin but not start. He was about so say something to Cameron when there was a massive cloud of gray smoke and the thunderous roar.

Man, did that thing sound great.

The second engine went through the same procedure.

The B-25 taxied past them. They watched it go to the end of the runway. They could all hear the engines rev up and stay there. In a flash the B-25 started down the runway. The nose wheel was off the ground in seconds. The main gear soon followed. John, Cameron, Allison and Vanna all waved feverishly as the plane took to the air. The Metal girls did as well. It was clear that someone 'pushed' that takeoff.

Frank waited at the open tour bus.

Seconds Ago:

Claire and Jesse went up the forward hatch in the Mitchell. Anna closed the hatch and Young Allison made sure it was secure. She climbed into the copilot's seat.

Anna went to the rear hatch after Summer, Derek and Riley entered. She made sure they got strapped into the jump seats and closed and secured the rear hatch. She asked Derek to let Summer sit in the tail gun position once they were airborne since he was familiar with the plane. Anna moved through the fuselage and went over the crawlway that passed over the bomb bay.

Claire was surprised at how small everything seemed once they were inside. She watched as Young Allison made sure the entry hatch was secured. She directed them to sit in two jump seats for take off and climbed into the front right seat of the aircraft. It was hard for her to believe her daughter was doing this. Savannah asked them to put their headsets on. She was a little startled as Anna appeared from somewhere in back of them. Anna helped them with everything.

She listened as Young Allison went over what the startup and take off procedure would be. It seemed complicated. A few seconds later everything happened like Young Allison said it would. Shortly after that the plane started to move.

Savannah looked back at them.

"Allison is going to take off and fly us back." Savannah said.

Claire could hardly imagine her daughter doing this. She could really see the influence the Metal girls had on her with all the hours they spent with her every day.

Soon they thundered down the runway and were airborne.

Anna directed them to take a look from the nose. She said they could both fit but it was tight.

Jesse told her that was the way it was supposed to be.

Anna tilted her head slightly.

Jesse followed Claire into the nose. She could not help but to touch Claire's rear end as she crawled forward. She thought the view was great. They did a lazy circle once around the cruise ship and over Avalon. The plane turned towards the mainland and they headed for home.

Jesse thought of pulling Claire's pants off and initiating her into the 'mile high club'. Anna previous told her they would switch positions on the plane in ten minutes.

Savannah did not tell Young Allison to take it easy on the takeoff. She knew that she would because Summer and her mother were on board. She knew Young Allison would feel about them what she felt about her and what Cameron felt about John.

She was pleased as Young Allison took off smoothly even with a short takeoff and kept plenty of altitude as she circled the cruise ship and the small city.

"I am going to go back the way we came." Young Allison said.

Savannah nodded.

"CamNet and John Henry have cleared the airspace." Anna said. "The sky is yours."

Anna was in back of them again before she moved into the top turret for a quick look around.

Cameron watched the plane disappear into the distance. She heard Vanna and Allison tell John what a fantastic flight they just had. They were both excited about going on the ship.

She looked at John with both of them. She really wondered why the three of them hadn't been sharing with each other all these years. She did not understand it was because they loved her so much. It was clear they all loved each other as she loved all of them.

They boarded the small bus and headed back toward Avalon.

Vanna and Allison were in the front seat.

Allison looked around at the somewhat desolate landscape.

"Are we going to tour the island?" Allison asked. "Is there anything cool to see?"

John tried not to laugh.

"Everything but the small city looks just like this. It all looks the same." John said. "You will like it better when we get on the ship."

Cameron looked behind them. Ken and Lou followed in the van. They were sitting on plenty of firepower in case they needed it. It seemed unlikely but it was there.

The Metal girls all sat behind her. She looked at them one by one and remembered her time in each of their chassis. That was the most special time of her existence to be able to do that for John and provide him with the finest selection anyone could have on a honeymoon.

Cameron smiled to herself as her gaze passed Vanna and Allison. She was going to make sure John got at crack at them. She just might too. They were beautiful.