Chapter 1347

I'll Go

Samantha asked Riley to move back when she heard movement in the hall. She was relieved to see it was Jesse and Claire. John Henry told her it would be them and that Summer and Jan were with him.

Their standing orders from Cameron were to remove Precious, Jan and Summer from the base if it came under attack and was breached. They would try and take as many of the others with them as possible.

So far the base was not under any attack.

The TDE room was clearly where the action was about to happen.

Samantha let Jesse and Claire into the room. Claire already knew where Summer was at after she put her com in.

"How serious is this threat?" Claire asked.

Samantha wanted to downplay the danger.

"It is precautionary at this time." Samantha said. "There is no indication the base is under attack."

They could hear the TDE power up. It was on to make sure the energy bubbles arrived back at the base.

"I'm going to go and make sure they have everything under control in the TDE room." Jesse said. "We don't want any of our Metal friends to have a problem."

Claire looked at Riley as she held Precious.

"You're needed here, Jesse." Claire said. "I'll go."

Claire reached for Jesse's M4.

Ally told Mary to cash in her quarters and get some cash and a few chips.

Sheila and Ally watched the blackjack tables as well as the other gambling.

Mary returned with three one hundred dollar bills in one hand and a stack of ten dollar chips in the other.

Sheila decided to play on one table while Ally played with Mary on the other one. Sheila would win big to draw the attention of everyone to her, while Ally signaled Mary when to hit or not.

"We need to win some and lose some so we don't draw suspicion." Ally said. "You just need to trust me. Can you do that?"

Mary thought she'd trusted them a lot already.

"I can." Mary said.

Ally did not want to overdo it.

"We will stop when you are up to twenty thousand dollars." Ally said.

Mary's mouth fell open slightly.

"You're going to win twenty thousand dollars?" Mary asked.

Ally smiled.

"No, YOU are going to win twenty thousand dollars." Ally said. "I'm just going to help."

Mary could not believe this.

"Can you do this anytime?" Mary asked.

Ally frowned.

"This is more up her alley." Ally said as she indicated Sheila. "She is the one who is good at this."

Sheila already started to win big at the next table.

Mary wondered if they would need to play all night.

"How long will this take?" Mary asked.

"Not long." Ally said. "Look at her; she already has five thousand dollars."

Mary did look. It was hard to believe.

"I only gave her one ten dollar chip." Mary said.

"She will play big and win and lose big to provide cover for us." Ally said. "Remember follow my signals and you will need to lose big a couple of times. Don't worry about it. That is when we will clean up. I mean YOU will clean up."

Ally and went over the signals and Mary went to work.

In a few minutes Mary already won a thousand dollars. She was thrilled to death.

Gail-Cam and Hanna reached the suites and entered the private area. They decided to use the Honeymoon Suite. Gail-Cam picked Hanna up and carried her across the threshold of the doorway.

"What's that all about?" Hanna asked.

Gail smiled.

"I wanted you to feel special." Cam-Gail said.

Hanna thought that Gail smiled a lot more in Cam's chassis than in her own. She wondered why. She did not ask.

The two Metal girls stripped each others dress off and headed for the bed.

It was time for dessert.

There was an immense amount of clapping and a standing ovation for the performers when the show ended in the main theater.

The mass of people started out of the theater. Every exit was jammed almost instantly.

Cameron did not want to wait like before. They would use the crew elevator located forward and go down to deck five that way.

It was nice for her to see how happy Vanna, Allison and John looked.

"I hoped you liked it." Cameron said to them.

"I loved it." Vanna said.

"So did I." Allison said.

"I liked it too." John said.

John liked the 'British Invasion' a little better. He hoped Vanna and Allison would as well. He liked all the pretty showgirls. He figured they would too. The music was more upbeat and intense too.

Cameron told them of her plan. They all agreed.

"Follow me." Cameron said.

Cameron led the group out and turned toward the bow. It was the opposite direction everyone else went.

She entered a door marked 'Crew Only' and there was a small elevator there. The elevator door was open.

"It's another magic elevator." Allison said.

They went down to deck five and back towards amidships to get to the atrium. They were there in no time.

Cameron let John explain the dessert and drink options to Vanna and Allison. They all seemed thrilled at the selection.

"We can go to watch the Rockabilly Trio after this. There is dancing there too or we can hit the buffet and visit the sky lounge." Cameron said.

Everything sounded like fun to Allison. She was very happy to share it all with Vanna.

"There is so much to do." Allison said. "This beats sitting around the house all the time."

Vanna nodded.

"It sure beats four walls at the base." Vanna said.

Cameron did not like to hear the girls indicate their lives were boring. She did not mention the casino. She was aware that Ally and Sheila were in there. She did not know why. That was another reason they went to the atrium the way they did.

The time bubble already started to form on the TDE pad when Kyle and Derek entered the TDE room. Sarah was right behind them.

"Cover us." Derek said to Sarah.

There were two figures in the energy bubble.

They both collapsed as soon as the bubble dissipated.

"It's Steve and Tom." Kyle said.

They both seemed incapacitated.

"Clear the pad." Sarah said.

Derek and Kyle quickly moved them off to the side.

Another energy bubble began to form right away.

The next energy bubble brought Al and Ed. The same thing happened and they were in the same condition as Steve and Tom.

So far none of them had rebooted.

As soon as the pad was clear again a lone figure began to appear. It looked like Cameron. That meant it must be Cammy.

She collapsed too. They moved her off the pad.

"Where's Savannah?" Sarah asked.

They waited for another time bubble to appear.

None did.

John Henry informed them that was it for the time transfers for now.

When they inquired about Savannah John Henry said she didn't make it. She was not at Cameron's base either. There were six of Cameron's Terminators there and all six were inactive.

"We need to go get her." Kyle said. "She must be all alone."

Sarah wanted a better answer.

"Can you send us there to where Cammy came from?" Sarah asked.

John Henry did not think it was wise.

"Something interfered with the energy bubbles when they were sent." John Henry said. "Whatever it was that caused the disturbance only started to power up at that point. It might deflect any more energy bubbles or create a temporal error. You could end up anywhere or any when."

That answer did not offer any assistance for Savannah.

"What about Savannah?" Sarah asked.

John Henry's answer was to the point.

"If she survived she will need to fight her way out." John Henry said.

Derek wanted to do more.

"We need to go after her." Derek said.

John Henry pointed out a possible closer threat to them.

"You need to have your Tasers out and make sure when the Terminators reboot there are not any problems." John Henry said. "We don't know what the energy interference did to any of them. We only know this was an attack of some kind."

Sarah, Kyle and Derek all exchanged grim glances. This did not sound good at all. They looked at the five naked figures lined up on the floor. They could not help but stare at Cammy's beauty.

Derek and Kyle watched Allison's figure develop into the beautiful shape that Cammy exhibited. There was plenty of nudity and lack of privacy in the tunnels and bunkers. They were both sure that Allison never look as good as Cammy did right now. Neither one of them said it aloud.

Young Allison watched the SUV limp away. It seemed back to normal after a block. She tried to communicate with anyone but nothing worked.

She carefully moved towards the south building. That was the last place Savannah was known to be.

Cameron trained her for most of her known life for this. She did not think she would be alone on her first combat operation but she was. Cameron prepared her for that too. She taught her not only to survive but attack as well. She was trained to take the fight to the enemy.

She let her training guide her actions and movements.

It seemed like an advanced training mission at this point.

She swiftly moved towards the front entrance. That was where Cammy and Savannah went in at.

She reminded herself not to 'think' about things but to 'act' and follow her training.

The light of the 'fire' was enough for Savannah to make out shapes and see things a little better. A quick check of the work room area turned up five dead men. That was two more than they detected with the drone scans. None of their group was in the building.

It was clear these people came from somewhere. It was not from the other building either unless they were connected underground.

She quickly went back to check on the female. She was where she'd been. She thought about untying her from the desk but decided not to. Her threat level was unknown. If the fire in the one room got worse maybe she would. There was a fire sprinkler in that room and the fire was not spreading.

Savannah noted more movement in the back of the building. There were others there now. She did not know how many.

"I don't see any of them." The first man said.

"We know they were watching us." The second man said. "We should have bagged them. That ploy always works."

"Where did they go?" The first man asked. "These are our people here that are dead."

"They must have pulled out." The third man said. "That should have been impossible."

"Let's get that Bitch and go back." The second man said. "I'm not done with her yet. She's still really tight. That's rare in her position after this much time."

"She's used up." The third man said. "Twelve guys have been with her for two days about ten times each."

"Franco has been with her about twenty times." The first man said. "He hits that about every two hours. He has the same opinion that you do."

Savannah listened. This could be a ploy to draw her out or false information directed at them. They were clearly expecting some Terminators and must have spotted one of the teams.

There were five dead men in this building and now three more live ones were here. There were four in the north building and it was thought one of those was female. It may not have been.

Were there 'twelve men' or more? Maybe only 'twelve men' were with the female. Others may not have participated. She needed to check the other building still. She needed to know the team was clear.

Savannah peeked over the counter top at the three men. They held strange flashlights and searched for something with their guns drawn.

They must be looking for her.

It looked like they would need to bunch closer together to move past where the three dead men were in the back. They all looked at something.

"It looks like Franco bought it." The second man said.

"He was on his way back to 'do' the bitch again." The first man said. "I told him sex with skanks would kill him."

The three men laughed.

"Let's go get her." The third man said as he pulled out a knife. "This is her fault. She's losing something just so I can hear her scream. She's going to pay for Franco."

Savannah flipped the selector on her M4 to full auto. She carefully lined up on the three men clustered around Franco.

It appeared that Franco was the man she killed.

She heard a suppressed M4 fired off half a magazine on full auto. The men fell. The suppressed M4 fired the rest of its magazine into the fallen figures.

The magazine change could be heard and the bolt release hit as the bolt stripped off the top round from the fresh magazine and it was ready to fire again.

That whole procedure took about three seconds from the first shot to the magazine change.

Savannah tried to identify where the rounds came from.

She hadn't fired a shot.

Anna was back at one hundred percent as soon as Mel was a block away from where they'd let Young Allison off at.

She contacted CamNet and John Henry with the news that Young Allison entered the combat zone.

John Henry told her it was the logical choice to make. He also thought there was going to be great repercussion over it. This was not going to sit well with anyone.

CamNet said she was working to find out how to stop the high frequency jamming field. There were eight drones ready for a 'maximum effort' strike as soon as Savannah and Young Allison were clear.

"What happens if they don't come out?" Anna asked. "Are you going to run another temporal mission?"

CamNet took a moment before she responded.

"No." CamNet said.

Anna could not believe she heard that.

"Why not?" Anna asked.

"Young Allison said if they don't come out together that life is supposed to go on without them. Vanna and Allison are to take their places as part of the 'Natural Order'." CamNet said.

CamNet did not mention that was only until Summer would replace them.

Summer and Jan were in the Command Center with John Henry.

His server handled all the com traffic as well as dealing with everything else and CamNet.

Summer watched every screen that John Henry or CamNet put up for her to look at.

Jan tried to watch them too but they were all going by so fast.

John Henry was about to put up a screen of the TDE room so she could see her parents. CamNet blocked it. They did not know what was going to happen with the Terminators in there. Things could get 'messy'.

Summer hoped John Henry could come up with something to restore communications with Savannah and Young Allison. It did not look like it.

In a very short time Ally was able to get Mary up to ten thousand dollars. She'd been close before but Ally allowed it to drop back down by half twice. Now that it was at ten thousand dollars it was time for the big play.

Sheila on the other table drew the crowd. She was at thirty thousand dollars. She was making big bets and some of them paid off and others didn't. It was all part of the plan.

Ally went ahead and signaled the bet for Mary and she made it to twenty thousand dollars.

Some people began to look their way when Sheila pushed it up to fifty thousand dollars on her table.

"It is time to cash out." Ally said.

Mary looked like she wanted to keep going.

"OK." Mary said.

She collected her winnings from the table. She went to cash them in.

The crowd was still around Sheila.

"That is too much cash to carry around or leave in your room." Ally said. "They can put it as credit on your room card."

Mary was worried about that.

"Is that safe?" Mary asked.

"It is." Ally said. "Do you want some spending cash for San Francisco?"

Mary felt the three hundred dollars in her pocket.

"I could use a little more." Mary said.

Ally picked out a new machine.

"Do you know how to play 'video poker'?" Ally asked.

Mary frowned.

"Not really." Mary said.

Ally smiled.

"You will." Ally said.

Cameron was pleased that the girls and John all tried some desserts and some of the specialty drinks. They all seemed to be having a good time and fun. It was actually quite beautiful for her to watch the three of them interact. It was all so natural. It was the 'Natural Order' even if it wasn't the 'right' people. It was still the same people.

She decided to get John's drink for him. She made sure he received his 'special medication'. She wanted him to be ready for her in Ally's chassis later on.

Cameron smiled when she gave John his drink.

He smiled back and thanked her.

They were going to check out the Rockabilly Trio next. They needed to go up two floors. Cameron did not want Vanna and Allison to use the stairs in their long dresses and fancy shoes. They just weren't used to wearing either.

Cameron led the group to the elevator. It opened as they approached.

"It's the 'magic elevator'." Allison said.

Cameron wanted to get Ally on a timetable.

She asked Holly to lead the group to the rear lounge on deck seven.

She made sure John was with Vanna and Allison before she dropped back and contacted Jim. He didn't have any updates for her. She thought that was a bit odd. She contacted Ally and told her to be at the Owner's Suite in two hours.

Cameron rejoined the group.

Claire hurried to the TDE room. She carried four more Tasers.

Jesse took the M4 back from her. Everyone gave her their Taser instead. That seemed more appropriate for the occasion.

Claire ran the distance to the TDE room.

John Henry alerted the group in the TDE room that Claire was on her way.

Sarah could hear her coming.

Derek and Kyle waited to see who would reboot first.

Claire arrived and gave everyone a second Taser.

When she handed Sarah her second one their hands touched. Sarah gave Claire's hand a little squeeze. That act made Claire feel a little better. It helped ease her apprehension. She was unaware of the look of concern and worry on her face.

It also made her think she was almost with Sarah earlier. She really believed it happened until she woke up and it was Jesse that she was kissing and who was touching her.

"When will something happen?" Claire asked.

They did not know for sure.

"I think this is the hundred and twenty second reboot." Sarah said. "I think it may be past that time for some of them."

Kyle and Derek did not know either.

"We just need to wait a little bit." Derek said.

Claire was not aware that Savannah was still at the location or that her daughter was going to help her.

"Where's Savannah?" Claire asked.

Sarah did not want to cause her more worry but she was going to be honest. She told her what they knew.

"She didn't make the transfer." Sarah said. "That's all we know."

Anna was still in the second row seat of the SUV. Young Allison moved the M82A1 up earlier. She armed and checked the weapon.

"We have eight drones on the outside looking down at an angle." Anna said. "I want a target."

CamNet contacted her and said as soon as something is detected she will be the first to know if it was on the side she is on.

Anna might not be able to enter the target area yet but she was sure going to 'reach out and touch someone' in it if she could. She was very upset Young Allison went in alone.

Anyone other that Savannah or Young Allison was going down for good.

The M82A1 searched for a target.

Young Allison entered the building through the front door and followed the path Cammy and Savannah took. She approached the room where the female was. She carefully looked in the room. She could not see anything. She lifted her night vision and was able to pick up a faint image for a second. There was still someone on a desk. She wondered why they were on a desk instead of on the floor. She thought maybe it was so their arms and legs could be tied to the legs of the desk. She moved on towards the workroom area.

There was a glow in the back. She paused at the doorway and watched. She checked behind her with her malfunctioning night vision but it was almost total darkness. She did not see Savannah.

There were three figures silhouetted with the glow of what looked like a fire behind them. They were talking. They took out some kind of strange flashlights and held weapons. They were probably searching for Savannah.

She saw one of them pull a knife out. That was enough for her to see.

She dropped down on one knee and flipped her selector to full auto on her M4. She fired half the magazine at chest height and all three figures fell. She fired the second half of the magazine into the fallen bodies. She dropped the empty magazine and put a fresh one in. She hit the bolt release and a round from the fresh magazine was in the chamber. She was ready to rock. She changed her position while she did the magazine change. It was all one fluid motion. She didn't even have to think about it.

She waited for ten seconds.

There was no sound. No one else appeared.

"Pink." Young Allison said.

There was a pause.

Maybe no one else was alive in here.

"Butterfly." Savannah said.

Savannah knew there was someone else here. She was not sure if Derek or Kyle was able to come. It could be Sarah or Jesse too. She hoped it was one of them since they used a suppressed M4 and took down the hostile targets.

"Pink." A voice said.

Savannah felt her gut tie in a knot. It couldn't' be. She knew it was Young Allison. She was here for her and she'd just killed three people. She finally managed to answer.

"Butterfly." Savannah said.

She just knew Young Allison was going to pull a fast one. CamNet had to help her pull off the deception.

She was going to move towards Young Allison so they could pull out.

"I'm here." Young Allison whispered.

Savannah jumped a little. She did not hear a thing and Young Allison was right there next to her almost. How did she move so fast and quietly?

"You should not be here." Savannah said.

Young Allison did not want to do this now.

"I am." Young Allison said. "What is your objective?"

Savannah wondered about the Terminators.

"Did all of our team get out?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison knew they did.

"They did but all of them were inactive as I entered the jamming zone and lost communications." Young Allison said. "I needed to send Anna and Mel back a couple of blocks since they were being affected."

This seemed even worse to Savannah.

"You came here by yourself?" Savannah asked.

There was no one else to come.

"I did. I'm the only one here that is not affected besides you. There was no one else." Young Allison said. "I knew your last approximate location."

Savannah wanted to get Young Allison away from here.

"We need to pull out." Savannah said. "There's a captive."

Young Allison knew what happened.

"I saw the female captive." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted to bring her with them.

"Let's go." Savannah said. "We can get her on the way out."

Young Allison thought they should know who she was first. If she was from the future and not sent by Future John she needed to remain here. She needed to be terminated.

"What about the other building?" Young Allison asked. "We are already here on the ground. Let's clean it out."

Savannah did not want to chance it.

"We will withdraw and call in a drone strike." Savannah said.

Young Allison wanted to do more.

"Let's knock out the jamming device first." Young Allison said.

"We don't know where it is." Savannah said.

"Let's find it." Young Allison said. "Come on."

Young Allison started to move in the direction of where the fire was at. There was no smoke though. Maybe it was not really a fire.

"Wait." Savannah said.

"Stay with me." Young Allison said.

Savannah could not believe this. Young Allison wanted to press the attack.

"You are not going to withdraw are you?" Savannah asked.

"No." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted some control. This was not her first 'rodeo'.

"Let me lead then." Savannah said. "Stay low and watch our six."

Savannah heard several silenced shots as they moved past the fallen men.

Young Allison held her silenced M9.

"I don't like surprises." Young Allison said.

Savannah swallowed hard. She felt like she was with Cameron. She realized the future was a lot closer than she thought.

Young Allison did not seem fazed at all. She was a stone cold killer.

No.

Young Allison was a weapon.