Chapter 1349

Love Is About Sacrifice

Savannah moved back to where the female detainee was at. It was dark in there once she was away from the workroom area. At least the glowing energy ball provided some illumination.

She tried her night vision but it was useless. She previously stashed the glow stick inside of her vest to keep it hidden so she was not a target. She took it out now so she could see. She moved to the far wall across from the room where the female was at. She wanted to look in the doorway first and make sure things were the same as they were earlier. She did not want to get shot or jumped if the detainee freed herself. She looked inside the room and the detainee was still on the desk.

The glow stick illuminated her so Savannah could get a good look at her. She was a mess. Her arms and legs were tied to the four legs of the desk. They were tied so tight the flesh below the ropes was ashen and colorless. She reached out and touched the skin. It was cold and clammy to the touch. The ropes must have severely restricted the circulation. If they remained that way much longer the extremities would be damaged and die. Her hands and feet would need to be amputated if gangrene set in. The blindfold and gag were still in place. Savannah touched her M9 and thought about ending her misery. She hesitated. She wondered if Young Allison would have hesitated. After what she'd just witnessed she doubted it. Young Allison acted like Cameron.

She moved in back of the female so she was behind her head on the desk. She carefully removed the gag and blindfold. She tried to avoid contact with any of her fluids or the fluids from others. There was a lot of that everywhere.

Vanna told her she was treated like this before. It sickened her to think that could be her tied to the desk. With Vanna it was 'her'. Vanna was her. They were the same person. She wanted to free this person but was aware they were most likely the enemy. She could lash out at her in some wild desperate attack at any point if she was free.

The female's eyes were open but unblinking. She appeared to be comatose or near death. There was still a slight rise and fall of her breasts. They were not very prominent and appeared bruised. That was probably from excessive touching and rough squeezing.

Vanna noted the position of the door and concealed her glow stick. She moved back over there and peered out of the door. It was total darkness one way and the glow from the workroom area the other way. It seemed brighter now. That was probably a bad thing.

She took out the glow stick again and went back to the female.

She carried a small bottle of water with her. She took it out and dripped a few drops into the female's mouth. She dripped a few more drops on her forehead.

Savannah saw her eyes blink once. Then they blinked again. She was coming back from wherever her mind must have taken her to escape what was happening to her. Vanna told her she did the same thing. Vanna said they may have taken her body but they never took her. She attributed that passive escape for being the main reason why nothing was ever cut off of her as 'punishment' like so many of the other females who fought and resisted. There was no escape that way. She found the way to escape even as her body was ravaged.

Savannah moved forward and dropped a few more drops of water into the female's mouth. She saw her mouth move and she slightly licked her lips. Savannah dripped some more water. She repeated the process a few times.

"Can you tell me who you are?" Savannah asked. "How did you get here?"

The female tried to move her head. It seemed very heavy.

"Where are the men?" The female asked. "You are in danger."

Savannah considered her answers.

"They are all dead." Savannah said. "I killed them."

A slight smile crossed the woman's face.

"The 'Angel of Death' has come for me." The female said.

Savannah moved closer. She made no attempt to untie the female. She did not want her to make some desperate attempt to escape. She appeared to be highly 'contaminated'.

"Can you tell me what happened here?" Savannah asked. "I need to know."

Savannah gave the female some more water. She was much closer to the female now they could see each other clearly.

The female's eyes suddenly widened.

"You're not 'Angel of Death'." The female said. "You're 'The Redheaded Witch'."

Savannah was shocked to see some pinkish foam start to come out of the female's mouth. She obviously activated her 'poison tooth'. It was unnerving to Vanna that the female could have done that at the start of her assaults but she didn't. She held out for hope. Now that hope was gone.

"'The Evil One' will not take me." The female gasped. "Thank you for giving me the strength to do what I lacked earlier."

The female's eyes glazed over and her head tilted slightly to the side. She was dead.

At least Savannah knew the female was a Fanatic. She hurried to the door to make sure Young Allison did not hear that exchange. There was no one there.

Those statements were very troubling to her. People killed themselves when the saw her. It did not make her feel good inside at all. It really made her wonder about the future the Fanatics were from. What went on there? Why was Skynet's successor SkyMaster worshiped like a god? Was the fact the Fanatics were terrified of her a good thing? The Fanatics were the enemy. Maybe 'The Redheaded Witch' was a Resistance fighter. They seemed to think she was Liquid Metal.

Could that really be Mrs. Weaver? Why would she take her appearance? Maybe 'The Redheaded Witch' was something worse than Skynet.

She needed to stop thinking about this.

Savannah took one last look at the female. She considered untying her but didn't because of what she said about her. It was doubtful this building was going to be here much longer anyway.

She headed back in the direction that she'd left Young Allison.

Young Allison rigged the Thermite grenade to go off by a trip wire. It was securely wedged between a machine of some type on one side of the glowing energy ball.

She took the closest dead man and pulled him by his foot closer to the opening. She stretched out his arm so it was pointed at the opening with the energy ball.

Young Allison checked the doorway with the spiral staircase and then back in the direction that Savannah went. It seemed like it was taking a long time. She began to wonder if something happened.

She checked the opening to the outside from the rear. It was still locked.

She checked over the dead men for any intel. She avoided touching their blood.

Young Allison checked the doorway with the spiral staircase and back in the direction that Savannah went again.

She was getting antsy waiting in one area. It was a bad idea to stay in one spot. She wanted to go check on Savannah but she needed to make sure the back remained secure and no one else came up the stairway.

If she did not need to wait for Savannah she would go down the staircase and see what was located there or where it went. Those men were down there doing something or came from somewhere.

The energy ball glowed brighter now and there was a definite hum. She wanted to set off the Thermite grenade and make a run for it back the way she'd come in.

Young Allison was pumped full of adrenalin right now. She tried to keep track of the time in her head. She was sure that she'd been in the building only about three minutes. It seemed like three hours.

She was going to give Savannah one additional minute before she went to see what happened. The energy ball was starting to bother her.

She checked everything again.

There was a 'clang' sound from below the spiral staircase area. That was most likely someone down there. She quickly sought cover. She positioned herself so she could head for Savannah and the way out if necessary. She was going to let whoever appeared trip the Thermite grenade if they went in the room with the energy ball. That would give Savannah and her more time to get out the front.

She needed to consider the possibility of some kind of Terminator from a further future that could operate in the high frequency energy field. She'd read the reports of Mrs. Weaver being unaffected by high voltage energy. She did not want to encounter a Liquid Metal Terminator. If these people were from a further future than the Fanatics, anything was possible.

There was another 'clang' of metal on metal this time. That was probably the barrel of a rifle hitting the spiral staircase.

There was a muffled curse right after that. That did not sound like a Terminator.

Young Allison drew her silenced M9 and waited in the shadows behind the cover of a metal workbench. She took aim at the doorway with the spiral stair case. She watched the rear of the building and the area where Savannah went. She thought she saw some light in that direction for a second.

Savannah would not be expecting trouble. She might make herself a target if her glow stick showed. She made sure hers was concealed under her vest. She touched the butt of her Model 66 as she did. She turned her attention back to the door with the spiral staircase. She needed to bring down whoever emerged. She did not realize she was starting to get target fixation as she concentrated on the impending threat. Her silenced M9 was ready to cough out death.

Young Allison cleared her mind. She checked around her again. There was the door to the outside, the spiral staircase, the room with the energy ball and the direction she'd entered from. There was no sign of Savannah yet. She turned her attention back to the target that should appear any second.

John was left standing in front of Vanna and Allison. The three of them watched Cameron walk away.

John looked back at Vanna and Allison.

"Would one of you care to dance?" John asked.

"I will." They both answered.

John needed to make a choice. He knew it was going to hurt whoever he did not pick.

He glanced over at Cameron. She was talking to Holly and Gail-Cam. She looked over his way and walked away from Holly and Gail-Cam in the middle of a sentence.

That did not look right.

Cameron looked at the three of them. She held up one finger. She wanted him to pick one. She held up one finger on her other hand and pointed at herself.

John understood that to mean she would dance with the other one.

"This is awkward." John said. "We will do rock, paper, scissors one time. I will dance with the loser."

That struck Vanna and Allison as strange.

"Why would you pick the loser over the winner?" Allison asked.

John could see Cameron was almost there.

"I get second best because the winner will get to dance with Cameron. She is on her way over." John said. "We all know what the real prize is here."

Vanna and Allison looked over and Cameron was on her way back.

They quickly did rock, paper, scissors and Vanna won.

Cameron walked up and he handed her Vanna's hand.

Judging by the smile on Vanna's face, she really was the winner.

Cameron smiled and took Vanna away.

That left John and Allison facing each other.

"Would you like to dance with me?" John asked.

Allison looked like Cameron tonight.

She smiled at John.

"I would like that very much." Allison said.

John took her to the dance floor by the arm.

They looked onto each others eyes and they both saw what they saw in Allison's future. The connection between them was still there. It was always there waiting to be unleashed. It was still there and it was just as strong if not stronger than ever. It was clear they wanted each other. That feeling existed from the first time they were alone with each other. They wanted to hold each other in their arms and make love to each other. There was always something to get in the way. There was the future, the past and the present. There was Vanna and Cameron and there was each other.

Allison and John looked intently at each other. They moved a little closer. It looked as if they were about to kiss.

Holly and Gail-Cam watched from the back.

"I guess to take our virginity from us was not enough for Cameron." Gail-Cam said.

Holly watched Allison and John.

"I guess not." Holly said. "She is going to take our girlfriends too."

Gail-Cam did not want to watch this.

"Let's go." Gail-Cam said.

Holly touched her arm.

"I think this is a good thing. I want John to be with Allison." Holly said. "I want him to touch her the way he touched Cameron in my chassis. I want that beautiful experience for her."

Gail-Cam thought about that.

"You're right. I want that for Vanna as well." Gail-Cam said. "She deserves that experience one time. I want her to feel what I felt when Cameron was in control of my chassis. I know John will treat Vanna the same way. I want her to feel pleasure and feel love for once. It can't hurt anything."

Holly watched John and Allison together. It looked like they were going to kiss but they started to dance instead. She wanted something positive and pleasurable for Allison.

"I want the best for her." Holly said. "Love is about sacrifice."

Gail-Cam nodded.

"I think we already proved that by allowing Cameron and John to take our virginity." Gail-Cam said. "That was a sacrifice of love. Now we will allow them to take our lovers."

Holly smiled.

"It will be beautiful for them. It is something everyone can share." Holly said. "I am happy for all of them."

Somehow what seemed like a 'bad' thing now seemed like a beautiful thing to the Metal girls. There was no reason to think John would treat their lovers any different than he did Cameron when she used their chassis. The plus side to that was when they were allowed to have their 'one time' with John he would treat them the same way. As long as no one became possessive, sharing was beautiful.

Sheila and Ally were through with the casino for now. The episode with Mary questioning them did not sit well.

"Mary looks like a problem." Ally said.

Sheila did not think so.

"She was just worried about her friend." Sheila said.

Ally helped Mary earn close to twenty five thousand dollars. As long as she was winning she was not asking questions. She was sure they would start again. The trouble was that they were valid questions someone would ask about the nature of the events. She did what was necessary even if it was going to cause trouble.

"I don't feel bad about preventing Laura from being assaulted." Ally said. "It was the right thing to do."

Sheila agreed.

"Those whackers were about to give her some root when we showed up." Sheila said. "If we weren't on the ship, I would have 'handled' them a little differently."

Ally knew what Sheila did with men who abused women. She crushed, twisted and tore. They were 'nullo' as they bleed to death.

"I think Bob put the fear of prison into them." Ally said.

Sheila knew the type.

"Five to one says they jump ship in Frisco." Sheila said.

Ally hoped Sheila did not hunt them down if they did. Someone would know they were on the cruise. They should be put off the ship in San Francisco for violating the rules.

"Let Bob deal with it." Ally said. "That's his job."

Sheila knew they still had close to two hours before Cameron used Ally's chassis with John.

"Cameron and Allison are in the rear lounge." Sheila said. "We can hit the sky lounge or go back to the room. Hanna is there with Cam-Gail."

Ally wanted some excitement.

"Let's hit the sky lounge." Ally said. "You are going to be with me when John and Cameron are done with my chassis."

Sheila smiled. She liked what Jesse taught her.

"The fresher the better is how I see it." Sheila said. "Let's blow."

Ally and Sheila headed for the rear elevator. The sky lounge awaited them.

Derek and Kyle seemed satisfied that the four male Terminators were undamaged and hadn't experienced any malfunctions.

"I'm really sorry about the Taser threat." Derek said. "We didn't know what to expect."

Tom was still worried about Savannah.

"That still leaves Savannah in the unknown." Tom said. "She stayed to make sure we all got out. We could barely move, she knew that, she didn't want to leave one of us behind."

Tom remembered that Savannah made sure he got to safety before under a similar circumstance and she stayed behind alone to an unknown fate. Luckily she survived.

Derek and Kyle looked at each other. They could see that deeply troubled all of the Terminators. Maybe it was time to act.

"Will you join us?" Derek asked.

The four Terminators all volunteered at the same time.

That was good enough for Derek and Kyle.

"Grab some clothes and you can dress on the way." Kyle said. "We will take two of the vans. They have a lot more weapons to choose from in them."

Kyle and Derek headed for the carpool. They picked the two vans that were there. The four Terminators ran out naked holding their clothes. They would dress in the back of the vans.

Derek and Kyle took off and headed for the location. There were two Terminators with each of them. They knew the Terminators could only go so far. That was until they knocked out the high frequency energy field. They would be able to watch their back and keep a route of escape open if necessary.

The Terminators wanted some payback. They wanted Savannah back too.

Cammy plugged in and was updated by CamNet directly. She was very worried to know that Young Allison entered the fight on her own. That was a game changer. She was headed into the total unknown. She already witnessed what Grays or future Grays did to one female. They would go insane if they put the grab on Young Allison. It simply would not get any better than that for the abusers.

CamNet and John Henry were still operating under orders to not send more help or use the TDE.

Sarah put her Taser away. She listened to what they could tell her. They were still trying to cover up the fact that Young Allison was in combat - by herself.

Cammy was surprised when Summer ran into the Command Center with Cammy's clothes.

"I got these for you so you can go back and get Savannah." Summer said.

"I can't go." Cammy said.

"I can." Sarah said.

Summer looked at John Henry and at the security monitor.

"So can Cammy and the rest of our Terminators." Summer said. "They can make sure no more of the enemy arrives or escapes.

John Henry filled everyone in on what Derek and Kyle just did.

CamNet said she was obeying her 'new orders' from Summer and that 'all is as it was'.

John Henry thought this was a 'technical violation' but he was good with it. Summer was Young Allison's 'replacement'. Therefore that gave her the same authority as Young Allison if she was not here. Since Young Allison's fate was unknown, Summer was acting in her place. She was the 'Chosen One' at this point in time.

"Let's go." Sarah said. "You can dress on the way there."

Cammy looked at Summer and smiled.

Summer looked back at her and winked.

John Henry was going to go with them.

"You will remain here with Samantha." Summer said. "Precious and Jan need protection."

Cammy and Sarah left.

"What about you?" John Henry asked.

"I think I can manage for now." Summer said. "Let's stick with the operation. If you can get into any of their systems we can shut them down. You and CamNet need to direct the three teams where they will be needed the most. Anna and Mel are there too. That is four teams."

John Henry began to check where they could stage the troops to best go in after Savannah and Young Allison. They could also deal with any additional threats that arrived or tried to escape. He hoped there was not one of those unknown 'portals' there that they could escape into.

Riley was relieved when the all clear was sounded. She was worried when Derek decided to go out. She did understand though. A hostile environment was nowhere for a female when dealing with people from the future.

Jesse felt the need to go too but they were short on Metal at the base. It was only Samantha and John Henry again. She would help defend the base if it ever came down to it. Precious, Summer and Jan came first. She would try and get Claire and Riley out as well.

Samantha felt she was Resequenced enough to take part in the operation. She did not think she was recognizable as 'Sam from Vegas' any longer. She did not look like Claire yet either. At least her face didn't. Her body did.

Jesse told Samantha to remain on alert. Riley could watch over Precious and have everything ready to go if needed. She was told that Claire and Jan were in the commissary. She headed that way.

Claire did not like when Summer left but she was a fast runner. It was a good idea to get some clothes for Cammy. She expected her to be back soon since Sarah and Cammy ran by a short time ago.

She was glad to see Jesse walk in the commissary.

They gave each other a quick hug.

Jesse thought that Claire and Jan should join Riley and Precious.

"Let's grab some snacks for everyone." Claire said. "We can stay together better that way."

Jesse told them to go to Riley's room and she would get Summer and bring her there.

Jesse left and headed for the Command Center.

John Henry watched where Claire went with Jan.

"Your mother and Jan are going to Riley's room." John Henry said. "Jesse is coming to get you."

Summer was the only one at the base besides John Henry that knew where Young Allison was. Cammy knew too but she'd left with Sarah.

"I think I better go with Jesse." Summer said. "My mom is going to flip when she finds out Allison is at the target site. I will need to calm her down."

Jesse walked in a few seconds later.

Summer left with Jesse.

John Henry found out that all the drones made it of the danger zone. The two that were missing were with Young Allison and used in her ploy with CamNet to show their SUV going back to Palmdale.

It did not appear that anything was going to happen on their end until Derek and Kyle arrived or Sarah did. Until the energy field was taken down the Terminators could not advance. They could not do a drone strike either until they knew where Savannah and Young Allison were.

Anna and Mel went around the block and ended up on the other side from where they were. This gave them the view between the two buildings. They could not go closer yet because of the energy field. The spot where they were located now was just outside of its effect. That might change if the field continued to grow. It did not seem to get any smaller.

Mel backed the SUV in so that it faced the area between the two buildings. Anna had the M82A1 ready to fire out the back of the SUV. Her field of fire was more than enough to cover the area.

Anna was very upset about Young Allison going off on her own. She could only take hope in the fact she was highly trained by Cameron personally. She did not think Young Allison would have a problem killing anyone but she did not know. She did know she'd killed plenty by proxy through her actions against the Syndicate and Grays.

All they could do for now was wait. They received constant updates from John Henry and CamNet. As long as they did not hear gunfire that was a good thing. It was doubtful the enemy used suppressed weapons. If there was gunfire, it meant the girls were in a fight for their lives.