Chapter 1358

Cold And Calculating

Sarah made her way towards the far end of the north building. That was where Derek and Kyle went in at. What she found there was the smoldering remains of some type of vehicle and what looked like four shredded human bodies.

She'd heard some gunfire earlier as she approached and then two loud shots as she neared where she was now. There was one explosion soon after that.

Sarah almost tripped on something that was on the ground. It was part of an arm with a hand. There was a wrist watch on it. She was glad to see that. None of her team wore a wrist watch.

She carefully approached the open doorway. There was some kind of vapor drifting out of it. It hung low to the ground. She was not sure what it was. Smoke usually rose. She moved into the doorway and saw four figures illuminated from behind, moving towards her.

It should have only been three with Derek, Kyle and Savannah. Maybe they took a prisoner. Maybe it was the enemy.

She held the Barrett ready to fire from the hip. She knew the recoil was going to be a Bitch. She'd only fired it from the prone position before. It didn't matter. The magazine held ten rounds and she would fire all of them if necessary.

She decided to issue a challenge before they got too close to her.

"White." Sarah called out as she moved to the side to get some cover from the door frame.

"Rabbit." came back the muffled reply from several people.

Sarah still held the Barrett ready.

She was surprised to see the four figures wearing gas masks of some type. They motioned for her to get back. She backed up and ended stepping on the wrist of the severed arm that was on the ground. She heard the wrist watch break.

Sarah still held the Barrett ready.

She could make out red hair on one of the people. That sent a wave of relief through her.

As soon as they exited the building they threw off the gas masks.

"Hello, Sarah." Savannah said. "We need to move."

In the gloom Sarah spotted 'Cameron' with them. It did not make sense. Cameron was on the ship. Maybe it was Cammy. No, Cammy needed to crawl away. Wait, she also wore a gas mask. Then it hit her. It was Young Allison.

"Allison?" Sarah asked.

"Hi, Sarah." Young Allison said.

Kyle came up and traded Sarah his M4 for the M82A1. That was a relief to Sarah.

"We need to get away from here." Savannah said. "Follow me."

Young Allison fell in line behind Savannah and Sarah behind her. Derek brought up the rear with Kyle in front of him behind Sarah.

Savannah looked back towards the south building. There was a glow that seemed to flicker as it pulsated.

Sarah looked back to where she saw Savannah look.

"That can't be good." Sarah said.

Savannah quickened the pace.

"It's not." Savannah said.

Savannah looked back at Young Allison.

"Allison, take point." Savannah said.

Young Allison moved in front of her.

Savannah was around things like this before. It never was good. She quickly slung her M4 and looked up into the dark sky as they moved. She knew there should be a drone or two looking down on them from off to the side.

She looked up and lifted both of her arms up to shoulder height and extended them out in front of her. She pointed in the direction of the pulsating glow and repeated the gesture again.

She unslung her M4 and moved back in front of Young Allison as she retook the point.

"I got it." Savannah said.

Savannah quickened the pace even more.

John Henry observed and understood what Savannah indicated. She signaled for all the machines to fallback. It was probable there was going to be a massive explosion or an EMP blast. He sent out emergency instructions to all of the Terminators and drones to withdraw. He let the machines know the team made it out of the building safely for now.

Mel, Cammy and Anna received the news to fallback. They were the closest team of Metal to where the group that left the building was at.

"What about Savannah and the others?" Cammy asked.

Mel thought they should follow instructions.

"We need to fallback." Mel said. "If we are damaged or disabled we will be useless to everyone."

Anna did not like it either but they needed to be functional.

"He's right." Anna said.

Cammy was dissatisfied.

"I'm letting you two off and I am going after them." Cammy said.

Cammy started the SUV after much difficulty. They drove away from their position. They'd all been afflicted again. They did not realize it until they drove away.

"We were all affected again and didn't know it." Anna said. "I think there will be an explosion of some type soon."

Mel recounted a past experience.

"There is going to be an EMP blast." Mel said. "We all know this even if we don't want to say it."

Cammy thought maybe they should take preemptive action.

"You two can shut down." Cammy said.

Anna did not like that idea.

"How do we know when to reboot?" Anna asked. "We don't want to be in the middle of a reboot when the EMP goes off do we?"

That was a tactic that Cameron experimented with once. It was all done off the books and was devastating to the enemy. CamNet helped her cover it up. She never wanted that tactic used against their team. She hadn't used it since then either. She did not want Skynet to discover what they'd uncovered.

Cammy was very agitated she could not do more to help.

"I don't know." Cammy said.

Cammy was highly frustrated. There was a lot she didn't know. Leaving Savannah behind in the building still bothered her. Savannah was out now but the danger of a massive explosion still loomed. She'd been there when that happened before several times. Those catastrophic failures and explosions all occurred underground or inside of a mountain. That contained most of the damaging blast. From what she'd seen everything here was above ground. There was probably going to be a giant smoking hole in the ground and nothing but rubble for ten city blacks. How were they going to spin that one? Maybe she should wonder how they were going to survive any of this.

Steve and Tom made entry into the building they'd knocked the roll up door off of. They worried the Fanatics were part of this. There'd been no massive explosion afterwards so that was a good thing. It was empty of personnel. It looked like there were people living there based on what they found. There were beds, clothes and food. It seemed doubtful many if any of them would return here.

Richard and Michael entered with them. They checked for booby traps and explosives. None were found.

They collected the computer hard drives and anything else that looked like it might have relevance. They set up some explosives of their own and some surveillance. They hoped to find anyone if they returned. There could be people out on other missions not related to the two buildings where Savannah and the rest of the team was at earlier.

There was one bed with rope at each of the four corners but no one was in it. It was heavily strained in the center section. There were blood splatters on the wall, floor and bed. It was most probable someone was killed there if not a few people. There were several different blood types.

They received the order to withdraw and did. All the Terminators were to fallback away from the area.

It was an indicated directive from Savannah.

There was a chance that something akin to a small atomic explosion might happen soon. Not only would there be an EMP there would be a giant explosion to go along with it. There would most likely be a shock wave and a heat wave. Maybe it would just be a big dud.

John Henry noted that all the drones were away from the area. That was all but two of them.

They remained to record where the group of five was at. They were in as close as they could get. They were there to provide whatever fire support they could if it was necessary.

Maybe there was more of this group waiting to come out of the woodwork like bugs.

Savannah dropped back and let Young Allison take point again. She briefly spoke with Derek and Kyle. She planned to cover up as much of Young Allison involvement in what happened at the two buildings as she could. She asked them to take 'responsibility' for what happened in the north building. She would do the same for the south building.

Sarah caught up to Young Allison. She saw Young Allison looked a little troubled.

"Was it rough in there?" Sarah asked.

Young Allison thought it was a little tense at times. That what wasn't what troubled her.

"No." Young Allison said. "It was what I expected and trained for."

Sarah thought there was something else.

"You still seem a little upset." Sarah said.

It was a problem Young Allison thought she could not avoid.

"I'm worried about my mom." Young Allison said. "She is going to be mad at me if she finds out I was here. I know she doesn't like me to do Resistance things."

Savannah, Derek and Kyle all heard that exchange. It surprised all of them that it was the only thing that bothered Young Allison. After everything Young Allison did to help, she was worried about taking flack from her mother. It was almost absurd.

Young Allison was not bothered by killing over a dozen people. She was worried her mother would be angry at her just for being there. They wondered how it would go over if Claire knew all that Young Allison actually participated in.

What Derek saw and witnessed first hand was the real life version of the 'Legend of Allison Young'. He was still amazed. Kyle and him would have been killed or captured at some point. Young Allison prevented that.

"I think everything should be reported as it happened." Derek said. "There is recognition due here where it justly belongs."

Kyle needed to agree. He was still impressed to know that everything he saw on the way out of the building was all Young Allison's handiwork. Savannah indicated it was the same type of action in the other building. That said a lot.

"There was action and bravery that went beyond what anyone would be expected to deliver." Kyle said. "This is how legends are born. This is how leaders emerge."

Derek doubted anyone could have pulled off what Young Allison did. He would have had trouble believing it if he hadn't observed it himself. He knew there was more he didn't witness.

"Your mother should be proud of you, Allison. I am." Derek said. "You made sure we didn't end up in a worse situation. We were pinned down. You got us out of a jam."

Sarah looked back at Kyle. She wondered what actually happened at this point.

Young Allison disliked all the attention.

"I only did what needed to be done when it needed to be done." Young Allison said.

Savannah knew it was more than that.

"We can make the report to John Henry how things happened." Savannah said. "We don't need to be too descriptive to her mother unless she asks specifically. I don't want anyone to need to lie if a direct question comes up. This was her first combat."

Derek and Kyle wondered what type of fighter Young Allison would evolve into. If this was her first combat of any type. It was beyond amazing. There was no Metal to back her up either. It was all on her own accord. They all saw how she made sure the enemy stayed down too. It was cold and calculating.

Savannah decided to make the reports as the events occurred. She was going to leave out the part as to why the female Fanatic killed herself. That was something that bothered her to no end. It seemed to be her specifically that the Fanatic's feared. Who was it really that they feared? Was it her? Did she end up with a temporal error at some point? Did she lead a mission to the further future? Did she go bad? Did she become a cold and calculating killer? What did she do to people that they feared her more than death? Young Allison's words brought her back to 'now'.

"I'm starting to get some com traffic." Young Allison said.

Everyone else started to get it too. It was broken up and sketchy. There was a vehicle approaching them from in front of them.

"Everyone spread out." Young Allison said.

Kyle prepared to deploy the Barrett. It would be nearly as effective against engine blocks or Terminators as it was against people.

Cameron smiled.

"You can have anything you want if you do this." Cameron whispered. "This will be for the rest of your life. It will be three times a week."

Allison smiled.

"I want to be with you one time a week." Allison whispered. "It will be just you and me for a few hours once a week."

Cameron smiled and kissed Allison on the cheek.

"It's a deal." Cameron whispered. "That was the same thing your mother asked for. You two will share together."

Allison sat bolt upright in bed. Her heart was pounding. She made a little gasp of air.

There was some faint light that filtered in from the main part of the suite.

She looked around.

Vanna was asleep next to her in the bed.

There was no one else in the room.

Allison felt her heart racing.

That seemed like more than a dream.

Allison saw that Vanna stirred and looked at her.

"Is everything alright?" Vanna asked.

Allison looked next to her side of the bed on the floor. There was nothing there.

"I think so." Allison said. "I'm sorry if I woke you."

Vanna reached over and touched her.

"Relax and sleep." Vanna said. "I'm tired."

Allison touched Vanna's hand back. She remembered what Sheila wanted to do for them in the morning.

"I will." Allison said. "Would you like to watch the sunrise from our balcony tomorrow? Well, I guess that is actually in a couple of hours."

That sounded beautiful to Vanna.

"I think I'd like that." Vanna said. "It will be just the two of us right?"

Allison was not sure but she thought so.

"I think so." Allison said. "Sheila will bring coffee and hot coco with some pastries and fruit."

Vanna thought that sounded nice but unnecessary.

"I hate for them to need to wait on us." Vanna said.

Allison felt the same way.

"I told her that too." Allison said. "She said it was part of her 'job' and she was going to bring it anyway even if we slept in."

Vanna wondered about the time.

"Is there some alarm we can set?" Vanna asked. "I don't even know when sunrise is."

Allison asked Sheila to alert her. That would be their alarm.

"Sheila will wake us up ten minutes before sunrise." Allison said.

Vanna was tired but this was a rare opportunity.

"Let's see what happens." Vanna said.

The two long time lovers softly kissed and both of them went back to sleep.

Allison looked next to the bed one more time before she did. There was still nothing there. She was sure there was someone in the room with them earlier.

Cameron was frustrated by the lack of information about the operation. She returned to the Owner's Suite after she checked on Allison and Vanna. They were both asleep.

John was asleep now too.

She looked at him in the darkness and smiled.

"Thank you, John." Cameron softly said as she touched his cheek while he slept. "I love you."

Cameron was very pleased that John allowed her to be 'someone different' for a few days. She was pleased he made love to her as herself in the various chassis. She was sure Holly and Gail were true virgins since they were Restorators by construction and never under Skynet control. As far as the other Metal girls since their sheaths took their present appearance after Resequencing, they were all virgins too.

She gave John another soft kiss.

She lay next to John in the bed and stared at the ceiling in the darkness. She listened to him snore every now and then. She appreciated the closeness but this was very boring for her. She tried to think of other things. One thing for sure was she was not going back into standby. Those images still haunted her. There were thousands of them.

She was sure the more she thought of it that they were images from her various 'lifes' that she led if she really lived her life over and over.

She looked over at John snore and then stared back up at the ceiling….

She was not sure how much more of this she could take.

Sheila 'worked' on Ally in the spare bedroom of the Honeymoon suite. She'd finished up with what she wanted to do.

They both talked about their experience that Cameron provided them with. They hoped this policy of Cameron 'borrowing' their chassis would continue when they returned to the base.

"I don't think Cameron will ever allow us to try it on our own." Ally said. "She already got what she wanted."

Sheila thought it was more than that.

"It was what we all wanted and the way we wanted it." Sheila said. "Even though it was 'us', it wasn't really 'us'."

Ally was sure that was something that Cameron put in their programming.

"I think we can attribute that to Cameron too." Ally said.

Sheila knew of their original directive related to John.

"She did put it in our programming that if John ever asked us to have sex with him that we literally could not say 'no' to him." Sheila said.

Ally knew that.

"He never asked." Ally said. "He always treated us with respect and honor."

Sheila knew he got a 'little more' now too.

"He also took our virginity through Cameron." Sheila said. "I think it was beautiful too."

The Metal girls all shared what happened with Cameron in control with the file transfer in real time.

"Cameron was very worried about sharing with John on her 'first time'." Ally said.

Sheila knew why.

"That was because of Future Riley." Sheila said. "She was afraid she was not going to be what John wanted."

Ally nodded.

"I got that too." Ally said. "Let's find a tether and share our experiences."

Sheila thought it was more personal.

"I think it was private." Sheila said. "We can do that if you want but it should remain special to all of us."

That thought made Ally think of something else.

"You're special to me." Ally said.

Sheila gave her a small kiss.

"You're special to me." Sheila said.

Ally wanted to ask about Cammy but didn't. She was here now with Sheila and Cammy was not.

She looked over at Sheila and she held up a tether.

"Now we can really share." Sheila said.

Ally wondered about what Sheila said earlier.

"I'd like that." Ally said.

They both plugged the other one in….

Cam-Gail, Gail-Cam, Hanna and Holly were all in the main part of the Honeymoon Suite. They'd all shared with each other and now were going to tether as well. Jim brought the connectors and cables over to them.

"You can stay and tether with us." Hanna said.

Jim really did not want to have anything to do with what was going on.

"I think I'll pass." Jim said.

Gail-Cam wanted to mess with him a little.

"It will get you prepared for what comes next for you." Gail-Cam said.

Holly did not like Gail-Cam to tease Jim.

"I will take your place if Cameron wants to use your chassis." Holly said. "She will give you a choice in front of John."

That worried Jim still. He witnessed John 'check out' males before.

"What happens if that is what John wants?" Jim asked.

Hanna thought that was an easy one.

"It's up to you." Hanna said.

Jim wanted to leave.

"I'll think about it." Jim said.

The four Metal girls looked at him.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." They all said at the same time.

Jim quickly exited. He returned to the Control Center. He was somewhat surprise to see Cameron there and plugged in. She did not seem to notice he was there. She was naked. He hung back and watched her. He could see on the screens that flashed by that she tried to find out directly from CamNet about the operation.

He could tell she was getting frustrated.

"That was all I could find myself." Jim said.

Cameron quickly turned around to look at him.

"I'm sorry." Cameron said. "You can have your spot back."

Jim was in no hurry.

"That's fine." Jim said. "There is not much happening. You can stay there."

Cameron smiled at him.

She was actually very worried. She could not find anything out about Savannah and even worse, Young Allison was not anywhere to be found. She suspected this was why CamNet suppressed everything.

She planned to stay plugged in until she got some answers.

Cameron glanced back at Jim.

"If you hear John stir let me know." Cameron said. "I may be too involved here to notice."

Jim nodded.

"Affirmative." Jim said.

He was afraid Cameron was going to take him in there if John awoke. He wondered if he would tell her now if he did hear anything. What worried him was if Cameron put a directive in the male Terminators the same as she'd done to the female Terminators. If John asked them for sex they could not say 'no'. Maybe he was over thinking all of this.

Just the thought of it all bothered him.

Samantha checked on Precious, Jan and Summer.

She assisted Jesse in pumping some breast milk into a bottle for Precious. She still could not help but picture Jesse with four breasts since Jesse told her to think of her as a 'cow'.

Jesse was glad when she finished. It was sort of a hassle to do that on her own. She didn't mind if someone else did it for her. She looked for any excuse she could get to show off her body to another female. To have them touch it was even better.

"What is the latest on the operation?" Jesse asked. "I see you check on it about every thirty seconds."

Samantha did get an update.

"I should know more in a few minutes." Samantha said.

Jesse wondered why there was a delay.

"I think there is more going on than we know." Jesse said.

Samantha knew John Henry was not releasing it.

"John Henry and CamNet are playing this one very tight." Samantha said.

Jesse thought of a plan.

"Get me another bottle and I will take the breast pump to John Henry and ask him to use it on me." Jesse said. "That will get him off focus. Maybe you can plug in at the lab and find out more."

Samantha thought about that.

"It's not that easy." Samantha said. "His server will not be distracted and neither will CamNet."

Jesse shrugged her shoulders.

"It was a thought anyway." Jesse said. "Maybe I'll rest a little."

Samantha wanted to help.

"I can carry Claire to the nursery for you." Samantha said.

Jesse knew it was occupied by Jan and Summer.

"It's fine." Jesse said. "I will sit in the easy chair and watch Claire and Riley sleep against each other."

Samantha wondered why.

"Will something happen?" Samantha asked.

Jesse liked that idea. She pictured them kissing until they realized who they were kissing.

"I don't know." Jesse said.

Samantha watched Jesse watch Riley and Claire. Jesse was soon asleep herself.

She made her rounds and checked on everyone again. Everyone was still the same.

She tried for an update one more time.

Cammy decided she was going to pick up the team since they were on their way out.

Anna elected to stay with her.

Randy and Brian picked up Mel and they followed along behind them. They were Young Allison's protection Detail and they wanted to do their jobs.

"I think that one of them should drive when we pick them up." Anna said.

Cammy thought about it.

"If the EMP happens it won't matter if I shut down. The SUV will shut down as well." Cammy said.

Anna took it one step further. Wrapped around a telephone pole didn't appeal to her.

"That maybe true but at least the SUV won't crash if one of them is driving." Anna said.

Cammy told the Detail to wait were they were in a more shielded location. Anna and her continued along.

"I see them." They both said at the same time.

Anna could see the building in the background from where they all hurried away.

"I think you should hang back some." Anna said.

Cammy crawled back on her hands and knees awhile ago when she was too close to the energy field. She went as far as she possibly could then.

"Did you see me do that before?" Cammy asked.

Anna saw Cammy near total collapse and shut down earlier. She literally went as far as she could earlier and still come back. She didn't want to 'embarrass' Cammy. It was very hard to watch.

"No." Anna said. "Let's go get them."