Chapter 1364

Galley Tour

Cameron's group discussed what they wanted to do next when they finished with miniature golf.

"Do you want to watch the cooking demonstration in the main theater first before the galley tour?" Cameron asked.

Allison felt the sun start to bother her. Vanna wanted to put some sun screen on her in case they went to the nude sunbathing area. She didn't think it was necessary then. She did now. It was time to move on and get indoors.

"I think we can." Allison said. "If it blows we can always leave."

Vanna and John smiled at each other when Allison said that.

"Follow me." Cameron said.

Cameron led the group down the stairs away from the miniature golf area. It was up one deck from the main upper deck that went around the entire ship. They neared the main stairway when they went inside by the spa.

The spa caught Vanna's attention.

"What's this place?" Vanna asked. "It looks fancy."

Cameron looked at Vanna and Allison. She thought they might enjoy the treatments available. Everyone else did when they were in San Diego.

"It's where they will pamper you and make you feel nice." Cameron said. "It's the spa area."

Allison never experienced any special pampering before. She'd seen the brochures in the room but hadn't looked at them. Now she wished she would have.

"That sounds like my kind of place." Allison said. "I could use some personal touching."

Vanna thought that was her 'job'.

"I can help out with that." Vanna said. "I know some real personal places to touch."

John remembered his mother was impressed with the treatment she'd received.

"The other girls all used it." John said.

"Yes." Cameron said. "The Metal girls did as well."

John wondered if Cameron would like to go.

"I think Vanna and Allison would like to try it." John said. "You should go as well."

Cameron wanted John to be naked with Vanna and Allison if possible. CamNet could retroactively change any rules or restrictions on the ship to make that happen.

"You can go too." Cameron said. "It would be better if you went with Vanna and Allison."

John wasn't sure if that was allowed. He would be willing to give it a shot if it was.

"Maybe I will." John said.

They were in the aisle between the main stairway down and the elevator bank.

"Do you want to take the stairs down to deck seven or the elevator?" Cameron asked.

Allison looked over at the elevators. As soon as she did, one of them opened.

"The magic elevator is calling me." Allison said.

Vanna saw they needed to go down nine decks.

"That works for me." Vanna said.

Cameron led the group into the elevator.

Another couple exited the spa and made a dash for the elevator. The doors quickly closed before they could get there. The elevator rapidly went down.

"Is this thing pulling some negative 'G'?" John asked.

Cameron smiled.

"It just feels like it." Cameron said.

They exited the elevator on deck six. That was not Cameron's plan. It appeared that CamNet made other plans for them on the way down.

John noticed that they were on deck six.

"Are we going to our private box?" John asked.

"It appears that way." Cameron said.

They entered the special door and went to their private box.

Cameron looked at Vanna and Allison.

"Do you want to use your private box or sit with us in ours?" Cameron asked.

Allison quickly glanced at Vanna and then looked at John.

"I was kind of hoping John would use my private box." Allison said.

John quickly turned and looked at Allison.

Allison laughed.

Vanna giggled and playfully slugged Allison in the arm. She knew needed to watch Allison. She did not want her taking 'cuts' in the quest for John's attention.

It was not a joke to Cameron. She wanted to make that clear.

"I don't have a problem with that." Cameron said. "The anti-Metal faction is out there. I want John protected. It can be more than that too."

John, Allison and Vanna all wondered if Cameron was joking. It did not seem like it. She looked very serious.

Allison looked directly at Cameron.

"I may take you up on that." Allison said.

Vanna looked at Allison and then at Cameron. She decided to push her personal desire.

"Can we swap partners?" Vanna asked.

Cameron looked at Allison and John, then back to Vanna.

"Yes." Cameron said. "We can swap partners."

That was Vanna's dream ever since she'd first interacted with Cameron on her server.

Cameron seated Vanna on one side of John and Allison on the other side of him as the demonstration started. She sat in front of them so she could not see what happened behind her. She never turned around once. She heard kissing several times but did not look to see who did what to whom.

Young Allison drove north on PCH. She was thrilled to get some daytime driving in. Most of her 'training' was at night. The ride along the shoreline was very nice but she was only able to steal a few glances every now and then at the ocean. She concentrated on her driving and was on the alert for any cross traffic or pedestrians that sometimes tried to cross the road.

This segment of PCH literally hugged the shore. Much of the route consisted of the pounding surf on their left side and the mountains or cliffs on their right side. There ware a lot of loose rocks along the road. This area was known for falling rock.

In less than half of an hour they could see Mugu Rock.

"We are coming up on Point Mugu." Savannah said. "We will pass the military shooting range on our left and your turn off will be soon after that."

"I know." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted to see if Young Allison wanted a break from driving.

"Do you want to switch out?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison wanted to drive as much as possible.

"No." Young Allison said.

"If you do it's fine." Savannah said.

"I'm good." Young Allison said.

Savannah did not want to push the issue but she did want to offer Young Allison a choice.

They were about to pass Mugu Rock. Young Allison could see where the old road was. It ran around the outside of Mugu Rock on a narrow ledge. Some of it was collapsed into the water. She knew the cut they were about to pass through eliminated the old route.

Young Allison continued her trek. They passed by the military shooting range. There was only a few people there. She took the Los Posas turn off and headed north. If she'd stayed on Route 1 it would take her through Oxnard and dump her on the 101 Highway. Route 1 and the 101 Highway overlapped each other often as the roads went up the coast from this point.

Once they made the turn north everything around them was agricultural.

"There is still a lot of farm land here." Savannah said. "This will probably all be houses one day."

Cammy pointed out the flip side of the coin.

"It could be a barren wasteland too." Cammy said. "It all depends on the future we create."

Anna did not think everything that happened could be controlled or prevented.

"It could be the one that is created for us." Anna said.

They crossed the railroad tracks in a short while.

"The Coast Starlight should have passed by not long ago." Cammy said. "That's if it was on time."

In a few minutes they neared the Camarillo airport.

Savannah did a touch and go there once after CamNet cleared it for her. It was not normally allowed.

There was a small plane that looked like it was going to land. It flew low over them as they passed.

They were on the route Young Allison planned. They picked up Lewis Road and soon the railroad tracks were next to them as they headed north.

The tracks drifted off to the right as they neared the intersection with the 118. It was Los Angeles Avenue at this point. Young Allison made a right hand turn and headed for Simi Valley. The railroad tracks soon appeared on their right again. At one point they crossed over them as the tracks switched to the left side of the road. The 118 would turn into a freeway when the 23 transitioned into it.

Claire verbally instructed Jesse and Sarah on how to make the next dish. She avoided any hands on contact and encouraged them to follow the written recipe that she'd provided for them. She made them double check the temperatures and pay strict attention to the time.

Sarah knew this is where she usually experienced trouble. She tried to cut corners and used a higher temperature to make things happen faster. The main trouble with that was she didn't watch the time. The food she made soon burned. With Claire coaching her that did not happen.

They were almost finished. Samantha called before they were done and asked for Jesse. Precious needed her.

Jesse quickly went over what needed to be done with Sarah before she cleaned up and left.

"It's just us now." Sarah said.

Claire looked around.

She looked into Sarah's eyes.

"So it is." Claire said. "Do you want me to assist you?"

Sarah caught her drift.

"You could." Sarah said. "I think I would like that."

Claire pointed out another 'helper'.

"Jesse can help too." Claire said.

Sarah smiled.

"That's almost happened a few times." Sarah said.

Claire was surprised it hadn't actually. It would be hard for anyone to turn Jesse down.

"I am sure it has." Claire said. "Jesse knows what she likes."

Sarah checked the time.

"Do we need to check on the girls?" Sarah asked.

Claire thought she could check.

"I can do that if you want to finish." Claire said.

Sarah looked at Claire.

"I haven't had a finish like that for a long time." Sarah said.

Claire knew the conversation was back to where it was earlier.

"They're the best you know." Claire said. "At least for me they're the best."

Sarah missed the 'old days' sometimes. She was young and vibrant then.

"I'd have to agree but both can work for me." Sarah said. "Kyle is very good and gets the job done. I really can't complain."

All the talk began to stimulate Claire. She was sexually aroused at this point.

"I'll be back." Claire said.

Claire left to go check on Jan and Summer.

Kyle and Derek stayed a little longer after Riley and Samantha left. They hadn't stayed very long. Riley stayed long enough to send an unspoken message for Derek to stay out of combat.

Derek took the hint and left soon after Riley did.

Kyle stayed a little longer but it was clear that John Henry was not going to give them a mission. He left too and decided to pass by the commissary.

He could smell food cooking and it smelled good. He was used to the burnt food Sarah often served. It was still better than many things he needed to eat in the future, way better.

Kyle was very surprised when he looked in the door of the commissary and saw that Sarah was in there by herself.

"Sarah?" Kyle asked.

Sarah looked over at Kyle.

"Hello, Kyle." Sarah said.

Kyle came over and looked at what was already done and what Sarah was about to finish.

"Did you make all this?" Kyle asked.

Sarah frowned a little. She did not like the implication even if it was not intentional.

"Are you asking me like that because it isn't burnt?" Sarah asked.

Kyle did not want to get involved with an argument he could not win.

"I just wanted to say everything looks and smells really nice." Kyle said. "You did an excellent job."

Sarah did not want to take credit for what Jesse and Claire made.

"I only helped Jesse with this one that I'm working on now." Sarah said. "Claire provided verbal guidance for us. Jesse and Claire made the other two dishes."

Kyle did not want to distract Sarah and have her make a mistake because he was there.

"You're doing great." Kyle said. "Maybe I will check on Jan. I don't want to mess up your concentration."

Sarah did not think that sounded like a vote of confidence. Based on past experience it was understandable.

"Claire went to check on Jan and Summer. They are studying together." Sarah said. "You can go check on them if you want. Maybe you will learn something."

Kyle was around Summer enough to know she was the most intelligent person he'd ever known.

"If being around Summer helps Jan better herself, I'm all for that." Kyle said. "Maybe I will learn something. My formal schooling was cut short."

Kyle did not mention that staying alive became a more important subject to study.

Sarah and Kyle kissed and he took off.

She looked back at the food she was preparing. She needed to check her time and temperatures again, she forgot. She did not want to blow it now.

Claire approached the room that Summer used for practice and to study.

She could hear music playing as she neared the door.

She moved up and slowly peeked one eye around the corner.

Summer was teaching Jan some new dance moves.

Not only were the dance moves flawless they were the first move in what appeared to be some type of defensive training move. That was never anything that she'd taught either of her girls.

This actually seemed to be some type of Resistance training in the guise of 'dance lessons'.

Summer's back was to Claire.

"Hi, Mom, you can come in." Summer said without looking in her direction.

That bothered her too. How did Summer know it was her or even see she was there? She'd noticed things like that since Summer was very small. She was always very intuitive.

Claire entered the room.

"Hello. I didn't want to disturb you." Claire said.

Jan continued her workout which was more dance moves at this point.

"Hi, Claire." Jan said. "Summer is the greatest."

Claire wanted Jan to tell her what they were doing.

"Can you tell me about it?" Claire asked.

Jan explained that Savannah told her how her speed and agility from her dance lessons helped her in some 'close in' fighting a few times. She showed them to Summer and Summer showed her how to do it better and smoother.

Claire was satisfied with that answer.

She didn't know it was a rehearsed answer based on the truth. She also didn't know Summer knew she was coming long before she reached the room and she allowed her to see what they were doing.

She checked up on a few more things and told them when lunch was going to be ready.

Jan was excited until she found out that her mother was helping with the preparation. She expected to see overcooked or burnt food.

Claire wanted them to be cleaned up and ready at the appropriate time. She left to go back and check on Sarah. She'd stayed here longer than she'd anticipated. She picked up the pace back to the commissary. She didn't want Sarah to have a problem and feel discouraged.

The Metal girls stayed a little longer in the nude sunbathing area after Mary and Laura left. There were no more old men that stopped by to look. CamNet prevented their cards for opening either gate.

"This place is 'Deadsville'." Ally said.

The Metal girls all agreed it was. There was no fresh skirt that showed up other than Mary and Laura.

"I hoped the showgirls would stop by." Sheila said.

Holly looked at Gail-Cam.

"I would have liked to see how they 'stacked' up to all of us." Holly said.

"You already know who holds the title for that." Hanna said.

Gail-Cam looked at the front of her sheath.

"I currently do." Gail-Cam said as she looked down at her breasts. "Theses things are massive."

Cam-Gail looked at the front of her sheath. It was a little lacking from what she normally packed. She knew her face would beat everyone's except Cameron's in her current sheath. That counted for something in itself.

"We all have something to contribute." Cam-Gail said.

Hanna wondered if there was any way to prompt the show girls up to the nude sunbathing area.

"Can't CamNet find a way to get them up here?" Hanna asked. "Maybe she can retroactively put it in their contract."

Sheila was sure they would beat the showgirls on looks. She was not so sure about a talent contest.

"If we 'out beauty' them, which we will, they might challenge us to a talent competition." Sheila said.

Ally smiled.

"Then we will challenge them to an arm wrestling contest." Ally said. "I already know we can out do them in the gym."

Holly saw the Zumba class before.

"We can out Zumba them too." Holly said.

Gail-Cam wanted some moderation.

"We still want them to be able to perform the production show one more time." Gail-Cam said. "If we mess them up, Cameron or CamNet will be all over us."

The Metal girls were bored. Maybe it was time for them to clear out.

John Henry checked to make sure both Derek and Kyle were back in their rooms. It looked like they would all have lunch soon. That should keep everyone tied up.

He sent Steve and Tom out on a new recon.

He'd uncovered some information on a possible location that two boxcars of HK equipment may have been unloaded previously. It was inconclusive. It was on some Chinese spy satellite images that he spotted the potential targets at one location. On Israeli satellite images he saw the boxcars removed from the location a few days later. No countries satellite images ever showed big rigs or box trucks at that location. That didn't mean they were not there during blank spots in satellite imagery.

Steve and Tom would check it out.

John Henry decided to send Al and Ed to accompany them. He did not want Savannah or Young Allison to 'chew' him out later on if things went 'south'.

He checked to see where the girls were at now. He was surprised that they were almost back to the base. There were on the 118 traveling through the Santa Susana Pass right now. Maybe they would stop at Van Nuys and pick up an aircraft to fly Young Allison back to her bunker.

There was also a tech firm he wanted to investigate further. He thought Cammy and Savannah would be the best ones to do that task. If the firm was legitimate, he did not want the place destroyed. This information went back to some of the people who stayed in the Skynet controlled Syndicate casino. There was no record of them being compromised but that didn't mean that they weren't. There was a lot of 'black' activity tied to that casino and more than a few dead girls. That was on top of the 'underage' ones. They were all things that no one wanted to answer to. None of the 'marks' knew they were set up.

He would need to wait and see where Young Allison went first. He was not going to put her in a combat situation again. He was glad that CamNet covered up what happened last night. He knew once Cameron learned the truth that she was going to go ballistic that she was not there for Young Allison's first combat experience. The fact Young Allison was alone for most of the combat was only going to make it worse for all of them.

John Henry returned to his work. What was done was done.

The culinary demonstration was almost over in the main theater.

Cameron could hear kissing going on behind her during the demonstration. She hoped John was getting started with Vanna and Allison. She was sure the two girls would try to outdo each other. That would be good for John.

She turned around to look finally. It was not what she'd expected.

Vanna and Allison were side by side and kissing each other.

John was in back of them where he could watch them. She didn't know if that would help much. She previously put them naked in his bed doing the same thing and a little more. She was sure he would want to join in back then. He did not. He did watch them for an hour but did not participate. He told them he wanted to but he couldn't. He did not want to 'hurt' her. She hoped he was past that 'hang up' at this point. Hopefully being with all the Metal girls chassis gave him a 'taste' for what was available. She did make a point when she was in Hanna's chassis and Ally's chassis to tell John the 'real thing' would be available soon. Now it was.

"The demonstration is almost over." Cameron said. "We can get out ahead of the crowd if we leave now."

Allison and Vanna finished their kiss.

Allison looked back at John and then at Cameron.

"Let's get crackin'." Allison said.

They left the private box while the cruise director talked about some upcoming events. They were already on their way to where the galley tour would start. Most of the people would have to come down from deck seven.

They were the first ones in line at the outside of the central dining room. Bob waited there for them. He was going to advance them up to the front but they were already first.

"I've been waiting for you." Bob said.

They waited for the doors to open.

"Can't you get them moving faster?" Allison asked.

Cameron did not want Bob to do that.

"He could but that is outside the scope of his position." Cameron said.

John did not want any trouble for anyone.

"We're good right now." John said. "We don't have anything to do except eat lunch."

Vanna and Allison looked at each other.

"I can think of a few things…." Vanna said.

Allison had an idea in her head.

"I can too." Allison said. "One of them is making love on the balcony so the ocean is right next to us."

Cameron smiled.

"John would love to stop by and help you with that." Cameron said.

Vanna doubted that.

"He will probably only watch us again." Vanna said.

Cameron tilted her head slightly.

"That may be because he can not do what you do to each other as well as you both can do it to each other." Cameron said.

Vanna smiled.

"We've had a lot of practice." Vanna said.

Bob looked back at them.

"Here comes someone." Bob said.

Cameron looked in back of them and there was now a massive line.

John noticed Cameron look back and he did too.

"Wow! Look at that line behinds us." John said.

The doors opened and the wait staff guided them through the dining room into the kitchen. Everything was silver n the kitchen.

"They sure like stainless steel" John said.

There were different stations labeled as to what they were and some demonstrations occurred at each one.

"Can we eat any of the food they're making?" Allison asked as they moved through the various stations.

"No." Cameron said. "It is all for display."

They were quickly through most of the kitchen. It was big and impressive but not much else.

"What is this area that looks like jail?" Allison asked.

Cameron looked where Allison pointed.

"That is where the alcoholic beverages are stored." Cameron said. "There are one of those in each galley."

Things seemed pretty mellow on the ship. The alcohol did not seem like it should be a problem to Vanna.

"Is that so the crew doesn't take them?" Vanna asked.

Cameron knew it was more than the crew that could be a problem.

"It is that and fear of wandering passengers who are already inebriated." Cameron said. "Some tables have their wine bottles stored here between meals too."

It seemed like it was more trouble than it was worth to Allison.

"It looks like a hassle." Allison said.

They moved on to the last station before they would exit.

The tour ended at the dessert station. There was a wide selection of desserts that were made throughout the cruise on display.

"Look at those." Allison said. "I think I could eat about five of those right now."

Vanna could see Allison was hungry.

"I think someone is hungry and wants to get started." Vanna said.

Allison wanted to play around a little.

"You know I always like to eat." Allison said.

Vanna winked at Allison.

"You try some food every now and then too." Vanna joked.

Both girls giggled. It was clear what they joked about.

John looked at them with anticipation.

"The pizzeria and grill are open right now on the pool deck." Cameron said. "We can head up there and then to the buffet."

Vanna wanted a more refined meal.

"What about the fancy dining room?" Vanna asked. "I like to eat in style."

Cameron did not see why they couldn't hit all three areas.

"We can go there too. We can make a clean sweep." Cameron said. "We still need to wait a little bit. It is not open yet."

Allison did not want to wait.

"To the pool deck it is then." Allison said.

Vanna frowned a little. Cameron noticed.

"You can eat in moderation at all of them." Cameron said.

Vanna saw Allison look at her.

"I go all in when I eat." Vanna said.

Vanna and Allison giggled.

"And how." Allison said.

Cameron noted John looked a little uncomfortable.

"You will see that a lot with the 'Natural Order'." Cameron said.

John hoped so. Maybe it was time to get a little of the 'wrong future' 'Natural Order'. That would give him a head start on what awaited him down the road. It was what Cameron attempted to do all along. He was more than ready at this point.

What could it hurt?