Chapter 1365

Some Real Dessert

Allison thought the galley tour was sort of anticlimactic. She did not want to say that in front of Cameron and John. She would save it for when she was alone with Vanna. It seemed like a bunch of hoopla for nothing. It would have been better if they would have handed out some samples of food out along the way. It might have been a little more appealing and showed some style. All it did was make her hungry to see the display exhibits.

They exited the galley and passed through the dining room. It was set up with all kinds of clearance items from the shops on board. It looked like a bunch of stuff that no one needed. They passed by them without looking at any. All those behind them were less disciplined. They got caught up in the frenzy.

They exited the dining room and went to the central elevator bank. The stairs were right in back of it.

"I take it no one wants to go up the stairs." Cameron said.

Vanna glanced over at Allison.

"How many decks up is it?" Vanna asked.

"Ten." Cameron said.

Allison glanced back at the elevators.

"I'm out." Allison said. "I'll take the magic elevator."

As soon as she said that, the elevator directly behind Allison opened.

Allison entered the elevator and blew a kiss to the security camera. She did not know if it was Jim or CamNet that looked out for her. Maybe it was both of them. She figured the kiss would please both of them. She also wanted to express her appreciation.

They all entered and the door closed. They experienced a fast non stop ride up to the pool deck.

"That's what I call service with a smile." Vanna said.

Vanna smiled at the security camera and winked.

"I'll say." Allison said.

Vanna wanted to do the sit down lunch in the main dining room but she would like to try some of the other food too.

"I'll split some of anything with anyone." Vanna said.

Allison suppressed a giggle.

John ordered another bison burger while Allison picked up a slice of pizza.

"That pizza is hot, so be careful." John said. "You can all go on into the buffet and I will be right over. It takes a little time here for my burger to cook."

Vanna and Allison took off. The buffet was just on the other side of the pool past the ice cream station.

Cameron seemed a little hesitant to go with Vanna and Allison.

"Go with them, Cameron." John said. "I'll be right over."

Cameron reluctantly left to catch up with Vanna and Allison. It didn't take long. They were stopped at the ice cream station.

Vanna held Allison's half eaten pizza slice while Allison picked up a soft serve cone. She took a few bites out of the pizza slice too. There was not too much of it left.

Cameron looked back at John across the pool and he waved at her.

Allison offered her ice cream cone to Cameron.

"Would you like a lick?" Allison asked. "You'll like it."

Vanna barely suppressed a giggle.

Cameron looked at Allison then at Vanna.

"I think I would." Cameron said. "There's enough for everyone."

Vanna looked at Cameron and swallowed hard.

Cameron took the cone and gave it a lick. She offered it to Vanna next. Vanna looked at Cameron as she took a lick. Cameron smiled at her and handed the cone back to Allison.

Allison looked at Vanna and Cameron and shrugged her shoulders.

"Let's hit the buffet." Allison said.

Cameron looked back at the grill and the cook handed John his burger. She smiled and followed Vanna and Allison. John would be along as soon as he loaded his burger up with condiments.

Jim issued a warning to Cameron that Mary and Laura were in the buffet. They'd just crossed over from the other side. It was still serving brunch.

"Let's get a table." Cameron said. "Those two girls we avoided earlier are coming here."

Allison and Vanna both started to look for them. They wanted to see Sheila's handiwork.

"Did you say that Sheila scanned them for 'social issues'?" Vanna asked.

Cameron asked Sheila for the report earlier.

"She did." Cameron said. "They are both 'clean'. The have nothing that is currently communicable."

That sounded like an invitation to Vanna and Allison.

"That's good to know." Allison said. "Vanna is good to go then."

Cameron smiled at them. She wanted them to have a good time.

"Remember, what happens on the ship, stays on the ship." Cameron said.

Vanna and Allison looked at each other.

"I don't know." Allison said. "We don't know much about them."

Vanna was aware that things could get complicated quick.

"Maybe we should let the Metal girls deal with them." Vanna said. "I have my eye set on something a lot better than both of them."

Cameron held Vanna's gaze.

Cameron took the pizza from Vanna and the ice cream cone from Allison. It was really just the cone only at this point and the pizza was gone except for the crust. She set them on a table full of dirty dishes.

"You two get a few things to share with each other and John." Cameron said. "I'll get a table."

Cameron went one way and Vanna and Allison went the other way.

Mary and Laura entered the buffet from the rear. They'd just finished getting some food on the other side and wanted to pass by the ice cream station outside the buffet entrance on this side.

"There's Peggy." Mary said.

Laura looked.

"Where's Sue?" Laura asked. "Peggy is with the redhead now. She looks pretty nice too."

Mary looked around.

"Peggy's super Hot sister is sitting by the window." Mary said.

Laura looked over.

They looked back at Allison and Vanna and saw them share a quick kiss.

"Peggy gets around." Laura said.

That seemed to create an opening for Mary.

"Maybe we can find Sue and hit on her." Mary said. "You know she wanted to 'get down' with us. She was reluctant to do it because of Peggy. You just know she'd be dynamite in bed."

Laura did notice that. She wanted some of that too. She'd already been with Leticia several times on the ship. She didn't feel as guilty when she got Leticia and Mary to share. Later on the three of them shared together. That was all because of their interaction with Ally and Sheila who they knew as Peggy and Sue. They could see the sexuality that radiated off of them. That was just from their appearance and didn't even factor in their demeanor. That was a bonus on top of it.

They looked over at Vanna and Allison playing around in line.

"Those two are lovers." Laura said. "It's written all over them."

They did not spot 'Sue' anywhere.

"Let's see if we can find Sue." Mary said. "I want to go all the way with her."

"I do too." Laura said. "She looks unstoppable in bed."

They knew where Sheila was earlier.

"Maybe she is still up in the nude sunbathing area." Mary said.

"If she's still there, her other two friends have boobs that just won't quit." Laura said.

Mary looked at Cameron and then at Vanna and Allison.

"What are we waiting for then?" Mary asked. "You can have the knockers. I want Sue. You know I have a thing for Asian women. They just don't get any hotter than that."

They exited the buffet and passed by John with his burger. They did not seem to notice each other.

"Here's the ice cream." Laura said. "We can get one and share a few licks."

"You know what I like to lick." Mary said. "I want some 'real dessert'."

They went up the stairs one deck and headed for the nude sunbathing area. Mary and Laura were on a mission.

Cameron listened to their conversation and sent out a warning to Jim to notify the Metal girls if they were still in the nude sunbathing area.

He said they left when he told them the show girls were out by the forward pool. It was very isolated and needed special access. They were headed in that direction. He would warn them to be on the lookout for Mary and Laura. They were headed for the wrong location anyway.

Cameron spotted John enter the buffet. She flagged him down and took his burger. It was already missing about a third of it.

"You can join Vanna and Allison." Cameron said. "I think you can all find some things to share."

John could tell what Cameron hinted at.

"I really don't know." John said.

Cameron worried about the anti-Metal group.

"I do." Cameron said. "I want you protected."

He left to see what was available at the buffet. He was pretty sure Allison was.

Young Allison was a little worried about her mother.

"I really don't want my mom to know what I did." Young Allison said. "She is not going to understand."

Savannah could see that. It was not the kind of thing you wanted your child involved in. Getting shot at and killing people was not really in the unwritten 'parent handbook' for raising your offspring.

"Do you want to go back to Palmdale?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison smiled at Savannah.

"Will you come with me?" Young Allison asked.

Cammy was aware that John Henry wanted them to check something out at a tech company.

"Savannah needs to do a few other things today." Cammy said.

Young Allison glanced back at Cammy. She was not sure what that meant. Maybe Savannah was going to see CamNet again. She was aware Savannah did yesterday. She did not ask Savannah what they did. She was pretty sure she knew. She saw what all the females did.

Anna could see Young Allison was a little upset. She tried to lift her spirits.

"We have the Detail with us." Anna said. "We could fly back."

Young Allison liked that idea. It just did not seem like the time to do that.

"I don't want to tie up resources." Young Allison said. "We can drive back."

"We need some wheels." Savannah said.

"Anna and I can ride back with the Detail." Young Allison said.

Young Allison pulled off the 118 at Balboa. She crossed north over the freeway and pulled in back of a gas station. The Detail pulled up behind them. The four girls exited the SUV.

Cammy moved into the driver's seat of the SUV and Anna got in the back seat of the Detail's SUV. That left Savannah and Young Allison alone between the two SUVs.

The two girls hugged each other.

"Thank you for everything." Young Allison whispered.

"Thank you." Savannah whispered.

"I love you." Young Allison whispered.

"I love you too." Savannah whispered.

Young Allison wanted Savannah to kiss her but she knew she wouldn't.

Savannah gave a small peck on the cheek. She let her hand linger on her other cheek.

"If you need to talk about what happened in the two buildings I will come to you." Savannah said. "I know it hasn't hit you yet."

Young Allison was fine with her actions. She was only worried about her mother finding out about it. She was not sure why no one seemed to understand that.

"I'm good." Young Allison said. "I know I see it differently than everyone else. That has been my training. Cameron taught me how to react and respond to the enemy. I know what happened and I know it was their choice to join the enemy. They signed their own death warrants, not me."

Savannah smiled at Young Allison.

"Call me and I will come to you if you need me." Savannah said. "It is a sign of strength not weakness to reach out to the ones you love."

Young Allison liked that advice.

"I will." Young Allison said.

They hugged again.

"I need you to promise me you will go back home right now." Savannah whispered.

There was a long pause.

Savannah looked intently at Young Allison.

"I promise, Savannah." Young Allison said.

"Thank you." Savannah said. "I don't want to worry about you right now."

They separated.

Much to Savannah's surprise, Young Allison got in the back with Anna. They waved at each other and they departed.

Savannah climbed in their SUV next to Cammy.

"What do we have?" Savannah asked. "I know it's something."

Cammy did not have all the details yet.

"I don't know what it will be." Cammy said.

Cammy filled Savannah in with the details she did know. She did not like any of them.

"This all goes back to the Syndicate." Savannah said.

"Skynet picked the targets there." Cammy said.

"Let's go check it out." Savannah said.

Cammy pulled out onto the main street.

Savannah sent CamNet a request that Young Allison return back to her bunker and that there be no deviation from that unless it was for food or a restroom break. Those were the two things she often missed when she was out with Cameron. It could be very uncomfortable at times.

CamNet said she would take care of it and if any issue arose she would contact her right away.

Cammy glanced at Savannah.

"Are we good?" Cammy asked.

Savannah hoped so.

"Everything is perfect." Savannah said.

Cammy headed for the target area.

Once Jim informed the Metal girls that the showgirls were at the restricted semi-private pool in the front of the ship, they headed that way.

Ally pointed out the obvious.

"That is a bad tactical location." Ally said. "We don't swim."

Sheila didn't care.

"If I go in the water, I'm losing my bikini." Sheila said. "I want you to untie it so it falls off and push me in the water."

The other Metal girls listened. They'd only planned to lounge around the pool to show off to the showgirls. They didn't really want to interact with them directly. They wanted a silent challenge.

"I don't think we should get carried away with this." Hanna said. "I don't want anyone going crazy and terminating anyone."

Gail was currently in Cam's chassis but she felt she could out sing them.

"We all watched the performance." Cam-Gail said. "We could replace them if they were terminated."

Holly wanted to dial it back a notch too.

"Why don't we just have a good time instead of a competition?" Holly asked. "Maybe we can get friendly with them. They were sort of Hot."

Hanna did not see them as any challenge.

"We all know we've already won the beauty competition even before we get there." Hanna said. "We've seen them."

Gail-Cam touched her voluptuous breasts.

"I'd like to see how I 'stack' up in Gail's chassis." Gail-Cam said.

Every head turned in their direction as they walked. They entered the spa and passed through it to get to the secluded pool. They needed to use their 'all access' card keys to get in.

The showgirls relaxed and lounged by the pool. Two of them were in the water. They were mostly playing around.

There were no other guests present.

The two groups of females sized each other up.

"This reminds me of that crazy nude beach club." Ally whispered.

That was one place they'd all like to forget.

Sheila used her com. She wanted some privacy and control.

"Jim, disable the locks on the doors so no one else can enter this area." Sheila said. "It's time to show the show girls some real girls."

Ally looked at Sheila and frowned.

"You're not 'real'." Ally said. "You're a cyborg."

Sheila looked at her and ignored her. She looked at the lead female singer.

"Hello, love." Sheila said. "Are tops optional here? They are where I come from, down under. I'm real familiar with that 'area'."

The show girls did not know what to make of the newcomers.

"I think so." The lead singer said.

Sheila decided to 'push it'.

"Good. That's what I wanted to hear." Sheila said.

Sheila immediately stripped off her top and laid it on a lounge chair. She made a point of straightening her nipple rings. All the showgirls looked at her.

"I mean I think you need to wear a top." The lead singer said. "There is a nude area on the top deck."

Sheila looked at her top on the chair.

"Too late, I don't like tan lines." Sheila said. "I don't think any of you fine looking ladies will mind. Will you?"

Sheila saw all the show girls look at her. It was what she wanted.

"I guess it's OK." The lead singer said.

The two groups of girls sized each other up.

It did not look like the show girls wanted to 'play'. They could see the newcomers were all more beautiful than they were.

Riley made it clear to Derek she did not want him going out on any combat again. She left Precious with Jesse and Samantha and took Derek off to their bedroom.

That left Samantha with Jesse in the nursery as Jesse nursed Precious.

Jesse looked around.

"Can you hear them?" Jesse asked.

"Yes." Samantha said. "I hear everything."

"I've been there before." Jesse said. "It's better than nothing. Derek is a good guy."

Samantha was not happy about her restrictions being put back in place.

"That is all I will have again is nothing." Samantha said.

Jesse wanted to offer her an option.

"My door is always open." Jesse said. "I won't tell if you don't."

Samantha knew John Henry and CamNet monitored everything.

"Word will get around." Samantha said.

Jesse smiled.

"It always does." Jesse said.

Samantha was ready to have the 'Neural Interface' with Claire as soon as possible.

"After being with Claire I'm ready for the next step." Samantha said.

Jesse wanted to issue a warning.

"I'm all for that on about three different levels but Claire is very sexual. You will pick that up too." Jesse said. "Look what I did to Sheila with my 'Neural Interface'."

Samantha was aware of the violence that Sheila exhibited as well as her strong sexual appetite.

"For better or for worse I am ready to expand." Samantha said. "I was built to evolve."

Claire left the girls and hurried back to the commissary. She hoped Sarah followed all the instructions. She did not smell anything burning yet. That was a good thing.

"I'm back." Claire said.

Sarah looked over at her and smiled.

"How were our little angels?" Sarah asked.

"They were fine and not so little." Claire said. "I told them to finish up and get ready for lunch."

Sarah looked at what she was cooking. She was pleased there was no smoke.

"How am I doing?" Sarah asked.

"You tell me." Claire said.

Sarah followed her instructions. The smoke detector hadn't sounded and the fire sprinklers hadn't come on. It was a good start so far.

"I think I'm good." Sarah said. "Should I warm the other two dishes up?"

"You can get them ready." Claire said. "Remember not to overdo it on the heat and you need to keep a watch on what's happening."

Sarah smiled faintly.

"I see my reputation precedes me." Sarah said.

Claire wanted to 'push it'.

"I think all of ours does." Claire said.

Sarah knew what it meant.

"That lets us know what we can expect." Sarah said.

Claire knew there were a few things she needed to contend with.

"I guess it does." Claire said. "Where is Kyle? Did he go out again?"

Sarah did not want to talk about the operation last night. She was aware of Young Allison's heavy involvement and that she wanted to stay under her mother's radar.

"I told him to look in on his daughter but I think he went back to the room." Sarah said.

"I didn't see him." Claire said.

Claire came over and joined Sarah.

It was time to start to get things ready.

Summer and Jan quickly finished up their practice session.

"I should go and help my mom." Summer said.

Jan saw that Summer always volunteered to help.

"You're the greatest." Jan said.

"You can help too." Summer said. "We can volunteer to do the dishes."

That did not sound promising to Jan.

"I don't like to do that." Jan said.

Summer laid out the reality of life.

"Nobody does." Summer said. "It still needs to be done and everyone needs to help. That's how everything in life is."

Jan knew that to be true. She saw her dad and uncle go out to fight sometimes. She did not like that either. It still needed to be done. She was aware of her training that her mother and everyone else did with her. She still liked it the best when Cameron trained her. That idea made her think about Summer.

"You're like Cameron." Jan said.

"I thought I was more like my sister." Summer said.

"She is like Cameron too." Jan said.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Summer asked.

Jan wished she could be like Cameron.

"It's a special thing." Jan said.

The girls put everything away and headed for the commissary.

Savannah wanted to find more about what their assignment consisted of.

"I'm not really sure what we are going to learn by going there." Savannah said.

"Sometimes 'eyes on' can see something we can't otherwise." Cammy said.

Savannah did not like the exposure.

"As long as CamNet scrubs all the surveillance footage I guess it's OK." Savannah said. "If this group is Skynet related I don't like playing around. If they are Fanatics who knows what will happen."

Cammy could enter the premises and terminate everyone.

"I can clean it out myself." Cammy said. "That will solve any problem."

Savannah was not so sure about that.

"It may cause a bigger problem." Savannah said.

It seemed no matter what they destroyed of any Skynet affiliated group that there were always more.

"Every little bit helps." Cammy said.

"What's our cover story?" Savannah asked. "Do we need different attire? We are pretty casual right now."

Cammy received word that everything they needed would be waiting for them.

"Richard and Michael will meet us there in a delivery van with everything we need." Cammy said.

Savannah thought the additional backup was good if nothing else.

"What ever turned up at the other location from last night?" Savannah asked.

"A bunch of rubble is all that was left." Cammy said.

Savannah wondered where this new operation was headed.

Steve and Tom were sent to visit a location that showed up as suspect for Skynet equipment. The location had been checked once before when they previously checked for boxcars that may have been shipped from the old newspaper plant. A few things may have slipped through their fingers but not much did.

"How did anything get past our surveillance?" Tom asked. "This location was even checked before."

John Henry warned them the location may be under surveillance.

"It is possible they saw that we checked this location and were able to get things moved here and unloaded afterwards." Steve said.

"If it was under Skynet surveillance then maybe what showed up here was never anything more than a couple of empty boxcars. Tom said. "The real deal might have been to get us here to investigate."

"We don't know." Steve said. "We will need to use caution."

"I think we need a better cover story going in." Tom said. "I would like some input from Savannah on this. She has a way to 'read' these things that we can not."

They contacted John Henry with their request. He informed them that Cammy and Savannah were on another assignment.

Tom requested that Savannah be made aware of his concern. He felt it was important.

That prompted CamNet to act and bypass John Henry. It was seldom that Savannah's advice was requested on an operation she was not already assigned to. She forwarded Tom's concern to Savannah directly.

Cammy saw Savannah get the message. She did not receive it herself. She wondered if it was personal.

"Is that Young Allison?" Cammy asked.

"No. It was a request from Tom for me to evaluate their operation." Savannah said.

Cammy knew Tom was there for some of Savannah's most dangerous missions.

"We already have an assignment." Cammy said. "They should be able to handle it."

"Maybe they should but he has asked for help." Savannah said. "That is not done lightly by Metal."

Cammy tilted her head slightly. She suspected that there were a couple of factors at play here.

"No, it's not." Cammy said. "He is also infatuated with you by your treatment of him."

Savannah looked quickly at Cammy.

"I am friendly to all the Terminators." Savannah said. "I always have been."

Cammy could see it was a little more involved with the male Terminators now.

"That's true." Cammy said. "That's why they all love you."

Savannah felt she got along good with everyone.

"Do you mean love, love me?" Savannah asked.

Cammy was not sure how to phrase it.

"The female infiltration units feel love much the same way you do because of their advanced and evolving programming." Cammy said. "The male Terminators do not possess that same programming. I know they all feel something for you much the same way they do for Cameron and now Young Allison."

Savannah wondered about that. There was no Terminator that did not act differently the moment they saw her, even Cameron's coldest Terminators. They all seemed to 'change' in her presence.

She wanted to believe that she brought out the best in everyone. Maybe that was not the only thing she brought out of them.