Chapter 1369
Every Smooth Curve
Savannah and Cammy rode their newly acquired bicycles down the street. They were in an industrial area. They were dressed very skimpy with a lot of skin showing. The idea was to look as non threatening as possible. If there were hostiles in the building, they wanted them to think about anything else other than a Resistance attack.
Savannah hadn't been on a bicycle in years. She hadn't thought about how uncomfortable the seats were for a female until she was on a bike again.
"I can feel this in my legs already." Savannah said. "I have not done this in a long time."
Cammy hadn't either. She hadn't been on a bicycle since the Sixties when she was back in time with Sheila. Most of those files were still locked since the others hadn't left yet to join them there in the past. She didn't think she should mention that.
"We don't have far to go." Cammy said. "It's only a few blocks."
Cammy dropped back some and rode next to Savannah.
"I want to go over the plan again." Savannah said.
Cammy didn't think anything changed since they just went over it a few minutes ago.
"We just did that." Cammy said. "It all starts when I go down."
Savannah giggled a little.
"You do that quite often and quite well." Savannah said.
Cammy looked over and smiled.
"So did you." Cammy said.
Savannah wanted to get serious.
"I don't want any heroics." Savannah said.
Based on what Savannah and Young Allison did during the night at the two buildings, Cammy thought that was a little restrictive.
"Young Allison and you pulled off a few heroics." Cammy said.
That was about the last thing Savannah needed to be reminded about.
"That was mostly Young Allison that did all that." Savannah said. "She should not even have been there in the first place."
Cammy knew Savannah needed to face the future.
"She's ready to step up." Cammy said. "She's ready for everything. I think that is self evident. If you're not there when she needs someone, someone else will be."
Savannah could see that. She knew there was no stopping it either. It reminded her of when she told Cameron she needed someone. Cameron hooked her up with Young Jesse and later provided her with Cammy.
"I still want to see her a little older before she starts this full time or any other things for that matter, especially big girl things." Savannah said. "It's not all fun and games, even if it seems like it."
Cammy and Savannah slowed as they neared the target structure. Cammy looked in all directions.
"I don't see any obvious surveillance cameras but that doesn't mean there aren't any." Cammy said. "You know how these things unfold."
Savannah checked with John Henry and CamNet both before they left the rest of the group behind.
"There were no camera signals detected through the air or any land lines." Savannah said.
Cammy knew there could be other factors involved.
"Some may be motion or proximity activated." Cammy said. "That would make more sense in this type of situation."
Savannah wondered if anything made sense when they dealt with Skynet.
The target structure was almost in front of them. They'd slowed a little more.
"Let's do it then." Savannah said. "We're here."
Mary and Laura were very excited as they were seated. They liked how fancy everything was.
"I wish we could have gotten a window seat." Mary said. "I'd really like to look out the window as the water passes by."
Laura was going to point out the ship passed by the water since it was moving but didn't.
"I heard some people say that they saw a few whales earlier." Laura said. "There were a few pods of dolphins too."
That is what Mary wanted to see.
"I would really like to see that." Mary said.
Mary and Laura placed their orders and waited for their food.
John was a little taken aback when Cameron said his code name was 'Mud'.
"'Mud'?" John asked. "I hoped for 'Billy Jack' or 'Kwai Chang Caine'. You know, I'd like something cool like that."
Cameron thought she'd been a little harsh. Maybe an encounter with a 'stranger' was what John needed to start his closer association with the human females. He would not have time to build any emotional bonds. He would want 'more' though afterwards. The girls at the base could fill that need. It irritated her that they weren't doing that already. She wanted John protected. Maybe a little 'strange' would do John some good. He would never see them again but he would want more of what they offered and provided.
"Maybe your code name can be 'Gordon'." Cameron said. "I thought of 'Batgirl' with my code name Barbara. Gordon was her last name and it can be a first name too for males."
John thought Cameron's name fit the bill on that one.
"Like your name can be a first name for males or females and a last name." John said.
Cameron tilted her head slightly.
"Yes." Cameron said. "I am very universal."
Their food arrived and they divided it up. It always looked like there was something for Cameron to eat. One of them would trade an empty dish or bowl for whatever she had.
They stayed off everyone's radar. She could see Mary and Laura across the room and they hadn't spotted them yet. Maybe it would not be a problem after all. They were almost finished with their food anyway.
John, Allison and Vanna all took a quick peek every now and then at Mary and Laura.
"You're going to attract their attention if you all keep looking." Cameron said.
The others were just curious. They really wanted to see Sheila's 'handiwork'.
Vanna was grateful for being with Samantha recently but as far as the human females went, they'd been pretty restricted to the females in their group. Before Vanna returned to the past she'd shared with many females usually after they suffered an assault. She always wanted to show them that they still mattered and what happened did not define them. A little 'strange' on the ship could not hurt much, especially if the girls already checked out and were 'clean'.
Allison was interested too but she could see Vanna really was. She knew she put a big dent into Vanna's sex life when they partnered up. She'd seen Vanna with other females before they became involved. It was when she watched Vanna share with the other females that made Allison want that too. It took her a long time to get Vanna to 'take' her but she finally did.
Allison was about to tell Vanna she could do whatever she wanted while they were on the ship. Cameron did tell them several times that 'what happened on the ship, stayed on the ship'. They would be back at the base again in a few days and life would go back to 'normal'.
There was some commotion by the front of the dining room on the side they were on.
"Dolphins!" Someone said. "There are a lot of them jumping out of the water."
People at the surrounding tables began to go towards the windows in the front of the dining room.
"There are hundreds of them." A female voice said.
That drew more people.
Cameron glanced out in back of her and could see all the splashing in the water ahead of them.
Vanna and Allison got up and moved past Cameron to look out the window better. John remained seated with Cameron. He could see she did not like this unforeseen development.
John Henry hurried to make his 'inspection' of the base. He actually checked a few things along the way but he was headed for Jesse's room. He wanted a first hand look at Jesse, Claire and Samantha together. He could not explain his compulsion to do this. It just seemed like something he needed to do. Maybe he should install some hidden cameras in the girl's rooms. He would be able to better 'study' female sexual behavior that way. That is what he always told himself he was doing. He almost believed that now himself. The extra security it would provide would be an added benefit on top of it.
He did pass the two rooms of the Reese clan and confirmed they were all busy. He did not want one of them to catch him looking in Jesse's door. Jesse previously said he could look in on her anytime. Jesse indicated she would like Gail to swap chips with him sometime. That was an interesting prospect on several levels. He could better study the response of a female chassis as compared to his through manual stimulation. If Jesse or Gail mentioned it again he would do it. Sheila also asked to borrow his chassis. She said she wanted to 'break in' all the Metal girls herself with some 'feedback' the next time. She mentioned something about already using 'Steely Dan' on them. It appeared that Cameron's greed beat Sheila to it. The Metal girls on the ship were all 'broken in' now, at least their chassis were.
John Henry neared the corner to view the hall to Jesse's room. He peeked around the corner and Jan was there with the stroller. She looked in the gap in the door for about half a minute before she looked around and checked Precious. She watched for about another half of a minute before she moved on. She was headed in his direction.
He needed to make a hasty retreat.
Summer communicated with CamNet from the Command Center. She watched John Henry on his trek and noted that Jan was going to be there before he was. She'd come from the back way with Precious in the stroller.
That was better for John Henry since he was easily distracted when he spied on the females usually in Jesse's or Sheila's rooms. Jan would not catch him today. If he stayed there long enough she might go down there and give him a surprise. She'd already been able to do that several times already. The last time she'd remained undetected as she moved around him.
She watched him make his move and retreat when Jan headed his way. He moved back around the corner and down the hall. He could go all the way around or duck in a room. That was what he did. He remained there until Jan passed.
It was after that when things got interesting.
Sheila and Ally were a 'hit' in the casino.
"It is amazing how the organic coverings of our chassis can easily distract people." Ally said.
Sheila learned that a long time ago.
"I'm just glad it has a neural network to simulate human responses and feelings." Sheila said. "That was one thing Skynet got right."
Ally thought about that.
"It makes you wonder how many humans they took apart to get it right." Ally said.
Sheila did not want to wonder about that. She wanted to play some games.
"It's time to show them how we do it in the future." Sheila said.
They noticed that Bob was now near the cashier's booth. He made no attempt to wave them off.
"I don't think Bob is here to chase us away." Ally said. "Maybe he is here to protect us from leering eyes and groping hands."
Sheila looked at Ally.
"He is not here to protect our virtue." Sheila said. "Cameron already took that."
Ally laughed a little.
"I don't think you had any to begin with." Ally said.
Sheila thought she did from Gail's program. The 'Neural Interface' with Jesse changed all that. It changed everything. She liked the darkness she found in Jesse. She would not trade that for anything. The darkness was better than the sex to her at times. She liked to dwell there.
"Nope." Sheila said. "I'm a 'Valley Girl' all the way."
They moved up to a Blackjack table. Sheila chose one with a female dealer. It was an Asian female who looked maybe to be in her early twenties. That meant she was actually in her early thirties. She'd learned that you needed to add ten years to the appearance of a foreign born and raised Asian female for their correct age. They all looked younger than they were. They eyed each other before she decided this was where she was going to play.
"Get me some chips, love." Sheila said as she gave Ally a small kiss. "I'd appreciate that."
Ally and Sheila set a plan into motion.
"I will as long as you make it up to me later on in the bedroom." Ally said.
Ally left.
Sheila looked at the dealer.
"She is my newest 'friend'." Sheila said. "I'm breaking her in."
The dealer tried to remain calm and detached. She was clearly interested in Sheila and Ally. It appeared that everyone was.
What was even funnier to Sheila was that no one ever approached them or actually tried to hit on them in an open setting like this. She felt they were too intimidating. Wherever Sheila went she was the one in control and everyone knew it. That was unless Cameron was around and then she was. The difference there was that Cameron did not need to do anything to cast that aurora, it simply radiated from her.
Ally returned with four - five dollar chips.
"Here you go, sugar." Ally said.
Sheila looked a little indignant.
"That's it?" Sheila asked.
Ally smiled.
"It's like me, hon." Ally said. "You're going to have to work for it. The good things in life don't come easy."
Sheila looked at the dealer and then back at Ally.
"It that case, it won't be long before I hit the jackpot." Sheila said.
Ally moved up to watch Sheila.
"Let's see what you've got." Ally said.
Sheila smiled.
"Watch and learn, love." Sheila said. "Get ready to spread it."
Ally pulled the front of her bikini bottom forward so Sheila could see inside.
"If you win, you're in." Ally said.
The dealer swallowed hard and tried to remain stone faced.
Bob was there to make sure Sheila did not do anything too extreme or attract too much attention to herself. She seemed to have a way to do that anyway.
The day was still young and the hard corps gamblers were still hung over in their rooms. They would be out in the evening and into the early hours of the morning.
Right now he was content to observe Sheila and Ally. He could make out every smooth curve on their sheaths. They were both something to look at and admire. The more he looked at them the more he was glad he held a clipboard. He lowered it down in front of him to hide what was occurring in his pants.
Cammy and Savannah rode their bikes down the street. As they neared the front door of the target building Cammy's bike began to wobble. In the blink of an eye she went down. She was sprawled on the ground.
Savannah stopped and immediately jumped off her bike and ran back to Cammy. She tried to help her up. Cammy slowly got up but almost fell over. She helped Cammy lean up against a light pole and put both of their bikes up on the sidewalk from where they landed in the street. She 'checked' Cammy out.
Cammy tried to walk but doubled over almost immediately.
Savannah looked around and helped Cammy towards the front door of the target building. Cammy motioned for Savannah to stop when they were about fifteen feet from the door. She wanted to occupants inside to get a good look arty them. After a short while Savannah helped her to the front door and knocked.
They figured if anyone observed them that it would look like someone who needed help. As two Hot females, that should get the attention of any Grays that were there inside the building. They were known for picking up 'stray females'. It appeared that two 'Hot ones' were about to be gift wrapped and delivered to them.
The Resistance surveillance hadn't picked up any movement in or out of the building since they received the information to surveil the structure.
If there were Grays inside, Cammy and Savannah would like easy marks. The rest of the team was prepositioned and ready to move in if necessary.
'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' were ready to violate the hard deck and come in shooting if necessary. They were all primed and ready to go.
Young Allison was not sure if she still liked this plan. They wanted to check out the building but there were fears it was a trap. Anything they did at night to approach it would signify that there was someone 'moving in'. Two Hot girls in the middle of the day that approached the front door in broad daylight from the public street should not seem like a threat.
Anna was leery all along of the plan but knew it was workable. They knew the past practices of the Grays when dealing with females. They'd encountered dead females before related to this very group associated with the storage of the HK equipment.
Young Allison was ready to hit hard if necessary. She figured there would have been some more 'blow-back' at this point.
"I'm surprised that John Henry hasn't had more to say about this." Young Allison said.
Anna wondered about that herself.
"He's letting you run lead on this since it was your plan." Anna said.
That did not sit well with Young Allison.
"I should be the one there knocking on the door." Young Allison said. "I only wanted Cammy to go to the front door."
Anna knew Savannah made a 'battlefield decision' to override that restriction.
"Savannah thought it would 'sell' better with two of them." Anna said.
Young Allison figured it would.
"It would 'sell' even better if I was there." Young Allison said. "Instead we are almost back to Palmdale."
Anna thought Young Allison had done more than enough on her first combat experience last night.
"You will wait for Cameron before there is any more combat." Anna said. "You already know what happened is going to cause a problem with Cameron and your mother."
Young Allison just wanted to get home at this point. The operation appeared to be at the tipping point. She wanted to use the additional resources that were available in her bunker.
Mary and Laura heard all the hoopla going on over on the other side of the main dining room.
"What's happening over there?" Laura asked.
"Someone spotted a large pod of dolphins." A waiter said. "They said there were hundreds of them."
That was what Mary really wanted to see on the cruise.
"Let's go see them before there gone." Mary said. "They usually disappear quick."
Mary and Laura hurried over towards the other side.
Cameron tracked the dolphins as well as Mary and Laura.
"Here come those two girls." Cameron said.
John glanced back to see them coming with some other people too.
Allison and Vanna were pressed against the glass to see the dolphins.
Cameron did not think it was anything to be too concerned about. They all knew their rolls to play.
John watched them pass by a few tables over. He was sure he'd seen them before. He tried to remember where it was. He took a good look at them. They were both pretty Hot. He noted they had nice figures as he took in their every smooth curve. They were about the same size as Vanna in the bust department. They were no where near close to Holly or Gail.
Cameron watched John check them out. He did not seem too interested in them other than curiosity. Then again he knew she was sitting right next to him and watching him. She nonchalantly reached up and started to scan him. She was able to tell he was more than interested.
That was not her main worry right now.
Mary and Laura crowded around one window to look out with some other passengers. They needed to move to another window with less people to see everything better. There were all kinds of 'oohs and awes' from the other passengers. About thirty seconds after they arrived at the second window the dolphins were gone. All that remained were the smooth curves of blue water.
Allison and Vanna sat back down. They saw that Mary and Laura were down about five windows from where they were at. They could see that Cameron currently scanned John and he did not look happy about it. They all looked at their desserts and hoped they would not be noticed.
Mary and Laura took one last look out the window and left to go back to their seats with the other passengers.
Mary looked over and saw Vanna's red hair. That caught her attention. She looked a little further and spotted Peggy and her Hot sister. There was a nice looking guy with them. She was sure she'd seen him before. She tapped Laura's arm and pointed over where they were at.
"How did they get down here and change back to what we saw them wearing in the buffet earlier so fast?" Laura asked. "We just saw them a few minutes ago. They weren't even carrying anything."
"It looks like they are almost done too. They're on their dessert already." Mary said. "Let's go say 'Hi' and find out what's going on."
Laura stopped Mary.
"They're trying to avoid eye contact." Laura said. "They avoided us earlier in the buffet too."
Mary could see Laura was right. They weren't looking at them.
"Peggy does not care for the way Sue likes us." Mary said. "She is with her true lover right now. We saw them earlier."
"I still don't know how they changed so fast from the buffet to the spa and back again." Laura said. "We saw the three girls in the spa for sure. They were almost naked."
Cameron could hear them talking and it was evident they noticed the discrepancies about them. Maybe she'd given Cam-Gail, Ally and Hanna too much freedom. Now it was an issue. She hoped it did not turn into a problem. It did not look like they were going to go away.
"Wave at them." Cameron said.
Vanna and Allison looked at each other and turned around to give Mary and Laura a smiled and a wave. John started to raise his hand but Cameron gave it a little slap.
"Not you." Cameron said.
That seemed to pacify them and they waved back but moved on. They returned to their table with no further ado.
John was a little disturbed by Cameron's handling of the whole affair. He did not like the 'Terminator look' on her face.
"I don't want any trouble over this." John said. "You know what I mean."
Did that leave Cameron with a choice? Should she terminate them and end the 'problem'? Should she have John 'be with them' first and then terminate them? It would at least give her an excuse to do it then. She could 'pin' the blame on him that way. Their termination would be his fault.
John Henry waited until Jan and Precious were gone and returned back to where he'd been but from the other side. He carefully moved up to the doorway and looked in. He liked what he saw.
Jesse was used to visitors so she did not care. She liked an audience. Samantha knew he was there too. Only Claire did not know they were being observed.
John Henry knew there was an operation about to get under way. This seemed to catch his fancy. He looked around and wondered if Summer was around here someplace. He was not sure how she could move so close around him without his detection.
Summer communicated with CamNet through John Henry's server. She watched the security feeds too. She watched Jan return to the rec room where she was supposed to go in the first place.
She followed the operation with Cammy and Savannah and did not care for what they were doing. She was sure a drone strike would be safer. Then again if there was any HK equipment in there they would need to remove the remains of it all.
Summer looked at a security camera and was a little surprised to see Riley exit her room. She wondered if Derek would come out too. He did not. She thought Riley was going to look for Samantha and Precious. She did not come towards the commissary or rec room. She headed towards Jesse's room.
John Henry was not paying attention. Riley would come around the corner in about fifteen seconds and catch John Henry there.
She expected CamNet or JH to issue John Henry a warning of some kind. They did not. She saw this was a test on what she would do. She did not like this test. She would talk to CamNet about this later on and tell her it was wrong to compromise someone's integrity. John Henry was doing nothing different than they all did including her.
Summer issued a warning to John Henry herself. She would want the same warning if it was her.
John Henry was lost in thought and fixated on watching Claire, Jesse and Samantha 'interact' with each other.
"Riley is coming from your right side around the corner in about ten seconds." Summer said.
John Henry was startled back to reality. He needed to move.
He was sure that was Summer in his com. He moved down to the closest door and went inside. He peeked through the crack in the door and sure enough Riley came around the corner. It looked like she was only wearing a bathrobe. If he hadn't gotten the warning when he did she would have caught him there. Now she was there about to look in Jesse's door.
Samantha was not supposed to be in there when Derek and Riley returned back to the base.
"Go back out into the hall NOW." Summer said.
John Henry knew this 'command' was to keep Riley from looking in and seeing Samantha having sex with Claire and Jesse.
He stepped out of the room as Riley was about to look into Jesse's room. She looked over at him and stopped short of the door. She hadn't expected to see him there.
"Hello, Riley." John Henry said.
Two seconds later the door to Jesse's room closed softly. He did not think Riley noticed.
Riley smiled at him.
"Hi, John Henry." Riley said. "I was just stretching my legs."
That wasn't where the real 'itch' was at on Riley.
