Chapter 1371
Cute And Shapely
John was not sure if he liked that Cameron went over to where Mary and Laura were at. To quietly push her agenda was one thing. To overtly push it was another thing. He wanted to leave.
"I think we should take off." John said.
Vanna and Allison were interested in Mary and Laura. They wanted to find out what Cameron set up. They could see that John was very nervous.
"Are we going to wait for Cameron to come back?" Vanna asked.
John looked over at Cameron at Mary and Laura's table. He'd seen enough.
"No." John said. "She can catch us on the way out."
Allison wondered what spooked John. He should be thrilled, not antsy.
"I think those girls are beautiful." Allison said. "Don't you think so too?"
John did think they were cute and shapely.
"I do." John said. "I don't want Cameron to mess up their vacation. Some people plan these cruises a year or more in advance."
John was actually more worried that Cameron would mess up their lives.
Vanna knew Allison wanted to pick up on Mary and Laura as much as she did.
"I think Allison and I can interact with them some." Vanna said. "They won't need to worry about getting pregnant from us."
John wasn't so sure about that. Cameron could act on her own.
"I think they need to worry about getting pregnant from Cameron." John said as he looked at Allison. "The male does not always need to be present."
Vanna wanted to be fair to Cameron.
"Cameron is not the one who has gotten any of the girls pregnant." Vanna said.
John felt Cameron was responsible.
"She's the one who collected the 'genetic material'." John said.
There was truth to that statement. Cameron did facilitate things.
"That may be so." Vanna said. "She gave everyone a choice after that."
John got up. He did not want to 'get into it'.
"I'm going to go." John said.
Vanna and Allison looked at each other and got up too. They felt they needed to support John. He was the 'General' after all.
"Let's move before they see us." Allison said.
They quickly made a break for it. It was something they were all used to from past experience. Sometimes it was better to leave than grieve.
Cameron was very pleased with her encounter with Mary and Laura. She left them with the wine and turned back towards her table. The table was empty. She quickly looked around and spotted John, Vanna and Allison going out the side entrance.
She wondered if there was a problem of some sort. She'd just scanned Vanna and Allison a few minutes ago. Maybe she should have scanned John too.
Cameron took one last look back at Mary and Laura and headed after John, Vanna and Allison.
She exited the dining room by the lounge area outside the front entrance.
John waited there for her.
Cameron looked at Vanna and Allison.
"Is everything OK?" Cameron asked. "Were you done with everything?"
John did not want this on the girls.
"I asked them to leave." John said.
Cameron was confused.
"Why?" Cameron asked. "I was just having a friendly chat with our new friends."
Cameron received new information from Jim. It appeared that Sheila and Ally 'acquired' an acquaintance of Mary and Laura. It was another fine looking female. The report was that Sheila 'bought' her. That certainly opened up the door to new possibilities.
Vanna and Allison talked quietly among themselves.
Cameron wanted to find out where Sheila and Ally were taking the new girl. Jim reported her name was Leticia. He gave her a full report without her needing to ask about it in front of John or the girls. Leticia may have been with three females so far on the ship. Two of them were Mary and Laura. He indicated she possessed what would be considered a superior appearance to Mary and Laura.
"What can we do next?" John asked.
Cameron went over what was available.
John decided to skip the bingo tournament being played in the main theater. He did not want to do 'line dancing' either. He thought it was too hot out in the sun now to play miniature golf or shuffleboard. He sure did not want to play basketball. He did not think he would feel comfortable at one of the pools and he was not going to do any nude sunbathing.
"Maybe I can go and rest up a little in our suite." John said.
Cameron smiled.
"Would you like me to join you?" Cameron asked. "Maybe Allison or Vanna would like to accompany you back."
Allison nudged Vanna.
"We think we might hang out here for a little bit." Vanna said. "We could go back to our suite too."
Allison looked back toward the main entrance to the dining room.
Cameron thought they wanted to wait for Mary and Laura.
"I'll let you two do what you want." Cameron said. "What happens on the ship, stays on the ship."
Cameron and John left Allison and Vanna there in the small lounge. They headed for the elevator. They rode it to the suite deck. Cameron walked with John towards the private area. She received a new update from Jim as they neared their suite.
Ally and Sheila led Leticia away from the casino.
"What was that all about?" Ally asked.
Leticia looked at them for a few seconds.
"First off let me say 'thank you'. That situation could have turned ugly quickly. I ran up a few bills that I shouldn't have." Leticia said. "I bought some things in San Diego on the credit card of that Bitch. Thanks for helping me out. I really owe you one. It was my fault and I shouldn't have done it. Her original indication was that it was OK. It appears that things changed."
Sheila noticed that Leticia checked them out as they walked.
"One hand washes the other." Sheila said. "Were you going to pay her back?"
Leticia frowned.
"To be honest I thought I earned what I spent. It was never my intention to steal from her." Leticia said. "I did every thing she wanted and then some."
Ally and Sheila looked at each other.
"You were with her for money?" Sheila asked.
"It wasn't like that." Leticia said. "We had a good time and I wanted to have a little better time afterwards. I didn't like her to slap me around but I'm used to it."
That revelation did not set well with Sheila.
"What about when you were with Mary and Laura?" Ally asked.
Leticia smiled.
"I go back a ways with Laura." Leticia said. "Mary was someone new for me. You know how that is. How can you say 'no', especially when they are cute and shapely."
Leticia thought Sheila and Ally fit that description as well.
Sheila and Ally thought Leticia fit the description of cute and shapely.
"We all like a fresh face every now and then." Sheila said.
Leticia looked around.
"Where are we going?" Leticia asked.
"We are going away from that Bitch for now." Sheila said. "I was afraid I was going to need to hurt her."
Leticia studied Sheila and thought she looked like she could get 'mean' when she needed to.
"That crew member showed up at the right time." Leticia said. "He looks like the one that came to help Laura too. I think he is the head of security. I bet he is dynamite in bed. I still try that every now and then. At the end of the day we all know 'tacos' are better than 'choreso'."
Ally was still a little upset over that whole deal. They got to the room with seconds to spare before Laura was assaulted.
"Were you the one who got Laura drunk?" Ally asked.
Leticia started to wonder about Sheila and Ally now.
"Are you asking me if I set her up?" Leticia asked. "I was the one that saw what happened. I tried to get her help."
Leticia walked with them to the elevator. The door opened for them and closed as soon as they entered. It went to the floor her cabin was on and the door opened again. No one pushed any buttons. Sheila led her to her cabin. Ally followed behind her.
Sheila waited at her door.
"Aren't you going to invite us in?" Sheila asked. "I'd like to check your piercings."
Leticia looked nervous. She hadn't told them her room number. These two girls seemed to know a lot. She still tried to figure how the elevator knew what to do.
"My roommate may be back soon." Leticia said. "We are having some trouble."
Ally and Sheila received information from Jim to back off.
"Maybe we'll see you around." Ally said. "We can hang out then."
Sheila reached up and gently touched Leticia's cheek.
"Take it easy, love." Sheila said. "I have plans for you. Try and stay out of trouble and stay away from any drugs."
Leticia watched them walk away. She reached up and touched her cheek where Sheila touched it. She felt her heart pounding in her chest. She was not sure what just happened. Something did, she just didn't know what it was. Those two girls were super hot. There was a radiance of danger and mystery about them. She wondered if they were associated with the ship or something. She also like that container of chips that 'Peggy' carried around. There was just something off about them. She opened the door to her cabin and went in. She looked back down the hall both ways to make sure that Bitch was not around. She closed the door to her cabin and leaned her back against it. She wished the two girls would have come into her cabin and forcibly 'taken' her. She hadn't had that experience in a few months. It was nice to be manhandled by pretty women. She was really very submissive.
Ally looked at Sheila.
"What were you trying to do?" Ally asked.
Sheila received a com message.
"You got the same message I did." Sheila said. "Cameron wants one or all three of those girls for John."
Ally wanted a little more too at this point.
"We do too." Ally said.
Sheila wanted a little clarification.
"Do you mean the three girls or John?" Sheila asked.
"Both the way I see it." Ally said.
"Cameron wants them for John because he won't see them again after the cruise." Sheila said. "There won't be any emotional baggage to go along with the sexual trip."
Ally liked that analogy.
"Let's get rid of all these chips." Ally said. "I don't want to carry them around."
They headed back to the casino.
Vanna and Allison waited outside of the main dining room in the lounge area. They wanted to wait for Mary and Laura.
They looked at each other as they waited.
"Are we sure we want to do this?" Allison asked.
Vanna didn't say anything at first.
"I would like to be with them at least to see what happens." Vanna said. "You know I haven't done that in a long time. I mean been with anyone new."
Allison knew Vanna always tried to be with a 'new girl' whenever she could in the future. She told Allison before they started as a pair that was 'who she was' at that point in her life. It was Vanna that encouraged her to be with other females in the future too. They'd shared more than a few together. Allison found the beauty in that which Vanna told her was there.
"You mean at least no one new since my mother and Samantha." Allison said.
Vanna frowned. Allison did have to point out Claire was her mother. No one's mother is only a few years older than them. Reality conflicted with the practice.
"Claire is younger than me." Vanna said. "I don't see her as your mother, even if she is."
Allison started to have second thoughts about this. It could put Vanna on the path to being with a dozen females on the ship in the next few days. Then again what could it hurt if they never saw them again? That was how it was in the future. You seldom saw anyone again if they were passing through. If you did see them again they were usually dead. If they were lucky, they hadn't died at the hands of Scavengers. Most were not lucky.
"I want you to have a good time." Allison said. "I just need to be careful. I don't want to do anything to hurt my baby. You know I have to think about that. Enough seems to go wrong for me anyway on its own."
Vanna did know that.
"I don't know what I was thinking." Vanna said. "We can go somewhere else. I don't need to do anything extra. It was just a thought. Old habits die hard. Maybe it was the surroundings that got me wound up."
Allison knew that Vanna wanted to be with the two girls.
"I don't mind if you have a little fun." Allison said. "I knew that was how you were when we started out. I know I put a big crimp in your life. I have always appreciated your sacrifice."
Vanna felt Allison reach out to her. She felt bad about it now. Her true nature got the best of her.
"We are here together and our Metal girlfriends are here too." Vanna said. "I know we have left them sort of hanging."
Allison thought the Metal girls all made a pretty good time of it among themselves. That didn't even include what they'd allowed Cameron to do with their chassis for John.
"I still can't believe they all gave up their virginity the way they did." Ally said.
Vanna sighed.
"It was better than the way ours was taken from us." Vanna said. "I think that is part of why they allowed Cameron to do it for them."
Vanna knew Hanna was very worried about ever being with a male because of the 'Neural Interface' with her. She was afraid it would be a 'bad' or 'violent' experience. She was pretty sure Sheila felt the same way deep down inside even if she 'hid' it. A lot of baggage came with the 'Neural Interface'.
Allison and Vanna walked over to the elevator and it opened as they approached.
"I love the 'magic elevator'." Allison said.
Vanna gave Allison a kiss once they were inside.
"We can do whatever you want." Vanna said.
The door went to close on the elevator. There was the sound of running footsteps and a foot tripped the door sensor and prevented the door from closing.
Allison and Vanna moved back from the door as it opened.
Two figures hurried inside.
Vanna and Allison looked at each other as Mary and Laura entered the elevator.
Summer checked on Precious, Jan and Samantha. She was satisfied her mother was going to be tied up with Jesse for awhile.
Jan and Samantha seemed preoccupied with Precious so she slipped back out and headed for the Command Center. She wanted to see where the operation with Cammy and Savannah went.
Jesse and Claire continued to share after Samantha left.
Jesse was aware when Riley stopped by the second time. She knew Riley watched her and Claire together. She knew Riley looked in on her from time to time. She always expected her to knock or come in to be with her but she never did. She never asked her to come in either. She did not want to offend Cameron or mess anything up with Derek and Riley.
"I can see Riley wants to be with a female again." Claire said.
Jesse did not think Claire noticed that Riley was there.
"She does." Jesse said. "I think she wanted to be with Samantha more than anything."
Claire wondered if that was because Samantha was going to look like her in a few more days. She figured those feelings probably started with Samantha's former appearance.
"When I do the 'Neural Interface' with Samantha is that going to make her more likely to want to be with Riley?" Claire asked.
Jesse thought so based on what she saw happen with Sheila as she did the 'Neural Interface' with Gail's program.
"Look what I did to Sheila." Jesse said. "She is actually the same program as Gail. How different are they?"
Claire knew there was a world of difference between Sheila and Gail as far as 'everything' went.
"Do you mean they were identical to start?" Claire asked.
"I was there when they copied the chip, her program." Jesse said. The 'Neural Interface' did the rest to Sheila. I warned her there was a lot of darkness, hurt and pain."
Claire also liked the desire and outgoing sexual aggressiveness. She thought of something that would be exciting.
"I wish we could do the 'Neural Interface' with each other." Claire said. "I would love to 'be you'."
Jesse would never want the pain inside of her in Claire.
"I would never do that to you." Jesse said. "I wish I was you instead."
Claire moved on top of Jesse.
"Is that why we are together?" Claire asked.
Jesse wondered about that herself sometimes.
"Do you mean because we wish we were each other?" Jesse asked. "Maybe we are like magnets and opposites attract."
Claire gave Jesse a kiss.
"Maybe it's just because we love each other for the person they are." Claire said.
Jesse was afraid in her case maybe it was because it was only the person she let Claire see. She was very ashamed of her past at this point. It was not only what was done to her but also what she'd done to others. She'd left both men and women screaming as she removed their 'sexual future' from their bodies.
Riley knew she was almost caught trying to spy on Jesse again. She really wanted to see Claire. She wanted to know what Samantha was going to look like. She really liked what she saw.
She returned to her room.
Derek was awake when she returned.
"I just went to stretch my legs." Riley said. "I think I've had them wrapped around your back too much lately."
Derek smiled. It seemed to be more of a two way street. It hadn't been that way in a long time.
"You have been on top quite a bit too." Derek said.
Riley stripped off her clothes and climbed back into bed.
"I want you to give it to me hard." Riley whispered in his ear.
Derek was not sure what that meant.
"Tell me what you want and I will do it." Derek said.
"Take me and don't stop when a beg you to stop." Riley said. "Take me harder and take me everywhere."
Derek swallowed hard.
"Everywhere?" Derek asked.
"Everywhere." Riley said. "It's time for a trip around the world..."
After looking in on Jesse and Claire, Riley developed an itch that needed to be scratched. Derek would need to do for now.
Cammy and Savannah were at a turning point.
"How do you want to play this?" Savannah asked. "We either need to enter now or leave."
"I'm thinking." Cammy said.
Savannah was not sure what there was to think about.
"If we start looking around the building I'm worried that might trigger something." Savannah said.
That was a worry for Cammy as well.
"That's what I'm thinking about." Cammy said. "I don't think there is anyone here or they would have come out by now."
With the opportunity they'd presented earlier anyone would have opened the door, even if it was for a better look.
"I agree." Savannah said. "Let's go in a window then."
They'd used that technique before. They took the window out of its frame. They were able to bypass the wired doors and even the motion detectors. They were not aimed at a window that did not open.
Cammy moved over to the window furthest away from the door and looked at the frame. She took out her knife and stuck it between the glass and the frame and started to pop the molding out.
Savannah kept a watch behind them and around them. The drones overhead searched for any threats.
Cammy took the frame off in no time. She looked carefully around the window and popped the large piece of glass out. She moved it in front of the piece of glass next to it.
She poked her head inside and did not see a motion detector. The front door was wired for an alarm. It could also be wired to make the building blow up as far as they knew.
Savannah moved up in back of Cammy.
"Follow me." Cammy said as she slipped inside.
Savannah followed her in.
Cammy moved silently up to the next door in the reception area. There was no office furniture evident except a medium size metal trash can. In the other building they'd made a hole in the wall at this point. Cammy saw something easier here.
She looked at the receptionist window and simply lifted out the two pieces of glass. She stuck her head inside and looked around.
Savannah moved the trash can over and turned it upside down. They used it for a step to get in the window easier. Cammy went through first. She noted the door from the lobby was also wired.
Savannah followed her in.
The interior of the reception office was not lit. They only had the light from the front windows to light the area. They moved down a hall. It got darker as they moved along. Cammy could see using her Terminator vision. Savannah was at a disadvantage but there was still enough light that filtered in to let her see where to go.
There was a door to the workroom area at the end of the hall. They'd looked at the building plans before they'd arrived. On the other side of that door should be a large work area and at the far end was the railway siding that entered the building.
"The two doors we bypassed were both wired." Cammy said. "This door is closed and it may be wired as well."
Savannah looked but could not see any detail unless she used her phone to light the area. With the outfit she currently wore, there was no place to put any of her gear.
"Is it wired on this side or the side we can't see?" Savannah asked.
Cammy searched around the door frame. She reached on top of the door frame.
"I found the wires." Cammy said. "It uses a recessed plunger type switch inside the door frame."
Cammy took out her knife and carefully stripped the wires and bent them together.
"This should complete the circuit." Cammy said.
She carefully opened the door to the workroom area. There was a dusty haze of light from the skylights.
They did not expect to find anything inside and they were right. The interior was empty. Cammy looked around and she could see what looked like several explosive charges around the doors on the side and back.
"The building is booby trapped." Cammy said.
That was news Savannah could have done without but it was not unexpected.
"Can you tell if they are only rigged to blow up if a door is opened or can they be command detonated as well?" Savannah asked.
Cammy wanted Savannah out of the building.
"I need to inspect one closer." Cammy said. "I need you to go back outside."
Savannah wanted to take a quick look around the inside first.
"We need to look for some clues." Savannah said. "Whoever rigged this expects the building to blow up when someone shows up. They may have been careless with something. They would figure everything inside would be destroyed."
Cammy moved to the closest bomb.
"It is an explosive and an incendiary device." Cammy said. "This one is only rigged to the door on the side here."
"Can you disarm it?" Savannah asked. "It will give us another way out in a hurry."
Cammy worked on it for a short time.
"This one is disconnected." Cammy said. "The door itself is still wired for the alarm."
"John Henry or CamNet should be able to block or clone that alarm signal." Savannah said.
Cammy knew everything they discussed was being sent to John Henry and from there to the other Terminators and CamNet.
"They are working on it." Cammy said.
Cammy looked around and she spotted one security camera and then a second one. They were aimed at the rail siding door and the two doors on the truck dock. She indicated their field of view to Savannah.
Savannah nodded at her and followed Cammy further into the building.
The Terminators listened from both sides down the street and in back of the building.
"That should have been us inside there." Steve said. "We've put Savannah in danger."
Tom worried about that as well.
"Savannah is taking the risk for us." Tom said. "She is also making Cammy use caution."
"That is something we are not usually known for." Steve said.
Steve and Tom were ready to move in on a moments notice.
Al and Ed were ready as were Richard and Michael.
Larry and Hank were directed away from the two buildings they took down last night to back up the teams there.
Young Allison and Anna were back in Palmdale.
They closely followed the operation. They were very limited with what they could view from the drone footage. They lost visuals on Cammy and Savannah as soon as they entered the building.
Young Allison and Anna were both very displeased the building was booby trapped.
"They should pull out now and we can bring the building down with a missile strike tonight." Anna said.
Young Allison felt some discretion was needed right now.
"That will tip someone's hand we are on to them." Young Allison said. "I would like to see them pull out. I know they won't yet."
Anna hoped something useful could be gained.
"Maybe they will find something like Savannah speculated." Anna said.
Young Allison already wanted some payback.
"I want to know where the signal for those cameras goes." Young Allison said. "That is our next target."
Young Allison would like to deliver the message in person. Vengeance, justice and retribution all seemed one in the same to her.
