Chapter 1379


It Was Over Fast


Allison and Vanna hurried to their room as they saw Cameron and John approach on one of the security monitors. They entered the spare bedroom of the Master Suite from the Control Center. Holly and Gail-Cam followed them in.

"I'll use the restroom here." Allison said. "You can use the one in the main suite."

The girls took care of business while Holly and Gail-Cam got everything else ready for them.

There were four identical leather coats hanging in their closet.

They finished up and put on their leather coats.

"These are really nice coats." Vanna said.

Allison would not have been surprised to see purple coats like Cameron gave them before. They were not.

"I'll say." Allison said.

They quickly exited out of the main door of the Master Suite as John and Cameron were about to enter the Owner's Suite.

"Come on in." Cameron said. "There's room for everyone."

Vanna and Allison looked at each other. That statement seemed to have a lot of meaning.

Allison looked at Holly and Gail-Cam.

"You two don't have much to say." Allison said.

Cameron smiled as she held the door open for them.

Vanna thought Holly and Gail-Cam were upset because they were with Mary and Laura. She wanted to point out the obvious.

"It's not like we all haven't tried a few new things on the ship." Vanna said as she looked at the bedroom of the Owner's Suite.

Cameron looked at Vanna and Allison.

"It's been wonderful." Cameron said. "It can be wonderful for everyone too."

Vanna and Allison exchanged quick glances.

John headed for the restroom. He looked like he wanted to be elsewhere right then anyway.

"I'll just be a minute." John said.

Allison wondered if Jim could go with them when they went out. He looked lonely in the Control Center a few minutes ago.

"Can Jim go with us?" Allison asked.

Vanna thought Bob should go too.

"Bob should have some free time while we are in port." Vanna said. "He can go too. The Blackhawk can hold everyone."

Cameron looked a little nervous.

"We have a lot of gear and weapons in the Control Center." Cameron said.

Allison thought there was a solution for that.

"CamNet can watch everything on the ship." Allison said. "She's everywhere."

Cameron knew that was true. She could see Allison and Vanna wanted Jim and Bob to go as much as John did.

"Let me find out." Cameron said.

Cameron already planned for this. She just needed to set things into motion. She'd actually planned a lot of things.


Jim was able to hide all the camera views in the various rooms before the girls arrived. He was glad he did. The Metal girls knew they were on camera earlier but Vanna and Allison did not know their room was now wired.

He was able to get several installed in Mary and Laura's room. He didn't get one in Leticia's room yet. He planned to do that tonight. She seemed to be in there very little of the time anyway. Her roommate was there even less.

Cameron entered the Control Center.

"I take it you heard the request." Cameron said.

Jim heard John, Allison and Vanna all say they wanted Bob and him to accompany them.

"Yes." Jim said. "They are all very thoughtful. I appreciate their concern and inclusiveness."

Cameron thought about it.

"They're a wonderful group of people." Cameron said. "All of them are."

Jim was worried about leaving his post.

"I have responsibilities here." Jim said.

Cameron thought they could be circumvented some.

"Cam-Gail or Hanna said they would fill in for you." Cameron said. "You know that."

The door from the private area opened and Bob walked in.

"I was instructed to report here and bring these." Bob said.

He was dressed in civilian clothes and carried two leather jackets. One was for him and the other was obviously for Jim. It was a very large coat.

Cameron was about to say she hadn't notified him yet. She figured CamNet was behind it. The next question was did someone prompt CamNet like Young Allison or did CamNet act on her own? It seemed CamNet was a little more willing to get involved in personal affairs now more than she used to be.

Jim looked at the leather coat and deduced the same thing that Cameron did. When CamNet acted, you listened.

"I guess I will go." Jim said.

Just as he was about to unplug he received another message.

"Cam-Gail is on her way back." Jim said. "She will be here shortly."

Cameron figured as much.

"Where are Sheila, Ally and Hanna?" Cameron asked.

Jim brought up some screens.

"They've acquired a vehicle and are driving around the city on the tour bus route." Jim said.

Cameron looked at an image of Sheila driving a black convertible with Ally seated next to her. Hanna was in the back seat. She was sure they were headed to where the three girls from the ship were. She turned her attention back to Jim and Bob.

"We will meet both of you off the ship." Cameron said. "Use the crew exit. Have Dan and Frank bring the van up. Make sure Lou and Ken have the helicopter ready."

"Affirmative." Jim and Bob both said at the same time.

Cameron smiled and went back into the Owner's Suite. She liked it when a plan came together.


A short time ago:

Hanna and Cam-Gail hurried to catch up to Sheila and Ally. They looked at the near accident that Sheila and Ally caused but kept going. Sheila already had the convertible started and the top down. It appeared that she'd selected a less sporty model that contained a back seat.

Cam-Gail received the message from CamNet that she could continue with the Metal girls or return and take over for Jim. Without Jesse or Savannah here she would just as soon 'work'. She figured that she could 'observe' Jesse and Savannah better if she was plugged in. She agreed to return to the ship.

When the Metal girls found out what needed to be done they all volunteered to go in her place. They all figured that Cam-Gail needed to be out more than they did. Cam-Gail thanked them and declined, said she would handle it.

There were several motorcycles on the lot where they boosted the convertible. Cam-Gail started one and rode away on that.

Sheila drove the convertible, Ally sat in the front and Hanna climbed in the back.

"I should have gone instead of Gail." Hanna said. "She needs to be out more than I do."

"Don't worry about it, love." Sheila said. "Cam probably doesn't want her chassis abused anyway."

Hanna was confused.

"Why would Cam's chassis be abused?" Hanna asked.

Ally figured Sheila would drive recklessly.

"Don't ask her that." Ally said.

Ally and Sheila recently watched the movie 'Bullitt' that was filmed in San Francisco. There was an elaborate chase scene in it. Sheila said she wanted to drive like that on city streets.

Sheila accelerated away from the lot as the tires squealed. She slid sideways onto the street. She narrowly missed a small car.

"Watch it." Hanna said. "I don't want to be damaged."

Sheila looked back as she ran a red light.

"That will probably happen when I roll this thing." Sheila said.

Hanna looked alarmed.

"What?" Hanna asked.

Ally wished they would have taken an SUV. At least it had a roof when they rolled.

"Great." Ally said. "I told you not to ask her."

Hanna did not want any unnecessary damage.

"Slow down and use caution." Hanna said.

Sheila looked back at Hanna and frowned.

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

The convertible roared down the crowded streets. She only went on the sidewalk once to pass. The other times were on the wrong side of the road.

Hanna and Ally both wished they'd gone with Cam-Gail at this point.


Mary, Laura and Leticia did not like the homeless people around them. There seemed to be a lot of them. They leered at them and whispered amongst themselves.

"Watch out." Mary said.

Leticia almost stepped in a pile of human waste on the sidewalk.

"Is that what it looks like?" Leticia asked.

Laura looked disgusted.

"It is." Laura said as she indicated with her head. "There is someone making another pile over there."

Mary looked around.

"Gross." Mary said. "It's all around here."

Leticia checked the ground around her further.

"When does the next bus come?" Leticia asked.

Laura checked the time.

"I thought it would have been here by now." Laura said.

Mary, Laura and Leticia all felt uncomfortable. The skimpy outfits on Laura and Leticia didn't help any. They seemed to draw a lot of looks from some very questionable people.

Mary looked at the tourist map. Things weren't always drawn to scale and could be misleading if one was unfamiliar with the area.

"If we cut through the big park we can get to the next stop." Mary said. "I think more people will get off there."

The thought of passing through a park at night bothered Laura.

"Is it safe?" Laura asked. "Bad things happen in parks when it's dark."

Laura remembered back to her first sexual experience with a male. She'd stayed out too late with her high school girlfriend and hurried to get back home. They had sex and didn't stop when they should have. It was their fifth time together. The time got away from them. Her girlfriend's brother came home and caught them. It seemed to cause a problem. She quickly left.

She cut through the park to save time. It was dark. The lights didn't work in the back part of the park. That was where she was at. A dark figure came out of the bushes and grabbed her from behind. She went to scream but he held his hand tight over her mouth. He held a knife up in front of her face. He'd been behind her the whole time and she hadn't seen his face yet.

He said if she looked at him or made any noise he would kill her. He pushed her to the ground and pulled her skirt up and her underwear down. She knew what was coming. She was glad her girlfriend took her cherry two weeks ago with a vibrator. At least he wouldn't get that. Her girlfriend said she took her own cherry with it three months ago. The vibrator belonged to her mother.

It hurt a little less than she thought it would. That was probably because she been with her girlfriend only a short while go. It was still very rough and violent but it was over fast. When she realized he was done she looked back and he was gone. She reached back and touched herself. She wiped her slimy hand on the grass. She pulled up her underpants and ran home. She never told anyone what happened. She was relieved a week later to see she was not pregnant. She never went to a park again in the dark.

"…out of here, Laura." Leticia said.

Laura had been lost in thought.

"What?" Laura asked.

Leticia looked very worried.

"We need to get out of here." Leticia said. "We are going to get jumped. I've had that happen before. It isn't pretty when there is a group of them. It becomes violent fast."

Mary did not want to find out.

"Let's move." Mary said.

Mary and Leticia started off for the park. Laura looked around at the homeless men that stared at her and hurried after them. She knew it was going to happen to all three of them in the near future if they didn't get moving. She was sure going through the park was a bad idea. To stay where they were at right now looked like an even worse idea. She looked back once and it looked like some of the men were following them.


John Henry brought a drone down as low as it could go without human detection to scan the interior of the building.

Cammy and Savannah looked at the images on a laptop in the back of the delivery van.

"I don't see anything." Savannah said. "There's no movement or any heat signatures."

Cammy did not like it.

"I knew I should have taken them down when I was there." Cammy said.

Savannah felt that was her doing.

"That's my fault." Savannah said. "I didn't want any of the employees hurt."

They hadn't picked up anything from the building and the bug Cammy left behind since the Grays tried to call the 'Boss'.

"I think they escaped." Cammy said.

Savannah wasn't so sure.

"Was the 'clean room' shielded?" Savannah asked. "It was insulated. There may be shielding there as well."

Cammy knew that was a possibility.

"Maybe we should cut the power." Cammy said. "That might provoke a reaction. It is a pretty good bet they already know they are being watched and probably will be 'hit' before the night is over."

Savannah figured that was true. Maybe they could spook someone.

"Let's do it." Savannah said. "We will sit tight for a little longer."

John Henry cut the power and the building went completely dark.

The drone stayed over the building in a double figure eight or a close cloverleaf orbit. It could scan every side of the building this way.

Cammy and Savannah were armored up as were Richard and Michael. They went back into surveillance mode. The building wasn't going anywhere. They could afford to wait a little longer.


Young Allison did not like the scan results on the building.

"They should cut the power now." Young Allison said.

Anna thought that should be up to Savannah and Cammy.

"They will make that call when they think it is necessary."

It was only a minute later when Cammy made the request.

Young Allison looked at Anna when Cammy made the call but didn't say anything. She checked on Larry and Hank. There was nothing happening where they conducted their surveillance.

"I want Hank and Larry there now." Young Allison said. "They can cover the back side."

Anna checked. CamNet had them ready to move and they took off as soon as Young Allison spoke. They were already headed there.

"They are on the way." Anna said.

Young Allison did not like the prospect that the three Grays were able to slip away.

"I know that John Henry and CamNet are rechecking the scans of everyone that left the building." Young Allison said. "There are still four vehicles in the employee parking lot. Find out who they belong to."

Anna came back with the information within a few seconds.

"Two of them are company cars. One is an employee who has been on vacation for a week and the last one is registered to 'John Smith'." Anna said.

Young Allison thought that name sounded bogus.

"Where is John Smith's vehicle registered at?" Young Allison asked.

Anna did not like what she'd found out.

"It comes back to one of the satellite buildings from the operation last night." Anna said.

Young Allison nodded.

"That makes sense." Young Allison said. "The raid showed there were people living in those buildings. None of them were there when our teams moved in."

"We were under the impression that they all went to the two buildings you took down with Savannah." Anna said.

Young Allison brushed it off. She did not want her involvement overplayed.

"It was a joint operation." Young Allison said. "We only played a small part in the effort.

Anna noted that Young Allison seemed to be looking at some other screens. Several landmarks were evident.

"Is that San Francisco you're viewing?" Anna asked.

Young Allison followed a lot of things right now. It was what she did.

"It is." Young Allison said. "There seems to be a situation developing."

Anna looked a little alarmed.

"I'm not detecting anything amiss." Anna said.

Young Allison downplayed the situation.

"It is not our team." Young Allison said. "It's probably nothing."

Anna checked the drone availability in San Francisco. She noted they were all active. They were supposed to be held in reserve for an emergency.

"The drone usage would seem to indicate otherwise." Anna said.

Young Allison wanted to cover all the bases.

"It's nothing to worry about." Young Allison said. "Our teams there are separated into several different groups right now. I want to make sure they are all covered."

She did not like what CamNet showed her. There was an obvious issue that was escalating.


Holly and Allison went off the ship first. Bob was waiting for them outside the cruise terminal. Gail-Cam and Vanna were off next. Jim showed up behind them. Cameron and John went off last.

Dan and Frank arrived with the van as soon as John and Cameron joined the group. They heard a motorcycle in the near distance. By the time they were all in the van they spotted Cam-Gail pass by them and head for the cruise terminal. She did not look at them as she passed.

Allison was worried about her getting on the ship.

"Will she have trouble at the metal detector?" Allison asked.

"No." Bob and Cameron said at the same time.

"CamNet has it covered." Cameron said.

Dan drove the van away from the cruise terminal. They passed a 'meter maid' who checked a motorcycle that was parked in a red zone. It was motorcycle that Cam-Gail used. John Henry showed it was stolen. It would be returned to the owner faster this way. The owner did not even know it was gone yet. He would get a call from the impound yard in the morning. It would show there was no fee to pick it up. John Henry covered the cost. Savannah told them that she wanted them to act 'responsibly'. She knew sometimes they needed to act. They was plenty of Syndicate money to 'make things right' for the innocent people later on.


Cam-Gail boarded the ship without incident and made her way to the private area. She checked everything in the Control Center and plugged it. When she got a chance she would check the rooms to make sure everything was in order.

Right now she concentrated on the operation that Savannah was on and what Sheila's team and the van were up to. She noted that the drone that accompanied her was now headed back to Golden Gate Park. It was there in no time.


Dan maneuvered the van through traffic towards the rendezvous point with the helicopter. As soon as he pulled up they could hear the helicopter approach. They were all out of the van by the time the Blackhawk set down. Ken got out of the pilots seat and Cameron climbed in. The group boarded it and they were off in forty three seconds. Everyone put their headphones on so they could converse.

"I take it that was not a standard helipad." John said.

Cameron looked back and smiled at him.

"It is covered by a special movie filming permit." Cameron said. "If anyone checks it will show that it has been on file and approved for over a month. CamNet backdated and took care of everything. All the fees were paid. Everyone is happy."

John smiled and shook his head.

They were headed out over the bay right now. They could see the city on one side and across the bay on the other side. The bay was huge and went for miles in all directions. It was hard to believe that almost half of the bay was filled in. All the mudflats were covered with earth and built upon. That was one of the reasons everything along the shore did poorly in an earthquake. The soil under the buildings would liquefy and cause catastrophic structure failure.

Vanna and Allison were plastered to the window on one side with Holly and Gail-Cam in back of them. John looked out the front next to Cameron as she flew.

Lou offered the copilots seat to John. John offered it to Vanna and Allison first. They declined and said they could take turns. Cameron suggested they could take turns sitting on John's lap.

John decide not to wait there and find out. He moved up and changed places with Lou. On his way up he noticed Vanna as she touched Gail-Cam's large breasts through her clothes. He could see those giant breasts were hard to resist. He'd done the same thing both times Cameron used that chassis. Now that he thought back on it, it produced a 'reaction' in his pants. If Vanna or Allison sat on his lap now he would have to tell them it wasn't the cyclic or collective they felt. He made sure he did not bump the actual cyclic or collective as he traded places with Lou.

John took in the view from the front. There was an excellent view of the cruise ship at its berth and the waterfront. Alcatraz was on his right side as they flew towards the Golden Gate Bridge. He noted they were still relatively low in altitude as the bridge loomed closer. He wondered what Cameron was up to. He realized they were going to fly underneath it.

John looked over at Cameron.

"Don't tell me." John said. "It's another 'filming permit'."

Cameron looked at him and said nothing. She shrugged her shoulders. Money had a way of 'talking'.

"Money changes everything." Cameron said.

John smiled and shook his head.

He noted the giant Ghirardelli sign on his left side among the buildings and lights. The taller buildings in the city were in the background. They arrived at the Golden Gate Bridge in less than a minute. It loomed up and towered on both sides of the helicopter. They passed underneath it.

"That was awesome." John said.

He could hear Vanna and Allison comment on it as well.

Cameron continued out a ways. There was a giant container ship that approached in the distance. The moonlight lit it up. Cameron banked off to the side and gained altitude but not a whole lot. She turned around and flew over the Golden Gate Bridge but low between the towers this time. John thought that pass was a more impressive view to see a giant tower of the bridge on each side of them. The towers were huge.

"That was even more awesome." John said.

Cameron looked over John and smiled.

She flew directly over Alcatraz this time.

Cameron gained some altitude and flew over the Bay Bridge. He saw it was lit up even more visually impressive than the Golden Gate Bridge was. She pointed out the landmarks and buildings of significant as they flew.

John, Vanna and Allison were all impressed.


Sheila previously received specific instructions from Cameron about what she wanted done. Sheila was pleased that Cameron selected her to make sure it happened.

She was worried now about what she heard over her com. CamNet gave her a run down on what she observed from the drone footage. She drove the convertible on an intercept course.

Sheila hoped that CamNet would not use the drone to prevent anything from happening in the city. She really hoped Young Allison was on this as well. Only Young Allison or Savannah could rein CamNet in.


Mary, Laura and Leticia were sure they were being followed at this point. They'd waited at the bus stop too long and were noticed by too many of the homeless people. The skimpy attire of Laura and especially Leticia only heighten the 'problem'.

"Quickly, let's go this way." Mary said.

Laura and Leticia followed her.

"There are at least three people following us." Leticia said. "They're gaining on us."

They were in the park now.

Laura tried to use her phone to call 911. She was surprised by the response.

"The 911 lines are jammed." Laura said. "I'm on hold."

They noticed a small group of people spray painting some benches.

"Great." Mary said. "I think that's a street gang. They must be claiming some more turf."

Laura and Leticia looked at that and were even more worried now.

"They spotted us." Leticia said. "They're coming this way."

Laura felt the fear rise up in her. She knew it was going to happen again. It wasn't just going to be one person this time either. She looked at her phone on hold to 911.

"Why won't they pick up the phone?" Laura asked.

Mary did not want to provoke an incident.

"Shut up." Mary said. "Try and act calm. You are going to make them come after us."

Leticia saw the gang look at her. She knew that they were going to come after her. She'd been through this before when she was younger. It happened about two times a month in her old neighborhood. She thought she gotten away from that. It looked like she was wrong. No one ever escaped from their past.

"I think we'd better go back." Laura said.

Mary stopped and looked back.

"I don't think we can." Mary said.

There were about five or six homeless figures following them.

"I think were screwed." Laura said.

Mary would have preferred she'd used a different word for their predicament.

Leticia would play along with whatever happened. This is how she got by in life anyway.

"We are all going to be." Leticia said.

"We are all going to be what?" Laura asked.

Leticia looked at her.

"Screwed." Leticia said. "We are all going to get screwed by five or more guys in each group. The gang will go first and then the homeless men will take over. Just do what they say and you won't be hurt too bad. Let them have what they want and don't fight back. You can't stop it and they will hurt you worse if you do."

Mary and Laura were near panic at this point. Leticia was resigned to the inevitable.

There was one last direction to turn that they might get away still and back to a street.

Mary headed in that direction. They were almost a run at this point. The two different groups sped up as well making sure there was no retreat.

"What's that in front of us?" Laura asked.

There was a flat darkness directly in their path.

"It's water. It's a pond or a lake or something." Mary said.

They were trapped.

The three girls were careful with their sexual partners and remained disease free so far. They were all sure that was about to change tonight. If they weren't given a disease by the gang, they surely would be by the homeless. That group looked like it has swelled to ten or more at this point.

Leticia looked at the gang. They were almost up to them.

"Oh no." Leticia said. "It's going to be worse."

Mary wondered how at this point.

"What is it now?" Mary asked.

"There is a female gang member with them." Leticia said.

Laura hoped that was a good thing.

"Maybe she will show us mercy." Laura said.

Leticia knew otherwise.

"It is just the opposite." Leticia said. "Once she sees we are prettier than she is, she will have the gang 'mark us'."

Mary remembered the spray cans they used on the bench.

"Do you mean with spray paint?" Mary asked.

Leticia knew it was worse than that.

"No." Leticia said. "They will use knives and cigarettes."

The girls were at a full on run now as they skirted the water.

They were faced with a new threat. There was another group in front of them. They were near the water. Where did they come from? They were surrounded and cut off.

This was it.