Chapter 1382


The Warriors


Bob and Jim seemed a little on the defensive. It was the earlier remarks about their journey being referred to as some danger filled trek by a group called 'The Warriors'.

After Hanna explained what the movie 'The Warriors' was about, she hoped it would make Bob and Jim a little less edgy. Instead it seemed to make Bob and Jim a little nervous. They checked their weapons frequently.

They would always touch their weapons as they passed some of the homeless on the street. Other times it was a group of people that approached near them. Maybe they were excessively loud and a little too physical with each other. Some were intoxicated others were on drugs.

Bob was not about to take any chances. He wished he would have taken some more firepower from the helicopter when they got off earlier.

"We don't have that many weapons with us." Bob said. "We will need to be conservative with our ammunition."

Jim nodded.

"We should be able to acquire other weapons along the way." Jim said. "I'm already scanning those we pass."

Ally and Hanna looked at each other and laughed. They could see Bob and Jim viewed their situation as that of 'The Warriors' and they would face similar circumstances. They wondered how many people Bob and Jim thought they were going to need to kill tonight. They would try to make sure they didn't kill anyone.

"You two need to relax." Ally said. "It was just a movie."

Bob looked around as they walked. He indicated all the 'different' people around them. He didn't like the strange neighborhoods they passed through. Everything was different from his normal environment.

"Was it?" Bob asked. "Look around here. What looks normal here?"

Ally and Hanna did look around. There were a lot of 'different' people. The neighborhood they were in was seedy and everyone's behavior was sketchy.

They both checked their weapons now too. Nothing looked normal once they started to 'look'. It seemed everyone looked at them specifically.

"Look what we left behind." Jim said. "There was already one gang and the horny homeless. Those people all meant to harm others and assault them."

A group of men approached. They all seemed strangely dressed. They moved close to Bob and Jim. They were ready to draw their weapons.

"What is this place?" Bob asked Ally.

One of the men twirled around him and curtsied.

"It's earth, welcome." The man said and all but floated away.

Jim wanted a vehicle. He'd feel a little safer with a ton and a half of steel around him.

"We need to acquire some transportation." Jim said. "I want to get back to the ship."

Ally looked around.

"This is the Castro district that we're in." Ally said. "The people here are 'normal' for this area."

Bob was uncomfortable with the surroundings. This was different than when Cameron and Savannah went out to try and help some of the homeless people in their area. This place was a 'social zoo'.

"Is it normal for all of the homeless people we keep passing too?" Bob asked.

Hanna was aware of the homeless problem in San Francisco.

"Actually it is. It's encouraged here." Hanna said. "No one is following us are they?"

Ally looked around some more. They were the ones that were 'different' now.

"It looks like everyone is." Ally said. "At least with their eyes they are."

They were the intruders into the different lifestyles and social behavior.

Hanna and Ally were worried now. Maybe some of the homeless people or the gang followed them. Maybe they were like the 'The Warriors' now trying to get back to their turf, the ship.

"This is Market Street." Hanna said. "The cable car should be just up the street."

Jim referenced the map of the city in his files.

"It is still over a mile and a half." Jim said.

Bob thought it was farther than that.

"I think it is closer to two miles." Bob said. "We should have taken a direct route."

They watched a heritage streetcar go by headed back the way they'd just come.

"We can take that." Ally said.

Jim watched it pass by.

"I don't want to go back the way we came." Jim said. "I want to go back to the ship."

Ally rolled her eyes.

"I meant take a streetcar the way we want to go in the other direction." Ally said.

Jim wondered why she didn't say that then.

They passed by an alley. They spotted some movement there. It looked like there was a group of people 'tagging' the back of a building.

"Vandals!" Hanna said.

Bob moved into the alley and pulled his M9 on the group.

"What are you doing?" Hanna asked.

Bob was ready to bring them all down before they could be attacked.

"I think 'The Vandals' sounds like the name of one of the gangs that was after 'The Warriors'." Bob said. "I'm not taking any chances."

They were young teenagers. They saw the group of Terminators stop and look at them. They ran off. They didn't see that Bob held a pistol. They probably would've run faster if they would have.

Jim wanted to take preemptive action.

"They must be going to get reinforcements." Jim said. "We should chase them down and terminate them."

Jim pulled his M9 out now as well.

"Oh, brother." Ally said. "They are just street punks. Let them go."

Jim didn't like them.

"'The Street Punks' sounds like another gang that would be out to harm 'The Warriors'." Jim said.

Jim and Bob felt otherwise about crime.

"Lawlessness that goes unpunished leads to greater crimes in the future." Bob said.

Hanna made sure Bob and Jim stowed their weapons.

"You are going to get us arrested." Hanna said. "They don't like guns in this city."

Bob felt the police should arrest the criminals. He checked some past gun related issues with San Francisco.

He discovered that one mayor banned firearms in the city while they held two concealed carry permits for themself. The mayor felt they should be armed and the citizens disarmed. He knew politicians were mostly hypocrites and sellouts. That was why many of them became Grays in the future.

They were aware of some movement in the next alley they passed.

They observed a male pull his pants down and kneel down as he went out of sight.

"There is an assault taking place." Bob said.

He reached for his M9. He wanted to bring the perp down.

Ally stopped him.

"Listen." Ally said.

The Terminators approached slowly.

"I expect to see a pimp around here someplace." Hanna said.

'The Pimps' sounded like another gang that would hunt 'The Warriors'.

They listened to the conversation.

"I want the five bucks first." The female said.

"Here." The male said. "I got four ones and four quarters."

They saw the money change hands.

"You got five minutes." The female said. "Or it's five more bucks."

Ally and Hanna knew it was a homeless female that needed money for food or drugs.

"This city is lawless and wallows in squalor." Jim said.

Hanna went with Cameron, Ally and Sheila numerous times before on her side missions. This was standard for everyplace.

"Every inner city is like this." Hanna said. "They are all sewers of iniquity."

Bob could see why Skynet targeted all of the major inner cities. It did not what this 'problem' in its future either. They were able to eliminate the most diseased portions of society. That move actually benefited the survivors of Judgment Day.

They moved on. When they looked back they saw that the male finished in about two minutes. He pulled his pants up and left. Much to their surprise another male approached the unseen female behind the dumpster. They heard the female speak again.

"I want the five bucks first." The female said. "It's two bucks if you just want to look at it."

They moved across the street to catch the streetcar.

There was a group of three men off to the side one of them approached them.

"Dealers." Ally said.

'The Dealers' sounded like another gang that would be after 'The Warriors' to Bob and Jim.

"What you need bro?" The man asked.

Hanna and Ally held Bob and Jim's arms to keep them from drawing weapons. They clearly wanted to engage the targets. They would have terminated them.

"Nothing, we are just passing by." Ally said.

The drug dealer followed them.

"I got everything, man." The man said. "Tell me your poison. I can get it."

Bob watched a list of 'appropriate responses' pop up in his HUD. He selected one and smiled.

"Fu…." Bob started.

Hanna cut him off. She had the same response pop up and did not want more trouble.

"Please, we're not interested." Hanna said. "We're just passing by."

The man dropped back.

They made it to the streetcar stop.

"How soon is it until the next streetcar arrives?" Jim asked.

Ally was about to contact Cam-Gail and find out. Hanna and her moved off to the side some.

A car with two men pulled up next to Ally and Hanna.

"Carousers." Hanna said.

Bob and Jim took 'The Carousers' as another gang that would be after 'The Warriors'.

A man leaned out of the car window.

"Hey, baby, you looking for a good time?" The man asked.

Ally and Hanna ignored them.

"I'm talking to you, slut." The man said.

The driver threw his cigarette butt towards them.

"You don't know what you're missing." The driver said.

Ally looked over at them.

"From here it looks like a nightmare." Ally said. "Would you please leave us alone?"

That seemed to upset the men.

"You're nothing but a whore." The man said.

Ally was about to respond when the car suddenly flipped over onto its side.

She looked back and Bob and Jim were standing there. They'd just flipped it over.

"No weapons." Bob said.

Hanna looked around. This was going to draw a crowd.

"Let's get out of here." Hanna said.

The four of them took off.

Someone ran past them to check on the car.

"What happened?" The 'Good Samaritan' asked.

"It was a combination of bad manners and vulgarity." Jim said.

"What?" The 'Good Samaritan' asked.

"It was a hit and run." Ally said. "It was a blue sedan."

Hanna grabbed an arm of both Bob and Jim.

"Keep moving." Hanna said.

They moved back across the street. Ally looked back and saw the two men were out of the car. They didn't seem injured. They appeared to be looking for them.

Ally and Hanna knew that Bob and Jim did not get out much like this on their own. They certainly hadn't worked in taking down the drug and sex trade like Ally and Hanna often did with Sheila and Cameron.

Bob could tell Ally and Hanna seemed a little upset at Jim and him.

"We are more about action than infiltration." Bob said.

Jim looked back.

"Here comes the streetcar." Jim said.

Bob wanted to get moving. They needed to make it to the next stop.

"Get to the chopper." Bob said.

Ally and Hanna looked at each other. They looked up to see if the Blackhawk was around. They didn't hear it.

"What?" Ally asked.

Bob tried to be funny.

"I saw that in a movie once." Bob said. "I mean get to the streetcar."

Bob and Jim started across the street.

There was the screech of brakes and the sound of crunching metal.

Ally and Hanna looked over. Bob and Jim stood in the street and there was a VW Bug that appeared to have slammed into both of them when they stepped out into the street. The VW was obviously totaled.

Hanna collected Bob and Jim and moved them along.

A woman with a head band sat behind the wheel of the VW Bug. She looked petrified.

"We've had an accident." The woman said.

Ally saw that Hanna already moved Bob and Jim away.

"We won't report it this time but don't let it happen again." Ally said.

She hurried across the street right as the streetcar pulled up.

The four of them got on.

The streetcar took off.

The streetcar operator waited for them to pay. He thought they would come up and put the money in. After a few more stops he said something.

"That's twelve dollars." The streetcar operator said.

Ally realized that he was talking to them.

"Each?" Ally asked.

"No, for all of you." The streetcar operator said.

Bob stood up and moved forward.

"I thought it was free." Bob said.

Bob took out a hundred dollar bill.

"Do you have change?" Bob asked.

The streetcar operator pointed at a sign that said the operator didn't carry any change.

"No." The streetcar operator said.

Bob looked at him for a moment.

"That's too bad." Bob said and sat back down.

The streetcar operator just shook his head and muttered something about 'foreigners'.

There was a map on the inside of the street car.

"Our stop is the next one." Hanna said.

The exited out the front of the streetcar even though a sign said to use the rear exit.

Ally was the last one off.

"Can I give you a tip?" Ally asked.

The streetcar operator thought that was strange because they didn't even pay.

"Sure." The streetcar operator said.

Ally smiled at him.

"Always look both ways before you cross the street." Ally said.

Ally blew him a kiss and ran to catch up to the others.

Bob looked down at his legs.

"That was a good tip. I should have used it." Bob said. "I think I have bruise."

They crossed the street and moved towards the cable car.

"I think we better buy tickets first before we get on." Hanna said.

There was a ticket machine. When they approached it four tickets came out.

"It looks like Cam-Gail or CamNet is looking out for us." Ally said.

The tickets were 'day passes'.

"Good." Bob said. "That covers our fare for the streetcar now."

Jim was ready to get back on the ship.

"Let's get on the cable car and go." Jim said.

There was a line.

The cable car left without them.

A few minutes later another one came down the other side. There was a little turntable it rolled onto.

Bob saw the grip operator struggle to rotate it. He went over and pushed on the side of it next to the grip operator. The cable car spun around in a complete circle.

"Sorry." Bob said. "It was easier than it looked."

The group boarded the cable car and started out. The gong bell clanged often.

"There were cable cars in LA at one time." Jim said.

Ally and Hanna looked at each other.

"Do you mean streetcars?" Ally asked.

"No." Jim said. "The streetcars came later. The cable cars predated them. The cable cars could be powered from steam plants. The streetcar came after electricity was harnessed and generated."

"I guess you really do learn something new everyday." Hanna said.

Bob looked at his legs again.

"Like looking both ways before you cross the street." Bob said.

Jim wanted to justify their actions.

"We needed to catch the streetcar." Jim said. "The crosswalk was too far."

Ally shook her head. These guys needed to get out more.

The ride up hill was sort of irritating. The steep hills caused them to slide back on the sideways facing seat. They were soon at the top.

They could look forward now down the other side of the hill. They had a good view of everything. They could see the city, the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz with its lighthouse in the middle of the bay.

They were let off a few blocks from Fisherman's Wharf.

Bob and Jim were satisfied that so far they'd been able to elude the gangs after 'The Warriors'.

They would still be on the lookout until they reached home turf.


The Blackhawk passed over the east side of the Bay Bridge at Oakland and turned back towards San Francisco at Berkley. They paralleled the Bay Bridge back as they overflew Treasure Island. They could see the city lit up beautifully this way as they approached it.

"I see the ship." John said.

John spotted a tower that was lit up with changing colors.

Cameron noticed what he was looking at.

"That's Coit Tower. It is almost in front of the ship." Cameron said.

Holly looked at the three girls. She was a little jealous of them because Allison was with two of them earlier along with Vanna. She could tell that Allison wanted to be with the third girl too. She glanced over at Vanna and Gail-Cam. She could see that Vanna wanted to be with her as well. Her gaze fixed on Gail-Cam for a few seconds. They both shrugged their shoulders at each other.

Allison noticed Holly looked a little upset. She reached over and gently squeezed her leg. She wanted to reassure Holly that it was just a passing fling.

Vanna looked at Holly and could see she was uneasy. That revelation made her look at Gail-Cam. She looked uneasy too. She did the same thing Allison did to Holly and gave her leg a gently squeeze.

Gail-Cam received a lot of attention. Cam's chip was currently in Gail's chassis. She noticed every so often one of the three females would look at her. She knew they were all infatuated with Holly's and her breasts. They'd given their coats to Mary and Laura earlier.

Cameron was going to give her coat to Leticia but John took his off and gave it to her to wear. She saw how Leticia smiled at John when he did. She was pleased that John looked at her before he gave his coat to Leticia. She nodded and gave her approval. She liked the way that Sheila constantly touched the three girls. She was able to complete multiple scans of them.

Ken made the announcement that they were going to land and everyone was going to get off. Cameron assigned Sheila to assist Mary. She was going to assist Laura. She assigned John to Leticia. She explained they were going to get in a van that would arrive to pick them up.

The Blackhawk circled in and made its landing. They all got out of the helicopter very quickly. John helped lift Leticia down. Cameron and Sheila assisted with Laura and Mary. The helicopter was back in the air and gone in less than a minute. Dan and Frank pulled up in the van and they all got inside. Holly and Gail-Cam sat in the last row of seats because the weapons were in the back behind them. John was going to sit next to Leticia but Allison and Vanna sat on each side of her. Sheila sat in-between Mary and Laura on the next row. Cameron smiled and shrugged her shoulders. She sat next to John.

The traffic was much less at this time of the night. The roads were not very crowded.

Cameron looked at the three girls.

"Do you want to go back to the ship or on a driving tour of the city?" Cameron asked. "We will drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge to Yerba Buena Island."

Mary looked at Laura.

"We don't want to impose." Mary said. "You have done a lot for us already."

Cameron wanted them to stay.

"It's not a problem." Cameron said. "Everything is paid for and we have the room. I think we can all share a little. We all like to share."

Leticia looked at Vanna and Allison on either side of her.

"I'd like to go." Leticia said.

Sheila squeezed a knee on Mary and Laura. She indicated she wanted them to go as well.

"We'll go." Laura said.

Cameron wanted to nip some things in the bud.

"We don't want a lot of questions." Cameron said. "We are where we are and everyone is fine. Let's leave it at that. There is plenty to see and things are a little safer here. We are having a good time. Let's keep it that way. The past is behind us."

John looked at the three girls.

"I want to make sure everyone is good with that." John said. "I want everyone to have a good time. Life moves forward, not backwards."

Mary, Laura and Leticia all agreed. They all wondered about John. It was clear he was in charge but 'Barbara', who was really Cameron, was the one who ran everything. They'd been told his name was 'Tony'. They all thought he looked like a young Tony Stark anyway.

Dan started the tour.

"We can stop at any point." Cameron said. "We can get out and look around."

There were some things the girls wanted to do.

"I'd like to go over the Golden Gate Bridge." Laura said.

"We will." Cameron said.

"Can we ride on a cable car too?" Leticia asked.

"We can do whatever you want." Cameron said. "One hand washes the other."

Cameron was sure that Leticia was the one that she wanted Sheila to bring to John's suite. She reminded her of Isabel. That was a little shapelier version of Isabel.

Leticia listened to what Cameron indicated. She looked at Cameron and then at John. She knew there was no free ride in life. She was willing to spend a little time in any of their beds if it was necessary. This group was a class act. She'd be more than happy to start with either or both of the girls that sat on each side of her. She'd think about 'Tony' for desert. Dessert was usually short and sweet. She knew that men didn't last long when they were with her. She pegged him at five minutes tops. It was a fifty-fifty chance if he would get her off. It would depend on the foreplay. She hadn't been with a man for over a year. A little fun on the ship wouldn't hurt. She could feel her body start to respond to her thoughts. She was ready for 'Tony'.


Cammy wanted to bring Savannah back to the Resistance base.

Savannah didn't want to go back.

"We're not done for the night yet." Savannah said.

Cammy was a little frustrated.

"We don't have a solid lead on anything." Cammy said. "I can take you to Cameron's base or to Palmdale if you want to go."

Savannah knew Cammy always feared impending action when she would offer to put her in the arms of CamNet or to see Young Allison.

"I think something will turn up." Savannah said. "So do you."

Cammy could not deny that.

"I don't know what will happen." Cammy said.

Savannah thought she had a good idea.

"You think the man in the shed was from the anti-Metal faction." Savannah said.

Cammy did not want to rock the boat.

"I do." Cammy said. "That gets us no closer to any of them. We still have zero to go on."

Savannah knew if they went back to the Resistance base that Derek and Kyle would want to come along. She felt bad enough that they almost got 'jammed up' last night when they came to look for her.

"What's the status of Steve and Tom?" Savannah asked. "That goes for Al and Ed as well."

Cammy checked with John Henry.

"They are doing surveillance right now at the target location." Cammy said. "They don't have a positive hit yet."

Savannah thought about joining them tonight if they turned something up. It was a long drive to where they were at.

"I want to know what they find, when they find it." Savannah said. "I want everything reported too."

She really wanted to get some of this wrapped up.


Young Allison and Anna waited for something to break loose too.

"We are in the 'hurry up and wait' phase." Young Allison said.

Anna tilted her head slightly.

"Yes." Anna said. "I will go fix you some dinner."

"I can fix my own." Young Allison said.

Anna wanted Young Allison to eat properly.

"You need to have a balanced meal." Anna said.

"I usually do." Young Allison said.

Anna was worried because she knew that Cameron stressed that for the girls in the present. She was very aware of what the future did to the bodies of the girls from the future.

"I'm just going to remind you. You know what Cameron worries about and why." Anna said.

Young Allison knew what Cameron wanted from her. She'd made the promises to Cameron for as long as she could remember. They always did it in seclusion. Cameron told her it was 'their secret'.

"I'm ready to go to the past at any time." Young Allison said. "My body is ready now for what Cameron wants even if I'm a little young for that. It happens all the time in the inner city and third world. A lot of those girls are grandmothers at twenty five years old."

Anna frowned. She did not like when Young Allison mentioned that. It was true. A couple of hundred years ago Young Allison would be of marrying age already. There was a fine line between the past and the future. A Skynet future would ruin most of the female's bodies in some way. She also did not want Young Allison to rush things. She wanted her to have a little bit of a life before she needed to be a mother. Then again it was Young Allison's child Cameron wanted as her own.

Anna blinked.

Young Allison was next to her and held her hand.

"Are you back?" Young Allison asked. "It looked like I lost you for awhile."

Anna looked around and checked her time.

"I was worried about your health." Anna said.

Young Allison touched her cheek.

"We can go make something together." Young Allison said. "Just wear your com and if anything happens we can come back down."

Anna smiled.

"OK." Anna said. "I'd like that."

Young Allison looked at the security camera.

"I want Savannah to have a balanced meal too." Young Allison said.

Young Allison took Anna's hand and led her up the stairs.


Cammy started the SUV.

Savannah's head snapped up. She must have dozed off.

"Did we get a hit on a target?" Savannah asked.

Cammy looked over at her.

"We have a priority mission." Cammy said.

Savannah started to check her gear.

"It must be the anti-Metal faction." Savannah said.

Cammy didn't want to get Savannah all wound up.

"I want to get you some dinner during the lull." Cammy said.

Savannah stopped checking her gear. She was going to protest but she didn't think Cammy was the one behind the request. It was probably Young Allison. She knew they all worried about her.

"Sure we can do that." Savannah said.

Savannah smiled at Cammy and gently touched her cheek.

Sometimes it was nice to have help.