Chapter 1393


Follow Me


Savannah watched Cammy retrieve her M9 from under the car and pull out her knife to remove the Terminator's chip. She moved up to the door and listened. It seemed quiet but she was not sure that meant it would be when they went inside.

She moved around the door and took a quick look inside. She glanced back and saw Cammy dump the Terminator in the back seat of the car and close the door. Cammy moved to the back of the car and closed the trunk with the two dead Grays in it. She then picked up the boxes she'd removed from the trunk and placed them on the floor and front seat of the car. She took the keys from the ignition and locked the car. She didn't want anyone they missed to escape from the building and drive off with the hard drives.

Cammy quickly joined Savannah inside the building.

"Com traffic indicates there were two Grays in the other two buildings. This one had two as well." Cammy said.

Savannah thought they should check further. There could be more.

"They also each contained four pieces of HK equipment." Savannah said. "Let's check it out."

Cammy took the lead.

They passed what looked like the sleeping quarters for two people.

"That may have been it for the Grays." Cammy said.

They needed to see what else was in the building.

They found the boxes the Grays carried in earlier on a table near the front door. Cammy was going to put them back in the car when they both heard something.

It was the unmistakable clanking of metal treads on concrete.

Cammy and Savannah stopped. There was at least one HK Track active inside the building.

"We have an HK Track on the move." Cammy reported.

They did not know if this was about to go hot or not.


They watched the operation unfold from drone footage and body cams in the Young bunker. Everything seemed to progress smoothly until Cammy and Savannah made their move.

They were surprised at the action but not at the outcome.

"Typical." Young Allison said. "Savannah ends up with a Terminator."

Anna worried about something else.

"If there is some version of Skynet here they may encounter more Metal." Anna said.

No sooner than she warned of that than they received the confirmation.

"We have an HK Track on the move." Cammy reported.

That was not what they wanted to hear.

"Get another team over to them." Young Allison said.

Richard and Michael got back in the Gray's car to go the short distance to the location where Cammy and Savannah were.

"There is a little more help on the way." Anna said.

Young Allison was worried where this was going to go.

"We need to watch for any HK drones showing up or taking off from around where they are." Young Allison said. "Make sure all the drones are ready to deploy countermeasures for any attack from the ground or air."

Anna sent the information. It was already being done.

Active HK Tracks could attempt to engage their drones in the air as well as their personal on the ground. Hidden HK drones that could go airborne were a threat too. They could be in any of the buildings.

The threat of more Grays or hostile Terminators was real too. There could be more anywhere.

The teams on the ground did not know what the actual size or scope of this operation was.


Jim looked over at Cameron when Cammy made the report about a hostile Terminator and the active HK Track. He saw her left hand start to glitch. Sheila picked up on it and moved over to Cameron's left side and took her hand. It suppressed the glitching some but did not stop it.

Sheila looked at Jim and indicated the Master Suite with her eyes.

Thirty three seconds later the pass door from the spare room of the Master Suite opened and Vanna and Allison appeared. They were in the process of putting bathrobes on. Neither bothered to tie them closed.

Sheila silently got up. Vanna and Allison sat on both side of Cameron. They each took her hand. Cameron looked at both of them and gave them a faint smile. The glitching soon stopped as Vanna held Cameron's left hand firmly. 'Savannah Weaver' was at her side as was 'Allison Young'. It was the 'Chosen Ones' – almost.

Cameron was proud of 'her girls'. She was very pleased that she'd been able to 'share John' with them. She did not know what the outcome was though. Maybe nothing happened. It was possible it could have been a negative experience for one or both of them. She decided right then if Vanna had a negative experience she was not going to 'make' Savannah fulfill that promised to her. Some people just had different desires and things that pleased them. She was not going to ask unless they said something.

Right now they just sat in silence. United they all drew strength from each other.


Cam-Gail returned to the end suite in the block and switched out with Ally and Hanna to be with Mary and Laura again. They needed some sleep but they could knock one off every time one of them woke up.

Ally and Hanna retreated to the suite next door. They found what they wanted in there anyway. It was Leticia.


Frank and Dan thought about separating to cover a larger area in the park. They decided to stay together and move more rapidly instead.

They'd encountered one man trying to rob a couple at knife point.

Dan walked right up to him and knocked the knife out of his hand. There was a double snap sound as he broke the bones in the man's forearm. The man screamed. He cradled his arm as he ran away.

The couple quickly disappeared. They were as scared of Dan as they were of the armed robber.

They could not locate any of the gang members that Sheila wanted to teach a lesson to. Maybe that was a good thing and they listened. They doubted they would listen for long.

They made another sweep of the park and only spotted some homeless couples having sex in a few places. Most of the others they encountered were drunk or on drugs. One man was deceased. There was a needle still stuck in his arm.

They decided to go in search of taggers or other criminal activity that needed some corrective action if not 'punishment'.

When they returned back to the base after the cruise, they decided they would accompany Cameron, Ally and Sheila on some of their off the books endeavors if they got the chance. They liked to help clean up the community and take out the trash.


Cammy and Savannah were worried. There was one active HK Track in the building with them. It was on the move right now. They didn't think it was looking for them specifically but it could be. They'd been careful to keep the noise down and there was no gunfire that was not silenced. Their drones were staying out of Terminator hearing range. Maybe the HK Track detected them. Maybe the HK Track wondered where the Grays went and hadn't returned. It could be on a routine patrol too.

If it was active before they arrived it was for a reason. That reason was most likely that Skynet or some version of it was here.

The clanking grew louder.

"It's coming this way." Cammy said.

Savannah hoped to disable it.

"Do you have a shocker?" Savannah asked.

Cammy held up her hand with something in it.

"I have one." Cammy said.

Cammy and Savannah both held Tasers in their right hands. It seemed the threat now would be Metal of some kind.

They both received the plans for the building on their phones. It appeared that someone was on the ball.

Cammy looked at the plan.

"Follow me." Cammy whispered.

They entered a room and exited out a door on the other side. They were able to bypass the HK Track for now. They needed to see if there was a 'clean room' here and if there was how far along this Skynet was.

John Henry confirmed there was minimal energy usage most of the time. If there was a version of Skynet here it was not fully operational. The hard drives that were out in the car would most likely have completed it.

"Great." Savannah whispered as she pointed.

There was a second HK Track but it did not look active. Based on where it was it seemed it could be operational. Maybe it was just on 'guard duty'. It would be active in a second if it was.

"They must have activated the HK Tracks to protect the budding Skynet here." Cammy whispered.

They moved around the side of the interior of the building. There was a black cargo van parked inside the rear door. It faced out ready to roll. They would need that to put all the bodies in from the three locations. There was one HK drone in there as well.

"Shouldn't there be more HK equipment?" Savannah whispered. "There are only three pieces here."

Cammy ran the calculations on two boxcars and the equipment that they'd uncovered so far.

"There is usually and HK Tread in the group of two boxcars." Cammy whispered.

They heard the clanking start to get louder.

"The HK Track is coming back." Savannah whispered.

Cammy wanted to get behind it and stick the shocker on it so she could disable it.

"Wait here." Cammy whispered. "I'll be back."

Savannah was going to protest but Cammy was already gone.

Cammy moved back the way they'd come through the room with two doors. She wanted to get in back of the HK Track before it returned to the workroom area.

Savannah watched what Cammy was up to and moved to cover the other HK Track and HK drone. They both still appeared inactive. She could jam her Taser into one of the joints and fire it to knock out either one of them if they started to power up. She'd done that before.

She was worried the second HK Track was just doing sentry duty right now and it could be active in a second. She passed in back of what must be the 'clean room'. Once they'd disabled the active HK equipment they could go in there and get a better look.

Cammy listened and heard the HK Track was past the door for her to go out into the hall. She carefully opened the door. It opened into the room. She saw the HK Track was about twelve feet down the hall. She looked back the other way to make sure it was clear. Nothing was spotted. Richard and Michael were on their way over. She hadn't received notification that they'd arrived yet.


The buildings and HK equipment in them was secured at the other two locations. The buildings would be searched and anything of relevance or value would be taken back with the captured equipment.

Larry and Hank were on their way with two big rigs. It appeared they would need a third big rig for whatever was in the building Cammy and Savannah were in.


Richard and Michael pulled up in front of the building where Cammy and Savannah were at. They exited the vehicle and prepared to enter the building. They paused outside as they heard the clanking of an HK Track moving around inside.

They were a little worried it might come outside since the door was not closed tight. The door was too small for it to fit through without tearing the door frame up. They heard the door close. The HK Track must have closed it. They could hear it clank off inside.

"That's not good." Richard said. "We're locked out."

Michael moved up to the door and tried it. It was locked.

"We have to be careful how we enter with the HK Track active. Any noise we make it will come to investigate." Michael said.

There were aware it could 'investigate' with its minigun or fire a rocket at anything it suspected.

They informed John Henry of their current status. He advised them to use extreme caution because Cammy and Savannah were inside.


Cammy made her move to place the shocker on the HK Track. It rapidly pivoted and spun around. She dodged off to the side where there was another hallway. She'd slammed into the wall in her haste to get out of the way which made more noise. She expected the minigun to open up and shred the wall between her and the HK Track. That would also shred her.

She ran down the hall and got down on the floor around the corner. The HK Track came around the corner of the hall she'd just run down. She decided she would wait there and when the HK Track came around the second corner she would stick the shocker on it.

There was only one problem. She didn't have the shocker any longer. She must have dropped it when she made her sudden move and hit the wall.

She would try and evade the HK Track for now. She still carried two Thermite grenades. They would destroy the HK Track but not instantly. It would take a little bit for the Thermite to do its damage. If she got onto it she could use her Taser.

She communicated a warning to Savannah that the HK Track was not disabled and was alerted to a potential attack.


Savannah needed to make a choice. She could either try to disable the second HK Track first or the HK drone.

She received Cammy's warning. That meant the HK Track could be back at any time. She was closest to the HK drone so she decided to disable that first. She'd done this with both Cameron and Cammy in Cameron's future.

She silently approached it. She received a message from John Henry that their 'back up' was locked out of the building for now. There was a noise up towards the front of the building. The second HK Track started to move. It was now active as well. She was glad she hadn't approached that. It was active and on guard duty as a sentry. It would have detected her most likely. They were usually set to detect humans over other machines.

There was some noise next to her. The HK drone started to power up. She needed to act fast. She could use her Thermite grenade. It would damage the power plants almost immediately and keep it grounded. She'd seen HK drones operate inside a building before. It was very loud and unnerving. There was very little space in this building.

That action would almost certainly bring back the second HK Track to investigate what happened. It would already be on alert.

She moved up on top of the HK drone and went to work. She was able to disable it right before it completed the start up process. She'd been about to draw her Taser and 'zap' it. She gave it a quick double check and went in pursuit of the second HK Track.

The 'clean room' was off to the side as she passed. Whatever was in there was active. It was also far from complete. There were boxes stacked up around it and tools here and there. She thought about using her Thermite grenade on it right now. She decided she did not want the building on fire with two HK Tracks roaming inside and not know exactly where Cammy was at.

Savannah got some com traffic she could have done without.

"Savannah, I'm about to be trapped." Cammy said. "I lost the shocker in the hall where we went in the room before."

It was time for more bad news.

"The second HK Track just left a few seconds ago in that direction." Savannah said.

There was no response.


Cammy needed to get out of that hallway fast. She sent a message to Savannah and received one in return. It was more bad news. Before she could respond she could hear the second HK Track coming from the other way.

Cammy stayed low to the ground at this point. If the HK Tracks thought they were tracking an active threat they would use other ways to scan for her. The walls here were just drywall. They would not offer any cover and thermal scans might show her position.

She quickly crawled down to the end of the hall and turned the corner. She rolled under a table as the second HK Track turned the corner. It clanked past her to the corner she'd just come around. That would put it face to face with the other one if it turned the corner.

Something moved past the opening where the HK Track just came from. It was Savannah. It looked like Savannah was headed for where she'd told her that she'd lost the shocker at.

Cammy was going to move from under the table and follow Savannah. The HK Track did not turn the corner as she expected. It may have detected Savannah as she passed in back of it down the main hall. She was about to make a move on it with her Taser.

At that point the second HK Track backed up and the first one came around the corner. The second HK Track was right next to her at this point with the first HK Track facing it now. They were probably communicating. All communications were supposed to be blocked but they still seemed to be communicating somehow even if very limited.

There was little she could do right now but wait.


Savannah went in pursuit of the second HK Track. She tried to stay low and not make any noise. It went down the main hall and then turned off. Cammy said she lost her shocker somewhere. Maybe she could spot it. It should be just up ahead and around the corner.

She moved past the hall the HK Track turned down. It faced away from her as she passed. That was a good thing. She did not know Cammy was there on the floor under a table right next to it. She moved down the hall to the next opening. This must be the one that Cammy referred to that she took. She spotted the shocker on the ground. It hadn't been crushed by the HK Track when it passed by. That was a good thing too.

Savannah was unsure where Cammy was at or the first HK Track either. Since she was near the entrance she decided to open the front door and let Michael and Richard in. That was the direction she headed.


The news of the events unfolding did not go over well in the Command Center with John Henry, the Control Center on the ship with Cameron and Jim or in the Young bunker with Anna and Young Allison.


Michael and Richard each moved around to a different side of the building. Richard's side was all concrete walls. Michael found something on his side.

"I think we have a new problem." Michael said.

Richard hurried past the front and to the other side of the building.

He spotted what Michael noticed.

"It looks like the building next to us is associated with the target building." Michael said.

There was some kind of a connecting passage that went from one building to the other building.

This information was relayed to John Henry.


They didn't know much from Cammy and Savannah other than they were in some cat and mouse event with two HK Tracks. The news from their back up team didn't help any.

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does." Young Allison said.

"The new threat needs to be addressed." Anna said.

Savannah indicated that she thought there should be more HK equipment. It was probably in the building next door.

"Have Richard and Michael enter the second building and try to neutralize any threats before they end up with Savannah and Cammy." Young Allison said. "Send Steve and Tom to assist Savannah and Cammy. Al can remain in the building he is at and Ed can move to the building that Steve and Tom just left. They need to get that HK equipment ready for transport."

Anna thought Young Allison would send all the help to Savannah and Cammy.

"That's a wise choice." Anna said.

"I know there's a bigger picture here." Young Allison said.

Young Allison's main worry was if they were on a timetable. There was no way to know what their actions could trigger. They did not want to still be in the area if there was a strike or counterattack.


Allison and Vanna both sat next to Cameron in the Control Center on the ship. Sheila was behind them and Holly and Gail-Cam joined them from the Master Suite. They were both still naked.

There was not much any of them could do but watch the events play out. At this point it was actually mostly just to listen as little could be seen.


Savannah opened the front door but knew that Richard and Michael faced a new threat. It was the building next door. There was likely HK equipment in there as well. Steve and Tom were on the way over and should be here soon. She let it be known that the front door was unlocked.

She went back to find Cammy.


Cammy waited for the HK Tracks to do something. The one next to her did. It backed up and went back into the hall that Savannah passed by earlier. She expected the other HK Track to go back the way it came. It started to and then it stopped. It took up a position at an angle between the hall she'd come from and the one she was in. It looked like they were trying to lay a trap for her. The main problem was that Savannah was the one out there now and she was trapped in here on the floor.


Savannah went to go back out the way that she'd come in. She started around the corner when she saw the HK Track back out of the hall she'd passed it in a few seconds ago. She watched it long enough to see it back out and pivot to come her way.

There was no clue as to where the first HK Track went. She decided to go the way that Cammy must have gone. She hurried down that way and peeked around the corner. The other HK Track was at the end of that hall sitting at an angle.

She backed up and dropped down to the floor. She expected the minigun to fire. Instead she heard the HK Track start to come her way. She moved to go out the way she'd come in and could hear the second HK Track was almost there. She was in pickle trapped between two HK tracks with nowhere to go.

Savannah could hear the one HK Track approach her it was almost to where she was at. It was time to go on the offensive.

She armed the shocker and made her move. She lunged out as the HK Track started to pivot to make the turn. She made good contact and the HK Track stopped dead in its tracks with a jolt. The reoccurring charge from the shocker should keep it there for now.

There was a lot of noise from where she'd last spotted the other HK Track. There was something off over there. She still didn't know where Cammy was at.

It sounded like the other HK Track was stuck or something. She could hear the tracks slipping and spinning and what sounded like the walls being crushed.

She hurried back and looked down the hall where it was at before.

It was trying to turn back in the direction from where she saw the second HK Track earlier. It must be going after Cammy. She didn't know why it was stuck and unable to move properly. There was a shower of sparks behind one of the treads. It looked like it might be free of whatever disabled it earlier.

Savannah drew her silenced M9 and fired at the HK Track to get its attention as a new threat. She hoped to give Cammy time to slip away or attack. She saw and heard all the projectiles hit it. It tried to turn back in her direction. She needed to get low and move fast. She was now the target. She expected the minigun to open up at any second. She needed better cover fast.


Moments ago:

Cammy was down on the floor under a table. She was out of direct sight of the HK Track. She looked around her and noticed there were boxes with supplies. There was a five gallon bucket of liquid soap. She pried the top off. The HK Track started to pivot to go back the way it came. Cammy knew that Savannah was about to get caught in the trap the two HK Tracks set.

She flung the open container of liquid soap in front of the HK Track. It crushed it and the slimy soap was all over the ground around and under it. The tracks started to spin. Because she'd moved the HK Track now tried to turn in her direction. There was a new closer threat near it. The tracks spun wildly and the HK Track slid into the wall. That allowed it to get some more traction until it went into the slippery liquid again. Cammy got up off of the floor with her Taser ready to fire. She would need to make physical contact with the HK Track to get the barbs to get stuck in a joint or connection. The HK Track caught the wall again and continued its turn towards her. She did not think she was going to make it before it opened up on her.

Much to her surprise projectiles began to strike it. The HK Track perceived a new and bigger threat and pivoted back in that direction. She continued her forward travel and pounced on the HK Track. She fired her Taser and the first shot deflected off of the metal. Only one barb stuck in the joint. It looked like the minigun was about to fire at the location that Savannah was at.

Cammy dropped the Taser and brought both of her balled fists down hard on the barrels as they began to rotate. She crushed the top two barrels and jammed the mechanism. The minigun was inopreatable right now. There was no way to know if it would try and fire a missile next or not. She was the threat now and she was on it. She looked down for her Taser and saw that the wildly spinning tracks had crushed it. She reached for the access hatch as the HK Track got some more traction and lunged forward. It slammed into the other wall. That caused her to be knocked off of it. The HK Track would be able to run her down now. She didn't want crushed. That would severely damage her sheath and chassis.

This did not look good for Cammy.