Chapter 1409


Leftovers


Cammy drove them to the Chinese restaurant that Young Allison picked out. She was pleased to see Savannah get a good meal in. They ate at the restaurant and then headed back to the Young residence.

Young Allison was very pleased that Savannah seemed to like the place she'd picked to eat at.

"What did you think about the food?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah liked the Chinese food that Young Allison selected. They brought back a couple of take home containers of food with them. They were the traditional container with the small wire handle.

"I thought it was good." Savannah said. "I haven't had that type of food for awhile. The change was good. I was just glad there was no weird stuff."

Savannah would have been happy with the Fifties and Sixties diner.

Cammy heard Savannah reference 'weird stuff' a few times. She wanted to know more.

"What would have been 'weird stuff'?" Cammy asked.

Savannah knew it was more a matter of perspective. Animals were still animals even if they looked 'different'.

"I meant things like octopus and squid." Savannah said. "I really don't like the way crabs or lobsters look either. They look like giant insects to me."

Cammy tilted her head slightly.

"Those are all good sources of protein." Cammy said.

Savannah really didn't want to get into it.

"That may be true but I still don't like the way they look." Savannah said. "I'm happy with what we ate. I'm content now. Let's leave it at that."

Cammy was going to offer to let Savannah drive but thought that might make Young Allison ask if she could drive home. She didn't want to spoil Savannah's mood. She was aware that it always worried Savannah when Young Allison drove. That may have sparked from the fact that Allison was not a careful driver. That was because Cameron taught her how to drive. She actually thought Young Allison was a much better driver than Allison. She thought Young Allison was a much better driver than most of the people out on the road.

Young Allison paid extra attention to what was happening around them as they drove since she'd sent two thirds of her Detail away earlier to assist Savannah.

Cammy passed by a park as she drove back towards the Young residence.

Young Allison spied something that caught her eye as they drove by the park.

"Cammy, don't step on the brake or slow down. Go around the block and come by here again." Young Allison said.

Savannah, Cammy and Anna became combat alert.

"What is it?" Savannah asked. "Is it a threat?"

That was not the reaction Young Allison hoped to spark.

"I don't think so." Young Allison said. "I want to check something out."

CamNet contacted Cammy for targeting information.

'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' both went 'hot'. Their weapons were armed.

"The drones with us are searching for a target." Cammy said. "What is it?"

Young Allison could see this was about to get away from her.

"Everyone needs to relax and take a step back." Young Allison said. "It's not a threat to us. I just saw something on the other side of the park."

Cammy already turned twice and was on the backside of the park. She pulled over and stopped.

"Anna will close in on the target from this side." Cammy said.

This was not how Young Allison thought this was going to play out.

"It's not a target." Young Allison said. "I saw someone dig through the trash and then eat something they took out of it."

Anna looked at her phone.

"'Cherry Bomb' has acquired the target." Anna said.

Savannah and Young Allison checked their phones.

"It's not a target." Savannah said. "It's someone down on their luck."

Savannah understood what Young Allison wanted to do. She wanted to give the food they'd brought back with them to take home to the person. Young Allison didn't want to spook them by stopping and coming back to them. That would seem like an 'attack' of some type to the person involved. It was an effective strategy to use some tact and restraint in this instance.

Young Allison felt a lot of justification for this act.

"I don't like to see someone eat out of the trash." Young Allison said. "I wanted to give them some of our food. I know the girls from the future and that includes Allison who is ME, needed to eat garbage to survive. That's not anything to look forward to."

Cammy pulled away from the curb and resumed her trek around the park.

"We will probably spook them anyway when we stop." Cammy said.

Savannah knew that happened sometimes when Cameron and her approached homeless people. Some of them hated 'do gooders' too. That was another problem.

"Anna and I can get out at the end of the block and approach them on foot." Young Allison said.

Anna thought this sounded like an unnecessary mission. It was late too. Young Allison should be at home getting cleaned up to either study or get some sleep.

"I will go alone." Anna said. "The night holds great danger."

Young Allison knew there were two drones over them.

"I think with two drones and two Terminators that we should be OK." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted to play it safe.

"I will go with Allison." Savannah said. "Anna can move into the park and flank us. Cammy will remain in the SUV and can be up to us in seconds. The bumper makes a good weapon."

Savannah remembered the night when she ran down a group of Grays one time. It killed all of them but pretty much totaled the SUV which was already beat up and near stopping anyway. She could see it again now. One of the Grays was stuck underneath the SUV and his limbs and head were all torn off and were left bouncing around behind them.

Cammy and Anna were both against this idea to stop to 'help' a street person. It was what the 'Chosen Ones' proclaimed they wanted to do so they couldn't do any more to dissuade them than they'd already done.

"I will be armed." Young Allison said. "We both will be armed."

Savannah checked her Taser and M9. Young Allison checked her Taser and Model 66.

Cammy stopped before she turned the corner to go back onto the main street that they'd passed the homeless person on the first time.

Savannah and Young Allison got out and walked on the sidewalk of the main street.

Anna got out and moved deeper into the park but where she could keep an eye on Savannah and Young Allison. She would make sure that no threats materialized and blindsided them.

Young Allison walked alongside of Savannah.

"I didn't think this would turn out to be such a hassle." Young Allison said. "I'm sorry about that."

Savannah liked the compassion that Young Allison showed. It helped keep her 'human side' alive. She liked that she came up with the idea to try to help someone on her own.

"Sometimes it's nice to have help." Savannah said. "You know I've done this with Cameron before."

"I do." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted to make sure Young Allison understood everything. It was not always pleasant to interact with the 'street people'. Many of them suffered from mental health issues.

"Sometimes people don't like to see us." Savannah said. "This is a chosen lifestyle for many."

Maybe what bothered Young Allison the most was because she saw it with her own eyes. She did not like what she saw.

"That may be true." Young Allison said. "We have extra food right now and I saw them eat what they took out of the trash. That could be me in the future. Allison told me about what some of that was like. No one should need to eat out of the trash."

Savannah didn't want to get into what the girls from the future experienced. She checked back and Cammy was on the main street now ready to move forward at a moments notice. She knew Anna would be close by a little deeper in the park.

"Let me speak with them first." Savannah said. "I should be able to tell how it is going to go in the first few seconds. Keep in mind we could be attacked.

Young Allison's hand hovered near her Model 66. She focused her attention to her Taser instead. She didn't want anyone to die over some leftovers.

Savannah and Young Allison approached the person. They were bent down inside another trash can.

They watched as the person pulled out a half eaten piece of pizza from the trash can. They looked thrilled at their find.

"Excuse me." Savannah said.

The person jumped back a little. They seemed a little less threatened to see two females standing on the sidewalk.

"Go away." The person said.

Young Allison did not like how 'scared' the person looked. They were not a threat to the person.

"We have some warm food." Young Allison said. "We just picked it up at the restaurant. You can have some."

Savannah did not want Young Allison to get ahead of herself but she was doing OK with her approach.

They watched the person fold the half eaten piece of pizza in half and put it in their pocket. They were obviously going to save it for later.

The person pushed their hoodie back and they could see blonde hair. It was a female.

"You girls should not be out this late." The girl said. "Bad things happen around here, especially at night."

The female looked around nervously.

Savannah wanted to play it cool.

"We're on our way home." Savannah said. "We were just passing by."

Young Allison held out two food containers. The girl did not approach them.

Savannah wanted to break the tension. She pointed at a bench.

"Set them down." Savannah said.

Young Allison set them on a park bench and they backed away.

"We don't mean to cause you any trouble." Young Allison said. "We just had some extra food and I wanted to share it."

The girl came over and picked up one of the containers. She sniffed it.

"This is still warm." The girl said. "I haven't had any warm food in weeks."

She opened the top and reached inside with dirty fingers and started to eat some of the food.

"I have a plastic fork." Savannah said. "It's still in the wrapper."

Savannah took it out and held it up.

The girl came closer and took it from Savannah but backed up right away.

"You need to cross the street and stay away from the side of the park down there." The girl said. "There is a crew down there tonight. They jumped me earlier. They will definitely jump both of you."

Savannah understood what the girl meant.

"Thank you for the warning." Savannah said.

Young Allison did not like what she heard.

"Do you mean they robbed you?" Young Allison asked.

The girl looked up from her food for a second.

Savannah knew where this was going.

"They did some 'other things'." The girl said. "It's happened before."

The girl looked at Savannah and then at Young Allison intently. That was who she directed her next comment to.

"I don't think you want your 'first time' to be at the hands of a gang of thugs." The girl said. "Listen to me."

Savannah turned around to go back the way they'd come.

"We will go a different way." Savannah said. "Thanks again for the warning. Let's go."

Young Allison didn't like what she interpreted this to mean.

"Did they assault you?" Young Allison asked.

The girl looked up from her food.

"It's about the tenth time this month." The girl said. "They come around about every two or three days and jump all the females when it gets dark."

Savannah wondered why the drones didn't pick them up.

"How long ago was this?" Savannah asked. "We don't want to run into them."

Young Allison did want to run into them. She'd trained on a scenario like this a few days ago. The people the girl spoke of were no different than Scavengers. They should be dealt with as such.

"It was a couple of hours ago." The girl said. "They may be back but usually they move on and look for more females elsewhere."

Young Allison did not understand how the girl could be so unconcerned about what happened to her.

"Is there some place else you can go?" Young Allison asked.

The girl finished the first container and threw the container towards the trash can. It didn't make it and landed on the ground in front of it. She started in on the second one.

"No one cares what happens to us." The girl said. "We're 'trash' to everyone. The police won't even take a report unless we go down to the station. They don't even respond to calls for help from the street people. They said what happens to us is our own fault."

Savannah knew Cammy was going to be steamed over this. She'd been on a few 'special operations' with Cameron before.

"Do you want to go to a shelter for tonight?" Savannah asked.

The girl laughed. It was not a joyful laugh.

"The one around here is just as bad. That was where I was first assaulted at." The girl said.

She looked at Young Allison.

"I was about your age." The girl said. "That's where I got 'popped' after I ran away from home. That happened on the first night I was there. It hurt like Hell and I cried all night. That was only a little over a year ago. It's happened a lot since then too. I don't even care anymore unless they beat me. That happens too sometimes."

The girl went on to tell them a little more about her 'story'. It was the same story Savannah previously heard a dozen times over. The girls usually came from a broken home and there was an abusive stepdad or boyfriend of the mother. Most of the girls were assaulted before they ran away. Often the mother would not believe them or said they were trashy sluts who tried to steal their lover from them. Some were kicked out and others ran away when it happened again. The girls they picked up from the old newspaper plant were another example of this. They'd ended up enslaved in a 'stable'.

Savannah didn't like what she heard about the shelter. It was something they'd encountered a couple of times. Some of the people in charge would 'pimp' out the new arrivals to a known clientele base for hard cash. Younger girls brought top dollar, especially if they were 'first day' runaways. They were usually disease free. That didn't last long.

The girl finished her story and the second container of food. She picked up the first container that was lying in front of the trash can and threw it in the trash can along with the second container.

"We don't want to run into the crew that jumped you. Is there some other place they go when they leave here?" Savannah asked.

The girl heard stories from others she ran into at times.

"They hit the park down on S Street sometimes or hang out near the encampment by the railroad tracks." The girl said. "They jumped me once there too. I was lucky that night. They only went one time each because they bagged three of us. Usually they all go twice. That's what happened to me earlier tonight."

Savannah looked at Young Allison. She looked steamed. She knew Young Allison was going to want some blood.

"How many are in this crew?" Young Allison asked.

"It varies." The girl said. "It's usually three to five. Tonight it was only four of them."

Savannah offered to get the girl real help if she wanted it. She said she didn't. She thanked them for the food. She warned them again about the far end of the park and then disappeared into the night.

Savannah checked her phone and the drone image showed her moving away towards a thicker group of trees. Anna came out of the darkness and joined them. The girl passed by Anna but didn't see her.

Young Allison looked Anna up and then down.

"I guess you know where you're going tonight." Young Allison said.

Anna already figured what Young Allison was going to do.

"After we find 'the crew' and terminate them, it will be to the shelter and see if I am 'sold' or targeted." Anna said.

Young Allison looked at Savannah. She wanted her approval.

Savannah nodded slightly. She knew this would bring trouble as well.

Young Allison gave her a faint smile.

"That's what I'd like to see happen." Young Allison said.

Cammy pulled up a few seconds later. They got into the SUV.

"You know this will breed trouble." Savannah said. "If you go looking for it you will find it."

Young Allison was well acquainted with Cameron's 'side operations'.

"I know." Young Allison said. "I read all the reports. That is also why I know you are on board with this."

Savannah wanted justice too. It would be street justice. It was clear the perpetrators were all future Scavengers.

"It will be the Terminators only who go in." Savannah said. "There is no exception to that rule. You need to know that there may be some sheath damage to them."

Young Allison wanted retribution.

"I'll take volunteers." Young Allison said. "I'm willing to go myself."

Savannah almost laughed. Since it was already clear that Young Allison wanted this done, every Terminator would volunteer to go.

"I have received a request for either 'Coltan Overcast' or 'Cherry Bomb' to start searching the other locations the girl indicated." Cammy said.

Another SUV pulled up alongside of them before it backed up and parked behind them. It was Mel, Brian and Randy. CamNet must have released Brian and Randy from the earlier operation to return to their 'duty assignment'. That was most likely because Savannah was upset with the decision to send them away in the first place.

"Send both of the drones so they can find the targets faster." Young Allison said. "We have some muscle to back our play now."

Cammy sent the message.

"They've started the search." Cammy said.

Young Allison looked into the darkness of the park.

"What about the girl?" Young Allison asked.

"Let's check out the shelter and see if we can't determine what needs to be done there." Savannah said. "I think they are going to be two new 'runaways' checking in tonight."

Savannah looked at Cammy and Anna.

"That's if they want to do that." Savannah said. "This is outside the scope of the Resistance operations. No one is obligated to do it."

Young Allison did not see Scavengers, future or otherwise, as not a Resistance problem.

"The future dictates otherwise." Young Allison said. "Let's get started."


The two SUVs drove to a location near the shelter.

Brian and Randy got into the front seat of the SUV when Cammy and Anna got out a block away from the shelter.

Young Allison was a little worried for them as they got out.

"Be careful." Young Allison said.

Anna looked back but Cammy didn't.

Savannah looked behind them and Mel was in the other SUV a block in back of them.

"All we can do now is wait." Savannah said.

Young Allison made other plans.

"If that crew is spotted, we're going to take them down." Young Allison said.

Savannah knew a bad idea when she heard one.

"We need to be here for Cammy and Anna." Savannah said.

Young Allison made other plans.

"We will leave Brian and Randy here to back them up." Young Allison said. "We are going with Mel to take down the crew."

Brian and Randy looked at each other. They were there to protect Savannah and Young Allison.

"Don't get tunnel vision." Savannah said. "Things like this happen all the time and they happen everywhere. This is standard fare for runaways."

Young Allison saw that as the part of the problem if not the problem itself.

"That's because no one does anything about it." Young Allison said. "When there's no punishment, there's no 'crime'. It becomes 'normal' to everyone. Nobody cares."

Young Allison decided she was going to 'invite' Sheila to come and stay with her for 'extra protection'. Sheila would go with her and they would prowl the night and clean some of the trouble up. Maybe Jesse and Gail would want to come along. That was what everyone thought they did when they went out since they never did anything else. Jesse and Sheila through the 'Neural Interface' had an ax to grind with Scavengers in any time period. Hanna and Ally would back Sheila up for any such action needed in that regard. They knew what the girls from the future went through.

Savannah could see that this was a real issue for Young Allison. Maybe there were things that Allison told Young Allison that she didn't know about. She was aware that Vanna still dealt with some issues that way. Whatever happened to Allison and Vanna is really what happened to Young Allison and her in that future.

"Do you want them arrested, maimed or terminated?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison wished Sheila was with them now. She would like to see them maimed before they were terminated.

Savannah and Young Allison both received a message on their phones.

"It looks like 'Cherry Bomb' has acquired the targets." Young Allison said.

Savannah considered ordering 'Cherry Bomb' to take them out right now. She could see that was not possible. It appeared they had a victim in their grasp. They were all clustered around someone on the ground. It appeared they'd just 'caught' them.

"They have someone." Savannah said.

Young Allison wanted action.

"I want 'Cherry Bomb' to physically knock them down." Young Allison said. "It will cause them to scatter if nothing else when the drone drops down."

Savannah was worried about exposure.

"We need to see what else is there." Savannah said.

From the drone footage they could see them pull the pants off of someone.

Young Allison wanted this stopped now.

"Do it anyway and do it now." Young Allison said. "Make it a high speed impact."

Savannah saw that 'Coltan Overcast' was there now as well. It maintained a higher attitude as 'Cherry Bomb' swooped down from the night sky and aimed directly at the crew. It impacted with two of the crew that were standing and they both went flying. They landed about fifty feet away from the high speed impact site. It was clear they were both dead.

The other two that stripped the pants off the individual on the ground got up and ran in different directions.

The person who got up off the ground and put their pants back on was a male teenager. They ran off in the opposite direction. It was doubtful they saw what actually happened but they would have heard it.

"I want 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' to track them." Young Allison said.

Mel pulled up along side of their SUV.

"Let's go." Young Allison said.

Savannah and Young Allison hurried and got into Mel's SUV.

"If they go into a building what are you going to do?" Savannah asked. "You will lose them. You need to use your resources. Don't make it personal."

Savannah was going to contact John Henry to run interference for them. CamNet informed her she was already doing that and she would handle the 'operation' herself.

Young Allison understood what Savannah indicated to her. If she waited one or both of them could get away. She instructed 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' to take their targets down ASAP. They were to try and use a single shot if possible.

Savannah was surprised when 'Coltan Overcast' asked if Young Allison wanted the Scavengers 'disabled' if they were in a remote area at the time.

Young Allison received the same message. It was clear what the drone 'offered' her. It would be a 'live one'. She wanted that. She looked over at Savannah. She remembered what she'd just indicated to her.

"Finish the job and return to Cammy and Anna's location." Young Allison said.

They watched as both drones closed on the running targets and fired one shot. Both targets went down and no longer moved.

"This part of the operation is concluded." Young Allison said. "Let's focus on Cammy and Anna."


Cammy went in first and was taken to an 'interview room'. She messed up her hair and clothes before she went in.

Neither of the Metal girls took weapons with them.

Anna arrived a few minutes later as a 'runaway'. She drew the attention of the 'night manager'. She was taken to a separate area away from where Cammy was taken. She was put in a cell for all practical purposes. She believed she was about to be 'sold'.

Cammy and Anna communicated through low decibel 'burst transmissions'.


CamNet played everything in 'real time' for Savannah and Young Allison. It was clear to them what was about to occur.

Young Allison became very worried about what was happening. Maybe this was something they should not have fooled with. Savannah tried to warn her about this.

"Will Cammy be able to get to Anna?" Young Allison asked.

Mel wanted to remind them of something. He hoped it would ease their worries.

"They are both Terminators. Nothing there can stop them." Mel said as he looked at the two girls "Brian and Randy are ready to go in at any time. We are too if necessary."

Young Allison and Savannah nodded.


It looked like Cammy would be processed normally. It was Anna that was secluded and bypassed everything. It seemed there were two men involved in the 'shadow operation'.

They waited fifteen minutes. A van was spotted by 'Cherry Bomb' as it approached the location.

"Can anyone track the van back to where it came from?" Savannah asked.

CamNet was able to come up with an approximate location. One of the two drones over the Young residence was direct there to make low level scans of the target area to try and identify a specific location and what was inside.

"How do you want to play it?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison did not want to 'play around' anymore.

"When the van arrives and they start to take Anna out I want Randy and Brian to terminate them." Young Allison said. "Anna will terminate the man taking her out and Cammy will bring the other man out and terminate him. The dead men will all be put in the van."

That sounded good to Savannah.

"Then what will happen?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison needed to 'clean up' the mess.

"Brian and Randy will leave in the captured van and collect the other four bodies of the crew that was taken down by the drones if possible." Young Allison said. "Mel will retrieve the other SUV and retrieve Brian and Randy. We will pick up Cammy and Anna with this SUV. We will go home for the night."

That sounded neat and concise to Savannah.

"What about the location the van came from?" Savannah asked. "There are most likely captives there."

Young Allison could see how this became more involved. It looked like even more bodies would be stacked up before this was over.

"Brian and Randy will park the van in back of the building and leave with Mel." Young Allison said. "CamNet will personally direct Police or Sheriff's personnel to raid the location once our teams are clear. It will become a local law enforcement operation at that point."

Everything went down as Young Allison planned.

Cammy and Anna joined them and they drove back to the Young residence.

Young Allison was worried about the danger and trouble she'd cause for everyone. She personally apologized to Cammy, Anna and Savannah.

Savannah and Young Allison cleaned up and went to bed. It would be sunrise soon.


"What Young Allison did was the right thing." Anna said.

Cammy looked at the monitors in the Young bunker.

"Apparently." Cammy said. "The authorities just freed seven females and two young males. They're charging the six men apprehended with homicide, kidnapping and sexual assault."

Anna smiled. She was proud of Young Allison actions.

"Even if that is not our 'job' she made a difference tonight." Anna said.

Cammy knew how these things played out.

"Will Young Allison do it again?" Cammy asked.

Anna was not sure what Young Allison would do or to what extent.

"I think so." Anna said. "There may be more hesitation to get involved going forward."

"That's understandable." Cammy said. "A lot of people died tonight without us really trying."

"It happens." Anna said.

Cammy and Anna returned their attention to the monitors. Life went on.