Chapter 1411
She Gave It To Me
Savannah could tell that Young Allison wanted to follow up on the homeless girl in the park. From her experience with Cameron and past dealing with street people and the homeless, she was not very enthusiastic. A lot of these things went bad fast. She wanted to encourage the compassion in Young Allison and strengthen her human side. Her Metal upbringing really showed the other day when she killed over a dozen men and it didn't seem to bother her at all. Maybe it was when she made sure they were dead that it bothered her the most. Young Allison did not shoot people, she killed them.
"We can go by the park if you want, Allison." Savannah said.
Young Allison liked that idea. She remembered Savannah's earlier warning.
"What if the girl still won't accept help?" Young Allison asked.
Savannah encountered this before. Things didn't always pan out.
"There's not much we can do." Savannah said.
Cammy made an observation based on past experience.
"She will be dead within two years." Cammy said.
Savannah did not want that kind of talk in front of Young Allison even if it was true.
"Cammy!" Savannah said.
Cammy didn't think she'd said anything wrong. That was the most likely scenario. She didn't want to upset Young Allison either.
"I'm sorry." Cammy said.
Anna did not want any hard feelings. She wanted Young Allison to have resolution one way or the other.
"I think we can go there now." Anna said.
Young Allison thought about asking to drive but decided against it. She didn't want to push her luck any more than she already had in regards to this matter. It went out of control pretty fast last night and eight men ended up dead. Then again, seven females and two boys were rescued. That needed to count for something.
They went out to the SUV. Cammy drove and Anna sat in the front with her. Savannah and Young Allison were in the rear.
Savannah looked back as they drove away. She expected to see the Detail follow them. They did not. That most likely meant they were already out and probably tracking the girl. After the first turn the Detail SUV appeared behind them but there was only one person in it. It looked like Mel. That confirmed that Brian and Randy were probably at the park.
She covertly checked her phone for any drone images but none showed up. That did not mean there weren't any. CamNet didn't like to seem too overbearing. She did ask CamNet to give the drones a rest and make sure any maintenance was taken care of on them.
Savannah did not want Young Allison to get her hopes up too much.
"Allison, you need to remember that things can still go poorly when we do this." Savannah said. "It's happened to Cameron and me before. Some people become violent."
Cammy was a little irritated to hear that. She did not like when Savannah went out with Cameron and did things.
That revelation made Young Allison wonder about some of the outcomes.
"Did Cameron ever need to terminate any of the people you tried to 'help?" Young Allison asked.
Savannah didn't respond at first. She didn't want to lie to Young Allison.
"Yes." Savannah said. "They pulled a weapon on us. Cameron ended the threat."
Young Allison wondered if maybe they should drop the whole thing at this point. She did not want anyone to needlessly die because of her. At least any more people related to this whole affair.
"I don't want to cause anyone a problem." Young Allison said.
Savannah wanted Young Allison to make a decision.
"You need to stick up for what you believe in." Savannah said.
Young Allison smiled. She wanted to help the girl.
"To the park it is." Young Allison said. "Thank you for reminding me who I am."
Savannah wasn't sure if she reminded Young Allison who she was or who she needed to be for the future.
They all received an update on their phones.
"Brian and Randy have acquired the target, I mean the girl in the park." Cammy said.
That's where Savannah already figured Brian and Randy were at.
"I wonder what happened to the male that was about to be assaulted last night?" Savannah asked.
Anna did not think they were tracked.
"There's no way to know." Anna said.
They stopped by a local fast food joint and picked up some breakfast burgers and a few other things.
Brian updated them as to where the girl was at. Her previous position changed.
Cammy parked the SUV and both Anna and her moved into the park to flank Savannah and Young Allison. Brian and Randy would be close by as well. Mel would orbit the park in his SUV and look for anything out of the ordinary.
Savannah and Young Allison headed to where Randy directed them.
"The girl's on the move." Randy reported. "She's running."
Savannah thought there must be a problem.
"What's happening?" Savannah asked. "Is there a threat?"
"There's a man that was following her." Randy said. "He's chasing her now."
Young Allison didn't like that.
"Can you take him down?" Young Allison asked.
Savannah wanted a safeguard. It could be that the girl stole something from someone earlier and they want it back. It could be another assault on her. They needed to know more.
"She means without killing him." Savannah said quickly.
Brian put his silenced M9 away. He thought the girl would spot whatever he did.
"The girl will see us." Brian said. "She's pulling away from the man. He's slower."
Anna visually picked the girl up.
"She's headed in the direction where the SUV is parked." Anna said. "We can all get back there and offer her a ride."
Cammy was not so sure about that. She would like to scan her first. A couple of years on the street with multiple assaults were a 'recipe for disaster'. She could have half a dozen communicable diseases. In the future, most of the people with underlying diseases were killed in the initial rounds of Skynet's biological warfare. They actually did the survivors a service and wiped out many of the existing diseases along with those who carried them.
Mary, Laura and Leticia all decided they were going to go to the nude sunbathing area to show off. They wanted their piercings to be seen.
"Let me get a hold of Sue." Leticia said.
That surprised Mary.
"Do you actually have her number?" Mary asked.
Leticia did not see what the big deal was.
"Yes." Leticia said. "She gave it to me."
Laura wondered about that.
"Did you give her your number or did she already have it?" Laura asked.
Leticia didn't remember giving it to 'Sue' but she did have it already.
"I think she had it." Leticia said.
Mary was a little worried but not much.
"I'm sure they have all of our numbers and know everything about us." Mary said. "I don't mean that in a bad way either. They've helped all of us immensely. They play it careful whoever they are."
Laura wondered about the group. It seemed that sometimes they needed to remember their 'names', especially when it came to 'Barbara'. She didn't know four different cyborgs were all 'Barbara' at different times.
"I really wonder if we will ever know their real names or who they really are." Laura said somewhat jokingly. "I hope it is not one of those things where if we find out, then they need to kill us."
Leticia did not want anything 'bad' said about the group, even in jest.
"They are really nice anyway." Leticia said.
Leticia called 'Sue'. She was in for the nude sunbathing. 'Sue' told her she would see if she could round up some of the other girls.
Sheila received the call from Leticia.
"Who wants to go nude sunbathing with me?" Sheila asked.
Ally wanted to give it a shot if Allison didn't go.
Hanna knew she could not go because it would be evident that 'Vanna's scar' was not there. She was sure some of the girls 'checked' when they were together in the darkness but no one said anything if they actually did. The issue hadn't come up so far anyway. She tried to make sure none of the girls touched there specifically in the dark.
Cam-Gail would go as 'Barbara' if Camille-Holly or Cameron did not go. It seemed Cameron was busy.
"If Allison doesn't go I will stay with her." Camille-Holly said.
Sheila sent a message to Gail-Cam and asked her to notify the girls when they left the buffet.
Sarah and Claire were very thrilled to be alone again. They knew their daughters could pop back in at any time so they played it cool.
Sarah really couldn't seem to 'help herself' when it came to Claire she was not sure why. She'd run it through her head a dozen times. Claire was younger than Vanna or Jesse and only a couple of years older than Allison. She'd been to the future but wasn't from the future. She'd carried and delivered a baby for Future Allison. That said something about her to know what dangers and hardships she would face and still do it anyway to help her 'daughter'. Even if it was a 'different' daughter, it was still the same daughter.
Summer and Jan were both in the commissary in no time. They went and helped their mothers.
Jesse, Riley and Samantha with Precious arrived a few minutes later.
They would have a 'family style' breakfast.
Derek and Kyle were out on some follow up recon with Steve and Tom. They hoped it took some of the pressure off of Savannah.
They'd been to half a dozen of the places that the team had been to in the last week. Sometimes it helped to have 'eyes' on the target area to look things over.
One place piqued Kyle's interest.
"So tell us more about the portal." Kyle said.
Steve and Tom were very disturbed by that phenomenon.
"It was very dangerous." Tom said. "We were almost sucked into it."
Steve was worried they almost lost Savannah and Cammy. They looked like goners.
"Savannah and Cammy experienced a close one." Steve said.
They went on to explain what they knew. It wasn't much.
"I still don't understand how it was there but there was nothing but a wall behind where it was." Derek said.
The fact it was the technology from a further future was a serious problem.
"I doubt we've seen the last of it." Steve said.
They all knew how these things always seemed to pop back up at some point.
They went on to the next location. It was the one where they thought Young Allison was 'Cameron' as she ran down the hall killing Grays on both sides of her with a pistol in each hand.
"Tell us what happened here." Tom said.
Steve and Tom wanted to hear about the 'Chosen Ones' in battle by themselves.
Derek and Kyle told them what they knew first hand and what Savannah and Young Allison reported on elsewhere in the building before the 'breakout'. It was still a sight to behold as Young Allison ran down the aisle without any breathing gear and killed everyone.
Steve and Tom told them stories of what they'd personally witnessed with Savannah in combat before. Tom made sure they knew the story in the mine. Savannah faced certain doom but she went after Cameron anyway. She kept them together and calm in the pipe as her air supply slowly depleted. They all knew she was going to die there. She knew it too and asked Cameron and Cammy to look out for her babies in the two different futures.
That story and others brought tears to both Derek and Kyle eyes.
John wanted Cameron to prove that she was the 'best'. He wanted her to prove it to herself.
Cameron didn't think she was but John did. She gave him a full 'Terminator workout'. She was able to make maximum use of the 'medicine' that John consumed with his espresso. She was glad she'd slipped it to him.
John was sure he would go insane before Cameron was 'done' with him. He needed to ask her to 'stop' a few times. Things were too intense for him.
Cameron was pleased that John needed her to stop because she was driving him wild.
"No human female can compete with you." John gasped.
Cameron thought about that. Maybe physically they couldn't but they could connect to John emotionally better than she could. That is what she knew would happen with Savannah and Young Allison when they were with John. That was why she needed to make sure Savannah and Young Allison were focused on each other first. It gave her more of a chance to 'keep' John once the 'Natural Order' was established. That was going to happen sooner or later and there was no stopping it. The human girls would keep John human. The Resistance needed that. That was how she 'fixed' her future. Now she would make sure this one was 'fixed' too. Vanna, Allison and Young Jesse would help her for now.
Cameron looked at John and smiled. Her mission was almost complete.
Ally, Cam-Gail, Gail-Cam and Vanna went with Sheila. Allison didn't want to go.
Vanna only went because she was assured there would be no males present. Bob took care of that for them. He divided the area into males and females.
"What should I wear?" Vanna asked. "Should it be my swimsuit?"
Sheila wanted to play around.
"I'm going there naked." Sheila said.
Ally laughed.
"That's only because she can't be arrested." Ally said.
They all received a message that there was a brig on the ship.
"Who sent that?" Allison asked. "Was it CamNet?"
The Metal girls knew it was.
"Yes." They all said at the same time.
It was a reminder that CamNet did not want any trouble on her ship.
Young Allison wanted to get the girl away from the park.
"Let's go back to the SUV." Young Allison said. "If the man starts to gain on her, I want him taken down."
The four girls headed back to the SUV. Cammy and Anna got in.
Savannah and Young Allison remained by the open door of the SUV. They wanted to have an 'invitation' available to her.
The girl came out of the trees at a run and spotted what looked like the two girls from last night about to get out or into a vehicle. She was sure it was them.
"Hey!" The girl called.
Savannah and Allison looked.
"Start the car." The girl shouted. "We need to get away from here."
The girl ran towards them.
Savannah could see the girl was tired. She probably didn't do much running even if she walked a lot.
Young Allison got back in the rear seat.
The girl ran to Savannah.
"I need your help." The girl said. "There is a man after me. Can you drive me away?"
Savannah stepped back.
"Get in." Savannah said.
The girl got in and moved over next to Young Allison. Savannah got in after her. Cammy pulled away from the curb before the door was even closed.
Cammy looked over and saw the man emerge from the trees. She spotted the knife he held in his hand now.
"Tell us what happened." Savannah said. "I see the man."
The girl looked past Savannah and spotted the man.
"That's him." The girl said. "He jumped me last night. He tried to keep he in his hovel. I got away."
Cammy didn't like this story.
"Has he done it before?" Cammy asked.
The girl noticed the driver looked like the girl next to her but only a little older.
"Yes." The girl said. "I'm usually able to avoid him but not always. He's taken me a dozen times or more."
Young Allison heard enough. She looked at Savannah who nodded and then looked at the girl.
"I don't think you'll need to worry about him anymore." Young Allison said. "He looked like he was ready to 'move on'."
The girl looked back at the man as Cammy turned off to another street
"What's your name?" Anna asked.
The girl noted the front seat passenger looked exactly like the other girl next to her except younger.
It looked like two sets of older and younger sisters out together.
"My name is Julie." The girl said. "They call me 'Easy' on the street."
Savannah wondered about that. There could be several reasons for that.
"Why's that?" Savannah asked.
The girl looked a little ill. It was not a good name.
"They call me that because I get 'caught' a lot by the men." Julie said. "I'm easy prey to them."
Anna held up the bags of food.
"Would you like something to eat?" Anna asked.
Julie licked her lips.
"I don't want to be a bother." Julie said. "You can let me off up here someplace. I've troubled you enough. Thank you for getting me away from him."
Young Allison wanted to offer her some anyway.
"We have plenty and we would be poor hosts if we didn't share with a pretty girl like you." Young Allison said.
Julie touched her hair. It was a mess. She looked down at her clothes and they were ragged.
At that point Julie looked at the girls she was in the vehicle with. They were all stunning knockouts. She could see all of them in the daylight now.
"It's you who's pretty. It's all of you that are beautiful." Julie said.
Julie took one of the breakfast burgers. So did Savannah and Young Allison.
The girls looked Tight.
Julie filed them in on some more of her life as they drove. It turned out she was a drug user. It was as Savannah speculated. That was part of the reason she was named 'Easy'. She did what she needed to do to get her fix.
Sheila as 'Sue' led the group to the nude sunbathing area. Mary, Laura and Leticia were already there.
Ally went with Vanna as 'Peggy and 'Ann'. Cam-Gail was there as 'Barbara'. Gail-Cam was there as 'Lisa'.
Leticia was a little upset that 'Stephany' who was really Young Jesse wasn't there.
The girls all stripped down. Twice other females peered in at them and then left. They could not compete with any of the girls there as far as looks went.
Claire missed being on the ship. She wanted to go out and do something she didn't really care what it was. The only trouble was that they were light on Metal right now.
"Derek and Kyle should be back before too long." Riley said.
Sarah doubted that. She knew how 'recons' could drag out or expand without notice.
"That's possible but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one." Sarah said.
Jesse thought Claire needed some alone time with her. It looked like she was all worked up over Sarah again.
"Maybe you need to rest for a little bit." Jesse said.
Summer thought Jan and her could finish up in the kitchen.
"You can all do other things." Summer said. "Jan and I have this."
Jan looked over at Summer and then at the dishes.
"We have it covered." Jan said. "Maybe mom can practice with Claire for awhile."
Riley wondered what all was going on but didn't ask. Maybe Sarah felt like she did and wanted a little more out of life. She would give anything to be with Sarah, except Precious.
Sarah didn't want anything to look so obvious. After that dream she'd experienced, she really wanted more.
"I want to help Jan study for awhile." Sarah said.
Jan did not want to hear that.
"I study a lot." Jan said.
Summer thought she could help Jan out.
"I can help Jan with anything she wants to study." Summer said.
Jan smiled.
"Summer knows everything." Jan said. "She's the greatest."
Summer did not want any praise.
"We all do what we can." Summer said.
Sarah left with Riley, Precious and Samantha. Claire and Jesse headed for Claire's room.
Summer and Jan did the dishes.
"We can go by and see John Henry later on if everyone is busy." Summer said.
Jan liked that idea. Summer got to look at all kinds of cool things when she was there.
"I can't take any more." John gasped.
Cameron was on top of John. She was really working hard.
"I just needed a little more to 'make it'." Cameron said. "I did."
Cameron slowed and then stopped.
John was exhausted. He was not even sure how he was able to 'stay in the game' but he was.
"You're absolutely incredible." John said.
Cameron leaned a little further forward and gave John a kiss as she 'dismounted'.
"That's what I like to hear." Cameron said.
Cameron did like to hear that but she still felt she had a better time when she used someone else's chassis. Maybe that was all in her head because she felt the same way for Cam's, Camille's and Ally's chassis and the sheath was identical to her sheath on all three of those.
She only decided to stop because she needed to find out about Young Jesse. John may need to 'donate' again. That still didn't bother her. Maybe because it was for a good reason or maybe it was because John had his choice of all the Metal girls and the human ones in the suites and he still chose her.
Maybe it was time to feel good about herself and who she was.
She knew in her future that Duplicate Cameron was with Future John, Future Allison and Future Savannah. Duplicate Cameron didn't have any problems with sharing with any of them. That meant she shouldn't either.
It made her wonder about the Duplicate set of girls in River's future. Did that Duplicate Cameron and River get together? What about Metal Summer? She was there too. She knew the Duplicate set of Vanna, Allison and Jesse would get along fine with each other and Metal Summer. She really wondered what happened there. Then again that was all a half a millennium in the future.
"…appreciate everything." John said.
Cameron must have let her mind drift.
She quickly replayed what John said. She didn't want to ask. John thanked her for everything and what a special time this was for both of them.
"I want only the best for you." Cameron said. "It's what I've always wanted."
John wondered about Cameron's earlier offer about Leticia. He would really like to 'try her out' one time. Maybe if he didn't need to be with Young Jesse he would bring it up. He was just not sure about having Cameron 'watch' him with Leticia. It was kind of embarrassing to him.
"I really do appreciate that." John said. "You decided what you want and that's what I'll do. I want this to be the best for you like it has been for me."
Cameron was pleased with all her decisions. She liked being the one in control. She liked being the decider.
Camille-Holly was thrilled to be with Allison in the Master Suite. It was very exciting for her to 'look like Allison'.
It didn't bother her that Camille used her chassis to be with all the girls. She did like her 'normal' appearance but she really liked to look like Allison.
Allison could tell how thrilled Holly was with the chassis swap. It seemed that Holly wanted to keep Camille's chassis as her own. It was fun for awhile but she wanted things to go back to normal after the cruise.
"We're down to the last two places to visit." Tom said. "All the others have checked out and the surveillance is functioning as it is supposed to. Nothing's been tampered with."
Derek thought that was good anyway.
"So it's down to the port facility or the old newspaper plant." Derek said.
Steve looked back.
"Affirmative." Steve said.
Kyle and Derek looked at each other but didn't say anything. It never got old.
"The cruise ship will be in port tomorrow." Kyle said. "The port facility can be checked then by some of the teams going down there to pick the team up."
Derek knew that left one place to go then. It was a place with a lot of action and a consistent thorn in their side.
"To the old newspaper plant it is." Derek said.
Kyle was a little apprehensive about that place.
"We won't have to use the storm drain route will we?" Kyle asked.
Steve and Tom looked at each other. They really didn't know.
"We will determine that once we do a 'drive by'." Steve said.
Young Jesse was a little apprehensive still.
"How am I doing?" Young Jesse asked. "Am I…?"
Holly-Camille scanned Young Jesse again.
"There's no change." Holly-Camille said. "It can still happen for a few days yet."
Young Jesse frowned.
"I think I better try again." Young Jesse said. "I really want this for Jesse."
Holly-Camille was a little worried about that. Maybe Young Jesse found 'something' she liked better. It didn't matter. The true test of love was about sacrifice.
"You decide what you want to do and I will make it happen. I mean that for anything too." Holly-Camille said.
Young Jesse wanted to be pregnant for Jesse. She also wanted to 'pick up' where things left off with John. It seemed they had some unfinished business. It actually seemed like a lot of unfinished business.
"I'll call Cameron myself." Young Jesse said. "I'm asking a lot from her. I want to do it personally."
Holly-Camille listened to what was happening next door in the Owner's Suite.
"I think Cameron is free right now." Holly-Camille said.
Young Jesse gave Holly-Camille a long deep kiss.
"You know I'll be back to you once the cruise is over." Young Jesse said. "That's with you back in your own chassis too."
Holly-Camille could tell Young Jesse liked Holly's chassis.
"I won't have to switch right away." Holly-Camille said.
Young Jesse was about to get up and go talk to Cameron.
"Maybe I'll wait a little longer before I speak with Cameron." Young Jesse said.
Holly-Camille smiled.
"I think we can find a few ways to pass the time." Holly-Camille said.
Young Jesse and Holly-Camille soon 'melted' back into each others arms….
They were both pleased with Holly's chassis.
Holly-Camille was actually surprised how often Young Jesse fondled her breasts. It appeared that size did matter.
Ally watched as Sheila and Leticia started to get a little more involved. She was a little jealous because Leticia really seemed to please Sheila. Mary came over to her and they got a little more cozy. She noticed that Laura and Vanna were hitting it off. Who was she to complain?
That left Gail-Cam and Cam-Gail together. That was fine for both of them. They got to be with 'themselves'. They were both pleased at how they looked and it was not just their current sheaths.
John Henry was pleased to see Jan on her way to visit him. She was with Summer earlier when they were in the commissary.
"She's beautiful isn't she?" Summer asked.
John Henry jumped a little. He'd just looked around the Command Center earlier. Summer was not in there then. He noted she'd already brought several screens up.
"Hello, Summer." John Henry said. "I didn't see you come in."
Summer didn't mention that was the whole point.
"Jan will join us soon." Summer said. "It looks quiet."
John Henry hoped it stayed that way. He was aware that looks could be deceiving.
