Chapter 1413
Leave The Rest
Steve drove rapidly towards the area where the van was disabled by the drone. They were there in less than half a minute.
They spotted the van. There was one man out of it. He was headed for the storm drain opening when he was enveloped in a shower of sparks. He fell and did not move.
The back of the van opened and a second man jumped out. He raised a weapon. It was a pistol. He stood in the liquid that leaked from the rear of the van. There was another shower of sparks and the gasoline vapor ignited. The man caught fire and fell into the burning gasoline on the ground. He no longer moved either as he burnt.
The sliding door on the passenger's side opened and a female exited with her hands raised. She walked in the center of the street away from the burning van.
Steve pulled up next to her and Derek used his Taser on her. She fell immediately to the pavement with a loud thud.
Tom hopped out and went to check the burning van for any more targets. There were none. He was able to pull a few items out of the side door.
"Tom, leave the rest." Kyle said. "It's going to explode soon."
Steve was out of the driver's seat and came around to check the female.
"She's human." Steve said.
He ripped her shirt off and used it to bind her hands and feet as well as make a blindfold and a gag.
Al and Ed arrived a minute later.
"We will clean this up." Al said
Derek and Kyle knew they could not do much else here. This recon went hot and it looked like it was back to a waiting game.
"We can take the prisoner." Kyle said. "Where do you want her?"
Derek looked the topless female over. There was a barcode on her arm. There were burn scars on her back and across the right side of her front torso. One breast was heavily scarred and shriveled. The other one was medium sized and near perfect. It was clear the female had been badly burnt in the future. The blindfold and gag covered most of her face.
"I bet this is the anti-Metal faction." Derek said.
The Terminators looked at each other. They knew it would not end well for the prisoner. Cameron would be back tomorrow and Sheila would be with her.
"She hit her head hard when she fell." Steve said. "I think she will be out for awhile."
Kyle was not pleased with the fact that they were almost ambushed.
Steve worried if any images of their SUV had been transmitted somewhere before the drone took out the man in the bushes.
"We will take her and go." Steve said. "We will take Al and Ed's vehicle. Our SUV may be compromised."
Tom decided to go with them until they could procure another vehicle. He would return and assist Al and Ed with the clean up. He would also retrieve the man in the bushes and remove the Claymore mines.
Steve received a communication that Richard and Michael would meet them soon with two fresh vehicles. They would take the detainee from them and began the questioning.
"Can we listen to the questioning?" Derek asked.
Steve thought that was a bad idea.
"It will be very violent and brutal." Steve said.
Tom was not sure how to address this.
"It's better not to know." Tom said. "Once CamNet has them, they all terminate sooner or later. If this is the anti-Metal group which it looks like, it will end especially badly."
Michael and Richard arrived a few minutes later. They gave Steve and Tom each a 'fresh' SUV and left with the girl in Al and Ed's vehicle.
Tom drove the other SUV back to where Al and Ed were. Hank and Larry were already there when he arrived to assist. They'd brought a box truck to remove the van with along with the bodies.
Derek and Kyle rode with Steve back towards the base.
"I don't like it." Kyle said. "The female surrendered."
Steve did not want to get involved with the decision process.
"Cameron will be back tomorrow. You can address the issue with her." Steve said. "We don't set policy."
It bothered Derek too. He saw the terrible burns on her.
"They should at least know more about her and what happened before they beat her to death." Derek said.
Steve could only think of one way around the procedure that would start as soon and Richard and Michael delivered her to Cameron's base.
"You could contact Savannah." Steve said. "The downside to that is Young Allison wanted to be involved in the interrogations. She'll most likely attend once Cameron returns."
Kyle thought about that for a few seconds.
"Do you mean that she wants to watch the interrogation?" Kyle asked.
Steve looked over at Kyle.
"No." Steve said. "She will participate."
Derek did not like that idea. That level of violence and that type of activity should not be in Young Allison's head.
"That will be brutal and bloody." Derek said. "She doesn't need to be exposed to that procedure."
Derek was really worried now because that was how Jesse got started. He knew she took it way further and turned it into 'pleasure' for herself. He remembered looking at 'things' in her collection. Those were just from the 'live ones' when she souvenired them.
Kyle remembered how Young Allison was unphased by the men he saw her kill. She acted like a Terminator as to the extent it seemed to bother her. It didn't.
"Do Savannah and Young Allison already know about this?" Derek asked.
Steve knew they followed all the operations.
"It is most likely." Steve said.
The ride back to the Resistance base was in silence.
Everyone knew this was dirty business.
Cammy went with Julie into the bathroom. Previously Cameron made sure all the female Terminators possessed and extensive data base on human females and all associated problems.
Julie thought that Cammy looked more like a beauty queen than a medical worker.
"Are you really a paramedic?" Julie asked.
She noted the stone cold look on Cammy's face.
"I have much more training and experience than that." Cammy said. "I've served in several 'war zones'. The injuries I have dealt with were much more severe and traumatic. Limbs were blown off and intestines were hanging out. I did my job and helped everyone I could."
Now that Cammy said that she realized it was true on several levels. She was now aware that she'd treated injured in the future and the past. The details of the past events were still blocked to her. She did know she'd been a several war zones. There were numerous conflicts around the world during the time period she was in the past. She would need to see what Sheila knew about this new revelation. Why was she in combat? Were Young Allison and Savannah there with her?"
"You don't look that old." Julie said.
Cammy did not want to get into it.
"I'm older than I look." Cammy said. "I've seen a lot. None of it was pretty."
Julie did not want to upset Cammy.
"You seemed to know what you're doing." Julie said.
Cammy thought the light was bad in the bathroom.
"Sit up on the sink counter and let me see what I have to work with before we get started with the shower." Cammy said. "The natural light from the window will allow me to see everything clearly."
Julie did as she was asked.
"It's a real mess down there." Julie said.
Cammy looked. It was worse than a mess.
"Who did this to you?" Cammy asked.
Julie frowned.
"Which time?" Julie asked.
Anna listened to the conversation with Cammy and Julie. It sounded as if Julie was not in good shape on several levels.
"You two wait here." Anna said. "I need the get the first aid kit from the SUV."
Anna went outside.
Savannah and Young Allison looked at each other.
"This may be worse than we thought." Savannah said.
Young Allison frowned.
"I'm sure it will be." Young Allison said. "Let me check on operations."
Both Young Allison and Savannah checked their phones.
"Steve's team is in contact with the enemy." Savannah said.
Young Allison checked the drone support. There was good coverage.
"Derek and Kyle were there too." Young Allison said. "This was a recon that almost turned into an ambush."
Anna returned with the medical kit. It contained an extensive array of medicines and surgical implements. She went to the bathroom and knocked. Cammy opened the door and took the kit.
Anna was already aware of the recon gone hot through her com.
They watched the van 'take down' and the capture of the prisoner.
Anna looked at Young Allison as it became clear the prisoner was a female. She was also hideously scarred.
"I bet that's the anti-Metal group." Young Allison said. "It will turn out that female was not only a captive of Skynet at one point but her burn scars were probably related to Metal specifically. She'll never stop hating Metal."
Savannah knew that was speculation but most likely true to some extent.
"I hope the interrogation is over before Cameron returns." Savannah said.
Young Allison wanted to be there and watch it. She wanted to see the people who hurt Cameron and who wanted to kill all of them because they were 'Metal Lovers'.
"After we let Julie off, we can stop by Cameron's base." Young Allison said.
Savannah was not going to let that happen.
"No." Savannah said. "I've seen it before. You will not fill your mind with those images. I'll take care of this."
Savannah sent a message to CamNet to make sure the interrogation was completed ASAP.
Young Allison saw what Savannah just did and how disturbed she was about it.
"Was it that bad?" Young Allison asked.
Savannah looked at Young Allison.
"It was worse." Savannah said. "I needed to end it myself. I couldn't take it any more."
Savannah thought at the time Cameron was so brutal so that she would step up and kill the detainee in cold blood. The first time she told Cameron to do it. The second time she did it herself. Now she could see 'those eyes' of the female Gray she strangled. She watched the life fade out of her eyes as they struggled. She remembered Cameron's hands over hers to encourage her to 'finish' the job. She did. The female Gray died and she lived.
Young Allison gave Savannah a hug which she hungrily accepted.
"Sure, Savannah, someone else will take care of it." Young Allison said. "I still want to know where those people came from. I don't care how we find out. They are our enemies."
It was clear that CamNet would pick that message up.
The female detainee was bound to be in for a rough time now.
Earlier:
Summer didn't think Jan should watch what was about to happen. She was unsure of Jan's level of exposure to real violence. She personally was allowed to view any of the operations that happened from Terminator files, drone footage or body cams. That was one thing Young Allison wanted her to see to 'harden' her. With her advanced educational level. It was not as traumatic as it would be for a 'normal' person. Jan was a 'normal' person.
"I think your mother is looking for you." Summer said.
Jan looked at Summer.
"I want to see what my dad and uncle are doing." Jan said. "Mom will want to see too."
John Henry understood what Summer attempted to do.
"You can bring her here but do not alarm her needlessly. They're not in combat." John Henry said. "Don't make her upset over nothing."
Jan left.
"Get this over with." Summer said. "Clean up what they will see."
John Henry looked at her.
"What about you?" John Henry asked.
Summer looked right at him.
"I see everything." Summer said.
John Henry looked at her for a moment. He was sure that Summer was the deadliest weapon of all the girls that had been 'conditioned' including River. She was a threat to any computer system already without really even trying. If she were to place the encryption into the operating system, she could shut down any super computer with a targeted attack.
"Everything." Summer said again.
John Henry jumped a little.
Cameron returned to John after her rude encounter with Holly-Camille. That was very much unlike Camille. It reminded her more of Cammy. Cammy was always a Bitch to her when it came to anything related to Savannah. Maybe Camille was the same way with Young Jesse. It was clear they both loved their human lover and feared her being able to take the girls away from them.
John sat just inside the balcony door as he looked at the ocean while the ship passed it by. He glanced over when he heard Cameron.
"This is really peaceful to watch this." John said. "It makes it seem like everything else doesn't matter."
Cameron smiled and gave him a kiss.
"None of it does matter until our cruise is over." Cameron said.
John was not so sure about that. He was sure at this point that plenty must have happened.
"How much am I going to need to get caught up on?" John asked.
Cameron did not know all the specifics herself about a lot of it. Both Young Allison and Savannah asked her not to follow things too closely. She did show up on the one operation with Savannah. That was a nice 'shore excursion'.
"I really can't say." Cameron said. "I think we all will need some catching up. Life goes on."
John wanted to ask about Young Jesse. He didn't.
"I'm sure you will let me know what's happening." John said.
Cameron wanted a 'heads up' before Young Jesse arrived.
"You can put your suit on if you want for later on." Cameron said. "I think it would be a nice gesture."
John wondered what for.
"Do you mean before dinner?" John asked.
"Yes." Cameron said. "You will have guest soon in an evening gown."
John was not sure who that was. Maybe it was Leticia. She looked really nice when she was dressed up. All the girls did.
"Should I get ready now?" John asked.
Cameron sat down next to him.
"We still have some time." Cameron said.
John reached over and took her hand. Their fingers interlaced. Cameron leaned her head on his shoulder. They sat like that and watched the water pass by.
John really wondered if Cameron could see the beauty in it or not. He didn't want to ask and not like her answer. It was better just to think she did. It was a nice moment for them to share. They were together and she seemed content with everything that she was doing and orchestrating.
Allison and Camille-Holly did almost the exact same thing as John and Cameron. They were out on the balcony though.
Allison really liked when Camille-Holly took her hand and then later rested her head on her shoulder. It was a level of closeness that they did not usually share. Most of their relationship was sex based. This was different. This was how Vanna and her shared. They shared each other. They shared more than their bodies or specific parts of their bodies. That was the difference between the human girls and the Metal girls.
Jim and Hanna watched the security feed from the nude sunbathing area.
"That's a total free for all." Hanna said.
Jim looked at the screen.
"It looks very stimulating." Jim said.
"It is." Hanna said. "I wish I was there."
Jim wanted to see more but he also was aware of the operation with Derek and Kyle. That was worrisome to him. He was usually with one or both of them on recons. He felt out of place being on the ship right now. He could not fully enjoy what he was able to see on the top deck with the girls.
Hanna did not follow the other operation. She concentrated on what was going on with the girls. She sent a message to Holly-Camille and asked what she was doing. There was no answer. That kind of narrowed it down as to what she was doing. Her hand slid down inside her pants. She needed some 'release'. She would take care of things herself right now.
Once Cammy got Julie scrubbed down and cleaned up she looked a lot better. She treated a few small deep cuts. What she earlier thought may have been some 'modification' to Julie was just the way she was genetically. She was very trim as was the rest of her figure and features.
Cammy and Julie exited the bathroom when they were done. Cammy was in her underwear and bra and it was wet. Julie wore her new underwear and nothing else.
"You look a lot better." Young Allison said.
Savannah handed Julie a bra and her clothes.
"I haven't worn one of these in a long time." Julie said.
Savannah helped her put it on and hooked it for her. She then handed her some pants and a nice blouse.
They all watched as Cammy stripped off her wet undergarments and put her clothes back on.
Julie could hardly believe what she saw.
"Wow!" Julie said. "You're perfect. You LOOK perfect."
Cammy looked at Young Allison.
"I come from good genetic stock I guess." Cammy said. "She will look just like me in a few years."
Young Allison blushed a little.
Once everyone was dressed Cammy fixed up Julie's hair.
"You look very nice." Young Allison said.
Julie looked at herself in the mirror. She almost did not recognize herself. It had been a long time since she'd see 'that girl'.
"I sort of do look nice." Julie said. "Is that really me?"
It seemed to her that Cammy could do everything and do it perfectly too.
Savannah wanted to get down to business now. What needed to be done and how it was done mattered.
"It is." Savannah said. "Now we are going to get you the help you need. You have to want the help for it to work and make it happen. It has to be you that does it."
Julie moved over to the window and looked out. She wanted to get off the street and all the negativity it spewed.
"I want to try." Julie said. "I want to be more than I was."
Julie noticed her clothes were gone from the trash.
Anna took care of that. She'd scanned them and put them in the dumpster in the rear of the building. Neither Cammy nor her turned up anything that was communicable from Julie. That was actually a surprise.
"I didn't want to maid to see them. They may have raised questions." Anna said. "Your past is behind you."
The girls all straighten up and left. The room was in good order.
Julie was sure since nothing 'happened' to her in that room that the danger was behind her too. The girls were the real deal and everything was as good as it could be.
Cameron felt John drift off into sleep. She carefully slipped away and went and made the bed up. Everything was nice and looked neat. She laid out John's nice clothes for him.
Earlier, as the door to the Honeymoon Suite closed, she'd heard Young Jesse give Camille a 'rebuke' about her conversation with her and that she wanted to dress up nice to come and see John.
Cameron listened to what was currently occurring in the Honeymoon suite. It did not sound like Young Jesse was getting dressed up yet. She came and checked on John. He was still resting.
She went to the pass door and slipped inside the Control Center. She noticed right away what Hanna was doing. She could tell that Jim wanted to do the same in his own way. It would be a little more obvious.
Hanna continued for a few more seconds until she finished. She only needed a single vibrating fingertip to make it happen.
Cameron looked at what Hanna currently viewed. The girls upstairs in the nude sunbathing area were all still at it.
She looked over at Hanna.
"Holly-Camille could use a friend soon." Cameron said.
Hanna looked at her and then at the Master Suite. She'd hoped that Allison and Camille-Holly could too.
"What about you?" Hanna asked.
Cameron gave her a faint smile.
"I'll manage." Cameron said.
'Everyone sacrifices for John Connor.' Cameron thought.
Jim gave Cameron a brief run down on what Savannah and Young Allison were up to. He mentioned that Kyle and Derek conducted a recon and were headed back to base now. He left out the part about a near ambush and a female captive.
Cameron turned to leave. She paused and looked at Jim.
"Send the image from upstairs to my phone." Cameron said as she indicated what Hanna currently looked at.
Cameron reentered the main part of the Owner's Suite, it was time to get John ready.
She knew the anti-Metal faction was out there. John needed to be protected. She needed to remind herself that was her function and there was more than one way to do it. Some required a little more assistance than others.
The girls in the nude sunbathing area all switched partners several times as they shared with each other.
Sheila and Vanna were now together.
Mary, Laura and Leticia each were with a Metal partner.
Vanna watched as the Metal girls all 'pushed' it.
"They need to not overdo it." Vanna said.
Sheila did not see it as a problem.
"Everyone will get what they want." Sheila said.
Vanna pictured each of the human girls ending with an 'explosive' finish.
"This is a public area." Vanna said.
It seemed pretty private to Sheila.
"Maybe it is." Sheila said. "I will take care of it."
Sheila sent out a low decibel warning to the Metal girls to not overdo it. They could always retreat to their suites later on for a grand finale.
Vanna was ready to go back at this point. She didn't want to get any sun damage. Parts of her body were being exposed to the sun that seldom saw it anymore or ever did in the past - the future. The sun wasn't visible for years.
"I want to go back." Vanna said.
Sheila stopped her.
"Let me get you there one more time first." Sheila said.
Vanna smiled.
"Now that you put it like that…." Vanna said.
Vanna wasn't one to turn down a guaranteed finish. The Metal girls always delivered.
Derek and Kyle arrived back at the base.
Steve let them off and left again.
"You know he's going back there to help." Kyle said.
"I know." Derek said. "There's not a whole lot we can do at this point.
They entered the base from the carpool area.
Sarah and Jan were in the hall outside Derek's room.
"Hi, Dad." Jan said. "Hi, Uncle Derek."
Jan ran up and gave Kyle a hug.
Sarah walked over and gave Kyle a hug and a kiss.
"We were on our way to check up on you." Sarah said. "We got side tracked with Riley and Precious."
Derek looked a little worried.
"Is everything alright?" Derek asked.
Sarah did not want to alarm him.
"Everything is fine." Sarah said. "I just stopped by to check on Precious. I think she's cutting a tooth."
Derek excused himself and entered his quarters.
"Tell me about your mission." Sarah said. "Jan already told me about some of it."
Kyle was not sure what Jan saw. He was sure she didn't see everything.
"Let's hear Jan tell it and I will fill in the blanks." Kyle said.
That sounded like fun to Jan.
The three of them returned to their room.
Kyle intended to leave a lot of the blanks blank.
Young Jesse and Holly-Camille finished up. They took a shower together. They got the shower taken care of quickly. It was time for Young Jesse to get ready.
"Which dress do you want to wear?" Holly-Camille asked.
Young Jesse looked at the dress she'd thought about earlier. She wanted Camille to make the best selection.
"You can pick it for me." Young Jesse said.
Holly-Camille was not sure she wanted to do that but since Young Jesse asked her she would. She reached for the one Young Jesse looked at the most.
"I pick this one." Holly-Camille said.
Holly-Camille chose an emerald green dress.
"That looks pretty." Young Jesse said. "I like it. I think it's beautiful."
"You are even more beautiful." Holly-Camille said.
Holly-Camille dressed Young Jesse and provided her with emeralds to wear. There were emerald earrings, an emerald necklace and an emerald bracelet. She then worked on Young Jesse's hair.
Young Jesse watched herself get fixed up in the mirror by Holly-Camille. It was hard to believe it was really her by the time she was finished.
"LOOK at me." Young Jesse said. "I don't look this good."
Holly-Camille looked at her handiwork as she touched up Young Jesse's makeup.
"Yes you do." Holly-Camille said. "Here's the proof. You're ravishing."
Holly-Camille listened to hear what was happening next door in the Owner's Suite.
"Is it time yet?" Young Jesse asked.
Holly-Camille gave Young Jesse a kiss on the cheek.
"Almost." Holly-Camille said. "You are doing Jesse a real 'solid'. I do understand that. She needs your help and no one else can really help her. You want to help 'yourself'. It is actually quite selfless and noble."
Young Jesse smiled at Holly-Camille.
"You're the greatest." Young Jesse said. "That's why I love you so much."
Holly-Camille was very pleased to hear that.
Cameron got John cleaned up and helped him to get ready.
John handed the tie to Cameron.
"You have better luck with these things than I do." John said.
Cameron thought John did just fine but she did it anyway.
John was ready in no time.
"How do I look?" John asked.
Cameron fixed his hair a little.
"You look like a 'fine gentleman'." Cameron said.
John hoped he could behave like one. Things were a little different when he was with Young Jesse earlier. Then again they were a little different with Allison and Vanna as well. It just proved you never knew what was going to happen or not happen.
Things weren't as cut and dried as they all seemed to be even when everyone knew what was supposed to occur.
Cameron didn't think John should be as nervous as he was. This should not be anything 'new' to him.
Wait.
Now Cameron wondered what was really going on.
She was about to ask John when she heard the door on the Honeymoon Suite open.
"There coming…." Cameron said. "Let's go."
Young Jesse looked very nervous to Holly-Camille.
"It's time." Holly-Camille said. "It should be like before. You're not sore are you?"
Young Jesse wanted to get moving.
"I'm fine." Young Jesse said. "People do this all the time."
Holly-Camille opened the door from the Honeymoon Suite into the private area.
John and Cameron exited the Owner's Suite at the same time. She propped the door open.
Cameron backed away and Holly Camille walked past them to go into the Control Center with Cameron.
John and Young Jesse faced each other.
"You look beautiful, Jesse." John said.
"Thank you, sir." Young Jesse said. "You look handsome."
They approached each other. They were alone at this point.
"This seems like déjà vu." John said. "Will you join me?"
"Yes." Young Jesse said.
John swept her off her feet again and carried her into the Owner's Suite. The door closed behind them.
It was time to get to 'work'.
