Chapter 1421
EMP Ambush
John Henry was increasingly worried about Savannah and Young Allison. The threat of an ambush seemed to keep growing.
"Savannah, I think we should just do a missile strike against both targets." John Henry said. "We can end this now and avoid the ambush."
Savannah didn't want three of the anti-Metal faction, she wanted all of them. Even if it wasn't all of them it would be more of them.
"I want as many of these people eliminated as possible." Savannah said. "They are a threat to John and the future."
Savannah knew they were a threat to Cameron and Young Allison too. She didn't think about herself. She was a 'Metal Lover' and she was not ashamed of it. She was proud of it.
Summer selected some locations to strike with 'metal hail'. She wanted CamNet to do the geographic strikes after the green sedan passed the locations. That way it would not tip their hand to the occupant of that vehicle.
They should occur before Savannah's SUV arrived at the locations. That would give her time to assess the situation.
Cameron was on top of John facing him. She kept a steady rhythm with the up and down movements of her waist. She bent all the way down to give him a kiss every so often. She wanted him to take in her upper torso and face. She was content to be who she was right now. She wanted John to be able to see her. She liked that the light was on right now.
She could tell John was about to finish. She bent down and gave him a kiss and held it as she increased her speed and depth of motion. She could soon feel his essence. She didn't let up with her motion. John squirmed around wildly as she kept going and held the kiss. She 'made it' a few seconds later. She slowed and stopped as she rested firmly on top of him. She finally released the kiss.
John gasped for air. He was unable to speak at first.
"Wow!" John gasped. "That may have been the best ever."
Cameron smiled. She was who she was and she was in her own chassis. That made her very happy to hear that.
She'd only seen Leticia with females and that was with Sheila. She wanted to compare how she stacked up to the 'best' in bed. She could outlast any human female because she could make love for years without needing to stop. It was the other aspects of love making that she was worried about. She really wanted to bring Leticia here and see how she compared to her. She could learn something new. She wanted that 'human' connection. That was something all the human girls could offer John.
It was times like this where she really wished she'd been with Savannah before. They all told her Savannah offered love that could be felt as such. She wanted that feeling so she could deliver it to John herself.
Maybe she would let John watch Sheila and Leticia together first. That would get him aroused. Once that happened and she put him in bed with Leticia, she didn't think he could resist. That would be especially so if she urged him on.
Cameron was still on top of John. He wondered what was next. She hadn't moved since she stopped a few minutes ago. He was glad the espresso was still working since that kept him firmly planted in her. He simply didn't have any idea where she was lost in thought at.
He didn't think it was a problem that would harm him. He was sure she was in a place that she wanted to be in right now. He just hoped that he was a part of it.
Allison woke up and looked over at Vanna. She was sleeping peacefully. She smiled and gently touched her cheek. She got up out of bed and went to the restroom.
When she was done and on her way back through the dressing room she spotted Holly.
"Holly?" Allison asked.
She wasn't aware if they'd made the chip swap or not.
"Yes." Holly said. "I'm back in my 'home'."
Allison was very glad to hear that. She knew how much Holly liked being in Camille's chassis. Holly even asked her if she could keep it so they could look the 'same'. She didn't want to tell Holly how to 'look' but she liked her how she normally was. It was just something one got used to, the way another person 'looked'.
"Thank You." Allison said and gave Holly a kiss.
Allison could tell that she'd been with Jesse.
Wait.
She remembered that Jesse wasn't on the ship. It was Young Jesse she'd been with. She wanted to be with Young Jesse before the cruise ended.
Allison looked back at Vanna sleeping and then at Holly.
"We can use the smaller room." Allison said. "I don't want to disturb Vanna. I'd like to be with Young Jesse too."
Holly smiled.
"I think we can do all those things." Holly said.
They passed through the main part of the suite to the smaller room.
Cam was waiting there when they arrived.
"You can go see Vanna if you want." Allison said. "Let her sleep some more if you can. She'll be pleased to see you when she wakes up."
Cam smiled and left. She went and carefully climbed in bed next to Vanna. If Vanna woke up she would see how long it took for her to realize she wasn't Allison. That sounded like 'fun'.
Savannah was behind the green sedan. She'd dropped back some more in anticipation of the ambush.
"They're slowing." Mel said.
Savannah looked ahead but couldn't tell. She drove far enough behind them that she couldn't see the car. She let off the gas pedal.
Mel showed Savannah his phone with the tracking images overlaid on the map.
"Are they stopping?" Savannah asked.
Mel calculated the movement.
"No." Mel said. "They've only slowed by fifty percent."
Savannah waited for some additional information but there was none.
"John Henry, is there a turnoff?" Savannah asked.
There was a pause.
"There may be a little further up." John Henry said. "They may want you to close up on them so you make the turnoff."
Savannah figured that was where the ambush would be. It would be off the main road.
Mel went off line and Cammy rebooted.
Savannah filled her in.
Cammy was about to go back into standby.
"What's that?" Cammy asked.
Savannah saw the dirt along side the road up ahead of her start to fly up in all directions with sparks every now and then.
They both realized what it was. It was 'metal hail'.
The ambush site must have been spotted. Savannah wanted Cammy protected from the EMP that was sure to follow.
"Go back into standby, now." Savannah said.
Summer watched the movement of the cars along with the satellite map and her terrain map.
She established a set of coordinates with a grid pattern for CamNet to use as a reference point for the possible roadside target areas.
"Use minigun fire on locations C3 and C4 immediately." Summer said.
CamNet responded. There was a time lag involved. There was no way around that from the high altitude.
The ambush site must have been spotted. Savannah wanted Cammy protected from the EMP that was sure to follow.
"Go back into standby, now." Savannah said.
There was a flash of light. The SUV died and the lights went out.
Savannah wasn't sure if Cammy made it into standby or not in time. Either way she was inopreatable right now.
She turned the wheel sharply and used the emergency brake to slow the car. She didn't want to chance the break lights coming on but she doubted they would. The goal was to make the SUV seem that it was not under any control.
Mel came back online.
"The first EMP has been deployed." Savannah said. "A drone has fired on their position from altitude."
Mel looked around.
"I see two figures approaching from behind us." Mel said. "There's another one from the front on the right. They appear injured."
It was time to go on the offensive.
"Pop the two behind us and go back into stand by for forty seconds." Savannah said. "Come out of it ready to fight."
She was surprised that he used his M9. She heard two silenced rounds cough out death as she exited the SUV. She held her night vision but didn't turn it on yet. She sighted on the slow moving figure and fired three rounds from her M4. The figure toppled over.
"I told you it didn't work." A voice said. "Use the big one."
Two seconds later there was a brighter flash of light.
It sounded to Savannah as if there were at least two more people in the ambush. They'd just used a second and larger EMP.
Savannah put on her night vision and searched for a target. She knew Mel should be back on line soon. She didn't know Cammy's status.
There was another shower of sparks and dirt behind the SUV on the other side. It happened in front of her too but not near her. That meant more target all around her. Hopefully most of them were being taken down.
She spotted one figure moving toward her and fired her M4 again. They went down.
She looked back and there was a figure near the SUV. It looked like they were about to throw a grenade of some kind. If it was Thermite grenade Mel and Cammy were going to have a real bad day.
John Henry was contacted by CamNet as soon as Summer gave the fire mission.
They still received drone images but they were from high altitude. He witnesses the first EMP and then the second one about thirty seconds later.
There were close in drone images that he started to receive.
'Coltan Overcast' was at the scene shortly after the second EMP blast. It must have been in closer than it should have been.
Savannah fired and emptied her magazine into the figure that approached the SUV with the grenade. They toppled over backwards and were engulfed in a fiery explosion as the grenade exploded. It was a Thermite grenade. She spotted a second figure on fire as they thrashed about and screamed in agony near the person she'd shot. There was the sound of a drone very near her. She heard the minigun open up. She wasn't hit so she figured it was one of their drones. She was surprised there was one here already and this low.
The doors open on the SUV and she saw Mel and Cammy get out. The SUV was in danger of burning on the side where the screaming figure was. The paint started to blister.
She heard the minigun fire over her head and the screaming figure was chewed up into smaller burning pieces. They no longer screamed.
Savannah took out a second com and put it in.
Cammy and Mel went wide around the far side in different directions. The drone returned and was behind her and above her. If there was a third EMP it would not fall on her and was close enough to the ground not to be too badly damaged.
She could hear a vehicle approaching but not see it. That should be Richard's team.
Savannah checked on the first two figures she'd shot. They were both dead.
The second SUV pulled up and three Terminators deployed from it. One of them must still be in standby. That was a good thing.
In the burning flames of the two bodies she was able to identify the drone as 'Coltan Overcast'. She looked at it and gave a command.
"Do a wider sweep." Savannah said. "Look for anyone fleeing."
'Coltan Overcast' left and began a search pattern.
Cammy and Mel returned.
"I found three dead from a high altitude minigun attack. They possessed two EMP devices they were unable to use." Cammy said.
Mel found two more that were killed in the same way. This was a big ambush with at least ten people. They counted ten bodies anyway. The high altitude drone attack messed up their ambush from being sprung properly. It appeared the first hits were on the command section. That was mostly luck.
Mel, Michael, Hank and Larry collected the bodies while Cammy searched them. They carried nothing of value for information. It seemed there was only one phone among them That was probably to communicate with the green sedan. This was a military operation that turned out badly for the enemy.
Richard was in standby in the other SUV. He would reboot every thirty seconds and return to standby if there was no shooting.
Mel checked their SUV.
"The vehicle is disabled." Mel said.
Hank and Larry helped him remove everything of theirs from it and place it in the second SUV.
"Where is that green sedan at?" Savannah asked.
"It stopped but has resumed along the dirt road it turned on to." John Henry said. "Three drones have it locked up. Do you want a fire mission?"
Savannah did but she kept her cool.
"Where does the dirt road lead?" Savannah asked.
"It will come out in a populated area." John Henry said.
Savannah was aware 'Coltan Overcast' was moving up and down.
"Go get the green sedan and disable it." Savannah said. "They may have an EMP so come in very low."
It did not seem to matter. 'Coltan Overcast' was after a target. It headed away fast.
John Henry told them the Blackhawk was available. It was on its way to the port. It could be there in twenty minutes.
Savannah asked them to load all the bodies in the disabled SUV.
"Where are we going to leave our SUV?" Cammy asked.
Savannah headed for the other SUV. She looked at Mel.
"Mel will steer it." Savannah said. "Put it in 'Neutral' and I will push you down the road for a mile to the junction of the dirt road. I'm going to rely on you steering without lights. Tell me when you want me to stop pushing."
The male Terminators were all in the second SUV when Savannah arrived. She climbed in and started it, Cammy got in the front with her. She moved up in back of the first SUV.
Mel indicated he was ready. The bumpers touched and they began to move rapidly forward at about forty miles an hour. They were headed toward the junction with the dirt road. Cammy relayed the pick up information for the Blackhawk to John Henry.
It looked like another side mission to the 'deep blue'.
Young Allison listened to what she could. Most of the information came from John Henry at first. She was aware the attack already started.
She could not look at any images because she was driving, there was intermittent traffic. Anna rebooted so she was able to give her a running commentary of the events. She was pleased to hear Savannah took the fight to the enemy and won. She was even more pleased to know 'Coltan Overcast' was right in the middle of it and backed Savannah up.
"I want the female prisoner alive." Young Allison said.
Anna knew Young Allison wanted vengeance.
"That may not be possible." Anna said. "We should engage the target now and stop them from doing anything else."
Young Allison looked at the cars around and all the buildings.
"Is there a drone in gun range?" Young Allison asked.
Anna took care of it.
"Cherry Bomb is within gun range of the blue truck." Anna said. "Other drones have it locked up for a missile strike."
"What was the blast radius of the two EMP devices that were employed on Savannah's operation?" Young Allison asked.
Anna checked with John Henry and the drones around the area.
"The biggest one only affected things less than half a mile away from the detonation location." Anna said. "They appear to be low yield. They were deployed at ground level"
That was good enough for Young Allison. She wanted more help available.
"Have Steve's team close up to within half a mile of us." Young Allison said. "I want to be ready to act."
She wanted most of her resources close but not all of them. They needed to be wary of an ambush as well.
Holly and Allison were together. They seemed to especially enjoy each other. Things were back to normal.
One thing Holly noticed right away was her experience with Allison was superior in her own chassis. She liked having her larger breasts back too. Allison always paid them a lot of attention. John paid them the most attention.
They would share for awhile and then go over and see Young Jesse in the Honeymoon suite. Holly worked everything out with Camille. They agreed to share while Allison was with Young Jesse. It looked like a win-win for everyone.
Camille sent Cam a message that Young Jesse asked to be with Vanna before they disembarked. Cam didn't think it was a problem. They would share with each other when that happened.
Cameron was with John one more time before he fell asleep. She got up and went to the Control Center. Jim was in there.
"What's happening?" Cameron asked.
Jim filled her in.
Cameron was very distressed that Young Allison was leading part of an operation against the anti-Metal group. The only good news was that Savannah's team defeated the first ambush.
"Where are the sheets from Young Jesse's bed?" Cameron asked.
"They're in the closet out of view." Jim said.
That seemed like a good thing. She didn't want to raise any tail feathers.
She went to the closet and looked at the sheets. She checked the area where Young Jesse would have been to receive John unless she was on top or on her knees.
She took them away without comment and placed them where the soiled linen was placed near Jim's room in the private area.
She was a little surprised to see Ally and Hanna leave the Honeymoon Suite and head for the smaller room of the Master Suite.
Holly and Allison exited the smaller room of the Master Suite. Allison held the door for Ally and Hanna.
They all smiled at Cameron standing there naked. They were all naked too. Allison and Holly went into the Honeymoon Suite. Cameron was going to go down the hall and see what Sheila and Leticia were up to. She stopped at the door from the private area to the hall. She was still naked.
The door from the Control Center opened and Jim came out with a bathrobe and a pass key.
Cameron thanked him and eyed his chassis and sheath.
Jim looked nervous and quickly left.
Cameron wondered who she should give to John as a final 'treat' for the cruise.
Sheila asked that it be her. Maybe she would do that. Jim and Bob did not seem keen on the idea of allowing her to use their chassis. Copies of her program previously were in both of those chassis before. They were never used for anything sexual. There were a few times back then as Bob-Cameron that she thought John was ready for 'more'.
She put the robe on and went into the hall. She approached Leticia's suite and quietly entered. She peeked in the bedroom and was very surprised at what she witnessed.
Savannah left Mel, Hank and Larry with the disabled SUV and the bodies. She quietly left word for them to reinforce Young Allison after they dumped the SUV in the 'drink'. They were to have Ken and Lou keep the Blackhawk handy for Young Allison's needs. They were to direct Dan and Frank towards Young Allison as well.
At this point Savannah quietly cut her force in half.
"Let's go." Cammy said.
Savannah didn't like the rush. She was giving the orders on this one.
"Relax." Savannah said.
Cammy wanted the driver of the green sedan.
"Hurry so I can get a hold of the driver." Cammy said. "I'm going to beat the information out of them myself."
"We are to assist you." Michael said.
"Those are our orders." Richard said.
"I didn't give those orders to ANY of you." Savannah said.
Cammy saw it for what it was. The two girls were watching over each other.
"It looks like while you were giving secret orders to Mel, Hank and Larry that someone else was giving secret orders too." Cammy said.
That could only be Young Allison who'd done that.
Savannah took off down the dirt road after the green sedan. She wanted some payback for that ambush that he tried to lead her into and almost did.
'Coltan Overcast' closed in on the target. It communicated with CamNet. It stayed a half mile from the green sedan.
The driver of the green sedan knew something went wrong. They lost communication with everyone. They decided to run. They forgot about the tracker and concentrated on getting away as panic took over.
The dirt road in front of them began to spray dirt in all directions. They did not know what was happening. They quickly realized it was minigun fire. That meant a drone needed to be close by.
They reached over and took the EMP that they carried with them and armed it. They tossed it out the window. As soon as they let go of it they realized it was going to disable their vehicle too. It was too late to do anything.
There was a blinding flash behind them. That should take care of the drone. The car coasted a little further and stopped.
The driver got out and started to run. They forgot to grab their rifle on the way out with the haste and panic they left in. All they carried was a pistol on them along with one grenade.
It wasn't more than ten seconds later that they heard the distinctive sound of a HK drone. It actually seemed very quite. It was probably a new Skynet design.
They continued to run. They wondered if their brain would even register the multiple bullet strikes from the minigun.
A spotlight came on and illuminated the driver.
"Stand down." A voice boomed from the drone.
The driver continued to run.
'Coltan Overcast' fired a burst from its minigun in front of the running driver. They dodged off to the side and were met with a second blast of minigun fire. They tripped and fell as they tried to draw their pistol. The weapon was lost in the underbrush.
"Halt. You are under detention." A voice boomed from the drone.
The driver looked around. There was nowhere to go. The drone sound grew louder. There were now three drones that surrounded them.
The driver fell to the ground in the fetal position and broke down. This was surely the end.
Savannah sped toward where the drones corralled the driver of the green sedan.
"We will approach the driver first." Richard said.
Savannah would go with them.
"I will accompany you." Savannah said.
Cammy would make sure she stayed in front of Savannah as much as possible to shield her.
"We'll see." Cammy said.
Savannah was not sure if the driver was as incapacitated as the drone footage indicated.
"I want to park the vehicle a half mile back and walk in." Savannah said. "They may still have an EMP grenade."
Cammy was irritated even more now that the driver may attempt more trickery.
"I'll beat the information out of them where they are." Cammy said.
Savannah didn't doubt that.
"I want the drones to get out of range as we approach." Savannah said. "Be ready to go into standby if it even looks like the driver has an EMP grenade."
"Affirmative." Richard and Michael said.
Savannah wanted that for everyone. She looked at Cammy and she nodded back. It was clear that Cammy was still steamed.
"'Coltan Overcast' has requested to withdraw and land near where we will be." Cammy said. "It wants to go into standby."
Savannah thought that was a good idea.
"Do it." Savannah said. "Have the other drones increase power plant output to mask what's happening."
As they approached, 'Coltan Overcast' landed behind a mound of dirt. Savannah walked up to it and touched it. She ran her hand over the repairs she'd done previously. It then shut down.
Richard and Michael both ran to the far side of where the driver cowered in the dirt.
Savannah and Cammy approached him from behind. The two drones that remained dropped some flares in a circular pattern around the driver and accelerated away from the area. By the time the driver realized what happened, there were only the four individuals that surround them.
The driver quickly rolled over and threw an EMP grenade. The Terminators were expecting that and all went into standby for different lengths of time in case there was a second one.
There was a blinding flash. Savannah previously removed her night vision because the area was lit by flares.
The driver felt triumphant that the Terminators all fell.
The driver pulled out a knife and started toward Cammy. It was at that point they realized there was still someone standing and they were almost to where they were.
"NO!" The driver said as they looked around for their pistol.
It was nowhere to be seen.
"Put your hands up." Savannah said.
The driver saw the M4 was pointed right at their chest.
"Who are you?" The driver asked.
Savannah smiled. She held all the cards now.
"I'm a 'Metal Lover'." Savannah said. "I guess you know what happens next."
The driver let out a string of curses and threats.
There was some noise behind Savannah and 'Coltan Overcast' was above her and off to her side. Cammy stood up and brushed herself off.
They were joined by Michael and Richard a short time later. They moved in and roughly searched the driver.
Savannah turned to walk away.
New fear gripped the driver. He understood what was next.
"You can't leave me here with these things." The driver shouted. "You can't abandon your own kind. They're going to take over the world. We need to stop them."
Savannah walked away. She didn't look back.
'Coltan Overcast' went into a tight orbit around her. The other two drones that left earlier reappeared and backed up Cammy's team. There were mostly there for intimidation purposes.
Savannah reached the SUV and blew 'Coltan Overcast' a kiss. She started the SUV and drove it closer to where the interrogation was taking place.
She noticed 'Coltan Overcast' was right next to the SUV and running its power plants loudly. She understood why. Someone was being beat to death. That was on her.
"I sanctioned this." Savannah said into her com. "I should hear it so I remember."
'Coltan Overcast' few away and Savannah could hear the screams of the driver as they were slowly beaten into pulp. She tried to look once but the flares were out. It was dark. The darkness could not mask the screams. It only seemed to make them worse.
Anna looked over at Young Allison as they listened to the interrogation.
"Is that what you want to see and be a part of?" Anna asked.
Young Allison was trained to get results.
"I will do what I need to do to protect John Connor and every Resistance member human or Metal." Young Allison said. "If that is what it takes. That is what I will do myself."
Anna felt that way herself. She was very displeased with the attitude of the anti-Metal group.
