Chapter 1422


Slow Loving Touches


Cameron put the robe on that Jim handed her and went into the hall from the private area. She approached Leticia's suite and quietly entered. She peeked in the bedroom and was very surprised at what she witnessed.

Sheila and Leticia were sharing but it was different than the wild and passionate sex she'd witnessed earlier. Leticia wasn't sharing her body. She was sharing 'herself'. These were slow loving touches.

It looked quite beautiful to Cameron. She decided to stay and watch them really make love. She was sure that Sheila and Leticia were in love with each other. At least Leticia was really in love with Sheila.


Ken and Lou in the Blackhawk received a new mission. They were already in the air when they were given the new coordinates by CamNet. They headed the Blackhawk inland. There was a new 'cargo' mission. It seemed they would be back over the water soon enough.

Dan and Frank were also directed inland. They were given a new mission as well to assist Young Allison.


Mel waited with Hank and Larry. They made sure everything was secure with the bodies and the disabled SUV. It was ready for transport to the 'deep blue'.

"I hear it." Hank said.

They could all hear the Blackhawk as it approached in the darkness.

Ken piloted the big copter and made a circular pass over those waiting below. Lou tossed out the cables to secure the SUV below the helicopter. Mel, Hank and Larry got everything ready in a short while. The Blackhawk hovered over them. They climbed up on top of the SUV and into the helicopter. There were now five Terminators on board.

They all put headphones on. Lou moved back into the copilot's seat.

"We may have one more body to add." Mel said.

Mel indicated where the green sedan was at.

Ken lifted the SUV off the ground and headed in that direction. He kept the speed slow and the altitude low.


Savannah listened to the interrogation beating conducted by Richard and Michael. Cammy was a participant as well.

Savannah moved the SUV right up in back of where they were at as the Terminators conducted the 'interview'.

It seemed like things were just about finished to Savannah. She took out her M9 and walked to where the three Terminators were at.

"Did you get what you needed?" Savannah asked.

Cammy was dissatisfied.

"We got some things." Cammy said.

In the light from the SUV's headlights Savannah could see the driver's face was covered in blood. It looked like one eye had been knocked out of the socket. It seemed to bulge out of the battered skull anyway.

The driver did not seem very talkative any longer.

Richard looked the driver over.

"They will terminate in a few minutes." Richard said. "There is massive internal bleeding."

Savannah was about to use her M9 and finish it. The driver looked in her direction.

"Bitch…. Whore…. 'Metal Lover'…." The driver gasped out. "Rot… in… Hell…."

Cammy swiftly moved forward and planted her foot on the driver's back to hold them in place. She pulled their head back with one hand by the hair. With her other hand she reached down and grasped the driver's tongue.

"You will learn to show some respect in front of a lady." Cammy said.

Cammy ripped out the driver's tongue. She threw it back in his face after she dropped the body back to the ground.

There was a horrifying gurgling scream as the driver thrashed around wildly.

Savannah did not like what they called her. She went to put her M9 away. She was going to let them bleed to death in agony. She paused and took it back out. She took aim at the screaming thrashing figure and fired one round into their head.

The screams stopped. Their impact didn't.

"Let's go." Savannah said.

Cammy received an update from John Henry.

"The Blackhawk with the SUV and bodies will be here in one minute to collect this one." Cammy said.

Savannah looked over at the green sedan.

"What about the car?" Savannah asked.

Michael quickly looked it over. He took anything of value out of it along with the driver's rifle. It was a stainless steel Mini-14.

"There is no indication of violence." Michael said. "We can leave it. It will look like another abandon car. It is no longer operable."

Cammy ushered Savannah back into their SUV when the helicopter approached.

"I don't want you covered in dust or hit by any flying debris." Cammy said.

Savannah and Cammy sat in the front of the SUV and watched Richard and Michael load the body in the disabled SUV suspended below the helicopter as it hovered. They gave Ken a 'thumbs up' and the Blackhawk lifted up and departed. They watched it disappear into the night sky.

Richard and Michael dusted off and got into the back of the SUV.

"What's the best way out to get to where we need to go?" Savannah asked.

Cammy checked the maps she contained on file.

"Do you want to reinforce Young Allison or visit the location the driver gave up?" Cammy asked.

Savannah wanted to backup Young Allison. They also needed to take care of business before any of the anti-Metal group got away. They weren't done here yet.

"We need to finish this first." Savannah said.

Cammy nodded.

"Continue down the dirt road in the direction the green sedan was headed." Cammy said.

Savannah started out on the dirt road. There was a nagging fear that the ambushes weren't over yet. The driver of the green sedan wanted them on this road if they made it through the other ambush. There must be some kind of a surprise waiting for them.

"I don't want to end up in another ambush." Savannah said.

They passed the disabled green sedan.

"We will take some evasive action before we reach the target." Cammy said.

Savannah watched as the three Terminators went into a rotating standby schedule. That was reassuring even if it was not reassuring that they needed to do that in the first place.


Young Jesse was thrilled. She'd been with all the Metal girls and experienced multiple finishes. She thought Camille was about to join her again.

"I don't think I'll be much of a following act for a Metal girl." Allison said.

New excitement rushed through Young Jesse as she realized it was Allison. She hoped to make love to Allison. She'd just shared plenty of sex.

Young Jesse gave Allison a deep slow kiss.

Allison returned it the same way. She understood what Young Jesse wanted. It was love. That was something she was good at.

They started a meaningful love sharing session. There were plenty of slow loving touches. Those were what the non Metal girls wanted at the end of the day.


Young Allison was ready to stop the truck if it tried any fancy maneuvers.

Anna updated with John Henry when she came out of standby.

"Savannah's team has successfully taken down the ambush. No one was injured or damaged." Anna said.

Young Allison was briefed by John Henry already.

"She's also sent half her help to us once the SUV is dumped in the ocean." Young Allison said.

Anna wanted to end this before they ended up in an ambush.

"The truck is locked up for a missile strike at any time." Anna said. "Once it is isolated I think we should take the shot."

Young Allison was given a detailed description of what went down with Savannah's teams. If the 'metal hail' from the drone gravity shots hadn't taken place when they did, the story could have ended differently.

"I'm still of the inclination that they are going to lead us somewhere other than into an ambush." Young Allison said.

Anna didn't share that same belief. There was no factual data to back up Young Allison's assertion.

"Let's hope so." Anna said.

Anna went back into standby.

Young Allison remained in loose pursuit of the truck. The drones overhead would make sure she didn't lose it.


Vanna opened her eyes. She was very sleepy. There'd been a lot of sexual activity on the ship. She was pleased to see 'Allison' was asleep next to her.

'Allison' stirred and gave Vanna a quick kiss.

Vanna figured she was awake now and so was 'Allison' they might as well knock off a quickie and go back to sleep. A dose of endorphins did the body and mind some good.

She moved closer to 'Allison' and started in on her with slow loving touches.

Right away she noted the aggressive response.

"Cam, is that you?" Vanna asked.

Cam responded with a more aggressive kiss.

"Allison is with Holly." Cam said. "We are all back in our original chassis."

Vanna was very pleased to hear that. She forgot about being sleepy and concentrated on Cam. She liked it when everything was 'normal'.

All of the girls preferred their Metal lovers in their usual chassis and sheath appearance.


John reached over on Cameron's side of the bed. Nobody was there. He opened his eyes and looked around. He was alone. Right now that didn't bother him. He needed a break. He was sure Cameron would be back before the night was over and she would not be alone. That was OK too. He was unsure he would get the opportunity to be with any 'strange' once the cruise was over. That was OK too. There wasn't much left that was 'strange' at this point.

He looked forward to a new adventure before they disembarked. He was not sure how he would handle it if Cameron was there with Bob or Jim. If it was Cameron in control he would go with it. He doubted there would be many slow loving touches at that point. He rolled over and went back to sleep.


Summer didn't like the close one that Savannah's team just went through. She was sure her contribution helped them. She felt the response was a little too close for comfort. She wanted to do more.

She went over and listened at her mother's room. It was quiet now. Jesse and Claire must be asleep right now. She left her room and headed for the Command Center.


John Henry was surprised when Summer walked in the front door of the Command Center. He was usually only aware of her presence when she wanted him to be.

"I'm coming to help until Savannah and my sister are on their way home." Summer said. "Assisting right now is more important that any repercussions."

John Henry was pleased to hear that.

"Your input helped defeat the ambush set up for Savannah's team." John Henry said. "That was very innovative."

Summer didn't think it was enough.

"It was a start." Summer said.

John Henry could see Summer was in communication with CamNet. He was currently excluded from their dealings. He didn't want to ask.

"I can install more monitors for you." John Henry said.

Summer didn't think it was necessary.

"CamNet will cycle the screens faster for me." Summer said. "I don't think the ambushes are done yet."

John Henry didn't think so either. He felt once they identified a solid location the drones should make a strike there.

"I think the drones should play a bigger part in the next strike." John Henry said.

Summer was all for that. Right now she wanted to see all the satellite images of the location where Savannah's team was headed. She needed to assess the terrain and rock formations.


The more Cameron watched Sheila and Leticia the more she wanted to take Leticia into the Owner's Suite. That was something John should experience. She was still worried about the effect it would have on the human girls in the Resistance. None of them would be able to offer everything Leticia could offer, at least not in quite the same way.

It really made Cameron wonder if she thought that only because there was a chance Leticia might be able to conceive if she was with John. She knew she would take that baby away from Leticia too, one way or another. She needed to check herself. Savannah would disapprove highly of her intentions.

Cameron wanted to leave to go check on John but she was fascinated to watch Sheila and Leticia. She went to the connecting door to Mary and Laura's suite and they were back at it again. She liked what she saw there too.

She looked at Mary and Laura and back at Sheila and Leticia. She really wished Savannah was on the ship. Maybe it was time for them to consummate their love. Cameron still wanted Savannah to be her 'first'. She was ready for a second, a third and so on right now. Since John was able to expand his 'selection' she should be able to do so as well. It seemed like less of an issue to her at this point.

The danger began to 'click' in Cameron's mind. Savannah and Young Allison were both dealing with personnel from the anti-Metal group. Maybe that was driving this whole thing she was watching now. Maybe it was the love being displayed. Maybe it was both. Maybe she'd better remember she was a Terminator with a job to do. It was her 'job' to make sure John was protected.

Cameron took one last look and left. She headed back to the Control Center. Maybe she would stop by and see John on the way there.


Young Allison closed up on the truck until she could see it. She knew she was in close but she drove in the other lane and not in back of it. She was still quite a ways behind it.

She received word that Savannah was headed to a location the driver of the green sedan gave up before he was terminated. She was unaware that Savannah shot the driver to put them out of their misery. She thought the Terminators finished them off.

Anna rebooted. John Henry filled her in. She noticed something else too.

"You are very close to the target vehicle." Anna said.

Young Allison was a little antsy.

"I think something is about to happen with them." Young Allison said. "Savannah has given up most of her help and is on her way to attack an anti-Metal target."

Anna was already aware of that from her 'speed transmission' from John Henry.

"We can end this here now and redirect more resources to assist Savannah's team." Anna said.

That was tempting to Young Allison.

"I want some finality out of this pursuit we're on." Young Allison said. "These people have to be going somewhere."

Anna hoped it was not around in circles or to another ambush for their teams.

"As far as we know, one of those two people could really be a Gray or a Fanatic." Anna said.

That was a thought that crept into Young Allison's mind.

"I'm aware of that." Young Allison said. "As long as we get some hard targets I don't care who they are. They're all the enemy."

Anna watched the drone image of the truck and to see what was ahead of them as well.

"The truck is slowing." Anna said.

Young Allison hadn't observed any brake lights. They must have let off the gas and downshifted to slow the vehicle.

"They're turning into a shopping center." Anna said.

Young Allison was afraid they'd 'made' her. She'd closed up to visual range. She was still quite a way in back of the truck.

"They may try and get lost in the crowd." Young Allison said. "Is the tracker inside the prisoner still functioning?"

Anna already checked that.

"Yes." Anna said. "I don't believe she can get to it by hand. It's a tight fit in there."

Young Allison knew they would be able to track the prisoner.

"It's the male driver of the truck we may lose if they split up." Young Allison said. "I'm going after him."

Anna wondered what for.

"Are you going to kill him?" Anna asked. "I don't think you will be able to take him into custody by yourself."

Young Allison could picture the visual dynamic with people around.

"I want a drone to take a shot at him if one of us can't then." Young Allison said.

Anna didn't go back into standby. She wanted Young Allison to think about her choices more.

Randy rebooted. Anna filled him in.

"I can take a shot at him with a rifle." Randy said.

Young Allison thought a suppressed round from and M4 would not draw too much attention.

"I want to bring him down so the female prisoner doesn't see it if they've separated." Young Allison said. "We can track her. If she suspects foul play she won't go back to her people."

Anna went back into standby as Young Allison closed up the gap.


Summer looked at dozens of images on each screen every few seconds. John Henry watched her. He could see she took it all in. It was impressive. He was convinced she was really either River or a clone of her at this point. He wasn't going to ask CamNet again about it. He didn't want to get locked out of his system. Every time he'd brought it up with Cameron, she always said she'd never done anything like that 'yet'.

"My concern is with Allison - Young Allison's team." Summer said.

She wasn't used to referring to her sister as 'Young Allison'. She was aware that everyone else was. She didn't want people to look on the ship at Allison when she made the reference to 'Allison'.

John Henry followed the pursuit.

"She may run into and ambush if she turns in after them." John Henry said.

The thought crossed John Henry's mind to take the truck out now and be done with it. It could avoid a temporal mission later on if something happened to Young Allison.

"A drone can get off a single shot if the driver is walking with accuracy from a long distance." Summer said.

John Henry nodded.

"That's correct." John Henry said.

Summer hated to get involved like this.

"You need to have Allison - Young Allison, stand down." Summer said.

John Henry was sure Young Allison was going to get a form of target fixation and make a mistake. She possessed a lot of knowledge but she lacked experience in the field.

"I can advise her." John Henry said. "There is someone else she can be contacted by that she will listen to if they warn her."

Summer poured over all her screens and drone images as she looked for an ambush at the shopping center.

"Savannah has enough to worry about." Summer said.

John Henry looked at Summer.

"I meant you." John Henry said. "She will listen to you."

Summer looked over at John Henry. Maybe she would.


Cameron stopped by to check on John. He was asleep. She was glad to see he was not awake and alone. She went to turn towards the door to the Control Center and looked back at the door of the Owner's Suite again. She was tempted to go and get one of the three girls and bring them here.

She resisted the impulse and went to the Control Center instead.


Jim concentrated on the two operations as they developed. He could see there was going to be some trouble over this.

The door from the Owner's Suite opened and Cameron walked in.

Jim figured that would be some more trouble. That could be true on several levels as well.

They greeted each other and he handed her a cable to plug in. There was a lot happening and he thought it was best if she dealt directly with John Henry or CamNet over this. There was probably going to be some anger and he did not want it directed at him.


Allison was really thrilled to be with Young Jesse. She felt Young Jesse was like Jesse in a lot of ways and unlike her in others. One thing was for sure and that was she enjoyed being with her. It was more like a 'loving version' of Sheila at this point. Her body was as flawless as Sheila's was.

She thought about herself. Her body healed up nicely over the years. Vanna and Jesse both still bore the scars of the future on them. It seemed Savannah was going to end up that way too the way she was run around nonstop.

"What's wrong?" Young Jesse asked.

Allison realized she'd zoned out a little.

"I was just thinking how beautiful you are." Allison said.

Young Jesse touched her cheek.

"You're beautiful too." Young Jesse said. "You are the human version of my Metal lover and I enjoy sharing with you."

Allison wondered if maybe Young Jesse could reach Savannah on a personal level about taking it easy. She wanted to be up front with Young Jesse.

"I'm with Savannah sometimes." Allison said.

Young Jesse asked Savannah about that before.

"She told me how beautiful that it was to share with you." Young Jesse said. "I can reaffirm that myself."

Allison wanted a few allies.

"Savannah is always in combat." Allison said. "Her body is taking a beating something fierce."

Young Jesse was not aware as to the extent of any damage. This was not news she wanted to hear. She looked concerned now.

"She never mentioned it to me." Young Jesse said. "I read the after action reports. I actually study them with Camille."

Allison went on to tell Young Jesse all the things she didn't 'hear' or read about. Young Jesse was quite worried when she was done filling her in.


Camille and Holly stopped their sexual activity and paused to listen to the 'off the books' report that Allison gave Young Jesse.

Gail told them not to violate their privacy. She'd listened too because it was about Savannah. What they discussed bothered her greatly as well. She would need to back up Savannah more often even if it was done clandestinely. She would go directly to CamNet for her assistance. She didn't have any doubt CamNet would do what she could to protect Savannah. She'd acted as CamNet's 'Enforcer' before.


Cammy followed the terrain visually and checked their position on the drone overlay maps of the satellite images.

"There are three ways off of this dirt road." Cammy said.

Savannah wondered what the set up was. It sounded like an ambush location if they were going to get one pulled on them.

"Are they all at the same point?" Savannah asked. "I don't want to get ambushed."

Cammy worried about that too. She knew John Henry was on it.

"There are drones that are doing recon by fire in front of us at any suspicious locations." Cammy said.

Savannah wondered how long it would be before they found a group of dirt bikers or backpackers that decided to camp for the night. There was a good chance they would be taken out by mistake.

"I think we need to be a little more certain as to what targets they find." Savannah said. "I don't want innocent people getting caught up in our actions. I want positive ID on a target before a drone strikes on its own."

Cammy understood Savannah's concern. It was not a concern of any of the Terminators or machines. They needed a 'check' and Savannah just gave it to them.


Jim could see Cameron was going to have a problem once she started taking in all the information. He knew Vanna was busy with Cam in the suite next door. He contacted Cam and asked that Vanna come to the Control Center when she was available. He told her why.

He was surprised when Vanna appeared about twenty seconds after he finished with the message. She was naked when she entered and so was Cam. They each carried a bathrobe they were in the process of putting them on.

Cameron didn't look back when they entered.

Once Vanna put her robe on Jim got up and she sat down next to Cameron and took her left hand. It'd already started to glitch earlier.

Cameron looked over with a blank look on her face that slowly turned into a smile. They nodded at each other as Cameron continued her updates. No words were spoken. They didn't have to be. Vanna loved Cameron from when she was a 'program' stuck in a server. She only loved her more when she was returned to her chassis.

Cam kept an eye on Cameron. Ally and Hanna were in the connecting room to the Control Center if they were needed. Jim was right next to her.


Sheila was aware of what was happening to her. It wasn't what she wanted to happen but it was anyway. She knew Cameron was here earlier. She was not sure if she was here for her chassis or to take Leticia to see 'Tony'. She saw her check out Mary and Laura after she'd watched them for awhile. It seemed she left empty handed.

Leticia was asleep now. She still held her in her arms. Leticia did ask several more times if she wanted her to be with 'Tony'. Leticia said she was sure 'Barbara' wanted her to be. It was clear to everyone that 'Barbara' was the one in charge.

Sheila didn't want to miss out on Cameron using her chassis again with John. She considered carrying Leticia to the Owner's Suite with her. She was sure Leticia would conceive if she did.

She carefully got up and out of bed without disturbing Leticia. She went and made sure that Mary and Laura were still in their suite. They were. They were both back asleep too. She grabbed a robe as an afterthought before she went out in the hall and down to the private area.

Sheila let herself into the private area and listened to what was happening in the Honeymoon Suite. It seemed Allison and Young Jesse were together. She wanted to make another stop there before the cruise was over. She would like to do that after Cameron used her chassis again if possible. She figured if Jesse liked it and she liked it, that Young Jesse would like it too.

She moved on to the Owner's Suite and listened. She could only hear John snoring. She headed for the Control Center next.

As soon as she opened the door she was sure there was going to be some kind of problem. Vanna was there and she firmly held Cameron's hand. That was always a bad sign.


Young Allison was 'Hell bent' on taking down the driver and tracking the female prisoner. She was getting a little lax in following her training.

She never expected the call from Summer. It was an appeal to her to follow her training and protocol. There were no 'do' or 'don't' statements. It was just a reminder to do what she was supposed to do and not get caught up in the moment.

She immediately backed off in her 'hot' pursuit and talked things over with Anna on her next reboot and then with John Henry.

It was decided that if the two people got out of the truck that the driver would be taken down by either a drone or a Metal sniper before they could get lost in the shopping center.

It seemed she was not following the time. The shopping center was closed. It was well past midnight. Maybe that wasn't the destination of the truck. Maybe it was to draw them out and set them up. Maybe this wasn't going to work out as planned.