Chapter 1426


Happy With You


Richard and Michael took the lead as they advanced on the location that Cammy indicated. They'd been warned about the change in the com static. If the com signal cleared up there was probably an EMP blast about to follow it. They knew to go into standby before that happened.

Cammy carried Savannah over the rocky terrain. It was the fastest way to get her to the location in the darkness. If there was an EMP set off, Savannah would be able to provide return fire until they could reboot. Hopefully the change in the com signal would allow them to enter standby before the EMP went off.

"I think it's just up ahead." Cammy said.

Richard and Michael halted. They were on the lookout for booby traps around the jamming device.

Cammy set Savannah down.

"Maybe one of you should go into standby now." Savannah said.

Michael volunteered. He wedged himself in between two rocks in an upright position so he would be harder to spot but be ready for action quickly.

Savannah wanted to reassure him he wouldn't be left behind.

"I'll come back for you." Savannah said.

Cammy moved into the lead position now with Richard behind her. Savannah brought up the rear.


John Henry and Summer watched them from a drone image off to the side out of the jamming field.

"They're searching for the jamming device." Summer said. "They must have a good idea where it is."

John Henry went over previous satellite images of that area.

"There's nothing there that I can see from the images that I have on file." John Henry said.

He thought about sending some of the drones back in with specific locations to search for targets. It would put them in danger of being knocked down with an EMP blast.

Summer wondered what the power source was for the jamming device. There were no electrical lines in the area. It could be a battery or a power cell from a Terminator. If it was a generator it would produce some kind of sound. Maybe that was what the team currently tracked.

John Henry switched his attention back to the progress of the Blackhawk and Young Allison's team.

"They're almost to the LZ." Summer said.

John Henry noticed she followed both operations.

"Yes." John Henry said. "They will split into two teams as they approach the target."

Summer knew there should be another human with the second team.

"I think one Terminator with the second team should be carried with the group in standby." Summer said. "That way one of them will be able to be active sooner than the rest of them if there is an EMP."

John Henry was glad that Al and Ed were able to go with them. That gave them two extra Terminators. If they did standby with one Terminator they were still ahead.

"I will forward the suggestion to Anna to relay to Young Allison." John Henry said. "What about the helicopter?"

Summer thought they'd already set that up.

"It will be shut down and Ken and Lou will alternate in and out of standby." Summer said. "That was what Allison – Young Allison said earlier."

There was body cam footage from all of the Terminators and several drones overhead. The lowest one was at twenty five thousand feet. That was about the biggest EMP blast that they'd witnessed so far from this group. She knew the anti-Metal group needed to worry about knocking down an airliner or helicopter if they used too big of an EMP. That would bring down the government on them to investigate that. That was one reason John Henry and CamNet rerouted all air traffic once they started an operation.

"The truck has reached its destination in the canyon." John Henry said. "It can't go any further."

There was a drone image of the two people get out of it and cover the truck with some kind of netting to camouflage it.

"It does not look like they will be leaving anytime soon." John Henry said.

Summer glanced over at him.

"None of them will be leaving there period." Summer said.

John Henry looked over at Summer. That fact didn't seem to bother her.


John finished up and lay next to Cameron. They shared a long kiss.

"I love you, Cameron, and you love me." John said.

Cameron kissed John again.

"I love you, John, and you love me." Cameron said.

John looked at the clock.

"Is it that late?" John asked.

Cameron figured they were past Malibu.

"Yes. It will be sunrise in a few hours." Cameron said. "The ship will be docked soon."

John hadn't been able to get too much sleep.

"I'm not as tired as I thought." John said. "I think I will feel it tomorrow or actually it will be later today since it is tomorrow already."

Cameron thought John would be able to share one more time before they docked. He needed some refractory time right now.

"I just want to say that was really great, John." Cameron said. "I could feel the love."

John really didn't know what to say about it other than what he felt.

"I love you, Cameron." John said. "I tried to convey that to you silently through our sharing right now."

Cameron kissed him again.

"You did." Cameron said. "I know that you did the same thing as you shared with me in each of the virgin chassis too for the first time before I turned all my programming back on. That made each 'first time' very special to me. I read in Cosmo that most of the females don't finish on their first time since the male usually finishes too fast. You were able to make me finish every time."

John wondered how that went over with the file transfer to each of the Metal girls. That meant they 'felt' the same things that Cameron did since it was her file that was transferred to them. He saw the way they all looked at him later on. He wondered if they were all in love with him now the same way Cameron was. He thought he'd better not ask. Maybe when they got back to the base he would. He didn't want any problems. That all made it clear to him that they wanted their 'one time' with him as promised.

Cameron scanned John on the last kiss. She kept her hand there and continued to scan. She really wondered what he thought about right now. She really enjoyed the love they'd just shared. She wanted to give him a special treat. She didn't want to cause a problem to suggest it. She was afraid it would.

"John, since our honeymoon is almost over I want you to have something special." Cameron said. "I want to show my love for you is strong."

John wondered where this was going. He wanted a preemptive statement out there.

"I'll pass on you using Bob's or Jim's chassis." John said.

Cameron tilted her head slightly.

"I decided against that." Cameron said. "Bob and Jim both asked me not to share the file with them if I used their chassis. It didn't seem they wanted that experience."

John was relieved to hear that. Still, it was in the back of his mind to try that sometime. If it was actually Cameron in control, it was still an interesting concept.

"John Henry may want to try that when we return." Cameron said.

John did not want to push it.

"I'm happy with you how you are now." John said.

Cameron gave him another kiss. It was a long one.

"Thank you." Cameron said. "I want you to have a special time, John."

John thought the special time that he shared so far would be hard to beat.

"I already have with you, Cameron." John said. "I really appreciate everything that you've shared with me and allowed."

Cameron liked it when everyone was happy.

"I want you to have anyone you want on the ship." Cameron said. "That's my gift to you. The gift is any Metal or human female you may choose from."

John wanted them all. What Cameron did made him want more.

"There is one I really would like." John said. "She's beautiful and she's Hot."

Cameron wondered who that was. Maybe it was one of the human females. She was sure he would choose Holly or Sheila for one of the Metal girls. She didn't think it was any of the girls from the Resistance. She already told him they could share whenever they wanted to when they got back to the base. Maybe he was ready for Savannah. Wait, Savannah wasn't on the ship. She knew who it was.

"I will have Sheila bring Leticia here unless you want to go to her suite." Cameron said. "Sheila can stay too if you want her to. You deserve the best."

She still scanned John. She could tell he was highly stimulated by that idea.

John knew she was scanning him right now. He didn't want to lie.

"That sounds great." John said. "I would like that sometime. I don't know if I am ready for two at once. I'm pretty beat. I had someone else in mind."

Cameron thought it was Holly. Maybe it was Allison. She hoped it was not Riley. No. Riley was off the ship.

"Who is it?" Cameron asked. "Do you love, love them?"

John could not lie and not have her know.

"Yes." John said. "I shared a really special time with them."

Cameron wanted to know who it was.

"I will bring them to you." Cameron said. "You will have nothing but the finest."

John needed to be careful here.

"You will bring them with no questions asked?" John asked. "I want them to stay here until we need to get ready to go."

Cameron looked at John intently.

"Yes." Cameron said. "It's what I've promised you. There won't be any question or problems. They can stay until we need to disembark. You may share with them as much as you want."

John reached over and touched Cameron's cheek.

"I'm going to hold you to your word and promise." John started and then paused. "This is who I would like to be with…."

Cameron waited.

"Yes. Who is it?" Cameron asked. "I will bring them now."

John was ready. He really hoped that Cameron would understand.

"Thank you." John said. "This is who I would like to be with…."


Savannah followed Richard and Cammy. Cammy was on point. She knew they must be close to the jamming device. Her com signal was full of feedback.

Cammy stopped.

Richard and Savannah did as well.

Cammy moved forward. She bent down and did something She reached back and handed Richard another EMP grenade. It was rigged with a trip wire.

She moved some rocks that were carefully stacked and found the jamming device. It looked like it was connected to a power cell from a Terminator.

She reached down to disconnect it.

Red flags started to go off in Savannah's mind right now.

"Don't touch it." Savannah said.

Cammy's hand stopped just above it.

"I think it's a bobby trap." Savannah said. "I think the power cell is rigged to blow up and take off the top of this mountain."

Cammy wasn't sure how she made that determination but she didn't want to take any chances. It sounded severe.

Richard asked Savannah to stand back a little behind some bigger rocks. They probably wouldn't stop much.

Cammy studied the device in detail. There was a secondary power source to trigger some plastic explosive on the back of the power cell. That should be enough to rupture it and cause an explosion.

Savannah came to watch them anyway. She wanted to see how the device was wired.

Cammy and Richard discussed it and were ready to disarm it.

"There is a good chance that once the jamming field is off that there will be another EMP attack." Savannah said. "This whole set up is designed to kill people."

Savannah was ready to have CamNet initiate the cruise missile attack on the suspected hideout of the anti-Metal group. Now she even questioned that information. Maybe it was just a lie to lead them away from the real target. She would mull over that some more.

Cammy was ready to proceed anyway.

"Is there any remote way that device was started?" Savannah asked.

Cammy and Richard looked at it in detail. It didn't look like it.

"I believe it was manually started." Cammy said.

Cammy and Richard looked around the area further. That meant someone was up here to do that during the battle. It was possible they were still in the area. If they were, they were most likely being watched right now.

Now Savannah began to second guess herself.

"Maybe we're overthinking this." Savannah said.

Cammy didn't think Savannah over thought the power cell being a booby trap.

"You were right about the power cell." Cammy said.

Savannah moved up next to Cammy and whispered in her ear.

Cammy nodded.

"Let me check down here." Cammy said.

Cammy got down on the ground and turned her face to the sky.

Savannah and Richard looked over the jamming device. Savannah told him what to look for. He went back to tell Michael when he rebooted.

Savannah glanced at Cammy. She hoped this idea would work.


John Henry noticed Cammy on the ground.

"Cammy is down." John Henry said.

Summer and John Henry tried to find out why.

"Have the drone at twenty five thousand feet zoom in on her." Summer said.

The drone zoomed in.

They both watched as her eyes flashed out a pattern of light.

"She is communicating in Morse code." John Henry said. "She is asking us to do something."

Summer smiled. She was ready in anticipation of this.


The Blackhawk landed at the LZ on the backside of a hill two miles away from the target area. It came in low from the opposite direction and was behind the hills the whole time. It shouldn't have been detected.

The drone reports didn't indicate any increase in activity where the two from the anti-Metal faction went.

Ken and Lou would remain with the Blackhawk. They would take turns going in and out of standby.

Young Allison and Anna would be Team One with Randy, Brian and Mel. This way Young Allison's Detail was with her. They would take turns carrying her to the target area. It would allow them to move much faster over the dark mountainous terrain.

Steve and Tom would be Team Two with Al, Ed, Larry and Hank. It was determined that Larry would carry Hank in standby in case they suffered and EMP attack.

The two teams started out and made rapid time. They should have the location under direct observation in twenty minutes. They would slow their progress the closer they got to the objective.


Dan and Frank arrived at the location behind the diner where the two Resistance SUVs were parked.

They would have liked to have gone along but the team was already moving away from the LZ.

They were notified there was a drone for support over them.

They took up a position on either side of the back of the diner.

Dan remained in the van and Frank moved to the SUV that Young Allison was in previously.


Cammy finished her visual transmission.

"Do you think they received it?" Savannah asked.

Cammy thought so.

"I saw a light flash twice two different times." Cammy said. "I'm sure it was from a drone."

Cammy got up and moved over to the device.

"What about Richard?" Savannah asked.

"Richard is in place with Michael." Cammy said. "I heard him."

Savannah looked at the depression Cammy was in a few seconds ago.

"Disconnect it and get down." Savannah said.

Savannah moved and lay in the trench. She heard her com signal clear up. She began to hear 'metal hail' strike around them as Cammy covered her with her chassis.

There were a series of explosions around them a few seconds later. The sound of the 'metal hail' grew closer before it was lost in the noise of the explosions.

Savannah knew that the area around them was being targeted by gravity minigun fire and gravity missile attacks further out. They were sure they were being watched and they wanted to strike first.

Cammy was unmoving on top of her to protect her from any shrapnel. She was in standby.

The explosions stopped and there was a large flash of light. The 'metal hail' continued and there was a long scream that abruptly ended.

Savannah listened around them for any sounds. She'd turned off her com before she went in the trench. There was only silence around her.

Cammy was in standby on her hands and knees over Savannah so she could get out if she needed to without too much difficulty. She slid out from under Cammy now.

Savannah put on her night vision as she carefully looked up above the rocks. There was no movement. The drones overhead should all be watching for targets around them. There was only silence.

She reached up and turned her com back on. She quietly spoke with John Henry.

Savannah stood to see if there was an additional EMP blast. There wasn't. She didn't tell Cammy she was going to use herself as bait. Nothing happened.

Cammy stirred and rebooted a few seconds later. She saw Savannah give her 'a thumb's up' and turned her com back on. She filled John Henry in with rapid burst transmissions.

Richard joined them a minute later.

They collected the jamming device and power cell and prepared to move down the hill.

Savannah stopped where Michael was concealed and greeted him when he rebooted. He picked up Savannah and they rapidly moved down the hill back to their SUV. He didn't cop a feel.

There could hear a drone come in low again. It was 'Coltan Overcast' trying to provoke an attack again. Nothing happened.

Some other drones made rapid passes higher up. They scanned for any signs of life, movement or any electrical activity. There was nothing.

Savannah was made aware that most of the drones were down to a limited amount of minigun rounds. Most of their ordnance was expended in the multiple battles.

"What do you want to do about the anti-Metal base?" Cammy asked.

Cammy wanted the cruise missile strike.

Savannah wasn't so sure about the intel at this point.

"Let's go there and check it out first." Savannah said. "I think we have a clear path."

Savannah went over everything she wanted to do with John Henry. That was in case they were cut off again.


John Henry looked over at Summer

"You heard all of that." John Henry said.

"I did." Summer said. "I'm not sure I agree with all that but Savannah is on the ground. I would send more of the drones that are in reserve."

"That was one thing she specifically said not to do." John Henry said. "That was good targeting too. Hits were scored again."

Summer didn't want the credit. She was just a cog in the wheel.

"That was CamNet that did the shooting." Summer said. "We are all on the same team."

They were satisfied that the second ambush was defeated in its entirety. Savannah's team was on its way out and everyone was undamaged and operational.

"Now we need to watch the other two teams from the Blackhawk." John Henry said.

"I have given CamNet all the grid information." Summer said. "As long as we know where our people are there should not be any accidents on our part. Everything can change in an instant too."

"What happens if we run into another jamming field?" John Henry asked.

Summer checked on the progress of her special request.

"The package is almost there." Summer said. "We will use our own EMP the next time."

John Henry was worried about what else Summer may have requested.

He hoped there wasn't a Neutron Bomb on the way. Young Allison would need to be out of the area first.

A N-Bomb or ERW was designed to kill people. It would be able to get to most of them in armor or bunkers even with the type of radiation it emitted. They'd already dealt with an H-Bomb that was used to stop a C-Bomb from being built.

He wasn't sure why this option popped into his head.


Mel set Young Allison down next to Anna.

"Do you have anything?" Young Allison asked.

Anna didn't look back.

"No." Anna said. "I don't even see a sentry."

The drone scans hadn't reveled any either.

"That isn't a good sign." Young Allison said. "They're either gone from here or they want someone to come and look for them."

Anna communicated with Steve.

"Steve reports the same thing on his side." Anna said.

That wasn't reassuring to either of them.

"What do we have in the way of a bunker buster?" Young Allison asked.

Anna decided to keep it simple.

"CamNet can gain access to any weapons in any major military's arsenal. That includes their nuclear weapons." Anna said. "This is a precaution to prevent Skynet from gaining control of them."

Young Allison was afraid she was getting ahead of herself.

"I want to have two from each team go down for a closer look." Young Allison said. "They need to use maximum caution."

Anna wondered if Young Allison was going to go.

"Randy and Brian can take a look from our team." Young Allison said. "Steve can send two of his team for the other side."

Anna was surprised that Young Allison delegated the responsibility.

"I thought you would want to go." Anna said.

"I do." Young Allison said. "I need to think of my troops. If something goes wrong I may be the only one functioning."

That idea didn't sit well with Anna.

They received word that Savannah's team defeated the second ambush and was out of the area. They were about to advance on what they believed was the anti-Metal base. That even seemed to be in doubt now.

Young Allison wondered why they didn't call in the cruise missile strike.

"Randy has contact." Anna whispered.

Young Allison knew Randy only left a few minutes ago. That couldn't be good. There must be an LP on the side of the hill.

"Make sure all the teams are warned." Young Allison said.

This wasn't a development that was anticipated. The drone scans failed to detect an LP this far out.

Young Allison again wondered why Savannah hadn't called in the cruise missile attack. She decided to call her. There was something else in play here.


Savannah drove down the dirt road. They neared the location they were given for the anti-Metal base.

Savannah was surprised to receive a call from Young Allison.

They both quickly went over their operations and where they were now.

"You don't think your target is what it is supposed to be?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah did not think so and told her why. She knew there were two elaborate ambushes set up for them. They seemed to be there to kill all of them more than to protect a base. True that is what an ambush was supposed to do but she was sure they were led into them on purpose to keep them away from the real base.

"I think all we will find is another ambush or a giant booby trap." Savannah said.

Cammy listened and still could not tell how Savannah made that determination. The evidence all led to what they originally thought. She'd helped beat the confession out of the man. His dried blood was on her clothes. It angered her again when she thought of what he'd said to Savannah.

Now with the new information from Young Allison it appeared that she may be at the real base. If there were LP positions set up and everything else was out of sight it sure sent up a red flag.


John Henry and Summer listened to Savannah and Young Allison.

Summer hadn't stopped checking her screens.

"That is an old mine complex." Summer said. "All records and files indicating that fact have been removed from the public records."

Summer viewed aerial photographs from 1949 to come up with visual evidence. There was a mine there for gold in the late 1880's. It didn't last long. It was reopened during World War Two for the war effort. It was closed in 1945 as being 'non productive'.

It turned out a couple of years after the US Air Force was formed 1947 that in late 1949 it decided to turn that location into a giant defense bunker. That was in response to the Soviet Union exploding a small atomic bomb known as 'Joe 1'. It was a plutonium bomb much like the 'Fat Man' plutonium bomb.

The effort to finish construction of that base was abandoned once the Soviet Union was able to get a functioning H-bomb 'Joe 4' in 1953. That bunker system would not survive a direct hit from an H-bomb. They would need one deeper in the earth.

The US Air Force pulled out and the entrance was sealed. The four years of work was left as it was sealed inside the side and below a mountain.

It appeared that the anti-Metal faction found out about the location of this in the future and came back in time to make use of it in its fight against Skynet and any 'Metal Lovers'.

John Henry quickly sent this information out.

Young Allison and her team were right on the outskirts of a major fortified base that appeared to be reactivated.


Savannah and Young Allison both received the information as they discussed what each of them discovered so far.

"Allison, you need to pull back." Savannah said. "That's a fortified installation. It can survive most nuclear attacks."

Young Allison could see the severity of that. There was probably also a bigger EMP set up there as well.

Young Allison reluctantly gave the order to withdraw using extreme caution. She planned to hit this base hard and she wasn't holding back on what was used. She received an 'eyes only' transmission from Summer on a selection of military weapons available for her use. That was quite an eye opener on what Summer made available through CamNet.

She could see it was an extreme response. She was reluctant to proceed without further consultation with Savannah.

Summer reminded her that you fight to win or there was no need to fight. It was what she'd taught Summer herself. You needed to hit the enemy hard and then hit them again even harder.

Young Allison asked Summer to coordinate with CamNet and get the maximum appropriate response ready to go. They would need to clear the area first.

She needed to consult with Savannah. She even considered contacting Cameron for her input. It seemed they would need to use extreme measures to take out this complex in its entirety.


Savannah's team reached the outskirts of where the anti-Metal base was supposed to be located. She was sure this was a ruse.

Cammy suggested they call in the cruise missile strike and be done with it.

Savannah was aware that those missiles might be needed elsewhere. She didn't know that Young Allison planned to hit a lot harder than that. She would find out soon enough.

Maybe it was time to stop fooling around and make a statement.