Chapter 1530
Gift Wrapped Package
Earlier:
Young Jesse spotted Al and Ed head out towards the carpool area. They were 'armored up'. She opened an arms locker and 'armored up' as well.
Samantha did the same thing. She didn't want Young Jesse to go out on her own. She called Holly and asked her to look after Precious. She said she needed to go out but didn't fill in all the details. She didn't want to make it worse or have Allison try and go too. She caught up to Young Jesse right as she went out into the carpool area.
"This is a bad idea." Samantha said.
Young Jesse didn't think so. She was tired of only training Down Under.
"Maybe it is but I'm still going with them." Young Jesse said.
Al and Ed were in an SUV and ready to leave. She walked in front of them.
"I'm going with you." Young Jesse said.
She got in the back. Samantha got in with her.
Al and Ed looked at each other.
"That's not part of our mission." Al said.
Young Jesse was undaunted. She took a gamble.
"John Henry and CamNet know everything that happens." Young Jesse said. "Do you see them stopping anything?"
Samantha wanted to stop it.
"We should go back." Samantha said.
Young Jesse touched Samantha's cheek.
"I'm sorry, love, I'm doing this." Young Jesse said. "Go ahead and drive, Al."
Al looked back at Samantha and started the SUV. He drove away.
"I want a full report about where we're going and what we are about to face." Young Jesse said.
She put her com in and took out her phone.
"I want everything." Young Jesse said.
Ed filled her in on what he knew. CamNet provided Jesse with all the other information and related video files and updates as to where the team was and the timetable they were on.
Young Jesse figured out right away that John Henry wasn't in the loop. Someone allowed her to get this far and have CamNet fill her in. It must be Young Allison or Summer. No. It was Summer.
They arrived at Van Nuys Airport. The Blackhawk was parked on the tarmac and running. Ken and Lou were in it. Lou got out of the copilot's seat.
"You can be the copilot." Lou said to Young Jesse.
Young Jesse thought about that. They were trying to keep her out of the fight if there was one. She also wanted to prove herself. She climbed up and put on the headset. There were night vision goggles if she wanted them. The moonlight was very bright. She strapped in and Samantha checked everything. She looked over at Ken.
"Go ahead and take off." Young Jesse said. "I'll be ready in a few minutes."
Ken lifted off. The clock was running. She would've liked to have inspected the helicopter first. She needed to trust her teammates. She also needed to remember she was part of a team. They needed to work together. This was all a test for her. She was being tested. This was more than Summer. CamNet was the one who tested her. CamNet wanted to see if she was worthy of Savannah.
She knew the destination from Al. She looked at a map. She checked her instruments.
"Let me take it." Young Jesse said.
She'd put in a lot of hours on a Blackhawk and an Iroquois in Australia.
"You got it?" Ken asked.
"I got it." Young Jesse said.
She adjusted the heading and moved the throttle up to the red line.
"CamNet has cleared the airspace to the target area." Samantha said.
Young Jesse knew that was a luxury in a combat situation.
"I want everyone to keep a lookout anyway." Young Jesse said. "Everyone needs to do a weapons and gear check."
The Terminators all did that earlier but they did it again.
Samantha really hoped she wasn't going to be deactivated for this.
Young Allison noted that the Blackhawk was on the way to pick the team up once they were out and clear of the mine complex.
"Who else is with them?" Young Allison asked.
Anna looked at her monitor and frowned.
"I don't think you want to know." Anna said.
Young Allison did want to know. She hoped it wasn't her mother.
"Tell me." Young Allison said.
Anna checked everything again.
"It's Young Jesse." Anna said. "She went on her own."
Young Allison understood that, even if she didn't agree with it.
"She wants to do more and take the load off of Savannah." Young Allison said. "Maybe we should take a Huey and back them up.
Anna was sure that was a worse idea.
"They're supposed to extract the team from the target area." Anna said. "They aren't a strike force. Samantha went with her."
Young Allison thought that was different.
"What about Precious?" Young Allison asked.
An image of Holly and Allison in bathrobes popped up on her screen. It showed them going into the nursery. They could see Vanna was there already with Precious.
"It looks like it's covered." Anna said.
It was clear to Young Allison that CamNet was responsible for this.
"Let's focus on the team and getting them out of there in the next forty minutes." Young Allison said.
Cam wanted to clean house. The conformation about the girl was what did it. She'd suffered a brutal and tortuous death based on Jim description. That act alone required retribution.
"We need to terminate everyone here." Cam said. "We can start from this place and work our way forward to the Main Shaft. That way no one can come here and stop or change anything."
Bob and Jim were ready for that.
Level Three was already cleared. Level Five was all but destroyed.
"We will take the back passageways." Bob said. "We've actually only explored the ones on the right side."
Jim was ready for a challenge. As long as everything remained dark, they were at a distinct advantage.
"I'll take the other side." Jim said.
Cam wanted to remain undetected as long as possible.
"Since Skynet wasn't able to raise the alarm, use your hands or silenced pistols for terminations. They don't know what we're doing yet." Cam said. "I'll take the main passageway."
Gail needed to make sure no one interfered with what Toto was doing.
"I'll remain here as long as I need to be." Gail said. "Toto will remain protected until the job is finished. Skynet must be terminated."
John Henry and Summer listened to the conversations.
"They all need to get out at least ten minutes before the set times for the explosions." Summer said. "That means all of them."
John Henry sent out a reminder.
Summer was almost finished. She wanted Skynet to send out an update to all the other systems it was hooked to. They would all be infected as well.
"Have Bob, Jim and Cam start out slow." Summer said. "Gail and Toto will be ready to leave in a few minutes. She can look for any stragglers that slip through. Toto will be able to help them find targets. Anyone moving without a light is a threat."
John Henry got everyone on the same page and the extraction helicopter was on the way.
"Young Jesse's flying the Blackhawk." Summer said.
John Henry looked over at her.
"You heard me." Summer said. "She's part of the operation now."
John Henry would have tried to stop that from happening if he'd known sooner. They were short on resources. CamNet held four of her Terminators in reserve for a temporal mission if necessary.
Derek opened his eyes and looked around. Riley was asleep next to him. She was naked. He looked over her figure. He liked the way it looked.
He got up and looked in Precious room. It was empty. He went to the nursery and peeked around the corner. Vanna was in there. She nursed Precious with loving care. It pleased him to see the happiness Vanna was able to find with herself. There were many years when he saw that there was almost no happiness in Vanna at all. Her only happiness at that time was Allison.
The door opened and Allison and Holly entered. He figured it was best to let them be. He went back to his room and closed the door. He wanted Riley to himself if she woke up. He went to his personal gear and looked around. He took out one of the little blue pills he'd obtained in Mexico. He took it. He went back and lay down next to Riley. He hoped she didn't wake up for at least a half hour. He thought he might need a little 'helper' so he could please Riley a little better. He was aware that there was 'competition' now.
Earlier:
Allison was a little concerned that Holly needed to watch over Precious.
"Where's Samantha?" Allison asked.
Holly didn't know all the details.
"She needed to do something." Holly said. "Vanna is with Precious now."
Allison slowed as they passed Jesse's room. She wanted to make sure her mother was in there with Jesse. She was.
Maybe Samantha and Young Jesse hooked up. Young Jesse's door was closed. That was probably what it was.
Holly and Allison joined Vanna a minute later.
Vanna looked at Holly and Allison. She didn't see Young Jesse or Samantha. She figured they were here because Samantha and Young Jesse hooked up.
No one discussed it. Everyone always hooked up as often as possible. They didn't see it as a big deal. All finishes were good. Some of them were just better.
John looked over where Lombard Street was off to the side as the cable car climbed the hill. He thought that street was a little overrated. The street was off to the left side. The entire curved part was below them and out of view as it went down the hill. They couldn't see much anyway in the dark from the cable car.
He liked the way Camille snuggled up to him. She was very different from Cameron. That was probably because she spent all her time with Young Jesse normally. Jesse and Young Jesse were very sexual but not in an aggressive way with him. He knew from observation that Jesse was very sexually aggressive when she wanted to be. He understood now it was part of her 'act' to hide her true loving and caring self. She was beautiful to be with one on one. He was still pleased that he was able to claim Young Jesse's virginity. At least he finally got what he always wanted. He always wanted to be the 'first' for someone. He was pretty sure that he wasn't for Cameron. He wasn't sure about the other Terminator chassis that Cameron 'borrowed'. Gail and Holly were created as Restorators so it was a pretty good bet that he was also the actual first one to use those chassis when Cameron was in control of them. That gave him three virgins under his belt for sure. It was possible that they were a few more that could be added to that list but no one knew for sure. The past histories of the captured chassis under the control of Skynet were unknown.
Soon they made a turn and then another turn and there was another cable car in back of them again. How did it get onto the same track from another cable? He really didn't understand how all the cables and pulleys worked.
John spotted the SUV with Steve and Tom in it behind them. He was sure they stopped at a couple of places along the way. He pointed out a few more of the sights that he remembered to Camille. The cable car reached the terminus at Market Street a little while later.
"We need to switch to the cable car behind us to go back on the other route." Camille said.
John wasn't sure how she knew that. He was sure she'd received additional information from John Henry or CamNet.
"That sounds good." John said. "It's only a few minutes behind us."
Camille knew that Steve and Tom picked up some 'refreshments' for John. The fog shrouded air was kind of cool now. John didn't have a heavy coat.
"Are you warm enough?" Camille asked.
John flexed his hands a little. He looked around.
"A warm drink would be nice." John said.
The cable car stopped and they got off. John held out his arm for Camille to step down.
Camille was pleased with the gesture of chivalry.
"That was real sweet." Camille said.
She was very glad that she'd allowed John to 'have her'. Cameron may have used her chassis first but it was still her first time with a male.
John spotted a large figure moving towards them. It was Tom.
Tom carried some kind of clothing and two drinks. One was small the other was medium sized. He handed Camille the two drinks. He handed John a leather coat.
"Thanks." John said. "That's just what I needed."
John slipped the coat on.
The cable car they arrived on was turned and readied to be sent back out. There was a crowd here and they all got on. The cable car departed.
Camille handed John the espresso.
John drank the small espresso. He saw it was from Starsucks.
"That stuff is awful." John said. "I hope will keep me awake."
Camille tasted a few drops that were left in the cup. She realized it would keep John virile too. She detected the 'little helper' in the drink. She realized that CamNet 'doped' John up. That was probably for the flight home. It would take some time to have an effect. She was pleased that she'd shared with John without it. She handed him the second drink. Tom handed her a coat. She didn't need it but knew that John would give her his coat in a gentlemanly gesture. She was aware he'd done that before. CamNet really covered all the bases.
John drank the hot chocolate.
"That's more like it." John said.
The cable car behind them arrived and let the people off. It was turned as well.
They watched a historic trolley pass by on Market Street.
"Hey, that was the one painted for 'Pacific Electric'." John said.
Camille was made aware of some of the earlier discussion that John conducted. Cameron transferred some files when she was plugged into her chassis.
She didn't regret allowing Cameron to take her virginity from her chassis because she never thought she would be allowed to be with John. Now she wished she could have given it to John herself on her first time with him. She thought her underwear was a little sticky too at this point. She hadn't noticed it as much when they were seated. That didn't bother her either. She was the first Terminator other than Cameron and Duplicate Cameron to be with John on her own. She didn't intend for it to be her last time either.
John finished his hot chocolate and boarded the cable car with Camille. He paused and allowed her to go first.
Camille smiled at him and gave him a little kiss. She made up her mind that if John wasn't with Leticia on the way back that she was going to be with him again. He was a really nice guy. She didn't think Cameron deserved him, especially with all of her antics she'd pulled over the years. Cammy always told her what a 'Bitch' that Cameron was. She knew they all shared the same program and appearance. She didn't like to think of herself as a 'clone'. She felt that somehow that made her less of an individual, even if it didn't.
There were only four other people on the cable car. It looked like another nice uncrowned ride. He didn't know that CamNet 'bunched' the cable cars up just to draw off the crowd earlier.
The cable car clanged and the operator engaged the cable. The cable car started with a jolt and pulled away from the terminus.
Camille snuggled up to John again. She nonchalantly slipped his hand inside of her coat. There was an exposed breast waiting for it, she'd opened her top for him. Her coat hid what happened inside.
"Everything is for you…." Camille whispered.
John swallowed hard. He was very pleased that she allowed him to fondle her as the cable car started on its journey.
Dan and Frank stopped the assault on the female by the gang in the park. She'd been able to grab her pants and run.
By the time the leader and his squeeze figured out what happened, she was gone. They were still trying to rouse their associates. There were two large figures standing over them now.
The red eyes clued them into the fact there was going to be a problem.
"You're in our park." Dan said. "You were warned."
Now they knew there was going to be a real problem.
The darkness that overtook the leader and his squeeze was soon masked by the fog that rolled in. It was a very heavy haze.
Dan and Frank choked both of them out. The fog began to roll in around them. The lights were now off in the park as well. CamNet blacked out the surrounding areas and where the team would go. The moonlight didn't penetrate the fog very well. They were in darkness with the two unconscious gang members.
Frank looked at the two dead punks.
"What do we do with these two?" Frank asked.
Dan looked at the lake.
"Let's toss them in there for now and get the other two out of here." Dan said. "We can come back for the stiffs later."
CamNet contacted them with new information.
Ally and Hanna were on their way. They would take the gang leader and his squeeze from them. They could trash the other two dead punks in a dumpster.
The Metal girls arrived a few minutes later. They'd taken the time to strip both of the living gang members and hogtie them. They were blindfolded and gagged as well with their own ripped clothing.
"That's what I like." Ally said. "A nice gift wrapped package."
Ally picked up the girl. She noticed her two front teeth were missing. Sheila had done that to her that last time they'd met.
"These were their weapons." Dan said.
Dan handed Hanna a revolver, a knife and a folded straight razor.
"Who carried the straight razor?" Hanna asked.
"The male did." Dan said.
Hanna figured that Sheila would use that on the male.
"I'm sure it will make the removal of another package much easier." Dan said.
Frank handed Ally some female underwear.
"Here." Frank said.
Ally looked at them.
"Were these off of the girl that escaped?" Ally asked.
"No." Frank said. "I took them off the female you're holding. I thought one of the girls might like to have them as a souvenir."
Ally smiled. It sounded like poetic justice.
"This Bitch is going to give up a little more than her underwear as a souvenir." Ally said.
Hanna picked up the male.
"Let's get back to the SUV." Hanna said.
Cammy watched everything from the drone footage. It was all through thermal imagery since the fog was so thick.
Mary and Laura watched it as well.
"They have them." Cammy said.
The thermal images were vague to Mary and Laura.
"Who does?" Laura asked. "I can't tell who is who."
"Ally has the slut and Hanna has the gang leader." Cammy said.
They watched as Dan and Frank collected the other two men.
"Those other two guys are dead right?" Laura asked.
Cammy didn't like to spoil Sheila's fun.
"Yes." Cammy said. "They needed to act before the assault on the girl was complete."
Mary watched as everyone was carried away.
"What happens to them now?" Mary asked.
Cammy didn't see it any different than taking out the trash.
"They end up in a dumpster and go missing." Cammy said. "Everything has a price."
They watched Ally and Hanna load their cargo into Sheila's SUV.
"Where will they take them now?" Laura asked.
"I think it's most likely back to the house where the first punk was dealt with." Cammy said. "It was a good location. Are you ready to join in?'
Mary and Laura looked at each other.
"As long as we don't get arrested for any of this I will." Mary said. "That girl that escaped was about thirty seconds away from being violated."
Cammy looked back and smiled.
"There will be no police involved." Cammy said. "There won't be any close to us and there will be no emergency response when we burn the house."
Laura looked at the park and remembered what happened to her not that many years ago. Her first experience with a male was with a knife to her throat. She wanted closure.
"I'll do it." Laura said.
Mary figured this group was very sophisticated to be able to control 'everything'. She really hoped it wasn't that rouge supercomputer – 'Skycrap' or something like that.
Sheila showed Leticia everything from the drone footage and gave a running commentary.
"It's two more down and two to go." Leticia said.
Sheila smiled.
"It's four down and two to go." Sheila said. "Don't forget the other two punks we took down. The rats enjoyed the gift wrapped package too."
Sheila got out and opened the back of the SUV. Ally and Hanna arrived and deposited their cargo in the back.
The female started to come around. Sheila resisted the urge to snap her neck.
"You were in my park." Sheila said.
The female stopped struggling and then frantically tried to move. She was securely bound, gagged and blindfolded. She did recognize the voice and knew she was in trouble.
Sheila pulled back on her hair.
"Don't look so glum, love." Sheila said. "You're really going to love your new look."
Leticia could see how excited Sheila was. It seemed violence excited her more than sex did.
Hanna climbed behind the wheel. Ally got in on the passenger's side. Sheila was in the back seat with Leticia.
Hanna drove away.
"Go back to the house." Sheila said.
Sheila looked at the weapons that were collected.
"What are you going to do?" Leticia asked.
Sheila took out the straight razor and studied it.
"Let's get her eyelids out of the way to get things started." Sheila said.
Sheila put the straight razor away and took out her own knife. It was more suited to the task at hand.
Leticia wondered how Sheila was going to do that as they drove.
"Will you blind her if we go over a bump?" Leticia asked.
Sheila choked the female out again and removed her blindfold.
"If she's lucky I will." Sheila said.
Sheila reached down and lifted the slut's right eyelid and pulled it up and out some. She moved her knife point towards it.
Leticia watched with wide eyes as Sheila went to work.
Sheila held out her hand thirty seconds later.
"Need a new set of lashes?" Sheila asked.
Leticia swallowed hard and then looked at the gang Bitch. The slut's eyes were really wide open now!
Sheila put the blindfold back on. It would soak up most of the blood before the action started.