Chapter 1532

Boss Of Nothing

John Henry hoped to be able to trace some of the locations that the Skynet 'warning' was sent out to. It appeared they went to another smaller mainframe. This wasn't a wide spread operation. It was a wait and see approach as to what would turn up and what would be shut down on its own from the transferred encryption.

"We don't know what will turn up." John Henry said.

Summer didn't think it was a problem.

"That particular Skynet system wasn't even close to anything we have." Summer said. "I'd consider it a child. It was a challenge to keep it in the 'fight'."

John Henry knew he started out slow when he was created.

"Children grow." John Henry said.

Summer smiled. She looked down at the front of her body. She wasn't in as big of a hurry to 'grow up' as her sister was.

"I guess they do." Summer said. "That's true even if they don't want to get older."

They watched the drone footage of the 'rescue' party head down into the Main Shaft on the hoist elevator. There were only two men left at the mine head.

John Henry took control of the equipment. There was no Skynet active to fight back or even warn anyone they were under attack. The Grays still didn't know this wasn't an accident.

He allowed the elevator to go right below Level Two and stop. The elevator would go no further. Communications were cut off from the surface and the mine. The group of men was stuck in the elevator.

Summer watched Toto's feed. It alternated between thermal imagery and night vision. All of the Terminators body cams did the same.

Toto slowed once it was near the tram where Cam recently killed the two Grays.

Summer checked on Gail. Gail moved behind Toto as she looked for any stragglers. Gail also needed to make sure the Terminator that stalked Cam didn't make it past the group if they decided to head for the clean room or Level Five.

All the imagery that Summer could see alternated between thermal and night vision.

John Henry watched their team on the ground from the Blackhawk approach the mine head. They were already over the fence that surrounded the outlying buildings. He sent the drone on patrol lower for a scan of the surrounding buildings. There were four more drones on the way.

Jim was able to spot the target that stalked Cam. He didn't see any night vision equipment that was being worn. He watched the figure stop and check the two men Cam shot.

When he stood back up there was a pistol in his hand. It was clear he knew the nature of the threat. He started in pursuit of Cam. He tried to contact others in the mine as well as the surface. There was no response. John Henry blocked everything.

Cam was able to see most of what Jim did from his vantage point. She didn't see everything. She used several vision spectrums to see what was around her. She was pleased with her choice to shoot the two Grays instead of kill them Terminator style. The Terminator would think he faced a human target. That should give her an advantage.

She knew where Jim was at and headed towards him. She wanted to pull off a 'sucker play'.

The Terminator began to follow in the direction that she went. He suddenly stopped and went back. It looked like he was going to head for the clean room to check on Skynet.

Cam saw him turn around. She made some noise to get his attention.

He stopped and looked back in her direction. She decided to 'play' him.

"My goggles stopped working." Cam whispered. "I can't see."

Cam changed her voice modulation.

"Follow me." Cam whispered in a male voice.

"I thought there was someone else following us." Cam whispered.

She moved to a different spot back closer to the tram. She moved closer to the Terminator. She wanted to give him some bait. She wanted the Terminator to come closer to her and not go back towards the clean room.

"There's no light." Cam whispered in a male voice. "We're good."

The Terminator needed to make a choice. He could go after what appeared to be two human targets or go check the well being of his master – Skynet.

He decided Skynet could wait a few minutes. Humans were easy targets. It didn't take much to kill one. There were two here. He'd only seen the female so far. Maybe he would keep her alive and turn her over to the Grays. Maybe he'd 'try' her first just to see why the Grays liked to do that so much. He would do that. He went after the two voices he heard. He planned to take the female alive.

Bob moved out of the back passageway. A hostile Terminator was a threat to the team. He spotted them across the main passageway. Jim was still further back and moving forward. He could see Toto was already there by the first parked tram. Gail was further back on the main passageway.

He heard some noise and saw a light behind him. Someone was in the back passageway he'd just left. He thought Gail, Jim and Cam could handle the Terminator. He needed to stop whoever was in back of him. They could sound the alarm or trigger an explosion.

Young Allison and Anna listened to the different conversations and reports.

"I think the team needs to get out now and stop looking around." Young Allison said. "When the mine collapses it will take care of everyone inside of it."

Anna knew that was true. Grays or another Terminator may be able to disrupt or deactivate some of the bombs they'd rigged. The nitro on Level Five would bring that 'off to the side' section down. The large power cells rigged to explode with the Terminators power cells and C-4 should bring the main part of the mine down.

"What do you suggest as an alternative or a distraction?" Anna asked.

Young Allison felt the choices were limited and they were potentially deadly.

"They could explode the fuel drums, the Skynet mainframe, the old explosives or the explosives in the electrical room from the surface." Young Allison said.

Anna sent out a message to the team underground.

"CamNet has notified them if they need a distraction." Anna said.

Young Allison hoped they didn't need one. She worried about a boulder falling into the pool of nitro that Cam set to mix.

Samantha lifted off the Blackhawk and flew back the way Young Jesse flew in.

"Take a different way out." Young Jesse said. "We don't know if we passed an LP somewhere even though it's doubtful in this situation. There was no apparent warning to the Grays on the surface."

Samantha immediately changed course. She was impressed at how well trained Young Jesse was. That was a sound idea.

"Affirmative…." Samantha said. "That's good training."

Young Jesse felt a little restricted at times. She did train a lot. Camille always told her there could never be enough training and practice.

"All I do is train." Young Jesse said. "I practice flying a lot too."

Al, Ed, Ken and Lou headed for the main shaft and the surface operations. They reached the perimeter fence in just under four minutes from leaving the Blackhawk. They were over the fence and near the first of the buildings.

Drone scans indicated there were heat signatures in three of the buildings and several individuals over by the electrical equipment at the mine head.

Three Terminators each selected a building. The fourth would head for the Main Shaft. They would terminate any targets and meet at the mine head.

"There are six more drones on station." John Henry said. "There is one for each of you and one on patrol and one acting as the base station for the repeaters in the mine."

Al thought the Blackhawk should have one drone for protection.

"Send my drone to protect the helicopter." Al said.

"Negative." John Henry said. "Young Jesse sent them all to back up your team. They were originally sent to protect the helicopter. More will arrive soon. You've been urged to use caution by Young Allison. Summer has stated that, 'The 'cat is out of the bag' at this point'. Your targets are finite. We will know if more help is sent."

Al noted the concern for his team. The human girls in three different locations looked after the Terminators.

"Affirmative…." Al said. "All of my Team is ready to engage. We will use the drone support if necessary."

The Grays in the elevator wondered why it stopped before it was even half way down. They were in total darkness when it did.

"That's great, man." The first Gray said. "That's just great."

"Shut up, Hudson." The second Gray said. "You complain about everything."

The men talked among themselves. No one could contact the interior of the mine or the surface.

The Grays griped for three minutes. They'd already turned on a couple of the lantern's they carried.

"Boost me up." The third Gray said. "There's some kind of a hatch on the top of this thing."

Two of the Grays lifted him up. He was able to open the hatch and climb onto the top of the elevator.

"What are we going to do?" The first Gray asked. "Are we supposed to climb up the greasy cable back to the top? That's like several hundred feet at least."

"Shut up, Hudson." The second Gray said. "Let's see what Vinnie can see first."

The third Gray could see the boarded up entrance to Level Two. It was only about three feet above the top of the elevator.

"We can get into Level Two from here." The third Gray said. "We need to pry off a couple of boards."

"I didn't even know that section was still accessible." The second Gray said.

"We don't know what's inside of there, man." The first Gray said.

"Shut up, Hudson, grow a pair. It won't be the Boogie Man." The second Gray said. "Let's get a light and some tools up to Vinnie."

Three more men went up on top of the elevator. They were able to pry open the bottom of the opening to Level Two.

"It's an open passageway." The third Gray said. "We should be able to get down to the lower levels."

The men scrambled up until the first Gray was the only one left inside of the elevator.

"Hey, man, what about me?" The first Gray asked. "Someone needs to help me up."

The other Grays didn't care for Hudson. He was a chronic crybaby.

"Shut up, Hudson." The second Gray said. "You can stay in the elevator for now in case it moves again. Someone needs to tell the others where we went."

"That's just dandy, man." The first Gray said. "Now what am I supposed to do?"

"Shut up, Hudson." The second Gray said. "You're in charge of the elevator. You're the boss now."

The first Gray looked around the dark elevator interior. The light was gone from above in a few seconds.

"Beautiful…." The first Gray said. "Now I'm in charge. I'm the boss of nothing…."

At that point the elevator started back down.

"Typical…." The first Gray said.

The elevator stopped a hundred feet from the bottom of Level Four.

"Beautiful…." The first Gray said. "Now what am I supposed to do?"

John and Camille rode the California Line cable car downhill on California Street. It went downhill for a little way and then back uphill. It a short time they neared the other cable car line. They watched a cable car pass by in both directions in front of them.

"That was cool." John said.

Their large cable car clanged its gong bell and crossed over the other two sets of cable car tracks. John looked at the street to see how all the connections were made for the crossover but he still didn't understand how it all worked and didn't get tangled up.

They started downhill again. In the distance they could see a large building and the Bay Bridge in front of them.

"That building looks big." John said.

"That's the Ferry Building." Camille said.

John looked around at a few people on the street.

"It seems it's in the right place." John said.

Camille tilted her head slightly.

They continued their downhill journey.

Cammy wanted to little something to pick the girls up some. It wasn't everyday where they watched or participated in some 'street justice'.

It was decided they would head over and ride the cable car from the start at Powell Street and Market Street. They were only a couple of miles away.

"Do you want to grab a bite to eat or some coffee?" Ally asked.

Laura needed something stronger than coffee.

"I could use a stiff drink." Laura said.

"Maybe that wasn't the best choice of words." Mary said.

Laura thought about what she'd done.

"I don't want any hot dogs or sausages either." Laura said.

That statement brought a round of uneasy laughter from the girls.

"I guess that means we will skip Arby's too." Sheila said. "That's unless someone else wants a set of 'matching earrings'."

There was more uneasy laughter.

Leticia clearly remembered the rats and what they'd run off with.

"No Brussels sprouts either." Leticia said.

The destination seemed obvious.

"To Fisherman's Wharf it is." Cammy said. "We can ride the cable car there."

They would ride the Powell and Mason line. It was only a short walk from the terminus straight down to Fisherman's Wharf.

CamNet contacted Cammy with new information.

"There will be a surprise for us along the way." Cammy said.

"What kind of a surprise?" Laura asked.

Cammy tilted her head slightly.

"That's why it's a surprise." Cammy said. "You need to wait for it."

Dan and Frank went and picked up Tom. They would need to deal with four SUVs. Each of the Terminators would soon drive one.

Steve stayed with John and Camille. He still needed to deliver a package to John.

John and Camille completed their journey down to the end of the line.

"We need to switch cable cars." Camille said.

John wasn't sure why. They could have waited and stayed on the one they were on.

"OK." John said.

He got off with Camille. He was surprised to see Steve standing there with a large bag. He handed it to Camille and whispered something in her ear. He nodded at John and left.

"What's in the bag?" John asked.

"It's a surprise for later on." Camille said.

The cable car pulled away from the stop with a mild jolt and started back up the hill. The first part wasn't steep at all.

Cammy drove the girls down Market Street. They stopped across from the cable car terminus. They all got out of the SUVs. Dan, Frank and Tom pulled up behind them.

Several vintage trolleys passed them by in both directions.

"Can we ride one of those?" Leticia asked.

Sheila smiled.

"We can do anything you want." Sheila said.

Leticia gave Sheila a kiss.

"That's why you're my Super Hero." Leticia said. "You're the greatest."

The girls crossed the street.

"What about the SUVs?" Mary asked.

Hanna looked back.

"What SUVs?" Hanna asked.

All the girls turned and looked. The SUVs were already gone.

"That was fast." Laura said.

Cammy smiled.

"That's how we roll." Cammy said. "I think it worked out well so far for an unplanned operation."

Mary found that hard to believe but the 'special girls' seemed to work wonders.

"You really are like Super Heroes." Mary said.

"Let's call them 'The Defenders'." Laura said.

Sheila felt she was more offensive.

"I like the name 'The Offenders' better." Sheila said.

They neared the cable car stop. There were two cable cars ready to leave. When Cammy approached the kiosk, it began to spew tickets out.

"That's not a surprise either." Mary said.

The front cable car clanged its gong bell.

"If we hurry we can get on that cable car." Laura said. "It's about to leave."

Cammy checked her phone.

"Hardly…." Cammy said. "That's for commoners."

Laura wondered if they were going to have a private cable car again.

"Is one just for us?" Laura asked. "That was so cool the last time."

Leticia looked around.

"Where's Tony at?" Leticia asked. "I want him to ride with us again."

"I think he was busy with Camille." Laura said.

Leticia was a little disappointed. She moved close to Sheila.

"Will I still get to be with Tony on the flight back?" Leticia whispered.

Sheila smiled.

"You will." Sheila whispered.

"Can we make it a three way?" Leticia whispered.

"I really don't know, love." Sheila whispered.

The full cable car left. They got on the next one.

Cammy spoke to the operator and handed him something. His eyes widened as he looked at the stack of hundred dollar bills.

"Wow! That's a thousand bucks." The operator said. "California Street it is, no stops along the way."

"You won't get stopped at any lights along the way either." Cammy said. "We'll pick up two passengers at California street."

Some people ran to catch their cable car.

"This is a special." The operator said as he waved them off. "Catch the next one."

They started up the hill with a jolt.

Sarah opened her eyes. She'd drifted off. She looked over at Kyle and smiled. She touched her rings. They were a little tender. That excited her some anyway. It was the thrill of having done it that fueled her.

Kyle began to snore. She was about to elbow him. She decided to let him sleep. She threw on her bathrobe and started to head out. She paused and looked in Jan's room. She was asleep in her bed. She hadn't heard her come in. It made her wondered what Kyle and her were actually doing when she'd arrived. Jan was sure to have heard them. She was a big girl now. Everyone knew what everyone else did anyway. There were no secrets at the Resistance base.

Sarah headed out into the hall. She thought about going to see what was happening in the Command Center. She decided to stop by Riley's room instead. She wanted to check on Precious.

She arrived at the nursery and knocked softly. She opened the door and went in. Allison was holding Precious who was asleep. Vanna and Holly watched her. They all wore bathrobes too.

Sarah let her robe open some so the girls could see her.

Holly took Precious from Allison.

"That looks so Hot." Allison said. "May I?"

Sarah looked at Vanna who nodded slightly. She then opened her robe up all the way. Everything was visible.

"Go ahead." Sarah said. "Touch them."

Allison looked back at Vanna who smiled and Holly who nodded.

"I'm next." Vanna said.

Allison smiled and touched Sarah's rings. That soon expanded to what they were attached to…. She also took in everything from her thighs up. This was a rare opportunity to see Sarah this unclothed and actually touch her.

"That's beautiful." Allison said. "I wanted to do that since Cameron first showed me hers one time." Allison said. "I knew I could look just like her."

"Let me have a before and after look." Sarah said.

Allison immediately opened her robe.

"Here is the before look." Allison said.

Sarah was reminded of Cameron stretched out on the work bench the day she brought her to the Resistance base. She'd seen Cameron and her clones topless and nude plenty of times. There was just something special about seeing Allison though. She'd seen her in the halls with the other girls before when they 'room hopped'. She always envied their ability to share. It seemed she was in a catch up phase. She was ready for some more.

"Are you girls going to be busy?" Sarah asked.

Vanna and Allison looked at each other quickly. Was that an offer?

Precious woke up.

Vanna opened her robe and took Precious from Holly.

"I'm going to be a bit longer." Vanna said. "Allison is free right now."

Sarah wondered about Holly. She looked at her.

"I'm needed to watch over Precious until Samantha returns." Holly said. "I may be by later."

Sarah looked around. She thought it was odd Samantha was away.

"Where'd she go?" Sarah asked.

"We don't know." Vanna said. "Sometimes it's best not to ask…."

Sarah nodded.

"All girls need a few secrets." Sarah said.

Allison was ready to make a few.

"I'm going to go back to my room." Allison said.

She looked at Sarah and left.

"I'll leave you two to tend Precious." Sarah said.

Vanna winked at her. Holly nodded slightly.

Sarah smiled at them and left.

As soon as the door closed Vanna sat down on the bed. Precious was done almost instantly and back asleep.

Holly took Precious and placed her back in her crib. She expected Vanna to be gone when she returned to the nursery.

She saw Vanna's robe on the floor and Vanna naked on the bed.

"It looks like everyone gets to have some fun." Vanna said.

Holly looked back at the door and made sure it wasn't closed tight. She didn't want to miss Precious if she woke up or cried. She slipped off her robe.

"That's absolutely beautiful, Holly." Vanna said as she fondled her.

Holly liked how Vanna looked too. She'd watched Hanna so many times and Anna too when she could.

"Right now it's all for you." Holly said.

Vanna couldn't help but think that size did matter, especially when it was high and tight. Holly was 'built' in more ways than one. Right now she was pleased she could handle more than a handful.