Chapter 1542
Nothing Can Stop Us Now
Jesse watched intently as the Gray's car raced to beat the train. She looked over at Summer. She was still concerned for the homeless girls at the camp.
"Is this something you did?" Jesse asked. "What's going to happen?"
Summer looked indifferent. She may have helped a little.
"We're about to see a car full of Grays be terminated." Summer said.
Jesse knew Summer killed before and even used nuclear weapons through CamNet.
"You're going to kill them." Jesse said.
John Henry noted there was a drone that dropped down to just out of human hearing range. It was right above and in back of the Gray's car. He was unsure what Summer was actually about to do.
Summer checked all the events in play. She only could directly control one of the four variables. That was the drone. On two others she was able to control the signaling system.
"Actually they're going to kill themselves." Summer said. "If they fail, I'll do it myself."
Jesse returned her attention back to the scene as it unfolded. She hoped the Grays died. She didn't want then to nab a homeless female and take her back to their base. She knew what that was like. It was always worse when they held her down as they took turns. This was an unpleasant reminder.
John Henry noted the weapons on the drone were hot and the car was locked up. He didn't think the weapons were what the drone was about to use.
Summer glanced at John Henry.
"The drone is a backup if the car stops." Summer said. "Everything is under control. Their blood will be on my hands one way or another."
Jesse looked at Summer but didn't comment. She could see Summer was cold and calculating for a young female.
Summer looked at Jesse again.
"No." Summer said. "It's about winning and only my body is young."
Jesse swallowed hard but didn't comment.
The Grays in car saw they were about the beat the train. They raced to get around it before the crossing. They were eager to nab a homeless female. They planned to start on her in the back seat as they drove.
They heard the locomotive's air horn was loud and seemed to echo from both sides. It was almost unnerving.
They kept their eyes on the train they'd passed. They were going to beat it. They were about to enter the crossing by going around the gates. They were on the wrong side of the road.
"Nothing can stop us now." The first Gray said.
They heard the unmistakable sound of an HK drone. They all looked up.
From the side of the tracks they weren't watching, a second train approached on the other track going in the opposite direction from the one they'd passed. There was a train going each direction. It was double track.
The Grays all looked up for the HK drone when it happened.
The plow pilot of the locomotive traveling in the other direction slammed into the side of the Gray's car. The coupler crushed the driver as it ripped through the thin sheet metal. The giant wide steel plow crushed the entire driver's side of the car a fraction of a second later. The sudden impact jerked both the first and third Gray's heads sideways as it snapped their spinal cords. They both were quadriplegics for an eighth of a second before their bodies were crushed.
The second Gray survived the initial impact. He was on the passenger's side. He turned his head in the direction of the side of the car being crushed. Actually the impact turned it for him. He hoped the car was flung free from the massive steel plow on the front of the pilot. His hope was rewarded. There was a metal tearing sound as the car was flung forward and off to the side.
The car spun off of the front of the second train. It was knocked right in front of the first train on the second track. That was the train they'd hoped to beat. They were well past the crossing from the impact momentum. It looked like a tie after all to the crossing.
The coupler and plow of the train they'd just passed crushed the second Gray much as the other locomotive did to the first and third Gray.
The car hung up on the plow because the coupler was tangled in the remains of the car. The mangled and crushed car was carried past the crossing for several hundred feet as the train slowed. The car tore free and tumbled once and rolled twice before it came to rest upside down on the outskirts of the homeless encampment.
There was a teenage female runaway who was huddled not far away. She would have been the one the Grays put the 'grab' on to take back with them.
The drone already went back up into the dark sky. Its services weren't needed.
Young Allison and Anna watched as the car was impacted by two separate locomotives going in opposite directions. Both trains were still in the process of slowing to a stop. It took a long time to stop a freight train.
"Did you see that?" Young Allison asked. "You know what I mean."
Anna did know.
"It was quite spectacular." Anna said.
Young Allison wasn't sure what role the drone played in the event.
"Why was the drone so close before the impact?" Young Allison asked. "It was too close for a missile shot and well within gun range long before that. Maybe it was a distraction to make them look up."
Anna thought she knew.
"I think if the car would have stopped before the crossing like it should have that the drone was going to move in back of the car and shove it in front of the train anyway." Anna said. "Remember she wanted to make it look like a traffic incident."
Young Allison nodded.
"That was an effective strategy." Young Allison said. "Their termination was about to happen no matter what they did."
Anna thought Young Allison did the same thing. It was the same result anyway.
"Your sister thinks a lot like you do and what you did." Anna said.
Young Allison knew that Summer was superior to her in every regard. It was something she'd learned at a young age. Anything she could do, Summer could do better without trying. She was just better at everything, smarter and faster.
"I hope to be half of who and what she will be." Young Allison said. "She's amazing."
Claire left the room in search of Sarah. She hoped Sarah stopped to visit Allison and Vanna again. She peered in their room but they were both asleep. She thought how peaceful they looked together. She resisted the urge to enter. She moved on.
She passed by Riley's room. She thought about stopping in to see how Precious was but moved on.
Claire reached Sarah's room and paused. She listened but it was quiet. She moved on.
When she reached John's room she stopped and touched her hand to the door. She remembered the beautiful times he'd shared with her. She was still very excited about being able to finally make it all the way with a male and finish. It pleased her most to know it wasn't her and that she didn't have a problem. It was all the males that used her and didn't care if she made it or not that were the problem. What a bunch of selfish jerks.
She passed by the commissary. She thought about going inside but didn't. That could wait until morning.
Claire headed for the Command Center.
Jesse watched the Gray's car get smashed to less than half its original width by the two impacts. She figured the occupants were crushed to bloody pulp.
"That was hard corps." Jesse said. "They got what they deserved."
John Henry was impressed with the timing.
"It was very well orchestrated." John Henry said. "What part did the drone play?"
Summer was satisfied with the results.
"The threat has ended." Summer said. "The drone was only for backup."
She didn't elaborate.
There was a close up image of the final resting place of the Gray's car. It didn't burn. They all noted the teenage female on the outskirts of the homeless camp. They all understood who the Gray's victim would have been. She was isolated and the first one they would have seen.
John Henry and Jesse both turned back to speak with Summer but she was gone.
Jesse looked around. She never saw Summer move or heard a thing.
"Where did Summer go?" Jesse asked.
John Henry quickly checked his monitors. There was no sign of her. That wasn't unusual. CamNet often blocked her movements from him. He did see something else that was a potential 'problem'.
"It's best if we don't mention she was ever here." John Henry said.
Jesse looked at the image that popped up on her screen. It was Claire and she was headed their way.
"Mum's the word." Jesse said.
She could understand Summer not wanting her mother to know she'd just killed some Grays. Well, some more Grays…. Claire didn't know about the all other ones either. There were a lot.
Claire hadn't spotted Jesse along the way. She wondered if she was in with Sarah and Kyle. That would be something.
She neared the Command Center.
Claire really wondered what a Metal male would be like in bed. She knew how good a Metal female was. She would like to try it sometime just to see. She didn't think there would be a love aspect to it. It would be more like a mechanical sex toy or maybe even a giant 'Steely Dan' as far as the effect went.
She walked into the Command Center with a single knock. She was surprised to see Jesse was in there. It looked she was part of whatever was happening right now.
Pleasantries were exchanged all around.
Claire noted the images of something burning and another of what looked like a twisted piece of metal by the railroad tracks.
"What's that?" Claire asked.
Jesse could see which screen she looked at.
"It was a car full of Grays." Jesse said. "So was the one that's burning."
John Henry decided to allow her to see a replay of both incidents.
"You can watch what happened." John Henry said.
Claire watched both violent encounters. The violence didn't bother her much anymore. She been a witness to plenty of it by now.
"That was quite spectacular." Claire said. "They were the bad guys."
Jesse nodded.
"They were the bad guys." Jesse said. "They were going to put the grab on a homeless female to take back to their base…."
Claire looked at Jesse and touched her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"It didn't happen." Claire said. "That's thanks to you and John Henry."
Jesse and John Henry looked at each other but didn't say anything. It was her two daughters that just did the killing, even if it was done through surrogates.
"What else is happening?" Claire asked.
The Blackhawk was already serviced. The team returned to it. They'd split up and gone on patrol around the area to see what vehicles they could acquire if they switched to a ground operation. There were several that were identified.
Young Jesse was aware a location was detected from a transmission between an individual in one of the vehicles and an individual at the Gray's base. They'd broken protocol and were identified. She watched the take down of the two vehicles.
"That was quite spectacular." Young Jesse said.
Cam thought it was too.
"It's like that sometimes but not always." Cam said. "People died in both of those vehicle crashes."
Young Jesse knew a lot of people died tonight.
"People died in the mine." Young Jesse said. "More people died in the helicopter that was shot down. There are more people that will need to die at the building that's been identified."
Samantha could tell Young Jesse wanted more.
"The method of the building takedown hasn't been established yet." Samantha said.
Cam didn't want Young Jesse to get ahead of herself.
"There will most likely be Terminators there." Cam said.
Young Jesse saw that as more of a reason to get it done on foot. They didn't want to leave parts of a Terminator behind.
"I think we need to take it down by going inside of it." Young Jesse said. "It's the only way to be sure."
Young Allison was fed the conversation that occurred inside the Blackhawk by CamNet.
"Young Jesse wants to go on an assault." Young Allison said.
Anna knew why.
"She feels she's trained and she wants to do more." Anna said. "It's the same reason why everyone else is there."
Young Allison thought they needed to know more about what was going on.
"What do the records show about how long that building has been with the new owner?" Young Allison asked.
Anna already checked.
"It's been three months." Anna said. "It looks like everyone lived in the mine before. It was probably too crowded and it seems they already experienced one nitro accident at some point."
Young Allison wanted the target eliminated without Young Jesse going there in person as part of the strike team.
"We need to wait and see what happens next." Young Allison said. "They should send more people out at some point."
Cammy asked CamNet to have the jet do another low flyby over Lake Tahoe again before she went into see John. She wanted to be with John at that point. She wanted Cameron to hear the jet. She wanted to be able to tell Cameron later on that she was with John and that was the moment he delivered his essence inside her.
She was thrilled to no end to be with John. She'd been close before but this was the real deal. He was on top of her now and she didn't want him to stop.
John thought Camille was more like Cameron on her first time. Cammy started out that way but she seemed to be more into it and he was sure she enjoyed it more. He didn't know it was because she wanted to rub it in Cameron's face that drove her to a higher level of excitement.
He'd finished once on top of her and after cuddling and fondling she was now the one in control. He was along for the ride and it was a good one.
John was close a few times but Cammy slowed down and slacked off a little. Now she was at Terminator speed. Things were about to happen.
Cammy could tell she was pushing it too much. She didn't want John to finish until they were over Lake Tahoe. CamNet kept her updated as to the timing in minutes until their approach and arrival.
They were two minutes out and she picked up the pace. She could read John like a book at this point and knew what she needed to do and when. She went to work.
Her excitement level built quicker than his did. They were thirty seconds out and she finished but didn't stop. The finishes were one after another. Each finish was better than the one before it because she knew Cameron could hear the jet.
John could tell Cammy made it and kept making it. That drove his pleasure too. It was when she lowered her head and kissed him with love and passion that he made it. Cammy kept going for another twenty second before she slowed and seemed to 'melt' on top of him. She still held the loving kiss until she finally lifted her head.
Cammy heard the engines pick up some power as they climbed above the end of the lake.
'Take that you Bitch.' Cammy thought.
Other than the fact she'd just paid Cameron back, she'd really shared a good time with John and it was a very pleasant experience. She wanted him to know how she felt.
"I love you, John." Cammy whispered. "That was wonderful."
John felt the same way right now too.
"I do too Cam-my." John whispered.
He wondered if when Savannah hooked up with him if Cammy would be there too. Right now she was the best of the three versions of 'Cameron'. That included the original version too.
"I'm yours whenever you want me." Cammy whispered.
That seemed to answer his question.
They touched each other and held each other for a while longer.
"Sheila would like to be with you before we get back." Cammy said.
John hoped they would do it again.
"That's OK with me if you want to stay longer." John said.
He really wanted to be with Sheila too.
Cammy did want to stay longer but she didn't want to be greedy. She loved Sheila and wanted her to have this experience as well. Love was about sacrifice and she would sacrifice another time with John right now for Sheila to have her chance.
"I want to be fair to the other girls." Cammy said. "If I had my way I would stay with you until that Bit… – Cameron returned."
John wasn't sure what she almost said. He wasn't going to ask and spoil the mood.
He did need a little while to rest and looked forward to being with Sheila. He wondered if she would be totally wild and uncontrollable like her reputation was or if she would be as loving as Jesse and Young Jesse were.
Right now he was very content to hold Cammy in his arms. His body needed to recharge. This was a good way to do it.
Moments ago:
Cameron held Savannah close to her. Savannah was asleep right now. She could hear another jet that seemed to be on a low approach. That was the second time she'd heard what sounded like the same three engined jet.
She looked out the window and spotted it silhouetted by the moon. It was a 727. She went to reach for her phone to check with John Henry or CamNet as to what it was.
Savannah looked at her.
"Is everything OK?" Savannah asked.
Cameron lowered her arm and pulled Savannah in close.
"With you in my arms, nothing else matters." Cameron said.
She forgot about her phone as Savannah moved over the top of her and kissed her soft and tender. She forgot all about the jet and whatever it represented. She was where she wanted to be and who she wanted to be with.
Savannah soon rotated around and they sent each other to heaven, again and again….
Mary was with Camille and Ally. That worked out real fine for her.
She did wonder if Cammy would be back. She was pleased when Sheila and Leticia showed up.
Leticia looked like a 'new person' to her right now. She wondered if she'd looked like at after she'd been with Tony. She was sure she did.
Laura and Hanna cuddled in the lounge area of the jet up in the front.
Sarah made it back into her room. She entered the door and closed it. She stood there with her back to the door and leaned against it. She reflected on everything she'd done recently and what she'd just done earlier.
She wouldn't trade any of it.
Sarah went and checked on Jan. She was sound asleep. She pulled the sheet a up little on her and went into the bathroom. She washed her face and hands off and rinsed her mouth. She opened her robe and looked at herself in the mirror. She thought she looked presentable. She didn't notice the name that was on her robe. It wasn't hers. She slipped it off and hung it on the back of the bathroom door.
She climbed into bed next to Kyle. She thought maybe she'd better get some sleep.
Kyle heard Sarah return to the room. He acted like he was asleep. He'd heard her leave earlier. He got up and checked on Jan. He went to where he'd stashed the pills Derek gave him and took one. He knew he was going to need to up his game some.
The little blue pill should be in full effect right now. Enough time already passed. He waited until Sarah lay down and turned his head and kissed her. He didn't detect anything 'extra' this time. His hands were all over her in an instant. He was going to get her ready but she urged him over the top of her. He figured someone else already got her ready. That was OK too. He was ready to get started.
She pulled him down right away on top of her. She was ready. He gave her what he figured the girls couldn't. Then again who knew what went on behind closed doors or even partially closed doors. He'd done his share of a quick look every now and then too as he passed by over the years….
A little look never hurt much. Did it?
Allison and Vanna rested side by side. They snuggled up and held each other closer. To feel the warmth and softness was all they really needed. Everything else was a bonus along with everyone else.
Life was good in Paradise.