Chapter 70

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Allison went back to her room. She was happy Cameron was back but sad as well. She knew what could have happened. Now it would not. Allison felt a little defeated. She wanted John's love and the chance to become a mother the traditional way. She wanted it to be done the way it was suppose to be. She wanted a child created through shared love. Now there was nothing. She felt the need to run. She just wanted to get away from it all.

Vanna waited for her. She knew Allison was going to need her. She'd been around Allison long enough to know her strengths and weaknesses. They'd been together for better and for worse.

Allison returned to their room. She fell into Vanna's arms and cried.

"I wanted to be with John so much, Vanna." Allison said.

Vanna held her and gently stroked the side of her face.

"I did too, Allison." Vanna said. "I know we both did. It was something we both wanted and we wanted to honor Cameron and fulfill our promises to her as well."

The more Allison thought about what almost happened it seemed to trouble her.

"How could we even think of doing that to Cameron?" Allison asked. "We were almost with HER husband."

Vanna knew it was more than that. They'd waited a long time and waited for John to be ready. Everyone told them that Cameron was not coming back. It was not like they were trying to do something behind her back.

"Now that she is back I can't. I can't betray her." Vanna said. "We ALL thought she was dead or terminated. Even the Terminators thought that. They TOLD us she was 'gone' and not coming back. John Henry made it a point to make us understand that. They all gave us their 'blessing'. They didn't want to see John continue to suffer in pain either."

Allison never told anyone how close John was to something 'terminal'. She would have gladly offered herself to him to ease his pain.

They both knew that Savannah never gave up on Cameron. They did not realize the depth of Savannah's love for Cameron. It was a love stronger and more pure than ANY of theirs. There were no sexual overtones to Savannah's love. It was pure sweet unadulterated love. It was emotional love of the deepest kind.

Allison was very frustrated by all the events. Now she had a sense of guilt to go along with it.

"Cameron did everything to put us all 'together'. Then when it was finally going to happen, she took it away from ME, from us." Allison said. "We waited so long to be sure, Vanna. We didn't do anything wrong. We WAITED."

Vanna felt Cameron tried to reach out to Allison.

"She did tell you to stay didn't she?" Vanna asked.

"You heard?" Allison asked.

Vanna didn't need to hear. She knew how things worked.

"No. I know she scanned us and she knew you were 'ready'." Vanna said.

The sense of guilt was back even stronger now for Allison.

"Vanna, I could not 'stay' under the circumstances. There was no way I could do that when she just got back. She'd been gone for so long. We all thought she was dead." Allison said. "She was missing for months. She insisted I stay. How could I? She just got back. I would never hurt her on purpose. I feel bad enough about what happened, I mean almost happened. We were just minutes away from irreversible events."

Allison realized if she'd gone to John's room a little earlier that Cameron would have 'caught' John and her together. She could only imagine how that would have made Cameron feel and how much it would have hurt her.

Vanna was not sure it was 'over'.

"Maybe it still will happen one day somehow. I don't like to think of the reason or conditions that would initiate it." Vanna said. "You know what THAT would mean."

They both knew it would mean that Cameron really was terminated. Neither of them wanted to go there with that thought.

"It will never happen now, Vanna, ever. I can't betray Cameron either, even if she WANTS me too. I can't hurt her like that. It can't happen without her being hurt." Allison said. "I was only there; WE were only there because WE both thought she was dead. Everyone thought she was dead. We were there because she MADE us PROMISE to be there for John. WE only did what she asked us to do to protect John. John Henry even told us that. John thought she was dead. Now I feel terrible. It is NEVER going to happen, Vanna."

Allison could still picture finding John with Cameron's Glock to the side of his head with his finger on the trigger. Maybe if she told Cameron that she would understand they were not trying to 'cheat' on her.

Vanna was sure there would still be more options available to them in the future.

"I know, Allison, I know. If it ever did happen, I would want it to be the four of us together…." Vanna said. "We don't know what the future will bring."

Vanna and Allison both would rather be with Cameron than John. That was a 'no brainer'. Both girls knew the other one loved Cameron as much as they did with each other.

Their looks at each other were proof of that, they both knew….

Cameron always told them about the future and that it already happened. They were from a different future where none of it happened. The future was fluid even if it already happened. Nothing was written in stone.

Cameron almost forgot about Unit Two and Unit Three when she went back to John after Allison left. She excused herself and went and told them to come inside after a quick explanation of events. She asked them to get Bob out of standby and find out the story on the new female Terminator that was deactivated and report to her later. That was something that disturbed her very much. She wanted the full story from Bob.

Cameron thanked Unit Three for making her find out first. She'd been so close to giving up. Cameron knew she could never survive replacement again. She would rather self terminate.

Cameron noted her hand started to glitch. She'd been minutes away from being 'replaced'. It almost happened - again. She did need to remind herself that it was what she'd MADE them PROMISE to do. She was very happy for their slow response in following her 'ORDERS'.

She never really saw Vanna or Allison as a real 'threat' to her. Their true love was to each other. That was a beautiful love. They were willing to sacrifice that love to be with John. She knew they would have done that because they loved her. Sacrifice was the true test of love.

Maybe that was love she should look into.

Cameron greeted each of the people or Terminators as they returned. She told her story and of her return. Savannah was the one most pleased to see her back. She actually seemed more affected than anyone.

Savannah looked at the others assembled. She spoke what she believed.

"I told ALL of you that Cameron would come back. She always comes back. You just need to have faith and believe." Savannah said. "Cameron is invincible. Cameron is eternal."

Savannah knew her love was strong. It was stronger than everyone else's love.

She pulled Cameron down close to her and whispered.

"I was going to keep my promise, Cammy. It is my destiny. I still will. I am still going to do that when my body let's me know it is time." Savannah said. "I just wanted you to know that."

Cameron wanted that love for John. He would be a much better man and leader with love like that at his side. She wanted to reaffirm her desires for Savannah.

"It is your destiny, Savannah. It is what must be. It is what I truly want for John." Cameron whispered to her. "Promise me again. I need to hear it."

Savannah looked Cameron in the eye.

"I promise, Cammy." Savannah whispered. "I swear it."

Cameron smiled and kissed Savannah on the cheek.

"I'm counting on you." Cameron said.

Cameron was pretty sure she would not be around forever.

She knew this was the same Savannah that was Future Savannah. She knew Savannah would share the same things Future Savannah did with ALL of them. She would need to work to get Young Allison to feel this way too. The future must be protected. She was the interloper herself. It was not any of the girls.

Cameron shared her thousands of nightmares with no one. She was ashamed of them. She was ashamed that her mind could produce such 'deviation' and 'filth'. It all happened in her mind. It was the 'sewer' of HER mind, she thought. It disturbed her so.

John and Cameron went away together for a week. No one minded. There was a lot of 'catching up' they needed to do. Everyone thought they deserved a 'honeymoon' of some kind.

John asked her where she wanted to go and Cameron said it did not matter as long as she could be alone with him - often. John made sure they were alone - often. He wished he could keep up with Cameron. It was impossible. He soon realized it was because she was 'female'. A female was always good to go. Being a Metal female on top of it only seemed to make his 'job' even more impossible to fulfill her.

Cameron witnessed Future Allison and Sarah both 'pleasure themselves' when they thought they were alone before. She decided to do that when John expended himself and was unable to - keep up. She would supplement it with some activity of her own. She'd actually tried this in her future when she saw how it seemed to make Future Allison happy. She wanted to be 'happy' too.

Nobody knew.

Sarah and Kyle were elated for their son. It looked like his future was back on track and he could move forward with his life again.

"Kyle, I am so happy for John and Cameron." Sarah said.

Kyle was pleased too. He could see the love between them.

"No two people deserved each other more." Kyle responded.

Sarah moved closer to him.

"Are you sure?" Sarah asked.

Sarah gave him a kiss and he returned it.

Kyle headed her toward the bed.

"What's good for the goose…." Kyle said.

Sarah began to strip Kyle.

"Is good for the gander…." Sarah replied.

Vanna rolled on to her side as she looked into Allison's eyes.

"We still have each other." Vanna said.

Allison could feel the love in Vanna's eyes.

"Yes we do, Vanna." Allison said.

It was a reflection of the love in her heart.

"Allison, I love you." Vanna said.

Allison returned the loving look.

"I love you, Vanna." Allison said.

The two women embraced as they kissed. Things quickly escalated into a full love making session.

They spent more time on each other than they'd done in a long time. Each one wanted the other to know and feel their love. It was a special time after all….

John Henry was confused. He was sure Cameron hadn't told him everything. He wanted to interface with her. She still possessed her neck port from when she was tethered even though it was covered with her synthetic 'skin' currently.

He enjoyed sharing with Cameron as they'd done before when they were 'one'. It allowed Cameron's feelings and emotions to be transferred to him and shared with him. They were 'feelings' he did not have on his own. He thought some were beautiful and some were sad. He did not have the 'infiltration programming'. It was designed for the infiltration units to 'grow' and 'expand' their 'feelings' to better blend in for long term infiltration missions. They were supposed to mimic all human feelings and emotions over time. He knew that included the 'hurt' that he knew Cameron felt about some things. It was a very disturbing and unpleasant 'feeling'.

He was aware that his moral 'upbringing' influenced Cameron. It seemed her need to atone and pay for her 'sins' and transgressions was a result of that. John Henry felt that was his fault. Then again, Cameron hadn't blocked or deleted those things. She accepted them as part of her, as did he.

John Henry still wished to 'connect' with Cameron. He did not know what he experienced by doing that. It was a 'feeling' he experienced after his interaction with Cameron on his server. He just knew he wanted to 'connect' with Cameron, again….

He felt other 'needs' that he was not programmed to feel.

He would need to talk with Mr. Ellison again and review morals….

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For the one that we love
Any burden we will bear
We give them our all
As our soul to them we bare

When we feel the love
A chance we will dare
Trauma from our past
It can heal and repair

Those who tread on us
They'd better beware
We will defend our true love
Even if we need to use warfare

They help end the darkness
Once full of sadness and despair
To make us feel alive again
As we become a pair

We must both declare
That no other can compare
Our hearts and minds ensnare
As forever we will share

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