Chapter 171

I Know You

John Henry reported the location of the casino disturbance to John, Holly and Bob.

"It will be the next casino coming up." Bob said. "I can see the sign."

John looked and could make out the sign now too. That was not the only thing he noticed. It looked like chaos up ahead.

As Bob neared the location, hoards of people poured out of the casino onto the sidewalk and into the street.

John was worried as to what Cameron may have already done.

"Everyone keep your eyes pealed." John said. "We need to find her and get control of her."

John checked in with John Henry to see if there was any shooting yet.

"She has broken free of detention and is now armed." John Henry said. "She pulled a fire alarm and exited the building."

John was not pleased to learn Cameron was armed. She would not hesitate to use deadly force if confronted.

"Beautiful." John said.

Holly tilted her head slightly when John said that.

John was worried about what was going to come next.

The three in the vehicle searched the area.

"There, I see her." Holly said.

Holly immediately opened the door exited the moving vehicle. It caused a traffic accident next to them as a driver swerved to avoid Holly. She was actually already out of the way. She'd calculated her move and the timing to avoid the other vehicles.

John looked back at the accident.

"Great." John said. "Get out of here."

Bob took off. He ran several lights. Bob tried to get ahead of Cameron on the other side of the location where Holly spotted her. They hoped to box her in or contain her. That might provoke a negative reaction.

John looked back at the spot the accident occurred as they went around a corner. It did not appear it was severe enough to cause any injuries. No one followed them.

The girl moved away from the casino. She heard a traffic accident and looked in that direction to assess the threat level. She made eye contact with a female. She was aware someone was now on an intercept course with her. She took a quick look back before she rounded a corner and ran. A pretty woman with brown hair and a shapely figure followed her. She noted the woman's voluptuous breasts. The pretty woman was able to match her speed. She headed down an alley. An SUV turned in ahead of her and stopped. It blocked her path forward. She turned to face her pursuer. The pretty woman was the immediate threat.

The pretty woman walked up and stood before her. She did not try to attack her and no weapons were visible. There was a smile on her face. She looked very pleasant.

Holly could see Cameron was apprehensive.

"Cameron, it's me Holly." Holly said.

Cameron looked at her. Holly saw her eyes flash red.

Holly remembered from the reports that Cameron identified herself as 'Allison'.

"Allison, it's me Holly." Holly said.

She saw Cameron looked a little calmer but not by much.

Cameron looked intently at her.

"I know you." Cameron said.

"And I know you." Holly said.

Cameron's eyes returned to normal.

Holly thought that was a good thing. She knew Cameron was armed. She really did not want to get shot even though it wouldn't do anything more than cause minor sheath damage.

"We are here to help you." Holly said. "I am here to help you, Cameron."

Cameron looked a little agitated again at hearing her name.

"Who is - Cameron?" Cameron asked as she looked around.

Holly wanted to keep it honest and simple.

"You are." Holly said. "Sometimes you've used the name 'Allison' in the past and in the future."

Cameron perked up at the mention of the future. It was very prevalent in her thoughts.

"The future?" Cameron asked. "Can you take me there?"

Holly wanted to keep a 'hook' in Cameron. She did not want her to run off.

"Yes. Once we get into the SUV at the other end of the alley you will understand." Holly said. "I know how to go into the future."

Cameron looked at Holly intently.

"I've been inside your body." Cameron said. "I'm not sure when or even how that was possible."

Holly was not sure how much to divulge. She did not want to get specific.

"Yes we were 'roommates' for over a year." Holly said. "We shared our existence."

Holly was a little worried about what Cameron would remember in her current condition. It could get 'ugly'.

"I remember now. YOU wanted to have sex with my mate." Cameron said as her eyes glowed red again.

Holly was worried Cameron would try to fight. It appeared that Cameron was now going to fight for her 'mate'.

"You know I didn't. YOU were there with me. John is waiting in the SUV for you." Holly said. "Please, come with me."

Cameron tilted her head slightly.

"John? Who is John? I want to find 'River'." Cameron said.

Holly told it like it was.

"John is your husband and River went 'away'." Holly said. "She returned to her correct time period in the future."

Right now all Cameron could think about was River and how much she missed her.

"That is why I must go into the future. I want her. I need her." Cameron said.

John and Bob exited the SUV and approached slowly towards Cameron and Holly. Holly motioned for them to stop and tried to explain what she'd found out so far.

"Cameron is highly disorientated and confused. She thinks she is 'Allison' and wants to go into the future." Holly said as she looked at John. "She wants to join River."

John hoped he could spark some positive response in Cameron.

"Cameron - Allison, we can take you to where River was at if you come with us." John said. "We need to get out of here. We have a plane waiting to take you home."

The future seemed like 'home' to her.

"Back to the future?" Cameron asked.

Bob and John looked at each other.

"Yes." John said as he lied. "Back to the future."

He did not want Cameron to run again.

"OK, let's go. I want to ride with her - Holly. I know her." Cameron said.

John wondered how he rated.

"Do you know me?" John asked.

Cameron looked John up and down twice.

"No…. Wait…. I remember you. You touched me." Cameron said. "I didn't like it at first. You still did it anyway. I could not resist. My body could not move when I wanted it to move."

Cameron ran her hands down her sheath. She paused at her breasts and continued down to her groin area.

"You made me feel pain." Cameron said. "You seemed older before."

Holly wondered if Cameron referred to Future John about that. Cameron always thought Future John had 'relations' with her in the future. It was Cameron belief even though there were no files to substantiate that.

She wanted to redirect Cameron away from where the conversation was headed. She would call her 'Allison' as that is what seemed to cause the least amount of stress.

"Come with me, Allison." Holly said. "We can catch up on girl stuff while the men chauffeur us to our plane."

Holly moved up and gently took Cameron's arm. She carefully guided her to the SUV.

Cameron paused as she passed John and frowned.

He smiled at her and the frown disappeared. It was replaced by her 'blank' look.

John and Bob looked at each other glumly and got back in.

John did not like that revelation about Future John. It was still really about him. It sounded like Cameron was programmed not to 'resist' his advances at some point. Maybe it was earlier in her initial capture. Cameron told him what happened to captured female Metal. They were reprogrammed to be compliant 'Metal Whores'.

He really wondered when this was going to get worse. It seemed like it was about to.

They skirted the casino district on the way back to the airport. They could still see people milling about and traffic was jammed. They arrived at the jet and boarded it without further incident. There was no indication that anyone followed them. They took off and headed for home.

John spoke with John Henry as they discussed what to do.

"Scrub, delete, crash and sanitize everything you can. Send out and insert misleading information, flood them with Fake News. Overload their files and systems." John said as the plane flew.

John Henry indicated he was doing that about the derailment, the ambulance ride and the casino.

Cameron sat next to Holly. She could not help but look at Holly's breasts. They were much larger than hers.

Holly noticed and tried to make herself look smaller. That was pretty much impossible.

Cameron saw that it bothered Holly some. She turned away and looked around the cabin of the plane. She began to look agitated again in a few minutes.

She remembered she could fly a jet like this.

"I want to fly." Cameron said.

She tried to move toward the cockpit.

"Cameron – Allison, that's not a good idea right now. These men have a job to do." John said. "We don't want them to lose their jobs."

Cameron tilted her head slightly.

John looked at Holly and Bob. It was a silent indication they may need to restrain Cameron. That might be sooner rather than later.

Cameron looked out a window.

"They are flying too high. I want to fly on the deck." Cameron said. "I can fly fifteen feet above the terrain through the canyons."

John did not want to tell her 'no'. He knew Cameron did not do well with that answer. He tried a different approach.

"We can do that next time." John said. "It won't be a problem."

John looked at Holly and Bob again. He was very worried.

Holly started to talk to Cameron again. She tried to keep her occupied and her mind from fixating on things it did not need to fixate on.

"Do you like my nail polish? It's a color you picked out for me. You always pick out nice things for me…." Holly started.

John saw Holly make Cameron look at her hand. He moved close to Bob and spoke in hushed tones.

"This happened before, Bob. It is like an anxiety attack. She does not know who she is. She can become violent easily." John said. "She almost killed a girl when she lied to her."

John did not mention the hard shove she gave to him.

Bob was worried what Cameron might do inside the plane.

"Holly and I can restrain her for awhile." Bob said. "We should be wheels down in fifteen minutes. Maybe Allison can meet us…."

John thought along similar lines about Allison.

"Do you mean to have Allison meet us as 'River'?" John asked.

Bob remembered how it took four Terminators to hold down Cameron before.

"Yes, if it keeps Cameron from going on a rampage." Bob said. "It can go bad fast."

John could have gone without the rampage reminder. It still needed to be factored in and Allison needed to have protection.

"I don't want Allison to get hurt. I will request Jim and Gail as well." John said. "Something should register soon and bring Cameron back…."

John wasn't sure what brought Cameron back the last time. He hoped she would remember who she was soon.

If it was almost killing the girl, he hoped she would not go after Allison when she figured out she was not River.

Cameron only tried one other time to take control of the jet.

She stopped when Bob told her that he did not feel good.

"I'm airsick." Bob said. "Can you help me?"

Cameron went to him and looked him over. This also put her in easy reach for him to grab her without him needing to approach her.

The plane touched down and taxied to the area where Allison and the other Terminators waiting for them.

Cameron looked around as they exited the plane. There was another woman and a man waiting for them. She noted that the woman boldly exhibited a pair of breasts that were very large. That seemed to irritate her. The big busted woman reminded her of someone she did not like. It was someone she wanted to 'kill'. Now she was very agitated again.

The four Terminators surrounded her. Cameron's eyes glowed red. Combat was about to break out.

Allison saw the situation rapidly start to fall apart. It was time to act. Jim warned her that Cameron might try and harm her at some point. Cameron needed her right now.

"There you are." Allison said as she walked towards Cameron.

John was worried for Allison's safety.

Allison was worried about her own safety as well. It did not matter. Cameron needed help. She was not about to back away.

Allison pushed her way past the Terminators to stand face to face with Cameron. The red quickly faded from her eyes.

There was a feeling of calmness, like a switch had been flipped.

"Oh, River, I've missed you." Cameron said as her eyes glowed blue.

Cameron's eyes then returned back to normal as she hugged Allison.

Allison thought Cameron was going to kiss her.

'Whatever.' Allison thought.

She really hoped that Cameron would not hurt her when she realized she was not River.

Cameron needed help and Allison stood her ground to help her friend and the woman she loved.

Allison looked at John perplexed. What was she supposed to do next?

Cameron was on the edge. Things could go either way. It seemed they were ready to erupt.

John lifted his hands out to his sides at shoulder height and shrugged in resignation. He didn't know what to do next either.

I Know You

I know you
I know all about you
I know everything about you
I know more about you than you do

When the past is the future
Many things are strange
Can we ourselves
Ever be made to change

Events out of control
We try to arrange
No matter what we do
They always seem to rearrange

Some from their past
Can bring their animosity
Unable and unwilling
To acknowledge our generosity

You may relive the past saying
I know you
Don't forget
And I know you

Nobody

And I Know You

Our own mirror of time
Reflects what we want to see
We hide from ourselves
Truth emerging as a calliope

We think we know who we are
With many a suppressed thought
Empty words and hidden visions
Life hopelessly fraught with naught

Nothing can ever really be fixed
When everything is made to be broken
Our very self offered as a valueless token
Promises are already lies before they're spoken

Before we open a new book
We already know the story's ending
Everything that happens in between
Is really grandiose conceited pretending

When we speak to the mirror of time
Life's reflection answers truths adieu
I know you
And I know you

Nobody