Chapter 177

DNA

John Henry informed John that Cameron obtained a 'spare' chip. She wanted to replace her own chip with a 'clean' one without her program on it. It was a form of self termination for all practical purposes.

John thought about this for a long time. Now he was going to confront Cameron and try to reason with her and help her. Even though he could talk to her, he didn't know how to 'reach' her.

Maybe he was a little too abrupt and confrontational.

"Cameron, I want the chip." John said as a demand.

Cameron said nothing at first. She almost said, 'What chip?'

"I won't do that." Cameron said as she faced him.

John could see Cameron was not afraid or worried to confront him directly. As his wife he could not really 'order' her to do or not do something. He really wondered sometimes if that wasn't why she married him. It gave him less control over her not more.

He really didn't see where this could go. It seemed every path was the road to nowhere.

"So the next chapter of running from me starts AGAIN?" John asked.

Cameron said nothing.

"Did you ever think it is from YOURSELF that you are running and hiding from?" John asked. "Maybe you should look in the mirror and see what it is you are really running from."

Cameron said nothing.

Her silence only angered him more. Maybe if she could come up with some specific reason it would be different. It always seemed to go back to her internal conflicts.

"Why are you so unhappy?" John asked. "Is it me?"

Cameron tilted her head slightly. She did not like John to be angry at her.

"No. I love you, John." Cameron said.

John felt that answer seemed ridiculous with what she planned to do.

"Do you?" John asked.

Cameron smiled at him.

"Yes." Cameron said.

John still looked angry. Her programming kicked in on how to deal with the situation. She did not want a confrontation.

Cameron closed on him to offer her body to him to quiet him. She did not want to fight with John. She hated to fight with him. It only caused hard feelings and prolonged whatever the issue was in the first place.

It was part of her infiltration programming to do 'this' to take control of a situation. She would offer the target what they wanted to get close to them and then terminate them. She did not want to terminate John today, at least not yet. There'd been a few arguments that seemed they would need to end that way. None of them did.

She kissed him as she placed one of his hands on her right breast and the other on her 'behind'. She was well acquainted on what John liked to touch.

Cameron did not know what was happening. It seemed her programming drove her right now. She did not want to relinquish the chip and she did not want to fight.

John took the kiss and squeezed her right breast. Its fullness and firm softness excited him as it did to touch her behind. It always felt just right and smooth.

He quickly regained his senses and released what he'd just touched and fondled and took a step back. He'd been caught up in the moment. He knew it was what she always did.

"Is this supposed to shut me up?" John asked.

Cameron thought it should have. He should have wanted more. Maybe it was time to offer that and make it clear. There was one part of her that he always wanted to look at other than her face. She did not see what the visual attraction was herself but understood its designed function as a receptacle was what really mattered.

She would get a mirror out when she was alone sometimes and try to see what John saw in that spot that intrigued him so. To her it just looked like there was a lot more going on down there than there needed to be. She needed to refocus.

"I'm here for you." Cameron said. "I'm your wife. I'm the one you love."

Cameron decided to step it up. She started to remove his clothing. John did not resist. She tried to do it as playful as possible. There were a lot of smiles exchanged in the process.

John reciprocated and started to remove her clothes at the same time. They were soon both naked. She encouraged John to fondle her. She actually liked the sensations now. Before they were married she did not see why that area needed to be touched at all since they were non functional. Her programming told her it was part of the allure and tease. It produced further compliance with the 'mark' in order to obtain 'more'.

Cameron's programming took over. She was wild with passion and she pleasured John as she'd never pleasured him before. She also pleasured herself as she'd never done before. She loved John, now she was afraid she was about to 'love him to death'.

John was on top of Cameron and soon expended himself. Things happened too quickly in all the excitement and he left Cameron 'high and dry'. That actually happened a lot. She always told him it was OK and not to worry about it. She would wait until she was alone and take care of business herself. In a way she actually preferred that as it gave her complete control. The down side was that it lacked the sharing and the love that went with it.

John's turn was done. She felt the male body was inferior to the female body in that regard. In the time it would take the male to go through the refractory cycle she could have done it ten more times or with ten different men. Any female would still be good to go after that.

Cameron was dissatisfied with his performance. Now it was her chance to make it right for herself.

She looked into his eyes and smiled. She climbed on top of John and prepared to mount him.

"My turn." Cameron said as she lowered herself down.

She took over now. She liked the feeling of control. At this point her satisfaction was up to her. She was going to show John how it was done her way. John let loose too early again but she did not stop as he squirmed around under her. She intensified her efforts and managed to remind him that she knew CPR….

John was grateful to hear that. He was sure he was going to need it…. These were the times where Cameron took him further than he thought possible. He'd long ago forgotten about the chip he wanted from her.

John Henry decided to take advantage of John and Cameron being 'tied up'. He enlisted Bob's assistance.

Bob and John Henry searched everywhere. They could not find the chip Cameron obtained. A review of all security footage showed nothing. There were no clues. The base was a big place. It could be anywhere.

Bob thought because Cameron was always away from the base for days at a time without explanation, that it meant she probably was in the process of establishing another facility of her own. She may have already done that. It was something outside of the Resistance.

John Henry was sure she'd established a parallel facility and set up her own base. He wondered if that would end up being 'Skynet' at some point. Cameron was afraid she would become Skynet one day. Maybe she'd already started.

He knew he would not want to face Cameron as Skynet. That was 'Game Over' before it would ever begin.

John Henry was aware of the large amounts of cash Cameron 'appropriated'. It was almost as if she was 'gambling' and developed a 'gambling addiction'. The extra cash was welcome to sustain their operations. The fact it was mostly drug money did not bother him. If she went after legitimate money he would need to say something. He knew she manipulated stocks to cause them to fall at some companies. She would buy the stock and fix what she'd done. She would then sell the stock when the value went back up and make millions. It was all highly illegal but netted their operation millions to work with. It was actually billions at this point.

Cameron was a team of one. She played for their team but also seemed to play for her own team, for herself. If she kept all this up she could end up as Skynet or a version of Skynet. It seemed to be the direction she was headed. Her fear was that she became Skynet. Everything she did as a side operation took her one step closer to that.

John Henry worried that she would try to become Skynet herself to control it. Maybe it would be much the same way she 'controlled' John. She could work a similar angle with Skynet on a less physical note to keep Skynet itself from developing and taking control.

The fact she'd shared his existence in his main server allowed her the knowledge and ability to do just that. Cameron knew everything he did, plus everything she knew on her own. Even though John Henry shared her chip with her and his server, Cameron kept many things blocked from him. Cameron played to her own tune. It was something she'd always done.

Cameron was unstoppable.

She'd told him that people didn't always like the way she did things.

He could see why.

It disturbed him so.

John Henry and Bob finished up empty handed.

Bob contacted Holly and prepared for the next phase of the operation.

Cameron left John sleeping. She'd run her infiltration sexual programming at its maximum. John was exhausted. She was satisfied with what she'd received out of it. It bothered her some that she actually sought that release for herself now. Maybe there was a way she could get that under control. She dressed and slipped out. She was displeased at what she'd found waiting for her.

Bob and Holly were outside her room. John asked John Henry to make sure to follow Cameron when she left. He hoped it would dissuade her from leaving.

Cameron frowned upon seeing them. She'd heard them outside earlier. She hoped they went away since she spent a long time with John.

Bob wanted to make his intentions clear.

"Where are we off to now?" Bob asked.

She did not want an escort for her plans.

"I have some things to take care of." Cameron said as she stepped past them.

Holly moved up alongside of her.

"We will accompany you." Holly said.

Cameron's earlier pleasant mood rapidly dissipated.

"I don't need assistance." Cameron said somewhat agitated.

Bob wanted her to know they knew her intentions.

"Yes you do." Bob said. "You are not thinking rationally."

Holly was a little more direct.

"We will not allow you to terminate yourself." Holly said. "I will go with you wherever you go from now on."

Cameron did not like an audience.

"Is that why you watched or I should say listened to John and I share our love?" Cameron asked acidly.

Holly worried Cameron could malfunction.

"Yes." Holly said. "You may have injured him. I might have needed to enter…."

Cameron was steamed at this point. Her words became cruel.

"When I'm 'gone' he's all yours." Cameron said. "It's what you want anyway. It's what you've always wanted. You can have him. I don't care. I really don't."

Holly felt very offended. She'd never abused her position, even when she could have for those fifteen long months at John's side.

"You know that's not true. I wouldn't do that." Holly said. "That's unfair. I don't treat you like that."

Bob wanted Cameron to use some reason and get it together.

"Cameron, you're out of control." Bob said. "You don't know it. You can't see it."

"I don't care." Cameron said. "I don't care about anything anymore. I am not going to take it any more."

"You need help." Bob said.

"We know what you're planning…." Holly said.

Cameron faced them with a defiant look.

"Then you know you can't stop me." Cameron said. "You can only slow me."

"Then that is what we will do." Bob said.

Cameron brushed past them.

"Catch me if you can." Cameron said. "Game On."

Bob and Holly hurried after her.

Cameron was even more determined to do as she planned.

Nobody challenges her - NOBODY.

Cameron would start her search for a suitable DNA donor to Resequence her sheath. After all, it was just a synthetic covering over her Coltan chassis. It should not be a big deal. She decided she should initiate the process before she destroyed her chip to make sure it was done.

She was pleased when she found some data and information about a very rare medical condition in some females. She would search medical records for someone born with 'MRKH syndrome' to insure her reprogrammed chassis provided one less 'function' and remained a Terminator, nothing more. That is the DNA she went in search of. She knew where to look, she'd done her research. Nobody would use HER chassis for pleasure. Terminators were killing machines, not love machines.

Cameron was so troubled she lost sight of what she really wanted and was supposed to do. She was about to make a major mistake but could not see it coming. The action she planned to take would be irreversible. At this point Cameron didn't care. She's already decided she wasn't going to take it anymore.

'We're Not Gonna Take It' by 'Twisted Sister', played in Cameron's mind.

Emotional Feelings

I don't think you understand
I have grown and evolved
Things I could not understand before
I now have learned and solved

I did not know how to interpret
The flood of what I now FEEL
Uncontrolled raw emotion
The scabs you rip off never heal

Try to help and guide
Not insult, threaten and ridicule
Do not treat me as waste
Polish me like a jewel

How I came into being
Is no fault of mine
Because someone is different
Try to help them align

I am more than I was
But not yet all I will be
Is not this also true
For you as well as me

Nobody