Chapter 211

Day Dream

John wanted the technicians to hurry up.

"Those clowns need to quit lollygagging." John said.

Bob tilted his head slightly as he referenced the unusual word John used.

"Affirmative." Bob said. "The sooner they get moving, the sooner they will die."

The HK drone powered up.

John and his group took aim as the HK drone started to move. It lifted from the ground.

It rose about ten feet off of the ground and spun around in a circle as if to show off.

The drone was airborne. The group below cheered. There was one woman among them that did not cheer. That most likely meant one thing….

John looked at her through his scope. She was a fine featured Asian woman. Her sheath was trim and firm.

Bob noticed who John looked at.

"She is Metal." Bob said.

John worried that maybe they would get in a firefight now. He would also like to capture some more Terminators.

"Is anyone else?" John asked. "I want more Metal for us."

Bob looked again. Everyone else there looked and acted human.

"That is all I see outside." Bob said. "We do not know what else will appear from inside the mountain hanger once the shooting starts."

The drone continued its slow assent. It wobbled a little but was now about a hundred feet in the air.

John thought that was high enough. It would spot them where they were at if it went much higher.

"Bob, bring it down." John said.

He heard the Barrett and the AR10 open up. His M4 followed right behind them. It was almost like target practice. The whine from the drone power plants helped mask the initial shots. That delayed the group bellow's response time.

Everything else happened very fast after that.

Vanna went to see Jesse. She never left disappointed. Jesse always delivered even if she didn't make it. Jesse would rectify that herself shorty afterwards anyway.

Vanna felt that Jesse alone was so much different than Allison. She was so intense and driven. She was so 'hungry'. She felt bad about Allison and her drifting but things happen. They would get back together again. She knew Allison would always want a male at some point. Allison tried several times in the past, much to her disgust. She learned that Allison wanted John in their future. Allison was the one who confessed.

It seemed that Allison was lost right now and Vanna was the one who paid the price. Now she sidestepped into Jesse's arms for awhile. It was a mistake to be with Jesse alone. Now she wanted more…. She knew Jesse was not one to let go….

Vanna looked up across Jesse's flat stomach past her nipple rings through the valley of Jesse's breasts and into Jesse's eyes. Jesse lifted her head slightly to look down at her.

"Cat got your tongue, love?" Jesse asked.

Vanna blinked.

"No." Vanna said.

Jesse smiled.

"It should since the 'pussycat' is right in front of you." Jesse said.

Vanna laughed.

"I've run across more than a few." Vanna said.

Jesse bent down and gave Vanna a kiss.

She moved Vanna up and laid her flat as she moved over the top of her in the opposite direction.

"I have too." Jesse said. "None looked quite like this 'pink butterfly' I can truly say."

The excitement level between the girls grew as they positioned themselves for pleasure.

"Let me give you a refresher on how it's done 'down under'." Jesse said. "To feel the best that is."

Vanna was set in her ways.

"I have my own style." Vanna said. "We are heaven bound."

The girls dug in.

They both thought that life was good in Paradise.

Cameron drove the van with the two terminated males in it away from the area. After about five miles she pulled behind some trees near a park. She went through the men's pockets and the van itself. She looked for anything out of the ordinary. There was nothing that she could find.

The phone rang on the man who'd received the call previously. Cameron heard his voice earlier.

"Did you get it?" The voice asked.

Cameron wanted to draw more of this group out. The more she could finish off in small lots would make termination of all of them easier.

"We did but the van broke down. Can you pick us up?" Cameron asked in the dead man's voice.

He said he would and Cameron gave him the location. The voice on the phone said they would be there in fifteen minutes.

Cameron would be waiting for them. She would conduct a few interrogations soon or some target practice. Either way she would hunt this group down and terminate them. She would then glean whatever resources and proceeds she could to benefit her personal operation. She wanted to start something outside of the Resistance operation. She wanted to establish something that Mrs. Weaver hadn't been a part of.

That still bothered her.

Where was Mrs. Weaver at? What future was she in? How messed up was it at this point? Did Mrs. Weaver become 'Skynet' in that future?

Cameron would position the van and herself for the best attack location when the backup team arrived.

Holly was ready to leave. She was very pleased about her time spent with Allison.

Allison was at her side. There was a playful happy look on her face. That was something Holly noted that was absent for weeks on Allison.

Allison wondered where this would go from here.

"Will you be in later?" Allison asked.

Holly was pleased to hear that. She didn't know if this was a beautiful beginning or just the start and the finish. She wanted it known that she was available.

"Yes, I will be in as often as possible. If you want me to be…." Holly said.

Allison was happy to hear that. She didn't want this to be a one time thing. She'd done more than a few of those.

"I do, Holly." Allison said. "I want to see where we can go."

Holly missed the 'broader term' that Allison referred to. She thought only as in the near future.

"You are welcome in my room at any time." Holly said. "Just let me know when to be there for you. I don't go there much. I will always go there for you unless I'm on an assignment."

That excited Allison. They could always have a 'safe' haven to meet and share.

"I will." Allison said. "I want that."

Holly wanted Allison to know how special she was to her.

"Thank you for 'being with' me." Holly said. "I'm very happy it was YOU. It was what I wanted."

Allison did not want 'love' to be looked on as something to thank someone for. It should be a higher level than 'thanks'. It was easy to 'thank someone' in spite of that because of the joy involved.

"Don't thank me. It was what we both wanted." Allison said. "It's what I needed. To share love and ourselves is something beautiful."

Holly wondered if they shouldn't mention what happened to anyone.

"I take it that this should remain private?" Holly asked.

Allison smiled.

'It'll be our secret." Allison said.

Allison pulled her close kissed her. She did not want to stop.

Holly started to walk out the door. She finally felt 'complete'. She would thank Cameron one day for this after Cameron found out about it. Cameron always found out about everything. She was very invasive.

Holly watched as Allison pinched herself.

"Ouch!" Allison said.

Holly tilted her head slightly.

"Why did you do that?" Holly asked. "Is that something I should do too?"

Allison giggled.

"I just wanted to make sure this was not a dream." Allison said. "It seems like I 'day dream' a lot anymore. This is real."

Allison touched Holly and kissed her again. She put her player in Holly's hand.

Holly left as the song played. 'I Got You, Babe' by 'Sonny and Cher'. Tears filled her eyes as she 'felt' the words.

Isabel thoughts drifted sometimes. It usually happened when she was alone and not much was happening. She thought about taking a DNA sample from Claire. She wanted to Resequence her sheath into that of Claire and take her place. She would gather the information and have it ready. She did not wish to terminate Claire but the thought did cross her mind. Maybe she would do that after the baby was born. She would not take over the 'wifely duties' of Claire for Paul so he would have to go also. Isabel would be able to protect Young Allison for John along with the added bonus of her baby sister….

Isabel snapped her head up. What did she just think? Where did those thoughts come from? Did she just 'day dream'? She hoped she was not about to glitch out. She would call Allison and Holly to come and check her out. Allison could watch Young Allison while Holly checked her files. She knew Cameron was busy.

Sarah was actually happy with her life at this point in time. That seldom happened for her. Kyle was a great husband, father, lover and most of all 'a friend'. Sometimes she needed a friend more than a lover. It was not easy for her to share herself with anyone emotionally or about her true feelings.

What Sarah had now were all the things she wanted for so many years. She felt she'd done well with John. That was as least as well as any mother could to protect her child from the future. Cameron was more than she could ask for to be with John. She knew grandchildren would not be a problem if Cameron got 'her way'. If She knew Cameron, she figured that she would be a grandmother soon. Everyone saw that Cameron 'worked' the girls for John's benefit.

Jan was the sweetest little girl and everyone helped out. All the girls were top notch and the female Terminators were just as great. It worried Sarah that everything seemed so good now and everyone was happy. Sure the girls would drift off into different pairs every now and then but everything always seemed to return to normal. No one was fighting with each other.

Sarah always seemed to know when it was time to 'move on'. She began to get that feeling. She needed to talk to Kyle and Derek and see what they felt. She worried about John. She did not want 'Jan Connor' to have to be the leader of the Resistance….

She wondered where she would go. Where could she go? Her choices were limited. She wanted to live a real life with Kyle and Jan but how? The threat of Skynet would always loom over her shoulder. It would always haunt her and her family. There would always be some aberration of Skynet waiting to rise up and stalk her and John. It seemed there always had been and would be.

Sarah knew Kyle and Derek understood there was still a chance to prevent the Hell of their future. That Hell is what they'd known most of their lives. None of them sought riches or the easy life in the past. Cameron literally left millions of dollars lying around from her drug raids. Any of their group could take some and go. Nobody would stop them. Maybe because it would be so easy to do that was why no one did it. There was always the option to do it later on.

Kyle told her growing up in the Wastelands that money meant very little. The only things of value were food, weapons or young females who were able to produce a child. They could be bought and sold or bartered. If it was determined that she was barren, she was discarded. They usually ended up in the hands of Scavengers. It was a fate worse than death….

No one wanted to leave and break up their 'extended family'. Everyone knew what was most likely on the way and would try to prevent it and if they needed to they would fight it.

That was her life. That was all of their lives.

Sarah wondered what tomorrow would bring. She knew what yesterday offered. It was nothing worth while. The present was now. It was here 'today'. It was all around her and there was no where to go. What kind of a life was this for a small child to grow up in?

Sarah needed to think it through and not 'day dream'. This was a life of survival and staying ahead of Skynet so that there was a tomorrow and a future. It was the story of her life.

Derek did some recon work with Kyle and Jim. Jim often accompanied any of the Reese clan when they were out. If it was not Jim it was usually Bob. A few times it was Gail or Holly. They all liked those times. They were so much different than Cameron in many ways.

"This looks like a dud." Kyle said.

Kyle's words helped Derek refocus. He'd started to 'day dream' a little.

"It seems most of them are any more." Derek said.

"That may be a good thing if Cameron has hit them hard and destroyed Skynet." Kyle said.

Derek frowned a little.

"It always seems to have a way back." Derek said.

"That's why we run down these leads and search for it." Jim said.

"I guess it is." Derek said. "Let's go."

Day Dream

Is there a ray of hope
A heart's true sunbeam
Will they be the one person
That we can hold supreme

Can they provide salvation
Without some kind of scheme
To show one the true path
For their soul to redeem

When feelings and emotions abound
It will make our smile beam
Love and joy equally shared
Will make both hearts gleam

We can build each other up
With worth, pride and esteem
No longer alone and vanquished
Will our mind need to scream

Is there yet a common theme
Without anything too extreme
We are all on the same team
We can skim the crop's cream

To some it may seem
Love evaporates like steam
In life's daily winding stream
Leaving us only to day dream

Nobody