Chapter 222

Future Shock

With the new threat and attack on the Young family, all the female Terminators were being called to duty. It was decided to reactivate Gail's chassis. It was unknown how big this threat was or to what extent it would reach.

Because of the attack and the implications, Gail decided to have her chip put back in her original chassis and a copy of it placed in Sheila. That would create two of 'Gail', in two different chassis. She wanted to make sure she was operating at full capacity with her known chassis.

Vanna was exhausted from being with Jesse and Sheila. She returned to the lab and put Gail's chip back into her original chassis. That was after she copied it to a separate chip for instillation into 'Sheila'. Sheila decided the nipple rings made up for the loss of breast size in hotness and appeal. Jesse was all for Sheila as a copy of Gail. She would have the best of both worlds. She was literally in love with 'herself' this way. Gail was too.

As soon as they were done making the copy and everything was situated, they would fly by helicopter to Palmdale. All the female Terminators were headed there to reinforce the Young detail. Young Allison was to be protected at all costs.

The two disabled hostile Terminators from the crash with the truck Cameron drove, were to be sent back for chip review, ASAP. They hoped to see where they came from and what their specific mission was.

The base was on the highest alert.

Savannah was ushered into the 'safe room' when the base went on lock-down. She hated to go in there. She felt she was old enough to help defend the base and fight if necessary. She'd trained to do that since Cameron was first reactivated. She trained for years now. It was time to step up.

She exited the 'safe room'. She wore her vest.

John Henry noticed her walk out right away.

"Savannah, you must return to the 'safe room'." John Henry said.

Savannah went to the arms locker instead. She opened it.

"I can help too." Savannah said. "This is my life. This is what I've trained for. This is what I'm going to do."

Cameron previously told John Henry this would happen one day. It was to be allowed and subtly encouraged.

"Arm yourself." John Henry said.

John Henry noticed that she already carried a pistol. It was an M9. She removed an M4 from the arms locker and half a dozen magazines.

She was about the close the locker when she took out Thermite grenade out and hooked it to her vest.

"Where is my duty station for today?" Savannah asked.

This was something that Cameron predetermined if she was not at the base when this happened.

"You will report to Sarah for your specific assignment." John Henry said. "She is by the lab."

Savannah wondered if John Henry was going to escort her there or not. It did not look like it.

She loaded a magazine in the M4 and charged the weapon. She placed the safety on and slung the M4 in front of her.

She nodded at John Henry and left the Command Center.

John Henry looked back at the safe room. Jan was in there alone now. He went and checked on her and saw that Savannah left her some things to do and work with. She looked up at him and smiled.

He returned to his station. Everything was like Cameron said it would be.

Claire watched Isabel remove the piece of metal from her leg without blinking or any pain. There was also very little blood. She'd spotted metal under Cameron's skin. She saw the crash Cameron walked away from. She still did not see how. Both of the vehicles were totaled by the high speed impact.

She looked at the three men who were at Cameron's side. Two of them were serious looking and one was young and handsome. She liked what she saw. The three men left to watch over her husband, Paul. They told her not to worry about him, everything was under control.

They returned to the Young residence.

Isabel stitched up Cameron's face and torso while Claire watched. Holly and Allison took charge of Young Allison. Gail and Sheila would arrive soon to reinforce them.

Claire wanted some answers. She stood before Cameron as Isabel worked on her.

"Can you tell me what's happening?" Claire asked. "I know you and Isabel are 'special', Cameron, and Holly too. Your demeanor and abilities are out of this world and all of you are beyond beautiful."

Cameron felt they'd left enough clues for Claire to put it together or at least be able to understand easier when they told her the truth.

"What do you think?" Cameron asked.

Claire did put a lot of it together. She didn't know what to do with it.

"Other than your appearance, you and Isabel are identical, Cameron." Claire said. "I have watched you do things. You have let me watch you and let me see. I know you have wanted me to see that you are both identical. That is the only reason I am not flipping out right now. I do trust you. Why would these people be after Allison - Young Allison?"

Cameron dove straight into the truth.

"Isabel and I share the same program. We are identical." Cameron said. "I needed two of 'me' to give Young Allison the protection she needed. In the future Young Allison is the woman behind the man who saves the world from enslavement and annihilation. They have tried to kill him as well. They want to eliminate both of them and others to prevent their own destruction in the future."

Claire looked totally bewildered.

"What?" Claire asked confused. "You said in the future. What future?"

Cameron forged ahead.

"I was sent back to protect the young man you just saw as a teenager." Cameron said. "That was more than a few years ago…. That's another story in itself. A lot has happened in those years."

Claire mulled over the words, terms and phrases Cameron used.

"Sent back? Programs? Are you telling me that you're from the future?" Claire asked.

Cameron nodded.

"Yes." Cameron said.

Isabel finished stitching Cameron up. All of the metal she saw in damaged spots was covered now.

"Are you – human?" Claire asked.

Cameron picked her top up off of a chair.

"No." Cameron said. "I'm a machine."

Claire looked at Cameron as she prepared to put her top on. All she saw was the most beautiful female she'd ever seen, even with all the stitches.

"You're a robot?" Claire asked. "This is so hard to believe."

Cameron put her top on but did not button it yet.

"I'm similar." Cameron said. "I am a cybernetic organism. I have living tissue over a metal endoskeleton. I'm a cyborg. My metal endoskeleton is a microprocessor controlled fully armored hyper-alloy combat chassis. I'm an infiltration unit."

Cameron allowed her eyes glow blue and then red.

She could see Claire swallow hard but maintain her disposition.

"Touch me." Cameron said. "I feel just like humans do."

Claire reached out and hesitated.

Cameron smiled at her and took her hand. She touched it to her sheath above her left breast. She moved Claire's hand down over her breast. She felt Claire squeeze it a few times. She moved Claire's hand to her face.

Claire took it all in.

"You feel just like me." Claire said.

The red and blue eyes and metal under her sheath were all the proof Cameron could offer. She let Claire feel she was 'real'.

Claire was somewhat shocked but she'd seen everything with her own eyes and touched Cameron with her own hands….

"I don't want to believe you but I witnessed this with my own eyes. I understand you are here to help." Claire said. "What about Allison? I know she's different."

Cameron looked over to where Allison was with Young Allison and Holly. She motioned for her to come over.

"Allison is the template I'm patterned after." Cameron said. "She is human."

Allison entered the room. She walked up to Claire and faced her.

"Momma, I'm Allison, I'm your daughter." Allison said. "I am from the future and all grown up now."

Allison moved up and gave her mother a long hug.

Claire could see this coming. It all made sense now.

"I knew something was up with that, I knew it. You and Young Allison are so much alike now." Claire said. "You are from the future too, you said?"

Allison knew this was going to be a little more confusing.

"Yes. I'm from a different future. It is an alternate future separate from Cameron's future." Allison said.

Claire found 'the future' hard to fathom. Now they told her there was more than one future. How was it all possible?

"There's more than one future?" Claire asked. "So you are not the one behind the 'savior of mankind'?"

Allison smiled.

"No, not yet. That is my alternate future self. There is another Allison there." Allison said. "When Judgment Day comes I will be at his side and be the mother of his children. I will take my place when it is time."

Allison looked at Cameron and then her mother.

"Why aren't you there now?" Claire asked. "That was him. He was the younger man with the other two wasn't he? I just saw him. He's handsome."

Claire felt a desire rise inside of her when she'd viewed John. She was not sure why.

"Yes, he's married right now." Allison said. "I don't want to 'hurt' his wife."

Claire was a little confused again.

"Married?" Claire asked. "To whom?"

Cameron looked at Claire. She felt a little upset and angry at herself.

"He's my husband." Cameron said. "I'm an aberration in the timeline. My presence here is preventing Allison from taking her rightful place. I have disrupted the 'Natural Order' of time."

Claire needed to process that for a few seconds. She'd just touched Cameron in several places. She felt as human to her as if she'd touched herself. She wondered how 'real' Cameron was elsewhere. That was an interesting concept.

"Does he know you're a 'machine'? Do you two…?" Claire asked.

Cameron smiled and Allison giggled a little.

"Yes and yes, we do." Cameron said. "I am the same as any human female in every way except I am unable to reproduce."

Claire could see Cameron was upset now as was Isabel. Isabel stood silently there as Cameron spoke with a very blank and determined expression on her face.

Allison stepped in and took over her mother's questions….

There were a lot of them.

Claire and Allison hugged a few more times and Claire looked Allison over in detail. She wanted to see how her daughter 'turned out'.

The one that really seemed to hit her hard was to find out Savannah and Vanna were the same person. Claire found out in both futures that each Allison was with Savannah/Vanna. That meant Young Allison and Savannah were destined to be 'together'. She remembered from the first day they met that they got along great. She saw a bond form between them. This was all a real - Future Shock.

Allison decided to skip the parts about Cameron 'killing her', well, Cameron's Future Allison. She did not want to say anything about the Wastelands or Scavengers…. No mother should KNOW 'that' about her daughter.

Gail and Sheila were headed to the chopper. They were alone. They were currently the same identical program right now. If they updated often they would stay the same. They would be like Cameron and Isabel. If they did not, they would become two different but similar Terminators over time. If Sheila did the 'Neural Interface' with Jesse, she would instantly become distinctively different and much more like Jesse.

Gail stopped Shelia and looked into her eyes.

"You are mine forever and you won't die on me." Gail said.

"You got it, love." Sheila looked around then kissed Gail. "I am - you. We will get properly 'acquainted' later."

It would be some machine on machine activity. They really wondered what was going to happen as neither of them would become tired. They might have to set a time limit before they got carried away. They did not want to share with each other nonstop until their power cells ran out or they were terminated. It would be the best way to go however.

The chopper was to retrieve the drone. It flew to the crash site. Everything was ready to go when they arrived. They were not needed for this part of the operation. Cameron wanted them to report to the Young residence.

One of the Young Detail let them have their SUV. They headed off in that direction.

Sheila and Gail arrived at the Young residence in a short while.

Gail went to find Holly.

Allison gave Sheila a quick run down on what transpired up to this moment.

Claire listened and checked out Sheila. She was captivated by her appearance. She knew this was someone different than the other girl that looked like her. They always exchanged long looks between each other. Nothing ever happened but she could see how much the other girl wanted to share with her. It always rekindled suppressed feelings deep inside her.

"I met someone like you before but you're 'different'." Claire said to Sheila.

"I'm Sheila. Jesse is the one you met. I'm patterned after her." Sheila said. "Jesse is from the same future as Allison."

Claire notice Sheila's top was very 'revealing'. She saw something there that caught her eye. It excited her to see it.

"I noticed your 'jewelry'. It looks hot. Does Jesse have that also?" Claire asked.

Sheila thought about 'flashing' Claire but decided not to.

"We are identical." Sheila said.

Claire was very intrigued to hear that.

Allison continued to talk with her mother. She was surprised to see Sheila as a 'copy' of Jesse. That was news to her. She noticed how Hot Sheila looked. Cameron informed her before her arrival what to expect. Sheila even sounded like Jesse. Now she hoped they would make a Terminator copy of Vanna….

As she spoke with her mother it was evident that both of them continued to 'check out' Sheila.

John Henry kept a communications blackout enacted around the area. They did not want Skynet or Skyshield to communicate with their henchman or find out what happened. They did not want anyone investigating the drone. The helicopter would pick it up when it took the two disabled Terminators away. All anyone would find was an accident without bodies on a remote highway.

Whoever attacked them, would not know what happened….

Future Shock

At every heart's door
There are many that may knock
We need to separate what is true
From what is warped or schlock

If the feelings are sincere
A heart they can unlock
If they are filled with lust or greed
They will soon prove to be a crock

Some may look and gawk
As part of the fledgling flock
Those with honor and respect
Will draw focus like a hawk

We avoid those who squawk
We tell them to take a walk
Nobody wants to be treated
As little more than livestock

It is best to start out with talk
So there is nothing to block
Two hearts may soon dock
Together may they forever lock

Hearts and minds in gridlock
Can never be each other's rock
Leaving one to seek hemlock
The result will be a future shock

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