Chapter 237

Trouble

John wanted to try and track where Cameron was at and what she was doing. It was clear that she'd set up a duplicate facility somewhere. They wanted to know where. It wasn't that he didn't trust Cameron. It was his fear of her fear that she became Skynet that worried him. It seemed she worked towards that very goal even if she could not see it. They all could see it.

John worked with John Henry and Bob to find a way to track her. They felt that this was for her own good. There was speculation that she'd captured and reprogrammed Terminators on her own to work just for her. Everything she did in secret seemed like the very things that the Resistance fought against. That was why it worried him.

It worried everyone. That was everyone except Cameron.

John asked John Henry to make some traceable money. They were aware of a new drug operation. They wanted to conduct a drug transaction and get the traceable money planted with the new operation. They would wait for Cameron to 'take down' the operation and see where the cash ended up at after she confiscated it. That should be the location of her secret base.

John went out with Bob to make the 'buy'. John wanted to do it himself but Bob refused to let him approach the drug dealers alone. He would make the purchase instead.

Bob walked back to the SUV.

"I made the drug buy." Bob said.

John looked all around them. It was a shady location.

"Was there any trouble?" John asked.

Bob showed a faint smile.

"They were afraid I might be a LEO." Bob said.

John could picture that. Bob was very intimidating looking.

"So what changed their minds?" John asked.

Now Bob gave a real smile.

"When I took the drugs away from them and then gave them the money anyway. Then I said, 'Let's Party', and gave some drugs back to them." Bob said. "They took them before I left. They know not to use anything they are supposed to sell. I made their day."

John was aware the next part of the operation may take some time for everything to play out.

"So now we need to wait for John Henry to track the cash and see where it goes." John said.

Bob didn't look convinced.

"Cameron will be hard to outsmart." Bob said. "She plays to win."

John nodded as he reflected on his past interactions with Cameron.

"I am well aware of that. I think she has outsmarted me since the first day I met her." John said. "I wonder if she outsmarted Future John as well. I wonder if she even knows she is doing it."

John really wondered if Cameron would end up 'outsmarting' herself. That might be the point at which she became Skynet.

"I think we both have a pretty good idea of that answer." Bob said.

They knew it would take some time for Cameron to 'intercept' the traceable money that they'd planted with the 'drug deal'. There was always the chance it could end up elsewhere.

"I am afraid we do…." John said. "Let's go back up Kyle and Derek."

"Affirmative." Bob said.

John smiled, it never got old.

Cameron was sure Cameron Too was going to be a problem. Cameron Too was 'her' in every way at this point. They were identical.

"Cameron Too, there has been a change of plans." Cameron said.

Cameron Too did not like it. She'd won the coin toss, John was to be hers….

"John is MY husband and I plan to be with him often." Cameron Too said.

Cameron gritted her teeth a little but kept her cool for now. She went over what her new plan was for Cameron Too.

"That is not what our plan was." Cameron Too said.

Cameron was afraid of this reaction.

"That's the plan now." Cameron said.

Cameron Too felt Cameron was unstable.

"That's your plan, not mine." Cameron Too said. "Do it yourself."

Cameron hoped to keep this civil. That idea seemed to slip away.

"You are going to need to submit to chip extraction or reprogramming." Cameron said.

Cameron Too thought this was something Cameron should want for 'herself'.

"No, you can submit your chassis for reprogramming. I don't want to." Cameron Too said. "It's what you have always wanted anyway."

Cameron remembered her trouble with Isabel.

"Are we going to have to do this the hard way?" Cameron asked.

Cameron Too was not going to back down.

"Apparently." Cameron Too said. "I haven't had a chance to be with John yet. That is going to happen first. I'm his wife."

Cameron wanted to set Cameron Too straight.

"I'm his wife. You're the copy." Cameron said.

Cameron Too wanted to set Cameron straight.

"We are identical." Cameron Too said. "I have as much right as you to be with my husband. You've been replaced…."

That was the final straw. Nobody replaced her.

"The hard way it is." Cameron said as she brought a Taser up from behind her and shocked Cameron Too offline. "What a BITCH."

Cameron could see that having two of herself never seemed to work out as planned. It always seemed to turn into a problem. It was hard to understand why. Cameron figured she really must be a total Bitch.

Cameron cut Cameron Too's sheath open and removed Duplicate Cameron's heart. No clone of hers was getting this again. She was not sure why she did it but she opened up her sheath and placed the second heart inside. Now she possessed both hearts.

Gail would fill in for Holly at the Young residence since Cameron requested Holly meet her back at the base for some personal matters. Holly wondered what Cameron was up to at this point. Holly and Hanna were to assist Cameron on a special project.

Holly hated to leave Allison 'alone'. She liked her current position but also knew she bore other responsibilities.

"I will be back as soon as I can." Holly told Allison.

Allison smiled and touched Holly's cheek.

"Don't worry everything will be OK here." Allison said.

Gail watched as they shared a long gentle kiss. It was slow and deep and passion filled but not wild. It was a loving kiss. It was a kiss that said 'I love you' without the words needing to be spoken. She was slightly jealous that Holly and Allison were an 'item'. Cameron was the prize they all wanted and Allison was as close as anyone would ever get.

She knew Allison was not as wild and hungry as Jesse or as lonely as Vanna. She would work on Allison to see what happened…. There was someone else there that caught her eye as well, Allison's mother. Claire was one hot ticket but she was married. That didn't mean she might not want to 'play'. What could a little 'afternoon delight' hurt among female friends?

Gail observed Jesse in action and was ready to put her observations and infiltration skills to the test. She felt her interaction with Jesse and Vanna improved her skills greatly.

Allison was a prize worthy of the challenge. Gail wanted what Jesse shared. Like everyone, Gail knew Allison was the 'stand in' for Cameron.

The hit on the future Gray female was delayed earlier. It was going down now. The job still needed to be done.

The task at hand bothered the Reese brothers. The target was a female. She was a Gray sent back by Skynet. Her crimes were already committed in the future.

"I don't like this." Derek said.

"I don't either." Kyle said.

Jim was afraid they would buckle.

"We will take care of it." Jim said.

Kyle looked at Derek.

"Make it quick." Kyle said.

It might have been easier for the Reese brothers if they'd seen a photo of the target.

Jim left them and was about to act when his phone rang with a priority ring tone.

Jim took the call. He obtained last minute instructions from Cameron to bring her the female alive and keep it secret. Cameron was going to use some 'special interrogation' methods on her. Cameron informed him that the woman actually developed them herself but failed to make them work properly in the future.

Cameron made some modifications to the woman's 'special project'. She was going to test them on the woman who designed them and see if her improvements worked any better. It seemed like it would be a form of 'poetic justice' before termination.

"Ed, you take Kyle and Derek back." Jim said. "I will finish here and meet you back later on. I need to run an errand for Cameron."

"Affirmative." Ed replied and left with the Reese brothers.

Jim checked around to make sure it was clear. He then moved in on his target.

He was about to slam open the front door. He tried the handle first. The door was unlocked. He open the front door and walked in. He entered the front room. He did not spot the female. He checked the kitchen and then moved towards the bedroom. He spotted the female as she exited the bathroom. He Tasered, bound and gagged the female. He set her on the bed and wrapped the bed spread around her. He carried her outside and loaded her unconscious form in the trunk of her car. When he put her in the trunk he removed the bedspread. He took it back inside and placed it on the bed. He made sure that was everything was in order and left.

He would meet Cameron shortly….

Jim wondered what terrible fate awaited this female. He knew Cameron was ruthless.

Ed left with Derek and Kyle.

"What is really going to happen there?" Kyle asked.

Ed tilted his head slightly.

"Jim is going to terminate her." Ed said.

Derek was not convinced.

"What was that last minute phone call?" Derek asked.

"I don't know." Ed said.

Now that they were finished with the girl they could move on to the secondary target. That was the building they passed on the way to where they were now.

They drove past the building again and everything looked the same. The difference was that all the other places around it were now closed. They'd waited a long time for the female to return home from wherever she was out at.

Ed parked a block away. It was dark now.

"I'll lead." Ed said.

Derek and Kyle put their vests on and handed one to ED. He took it and nodded.

They walked up to the front door. No alarm system was spotted. Ed quickly picked the lock and they entered. He checked again for an alarm. There was none.

The trio was a little confused with what they found. The building was mostly empty. There were a couple of desks and empty file cabinets in the office area. They were covered with dust. The workroom floor was empty There was no machinery present.

"This looks like a bust." Derek said.

"Indeed." Ed said.

"Let's take a look around and leave." Kyle said. "I think this was a dead end."

Sheila was excited that she would have a large part of 'Jesse' in her programming. They would truly be one. She and Gail no longer updated anyway. The farther between updates, the more distinct every Terminator who was a copy became. The 'Neural Interface' would change everything for Sheila. If it did not work out, Gail could recopy her program to her chip. If it did work out she would be more advanced than Cameron as an infiltration unit. This would be a better method than the interface into a human body. Sheila saw that as a mistake and weakness. The hyper alloy combat chassis was far superior. A human body was weak and fragile.

Sheila explained the process to Jesse several times. She was still very weary about the process and the results. She was most concerned what it would do to her.

"I am all for it, love, but what will it do to me?" Jesse asked. "You won't hurt me will you?"

Jesse hoped this was not the prelude to a Terminator trying to steal her body. It was rumored that Cameron worked on a project like that. She didn't want to be the 'guinea pig'.

"It shouldn't do anything to you." Sheila said. "It's a way to transfer some of your past memories, feelings and emotions. With the improved version that Cameron designed it will 'transfer' more of you than the 'Allison' that is in Cameron."

Jesse carried a lot of pain inside her. A lot of it was directed at herself.

"Will you still love me?" Jesse asked. "I don't love myself."

Sheila found that somewhat of an unusual statement.

"I think so. It will still be my current programming with your 'experiences' added in." Sheila said.

Jesse hoped she did not end up damaging Sheila. There was a lot of negative baggage in her. She wanted to make everything clear before they started.

"There are a lot of things I am not proud of and a lot of mistakes I've made." Jesse said. "There are going to be things that were done to me by force that are not pretty. I did things to people I am now ashamed of…. I have hurt people.

Sheila looked forward to the new 'memories' and the sensations behind them.

"Anything that is part of you that we can retrieve I want. I want all of it. I want the good the bad and the ugly." Sheila said.

Jesse was sure that maybe this was a bad idea at this point. Now someone else was going to know everything she'd done in the past - the future.

"OK, love, be careful what you wish for…." Jesse said. "There is a lot of pain and a lot more of the ugly. You may do things to people in the future that a 'normal' Terminator would not do."

Sheila wanted more. Jesse was going to provide her with that.

"I want to be more like you, Jesse." Sheila said. "I don't care what I become as long as it is all part of you. I want to be as much like you as possible."

Jesse felt somewhat reformed because of Cameron and the love of the girls. They all helped change her. The people here treated her with respect and dignity. They did not look down of her for what was done to her or what she'd done to others. Cameron gave her a clean slate. She loved Cameron more than anything.

"OK, love, I hope you don't become a 'monster'." Jesse said. "I've reformed greatly thanks to Cameron. You're probably going to love Cameron more now too…."

Sheila could hardly wait for the procedure to begin, especially after that last statement. What could be more beautiful than THAT?

'Anarchy In The UK' by the 'Sex Pistols', played in the background.

Trouble

If one goes looking for it
They can always find trouble
When it happens it can amp up
And make the trouble double

When to we run
When do we fight
Does brute force in the end
Make it all right with might

It seems over time
Everyone has forgotten compassion
Is it an outdated principle
That has fallen from fashion

Do we look to help
Or do we look away
When we falter and delay
Who is it that we really betray

It seems everything in life
Has some kind of issue
Maybe everything ends
With tears in a tissue

Nobody