Chapter 238
Interrogation
John and Bob wanted to check on the current operation for the night. They arrived just as Derek, Kyle and Ed left.
"Jim is still inside." Bob said.
John wondered why three of them were about to leave without Jim. This was supposed to be a simple hit. Maybe something went wrong.
"Let me call and ask them what's happening." John said.
Bob thought there was another factor at play here. He wanted to find out what it was. He didn't want to make a false accusation.
"No. Let's wait a few minutes and see what happens." Bob said. "There appears to be a plan deviation on someone's part."
A few minutes later, Jim came out with a figure wrapped in a bedspread. He loaded the unconscious form into the trunk of a car. He removed the bedspread. They could see it was a female that was bound and gagged. He closed the trunk of the car and went back inside with the bedspread. He returned a few minutes later. He started the car and drove off.
John could see this was a major revision of the plan. There could only be one person behind this change.
"That was not part of the plan." John said. "I'll bet he is taking her to Cameron."
With the apparent abduction it was the only conclusion that could be reached as to why the plan changed. Termination was what was necessary.
"That is a suckers bet." Bob said. "I won't take it."
John wanted to know more and not get caught spying on Jim.
"Follow him from as far back as you can and let's try to see what happens." John said. "Cameron is up to something. It can't be anything good. Maybe we can find her base."
Bob felt it was futile to try to spy on Cameron even if it was indirectly.
"She will know soon enough and outsmart us." Bob said.
John thought he could play the game too.
"Let's try to outsmart her for once." John said.
Bob did not think now was a good time to tell John that was impossible.
"Affirmative." Bob said and took off after Jim.
Cameron called Jim and told him that he was being tailed.
"Do you wish for me to neutralize the threat?" Jim asked.
Cameron told him it was John and Bob. She then gave him specific instructions on what to do next.
Jim did as instructed. He slowed and made a couple of turns. He popped the trunk and dumped the woman in a dumpster on the side of the road. He then quickly got back in his car and accelerated back to where he should have been at his current speed when Bob and John turned the corner.
Bob and John followed him for a little longer. They did not detect the deviation.
"Where is Jim going?" John asked.
There was only one possible answer.
"It looks like he is headed back to the base." Bob said.
John grew a little excited.
"Do you mean Cameron's base?" John asked.
Bob kept his eye on the car Jim drove.
"No. He's going back to our base." Bob said. "He's headed for the Resistance base."
Jim drove back to base without any other stops.
Bob and John pulled up behind Jim as he parked.
"Open the trunk." John said.
Jim opened the trunk.
Bob and John looked at each other.
"Where is she?" John asked.
Jim was instructed to tell the truth as he knew it by Cameron. She was the one who covered all of the variables.
"I don't know." Jim said. "I left her in a dumpster. Cameron has her."
Bob and John wondered how, they were behind Jim the entire time he left with the woman.
John was upset that Cameron bested him again.
"Do you know who is in charge around here?" John asked.
Jim looked at John.
"Aren't you?" Jim asked.
John looked disgusted.
"Sometimes I wonder…." John said.
Jim filled John in on everything that happened. There was no need for Bob and John to return to the point where the female was dumped. Cameron would have her by now.
Once Cameron decided she wanted the female she went to oversee the operation. She was there when John and Bob arrived. She'd been tracking them to see where they went earlier. She knew they were on the way to the other operation. If they would not have been there she would have Jim place the female directly in her SUV. She decided to play this out some and show John he was not as smart or slick as he thought.
Cameron waited for Jim to drive away and watched Bob and John follow him. She wondered if John didn't trust her. This was a challenge for him to try and find where her base was at. She smiled to herself. It didn't really matter. She figured John must like to 'lose'.
She watched Jim pull off the maneuver as she laid it out. The plan worked perfectly. Bob and Jim turned the corner and continued to follow Jim. She waited a few minutes and retrieved the woman from the dumpster.
The female was a Gray back from the future, Cameron's future. She looked much older than Cameron remembered her from the Skynet lab and test facility. She was afraid the female may be too old now for all of her plans. That was not part of her original calculation. That was an unforeseen variable.
Cameron carefully searched the female to make sure they hadn't placed a tracker on her. She was clean. She drove her to her base and set her up in the interrogation room. The interrogation would start soon enough.
The woman was seated. She was bound to a chair. The room was dark. She looked up and around. She'd seen places like this before. They were places that she'd created. She was not sure who had her in custody. It did not appear to be the authorities. She hadn't been read any 'rights'.
Her main thought was on how to escape. They should untie her for bathroom breaks or to eat. She would try to make her escape at that point.
She was startled when she heard a voice right by her.
A figure spoke from the shadows.
"What's your name?" The voice asked.
It was a cold metallic voice.
Fear gripped the woman. She knew her life was over. She was in the custody of someone from the future. There was a Terminator in the room with her. It was most likely not her Skynet overlords at work here.
The woman said nothing.
"You know what is coming next if you do not respond." The voice said.
The woman said nothing.
There was a bright light now turned on in her face, something moved. On the table in front of her there was now a rattlesnake….
John was still miffed that Cameron outsmarted him earlier.
John Henry keep tabs on the traceable money that John and Bob planted during the 'drug buy' operation.
"Cameron hit the drug operation and took the money." John Henry said.
John was excited. Now he had her! They'd outsmarted her this time.
"Can we track her?" John asked. "Do you have the location?"
John Henry was not so sure why John was so elated.
"Yes. I have the location." John Henry said.
John Henry was aware that it was not what they'd expected.
John smacked his right fist into his open left palm. He was ecstatic. He waited for John Henry to reveal the location. Nothing happened. What was he waiting for?
"Well?" John asked. "Did you get her location or not?"
John Henry thought the best thing would be to show him what the tracking revealed. It should drive home the point a little clearer than just telling him.
"Follow me." John Henry said.
They went to the car pool. He led them to the car Bob and John used earlier.
"Open the trunk." John Henry said.
John opened the trunk. In it was the 'bait money' with a note attached to it. John looked at it.
"What does it say?" John Henry asked.
John handed it to him. It was a heart shaped smiley face. He knew Cameron out played him on both fronts and was aware they tried to trick her and track her. Now the game would get even harder.
"There is no way we can win at this is there?" John asked.
John Henry felt all John was going to do was drive Cameron further away.
"No. The more you push her, the more she will go deeper and darker." John Henry said.
John shook his head. Why did Cameron need to do any of this?
"I don't even know who she is anymore." John said.
John Henry wanted to point out the obvious.
"Did your ever?" John Henry asked.
John flashed a quick smile of resignation.
"No, I can't say that I ever really have." John said. "All I know is that I hurt her and she is never ever going to get over it. I'm the one who did this to her…."
Bob felt there was another factor involved even if the point was moot.
"Future John helped." Bob said.
John shook his head. He was Future John too….
"Bob, I made her HATE herself in the present, the past and the future." John said. "Her programming will never allow her to get over that. It doesn't matter how much I love her or she loves me."
John knew his actions were responsible for Cameron's never ending torment. Now it was going to get worse because he'd openly challenged her.
"Beautiful." John said in disgust as he walked away. "Absolutely beautiful."
Cameron met Holly and discussed with her what was going to happen. She explained about the 'Neural Interface' and how it was going to be used. She explained about Hanna and 'Ally' and asked if Holly would like to be the base program behind either one. Cameron showed her the now deactivated form of 'Ally', ex Cameron Too.
Holly was thrilled to see 'Ally'
Ally was pronounced as 'alley'.
"She's just like you. She's just like Allison." Holly said. "I'll be the base program that will interface with Allison in this chassis. We will be joined as one. It's what I want. We will be complete. Ally will be like our 'child'."
Cameron tilted her head slightly as she thought about that.
Holly was excited she would be 'one' with Allison.
"What about Hanna? Do you wish to join with Vanna as well?" Cameron asked. "I would prefer your program due to Allison's and Vanna's long 'association'."
Holly wanted that but she did not want to get updates from them as part of her own program.
"Will we need to interface with each other as 'myself' in the future?" Holly asked.
Cameron determined that was unnecessary.
"Not if you don't want to. Sheila and Gail are not going to and will be distinct Terminators. They really already were anyway. You may choose that option as well." Cameron said. "Ally will be much like me but with better programming and uncorrupted. Ally will be more 'Allison' than 'you'. Hanna will be more 'Vanna' than 'you'."
Holly felt Cameron was superior to her. She thought it would be an honor to have Cameron and Allison together as one.
"I would rather you be the base programming behind Ally." Holly said. "You are superior to me."
Cameron almost laughed. She did not feel superior to anyone. She thought of the disasters with Isabel and Cameron Too.
"No. Every time I try it, it ends up causing a problem. I experienced a problem on the first day already with Ally as Cameron Too." Cameron said. "She was a total Bitch. That means I'm a total BITCH. She threatened to replace me. I needed to terminate her."
Holly thought about what Cameron just said. She'd basically committed a form of suicide through an abstract 'self termination'.
'You terminated yourself.' Holly thought.
Holly didn't want Cameron to terminate Ally or Hanna at some later date. She would do what Cameron wanted.
"I'll do it for both of them. Hanna and Ally will be like the 'children' of the girls and me." Holly said. "I'm going to have two 'children'."
"Indeed." Cameron said.
Holly heard about the other project that Cameron worked with.
"What are you going to do with the other project?" Holly asked.
Cameron smiled at the thought of her special project.
"I'm going to become 'human'." Cameron said.
That was what Holly feared. Cameron would want a human female. Cameron would want Allison as 'herself'.
"Please don't take Allison from me." Holly said. "I will not let you. I don't want to fight you, Cameron, but I will not allow you to take my Allison."
That statement made Cameron feel a little guilty.
"I will not harm Your Allison or My Allison." Cameron said. "I won't touch either of those Allisons."
Holly was around Cameron long enough to know how she thought and how she played.
"I know you are going to use an 'Allison'. Where are you going to get her from?" Holly asked. "You'd better not think of taking Young Allison either."
Cameron planned to use an 'Allison' alright.
"There should be more of 'Allison' somewhere. I will get her either from 'in some future' or the one I got killed in the past - Duplicate Allison." Cameron said.
Holly did not like to hear this. She knew which 'Allison' that Cameron was going to 'steal'.
"That is the one you want. You want the one that has John's baby in her." Holly said.
Cameron wanted that 'Allison' for that very reason. There was only one problem. It was the TDE at the Resistance base.
"YES. That's the one I want." Cameron said. "I can't go back to get her yet."
Holly felt that was wrong. It was wrong to 'kill' any 'Allison' and steal her body.
"She is still MY Allison. She is still OUR Allison. It would be wrong to do this if you can save her." Holly said. "She should be able to live as who she was. She is the same as MY Allison."
Cameron already made the decision. She saw no need to change it.
"It would appear my hypocrisy, knows no bounds." Cameron said.
Holly wanted to try and reason with Cameron. She would plead for Duplicate Allison's life.
"You can't do this." Holly said. "Please don't do this."
There was one other option available to Cameron. She didn't want to wait twelve or thirteen more years to make it happen for what she wanted.
"Then I will go into the future and take Summer…." Cameron said. "She will look almost exactly like Allison and me as a teenager, only more beautiful."
Holly was appalled to hear that. It was something Cameron obviously thought out and planned already.
"I can't allow you to do this." Holly said.
She did not want to fight Cameron but was afraid she might need to do that to protect the girls. She was not sure if Cameron was in the process of some new 'problem' or not. There always seemed to be one hovering around her.
Cameron started the player on the bench.
"You can't stop me." Cameron said. "Nobody can."
'I Don't Care About You' by 'Fear', filled the air as Cameron left the room.
Interrogation
Some things in life are filled with joy
They start out as a beautiful creation
They bring us happiness and pleasure
As they fill us with jubilant elation
The feelings and desires of two
May be filled with adulation
With their ongoing cultivation
They lead to endless exhilaration
What was viewed as infatuation
In time can turn to stagnation
What was once a captivation
Morphs into a type of fixation
What was felt as salvation
Becomes filled with aggravation
There is nothing left as motivation
Everything becomes an empty obligation
We are left with frustration
When the once lovely relation
Has reached the end of its duration
What is left behind is resignation
The beauty turns to desolation
Everything turns into an accusation
Shared time becomes an interrogation
The only escape seems to be termination
Nobody