Chapter 254

Metal

Cameron looked over at Ally. She was all healed and happy she was healed. She hoped Ally was not damaged again in the operation she was about to conduct. She planned to only use the Metal girls and bypass the Resistance operation.

"Hanna and Sheila are in place." Cameron said. "I want as much Metal as we can capture. I want all the future Grays terminated. I especially want another female Terminator."

Ally wondered what the end game was this time for Cameron.

"I got it. We all know the drill." Ally said. "Are you still going to make a 'Cameron II'?"

Cameron was very aware of her previous failures and the need to terminate the other versions of 'herself'. They never worked out as intended. She was sure it would be different this time….

"Yes." Cameron said. "I want an exact duplicate of myself. Unless I am identical, John will reject me again. It angers me greatly when John rejects me. That is especially so when my sheath is not identical to Allison's appearance."

Cameron always thought John loved Allison's 'looks'. That meant he only actually liked her appearance. John always disrespected her by not accepting that her program was HER. She was not her chassis or her sheath.

Ally knew of the past failures of Cameron trying to clone herself. Ally wondered what Cameron thought would be different this time. How many times did Cameron need to terminate a clone of herself? She thought maybe Cameron didn't realize what a Bitch she could be at times, everyone else knew…. Since Cameron didn't seem to have trouble deactivating another Terminator she figured it was best to keep her opinion to herself. There was no need to give Cameron a ready made chassis and sheath for her ill fated plan to clone herself again.

"What if you use the TDE and rescue yourself from the nuclear blast?" Ally asked. "That will be 'you' and not a copy or a clone. John would have to accept you then. He placed his 'seed' inside that chassis and sheath already. It WAS you. He has already mated with THAT chassis and sheath."

Cameron possessed all the files from Duplicate Cameron. John made love to her and did everything. Duplicate Cameron did not know she was a Duplicate. John did not either.

Ally thought there was more than one way to get a 'piece of chassis'.

Cameron was still afraid she would be terminated. She wanted Duplicate Cameron to be a backup for her when that happened. There was a copy of her program. Duplicate Cameron could update herself with that and be 'Cameron' again. She already was from the time of the TDE incident to her termination.

"That would still be Duplicate Cameron. If I'm destroyed, Sheila must do that and not tell John." Cameron said. "I - her - Duplicate Cameron evidently transmitted the exact coordinates and depth to John Henry. Sheila has that as well as I. We know her precise location at the time of her termination. We know the moment it occurred."

Ally loved Cameron as Allison did through the 'Neural Interface'. She was aware that the true test of love was sacrifice. She was willing to sacrifice.

"I can always pose as you, we are physically identical." Ally said. "Or you may replace my chip with a copy of yours."

Ally hoped Cameron would only copy her program to her chip. They could share the same chassis that way.

"I've considered that before. I do not wish to deactivate you. You are my friend." Cameron said. "I've killed enough of my friends already…."

Ally saw it differently.

"That wasn't your fault. I've gone over all those records and your plan, I mean Duplicate Cameron's plan and it was perfect." Ally said.

Cameron shook her head with some disgust.

"Perfect enough to get four people and myself killed." Cameron said.

Ally only thought it was three people besides Duplicate Cameron.

"Did you kill four people besides 'yourself'?" Ally asked.

This was the part that irritated Cameron the most. It was something precious to her.

"Everyone needs to remember the baby. I killed John's baby too." Cameron said. "I'm going to fix that, I swear it."

Ally saw Cameron's hand start to glitch. She reached over and gently squeezed Cameron's hand and the glitch stopped. She wanted to get Cameron refocused.

"Let's get going and clean up this trash." Ally said.

Cameron nodded. It was time to act.

"Sheila and Hanna, move out." Cameron said over her com.

The four Metal girls moved into attack their target.

Cameron liked it better with an all Metal assault. This way she did not needed to worry about who she would get killed or wounded. She had copies of the Metal girl's programs. She would 're-chassis' them if they were destroyed. Hopefully she would have more female chassis by then. She didn't think one of them would mind being in the chassis of a male Terminator for a short time. They might be able to expand their sexual activity to a new level. They could swap chips and take turns being 'each other'. It seemed like it should be a pleasant experience for all of them.

John Henry monitored the previous locations they dealt with Skynet at. John was in the Command Center with him when something popped up unexpectedly.

"John, I've picked up possible Skynet activity." John Henry said.

That did not sound good to John.

"What is it?" John asked.

"I think it's a new group of Metal or Grays." John Henry said.

"What are they doing?" John asked.

"I am not sure yet." John Henry said.

"Where did they show up at?" John asked.

"At an old Skynet facility we destroyed." John Henry said.

"Did we miss something?" John asked.

"It's possible." John Henry said.

This new activity sounded like trouble to John. There was another previous concern that he wondered about.

"Is there anything new at the spot in the hills where we detected the temporal activity before?" John asked. "I still don't feel it was a threat."

John Henry was less optimistic than John about that location.

"That area has remained inactive." John Henry said.

John still wondered who or what it was. He was sure it was a 'friendly'.

"I really wish we knew what it was." John said.

John Henry didn't want John to get sidelined. The new trouble spot just became a bigger threat.

"John, there appears to be an attack going on at the spot I have picked up the recent activity at." John Henry said.

John sat up in his chair. This new thing already went hot. That was fast. He developed a hunch in the back of his mind.

"Who is doing what to who?" John asked.

John Henry previously placed some surveillance cameras at the location. He did that for all the areas where they previously saw action. The new group mostly avoided the cameras. Based on what he observed so far, he was sure they were Terminators.

"I believe it is another group of Metal." John Henry said.

John was sure it was Cameron if it was one group of Metal attacking another group. She did have her own force of Metal now.

"Is it Cameron? Where's Cameron at?" John asked worried. "I haven't seen her for several days. She is always off fighting on her own or doing whatever it is she does."

John Henry was not sure yet if it was Cameron. He was sure that John didn't understand Cameron and all her efforts to protect him.

"Cameron is trying to protect you and ALL of us. She will fight this war alone or with the Metal girls to protect us. She's risking termination to protect you and everyone." John Henry said. "She can't accept the 'Day Of Loss' as not being her fault, even if it was technically Duplicate Cameron."

John was pretty sure based on what Cameron told him when they argued of her intentions. Those fights usually drove her away for a few days.

"I know." John said. "I believe she's building her own TDE to go back and 'fix' that."

John Henry was aware of that too. He'd been waiting for her to test it. That would assist him in his efforts to identify where her base was.

"When she does, I should be able to better track her location with the massive energy usage. She will have to run it to go and need to keep it running to bring them back." John Henry said. "It most likely will create a new timeline when she does."

John felt that was more bad news for sure. It was bound to create more problems. He wanted to deal with the new problem that just popped up first.

"Beautiful…. How soon can we get the chopper ready and send in a strike force to check it out?" John asked.

John Henry figured by the time they could respond to that location it would be most likely over.

"We're at least an hour away from getting everything ready and getting there." John Henry said. "There's been no time to prepare."

John didn't like being caught flat footed. Maybe there was another option.

"What about our drones?" John asked. "How soon can one of them arrive on station?"

That was some good news that John Henry could report to John.

"I dispatched three of them the moment I spotted the Metal." John Henry said. "They will arrive shortly. I'm sending one in first for recon. The other two will be held for strike capability."

Based on what little they knew John believed this to be related to Cameron. He knew she was always able to 'play' quite a few cards.

"If it's Cameron, can she take local control of the drones?" John asked.

It seemed most probable to John Henry. Cameron always liked to stay a step ahead of them.

"Since she has parts of her program in all of them, I'm sure she can." John Henry said. "Don't underestimate her or her capability."

John Henry hoped that John did not underestimate her resolve either.

John wanted to act. He could lead the strike force himself without Cameron here to hinder him.

"Get the chopper ready and alert a strike force. The last drone can accompany us." John said. "I'll be leading this raid."

John Henry was not sure that was a good idea but he'd already set everything into motion.

"I've already done all that. You just need to gear up." John Henry said. "You will need to use extreme caution."

"You are efficient." John said.

"Thank you." John Henry said.

John Henry knew he was efficient. He also knew Cameron was always two steps ahead of him. It seemed Cameron won the game before anyone else even knew they were playing. John Henry knew CamNet would be superior to him at some point if it wasn't already. That would be a force he would not want to be on the wrong side of. He still remembered the damage his 'brother' did to him. He knew his 'sister' would be far worse. With Cameron behind it and based on her program, CamNet would be ruthless.

Cameron's two teams moved in and were ready to attack the target.

The Skynet Metal searched for something in the rubble of one of the destroyed buildings. Cameron would wait until they found it and then launch her attack. She figured it was more efficient to let them do the work and find it. She would them make her move and reap the rewards.

They observed the enemy force. There were four Grays with three Metal associates. It was what Cameron was hoped for. One was a Metal female. That would be the new version of 'her' once they captured the female Terminator and she was Resequenced. She was sure it would work out better this time when she made her one hundred percent clone.

One of the Grays went with two of the Terminators into the rubble. The female Terminator and three of the Grays remained on lookout at two separate locations.

Sheila went after the two Grays that were alone while Hanna came to assist Cameron and Ally in capturing the female Terminator and terminating the other Gray.

Sheila was able to move right up to the two Grays. They were smoking and laughing. One looked at their phone a lot. They did not take their duty to be alert as dead serious. They were about to find that out the hard way.

"Man, why do we even need to be here?" The first Gray asked.

"You know the rules." The second Gray said.

"Rules suck as far as I care." The first Gray said.

"You just want that 'Metal Bitch' to put out." The second Gray said.

"Like you don't want some yourself, she's hot." The first Gray said.

"I've tried some before. They're better than a real female for sex." The second Gray said.

"Speaking of 'real females' that homeless skank we nabbed was not bad for a quick romp." The first Gray said.

"That was only because she believed we would let her go afterwards." The second Gray said. "Regular females won't do all that stuff."

Both men laughed.

Sheila felt herself very angry at this point. She really hoped Cameron gave the command to attack. She wanted to kill both of these Grays right now. Maybe that was the 'Jesse' in her

Cameron hoped they didn't damage the Metal female too badly so the Resequencing could happen faster. She'd run many plans through her processor the moment she saw the enemy Metal female. Maybe she was getting ahead of herself.

Cameron gave the order to move in.

Sheila killed the two Grays.

Hanna took out the Gray and Cameron and Ally were able to Taser and deactivate the Metal female. She appeared to be a copy of the 'Isabel model' that they'd captured in Tehachapi. Cameron still thought that was a beautiful sheath. When she thought of it she became angry again that John didn't want her in that sheath. Isabel was Hot.

They got into a firefight with the two Terminators and the remaining Gray as they came out of the rubble of the building. One of the Terminators was severely damaged and the other one was deactivated with a Taser. They were able to capture the Gray alive but he was hurt. Sheila moved forward to interrogate him.

"Hello, love." Sheila said. "You and I are going to get to know each other really well…."

Sheila felt excited at the thought of capturing the Gray. She knew this is what Jesse felt doing this. She could feel the same excitement Jesse felt at these times. It was a thrill to her and a 'rush'. She actually hoped he wouldn't cooperate…. She really looked forward to this. Doing the interrogation would make her more like Jesse 'was'.

They loaded the two deactivated male Terminators in one SUV and the female Terminator and the Gray in a large van. Sheila would get started on the interrogation on the way back….

They were gone before the first Resistance drone arrived.

She figured that John would get wind of this and try and track her. She really didn't know why he didn't trust her….

Fear Is The Key

Fear
Fear is the key
It can stop the body
Make one not see

What is the very thing
That always holds one back
It takes away their breath
It makes them feel under attack

Is it better to never know
Than ask and be turned down
It would break a lonely heart
Make one feel like a clown

It is felt deep inside
Filling one with indecision
Tarnishing all one believes
With reality there is a collision

It cuts deep within
To the very bone like a knife
Leaving one twisted with torment
Overwhelmed by endless strife

To fill the emptiness
With no apogee
To open life's lock
Fear is the key

Nobody