Chapter 297

Hit It Again

Cameron retrieved the specific files from Gail and Holly that she'd requested. Now she possessed all three of the 'special' files she wanted. She'd obtained the 'moment' of conception for all three of John's children.

She updated her spare chip. Cameron decided to update it as often as possible. That was to make sure there was a 'copy of her' that was always ready to go.

Ally and Cam both knew and understood their duty if she fell. 'Cameron's spare chip' would go into one of their chassis and they would cease to exist. That was only until another chassis was procured for their chip. They could chose their own Resequencing too if they so desired to change it at that point.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." Cameron told both of them.

Cameron did everything she could to prevent the 'Day Of Loss' from ever being repeated. She still felt responsible for all of that trouble, even though it was not her specifically who was responsible for all of it. It still was even if it wasn't.

She left specific details on how to get to River's future to retrieve the Duplicates in that timeline, if they were ever needed as well as River. That was if River chose to return with them….

Cameron hoped if Duplicate Cameron was 'needed' that River would come with her and be at John's side as well. She still thought that would be the ultimate female for John…. She reflected on her feelings and love for River. She needed to remind herself that those were Duplicate Cameron's feelings, not hers. She didn't care. She still cherished them as if they were her own. They were too precious not to experience and have. Duplicate Cameron was her, IS her, she told herself. They were identical.

It was nearing time for a scheduled time bubble with River. Maybe she would visit them again with some additional 'genetic material' from John to see if any of the three others wanted to 'use' it. It hadn't crossed her mind at the time when she first went there. She'd planned to stay there with River. That didn't work out as intended. Maybe with Duplicate Cameron and the girls there to help and assist her, River would reconsider….

Cameron now worked on finding the Duplicates that were stuck 'in some future' from the TDE incident. She would attempt to use the TDE as River was able to do. First it would be to contact them, test it and then send someone through and see if she could get them back. They possessed all the temporal data from Duplicate Cameron as she and the Duplicate girls were in that future briefly. The trick was to decipher the temporal data and signatures to find the specific 'temporal frequency'.

She considered using an incapacitated Gray for testing. They would be terminated anyway. If the test was a failure, it wouldn't matter. She also considered testing the reverse 'Neural Interface' and using that 'human version' of herself to test it. She'd improved the procedure and wanted a younger and 'complete' test subject this time. She would have John Henry search for more future Gray females. If not, she would terminate one less female when she destroyed a drug operation and use her as the test subject. She decided she would start to search for one during her raids that could be made to look Tight. Most of them were very 'used up' and suffered from drug abuse. Now that she held the files from Holly, Gail and Cam, she was determined to try the experiment again. This time it would be on 'herself'. That was all if the reverse 'Neural Interface' worked better and did less damage to the donor of the body.

Cameron couldn't help but think of the rush of terminating 'herself' at the end of that test. It'd been her most satisfying termination….

If the new test didn't work out as planned, she would get to terminate 'herself' again. She looked forward to that with enthusiasm. What could be more beautiful than that?

Sarah wasn't sure what Cameron wanted to do by making copies or clones of herself. She didn't think anything good could come of this. She'd talked it over with Kyle and he said it was best if they left it alone. Maybe it was.

She was worried about John and about Cameron. She knew how difficult relationships could get at times. None of hers seemed to have lasted very long. She wasn't sure if that was by choice or default. How much of that was really her fault and not something she could blame on others? It was probably most of it.

Sarah knew Cameron usually knew what she was doing, even if everyone else didn't. Maybe it was best to follow Kyle's advice and drop it.

It still caused her a lot of worry.

Cameron sent Sheila, Ally and Hanna out to run down some more targets.

"I thought we were going to get to hook up for awhile." Ally said. "We were all together."

Hanna wanted to get the job done so they could do that.

"The quicker we finish the sooner we can be back." Hanna said.

Sheila knew better.

"The quicker we finish the sooner the next 'job' will be." Sheila said.

That seemed to be the case.

They'd already checked out a vehicle from the carpool. Chances were good they would need to dump it and return with another one in its place.

Sheila wanted to drive. She always did.

Ally sat in the back with Hanna. That act seemed to upset Sheila.

"Why did you sit back there?" Sheila asked.

Ally thought her actions were quite clear. She wanted to mess with Sheila some.

"It will be easier to kiss and fondle Hanna from the back seat." Ally said. "Why else would I sit back here?"

Sheila was visibly agitated.

"Hanna should sit up in the front with me." Sheila said.

Hanna could see how possessive Sheila was over Ally.

"There's enough here for both of us." Hanna said. "We don't sleep."

Ally and Hanna kissed in the back seat.

That was the 'Allison' and 'Vanna' in them that 'called' to each other.

It was the 'Jesse' in Sheila that called to her.

"One of you can drive and I will sit in the back." Sheila said.

Hanna and Ally could see Sheila was upset. They wanted to play with her a little more.

"I'll drive." Ally said.

"I'll sit in the front seat with her." Hanna said.

Sheila looked back at both of them. They'd resumed kissing. They'd each placed a hand inside the others shirt.

"What about me?" Sheila asked.

"You have your vibrating finger." Ally said. "Use it."

Hanna and Ally giggled.

The SUV swerved a little.

"You need to watch where you're going." Hanna said.

Sheila only held the steering wheel with one hand.

"I am." Sheila said. "I just needed to stick my hand down my pants and use my vibrating finger like you suggested."

Ally and Hanna looked at each other. That sounded like a bad idea to do when she was driving.

"Don't pile up when you 'make it'." Hanna said.

"I plan to keep making it when I do." Sheila said. "It will be nonstop ecstasy for me. I should still be able to steer. Maybe you'd better buckle up. You never know."

Hanna didn't want any trouble.

"Fine, I'll drive." Hanna said. "You can sit back here and be with Ally."

Now that Sheila could have her way she didn't want it. That was because she was excluded earlier.

"I don't want to be with that trashy slut." Sheila said.

Ally was upset.

"Who's a trashy slut?" Ally asked. "That sounds more like a confession. I wouldn't be with you if you paid me."

"That's the only way you can get anyone to be with you in the first place." Sheila said. "You'd need to pay them."

Ally was upset now.

"I should bash your head in." Ally said.

Sheila laughed.

"That would be you and what army?" Sheila asked.

Ally pulled out her Taser.

"I'm going to zap her." Ally said.

Hanna grabbed Ally's hand.

"She'll wreck the SUV." Hanna said.

"Not as bad as I wreck her face." Ally said.

"Your face is already a wreck." Sheila said.

Ally went to 'zap' Sheila again.

"Let's see how she likes waking up without a tongue." Ally said.

"You better crush my chip because you'll wake up with a whole lot more gone when I zap you." Sheila said.

Ally wanted to make it clear what she would do with Sheila's chip when it was remove.

"I'll crush it." Ally said. "I'd urinate on it first if I could."

"I'll do that with yours but I'll get a homeless person to urinate on it first." Sheila said. "I'll get a dog to do it too."

Ally went to zap Sheila again. Hanna pushed her hand away.

"I think you're making her get off." Hanna said. "The threat of violence excites her."

"That's because she's defective." Ally said.

"I'll get a homeless person to defecate on your chip too." Sheila said.

"I said defective not defecate." Ally said.

"You heard me." Sheila said.

Sheila neared the target location. She still drove with only one hand. The index finger on her other hand was hard at work. She'd already finished a dozen times with Ally's threats. Violence did help get her off.

Hanna just wanted to finish the job. They drew a lucky break.

"There's the 'mark'." Hanna said.

Ally pulled out her Glock.

"I want to kill someone." Ally said.

"Make sure it's someone you can kill." Sheila said.

Ally went to point her Glock at Sheila's head.

"Shoot the target, stupid." Sheila said.

"I'm not stupid." Ally said. "You're Stupid."

"Stupid is as stupid does." Sheila said.

Ally started to aim at the mark again. Now she tried to aim at Sheila's head again. Hanna took the gun from her.

"All you're doing is getting her off more." Hanna said. "She'll probably overload if she doesn't stop."

"I hope so." Ally said. "I'm going to fix her up good when she's out.

Hanna fired Ally's Glock through the side window and the 'mark' fell to the ground.

Ally didn't like having her own gun fired in front of her face.

"There, were done." Hanna said. "Let's just go back."

Sheila soon pulled into a mall parking structure.

They dumped the vehicle they done the shooting from and took another one.

Hanna drove and Sheila and Ally shared the whole way back to the base in the rear seat.

Now Hanna was a little jealous of Ally and Sheila.

"Whatever…" Hanna said.

Cameron was not part of the initial operation that involved the damaged drone. She was dissatisfied at the way things were being handled. She was going to go check on it herself but decided maybe as a good will gesture to involve John. Maybe she would just tell him what was going to happen. She didn't like to make him feel 'powerless' in regards to her. That was never her intent even if that is how it played out.

Later on she found John and told him she wanted to move in on the drone and check it out herself. She was tired of waiting. Cam and Ally were available so she could afford to take more risks. The good news was that her spare chip was updated….

John listened to her proposal. It wasn't what he wanted to hear.

"No, it is too dangerous still." John said. "I think that may be booby trapped or it will self destruct if we approach it. I think that is all by design."

Cameron was irritated at the rebuff. This was not the kind of negativity that she wanted to hear.

"We need the intel." Cameron said. "I am willing to take the risk."

John could see where this was going. How many times did they need to go down this same path to nowhere? He tried to control his temper but it began to slip out. This was more than just about Cameron and what she wanted. What about him?

"That's because you don't care if you get destroyed." John said. "Did you ever think about me?"

John's selfishness bothered her more. It was like he didn't understand her or her function. It was like she was Nobody to him.

"I do all the time." Cameron said. "Every risk I take is one less you or anyone else needs to take. I will take the risks. I will take the damage. I will be the one that stands before Skynet as it is terminated. That is why my termination does not matter. You will be able to move your life forward. I have provided you with my replacements and the 'Natural Order' will be restored."

John rolled his eyes. She NEVER lets up….

"I can't allow it." John said. "I am going to have our drone strike it with a missile."

That was a complete waste to Cameron. They would gain no intel as to the true nature of this new threat. Operating HK drones and possibly other HK equipment was very dangerous. It was a serious threat to the future.

"That will destroy it." Cameron said. "Nothing will be salvageable. We need to know more."

John figured that other opportunities would present themselves soon enough.

"We will manage and no one will be injured or terminated." John said. "It will all work out in the end somehow. It always does."

Cameron rolled her eyes. They needed to take action, not cower and hide. It was best if she just went and took care of this herself. John was not cut out for tough decision making. That was his problem in the future too.

"That is inefficient." Cameron said. "I am going now myself."

John looked at her, he just didn't get it. What was WRONG with her? He decided to take decisive action right now.

"John Henry, take out the grounded HK drone. Fire a missile." John said into his com. "Hit it now."

John and Cameron sat in silence. Cameron looked very unhappy.

A minute later John Henry reported it was hit but there was no secondary explosion.

"Hit it again." John said.

This time John Henry reported there was a massive secondary explosion.

John smiled.

"You can go look at it now." John said.

He looked over toward Cameron but she was already gone.

Cameron was angry with John. In fact the only reason she'd been around the last week was to harvest 'genetic material' from him. She enjoyed being with him again as well. John didn't understand her. He never did. She tried to reach him but never could. He was stuck in the past. He was unable to see and embrace the future.

She noted her left hand began to glitch. She felt that this was all John's fault. Everything was John's fault. It didn't matter which one. They were both the same. Why did they BOTH reject her and throw her away? Why? Why did John replace her? She realized she was about to overload.

Cameron wondered if she should Resequence a male Terminator to make her own John. She could program him and make him the way she wanted him. It would be with her programming only without the 'Neural Interface'. She knew she could make a 'better' John. It would be one who would listen and follow orders. He would do as she commanded and not argue or do something else. That was the way it should be. There should be order.

She could see she was going down a bad path for a number of reasons. She needed to refocus and switch directions. She needed something else to think about.

Cameron wondered what she would get if she Resequenced a female Terminator with the DNA from Summer. She could see what Summer really would be like as a mature female…. She already believed that Summer would be more beautiful than Allison or than HER.

She decided to return to Palmdale with Holly and Allison and secretly get a DNA sample from both Summer and Claire. She felt no moral implications from any of the things she'd just contemplated and thought about. What was the big deal? No one could stop her, no one. Then it hit her. There was one person that could stop her – Nobody.

Abominable

Behind the daily mask of life
I must be something hideous
What is meant as genuine support
Is wrongfully seen as insidious
I accept the reality of the situation
Now or past need not be fastidious
I mean not to judge, hurt or belittle
My mind open, accepting, not invidious

Each failure or shortcoming on my part
Cuts me deep to the very brittle bone
I would quickly replace myself if possible
With a fresh minded unknowing clone
Truncating the abominable nowhere journey
Darkness unending into the eternal unknown
For my transgressions I must perpetually atone
My heart, mind and soul forever always alone

Nobody