Chapter 325

Hit Him

John Henry tracked the unknown Terminator with a drone. It appeared to him that the Terminator was about to lead the three vehicles following him into an ambush of some type. They tried to warn the pursuers but they'd only slowed some. They seemed determined to get the Terminator they were following. The HK drone that appeared didn't do anything except observe. It hadn't shown any hostel intent but it could at any moment. It didn't appear to belong to either group that was there. That didn't seem like a good thing either.

"The Terminator is turning onto a dirt road." John Henry said.

Cameron didn't like where this was headed. She wanted to take some action soon. She was behind the three vehicles pursuing the Terminator.

"As soon as he's clear of any houses, hit him." Cameron said. "This ends now."

John Henry felt they were ready.

"There haven't been any houses for awhile." John Henry said.

Cameron was also worried about an HK drone that was in the area. She wasn't sure which group it was associated with. She wanted both threats dealt with.

"Hit him." Cameron said. "Bring the unknown HK drone down too when it comes to investigate. Our second drone should be back in the area soon."

John wanted a backup force ready to go. He'd arranged for the Blackhawk to be loaded and waiting. He wanted to make sure that any HK equipment that was damaged was retrieved. He also wanted some additional assistance for Cameron.

"The Blackhawk is airborne." John said. "I have two of our Terminators on it as well to make sure everything is under control at the strike sites."

John Henry initiated the strike.

"Our drone has one missile away." John Henry said.

The Resistance drone fired a missile at the Terminator's vehicle. It exploded in a fireball.

John Henry watched the results. In the flaming wreckage of the vehicle he could still see some movement. The burning Terminator was still in the fight. He attempted to tear his way out of the debris.

"The unknown Terminator has been hit." John Henry said. "It's still moving in the wreckage."

Cameron didn't want the Terminator to get out of the burning and destroyed vehicle.

"Hit it again." Cameron said. "Make sure he's finished and watch for the HK drone to make a move."

John watched everything unfold from their two drones. The second one just arrived.

"The HK drone is coming to investigate." John said. "Our drone is going high to see if the HK drone will follow it or go check the strike site. Our second drone has the HK drone targeted if it goes after ours."

Cameron was worried about additional threats in the area.

"Have the first drone check for anything tracking our second drone." Cameron said. "It's at a much higher altitude."

John Henry noticed that Cameron was almost up to the three tracking vehicle. She would make contact soon.

"You're closing on the three vehicles that were following the Terminator." John Henry said. "They've stopped after the strike. Watch your distance."

Cameron worried they would draw in the HK drone closer for a strike on them.

"Is the HK drone tracking them?" Cameron asked.

John Henry detected that they were splitting their force up.

"Not yet." John said. "Two of the vehicles are leaving, one is staying behind."

John Henry gave Bob the information where to intercept the two vehicles at. Cameron's two Terminators joined them. Each would take a vehicle. Cameron was going after the vehicle that stayed near where the unknown Terminator was attacked. Much to his surprise the HK drone decided to run. It rapidly left the area.

"The HK drone is retreating." John Henry said. "We will lose it soon in a populated area."

Cameron was worried about that development. It indicated a 'third party' to her. She wanted it brought down and hopefully not into someone's front yard or worse, their living room.

"Bring it down now." Cameron said. "I don't want it to get away."

Their second drone fired an air to air missile and struck the HK drone. It spun out of control and crash landed near the spot where the Terminator was hit and disabled at.

John was pleased with their two successes. It seemed like two less threats to Cameron if nothing else. The unknown vehicle that was there was still a problem.

"Scratch one." John said. "And scratch another one."

Cameron wanted some better protection for the other four Terminators, especially Bob and Sheila.

"Send one drone with Bob and Sheila. If the vehicles try to bolt, hit both of them with a missile." Cameron said. "I don't like surprises. I don't want any loose ends. I'm going to engage the remaining vehicle myself."

That sent up a red flag for John. Cameron would be in danger. She would probably take some bold or rash action. He wanted to act first.

"Do you mean you're going to confront them all alone, Cameron?" John asked. "The first drone will back you up. It still has one air to surface missile. Let me have it hit the vehicle first."

Cameron didn't want that yet. She needed to know more about who they faced. That would better determine the threat level. She wanted to know who these people were. They could possess information about the future since she'd been there.

"No, I want some answers." Cameron said. "Someone is going to give them to me."

Cameron didn't like surprises and this was shaping up to be a big one. She wanted some people to talk. She knew how to make them do it. She knew they didn't always like the way she did things. She got results. That was all that mattered.

She could beat the information out of them. Sheila was close by as well. She would look the other way and let Sheila go to 'work' on them. It was something that Sheila enjoyed and it always produced results. She'd watched Sheila at work on more than one drug or sex trafficking take down. They were very violent and bloody encounters. It seemed the only part that disturbed her was Sheila's laughter as she 'operated'. It was very unnerving. The others that she held captive were more willing to talk after they watched the brutality that Sheila unleashed.

Vanna and Cam were discharged at the base, the two 'Cameron clones' would return to back Cameron up. They wouldn't arrive back where Cameron was at for awhile.

Vanna was upset at herself for storming out of the base like she'd done. Cameron asked her before she turned her over to her two Terminators to talk with Savannah. Cameron gave her a few very specific topics and her recent observations. She knew if nothing 'happened' for her in the next year that Cameron was already making plans to bypass her and replace her. It was still 'her' anyway if you thought about it. Life moved forwards, not backwards.

She went to find Savannah. She was impressed when she spotted her. She knew right away that she could never look that good. Savannah looked like a beauty queen.

"You look Tight." Vanna said as she looked at Savannah. "I mean real Tight."

Savannah was pleased that Vanna noticed. She looked down at her body and back up at Vanna.

"Cammy…." Savannah started and then paused as she spotted Cam behind Vanna. "Cameron fixed me up and showed me what to do, again. I really don't look this nice."

Vanna noticed the revealing outfit and the perky braless breasts ready to pop out of her top. Savannah was almost her size and shape everywhere. She noted with a healthy diet that everything seemed to happen faster with Savannah and some things looked like they would be larger as well. Maybe they would be the same but just get that way sooner than they did for her living on scraps and garbage. Some of the females in the future were so malnourished that they never really seemed to develop. Those girls usually did not far well once Scavengers got a hold of them. She needed to clear her mind and focus on the task at hand.

"Cameron asked me to talk to you…." Vanna said. "Let's go to my room."

Vanna started to walk away as Savannah followed her

Ally followed Savannah out.

Vanna looked at Ally. She hoped to have a private conversation with Savannah.

Ally noticed Vanna's concern. She wanted to make her position clear.

"Cameron told me to stay with Savannah until everything was finished." Ally said. "I'm not leaving her alone."

Vanna and Savannah walked side by side. Ally and Cam followed behind their charges.

Ally noticed right away that Cam was 'different'. The way she carried herself and moved was even different.

"Cameron?" Ally asked Cam.

Cam smiled. She liked it when she was 'different'.

"Mostly so but I'm not current or updated since the transfer." Cam said. "I need to be this way for Vanna…."

Ally was a little jealous. 'Cameron' was the prize everyone wanted.

"I understand." Ally said.

Cam was aware of the sensitive personal nature of what Vanna was to discuss with Savannah. She wanted to give them a little breathing room or privacy. She wasn't sure if it was necessary. It would not hurt to offer.

"Do you want us to go into 'standby' while you talk with Savannah?" Cam asked Vanna. "It's no big deal for us."

Savannah felt she was adult enough to share sexual talk with anyone. Her studies were on a college level or higher. They might be able to provide additional information or 'show' her something up close. She'd looked at plenty of images on the internet and watched a lot of videos. None of them contained males any longer. She felt a different preference.

"No." Savannah said. "I'm a big girl now and I want you both here with me and Vanna. You both are my two favorite Terminators, after Cameron. I wouldn't mind a little show and tell."

Cam and Ally smiled at each other. Vanna frowned.

"I want total honesty and no sugar coating." Savannah said.

Vanna didn't want Savannah to get ahead of herself. She didn't want to get into any of the ugliness right now but she would if necessary.

"Sit down." Vanna said.

Cam and Ally sat on each side of Savannah. Vanna sat across from her.

Savannah already was given a number of 'talks' by Vanna, Jesse, Allison, Sarah and even Riley. They all told her different things too when she asked. Some of them were quite eye opening. It pleased her greatly to know that they all shared extensive experience with other females, including Sarah.

"I'm going to know more than you think." Savannah said. "Give it to me straight. Ally and Cam can add whatever they want or have in their programming. I want what Cameron knows also. I want ALL of it."

Savannah looked at Cam.

Cam nodded.

"This won't be as pretty or all what you might think…." Vanna started. "Since I'm you I will give you more than I would share with anyone else. Let's start out with a few 'personal things'…."

Savannah looked forward to using the laser. She wanted to look like all the other females at the base….

Cameron closed in on the unknown vehicle that was waiting to investigate the strike site. They appeared to be going to check out the crashed HK drone first. She decided to leave the SUV behind for now and approach them on foot.

She was aware the Blackhawk was already on the way. She gave instructions to keep the helicopter out of the immediate area for now. She asked them to pick up her two Terminators while they loitered out of the danger zone. The Blackhawk was directed to retrieve the two female Terminators Cameron sent with Vanna, Camille and Summer.

Cameron was on foot now. She rapidly approached the lone vehicle. It was stopped at the drone crash site. She would listen to what she could first. She silently closed in. She was like a shadow at night.

John Henry detected a new development.

Bob contacted him before he could speak to John about it.

"The two vehicles are splitting up." Bob said. "We will each need to take one. Can the first drone assist us?"

John was aware of the situation now. He didn't want to leave Cameron without some backup. She was all alone. He decided to protect the Resistance Terminators.

"No, I'm not leaving Cameron alone" John said. "The second drone will stay with you and Sheila."

Bob didn't want to create an issue. It looked like it could develop into one. He worried about the other Terminators too. Maybe it would be a good will gesture to Cameron and CamNet if John protected her Terminators. He didn't want to say it over the com but it should indicate how he thought to John and John Henry.

"What about Cameron's Terminators?" Bob asked. "They could use some backup too."

John Henry spoke briefly to John off the com. He gave him a few pointers. John nodded and continued with his conversation.

"I have a feeling that they are both running 'Cameron's program' in male bodies." John said. "They'll be OK."

Bob knew that Cameron, a Cameron, was in his chassis for months before in the alternator future and the present. He wanted to make sure Cameron was covered too.

"Affirmative." Bob said. "Keep the chopper close so the four Terminators onboard can assist Cameron."

John wanted all of them protected.

"Roger." John said.

Cameron moved up on the downed HK drone and the men that were close to it. They didn't keep their guard up. They were either sloppy or new to this.

There were two men who looked over the downed HK drone. The third man moved off to the site of the Terminator that was attacked in the vehicle. She didn't detect that any of them were Metal of the three figures that moved about. They could still be Grays or the anti-Metal faction.

Cameron could hear their drone up high. She knew that it would have the wreckage of the vehicle that the Terminator was in targeted as well as the downed HK drone.

John Henry and John observed the area where Cameron was at from their drone. It didn't take the drone long to find a new threat. He pointed it out to John.

"There are armed figures not far from where the Terminator was headed." John Henry said.

John looked at the images. They'd suspected that the Terminator was going to lead the three vehicles trailing him into an ambush. It looked like they just found where that ambush was set up at.

"Notify Cameron of the new threat." John said.

He was glad he hadn't sent the drone away to assist Cameron's Terminators.

"Cameron, the drone has spotted movement on the road ahead of where the Terminator was headed." John Henry said. "There are several figures moving around a rocky location. They are all armed. What do you want to do?"

This was what she'd figured. She wanted to draw first blood again. She wanted as much of a threat eliminated as possible.

"Have the drone hit them. I am good here for now. There are only three of them here in front of me and none of them are Terminators." Cameron said. "That was the ambush the Terminator planned for them. Wait two minutes after the strike and make a low pass and mop up any movement with the minigun."

John wanted to prevent any direct threats to Cameron. He could deal with this new threat. The three men near Cameron were still a problem.

"Roger." John said. "We're engaging the targets now."

John Henry readied the drone to strike the new targets.

"Have the chopper move in now and let my Terminators off a mile out from the new target." Cameron said. "They can reach it in a few minutes and not endanger the chopper or crew this way. After the drone makes a strafing pass if there is any movement, have it surveil the area and be ready to back my Terminators up if they call for it. I'm moving in on my objective now."

John thought Cameron was pushing it. He wanted to deal with the new threat and have those Terminators then go to assist Cameron.

"You don't want to wait?" John asked. "It won't take them long to reinforce you."

Cameron watched the three men. It was time to act.

"No." Cameron said. "I'm done waiting."

Cameron approached the three men with her weapon raised. They were still unaware of her presence. She wanted some answers as to who some of these people were and where they came from. She hoped they liked surprises.

A Shadow At Night

I live in a prison
The prison is my home
Surrounded by others
But I am all alone

Abandoned but trapped
In my own home
It is worse than nothing
For I can not roam

A twelve by twelve room
Like a prison cell
Stuck, stuck, stuck
It is worse than Hell

In my brown eyes
The bleeding tears well
Nobody can hear me scream
But my mind and heart yell

Death is not an end
But a path to freedom
Escape into the future
False Prophet or wisdom

Sometimes I fall
Deeper and deeper
Tomorrow means less
Life grows cheaper

I am nothing but a shadow
A shadow at night
No matter how hard you look
It remains out of sight

Nobody