Chapter 337
Ready For Everything
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Cameron Prime Timeline:
Events Pick up From Chapter 330
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Vanna held Jesse as she tried to comfort her.
Jesse cried uncontrollably. Vanna and Gail cried with her as did Cameron.
Cameron knew this was bad news. She already knew Savannah and Young Jesse were 'backups' for Vanna and Jesse. As Camille, her clone, she would groom Young Jesse as she'd done with Savannah. Young Jesse would know her role in the future and her importance to her.
Claire was now the back up for Allison, one way or the other. It could be either directly or as a surrogate. Cameron couldn't wait the few extra years Young Allison would still need. The future couldn't wait. She was NOT going to wait until Judgment Day. She was tired of people NOT listening to her. She knew Claire and the two young teenagers would assist her. They loved her and they would prove it, all three of them.
Judgment Day was coming. That was Cameron's biggest fear. When that event happened, she would lose John. She needed to step aside to protect him. It was inevitable. She was determined to make sure he would have everything he needed before then. John would have all the things he'd programmed her to provide him with, well, what Future John programmed her do to for John.
Cameron cried a little harder and her hand glitched. She wished Savannah was there to comfort her. Nobody could comfort her as Savannah could. John only seemed to make it 'worse'.
She didn't really know why. She needed to return to her base. She quietly slipped out.
John was with John Henry and Bob in the Command Center. He wanted some action.
"I want targets, Skynet, Skyshield or Skyscan, I don't care." John said. "We need to keep hitting them, harder."
Bob wanted that too. He was ready for action. Skynet wasn't the only problem.
"What about the anti-Metal faction?" Bob asked.
That was a 'problem' for John even if it was just as deadly of a threat.
"We'll let Cameron deal with that." John said. "She will terminate any threat to me she can find or any threat to the future. I don't like killing humans, especially from the Resistance. If they are a threat to Cameron or you, I'll let her eradicate the problem."
John Henry was unsure why John didn't understand the true nature of the threat.
"They are as big of a threat to you." John Henry said. "They were going to assassinate you in the future."
John Henry was aware of what Cameron 'did' with the girls and the two recent 'failures'. He knew he needed to talk with Savannah before she did anything drastic. He wanted to remind Savannah that her body belonged to her and not Cameron. With her recent actions, Cameron bypassed John. He didn't have any idea what was happening behind his back with his genetic material. He wasn't about to be the one to tell John either. It was sure to create an anger laced problem. Cameron needed to do that. She needed to own up to her actions. She was the one who created the problems.
"…John Henry…?" John asked.
John Henry knew he needed to get his head back in the game. He quickly reviewed his files and answered John's question.
John wanted action.
"Any target you can identify, I want to hit it." John said.
Bob was ready himself but figured a team would be better.
"I'll have a team of Metal ready." Bob said.
John Henry was worried that John was about to push things too fast needlessly.
"Are you going to notify Cameron first?" John Henry asked.
John didn't like how Cameron restricted him.
"No, she will only go in my place." John said. "Kyle and Derek want to do more as well. They want to protect their families. They don't want to wait for Judgment Day and have to pick up the pieces or bury the bodies."
Savannah walked into the room, Sheila was with her. She'd heard some of the conversation as she'd passed by. She was ready for more. She wanted to play a bigger part in the operations. She wanted to share the workload that Cameron faced.
"I want to do my part as well." Savannah said. "I'm stepping up."
John noticed her skimpy outfit. He liked what he could see. The full impact of her words was lost on him currently as he was visually stimulated by her appearance. The breast with the nipple ring what was mostly visible on Sheila didn't help his concentration any.
"Hello, Savannah." John said.
Savannah noticed John notice her. She smiled. Cameron scored again. She could see his hungry eyes take all of her in. It was what Cameron told her would happen. It was pleasant even if somewhat disturbing. It was her destiny so it didn't really matter.
"I've been trained by Sarah and Cameron." Savannah said. "I'm ready to do my part NOW."
John knew the training that his mother would provide Savannah with. He didn't have a problem with that. He was a little more worried about ALL the 'training' Cameron provided her with. He was aware that Cameron 'pushed' Savannah in the direction she wanted Savannah to go. That direction was HIM.
"I don't know about that." John said. "Maybe it's not the time."
'When is the time?' Savannah wondered.
"I know I'm a Resistance fighter in the future." Savannah said. "I'm not a girl anymore."
Savannah straightened her frame up to make all her female attributes more prominent.
John didn't need her to point that out. It was quite evident she'd matured quickly. He really hoped that Cameron hadn't given her hormones. He wouldn't put it past her. He wouldn't be surprise to find out Cameron administered both growth and female hormones to Savannah. It all seemed to happen so fast. How many years were they doing this already? It seemed like forever. Maybe it was just the years since they'd started it all. Life still went on.
He needed to choose his words carefully. The wrong words could prompt 'action' for her to 'prove' her point.
"No, Savannah, you're not a girl anymore but you're not an adult yet either." John said.
Savannah knew the future, she knew her future.
"In Vanna's future I was at this age." Savannah said. "I'm taking my place. I know where I belong and what my destiny is."
John just shook his head. Cameron was to blame for 'THIS'. Maybe it was time for her to grow a little. If Judgment Day arrived, she needed to be ready.
"We'll see. Maybe we can work in some recon operations, Savannah. I don't want you rushed into combat." John said. "That may come soon enough if we can't keep Skynet contained."
Savannah looked at John as she rotated slightly from side to side.
"I'm ready. I'm ready for EVERYTHING." Savannah said.
Savannah and John held each others gaze. They both understood what was really just said.
John Henry wasn't sure speaking to Savannah at this point was going to help her, let alone stop her. Cameron seemed to have total control of her. Savannah literally sat on a 'cherry bomb' and it was going to go off sooner rather than later, one way or another.
John and Bob looked at each other. The future was coming no matter what they did.
The future stood there before them, they all knew it.
Savannah looked each one of them straight in the face. She knew it too.
She knew her destiny and she wasn't about to back away from it. She planned to take what was hers.
Cameron was on her way back to her base. She decided she could take a detour or two on the way there. There were plenty of things that needed to be accomplished or taken care of. Things didn't get done thinking about them.
Some of the other Terminators took care of a few things for her earlier and seemed to uncover some more. The future Scavenger problem was as big of an issue to her as was Skynet, Grays and the anti-Metal faction. They were all a threat to the future.
There was a lead on a future Gray and another on the latest sex trafficking and some illegal drugs. She updated with CamNet to see if there was anything new since she'd left the Resistance base. She was informed that Savannah was in the Command Center. She would find out a little more about that later on. She wanted John to embrace his future. She knew that Savannah was ready to 'step up' and perform all her future duties. It was clear that Savannah was ready for everything.
Cameron drove by a bakery. It seemed absurd to her. The information was that there was a future Gray employed there. She went around the block and headed for their apartment. It seemed like a good idea to see what she could find before the police got involved once he was terminated.
She drove past the apartment. Right away she detected danger. There was someone else watching the apartment. She didn't know if this was the anti-Metal group or other Grays. It was trouble whatever it was.
She parked two streets over and went through a large apartment complex. She passed by the pool. There was a teenage male and female in the pool. She was pretty sure they were attempting to do something else. The exploring couple didn't seem to notice her. She felt sorry for them. Sexual activity in the water produced less than satisfactory results. She'd tried it a few times with John. She jumped the fence in the back.
She landed in the carport of the next apartment.
She heard some scuffing sounds. She paused where she was and crouched down. There were two young men going from car to car. They tried the car doors and even tried to force down a few windows. People that left their windows down an inch or so to cool the car only made it easier for someone to force down the window to gain access to their car. That was what she watched happen how.
"There's a laptop in this one on the floor behind the driver's seat." The first man said.
The other man pushed the window down another inch.
"Help me push on this window." The second man said.
Both men forced the window down and reached inside to unlock the door.
Cameron stood up and walked towards the two young men. They didn't see her approach.
The first man reached inside the open door.
"Step away from the vehicle." Cameron said.
Both men jumped. They relaxed a little when they realized it was a female.
They didn't see Cameron as a threat.
"Who are you?" The second man asked.
Cameron continued walking towards them.
"I'm 'Justice'." Cameron said.
"That's a stupid name." The first man said.
The first man reached for the laptop.
"If you pick that up, you will never pick anything up again with that hand or what will be left of it." Cameron said.
Both men laughed.
"You're pretty hot for a dumb Bitch." The first man said. "Then again that's par for the course."
The second man pulled out a knife.
"I think we're going to get a little more right now too." The second man said. "You'll be our second today."
Both men laughed again.
The first man came out of the rear seat with the laptop in his right hand.
Cameron grabbed the man with the knife and snapped his neck. The man with the laptop dropped it back in the car in fright. He tried to shout but she grabbed his neck and prevented him from screaming. He struggled wildly. He tried to produce a knife. It was in the same hand that picked up the laptop.
She grabbed his hand and squeezed. She felt the bones break and the man passed out. When she released his hand it was nothing but bloody pulp and splintered bone fragments. Two crushed fingers fell off and landed on the ground along with the knife.
Cameron grasped the rear wheel of the car and lifted the car and tire off of the ground. She pushed the two detached crushed fingers underneath the tire and moved his pulped hand under it as well. She set the tire and car back down on top of it. She stretched his body out and placed his other hand underneath another car's rear tire on the other side. That hand might be useable. It depended on how long the circulation was cut off. She ripped the shirt off of the man with the snapped neck and gagged the man with the crushed hands so no sound could escape his mouth. There was a sixty seven percent chance he would suffocate because the gag was so secure. She tied a further restriction around his nose and increased the chance of suffocation to ninety two percent. He would know what was done to him before he perished.
Cameron tossed the man with the snapped neck in the bushes by the fence she'd come over. She moved through the apartment rear entrance. She dipped her hand in the pool to get the blood off. She continued through the apartment complex and crossed a street. She did the same thing with that apartment and went over the rear wall. She ended up in the rear of the apartment that the suspected Gray lived.
She lifted the sliding door up out of its track to open it and then placed it back in the track. She went inside the apartment.
Cameron searched the apartment and found nothing of value. She knew where the man was at and where he lived. She would come back and pay him a visit later on for a more personal conversation.
She went out on the street and was going to place a tracker on the car she suspected of watching the apartment. It was gone. She'd taken an image the license plate but was sure it would come back as being stolen. Then again it might not.
She went back the way she'd come.
The man's pulped hand was free from under the tire. She could see it was just the wrist that was. The pulped hand was still under the tire. It'd torn off as the man struggled to get free. She wasn't sure if he bled to death or suffocated in his panic. She grabbed his body and yanked. She heard several bones break as she pulled his other hand out from underneath the other car's tire. First two and then a third finger ripped loose. She threw him in the bushes on top of the other man.
She went over the fence. The teenage female was crying and the teenage male was trying to console her. It was unclear what happened. She passed by them and they still didn't appear to notice her. She went back to her SUV and continued on to her base. She would follow up later on with the things she didn't get done. She might send others to do them as well.
Cameron returned to her facility. The anti-Metal leader revealed all he knew. His dead body was disposed of along with that of the female and the area cleaned. Everything was back to normal.
The information gleaned was that the anti-Metal group was from Cameron's future but they'd been here for years. They arrived not long after Future Jesse and Future Riley. They hadn't known of either one. This was a separate group of anti-Metal. There were multiple factions.
Camille pressed him hard during the interrogation on Future Jesse and the status of Future John, Future Savannah and Future Allison. It was still unknown if they produced any children. With Future Allison back at his side along with Future Savannah and no Metal close to Future John, he no longer was a target.
Cameron apparently saved Future John's life by having Future Allison and Future Savannah at his side and in his bed. There'd been vague talk of 'Cameron' being around as well but in the background most of the time. She wasn't sure about that and what it meant. It could be her or River or either Duplicate Cameron. It could even be some other clone of her. Whatever it was, it was only rumor. She didn't like it. She sure hoped it wasn't Mrs. Weaver masquerading as her. Without knowing where Mrs. Weaver was at, there was no way to know. Now she was worried about the other Duplicate Cameron and Duplicate girls.
Summer was Resequenced with Allison's DNA to become Cammy. Camille was almost ready. Gail's program would be loaded in with her program and Camille's mission could soon start. Cameron updated with both of the female and male clones of herself at her base.
Cameron was unsure if Jesse should accompany her and Camille back to Australia. She knew Jesse was a tough as nails when she needed to be. She wanted to tell Young Jesse the truth about the future. Jesse wasn't in any condition for anything right now. Camille wasn't yet completely ready anyway. She hadn't fully assumed Allison's appearance - her appearance.
She'd obtained the information she needed on the anti-Metal faction and her team was going to end this threat to John once and for all. There was no further information on Future Jesse. She was unsure what to do if she encountered Future Jesse. She didn't want to have to kill her if it was possible. It wasn't likely that she was still alive anyway but the thought did bother her a great deal. Future Jesse was still 'Jesse'. She hoped that Future Jesse was still alive. She would welcome the challenge to have her redeem herself. She would give her a second chance.
Cameron notified John Henry that they were going to take care of business and terminate the anti-Metal threat. John Henry also notified her that John, Derek and Kyle were doing recon missions and Savannah was going with them.
She didn't like that development at all. She insisted John Henry make sure that Savannah was with John's team and Bob was with John and John Henry personally accompany Savannah. She then told him that she would send someone else instead.
"Who?" John Henry asked.
"Myself." Cameron said.
Cameron wasn't taking any chances with Savannah. She would also be able to evaluate Savannah's performance in the field under real conditions. Savannah excelled and was flawless in all simulations.
"I'll go as well." John Henry said.
"That's unnecessary." Cameron said.
"You tell that to OUR mother, if something happens to Savannah." John Henry said.
Cameron didn't want any unnecessary trouble.
"I'll meet you soon." Cameron said.
Ready For Anything
A new dawn
Is a new day
As one negotiates
Life's changing buffet
There are many obstacles
That may appear and arise
The ones that need to be feared
Are the ones that arrive in disguise
Who shuffles the deck
Handing out the cards of life
Will the rewards be rife
Or laced with anguish and strife
Does anyone really
Have what it takes
Or are they all fakes
Who really controls the stakes
In the smorgasbord of life
Everyone has something to bring
Because nothing is constant and changes
Nobody is really ready for everything
Nobody