Chapter 363

I Won't Hurt You

Cameron wanted to check out the HK Tread that was being assembled. She decided to take Savannah with her. Cammy wanted to come along as well.

"Are you two going to dress identical so we can mess with John a little?" Savannah asked.

Cameron smiled. She liked that idea. It showed John her chassis and sheath didn't matter if he couldn't tell them apart. She was her program. She took Cammy and Savannah to her room. She handed Cammy some clothes and told her to change.

As Cammy stripped Cameron watched her. She knew that was what she looked like to everyone else. She didn't see anything special about Cammy. Why would anyone see any thing special about her?

Savannah watched Cammy undress. It excited her greatly. She'd become sexually active with Cammy the last few days. Cammy was always 'Cameron' to her. She always asked Cammy to revert to her 'Cameron programming'. Cammy always told her she wasn't supposed to do that but she did anyway.

Once Cammy was dressed she stood next to Cameron and looked in the mirror. They looked identical.

"Close your eyes, Savannah." Cammy said. "Turn away for a few seconds."

Savannah did and turned away. She heard some rustling sound.

"Turn around." Cammy said.

Savannah looked at them. They still looked identical.

"Can you tell…?" One of them asked.

"Who is who?" The other one asked.

Savannah looked at them for a few seconds. She walked up and gave one of them a kiss on the lips.

"That kiss was for Cammy." Savannah said.

Cameron was a little disappointed. She would have liked to have received that kiss from Savannah.

"Correct." Cammy said.

Cam and Cammy always tried to fool her too. They never did and they were identical too.

"I know what's mine." Savannah said as she looked at Cammy and then at Cameron. "I also know what will be mine…."

Cammy was jealous of Cameron since the moment of her creation. She was 'Cameron' but she wasn't Cameron. She was a place holder for Cameron until Cameron and Savannah mated. That could be days or years. Nobody knew. At that point her program would be deleted and she would cease to exist. She knew that Cameron would not put up with any 'competition'. She didn't plan to 'go' without a fight. Savannah was what came first.

She was with Savannah every night until she fell asleep. It was almost like Savannah couldn't get enough of her. They were together whenever Savannah found some free time during the day. Savannah would finish a dozen or more times a day everyday. That didn't include the multiple finishes either.

It took her a few days to stretch Savannah out a little to get to her G-spot without any discomfort. Everything quickly adapted. She also made sure Savannah would be ready for John without any discomfort as well. That was a secret request by Cameron.

They headed towards the carpool. They passed Sarah and Jan along the way.

Sarah looked at them. She couldn't tell them apart.

"I'm not even going to ask." Sarah said.

Savannah looked at Jan.

"Jan, give Cameron a kiss on the cheek." Savannah said.

Cameron and Cammy both knelt down.

Jan looked at them for a second and gave Cameron a kiss on the cheek.

Cameron smiled.

"Thanks, Jan." Cameron said.

Sarah shrugged her shoulders and continued on her way. Jan went with her and gave them all a wave as they went around the corner.

Cameron went to an SUV.

Savannah checked it over herself to see what weapons were in it.

Cameron liked the thoroughness. She held out the keys to Savannah.

Savannah smiled and took them.

"Thank you." Savannah said.

Cameron got in the back and Cammy got in the front. Savannah made sure they were buckled in and then drove away. She followed all the driving rules and only went ten miles an hour over the speed limit on the freeway.

Cameron was pleased that she'd taught Savannah to be a better and safer driver than Allison was. She still didn't know where she'd gone wrong at with Allison.

John Henry, Bob and John were able to get the large HK Tread assembled. Cameron arrived to help. Savannah and Cammy were with her.

Cammy and Cameron dressed identical at Savannah's suggestion. She wanted to see if John could tell them apart. She could but doubted any non Metal could. The girls did a pretty of job of getting everyone right. Maybe it was how they carried themselves. She was always able to tell who was who for the 'Allison' based Terminators.

John looked at both of them. He liked what he saw but didn't like the reason why there were two of them in front of him. He felt Cameron 'giving' Cammy to Savannah would delay his coupling with her.

Savannah could see he was confused. She wanted to play with him a little.

"Aren't you going to give Cameron a kiss?" Savannah asked. "She's your wife."

John looked at Savannah and back at Cameron and Cammy. He knew he was being 'set up'. He was a little flustered.

"Sure." John said somewhat apprehensive.

John knew if he blew this that Cameron would be all over him in a bad way. Maybe it was best to tell the truth. He was going to look like a fool no matter what he did at this point.

"I don't know which one is Cameron." John said. "They both look identical to me."

Cameron made her point again. Her chassis and sheath were not her. Her program was.

Savannah wanted to push him a little and play around.

"You're married to her…." Savannah said. "Maybe you should give me the kiss instead. You know who I am – right?"

Cammy and Cameron giggled.

John felt pretty foolish right now.

"OK. I get it." John said.

Savannah moved over and kissed one of the girls on the cheek.

John reached for the other one and pulled her in. Savannah rotated around and kissed the one which he just pulled in on the mouth.

Savannah played it up.

"Cammy didn't give you permission to kiss her." Savannah said. "You can kiss me instead."

The frown on Cameron's face indicated her point of view.

"After that, I'm not going to give permission either." Cameron said. "John was going to kiss another female right in front of me."

Cameron almost said 'AGAIN' but stopped herself.

"I didn't." John quickly said.

"That was only because I look like you." Cammy said.

Cameron didn't want to create a bigger problem. They seemed to have a way of creating themselves. She brushed it off.

John still couldn't tell which one was which. Only the frown now on Cameron's face gave it away.

He wanted to refocus. It was time to get to work.

Cameron showed Savannah the HK Tread and all its parts and functions. Previously she gave her a set of plans she drew of it. It was modified from what she'd found in her files. Savannah made a few suggestions related to it for better human control and she asked John Henry to incorporate them.

She went over much of the wreckage that they 'created' from the captured and destroyed Skynet equipment. She wasn't impressed with what she'd found.

"There isn't much Coltan in this unit." Cameron said. "The Skynet offshoots can't seem to get much of it. When they do, we intercept it."

Cameron still tracked down future Grays and any Coltan she could get leads on. It seemed to hinder Skynet a lot.

John like Sarah was apprehensive of anything Skynet related. He wanted some safeguards in place.

"I think the power source should be kept disconnected on this HK Tread until we need it after we're done testing it." John said. "I still don't trust it."

John Henry didn't see the need for that. He'd personally modified much of the HK Tread himself. He didn't think his workmanship needed to be questioned.

"We've been over every inch of it." John Henry said. "We've made extensive modifications and improvements. I think we 'own' this piece of equipment at this point."

Cameron wanted to check it out from the inside. John's apprehension troubled her some. She decided to use a few safeguards.

Cameron climbed inside. She left the hatch ajar. She even wedged it open with a piece of metal to make sure it stayed open. She wasn't sure she trusted it either. It was a machine like her. She didn't trust herself. She'd malfunctioned too many times for her own comfort.

They started the testing and shakedown process.

Savannah was there to watch and learn. Cammy kept her updated on everything as it happened. She gave her pointers and tips as well.

Claire started going to the Detail house everyday. They were in a secret relationship of some type. She'd called and asked Cameron to have Hanna to stay on her Detail. She reminded Cameron that all 'three' of her daughters and her needed 'protection'. She also reminded Cameron she was ready to be Allison's surrogate or to have her own child for Cameron. She told Cameron it was HER choice and reminded Cameron she would do it whatever way Cameron wanted it done….

After Summer's birth, Claire and Paul slowly drifted further apart. There was no real love there. Claire only married because her parents wanted to 'remind' her she was a female and needed to be with a male and not females. Her previous lifestyle upset them. They wanted to have grandchildren one day. Now they'd obtained that. She'd never 'finished' even one time with Paul. It was very dissatisfying for her. She did as her parent's demanded and thought the love would come later. Nothing ever 'came'.

Cameron made sure Paul could meet 'new' people if he chose to. He also received numerous job offers at two or three times his current salary from across the nation. It was all her doing. She knew she was trying to split up Allison's parents so it would be easier for Claire to 'produce' for her. The split already existed, she wanted to widen it. She didn't see it as a problem. Claire wanted her freedom back and she wanted what Claire could offer. Claire was only two years older than Allison but was undamaged by the future. She also produced beautiful offspring. Claire promised her body's 'usage' to her to show and express her love for her. She really like that attention from Claire and everything her body could offer.

Hanna 'meeting' up with Claire hadn't just happened. Cameron made it happen. Both Ally and Sheila also volunteered for the 'assignment'. It was a choice assignment. She wanted them available for Claire too as necessary….

Cameron wanted things done HER way. Claire and Savannah seemed to be the only ones willing to step up. She'd sent Camille a cryogenic vat containing genetic material from John. She gave Camille instructions what to do with Young Jesse when she was 'ready'. She reminded Camille that it needed to be Young Jesse's choice. She wanted a baby from Young Jesse if none of the other girls would listen to her. It would still be John's baby so she didn't care where it came from.

There was another issue closer to home that caused Cameron a lot of worry. She did her best to assist because Riley asked for her help. She appreciated the fact that Riley sought her guidance and did not do anything behind her back. She liked this version of Riley over Future Riley. She personally looked out for Riley and her family.

Cameron was in contact with the medical experts for Riley and Derek. They would also work with Allison and Claire. Cameron decided to move ahead again without John's knowledge. She didn't want to hear anything negative from him. She was the one sent back, not Future John himself, to protect the future. She knew what was best for everyone. Besides, wasn't she doing what Future John programmed her to do?

This may be the first time she'd done this or the tenth time. She didn't know. She was only sure she lived this 'life' more than once. There was still no actual proof of that.

Cameron once again set everything into motion. She hoped this time something would happen. If not, it was time for Claire on her own and Savannah to step up. She planned to use both of their bodies for her goals. The future needed to be protected.

To Cameron, everything that she did, manipulated or orchestrated seemed logical and necessary for the future. It was her job to protect the future and John. She needed to keep telling herself that as her hand glitched wildly. She really hoped one day she would actually believe it herself.

Later on:

Cammy called Cameron into Savannah's room. Savannah stood there wearing Cameron's wedding dress. She looked stunning. Cammy made Savannah Tight.

Cameron felt her hand glitch. The dress fit perfectly now.

Cammy slipped out of the room. She left Cameron and Savannah alone.

Savannah looked at herself in the mirror. She turned to Cameron. There were a million thoughts running through her mind. She wanted to say some things but Cameron spoke first.

"It is time…." Cameron said.

Savannah knew her duty to the future. She knew what her promises were. She felt anticipation and guilt at the same time. She wanted her promised obligation to be a shared one.

"Cameron…." Savannah said as she took her hand. "I don't want to hurt you either. I can't. I love you too much. I won't hurt you. I will have children for you but I will not take your husband away from you. When you are really ready, I will share him with you but I will never take him away from you. I promise to protect him."

Cameron remembered what she'd always told Savannah. The words still echoed in her mind.

"I said – 'when the dress fits….'" Cameron started.

Savannah loved Cameron more than anything. This was all very hard on her too. In the future her body may belong to John but her heart and mind belonged to Cameron.

"I won't hurt you this way, Cameron. If Vanna fails again, you know what to do…. I'm ready." Savannah said. "I don't need to be at John side until AFTER Judgment Day. I will be there when it is necessary. PLEASE, don't MAKE me hurt you."

Savannah and Cameron held each other and cried.

Cameron knew that Savannah's love for her was pure and honest. That was the love she'd wanted from John. John's love was different. It was based on her appearance. Savannah loved her. It didn't matter if she was a machine. That meant something to her. No. It meant everything to her.

Cameron went over all the information during the TDE malfunction and transfers that resulted in the creation of the Duplicates. She was unsure how to move into the future wherever the other Duplicate set of her and the girls ended up at. She only knew the information from Duplicate Cameron on what they'd witnessed during the three temporal jumps. She asked John Henry to work on this problem and asked Duplicate Cameron and River to try to determine how to get to them when she was there. She knew they were trapped or dead. It'd been too long without them unless they didn't exist. One of them should have tried to return to stop Riley. They left seeing John and Riley together. One of them would have tried to return to 'protect' John from Riley.

She was sure they were where Mrs. Weaver was at. That thought was a grim prospect in its own right. Maybe they were fighting each other. She was certain they were stuck in some alternate timeline she'd created by manipulating the past or the future…. She wasn't sure if it was in this timeline or from another one. There was the real possibility of that IF she was living her life over and over.

It was time to try and reach River and Duplicate Cameron again for help. If River couldn't help her, no one could. They all should have spent enough time to work on solutions.

The TDE at the Resistance base was still encrypted for going into the past. Cameron wasn't sure why. She hadn't yet tested her TDE herself for fear of encrypting it too. Something must happen still where she goes back to 'fix' it and makes things worse or creates new timelines. She knew the encryption was done at her request somehow.

Cameron thought she knew what was best for everyone. Did she? She wondered. Maybe she made things worse. She still considered the idea of taking everyone back a hundred years and let everyone have a normal life and be free of the future. She noted her hand glitched more and more. She would pick a nice remote town in Utah for John and the girls. They could live there easier without 'trouble'. None of the Terminators or her would need to go with them. The Terminators and her could all go back into Cameron's future before Future John sent Future Kyle. They would battle Skynet themselves.

Cameron glitched wildly as blankness overtook her….

I Won't Hurt You

Pain and hurt come in many forms
Most can't be controlled or confined
To there true cause, one remains blind
The future seems bleak and maligned

There are those who hurt to hurt
There are those who hurt without trying
The end result is the same either way
Usually it stems from one's lying

Where is the love and trust
Both seem rather elusive
When questioned one may be abusive
Feelings no longer seem conducive

It all stems back to character
The very essence of one's soul
Things that should make one whole
Instead leave the soul with a big hole

Which direction does one go
Is there anything one can undo
Can you promise not to hurt me
I promise I won't hurt you

Nobody