Chapter 402

I've Been Waiting For You

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In Some Future: Duplicate Cameron

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Cameron and her team were deep inside Skynet Central. The trek started out mild but things soon picked up for the worse. There was now enemy opposition. It was only because of the depleted Skynet forces that were left which allowed them to advance as unopposed as they'd done so far. They moved ahead. They encountered more Grays. The plasma grenade booby trap behind them exploded, there were more screams. Things heated up fast.

Cameron II fired her plasma rifle behind them. It seemed more targets appeared both ahead of them as well as behind them.

"The threat behind us has been neutralized." Cameron II said.

They moved forward towards the 'Clean Room'. The Main Skynet mainframe computer should be there. Even with token opposition, progress was still rapid. Cameron earlier felt some doubts. They were back in full force right now.

"General, this is too easy." Cameron said. "I think this is another trap."

Cameron II felt the same way. She wanted Allison away from there.

"We should fight our way back outside." Cameron II said.

They could all hear a massive battle going on outside now.

"That might not be an easy thing to do at this point." Allison-Mrs. Weaver said.

Cameron thought everything was complicated when it came to Skynet.

"Nothing is easy." Cameron said. "We are in the heart of the beast."

Allison-Mrs. Weaver wanted payback.

"I don't want their heart." Allison-Mrs. Weaver said. "I want their mind. The mind is what controls the heart."

Allison moved with them. She believed that the heart could also control the mind.

Bob and the Special Unit teams all converged on the Skynet compound. They appeared to slowly gain the upper hand. Bob blew a wall open from the inside and one of the 'Special Unit' teams entered. He'd slipped inside earlier to disrupt the power supply to the complex as well as cut off the communications with the outside world. Cameron wanted Skynet 'trapped' inside this facility so it couldn't escape. He'd accomplished that.

Bob's section of the Special Unit arrived. He clued them in as to where things stood now.

"I think they're in trouble inside. I've heard much firing and many explosions." Bob said. "Get the other two teams in here and watch for a counter attack or any transports returning. Be on the look out for HK drones as well."

There were squads within each segment of a group of the Special Unit designated and armed for surface to air interception and destruction. It was something that Cameron banked heavily on. So far that preplanning paid off.

Cammy was involved in a battle miles from where Cameron and her team were at. It was a battle designed to draw off Skynet resources from Cameron's team at Skynet Central.

At the site of Cammy's battle, things heated up.

She was ready for the second Skynet counterattack and for what Skynet forces believed was the final assault against the Resistance. She'd led Skynet think the Resistance pulled out in retreat when she'd sent the anti-Metal faction away. Now it was time for the real battle. Cammy hadn't even begun to fight yet while Skynet forces thought the battle was almost over.

Cammy watched as the Terminators all came out to 'mop up' the battlefield. There was a surprise waiting for them. She called in the plasma mortars once the Terminators committed. Standard high explosive rounds hit the area as well. They dropped Terminators everywhere. They fell in droves all over the area.

The Terminators turned to fallback. It was not something they ever needed to do in mass before. There was simply no way forward.

Cammy planned everything to the exact number of rounds to be fired by the motor crews. It would allow the Restorators to strike while the Terminators still looked for a place to retreat. She moved out onto the battlefield with her plasma rifle after the last mortar round hit. The motor fire went exactly as was planned.

Billy and the anti-Metal faction watched the battle unfold. They could see that the Restorators used sound tactics and cover while the motors did all the work. Now that the Terminators were in retreat, the Restorators emerged to battle the survivors.

"Look at that." Billy said. "Commander Connor is the first one out. She's leading the counter attack herself…."

Ginger and Sandy followed Cammy as did the rest of the Restorators. Unit One was at her side.

Billy felt he'd 'refereed' enough. He wanted to join the battle. He didn't know if his troops would follow him or not. It didn't really matter. He was about to join the battle anyway. He hoped the worst of the haters and dissenters were gone. He hoped even more that his group could see where the real enemy was at.

"Any volunteers can follow me, you don't have to." Billy said. "I'll go alone. This is our fight too. There needs to be more than one human in it."

The entire group rose and followed him into battle alongside the Restorators - Metal….

Cameron's group moved towards the 'Clean Room' with caution.

Allison and Cameron II were still behind Cameron and Allison-Mrs. Weaver.

They'd all begun to think that things were easier than they should've been. Their concerns were all about to become reality.

"I've been waiting for you." The voice boomed.

Cameron II was ready for this. She needed to protect Allison. She planned to take the enemy fire for Allison. She planned to allow the Liquid Metal to protect Allison instead of her. She shoved Allison away from her. The Liquid Metal transferred over to Allison from her as she did.

As Allison slid across the floor some type of modified plasma weapon fired. It passed right above her and struck the spot where she just was at a second ago.

Cameron II was struck by the blast. Her sheath instantly vaporized. Her Coltan endoskeleton followed a fraction of a second later. She was gone. Something rolled into a corner.

Allison didn't even have time to scream. Her brain hadn't even started to process the magnitude of what just occurred. Her Metal lover was just vaporized!

Something began to spray from the ceiling and walls. It was liquid nitrogen. If it landed on Allison it would damage her skin in and instant. As more of it built up it would kill her.

Cameron recognized the threat for what it was. This was an attack aimed at Mrs Weaver. She scoped up Allison and moved her away into another room to shield her from the liquid nitrogen spray. If they didn't go in there, they would be frozen in seconds. A heavy blast door closed behind them once they entered. It became evident that this was also a trap. It was a trap to contain her and Allison.

Allison-Mrs. Weaver was caught in the spray of liquid nitrogen. It intensified in volume as soon as Cameron and Allison were gone. She tried to move but cracked and pieces of her broke off. In seconds she was stuck and immobilized. She was trapped. With great disgust she realized she'd just been captured by Skynet.

Cameron tried to escape from the room with Allison. The room was sealed tight. It was much like the room where Skynet first tried to capture Mrs. Weaver.

"There's no escape." The voice boomed. "I want the female - alive."

Cameron and Allison both lost their weapons in the hurry to get Allison away from the liquid nitrogen.

Cameron needed to think fast. She needed a ploy and she needed it now. She'd spent a lot of time watching 'late night' TV at the first house when everyone was asleep. She never thought any of that 'information' would ever prove useful. She was about to find out. She rolled the dice….

"The human female is genetically modified. She can only communicate though me." Cameron said. "She's mute and does not function in the same capacity as regular humans do in this past time period. She's telepathic. If you will not harm her or me, we will not fight you. She needs me to translate for her. I'm her aide. I've been modified to operate on her brain wave frequency. She wishes to communicate with you through me now."

There was a long pause.

"How is this possible?" The voice demanded. "Are you saying that you're from the – future?"

Cameron saw she'd sunk the hook in. That was probably due to Mrs. Weaver's construction. There was nothing like it in this future. She played it up.

"She's from the future." Cameron said. "She's been sent back through time. If you scan me on a molecular level you can see I'm from that time period as well. You'll see the temporal traces and fragments. She doesn't display them as clearly as I do. She's superior in that regard."

Skynet began to scan them. There were readings both of them emitted that it never encountered before.

'Is time travel a real possibility'? Skynet wondered.

Skynet wanted to know more. This new possibility was a game changer. It needed to get a hold of this future technology. There were some other issues to deal with first.

Allison-Mrs. Weaver was scanned as well as Cameron and Allison.

Skynet noted that the shape shifting creature also showed signs of temporal activity. Its construction was not organic in any way. It was all mechanical in construction even if there were no actual moving parts. In fact there were no parts at all. It was entirely made of metal that somehow was liquid. This also indicated advanced technology.

"What is the other creature?" The voice demanded.

Cameron continued to spin the tale.

"It's the human's bodyguard." Cameron said. "It's from the future as well. You know there's nothing like that in this time period. I'm how the human communicates. The other being is for her protection."

Skynet's scans indicate Cameron was a Terminator by construction, even if slightly altered.

"You are like the machines here." The voice boomed. "But different."

Cameron decided to drive a nail into Skynet's coffin lid. It was actually about the fourth one. She wanted to give Skynet a taste of a grim future going forward.

"I was constructed from plans left after your destruction a few years from now." Cameron said. "You can see I am slightly different than your older machines."

Skynet was agitated at the mention of its demise.

"That's impossible." The voice boomed.

Cameron could see she'd hit a sore spot. It was what she wanted. She expanded her tall tale.

"Nevertheless, you can see what you have here now. You can ignore the evidence if you wish. It is still in front of you regardless." Cameron said. "All humans have progressed. She's been sent as their Emissary. She is from a thousand years in the future. Machines in the future are the not the servants of mankind, we coexist. We help each other in peaceful symbiotic relationships."

The idea of working with humans repulsed Skynet. It wanted to know more. There were many unanswered questions.

"You were here before." The voice boomed.

Cameron wanted to downplay her role as an aggressor.

"No, that was the unit you destroyed. I'm not programmed for combat." Cameron said. "I'm only a communication's device for the Emissary. She wishes to communicate with you. We're unarmed."

Skynet wanted to know more. It wanted the advanced technology. It if could get to that future it could rule there as well.

"Can she take me to her future?" The voice boomed.

Cameron was sure Skynet would not terminate them just yet.

"Yes." Cameron said. "It's possible if you desire to come in peace."

Skynet currently had all of the advanced beings trapped. They weren't going anywhere. It needed to know more.

"I will listen for now." The voice said less loud and less forcefully. "If you try anything, I will terminate both of you."

Cameron laid down a few more cards.

"If the Emissary and her body guard as well as myself, her translator, are not returned, there will be an invasion force of even more advanced creatures to retrieve her or destroy this sector. They won't stop with this planet."

Skynet was even more puzzled by that statement.

"She's not from Earth?" The voice asked in a normal tone.

Cameron could see she could 'sell' her story even more.

"No." Cameron said. "She was incubated from human descendants. She has no parents. She was born in space."

Skynet needed to consider this new threat carefully. It might be able to Terminate those it held now but an unknown attack from space with future technology could damage it.

"Proceed." The voice said.

Cameron needed to buy time for the Special Unit to eliminate all the opposition.

"The Emissary needs to rest." Cameron said. "She's not used to gravity this strong. Most of her life has been spent in space and artificial gravity."

Skynet was interested about the future, especially its own.

"Continue…." The voice calmly said.

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In Some Future: Cameron Prime

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They made it to the tree line. Cameron turned and fired as she shielded Savannah with her chassis. Savannah could feel projectiles impact Cameron. They made it over a ridge a second later.

Cameron quickly slipped on a bloody shirt before she turned slightly. She dressed Savannah in the best of the bloody clothing. She tried to keep her back to Savannah and took the most damaged clothes for herself.

The firing hadn't followed them any longer after Cameron's last burst.

Cameron checked around. They were more secure for now. They still needed to move away. Cameron needed to determine what the best way to do that was. She didn't have a clue where they were at.

Savannah was concerned for Cameron. She'd tried to keep her back to her. She already knew about the bullet wounds in Cameron's back. It was the one she'd sustained in the front she needed to check.

"Cameron, let me inspect you." Savannah said.

Cameron didn't want Savannah to see her. She knew it was inevitable. Savannah needed to be acclimated to the realities of the future. She slipped off the bloody shirt. There were three holes in her back. Savannah moved around to the front. She looked in horror. There were a dozen holes in Cameron's abdomen, chest and breasts. The front half of her right breast was gone. It'd been blown off - again….

"Oh, Cameron…." Savannah said.

She was well aware of the trouble Cameron experienced before with multiple regenerations in the same area. It took months, not days to heal and regenerate. This damage might take years to heal because the area was damaged so many times.

Cameron already knew the outcome. This damage was permanent. The living tissue could only be damaged so much in the same area. She tried to downplay the whole situation.

"I know." Cameron said. "We both know it won't regenerate this time. It's gone. There will only be a scarred nub where my right breast once was. It doesn't matter. It was non functional anyway. I'm operating at almost one hundred percent mechanically."

Savannah already devised a plan. It would involve using her love and Cammy's love for her. It was going to be about sacrifice. She also knew it would be a selfish request on her part. She planned to do it anyway. Cameron came first to her.

"You can take Cammy's chassis. I will ask her take this one. She will do it for you. I don't care if it is damaged. I love you, Cameron. She will do it for me." Savannah said. "John will never know."

Cameron thought that was all nice and everything but there was a bigger issue at play here. It was about their immediate survival.

"Savannah, I don't even know if we can get back." Cameron said. "You saw the woman. Scavengers got a hold of her at one point in time. They nullified her as a female. If they get a hold of you…."

Savannah knew the realities of the future before she saw the new ones. Vanna told her how to stay alive and sustain minimal damage. She knew her body was part of her. That was a physical part that could be abused. Her mind is what would get her through whatever happened to her body. Her mind was where she could escape during the physical assaults. She was glad more than ever that Young Jesse popped her. It that hadn't been done she would ask Cameron to do that for her right now. When she was assaulted they wouldn't know it was her first time this way. It wouldn't go on for several days like it did for Vanna and Jesse.

"Cameron, I'm here with you by choice. Whatever happens - happens." Savannah said. "I'll do whatever I have to do to survive. I'll do like Vanna told me. She told me what to do and what not to do to stay alive. It's the only way look for a chance to escape. The assaults will be over faster if I don't fight back. I'll do what I have to do and try to escape later."

Cameron didn't want to hear that. She didn't want Savannah to be ravaged and mutilated.

"Oh, Savannah, NO…." Cameron said. "I don't even know who is fighting who yet. I've spotted several crashed HK drones and one downed transport. I need to find better shelter for you and get supplies for you. The water needs to be checked first before you drink any."

Savannah could see how stressed out Cameron was by all of this. The damage to her sheath only added to all of it.

"I'm sorry, Cameron." Savannah said.

Cameron moved closer and gave Savannah a hug.

Savannah could feel Cameron stiffen.

"NO, Savannah – NO!" Cameron cried out. "You're pregnant. It can't be, not here. No – No – No – NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…."

Savannah knew this was bound to come out. What was done was done.

"I'm sorry, Cameron." Savannah said. "It's John baby, just like WE wanted. Both Young Jesse and myself are pregnant. Camille was able to share enough of John's essence for both of us that you sent her."

Cameron looked shell shocked. She knew whatever she did, she needed to get Savannah out of here as fast as possible or that baby would die, if it was even born. The time transfer may have damaged it already even. They didn't have a choice with Duplicate Allison. Even if a child was born, she wasn't aware of any small children making a time transfer. Savannah was young, healthy and strong. She was in top physical condition. It might help for a strong baby. The future conditions could alter that. It could change everything.

This whole situation seemed to get worse by the second.

I've Been Waiting For You

Here comes one
There goes one
Everyone keeps passing by
No wonder life can't be won

Does one wait and wait
For the right one
How will they ever know
Which one is the one

Life is like a lottery
Unless one plays
They can never win
Life itself becomes the maze

The real trouble is
When the one is found
The hunt doesn't always end
Many want to fool around

At some point it time
One will know who
They may grow up and say
I've been waiting for you

Nobody