Chapter 432

Is This The Bloke

Cameron still didn't like the fact they'd almost been hit. They needed to find the group that was behind it. They were out there somewhere. They'd set several things into motion. To return to the two building they'd went to do recon on in the first place was one of them. There was nothing there. It seemed there never was. It was all a ploy to draw them out.

Everyone wanted to torch the two buildings from the day of the attack except her. She'd planted a few surveillance devices. Some that could be found without too much effort and some that would take a lot of effort and skill to find. She hoped that someone came to look and found the decoys but not the real ones. That was what she wanted. She wanted retribution.

So far nothing happened. She said give it time and they will come back. When they did, she was going to pay them a special visit.

Both John Henry and CamNet watched the two structures through the surveillance cameras. The surveillance cameras of the other businesses in the area were also commandeered to watch for any patterns. John Henry received regular satellite images also. That was standard for everything they watched. CamNet was able to take control of any satellite whenever Cameron or now John Henry as well, wanted it or needed it. It didn't matter what nation it was from. The feeds would be looped and the satellite would be put into orbit where it was needed.

John Henry wondered how many nuclear facilities or missile Cameron could control through CamNet. He didn't want to ask. He didn't want to make her lie. It put her one step closer to being Skynet herself. CamNet controlled the network Charles Fisher set into motion. She was able to spread that 'back door' worldwide. If Cameron used the encryption from River, no one could break that code. He still hadn't been able to break the code on the TDE. He never stopped trying. It'd been more than a few years now. If Cameron were to use that worldwide, she could disable a large percentage of weapons, there were still many others. Skynet would have a harder time to deploy those. CamNet could block many, he hoped. Either way, some would always be able to be used. Even one weapon used in each of the major cities of the world would kill millions in seconds.

Skynet was going to have a lot fewer options with CamNet around but it was not powerless, even if it was limited.

CamNet was going to have a lot more options. The very weapons she could deny Skynet the use of, she in turn could use herself. It appeared to be a double edged sword.

It seemed there was little that actually stood in Cameron's way through CamNet. Perhaps it was only love. It might not be the love to or from John either. Maybe it was the love of the 'Chosen One', the one who would never leave her side, even when it meant certain death.

John went to see Savannah earlier. He was satisfied that Savannah 'acted' on her own. They shared an emotional moment together. Now it was time to move on. He wanted his mother to know she was a grandmother.

Savannah and John left her room. They headed for Sarah's room. They traded quick glances at each other as they walked.

Savannah reached over and took John's hand.

At first John was 'afraid' to take it but she persisted. When he took her hand it felt so soft and warm to him. It felt 'right'. Savannah smiled at him. It melted his heart a little more. The seeds of love were there. They just needed to be cultivated.

Savannah just did what she felt like doing then. It was nothing Cameron or anyone told her to do. It felt 'right'. She could feel John grow in her heart.

They both felt like young lovers. They both knew this was the future. It was only a matter of time and the 'right moment' before it happened.

Sarah watched John and Savannah come into the room. Something was different. She could tell right away. Somehow they were closer now. A new bond seemed to have developed. They were playful and at ease. They almost seemed like lovers - young lovers.

Back a few years ago this is what Sarah would have liked for John instead of Future Riley. The timing was off. Cameron always told her this was the relationship of John's future.

Sarah knew that they couldn't be lovers, at least not with Cameron around. Everyone knew Cameron wasn't going anywhere. Or was she? A new inner 'fear' gripped her. Maybe this was the first step in another one of Cameron's 'risky missions'. She hoped not.

She looked at Savannah, she was different now. Savannah looked like a woman now, not a young teenager. She'd just seen Savannah a few days ago and she didn't look like that. She hadn't studied Savannah in detail but she knew what Savannah looked like. She saw her body was fuller and her breasts were noticeably larger.

'Did she get implants?' Sarah wondered.

John broke her chain of thought.

"Mom, there's something we NEED to tell you." John said.

Sarah looked harder at Savannah. Wait. Those looked like nursing breasts….

She couldn't believe it. When did this happen? Was Savannah pregnant? The increased breast size usually happened later in a pregnancy. Savannah didn't LOOK pregnant.

"No!" Sarah said. "NO!"

Savannah didn't think there was any easy way to say this, so she just said it. The back story was complicated.

"Sarah, you're a grandmother now." Savannah said. "I had a baby, John's baby."

Sarah was in shock. She must have misunderstood or misheard Savannah. Things didn't add up. She needed some clarification.

"Do you mean you're pregnant?" Sarah asked.

Savannah wanted it all out there and no secrets.

"Yes." Savannah said. "I also gave birth to a baby girl a month ago."

Sarah couldn't get her head around this. Savannah never looked pregnant. She did look like a young woman but how old was she again?

"What?" Sarah asked. "You had a baby a month ago?"

Savannah held the thumb drive Cameron provided her with. It seemed in this case some visual reinforcement was necessary.

"Yes I did. Her name is Hope. I have her pictures." Savannah said.

Sarah didn't see how this could be true. What was the date? Was it April first? No it wasn't. This wasn't an April Fools Day prank even if she wanted it to be. Savannah was just a girl not that long ago. Time marched on.

"I saw you a few weeks ago. You weren't pregnant, at least not pregnant enough to have a baby. How far along are you? You're not even showing." Sarah said. "John, what have you done? This is OUR Savannah."

Savannah didn't want the 'blame' put on John. He didn't know. It would probably be cast onto Cameron next. She didn't want that either. She didn't regret her decisions. They were done. Life moved forward not backward.

"It was my choice, Sarah." Savannah said. "I acted on my own."

Sarah still wasn't sure she was the recipient of some elaborate prank. She really hoped she was. It didn't seem like it.

"This isn't a joke right?" Sarah asked.

Savannah rotated in a circle.

"Does my body look like it's joking?" Savannah asked. "It's almost back to 'normal' but you can still see."

Savannah lifted her shirt. There was still some flab to her normally smooth and tight belly.

Sarah could see this was real. She gave Savannah a big hug and John a dirty look.

John was about to protest.

Savannah didn't want John to take the 'rap' for this. She spoke before he could. She looked at him and touched his arm.

"I have this." Savannah said. "I think we should all sit down. I need to plug this in anyway.

Savannah held up the thumb drive. The proof was on it. She told her story to Sarah and John listened again. It was all so hard to believe for both of them. She showed them the files Cameron provided for her. She told John it was OK to 'see' her. He was going to anyway.

They watched Hope as she was born and every image of her until Cameron left. Some of the images were of Cameron staring at Hope as she slept at night. It seemed Cameron was there every night and just stared at Hope as she slept. It was clear that Cameron loved the baby as much as Savannah did.

As much as Sarah didn't want this to be true, it was. To actually see the small infant was very gratifying and joyful. She was a grandmother! She wanted to hold her grand-daughter.

"Is there any way I can see the baby. Can I see Hope, my grand-daughter?" Sarah asked.

Savannah was flooded with emotion with Sarah's question. She felt very uneasy and distressed right now. She'd hoped this wasn't going to happen but it was.

"Not unless you go into that future." Savannah said. "Or they return to this timeline."

Sarah could see the question hurt Savannah. She understood what Savannah needed to do to return to this timeline. She'd needed to leave something very important behind.

"I'm sorry, Savannah." Sarah said. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

Savannah was even touched deeper by Sarah's statement. She cracked and the emotions all flowed out. She wasn't as strong as she thought. She was human. She started to cry.

The tears affected both John and Sarah. They teared up as well. Savannah was clearly in deep pain.

Sarah and John tried calm her. It didn't work. It made it worse. They all felt it.

Cameron and Cammy arrived.

Cammy glared at everyone and gently picked Savannah up in her arms and carried her away. Savannah clung tightly to her. She cried harder as she comforted her.

John and Sarah were as elated with the news as they were appalled by Savannah's grief.

Sarah looked at Cameron.

"I would deactivate you myself for this but Savannah swears you didn't do it." Sarah said. "I asked her three different times. She said you didn't know what she'd done."

Cameron regretted the whole incident of going into the future the way it happened. She never intended for Savannah to go with her. If she'd known Savannah was pregnant she probably wouldn't have went at all at that point. She would have know the baby was for her.

"I didn't know she was pregnant until we were in the other future. Savannah entered the energy bubble on her own accord as well. Both were done without my approval. I wouldn't have allowed either one to have happened." Cameron said. "I took care of her and I brought her back alive and safe. I was afraid the time transfer would hurt the baby. Duplicate Vanna is sterile. She can't carry a child to term. We tried several times 'in some future'. Savannah gave Hope to 'herself'."

Cameron was pretty sure that Savannah gave hope to that whole future. The work by Mrs. Weaver and the girls would change the direction that future was headed. It would be a better place because of them.

John and Cameron didn't think going over 'everything' Cameron said she'd done was the right thing to do now.

Cameron was sure most of it wouldn't come to fruition. Much of it was in other futures and away from view. It was away from ridicule and criticism. Away from those who didn't understand. She was sure the finger would always end up pointed back at her.

John thought about what Savannah said twice. Sarah asked her if she was pregnant. She'd told him she'd done it again too. It all clicked right now.

WAIT!

'Did Savannah say she was pregnant now?' John wondered.

Sarah left. John and Cameron were alone. He wanted to get some straight answers.

"Is Savannah pregnant again?" John asked.

Cameron's face showed a slight frown with that question.

"Yes." Cameron said. "She did it again on her own. I told her to wait at least six months. She didn't listen. This will be hard on her body but she is young and in near perfect health and fitness."

Cameron understood that the human body was intended to reproduce at an early age. It was only a few hundred years ago when most humans died in their thirties. Everything needed to start earlier then. It was only through misguided social pressure that things changed in more recent times. The future would change all of that back to how nature intended it to be. The life span was again short. Girls needed to try and reproduce as soon as they could. Their life was half over at that point. That was only if Skynet didn't cut it a little shorter.

John was aware that Cammy was 'Cameron'. Maybe the blame should be placed on a different 'Cameron'.

"Is Cammy the one I should be angry at?" John asked. "Young teens her age shouldn't be on their second baby. That's just wrong on several levels."

Cameron didn't see why some people were hung up on age. It was just a number. People developed at all different mental levels regardless of 'age'. Some adults were little more than large children. A few of the people with misguided 'rules' didn't change human nature or instinct. Human nature would prevail in the end.

"It's something that happens everyday in the Third World or inner city. They are basically same thing. It all needed to happen like that in the future too." Cameron said. "The choice was Savannah's. You know this would only happen if it was her choice. Do you really want to be angry at her? I can't be. I love her too much."

John wanted to be angry at someone but it wasn't Savannah.

"No. I don't want to be angry at Savannah." John said. "She's the mother of my child. I can't believe it, I'm a father."

Cameron figured he'd better believe it. It was real. It happened, so did a lot of other things around there.

"A lot is hard to believe around here." Cameron said.

John didn't even want to think about most of them. It was true.

"You can say that again." John said.

"A lot is hard to believe around here." Cameron said.

John looked at Cameron and laughed.

Her head tilted slightly.

"Everything you do makes me love you more." John said.

Cameron smiled back at him. She wasn't really sure what was so funny….

Cammy carried Savannah back to her room. She was angry at everyone for dragging Savannah through this again. Didn't they all know how hard this was on her? It took a lot for Savannah to face John and Sarah.

She knew she should have gone back with Cameron to the other future for Savannah. She should have returned in Cameron's place when Cameron came back for a few hours.

Cammy knew the time interval when the baby was born. She knew all the time transfer details. She thought about going forward in time to that future to bring Savannah back to this time period now two days before the baby was born. Savannah would go into labor as soon as the time transfer was done and have the baby here. Cameron would probably try and take the baby for herself. She wouldn't allow that to happen. The baby would be for Savannah and her.

Wait.

That would create a new timeline and a second Savannah in this timeline. That alone was an enticing prospect if there could be two of Savannah. That would not go over very big with anyone.

She decided to comfort Savannah for now instead.

John returned to his room with Cameron.

A knock came at the door.

"Come in." Cameron said.

Jesse walked in, there was someone behind her.

John noted how Hot Jesse looked. Sure enough she moved just right and a breast with a nipple ring popped out. She always knew how to do it when she wanted to. It seemed she 'wanted to' a lot when she was around John. She made no effort to return it to the interior of her top.

John's eyes were still transfixed on that when Jesse spoke.

"Is this the bloke who knocked me up?"

John's head popped up.

He saw who was behind Jesse when she'd entered now. Standing there next to Jesse was a younger version of Jesse. Somehow she looked even Hotter.

Cameron noted the response that Jesse and then Young Jesse seemed to have on John. She smiled at her 'handiwork'. This was a good development. It was everything she wanted for John for the future and to protect him. He would need smoking HOT females to keep him 'human'. Not machines that could go bad and turn on him or get him assassinated. Machines that weren't 'good enough'…. John needed people he couldn't reprogram or send away. He needed people to stand up to him and challenge him. He needed people who made him rethink some of his decisions in the future.

John looked in back of Young Jesse and standing in the doorway was 'Cameron'. No, Cameron was with him already. It must be Cammy or Cam. They all looked identical to Cameron. Only Ally was different and looked more like Allison.

"I'm Camille." She said. "I'm Jesse's 'partner'."

John still hadn't spoken…. He couldn't.

It was all a shock for John.

It was all a Future Shock.

Is This The Bloke

Who is anyone
Who is even who
Does anyone know what they do
What if they are after you

Everyone we meet
Is nothing but a stranger
They are full of unknowns
They may even create danger

Life is open ended
It is a never ending mystery
Take a wrong turn
One ends up as history

One must think
Before they take
What was once free
Soon becomes a mistake

Everything is serious
Nothing is a joke
Don't be left wondering
Is this the bloke

Nobody