Chapter 521

Promise ME

Earlier:

Jesse could get to her M9 or Taser in a second. Right now she chose to carry her knife in her hand. This was personal to her. She followed a few hundred feet behind the young Asian female. She was going to make sure that 'girl' didn't become a 'woman' in the weeds along the side of the trail.

She caught a flash of some movement off to her left side. She moved into the brush on the other side of the trail.

A man moved out onto the trail. He looked back and around and started off after the young Asian girl. He rapidly closed up on her.

Silent footsteps closed up on him.

The young Asian girl knew she shouldn't have taken the short cut through the park but she wanted to get home. Her friends lived in the other direction and they'd parted after the movie.

There was a 'grunt' and then the sound of leaves rustling behind her. There was a dull 'thud' a second later. She turned back and looked. There was nothing there. She started to run. She wanted to get home.

There was a large woman in front of her when she came around the corner. She noted that she had giant breasts. They smiled and nodded as they passed each other.

Gail previously followed the blonde girl out of the other side of the park and ran back to where Jesse should be. She only spotted the young Asian girl. She looked unharmed. She didn't see Jesse. She started back down the trail.

She picked up a figure on a thermal scan.

Jesse stepped out of the bushes.

"Hello." Jesse said as she brushed her clothes off.

Gail scanned the area behind Jesse. There was another thermal image. It was prone on the ground. It didn't move.

"Both girls are out." Gail said.

Jesse looked in back of her.

"Everything is finished here." Jesse said.

Gail nodded.

"Were there any problems?" Gail asked.

Jesse smiled.

"None, everything worked out fine." Jesse said.

They headed back to the SUV. That was the end of the discussion. It was just another chapter in many. There would be many more as well.

Events took a turn for the worse in the Command Center.

It was the 'glitch' Cameron feared. She felt it begin happen. She was about to lose control. She was about to become 'Skynet'. She always KNEW she was or would be. Now it was about to happen. Her anger and rage would destroy the world. She knew she was unable to stop the events as they pied up inside her. Nobody could stop her now.

Savannah saw what was happening. It was time to act. The consequences didn't matter. She would trust her love over her own safety. To stop 'Skynet', no sacrifice was too great. That was something she'd learned form Cameron.

"Jim, STOP." Savannah said. "Everyone stand down. I have this."

Savannah quickly headed for Cameron. Savannah handed her M4 to Bob. She slipped her vest off as she approached Cameron, it dropped to the floor next to her. Savannah knew she needed to unplug Cameron. Nothing else mattered. It needed to be done now without further damage to Cameron. It needed to be done before Cameron became - Skynet.

"John - go away." Savannah said forcefully.

Cameron saw Savannah coming for her. It was what she WANTED. She saw Savannah send John away, reject John and come to her instead. Savannah replaced John with HER. It was all the things John did to her, now Savannah did them to him…. Savannah redeemed her and validated her. She KNEW she mattered to Savannah.

Savannah closed up on Cameron. Just a little further….

John heard what Bob said and what Savannah repeated. He didn't want to leave the Command Center yet. He wanted to know more.

"Keep checking everything." John whispered to Bob and Jim. "Make sure there's no attack."

John looked at Cameron and what Savannah attempted to do to confront it and fix it. He thought maybe being in there wasn't such a good idea now.

Kyle could see that Savannah was confidant in her actions. He didn't want John to negate those actions.

"Savannah has it under control, John." Kyle said.

They all watched Savannah as Jim and Bob searched for threats.

Savannah brushed opened the front of her shirt - John's shirt.

The shirt opened up, most of the front of Savannah was visible to Cameron.

Savannah saw Cameron look at her breasts and focus on her nipples. The super pink color made everyone look. Cameron was no exception.

She didn't want Cameron to feel threatened in any way. She decided to tell Cameron everything she was about to do.

"I'm going to unplug you, Cameron." Savannah said.

Cameron still looked combat ready. The intense red began to fade from her eyes. Savannah near her calmed her. There was something deeper inside her that called to her. It was her love for Savannah.

Savannah used her training and instinct. Cameron taught her to offer the target what they wanted. It allowed you to get closer and then move in for the 'kill'.

She slid the shirt off. It fluttered and drifted to the floor. She was topless now. She only wore her underwear as she moved closer to Cameron. She wanted Cameron to concentrate on her and nothing else.

Everyone looked away from what was happening. They all wanted to watch but knew of the sacrifice Savannah was going through right now to help Cameron. They gave Savannah her dignity.

Savannah moved up to Cameron and embraced her. She didn't make any rash moves. Not yet anyway. She didn't think she needed to. She looked Cameron in her eyes.

"Cameron, I'm going to unplug you." Savannah said.

Cameron tensed up. She was filled with a rush of 'joy'. It quelled the anger inside of her. She wanted something in return.

"Kiss me." Cameron said. "I want that FIRST."

Savannah wanted to remain in control. She would give Cameron what she asked for. She wanted something else first.

"I will after I unplug you." Savannah said. "I don't want any wires in the way."

Cameron was confused but she knew Savannah could be trusted. She could trust her life to Savannah. Savannah would never fail her. Savannah always kept all of her promises. She wanted to make sure.

"Promise ME." Cameron said.

Cameron's eyes glowed blue now.

"I promise, Cammy." Savannah said.

Savannah thought back to when she was still a young girl. She promised Cameron everything she'd asked for. She used to call Cameron – Cammy back then. The words just slipped out of her mouth like they did when she was younger.

Cameron hesitated. She wasn't 'Cammy' any more. There was a new Cammy and she was Savannah's Metal lover. Cammy was a cheap imitation of her for Savannah's 'pleasure and comfort'.

Savannah recognized her mistake as soon as she'd made it. She corrected herself and offered and explanation.

"I promise - Cameron." Savannah said. "I'm sorry. You know I always liked to call you that. Those were our special times together."

They both knew Savannah always referred to Cameron as 'Cammy' before there was a Cammy.

It actually pleased Cameron to be 'Cammy' for Savannah. It was their own special way to connect and feel close. She felt that closeness again. It was beautiful.

"I liked it too." Cameron said. "I understand. It always connected us deeper to each other."

Savannah still looked into Cameron's eyes. Her promise was good no matter what Cameron was called.

"I promise YOU." Savannah said.

John was outside the Command Center door. He stayed out of where Cameron could see him directly. He heard what was happening but he didn't look, none of them did. He knew he'd 'lost' Cameron at this point. He knew he should've listened to Cameron YEARS ago about what SHE wanted. He should've listened to what Cameron told him hundreds of times. He knew he'd disrupted the 'Natural Order'. Now it was he who would be left behind.

Savannah reached up to Cameron's neck to unplug her at the same time she went to kiss her.

"First the cable will be disconnected and then the kiss will follow." Savannah whispered. "I promise, Cameron."

Their lips were about to touch as the cable came out of Cameron's neck.

Things happened a little unexpectedly at that point.

Cameron collapsed as soon as the cable was unplugged.

Both Cameron and John Henry were now shut down in the Command Center.

Savannah immediately followed Cameron down to the floor and broke her fall. She didn't want Cameron further damaged.

"Cameron." Savannah said and then shouted. "Cameron!"

John glanced around the corner at Savannah and Cameron. It looked like Cameron was unplugged. He reentered the Command Center and then returned his attention to what was happening. They still needed to know more.

"Is there anything?" John asked as he looked for himself. "Is their any sign of an attack?"

Bob and Jim were both plugged into the server. They were in direct contact with CamNet.

"I have nothing." Bob said.

Jim double checked everything himself as well.

"I see no changes either." Jim said.

Kyle and Derek both checked too.

Savannah guided Cameron to the floor as best as she could.

"Are we clear? Is there an attack?" Savannah asked over her shoulder as she straightened Cameron out on the floor.

Bob could detect nothing.

"There's none as of yet. CamNet reports nothing as well." Bob said. "CamNet has inquired about Cameron…."

John looked over at John Henry, Savannah and Cameron. He could see the loving way that Savannah tended Cameron. There was nothing to report but the facts.

"Tell CamNet both Cameron and John Henry are currently incapacitated." John said.

Kyle was a little worried about hitting the 'Panic Button' earlier. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Now maybe he'd caused more problems.

"Maybe I over reacted." Kyle said.

Derek looked at Cameron and John Henry. Both of them were now inoperable.

"Does it look like it?" Derek asked.

Kyle looked at them and frowned. It looked catastrophic almost.

John looked too.

"Something happened here." John said. "Stand down the immanent attack alert but have everyone stay on their toes. We don't know what's happening yet or if there will be an attack. There just isn't one right now."

John picked up his shirt and tried to hand it to Savannah.

Savannah glanced back.

"That's your shirt." Savannah said. "Wear it."

Savannah turned away from John and went back to tending Cameron.

John tried to look at Cameron too. Savannah seemed cold to him right now.

Kyle came over and touched John's shoulder. He could see the stiffness in the air. There was no need for John to push anything right now.

"John, maybe you better tend to the operation here and take control." Kyle said as he looked at Savannah and Cameron. "This looks like something you best deal with later on…."

Kyle looked at Savannah clad only in her underwear talking softly to Cameron. He remembered when Vanna looked just like that. There wasn't a whole lot of privacy in the tunnels. He saw Savannah was even more beautiful. Her body was pristine compared to any female in the future. There wasn't a sore or blemish on her.

He wasn't sure what 'happened' between John and Savannah but he knew whatever it was – was. There was no turning back the clock on all this. They all knew what Cameron wanted or thought she wanted. It looked like it may have just happened….

Kyle didn't have a clue that Cameron had been outside Savannah's room earlier or how she must have felt about it. He might have been more worried if he possessed that information.

John touched Savannah's shoulder as he stood behind her. He felt he needed to make amends of some type. They'd been so close to sharing the love they felt for each other. Now there was this mess. Just like that in an instant, everything changed.

Savannah reached up and took his hand and gave it a gently squeeze. None of this was John's fault. She didn't want him to feel that way. Right now Cameron was a high priority for her.

She didn't look back at him but stayed tending Cameron. John understood his place and his order in Savannah's heart.

John took over the Command Center. It was time to do his job. John Henry and Cameron were currently out of the picture. There were others to assist him. They'd trained for all scenarios, even though this wasn't one of them specifically.

Cammy, Cam and Vanna soon arrived after the alert was lifted.

Cammy saw Savannah clad only in her underwear and immediately took off her own shirt and handed it to Savannah to wear. She didn't know why Savannah was dressed or undressed as it looked in this manner.

Savannah gladly took Cammy's top.

"Thanks, Cammy." Savannah said.

Cammy still wore her bra. She started to remover her pants. She wanted Savannah properly clothed. She didn't care if she was in her underwear. It was more material than most of the bikinis that she wore at the pool with Savannah. She liked to wear the skimpiest one possible. That kept the eyes of others off of Savannah and on her. If someone still looked at Savannah she managed a 'nip slip' or her top would 'fall off'. That always brought the wandering eyes back to her. It was something she'd learned from Cameron.

Savannah didn't want Cammy to look too indecent.

"The shirt's good enough, Cammy." Savannah said. "It's all I need."

Kyle went over everything with everyone there again from start to present. He was worried about his 'call'.

John glanced over at Cameron and John Henry again.

"This was the right decision, Kyle." John said. "Something happened here that wasn't normal."

Cammy and Cam talked quietly. It was time for action.

"We'll take Cameron and John Henry away." Cam said.

Cam picked up Cameron and Bob unplugged and picked up John Henry. They headed off to the lab as Savannah and Vanna led the way.

Cammy hung back and pulled John off to the side. She saw the way John's eyes looked over her bra and what it contained. She knew what he wanted. She was there to offer it to him, more or less.

"John, I have access to Cameron's spare chip." Cammy said. "I will have Cam install it in me and become 'Cameron Prime' from a week ago if you desire. None of this will have happened for her - me, then. You know Cameron's program is her. This chassis and sheath are identical to hers. You won't notice any difference as you 'use' it."

John wasn't really sure he liked the way that statement was framed. He did want to 'use' it. He thought it might come to that. He would rather have Cameron back. That was his current worry.

"What about, Cameron?" John asked.

Cammy didn't see any need to mince words. She went straight to the point.

"Cameron may need to be deactivated." Cammy said.

It seemed like there could be a better solution on several levels to John. Cammy shouldn't need to sacrifice herself either.

"Can't you put the spare chip in her then?" John asked.

Cammy didn't want to 'split' Cameron up. There was a chance she could be reactivated at a later date.

"No, Cameron Prime must remain intact." Cammy said. "We will try to repair her along with John Henry."

John hoped so but he wasn't so sure.

"And if you can't fix her?" John asked.

Cammy thought about taking her bra off to make a point. She knew it would get John's attention.

"I'm here." Cammy said. "I'll be 'Cameron'. I'll only be one week out of date. John, I am - Cameron. Everything will feel the same. You won't know the difference."

John didn't want to go there right now, even if he did. There were others to consider as well.

"What about Savannah?" John asked.

Cammy felt a little indignant.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." Cammy said.

Cammy turned and walked away.

Kyle watched the exchange. He wasn't sure what Cammy was going to do. It seemed like a workable solution for John.

"John, it will all work out in the end." Kyle said. "It always does."

John watched Cammy walk away. He saw the sway to her figure. He knew she WAS 'Cameron' already. She was a clone of Cameron. With Cameron's spare chip she would be Cameron. Cameron always said her program was her. He was tired of fighting all of this. With the threat that almost was today, he knew his personal comforts were irrelevant. The future of the world depended on him.

He KNEW Future John wouldn't let his personal life get in the way of saving mankind and running the Resistance. Maybe it was time he took a lesson from Future John and started pushing people away from him too….

People and cyborgs who'd become 'people' were all too painful to deal with. He understood why it was better to be alone. If no one was around you, there wasn't as much pain.

Maybe it was time history repeat itself….

John knew Cameron wasn't supposed to be his 'wife'.

He was supposed to be a leader, not a lover….

It was clear many times over that he'd corrupted Cameron's mission by asking her to marry him. He knew she loved him, like he did her. Maybe she only married him because she thought she needed to because he asked. She may have taken it as an 'order'. He'd been over this thought a thousand times in his head.

John still wondered about the Duplicates that were created. Maybe that was all Cameron's doing. So she could be with Future John and River and have it really be HER.

Then he remembered it was John Henry and him fooling with the TDE that created that aberration. There was no way Cameron could have orchestrated that or could she have?

Kyle thought John displayed 'the thousand yard stare'. That was never a good thing. They still needed to find out what happened and if there was a threat.

"John." Kyle said. "You need to focus."

John still had the image of Cammy with her bra on in his mind. He'd like to 'break in' that chassis as well. Now he needed to focus.

"I know, Kyle, I'm sorry." John said. "I know."

Promise Me

People do many things
They will say even more
Do they do what they swore
Or do they end up as a word whore

Actions speak louder than words
Maybe that is the real proof
It may determine what is a spoof
Or what develops into a goof

Spoken words are often just noise
Indicating that talk is cheap
It determines what one throws away
Or what they may decide to keep

Everything in reality
All boils down to trust
Trust becomes a must
Or one is only left with dust

Always keep in mind that many things
Are not always what one will see
It comes down to what one will believe
Is the other true when they promise me

Nobody