Chapter 538

You Have Been Shot

Most of the Terminators went with the captured materials to a secure location to be inspected. They were to make sure nothing was tagged or traceable. Savannah directed any Terminators with damage to report for evaluation and repairs before returning to duty. She also directed that their damaged drone be repaired as soon as possible.

Their damaged Terminators from the battle begin to arrive at the lab in the Resistance base. Most were only for minor repairs.

John left the Command Center earlier to look over the repairs that were needed. He wanted to check on Cameron and Savannah. He didn't see them.

"Where's Cameron?" John asked as he looked around. "Or where's Savannah at for that matter?"

The lab was mostly empty now. Everyone was attended to.

John Henry knew that Cammy didn't leave Savannah alone. She stayed to follow Savannah with Bob and Cameron's deactivated chassis. He advised against it but Cammy stopped communicating with him. Bob was with her so he hoped he would keep her out of trouble. He wanted to put John at ease.

"Cammy and Bob followed Savannah and Steve, just in case. Savannah wanted to follow up on the whole operation at both locations." John Henry reported. "Cammy has Cameron with her."

Cam spoke with Cammy privately. They knew that Cameron didn't like to be seen in any damaged condition.

Cam looked at John.

"Cameron won't want to be put on display in her condition." Cam said. "After you see her, you will leave."

John was a little taken aback by that. He did know of the earlier problem the last time Cameron was damaged. He didn't want it to come back on him. There was also someone else he cared deeply about. The reports of her being covered in blood didn't sit well with him.

"What about Savannah?" John asked. "I need to know what her condition is."

Vanna didn't like where this was all headed.

She put herself in Savannah's shoes and told it to John like it was.

"I'm sure Savannah will want you to see her damaged even less than Cameron would." Vanna said. "If you want to see her naked body, I'll show you mine. It is the same body after all. Leave it alone."

Vanna thought about what she'd 'uncovered' earlier. It was what she suspected about John and Savannah. She didn't know she was wrong.

'You've already seen and shared her naked body.' Vanna almost said.

Vanna kept her mouth shut. She didn't want to mess up her 'three way' with John and Savannah…. She still waited to hear from Allison about that. Allison was supposed to set it up. Now she wondered what condition Savannah was going to be in. She'd heard the same reports that Savannah wasn't badly hurt but covered with blood. She wanted a first hand evaluation. She was sure Savannah would downplay her injuries. Maybe she could get to be with John in Savannah's place. Everything would be the same for John. Besides she hadn't had two children and she hoped that she was 'tighter' than Savannah was. She hoped that John would like that more. Then again, that young teenage body was hard to beat.

Earlier:

Allison went over to the Terminators that were looking for her. She apologized and they headed back.

They were glad that they didn't need to physically restrain her and carry her back against her will. That would have played out badly in public.

Allison was taken back to the Young residence.

Anna waited there for them as they arrived. She ran Cameron's program with the 'Neural Interface' from Savannah. She said nothing to Allison about it. What was there to say? Allison knew she'd done something foolish. It was Holly that would have to answer to Cameron about the whole episode.

She watched Allison eat a late night snack with her mother, Young Allison and Summer. Summer was sleepy and needed to go to bed. She didn't want to go.

Anna was the one in control now at the Young residence. Cameron wanted better control of Young Allison and Summer. Anna was her newest surrogate. Holly and Hanna were to keep Allison and Claire occupied and 'satisfied' as much as possible.

"Hanna, get Summer ready for bed." Anna said and then added as an afterthought. "Please."

Hanna looked at Claire.

Claire shrugged her shoulders.

Hanna picked up a fussy and protesting Summer and left.

"Allison, we'll do the dishes." Anna said to Young Allison.

Young Allison looked at Allison and her mother. She knew they needed to talk.

Young Allison got up and started to clear the dishes away.

"Sure, Anna, you know what's best." Young Allison said.

Anna watched Young Allison go into the kitchen. She then looked at Claire and Allison.

"You two talk alone first." Anna said. "I'll speak with you later, Allison."

Neither Claire nor Allison responded. Anna looked at them again and went into the kitchen. She planned to make productive use of the time.

Anna took the opportunity to quiz Young Allison on her studies as they worked in the kitchen. She said she would teach Young Allison some new dance routines later. That seemed to please Young Allison.

Allison and Claire sat for a while.

Claire was eventually clued in by Hanna what happened with Holly and Allison earlier. Nothing was mentioned so far since Allison's return.

"You know, I've gone through many of the feelings you're having." Claire said. "They just aren't all of your same 'experiences'."

Claire thought of what Allison must have been through. She knew she went to a few parties that she shouldn't have growing up. There were always those who took more than was offered. Some took advantage of her inebriated condition. There were at least a half a dozen times that she knew of. It was probably tipple that. She wasn't even conscious when she lost her virginity. She woke up as the first guy finished up and then the second one started in. All she remembered was how painful it was. That was when she first sought out the comfort of other females after that. That was another story.

Allison was very frustrated with her life. It stemmed from the fact she couldn't have a baby. Every attempt ended in failure. She always turned around and tried again. Jesse and Vanna both stopped trying. It was too painful to fail over and over for them. It made them feel even more worthless.

"I don't know who I am anymore. I don't know what I want and I don't know what to do." Allison said. "I want to run back to my future and hide."

Claire started to share her experiences and feelings with Allison, soon both of them really opened up….

They both soon knew everything about each other - everything.

Allison never knew her mothers first experience was much like her own. The difference was that she was very young and she was very aware of what happened as it happened. She thought her mother was lucky to have missed the pain of being 'popped' against her will. She still remembered how painful it was as she resisted and was taken anyway.

Ally and Sheila arrived at the Resistance base. They brought two deactivated female Terminators with them. They placed them off to the side and waited.

The lab door opened and Cammy entered. She carried the damaged female Terminator that Savannah disabled and deactivated. She tossed her in a corner with a thud.

Bob carried Cameron in and laid her down on the work bench.

There was a collective gasp as everyone saw her damage.

John moved over to Cameron and touched her cheek. She looked like she was – dead. It looked as if a wild animal attacked her midsection.

Everyone moved away to leave John and Cameron alone. Bob was patched up in a corner and left. He took one last look but didn't comment.

The door opened and Savannah entered.

There was another collective gasp as everyone saw her.

There was dried blood on her face, in her hair and on her clothes. Her clothes showed burn marks, rips and tears. It appeared she'd been injured pretty severely but didn't exhibit any symptoms of that.

John looked at her with sadness in his eyes and love in his heart.

Savannah saw how everyone looked at her. She didn't want a big deal made about her. Cameron was the one that needed their attention.

"I'm fine." Savannah said. "It was a rough day at the office."

No one laughed. They knew Savannah tried to lighten the mood. The fact she looked hurt weighed too heavy on their minds to not think about it.

Vanna, Jesse and Sarah all moved over to Savannah to check her out and make sure she was uninjured. Cammy came over and checked herself.

Savannah didn't want them to fuss over her. She didn't want John to see her like this.

"Sarah, please take John away and keep him away for awhile." Savannah said. "Cameron is repairable and I need to get cleaned up."

Sarah was satisfied that Savannah wasn't severely injured. She turned to John and frowned.

"John, let's go." Sarah said instantly.

John wanted to know more. He saw how Savannah controlled him with someone he couldn't argue with and win.

"Mom…." John said.

Sarah smiled to herself. Savannah was good.

"Don't argue with your mother." Sarah said as she led him away.

Savannah inspected Cameron now. Everyone moved away again to leave them alone for a few minutes.

Vanna brought a fresh set of clothes for Savannah.

Savannah went to remove her clothing. She winced in pain. That brought Jesse and Vanna over to her instantly.

"I'm a little sore." Savannah said. "I didn't really feel it until I went to take my vest off."

Vanna looked over and saw that Cammy and Cam were busy with Cameron. Sheila and Ally helped them.

She decided to move Savannah away and started to help her remove her clothes. Jesse helped her carefully start to remove them. It was clear Savannah was in a great deal of pain now no matter what she said.

Savannah winced as they took her vest off all the way off.

Jesse could see several bullet holes in the outer vest material.

"You've been shot." Jesse said. "This vest saved your life."

Vanna and Savannah looked at the holes. They could feel the bullets that were stopped.

Savannah touched the area.

"It's really sore underneath. I may have cracked ribs." Savannah said. "I don't think anything is broken. There may be."

Savannah went to undress and winced again. It was clear she was in pain.

Jesse didn't like to see her struggle. She wanted to help but didn't want to seem too forward. This was about helping Savannah in her time of need. It wasn't about anything else.

"Do you mind if we help you undress?" Jesse asked.

Savanna moved some more and everything really began to hurt now.

"No. I'd appreciate it very much. I'm really starting to feel a lot of pain and stiffness now." Savannah said. "I may be hurt worse than I thought."

Cammy was there instantly when Savannah said that. She been across the room and left Cameron to come and inspect Savannah further herself. She should have detected these injuries earlier. Savannah assured her she was undamaged. That wasn't the case.

Savannah didn't want anyone to make a fuss over her. She wanted Cameron tended to first.

"I can hack it, Cammy." Savannah said. "You and the Metal girls start on Cameron."

Cammy reluctantly left only because Savannah insisted. Jesse and Vanna reassure her they would assist Savannah.

Cam and Cammy stripped Cameron. Ally, Sheila and Gail helped as needed. They each laid out one of the three deactivated female Terminators in silence. They stripped them as well.

Sheila worked with the Terminator that Savannah deactivated in the recent battle. She examined her in detail in a specific area.

"I'm going to use the laser on you, love, when we get you fixed up." Sheila said. "Your left nork is a real mess."

Sheila saw Gail and Ally watch her. She knew she'd taken it a little too far in front of them. She usually 'inspected' all the new female Terminators in private.

"What?" Sheila asked. "I'm checking her for damage."

She'd really been fondling the 'new girl'.

Ally was sweet on Sheila. She called it like she saw it.

"That's called a 'sexual abuse'." Ally said.

Sheila didn't want any problems with Ally. They spent all their free time together. They didn't have human lovers like the other Metal girls did. They were very jealous at times.

"Don't worry." Sheila said. "I'll do the same for you later on."

Ally liked to hear that. Sheila and her didn't need to sleep. They could spend hours with each other until the next assignment arose. They both tried to slip other Metal girls in or any of the human girls if they could.

"Don't forget." Ally said. "I'll be waiting."

Vanna and Jesse helped Savannah strip down to her underwear. Vanna needed to remove her bra for her. There were three massive purple welts on her flesh where the bullets hit her vest. They cleaned her up in the shower.

Jesse and Vanna both stripped down to their underwear to assist Vanna in the shower. They washed her hair for her and dressed her.

Savannah was grateful for their assistance. She was rewarded with a nice view of them as they stripped off their soaked undergarments.

Jesse and Vanna stripped off their wet underwear and went 'commando' as they redressed. Everyone looked at Jesse nipple rings without trying to look. It was something they all liked to see.

Cammy came over and checked Savannah before she dressed. She was pleased to find that nothing was broken. She didn't like the 'damage' done to Savannah's pristine skin. She blamed it on Cameron but didn't say it out loud.

Vanna tried to give Savannah some pain medication but Savannah refused anything until they were done working on Cameron.

Cammy removed the entire sheath area that was ripped apart from Cameron.

Cam started to strip. Both Cammy and her gave Cameron sections of their sheaths previously. Some of the replacement sections they used from other sheaths hadn't fully Resequenced yet.

Ally was aware of their prior sacrifice. She decided to step up.

"No, It's my turn." Ally said. "My replacement section can come off the new 'Metal Bitch'."

Sheila liked that idea. She wanted to be the one to remove the sections from Ally. It stimulated her just to think about 'carving her up'.

Savannah didn't want to disfigure Ally. That was the job of Cam and Cammy. They were clones of Cameron.

"You don't need to do that, Ally." Savannah said.

Ally felt it was her duty.

"I want to." Ally said. "Cameron can be one hundred percent in a day this way."

Savannah touched Ally cheek with her hand.

"Thank you, Ally." Savannah said.

Cammy checked inside of Cameron's chassis.

"We need some replacement internal parts from a 'Metal Bitch'." Cammy said.

Gail and Cam removed the internal parts from the 'new Metal Bitch'. She was the one that caused the damage.

Sheila cut away Ally's sheath section.

Ally looked at Sheila and frowned.

"This is going to get you 'off' isn't it?" Ally asked.

Sheila smiled.

"Maybe it will. Maybe it already did." Sheila said.

Ally didn't like that answer.

"You need professional help." Ally said.

Sheila didn't like the dig.

"Back off or something else might come off next." Sheila said.

Ally shifted uncomfortably.

"Like Hell it will." Ally said.

Jesse watched in silence. There was nothing sexual about any of this to her that was happening. She was there for Savannah and Vanna. They needed all the help they could get to hold it together. She'd experienced a lot of blows over the years. She nearly been beaten to death more than once. The marks from the ones on Savannah were worse than most she'd received. She knew how bad they would hurt by tomorrow. She would make sure she was there to help Savannah. She knew Savannah really was someone special.

Cammy and Cam were sure everything was good inside Cameron now.

"I'm ready to reconnect her power supply." Cammy said.

Gail and Sheila all came over to assist Cam and Cammy. That was in case Cameron rebooted and went on a rampage – again.

They all saw Cameron's eyes start to glow red as she began reboot.

"That doesn't look good." Savannah said.

Cammy wasn't about to take any chances with Savannah.

"Vanna, take Savannah away from here, NOW." Cammy said forcefully.

Vanna and Jesse moved Savannah next to Ally.

"I may not look so hot right now but I'm still one hundred percent functional." Ally said.

All four Terminators around Cameron waited.

Cameron started to thrash around as she rebooted.

The four Metal girls all held her in place.

"Savannah!" Cameron said with panic on her face.

Cameron rebooted back to the instant where Savannah faced three Terminators alone.

"SAVANNAH!" Cameron screamed.

Savannah quickly broke free of the girls and moved to where Cameron could see her.

"I'm here, Cameron, I'm fine." Savannah said. "I'm uninjured."

The girls all looked at each other when Savannah said that. They knew she was far from fine but it was clear that Savannah wanted to put Cameron at ease.

Cameron relaxed and Cam and Cammy explained her injuries. They installed the sheath section off of Ally. They stitched her up and Cameron dressed.

Sheila and Gail finished up with Ally.

Sheila began to touch Ally's elsewhere.

Ally made sure there wasn't a scalpel in Sheila's hand. She remembered what she said she was going to do to her earlier.

"What are you doing?" Ally asked.

Sheila wanted to mess with Ally. It was something they always did to each other.

"What? I needed to inspect you for damage and to make sure everything was proper." Sheila said. "I told you I would."

Ally wanted to laugh but she decided to come off as indignant in front of the others.

"There was nothing 'proper' about the way you touched me." Ally said as she looked around and whispered. "When we're no longer needed here for Cameron, we can inspect each other…."

Cameron came over and looked at Savannah herself once she found out she'd been injured. She needed to lift Savannah's top for her. The pain level was way up on Savannah at this point.

"I'm fine." Savannah said.

Cameron knew what that statement really meant. She'd used it often.

Cameron and Savannah thanked everyone for their help and care.

Everyone was glad to assist.

Cameron gave Ally a kiss on the cheek for her sacrifice and they headed for the Command Center.

Savannah and Cameron's body cameras were the last ones sent in for processing while they were in the lab. There should be an accurate account of everything when they arrived.

Savannah prepared herself for a 'chewing out'. She figured that John would berate her performance. She doubted they would allow her to lead an assault again. It was time to face the music.

For They Can Not Kill You

To those who have offended you
You may stand tall
For they can not kill you

To those who have hurt you
You are much stronger
For they can not kill you

To those who have despised you
You are more courageous
For they can not kill you

To those who have harmed you
You have endured
For they can not kill you

To those who have abused you
You are fearless
For they can not kill you

To those who have bruised you
You are more gallant
For they can not kill you

To those who have used you
You remain undaunted
For they can not kill you

To those who have wounded you
You are more brave
For they can not kill you

To those who have spited you
You are more valiant
For they can not kill you

To those who have beaten you
You are unflinching
For they can not kill you

To those who have maligned you
You are more determined
For they can not kill you

To those who have assaulted you
You are the victor
For they can not kill you

To those who have insulted you
You remain un-weathered
For they can not kill you

To those who have destroyed you
You are not afraid
For they can not kill you

To those who have ravaged you
You are intrepid
For they can not kill you

You have beaten them ALL
Only YOU can kill you
And you NEVER will

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