Chapter 551

Ever Changing Mission

Cammy was on the way out of the compound. She'd gotten a good look at some of the interior. She'd sabotaged five HK Tracks that should go on a rampage once they were unloaded and destroy everything that moved. It was the 'Metal Bitch' that worried her. She was sure she'd gotten away clean since no one pursued her and no alarm was raised. She neared the spot at the wall that she planned to go over.

Savannah and Bob held their position and waited. They were advised as to where Cammy would come over at. They were there to provide fire support if she'd been pursued. That didn't appear to be the case. That seemed like a good thing.

In a short while they saw Cammy roll over the wall. She quickly made her way to Savannah and Bob. She looked happy.

Cammy was very pleased to see that Savannah was there for her. Savannah came down to make sure she got out and Bob was with her.

"You came for me." Cammy said as she smiled at Savannah.

Savannah loved Cammy. She would come for her the same as she would come for Cameron.

"I'll always come for you." Savannah said. "You know that."

Cammy hoped that she would but she knew Cameron would always come first to Savannah. That was OK too because for now Savannah was hers. How much longer that would be she didn't really know. She gave Savannah a hug.

Savannah winced a little. She was still a little tender.

Cammy didn't think about the three purple welts before she hugged Savannah. She wondered why she forgot. That was why she wanted to stay at the base for Savannah to help her earlier. Jesse was the one who did. That was Cameron's doing.

"I'm sorry." Cammy said.

Savannah didn't want her condition to be a factor in the operation. She was sore but her worry for Cameron and Cammy took it off her mind. The hug was a physical reminder.

"I'm fine." Savannah said. "I can hack it."

Bob wanted to clear out of the area. He thought the girls could 'catch up' after they left.

"We need to return to the SUV." Bob said.

Cammy wanted the truck with the sabotaged load to leave before the strike happened.

"Once the red tractor trailer has departed and cleared the area, the strike can begin." Cammy said. "There was a 'Metal Bitch' running things inside."

Savannah knew that's why Cameron needed to go dark for awhile too.

"There was A Terminator at Cameron's location as well." Savannah said. "Cameron is underneath a big rig loaded with HK drones headed for some unknown location."

Cammy knew that could be a problem. She told Bob to start off after Cameron. She thought Cameron should disengage first.

"We should hold any strike until Cameron is clear." Cammy said.

Savannah knew the goal was to try and capture more HK equipment. John was hesitant about Cameron setting up any production lines of her own.

"We want more drones. I think we can take the truck Cameron is under and we'll have more." Savannah said. "Unless she thinks she can get even more HK drones where she's headed."

Cammy thought about the truck she'd sabotaged the load on. It was clear that the truck that arrived when she left would be loaded soon too. There were more HK Tracks somewhere based on what she'd uncovered. They could be headed to the same location.

"It's likely there'll be more where she's headed, wherever that is." Cammy said.

John Henry wanted more HK drones. He wanted Cameron to drop off the truck. She could leave a tracker on it.

"For our purposes now, the HK drones are more suitable than the HK Tracks." John Henry said. "It's unsafe for Cameron to continue under the truck."

Cameron surprised everyone with her next transmission.

"I'm not under the truck anymore." Cameron said.

Everyone thought she'd fallen off. They pictured the rear wheels running over her and her bouncing around on the asphalt. Someone needed to ask where she was and what happened.

Savannah beat John to it. She needed to find out what happened to Cameron.

"Where are you, Cameron?" Savannah asked as she faced Bob. "Push it, Bob."

Bob dramatically increased his speed. He pictured Cameron lying along the side of the road as well.

"Affirmative…." Bob said.

Cameron could tell that she'd alarmed all of them in the worst way.

"I'm inside of it. I'm in the back of the trailer now. Since Cammy reprogrammed the HK Tracks. I decided to reprogram these HK drones." Cameron said. "I was tired of being underneath the truck. My hair started to get messed up. You know it is the hardest thing to get right - hair."

Cammy touched her hair. It was still in pretty good shape.

"It is." Cammy said. "Cameron, we're on our way. What do you want us to do?"

Cameron was pleased to find that the shipment was HK drones. The downside was that they didn't have any ordnance on them.

"These HK drones are unarmed." Cameron said. "They won't join the fight if we have one."

Savannah thought of Cameron in her future and how Steve and Tom were used as decoys at each end of the compartment Cameron was in with Future Allison.

"That's unless you use them for decoys." Savannah said. "They can distract, feign an attack and draw fire."

Cameron liked that idea.

"I want more for us." Cameron said. "I want to take this truck load full of them but I don't want it to be a target if we do."

Savannah wondered if they could get them out of the truck as it drove down the highway. It might be risky.

"Send them out one at a time to one of our secure locations for inspection." Savannah said. "The empty truck will still go to its delivery location."

Cameron looked over the HK drone in front of her. There was one problem. It was a big one.

"The driver will hear them." Cameron said. "He may send out a warning or panic."

Savannah thought big. It was worth a gamble to get the HK drones.

"What if there's something bigger to distract him?" Savannah asked. "Something like a bigger drone. What do you think, Cam?"

Cam would just as soon terminate the driver. There were some other options.

"I can come down on the deck and fly parallel to him." Cam said. "That's mostly wide open territory along the road. I don't think there's much traffic either. Maybe he'll think it's an escort."

Cameron didn't care for any modifications to her plan. She still feared a counter attack.

"No. I want to stick with my original plan." Cameron said. "We don't want any HK drones from where this truck is going to be alerted and attack us."

Gail moved through the trees and brush to an observation point on the far side of the complex. She was concealed and in surveillance mode after she'd conducted a brief recon.

"I see no movement on the ground from my location." Gail reported as she observed from her current position.

Cameron wondered what Gail couldn't see. That was what she hoped to uncover.

"If we attack the two facilities they may send drones to attack us." Cameron said. "I want the drones and Cam to set down near where we think this truck is headed and wait. We need to take out their air power first. It was a lucky spot by Holly the last time that we knew they'd sent a force of HK drones. The assembly lines will still be there, they have no place to go."

Cameron knew if Holly hadn't spotted those hostile HK drones that Savannah and her may both have been terminated. She later learned the details why Holly was out of the target area. Maybe it was supposed to be like that for things to work in their favor. Maybe it was just random chance that paid off for them for once. In other words, they just got lucky.

Cammy didn't like Cameron going in alone. The SUV she was in was too far behind the truck to catch it, even with Bob speeding. She thought of a risky plan. Savannah might veto it.

"We're still too far behind you to catch up to you." Cammy said. "Cam, land near us and pick me up. I can ride on the outside of the manned drone."

Cam closed up on the group. There were in visual range currently.

"I have you in sight." Cam said. "I'll set down one mile in front of you."

Cammy looked at Savannah. She didn't say anything. She knew that was because Savannah was worried about Cameron. Savannah would allow her to take some risk to assist Cameron.

"We'll be there quickly." Cammy said. "We're moving."

Bob pushed the SUV to make up distance. He used his full Terminator ability to push the SUV to its limits.

Savannah checked her safety belt. She made sure everyone else was strapped in as well. She didn't like the idea of Cammy on the outside of the manned drone but she knew it worked. She'd done that 'In some future' and in Cameron's future on a smaller HK drone. It was a thrill and Cameron made sure she didn't fall off.

She knew the scope of the operation kept growing in size as more things were uncovered. This operation was widespread and far from over.

John was disgusted as and John Henry and him discussed among themselves how there wasn't any plan - again. It was Cameron improvising on the fly and the ever changing mission 'Cameron style'.

He wanted to hear what crazy ideas they would come up with first. He was surprised at the one Savannah proposed. He also expected Savannah to nixie Cammy's plan. That didn't happen. It appeared that Cameron was a bad influence on Savannah. She was willing to think as boldly as Cameron did. He just hoped she wouldn't take the same personal risks. That was fifty-fifty on that one.

John needed to plan and not worry about what he couldn't control.

"We can assemble two assault teams and have them hit the two facilities." John said. "Pull everyone in and let's get started."

John Henry was all for that but he was worried about their troop's security once an attack started. They were currently about to target three separate locations with limited resources.

"There's still the unknown on 'Skynet' air power." John Henry said. "We don't want our people on the ground without air cover. We got lucky on the last operation."

He wanted to say that Allison 'saved' them but that was only indirectly and because Holly went to search for Allison. He didn't think John knew the whole story. He was sure CamNet would 'punish' him if he explained what really happened.

John knew the clock was winding down. Cameron would be at her destination very soon. They could get some of the rest of the players on the field.

"All we can do is let Cameron play it out some more." John said. "As always, we're along for the ride."

John Henry didn't point out that was why Cameron liked to operate on her own.

"It's always Cameron's show." John Henry said.

John didn't like it but Cameron always seemed to have a way to pull it off and make it work. He wanted to get all the assistance that he could get for this one. He was sure they would need to use some of the human Resistance fighters as well. Jesse and Savannah were already out there. That was worrisome enough.

Cam landed the manned drone and Bob arrived a few seconds later.

Savannah didn't like the risk but they needed to protect Cameron.

"Be careful, Cammy." Savannah said.

Cammy climbed up on top of the large drone. She blew Savannah a kiss as the drone lifted off.

Cammy and Cam headed off to where Gail and Jesse went.

Cam looked out from the enclosed cockpit of the manned drone. It looked like Cammy was in for a bad hair day.

"We are on our way, Cameron." Cam said. "I don't think Cammy can say much right now."

Cameron didn't want Cam to trip any alarms by moving too close too low or too fast.

"Cam, stay far enough away so that they won't hear you." Cameron said.

Jesse was all alone near the SUV. She'd actually moved away from it some in case it was spotted. She thought maybe she could assist better than where she was at currently. She needed to make sure Gail was secure first.

"I can drive back a little way and pick Cammy up." Jesse said. "I'm all alone anyway right now. How are you doing, Gail?"

"I'm fine and holding." Gail said. "There's still no sign of activity."

Gail watched the location. She knew there could be activity on the backside or elsewhere.

Savannah liked that idea for Cammy. They'd brought plenty of weapons in the SUV she started out in.

"I want Jesse to do that." Savannah said. "She can drive Cammy closer and Cammy can team up with Gail. Jesse should have plenty of weapons in the SUV."

Jesse previously checked every weapon and carried a few currently.

"There are, love." Jesse said. "They're all ready to go."

Cameron was worried that she'd never completed the recon of the building she set out to recon. She also knew how John liked to 'baby' her. She hadn't checked with CamNet yet but she knew how John rolled.

"I never got a good look inside the HK drone facility." Cameron said. "I know you have people on the way to follow us, John."

John looked over quickly at John Henry. He'd thought they played it cool and under the radar.

"Busted…." John whispered to John Henry.

John Henry shrugged his shoulders.

John wanted to downplay it. He also remembered Cameron's words to him before.

"It was just a precaution." John said. "Sometimes it's nice to have help."

John silently asked John Henry to start directing more personnel toward the area Cameron and Cammy operated at currently. Since it looked like it was going to go hot, he wanted more troops in the area. He also didn't want to step on Cameron's toes. They silently sent everyone they could. The Blackhawk was ready to go with a 'MIKE force'.

Cameron smiled to herself. She didn't know for sure but she figured as much. It seemed like a prudent action on this operation. She needed her recon completed.

"Have someone try to get a look inside my recon building from earlier." Cameron said.

John Henry checked the GPS overlay on a satellite map.

"Sheila and Ally are the closest." John Henry said.

Sheila and Ally were already headed there. They knew what was necessary.

"Got it, love, we'll be there in no time." Sheila said.

Ally was a little upset they weren't in on the operation from the start. She tried to make light of her displeasure.

"Have no fear; the 'B' Team is here." Ally said. "There's nothing like the 'second stringers' to wrap it up."

Cameron thought maybe she should have included them. They were her loyal companions on most of her 'off the books' operations. She apologized and went over everything she witnessed in her short time there.

Ally looked at all the details on an image on her phone. She showed it to Sheila.

"We're fifteen minutes out. We have your approach and entry point marked as you described them." Sheila said.

Cameron didn't want Sheila to get cocky or Ally to cut corners. They did both sometimes. There was still a serious threat there.

"Remember there's Metal there." Cameron said. "Don't get lazy."

Ally was still upset they weren't included from the start. That little 'dig' wasn't necessary.

"I'm offended by that." Ally said.

She put down the sun visor and looked in the little mirror on the back of it. She made a few adjustments to her hair. She knew what Cameron meant.

Sheila wanted to tell her not to bother since she spent most of their alone time together focused between her legs. It wouldn't hurt if Ally fixed herself up a little bit though.

"You're beautiful to me, love." Sheila whispered. "You're hair looks fine too."

Ally thought about what Sheila said. She knew what Sheila liked the most.

"I'll spread anytime for you." Ally whispered. "I like to see your beautiful eyes when I look down that way."

Sheila smiled and lightly licked her lips in anticipation of that offer.

"Anytime…." Sheila whispered. "Anywhere…."

Gail wanted to move down for a closer look. She wanted to look for points of entry or escape from the vast area.

"I think I should move down and check out the area in detail." Gail said. "There's a lot of ground to cover."

Cameron thought that was a good idea. It was just too soon for the unknown. She didn't want Savannah to call her out about safety.

"No. Wait until Cammy reinforces you." Cameron said. "You'll make a stronger team together."

Cam set up a rendezvous point with Jesse. She could see her in the distance as she set down in a clearing.

"I've set down." Cam reported. "I could see that Jesse will be here soon."

Cammy climbed down from the manned drone.

"That was quite a ride." Cammy said.

Cammy knew Savannah and Cameron did that on a smaller drone with limited control. She figured that was why Savannah didn't ban the idea.

Jesse was there in a few minutes and picked up Cammy and they headed out.

Cam waited on the ground for further instructions. The four drones landed as well. They sat in a defensive perimeter on the ground around her.

She didn't have any idea what the targets would be or even which of the three locations they would actually hit.

They could either hit one or both facilities or targets at the old helicopter base. They could stretch their forces and hit all three simultaneously. Everything was up in the air. They needed some more intel. They should get it soon.

Jesse drove to near where she was parked at before where Gail departed from but stopped in a different spot about a quarter of a mile away. She didn't want to go back to the same spot and get ambushed in case anyone detected her.

Gail told Cammy which route she'd used to come down. Cammy took a different route for the same reason that Jesse used. On the way back, if they came this way, they would take a different route as well. No one wanted to walk into an ambush.

Cammy brought some additional weapons and met up with Gail. The trip to where Gail was at was brief and uneventful. She did think the trails there were used a little more than animal tracks.

Gail was glad to see Cammy. She did note a few anomalies. She was unsure what they were.

"I've seen nothing happen here." Gail said. "However I've detected vibrations in the ground and heard some noises."

Cammy wondered what that was about.

"Have you spotted any surveillance equipment?" Cammy asked as she looked around.

Gail checked the immediate area twice. She hadn't gone further since she was told to wait for Cammy. Cammy was here now.

"Negative." Gail said.

Cammy looked over the area and the buildings in the distance. She didn't like the way it 'felt'. There was more here than met the eye.

"I want to take a closer look in case this is where the truck comes. If not, I want to know what someone is hiding here." Cammy said. "Someone is doing something here."

Cammy headed down closer toward the abandoned base. Gail followed her and watched their six. She thought Cammy should have cleared it first with the Command Center.

Cameron reprogrammed all the HK drones so they would only respond to commands from her. She took time to go over each one in detail. There was nothing out of the ordinary. They were almost like their drones but theirs were better. They'd made improvements to theirs from suggested by John Henry and her.

She felt the truck slow and then downshift a gear and then another gear. This was it. They were about to enter the location. She better close and secure the rear door from the outside and resume her previous hiding place.

"The truck is slowing." Cameron said. "I think I'll head back outside. It looks like it is close to 'Showtime'…."

Masters Will

Those who have hurt me
Know I have the power to kill
And they do not remain alive
Because it is the Masters Will

It is Me, Myself and I alone
Who allow them to live
Unlike many a Deity
I do not and will not forgive

As Master of my own world
I can make things change
If someone hurts me on purpose
Then their life they may exchange

Lucky for them I still believe
That someone will want me
Yes someone the same as me
This until NOW I could not see

It is said with great power
Comes great responsibility
There are worse Human Beings
Only to ourselves we show hostility

With all deep respect
With honor, truth and humility
Only NOW do I comprehend
My emotions and feelings ability

Nobody