Chapter 569

At Any Time

Cameron and Cammy approached the target area. Savannah and Gail were on their way there as well.

Cameron wasn't sure what they would find and how this was about to play out. She seemed to have an underlying sense of doom awaiting her. She didn't know why. She looked forward to Savannah arriving. It was what she needed. She knew she would need to depend on Savannah's actions and judgment before this day was over. She just KNEW it.

She was contacted by one of her Terminators who'd shadowed the truck for the last few days. He'd gone past the location because he shadowed it from in front. When he saw that the truck stopped he returned to take the area under observation. He was somewhat surprised at what he found.

"I have what's left of the installation under observation." The Terminator said.

Cameron and Cammy quickly looked at each other.

That meant the HK Tracks that Cammy programmed went on the attack after they were unloaded. It was what Cammy wanted to happen.

Cameron wondered exactly what they would walk into at this point.

"How much is left?" Cameron asked.

"Not much, the HK Tracks leveled the place." The Terminator said. "There's massive destruction."

Cameron knew that the installation was bound to be on high alert. It would make her approach that much more difficult.

"How much movement do you detect?" Cameron asked.

"Zero. Do you want me to move in?" The Terminator asked. "I can take a closer look."

Cameron thought about that. There could be a number of developments before she arrived.

"Negative." Cameron said. "I'll be there in a few hours. Keep me posted if anything changes. They could send additional personal or reinforcements. Stay out of sight."

Cammy wondered about the time delay for them, they could be there much sooner.

"We can be there quicker." Cammy said. "There's no need to wait."

Cameron still felt a sense of doom. It was unlike her to feel that. It was only when she thought she was about to be terminated that she developed this 'feeling'. Savannah was usually with her or near her to prevent her from being terminated.

"I want to wait for Savannah." Cameron said.

Cammy didn't know of Cameron's apprehension of the upcoming events. She did know that any battlefield that Savannah entered put her at risk.

"You'll endanger Savannah." Cammy said. "I can go on my own. I can do it before she gets here."

Cameron didn't really want to get into this discussion. She felt Cammy was as 'guilty' as she was about endangering Savannah.

"How's that any different than allowing her to come after me in 'My Future'?" Cameron asked. "You allowed that. You could have stopped her."

Cammy felt a glitch impulse. She didn't need to be reminded about everything associated with that adventure. She could still hear Savannah's words to her and remember how angry and upset Savannah was at her. That was Cameron's fault.

"I stopped her once for you." Cammy said. "I'll never do that again. She was very angry at me. I was afraid she would - throw me away."

Cameron did what she thought was the right thing at that time. What happened to Holly still troubled her.

"Everything worked out fine." Cameron said.

Cammy remembered how upset and angry Savannah was at her, for keeping her in the time bubble when Cameron stayed behind in 'Her Future' one time. Savannah said she 'hated' her. The words echoed forever within the confines of her mind. She was forced to take the wrath of Cameron's folly. She knew she would rather face deactivation instead of Savannah's rejection of her.

"Maybe for you it did." Cammy said. "It didn't for me and I'm forever scarred because of it."

Cameron didn't need this discussion right now.

"It was necessary." Cameron said. "I tried to protect her. You helped protect her."

Cammy didn't need this discussion either right now.

"I don't want to talk about it." Cammy said. "Call her."

Cameron thought Cammy would want to do that.

"Do you want to?" Cameron asked.

Cammy frowned. She was sure she would face Savannah's wrath again for shutting down her alarm. She did it so she could go with Cameron instead of Savannah. Now it appeared it was all for naught.

"It's you she loves." Cammy said.

Cammy was aware she was a 'place holder' or surrogate for Cameron.

Cameron called Savannah.

Gail and Savannah sped towards Cameron and Cammy.

Savannah encouraged Gail to talk and share with her.

Gail was curious about many things. She felt very comfortable about talking with Savannah.

"Will you choose Young Jesse as your mate?" Gail asked.

Savannah wanted a full time human lover. She wanted a real love relationship. She wanted what Vanna and Allison shared. She was ready for Young Allison but she knew the rest of them weren't. There was a solution for now. It was Young Jesse or even Jesse. She didn't want to cause Gail any worry.

"For now I'd like that." Savannah said. "I love her. We don't get to see each other much. It makes the times we do even more special. I'd like her to be part of the 'Natural Order' but she's not."

Gail was in love with Duplicate Jesse and Jesse. She was naturally drawn to Young Jesse as well. They were all the same person.

"She can be a 'place holder' until Young Allison is 'ready'." Gail said. "She's very beautiful."

Savannah liked the tight firm compact body of Young Jesse. It felt so right in her arms. She enjoyed sharing her charms as well. She couldn't allow her personal desires to alter or mess up Cameron's plans for her.

"I'll let Cameron decide about that. She's the one we all worry about and why things have been so slow to happen." Savannah said. "Cameron has allowed and encouraged me to 'experiment'. I've shared more than a few partners. I've shared a lot."

Savannah was aware she shared with almost everyone at some point. Gail was the exception to that along with Sarah and Riley.

Gail hoped to be with Savannah. She loved her dearly. She'd tried to make herself available to Savannah for the last week. So far Savannah hadn't acknowledged her advances. She wondered about the humans choices available to Savannah.

"If you could choose only one person that wasn't Metal, who would it be?" Gail asked.

Savannah didn't even need to think about it. She'd fantasized about it a lot already.

"It would be Future Allison." Savannah said without hesitation. "I'd choose Future Allison in a heartbeat."

Gail instantly understood the significance of that choice.

"She's the one Cameron is patterned after." Gail said. "Is that why?"

Savannah didn't really know. She was the most comfortable with Future Allison. Everything just seemed perfect between them. She did know that Future Allison was with Future Savannah, which was her. Future Allison already knew all the things she liked and how to please her. It was fantastic from the first encounter. She could see a lot of 'Cameron' in Future Allison too.

"I'm sure that's a big part of it." Savannah said.

Savannah's phone rang. It was Cameron.

They talked for a short while and then Cammy talked to her. Cameron came back on and asked for Gail. Savannah held the phone for Gail and used the speaker phone mode. Cameron gave Gail instructions on how to get to where they would be and hung up.

Gail deduced why Savannah put the phone on 'speaker'.

"You were afraid Cameron would tell me to take you back." Gail said.

It was exactly what Savannah thought. She didn't want to put Gail in a bind between Cameron and her.

"The thought crossed my mind." Savannah said. "I didn't want any problems. I would have taken care of them myself."

Savannah reached over and touched Gail's inner thigh. She slid her hand slowly up Gail's leg. She knew that Gail would be more responsive to her after that.

"I know you wouldn't do that to me." Savannah said. "I'm not done experimenting yet."

Gail got her hopes back up. She felt an almost electric charge at Savannah's touch. It wasn't really electric but it might as well have been. She wasn't only in love with Savannah; she was devoted to her as well.

"I'll always back your play, Savannah." Gail said.

Savannah wanted to be with Gail but she knew the conditions needed to be better controlled in Gail's case. She didn't want Gail to focus on her and neglect Jesse. She was afraid that would happen.

"One hand washes the other…." Savannah said.

Gail looked over at Savannah as she brushed her red hair in back of her ear on one side of her face. Savannah smiled at her and winked.

It was the wink that did it. Gail was more in love now than ever with Savannah.

Savannah wasn't sure what she was doing but it was what Cameron taught her. She used her infiltration skills on many of them. Cameron told her how each one would respond and what they wanted. She knew Cameron really gave her 'permission' to share and feel the love from others. Cameron told her she never wanted her to feel lonely, unwanted or unloved.

She always waited to see if Cameron would glitch when she reported a new 'conquest'. Cameron never did. Cameron told her she never wanted her to feel like she did. She was aware what Cameron referred to. It was self termination. She knew, Cameron knew, she could take her at any time from anyone. Cameron never needed to fear anyone taking her - from her. Nobody could stop her….

Savannah knew she would leave in a heartbeat with Cameron from anyone she was with. That included Cammy, Future Allison and Young Jesse. She would try to bring Young Allison with them. That was love the three of them could share. She knew she could teach both of them how to share love and the pleasures their bodies could offer to them.

John sat with a disgusted look on his face. He contemplated about his total lack of control over Cameron and Savannah. He also remembered when Future Allison visited. She was completely uncontrollable as well. She'd offered herself to him and he didn't take it. He knew that was probably the biggest mistake of his life. He never saw his 'time' with Future Riley as a mistake. He wanted to be with a female and he was. Now his goal was to be with a virgin. He wanted it to be Savannah. There was Young Allison too. He really wondered if Cameron would cut her to the front of the line. There were times in the dark in his bed when he thought maybe that Cameron slipped Young Allison in there. He wasn't sure why but he'd thought it many times. He didn't know that was part of Cameron's 'conditioning' while he slept. It was only after he finished that he would check to see if it was Cameron or Young Allison.

John Henry brought him back to reality. He needed to refocus.

"CamNet has communicated the installation where the HK Tracks ended up has been destroyed. It looks like the HK Tracks did the job Cammy programmed them to do." John Henry said. "There should be less risk for Savannah and Cameron."

John wasn't sure about that. There might be a 'response' to that attack. He called Cameron again. He wanted her to have the full support of the Resistance.

"Hi, John." Cameron said.

"Hi, Cameron." John said. "How can we help you? Tell us what you need."

John already felt guilty about telling John Henry to draw up the 'divorce papers'. Who was he fooling? He'd never give them to Cameron. He loved her. He'd been angry earlier. Now as he thought about it, it made him love her more.

"It looks like all the heavy lifting has been done." Cameron said. "I don't anticipate combat. I'll be cautious. Savannah will join us. I'll watch over her for you, John. She's your destiny."

John was tired of 'fighting' everything. He was ready to move his life forward. He wanted to be with Savannah and he wanted her virginity.

"I'm sure you will." John said. "That destiny sounds good too."

There was a long pause.

"It will be." Cameron said. "For all of us."

John just shook his head. Cameron never let up. He needed to focus on the operation. He wanted to have help ready to go if it was needed.

"Do you want any drones or someone in the manned drone to back you up?" John asked.

Cameron didn't know what she would find. She didn't want to commit any forces yet before she knew what they faced.

"I'll assess the situation when I actually see it." Cameron said.

John wanted to keep it cordial. He still worried about both of them.

"Please, don't take any unnecessary chances for yourself or Savannah." John said. "Keep me posted."

"I love you, John." Cameron said and hung up before he could respond.

John was worried about that open display of affection from Cameron. She never said that going into an operation like this. She also cut him off before he could respond. He was worried a lot right now. He wanted to be proactive. Maybe a 'MIKE Force' would be good to have ready to go.

"I want the Blackhawk to go into standby with a team of six of our Terminators on it." John said. "I want them ready to go."

John Henry was confused. Cameron just told him everything was under control.

"Do you expect trouble?" John Henry asked. "Or don't you trust her?"

John was well aware how most of these events played out in the end.

"It's not about trust." John said. "Trouble has a way of finding her. Actually she has a way of finding it."

John Henry knew that was true. This was different. He could see John acted differently. This concern and caution wasn't about Cameron.

"You're really worried about Savannah." John Henry said.

John was the most worried about Savannah. She wasn't a machine. She couldn't be fixed or replaced. He worried about all of them.

"I am." John said. "I'm also worried about Cameron. I have Cammy and Gail to think about also."

John always worried about all his troops. It was something Cameron reminded him about all the time. He didn't want to make the same mistakes as he did in the future. The same mistakes that Future John made. Now he was even more worried.

"Have one of the Metal girls get ready for action with the manned drone." John said.

John Henry wondered what John had in mind.

"Which one do you want?" John Henry asked.

John knew the Metal girls maximized their 'down time'. They used it to 'get down' with each other.

"Whichever one isn't 'busy'." John said.

John Henry knew the Metal girls always were able to squeeze some 'alone time' in with each other. He also wanted to hedge their bet.

"I'll take care of it." John Henry said. "Everything will be ready, including all of our drones."

John really hoped none of it would be necessary.

"Thank You." John said.

There was a sick feeling in his gut that it would all be necessary.

Claire watched Young Allison interact with Anna. It was beautiful to watch. Anna told her she was really 'Cameron' and 'Savannah' on a combined program. Anna was so different from Hanna and Holly. There was nothing mechanical about her. She was like the real Savannah.

Thoughts of the 'real Savannah' flooded Claire's mind. One day her daughter or daughters would be with her, just as Allison was with Vanna in several different timelines. She wondered what the future would bring for all of them. She knew If Her Allison chose that path that Savannah would be a fine mate. She'd shared with Savannah in Cameron's future and it was a beautiful experience. Right now when Savannah visited, Allison monopolized all of her time. Sometimes she fantasized about a 'three way' with Allison, Savannah and her.

Anna noted Claire watch them. She assigned Young Allison some new tasks and went to speak with Claire.

"She's beautiful isn't she…." Anna said as a statement and not a question.

Claire watched her daughter transform every day from her daughter into 'Cameron's protégé'. She was more responsive to Cameron than she was to her.

"Yes." Claire said. "Everyday she's more like Cameron."

Anna pointed out the other version of Claire's oldest daughter.

"As well as Allison and Future Allison." Anna said.

Claire said nothing for a long time. She was aware of Cameron's plans for Her Allison. She would lose her at some point.

"Are you going to take her from me soon?" Claire asked.

Anna knew the 'temporal aging' would only take a few minutes in the present. The aging would all happen in the past.

"NO, not take her from you." Anna said. "If she is gone, it will only be for a few minutes."

Claire understood the future. It seemed she would come out on the short end once the process started.

"When she comes back she'll be a teenager." Claire said. "Then she'll go to be with Savannah and John. I'll still lose her."

Claire didn't mind Her being with Savannah. She knew how beautiful that was.

Anna knew the future couldn't be changed. Not in the regard to the 'Natural Order'.

"It's Cameron's desire. It's the 'Natural Order'." Anna said. "I'm sorry for your loss."

Claire knew how it all worked and she was just a cog in the wheel. Cameron needed her daughter. The future needed her daughter. Savannah needed her daughter. John needed her daughter.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." Claire said.

Anna smiled. She was pleased that Claire understood and wouldn't be a problem.

At Any Time

Sometimes the inner self
Screams out to be heard
The mind grows tired, weak and weary
Emotions boil over when not stirred

Lonely people need to hear
Good things sometimes not meaningless pity
Imagine if all people said someone
Was ugly instead of beautiful or pretty

They would hurt them to no end
To praise someone specific
With sweet pleasant thoughts
Should be something terrific

Everything is make believe anyway
We only chose to live certain realities
Where we get stuck at in life
Are really only technicalities

Look around, what is the point
Life is simple like this very rhyme
We follow along for the payoff
Then realize it can end at any time

Nobody