Chapter 580
Zap
Cameron picked up Savannah and Cammy from the park.
Savannah expected Cameron to question her about Gail. That didn't happen she was grateful for that.
Savannah was still worried about Gail. She could tell that Gail was conflicted about what happened the other night and what happened before with Duplicate Jesse. She believed Gail loved her almost as much as she did Jesse. She wondered if that made her think less about Duplicate Jesse. She knew what she needed to do. It would have to be the right setting to reach Gail and not hurt her in the process.
They listened to some music on one of the radio stations as they drove. It seemed they all needed to think about different things happening in their lives.
On the way to Palmdale, the trio stopped by one of the locations the downed HK drones were taken to for inspection and evaluation.
Most of them were to be processed into projectiles after stripping them of any salvageable components. It appeared they would be able to get five maybe six HK drones built from parts. They would also be able to get three more Terminators rebuilt and reprogrammed.
"You're looking good." Cam said to Cameron.
Cam could see Cammy was still healing up but Cameron was now perfect again. Cam only 'remembered' Cameron needed some repairs, she didn't have any files as to what they were. She didn't remember that Savannah asked her to erase all of them.
Savannah wanted to check over several of the Terminators that were working who were on the raid to see how their wounds were doing. Both Cameron and her checked together.
Savannah made a point of inspecting the damaged areas. It seemed to brighten them up as she left them with a soft touch to the cheek and a smile. She reminded all of them if they experienced any problems or felt there was an issue with something to contact her and she would resolve it in a satisfactory manner for everyone. She always did so without fail at the earliest time possible.
Cameron also needed to do something. It was personal.
"We're headed out to see Young Allison." Cameron said to Cam. "You know why else I'm here."
Cam prepared something that Cameron asked for specifically.
"I do." Cam said to Cameron. "It's over here."
Cam led Cameron to a Terminator chassis. Cameron took out the chip she'd removed from her fallen Terminator. She possessed no recollection of doing it but Savannah told her she did. Cameron reviewed it to see if it contained any more information on it about what happened to her, it didn't. It only showed her 'damaged self', which didn't appear damaged, showing up as they met and what they did together in the building. Cameron saw that she'd taken quite a few hits and a grenade blast before he went offline. That damage looked bad enough. Cameron knew it must have been worse, a lot worse.
Cameron put the chip in and the Terminator rebooted.
He looked around and then at Cameron.
"Thank You." He said.
Cameron was pleased that Savannah assisted her with this part of the operation. That was why Cam had everything already.
"Nobody gets left behind." Cameron said. "You may choose a different chassis or have your original head installed. You have a choice to choose from. We can even Resequence your DNA if you have someone else you want to look like. Savannah picked this chassis for you."
Her Terminator looked around and observed the work going on.
"Thank You." He said. "I'll help here first and then decide. Thank you again, Cameron. Thank Savannah for me as well."
Cam gave Cammy a once over. She knew where they were headed next.
"Cammy, maybe you should stay and help us here." Cam said.
Cammy wanted to go with Savannah.
"Why?" Cammy asked.
Cam thought Cammy should look in a mirror.
"So you don't scare Summer." Cam said.
Cammy was insulted and felt somewhat miffed.
"I'll think about it." Cammy said.
Savannah finished making the rounds. She caught the end of Cams statement.
"Cammy's going with us." Savannah said.
Cammy smiled at Savannah and then glared at Cam.
Cameron wanted that as well. She wanted Young Allison to see more of what they really were. They were cyborgs. Cammy's damage wasn't severe but some of the metal showed. Most of that damage was under her clothes.
Cam spoke briefly with Cameron and Cammy right before they left. There was a look of concern on her face.
The trio departed.
Savannah caught the exchange with Cam before they left. So far Cameron hadn't said anything.
"Are you going to spill it?" Savannah asked.
Cameron looked over quickly at Savannah.
"No." Cameron said.
Savannah frowned. She looked back at Cammy.
"You're here with me now instead of back there." Savannah said.
"What's the story?"
Cammy was pleased that Savannah allowed her to come. She also was worried about what she knew.
"It's not a Resistance matter." Cammy said. "There's nothing to know."
Savannah understood it was one of Cameron's 'off the books' operations.
"Who's dealing with it?" Savannah asked.
Cameron didn't want this to turn into an issue.
"Sheila and Ally are." Cameron said.
Savannah hadn't seen them at the base or the work site.
"Who's their back up?" Savannah asked. "It's usually you, Cam or Cammy."
Cameron didn't have any back up for them.
"Nobody." Cameron said.
Savannah looked back at Cammy.
"Are they going to end up looking like her?" Savannah asked.
Cameron glanced back at Cammy.
"That's unknown." Cameron said.
Savannah didn't want any unnecessary injuries or damage to any of their troops, 'off the books' or not.
"We're their back up." Savannahs said. "Drive there now."
Cameron didn't want to endanger Savannah.
"We're going to Palmdale." Cameron said.
Savannah was firm.
"We still will after we assist Ally and Sheila." Savannah said. "Do I need to make it an order? We're going to back our troops up."
Cameron could see the dilemma.
"CamNet will send additional personal." Cameron said.
Savannah wanted to make a point.
"Then that should have happened from the start." Savannah said. "Have that happen anyway and we're going as well. Now drive there."
Cameron was about to protest. Before she spoke Cammy reached in the back and set two combat vests in the front between them.
"What about long guns?" Savannah asked as she put her vest on.
Cameron didn't like Cammy's actions.
"We don't need to do this." Cameron said.
Cammy reached back and brought up two M4 carbines.
"The 'Chosen One' has spoken." Cammy said. "You will comply."
Cameron frowned.
"Fine." Cameron said.
Cameron made a turn and slipped her vest on as Savannah held the steering wheel for a few seconds.
Savannah was filled in on the operation by Cameron as she drove. It was a sex trafficking operation. Sheila and Ally were bait. They were to infiltrate the location and free the girls after terminating everyone inside.
"It will probably be over before we arrive." Cameron said.
Savannah wanted to make sure the Metal girls were backed up.
"Then drive faster." Savannah said.
Sheila and Ally were outside the location. They already terminated two guards. They were both stuffed in dumpsters.
"Are you ready?" Ally asked.
Sheila smiled.
"I'm always ready." Sheila said.
Ally frowned.
"Oh, brother." Ally said. "I mean to clean house."
Sheila shrugged her shoulders.
"One turns me on as much as the other." Sheila said.
Ally tried not to laugh.
"That's because you're a nut job." Ally said.
Sheila looked a little upset.
"I'd rather be a nut job than a prude." Sheila said.
Now Ally was upset.
"I'm not a prude." Ally said. "I put out as much as anyone."
Sheila didn't mind showing off.
"Not in public." Sheila said.
Ally looked around the corner of the building and then back at Sheila.
"That's because I'm not a nut job." Ally said.
Sheila lifted her shirt and flashed Ally.
"If you got it flaunt it." Sheila said.
All was about to respond when she spotted some movement.
"The door's open." Ally said.
Sheila moved closer and looked.
"Let's go." Sheila said. "Prude's go last."
Sheila headed straight for the door.
"Nut jobs go first." Ally said.
They both entered the building. Ally tried to get in front of Sheila before they entered but Sheila blocked her and went inside first.
"Bitch." Ally whispered.
Sheila looked back.
"You're a Bitch." Sheila whispered.
Sheila grabbed the man who opened the door and snapped his neck.
"You're a Metal Bitch." Ally whispered.
They moved through the interior.
"You're a stupid Metal Bitch." Sheila whispered.
They spotted another man in a room. Ally snapped his neck.
"I'm not stupid." Ally whispered.
There were supposed to be some females detained in the building. So far none were spotted. They continued along.
"Yes you are." Sheila whispered.
They paused at a hallway.
"I hate you." Ally whispered.
There was a room with shackles but no girls.
"I hate you more." Sheila whispered.
They moved on to the next room.
"Not as much as I hate you." Ally whispered.
They were both a little startled at the next voice.
"You do realize that everyone can hear you two don't you?" Savannah asked.
Ally pushed Sheila.
"This is your fault." Ally whispered
Sheila pushed her back.
"It your fault more than mine." Sheila whispered.
Two men came around the corner and stopped mid step. They took in the scantily clad figures of Ally and Sheila.
"Well, what do we have here?" The first man asked.
The second man pulled a gun and pointed it at them.
"It must some new sluts from the latest shipment." The second man said.
The first man looked them over.
"Maybe they missed the last shipment. The new shipment isn't for two days yet." The first man said.
The other man laughed.
"Naw, I did all of them. I never saw these two." The second man said. "I'm going to do both of them right now. Hold this."
The second man handed the first man the gun.
Sheila walked up to them and lifted her top and flashed both of the men.
"I'm all yours." Sheila said.
Both men stared at her nipple rings with anticipation.
Ally walked up with her.
"There's one of us for each of you." Ally said.
They each grabbed a man and snapped his neck. They tossed them in the room with the shackles.
They checked the rest of the building.
"The girls are gone." Ally said.
Savannah wanted to make sure they got out.
"Do you want us to come there?" Savannah asked.
Ally and Sheila left the building.
"No." Sheila said. "We'll come back in a few days and check again."
Savannah worried about the girls that were gone already.
"What about the girls?" Savannah asked.
Ally and Sheila didn't know.
"We can't save everyone." Ally said.
Cameron continued her journey to Palmdale.
"That's my fault." Cameron said. "I got tied up in the other operations."
Savannah didn't want Cameron to stress out over it.
"The future and the Resistance come first." Savannah said. "Today is our day off for a few hours."
Cammy stowed the gear.
Savannah called ahead to make sure Hanna took Summer to her room or away. She found out Anna and Young Allison were on a training run at the park.
That gave her an idea. If they arrived without Young Allison or Anna knowing about it, they might be able to catch them off guard or ambush them. It would be a good training exercise.
"We will intercept them there." Savannah said. "We will see if Young Allison is away from Anna."
Cameron knew that Anna ran her program along with the 'Neural Interface' with Savannah. She believed that Anna was a superior Terminator.
"Anna is 'Me - US'." Cameron said. "She won't be negligent."
Cammy was up to the challenge. There were three of them against two. It seemed like an easy victory.
"Let's see if she spots us." Cammy said.
Savannah wanted a training exercise and not a full on assault.
"I don't want to frighten her." Savannah said.
Cameron wasn't sure if Savannah referred to Anna or Young Allison. She wanted Savannah to call it.
"We won't." Cameron said. "Savannah calls the plays."
It was decided Cameron and Cammy would try to corner Anna in a simulated attack. They wanted to separate them and simulate the termination of both of them. Life wasn't about a walk in the park.
They headed for the park. When they got there, they parked several blocks away. They went over their plans. It looked like it would be over quickly.
Young Allison went on a mile run with Anna. It was her second of the morning.
Anna made sure she never pushed Young Allison beyond what she was able to do.
Young Allison liked to be quizzed as she ran on any of the subjects Anna previously instructed her on. She liked to work her body and her mind. Her speed and agility were fantastic.
They went to use some of the gymnastics equipment. Anna wanted to build upper and lower body strength in Young Allison as well.
Savannah spotted them in the distance. She knew if she could see them, Anna could see her.
Anna continued with Young Allison as if she hadn't seen Savannah.
Savannah moved closer.
Anna went over and gave Young Allison some instructions. She then headed for Savannah. She checked her phone for anything she'd missed. When she didn't find anything, she suspected they were up to something.
The two hugged when they faced each other. They really looked like twins.
Anna looked over Savannah. Right away she'd come to the same conclusion that Cameron stated earlier.
"You've lost some weight." Anna said. "You're not eating properly."
Savannah hadn't planned to start the conversation like that.
"Thanks, 'Cameron'." Savannah said. "I'm glad to see you too."
They both laughed.
Anna was aware of everything that Savannah accomplished in the last week.
"You've been a busy girl." Anna said.
Savannah monitored Young Allison's training. She figured she only knew of about half of it. She didn't know about the nightly conditioning. It was used on her since she was a girl and still continued.
"I've been pushing it pretty hard." Savannah said. "Probably as hard as you're pushing Young Allison."
Anna knew the truth about everything. Savannah was given the same treatment.
"I'm preparing her for the future." Anna said. "It isn't anything you haven't done."
Savannah knew there were a few things she'd done that Young Allison was still biologically unable to do. Maybe that was closer than she'd thought.
"She's started a few years earlier than I did." Savannah said.
Anna didn't see it as a problem. She was very proud of Young Allison.
"She will do everything you have done at an accelerated pace." Anna said. "She must be prepared for Judgment Day. She's advanced far beyond her numerical years of age."
"Zap."
A small rock hit Savannah.
She quickly turned around and Young Allison was there with a smile on her face.
"Hi, Savannah." Young Allison said. "I just could have Tasered you or - worse."
Savannah knew that was true. She hadn't expected Young Allison to do that. She was pleased to see her nonetheless.
"Hi, Allison." Savannah said. "You got me."
Savannah opened her arms and Young Allison ran and gave her a hug.
Young Allison was very pleased to see Savannah. There was no other person she would rather see.
"I've missed you, Savannah." Young Allison said.
Savannah took a good look at Young Allison she was more 'grown up' everywhere. The beauty of her face was very compelling.
"You've grown so much." Savannah said. "You're so pretty."
Young Allison didn't want to let her go. She didn't say anything but she was very jealous of her older self, Allison.
Anna left to see who else was with Savannah. She knew Cammy or Cameron would be. She tried to see where they were. Her base program was 'Cameron' with 'Savannah' added in with the 'Neural Interface'.
Savannah went for a walk with Young Allison. As they walked, they talked and caught up. Young Allison took her hand. She wondered if this is what their Terminators felt as she took their hand. Something so simple was so beautiful.
Young Allison told her of all the things she was studying and what new songs she learned to play on the piano. They shared a lot of small talk. She asked Young Allison about how things were going with the others in her home. She would double check that information with what she already knew from Cameron. She knew they didn't want any problems for anyone.
Anna was sure she'd spotted Cammy or Cameron lurking by the Recreation Room building. She would try to work her way over and surprise her. As she got closer she saw it was Cameron. Nobody looked that good.
Cameron started to move. Anna moved to intercept. Cameron went around the restrooms. She moved to pass between the restrooms and the Recreation Room building. As soon as she started down the gap between the two buildings, Cameron appeared in front of her.
"You're trapped." Cameron said.
Anna could see she could have been ambushed. This was more of a challenge. Perhaps it was best to avoid the confrontation. She needed to think of Young Allison's safety.
"I can evade." Anna said.
There was movement behind her.
"Not this way." Cammy said.
They'd boxed her in. If it was a fight, it would be a brutal one. Anna would be at a disadvantage.
Cameron could see that Anna was trapped and they held the upper hand.
"Now what?" Cameron asked.
Anna backed up into a gap in the wall of the restrooms. It drew Cameron and Cammy closer to her. They were going to 'capture' her.
"Zap."
"Zap."
Cameron and Cammy both spun around to their side.
Young Allison leaned out a window in the Recreation Room with a smile on her face.
"Hi, Cameron. Hi, Cammy." Young Allison said. "You're both Tasered. You lose."
Anna was pleased at the trap she'd led Cameron and Cammy into. They were both deactivated now.
"Did I forget to tell you I have a friend?" Anna asked.
Cameron and Cammy looked at each other. They hadn't seen that coming. They'd both been overconfident and careless.
Cammy didn't like being outmaneuvered.
"What if you missed?" Cammy asked. "You 'missed me. Now I am coming for you."
"Zap."
Savannah backed Young Allison's play. That was something they all should have seen coming.
"She has a friend too." Savannah said as appeared behind Cammy.
Young Allison was very pleased with the outcome of the exercise.
"We won." Young Allison said. "It's never over until I win."
Cameron looked at Cammy. They both knew that those were her words.
"What have we done?" Cameron asked.
Savannah wanted to point out the obvious.
"Have you created two human versions of yourself?" Savannah asked.
Cameron smiled. She'd like that more than anything.
"I hope so." Cameron said and meant it.
Young Allison knew what her future was.
"I have to protect John, Savannah, Cameron and the future." Young Allison said. "It's the 'Natural Order'."
Cammy looked at Young Allison, she 'forgot' Anna and her. It was a reminder she could have done without.
"What happened to us?" Cammy asked as she looked at Anna. "You left Anna and me out."
Young Allison didn't leave them out. They weren't part of the future.
"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor…." Young Allison said.
Anna and Cammy looked at each other. Young Allison 'wrote them off' in her future…. They weren't part of the 'Natural Order'.
Cameron made sure in Young Allison's instruction that she knew what mattered and what did not.
Insight
Something is terribly wrong
None of THIS feels right
I don't understand what is happening
I don't want to argue or fight
Why is THIS happening now
What is causing THIS to ignite
Tell me what is really wrong
Do not feel malice or spite
How can I help you
I feel my Prince grow mean
I want to assist you
I'm still your Queen
I'm trustworthy
I don't wish be trite
I'm still here
I'm trying with all of my might
If there is some problem
Together we can unite
Tell me what is wrong
I will not bite
Nobody