Chapter 605
Disorientated
The ambush and take down went as Cameron planned it. It was all quickly planned with additional elements added in as they drove. Cam spotted a similar looking box truck alongside of a gardening store. They decided to use that as bait to set up the sucker play and spring an ambush. That truck would be the 'pied piper'. It worked.
"Everything is clear here." Bob reported. "All of the targets are neutralized."
The silver sedan and black SUV went around the side of the building and stopped, their occupants headed to where Bob and Gail were. They'd been waiting where the box truck would stop. Cameron and Cam joined them. It was all planned only minutes before it happened. John didn't like Cameron to do operations like this without planning but sometimes she needed to do it this way. In fact it was most of the time, at least it seemed that way.
The box truck with the crates in it arrived a few minutes later, once the all clear was sounded. Cammy and Savannah were there now with them.
Savannah looked at the new pile of dead bodies. There were additional dead Gray's in the black SUV and the trunk of the silver sedan. There was another group from the first van 'take down' by the ambush crew. They were on their way to join them.
"There are a lot of bodies here and in these captured vehicles." Savannah said. "We need to clean this up some to avoid questions by anyone."
The other white van with the bodies from the earlier ambush arrived a short while later.
Cameron didn't want to waste any more time.
"The crew from the ambush team will deal with the bodies and vehicles." Cameron said. "We need to get these crates delivered to one of my facilities. I want to get moving."
Cameron wanted her prize away and secure. She would feel better about in once they arrived at the secure location for a complete inspection.
She climbed back in the box truck next to Savannah and Cammy. Cam went with Bob and Gail again. The team headed out.
John Henry reported no further suspicious activity in the air or on the ground. The other drone with the 'tracker' arrived and let it off at an ambush site they'd established. They would keep that set up for a few days and see what happened. It would later turn out nothing ever did. They weren't sure if that was a sign they'd cleaned this group out or the Grays decided to cut their loses.
Cameron gave Cammy a new destination and they headed off.
Savannah wondered about the destination.
"That's a long way from where we were headed." Savannah said.
Cameron wanted to make sure that whoever followed them was way off on their tracking and their reports would always point Skynet in the wrong direction.
"I don't like to take chances." Cameron said.
Cammy and Savannah looked at each other. They weren't sure what Cameron thought chances were because it seemed she took a lot of them anyway.
They disengaged from The Command Center and relied on CamNet for all of their updates and tracking control.
Savannah noticed the change.
"I take it you don't want John and John Henry to know where you'll end up at." Savannah said.
Cameron didn't like problems. They irritated her.
"They don't always like the way I do things." Cameron said.
Savannah wasn't sure if that was a good enough answer.
"I'm going to know where everything is at." Savannah said.
Cameron looked over at Savannah and smiled.
"That's how I want it." Cameron said. "I trust you more than anyone and that includes me."
Savannah knew this was more responsibility going forward into the future.
"It'll all work out in the end." Savannah said.
She sure hoped so.
They eventually arrived at the secure location. It was miles from where it appeared they were originally headed.
There was a team waiting for Cameron. They unloaded the box truck. One of Cameron's Terminators took it and drove away with it. It would end up a hundred miles away from where they'd actually gone. It would be more in the direction where they originally headed.
Cam, Cammy and Bob would inspect the contents of the crates. They would try to determine what they actually possessed and later report back to Cameron.
Cameron wanted to get Savannah back to the base. It turned into a very long day for Savannah with a lot of activity.
Savannah wanted to stay and help with the inventory but Cameron said 'no'.
Gail offered to stay in Cammy's place but Cammy said she should to get back to Jesse.
Cammy knew Gail was 'sweet' on Savannah and watched over her. She also wanted to give Savannah and Cameron some time together. She knew Savannah was sticking her neck out for Cameron a lot more than she should be.
Gail drove while Savannah and Cameron sat in the back seat.
Savannah wanted to thank Gail for everything. She'd been there for her when she needed it several times now.
"Thank you, Gail, for watching over me today and the other days" Savannah said. "I really appreciate it."
Gail didn't like Cameron to need to take all the heat and she liked it less when Savannah was with Cameron when she took the heat.
"I need to help out more." Gail said. "I wanted to do it and Jesse wanted me to do it."
Cameron tilted her head slightly. She wanted to know more about that.
"Did Jesse want it for herself or for Young Jesse?" Cameron asked.
Gail turned slightly to look at Cameron.
"She wanted it for both of them. They want the same things because they're the same person." Gail said. "You know everyone loves Savannah as much as they love you."
Cameron knew Savannah loved her more than anything. It was love strong, pure and true. It was the only love that she wished she knew.
She gently pulled Savannah down to lay her head on her lap and encouraged her to sleep. She gently stroked Savannah's cheek and hair. Savannah adjusted Cameron's hand to be able to scan her as she drifted off.
Cameron felt so peaceful and content….
Gail watched Cameron in the rear view mirror. Her eyes glowed bight blue. She wasn't sure she'd seen anything quite like that before. She could only imagine how much in love with Savannah that Cameron was.
She wondered if Cameron was able to 'get away from it all'. It looked like it. The earlier operations all turned out to be a success. Now it looked like Cameron was a million miles away as she held Savannah.
Later on:
Cameron looked around.
They were in the carpool area at the Resistance base.
Cameron blinked her eyes several times. It seemed she'd incurred a time loss. Gail was still in the driver's seat. Maybe they'd just arrived.
"How long have we been here?" Cameron quietly asked as she checked her files.
Gail still looked ahead. She hadn't wanted to intrude on Cameron's private time.
"Two hours, three minutes." Gail softly said. "Four minutes."
Cameron seemed to have been unaware of most of the journey home, let alone sitting for over two hours. She wondered where the time went and what she must have been thinking about.
Gail wanted both of them to rest.
"You both looked so tranquil 'dreaming'." Gail said. "I didn't want to disturb you."
Gail watched them for hours. They were both so beautiful….
Cameron tried to see what she'd been doing all that time. She wondered if she'd been 'dreaming'. She only experienced a 'peaceful feeling' that she could remember, a sense of 'love'.
She looked at Savannah asleep on her lap. It reminded her of when Savannah was little and she'd done the same thing. That seemed like a long time ago even if it really wasn't. She went to carry Savannah to her room but she woke up.
Savannah felt she was a little more tired than she'd thought. She was as surprised as Cameron was that they'd been back at the base for awhile.
"I can walk, Cameron, thanks." Savannah said. "Thank you too, Gail."
Savannah was awake and heard the conversation between Gail and Cameron.
She walked in with the two Metal girls. She thanked Gail again and they left her off at Jesse room.
Cameron escorted Savannah to her room.
Savannah went in. She left the door open.
Cameron stood in the doorway.
Savannah thought the invitation was clear. She decided to confirm it.
"Do you want to come in?" Savannah asked.
Cameron looked both directions down the hall.
"Yes." Cameron said.
Cameron didn't move.
Savannah wanted to offer Cameron more.
"Do you want to stay?" Savannah asked.
Cameron still hadn't moved.
"Yes." Cameron said.
Savannah moved back to Cameron. She was more than a little worried at this point.
"Cameron, what's wrong?" Savannah asked.
Cameron looked a little uneasy.
"I don't know." Cameron said.
Now Savannah was really worried.
"Do you want to go to your room?" Savannah asked.
Cameron looked a little confused.
"I don't know." Cameron said.
Savannah wondered if Cameron wanted someone else.
"Do you want me to get John?" Savannah asked.
Cameron frowned some. That sounded like a problem.
"I don't think so." Cameron said.
Savannah looked but Cameron's hand wasn't glitching.
Savannah hoped Cameron would tell her what was wrong or what she wanted.
"Is there some problem?" Savannah asked.
Cameron shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know." Cameron said.
Savannah knew that there needed to be some further resolution to what was happening right now.
"Do you want to go to the lab?" Savannah asked.
Cameron looked at the clock on Savannah's night stand.
"I don't want to disturb anyone." Cameron said. "Everyone is asleep now."
Savannah moved her hand from her head down to her waist.
"I'm not." Savannah said.
Cameron frowned again.
"You should be." Cameron said.
Savannah wanted to offer Cameron some options of things to do. She should want to do at least one of them.
"We can sit and talk." Savannah said. "We can watch a movie or go over the operations from today or plan a new strike. We can do whatever you want."
Cameron looked at Savannah.
"I don't know." Cameron said. "I don't know what I want."
'I do.' Savannah thought.
Savannah was about to make some further suggestions.
Cameron interrupted her thoughts.
"You need to rest." Cameron said. "I've abused you and abused your love."
Savannah didn't want to hear words like that. She didn't think either was true in any way.
"No, Cameron, you've done neither." Savannah said.
Cameron still hadn't moved. She still stood in the doorway.
"I should go." Cameron said.
Savannah wasn't about to let her walk away on her own.
"Let me take you to your room." Savannah said.
Cameron frowned again.
"John will be asleep." Cameron said. "I don't want to wake him."
Savannah hoped that Cameron would do something.
"Do you want to stay here and watch me sleep?" Savannah asked.
Cameron frowned and then tilted her head slightly.
"I don't know." Cameron said. "Yes, I do."
Savannah was filthy from the long day's activity.
"I need to get cleaned up." Savannah said.
Cameron thought maybe she could get cleaned up too with Savannah. She worried maybe that was pushing things too much.
"I can go into standby." Cameron said.
Savannah wondered how long it would take John Henry to realize Cameron was having some kind of a 'problem'. She hoped he would notice Cameron just standing in her doorway. She also knew that Cameron didn't want to go onto standby again if she didn't have to. That was based on her earlier past bad experience in the vault with the electrical wire tangled in her hair.
Cameron told her some of the 'events' that she'd experienced but didn't want to talk about most of them. They were very traumatic for her to recall.
Savannah really hoped that someone else showed up soon.
John Henry did notice something was off. He decided to call John. He worried about what would happen but thought John should deal with it.
"John, I'm sorry to disturb you." John Henry said.
John had gone to bed earlier. He was startled some as his phone rang.
"What is it?" John asked. "Is it trouble with Cameron or Savannah?"
John was instantly alert.
John Henry didn't want to alarm John too much or turn this whole thing into more than it probably was.
"I don't know." John Henry said. "It's not something catastrophic or anything like that. Something is off."
John Henry filled John in on what he'd witnessed and the two hour wait in the SUV upon Cameron's return. Now Cameron was just standing in Savannah's doorway.
Savannah wanted Cameron to do something. She wanted her to do anything at this point.
"Will you come in?" Savannah asked. "I need to take a shower. I want to close the door."
Cameron still stood there and didn't move.
Savannah knew she needed to get ahead of whatever was happening. It was time to get firm and make the decisions for Cameron.
"Cameron, we're going to the lab now." Savannah said.
Savannah knew Cameron hadn't been checked for damage from the days 'activity'.
Savannah took Cameron's hand and led her away to the lab.
"I need you to take off your clothes." Savannah said.
Cameron looked down the front of her torso.
"Can you help me?" Cameron asked.
Savannah was really worried now.
"Sure." Savannah said.
John came into the lab.
Cameron spun around. She moved in front of Savannah. It seemed as offensive of a move as it did defensive.
John wasn't sure what he was about to walk into. He would try to put a positive spin on it.
"Hello, Cameron, Savannah." John said. "I'm glad you're back and everything turned out OK."
Savannah was sure that Cameron was damaged at this point. She knew how Cameron felt about John seeing her damaged.
"I need to inspect Cameron for damage." Savannah said. "She's a little disorientated."
John was afraid it was something like that. He wanted to help.
"Cameron, relax." John said. "We're only here to help you."
John and Savannah exchanged quick glances. The tension of love was in the air.
John came over and hugged Cameron. She neither resisted nor participated.
Savannah didn't want Cameron to get 'worse'. She also realized that Cameron wasn't wearing the clothes she wore earlier.
"John, maybe Cameron has some damage she would rather you not see." Savannah said. "These aren't the same clothes she started out with today. I don't know when she changed either."
They both knew that meant Cameron was damaged and was trying to hide it so they wouldn't worry about her.
John was worried about Cameron on every mission. Now it appeared she was once again damaged. He wanted to bring in some more female assistance.
"I can call Ally and Sheila to come and help." John said.
Savannah thought she should see where they were at first with Cameron.
"Let me inspect her first." Savannah said.
John gave Cameron another hug and Cameron hugged him back. She held him close.
"John, I'm sorry." Cameron said.
Cameron still held him, she looked over at Savannah and moved one arm open for Savannah to join them.
Savannah looked at John and he nodded.
Savannah moved up and all three silently hugged each other for the longest time….
Earlier:
Ally and Sheila ran down the leads they got from the terminated Gray.
Sheila wanted to do more to the Gray before Ally snapped his neck.
"I wanted to finish him off." Sheila said.
At the time, Ally and Sheila discussed it in tones so low only a Terminator could have heard them.
"You were already cleaned up and dressed." Ally said.
They arrived at the first location.
"This looks like a bust." Sheila said.
Ally thought so too.
"Here I thought you were going to show me your bust." Ally said.
Sheila pulled her top to the side and her right breast popped out.
"Here you can look at this one." Sheila said. "I thought you got a long enough look while I worked on that Gray."
Sheila was nude when she'd 'worked' on him. It would have ruined her clothes otherwise.
They quieted down as they approached the building. They listened outside and it was silent. There were cars parked in the back. None of them looked dusty or abandoned.
They found what looked like a restroom window that was opened up slightly.
"Let me stand on your back." Sheila said.
Ally looked at Sheila's shoes.
"Why? Did you step in some canine excrement?" Ally asked.
Sheila frowned.
"No. But I'll be sure to do that when I can." Sheila said.
Ally pointed at a wooden crate.
"Let's use that." Ally said.
They placed it below the window. They were able to remove the window and enter the building. They began to look around in the darkness. There were a few night lights. They found sleeping quarters and a kitchen area. The trash can overflowed with used paper plates. They noticed there wasn't any food thrown away.
"People from the future don't waste food, even when they can." Ally said.
The went through the building a second time. It was empty.
"Everyone must be out." Sheila said.
Ally hoped it was something different.
"Maybe they are all dead." Ally said.
They'd monitored Cameron's exploits with the box truck.
"It's possible." Sheila said. "I don't like that."
Sheila pointed at one bunk that had rope at all four corners.
"That's why I look the other way when you go 'Scavenger' on the Grays."
Sheila thought otherwise.
"You watched everything I did." Sheila said. "I know you got off too."
Ally frowned at Sheila.
"I did not." Ally said.
Sheila felt otherwise.
"That's what they all say." Sheila said.
They left some surveillance cameras and took off. There were other places to run down.
They all proved a useless as the first location. Everyone was gone. Every address was good too.
Disorientated
To recognize one's own feelings
It was too long they'd waited
What could have been beautiful
Is now warped and faded
Everything in life is not absolute
Nothing is preordained and fated
It's only with one's own self
That they've needlessly debated
They need to recognize the one
Once they've been located
Without them close at hand
The ride through life is serrated
Don't wait for the other's love
To be spelled out and translated
If both don't respond and act
That love will soon be vacated
Confusion will set it and stay
Only one's own self will be hated
As they are left feeling deflated
Leaving them forever disorientated
Nobody