Chapter 776

Productive Years

All the captured HK drones were flown out of the big rig. They were under the direct control of John Henry.

Bob, Sheila and Cammy all quickly physically disconnected the weapon systems from the HK drones before they were flowing out. That way if there was a problem or Skynet attempted to regain control of the HK drones they would be unable to respond with any weapons.

John was a little worried about them. All of the ones from the first truck arrived without incident and were already processed and refitted for their weapons. He hoped this new batch went as smoothly. He wanted to make sure that they watched them closely.

"Are all the captured drones behaving as they should be?" John asked.

John Henry double checked all the captured HK drones in flight. Everything seemed within the normal parameters. The same order stood for him to crash them into the ground if any attempt was made by Skynet to take control of them as they were taken to a secure location for inspection and refitting.

"Everything is fine so far." John Henry said. "Each will go to a different location for inspection and complete reprogramming. They will be refitted as well for our weapons systems."

Bob, Cammy and Sheila decided not to stand down. They wanted to continue to be a part of the operation. So far none of them had been in any real danger. They were Terminators after all.

"We're ready for the next target area." Bob said. "What better location do you have for us?"

John Henry didn't have an exact address. They only had the description of the area in which the big rig had been taken.

"We only have a general area." John Henry said.

John Henry filled him in on where to head to.

Bob still kept one eye on the rear view mirror where he could watch Cammy and Sheila share with each other. He needed to make frequent adjustments to the front of his pants as he watched them. There seemed to be a lot more going on down there than there normally was. He just didn't want the front of his pants to tear open due to the current lack of room inside them. That's what it felt like was going to happen down there. He was always amazed at how much things could expand down there, especially when they did it on their own like now.

"We're still a couple of hours away." Bob said.

John thought Bob, Cammy and Sheila already did enough in bringing down the first two trucks. There were other teams out now that could take over. They currently searched every location that met the description where the third truck was located. He really wanted the trio to wrap it up for the day.

"You three can return to base. You've all done enough." John said. "How about it Cammy and Sheila, do you two want to return?"

There was no answer.

Bob looked back and could see that the girls we're totally enveloped with each other. They seemed to be at a point where they didn't want to stop. In fact he was sure that they were both currently experiencing multiple finishes. He decided he'd better answer for them.

"They are going over some things, right now." Bob said. "They said they would do whatever I tell them to do."

John was confused by his answer. It really didn't make any sense.

"What?" John asked.

Bob quickly collected his thoughts and rephrased his answer.

"I mean, they'll go where I go." Bob said. "We've already discussed it."

Both John and John Henry wanted to ask Bob what they were doing but it seemed pretty clear. It was even clearer when Sheila turned her body cam back on after she'd placed it in a strategic location.

John started to watch while trying not to. John Henry turned it off, at least so that John couldn't view it. He continued to watch it through the server. He found it most enlightening as well as entertaining.

John felt a little embarrassed that John Henry needed to turn it off so he couldn't view it.

"I'm sorry." John said.

John Henry thought he should offer a reasonable explanation as to why he turned it off for John. He'd already needed to make an adjustment to the front of his pants. He was sure the current video feed would aid in his 'research' on females.

"You never know when Jan or Sarah will drop by." John Henry said.

John was grateful in that regard. He didn't really think he'd want to explain to Sarah what exactly he was looking at with Jan standing next to her.

John Henry continued to watch the feed in his server. It would be a file he would often replay. He didn't tell John he was doing that.

What he didn't know was that CamNet watched it too.

Bob was given the updated information and continued to head in that direction.

John checked the feed again but it was blank. He wondered why John Henry seemed fidgety and needed to adjust his position several times. He normally sat for hours without hardly moving. It was very unlike him.

Cameron and the two girls were outside of the malt shop now. The mood was very pleasant.

Savannah, Young Allison and Cameron carried all the things they were going to take home for everyone else.

"I'll drive." Savannah said. "You both can ride."

Savannah kept a straight face. She wanted to give Cameron a little playback on her earlier statement regarding Young Allison and her.

They carefully placed all the goods inside. Cameron and Young Allison needed to make sure nothing would tip over. There were lids on everything, just in case.

Savannah took the wheel again as they left the malt shop with the 'take out' items. She noticed the waitress stood at the window and watched them depart. She didn't really think about it.

Cameron experienced a peaceful easy feeling. It was such a feeling of calmness. She felt 'happy'. It was more than a feeling of contentment. She usually only ever felt this way when she was around Savannah or Young Allison. She remembered that she first felt the feeling of 'happiness' when she was in the halfway house when she thought that she was Future Allison. She also remembered that it was John who confronted her and spoiled that feeling for her. Why did he have to tell her she was a robot from the future? Couldn't he have waited until some other time to do that? She was pretty sure that he could have. She'd been so happy in that moment.

"I really shared a pleasant time with both of you." Cameron said. "I feel so comfortable with each of you. It's like everything else doesn't matter."

Right now to Cameron everything else didn't matter. THIS was the only thing that mattered, spending time with Savannah and Young Allison. She wished she could feel like this all the time. She hoped when they were in the past without the threat of Skynet hanging over them or the possibility of needing to deal with Grays or hostile Terminators she could feel this way more often.

Savannah looked back at Cameron and then at Young Allison. Their eyes locked for a few seconds before she spoke.

"You know I'm here, we are here for you for anything, Cameron" Savannah said. "This is beautiful to both of us too."

Young Allison wanted more out of life. She wanted her future now. She was more than ready to step up and fulfill her duties. What she looked forward to the most was being able to share with Savannah. She would do the other things too with John but she really didn't look forward to them. She would try them out a few times and maybe she would be more acclimated to experience more things with him. So far what she'd viewed on the internet seemed more like an 'attack' on the female body than an actual pleasurable experience.

"We both know our functions." Young Allison said. "By protecting John and you, we protect the future."

Cameron wanted to ask them how they would feel about staying in the past when they were all there together. She knew she carried the responsibility to return to this time period and do what was 'expected' of her. The desire to stay with them in the past, often called to her. How she felt now, only reinforced that feeling. She was pretty sure that she could get Vanna and Allison take over the 'duties' that Savannah and Young Allison were supposed to do with John in the present. It was the same thing in reality since they really were the same people. The only difference was that they were a little older and a little more 'used'. She really wished she would have pushed them a little harder when she returned with John from the alternate future. She would make a point to try and remember that the next time she lived her life over again if that event really actually occurred.

She was sure she'd done that before in a previous life, if that ever really happened. She wondered how she could ever know. If she could ever find a bunker or some hidden place with a supply of her chassis in 1999, she would know for sure.

Young Allison would have liked to have gotten some wheel time in on either the way there or on the way home but she didn't want to make a big deal about it.

"I'd ask for you to give me some more time behind the wheel but we have ice cream, we need to get home." Young Allison said.

Savannah turned and looked at Young Allison and then at Cameron. She was a little surprised to hear Cameron allowed Young Allison to drive.

"You've allowed Allison to practice driving?" Savannah asked.

It sounded like more than practice to Savannah but she understood how things worked.

Oops!

Cameron and Young Allison quickly looked at each other.

Cameron didn't think that it was a big deal. She'd allowed Savannah to drive at that age as well. She didn't want to lie. It was more for Young Allison's protection than anything.

"Yes." Cameron said. "It wasn't on city streets. Not all of it anyway. Allison needs to know the basics in case she needs to acquire a vehicle and flee. I did the same for you."

Savannah knew that was true. Cameron did teach her how to acquire a vehicle and drive it at a young age. She needed to be able to escape from a pursuing Terminator or Grays if the situation ever arose.

Cameron already did quite a bit of that so Young Allison already knew how to acquire a vehicle, start it and flee in it. Her experience was a little more than Cameron let on to.

Young Allison didn't say anything much about it either.

They didn't want to cause a problem.

Savannah thought that she would like to spend the time and take the opportunity to go with Young Allison on her next practice session. It could allow them to spend some more time together.

"I'll go with you as well, next time." Savannah said. "Allison is learning so much at an accelerated rate, compared to me."

Savannah hoped it wouldn't be like that for 'everything'. She didn't even want to bring the subject up. She really didn't want to see Young Allison get pregnant even earlier than she had. She knew there was a pretty good chance that could happen. She knew that Cameron wanted that baby more than anything. She would prefer Young Allison not need to go through all of that pain, both physically and mentally with everything associated with that.

Cameron felt justified in all of her actions. She didn't think she'd pushed Young Allison or Savannah too far or too fast on anything. She wanted them ready for the future and she wanted them protected. The safety and the survival of the girls was paramount.

"We don't know when Judgment Day will come." Cameron said. "I want her protected, as I do you."

Young Allison was ready for her temporal mission now. She would leave right now if she could.

"Cameron, when are we going to go?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron had all the pieces aligned for the temple mission as she planned it.

"It will be soon." Cameron said. "Your mother and Savannah are both 'ready' to go on their missions."

Savannah saw Young Allison 'thinking'.

"Don't even think about it, Allison." Savannah said. "I won't allow it."

Young Allison looked a little guilty even as she tried to look innocent.

"I didn't say anything." Young Allison said.

Savannah wanted to make herself perfectly clear without actually saying anything.

"I know what you were thinking." Savannah said. "I don't demand much but I demand you not do 'that'."

Young Allison believed she was justified in her thoughts. She hadn't contemplated anything different than Savannah had already done. She felt she needed to say that. She was somebody and she mattered too.

"You have, several times." Young Allison said.

Savannah knew her skin was more than likely turning a little red right now. She felt as defensive as she did offensive. There was also a certain amount of logic in what actually worked out even though it wasn't her original intention as to why she got pregnant in the first place. She'd wanted to give that baby to Cameron and John as their own child. The temporal missions and the situations caused everything to work out differently than she'd planned. This was a subject that she really didn't want to get into right now.

"That was because I NEEDED to." Savannah said. "I seem to be the only Savannah Weaver who 'can'."

Cameron suppressed a glitch impulse. She didn't want Young Allison to do anything like that either, especially at this early age. Just because she could, didn't mean that she should.

"Allison, as long as your mother can 'help out' there's no need to contemplate anything like that." Cameron said. "I forbid it as well."

Young Allison was confident that time itself would take care of everything. She knew what her future was and she planned to embrace it. She was pretty sure then when she was in John's bed naked that things would happen for sure within a month or two through the traditional process. She didn't want to bring it up but she knew that she needed to stay ahead of Judgment Day as far as everything on this subject was concerned.

"When I get back from the past, I'm supposed to 'be with' John." Young Allison said. "It will 'happen' then."

Savannah didn't see Cameron glitch when she looked.

Cameron wanted to fulfill her mission as assigned to her by Future John. She felt she was close to doing that. There would be plenty of variety for the four of them. As long as things were done in pairs, there should be someone for everyone. Nobody would have to be alone.

"It will happen, for both of you." Cameron said. "It will be the traditional method."

Young Allison was thoroughly 'conditioned' as to her primary duty to John and Cameron. She wanted to make it clear to both Cameron and Savannah right now what was going to happen. She didn't know when but she did know it was going to happen.

"I still promise to have a baby for you, Cameron." Young Allison said. "John and you will have YOUR own baby."

Savannah remembered making the same promises to Cameron at the same early age. It's totally different when it happens. It always stung her to think of Hope and Joy. That was a pain she never wanted Young Allison to experience. She wondered for how long of a time period that Cameron made Young Allison give THIS promise.

It actually angered Savannah some the more she thought about it.

"NO, I will. I will do it." Savannah said abruptly. "I will NOT allow you to do that, Allison. You don't know what it's like. You can't ever know what it's like. I won't allow you to do that to yourself. I'll do it again."

Cameron experienced a glitch impulse as she felt Savannah relive her pain over what she needed to do in two different futures. She could still hear Savannah cry sometimes at night when she looked over the images of Hope and Joy in her room. She was aware at those times that Savannah didn't feel any joy and certainly didn't have any hope about her children.

"I can never take a child from either of you." Cameron said. "Those promises are no longer binding. You are both free of them. I will never take your children from you. I would rather self terminate than take a child from either of you."

Cameron remembered when she'd been trying to download her program into a human female. It was her plan to have a child herself that way. She'd also considered using the 'test subjects' to have John's baby for her. She would have taken it from them and disposed of the mother. They were going to die anyway. Once they'd provided her with that 'service', their termination order would be carried out. Savannah prevented her from further research and testing with humans.

Savannah and Young Allison said nothing, they both still planned to do it for Cameron anyway. They'd both promised nearly as long as they could both remember. Neither ever wondered if Cameron manipulated them into making those promises. They both felt they'd made them on their own. As a child, the depth of THAT promise was beyond their comprehension. It seemed that promise to Cameron was as much a part of them as was their name.

Savannah was ready to tone down the conversation. She wanted to see if young Allison had been paying attention on the drive home. With the earlier mildly contentious atmosphere it would be easier to lose track of their surroundings

"We'll be back at home soon." Savannah said. "Allison, how far from this spot are we from home?"

Young Allison was always trained to keep track of her surroundings so that if she needed to escape from hostile forces she would know which direction would be best to go.

"We are three blocks, two right turns and seven houses away." Young Allison said. "I keep track of where I'm at."

Savannah knew Cameron trained her to do the same. They were always to know where they were and how to get away. It was escape and evade, until they gained the advantage, then it was time to attack.

Cameron smiled. She could see how fine these two girls truly were. Everything since she'd been out with them was a wonderful part of the day for her. The only part that bothered her was the talk of the girls getting pregnant and both of them wanted to provide her with a child. That was something that she'd wanted more than anything at that point in her existence. She needed to think of the ones she loved first before she thought of herself. That was then, this was now.

Riley watched Jan. Sarah came to take Jan out for a walk.

Sarah didn't think that Riley looked so hot right now.

"Are you OK?" Sarah asked.

Riley tried to give Sarah a smile but couldn't quite pull it off.

"I've felt better." Riley said.

Sarah knew there weren't many people around the base. She was pretty sure that the only other non Terminator there was John.

"Kyle and Derek are out with Jim." Sarah said. "Maybe I should call them. They've gone to inspect another one of the facilities John Henry has constructed."

Sarah was aware that Cameron was having others built as well. The locations of those remained unknown to the Resistance. That bothered her somewhat but Cameron always took John to see all of them at some point. He just didn't know where he was exactly. Cameron provided him enough clues so that if he wanted to he would be able to figure it out. She asked him not to until it looked like it would be necessary. Cameron still wanted a Resistance presence that lacked a connection to Mrs. Weaver. That was the entire idea behind her base and CamNet.

"No. I have days like this every now and then." Riley said. "I don't mind as I know how lucky I am to even be able to have this baby."

Sarah looked Riley over.

"I think you'll be having it soon." Sarah said.

Riley felt guilt when she didn't need to. She told herself she didn't need to feel that way but she still did.

"I feel bad for Vanna, Allison and Jesse." Riley said. "They're all sterile. I thought I was too but Cameron was able to get this one to 'stick'."

Sarah believed that Cameron would come through for all of the girls.

"Cameron will help them." Sarah said.

Riley thought about that for a few seconds.

"I'm sure she will." Riley said. "Who will help Cameron?"

Riley was willing and tried to give her baby to Cameron. Cameron refused every time. They didn't know how much it bothered Cameron to have witnessed Savannah have to give up her two babies. She'd only allowed that to transpire because they went to 'a Savannah Weaver'. Savannah's babies went to other versions of herself. They were all the same person but in different timelines.

Cameron even looked into having a compartment constructed in her abdomen to try to transport the baby back from 'In Some Future'. She worked with Ginger and Sandy on the project in secret. Savannah found out about it and didn't want to risk the infant's life. She wanted Duplicate Vanna to have it instead. She didn't want that version of herself to be childless forever.

"We all will help Cameron." Sarah said.

Sarah wondered if maybe she should think of helping Cameron herself. She couldn't even imagine the pain Savannah must have been put through, twice already. Then again, maybe Kyle and her could get lucky for themselves. Sarah knew she was running out of safe productive years. They'd never used any birth control but nothing else happened. Maybe she could ask for Cameron's help.

The fear of cancer always crept into her mind when she tried to think long term down the road. What would become of Kyle and Jan if she ever found out she'd developed cancer and then died from it?

Sarah knew Cameron created Metal versions of most of the girls. They were really like them too in most ways, even if the morals and scruples were lacking. She contemplated asking Cameron to make a Metal version of her. That way, both Kyle and Jan would be provided for and protected. No matter how good of an idea she tried to tell herself it was, she just couldn't do it. She could never ask Cameron to do it. The words just wouldn't come out of her mouth.

She didn't know what was in Cameron's menagerie at her base. In fact she didn't know about it at all.

Savannah didn't know what was there other than the four Terminators she'd looked at.

Nobody knew what was there.

We Don't Know

Of what can we be sure
That remains a mystery
Do we move ahead
Or end up as history

The search is within
The heart, soul and mind
Do we remain blind
Or have the stars aligned

We each have a part to play
In life's daily struggle
Much can happen to one
With so many things to juggle

Yesterday is done and finished
Leaving us with now, today
Can we stay on the path
Or by others be led astray

Life is but a stage
We are part of the show
What tomorrow will bring
We don't know

Nobody