Chapter 777

Lucky Number

John decided to have John Henry contact all the teams and get an update. Everything seemed to be at a standstill now.

There were still teams of Terminators running down the leads searching for the last truck. If anything turned up about any of the other boxcars they suspected were out there, they wanted to act on that too.

Dan sent in some information and gave a full report to the Command Center. They seemed to have uncovered an additional lead. It wasn't in the area where they currently searched.

John looked over the information. It seems solid and worth checking out.

"This is a new lead. It looks good." John said. "It requires further investigation."

John Henry looked over all the information. He believed it merited additional investigation as well.

"We can direct the next closest team to it." John Henry said.

John wanted to stay on top of every lead that they came across.

"Let's do it." John said. "If we can turn up more boxcars, I'm all for it. I still want the last big rig. Who is the closest team?"

John Henry knew where the intelligence initially came from. It came from Sheila's last enhanced interrogation. It made him wonder if she held back on some of the details since that's right where Bob's team was headed. She'd only given the location based upon a general description of what was around where the truck was parked. Perhaps there were a few details that she hadn't disclosed. That was OK. They seem to be on a roll so far so they might as well let it play out all the way.

"Bob, Cammy and Sheila are the closest." John Henry said.

John directed John Henry to make the connection. He wondered a little bit as well about the coincidence of their team being the closest. He knew Bob would be the moderating force to Cammy's extremism and Sheila's antics. Either way it was a solid team that produced results and produced them big.

John Henry received some new information from the field.

"John, you better take a look at this." John Henry said.

John looked over the new information. The new lead was still in the area where Bob's team was headed.

"I think this would be a better choice for Bob's team." John said. "I'll make the call."

Bob received a call from John. He wondered what was going on now. He answered it.

"Bob, I want to send your team to a different location." John said. "It's still near the other location."

Bob quickly looked back at Cammy and Sheila. The new assignment sounded like an unwanted change of their plans.

"We want to take down the truck." Bob said. "We already got two of them and we want the third one too."

John was a little surprised and how vocal Bob was about the assignment. He didn't want this to be a problem.

"Everyone's itching for that." John said. "Based on the current information coming in from Dan's team, we may have a new lead."

John Henry thought he should get his input in as well. He'd been able to obtain some solid facts with his search and Dan's information. He wanted to assure him it wasn't a wild goose chase.

"I've verified it with satellite photos as well." John Henry said. "I think I have a location of some of the previous boxcars the Grays have used and where they are stored. It may be that some of them are always on the move. Where two different railroad companies interchange, the cars do as well and keep moving. They are seldom in one place for more than a day."

Bob understood his duty was to the Resistance. If there was a solid lead and they were the closest team, they should act on it. He wanted to know what other information was available.

"How many boxcars are we talking about?" Bob asked.

John Henry didn't have that specific information, only the location.

"That's currently unknown." John Henry said. "We think they're usually in pairs since that is what we saw."

Bob wanted to know more about the raw material.

"What about the Coltan?" Bob asked. "Have you tracked down a source? Or even an entry point?"

John Henry had been unable to gather any information in that regard

"Negative." John Henry said. "I've been working on all of those things non stop since we found out about them."

Bob understood John Henry also felt some frustration with this endeavor. It sounded like it was time to act.

"Give us a location." Bob said.

John knew that Bob was on board. He didn't doubt that he would be. He'd expected a little more feedback from the Metal girls.

"Do you want to clear it through the girls as well?" John asked.

Bob looked over his shoulder into the rear seat. He knew that the girls heard everything that was discussed. They hadn't stopped what they were doing so he figured they were on board with it.

"I think they're fine with whatever I tell them. They have been so far." Bob said. "Where I drive them to will not matter."

John wasn't really sure about the first part of Bob's statement. Based on the body cam footage from earlier, he wondered if Bob referred to any specific sex acts he'd ask the girls to perform for him. He thought about that for a few seconds and didn't think Bob would actually do that. He decided not to comment.

John Henry gave Bob all the new information and where to look at as the suspected target area.

Bob already experienced some hands on exposure to two of the boxcars in the rail yard at Colton.

"The welded shut doors on the boxcars should be the giveaway if we find them." Bob said. "I've seen them up close, firsthand. I didn't really care for what I found."

John didn't think he needed to remind him but it didn't hurt to point out about the previous booby trap that he'd encountered.

"Don't forget to check for booby traps as well." John said. "We know they have already deployed one. You're the one who found it and disarmed it."

John Henry believed that the intel was solid. He'd reviewed a series of satellite photos as part of his research.

"This may be nothing." John Henry said. "It may be a lead on one of the trucks too. It's a group of industrial buildings. Most are abandoned but not all of them. There's one rail siding that serves a group of them.

"Affirmative…." Bob said. "I will inform the girls when they get dressed. I mean when they put their body armor on."

Bob was still a little bit off watching the girls 'interact' with each other. He said a few things that he probably shouldn't have. They sort of just slipped out. He didn't want to cause any trouble or problems for anyone.

John Henry still monitored the feed from Sheila's body cam. She'd adjusted it several times to keep it centered on the action. There were a few times where she moved it so there was a close up of her private parts as well as Cammy's. It was certainly unlike any other view that he previously observed from the Metal girls. They would need to put on a lot more than body armor…. He shifted in his chair again. He really needed to get some bigger pants.

Cameron arrived back at the Young Residence with Savannah and Young Allison. The ice cream treats for everyone were a big surprise. Especially since Savannah and Young Allison brought things for all the Metal girls as well. They were all a big hit.

Anna was worried about how upset Gail was earlier. She knew there was more to it than they all knew. It seemed there were some personal issues that needed to be addressed.

She took Savannah off to the side after she received her ice cream treat. She wasn't sure where to start and she didn't want to make a big deal about it but she felt she needed to say something.

"Gail is very worried about you." Anna said. "I think you need to speak with her."

Savannah wondered if there was some type of incident that occurred in their absence. It sounded like it.

"Was there a problem?" Savannah asked.

Anna believed it was a little more extreme than it needed to be.

"Almost…." Anna said. "Things got a little bit tense at times. It appeared a physical altercation could have taken place but it didn't."

Savannah was used to handling problems when they arose for the Terminators. This was more than an operational problem. It was a personal problem.

"I'll take care of it." Savannah said. "Thank you."

Anna quietly asked Savannah to spend some time with Gail. Young Allison heard her and decided to watch to see why. She would later see footage provided by CamNet on how protective and defensive Gail was of Savannah. She could see that Gail was honestly concerned for Savannah safety and well being. It seemed she was even willing to get physical with the other Metal girls if she needed to. She figured there must be something behind all of it. Maybe there was an incident of some type that may have been covered up. She would have to look into it more. She would see what CamNet could provide her with.

Young Allison saw Gail's face light up when Savannah came to her. It was even more so than how the other Metal girls reacted to Savannah. She heard Jesse say to Allison and Vanna that she'd definitely dropped to 'third place'. She would ask Allison about that later on. She was sure there was more behind that statement than she knew. She didn't know Jesse always felt like a second place lover to Duplicate Jesse who was now in River's future.

She could see everyone loved Savannah. It looked like they all loved - loved her as well. She even caught her mother looking at Savannah. After all, Savannah was the younger, hotter version of her Metal lover. No wonder Allison wanted Savannah, it was the same thing. Savannah was the younger, hotter version of her longtime lover. It was the SAME person after all. Savannah hadn't been specific but she did indicate that she'd been with most of the girls both human and Metal sexually on multiple occasions. The way that everyone looked at her seemed to confirm that.

Young Allison decided to have Cameron bring her back one year earlier than planned. That way, SHE would be the younger hotter version of 'Cameron'. She decided she would work on making herself look Tight and not as plain looking as Allison or Ally. Cam and Cammy almost looked as good as Cameron but Cameron always looked a tad better. She decided she would look as good and as Tight as Cameron. She'd seen what a hit Future Allison was, she wanted that for herself. She wanted everyone to look at her and love her like they did Savannah. She also looked forward to being with all of them herself when she got back from the past. She planned to do everything Savannah had done. She'd also told Savannah herself on more than one occasion that she'd planned to do everything she'd done so they would be the same. She didn't want to hear any negative feedback from Savannah about it either. The same way Savannah was with Allison, she planned to be with Vanna at some point as well. What was fair was fair and she knew that she would have a lot of catching up to do. She planned to spy on her mother a little more often. She seemed to be the one everyone preferred to be with. It didn't matter if they were human or Terminators. She believed that was based more on how her mother did it, rather than what her mother did.

She always paid attention to everyone and what was happening and who it was happening with. She wanted to know more of the 'why' with some of the relationships. She could see that some of them we're just about sex all other ones seemed a little bit more involved.

Cameron watched and took it all in as well. Everything worked out as she'd planned. The only thing not planned was Gail's extreme infatuation with Savannah. She was never able to get to the bottom of that. She was aware Gail was after a sexual relationship with Savannah and one was probably started, at least in some type of a limited relationship. That assessment was based on some of the security footage she'd reviewed. Maybe Gail needed to go to River's future and bring back a progress report on what was happening. Duplicate Jesse was there. Maybe that was what Gail needed. Duplicate Jesse was her true love. She was painfully aware that she'd inadvertently taken that away from Gail. She'd provided Gail with a 'substitute Jesse' but from her personal experience she knew it wasn't the same thing even if it was the same person.

Now Cameron felt disgusted. Just like everything else that went wrong, it always seemed to point back at her or her actions. Getting Duplicate Jesse 'killed' was her fault, keeping her in River's future was her fault as well. The main reason she sent Summer there was to make sure Duplicate Jesse stayed there. It was to make sure all of the girls stayed there, including Duplicate Cameron.

It made Cameron feel very bad about herself as she recollected how Gail begged her to terminate her, when she reactivated Gail after she thought Jesse was dead. She told Gail everything would work out and 'a Jesse' was back for her. She told Gail that Jesse was identical to the 'deceased Jesse', who was actually still alive and that 'her Jesse' was really a 'Duplicate'.

Cameron knew even if they were identical, they were still not the same. There were two Duplicate Camerons and they weren't the same as her. One of them was even with John for a time period because she didn't know she was a Duplicate. There were six clones of her, one was destroyed but CamNet was now online. There were times when Cameron placed a copy of her program into other chassis with different sheaths as well. There was still only one of her 'Cameron Prime'. Everything else was a copy or an imitation.

She was now aware Young Allison held her left hand.

Cameron looked around to see what happened. Everything was still going on but she seemed to have lost some time. She quickly realized that she must have zoned out when she thought about all the grief she'd caused Gail through her actions.

Young Allison could see Cameron looked a little confused as to what was going on right now.

"I saw your hand start to glitch and your face was blank." Young Allison said. "It stopped glitching when I took your hand in mine. I wanted to help you like Savannah does. I want to do everything with you like Savannah does. I want to be like you every way that I can be. I want you to know that I love you very much.

Cameron needed to take in everything that young Allison just said. It was everything that she wanted her to say. She was still a little confused as to what just happened. It seemed to be a period of immense guilt based upon her past actions.

"Thank you, Allison." Cameron said. "I don't know what happened."

Young Allison smiled at Cameron and gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"Savannah and I will take care of you." Young Allison said.

Cameron hoped but she wouldn't be the only one that they took care of.

"I know you both will and you will take care of John and each other." Cameron said.

The words flowed out of Young Allison's mouth without her even thinking about them.

"It's the 'Natural Order'." Young Allison said. "It's inevitable."

Claire watched and heard the exchange. She took Summer into the kitchen away from everyone. She knew Cameron would come for Summer next. She decided that after the baby she carried for Allison, that she would have one for Cameron, if Cameron would promise not to take Summer away from her. It could either be her own, with her genetic material or another one from Allison. It never occurred to her that Cameron would want it to be from Young Allison.

Savannah made Cameron promise not to breed Young Allison. Cameron promised that Young Allison would not be bred but nothing was to stop her from harvesting her genetic material. Claire would be her way around that 'problem' and she could still have Young Allison's baby as her own that way. It would be a child from 'the Allison' that belonged in John's future, Young Allison - HER Allison. It was the 'Natural Order'. She doubted that she would stop with one. She figured that Claire was going to be busy over the next few years having her daughter's children.

Young Allison led Cameron down into the bunker. She wanted a more active role dealing with Cameron and Savannah on a personal level. She really wanted Cameron to open up to her and talk to her one on one, person to person. She wanted it to be like the real relationship that it was meant to be where they all tried to help each other work through any problems any of them experienced.

"Can we talk about it?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron looked at Young Allison and wanted to speak with her. She wanted to share with her. She knew this is how it would be in the future. There is no reason the future couldn't be now for this type of interaction. This was the type of interaction that really mattered. It wasn't sexual interaction.

"I've done a lot of things that have caused people problems." Cameron said. "I worry about them. I've hurt them deeply inside. I seem to make some things worse when I've tried to fix them."

Young Allison was actually surprised to hear Cameron say that. She thought that Cameron eventually fixed everything that needed to be fixed.

"Haven't you 'fixed' everything?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron suppressed another glitch impulse. She felt Young Allison's hand hold hers lovingly when it tried to start. It stopped immediately.

"No. There are things I can't fix without creating new timelines." Cameron said. "It still won't fix it for the people in this timeline. I've taken things away from them that I had no right to do. It was my actions that caused the problems and the events that followed. I'm responsible for that. It's my fault."

Young Allison looked to see if anyone would follow them down. So far no one seemed very displeased at the way Cameron opened up to her. They'd never had a discussion like this before. This was a real discussion about real problems and how they affected Cameron.

"I know a lot of things for my age, we both know that." Young Allison said. "We can talk about anything that you want including anything sexual. I'm a much bigger girl than I look like I am. There are things I may not have done yet but I do understand them."

Cameron experienced a new level of closeness to Young Allison she'd never experienced before. This was a special moment in their relationship. This is where the real relationship would be. This is where the real relationship should be.

"Your age is just a number." Cameron said.

The choice of that terminology gave Young Allison an idea. She wanted to see how much Cameron and her were really alike.

"I want you to think of a number." Young Allison said. "Something simple, not 'pi' or anything like that. I want you to pick the first number that pops into your head."

Cameron tilted her head slightly. She wasn't sure what this was about. There was a number that did pop into her head.

"OK." Cameron said.

Young Allison looked around and found a paper and a pen, she pick both of them up.

"I'm writing a number down here." Young Allison said as she handed Cameron a small piece of paper. "You write yours down."

Cameron never played a game like this before. She wrote it down and then looked up.

"OK." Cameron said.

Young Allison wanted Cameron to stay with her and be honest.

"I am going to ask you something. I want you to tell me the truth." Young Allison said.

Cameron didn't want to lie to Young Allison or Savannah.

"OK." Cameron said.

Young Allison glanced up at the security monitor.

"CamNet, please stop monitoring this room for ten minutes." Young Allison said.

The computer screens all turned blue.

Cameron was impressed at Young Allison's command over CamNet. That was the way any Terminator or machine was supposed to respond to Savannah and Young Allison whenever they gave a request and especially if they ever gave an order. That included her as well.

"What is it?" Cameron asked.

Young Allison smiled reassuringly at Cameron.

"Let's trade papers." Young Allison said.

Cameron and Young Allison switched.

"Open it." Young Allison said.

They both contained the same number - 7 7 7 - on them.

Young Allison was very pleased that they were identical. She'd actually suspected that they would be.

"It's my lucky number." Young Allison said.

Cameron understood what Young Allison was after. It was to show her that even though her 'Neural Interface' was with Future Allison that Future Allison was once 'Young Allison'. In actuality it meant that there was part of Young Allison already inside of Cameron.

"That must be why I thought that too." Cameron said. "We think alike."

Young Allison wanted some answers. She hoped that they would be truthful. She really wasn't sure if her questions were going to cause a problem or not.

"Cameron…?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron waited.

"Is Summer, River's daughter?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron didn't think so.

"No." Cameron said.

"Is Summer - my daughter?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron was surprised by the question. She hadn't expected that.

"No." Cameron said.

Young Allison was very unsure about what she was going to say next. There was a thought it was in her mind but she couldn't shake.

"You haven't done it yet but in the future you might take something from me and bring it to the past and do this, use my mother to have my child." Young Allison said. "There was no Summer in your future."

Cameron felt extremely guilty right now. Everything the Young Allison said sounded like things she would do. None of them made her feel good about herself.

"I haven't done that." Cameron said.

Cameron thought it sounded like something she would have done already. If fact, it was something she'd just thought about a few minutes ago.

Young Allison wanted to know how far Cameron would go.

"Are you going to?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron tried to be honest with Young Allison as best as she could.

"Yes." Cameron said. "I mean, I've thought about it anyway. I haven't done any of those things."

Young Allison felt that left the door open by Cameron's response.

"Yet…." Young Allison said.

Now Cameron wondered if that is what may have occurred. Could Summer really be the daughter of River or Young Allison? If that were the case, then why hadn't she taken Summer from Claire when she was born? That's what she thought she would have done anyway. She remembered back to when she did try and take Summer away from Claire. She'd convinced herself that Claire gave Summer to her.

This was going to call for further investigation.

I Saw Everything

I've seen those around me
I know what they all do
I want to share those things too
With nobody but you

I'm right here
Just my name's call away
You do it for more than play
While it's I who you slay

We all want more
Than what we have already
Everyone's true emotions
Can stagnate, flow or eddy

Make no mistake
It's my face you slap
Whose arms do you want
Around your back to wrap

Carbon chain C24
You cling to your fling
Lanolin and red dye number 27
I saw everything

Nobody