Chapter 786

I've Got Him

Seconds ago:

Cammy knew there was trouble around the corner. She was in the alley and ready to move around the side of the building. She suspected there was a Gray or a hostile Terminator that would be there.

She came around the corner wide at full speed and saw someone shooting at Sheila as she moved behind a dumpster. They were at the other end of the building. She opened fire on them. She emptied her magazine into them and they turned to face her. She knew that all fifteen of her shots hit the target. It was a Terminator.

Sheila moved around the dumpster and fired into the Terminator. This caused him to turn back in her direction. Cammy appeared to be more of a threat to him. He perceived Sheila as the lesser threat and moved back in her direction. He was about to try and go back the way he'd come. It appeared to him that evasion was the best course of action currently.

He was going to try to run past Sheila when Bob came around the corner and continued forward at full speed. He headed straight for the Terminator. He slammed into the Terminator and knocked him against the cement wall. Cammy and Sheila were now both next to Bob.

The Terminator lost his weapon. He bolted up onto his feet. He still hoped to get past the three of them and evade them. He hadn't anticipated he would need to fight three Terminators unarmed. He only thought that he would need to track and terminate a single 'Metal Bitch'. She hadn't looked like too big of a threat to him initially. He actually thought she was going to be destroyed by the HK drone that he'd sent to engage her.

Sheila pulled her Taser out and fired. She hit the Terminator just as he tried to make a break for it. He went down. Sheila pulled her knife and rolled him over onto his back.

She was angry now about being shot at earlier as well as targeted by the HK drone. She wanted some payback.

Cammy and Bob saw she was going to do more than remove his chip. It appeared she was going to remove something else first.

Cammy wanted Sheila to stop.

"Sheila!" Cammy said sternly.

Sheila looked at Cammy and Bob and then up at their drone that was now over them. It was clear that everything she did now was going to be recorded. She looked back at Cammy and nodded. She then removed the Terminators chip.

Cammy went over and quietly took the chip from Sheila. She added it to the three she'd already obtained. Savannah previously asked her to quietly get four chips for her without any questions. She would 'scrub' them and give them to Savannah.

Savannah asked her to make sure everything was erased on them. She asked her to do everything three times to make sure. She knew this wasn't something within the scope of their normal operations.

Cammy wondered what this was about but Savannah asked her to not ask her about it. She didn't want any questions. She trusted Savannah more than anyone so she would do it. She wasn't so sure that something good was going to come out of this. She even wondered if one of them would end up in her chassis. She didn't think Savannah would ever do that to her. If Cameron was the one behind it, that was another story.

Cammy was glad Sheila stopped what she was about to do. What she would have done would have been transmitted to John and Young Allison. She knew Savannah would have seen it at some point. On a personal level she didn't want Sheila to cultivate her 'mean streak'. She too wanted to see a 'better' Sheila.

It was time to check in with John and John Henry. It appeared they had the current situation on the ground under control.

"Is there anything else happening around us?" Cammy asked.

John Henry recently moved one of the drones over the three Terminators. On its way there the drone hadn't detected any additional threats.

"Negative." John Henry said. "I haven't detected anything in the air or any additional movement on the ground. The two buildings that were destroyed haven't had any activity in or around them since they were hit.

John knew that the Terminators had been in several firefights. There had been a fair amount of gunfire involved with both Cammy and Sheila. He was aware that the Terminators weren't always forthcoming as to the actual extent of damage to them.

"What is the damage report on any of you?" John asked. "I don't want anything held back either."

Cammy and Sheila filled him in. There was minor cosmetic damage to them only.

John and John Henry watched the whole scene go down and were glad their personnel were relatively undamaged. Their vests prevented any major damage.

John wanted to move the operation along. It was long overdue that they get the captured HK drones away from that area. He didn't want to wait around for the next Skynet counter attack. He'd rather not have to destroy the HK drones either. He wanted the Resistance to benefit from their capture.

"I want to get those captured HK drones in the air." John said. "I want them out of there and all of you too."

Bob, Sheila and Cammy turned to head back in the direction where the captured HK drones were at in the back of the big rig.

Cammy went to pick up the deactivated Terminator.

Bob quickly bent down and picked him up.

"I've got him." Bob said.

Cammy wanted to reassure the Command Center they would get all the business taken care of.

"We'll head across the street and get the HK drones airborne." Cammy said.

John wanted to make sure that everything was in order in the target area. His main concern would be any destroyed Terminator or any HK equipment that was still identifiable in the wreckage of the buildings.

"Once the HK drones are gone, I want you to check on the two structures we hit." John said. "John Henry has the all communications down so there is no 'emergency response' yet."

Bob hoped to get this operation concluded so he could move on to the next one. Based on the current intel that they'd gathered through Sheila's enhanced interrogations, there were sets of boxcars hidden inside of buildings where the railroad siding actually entered into the building.

"Affirmative…." Bob said.

John Henry wanted to reassure them they would have drone support. The other drones would be on patrol around the area to make sure that Skynet didn't send any additional surprises.

"You have two drones with you now and Ally is on her way with the manned drone." John Henry said. "We're on the lookout for any additional threats. So far everyone has done a magnificent job."

In the Command Center they continue to search for any threats that could endanger the team on the ground. They also needed to make sure there were no threats to their drones in the air.

John wanted to discuss a few issues with John Henry now that everything seemed to have settled down a little bit. He wasn't really sure how to address the issue. It concerned what Sheila was about to do to the deactivated Terminator when the drone showed up to back them up.

"I saw what was going to happen." John said. "I know what Sheila was about to do."

John Henry hadn't actually witnessed anything occur. He didn't believe there was an actual remedy to the situation.

"It didn't." John Henry said. "All we saw was a Terminator be deactivated."

John knew events were about to progress a little further than that when they began to receive drone footage. It was clear that the only reason Sheila stopped what she was about to do was because the drone arrived. He wondered how much influence he might have over her behavior.

"Do you think if I spoke personally to Sheila it would do anything?" John asked.

John Henry seriously doubted that. It was deeper rooted than an impulse. It was actually more like a compulsion. It was part of Sheila's core programming. It was who she was.

"No." John Henry said. "The 'Neural Interface' from Jesse is part of her programming now. It's beyond that as well. It's something she enjoys."

John didn't think he could rely on Cameron or any of the other Terminators to assist him. There was only one person who he believed could help him in this endeavor.

"I need to have Savannah help me on this." John said.

John Henry believed that was now problematic. Previously Savannah attempted to work with Sheila to curb her impulses. That approach seemed to work for a while. When Savannah was nearly terminated several times at the bunker near the nuclear power plant, she gave Sheila a new set of instructions. Maybe they weren't actually instructions but more about lifting Sheila's current restrictions.

"Savannah told Sheila to do whatever it took." John Henry said.

John wasn't aware at the time Savannah had done that. He was now. He'd watched Savannah need to fight for her life while she protected both Cameron and Cammy. Several times during that entire ordeal she was nearly terminated. He thought he understood her anger and frustration. Then again he wasn't the one on the ground fighting for his life.

"I'll talk to Savannah first and then to Sheila." John said. "I don't want the Resistance to be associated with Scavengers or Grays for cruelty. I don't want that to be seen as how the Resistance operates."

That concept seemed like a logical choice to John Henry. It was actually only one individual in the Resistance that currently partook in that type of deviant behavior. He thought that Sheila attempted to cover her tracks well by her follow up actions. Usually the building was torched to destroy any evidence of her deviant behavior.

"That's a wise choice." John Henry said.

John Henry wasn't sure Sheila was going to listen. Even if she did listen to John and cut back her 'atrocities' when she was on a Resistance operation, he didn't believe for a moment she would stop that same behavior on the 'off the books' operations with Cameron and CamNet involved. He actually wasn't against what was done to the sex traffickers who targeted young females and forced them into the sex trade. He understood Cameron's reasoning to allow Sheila to act as she did during those operations. He never needed to look further than Vanna or Jesse to be reminded how cruel some humans could be to other humans. In the future that he'd visited he was a witness personally to the acts that were carried out by Scavengers against other humans usually against females. Any action Cameron took now would only thin the herd of Scavengers that would rise up in a Skynet future. He believed that Sheila was the proper tool to use against those individuals.

Cammy led Sheila and Bob back across the street to the building the big rig was parked inside of. Bob carried the recently deactivated Terminator. They needed to get the HK drones launched out of the back of the truck before any more Skynet forces showed themselves either on the ground or in the air.

The three of them reached the structure. Cammy yanked the roll up door to the building open. Sheila moved up and opened the doors on the back of the truck. Bob dropped the Terminator on the ground in back of the truck and pulled the other Terminator that was in the truck out and dropped him on top of the newest arrival.

Cammy looked down at the two Terminators who now lay on the ground at the back of the truck. It reminded her there was some unfinished business at the location where she'd taken down another Terminator previously.

"I still need to get the Terminator at the other building." Cammy said.

Sheila was worried about her SUV being targeted earlier.

"We need new wheels as well." Sheila said. "I think our SUV is compromised."

Cammy wanted to get moving. She didn't want to leave in the big truck and their SUV was the only other vehicle in the area other than the vehicles the Grays arrived in. The drone images showed that they were all severely damaged from the explosions and fire.

"Go get it for now." Cammy said. "Check it to make sure it hasn't been tagged or booby trapped."

Sheila wanted to leave the area as well. There'd been a few too many close calls associated with it.

"I think that's a good idea." Sheila said.

She still thought about almost being 'lit up' by the HK drone.

Cammy wanted to get all three things done at the same time. It would allow them to leave quicker.

"I'll get the Terminator from the other building and you can pick me up with him. We'll pick up Bob and these two stiffs after that." Cammy said. "All of the captured HK drones should be away by then."

Cammy and Sheila took off.

Bob made sure the drones were ready to go.

John Henry took control of each of the captured HK drones. They flew out of the back of the truck and out of the building. They were headed to a secure remote location for evaluation and inspection. Once that was done, they would be fitted with their weapons systems and put into storage.

Bob drug the two deactivated Terminators outside of the building. He closed the roll up door to the building. The empty big rig would be left behind. He thought about leaving a booby trap in case of any of the Skynet forces searched the area and found it. He decided against that because of the local homeless population. More than likely one of them would be who found it first.

A few minutes ago:

Sheila made her way back to the SUV. It was near where the first building was taken down at. She carefully checked the area to make sure no one lay in wait for her. Everything looked clear. She approached the SUV and inspected it for any booby traps. None were found. She drove away and headed for her rendezvous with Cammy.

A few minutes ago:

Cammy carefully approached the building that she'd left the deactivated Terminator in. She was a little wary of what she would find once she entered the building. If there'd been any additional Skynet forces with the Terminator they could either lay in wait for her to return or booby trap the area. She checked for everything as she entered. She found the Terminator as she'd left him. She did a final check around and carried him outside. Sheila pulled up thirty seconds later. She deposited the Terminator's chassis in the rear area of the SUV and climbed into the front seat next to Sheila. They headed for the building where Bob was. As they neared the location, they spotted one of the captured HK drones take to the sky and head straight up. It was lost from sight in seconds.

Bob watched the last HK drone fly away and disappear into the night sky.

Sheila and Cammy arrived soon afterwards. Cammy helped Bob toss the two deactivated Terminators in the back. They joined the other one she'd collected from in front of the X-ray room. They climbed in and Sheila drove off.

Sheila noticed the handling of the SUV was a little different now.

"I can feel the extra weight in the back." Sheila said.

Cammy wasn't concerned with that. She wanted to finish their assignment and get rolling.

"Let's get back to the first building and check it out." Cammy said.

They wanted to wrap up this part of the operation. They still needed to check out the structure across town where the two HK drones that came to attack them were launched from.

They remained in constant communication with the Command Center. There were no new threats detected on the ground or in the air as they finished their mop up operations.

Young Allison was at home now. Holly and her were in the bunker with Anna. They'd finished dinner and headed straight for home. They watched everything happen. None of them liked the fact that Allison went with Savannah and Cameron. Hanna was upstairs with Claire and Summer.

Holly was very upset Allison was out in the field, especially without her. If she'd been home she would have gone with Allison to help protect her. She actually would have tried to prevent her from going in the first place.

Young Allison and Anna could see that it caused her a lot of grief.

"She shouldn't be out there." Holly said. "I need to be with her."

Young Allison went and calmed Holly. She didn't think that their current assignment would be too dangerous. That could always change and change fast.

"You know Cameron will protect both of them." Young Allison said.

Holly I wasn't so sure about that. She knew from past experience that things could happen fast.

"You spend a lot of time down here now doing this." Holly said. "You know how these things can go."

Young Allison wanted Holly to understand that she was no stranger to worry about troops in the field.

"I'm just as worried about Savannah and Cameron as you are about Allison. I'm worried about ALL of them." Young Allison said. "I worry every time."

Holly knew that Young Allison wanted to take things a step further.

"You want to be there with them." Holly said.

Young Allison thought it was more about sharing the burden and the danger.

"I do." Young Allison said. "I want to help share the risk for Savannah and Cameron."

Holly didn't view that as normal human reaction to violence. Most humans would shy away from being shot at.

"Aren't you afraid?" Holly asked.

Young Allison didn't think it was about fear. It was about her responsibility to the future.

"Of course I am." Young Allison said. "It's about our duty and about protecting the future. I don't want to get hurt or die but I don't want anyone else to either. I want to share the burden and do my part."

Holly looked at the younger version of her lover.

"You're braver than my Allison." Holly said.

Young Allison didn't think so. The fact that Allison was out right now was proof of that. Allison was her even if she wasn't Allison.

"No, I'm not. We're the SAME person." Young Allison said. "Our fingerprints are the same. They're identical. Anything I can do, she can do. Anything that's happened to her can happen to me. I'm aware of what most of those things were too. I've been trained ever since I can remember by Cameron and the others and by you too."

Holly knew why Future John selected Future Allison. Every Allison was special. No wonder Cameron was so special herself. Anybody based on such a person as any Allison would have to be.

"Anything Allison would do, I would do. Anything I would do, Allison would do." Young Allison said. "That includes the 'big girl' stuff too, all of it. I'm more than ready for all of it. I also want it to be my choice first before it's someone else's choice by force."

Holly and Young Allison shared a long look with that last part of her statement.

Holly knew she needed to start watching over Young Allison even more as Gail started to do for Savannah. Both of those girls were special. It was more than what Cameron attempted to make them into. It was the girls themselves - The 'Chosen Ones'.

Cammy's team arrived at the first building that they'd taken down.

Ally was overhead in the manned drone as she scanned the rubble.

"Everything here is wasted." Ally said. "I don't see any signs of any Terminators either."

Sheila checked to make sure her 'handiwork' was 'covered up' by being incinerated, it was. She was still concerned that their ride was compromised.

"You're right, love." Sheila said. "We need new wheels soon, find us something good."

Ally knew that Sheila liked the Escalade that they 'borrowed' for one operation.

"I will see what I can spot." Ally said.

Cammy and Bob looked around too. They collected whatever firearms they saw and tossed them into the dumpster that contained the two dead men that Sheila terminated earlier. The weapons were all burnt and worthless. Maybe someone would find them, maybe they wouldn't. They made sure everything in the dumpster was covered over.

"Let's head to the other place." Cammy said. "We still have some work to do."

Savannah flew the UH-1. She knew they were near the quarry.

"I make us about fifteen miles out from our target location." Savannah said.

Cameron was aware of their specific location. She was impressed at how accurate Savannah's navigation was.

"We are fourteen point nine miles away." Cameron said. "You're flying is perfect."

Savannah was aware that the LZ was going to be completely dark. It was inside of the canyon. She didn't want to take any chances, especially with Allison on board.

"I want you to take it with the close quarters in the dark at the quarry." Savannah said. "I don't want any problems. I know the Blackhawk will be there as well."

Cameron was aware the Blackhawk was about the hook up to the first downed drone.

"The Blackhawk is already there." Cameron said.

Savannah wanted to make sure that they arrived safely.

"Are you ready?" Savannah asked. "You got it?"

Cameron took control of the Iroquois.

"I've got it." Cameron said.

Savannah looked back at Allison.

"I didn't see much but I enjoyed the flight." Allison said.

Savannah was unsure what would unfold after they'd picked up their damaged HK drone.

"We're not done yet." Savannah said. "We may need to find additional transportation home if we pick up the captured Terminators as well."

Cameron didn't believe they would have any trouble with the additional weight of a drone and the captured Terminators.

"This bird can take it." Cameron said. "I worked on it myself."

Savannah wanted to double check with the Command Center about the area that surrounded the granite quarry.

"What does the drone show, John Henry?" Savannah asked. "I don't want a hot 'LZ'."

John Henry kept a careful watch over the area as well as where the other team was at.

"There's nothing around the area." John Henry said. "The landing zone isn't hot. The Blackhawk is already retrieving one of the HK drones. The crew will have the other ready to hook up for you."

Cameron didn't see anything as a problem.

"We'll be in and out very quickly." Cameron said. "What about the Terminators Cammy's team has?"

John Henry knew there were a few issues about their current ride.

"They'll need to acquire new transportation soon." John Henry said. "They think the vehicle they are in was 'made' earlier."

Cameron thought they could speed things up a little bit.

"We can fly there and get the deactivated Terminators first, while the Blackhawk crew gets everything ready at the quarry." Cameron said.

John wanted to make sure Cameron didn't push things too far.

"Hi, Cameron. What about your lift capacity?" John asked.

Cameron was pleased John was concerned about her safety. She wanted to remind him who the real people were he should speak to.

"Hi, John. Don't forget to say 'hello' to Savannah and Allison." Cameron said. "My lift capacity is within the aircraft's limits."

John wanted to verify something with Cameron. He wanted the truth.

"This is a secure line to you only, Cameron." John said with real concern in his voice. "Which Allison do you have with you?"

Cameron was instantly irritated by the question. It appeared she would need to deal with John's continuous negativity.

"It doesn't matter. They're ALL the same person." Cameron said. "ALL of them."

Savannah noticed right away a change in Cameron's demeanor.

"What are we missing?" Savannah asked.

Cameron looked at Savannah and Allison.

"It's a private conversation with John." Cameron said. "That's all."

Savannah and Allison looked at each other.

Allison selected a new tune.

'Honey Don't' by 'Carl Perkins', echoed through their headphones as Cameron pushed the Huey a little harder.

I Can Get Her

The answer is before you
Yet you're reluctant to choose
If you make the wrong selection
In the end it's you who will lose

Think beyond this second
There are many a tomorrow
Whose strength can you borrow
Who will you leave in sorrow

You know where your love is
You know it's not a mystery
Think before you act foolishly
Or what may, will become history

Moments of anger
Can lead to destruction
Recognize your true love
Increase the feelings production

Stop what you are pursuing
Chose the one whose love is sure
You know inside yourself you say
I can get her

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