Chapter 801

Punishment

Cameron wanted the Blackhawk to set down first since there were more troops on it. They were also more heavily armed.

It was probably more of a risk for them to remain airborne as they orbited the target area. If any more HK drones appeared, they would end up as the first target. Everything seemed under control for now. The male Terminators could start the recovery operation.

Savannah wanted to make sure that everyone was protected on the ground as they exited the other helicopter. There was always the possibility that there were more Skynet forces that hadn't moved in yet. More than likely if there were, some of them were probably Terminators. It was a real threat that needed to be taken seriously. Even as they worked to police the area, they needed to keep their guard up.

"Holly, I want you to cover the Blackhawk as it sets down." Savannah said. "There may be more Grays out there or Terminators."

Savannah put the Iroquois into a tight orbit around the area. She orbited with slight downward angle to the starboard side so Holly could have a clean shot and any target that presented itself. Holly would even be able to shoot directly below the helicopter at the angle she orbited at. The sound of the rotor was very loud with its distinct 'chop, chop, chop' sound. The Blackhawk set down and the troops alighted.

Cameron liked Savannah's command of the landing zone and her pilot skills in general.

"You have done some excellent flying, Savannah." Cameron said. "It was top notch earlier too, I might add."

Savannah believed credit should be put where it was due. She was also troubled by what transpired earlier. She still wanted to know if she was at fault for any of that. Even if it was multiple bird strikes, she wanted to know if she was to blame.

"I learned from the best." Savannah said. "I'm sorry I made you 'fall out'."

Cameron previously went over a more controlled version of what actually happened with the Metal girls. It was a little different and more dramatic the way it actually went down. There were a couple times as each girl was added to the chain that she thought it might be a one way trip down. She'd stayed focused on the HK drone's location and whereabouts. She still would have taken the shot with the Stinger as she plummeted to her doom. If she was going to go out, she might as well go out with style.

"I'd previously discussed that procedure earlier with the girls actually. In case we needed to fire behind us or below us and we didn't have a clear shot." Cameron said. "It was unexpected when it happened. Everything is fine. It all worked out."

Cameron reflected on what actually happened. She was caught off guard and apparently Anna was too. She was pleased with the fact she still held on to the Stinger. If she'd missed the shot, she would have tried to slam into the HK drone with her chassis. She was sure the impact of her chassis would disable it outright and probably bring it down. She wasn't sure if anybody would have been able to actually witness that or not. She wondered when they recovered the wreckage of the HK drone and her chassis if they would have been able to put it together. She thought maybe it was best not to mention that to Savannah.

Savannah continued her mini patrol around the area. None of the Metal girls in the Huey spotted anything out of the ordinary as she orbited the area. Cameron gave her the OK to land. Savannah set the UH-1 down off to the side of the Blackhawk. The girls all exited.

Savannah and Cameron inspected the Iroquois for damage. They wanted to make sure everything was OK. All the instruments and controls all operated normally after the incident. There was no visible external damage to the helicopter.

Hanna sought out Sheila and Ally.

Savannah sought out Cammy after her inspection of the UH-1.

Hugs were quickly exchanged and everyone went to work on the recovery operation.

Savannah watched as Sheila approached. She took it all in. Sheila was still naked and wore only her vest. She couldn't help but think about Young Jesse as she viewed the naked lower half of Sheila's sheath. It made her think of her first female experience and how excited she was when she shared with Young Jesse. To watch and feel Young Jesse respond to her excited her greatly. She needed to refocus her thoughts, especially since they were in a combat zone.

Savannah wanted to provide some clothing for Sheila. She wondered why someone else hadn't already done that. That lack of care and concern for Sheila bothered her. She would give Sheila some of her own clothing.

"You don't need to walk around like that. Do you need my pants or underwear to cover up with?" Savannah asked. "I don't need both."

Sheila tilted her head slightly at Savannah's offer. She hadn't expected that. She didn't want to put any pants on yet.

"You would do that for me?" Sheila asked. "You'd give me your bloomers off that sweet bottom?"

Savannah smiled at Sheila and reached for her pants.

"Yes, I'd want someone to do that for me." Savannah said. "It's only common decency and we should respect each other's privacy."

Sheila didn't want to leave Savannah too compromised herself. It would also give her a nice daytime view of Savannah. A little live view was better than nothing.

"I'll take the underwear." Sheila said.

Savannah started to take off her pants. She wanted to keep the mood light as well.

"I actually thought you came over to model for me." Savannah said.

Sheila tilted her head slightly in the other direction. The events that currently happened hadn't been on her radar but she was more than willing to play along.

"Did you mean like this?" Sheila asked.

Savannah needed to look twice.

"I must say that's extremely impressive." Savannah said.

Ally came over and gave Sheila a shove and stopped Savannah from removing her pants.

"She has pants to wear." Ally said. "She just wanted to get yours off. You do have to know by now that she's demented."

Sheila didn't care much for Ally's comment or the shove that she gave her.

"That would 'get me off'." Sheila said.

Savannah didn't want any hard feelings between the Metal girls. She looked at Sheila and then Ally as she spoke.

"If she wants my pants off, all she needs to do is ask." Savannah said. "She knows where my room is at both bases, so do you."

Ally and Sheila looked at each other. They weren't sure if Savannah was joking. They both decided to take her up on her offer. The selection of females didn't get any better than that. Claire was the next most sought after female. They were both able to convey a deeper level of emotion and feeling than the girls from the future were able to share. The girls from the future lived for the 'moment'. That was how sex was for them. That special moment was the only time they could escape from their future. In that moment nothing else mattered but that moment. Savannah and Claire wanted more of the emotional connection of two individuals to share as one. The moment was only part of it and viewed more as the icing on the cake.

Cammy came over and handed Sheila a pair of pants from one of the Grays. She didn't look very happy. She didn't want to be angry with Sheila but she didn't like what she did to Savannah. Well, at least tried to do.

"I told you to put those on before everyone got here." Cammy said.

Sheila tried to blow it off as some of her typical antics.

"Then how would they all get to see me?" Sheila asked. "If you have it, you've got to flaunt it. I have it."

Ally thought that Sheila was a little extreme at times. She decided to make a joke about it.

"Maybe you should take a photo, it will last longer. Then you can send it to everyone." Ally said. "You can show everyone what an exhibitionist you are. I dare you."

Sheila went to Hanna and came back a few seconds later. Her vest was off; she held it in her hand. There was a giant smile on her face.

"It's done." Sheila said. "I sent them to the entire group. There was one full body shot and a close up. Now everyone can see how Hot I am."

Ally was only joking when she'd made that comment. She was a little worried about the implications of what may have just happened.

"Did you send it to Sarah too?" Ally asked. "I'm sure she'll be impressed."

The smile on Sheila's face faded a little.

"Oops! I should have omitted her." Sheila said. "I sent it to everyone."

Savannah was more worried about someone else.

"Did you exclude Young Allison?" Savannah asked.

The smile completely disappeared from Sheila's face. It was now replaced with a look of concern.

"No. I'm sorry." Sheila said. "I wasn't thinking."

Sheila could see the disappointment on Savannah's face.

Savannah wanted some help to rectify this problem. She knew who to ask.

'CamNet, can you 'fix this' for me?' Savannah asked in a text message. 'It's the images Sheila just sent on Hanna's phone. I don't want them to go to Young Allison, Jan or Summer.'

CamNet's response was immediate.

'All the images have been erased.' CamNet responded. 'They've been erased from everyone including John Henry's server. They're gone.'

'Were they viewed?' Savannah asked.

'Yes. Everyone reviewed them the entire time they were there.' CamNet responded. 'They've been erased. They were only there for thirty three seconds.'

'Please, don't let this happen again.' Savannah typed.

'Is this censorship?' CamNet asked.

'No. It's just some tact.' Savannah typed. 'Young Allison may look at anything SHE searches for. She has a right to be curious. I was. Nobody stopped me, even if they 'talked to me' about it.'

'What if Young Allison asks to see the images anyway?' CamNet asked.

'Then you may show her.' Savannah said. 'Then it's her choice, not one thrust upon her. There's a difference between them. Thank you.'

Savannah was a little concerned with CamNet's response about censorship. She didn't know it was Cameron's order that Young Allison not only was allowed to look at any images she wanted but was actually encouraged through 'conditioning' at night to do so. That was because Cameron wanted the only male in Young Allison's life to be John. It was the same thing that she wanted for Summer and her.

She'd looked and looked often at those types of images on the internet. Both John Henry as her 'brother' and Cameron 'asked' her about it. Neither stopped her nor forbid her. They both knew that would have made her 'look' even more. She told Cameron she thought the female body was beautiful, attractive and fascinating. It was when she viewed Isabel-Cameron up close and naked that she knew what she wanted. She'd often wondered what inner desires would win out over each other. After the incident with Isabel-Cameron, there was no doubt in her mind or heart.

Cameron looked at her phone as she walked over quickly. She headed straight for Sheila.

"What's going on here?" Cameron asked.

Cameron looked very irritated and highly agitated. She reached out toward Sheila.

Savannah was sure she was going to punish Sheila.

Sheila quickly backed away and moved behind Savannah.

Savannah could see that the situation was going to escalate out of control. She gently pushed Cameron's hand down as she looked at Sheila.

"It's nothing to worry about, Cameron." Savannah said. "I'll take care of this."

Cameron looked at Sheila with anger.

"Get dressed NOW." Cameron said. "I want you to question the Grays."

Savannah was sure there was more trouble to come.

"I'll accompany her." Savannah said.

Cameron wanted Savannah away from the immediate area. She wasn't done with Sheila yet.

"No." Cameron said. "I need to be alone with Sheila for a few seconds before she gets dressed."

Savannah knew Cameron was going to punish Sheila for sure now. . She stood her ground because it was something that she believed in.

"I don't want anyone damaged." Savannah said. "I'll take care of this myself."

Cameron looked at Sheila a little longer.

Savannah wanted to redirect the conversation back to the interrogations. She wanted to make another point as well to Cameron.

"I'll never expect anyone to do what I won't do myself." Savannah said. "If you want interrogations, I must learn to conduct them as you 'permit' them to be done. I need to be hardened some more. I felt weakness after the female Gray ordeal."

Savannah could see it all again. It was those eyes that stared at her as the life faded out of them.

Cameron understood Savannah indicated to her to make sure there was no savagery. She knew it was more than just about Sheila conducting interrogations. It was about what she was going to do to Sheila earlier to punish her.

"Keep it clean." Cameron said and walked away, she turned around briefly. "I'll be back."

Cameron glared at Sheila.

Savannah knew Cameron wasn't done with Sheila yet. She was going to punish her sooner or later in a violent and humiliating fashion. She was sure Cameron would make a public spectacle out of it.

Previously Cameron made it clear to all the Terminators, both male and female, what would happen to them if any of them violated her sexual rules and restrictions. They would face public chip extraction and then destruction of the chip after their sheath was mutilated by her.

Sheila watched Cameron walk away, once she was sure Cameron wouldn't return she approached Savannah.

"Thanks, love." Sheila said to Savannah. "I won't forget this. She was going to make an example of me."

Savannah didn't want that to happen. She was glad she was able to stop it for now. She was a little curious.

"I was afraid of that." Savannah said.

It seemed to Savannah that Sheila may submit to Cameron's punishment at some point.

"Would you have turned your pain receptors off?" Savannah asked.

Sheila didn't look too worried.

"No." Sheila said. "If I'm going to be punished for something I shouldn't be punished for, then I want the full punishment as a reminder that I'm not the only one guilty of cruelty."

Sheila also knew if she could feel pain that she was alive.

Minutes ago:

John wanted the team to grab what they could and destroy the rest and get out of the target zone as quickly as possible. He believed that Skynet would respond further.

"We need to be ready for a Gray counter strike." John said.

Based on Skynet's action so far, that would seem to be the case.

"I agree." John Henry said.

John was sure it would all come down to timing.

"They may not know what's happened but they know something did." John said. "That was some incredible footage from the girls in the Huey."

John Henry was now able to view all of the Metal girl's body cam footage from the incident in the helicopter. Previously CamNet blocked all of Cameron's and Anna's body cam footage. That was most likely because they would be the two who would have been terminated first if their descent hadn't been checked.

"It looked like a practiced Circus Act." John Henry said.

They both received an alert for a priority message on their phones.

John looked at his phone as did John Henry.

"What the Hell?" John asked. "Did everyone get this?"

John Henry was as surprised as he was pleased at the three images that appeared in his server and on his phone.

"Apparently…." John Henry said.

John looked at the three photos of Sheila. He assumed the other two were of her, the 'close ups'.

John found them fascinating to look at. He was aware that type of body modification recently gained in popularity among females. It made him think of the times Cameron wore nipple rings just for him. Those were some exciting times for him.

As John watched, the images disappeared.

"Hey! Where did they go?" John asked.

"CamNet has erased them." John Henry said.

John wondered how it was done so fast.

"How do you know that?" John asked.

John Henry knew that the files that were erased was a system wide event.

"Nobody else could do that as quickly." John Henry said.

John needed to focus on the operation at hand. Sheila's antics were sometimes a distraction. His main concern was to extract all of his personnel from the target zone.

"What kind of security can we get set up and around the facility other than what we have now?" John asked.

John Henry felt a little more control of the target zone since their drones arrived a few minutes ago.

"I have four drones at twenty thousand feet on the way. Two of them will arrive before the other two." John Henry said. "They have two operational HK Tracks and maybe another drone if they can find out what's wrong with the one still in the boxcar."

John checked in on Savannah and Cameron a few times to make sure everyone was doing OK.

Cameron wanted to get things moving as well. She wanted to extract what they could and remove all of the Resistance personnel from the target zone. She also wanted to give Savannah the opportunity to get in some more flight time with some real world applications.

"Savannah, I'd like you to get some more experience in the Blackhawk." Cameron said. "We need to move some of this equipment away from here. We have four of our drones for patrol and escort now or arriving soon. They will remain at altitude unless we need them."

Savannah saw Cameron look at Sheila as she passed by in the distance. She knew Cameron still wanted to 'punish' Sheila for what she'd done. She didn't want that to happen. She thought to punish Sheila in that manner was degrading to all females, Metal or human.

"Cameron, let it go." Savannah said. "I'm asking you to drop it."

Cameron gave Sheila a dirty look as Savannah led Cameron away.

Savannah could see that Cameron wasn't going to let it go. She really started to wonder why.

"Cameron, PLEASE." Savannah said. "I don't want there to be any punishment, especially in that manner. Females shouldn't be punished like that just because they're females and are able to be punished in that fashion."

Cameron tilted her head slightly.

"OK, Savannah, for you." Cameron said.

Savannah wasn't convinced. She didn't want it to be an issue. She also didn't want to 'order' Cameron not to do it. She didn't like to give anyone 'orders'. She decided to focus on the job at hand with the helicopters.

"I want you to be with me on the heavy lift, at least the first one." Savannah said.

Savannah didn't want to make a mistake, especially a fatal one.

Cameron wanted Savannah to have confidence in herself.

"You can do it." Cameron said.

Savannah was still a little concerned as to what culpability was hers for the previous incident.

"I want to be safe." Savannah said. "After what happened in the Iroquois, I'm a little jumpy. I still want to do this. This is how I'll learn and improve. I can use the practice and experience."

Cameron took one more look in Sheila's direction. She focused her attention on Savannah and smiled.

"Sure, Savannah…." Cameron said. "No problem."

Cameron gave instructions to Cammy and then went to the Blackhawk. Savannah already started to check it over and do the preflight procedure.

Savannah's time was limited in the Blackhawk and lifting slung cargo would be a first for her.

The more she flew, the more she wanted to fly and master the manned drone.

Earlier:

John was worried about the time his troops spent on the ground. There were probably more Grays or Terminators on the way. The biggest threat would be more HK drones. They were able to deploy four of their drones for top cover over the action site and HK equipment recovery operation. He still felt that things took longer than he wanted them to.

"I want our people out of there as soon as possible." John said. "That site is compromised."

"Very." John Henry said. "There will be more Grays on the way soon, if there aren't already. Two of the drones have arrived. The other two will be there in minutes."

John wanted a better plan.

"Maybe we should start moving some of the captured and damaged equipment away from there to a more secure site for now." John said. "That location isn't defensible."

John Henry was aware that the Blackhawk and Huey were both airborne with slung cargo.

"It appears Cameron has already initiated that procedure." John Henry said. "The Blackhawk and Iroquois have both just left with damaged HK drones."

John looked around to make sure there were no surprise visitors to the Command Center before he spoke.

"Excellent." John said. "Is there any way to get those pictures of Sheila back?"

John Henry didn't think it was a problem.

"No. There are sites with other photos like them." John Henry said. "You can click on the 'close up' button."

John specifically wanted the images because he knew that Sheila shared the same DNA with Jesse and Young Jesse. That meant when he looked at the images of Sheila, it was the same as if he looked at either of the human girls.

"I better not." John said. "CamNet will 'tell' on me."

John Henry wanted John to know where the information that he'd just provided to him came from.

"CamNet gave me the links." John Henry said. "She also recommended the 'close ups'."

John's mouth dropped slightly open….

Because The Sun Has Gone

You were my joy
My ray of sunshine
There was nothing I wanted more
Than to make you mine

It should have been us
Away secretly to elope
Instead you blinked by choice
Allowing an intruder to interlope

You melted life's dark shadow
Became my sunbeam
Then in a blinding instant
You made me cry and scream

I feel betrayal's dagger
Plunging stab after stab
Everything was almost healed
Then you ripped off hope's scab

The darkness has blossomed
There will never be another dawn
The blackness within me wins
Because the sun has gone

Nobody