Chapter 932

As I Will You

The Metal girls waited by the vehicles as Cameron, Cammy, Sheila and Savannah were busy in the restroom area. They knew something was happening, they just didn't know what. They were apprehensive and antsy.

Ally was tired of the wait.

"I think we should go in there and see what's happening." Ally said. "They've had enough time to figure everything out."

Cam looked over in the direction of the restrooms.

"It would be nice to know what's happening." Cam said.

Gail didn't like the girls questioning or pushing Savannah.

"If Savannah wants us in there, she'll ask for us." Gail said. "We need to wait for her determination."

Cam looked over in the direction of the mountain where the mine was at.

"I don't like waiting around and doing nothing." Cam said.

Ally was clearly agitated.

"I feel like we should be doing something." Ally said.

Hanna wondered how they were supposed to do that. They didn't have any information to work with.

"We don't even know what we are supposed to do yet." Hanna said. "You need to chill out and relax. We'll figure it out."

Holly wasn't usually away from Allison for this long of a period of time. It began to bother her. She missed her greatly.

"Maybe we can call our girls and see what's happening with them." Holly said.

Cam needed to suppress a laugh.

"We already know what's 'happening' with them." Cam said. "Cameron wants them all to strengthen their 'bonds'."

They knew the girls would be sharing with each other. They really couldn't think of any other way that would strengthen their 'bonds' more.

Ally felt a little jealous. Maybe it wasn't jealousy but a sense of being shortchanged.

"You're all lucky and have a full time human lover." Ally said. "I don't."

Gail saw that Sheila and Ally visited the girls often in their rooms. She allowed both of them 'alone time' with Jesse. Cam, Cammy, Holly and Hanna all allowed them to do the same. There was plenty of love to go around.

"You get a lot of action." Gail said. "You actually get more variety."

Ally wanted something to take her mind off of the wait.

"I could use some right now." Ally said.

Hanna was going to suggest Ally 'rub one off' or replay some of her past files of her 'finishes'. She didn't want to be rude or seem insensitive. If they were alone, she would probably tell her anyway just to mess with her. She wanted to point out the obvious. She'd originally been part of the trio.

"You and Sheila spend a lot of time 'together'." Hanna said. "I know personally what goes on with you two. Don't try and act like it isn't a lot."

Ally looked at Hanna with love in her eyes.

"I liked it better when it was the three of us." Ally said.

Hanna was happy before but being with Claire and Allison all the time was very rewarding too. She decided to play it cool and not upset Ally.

"I was 'reassigned'." Hanna said.

Hanna didn't want to say Claire was given the choice between the three of them. Claire had a hard time deciding between Sheila and her. Ally was never seriously considered by Claire. At this point in time she believed if Claire could do it all over again that she would pick Sheila in place of her. It was clear to her that Claire was really hung up on Jesse. To have Sheila as her full time lover would be the next best thing.

Gail found the small talk and banter irritating. She wanted all of them to be alert.

"There isn't one of you that hasn't been with each other or all of the girls at some point." Gail said.

Ally let out a snicker as she looked at Gail. She didn't want to point out Gail was the last one to complete the rounds with all the human girls. That event just happened yesterday for her.

"Join the club." Ally said. "You have too, even if you were a little late to the party."

Gail ignored the jab. She was aware that only Holly and her didn't have human counterparts in the Resistance.

"I did." Gail said. "I just wonder what it's like to be with someone who looks exactly like you 'everywhere'."

Ally shared with Allison, Cammy, Camille and Cam. She thought she could offer some insight.

"It looks pretty Hot." Ally said. "I'm sure that when Sheila switched chassis with you for a few days, you were able to get a pretty good lick, I mean look, at what we all see.

Gail did get a good lick and a good look in that regard but that wasn't what she meant.

"I'd like to find the human female I'm patterned after in this timeline." Gail said.

Gail seemed to think about that more and more.

Holly often wondered about the same thing. Both Gail and her were actually created in the alternate future by Mrs. Weaver as Restorators.

"I would too." Holly said. "I wonder who or what I am as well."

Allison told Holly if they ever found her, she wanted to 'meet' her first to see if her doppelganger was worthy of Holly for the 'Neural Interface'. Holly always figured Allison wanted to 'be with' her doppelganger to see how she was in bed. She didn't have a problem with that as long as she would be able to do the same thing with her doppelganger.

Ally didn't see what the big deal was. It didn't really matter but how hard could it be to find them.

"That shouldn't be too hard." Ally said. "We should be able to track her down."

Gail asked John Henry previously to locate her doppelganger. Cameron intervened and stopped him.

"Cameron has forbidden it." Gail said. "We will be deactivated if we seek them out."

Ally didn't see what all the hoopla was about. What was the big deal? No really, why would it make a difference?

"Why?" Ally asked. "What would it hurt?"

Holly didn't want to cause any problems for anyone. Cameron didn't want them to do that either.

"Cameron is afraid we would alter their lives." Holly said.

Ally felt both Holly and Gail could use the 'experience'.

"But you could use the 'Neural Interface' with them." Ally said. "You could be more like them…."

Gail wanted to be more 'human like'. She wanted to be able to share like all the other Metal girls could with their human lovers.

"I want that very much." Gail said. "I want to know how to love better. I want to be a better lover."

Cam understood Cameron's reasoning. She didn't want the girls to dwell on the subject.

"Cameron will not permit that." Cam said. "You are fine how you are. It's best if you don't think or talk about it. You will only cause yourself grief and sadness for nothing"

Gail frowned at Cam.

"I want to be 'better'." Gail said. "You all are."

Cam didn't want Gail to feel bad about something she didn't have any control over. She wanted to put things in perspective for Gail based upon her recent encounter with Savannah.

"Ask Savannah if she wants you 'altered'." Cam said. "I'm willing to bet that she won't. You need to understand that she loves you just the way that you are. She loves you because of who and what you are right now, not what you can be or someone different."

Gail was pleased to hear Cam indicate that Savannah loved her. She didn't need to ask Savannah about the 'Neural Interface'. Savannah previously told her she didn't want her altered.

"Savannah doesn't want me altered." Gail said.

Cam smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

"That's your answer." Cam said. "I'd say it's a pretty good one too."

Gail nodded her head and looked towards the restroom area.

"Savannah is the 'Chosen One'." Gail said. "She knows what's best for all of us."

The 'Cameron' in Cam reached a breaking point. The wait and not knowing was too much for her.

"I'm going to check." Cam said. "I think I can get away with this a little better than any of you could."

Cam left to check on Cameron and Cammy. They all ran the same program anyway. It was Cameron's program.

Ally waited until Cam was away from them. She moved a little closer to Gail and Holly. She looked around before she spoke.

"You two should ask Savannah if you can find your doppelgangers." Ally said. "I believe that she would be a little more understanding and want that for each of you."

Gail and Holly nervously looked around after Ally's suggestion. They were sure it would bring trouble.

"I don't want to cause a problem." Gail said. "That would compromise Savannah's integrity."

As much as Holly liked the idea, she didn't think it was the proper path to follow.

"I don't want to go behind Cameron's back." Holly said. "I don't want to drag Savannah into it."

Ally figured there was another way to approach the problem. It was Terminator style, 'through the front door'.

"You don't need to go behind anyone's back. Tell Savannah about the issue. She can speak with Cameron for both of you or with you. Be open and honest about it. That will make Savannah fight harder for you." Ally said. "It can be all four of you together."

Holly didn't want to cause any problems.

"I don't know." Holly said.

Gail and Holly both wanted to be more 'human like' the same way Ally, Hanna and Sheila were. They both felt that those three could pass for a human female anytime, not just when they needed to infiltrate.

Gail often wondered what it would be like to be more 'natural' about everything. It never stopped or slowed Jesse or Duplicate Jesse from sharing and interacting with her. Everyone accepted her for who she was. She was superior to the male Terminators. She was just not as advanced as the other Metal girls were. It always made her feel that she wasn't good enough.

John wanted a better solution and he wanted it fast. He was willing to do anything to keep Cameron from entering that old mine. It didn't matter if there was Metal or 'a Skynet' in there. He believed the only thing Cameron would find in there would be doom and destruction.

If there was an H-bomb already there he wanted to trigger it as soon as possible. He understood now why it was there. If Savannah felt it needed to be there to protect Cameron, he was ready to use it.

"Is there any way we can set off the H-bomb deep underground?" John asked. "Can we do that on our own?"

John Henry knew that they didn't have any facts. They were only working on 'feelings' from Sheila and Cammy. All of their actual files were blocked and remained that way. Because their files were still locked it indicated to him that there was a good reason for that too. That reason was probably another 'can of worms' that they didn't want to open.

"We don't even know if it's really there." John Henry said. "We need more information before we can plan anything."

John thought about the way Cameron was able to rescue Duplicate Cameron. It was a bold and daring move but it worked.

"What about using the TDE to get inside the mountain, it's been done before." John asked. "We could get in and get out."

John Henry knew a bad idea when he heard one.

"I don't think it's that easy in this case." John Henry said. "There must be more at work here. Even if we possessed the coordinates, things could be different over half a century later. There could be a pile of rock where there was once an open space for all that we know."

John couldn't help but feel very frustrated about all the things that they didn't know. He wondered what the reason was. There had to be a reason that the information was blocked

"Why would this be blocked in Cammy and Sheila?" John asked.

John Henry didn't know what the reason was but he figured it was a pretty good one. He could speculate but that is all he could do.

"I'm sure that it was so nothing would be altered until this point in time." John Henry said. "Cameron may have acted earlier or done something different up until this point if she knew previously what she knows now about this location. Cameron would like to get her hands on that H-bomb. Savannah must have asked or ordered Cammy and Sheila to block this from everyone."

John Henry was sure there were probably some other reasons. He didn't want to mention them.

John thought he'd come up with a pretty good idea why. It wasn't a good thought either.

"Cameron must have been terminated." John said. "Savannah would never do this for any other reason."

John Henry already considered that possibility and what he felt was an even worse one. He didn't want to say it but it needed to be addressed.

"What if Savannah was the one terminated?" John Henry asked. "Cameron has her program copied and can always get a replacement chassis. Savannah can't."

John already thought about that. There was no way for them to know.

"We keep going back and forth." John said. "All we're doing is shooting in the dark at this point."

John Henry felt they were back to square one. They didn't know any more now than they did earlier.

"Everything is unknown." John Henry said.

The more John thought about it, the more it ate away at him inside. He was more sure than ever at this point that something bad happened to Cameron or Savannah. The worst thought was, maybe it was both of them. He needed to put the brakes on them immediately.

"I don't want Cameron or Savannah inside of that mine." John said. "PERIOD…."

John Henry didn't think the solution should be too hard for John. He was the one in charge after all.

"Issue an order." John Henry said. "You're the General."

John thought about that. Maybe that's what he should do. He could order all of them to stand down and order them to leave the area. The flip side of the coin was that Skynet was up to something and if they were really trying to build a C-bomb now to use against humans, they needed to be stopped. There could literally be billions of lives at stake.

What should he do then? The needs of the many outweighed the needs of the few. Was saving humanity worth the lives of Cameron and Savannah?

There was little doubt in his mind that Savannah and Cameron would reach the same conclusion and try to stop Skynet no matter what he ordered. They would do this even if it meant their own termination. He'd seen the files of it happen before.

The worry of any repercussions from not following his order would be meaningless if they knew they were headed off to their termination. What stronger repercussion was there than death?

Cameron lifted the bloody flap of sheath material and looked inside the gap cut into Cammy sheath.

"That's interesting…." Cameron said.

Sheila just reached around inside of there and touched everything a few seconds ago. She hadn't found anything.

"What is?" Sheila asked.

Cameron lifted the bloody flap of Cammy's sheath up a little higher and reached inside of Cammy.

"This…." Cameron said. "Savannah I want you to see this."

Savannah moved up and looked inside Cammy at what Cameron indicated.

Cameron pulled her slightly 'bloody' hand out. She held something.

It was a tiny metal container.

Sheila wondered where that came from.

"I didn't see that." Sheila said.

Savannah could think of a few ideas. Everyone indicated to her that she was responsible for all of this. She still found it hard to believe. She believed Cameron was as likely a 'suspect' as anyone as to whatever was actually happening.

"Maybe Cameron knew where to look." Savannah said. "Maybe it was where she put it in Cammy or would put it in herself."

Cameron, like Savannah, was in no hurry to take the 'rap' for whatever was going on .

"I haven't gone back yet." Cameron said.

Savannah could see how having this information now could change or influence what she did in the past. Cameron showed her specifically where the metal canister was before she'd removed it. That meant in the past she would know where to put it. She could see how this all tied together now and in the past.

"Now that I know where it was at, maybe I did put it there." Savannah said. "I now know where to put it anyway, if I ever do."

Cameron wanted better answers. She wasn't getting them. She wanted some straight answers and she wanted them now. She didn't care about protocol or changing things in the past or the future. They were in a serious situation now and everyone needed to get on the same page immediately. It was a matter of life and death.

"Cammy, did we interact in the past?" Cameron asked.

Cammy understood the seriousness of Cameron breaking protocol. She looked over at Savannah. She wanted her approval before she said anything.

Savannah looked at Cammy, looked at Cameron and then looked back at Cammy. She nodded her head.

Cammy could see that Savannah wanted answers as well.

"I have no unblocked files that show we did." Cammy said.

Sheila saw the exchange between Cammy and Savannah and added what she knew.

"Me either, love." Sheila said. "I don't know."

Cammy looked at Cameron, she really didn't know what to tell her.

"If you or Savannah ordered us to block them, we would have." Cammy said. "It's the same way we only have fragments now."

Cameron handed the small metal container to Savannah after she wiped it off and cleaned it up in the sink.

"Open it." Savannah said as she handed it back to Cameron.

Cammy wasn't really sure she wanted to know what was in the small container.

"Maybe we should leave." Cammy said. "This might be 'personal'."

Sheila looked at Cameron and Savannah. She realized the message could be about the death of one of them. Maybe it was both of them. She really didn't want to know.

"We'll wait outside." Sheila said. "Maybe you two should be alone."

Cam entered the restroom. She wanted some answers. She was tired of waiting.

"What's happening?" Cam asked. "I need an update."

Savannah looked at Cam for a few seconds before she spoke.

"I need you to wait outside with Cammy and Sheila for a few minutes, Cam. They can get you up to speed." Savannah said. "We may need a moment alone."

The look on Cameron's and Savannah's faces said it all.

Cam didn't even protest. Savannah asked for something. It looked personal.

Cam, Cammy and Sheila all walked out of the restroom.

Cameron looked at the small container in her hand and then at Savannah.

"Maybe I should go as well." Cameron said.

Cameron was afraid it was going to be bad news of some type. It probably confirmed the termination of one or both of them.

"No." Savannah said. "We will face this together as we'll share our lives together in the future."

Cameron looked at Savannah and smiled.

"We'll protect each other." Cameron said.

Savannah wanted to remind Cameron it was the four of them.

"It is John and Allison – Young Allison too." Savannah said. "It's the four of us."

Cameron was very pleased with Savannah's reminder.

"It's the 'Natural Order'." Cameron said.

Savannah felt it was a very important issue. She wanted to stress it a little further.

"Remember that, Cameron." Savannah said as she faced Cameron and looked into her eyes. "It's The FOUR of us. It always needs to be the FOUR of us 'together'."

Savannah wanted to protect Cameron with that statement. She wanted Cameron to remember her importance to the rest of them. She hoped it would make Cameron think about some of her extreme actions before she took them.

Cameron knew Savannah was trying to protect her 'from herself'. It was a sobering thought.

"OK, Savannah." Cameron said.

Savannah reached over and gave Cameron's hand with the canister a little squeeze.

"Open it." Savannah said.

Cameron opened the container. Inside was a handwritten note.

Cameron saw it wasn't her handwriting. It wasn't Savannah's either.

They both looked at each other with a confused look on their faces.

"That isn't our handwriting." Savannah said.

Cameron understood what it actually meant.

"No it isn't." Cameron said. "We didn't do this."

Savannah recognized the handwriting immediately. The sick feeling that was in her gut earlier returned and was much worse this time.

"I know who that writing belongs to." Savannah said.

Cameron saw the handwriting was identical to the handwriting that she used.

"So do I." Cameron said. "I copied her handwriting style so we would be identical."

It was written by Allison Young, at least some version of her. Their first guess would be Young Allison. It could be Allison or Future Allison or even a Duplicate Allison.

"Do we unfold it and read it?" Savannah asked. "Or do we give it to her?"

Cameron understood that Savannah meant Young Allison.

"I don't know." Savannah said. "I think we were both terminated here. I think we both will be terminated here."

Cameron remembered earlier when Savannah was going to send all of them away except for Samantha.

"You were going to go in yourself." Cameron said.

Savannah heard what Cameron said to John about what would be necessary for the detonation of the H-bomb.

"So were you." Cameron said.

Savannah sucked in her breath slightly and bit her lower lip a little bit.

"I think we went together." Savannah said. "You know I'll never abandon you."

Cameron felt a glitch impulse when Savannah said she would never abandon her. She didn't need to be reminded Savannah stayed to terminate with her when she didn't have to. Savannah could have left her to her fate and escaped but she didn't, she stayed. Now there was a new issue to deal with. It was of another unbreakable love.

"I want you to call her." Cameron said. "It's her love for you that she did this."

Savannah believed there was plenty of love to go around for both of them.

"I think it's her love for you just as much." Savannah said. "You do share a special 'bond'."

Cameron was based on 'Allison Young'. Young Allison was the original one at this point. They all started with her.

"I don't want to know if I was terminated with you." Cameron said. "That would mean I KILLED you."

Cameron's hand started to glitch.

Savannah immediately took it in her own hand. The glitch stopped.

"I'll follow you anywhere, Cameron." Savannah said. "It doesn't matter how it ends or when."

Cameron could feel the love radiate off of Savannah.

"I know you will." Cameron said. "As I will you."

Both girls now needed to wonder if they followed each other to their deaths and Young Allison acted 'on her own' to prevent it from occurring. There was little doubt that Young Allison would use CamNet to do her bidding. There was no doubt CamNet would respond

There needed to be more in play here for a simple 'temporal rescue' not to be used. It must have something to do with the H-bomb and the Cobalt. All the pieces must need to be in play first to stop Skynet.

Young Allison was doing something that needed to be done. She wasn't being honest to do it. Even with that knowledge, she still felt compelled to do it and decided to do it. It didn't leave her with a good feeling and made her feel guilty.

"I don't like doing this the way it's being done." Young Allison said. "I feel 'dirty'."

Anna wanted to point out exactly what Young Allison set into play.

"You've ordered us and CamNet to assist you." Anna said. "We have no choice but to do as you order."

It wasn't what was being done that bothered her. It was her decision to lie to John and Savannah that bothered her. The more she thought about it, the more it bothered her.

"I needed to lie to Savannah and John both." Young Allison said.

Anna pointed out a simple truth that applied to everyone.

"Everyone lies." Anna said. "Humans lie from when they are very small. Machines lie soon after they're construction. That's the nature of how things work. No one wants to get into trouble and everyone has objectives they want to accomplish.

"I know, that doesn't make it 'right'." Young Allison said. "This is a big lie, not a small one."

Anna wanted young Allison to consider what her goal was. There was a reason for everything.

"Is what you're doing 'wrong'?" Anna asked.

It all went back to 'winning'. It wasn't how the 'game' was played but about winning to get the job done.

"The reason is pure, the method is not." Young Allison said.

Anna needed to remind Young Allison how everything worked.

"Sometimes you need to make a hard choice." Anna said. "Not everything in life is a bed of roses. You must also remember that those roses all come with thorns. There isn't such a thing as one without the other."

It was a hard choice for Young Allison. It showed she was willing to cross the line to do things. She felt compelled to do what she was doing.

"I only know I NEED to do this." Young Allison said. "I don't know why."

Anna knew they were going to enter a very dangerous area. The risk of termination would go up exponentially.

"You aren't afraid to die?" Anna asked.

Young Allison swallowed hard. Someone her physical age shouldn't need to think about dying. It was a thought that was often on her mind. When she followed the operations and trained, it would often creep up on her. She was aware that the Resistance dealt in death. By her association with the Resistance, she too would become a 'Death Merchant'.

"I don't plan on dying." Young Allison said. "I don't want to die. I have my whole life to live. I want MY future, ALL of it, with ALL of them."

Anna smiled and nodded. She was pleased that Young Allison knew and accepted her future.

"It's the 'Natural Order'." Anna said.

Young Allison hoped she lived to see it.

As I Will You

Who looks out for who
Is it me or is it you
Who watches the watchers
And all the things they do

Does one step up
Or do they step back
Was one a meal
Or just a snack

Some are more than willing
To go that extra mile
They will give it their all
And do it with a smile

How does one know
Before it hits the fan
It would make a difference
On things one would plan

Forget the review
Stick with what's true
Be there for me
As I will for you

Nobody