Chapter 973

I Serve My Duty

The information John Henry processed turned up a location as possibly being visited by a Gray. That was from information gathered from the Skynet controlled and Syndicate run casino in Las Vegas. Gail went out to check on it. It seemed to be a clandestine target. It was an abandoned supermarket located next to two strip malls that were also defunct. It appeared the Grays were trying to hide in plain sight. What were they up to?

The Metal girls responded and it turned into a surveillance operation at this point. There were some questions raised as to what was inside the old supermarket. Could there be chemical or biological toxins inside there?

The teams of girls sat silently as they waited and watched. The hours slowly ticked by.

Cameron was with Cammy and Savannah. She thought the wait was unhealthy for Savannah in several ways.

"I want you to go back, Savannah." Cameron said. "We've been here for hours."

Savannah didn't want Cameron to fuss over her.

"The rest of our troops aren't going back." Savannah said. "I'm not either."

Cameron pointed out the obvious. The rest of the troops were all Terminators.

"They're machines." Cameron said. "They don't need to eat or rest or relieve themselves."

Savannah didn't want any special consideration on her part.

"Cameron, I always manage." Savannah said. "You've never heard me complain about anything. I serve my duty."

Savannah was always where she was supposed to be on an operation. It was usually at Cameron's side.

Cameron looked at Savannah and frowned.

"You know why I'm concerned." Cameron said.

Savannah knew it was because she was pregnant.

Cameron was worried about Vanna's baby. That was the baby that Savannah carried inside of her for Vanna.

Savannah understood her limitations and knew she needed to play things carefully.

"I feel fine, everything is going very well." Savannah said. "Someone is always scanning me. I never even experienced any morning sickness this time. My body is acclimated to its true purpose."

Cameron didn't like that analogy even if the purpose of every living creature was to reproduce to continue the species. She wondered when she made a clone like Cam, Camille and Cammy, if that was a form of reproduction. They all came from her in their sheath appearance and their program. CamNet, Metal Summer and Anna all were copies of her program. It was something to ponder anyway. She figured she better stick with the subject. She wanted Savannah to know that she was more than a tool for reproduction.

"That may be true for the species but it's not YOUR true purpose." Cameron said. "I've never treated you like that."

Savannah felt a little defensive. Maybe the long wait did affect her a little more than she'd anticipated. She believed she'd done everything Cameron expected from her. She felt she needed to say something, even if she didn't think it was a good idea.

"Isn't it?" Savannah asked. "I promise to be where I need to be when I need to be there. I PROMISE you Cameron. You KNOW this. I've done everything you WANTED, even if you didn't ask me. I know what you wanted."

Cameron's hand started to glitch.

She knew that to be a fact. Savannah followed through on all her promises even if she hadn't specifically 'pushed' Savannah to do them. Savannah's first two pregnancies were Savannah's own doing. The current one was done specifically for Vanna using Vanna's genetic material so that Vanna would accept the baby when it was born. She'd even hired a specialist to make sure there wouldn't be any problems. Vanna previously said she would never take Savannah's child from her. This baby would be Vanna's child that Savannah carried and nurtured for her. Even though they were the same person, it needed to be done this way for Vanna's peace of mind. It hadn't been that difficult to do and there'd been very little chance Savannah's body would reject her own genetic material.

Cameron wanted to help the girls. Allison made it clear what she wanted. That was currently covered two ways. One was with Allison herself. The other one was with an embryo implanted in Claire.

Once Vanna and Jesse both started to nurse Precious, it was more than obvious they wanted offspring of their own. Vanna was currently taking care of. Young Jesse was ready to step up and deliver for Jesse. Neither Jesse nor Young Jesse had any qualms about using Young Jesse's genetic material. Jesse actually didn't want the baby to be from her own body because she felt that she was tainted and didn't want the baby to be tainted as well.

She was worried about one thing though. Young Jesse wanted a traditional conception this time. That meant that she would need to 'be with' John physically.

Cameron wasn't opposed to John being with Young Jesse for the conception. Young Jesse was currently untouched by a male. John would be her 'first'. She'd already delivered a baby for Duplicate Jesse 'in some future'. That wasn't how she anticipated things would work out previously. She thought that Savannah would be by John's side at this time. That wasn't the case.

She wanted John protected from the anti-Metal faction. If Young Jesse and Claire wanted to be stand-ins for Savannah and Young Allison, she didn't have a problem with it. Love was about sacrifice. She was willing to sacrifice for John's safety and protection. John was the most important thing to her. She glanced over at Savannah. Well, maybe the second most important thing to her.

Savannah looked at Cameron and smiled.

Cameron definitely knew what the most important thing was to her at this point.

Cammy listened to Cameron and Savannah talk. She walked away in disgust from the SUV. She didn't always like the way Cameron did things. She'd heard enough of the current conversation. She didn't need to listen to anymore to know it was Cameron's goal to steal Savannah from her. She knew that from her creation but the reality of it now was a very discomforting feeling.

She watched how Cameron continuously pushed Savannah. Savannah pushed back in her own way. Cammy was proud of Savannah. She knew Cameron set out to make Savannah, and later Young Allison, into human versions of herself. She shared Cameron's programming and programs. She knew Cameron wanted the girls to be as gifted as River was. She didn't know if that was possible for them. There may be other genetic and outside issues in play there as well with River. It seemed if anyone was going to be like River, it was going to be Summer. She wouldn't put any 'temporal malpractice' past Cameron as far as that one went either.

Cammy looked around, it was quiet. She must have wandered several blocks away from the old supermarket. She noticed her hand started to glitch at some point. That was Cameron's fault. She'd been lost in thought about that Bitch. Since she lost some awareness of distance and time she knew this was another flaw she'd 'inherited' from Cameron. That was Cameron's fault too. She needed to be close to Savannah in case Cameron put her in danger again. She needed to go back to the SUV.

She decided to get off the street and return through the back alley. She didn't like being exposed in an unknown location. She was aware her appearance attracted the 'riff raff'. She figured that was Cameron's fault as well. She was pretty sure that everything that was wrong in her life was Cameron's fault since she was based on Cameron.

Cameron really irritated her. She wondered how anyone could be such a Bitch.

Cammy was pleased she wasn't a Bitch like Cameron….

The fact they were identical never crossed her mind.

With the lull in operations, Anna was able to get Young Allison out of the bunker to do some of the other things she liked to do. To follow the operations and offer input took up much more of her day, even if she did other things at the same time. Young Allison was excellent at multitasking. She'd observed Young Allison to be able to do two things at one time without any difficulty. She also observed that Summer could do half a dozen of them at the same time without any difficulty. Summer could do everything perfectly and not make any mistakes. She kept her observations to herself. She was sure there was some 'temporal malpractice' involved with Cameron at some point that dealt with Summer.

Anna watched on her phone for any updates from John Henry or CamNet. Young Allison wanted to be kept in the loop. She would need to notify Young Allison if something developed or Young Allison would stay in the bunker and wait for the development herself. She currently watched and helped Young Allison practice her dancing.

Savannah stressed to increase the stamina from the physical training and dance routines. It was a factor that improved her agility and prevented her from being hurt or killed several times. She made this clear to Young Allison. It was important Young Allison work on her physical training as well as her academic studies.

Anna observed Young Allison. To watch Young Allison was to see pure fluidity in motion. She was so precise and smooth. She seemed to do it all effortlessly and flawlessly.

Young Allison glided past Anna as if she walked on air.

"Did anything break loose yet?" Young Allison asked as she watched Anna check her phone.

Anna glanced up from her phone as Young Allison passed by her.

"No." Anna said.

Young Allison glided past her in the other direction.

"Summer wants to be a ballerina." Young Allison said.

Anna was aware of that. She'd informed Cameron of Summer's desire.

"I know." Anna said. "She told me."

Young Allison secretly trained Summer to help prepare her for a Skynet future. She didn't want that for her. She wanted her to have a real life. Maybe if Summer became a ballerina, she could do something more and might even get into acting. She would make a very beautiful and talented actress as well as a ballerina.

"I want her to have a normal life." Young Allison said as she 'floated' by.

Anna looked around a little as Young Allison passed by.

"It may not be possible." Anna said. "We're all trying to prevent Judgment Day."

Young Allison was aware that they never seemed to get ahead of Skynet. Maybe that was because they needed to deal with more than one version of Skynet. Every time they knocked one of them down there was always another one that popped back up somewhere.

"I don't think we can." Young Allison said. "We can only delay it."

Anna wished she had some answers but there were none.

"That's unknown." Anna said. "We're trying."

Young Allison figured she'd use herself to experiment with. If all the temple transfers worked out as they were supposed to, she would want Summer to do the same thing. She was aware the future could be a very ugly place after Judgment Day.

"If everything works out for me in the past, I want Summer to do it as well." Young Allison said as she spun around Anna. "I want her as at least a teenager before Judgment Day happens. I want her to be able to protect herself."

Anna was worried about the same thing for Summer and all of the girls in a Skynet future.

"You don't want what happened to Vanna to happen to her." Anna said. "It happened to you too, Allison I mean, but only a few times."

Young Allison always asked Vanna for the truth as to what happened. Vanna finally told her the horror of being held down by a group of men as she violently 'became a woman'. She was several years younger than Young Allison was now when that happened. That was just the start…. It got worse from there. It happened more than a few times. The Scavenger camps sounded like they were the worst.

"Allison and Vanna have made it very clear." Young Allison said. "I KNOW what was done to them, to US. It's not going to happen again."

Young Allison started to feel a little tired. She pushed on and concentrated even more. She knew this is where she needed to shine when she wasn't at one hundred percent.

Anna was ready for the next phase of Young Allison's training for the day. It would be hand to hand combat. In order for it to be effective, it would need to come as a surprise without any warning.

Young Allison was about to pass by her again. She could see she was physically taxed.

Anna moved to trip Young Allison and attempted to pin her down. During these simulated hand to hand combat exercises. She would act as Young Allison's 'equal' and limit herself to only slightly more strength than Young Allison possessed. Any blows to her chassis would be reacted to as if she was a human. Any blows to Young Allison would be checked by ninety percent with a note that they were.

Young Allison dodged the trip and the blow Anna directed at her.

She spun around and swept Anna's feet out from under her and moved to put her in a choke hold. She was going to choke Anna out. She could snap her neck as well if she were actually a human.

Anna hadn't expected to be put in such a compromising position so quickly. She was pleased at Young Allison's level of skill.

Young Allison understood this training. The hand to hand combat now only happened without warning since she was more skilled and advanced. This was to acclimate her to a real life situation where she needed to act or react without any preparation or warning. There were few people that could be trusted in a Skynet future. That included those in the Resistance as well.

Anna managed to break free and came up with a knife.

Young Allison hoped it was the rubber knife they practiced with but it sure looked real. Anna made a lunge at her and she used her agility to avoid the stab.

Anna thought for sure she would have scored with that move. She didn't.

Young Allison knew Anna waited until she was already tired to start the combat training. This was done to push her further and make her stronger. She told all of them to push her, even if she told them to stop. She wanted them to push her some more first and MAKE her work.

Anna squared off with her as they faced each other.

Young Allison trained with different types of edged weapons. Cameron wanted her to be able to do as River had done to the bikers in the desert. She personally liked the way she'd helped Ally handle it better with the other group of bikers in the desert. She knew that those resources wouldn't always be available in a Skynet future.

Anna came at Young Allison again with the knife.

Young Allison chopped Anna's forearm which caused the knife to fall from her hand. She kicked Anna's knee out and caused her to fall to her knees. She picked up the knife. She slammed her knee into Anna's back and pushed forward while she grabbed her hair and yanked her head backwards. It exposed her throat. In a smooth and graceful motion she held it to Anna's throat and 'cut it'.

Anna understood she's been dealt a fatal blow. She was terminated.

"I'm bleeding to death." Anna said. "You killed me."

Young Allison was already away from her as she searched for additional targets or threats. She moved to her regular clothes and traded the knife for her Model 66 and Taser.

There were no additional threats.

She looked around the empty house and was glad they were alone.

"I don't think my mom would like this part of the training." Young Allison said.

Anna was aware she needed to limit the training that Claire was able to observe with Young Allison. She was sure that she would be appalled at the full extent of it. She was even more sure Claire would be further appalled if she knew that Young Allison trained Summer on the same things that she'd learned.

"That's why we wait until she is out or you're alone in the foothills." Anna said. "You're more proficient at this than Savannah is."

Young Allison wasn't sure if that was true or not. From what she'd observed and practiced with Savannah, she thought that Savannah was superior to her.

"Don't ever tell her that." Young Allison said.

Anna thought that was a kind gesture on Young Allison's part.

"You don't want to upset her?" Anna asked. "That's very thoughtful of you."

Young Allison laughed to herself.

"I don't want to lose my advantage." Young Allison said. "I may need a little extra when we spar sometime."

Young Allison wanted to keep that extra edge for when they trained. She would be able to push Savannah further and Savannah would meet the challenge and push her further.

Anna could tell that was a calculated move on Young Allison's part.

"I can see you've been hanging out with Cameron too much." Anna said.

Young Allison wasn't done with her challenges for the day. She issued her own in a statement.

"Not as much as I will be when I get back." Young Allison said.

Young Allison faced Anna and waited for her to say something about that last statement.

Anna looked away and said nothing.

Young Allison smiled to herself. She knew her destiny and looked forward to it, at least with Savannah and Cameron. She was aware John was something she would have to 'stomach'. Cameron told her it was usually 'over' rather quickly. Cameron indicated that the first time would probably last between thirty to forty seconds. The times after that for the first year would probably be two minutes with an occasional three minute stent.

She was more than a little worried about what the future would bring. She'd watched plenty of videos on the internet about traditional male and female 'interaction'. She still felt it looked like an 'attack' on the female body more than anything. Some things seemed very common for a lot of people that she didn't want to try. There was no natural purpose for some of those things. She actually wondered what was wrong with some people.

John watched the monitors. He saw that for some reason Cameron moved away from the target area. He wondered if there was a reason that they didn't know. He thought that perhaps a threat had been detected and she was moving to either investigate it or confronted it.

"Where's Cameron going?" John asked.

John Henry check his monitors and positional tracking to verify it

"That's actually Cammy." John Henry said. "Cameron is still with Savannah in the SUV. I don't know where Cammy is going. She didn't say anything."

John looked at John Henry when he said that. He figured that John Henry was probably correct but he thought he saw something else that made him think it was Cameron.

"Have the drone zoom in on her." John said. "She may have a problem."

They quickly were able to view a zoomed in drone image. They both saw she looked upset and her hand glitched.

It was what John thought. He'd been around Cameron enough to know when these things started sometimes.

John Henry understood John's confusion better now.

"She appears to be having a 'problem' like Cameron has at times." John Henry said.

John knew that sometimes Cameron wasn't always aware of her surroundings when she was having an episode that involved glitching. He figured something must have triggered it that occurred inside of the SUV.

"I bet it is from a conversation Cameron had with Savannah." John said. "I would have liked to have heard it."

John thought maybe he was being nosy and wanted to hear some 'girl talk'. He hoped to learn what he could from them. It seems he always learned something new when he heard the girls talk frankly among themselves. Jesse told him one time that he didn't need to eavesdrop. She said that she would answer any question he asked about females no matter what it was. She said she would also show him anything he wanted to see in regards to any of those questions. She told him her body was like a textbook ready to be read and studied by him.

John Henry didn't think John needed to listen to the girl's private conversations.

"CamNet blocked that from us." John Henry said. "Sarah once told me that all girls need a few secrets."

John didn't want to get into any discussion dealing with his mother. He concentrated on the zoomed in image of Cammy.

"I think we can see why." John said.

John Henry thought he should contact Cammy and inquire into her status as to exactly what she was doing.

"Do you want me to contact her?" John Henry asked. "We can get everything cleared up."

John doubted that would go over very well at this point. He didn't want to look like the bad guy.

"NO! The 'Cameron' in her will resent that." John said. "Just keep an eye on her. I don't want anything to happen to her."

John knew one of two things would happen if Cammy were 'gone'. Cameron would push Savannah on him even harder or Cameron would take Savannah and leave. Either way, he would lose Cameron forever. That made him a little more concerned about Cammy's safety. He wanted to hedge to his bet a little.

"In fact, keep one drone on Cammy." John said.

This looked like a mild spell and Cammy should recover soon and quickly.

"I understand." John Henry said.

John really wondered what exactly was going on inside the SUV that Cammy left Cameron and Savannah in.

Allison rolled off the top of Vanna.

"I'm tired." Allison said.

Vanna offered Allison a breast.

"You can take some more." Vanna said. "A little nourishment will do you good."

Allison thought about it but then she reconsidered. Precious came first.

"I want to leave some in case you're needed for Precious." Allison said. "That needs to be your top priority for now."

Vanna wanted her breast size to be at least as big as Savannah's was when she returned from the future after giving birth in two different futures. She hoped that if she could get as big that she might be able to get even bigger.

"The more you take, the bigger I'll get as I keep producing more." Vanna said. "You told me Savannah's tasted a little sweeter."

Allison gently touched Vanna's plump breasts.

"It did but not by much." Allison said. "She was larger too."

Vanna look down at her nursing breasts as Allison fondled them

"This really means a lot to me, Allison." Vanna said.

Allison reached up and gently caressed Vanna's cheek with her hand.

"I know it does." Allison said. "I'm proud of you."

A phone rang.

Vanna looked at her phone. It was Riley.

"I guess it was a good thing you did stop." Vanna said.

Allison giggled a little bit.

"Hello." Vanna said.

Pause.

"Hi, Riley." Vanna said.

Pause.

"I'll be there in a few minutes." Vanna said.

Pause.

"OK, the room on the east side." Vanna said.

Vanna hung up. She looked over at Allison.

"Let's get cleaned up and go." Vanna said.

Allison turned her head away from Vanna.

"I'm going to stay here." Allison said.

Vanna wondered if something was wrong.

"Please, come with me." Vanna asked. "I'd like that very much."

Vanna wanted Allison's company and support.

Allison looked back at Vanna and smiled faintly.

"Sure, Vanna…." Allison said. "I don't know what I was thinking…. We can do everything together, just like always."

Eyes And Ears

I have eyes
I can see
Why are you doing
This to me

I have ears
I can hear
Think I don't know
What's happening here

There's no such thing
As a 'Good Lie'
I know what's occurred
It makes me cry

You're throwing me away
Like a piece of trash
You're filling me with abash
Causing my mind to crash

How would you feel
If I'd done this to you
You've made your choice
It's over, we're through

Nobody