Chapter 1024

Never Forget

John was a little miffed that they didn't take the GT. He really wanted to take it and just drive around but that wasn't what Cameron wanted. He knew she wanted to spend time with him. That was why she'd offered to take him to dinner at a fancy place. It would be just the two of them. With everything else that happened on top of the GT and against the side of it, it made how things turned out to be good enough. He'd never done anything like that before and it was rather exciting. Even though it was in the carpool of the Resistance base, they were basically out in the open in a public place on display. Anyone could have come or gone at any point in time and witnessed what they were doing.

He looked over at Cameron as they drove in the armored SUV to the seafood restaurant. He would have been happy with the steakhouse but it was local. He hadn't been to the ocean for a while. Normally when he was around water the experience was usually less than pleasant. He wanted to change that stigma. Some 'alone time' with Cameron on the shoreline in a fancy restaurant would help change his perspective. They were headed for the coast. It was good to be out and with Cameron.

Cameron glanced over at him and smiled.

He was still jazzed about what happened earlier. He felt he needed to talk about it. He wanted Cameron to know how wonderful it was to share time with her.

"It was really special doing 'that' in the carpool." John said.

Cameron shifted a little in her seat. She was pleased that the tissue was still in place. She didn't want to mess up the inside of her dress.

"Well, you did drop it to nine hundred and eighty nine to go." Cameron said. "You surprised me. You were able to get it up one more time so quickly."

John surprised himself too. He was glad Cameron allowed him to do what he wanted.

"You know there's always more 'tension' when we do it from that position." John said.

Cameron did know. That's why she allowed it. She knew that John was going to need a little more 'help' since he'd already finished earlier. It was better for her because it took him longer to finish when he did it again so soon after the one before. She remembered a saying that she heard when she was in school in the hallway one time. There were some football athletes and they joked around with each other. She didn't care for them. She didn't care for the way they'd looked at her either.

"You mean 'tighter'." Cameron said. "If it ain't tight, it ain't right."

John quickly looked over at Cameron when she said that. He wondered where she'd picked that up.

"Tight is nice." John said.

Cameron knew of a tighter place but there were no pleasure receptors there. It did nothing for her, even if John 'made it'. She wanted to please him. She was sure he would want to go there soon enough. It would be so. If he was happy, she was happy. At least when he did that act, she knew that she was alive. There were only pain receptors in that area.

John looked around them.

"There's a lot of traffic." John said.

Cameron didn't want to get hung up in traffic, especially with John in the SUV. Being stuck in traffic could make them easier targets. She'd already developed a plan. There weren't any traffic lights on the freeway. She wanted to be able to utilize the signal system on the streets. Previously when she'd entered into the traffic system control network, she left behind her own controls. CamNet often utilized them for 'traffic management'.

"Once we get on the surface streets I'll have CamNet give us all green lights." Cameron said. "That will keep us moving and less of a target. I don't anticipate any trouble but it's still nice to have room to maneuver."

John understood that no place was safe. They were currently in an armored SUV. He figured he was as safe as he could be. The only place he could be safer was in the bunker at the Resistance base. He needed a break from the four walls. He liked being outside and to spend time alone with Cameron.

"I forgot you could do that." John said. "I don't get out much."

John thought back to the first time he removed Cameron's chip to hook her up into the traffic system. He didn't really want to think about the second time he removed her chip. Cameron's words still haunted him as she begged for her life. He was aware the first thirty or so poems in her poem book were the very words that she spoke to him for the poem titles. He didn't know if anyone else who read her poem book knew that. He wasn't proud of that day. It was the first time that she told him she loved him and that he loved her. His mother said it was a trick but he didn't think so. He thought she was being honest. When he put her chip back in later on, she handed him back the gun that he handed her. He reached out his hand and she took it. She stepped out of the car and they moved away together. It was a fitting birthday present to him in the end. He didn't want to think about the situation that started the next day.

Cameron glanced over at John, he looked a little distracted. She wanted to keep his attention.

"I don't normally use that option." Cameron said. "You were the one who put me in the traffic system. I've expanded my presence there."

It was actually CamNet that now controlled it.

John remembered how Derek – Future Derek took Cameron's chip and looked like he might do something 'bad' with it. He knew at that time that Future Derek didn't trust Cameron. Their relationship softened somewhat as time went on. She'd even rescued Derek, at great peril to herself, when he was taken prisoner at one time. There were a few incidents in that episode that troubled him.

"That was something." John said.

John never told Cameron about that episode or what was said or could have happened. He often wondered if it was because Future John sent both of them back for a reason that Future Derek didn't destroy Cameron's chip then. Future Derek may not have trusted Cameron but he trusted Future John.

They struggled along with the traffic on the freeway. John thought of a couple of other ways to reach the coast. The 405 freeway was almost like a parking lot. That pretty much seemed to be how it was anytime of the day or night. Even during the 'Witching Hour' there was a lot of traffic.

"We should've taken Topanga Canyon." John said.

That was an option Cameron already considered.

"When I use a canyon road I like to take Las Virgenes Road to Malibu Canyon Road better." Cameron said. "I can drive faster."

Cameron knew there was a lot of Skynet activity in Topanga Canyon in the future. It gave her bad memories.

They crested the top of Sepulveda Pass and went past the Getty Center.

"Can we take Sunset Boulevard?" John asked.

Cameron knew it was a curvy street. She remembered she read it was a cow path at one point in time.

"Sure." Cameron said. "It's a twisty road."

Cameron reflected on the time she was with Riley. They'd come up Sunset Boulevard from the beach and PCH - Pacific Coast Highway. That was a pleasant night for her. She really tried to reach out to Riley and the different individual she was over her other future self, the 'Bitch Whore', the dead one.

That was the night she dealt with a rogue group of local surfers and saved a man who crashed during a street race they'd witnessed.

She really did try to make Riley feel more comfortable as part of the group. She'd done a lot to help her since. She was aware that everyone still treated Riley a little differently than anyone else. She felt that was because of her. She thought that reflected badly on her. She felt that reflected badly on how people viewed her as well. She wasn't a monster. She'd tried to help Riley. It was the other people that fell short, not her.

Cameron wanted to make John happy. She would take the route he wanted.

"It is time to exit the 405." Cameron said. "Sunset, here we come."

Cameron liked to have room to maneuver. She figured that CamNet would give her green lights all the way to the beach.

Young Allison wondered what Ally-Anna was up to. She'd left the bunker topless and hurried upstairs. It seemed like she wanted to do something specific. She thought that she'd been gone too long. She briefly wondered if Ally-Anna went upstairs to pleasure herself. Maybe she went to see what it was like in a different chassis. It was an intriguing thought.

"Maybe I should go see what's happening." Young Allison said.

Savannah knew Young Allison spied on Allison and her several times when they were together. It briefly crossed her mind that Ally-Anna might have gone upstairs to rub one off.

"Are you sure you just don't want to snoop?" Savannah asked. "That's something you can't really deny."

Young Allison learned plenty from spying on the girls. There was nothing she didn't know or how to do it, at least with females. She didn't have any hands on experience. Whatever she couldn't see in detail from spying on those around the house, she was able to get detailed views on the internet. There was some things she really wanted to try. Not only did she want to receive them, she wanted to apply them and do it herself. She wanted it to be with Savannah first.

"I guess I do quite a bit of that." Young Allison said. "It doesn't hurt anyone."

She didn't mention that the doors were left open for her to see. She didn't know that they were all 'conditioned' to leave the doors open, just for her to see. None of them did. She was 'conditioned' to see as well.

Young Allison spied on all the activity that went on around the Young residence and bunker. Nothing was a mystery to her anymore. She knew what everyone did and even what they liked. Not everyone liked everything the same way or at least done the same way. It was quite a learning experience for her.

She waited for the day when she could turn the learning into practice.

There was some noise from the top of the bunker.

"I'm back." Ally-Anna said as she headed down the stairs.

Savannah and Young Allison were very surprised at what they saw.

Ally-Anna looked just like Cameron.

"WOW!" Savannah said. "You really look TIGHT."

Young Allison wanted to look like THAT.

"Holy smokes! You look really HOT, Anna." Young Allison said.

Ally-Anna couldn't help it. Since Cameron was her base program and she was now in an Allison based chassis and sheath, there was no reason why she couldn't look like her true self. She did now.

"It's the 'Cameron' in me." Ally-Anna said. "I could have used more time but this will make my point. There's no reason Ally couldn't look like this everyday."

Ally-Anna gave Savannah and Young Allison a few instructions. They agreed to play along.

Young Allison set Ally's chip in Anna's chassis and put two sutures in the scalp sheath.

Anna-Ally opened her eyes.

She stood and started to touch herself. There was a look of total dissatisfaction on her face when she touched her chest. That's really all it could be referred to at this point.

"This is ridiculous." Anna-Ally said. "I only have two swollen mosquito bites for breasts."

Savannah knew it was a little bigger than that. It only appeared to be a fifty percent reduction in size to her.

Anna-Ally would get no sympathy from Young Allison.

"I live it everyday." Young Allison said. "Deal with it."

Anna-Ally felt a little worried now. Maybe Anna wouldn't relinquish her chassis back. She figured if she looked like Anna that she wouldn't if she was in a better chassis. Now she did look like Anna. She was in her chassis.

"I bet Anna isn't going to give me back my chassis." Anna-Ally said.

Savannah felt a little insulted. She thought Anna's sheath was beautiful.

"I used to look like that." Savannah said. "Show some respect."

Anna-Ally looked down at herself and then at Savannah.

"That was different." Anna-Ally said. "Look at you now. It doesn't get much Hotter than that."

Savannah smiled. She knew there were still some cards in play for Anna-Ally.

"Thanks." Savannah said. "But it does."

Ally-Anna came down the stairs. She now wore some of Allison's clothes. She had a different outfit on now than Ally arrived in.

She wanted to mess with Anna-Ally.

Ally-Anna decided to play the role of 'Cameron' a little. There was a very stern look on her face.

"What's going on here?" Ally-Anna asked.

Anna-Ally was surprised to see 'Cameron'. She was a little worried at this point. 'Cameron' didn't look very happy right now.

"Cameron, I didn't know you were coming." Anna-Ally said.

Anna-Ally was worried now there was going to be some issue with what Anna and her had done with the bet and swap. She looked around to see where her chassis was. She didn't spot it right away.

Young Allison could see how worried Anna-Ally was at this point. She didn't want her to glitch out.

"Look harder at her." Young Allison said and giggled.

Anna-Ally did look harder. All of a sudden it hit her. She wasn't amused.

"Oh, COME ON." Anna-Ally said. "How can you look better than me and it's MY chassis?"

Ally-Anna shrugged her shoulders.

"Some girls have it and some girls don't." Ally-Anna said. "I guess we know who does and who doesn't."

Anna-Ally wanted to look like THAT. She wanted her chassis back.

"That's IT." Anna-Ally said. "We're switching back right now."

Ally-Anna was very pleased with the way she looked currently on about three different levels

"That's not going to happen." Ally-Anna said.

Ally-Anna looked at Savannah and Young Allison. She wanted one of them to help her.

Savannah wanted everyone to know there were consequences for their actions.

"A deal is a deal." Savannah said. "I expect both of you to honor it."

Ally, now as 'Anna' looked, at Savannah. It wasn't an 'order' but it was a suggestion. Maybe she could still work around it. Then if she did that, Savannah or Young Allison could 'order' her to make the switch permanent. She decided she was just going to have to put up with it for a day. She didn't want to push her luck.

Now that there were two more Terminators present, Young Allison thought they could do something. There was plenty of 'muscle' to go out and it wouldn't compromise the Detail.

"We can all go out." Young Allison said. "I didn't think we could before but now we can."

Anna-Ally looked at Ally-Anna then down the front of her chassis.

"I can stay and remain here on guard duty." Anna-Ally said. "You can take one of the Detail instead. I'll stay here and take their place."

Savannah wanted to keep the team together. She wanted Anna-Ally to get over her shortsightedness. She still felt a little insulted about the way Anna-Ally viewed her current appearance.

"You'll come with us." Savannah said. "You look fine."

Savannah and Ally-Anna headed up the stairs.

Anna-Ally remained behind.

Young Allison went over and took her hand.

"You get to be with me today." Young Allison said. "We're 'besties' tonight. I think you're beautiful in any sheath."

Anna-Ally was pleased to hear that. It made her feel better.

"You do?" Anna-Ally asked.

Young Allison wanted to make clear she understood Anna-Ally's true nature.

"I do." Young Allison said. "You're your program. You have a unique ability to be able to switch chassis and have a different sheath. I would switch with you right now if I could. I really like the way Anna looks. That means I like the way you look too."

Anna-Ally smiled.

Young Allison wanted to make her feel comfortable.

"We get to do girl stuff tonight." Young Allison said. "It's not so bad."

Anna-Ally thought maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.

"I'll spend most of my time with you." Anna-Ally said.

Young Allison squeezed her hand and led her up the stairs.

Young Allison really wanted to make her feel comfortable.

"That's what I was hoping for." Young Allison said.

Young Allison knew Anna-Ally also knew a lot of 'big girl' stuff too. She hoped to share some of those before the night was over…. She would have liked to have seen Sheila instead of Ally with Anna. Sheila would have provided her what she wanted.

She always thought that she could remind Anna-Ally of how she protected her from the gang of bikers in the desert. It wasn't that Anna-Ally couldn't protect herself; it was that she protected her with style. She planned to make the most of it if they had the opportunity to be alone.

John Henry monitored all the operations. Everything was quiet for now. He hoped it stayed that way for the night. He knew John was away on one of his rare excursions out. Cameron usually made him stay in for his protection. He was very aware that John was upset about having to remain at the base most of the time. He often blamed Cameron for that.

He wasn't sure about any of them going on the cruise. Sure it was all local but it still worried him. The Blackhawk could be to any of the destinations in a few hours. Maybe he would have some helicopters prepositioned in each of the cities. For San Francisco he could have the jet waiting, just in case. It was a short flight back. CamNet or he could provide all the clearances for the jet. From wheels up to wheels down would only be forty five minutes.

CamNet contacted him when he started to look into it. They agreed to make everything as safe for John and Cameron when they were out with plenty of Terminators nearby at each stop. It was at that point that he realized CamNet already arranged everything to do just that.

It was clear to John Henry that CamNet was superior to him at this point and may have been for quite some time. He often felt he didn't receive the entire picture from her and what was going on. She more than likely worked circles around him and prevented him from knowing that.

He was a little concerned with what happened to the surveillance footage in the carpool earlier. When he attempted to find out, he was contacted by CamNet and told not to worry about it.

The coastline became visible to John as Cameron drove the curves of Sunset Boulevard. It was dark and he could see where the lights ended. They ended at the beach. He spotted something he recognized. It was all lit up in the near distance. He remembered the day Charlie's wife died. That was all his fault. All of that was done to get to him. Cromartie tricked him into going to the pier where he almost put the grab on him. He tried to terminate him that day. They both ended up in the water. He could swim, Cromartie couldn't.

"I can see the pier." John said.

Cameron wondered if it would produce a negative reaction for John but she didn't notice it. That was a relief. She decided to see how adventurous he was.

"We can go there after dinner if you want." Cameron said.

Cameron glanced over at John to see if he flinched. He didn't.

John noticed the way Cameron looked at him. He felt she was testing him. He was ready for it. He knew he couldn't confine his life or his thoughts over past incidents. Savannah told him that life moved forwards, not backwards. He thought that she'd enough perspective to make a statement like that and make it mean something. It did to him. She'd lost more personally than he had. He'd only lost one parent, not three of them.

"Sure, I'd like that." John said. "I think we can have some fun there."

Cameron didn't detect any hesitation or remorse in John's answer. She would feel better if she could keep John away from danger. She thought she was more worried about the incident that happened there than he was. There were other options she could offer.

"We can have some fun in the back seat too." Cameron said. "It folds down."

John looked down quickly below his waist.

"I may need to rejuvenate some more first." John said. "That was a pretty intense love making session we shared on the hood of the GT."

Cameron decided not to push it. If she taxed John too soon he would fail and that would cause him to be self conscious. She'd inadvertently done that before. She'd wanted him to perform when he was physically unable to previously. She felt it took 'Little Willie' even longer to recover after that. She thought there were some psychological issues involved as well as the physical ones.

"We will be down to PCH in about three minutes. The restaurant is right where Sunset ends at PCH." Cameron said.

John knew exactly where the restaurant was. He'd been there once for breakfast when they still used to serve breakfast. He wasn't sure if they still did or not. He knew they'd stopped for a while. He looked forward to being out in the cool ocean air and sea breeze.

Cameron wanted to acclimate John to the ocean to make him more receptive to going on the cruise. She really wanted to 'get away from it all' for a week with John. She wanted to give him a taste of the real life she could never provide for him. She would allow him to use her chassis as much as he wanted to.

John was very excited where he was and pleased with the company he was with. He really wished that Cameron could be like this all of the time. He understood her need to try to fight the war on her own. He just knew it was unnecessary. There were others to help. There were plenty of others to help. He wanted to go on the cruise if for no other reason, than to take Cameron out of combat for an entire week. He didn't believe she'd ever gone that long without being involved in some type of altercation. If she didn't have something Skynet related to work on, she usually went out with Sheila and Ally and conducted an 'off the books' operation. He didn't know how many of those that they'd conducted since there was no record of them. CamNet probably knew but John Henry didn't and he sure didn't. He wanted to savor the moment they were in.

"That is some fresh air." John said as he rolled down his window.

Cameron detected lower levels of pollution from the ocean air. That would be better for John's health.

John was excited they were almost there. The light ahead changed to red.

"Oh darn, we missed the light." John said.

Three seconds later it was green again for them.

"Did you do that?" John asked.

Cameron was surprised that they'd experienced a red light at all. It was the first one since they'd gotten off the freeway. It made her wonder why. Maybe it was just to remind her that CamNet was watching her.

"CamNet did it." Cameron said.

John thought that CamNet acted like a guardian.

"She really watches out for you." John said.

Cameron felt a sad truth to her existence. With the sudden uptick in love making she wanted to remind John what she really was. She was a very scary robot from the future who masqueraded as a human female. She could perform any sex act a human female could.

"John, she is ME." Cameron said. "Never forget what I am."

John seldom saw or thought of Cameron as a machine. She was so much more than that to him. He didn't think of her like that, at least not anymore. He remembered what Savannah told him. Savannah told him that Cameron was a 'mechanical human' and not just a machine.

"I do forget most of the time." John said. "Everything about you is what I love."

Cameron wanted to point out she was her program, not her chassis. She planned to do a few chassis swaps either at the base or on the ship. She was going to be 'somebody different', even if she was still herself. She didn't want to spoil John's mood. She looked over at John with her sly smile and large puppy dog eyes.

"I'll give you the opportunity to express those feelings later on, again." Cameron said. "You can have as much as you want as well as anything that you want."

John already felt a new surge of excitement. He looked forward to being with Cameron again.

"I think I'll be 'up' to the task." John said.

Cameron made sure the slit in her dress was aligned so John could see her leg all the way up to her side. It was clear what was waiting for him. Everything was waiting for them to share.

"I'm looking forward to it." Cameron said. "I enjoy when 'Little Willie' visits me."

John moistened his lips slightly. He could see Cameron still didn't have any underwear on. He knew what was right there waiting for him. He looked over his shoulder to the back seat. Cameron said the seats folded down. They could knock one off there. He thought maybe they should do dinner first. It would give him a little more time to recharge. He wanted to be able to give her a good performance. He reached down and adjusted himself when she wasn't looking.

Cameron felt aroused as she watched John reposition himself from the corner of her eye. She knew that 'Little Willy' would be awake soon.

Sheila gave Cammy pleasure and pain. A little of each was quite intense at times.

Cammy was pleased how Sheila made her feel. Sheila did things to her sheath that Savannah would never do to her, even if she asked her.

"You can make me feel so 'different'." Cammy said.

Sheila was excited as she watched Cammy respond to her.

"I've experimented with myself." Sheila said.

She'd actually experimented with Ally most of the time. Ally was often reluctant. Cammy was open and inquisitive. Whatever she wanted to do, Cammy would let her.

Cammy felt with Sheila things were very physical. It was different with Savannah. There was a lot more emotion and personal closeness that was shared. She understood that was the actual love. It wasn't the sex act. Any two people could have sex. That was basically how animals mated. Some of them were selectively but most of them were not. Not everybody could love.

"With Savannah it's all love." Cammy said. "Her love reaches me from the inside out."

Sheila could feel the difference when she was with Savannah too.

"Savannah is really special." Sheila said. "She believes in love. She treats us like human females. She believes in us as people. She knows that we're not but she still treats us like we're humans."

Cammy knew that Sheila could get a little rough. She hoped that Sheila hadn't been rough with Savannah.

"Savannah told me she shared with you a few times." Cammy said.

Sheila didn't want that as an issue right now.

"That isn't a problem is it?" Sheila asked.

Cammy looked at Sheila and touched her cheek.

"No." Cammy said. "How could it be? Look where I'm at right now."

Sheila looked at her handiwork on Cammy sheath.

"You're right where you want to be." Sheila said. "It's what you want to happen for each of us."

There was a deeper issue for Cammy. There was a lot of uncertainty.

"We've spent many years together." Cammy said. "Longer than I've spent with Savannah."

Cammy looked serious.

Sheila felt Cammy wanted a change.

"You won't merge your program will you?" Sheila asked. "I mean when Cameron 'takes' Savannah."

Cammy looked directly into Sheila's eyes, she wanted to make things clear.

"I may ask for deactivation." Cammy said.

That's what Sheila was afraid of. She was worried that Cammy would ask her to terminate her. She enjoyed doing that to a Skynet Terminator. She didn't think she could do that to Cammy no matter how much she begged her to. She would rather terminate herself first.

"I won't allow that." Sheila said. "I want you."

Sheila forcefully twisted one of the rings she'd installed earlier.

Cammy winced in pain.

Sheila kissed her deeply as she twisted the other ring even harder.

There were other ways to reach Cammy.

"You like to feel the pain, don't you?" Sheila asked. "You prefer the pain to the pleasure now, don't you?"

Cammy did like the pain. The combination of pain and pleasure was very rewarding. She did like one better than the other now, at least when she was with Sheila. She knew that no other Terminator would work on her like that. There was one human that would.

"Yes." Cammy said. "It lets me know I'm still 'alive'. Do it again, harder this time."

Cammy wanted Sheila to give her more pleasure but she wanted more pain. The physical pain made the mental pain go away.

Never Forget

Everything one hears
Is hard to retain
Some things don't stick
In one's brain

There are things told
One doesn't want to hear
Who wants to remember
What will bring a tear

Things happen and events occur
The mind becomes a maze
It cause the brain to overload
Leaving one in a foggy daze

There's no set beginning
There is however an end
To not want to reach it early
One must lie and pretend

There are many things
That leave one upset
One doesn't want to remember
Yet one can never forget

Nobody