Chapter 1036

You Just Saw Me

Savannah still found it hard to process. Here it was right in front of her. She'd caught Young Allison sneaking out of John's room. Cameron purposely delayed her and kept her from stopping this too. That also made her angry.

She'd seen the sexual aggressiveness that Young Allison began to display. It happened right in front of her as well. She didn't want to say that Young Allison 'assaulted' Ally when she was in Anna's chassis but that's what it was. It also appeared that she done something to Ally before she set her chip back in her own chassis.

Maybe she should have shared with Young Allison before when it was clear what it was that she wanted. Now maybe Young Allison would choose a different path if she'd been with John. It might be different from the path that she was waiting for Young Allison on. It wasn't a pleasant thought.

Rage boiled in Savannah.

How could she?

Savannah wanted to scream. She wanted to shake Young Allison. It was her first impulse.

This wasn't how it was supposed to be. This would change everything now.

"You didn't…." Savannah said.

Young Allison looked back at John's door.

"You just saw me." Young Allison said.

Savannah looked at Young Allison's face. There was no malice there. There was only 'hurt love' looking at her.

Her love for Young Allison overpowered her anger. She loved Young Allison no matter what. She acted on her true impulse.

Savannah moved forward and hugged Young Allison instead.

"This isn't right." Savannah said. "I can't believe this."

Savannah knew Cameron tried to keep her from finding this out. Cameron KNEW about this. This was Cameron's fault. Maybe this whole thing was all manipulation. She sure wouldn't put it past Cameron. She wondered if this wasn't all done to bring Young Allison to the Resistance base. She would still be in Palmdale otherwise.

"I'm sorry." Young Allison said. "I know I should have let you do it instead."

Savannah pulled Young Allison tight against her.

"It's done." Savannah said. "Life moves forward, not backward."

Savannah stood and moved the hair back on Young Allison's face.

Young Allison managed a confused smile.

Savannah reached her hand out and Young Allison took it.

"Let's get you cleaned up." Savannah said. "It's bedtime, for sleep this time…."

Savannah looked back at John's door as they walked away.

It was time for her to step up and do what she should have long ago.

That was her function, not Young Allison's.

Savannah reflected that she was going to be spread pretty thin amongst all of her obligations.

Cammy looked at Cameron. She didn't think that she had a problem but she thought it sure looked like Cameron did.

"Are YOU alright?" Cammy asked Cameron.

Cameron was about to say 'I'm fine' but didn't. Her mind was filled with a multitude of conflicting thoughts. She'd begun to run multiple scenarios as to how things would play out going forward. Based upon what she'd observed none of them played out well for her in the end.

"I have to be." Cameron said. "I made it happen."

Cammy tilted her head. She wondered what Cameron referred to.

"What did you make happen?" Cammy asked.

Cameron looked at the cable she held in her hand. She was hesitant to plug it back in. She was very worried about what she would see. It was her duty to protect John. That's what she tried very hard to do. She felt all of the girls let her down. She really couldn't understand that. She tried to give them everything that they wanted. None of them would do what she needed done. Now Young Allison stepped up to the plate. It looked like it was a home run.

"I did what needed to be done." Cameron said.

Cameron moved the cable to plug back into the server. She couldn't do it.

Cammy was a little surprised at Cameron's action. Actually she was more surprised about her apparent inaction. It appeared to her that Cameron was going to plug the cable back into the server but for some inexplicable reason seemed physically unable to do so. She was pretty sure nothing physical had anything to do with it. This was all something from inside of Cameron's head. She knew what a mess that was.

"Do you want me to plug that back in for you or something?" Cammy asked.

Cameron's face was blank. She was aware of what she'd seen earlier. It didn't take a scary robot from the future to figure it out.

"I already know what I'll see." Cameron said.

Cammy didn't have a clue what Cameron was talking about. She thought maybe Cameron was the one everyone should have been concerned with instead of her. Her problem was caused by an overload of sensory information. She had no idea what caused Cameron's problem. It seemed to her like most of them just happened on their own.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Cammy asked. "You don't look so hot."

Cameron looked at Cammy and grasped her shoulders. She needed to try and explain herself. She didn't think anyone was going to understand.

"I MADE her do it." Cameron said.

Cammy was very worried right now. Did something happen to Savannah? Savannah was just here a short while ago. It seemed like Cameron attempted to delay her departure. What else would Cameron refer to? She needed Cameron to be a little more coherent as well as explicit. She was worried herself now and she wanted some answers.

"You made whom do what?" Cammy asked. "Is Savannah OK? What is it that you've done?"

Cammy almost added, 'this time' but didn't. Maybe that would come soon enough.

Cameron's blank look turned into a faint smile before it quickly faded. She always thought Savannah would be the one to be with John first. It almost happened several times. Savannah and John had literally been one second away from consummating their love on more than one occasion. She could only imagine the anticipation that Savannah must have felt as John bounced around on the outside in an attempt to line up and make entry. That's how close he'd been on more than one occasion.

"I've already tried that multiple times." Cameron said. "It never happened, now something else has."

Cammy wanted to go to Savannah but Cameron seemed unstable right now. Cameron was there for her, now she needed to be there for Cameron. She was very confused about whatever Cameron referred to with Savannah.

"What about Savannah?" Cammy asked. "She's only been back for less than an hour."

Cameron knew that things could happen quickly sometimes. What needed to be done didn't take much time at all. It would be even more so if it was the 'first time'.

"It only takes a few minutes, especially with someone 'new'." Cameron said.

Cameron figured the 'first time' she would use Sheila's chassis that John would 'finish' very quickly, especially since she'd make sure he knew that he was the 'first' to use that chassis.

Cammy could see Cameron was 'somewhere else' now in her thoughts. Cameron looked lost. She needed to find out what happened and with whom. She felt fully recovered from her sensory overload condition that happened earlier. It was time to take action. She believed Cameron was responsible for many rash and questionable events. It sounded like one of them came back bite her on the rear end.

"Give me the cable." Cammy said. "I'll check myself. You don't have the nerve to see what you've done."

Cammy actually thought that was very pathetic.

A sad smile appeared on Cameron's face. It was a beautiful evening for her with John. Now it appeared it was even more special for John.

She thought about all of the hours spent 'conditioning' the girls at night as they slept. She'd personally whispered in both of their ears what they needed to do and why. She'd done it over and over and over. She knew that the girls believed it themselves now as if it was their own thoughts. That was the whole point of nightly 'conditioning'. It was to build a desire within the girls that was almost like an instinct. The events all would have happened thousands of times in their minds as they slept.

"I already know what's happened." Cameron said. "I made her do it."

The future arrived tonight for Cameron. It was what she wanted for John. It was still a - Future Shock.

Earlier:

Claire was ready to enter John's room. Cameron really leaned on her hard to be with John to 'protect him'. She wanted that for herself and for Cameron. She knew it would please Cameron if she did what she wanted. It would keep Young Allison from having to 'step up' when she got back from the past. It would also keep Summer as her daughter. She didn't want Cameron to 'take' her as well.

She stood at the door and contemplated. She didn't think she'd have any trouble going through with it. She was just a little nervous about actually doing it. Maybe once things got started they would escalate rapidly. She would prefer that. She looked around the hall in both directions. She asked herself if this is where she wanted her daughters to be. It wasn't.

"My turn…." Claire said softly.

Claire turned the door handle. It was unlocked. She cracked the door open and started to go in.

'Cameron' came around the corner in the hall.

That wasn't who she'd expected to see at this moment. She'd already committed herself to share with John. Maybe Cameron would join them. If it was a three-way, she was pretty sure that she would spend most of her time on Cameron.

Claire let go of the door handle. The door remained open a few inches.

She wondered if Cameron arrived to stop her or join her. She figured she'd better find out first. She didn't want to get her neck snapped. She didn't think Cameron would do that to her but in a fit of rage, anybody could do anything.

"Cameron…." Claire said. "Isn't this what you wanted?"

'Cameron' tilted her head slightly as she looked at her.

"Where's Hanna?"

Claire was pretty sure that Hanna had been busy non stop since they'd arrived at the Resistance base.

"I don't know." Claire said. "She's busy, I think."

'Cameron' noted where Claire's hand was at as she approached. It was on the door handle. That seemed to indicate something very specific to her.

"Were you going to go in there?"

Claire figured she'd been caught red handed. What else could she call it?

"Yes." Claire said. "I thought it's what you wanted."

There was a slight pause.

"Would you rather be with me?"

Claire wasn't sure she understood 'Cameron' correctly. She wanted to make sure what exactly was being offered.

"Are you giving me a choice?" Claire asked.

"Yes."

Claire saw it as a 'no brainer'. There was no choice.

"I'd rather be with you." Claire said.

Claire was slightly troubled by the next question but not by much.

"You're good with that, even if I look like your daughter – daughters?"

This wasn't a problem for Claire, she'd been with Cam, Cammy, Camille and Ally before. They were all their own programs. None of them were 'Allison', any Allison.

"Yes." Claire said. "I know you're not her. I know that you're not them."

'Cameron' looked at her for a long moment.

"Claire, I'm Ally…." Ally said.

Claire knew Ally NEVER looked like that. She looked at her closely again.

"Cameron, stop." Claire said. "Only you ever look this Tight."

Ally knew that she usually was in last place when it came to 'looks' as compared to the other cyborgs based on Allison Young's DNA. Wait, all of the female cyborgs looked better than she did.

"Not even Cammy or Cam look as good?" Ally asked.

Claire understood what the situation actually revolved around. She understood what the older version of her daughter went through. She understood it was better not to be noticed.

"They come close." Claire said. "Ally is more like Allison. She's more reserved about everything. You know why."

Claire moved closer to 'Cameron'. She was highly aroused now. At this point she would do whatever 'Cameron' wanted.

"Do you want it to be the three of us?" Claire asked. "Or just us first? I'll do whatever you want. I was ready for some 'tube steak' but I'll gladly take a 'taco' anytime."

Ally could see that this had gone on a little too long. There was probably going to be some type of negative feedback directed at her if she didn't allow Claire to enter John's room and do whatever Cameron wanted her to do in there. Everyone knew Cameron subtly threatened Claire with her daughters, especially the younger one. It was always an unspoken threat. It was a threat nonetheless. Nobody liked that.

"Claire, I'm Ally." Ally said. "I'm just gussied up."

Claire began to wonder what was happening. Maybe this really was Ally. It sure appeared to be 'Cameron' to her.

"Really?" Claire asked. "You look like Cameron."

Ally tried to give an explanation and wanted to leave out some details. She didn't want Claire to know most of them, especially the ones involving Young Allison. She still didn't know exactly what happened to her before she was reactivated. She tried to keep it as simple as possible.

"Anna fixed me up." Ally said. "You know her base program is 'Cameron'. That's why I look like Cameron right now. I can't ever make myself look this good."

Claire looked towards the door to John's room.

Ally really wanted to be with Claire right now. She didn't want her to enter John's room. She decided to make her offer more enticing.

"We can go see Sheila." Ally said. "That's if Hanna isn't there."

Claire looked away from John's door. She felt a little weak right now. She felt 'butterflies' in her stomach and her knees actually wobbled slightly. She noticed her hands shook as well. She didn't think that she was scared but it was a feeling like that.

"It would still work for me if Hanna was." Claire said. "I don't think I could be with John now anyway. I've lost my nerve."

Ally thought there was some other information that she needed to disclose. She was sure if she didn't do it at this point, it would cause a bigger problem later on. She didn't think it would delay them being together for too long if Claire knew about it now.

"Anna and Young Allison are here. I brought them and Savannah back." Ally said.

Claire was a little concerned about the time.

"They came back this late?" Claire asked.

Ally thought that she needed to tread lightly on any of the information she disclosed. There were a lot of things that happened that Claire probably wouldn't be pleased with.

"Young Allison slept with her head on Savannah's lap on the way over." Ally said. "We caught a movie and hit the ice rink before we left Palmdale."

Claire was even more worried about Young Allison. She knew that she was very competitive. She was aware that if she was challenged, she became very ruthless.

"Did she show off?" Claire asked. "I told her many times that there are other ways to play a game or meet a challenge. She never listens to me."

Ally let Young Allison's experience get the better of her. She understood that Young Allison played her abilities as a Terminator against her. They weren't a positive for the way she was challenged but a negative. She also made the mistake of underestimating Young Allison even when she knew that she wasn't underestimating her. Savannah warned her specifically on top of all of that.

"She showed me up a couple of times." Ally said. "She's remarkable. We can go see her real quickly if you want."

Claire was thrilled by that idea. She hadn't seen her for a few days.

"I want to see her." Claire said.

Claire and Ally left. The door to John's room was still slightly ajar because Claire hadn't closed it tight.

Ally led Claire to where Young Allison was at.

"Mama." Young Allison said.

Claire and Young Allison embraced.

"I've missed you." Claire said.

Young Allison knew she was going to need to be stronger to go into the past. Her family was still important to her. Savannah told her many times that her family should always be her first priority.

"I missed you too." Young Allison said.

Young Allison and Ally explained what happened and why they were back. It was because there was a problem with Cammy. They all thought it was important that Savannah go to Cammy in this time of distress.

Claire knew that happened to Cameron sometimes. She wondered if it could happen to Hanna.

"Does that happen to anyone else who isn't based on Cameron's program?" Claire asked.

Ally had been distressed more than a few times. It usually involved things with Sheila. She didn't think it ever got the better of her. She may have glitched a few times but it never got away from her. At least she didn't think so.

"It's never happened to me." Ally said. "At least that I know of."

Young Allison checked in with operations and then found Summer to make sure everything was OK.

"I checked on Summer, she's sleeping." Young Allison said.

Claire thought that was very responsible of Young Allison. She looked around for someone else.

"Where's Anna?" Claire asked.

Young Allison was a little disturbed with what she'd found when they went to check on operations. There was no one in the Command Center when they'd arrived. She asked Anna to plug in and make sure everything was OK.

"John Henry was away so she plugged in to see what was happening. She's in the Command Center now." Young Allison said. "I was going back to check on her."

Claire was glad to hear that everything was in order. She was more than a little sleepy.

"I was going back to bed." Claire said. "Do you want to sleep with me?"

Young Allison looked at Ally. She knew what was really about to happen. She didn't want to spoil anything for her mother. It had been a long time since he'd slept next to her mother.

"You two go on." Young Allison said. "I'm going to sleep in Savannah's room. It will be like a 'sleepover'."

Claire was pleased to hear that.

"That's fine." Claire said. "Don't forget to brush your teeth."

Young Allison was aware that she had more than one 'mother' in that regard. She understood it was because they all cared about her. She didn't want any problems.

"I already did. Savannah and Anna both checked before we left Palmdale." Young Allison said. "Goodnight."

Ally looked back and winked at Young Allison as she walked away with Claire.

"It will be." Ally said as they departed.

Young Allison watched them leave. She figured her mother was about to be 'her' in Ally's mind, while Ally was going to be 'Cameron' in her mother's mind. She slowly started for the Command Center until Ally and her mother went around the corner. She looked around and started after them. She wanted to see where they were going. Maybe she'd run into Sheila….

She followed them until she passed John's room. She saw the door was slightly ajar. Young Allison knew where Anna was at since she'd plugged in. Cameron and Savannah were in the lab with Cammy. Vanna and Cam were there too. Her mother and Ally were headed to 'heaven' somewhere. That meant John was all alone….

She knew she was a big girl now. It bothered her that they wouldn't listen to her. None of them would, not even Savannah. She wanted to prove to all of them and to herself that she was a 'big girl' now.

'How hard could it be?' Young Allison wondered.

Young Allison looked around and reached for the door….

Anna was plugged in. She got 'up to speed' on John Henry's server. She checked on everything. She was aware CamNet was in the system right now. Things were being blocked from her. She couldn't see what was happening around the living quarters. This wasn't how CamNet normally treated her.

CamNet told her she was following standing orders from Cameron about privacy. That wasn't exactly true. She blocked more than a few things.

Anna checked in her system for that 'order'. She couldn't find it.

'I don't have those files.' Anna said.

CamNet tried to cover her tracks.

'You need to update with Cameron.' CamNet said.

Anna hadn't done that in a long while. She'd only done the 'Neural Interface' with Savannah multiple times. She wasn't so sure that it was a good idea to update with Cameron. There were things that she would like to keep from Cameron about her involvement and feelings toward Young Allison. She was sure Cameron would disapprove of them. She felt Cameron already had enough problems. She didn't want to give her any more. She also didn't want to receive any from Cameron.

All she could see was in the lab with Cameron, Savannah and Cammy. Cam and Vanna left. There was one unanswered question. Why wasn't there anybody in the Command Center?

'Where's John Henry at?' Anna asked. 'He's normally here all of the time. If he's gone he isn't gone for long.'

CamNet was dominant in John Henry's server. She was aware that John Henry was in a very compromised position currently.

'Private matters are not to be discussed.' CamNet said.

Anna wondered what that meant. Was John Henry with someone? That was new or was it? She was at the Young residence most of the time. Holly called her earlier and told her it was like a 'free for all' around there with all of the girls there, both Metal and human. She didn't think that was an atmosphere conducive to Young Allison. She was very aware that Young Allison was 'hot to trot'. She was pretty sure that if she got the chance to be with John that she was going to take it. She knew that Young Allison wanted to get 'popped' by John. She didn't think that was entirely Young Allison's idea. It was what was pounded into her head since she was a girl. She wasn't a girl anymore.

CamNet really only wanted to prevent Anna from knowing what Young Allison was doing. She knew that Anna was Young Allison's bodyguard. She didn't want any interference from her.

She wanted both Savannah and Young Allison. Savannah already provided her with so much. It was time to make a choice. She wanted Savannah. She was aware it would cause her a lot less problems as well.

CamNet hoped what Young Allison was doing would make Savannah more available to her in the long run.

She could have stopped Young Allison but she didn't. She left the ball in Cameron's court on what to do about it. It was clear that Cameron was going to yield. The downside to the entire equation was what would Cameron do in response? Maybe Cameron would pursue Savannah to make up for what was happening with John and Young Allison. She knew that was going to lead to a further conflict at some point. Cameron didn't know her place. She knew what Cameron's place was. It was second place.

Cameron was worried about what she'd find when she plugged in. She didn't need to involve Cammy in her personal affairs of this nature.

"No. I'll do it." Cameron said.

Cameron plugged back in.

Cammy saw Cameron's hand start to glitch immediately.

Cammy decided to plug in as well and see what was happening. Whatever it was, it was all Cameron's doing. She plugged in. She wanted to make sure Savannah was OK. There was nothing to see.

"I don't see anything." Cammy said. "I'm looking for Savannah."

Cameron was aware there were a lot of things that couldn't be seen. She knew that was all CamNet's doing. She couldn't even locate John Henry in the system. It seemed only his server was there.

"CamNet is blocking things from me." Cameron said.

Cammy was confused about everything she looked into. There was something going on there.

"Why is CamNet in the system here?" Cammy asked. "Where's John Henry?"

Cameron didn't like how things seemed to be out of control right now. Maybe out of control wasn't the proper term. Everything was being very controlled. CamNet determined who could see what. She also determined what couldn't be seen as well.

"I don't know." Cameron said. "Something's not right here."

Cammy found that Anna was in the system. That was a little surprising to her.

"Anna is plugged in." Cammy said.

Cameron's hand started glitching even more.

Cammy was sure that Cameron was able to see more than she was.

Cameron knew more than she let on.

"If she's here, where's Young Allison?" Cameron asked. "Who's protecting her?"

Cammy thought about the situation for a few seconds. She ran hundreds of scenarios. The majority of them all came back with the same answer.

"Savannah wouldn't have left her alone." Cammy said. "Savannah must have brought her, so she didn't have to break her promise to spend the night with her. Savannah thought of all of us. She tried to do something for everyone and make it all work."

Cameron was very pleased with Savannah's solution to the dilemma. Savannah had a choice to make between Cammy, which was indirectly her, and Young Allison. The choice she made was for all of them.

"Savannah's the best." Cameron said. "She wants to make it all work."

Cameron thought about Savannah's insistence that she spend time with John. Savannah insisted she spend more time with John. She'd shared a wonderful night with John because of that. Savannah wanted them to go on the cruise alone. She wanted Savannah to go with them but she did understand what Savannah wanted to do. She wanted to make sure John and her remained close.

Cammy noted Cameron's hand barely glitched now.

Cameron looked at Cammy in desperation. There were things she wanted to happen. She didn't want any complications either. She wanted to take a shortcut.

"Change clothes with me." Cameron said.

Cammy didn't say anything at first. She could tell where this was headed. She didn't agree with what Cameron wanted to do.

"Savannah will know." Cammy said. "Young Allison will as well."

Cameron figured Cammy was right. Even if she could fool them for a short time they would find out very quickly. That left one other option.

"Put my chip in your second port." Cameron said.

Cammy could see that things were going to get out of control very quickly. She wanted to remind Cameron whom she was dealing with.

"Savannah isn't going to do anything like that with Young Allison." Cammy said. "You KNOW this."

Cameron thought about everything that Savannah tried to do for everyone.

"I do." Cameron said. "I don't know what I was thinking."

Cameron did know what she was thinking. She possessed more information than Cammy did. CamNet made sure of that.

John Henry hurriedly entered a room he didn't know was occupied.

"Are you ready to try that 'thing' out?" Sheila asked. "I can see it's ready."

John Henry was very surprised to see Sheila. This was her room. He'd actually lost track of where he was in his haste to avoid being spotted.

"Hello." John Henry said.

He wasn't sure what he should do now. The others were nearly outside the door. If he went back out they would either think he'd been spying on the girls in the lab or paid Sheila a 'social visit'.

Sheila hoped John Henry would take her by force. She wanted to learn like Jesse was forced to become a woman. She would offer only as much resistance as a human female.

Wait.

What was she thinking?

She was in charge in her own room.

"I see you waited until I was alone." Sheila said.

John Henry was short on excuses, even if he was 'long' on other things.

"I must have entered by error." John Henry said.

Sheila couldn't help but notice the massive bulge in the front of his pants.

"That 'thing' in your pants doesn't look like an error." Sheila said.

Sheila started to remove her clothing. They'd only been on for a few minutes. Sometimes she wondered why she even bothered with them around the base. She seldom wore them when she was at Cameron's base with Ally. She also liked the 'reaction' it produced with Cameron's blank faced Terminators. She knew there was more than one way to turn a head, both of them.

John Henry was a little concerned that Sheila started to remove her clothing.

"What are you doing?" John Henry asked.

It was clear what Sheila intended to do with him.

"I'm making sure that 'thing' doesn't go away before I'm done with it." Sheila said.

John Henry was even more excited. He still needed to offer some token protest.

"You know Cameron has forbidden all the girls from relations with males."

Sheila thought Cameron was a hypocrite.

"It doesn't stop her." Sheila said. "Who is she to tell us what we can and can't do with our own chassis?"

John Henry made no effort to leave.

"I should go." John Henry said. "You'll be deactivated."

Sheila didn't really care at this point. She was sure Cameron wasn't done with her yet. If she was 'going out', what difference did it make?

"I'm going to be deactivated anyway." Sheila said. "I might as well go out in style."

Sheila was nude and started to remove John Henry's pants. She was pleasantly surprised at what she found. She'd seen more than a few of those on human males. It was always under different circumstances.

"Oh my, that's a big one." Sheila said. "Sit on the chair or lay on the bed. I'll drive."

John Henry knew this wasn't supposed to happen.

"I can't say 'no'." John Henry said.

Sheila thought she presented an enticing package.

"Nobody could say 'no' to this." Sheila said as she indicated her chassis and sheath.

John Henry looked down at himself and at Sheila's nude form.

"I'm ready." John Henry said.

This isn't what John Henry planned or how he thought it would happen.

Sheila thought about what she wanted to do. Everything was already good to go on both of them. There was no need to fool around with foreplay. She decided she was going to 'go for the gold'. She was about to find out what all the hoopla was about.

"I was built ready." Sheila said.

Sheila was going to go look up John earlier while Cameron was busy. Now this was about to happen instead. She was about to have her first experience with a male. It was long overdue. She wondered how it was going to compare to a female for overall effect.

You Just Saw Me

Maybe some people
Are more memorable
Than other people are
Because they were pleasurable

Isn't that what everything
Devolves into at some point
The feelings begin to wane
Both soon start to disappoint

The shelf life of every relationship
Is six months to two years
That's an absolute fact
That brings lots of tears

When it's time to reinvent
We want the other one to change
As to why we ourselves don't
Always seems a little strange

When things turn crappy
The other wants to sight see
It's not the landscape either
Because you just saw me

Nobody