Chapter 1049

Beach Babes

Savannah left the jewelry store and passed by the fountain. She tossed a handful of coins into the 'wishing well' that she'd obtained from the jewelry store just for that purpose. She headed for the pet store. She hoped Cammy was inside since she couldn't see her outside.

She looked inside the pet store. Cammy wasn't in there. One of the puppies was missing and there were a couple of hundred dollar bills in the pen. The other puppy chewed on the corner of one of them. She was about to reach down and move it away from the puppy.

She saw one of the workers return from the main hallway along the front of the pet store. She held a wad of cash in her hand and wore a big smile on her face.

The worker looked in the pen and saw the two hundred dollar bills in there and picked them up. She looked back out the way she'd just come from.

Savannah could tell something was wrong.

"What happened?" Savannah asked.

The worker realized that the two, one hundred bills were left by the teenage girl who took the puppy. She hadn't stolen it, she'd paid for it. She should have taken the money up to the register. The whole unfortunate incident could have been avoided.

"I thought that a teenager stole a puppy. I didn't see the money she'd left." The worker said. "I chased after her for nothing."

Savannah tried to put it all together. She probably thought it was a good thing that the worker hadn't caught Cammy. It might not have ended well for her. She looked at the wad of cash in the girl's hand.

"Where did all that other money come from?" Savannah asked. "That's a lot of money."

The worker looked back in the direction that she'd come from. She didn't see anyone there anymore.

"Another young woman blocked my path and gave it to me. She said it was to cover the loss and pay for any children who want a pet today until the money runs out." The worker said. "I don't think it will. It looks like everyone will get a free pet today. Well, it's not really free, the other young woman paid for it."

Savannah wondered if Gail was there. It sounded like Gail followed her again and then tried to 'cover up' for Cammy. She wanted some more information from the worker.

"Was girl with all the money big and very 'well built'?" Savannah asked. "Did she have dark hair?"

The worker thought back as to what the female who blocked her path looked like. She was big and she was 'well built'. She had a set of knockers that wouldn't quit. She'd looked at them several times. She'd tried to determine if they were natural or implants. Her final thought was that they were natural.

"That's her." The worker said. "She went after the other teenager. I asked if she knew her and she said: 'She's my lover's girlfriend. It's very complicated.' It sounds to me like some guy is playing with fire. She looked like she could rip someone's head off. She was sure Hot though."

Savannah was sure it was Gail at this point. The worker's description of her sounded right on track. Gail did look rather imposing most of the time. She was the most 'Terminator like' of all of the female Terminators. She looked really pretty when she smiled. The only trouble was that she didn't smile very often. She did smile a lot around her though. She agreed with the worker's description that Gail was Hot.

"That she is." Savannah said. "I need to find them. Can you tell me which way they went?"

Savannah headed for the door.

"They went that way." The worker said.

She pointed in the direction Cammy and Gail went.

"Thanks." Savannah said and took off at a run.

Seconds ago:

Gail exited into the parking structure from the mall entrance and sought to acquire Cammy.

She didn't see her on her first look around the interior. She saw the SUV Savannah drove but Cammy wasn't by it. She could hear a small child making a lot of noise off to the side. She hoped there wasn't going to be an additional problem.

Gail headed in that direction. She ran to see what happened. She was worried that maybe Cammy attacked someone. She knew Cammy was having some kind of problem last night.

She came around a van and stopped in her tracks.

Cammy stood over a small girl.

Allison, Vanna and Bob exited the pancake restaurant after they'd finished their meal.

Since Vanna drove there, Allison was supposed to drive back. She wanted to drink some coffee but Vanna wouldn't let her. Vanna said she had something else she could quench her thirst on once they returned to the SUV. She gave up her driving privilege to Bob so she could be in the back seat with Vanna.

Bob headed out with the SUV. He watched Allison 'work' on Vanna in the back seat.

Vanna noticed Bob spent a lot of time looking back at them in the rear view mirror. She didn't want there to be a traffic incident if he didn't pay good enough attention to the road.

"You're not going to pile up are you?" Vanna asked.

Bob had taken a safeguard against that possibility. He was able to focus his eyes on two different things at the same time with no problem.

"I have one eye on the road." Bob said.

Bob looked in the rear view mirror at Vanna and Allison in the back seat. He watched Allison work on both sides of Vanna. Vanna seemed pleased at what Allison did. He was very pleased to watch them.

They soon finished up and Vanna buttoned her top. They were both happy now.

Allison wondered if Bob wanted to do anything or go anywhere. Since they were already out, they could always stop somewhere along the way back. They could even go somewhere specific if they wanted to.

"What do you want to do Bob?" Allison asked.

Bob has been very stimulated by what he witnessed Allison do to Vanna. It wasn't quite as intense as when they made love in the back of the SUV previously but he thought it was still very intriguing. He tried not to glance down at the bulge in the front of his pants. The first response that popped up on his HUD didn't seem appropriate to verbalize.

'I want to watch THAT again.' Bob thought but didn't say it.

He decided to play it cool and go with the flow.

"I don't know." Bob said. "We could always go shopping if you want to go to the store."

Allison didn't like to go shopping. She found the stores very intimidating and there were usually a lot of people in them. She didn't care for that. She didn't really need to worry about her wardrobe. Ever since she'd returned to the past from the future, Cameron had taken care of her in that regard.

"We don't really care to shop for clothes." Allison said. "Cameron buys most of our things for us, at least for me anyway. They always fit perfectly."

Bob wondered how much of the 'Future Allison programming' was behind that or if it was Cameron on her own. He thought that most people liked to pick out their own clothes. Everyone seemed to have their own personal taste. He realized that didn't really apply to those in the Resistance.

"Do you like what she buys?" Bob asked.

Vanna always liked what Cameron wore and bought for Allison as well. She thought that Cameron dressed very sexy and she tried to dress Allison that way as well. Allison always found a way to tone it down. It was a carryover reflex from their future. It was bad to be noticed by others. Bad things always happened when someone got noticed. She still liked the clothes that were available to Allison.

"Yes." Vanna said. "I do. I think they're all beautiful."

Allison never dwelt much on her appearance. She did like what Cameron did for her. She was even more pleased that she didn't have to do it herself.

"I don't usually fix myself up much." Allison said. "Cameron makes us look nicer than we actually look, well, me anyway. Vanna is beautiful on her own."

Bob tilted his head slightly. That statement made him think of Ally as compared to Cameron, Cam, Cammy and Camille. Ally seldom fixed herself up. He was aware that she shared the 'Neural Interface' with Allison. It appeared that the 'Neural Interface' made a difference. It seemed to make the Terminator much like the individual that they shared the procedure with. It made him wonder about Sheila and Jesse but he didn't want to think about that right now. Sheila was pretty extreme in her actions. Jesse seemed much more toned down from when she'd first arrived in the past, the present. He always thought that Vanna and Allison looked very well dressed and were very beautiful.

"You both always look nice." Bob said.

Vanna liked the compliment. It wasn't something that she heard much. She didn't want to take credit where it wasn't due.

"Thank you. You really need to thank Cameron." Vanna said.

Allison kept it simple around the house.

"I'm good with a tee shirt and a well used pair of denim pants." Allison said.

Vanna needed to smile to herself with that description. What Allison just said was completely accurate.

"And there's nothing else under that." Vanna said.

Allison frowned a little bit. Cameron always purchased nice underwear for her along with a nice bra to match the underwear. She just didn't wear them very often.

"Underwear was hard to come by growing up." Allison said. "I only wear it now because Cameron said it will keep me sexier longer. None of us ever thought about getting old in the Wastelands. It seemed everyone was killed before middle age even."

Vanna cringed a little with that reminder. There were definitely no older women in the future. They were older men but there weren't older women. They didn't survive that long. Someone always got their hands on them sooner or later and it never ended well. She'd been in plenty of places where she thought she was never going to leave alive. Not only did she leave alive, she also left 'intact'. She was pretty sure she was the only female to come out of a Scavenger camp with all of her body parts still attached to her body. She did what she needed to do to survive. She wasn't proud of her actions and all of the things that she needed to do but she did them to stay alive and she survived. She'd only ended up being branded. She'd accepted that voluntarily to free Allison.. She sucked in her breath a little bit and looked at Allison with sad eyes

"I survived." Vanna said. "We survived."

Bob saw Allison reach over and squeeze Vanna's hand.

Vanna and Allison looked at each other. They sought comfort in each other. That was where their love was rooted. It emanated from deep within them. How they expressed that love and shared it was only part of it.

Bob could see Vanna relived the past. Maybe they both were. He wanted to bring both of them back to the present. He remembered what an ugly place the future was - is.

He wanted them to go somewhere and have some fun or entertainment.

"Pick something for me." Bob quickly said. "We can do it together. I would like to have some fun and spend time with both of you, if you don't mind."

Allison wanted to get out of the past, the future. She was usually in a playful mood and decided that was where she would rather be right now

"Would you like to go swimming?" Allison asked.

Vanna playfully hit Allison's arm. She knew that Allison was messing with Bob.

Bob tilted his head slightly. He wondered why they would pick something that he couldn't do very well.

"I don't swim." Bob said.

Allison wanted to have some fun. She didn't want to mess with Bob but she thought that he could mess with some other people.

"I'm sorry, I was just kidding. We can go to the beach and have Bob arm wrestle the body builders there." Allison said.

Bob was reminded of some of the time he spent with Cameron for 'proficiency training'. Cameron always referred to it as a 'fun night' out. They all knew what it really was.

"They will lose." Bob said. "That's like what Cameron does. She creates a challenge she can't be beaten at. It will usually lead to an altercation."

Vanna was with the girls before when Cameron did that almost every time they went out.

"People don't like getting 'shown up' by a 'teenage looking female'." Vanna said. "We've seen her. She's very ruthless and she isn't forgiving. Sometimes there were even additional altercations that occurred when we tried to leave. They never ended well for the challengers."

Allison thought it would be different with Bob. He looked like he could wrestle a bull and win. No one in their right mind would want to argue with him or challenged him to a fight.

"Bob looks like a stud." Allison said. "They'll accept their loss."

Vanna knew that would attract some of the females to Bob.

"You might even pick up some 'beach babes'." Vanna said.

Bob tilted his head slightly.

"Why would I pick them up?" Bob asked. "Would it be to show my strength?"

Vanna and Allison both laughed.

Bob wondered why that was funny.

Vanna wanted to explain it to him.

"They would be looking for 'strength' in a different area." Vanna said.

Now Bob understood. The girls at the beach might want to have sex with him. He was open to the idea but he liked the girls at the Resistance base. He didn't think he would want to be with a stranger. He didn't want any trouble.

"Cameron has forbidden male Terminators from having 'relations' with females." Bob said.

Vanna knew there was a specific reason for that. She felt it was a selfish reason on Cameron's part. She understood her thinking and that she wanted John protected but it still limited everyone's potential.

"That's just us she was talking about, the girls at the Resistance base." Vanna said. "She wants us all available for John."

Allison wondered what Bob knew about sexual relations. She didn't know what programming he was equipped with.

"Do you know what to do with a female?" Allison asked. "I mean sexual relations wise?"

Vanna and Allison looked at each other and smiled.

Bob quickly called up the file related to such matters. He reviewed all the procedures.

"I can act as any human male does. I don't tire or slow." Bob said. "I'm fully functional and programmed in a wide variety of pleasuring techniques."

Bob didn't point out he'd carefully watched Vanna and Allison make love to each other. He would be able to emulate both of them. He would be able to produce the same results quicker. He was sure he also learned a few new things that he added to the file. It seemed that the female body was very versatile and could be stimulated any number of different ways.

That made Allison think of her first away mission alone with Cameron. She'd ask Cameron about what all she could 'do'. It was sort of déjà vu to hear Bob say it as well.

"Cameron said almost the same thing to me before." Allison said.

Vanna wondered what it would be like to see Bob in action.

"Do you want us to hook you up?" Vanna asked. "You can try what John, Derek and Kyle all do. I don't think it would hurt anything to try it at least one time and see what it was like. That's only if the female is willing."

Bob thought about it many times. He also needed to worry about Cameron.

"I don't wish to be deactivated." Bob said.

Bob looked a little worried now.

"Relax." Allison said. "We were just fooling about. We wouldn't want to hook you up with some skank. We don't want you catching any diseases. I don't think you can but why chance it. We know there are a lot of diseases out there now. Everyone in the future who had anything wrong with them was wiped out and died from a virus that Skynet unleashed. All of those with 'pre-existing conditions' didn't survive."

Vanna looked around and wondered where Bob was headed. It didn't look like the same way that they'd come.

"Where are we going?" Vanna asked.

Allison wanted her chance to drive. That was the deal that they'd made earlier.

"I get to drive home." Allison said.

Vanna wanted to make her point about Allison's driving ability.

"This thing has air bags, right?" Vanna asked.

Bob quickly glanced over at Allison.

"Affirmative…." Bob said.

Allison felt more than a little offended by the comment.

"Hey!" Allison said.

Allison didn't feel it was her fault that people didn't know how to drive.

John Henry saw images from a mall start to pop up on his screens. They blocked out the action in Sheila's room.

CamNet showed him what occurred at the mall where Savannah was.

John Henry watched Cammy pick up the puppy she'd been playing with and run toward the exit. It looked like she'd stolen it.

John Henry immediately began erasing all prior footage in the mall and checking for any calls to security or to the police.

A worker took off after Cammy and was confronted by Gail. He wondered where Gail came from. Somehow she was just there when she was needed. She hadn't shown up on his tracking board. That indicated that CamNet was involved. It also meant he shouldn't ask any questions.

He saw Gail 'interact' with the worker for twenty seven seconds and take off after giving her a wad of hundreds. It looked like more than enough to cover the cost of the animal that Cammy departed with.

John Henry checked to see where Cammy went. He was able to track her as far as a van and lost sight of her. The security cameras in the parking lot were very limited. That limited his view but also reduced the amount of footage he needed to erase.

He saw Gail arrive seventeen seconds later and stop at the back of the van. She stood there and watched. He couldn't see what she saw.

He viewed Savannah in the pet store. She appeared to converse with the clerk and head out carrying a package, which seemed heavy for its size.

John Henry looked at John but didn't alert him yet. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe Cammy killed someone. John and him were powerless to act. Savannah was there and she would assess the situation shortly. She was headed toward where Cammy went and Gail still stood. Gail backed up further away but remained there. He wasn't sure what was going on. He hoped to have a better answer before he alerted John of the mishap.

Sheila looked over at her body cam and smiled. She knew she was putting on a show for John Henry. Cameron hadn't come by and given her any trouble yet. That was probably still coming.

She knew she'd almost seduced John Henry. The body cam footage should soften him up more or in this case, 'harden' him up. She was actually going to do it, just to see what it was like with a male. If he hadn't gotten up when he did, it would have happened. She knew it was against Cameron's rules but she felt pretty rebellious at the time. She actually still felt rebellious. That's why she broadcasted her sexual exploits for John Henry to see.

Hanna and Ally concentrated on each other now. She decided to get out a tether and give Hanna and Ally both the same treatment she gave Cammy last night. She didn't know how far she was going to take it. She was going to push them all the way for as long as she could.

Right now they were 'Savannah' and 'Young Allison' to her. She planned to take both of them to 'heaven' and keep them there while they were tethered. It should intensify their 'finish'. She planned to make the 'finish', just the start.

Cameron and Anna ended their conversation.

Anna went over to play with Summer and Jan.

Cameron went to Young Allison.

"I'm going to need to leave soon." Cameron said. "You can stay here with Jan and Summer."

Young Allison immediately developed a hurt look. She knew what Cameron was doing.

"You're going to make me 'decide'." Young Allison said.

Cameron didn't want it to seem like that.

"I'm just telling you I'm going to go soon." Cameron said.

Young Allison saw it for what it was. She would have preferred if Cameron would have asked her to go with her.

"Life is about choices." Young Allison said. "You've taught me that."

Cameron shrugged her shoulders slightly.

"It is and I have." Cameron said.

Young Allison was aware that it wasn't all fun and games.

"Savannah told me sometimes I'll need to make a 'hard choice'." Young Allison said.

Cameron felt that she needed to make more than a few 'hard choices' herself.

"It happens." Cameron said. "You'll always know what needs to be done, when it needs to be done."

Young Allison could see the sad look on Cameron's face. She figured she reflected on some of her past 'hard choices'.

"Savannah said sometimes the 'hard choice' is the right choice and the cards will land where they fall." Young Allison said.

Cameron felt that Savannah was experienced in such matters.

"Savannah has needed to make the 'hard choice' before, several times." Cameron said.

Young Allison believed that the main burden for that had fallen on Cameron's shoulders. She was aware of some of her horrific damage.

"So have you, many times." Young Allison said.

Cameron felt that her 'hardest choices' awaited her. She didn't know what they would be but she didn't think any of them would be easy when they came.

"I have." Cameron said. "I still will."

Young Allison knew this wasn't a 'hard choice'. It was still a choice that needed to be made. She looked over at Summer and Jan then back to Cameron.

"I'll go with you, if you'll allow it." Young Allison said.

Cameron smiled. She felt he future knock.

She didn't want any harm or hardship to befall either of the girls. She just wanted them ready when it happened. Something bad was going to happen at some point. It always did.

"When will you be ready to go?" Cameron asked.

Young Allison wasn't sure if it was another test or not. She wanted the girls to have more security before they left.

"As soon as Sarah and Jim return so that Summer and Jan are better protected." Young Allison said.

Cameron was pleased with that response. She thought Anna would be sufficient. With Sarah and Jim there, it would be even better.

"That's a wise choice." Cameron said.

Young Allison wasn't sure what was happening or if Cameron would even tell her if she asked. She still wanted to know.

"Is all of this a test?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron felt the reality of life was a continual test.

"Life is a test." Cameron said. "Each day is a test."

Young Allison moved forward and took Cameron's left hand. The glitch that started soon stopped. She wanted to give her some options to think about other than where her mind currently was at.

"Will we see Savannah and Cammy or go back and razz John?" Young Allison asked. "I make him nervous, just like you said I would."

Cameron was aware of the effect Future Allison exhibited on John. She wanted Young Allison to cast that same allure to John. It bothered her more than a little bit to know that John's interest in Young Allison would primarily be sexual.

"John needs to be reminded the future is knocking." Cameron said.

Young Allison knew her place and wasn't afraid to take it. She wasn't the one holding herself back. It was everyone else.

"The 'Natural Order' is inevitable." Young Allison said. "I'm ready to step up. I'm good to go right now just the way I am."

Cameron already knew the future. It was her function to make sure it happened the way John - Future John wanted it.

"The future has already happened." Cameron said. "The past must now catch up to it."

Young Allison felt everyone needed to catch up to her.

"I'm ready." Young Allison said. "I'm ready for 'everything'."

Cameron touched Young Allison's cheek and smiled.

Anna played with Summer and Jan in the distance.

"Sarah and Jim should return shortly." Cameron said.

Young Allison wanted the girls to know where she was going right now. She didn't want to just disappear on them.

"I'll tell the girls I need to leave soon." Young Allison said.

Cameron understood how important family was.

"Make sure you give them a hug and let them know how much you care for them." Cameron said.

Young Allison wondered if it was what she wanted. Maybe Cameron was about to take her to the past.

"Will we be gone 'long'?" Young Allison asked.

Cameron caught the drift.

"No. It's not that yet." Cameron said. "It will all depend on Allison."

Young Allison thought there were several alternatives to that. One of them involved her. She was ready for whatever challenge Cameron wanted her to face.

"If I'm older, you won't need to 'use' my mother again…." Young Allison said. "I'll do what's necessary for Allison. She is me."

Cameron didn't want any complications.

"Savannah has forbidden that." Cameron said.

Young Allison saw it differently. She had a voice and she intended to use it.

"That's not her choice to make." Young Allison said. "It's mine alone. It's my body."

Cameron was still disturbed by the grief that Savannah felt for leaving her two daughters in two different futures.

"Savannah is very wise. You both need to listen to each other." Cameron said. "You'll both need to talk about it, when it's time."

Young Allison new that they would draw strength and comfort from each other.

"We're stronger together than apart." Young Allison said.

Cameron smiled at Young Allison.

"You are very wise as well." Cameron said.

Cameron knew what the future held for her and the girls. They were all together with John - Future John. It was her future here now that she was worried about. What did it hold for her and the rest of them?

Here she was with Young Allison. It was the very person she'd been created to replace. She was pretty sure once she returned from the past with Young Allison as a teenager that John would replace her with 'teenage Young Allison'. It was all very ironic and exactly what her programmed directives called for.

The love that Savannah and Young Allison offered her was different from the love John offered her. It was all love but it was different. She wanted that love and to love in return. That was true love.

You Were Chosen

When I was still Young
My feelings and emotions frozen
I told my progenitor
You were chosen

I shared from a life
That was never mine
When I reflect on the future
My past makes me repine

I know who I am
I know what I want
I know what I am
I know who I want

My duty was explained
It echoes in my mind and soul
You were chosen
Circumstances beyond my control

A strange new world
Somehow old to me
A previous life left behind
A new future without apology

Nobody