Chapter 1129

I Am No Different

Jim was in the parking lot of the motel. He was near the van that the sex traffickers were going to move the girls in. It was left unattended. It appeared the men in the other two vehicles were supposed to watch it. Mel and Al were close to Jim. They were by the other two cars that arrived with the van. They each held a driver that acted as a lookout. It seemed they wanted to keep the sedans ready to roll in case the men who went inside the motel needed a quick extraction.

John Henry informed them that a new plan was about to be set in motion. The girls were going to lure the traffickers to the rear of the building and into an alley. The Terminators were to move the vehicles to the rear of the building now.

Al and Mel made their move in the parking lot.

Mel would take the vehicle closest to the building. He waited in an alcove that went to the rear parking area of the building. There were several vending machines next to an ice machine. They were along the side of the main building. He wasn't visible unless somebody actually walked to where he was at.

Al was still in the SUV he arrived in. He was closest to the vehicle that was nearest the van. He could see Jim walk towards the van. If the man in the vehicle he was about to approach were to look at anything, it would be Jim.

It was what both Mel and Al wanted to happen. They should be able to walk right up to the driver's side door of the two sedans if the two men were distracted and watched Jim near their van.

Jim could see Al and Mel were both in position. It was time to act. He would serve as the visual decoy that would catch the attention of the two men left in the vehicles. He would like to think it was because of his movements that would catch their attention but he was pretty sure there were other factors involved as well. He'd learned from experience that his sheath tone played a big factor in that. It was noticeable in many places they went. His appearance was very similar to Mr. Ellison's appearance. It had only been changed slightly at Savannah's request when she was a girl. She didn't like the fact that Mr. Ellison and Jim looked the same.

Mel was able to make his approach from the alcove. He emerged from the alcove and walked right up to the driver's side of the closest sedan. He could see Al emerge from the SUV at the same. He approached the second vehicle as well.

Al exited the SUV as Jim approached the van. He saw Mel was on the move as well. The thug in the car he neared never even saw him coming. He walked up to the driver's side and punched the thug in the side of the head. He could hear his neck snap. He opened the door and shoved the driver into the passenger's seat. He immediately started the car.

Mel watched Al make his move and did the same thing. The driver still looked in the direction of the van and where Jim was at. He punched the thug in the side of the head. The blow was enough to render him unconscious. He opened the door and slid into the driver's seat as he shoved the unconscious Thug over to the passenger's side. He noticed that the blow had been hard enough to terminate the thug. He started the car.

Jim was near the van. He watched as Mel and Al terminated the two men that were left with the vehicles. They were both dead in the front passenger's seat of their cars now.

He entered the van. He looked in the back to make sure no one was hidden. They weren't. He was surprised to see the keys were still in the ignition. That was fine with him. It saved him the trouble of having to hot-wire it. He started it and drove it around to the back of the motel. Mel and Al followed with the cars they'd commandeered from the terminated traffickers.

Once they reached the back of the motel it appeared clear around them. They transferred the bodies from the two cars to the van. They waited out of sight in the back. Mel was next to the dumpsters. Al was behind a tall narrow fence that covered the electrical room entrance from the street side. Jim waited in the back of the van. If there was any trouble, he was ready to open the back doors in enter the fray. Once the targets were in the kill zone, things should happen quickly.

"We are ready and everything is in position." Jim said.

The three male Terminators looked forward to dealing with the sex traffickers that threatened the Metal girls. This was personal to everyone involved. They all felt it was some indirect payback for what was done to the girls in the past, their future.

Cam listened to where the van was at now so she knew where to lead the four men who followed Sheila and Hanna. She told Jim she expected to be there in about one minute. She heard Sheila and Hanna coming.

She quickly went over all the variables in her head. There were a lot of things that could go wrong but there were a lot of things that could work in their favor as well. It still seemed like what they were about to do was the best choice of action for all of them and the quickest way to get the situation resolved.

Cam opened the door when Sheila and Hanna arrived.

They were aware of the new plan.

Cam spoke loud enough for the four men coming down the hall to hear.

"The others are headed to the rear parking lot." Cam said. "They're getting ready to go for a walk to the beach. I think they said it was shorter if we went the back way. They'll wait there for us."

Sheila played it up a little for the men to hear.

"Works for me, love." Sheila said. "I'm still looking for some action."

Cam headed for the rear entrance with Sheila and Hanna behind her. Holly followed them. She made sure the door to the room didn't close tight.

They wanted to put enough distance between them and the men so they didn't try to stop them in the hallway and force them back into the room. They wanted this to be a sucker play all the way and bring down all the targets at the same time. The goal was to terminate them and dump them in their own van. Ally was on the way with two more traffickers and they still needed to deal with the blonde Bitch.

It appeared that everything would culminate very soon.

The four men that followed Hanna and Sheila couldn't believe their luck. They didn't know how hard it was going to be to locate the six girls. It turned out to be a lot easier than they'd expected. They originally thought they were going to need to wait for the blonde to show up. They'd been given a description of the females. Normally they were provided with images. The description was good enough for them to be able to identify two of the females almost immediately. They could also see that the girls they followed were extremely beautiful. They all liked the fact that the Asian girl looked topless. There was no mistaking that she sported a set of nipple rings. The flaming red hair on the other individual indicated they were on the right track. Each of the four men contemplated what they were going to do with the two girls they followed. They were told there were four more girls and they all looked stunning. This was going to be a very fruitful operation for the four of them.

The four men followed Sheila and Hanna. They stayed close and were about to move closer.

They slowed a little as the girls stopped at a room in the hall that they figured they were in. A girl from inside the room opened the door.

The girl at the door to the room began to tell them what they were going to do. They heard the conversation between Cam and Sheila. The leader of the group needed to stop the other men from approaching too rapidly. It sounded like two of the marks were already outside of the room. They wanted to put the grab on all six of them at the same time.

When they spotted the girl that opened the door, it made them even more careless as their excitement level grew. The men were thinking about other things as opposed to what their actual job was.

"Damn, look at her." One of the men said as he looked at Cam.

It was clear all the men felt the same way.

The door to the room opened further and there was a second girl behind the first one. All of their eyes widened and a little when they saw the cleavage on the new girl, it appeared that she had a set of jugs that just wouldn't quit.

"This is even better than we thought." Another man said. "Those are the four hottest chicks we've ever put the grab on. I bet the other two are just as smooth."

One man was already thinking about what was going to happen next.

"I plan to do more than grab them." One man said. "I got dibs on the HOT one."

That caused some confusion among the other thugs.

"Which one is that?" Another man asked. "They're all Hot."

The man who made the statement looked back slightly at the other man and frowned.

"The Super Hot one then." One man said.

The men all made plans about what was to follow.

"Don't worry, we're all going to 'do them' at least once before we hand them over." Another man said. "It's standard fare."

The leader of the thugs was just as anxious to plow the girls they were about to detain. He didn't want the rest of the crew to be too distracted and get ahead of themselves. They still needed to make a clean apprehension. They didn't want any witnesses either.

"We need for them to link up with the other two girls so we know who they are." The leader said. "We don't want anyone to raise an alarm."

Before the Metal girls exited the room. The thugs quickly turned away from them and made it look like they were about to go into two different rooms on each side of the hall.

They watched the four Metal girls head for the rear exit.

It looked like it was about to be the easiest and most rewarding take down they'd ever done.

"They're doing most of our work for us." One man said. "They're going to walk right out into the alley."

They immediately took off after the Metal girls. They noticed the room door didn't shut tight after the last girl exited.

"Look, the door to their room didn't close tight." Another man said.

It looked like it would make their job easier and they wouldn't even need to return to look around after they grabbed the girls. That was fine with them. The sooner the girls were stripped, chained and gagged. The sooner the men could start to abuse them.

The leader of the thugs looked around to make sure there was no one near them. There wasn't. He looked back at the closest thug.

"Pete, check it out." The leader said. "Make sure no one's in there. If they are, grab them."

'Pete' opened the door and looked around the room. It was empty. He didn't notice there was nothing in the room. There wasn't any luggage or any clothes. He hurried out of the room and back to join his three associates. He wanted to make sure he got his turn with the girls once they were in custody. He, like all of the other men, was blinded by lust and made mistakes they shouldn't have. He closed the door and hurried out of the room. He quickly caught up with the other three men.

"The room's empty." Pete said.

It matched with the super Hot chick's earlier statement.

"That means the other two chicks really are outside." One man said.

Pete heard what was said earlier

"That's what we heard the super Hot chick say." Pete said. "She said they were headed to the alley in the back."

The men tried again to reach their female boss by phone.

"I still can't reach anyone." The leader said as he looked at his phone.

The thug that checked the room tried to use his phone as well.

"I can't either." Pete said.

They watched the four Metal girls head for the exit.

"Stay with them, they're going to be outside soon." The leader said. "Look for the other two sluts. They should be just as Hot."

The four Metal girls exited out the back of the building and headed around the corner into the alley. They saw the van on one side and the two cars on the other side of the opening they'd used. They stopped in back of the van. They were sure the men would approach them. They thought it would be easier to dispose of the thugs if they were all standing at the back of the van.

The four men exited the motel and followed the girls to the back. When they came around the corner, they saw them standing almost in back of the van they were going to put them in.

They didn't question the fact that their vehicles were already in back of the motel and not still in the parking lot.

They didn't see the other two girls yet but it didn't matter. They would be able to grab four of them right now. They didn't even need to drag or carry them anywhere. They didn't think it would take them long to find the other two.

"This is too easy." One man said. "The rest of our crew is already here."

They only saw the four Metal girls standing by the back of the van. They didn't see any of their crew. They figured they must've gone after the other two sluts.

"Maybe they saw the first two chicks go this way. I don't see them." Another man said.

Pete thought the rest of their crew put the grab on them.

"They are probably already in the back of the van." Pete said. "What would you do if you could put the grab on two sluts that looked like the ones we have here?"

The four men were ready to make their move.

"If that is the case, Leroy and Sanchez are probably 'doing' them already if they look half as hot as these four." One man said. "We really lucked out this time. I wish they were all this easy. Let's take them down."

The Metal girls had heard enough. They'd heard everything that the thugs said. They believed their take down was going to be incredibly easy.

Cam turned and confronted the four men. They stopped in their tracks as the Metal girls all faced them head on. The looks on the girl's faces and their demeanor were instantly different. It was clear they posed a threat. The thugs had trouble comprehending that they were now the 'marks'. They were slow to react.

"You're right. It was too easy for you. It was even easier for us." Cam said. "You let the little head do the thinking for the big head and walked right into our trap."

Holly liked the look of surprise on the men's faces.

"This is for all the females that you've abused." Holly said. "It's payback time."

It began to dawn on the men that they were now the hunted. Before the men could do anything, it was over in a flash.

The four Metal girls each grabbed a man. Al and Mel were there too now.

Jim was inside the rear of the van. He opened the rear doors of the van. The four men could see their two associates in the back. It was clear they were dead. Leroy and Sanchez only could now embrace each other in death. Both of their heads were at a crazy angle.

Three of the Metal girls each snapped the neck of the man they'd grabbed and held. They tossed them in the back of the van on top of the other two men. That was it for the first three.

Cam held the last one. It appeared that he was the leader. She moved him right up to the back of the van.

"Do you want to tell us everything about this operation?" Cam asked. "Or would you rather join your friends?"

She turned his head so he could see the five dead men piled on top of each other.

The man unleashed a string of curses and threats.

Sheila didn't like the insults. She was aware of how Cameron dealt with mouthy thugs.

"Rip his tongue out." Sheila said. "Make it so he can't talk."

Holly wanted it over.

"We already know where the plane is going to be." Holly said. "Go ahead and terminate him."

The leader issued another string of curses and threats.

Cam thought about some punishment but didn't want to get blood on her clothes. She also contemplated turning him over to Sheila. She was sure that Sheila would strip down naked as she worked on him in the back of the van. She'd done that before to keep the blood off of her clothes. She snapped his neck and tossed him in the back.

Gail and Ally arrived a few minutes later. Ally parked the van she drove next to the one with the six dead men.

They were for vehicles that belong to the thugs. Two of them were sedans and two of them were vans.

Gail and Ally joined the other Metal girls in back of the two parked vans.

Cam informed them of what went down.

Ally opened the back of her van and the two men inside heard everything.

"Got room for two more dead men?" Ally asked.

Ally saw that one man tried to say something. She wanted to see if there was any new information. She removed his gag.

"We're not dead." One man said. "We didn't do anything."

Ally didn't like the way that they'd touched her 'everywhere'. It was time to return the favor.

"You're not dead yet." Ally said. "You touched me, now I'm going to touch you."

Ally entered the back of the van and roughly 'touched' each of them.

"How do you like it?" Ally asked.

Sheila poked her head inside. She was instantly excited to see the two bound men.

"Let me work on them." Sheila said.

Sheila produced a smile.

"Who wants to go first" Sheila said. "We need to make sure that their gags are tight. "

Cam received a personal transmission. It wasn't what she wanted to hear but she wasn't going to question it.

"I want you to finish it now." Cam said. "That's direct from CamNet."

They all knew that Young Allison must have made that call.

Ally snapped both of their necks.

Sheila was extremely disappointed that she hadn't been able to at least do something first.

"You did that too quickly." Sheila said. "We could have at least taunted them."

Ally knew the world was full of future Scavengers.

"Save the 'fun' for some other time." Ally said. "We all know there will be plenty more."

Sheila and Ally tossed the dead men in the back of the other van.

Jim looked in the back of the van.

"That's eight dead." Jim said.

Cam wanted them out of the area so they didn't spook the blonde Bitch.

"Mel, take the van and go. Al, can follow you with your SUV." Cam said. "The blonde Bitch will be here any minute."

Gail was ready for the blonde Bitch. She had a personal score to settle with her. The blonde Bitch is the one who tagged her with the tracker.

"I'm going to snap her neck." Gail said.

Sheila planned to get in on some of the action. She was a little upset she didn't get to 'work' on any of the men. She planned to make up for it on the blonde Bitch.

"When I'm done with her you can." Sheila said.

The Metal girls all contemplated what that would consist of.

Ally thought of a better plan on her way to the motel. She spotted a few things in the van to make her plan work.

"I saw knockout drugs in the front of the van I drove." Ally said. "Why don't we drug her and give her to the traffickers on the plane?"

Cam liked the justice behind that. The blonde Bitch would get some of her own medicine.

"That's a good idea." Cam said. "She can get what she dished out."

Ally was sure her plan would work.

"Since that's the only female they'll have, she'll be forced to live the same 'short life' she dealt the others she's lured into captivity and sexual slavery." Ally said. "I heard the men say that the blonde Bitch never meets the plane."

Hanna saw it as justice too.

"That's a good idea. They won't know she's the one behind it." Hanna said.

Sheila still wanted some alone time with the blonde Bitch for a little bit.

"I want to send my regards" Sheila said.

Gail didn't want to be cheated out of her revenge.

"I'm still going to snap her neck." Gail said.

Cam hoped this wasn't going to turn into a problem.

Minutes ago:

Young Allison listened to everything.

"I know what Sheila wants to do to her." Young Allison said.

Anna didn't think Young Allison would agree with that. She wanted to see how far Young Allison would go or if she would turn a blind eye. It was hard to say at this point. She was pretty sure if Savannah was with her that she wouldn't allow that to happen. Since Savannah wasn't there, exactly what would happen was currently unknown.

"Is that something you condone?" Anna asked.

Young Allison thought it was wrong to degrade a female that way. She was aware that Jesse did bad things in the future to Scavenger females and other females. In this case she might make an exception based upon the fact that the blonde Bitch tried to put the grab on nine females. Six of those were the Metal girls. That egregious act made it personal.

"No. It's not something that I condone." Young Allison said. "I would rather for her to be 'sold' into the slave trade she helped support. Let her have the life she gave to others. That punishment would be true justice."

Anna was unsure what Young Allison really wanted.

"Is that what you want CamNet to inform them?" Anna asked.

Young Allison thought about it for a few seconds. Revenge and retribution was her first impulse. Further thought changed that. Savannah would expect more from her.

"No." Young Allison said. "I want her to be terminated quickly and not tortured. I wouldn't want that done to me. I don't want to be responsible for her abuse either. I was upset earlier when I spoke. I need to think some things through better before I make an emotional judgment. I think that Cameron is the one who should make the determination since she will be the one who is there. There may be more details I'm unaware of."

Anna went over what Young Allison said with CamNet.

"CamNet can forward your instructions." Anna said.

Young Allison was aware of some of the things Sheila did in the past and even the violence by Cameron. She knew it was the 'human influence' from the 'Neural Interface' that overrode the machine efficiency of the Terminators. She knew that part of what Cameron contained inside of her was from Future Allison. It was from her, even if it was indirect. It wasn't a good feeling. There was darkness inside her somewhere. She was sure Cameron worked with her to suppress any darkness within her. Savannah would help her too. It made her think about how she'd orchestrated the Syndicate and the Cartel to fight against each other. There were thousands of thugs dead because of what she'd asked CamNet to do. She just couldn't see a downside to that. Those two groups existed only to exploit people in various ways. There was no good to them at all. She thought about it for a while and it didn't bother her. She turned her attention back to where the Metal girls were. There was more to think about than just the current situation.

"I don't know if I should 'order' Sheila or any of the Terminators not to use 'enhanced interrogation' techniques." Young Allison said. "I honestly believe it depends upon the situation."

Young Allison was aware that they may need information quickly at some point in the future. She needed to think about Savannah as well. Savannah was aware of everything that she was as to what occurred with Cameron and whatever violent acts Sheila pulled. Savannah hadn't ordered them not to do those things. She was unaware of how close Savannah came to doing some of those things a few times or encouraged it to be done. CamNet and Cameron kept that hidden from her.

Anna's base program was Cameron's program. She was aware of some of the things that Cameron did that were also torture.

"Cameron tortured Sarah when she went 'bad'." Anna said. "She could have used Sarah's voice herself to call to John but she tortured Sarah instead to try and make her call out to him. She inflicted pain on a wound and made her scream to try to get John to come back."

Young Allison studied all past operations and incidents. She was surprised the incident was never covered up. Cameron made sure it was part of the official report. She was ashamed of her actions and what she did to Sarah. She was still in the process of 'fixing' herself at that point. It was only when she was trapped between the two trucks that she was able to gain control of her system. It was at that point that she'd begged John not to make her 'go'. John didn't listen to her. He pulled the plug. He terminated her. She frowned and looked over at Anna.

"I'm aware of the incident in the LA River." Young Allison said. "Cameron has talked to me about it and many of her other shortcomings. I believe most of those shortcomings come from Future Allison, who's really me. It isn't a very good feeling."

Anna was aware why. Cameron didn't want Young Allison to ever forget she was a machine, no matter what she looked like on the outside. Cameron was a machine that went bad before. Maybe it was even more than once.

"She wants you to know what she is." Anna said. "You must never forget."

It was easy for Young Allison to forget. Cameron was very human like when they were alone. She felt they were so much alike once they were alone and away from everything. It was almost like Cameron was an extension of her at times. She was sure that Cameron's programming fed off her personality and her moods when they were alone together. She didn't think it was just emulation. She believed it was genuine emotion and feelings from Cameron at those times. She noticed it when Cameron was around Savannah as well. It was only ever around them or the younger girls, Jan and Summer. Cameron acted very differently around Summer when they were alone. She actually believed Cameron behaved like she was around River when she was around Summer. It was something she tried not to think about. When she was alone with Cameron she saw a perfect individual. She saw someone who tried to do good. She saw someone that was good. She saw someone that she loved very much.

"When Cameron is alone with me, she's like Allison most of the time." Young Allison said. "She's like a real human girl with super abilities. She's like a Superhero. I believe with some of the things she's done to help other people that she is a superhero."

Anna shared Cameron's programming. She understood what Cameron felt.

"She's 'happy' when she can spend time alone with Savannah and you." Anna said. "It's when she feels the most comfortable and feels accepted for what she truly is. You both know she's a machine but treat her with respect and dignity as your equal."

Young Allison didn't feel it was like that when Cameron was with John. There always seemed to be an underlying issue that never got talked about. That was because it couldn't be. It would forever remain unresolved. Cameron may be able to forgive but she couldn't forget. When she remembered something, it was always like that event just happened to Cameron. Time never dulled the pain. She knew what Cameron wanted for both Savannah and her. There was something that Savannah and her wanted as well. She felt she needed to address the situation again.

"Cameron's not like that when she's with John." Young Allison said. "That's why Savannah and I both want her on the cruise with John tomorrow. We want her to find that 'happiness' again. It's something that both of us want for John and Cameron. Without that happiness there, it's never going to work for all of us."

Anna could see how much Young Allison and Savannah wanted Cameron to be happy with John. They worked very hard at trying to make it happen. Savannah, though often pressured by Cameron, tried not to come between John and Cameron. Things may have almost happened between John and Savannah but they were all organic events that just seemed to happen on their own. Cameron was the one who placed Savannah in John's bed in Las Vegas. Something always got in the way.

"You're both very thoughtful." Anna said.

Young Allison swallowed hard. She couldn't help but think about some of the videos that she'd watched on the internet. She only looked at the ones of females with other females now. She'd seen enough of a male with a female before. She wasn't sure if she wanted her body used like that. If that's what it took to be with John, she would allow it to happen. It was part of her duty. It was part of the future. She swallowed hard one more time.

"Everyone sacrifices for John Connor." Young Allison said. "I'm no different. I'll be where I need to be when I need to be there. I swear it."

Anna knew that the happiness that Cameron sought was actually with Savannah and Young Allison. Cameron needed friends more than she needed lovers. She needed people that truly cared for her. Savannah stayed to die with Cameron before. That was real friendship. That was true love.

She glanced over at Young Allison and realized that she would do the same thing. She believed that any of the three of them would stay to die with the others if that situation ever arose. If she was with Young Allison in an event like that, she would do the same thing as well. Without Young Allison, what was the point of living? She realized how deeply she loved Young Allison. She not only felt it from Cameron's program but from the 'Neural Interface' with Savannah as well. There were her own feelings on top of all of that. There were a lot of them.

Cameron kept track of the developments on the ground. It appeared everything was taken care of except the blonde Bitch and the incoming plane. She went over everything with Savannah.

Everything seemed pretty straightforward to Savannah at this point. She wanted to make sure exactly what Cameron wanted to do and how she wanted to do it.

"Do you still want to land at Santa Monica?" Savannah asked.

Cameron wanted to know what else was going to be loaded on that plane. From Ally's report, it seemed the two men in the van at the private club for females only indicated they weren't exactly sure where they were supposed to go. They were the ones who mentioned about the plane coming in later on.

"Yes." Cameron said. "I want to make sure there are no other girls brought from anywhere else and put on that plane. They may have other locations where the females are procured."

It seemed like it was probable to Savannah. The thought of being forced into a life like that sickened her. Some of it was what happened to Vanna, which was really her. In one future 'she' was the one who suffered that fate. It made her angry to think about it.

"I hadn't thought of that." Savannah said. "They could have more than one source."

Cameron wanted Savannah to know where that suggestion came from.

"CamNet was given that advice from the Young bunker." Cameron said.

It made Savannah smile. Young Allison was always one step ahead of them and thought outside the box. She didn't play by the rules but made her own as she went along. It allowed her the freedom to out think them on ways to do things even if they were unconventional and controversial. She'd heard Mrs. Weaver talk about Cameron like that when she visited 'in some future'. It made her proud if Young Allison could be thought of the same way.

"Young Allison is very dynamic." Savannah said.

Cammy received instruction from the tower. Everything had been scheduled by CamNet for a smooth landing.

"We're cleared to land." Cammy said. "You're lined up."

Savannah checked the landing pattern.

"OK, I'll set it down." Savannah said.

CamNet was able to give Cameron the location the incoming jet would be sent to. That's the same area that Savannah would be cleared to go to and be waiting at as well.

Cameron was also aware of the suggestion by Ally to send the blonde Bitch on the plane. She actually liked the idea. It would be poetic justice. She would think about it some more. She knew Young Allison decided against that or any torture. It wasn't an 'order' so it gave Cameron some discretion to act. There needed to be some retribution and atonement.

She knew these people were no different than Scavengers. Maybe they should be dealt with as such. Getting the blond Bitch on the plane would allow them to put a bomb on the plane. They could have a drone shoot it down too over the ocean. She worked on several plans that they could put into effect.

She looked over at Savannah as she flew the Mitchell. It sickened her some to think if something like that happened to Savannah or Young Allison. It sounded as if the girls that were apprehended for this operation were picked up at random when they were selected for their 'new occupation'. Some poor female left her residence, and essentially her entire future, when she was rounded up and forced into sexual slavery. There needed to be retribution. There needed to be a reckoning.

Cameron planned to get some atonement.

She was aware of Gail's desire to snap the neck of the blonde Bitch. She didn't think that was going to happen as part of her plan. She wanted Gail to be part of her operation as much as she could going forward.

I Am No Different

Is anyone ever
Who they claim to be
That's the real question
It applies to you and me

Everyone puts on
Their own game face
That's how they compete
When they enter life's race

Seldom what is shown
Is what we actually find
There are bound to be a few
Stabs and blows to one's mind

Look at what's real
Is that even possible
Maybe the mission is illusive
It proves to be mission impossible

Perhaps the path forward
Is viewed as an assignment
I see it the same way
I am no different

Nobody