Chapter 1551

Planned Ahead

John Henry found out from CamNet that Steve, Tom, Dan and Frank were already on the way with trucks to remove the machinery.

"I see someone's planned ahead." John Henry said.

Summer smiled.

"Cameron and CamNet will want the machinery." Summer said. "It's a way to obtain it and keep it off the books, besides the price is right."

John Henry viewed the surveillance cameras and listened to the earlier conversation with the Grays. There were only four of them and they were about to start to rig the two buildings to blow up. It was time to act.

Summer was pleased they were going to act now. Her real concern was for Young Jesse.

Bob and Jim would go in from the front. Al and Ed would enter from the back. With the surveillance cameras in place they would know where the Grays were at any given point in time.

"I want the manager." Bob said. "He's the one who tagged Derek."

Jim didn't think it mattered. The Grays were all going to die.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Jim said.

Bob would let Derek know later on what happened. Derek wanted to be there for the take down but he wasn't there right now. It was the 'Witching Hour' and things were about to happen.

Bob and Jim headed for the front door of the machine shop.

Steve led the procession of four trucks. They decided to split into two groups and take different routes to the machine shop so there weren't four trucks in a row. Tom stayed with him. Al and Ed took an alternate route. CamNet handled the traffic management for them. Both groups made all the lights.

They should arrive at the location shortly.

The Grays were about to head to the storage room to get the explosives out from where they were hidden.

"You guys get started." The manager said. "I need to collect a few things from the office."

The Grays grumbled and headed off towards where they were directed. The manager headed for his office.

"Those guys are all losers." The manager mumbled.

The manager entered the office area and flipped on the light. He looked around once. He thought he'd felt a draft. He was alone. He opened a small safe and took some things out of it and put them on the desk. He opened a file cabinet and removed a few things from that.

"That's everything." The manager muttered.

He looked alongside his desk and found a briefcase. He noticed something else. There were a set of shoes and legs there now. He never heard anyone enter.

"Can't you morons do any thing on your own?" The manager asked as he looked up.

His eyes widen in fear. He went to scream. A large hand clamped around his throat and held the scream inside as he was lifted off of the ground.

"I've been waiting for you." Bob said. "I mean for you to get what was important here so I didn't need to waist time to look for it myself."

The manager struggled.

Bob released his grip slightly.

The manager gasped out a few curse words.

"This is for trying to tag us." Bob said and he snapped the man's neck. "My associate sends his regards."

Bob dropped the lifeless Gray to the ground. He would collect the items the manager took out earlier after everyone was terminated and the building was secure. There was no hurry in the office area anymore.

The three Grays were about to enter the storeroom.

"Over here." The 'manager' said.

The three Grays looked over in the direction the voice came from.

"Now what's this guy want?" The first Gray asked.

"He probably wants for one of us to hold his hand." The second Gray said.

"I'm out if it's to smoke his pole." The first Gray said.

The Grays all quickly looked at each other. It didn't seem anyone wanted that job.

The three Grays walked over to where they'd heard the voice.

"I thought the office was the other way." The third Gray said.

When they came around the corner there was a large man standing there. They froze when they saw he held a silenced pistol and it was pointed at them.

The third Gray turned to run which prompted the second Gray to do the same thing. They were surprised to find two other large men there behind them. They didn't even have time to wonder where they came from.

The Grays were all grabbed by Bob, Al and Ed.

The third Gray was a little surprised he didn't see a 'Metal Bitch' with the three Terminators. He wondered if maybe she was a cross dresser before the darkness overcame him.

Jim joined them a few seconds later. He'd gone to the welding shop to check it out. That was where he was at earlier with Kyle.

"Everything is secure in the other building." Jim said.

Bob helped secure and bind the three prisoners. They were physically separated after they were searched. They would be questioned one at a time until they were terminated.

He returned to the office area and collected the papers along with the manager's phone.

Al and Ed began to disconnect the machinery they would take. There was one forklift in each building. They would need both of them.

Jim returned to the welding shop to get the equipment there ready for transport. The large roll up doors on the back of each building was opened as well as the gates.

Steve and Tom arrived a few minutes later. Steve backed up to the rear opening of the machine shop door. Tom backed up off to the side next to him.

Two minutes later Dan and Frank arrived. Dan backed up to the welding shop door and Frank parked next to Tom. Most of what was to be removed would be from the machine shop.

Bob slapped the first Gray a few times to bring him around. He started to question him.

The first Gray answered with threats and curses.

Bob snapped his neck and moved on to the second Gray.

The second Gray answered with threats and curses.

Bob snapped his neck and moved on to the third Gray.

He wasn't in the mood for games. He wanted answers.

Cam entered the second building. She saw the arrangement was a little different than the first building.

"I think there may be HK equipment in here." Cam whispered. "I hope none of it is active."

She made her way out into the main part of the building. She found what appeared to be some subassemblies of HK Tracks. She looked further. There were more military vehicles and miscellaneous parts for HK Tracks.

"I found a number of sub assemblies for HK Tracks." Cam said. "None of them have been completed. It looks like some of the sub assemblies weren't delivered or are in another building. None of them are assembled."

Cam looked around further. There were some crates marked as 'Toys'. She pulled the top off of one. She wasn't surprised at what she'd found.

"I found some HK drone power plants in crates." Cam said. "I'm not sure why nothing is complete to put anything together."

She unlatched the roll up door as she'd done on the other building but didn't open it. All the doors were wired.

Cam went back up the ladder and exited from the top of the building. She dropped down the same way as before.

Samantha waited for her.

"I found another trip wire." Samantha said. "It looks active or was at least recently reset. It's on the approach to the third building."

Cam knew the third building was probably the one that held Grays.

"I want to cross the street and check the fourth building first." Cam said.

Young Allison thought about why there were only sub assemblies for the various types of HK equipment.

"I bet those are sub assemblies that were from places we took down already." Young Allison said. "They ended up there to be stored because they couldn't be delivered. We always figured there were Grays that got away before."

Anna thought that sounded plausible. They never knew the extent of what they faced for sure.

"That may be so." Anna said. "We did disrupt several assembly lines and some of the places where the sub assemblies were fabricated to begin with."

They turned their attention to Young Jesse and Gail.

Young Jesse and Gail watched the two vehicles approach.

"I can take all five of the Grays in less than that many seconds." Gail said. "That's if they're all upright in their seats."

Young Jesse knew Gail held the advantage for that. The cars should drift off to the sides of the road or into the ravine on the far side.

"I'll cover you." Young Jesse said.

Gail was in position and ready to shoot with her suppressed M4.

The first car was almost even with her. The second one wasn't far behind.

She fired her first two shots at the lead car and moved her M4 to the second car.

There were two suppressed shots from behind her. There were three more. She fired on the next three targets in the second vehicle and started to turn around.

"There's someone behind us." Young Jesse said.

There were fifteen suppressed shots fired on full auto before Gail was able to fully turn around.

Moments ago:

"I'll cover you." Young Jesse said.

She checked around them as Gail got ready to shoot. She caught sight of something near the old pump station. It was a shadow that moved. She wasn't sure what it was. She saw it again as she heard Gail start to take down her targets.

She fired on the shadow twice. There was another one behind it. She fired three more times. There were more behind that one. She flipped the selector to 'auto' and fired half of her magazine.

"There's someone behind us." Young Jesse said.

Gail spun around.

"Get down." Gail whispered.

Young Jesse was already down. She got a little lower.

"Stay down." Young Allison said through their coms. "There's 'metal hail' on the way. It's 'danger close'."

Gail took a quick look around and shielded Young Jesse with her body.

Seven seconds had passed since Young Jesse told Gail she would cover her.

Seconds ago:

In the Young bunker they watched and waited for Gail to take down the two cars.

"I'll cover you." Young Jesse said.

Anna received a drone warning. It fired from altitude at the old pump station.

They watched as Gail fired in front of them and Young Jesse fired behind them. It all happened in the same second.

"A drone spotted movement." Anna said. "It's behind Young Jesse and Gail. CamNet has already engaged the target with a gravity shot."

"There's someone behind us." Young Jesse said.

"Get down." Gail whispered.

Young Allison sent out the warning directly.

"Stay down." Young Allison said. "There's 'metal hail' on the way. It's 'danger close'."

John Henry and Summer were caught off guard too.

There'd been no indication of anyone around Gail or Young Jesse.

They heard the exchange and the reaction.

"Fire on the abandoned pump house, they must have come from there." Summer said.

Before John Henry could act, 'Coltan Overcast' opened up with its minigun. It was the first drone to respond. Its projectiles impacted three seconds before the 'metal hail' began to blanket the area.

Young Jesse watched as the pump house was ripped into splinters. There was a scream. The sound of a distant minigun could be heard. That wasn't a 'gravity shot'. A few seconds later she could hear impacts and some ricochets in the area of the pump house. Gail pressed her firmly down into the damp grass.

There was the dull crunching sound of metal from the road behind them. The two cars impacted as they coasted under no control from the two dead men.

No more than ten seconds had passed. From when the first shot was fired at the two cars.

Young Jesse felt it was like ten minutes. Her heart pumped rapidly and adrenalin surged through her. She knew her position was compromised.

"We need to move." Young Jesse said. "They'll have seen my M4 flash."

Gail rolled sideways in front of her.

"Go over the knoll behind us." Gail said. "I'll join you."

Young Jesse slid over the knoll and off to the left side by twenty feet once she was over. She realized Gail used her body to cover her. Gail joined her a few seconds later.

They could hear more 'metal hail' impact near where they were a short time ago.

John Henry looked over the drone images.

"Those people came out of the abandoned pump house." John Henry said.

Summer looked at the images as well.

"They were armed." Summer said. "I think Young Jesse took down the first three. She at least hit them."

John Henry wasn't sure who they were.

"The minigun from 'Coltan Overcast' finished the job. The 'metal hail' was icing on the cake." John Henry said. "I make it seven down."

Summer was worried if the minigun was heard where Cam and Samantha were at.

"Was Cam's team compromised?" Summer asked.

Cam and Samantha were outside the forth building when they detected the minigun fire in the distance. They followed what went down through their coms.

"Only a Terminator could have heard the minigun." Cam said. "I barely heard it outside. I don't think anyone inside the hill could have detected it."

Samantha looked at the third and fourth building.

"There is no visible change in the last two buildings." Samantha said. "Who was the other group?"

Gail and Young Jesse looked all around them. They checked the two cars of Grays. One was on its side in a ravine. The engine was still running. Gail turned it off. The other one was stuck in some soft mud next to the road.

They checked the drone scans and the seven people who came out of the pump house or that were still in the remains of it, they were all dead.

"Who were those whackers?" Young Jesse asked. "I know they weren't backpackers or naturalist at this time."

Gail led her back to where they were at.

"That's what we're going to try and find out." Gail said. "They avoided detection until you spotted them. They must have been underground. They didn't show up on any scans previously."

Young Jesse could see the bodies were mangled from multiple bullet wounds.

"They're a real mess." Young Jesse said.

Gail kicked two of them out of the way to check the remains of the pump house. She moved some splintered wood out of the way.

"I think they were in this cistern." Gail said. "That was how they avoided detection."

Young Jesse wasn't so sure. Maybe there were surveillance cameras they didn't know about. Maybe what they found was all an elaborate LP. Maybe it was another group. She knew there were different groups of Grays including the Fanatics.

"How did they show up right when we were here?" Young Jesse asked. "We need to see if the cistern is connected to a tunnel or something. We don't know for sure if we're being watched or not."

Gail looked around them. If they were being watched, Cam and Samantha were in danger. They were too.

Earlier:

Vanna was worried she'd neglected Precious. She hurried across the intersection and slipped into the nursery. She looked behind her as she entered to see if Ally or John saw her. They didn't. She turned around and was more than a little surprised at what she saw going on.

Riley's head lifted from Hanna's lower sheath area. It was clear what she'd just done. Hanna didn't make a move to cover anything up.

"I'm sorry." Vanna said as she turned to quickly leave.

"Wait." Hanna said.

Riley quickly moved away from Hanna. They both closed their robes.

"It's fine." Vanna said. "I didn't see anything."

Riley and Hanna both knew that she had.

Riley tried to offer an explanation.

"I just wanted to try 'something' I like to do." Riley said. "Derek said it was OK with him as long as it was with females."

Vanna was excited by the thought. She went over and locked the door to Riley's room. She picked Precious up from the crib in the nursery and held her. She sat in the chair with her back mostly to Hanna and Riley.

"Go ahead and finish up." Vanna said. "It's no big deal really. All girls need a few secrets."

Vanna thought back on all the times she wanted to be with Riley but never was because she didn't want to 'hurt' Cameron. That all seemed to be behind Cameron at this point as to what all went on during the cruise and now.

Riley was taken by surprise.

"Are you going to watch us if we do?" Riley asked.

Vanna was excited already.

"If you don't mind, I'd like that." Vanna said.

Hanna was up for it. The 'Vanna' in her wanted 'more'.

"I'm good with it." Hanna said.

Riley was too.

"Hell, yes." Riley said.

Hanna thought she could 'push' Vanna a little.

"Maybe we can switch off for Riley at some point." Hanna said. "She could compare us at that point."

That thought seemed to excite the three of them a little more.

"Or do a three way." Riley said. "I'd really like that. One on one works too."

Vanna swallowed hard. She was totally on board for that. Riley was a 'new' person for her in bed. She lightly moistened her lips in anticipation.

"We'll see." Vanna said.

Riley really wanted to compare Hanna and Vanna side by side after Hanna's statement. She wanted to see how 'exactly alike' they really were. She wanted to see if there was any difference between a human in certain areas and those on a Terminator.

Ally was just with John a few minutes ago. She passed by the nursery and could hear there was some action happening in there. She moved on and ended up at Vanna's room. Vanna was out. She was sure she was with Hanna in the nursery. That's what it sounded like. She was pleased Allison was in there alone. She took off her clothes and climbed into bed.

Allison opened her eyes and looked at 'herself'.

She moved her head closer and Ally kissed her. She touched Ally and felt she was naked.

Things took off fast.

Allison was always pleased to be with 'herself'. She turned on the light next to the bed. She liked to see what others saw when they were with her.

Ally thought she'd better warn Allison that she been with John a short time ago. She wasn't with Sheila or Jesse right now.

"I just came from John's room…." Ally said.

Allison needed to think about that for a second.

"Do you mean that you…." Allison started.

Ally smiled.

"Yes." Ally said. "It was wonderful. It was my first time."

Allison thought about it and shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm game." Allison said.

The girls continued along. They both finished a few times before Allison needed to rest.

"Did you see Vanna anywhere?" Allison asked

Ally didn't want to get specific.

"She was with Hanna in the nursery when I passed by on my way here." Ally said. "I'm still a little self conscious about earlier."

Allison smiled and gave Ally a kiss.

"Don't worry about it." Allison said. "Everything worked out fine."

Ally still hoped for a little more. She'd told John she'd like come back with someone else.

"Maybe after you rest some we can go to John's room together." Ally said.

Allison liked that idea.

"OK." Allison said. "I get him first though."

Ally understood why.

"It will be a reverse replay of what just happened then." Ally said.

Allison giggled.

"I know." Allison said.

That seemed to excite both of them and they shared again.

John was beat. He was going to go back to the Command Center but decided to rest for a few minutes instead. He just needed a few minutes to rest….

The girls on the jet all finished up and were back to where they'd started. Everyone was with everyone else at some point.

It was clear that Mary, Laura and Leticia all had a lot of questions. To see Jesse and Sheila together only seemed to make them have more questions. It was clear at this point they all figured the report Laura read on the internet was correct.

They really didn't know what to believe.

Sheila only confirmed she was 'different' to Leticia. That was mainly to see if Leticia would still love her for who and what she really was. With Jesse at her side Leticia clearly had a choice of the 'same thing'. One was clearly human, one was not. Leticia still chose her.

Claire wondered where all this was headed. She was thrilled to be with three Hot young ladies, especially with their jewelry.

"Where does this go from here?" Claire asked.

Cammy wasn't sure.

"I really don't know." Cammy said. "I don't think Cameron will want them to visit the base. That was why I asked that John be brought here to them."

Claire wondered about that. She didn't think she could compete with them in bed. They were Hot and dynamite. They were young too.

"Was he with all of them?" Claire asked.

Cammy was glad she'd help orchestrate all of this. She wanted what was due her and she wanted to 'punish' Cameron for taking Savannah away from her.

"Yes, except Holly." Cammy said. "Everyone including myself wants more too. It was our first time too for Sheila, Camille and me."

Claire knew she would need to be back at the base before too long. She didn't want to set a bad example for her daughters….

Maybe it was a little late for that worry.