Chapter 1557

Almost Greased

John Henry was aware that Young Allison sent 'Cherry Bomb' after an unknown target. It appeared to be a small group of Grays. He sent out the warning to all of the teams that there were more Grays out there. The only response was from Richard and Michael. He'd lost contact with everyone else. They were the only ones above ground at this point.

Michael and Richard started to carry over some of the drone sub assemblies that were in the hanger of the third building to jam the blast door open. They figured they would need to haul those away later on. They found an electric forklift and drove that over instead. The entire rear half of its body was a chunk of solid metal. A forklift needed to weigh at least twice as much as its rated lifting capacity to keep from lifting the rear wheels off of the ground and tipping forward until the front of it hits the ground. That's usually part of the lifting assembly or the frame itself. If there is a load on at when that happens, it can slide off of the pallet or the forks.

They were about to join the Metal girls when they received word that a group of Grays tried to break out. Cammy previously asked them to make sure their path out was clear. They would need to remain where they were to make sure that happened.

Cammy arrived at an intersection. She needed to divide her force to check all aspects of what was there. They knew Young Jesse's team was headed for them through a tunnel system. They didn't know how far away they were for sure. After they'd passed a second blast door they'd lost communication with the outside. They could only communicate with each other in their immediate team.

"I need Cam and Samantha to take the left branch." Cammy said. "Ally and Hanna will take the right branch. I'll continue down the center branch."

The Metal girls didn't want to split up but they were Terminators. They were there to fight Skynet. They all went off on their assigned routes. They didn't want the enemy in front and in back of them.

Ally and Hanna took the route to the right. They entered what appeared to be another storage area.

Hanna looked around a corner and motioned for Ally to stop. They both peeked around the corner.

There were two HK Tracks parked in there.

"Are those things active?" Ally whispered.

Hanna didn't think do. She also didn't want to find out the hard way.

"I think I can get around the back of the one on the left side." Hanna said as she took out her Taser.

She knew from Savannah's past experience that if the barbs jammed in a joint that the Taser would knock the HK Track offline. She didn't have any 'sticky shockers' with her. That would have made the job a lot easier.

Ally switched from her suppressed M4 to her silenced M9. If the HK Track made an aggressive move towards Hanna she would get its attention with a few silenced shots. She would become the 'greater threat' at that point.

Hanna moved out and passed in back of some crates. She was able to move up directly behind the HK Track. Its superstructure blocked her from the view of the other one. Her Taser was ready to 'zap' it if necessary. She walked right up in back of it unopposed. It wasn't turned on. She indicated to Ally it was off.

Ally made a dash and headed for the other one with her Taser now instead of her M9. It was off as well.

They both thought that was a little unusual. The HK Tracks looked like they should be active.

They checked to see what the transponder code was of the Skynet forces. They quickly changed the recognition code to that of their transponders. There could be more elsewhere so they let the other Metal girls know what to add to their transponder squawk box. None of the HK equipment should see them as a threat.

"Let's turn these things on." Ally said. "These two will see everyone else but our team as the enemy now."

They activated both of them.

They clanked into a different position. They actually guarded the storage area now.

"Why were these things off?" Hanna asked.

Ally and Hanna searched the area.

"I don't know." Ally said. "Maybe they're defective."

Hanna knew the offshoots of Skynet experienced a lot of technical difficulties. Maybe they weren't responsive. They didn't do a thorough inspection of them. Now they were a little worried they hadn't done that. They were pressed for time.

"Let's turn them back off." Hanna said. "We got the transponder code."

They cautiously approached the two HK Tracks. They pivoted and faced each other now.

"They're communicating." Ally said.

That probably wasn't a good sign.

"Let's pull the plug." Hanna said.

Cam and Samantha moved down the left branch of the passageway.

"Do you think this leads to where Young Jesse is at?" Samantha asked.

Cam hoped there was a good answer to that question.

"That's unknown." Cam said. "It's a possibility."

There was an opening up on the right side of the passageway.

Cam peeked her head around the corner. She looked back at Samantha.

"These are living quarters." Cam whispered.

They both switched from their M4 to their silenced M9. It would cause more confusion if Grays fell silently without a hint of gunfire.

Cam entered the living quarters. They began to check bunks. They were all empty. It looked like everyone was out. It was the same as they'd encountered in the fourth building.

There was no bunk set up for 'pleasure' in this arrangement. That probably all happened in the fourth building. Some of the Grays got off on the screams.

The area around the bunks was messy and in disarray as it was in the fourth building. It appeared that everyone was scrambled and sent out in a hurry. Maybe they were short on Grays at this point. That was better for them.

They reported their findings and moved back into the passageway. It went through a series if sharp turns and there was a metal door that blocked their path forward.

Cammy continued onward. She held her M4 in one hand and her Taser in the other. She was pretty sure if there was a Terminator there that it would be in front of her.

She heard two voices. She slung her M4 and drew her silenced M9. She still held her Taser in her other hand.

There was another zigzag and a Metal door. It was open. She moved forward and listened.

"Besides 'Robby The Robot' and the new 'Metal Bitch', we're the last two technicians up here." The first Gray said. "They'll probably send us out next."

"I want to get out of this death trap." The second Gray said. "The 'Metal Heads' are down in the hole right now. I don't want to go down there."

"Let's take our time disconnecting this stuff then." The first Gray said. "I want out of here too but I don't want to end up on a combat patrol. None of the people have come back yet."

"They're all a bunch of rubes when it comes to combat." The second Gray said. "I did that for four years before I was assigned to Century."

"You were in Century?" The first Gray asked.

"Damn straight. It was a choice assignment." The second Gray said. "There was a never ending selection of captured Resistance females through there. We all got as much 'stank' as we wanted. The crybabies didn't last long. I heard later on Skynet sent a 'Metal Whore' there. I was deep in tech at that point."

"I know the 'Bucket Heads' killed any children and anyone over thirty before they brought them in." The first Gray said. "They wanted people that could work."

"Very few were past their early twenties." The second Gray said. "A few of the females were in Scavenger camps at one point. You could always tell…."

"I wish they'd get some 'fresh meat' around here for us." The first Gray said. "I only was with that last slut five times. She was a redhead all the way."

Both Grays laughed.

Cammy heard enough. She put her weapons away. She was a Terminator. She came around the corner and grabbed both of the Grays from behind as they took something apart.

She was angry and crushed both of their necks into pulp. Their heads each rolled over to the opposite side at a crazy angle. She drug them around the back of the console they'd been in the process of disassembling. She was about to dump them there but carried them further back and dumped them up against the rock wall behind some crates.

She went back in search of 'the hole'.

It seemed like the perfect type of place that Skynet liked to hide in. There were two Terminators down in there too. She wasn't sure if there would be more Grays.

It sounded as if they would need the backpack nuke that Hank and Larry acquired in the past. It would deny Skynet future use of this area. Besides, it was the only way to be sure….

The Grays that just went outside from the tunnel turned and headed back for the escape door when they heard the drone. They figured it was better to play it safe than sorry.

They quickly went back inside the opening and closed the door. There was the sound of bullets impacting on the metal door. It was a lot of them.

"It shot at us!" The first Gray said.

"Damn, that was close!" The second Gray said

"We were almost greased." The third Gray said.

"We can't go back out that way." The first Gray said. "I'm not going to anyway. You guys can."

"Nobody's going out that way." The third Gray said.

"We need to go back." The second Gray said.

"We don't know if that was an enemy HK drone or one of our own." The first Gray said.

"I think an enemy HK drone is a pretty good bet." The second Gray said.

"Let's go back." The third Gray said.

The Grays made sure the door was secure and started back.

They went through a right angle turn and it was dark in front of them. The red lights were off.

"Why is it so dark?" The first Gray said.

"I can't see anything." The second Gray said. "The red lights went out."

"Let me get my phone out." The first Gray said.

"Those things don't work in here." The third Gray said.

"The light on it will, dummy." The first Gray said. "I don't have a cheap flip phone like the rest of you morons."

"That's what they gave us, man." The second Gray said.

"I took this one off of some kid when I went to the mine once." The first Gray said. "We stopped for gas and I used the restroom. I stabbed him and took it."

"I bet that wasn't the only thing you did either." The third Gray said.

"Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't." The first Gray said. "Some people have different tastes."

Before the Gray could get his light turned on there were four circular red objects right in front of them.

The light came on just in time for the Grays to see two large Terminators right there. They were all grabbed by the neck.

Larry grabbed the second and third Gray and slammed them together. There was a sickening dull 'crack' sound as their heads impacted with each other. They were both dead.

Hank grabbed the first Gray. The phone with the light fell from his hand. It went out when it impacted the cement floor. His lifeless body landed on top of it a second later.

Larry went ahead and made sure the door was latched. They didn't want any surprises in back of them.

They hurried away from the kill zone to rejoin the girls.

Holly left the Command Center. There wasn't much she could add there. Her best contribution would be to make sure Claire didn't go there or go looking for Summer. She needed to take over for Claire and watch Precious. She'd neglected her duty too long.

She passed by the commissary and was soon at John's room. She paused at the door. She wanted to go back in. It hadn't been that long since she'd left. She didn't think he would be 'up' for a quickie. It bothered her some that the human male body lacked in its ability to sustain continual sexual performance. The female body was clearly superior and was always good to go.

She opened the door slightly to listen better and determined if he was asleep. She went to close the door tight but didn't. She needed to do her 'job' but she could still give John a treat. She could also keep Claire from wandering around.

Claire was asleep in the nursery. She was naked on the bed still.

Holly entered the nursery. She spotted Claire right away on the bed. She left the door open to the hallway. She went to the pass door into Riley's room and listened. It sounded like Derek was hard at work 'plowing' Riley. From the sound if it, Riley was having a good time as well.

She briefly wondered if he was plowing 'Riley' or 'Claire' in his mind. Maybe it was her. She knew Derek always paid her extra attention. Maybe sometime she could give him a 'try' just to see how he compared to John. It didn't seem like it could hurt anything. It would just be sex.

Holly gathered up Claire's clothes and placed them on the dresser. She carefully picked up Claire's naked form and grabbed her clothes on the way out.

She wondered if CamNet would block what she was doing right now from Summer or not. It didn't really matter since it was happening anyway. At this point she wondered if this was even her own idea. It came to her as she passed John's room a minute ago.

She rapidly approached John's room and pushed the door open that she hadn't closed tight all the way earlier. She carried Claire into the bedroom and set her things on the dresser. She looked at John asleep. She noticed something else was asleep too.

Holly gently laid Claire on the bed next to John. She waited a second to see if either awoke. They didn't. She pulled the sheet up off of the floor and carefully covered both of them over. She smiled at her handiwork and exited John's room. She returned to the nursery and went in to see Precious in her room. She stood there and watched her sleep. Derek continued to 'service' Riley in their bedroom. She imagined pleasuring Riley as Derek 'plowed' her from behind.

The other group of four Grays was almost to the intersection that they didn't know was there.

There was a faint but distinct sound of something striking metal off to the side up ahead. The four Grays stopped.

"What was that?" The first Gray asked.

"I don't know." The third Gray said.

"There were other teams sent down here." The second Gray said.

"Do you mean the teams that never returned?." The fourth Gray asked.

The Grays all brought their weapons up. The passageway was suddenly lit with bright light.

"Turn that off." The first Gray said. "You'll give away our position."

"All that did was destroy our night vision. " The second Gray said. "You could have given us a warning."

"I just wanted to see a little better." The third Gray said.

"I saw there was a branch off to our left." The fourth Gray said.

"Let's wait a little bit until our eyes readjust." The first Gray said.

The four Grays paused as their eyes readjusted to the dim red lights.

Earlier:

Gail headed down the branch to see what happened to Larry and Hank. She heard minigun projectiles hit metal not too far away. She brought her M4 up. There must be some Grays or worse, maybe a Terminator near by. She brought her Taser up as well.

She heard the Grays talk about what a 'close one' it was.

A few seconds later she heard the sound of several brief terminations. Hopefully that was Larry and Hank.

"Orange…." Gail whispered.

"Mongoose…." Hank whispered back.

Larry came around the bend. He was met with Gail's M4 and Taser pointed at him.

Gail lowered her weapons. She didn't like to take chances. She remembered when Savannah 'saved' her when she was in a fight for her life with two hostile Terminators before.

"We need to get back." Gail said. "The other Grays we heard earlier will be alerted now."

The three of them hurried off to rejoin the rest of the team.

Young Jesse was right behind Sheila and Camille when they heard the metal on metal sound from behind them where Gail, Hank and Larry went. She immediately turned her night vision off and closed one eye. There was a bright flash of light a few seconds later. That was what she figured would happen. She opened her closed eye once the light went off. It would prevent her from losing all her night vision without the device. She could still see in the dull red light up ahead of her.

She could hear the men speak and it didn't sound like they would turn the light back on. She wanted to act since they'd paused to get their night vision back.

"Let me take them." Young Jesse whispered. "I can do this."

Camille wanted her protected but knew now was the time to act.

"Stay behind me." Camille whispered. "Shoot between Sheila and me."

Sheila closed up the gap.

"We'll back you up." Sheila whispered. "Even if we're in front of you, just don't shoot us."

Young Jesse was ready.

"Go." Young Jesse whispered.

The four Grays were ready to start again. Their eyes were almost adjusted to the dim red lights. They didn't want to advertise their presence or lose their low light vision again.

There were suddenly four small red lights almost right in front of them.

Before it could register in their heads what it was, there were more than half a dozen flashes of bright light in about two seconds. The four Grays fell to the ground. The initial flashes were followed by four more flashes directed at the ground where the Grays were.

The only sound was that of bouncing empty brass shell casings on the ground and the sound of a magazine being changed.

Sheila bent down and checked the Grays.

"They're all terminated." Sheila said.

There was the sound of running footsteps behind them.

Gail appeared with Hank and Larry on each side of her.

"We're good." Young Jesse said.

Sheila led the group towards the metal door they'd retreated from just under a minute ago.

Gail moved up and worked the combination and opened the door eighteen inches. Sheila squeezed through. She was gone a little longer this time before she returned.

"It's clear for now." Sheila said.

Gail opened the door and the group passed through. Larry closed and secured the door behind him.

They proceeded in single file about six feet apart with half of them on each side of the tunnel.

They hadn't gone far when there was a muffled explosion behind them followed by another one ten seconds later. There was a mild vibration.

"Someone tripped one of the proximity charges that didn't have our transponder code." Camille said. "Since two of them went off, it was probably more than one person."

Young Jesse figured that was by the first metal door they went through. There were two passageways they didn't inspect. They would need to make sure that happened going forward.

None of them had any outside communication ability right now. It was doubtful they would again at this point as long as they were in the tunnel.

The girls on the jet were all fast asleep.

Allison and Leticia were in the lounge area. Vanna and Mary were in the Master Suite. Jesse and Laura were in the Executive Suite.

Wes passed through the fuselage and checked on all of them. He made a visual scan of what he could of each of them. They were mostly naked and uncovered. He would save those images for future reference. He told Ned and he passed through and did the same. It gave them something to review while they waited.

These were all human females and they didn't get to see live ones very often. At least ones that looked that good.

They checked with John Henry on any timeline as to when the operation would be concluded. It sounded as if they were only in the middle of it.

Bob and Jim neared the location the other teams were at. Al and Ed weren't far behind them. They each drove a truck. There was HK equipment to be collected. There may be other vehicles they could take as well.

They checked with John Henry and the team was out of contact except for Richard and Michael. They owned the sky right now with their drones and the area above ground was secure, at least for now.

They were sent images of where the equipment was they needed to collect. Their drones would cover them so they could get started as soon as they arrived.

They still didn't know if there were any more Skynet forces in the area.