Chapter 475

Temporal Thanks

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Future Timeline - Undetermined Error:

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Cammy heard the shot and saw the Terminator bring his plasma rifle up. He disappeared from view for a few seconds and then was visible again. This can't be good she thought. It was time to enter the fight. She thought he was about to attack Savannah.

She took aim and fired an arrow at the Terminator. When the first arrow hit him he turned and looked in her direction. She immediately shot three more arrows. The drawstring broke on her bow as she went to shoot one more. It was useless now. She dropped the bow and arrow and moved forward with her spear….

Cammy wanted to get the Terminators attention and alert him to a new threat. She thought she'd made her point.

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Cameron's Future Timeline:

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Cameron heard the Terminator was close to her. She knew it was after her and stalking her. She then heard the gunshot. It was a pistol shot. She didn't see either of the Grays with a sidearm. That must be the other person or Terminator she followed to this location. She quickly changed directions to move around in back of a large rock. As she moved around the backside of the rock, there was the male Terminator standing there. They both went to fire their plasma rifles at the same time. They were too close to each other. They'd literally run into each other. Their weapons actually struck the other's plasma rifle. Both of the weapons were knocked off target. They each tried for a better position as they tried to line up again and slammed the plasma rifles together. Their plasma rifles both went flying in different directions.

They faced each other in hand to hand combat. The Terminator immediately grabbed for her. He was a big brute of a Terminator. There was a major size disadvantage. He was clearly more powerful.

Cameron knew she was in trouble. To her complete surprise an arrow hit his neck and then a second one almost immediately. He turned his head in the direction the arrows came from. Cameron heard two more arrows hit him. She grabbed him while he was distracted. When his head turned around to face her, there was an arrow in each eye….

That was about the last thing she'd expected to see. The good part was it was the last thing the Terminator saw. Both of his eyes were destroyed. He was blind now. All his other senses still seemed to work as intended.

Cameron didn't have time to ponder this new development. She only knew this was something very strange. There must be more going on here than she knew. It appeared that someone just helped her. Who would be out here from the Connor camp with primitive weapons? Anyone from the base should have at least a firearm. Where did the primitive weapons come from? As primitive as the weapons were they could still kill. In this case they were able to damage the Terminator with their placement. That skill level would indicate another Terminator. Why would they have a bow and arrow? Something was 'wrong' about all of this.

Right now the blind Terminator was still a major threat to her. She made a lunge for her plasma rifle.

The Terminator knew where she was and heard her move. He knew what she was after. If she got to her plasma rifle he knew he was finished. He was able to grab her and make her fall. She got back up but so did he. He grabbed her again and firmly held her. They slammed into the rocks and landed in the dirt locked together in combat.

They rolled around on the ground as each one of them fought for their lives.

Cammy closed in on the Terminator. She was satisfied her shots were true. She saw where each of them hit before the drawstring of the bow broke. She raised her spear up and was ready to throw it. She ran towards the Terminator. She needed to protect Savannah. That was all that mattered. She didn't see who the Terminator engaged. There was the sound of quite a struggle. She didn't think Savannah could put up that much of a fight. Someone sure was.

Savannah was on the move. She reached her alternate hiding spot. As soon as she reached it there was a loud thrashing struggle going on near her. It sounded as if there was a fight going on between two Terminators. It must be Cammy and the Terminator. She firmly held her spear in an upward thrusting or stabbing position at waist height and went to help Cammy. The odds did not factor into her decision. Cammy needed her help and she was coming.

She figured she could distract the Terminator long enough to give Cammy the upper hand. The danger of it didn't cross her mind. This was about survival and there were no limits or rules. She should be perceived as the new threat since she would attack him.

The second Gray moved back towards where he left the first Gray. His friend didn't respond to his call so something must have happened to him. Who or what that was, was unknown. He'd heard the shot. As he ran back to look there was the sound of a struggle off to his side. That could be his friend or the Terminator. He decided to see what was happening first. He was surprised at what he witnessed. He saw the Terminator and a female fighting. The way they were fighting meant the female was Metal as well. He was surprised to see the arrows, stuck the Terminator.

'What the Hell?' He thought.

He started to bring his M4 up to fire on the female Terminator. He was aware the bullets wouldn't slow her down much if at all. He carried a Taser. He switched from his M4 to the Taser. He knew that was the only thing that would stop the other the Terminator. When he saw it was female Terminator he wondered if a 'Metal Bitch' had a problem or if she was from somewhere else. She wasn't dressed in Skynet clothing. He did like the way she looked. He thought one the 'Metal Whores' must have escaped. She might have changed her clothing to blend in once she escaped. He looked more carefully to see if it was one he'd 'used' before. It wasn't. He looked forward to capturing her himself so he could 'break her in'. A smile came across his face. His anticipation rose. She was Hot.

His inaction while he thought about what he was going to do with her cost him precious seconds. He moved closer to take his shot. They violently rolled back and forth.

The 'Metal Bitch' had her back to him for a few seconds but the male Terminator rolled her over as he got a better grip on her. He was able to pin her down better. It looked like he was about to rip her head off.

Cameron was firmly grasped and slowly being overpowered by the blinded Terminator. It was a very large model with greater strength than her. It was able to pin her down. She saw the Gray appear with the M4 and switch to a Taser. She knew she was about to be taken captive. She rolled under the male Terminator to block the shot. If the Gray could zap him by mistake she could terminate both of them. She knew she was going to be reprogrammed as a 'Metal Whore' if she was captured. She hoped she could escape later. She wouldn't tell John what happened to her in captivity - if she survived. The best she could hope for now was to be a 'Metal Whore'. The Terminator rolled her over and she was exposed now. There was no way the Gray could miss her. She saw the Gray raise the Taser to fire. She knew she was finished. Her existence was only seconds away from ending.

"I got you now you 'Metal Bitch'." The Gray said as he fired the Taser.

Cameron expected the shock to surge through her. Much to her surprise she saw the Taser shot go wild. There was something even stranger. A bloody object appeared from inside the man's chest. As he fell forward there was a red headed beauty dressed like a 'cave woman' standing there. She looked like a Warrior Princess. It was Savannah! It was the most beautiful ravishing thing she thought she'd ever seen. Savannah saved her from one threat anyway. The Terminator spun her around. He moved her to where he could rip her head from her body. She began to feel the strain. In two more seconds her head would tear loose.

Savannah saw that Cameron was in bad shape. There was no time to think but act. She grabbed the M4 of the Gray she just killed and emptied the magazine into the Terminator. That distracted him long enough for Cameron to break free. She spotted one of the plasma rifles on the ground and headed for it.

The blinded Terminator detected Savannah and correctly assumed she was headed for one of the plasma rifles. He moved to intercept her. As he reached out to grab Savannah, a spear slammed into his arm and knocked it away, he missed with his grab for Savannah.

Cammy had arrived. Her spear throw was right on target.

The Terminator was aware it now faced two female Terminators and a human. He'd lost track of the direction where everything was at. He tried to recalculate where the threats were and where the plasma rifles were.

Cameron and Cammy saw each other at the same time. Cameron thought Cammy looked Hot in that outfit. It was just like Savannah's. She would make one like that for John to see her in, when she got back - if she got back. Cammy and Savannah reminded her of 'Xena and Gabrielle' from a TV show she once watched at night at the first house.

Cammy and Cameron both grabbed the Terminator when he turned towards Savannah again. They slammed him into the rocks. He staggered and went down on his knees. They shoved the Terminator away from them and from Savannah.

Savannah made it to the plasma rifle. She raised the plasma rifle and fired. She struck the Terminator in the torso. He went down. He still tried to move but began to malfunction. She tossed Cameron the plasma rifle and went for the other one. She gave it to Cammy.

The three females all looked at each other with surprise. It was clear that all the fighting was bound to draw attention.

"We need to get the clothes and weapons off the Grays." Cammy said. "They have HK drones here."

Cameron checked the Terminator. He'd started to smoke.

"His power cell has been compromised." Cameron said. "His destruction is imminent. The power cell is going to explode. We need to get away from him."

Savannah quickly checked the Gray she'd just killed. She picked up the M4 she'd dropped to grab the plasma rifle. She found some extra magazines on the Gray as Cammy stripped him. She loaded and charged the weapon. They each carried a weapon now.

Cammy tossed the Gray's naked dead body on top of the smoking Terminator. Cameron already pulled his pants off. The shirt was ruined and smoldering.

"The other Gray is over here." Savannah said.

Cameron kept a lookout for any additional danger or HK drones.

Cammy stripped the second body. Savannah and her put the clothes on. She took the bloody shirt with the spear hole in both sides.

Cameron now wore the pants from the male Terminator. She tossed the second Gray on top of the other one and the Terminator along with their 'cave woman' outfits. When the power cell exploded, everything there should be vaporized.

Savannah showed Cameron the opening she'd found in the rock overhang. She also retrieved her canteen.

Cammy carried some more water from the two dead Grays. She combined it into the biggest canteen. Savannah drank the little that was left over that wouldn't fit into the larger canteen.

Cameron looked into the opening. It looked like something more to her since it was larger inside.

"It may be a way in." Cameron said. "This could be an old entrance or a ventilation shaft."

Cameron reached up and grabbed the side of the rock on the opening. She broke away large sections of the rock. In seconds the opening was big enough for them to squeeze into.

Cammy joined them. She thought about the latch she'd broken on the hillside hatch. That was another way in for sure.

There were a series of 'popping' sound from the smoking Terminator.

"The power cell is going critical." Cammy said as she pointed. "I found their entrance up on the hillside. We can get in that way."

Cameron looked up and saw there were others exiting from it now. It looked like all the gunfire caught the attention of those inside the base as they thought it would. That way was no longer safe. She looked at the opening she'd made.

"This may be another way." Cameron said again.

Cameron heard the sound of HK drones soon afterwards. There was more than one. They were out of options right now. They needed to get inside and hide if nothing else. If the HK drones picked them up, they were in big trouble.

They entered the opening. It was large enough for the three of them to stand.

"We need to seal this or at least block it for now." Cameron said. "There are going to be Grays and Terminators here in no time."

Cammy and Cameron pushed on the rock. They were able to collapse most of the opening of the entrance behind them. It would prevent from anyone following them but they could still throw plasma grenades inside or shoot into the opening that remained. They figured they could always open it back up in a day if they needed to escape. Seconds later they heard and felt the vibration of the power cell explode. The rest of the opening closed up as the ground shook. The explosion of the Terminator's power cell should add to the mystery when the searchers arrived.

They were now in total darkness. Cammy handed Savannah a light one of the Grays carried on his belt.

"Thanks." Savannah said.

Cameron was aware how close to termination she'd been.

"No, thank you, Savannah, you saved me." Cameron said and gave her a hug.

Cameron could feel the bond between them grow in that moment. She decided she would take Cammy's files of Cammy and Savannah 'together' when she got the chance. She wanted that information and 'experience' greatly. Even if it was a file from someone else she wanted it.

Savannah was still unhappy Cameron didn't speak with her before she left on this mission. She was also upset Cameron stepped out of the energy bubble when Cammy and her returned the first time. Now wasn't the time to bring any of that up. She planned to address it at a later date. Right now they needed to survive. She was glad they were all together now. That is all that really mattered.

Cammy quickly went over everything that happened from the time they left Cameron's base. Cameron filled them in on everything since she returned to the future.

Cameron left out the part about her plan to take Future Allison and Savannah into the past. It was to be the three of them alone. She now felt the incentive to try and survive this endeavor. She needed to get Savannah out of there and out of this future. That was now her mission. She needed to protect Savannah. Cammy was there as well. Cammy could return in her place to John. With her spare chip installed in Cammy - Nobody would know. Cammy could see if any of the Duplicate Allisons wanted to come to this future to be with Future John. Vanna, Jesse and Allison, could now be with Past John and Cammy as 'her'. This all looked like it would work out. Now all she needed to do was figure out where they were at and how to advance the agenda. Right now they were sealed inside a shallow cave with Skynet forces on the outside.

She KNEW Savannah came to make sure she returned. She believed that was love. Her love for Savannah grew even more. She figured it was time to merge Cammy's program into hers. Cammy WAS her. She was aware every time Cammy and Savannah 'shared' that Savannah shared with 'her Cameron' - as her, in Savannah's mind. She was ready to claim what was hers, Savannah and Future Allison.

That is what Cameron now felt the motivation to live for. The women she loved and the women that loved her. She was a machine and they both loved her anyway. That meant something to her. It meant something to all of them.

Cameron knew Savannah gave Hope, her daughter, to Duplicate Vanna 'In Some Future'.

Savannah now gave Cameron - HOPE and a future.

Cameron wanted to survive now. She wanted to bring Skynet down but she wanted to live. There was a future for her in the past with Savannah and Future Allison.

Savannah watched the dust settle. She looked at the entrance they'd come through. It was completely sealed.

"Am I going to have enough air?" Savannah asked.

Cameron quickly refocused.

Thanks

Few seem to appreciate
The things they already possess
They don't recognize what they have
As they stray and transgress

It seems to be human nature
That enough is never enough
To miss that simple fact
Is what makes life rough

To those around one
Where is the due praise
Instead they soon despise
As the relationship is set ablaze

People seem to be blinded
By the very light in life
They wallow in pain and grief
As the bring on their own strife

Maybe its time to grow up
Stop the foolish pranks
Is it really that hard
To smile and say thanks

Nobody