Chapter 490

Temporal Thought

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Cameron's Future Timeline:

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Duplicate Cameron held Destiny. She knew Future Allison left to go into the past to seek Cameron out. It was thought Cameron was terminated. They knew Cammy tried to 'fix' things but they didn't know the outcome. She did know that Cammy saved Future Allison's life. How she knew to do that was another mystery. That would seem to be information from in the future. Maybe they'd missed something in all of this. It was possible they were in an alternate future at this point.

She wasn't sure what Future Allison was actually up to or why exactly. She also knew Future Allison would return but if for some reason Future Allison didn't, she was going to take Destiny as her own child. It was what she really wanted. Maybe Cameron orchestrated this whole thing to make that happen. No one would be able to complain or point fingers at her then. They could still accuse her of terminating Future Allison so she could take her baby. Maybe she could play her intended role and 'be' Future Allison going forward if Future Allison didn't return.

Duplicate Cameron knew every 'Cameron' wanted to have John's child as her own child, especially if it was from any 'Allison'. She thought of asking Future John about this. He never seemed to provide the answers she looked for. There were many things about him she found irritating. Past John was much easier to control and manipulate.

"John, if Allison doesn't come back, I'm going to raise Destiny as my own child." Duplicate Cameron said. "The two teenagers will help nurse Destiny. I don't think Savannah will have enough for Joy and OUR baby, Destiny."

Future John looked at Duplicate Cameron. He could see she was serious. He also thought she was way ahead of herself. It did indicate however that she really did want her own child.

"Cameron, Allison has only been gone a few hours." Future John said. "She doesn't even know we know that she left."

Duplicate Cameron felt some guilt. Maybe she did jump the gun a little. She loved her family dearly, all of them. She wanted Future Allison back too.

"I want her to come back, John." Duplicate Cameron said. "I love her as I do Savannah and you."

Future John could sense there was more to this story. It didn't appear that any 'Cameron' was forthcoming with all of the facts.

"Is there something you're not telling me?" Future John asked. "Has it happened before?"

Duplicate Cameron possessed all of Cameron's files. The trouble with that was many of them were still 'locked'. She didn't know what was in them.

"I don't know, John." Duplicate Cameron said. "There is so much I don't know."

Duplicate Cameron brought Destiny over to Future John.

"Hold her, John. She's your baby, OUR baby." Duplicate Cameron said. "Cameron made this happen. It was a miracle for us that she did this. You thought you would be childless and now you have two beautiful children FROM both 'Allison' and 'Savannah' and YOU. They really are your children, OUR children."

Future John did know that it was all the same people. It was just the younger versions of them still in the past. Cameron went to great lengths to make this happen for them. It took some sacrifice from everyone.

"I do have to admit, I was surprised at what Cameron did and the lengths she went to MAKE Young Savannah and Allison's mother have children and give them to US. I also have to say Allison's mother was very pretty."

Future John briefly wondered about one of those 'mother-daughter' things he'd heard about. Too late now, one was gone. NO. Actually both of them were gone right now.

Duplicate Cameron knew everything she had now and even her creation was all because of Cameron. She wanted Future John to know that Cameron didn't make people do anything they didn't want to do.

"It was the choice of Savannah and Claire to do what they did. Cameron never MADE them do it. Cameron has kept them all alive and fought this war, mainly by herself, John." Duplicate Cameron said. "By Cameron going back in time because YOU sent her back, ALL of this is possible. I'm here with you three also, now the six of us. It's ALL because of Cameron."

Future John knew Cameron saved his life as well when she returned to save HER Allison. She knew to come to him at the right moment. She'd waited there for him to stop him. She knew what would happen and prevented it. She gave him his life back and a life to live as well. He also saw how troubled she was and how being in the future 'hurt' her to be away from her life.

"I can see Cameron isn't happy." Future John said.

Duplicate Cameron was aware of what John told Cameron on the bed in his room.

"She's a machine. She can't be happy." Duplicate Cameron said.

Future John didn't care for that tone. He read a little more into it. He thought His Cameron was content at least. Maybe she wasn't.

"You're happy, aren't you?" Future John asked.

Duplicate Cameron looked around. Future Savannah and Joy were in the next room. Future John held Destiny. It could be worse.

"I'm as happy as I can be." Duplicate Cameron said. "I wish I was Cameron Prime."

That didn't make much sense to him.

"Why?" Future John asked. "Then YOU wouldn't be happy."

Duplicate Cameron felt a little more irritated.

"Why?" Duplicate Cameron asked. "You ask me WHY?"

Future John didn't see what the difference was. Now Duplicate Cameron possessed all of Cameron's files. They were identical in all respects.

"Yes." Future John said. "You're her, one hundred percent."

Duplicate Cameron was sad for Cameron. Everything fell on her back to deal with. With everything she went through, her time was limited. Nobody was lucky forever. They didn't even know her current fate. Since Cammy or Savannah hadn't returned, maybe they all made it. Maybe they were all terminated.

"I want to take away her pain and share the burden." Duplicate Cameron said. "John, she is going to be terminated doing this. We all know it."

Future John thought Cameron did an excellent job. She was much more advanced and dynamic than he'd ever imagined.

"I know that she's terminated many versions of Skynet." Future John said. "Every version of Skynet she's faced, she's defeated."

Duplicate Cameron knew how Savannah felt about Cameron and that she believed in her like no other person did. She also knew that Cameron faced Skynet many times in many forms. Skynet was like a Hydra.

"Somehow there's always another one or more." Duplicate Cameron said. "Savannah always said that Cameron is eternal. Apparently, so is Skynet."

Future John talked with Savannah many times. Her Metal bodyguard was always nearby or His Cameron was or Cameron herself was. They were all very protective of her. He was aware that she was the oldest virgin in his timeline and she was still a young teenager. He would have liked to have claimed her virginity. The Metal girls thought otherwise. He remembered what His Cameron told him would be nailed to their bedroom door as it mummified or rotted with time. He resisted the urge to look down.

"Savannah also said Cameron was invincible." John said. "So far she has been."

Duplicate Cameron and Future John didn't have a clue that Future Allison was inside the mountain seconds before it blew up a couple of weeks ago when Skynet was destroyed. They didn't know what she was really up to and they didn't know if she would return.

Duplicate Cameron found a file that disturbed her greatly. It was a grave site and the words haunted her.

My Beloved Allison – Young forever and forever Young….

My Beloved Savannah – Weaver of love into hearts and minds….

Maybe this was where it started and ended.

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Cameron Prime - Current Timeline:

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John and Cameron rested again, at least John did. They carried on several long discussions between love making sessions. Cameron's new voluptuous breasts with the super pink nipples sped up his refractory time. He really couldn't get enough of them.

"Can we ever stop Skynet?" John asked. "I mean keep it from enacting Judgment Day?"

Skynet caused Cameron a lot of frustration. She'd worked hard to terminate it in more than one future even but it always popped back up.

"I'm trying, John, we all are." Cameron said. "It always comes back somehow."

John was aware of one of Cameron's biggest fears. She feared she was really Skynet.

"You weren't the Skynet you terminated in your future, were you?" John asked.

It irritated Cameron to remember Skynet's pathetic insults and threats as she terminated it and the other ones before it. She hoped if she was Skynet that she would have a better escape plan and not make threats she couldn't back up. Maybe it was a good thing she wasn't Skynet.

"There was no indication that I was." Cameron said.

It always puzzled John as to why Cameron even thought that in the first place. Maybe it was CamNet that became Skynet somehow. He didn't want to get specific.

"Why do you think you will become Skynet?" John asked. "It could be something else."

Cameron didn't know that answer. If she did she could prevent it.

"I think in order to prevent Judgment Day in this timeline that I have to become Skynet to control it and to stop it." Cameron said. "I've run millions of scenarios, John, I don't sleep. I think in fighting Skynet, it has tried to plant 'thoughts' in my mind, in my programming to hurt me."

John did not see how that was possible. It would shift a lot of the 'blame' off of Cameron for some of the things that happened because of her actions.

"So a lot of the 'problems' you've experienced may actually have been created by Skynet?" John asked. "That would explain a lot of things."

Cameron rolled on top of John and sat up. She touched and then cupped her new large breasts.

"John, do you like them? Am I more beautiful this way to you?" Cameron asked.

She lifted his hands to her plump breasts. His hand hungrily touched, squeezed and fondled them. He did like them. It was Cameron's sheath and he wanted her to be happy.

"Cameron, I'll love you no matter how you are. I liked the way you were before the 'accident' too." John said. "I do have to say I'm intrigued by those pink nipples but I liked how you were before as well. I'll love you however you are, even when you're 'damaged.'"

Cameron knew if she altered her genetic code to keep her new sheath components that she would be different from Allison, all of them. She could have her own identity. She would be unique. She would be different from her clones and Ally too. She also wanted John to be happy and protected. Future Allison was here now she could do both of those things for John.

"I saw you look at Future Allison and HOW you look at her. John, I want YOU to have her." Cameron said. "You deserve her more than Future John does. She'll stay if I ask her."

John knew that was a lot to ask from someone, especially since she had a baby in her future. Maybe it wasn't for him but for Cameron.

"Would she stay for me or YOU?" John asked.

Cameron wanted to 'shortcut on life a little. She possessed everything now to do it too. It would also give her what she wanted.

"Does it matter?" Cameron asked. "I want it to be Future Allison and Savannah NOW in your life. They're both ready, willing and beautiful, John."

John knew that was a fact. He was also worried about Cameron. He looked at Cameron's hand. There was no glitch. That was it. It really was what she wanted.

"It's what you really want, isn't it?" John asked. "I can tell. THIS is the combination you want it to be."

Cameron found more file fragments. She was sure she'd taken them both and run before with them. She wanted John to be with them.

"John, it IS what I want." Cameron said. "I want you to be a part of it - THIS time."

Cameron thought of the timeline she may have created where she took Future Allison and Savannah back a hundred years and the three of them lived a lifetime together. The 'ending' bothered her.

My Beloved Allison – Young forever and forever Young….

My Beloved Savannah – Weaver of love into hearts and minds….

John could see Cameron was lost in thought somewhere right now. He didn't want her to slip too far away.

"Do you love them more than me?" John asked.

Cameron blinked several times and looked at John. Maybe none of it was real. Maybe none of it could ever be real, at least for her.

"I don't know." Cameron said. "Maybe I don't love anyone and this is all a Skynet trick on me…."

Cameron got up and went to her dresser and brought John her Poem Book. She looked at the cover before she handed it to him.

"It's ALL in here." Cameron said. "YOU tell me."

John looked at the cover.

MY POEMS

(Art Of The Mind)

By

NOBODY

Cameron picked up her clothes and walked outside the room naked.

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Young Residence - Current Timeline:

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Future Allison finished up with 'everything' and everyone. She could only spend fifteen minutes with each girl since her father was on his way to see her. That was more than enough time to finish with a skilled female. All of them were skilled.

Her father came by as promised later on. She was thrilled to see him again. She barely remembered him. Future Allison owed all this to Cameron. Not only did Cameron give her a future, she also gave her a past. Her family was here and alive, along with her sister, Summer. She knew Cameron would keep them alive and protected. Young Allison and Summer would never face a Scavenger or a group of them.

Savannah told her she could stay as long as she wanted. They could both share her room. It was clear what that meant. She would probably never leave at that point.

"Savannah, I want that." Future Allison said. "I have a baby now, I need to go back. MY John and MY Savannah NEED me, MY Cameron is waiting for me. I know they know I'm gone by now."

Savannah thought Cameron could make sure she stayed if she wanted to.

"Will they come for you?" Savannah asked. "Cameron can stop them."

Future Allison saw the big picture now. Maybe seeing her family was what did it. This wasn't her time any more. Her future wasn't in the past or the present. It was in her own future.

"Cameron could but she won't." Future Allison said. "I too know my place in time. I have an obligation to the future. Cameron made it clear to me when she saved me from 'herself'. Everyone sacrifices for John Connor. In one timeline, Cameron said that you, her and me are all together in the past. It's just the three of us in the distant past."

Savannah felt some 'goose bumps' with that statement. There was a lot of potential to it.

"She told me the same thing." Savannah said.

Future Allison spent some time with Young Allison. She didn't want to rob her of her future. She may have 'borrowed' some of it but it belonged to Young Allison.

"This isn't the timeline it happens in." Future Allison said. "This one belongs to my younger self and you. Savannah, my younger self will be everything I am and more. Look at her now. Could she be any prettier?"

Savannah was aware of the 'norms' that some people had. She was ready for more and she believed Young Allison was as well. Age was just a number. It was all going to happen anyway.

"I can't wait that long." Savannah said.

Future Allison smiled she was with Holly, Cam, Cammy, Hanna, Vanna, Savannah and Allison. She knew there were other girls both human and Metal for Savannah. That wasn't random chance. Cameron made all that love and variety possible for Savannah.

"That's why Cameron has provided you with the opportunity for 'other things' until then. Do you know how much Cameron loves you to do that?" Future Allison asked. "She doesn't want you to ever feel like she did – does."

Future Allison knew love was about sacrifice and Cameron sacrificed and made sure Savannah felt and shared plenty of love. Cameron made those things happen for Savannah. To do those things for someone you love shows how much you love them by their own sacrifice.

That reminder distressed Savannah somewhat. She tried to show Cameron pure unconditional love at every turn. She even stayed to die with her. She didn't want Cameron to die alone. She couldn't abandon Cameron even if it meant her own life. She loved her too much.

"How can we help her?" Savannah asked. "I'm trying."

That was an answer that eluded Future Allison as well.

"I really don't know how to help her." Future Allison said. "Nobody does."

Maybe the question was the answer.

Thought

There are many things
That can leave one in a knot
Perhaps events that led to that
Are things that were for naught

The quest for desires
Is what is often sought
Everyone thinks they're about
To hit the big jackpot

Things that matter the most
Can not be bought
If they actually are
They won't mean squat

Most of one's troubles
On themselves they have wrought
Nothing plays out as planned
There is no Camelot

Does anyone ever really
Have a whole lot
It doesn't really matter
Few are content with what they've got

The lessons of life
Are often hard taught
The lessons reveal
Everyone has a blind spot

To believe love actually exists
One must be a crackpot
Trouble upon them is brought
For something that only exists as thought

Nobody