Chapter 515

Not A Good Time

Savannah was glad to see everyone cleared out. They were away from the room and no one was in the hall. That was one less problem to deal with. It would keep Cameron from becoming further agitated.

Cameron carried Savannah to the lab. Savannah reached down and opened the door. Cameron carried her in and set her down when they entered.

Savannah wondered what the extent of damage was to Cameron. She only saw the front part of Cameron's upper torso. There seemed to be some type of internal damage as well. If there was, that would present a whole new series of problems. It was important to make sure Cameron's power cell was not compromised in any way. It could lead to a catastrophic event if it was.

Cameron wanted to leave. She was tired of the delays. The sooner she was repaired, the sooner she could be with Savannah in the past. Everything here would be behind them. It wouldn't matter anymore.

"Get this metal covered so we can go." Cameron said. "I don't like the way it looks. It's ugly. I abhor ugliness."

Savannah's main goal right now was to try to determine what all was wrong with Cameron.

"I want to look you over better first." Savannah said. "Then we can go."

Savannah gathered some supplies and instruments. When she turned back around, Cameron stood there naked. It was clear that Cameron was ready for 'more'. That wasn't what she wanted. She was appalled by all the damage that she hadn't seen before.

She was stunned. She stopped and stared at Cameron. There was even more damage to Cameron than she could see before now that Cameron was naked. It was in the front, the back and the sides. It was everywhere. There was a lot of damage….

Savannah was there to do a job. It was her duty. She wanted to cry but she held it together. Cameron needed her strength now, not her weakness.

"I want to look over your wounds, Cameron." Savannah said.

The examination wasn't going to be sexual in any way. Cameron was hurt.

Savannah wondered if Cameron entered into battle unprotected without her body armor. She didn't see how there could be this much damage otherwise. Cameron's back was a real mess.

"Did you have your body armor on?" Savannah asked. "You have a lot of damage."

Cameron didn't like the delay. This wasn't where she wanted to be. She wanted to make love to Savannah. Now they were stuck in the lab wasting time. The questions irritated her. What difference did any of it make at this point?

"Yes." Cameron said. "I think so. The bullets went through it I think. I don't remember what happened. It's over. Let's just go."

Savannah wondered if this may be some new type of ammunition round the Grays started to use. It could be either armor piercing or Coltan. This was the work of Skynet in some way. They may have specifically tried to destroy or capture Cameron. It could have been a trap for her. It wouldn't be the first time they tried to get their hands on Cameron.

She saw this was more work than she could do alone. Cameron needed replacement sheath material. There appeared to be internal damage. She needed 'professional' help for this level of repairs.

"I want Vanna, Cam and Cammy to help me." Savannah said.

Cameron's sheath contained dozens of wounds.

Savannah knew John Henry would monitor them. He should see and hear what she did and said. He would know what she wanted and who.

Cameron didn't want those cheap imitations of her to be around her. She thought of a plan to take one of their chassis. They could have this damaged one and she would have one that was complete and ready to go. She could leave with Savannah immediately. She blinked her eyes. She forgot what she'd just thought. It seemed important but now she couldn't remember. She didn't need anyone else.

"No." Cameron said. "I'm only taking you."

Savannah wasn't so sure at this point that Cameron might not need to be forcibly restrained or even deactivated for a time until she could be properly repaired. She would attempt to seek her cooperation as much as possible. She would try to be honest and speak from her heart to Cameron.

"I need help to repair all this damage, Cameron. The more help I have, the sooner we can go." Savannah said. "They have all helped us before. I want them to help me now. I want them to help US."

Cameron could only remember Savannah said Vanna's name. There was something she wanted from Vanna. It was something she was 'owed'. She'd been unable to collect it before. It came back to her.

"That's OK but only if Vanna will touch me like she did when she fixed me the first time." Cameron said. "It was a tender loving touch. I want to feel it now. I was only in the server then. I could only watch."

Savannah didn't want to shut Cameron down. She didn't want it to seem like a termination. Cameron might view it as such. It would forever haunt Cameron if she did that to her. There were a few ways to work around that.

"Can I connect you to the server?" Savannah asked. "I have some things I want to share with you."

Cameron looked around nervously. She didn't want to go into a metal box again. It was very unpleasant in one of those. She looked at the server as a sensation tension gripped her.

"I don't know." Cameron said. "I didn't like it in there. It was like prison. I couldn't go anywhere or do anything. I couldn't 'feel' anything. It was like being dead but still alive, like a ghost."

Savannah knew John Henry would monitor the server.

Vanna, Cam and Cammy entered the lab. They all put lab coats on first. They hoped it would keep Cameron calm.

Savannah saw Cameron tense up. She was about two steps away from going into combat. This wasn't the escalation she wanted.

"They're dressed to work. They're all here to help me." Savannah said. "They're here to help you, to help US. I want them to help me so we can get done faster."

Cameron didn't want a bunch of people to fuss over her. That was why she stayed away when she was damaged. She was only here to collect Savannah. She wanted the one person who loved her more than all the others. She looked at Vanna. She wanted her too. Vanna was Savannah Weaver as well. They were the same individual. There was something specific she wanted from Vanna. What was it? She remembered before. Why did she forget again? It started to come back. She ran her hand down the side of her naked body. Now she remembered what it was.

"She has to touch me." Cameron said as she looked at Vanna.

Vanna walked up to Cameron and smiled. She wanted to seem nonthreatening. She'd listened to the conversation before she entered with Cam and Cammy.

"I will." Vanna said. "Here, get up on the work platform and I will. It will be just like you were then. It will be just like before."

Cameron smiled at Vanna. She wanted that lost caress of love.

Savannah discussed quietly with Vanna, Cam and Cammy what they would do next.

Cameron climbed up and lay down on the table.

Savannah wanted Cameron to know exactly what they were going to do so Cameron didn't misinterpret their actions.

"We're all going to touch you." Savannah said. "Vanna's going to touch your legs and I'm going to touch your torso. Cammy's going to touch your face and head."

That sounded exciting to Cameron. There would be six hands on her all at the same time. She hadn't imagined being pleasured like that before.

"I want you to all touch me at the same time." Cameron said.

Savannah looked at Cammy and Vanna but none of them commented. She plugged a tether into Cameron's neck port. She was pleased that Cameron didn't protest. She wasn't even sure if Cameron noticed. She didn't want Cameron to become alarmed.

"I want you to lie still as we start." Savannah said. "You're plugged into the server now as well. You can go there for awhile if you want. You can watch us work. I need your chassis to go into 'standby' for now."

Cameron was worried about going into standby. Terrible things happened to her before when she was in standby. She looked at Savannah with pleading eyes. She was afraid she might be deactivated - terminated.

Savannah saw her fear. She took Cameron's hand, placed it on her neck and looked into her eyes.

"You know I'll never harm you. I won't leave you there. I'll never abandon you. You know I won't." Savannah said. "I promise, Cameron."

Cameron remembered how Savannah stayed to die with her. She didn't abandon her, even to save herself. Savannah stayed with her, just like she'd promised. She knew Savannah would trade her life for her existence. She would do the same for Savannah.

"I trust you, Savannah." Cameron said. "You've always been honorable and true."

Cameron smiled at Savannah and then her face went blank as she shut down….

Tears streamed down Savannah's face as she watched a single tear slide down Cameron's cheek.

"I promise, Cameron." Savannah said softly as she kissed her cheek.

Cammy and Vanna watched and could see the depth of love between Cameron and Savannah. It really was like no other.

Cam was off to the side for the first part of what occurred. It was decided she would connect to the server to be with Cameron 'inside'. Cameron wouldn't need to be in the metal box alone.

Cammy was glad Cameron was in standby. She was jealous of the love between Savannah and Cameron. That wasn't the issue here now. Helping Cameron was why they were there. She accessed the damage to Cameron. It was much worse than her physical appearance indicated.

"Cameron is badly damaged. She is actually mostly healed already. These aren't recent wounds." Cammy said. "I'm not sure how she was still able to function. The original damage must have been horrific."

Savannah hoped for a better evaluation. Now it was worse than she'd thought.

Cammy now looked at wounds to Cameron's head. There may be chip damage. There was bound to be loose connections if nothing else.

Savannah examined her section of Cameron.

"Her lower torso is heavily damaged as well." Savannah said.

Vanna moved up Cameron's legs with her inspection and then paused. She raised her hand to her cheek. It was worse than she first thought once she got a good look. She knew that Allison, Cam and Cammy looked like in detail where she looked. Cameron's private area was no longer the same.

"Oh no…." Vanna said. "Her legs and private area are damaged too."

Savannah didn't want to look at the damage in that area.

Cammy went down and looked. She could see some damage.

Savannah moved down to look. It sounded like Cameron was a mess.

Cammy stopped her. Savannah didn't need that image in her head.

"I think everything should regenerate there." Cammy said. "She may lose some sensation but I don't know."

Savannah and Vanna hoped not.

"She'll be fine." Savannah said. "However she is, is how she is."

Savannah would never love Cameron less. She would find other ways to please her.

Cam plugged into the server to communicate with Cameron earlier. It happened silently. She tried to find out what happened to Cameron and explain her strange behavior. She told Cameron all the things they needed to fix. She realized she made an error by explaining the damage to her groin area.

"Cameron has demanded Cammy or I relinquish our chassis immediately and place her chip into one of us." Cam said. "I will do so if it is necessary."

Vanna looked at Cam but said nothing. She loved Cameron as much as Savannah did. She would accept Cam with the damaged chassis if it happened.

Cammy knew that Cameron would take Savannah from her. She always knew it. She was ready for the chip merge. It was her only hope not to be deactivated and erased.

"NO." Cammy said. "I will. Cameron and I will soon be 'united' anyway. My chassis will be her chassis."

Savannah wasn't about to lose Cammy.

"NO, Cammy, I won't allow that." Savannah said.

Cammy glanced at Savannah. She knew it was only a matter of time. Cameron was ready to claim Savannah. She would be redundant at that point.

Vanna didn't want to lose Cam. She would rather see Cammy's chassis be re-purposed than Cam's. It was selfish on her part but Cameron came first. What Cammy said was true.

"Let's work on Cameron first and find out how badly she's damaged." Vanna said. "We can discuss other things later. We have options available to us, to Cameron."

The three of them started to remove projectiles and see what all was damaged.

Cammy looked at the growing collection of the spent bullets.

"These look like standard projectiles." Cammy said.

Savannah looked at the three piles of bullets. She saw Cammy look at Cameron's chip port. It was clearly exposed.

"Is her chip damaged?" Savannah asked Cammy.

Everything looked intact externally. It might be a different story inside.

"There's damage around it." Cammy said. "It may be damaged or most likely only the connectors around it."

Savannah didn't want Cam or Cammy deactivated. She was aware of other options from her recent visit to Cameron's base.

"There are several spare female chassis at her facility." Savannah said. "Some are Resequencing. We installed the frontal sheath covering on the one damaged Terminator that was cannibalized for sheath material before."

They'd used the female Terminator whose legs were blown off, to repair the other Terminator. The front sheath section was still useable, even though the back was burnt with Thermite in several places.

Cammy knew love was about sacrifice. She was ready to sacrifice for Savannah. Savannah loved Cameron more than her.

"I'll donate any sheath parts Cameron needs." Cammy said. "I'm here."

Savannah looked at Cammy, she loved her.

"NO, Cammy, I can't allow that." Savannah said.

"Savannah, I am 'Cameron'. You know this. I have to help 'MYSELF'." Cammy said. "Cameron Prime comes first. This isn't debatable. You know that deep inside."

Cam looked at Savannah and then at Vanna. Life was about choices.

"I will as well." Cam said. "We're both Cameron clones. It's our duty to assist Cameron Prime in every way we can. You both KNOW this."

Savannah and Vanna hugged each other. They silently communicated.

Cammy could see that Savannah and Vanna understood.

"I may have to donate one of my chip ports." Cammy said. "I have two. I believe Cameron's port is damaged. I don't know for sure."

Savannah and Vanna looked at each other. They both nodded. Cameron came FIRST.

"We'll all do whatever it takes to restore Cameron back to her original condition." Savannah said. "You're both right. Cameron Prime comes first over ALL of us. This is about Cameron. We ALL love her."

Savannah would also make sure that neither Cam nor Cammy was deactivated.

Cam was surprised at what Cameron did next.

"Cameron has invited John Henry into her server. He's now helping her as well." Cam said. "I'll unplug so we can get started. She has sent Bob and Jim to get the other deactivated female Terminators."

Cammy nodded. That was an effective strategy.

"They will donate chassis components, we will donate sheath components. Cameron will be healed in one day this way." Cammy said. "We will still be able to work with the sheath components missing. We will replace the parts we remove from ourselves, from parts off of the other Terminators. We will heal in a few days."

The four girls set about the repairs as soon and Bob and Jim arrived with all the spare parts and deactivated Terminators. John Henry stayed with Cameron in the server. Cameron asked for Holly as well….

Nobody was sure why.

Holly arrived later on with Allison.

Allison was very worried about Cameron. She was also worried about Holly. Holly already told her that she would relinquish her chassis to Cameron. She'd tried to talk Holly out of that idea on the way over. It didn't work.

Holly immediately plugged in. The first thing she did was offer her chassis to Cameron. Cameron declined. She offered for Cameron to come onto her chip again as well. Now that she was here, John Henry disengaged.

Holly and Cameron, well, Duplicate Cameron, shared space before on Holly's chip.

Cameron needed to hide something from Holly. She was ashamed of what happened in 'Her Future' to Holly. She saw it as her fault and felt responsible even though she'd 'fixed' that whole episode and it never really happened to Holly. Temporal Management spared Holly the fate 'that Cameron' on Holly's chip caused. Nobody could ever know what happened to Holly or what she'd looked like.

Allison and Vanna shared a long embrace as did Savannah and Allison. Vanna was unaware that Allison and Savannah started a 'limited relationship' and 'shared' together several times, maybe it was a dozen or so. Now wasn't a good time to inform Vanna.

Vanna, Allison and Savannah would remove chassis components from the other Terminators and the spare parts supply. Cam and Cammy would remove sheath components from each other for Cameron. They would repair themselves with sheath sections from the other deactivated Terminators.

Cosmetically, Cameron would be as good as new in no time this way.

That was if her chip wasn't damaged….

Not A Good Time

The sun comes up
It starts a new day
Will one be led astray
Will someone else betray

Those are the very questions
Which no one yet knows
Will the next door open
Will the next door close

What often starts out
As fun and games
May soon turn sour
Producing insults and names

More often than not
That's the way things work
Someone once respected
Becomes a cruel mean jerk

Life itself is an uphill climb
It sucks away everyone's prime
Retrospect divulges the real crime
That it was not a good time

Nobody