Chapter 545

I Really Do

The previous locations that Cameron and Cammy visited earlier didn't pan out. There was no indication that any Skynet activity actually occurred there. They may have been locations that were scouted out for future use. They set up some surveillance equipment in case the sites became active. CamNet would also monitor water and electrical usage and note any change. Enhanced satellite images would be taken with whatever satellite was nearest by CamNet. They could use their drones at random intervals to check on things as well.

Cameron discussed her plans with Savannah.

They both agreed it would be a recon only at the two other locations that Cameron uncovered information on. It wasn't known if they would yield anything or not. CamNet did note significant power use at both locations in the last few months. The locations were fixed so they weren't going anywhere. They would try to see if they could track any truck traffic to identify any other locations.

Skynet tried to diversify its operations so if one facility was compromised they didn't lose everything. That was what happened in the past. Since then they'd uncovered subassemblies from multiple locations. This operation didn't seem any different. They'd already taken down a small foundry and machine shop. They wanted the assembly line and the finished product.

Savannah called Cammy to make sure everyone was on the same page. They discussed the Resistance business and kept it professional. When that was concluded, things got more personal.

Cammy wanted to know how Savannah felt.

Savannah told her she was fine.

It was Cammy that Savannah was worried about. She wasn't sure Cammy would have destroyed Cameron's chip or not but it sure looked like she was going to take Cameron down. That was an extreme measure for her.

"Cammy, how are you doing?" Savannah asked.

Cammy didn't like that Savannah sent her away. Now Savannah was with that Bitch, Cameron. She promised to 'play nice' so she would for awhile. She would need to see what further danger Cameron placed Savannah in. She felt her place was at Savannah's side.

"I wanted to ride with you." Cammy said.

Savannah could hear the disappointment in Cammy's voice. She answered for her.

"So, you're not doing so hot" Savannah said

Cammy didn't say anything for a long moment. She decided to keep it simple. Anything else she said would most likely upset Savannah.

"No." Cammy said.

Savannah was worried that Jesse was out. She knew that Jesse wanted to watch over her. If Cameron and Cammy hadn't gone through their 'tiff', she would've left everything as it was.

"I want you to make sure Jesse is safe." Savannah said. "I'm counting on you."

Savannah went over the plan with Cammy. It was the same plan Cammy and Cameron were going to use. They were just going to split the recon now among two teams instead of Cammy and Cameron only. This would give them better coverage with two three person teams.

Cameron could see Savannah was about to wrap up her conversation with Cammy. There were a few things she wanted to say. She reached for Savannah's phone.

Savannah looked at Cameron for a few seconds and then handed her the phone. She hoped this wasn't a mistake. Everyone needed to be at one hundred percent when they were around the enemy.

Cameron and Cammy went over a few details. There were no problems. John Henry would keep both teams updated. John was there as well to go over the planning with John Henry.

CamNet made sure none of what happened between Cameron and Cammy was known to John or John Henry. Savannah asked the information be suppressed for now. Everyone already seemed to have enough problems. Nobody needed any more.

Cameron and her team would skirt the facility first. She wanted to let Bob off at the south end while they went to the north side.

Savannah was a little leery about spreading the team out. That would leave Bob alone. She knew that Cameron wanted to be the one that was alone. She was aware that if it was still Cammy and Cameron that's how it would've played out.

"Cameron, I'd feel better if we kept the team together for today." Savannah said.

Cameron became concerned. She looked around. She thought it was a sound plan. It was what Cammy and her would have done with just the two of them.

"Do you anticipate trouble?" Cameron asked.

Savannah thought she better let Cameron know the condition of her 'troops'. It was better to be honest and not get anyone hurt. Maybe if she was honest with Cameron it would encourage her to be as well at a later date.

"No." Savannah said. "I'm not quite one hundred percent today."

Cameron reached over and began to scan Savannah. She hoped she wasn't pregnant again. She tried to place when the last time Young Jesse was around her. Those were the times when Savannah used what was intended for Young Jesse. Maybe it was from the injury yesterday. Of course it was. What was she thinking?

"Is that why Jesse and Gail came along?" Cameron asked. "I thought you would come with Cam."

Savannah didn't know when the last time Gail and Jesse were on an 'official' mission. She was pretty sure Gail and Jesse hunted future Scavengers when they went out. No one ever knew what they did. She desired 'more' from Jesse and she'd wanted it for a long time. She always thought Jesse would be her first. She tried real hard for that to happen. Cameron made it happen for her in a different way with Young Jesse.

"Jesse helped me get dressed today." Savannah said.

Savannah waited for the SUV to swerve but it didn't. She thought it might. She didn't know that Cameron 'talked' with Jesse.

Cameron looked over to her left side where no one could see her face and smiled. It was what she wanted for Savannah. She wanted Savannah to have 'more'. She wanted more human females around her. She looked back to her right side with a straight face.

"I asked Jesse to be more attentive to your 'needs'." Cameron said. "I'll thank her. It's very important to me that your needs are satisfied, all of them."

Savannah swallowed hard. Cameron just told her she could openly purse Jesse. She hoped that Vanna knew. She'd witnessed Vanna threaten Jesse before when she was younger. Vanna told Jesse she would kill her and meant it.

"She only helped me get dressed." Savannah said. "I thought it was you when she knocked. I said 'come in'. It was Jesse."

Cameron hoped that Jesse would have pushed it a little more. Maybe that would happen later.

"How are you feeling now?" Cameron asked as she started to scan Savannah again.

Savannah thought Cameron wanted to see if her sexual desires were elevated. They were. She wanted to share with Jesse like she shared with Young Jesse.

"Not as good as I was five seconds ago." Savannah said.

Cameron quickly withdrew her hand. She could see Savannah was 'hungry' for Jesse. It was what she wanted for both of them.

"You know I worry about you." Cameron said. "I think about you a lot. I worry about you a lot."

The SUV swerved slightly.

Bob spoke for the first time since getting into the SUV and greeting Cameron.

"Do you want me to drive?" Bob asked.

Cameron silently pulled over.

Both Bob and Savannah were surprised.

"You can drive, Bob. Thank you." Cameron said. "Savannah will sit behind you and I'll sit next to her."

Everyone switched places.

Savannah silently reached over and took Cameron's hand that started to glitch, the glitch stopped. She gave Cameron's hand a soft gentle squeeze.

It was very reassuring to Cameron. It was the love that she sought. There was love that flowed from Savannah. Things didn't need to be sexual. Maybe that was what made it more beautiful. There were a few things she wanted to tell Savannah. They were important to her.

"Savannah, I want to say thank you again for saving me." Cameron said. "You've saved me from termination more than once."

Cameron realized Savannah did it again a very short while ago. It was yesterday.

Savannah didn't want a big deal made about any of it. It was done. It was in the past. She felt she would have done the same for anyone in the Resistance, even when she stayed when she could've left. How do you run out on a teammate? That wasn't her.

"Cameron, I did what anyone would've done." Savannah said.

Cameron felt otherwise. She was able to see how close to termination that she really was. It was very close.

"NO, it was more than that." Cameron said. "That 'Metal Bitch' was a millisecond from ripping my head off. She tried to overload my power cell and vaporize me. I was careless and almost paid with my existence - my life."

Savannah was unsure what Cameron was getting at. She wanted to gently take control before Cameron got 'wound up'. It never ended well when she did.

She leaned over and readjusted herself to lie over on her side and put her head in Cameron's lap. She looked up at Cameron's face sideways. Cameron gently stroked her cheek and hair. She put Cameron's other hand on the side of her neck so she could scan her. Cameron went to move it but she held it firm. She smiled at Cameron.

It was always Savannah's way to be closer to Cameron in a non sexual way. It was how she could share herself with Cameron and they could be as one together. She'd done it since she was a girl and she saw that she could soothe Cameron with herself. All she needed to do was be herself and be true.

They drove in silence like that for awhile.

Bob didn't want to look back at them but they were near the target area.

"We'll be there in five minutes." Bob said.

Neither Cameron nor Savannah moved.

Three minutes later Bob spoke again.

"Two minutes." Bob said.

Savannah frowned and sat up. She hoped she'd given Cameron what she 'needed' to feel loved and reassured. To share what Cameron could take from her. She felt it was a way to be closer to someone you loved than sex was. Sex was very physical and there was a physical payoff to the activity. This was different. This was an emotional connection without the goal of sexual gratification.

Cameron was very pleased that Savannah could share with her like this. They were the only two that did this with each other. It was their special time.

"Thank you, Savannah." Cameron said. "It was beautiful."

Savannah smiled. She wanted to be with Cameron sexually too. That would happen one day. This was special to them. It was a human and a machine as one.

Bob knew nothing sexual happened but somehow the feelings they soundlessly exchanged were. He envied Cameron sometimes. Then again he'd seen the other side of the emotions. Maybe the pain was worth the pleasure of sharing. He felt Cameron was very lucky to have been chosen by Savannah.

He relived the image of Savannah as she placed her body in front of Cameron's to protect her and defend her. He knew that was love. He knew that Savannah would have fought to the death before she abandoned Cameron.

The SUV swerved.

Bob was glad it was only a pot hole and not him.

Earlier:

Cammy ended the conversation with Savannah and Cameron. She was still angry that Cameron was with Savannah. She was upset that Savannah sent her away. Maybe if she hadn't tried to deactivate Cameron the three of them would be together now. She was pleased that she was the second one to be with Savannah and the first machine to do so. Maybe she needed to concentrate on that.

Jesse was in the front with Gail. She looked back and noticed Cammy's hand started to glitch. She figured it was over whatever happened with Cameron, Cammy and Savannah. She knew how Savannah could soothe Cameron. She wanted to soothe Cammy. Cammy was 'Cameron' after all.

"Gail, I want to sit in the back and catch up with Cammy." Jesse said.

Jesse sought Gail's approval to comfort Cammy and not offend Gail. It was a thoughtful move. There was no need to upset one to soothe another.

Gail witnessed the confrontation with Cammy and Cameron. She knew Cammy was 'sent away'. She nodded. She knew every Terminator feared rejection by the one they loved and being sent away like Cameron was from her future. The fear of 'replacement' was in all of their minds.

Jesse climbed into the back. She made sure she made repeated contact with Cammy as she moved into position on her left side.

She silently took Cammy's hand that glitched. It slowed and then the glitch stopped. She wanted to 'offer' Cammy 'more'. There were several ways to do that. She readjusted herself and her right breast popped out of her shirt, the nipple ring shined brightly.

That triggered a 'memory' in Cammy that wasn't her memory even if it was, sort of. She wanted to hold the breast in her hand and fondle it. It was just the right size for that. The nipple pigmentation was much darker than her own. Just as hers was darker than Savannah's.

"That's beautiful. I remember when I put them on for you - when Cameron did, I mean." Cammy said. "Everything about you is beautiful, Jesse. I know how highly Cameron thinks of you."

Cammy figured Jesse would know that she was 'Cameron', even if she was 'out of date'.

Jesse was grateful to Cameron for changing the direction of her life. She felt Cameron gave her a life that was worth living.

"Cameron has done a lot for me and I appreciate it." Jesse said. "Cameron has changed my life. I owe her so much. She has helped my family and younger self. Cameron is the greatest."

Jesse reached forward and touched Gail. She didn't want to leave her out. She loved Gail dearly.

"Cameron helped me get together with this beautiful woman." Jesse said.

Gail was pleased Jesse referred to her as a 'woman'. They all knew she was a machine. Jesse made her forget sometimes…. Jesse was the same as Duplicate Jesse but they were different. It was hard to explain. Cameron replaced Duplicate Jesse with Jesse when they thought Duplicate Jesse was dead. Cameron 'gave' her 'Jesse' twice and allowed her to share with Young Jesse as well.

Gail actually talked with the other Metal girls about it. They all said being with the human girls made them forget they were machines at times. They knew that Cameron could really think she was Future Allison and a real human for an extended period of time.

She was glad Jesse loved her and she loved Jesse.

Jesse tried to get Cammy's mind off of the earlier events. She envied Savannah, Vanna and her younger self because they all shared a 'Cameron clone' as a lover and mate. She knew her other Duplicate self 'In some future' shared one as well.

Gail didn't want Cammy to get sidetracked on Jesse. She could see how she was transfixed on Jesse's exposed breast. She was actually surprised she hadn't begun to fondle it yet. She would have, it was right there. How can you not touch it? It fit so nicely in a hand. She looked down at herself. It would take four hands to hold just one of her breasts.

"We are coming up on our target." Gail said.

Cammy decided to repeat Savannah's request to the three of them.

"Savannah asked that we all stay together." Cammy said.

Jesse knew that Savannah thought about her safety, not Savannah's own safety.

"This is just a recon with some surveillance gear we will leave behind." Gail reminded them.

Cammy knew that Cameron would act accordingly. She figured that Savannah would have to hold Cameron in check.

"Cameron will do the same." Cammy said. "It's important we find where those HK drones came from."

Jesse was aware there were different versions of Skynet. Not everything was always identical even if it was the same.

"Are they standard Skynet designs?" Jesse asked.

Cammy checked on that same question herself.

"Yes." Cammy said. "They were nearly identical to ours from the wreckage we examined."

Jesse wanted to point out the obvious. She remembered what Savannah faced.

"That means more Terminators…." Jesse said.

Cammy knew that Cameron wanted more female Terminators if possible.

"Cameron wants more if we can capture them." Cammy said. "That's more as in HK drones and Terminators."

Gail thought that was a risk. There were other ways to deal with Skynet.

"It would be safer to flatten the place if it's an assembly line." Gail said.

Cammy knew what Cameron wanted and would do to obtain it.

"Cameron will lead the assault." Cammy said. "That's if it is even what we're looking for."

Jesse tensed up. That meant Savannah would go with Cameron again.

Cammy noted Jesse's reaction. It was clear that Jesse loved Savannah.

"Relax, they'll protect each other." Cammy said. "I'll try to go with Savannah as well. Cameron may need me elsewhere."

Gail was troubled by the earlier events, she needed to know.

"Would you have really deactivated Cameron earlier?" Gail asked.

Cammy planned to do just that. She knew that Savannah wouldn't have allowed Cameron to be terminated. She wanted to make a point.

"Yes. I wasn't bluffing." Cammy said. "I wanted her to know I could take her down and that I did, well, almost. I wouldn't have terminated her. She needs to think about Savannah more. Cameron has almost gotten Savannah killed several times."

Gail was as impressed as every Terminator was of Savannah in action.

"I saw the footage of Savannah with Cameron and you." Gail said. "I was very impressed. Savannah has saved Cameron more than once from certain termination."

Jesse noted Cammy's hand started to glitch again. She thought about placing it on her still exposed breast. She didn't know what that would do. If Gail wasn't there she would've done that right now.

"Oh no, love." Jesse said as she took Cammy's hand again. "We'll all look out for each other. We always have."

Cammy's hand stopped glitching. She wanted them to know what her plan was.

"I wanted to make a point. If Cameron persists in endangering Savannah, I may be forced to act." Cammy said. "I would've reactivated her soon anyway."

Jesse was a little worried still. She wanted to give Cammy a reminder about Savannah.

"We know you would have." Jesse said. "You would never hurt 'yourself' or hurt Savannah by hurting 'yourself'."

Cammy tilted her head slightly.

"I hope not." Cammy said. "I really do."

Cammy really wished she did know.

I Really Do

You can tell someone
What you think you know
The sad fact of the matter is
That doesn't make it so

Not everyone always feels
What they think they feel
That makes a difference
As to what's really real

People get caught up
In a moment of time
They can't see ahead
That things may not chime

There actually are some
That their heart may beat true
Maybe that's how it is
From me to you

I know what I want
You do too
It's what I want
I really do

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