Chapter 556

I'll Drive

Cameron only wanted to use caution until Sheila and Ally were clear. It all seemed to start to fall apart fast. She didn't want them to get discovered or trapped inside one of the buildings they needed to hit. She wanted to get everyone on the same page.

"Cam, I'll need you soon." Cameron said. "Ally and Sheila need to get clear first before we attack the two buildings with the assembly lines."

Cam was ready. She watched as the four drones around her lifted off. It was clear that John Henry or CamNet took control of them. She wanted to get moving too.

"I'm ready to go." Cam said. "As soon as we hear from them, I'll go up and I'll be at your location in less than two minutes."

Cameron considered what Cammy said about the HK Tracks at their current location being slightly different from the one's she'd encountered earlier and sabotaged.

"You need to be on the lookout for any Skynet HK drones as well." Cameron said. "There may be other locations associated with this group that we don't know about yet. That's still an unknown."

Cam didn't care to run into any problems either. She knew that at least one HK drone took a shot at Holly when she was in the manned drone.

"I'll be on the lookout for everything." Cam said.

Cam thought their drones would be spread thin at three different locations simultaneously. It would make things easier for her at her location. Anything else in the air at the old helicopter base would be a target. She also needed to be mindful the Blackhawk was on the way with the 'MIKE Force'.

She wanted to hedge her bet some. Once the four drones headed off in pairs she lifted off. She decided to move closer to the old helicopter base.

Gail was in a fight for her existence, her life. She was beaten up badly by the two Terminators. She didn't think she could last much longer. They were both bigger and stronger than her. She was surprised she was still in the fight. That was because she needed to protect Jesse. She calculated how quickly she could rupture her power cell and cause it to explode. She should be able to damage if not destroy the two Terminators. Gail knew she needed to protect Jesse. She knew she'd failed at that before. She could tell she was finished here. She couldn't exist without Jesse again. It would be an honorable termination to go out this way. It should be quite a bang.

As Gail fought she was aware they were about to close in for the kill. It would happen this next time around. She began to disrupt her power cell's safeties. It would make it easier to explode.

'I love you, Jesse.' Gail said to herself as they moved in.

She knew what needed to be done.

Gail reached up to rip her sheath open and rupture her power cell….

She needed to make sure Jesse and Savannah were protected. She needed to protect the Resistance.

Cameron went to check out the central hanger. It wasn't what she'd expected to find so soon. It was as she feared. The lights were on inside the center hanger now. Something was happening inside. An alarm must have been sounded somewhere. Cameron ran down the side of the hanger towards the front. She believed whatever came out from the inside would be there.

She figured the HK equipment would come right out the main hanger door. It was time to play her 'Ace' and create a distraction. She would need some additional support as well.

"Bob, I need you now." Cameron said. "Take up position in front of the first hanger. Be prepared to fire on anything that leaves the central hanger. It's time to let 'Painless' out."

Bob followed the com traffic. He was back inside the SUV with the engine running. All he needed to do was put it into gear to go.

"Affirmative…." Bob said. "I'm less than one minute out."

Bob glanced over at the M134 handheld minigun. It was loaded and 'hot'.

Cameron needed to buy one minute. She wished that she would've called Cam earlier. She hadn't. She forgot that Cam was 'her'.

"Cam…." Cameron said. "I need you."

Cam was already up and headed for the old helicopter base. She was 'Cameron' too. She knew how to play the game and stack the deck.

"I'm already headed there. I'll be there right after Bob." Cam said. "I know how these things go."

Cameron smiled to herself. It was what she would have done as well. She was around to the front side of the middle hanger now.

The hanger in back of her started to open. That was the one she'd left Cammy in.

'Now what's happening?' Cameron thought.

The unmistakable clanking sound of an HK Track could be heard.

One clanked outside followed by another. It sounded like more were coming….

Cameron didn't want to have to face multiple threats now. If there were HK drones they were inside the center hanger. That's where she needed to go and try and prevent them from taking off.

Ally ran into the back of the trailer and caught the 'Metal Bitch' off guard. She fired her Taser and scored a hit. The 'Metal Bitch' went down. There was a look of surprise on her face. The 'Metal Bitch' hadn't imagined encountering any hostile Terminators at the assembly line location. The last thing she saw were the red eyes of Ally.

Sheila followed Ally in and saw that she'd Tasered the 'Metal Bitch'. She took up a defensive position at the rear door. She needed to make sure that no one spotted them. Her main concern was the male Terminator. It looked like they were good, at least for now.

Ally drug the 'Metal Bitch' to the front of the trailer and removed her chip. There was a sound or cloth being ripped as well.

The truck started up.

Sheila moved further inside the truck. She was between the last and second to the last HK drone.

The truck shook and bounced and pulled forward about ten feet and stopped, with a loud hiss.

The rear doors were closed thirty seconds later. The two Metal girls ducked down as the rear doors were closed.

Ally and Sheila looked at each other in the darkness.

Soon the air hissed again and the truck shuddered and rumbled forward.

Ally and Sheila both picked up John Henry in the Command Center as soon as they were away from the building.

"We're clear of the structure." Ally said.

John Henry relayed the message.

John was relived to know they were out since the assault at the old helicopter base started. There were two drones ready to attack the two assembly line locations. They would arrive in a very short time.

The truck slowed at the checkpoint but didn't stop.

Ally new they needed to disable the drones and take control of the truck. The attack was about to start and she wanted the driver out of the picture before he was notified of any attack. She wanted to catch him off guard.

"Do you want to drive the truck?" Ally asked. "One of us needs to take these HK drones out of service."

Sheila moved to the front of the trailer. She moved up to the 'Metal Bitch'.

Ally wasn't surprised as she watched Sheila. She still needed to 'say' something.

"What are you doing?" Ally asked.

Sheila was about to rip the pants open for a better look of the new female accusation.

"I'm going to inspect the 'Metal Bitch' for damage." Sheila said.

Ally laughed.

Sheila looked closer. The clothes were already torn open. It was clear what already happened.

"You're too late." Ally said. "I beat you to it, this time. There was no damage. Disable the drones and then you can 'play'. I'll drive."

Sheila was a little disappointed. Ally was able to 'one up' her on just about everything since they'd entered the building until now.

Ally was pleased she'd outmaneuvered Sheila. Now it was time to take control of the truck. She felt good about everything and herself right now. She climbed up on top of one of the drones and ripped a panel loose from the roof of the trailer. She climbed out onto the top of the trailer and walked on top of it as she moved forward. She clambered down the front of it. She moved across the back of the cab over to the driver's side and opened the door.

The driver was surprised. There was a stunned look on his face as Ally punched him in the side. He doubled over. Ally shoved him onto the passenger's side and slid into the driver's seat. She closed the door. She blew the air horn twice and floored it.

Sheila quickly disconnected the power supply from each of the HK drones. She heard Ally blow the air horn twice and the speed picked up. She proceeded to open the top and inspect the 'Metal Bitch' in detail everywhere. She liked what she saw. She planned to have Ally place her chip in the new Terminator for a day or two. She wanted to try everything out. It was something they usually did when Cameron was away for a few days. It was a way to blow off some steam before things returned back to normal. After the incident with Isabel, they didn't chance going out in public until the sheath was Resequenced.

She was in contact with Ally and John Henry the whole time she checked everything out on the 'Metal Bitch'.

Ally and Sheila told John Henry which side of the building to target first. They'd transmitted the images they took with their phones.

Cammy already provided them her information on the targeting as well for the structure she'd been in.

Their four drones were on their way in pairs to each location. The targeting information was already entered. The drones were 'cleared and hot'.

Cam was up too. They were all cleared to fire….

Gail was in a life or death fight and she was about to lose. Just as she went to rip her sheath open and damage her power cell so it would explode, one Terminator was able to grab and pin her down after he slammed her to the ground again. She couldn't get to her power cell.

The other Terminator smiled. He decided to end this. He didn't like the fight she'd put up. He decided to rip her head off. He would take the headless chassis back to the barracks and allow the Grays to 'use' it. It amused him to watch them. He wouldn't need to hear anyone scream or cry as they abused her as was the case with human females. He really disliked them. Maybe he would try it this time just too see what they all thought was so great about it. With her power supply intact they would be able to use her headless chassis indefinitely. He didn't like the 'street trash' that he'd needed to round up for them sometimes. None of them lasted more than a week. The Grays were very rough with them. Maybe he'd even give the head back once he'd removed the chip from it. She could always be there with a smile on her face for them. There would be no need for him to obtain human females again. He would terminate them anyway when he could. He really disliked how they cried and screamed. Those thoughts would make the termination of the hostile 'Metal Bitch' that much sweeter.

Gail was pinned down. She knew this was where it ended for her. She saw that her head was about to be torn off.

The Terminator that reached to rip Gail's head off staggered and fell. Gail wasn't sure what happened at first. She still struggled wildly. Maybe there was some noise in the background. As the Terminator fell it revealed someone was behind him.

Standing on the incline was one of the 'men' Gail followed up the trail. She recognized the vest and cap. That was her next target. There was fired Taser in their hand.

The other Terminator that held Gail looked over but didn't act instantly. He wasn't sure what just happened or why. It looked like one of the Grays brought his Metal associate down.

Gail broke free and shoved him.

Before he could get back up he was hit with a set of Taser barbs as well. He was down now two. In the last seven seconds both of the hostile Terminators were taken down.

Gail looked up at the 'man' who'd fired the Taser. They reached up and pulled their cap off. A mass of beautiful red hair flowed over the shoulders.

It was Savannah! She'd never seen anything so beautiful in all her existence. She was 'finished' and Savannah saved her.

Savannah jumped down next to Gail and handed her a knife.

"I want you to deactivate them." Savannah said as she began to collect the weapons scattered around the area.

Gail quickly removed the chips from the two fallen Terminators. There was an intense desire on her part to smash both of their faces in but she didn't because Savannah was there.

"Thank You, Savannah." Gail said. "You saved me."

Savannah smiled and touched Gail's cheek.

Gail felt a rush of 'electricity' flow through her but it wasn't actual electricity. She wasn't sure what it was but she wanted more of it.

Savannah wanted to reassure her about Jesse.

"Jesse's fine. We all help each other." Savannah said. "Jesse…."

Jesse waited at her secondary location. She knew that the next person she saw was going to be a Terminator. She waited with her Taser.

Her com crackled to life. It was Savannah.

"I'm here, Savannah." Jesse said. "Did you find Gail?"

Gail was pleased to hear Jesse ask about her. Before she could answer Savannah did.

"She's here with me." Savannah said.

Jesse wondered why Gail didn't answer herself.

"Is Gail alright?" Jesse asked.

Savannah could see Gail look for her com. It was knocked out at some point.

"Yes." Savannah said.

Jesse was worried even more now.

"Why doesn't she say something?" Jesse asked.

Savannah knew how Terminators thought and how some things could 'bother' them. She didn't want Gail to have a 'problem' going forward. She chose her words carefully. She wanted Gail to have some dignity after her close encounter with termination.

"Everything's fine. She fought two Terminators. They're both deactivated now. She just finished removing their chips." Savannah said. "Her equipment is scattered around. She's collecting it now. Drive the SUV down the trail until you see Gail or me. You should see her in two minutes. Watch your downhill speed. Don't come down too fast."

Jesse wasn't sure she'd heard Savannah correctly. She wanted some clarification.

"Gail survived an attack by two Terminators?" Jesse asked.

Savannah saw Gail look back at her. She smiled at Gail.

"Yes." Savannah said. "She just finished deactivating them. I saw her do it myself."

Gail understood everything clearly in that instant. Savannah was the 'Chosen One'. She appreciated what Savannah did for her in front of Jesse. She would need to tell the real story at some point. She was 'finished' and she knew it. Savannah was the one who saved the day for her. She was indebted to Savannah for her existence, her life.

Jesse was pleased that Savannah and Gail were OK. She hopped up to head to the SUV. She wished there was a little more time so she could 'work' on the dead men around the area. Maybe it was better if she didn't 'go there' again. She was supposed to be beyond that. She didn't want to disappoint Cameron or Savannah.

Jesse slowed enough to kick the closest dead man in the face as she ran to the SUV.

"You lost." Jesse said. "We won."

Savannah warned her to watch her downhill speed. She figured that the trail must get steeper as it went down. She did not want to run into Gail or Savannah after their great victory. They'd taken down ten Grays and two Terminators between the three of them.

The com traffic indicated that the rest of the team was in a little bit more of a jam than they'd been.

The hanger doors began to open on the center hanger. Cameron ran to go inside. She would have to deal with the HK Tracks later. They were off to the side right now at the end hanger.

As Cameron entered the middle hanger there was a HK drone lifting off. She jumped and grabbed the side of it. The sudden weight gain on one side of it caused the still ascending HK drone to swerve violent off to that side. The HK drone headed towards the opening hanger door. She dropped off before it hit. It bounced off the door and tore one power plant off. It then glanced off the inside of the hanger wall and headed back the way it came from on one engine. It suddenly dropped to the ground.

Cameron got a quick look around the inside of the hanger before she'd dropped off the HK drone. There were several dozen HK drones parked in there. They were all ready for combat.

There was some confusion as to what went wrong from those inside. They'd begun to respond to the alarm of an attack and now this happened.

Cameron was spotted. There was a Terminator headed her way now. She threw a Thermite grenade on the downed HK drone and ran back outside.

She was aware that several HK Tracks were headed her way on her right side as she exited the hanger. She saw Bob arrive on the opposite side. A second drone flew out of the hanger. She fired her Coltan loaded M4 into one engine and then the other. It continued forward in a lazy arc and fell on the old runway. It exploded in a fireball.

The drone inside that Cameron threw the Thermite grenade on, exploded a few seconds later. She could hear ordnance inside 'cooking off'. There were a series of screams that followed.

Another HK drone flew through the fireball and out of the hanger. Bob opened up on it with a Coltan loaded minigun. The third HK drone joined the second one on the runway as a flaming wreck.

Cameron moved towards Bob's position as the HK Tracks approached….

Two Terminators ran from the flaming doorway. Both of them fired weapons toward her.

They met Bob's minigun, 'Painless'. They both fell. He fired a second burst into them.

Another HK drone flew out through the flames before either Bob or Cameron could fire on it.

Cameron could hear the HK Tracks were closer.

More Terminators and men exited the burning hanger….

Some of each group were on fire. She figured the human ones were the ones that screamed as they burnt. She briefly wondered how they could run faster as they burnt. That was at first anyway. 'Painless' brought all of them down.

Things just seemed to go from bad to worse.

It was a typical operation for Cameron.

Problem Solved

No longer need you distress
For the pain will go away|
It's no longer a problem
No matter what they say

What's done is done
You must move ahead
There is much more to a person
Than what others may have said

However this event occurred
You must no longer worry
Look around and triple check
It may hurt you if you hurry

Life revolves around people
Their actions can really stink
No longer can you punish yourself
Please remove your mind from the brink

I do not stand over you
I stand beside you
I will not abandon you
But all this, you already knew

Nobody