Chapter 563

Evade And Elude

Cameron and Cammy were headed for a fight. It looked like it was going to be hand to hand combat. Cammy was naked since Cameron wouldn't allow her to dress.

Cameron caught Cammy naked in bed with John after Cammy tried to pass herself off as Savannah in the dark. Savannah intervened before anything happened and left in disgust once she found out the details.

Cam tried to calm Cameron and Cammy down. It only seemed to agitate them further. They were both angry at her for trying to stop them.

Cameron already planned what to do with Cammy terminated chassis.

"After I deactivate you I'm going to dump your chassis at a homeless camp. They can do what they want with you." Cameron said. "It will be better than what you deserve. 'Metal Whores' are the scum of the earth."

Cammy didn't see it that way at all. Cameron was defective and a danger to Savannah and John.

"It is I that will deactivate you. You're a 'has been' who's been 'replaced'." Cammy said. "I'll provide for both John and Savannah. They both belong to me now. They will both enjoy the comfort of my sheath and know what protection really is."

Cameron and Cammy advanced on each other. It didn't appear anything could stop this now.

Cam noticed something in the background.

"Listen!" Cam said forcefully.

Cameron and Cammy stopped arguing.

All three were quiet. They could all hear it. It instantly sickened all three of them.

It was the sound of someone crying. They were muted cries. It was crying that someone tried to stop but it was crying that couldn't stop….

It was the crying of someone in the deepest depths of pain. It was the kind of pain that lasts 'forever'.

Cameron knew the depth of that pain. She knew what it did to someone. It destroyed them 'inside'.

Cam pointed to where it was at.

Cameron glared at Cammy and headed in that direction.

Cammy and Cam followed.

Cameron came around the corner and Savannah was sitting on the floor crying.

When Savannah saw Cameron she turned away. She stopped crying and stood. The tears poured out of her eyes. She turned her back to Cameron. Cammy and Cam stood behind Cameron.

Cam was appalled at how upset Savannah was. It was the fault of Cameron and Cammy for fighting. She looked at them with disgust.

"I hope both of you are happy." Cam said. "How dare you hurt Savannah like this. Go ahead and terminate each other…."

Cam turned and left.

Savannah turned to face Cameron and Cammy. The tears still flowed down her cheeks.

"What do you want from me?" Savannah asked. "I've given you everything - EVERYTHING."

Cammy was bothered by Savannah's grief.

"Savannah, I…." Cammy started.

Savannah was upset and she was angry. This wasn't how she wanted to see the people she cared about and love act and treat each other. She looked at both of them with contempt.

"SHUT UP." Savannah said. "Look at both of you."

Cameron was infuriated with Cammy. She believed everything was her doing.

"This is your fault." Cameron said to Cammy. "You're going to pay for this."

Cameron shoved Cammy.

Cammy was caught off guard and fell. She came back up immediately and advanced on Cameron.

The tears still flowed down Savannah's cheeks. She looked at both of them. She knew how this was going to end.

"Stop!" Savannah softly said. "Stop…."

Cammy came at Cameron and sent her flying down the hall

Savannah watched as the two she people that she loved began to fight. Her tears never slowed or stopped. This was too much. This wasn't what she wanted.

"Stop now or I'm leaving." Savannah softly said.

Cameron got up and came back at Cammy.

Savannah watched them. This was too much. The tears ran down her cheeks. She turned her back to them and started to walk away. Her crying intensified. She couldn't take it anymore.

Cammy and Cameron grabbed a hold of each other. Each tied to get the other in a position so they could tear their head off. They blamed each other for everything that happened leading up until now.

They'd both heard what Savannah said and now saw her walk away. She'd turned her back on both of them. It looked like Savannah rejected both of them.

Cammy could see what they were doing to Savannah.

"We're hurting her." Cammy said.

Cameron relaxed her grip.

"What have we done?" Cameron asked.

They slowly released each other and watched as Savannah walked around the corner sobbing deeply from within and never looked back….

They both knew in that instant that they were never going to see her again. They'd terminated her love for them. It was both of their faults.

John Henry watched the whole thing unfold. It was a nightmare. Cameron and Cammy were going to fight until one of them was terminated. They were really going to do it. There was no stopping them. Savannah could have stopped them but she didn't. She could have 'ordered' them to stop but she didn't. She could have put herself between them but she didn't. Savannah didn't do anything to stop them but show them her true feelings and how much they both hurt her.

Now they'd done something even worse than fight each other. They'd HURT Savannah in the worst way possible. They'd hurt her inside. They'd hurt her heart and hurt her mind.

John Henry watched as Savannah turned the corner away from Cammy and Cameron. He felt he needed to do something for Savannah. He headed off after her….

When he saw that she didn't look back at Cameron and Cammy he knew what it meant. Savannah was going to leave them. She was done. She was going to leave all of them. They'd hurt her too much. He needed to hurry.

As soon as Savannah turned the corner she ran. She ran down the corridor and turned at another hallway and then doubled back through another. She made it to the carpool. It appeared that she'd gone the other way. If they followed her they would go the wrong direction. They taught her how to escape and elude a Terminator. Now that was exactly what she was about to do. She got into the closest SUV that was sitting there. It was right in the middle of the aisle. It was the one Cameron arrived in. Cam left the keys in it in her haste to follow Cameron. She started it and drove off….

Savannah only knew she wanted to be away from there. She couldn't take it any more. She'd given her whole life to all of them. Was this is all the more they thought of her? Did they ever think about her and what she wanted? Everything she did was what they wanted her to do. She was a person too. She had her own feelings. How could they do this to her? How?

She realized in that moment that she was nobody. She could have stopped them like she'd done earlier. Where did that get her or them? They were back at it again worse than ever. Maybe they needed to think for once. Everything wasn't written in stone. She'd trained for most of her life. She'd been a good student. Now it was time to be the teacher.

Cameron and Cammy stopped fighting and went after her. They hurried around the corner. She was gone. A new fear gripped both of them. Savannah was going to leave both of them forever. They'd made her do it. They'd damaged her love. They'd damaged her. They'd driven her away. They'd lost her.

John Henry was there now as well. Savannah should have been between them. She wasn't.

"Where is she?" John Henry asked.

Cameron and Cammy looked at each other. Savannah should have been between John Henry and them.

They couldn't find her. She'd been able to evade and elude them. She was gone.

Cameron tried to put it together. There was only one possibility left.

"She must have doubled back and gone to the carpool." Cameron said.

The three of them headed that way.

They reached the carpool and looked around.

Cameron looked where Cam left the SUV. It wasn't there.

"My SUV is gone." Cameron said. "Cam left it parked right here."

John Henry needed to plug back in. He needed his server. He would have CamNet assist him. They should be able to locate her.

"Let me go back and track it." John Henry said.

Cameron stopped him. It all began to 'click' now for her. Savannah was trained for this very thing since she was a small girl. They would never find her.

"It won't do any good." Cameron said. "She'll evade and elude our detection. She's probably acquired another vehicle or soon will."

John Henry and CamNet were the two most powerful computer systems on earth. He wasn't going to sit back. He would be able to turn something up.

"I'm going to try." John Henry said.

Cameron headed out onto the carpool area. Cammy followed her.

Cameron looked at Cammy's figure.

"Are you going to go like that?" Cameron asked.

Cammy was still naked. She didn't care if she was nude. She needed to find Savannah. She couldn't let anything happen to her.

"Yes." Cammy said. "This is how a 'Bitch Whore' should be 'dressed'."

Cameron wanted Cammy to have some dignity. She also didn't want reports of a nude female running around to get out. She stripped off her shirt and handed it to Cammy.

"It will have to act as a 'miniskirt'." Cameron said. "Be mindful when you bend over. It is VERY 'mini'."

Cammy didn't care who saw her. Savannah was all that mattered. She was mindful that Cameron wanted her to have some clothing and some dignity.

"Thanks." Cammy said. "It will allow us to move the recovery operation forward more smoothly."

Cameron wore only her pants and a purple bra. The evidence of her previous damage could be seen, most of it was still covered. She didn't like the term 'recovery'.

"It's a rescue operation." Cameron said. "The only thing that we've killed is Savannah love."

Both Cameron and Cammy headed out to search as they awaited instructions from John Henry.

Cameron and Cammy both knew if Savannah tried to evade and elude them that she would. They both taught her well how to run and hide from humans and Metal….

Now Savannah would pit herself against them. Neither one of them thought the chances of their success were very high. Savannah was an excellent student. She was perfect at everything she did. She did it over and over until she was perfect. They were never going to find her. They both knew it. They still needed to try.

John Henry plugged back in and CamNet relinquished control. CamNet was aware of the situation as both of their systems searched for Savannah.

They should have been able to pick her up. There was nothing. It was as if Savannah vanished.

John Henry directed both Cameron and Cammy where to search. Cameron told him not to pull anyone else off their assignments. All they would do is drive Savannah further underground.

If Savannah didn't go to Palmdale to see Allison or Young Allison, they weren't going to find her. If she did go there, it really would be the end.

A new fear crossed Cameron's mind. What if Savannah took Young Allison and they both ran? It could happen. They loved each other and they would work together.

She thought about alerting the Young Detail but decided against it. Savannah would bide her time and wait. She would get them to send all their forces in the wrong directions. Everything she could think of, Savannah would do the opposite. Savannah would know they knew that too. She could then do what they thought she would do because it was what she should do but they would think she wouldn't. It was clear to her they were in a mess. Savannah held all the cards. It was up to Savannah how and when she would play them.

Cameron and Cammy searched fruitlessly.

Cameron called Anna and alerted her to the recent 'developments'. She hoped for some 'inside information' as to what Savannah would do or where she would go.

Anna ran Cameron's program with the 'Neural Interface' from Savannah. She knew right away that Savannah wouldn't be found Terminator style. Savannah was human and would think outside the box. She knew how to defeat them.

"If Savannah doesn't want to be found." Anna said. "You won't find her."

Cameron ran some places by Anna for evaluation. She hoped one of them would be somewhere that Anna thought she might go.

Anna was 'Cameron' but she was 'Savannah' too. Savannah did the 'Neural Interface with her at least once a week. Often it was even two or three times a week. That made her very much more like Savannah. No other Terminator possessed that much human interaction or had any more human traits.

"I doubt it." Anna said. "She'll do the unexpected. She'll outsmart you and out think you."

Cameron didn't think Savannah took much with her.

"I still have to try." Cameron said. "All she has are the clothes on her back and her Glock."

Anna thought about the weapons and reserves they kept in the SUVs. There was food and water too.

"She also has an SUV with enough firepower to level a city block." Anna said.

Cameron knew that was normally the case. The SUV that Cam and her returned in was obtained earlier in the night. It wasn't stocked with anything.

"No. She will have abandoned it by now." Cameron said. "It was a recent acquisition. There's nothing in it. She has no money and her phone is still here."

Anna didn't think it mattered. Savannah had more than enough to obtain anything she needed.

"She has her Glock." Anna said. "She doesn't need money or anything else."

Cameron hoped Anna would be more helpful. The conversation with her seemed to be just the opposite.

"I'm worried about her." Cameron said. "So is Cammy."

Anna wasn't sure if they even knew what they were fighting about.

"Do you know what you two are really fighting over?" Anna asked.

Cameron tilted her head slightly. What kind of a question was that?

"I do." Cameron said. "We're fighting over Savannah."

Anna wanted to know more about what set it off.

"What about the part where John and Cammy almost…. You know." Anna said.

Cameron thought about the most recent event. She didn't consider all the past events.

"Cammy is me." Cameron said. "It was the fact Cammy made John think she was Savannah that upset me the most. Cammy almost stole a special moment from both John and Savannah."

Anna knew how Cameron 'felt'. She wanted to see if there were really any changes.

"The inevitable 'coupling' of John and Savannah doesn't bother you?" Anna asked.

Cameron wanted John protected. She also wanted Savannah. If she found Savannah she knew what she needed to do.

"It does." Cameron said. "But it MUST be. I want that for Savannah and John. It's inevitable. John must be protected. If John doesn't take her - I will."

Anna already knew that.

"is that what Savannah wants?" Anna asked. "Have you ever asked what she wants?"

Cameron wasn't sure what that was supposed to mean. Of course she knew what Savannah wanted. It was all the things she'd told Savannah she wanted.

"Hold on." Cameron said. "John Henry has informed me, he's located the SUV."

Anna hoped Cameron would have answered her question. She didn't. What they'd found didn't matter. None of it would. She knew that Cameron wouldn't listen to her, not yet. Cammy and her needed to work together first and become one. She told Cameron what she believed.

"She won't be in it." Anna said. "She will be where you least expect to find her."

Cameron wasn't sure what that meant. She'd already named all the places Savannah could be. There were millions of places she couldn't be.

"I'll call you back." Cameron said. "If she comes there please call me, even when she asks you not to. Don't make me call Claire and ask her to tell me, she will."

Anna thought about that. Claire was loyal to Cameron.

"Claire would." Anna said. "I'll let you know."

Cameron wondered if she'd missed anything.

"Can you think of anything else?" Cameron asked.

Anna wanted Cameron to know one more thing.

"If Savannah comes for Allison, she will go with her." Anna said.

Cameron already figured that much. There were two of them there in Palmdale

"Which one will it be?" Cameron asked.

"It can be either of them or even both of them." Anna said. "Either one of them will go with her and they will never look back. Every Allison will go with Savannah. It's the one love that can never be broken, no matter how much someone tries to end it."

A new fear gripped Cameron. She'd interfered with Vanna and Allison's relationship.

"Savannah didn't look back when she left." Cameron said.

Anna already told Cameron the answer about Savannah.

"That leaves Cammy and you with a lot to think about and what you both have done to Savannah." Anna said. "THINK about Savannah and what she wants the most."

Anna broke the connection.

Anna thought about it and laughed. Savannah would be in the last place they would expect to find her. She laughed again. She knew Savannah was protected. She laughed again. She DID tell Cameron it would be where she would least expect to find her.

Cameron looked at the phone after Anna hung up. What was all that about?

Cameron and Cammy searched for hours. All leads lead to nowhere. John Henry and CamNet could find nothing. Savannah was able to successfully evade and elude all of them. She did it in a very short time too.

Cameron was very dissatisfied.

"I won't stop searching until I find her." Cameron said. "Savannah is my only priority."

John Henry wondered if Cameron forgot about a few other things.

"What about John?" John Henry asked.

Cameron figured that one of the girls could take over for her.

"There are others to look after him - for everything." Cameron said.

John Henry wondered about the real issue.

"What about Savannah?" John Henry asked.

"I think we both know the answer to that." Cameron said.

"Indeed." John Henry said.

Cameron needed some help. Cammy and her searched for hours already without a single clue.

"In there any word from Palmdale?" Cameron asked.

Anna told John Henry to patch Cameron to her when she called again.

"Yes." John Henry said. "Anna is on the line."

Cameron was afraid she was going to hear that one or both Allisons were gone. If they were, it was over.

"Transfer it to me." Cameron said.

Anna thought that Cameron and Cammy looked long enough for the night.

"Savannah is in the last place you would look." Anna said.

Cameron knew Anna already told her that. She still didn't know what it meant.

"Did Savannah contact you?" Cameron asked. "How do you know?"

Anna wanted Cameron to think.

"Do you know where that is?" Anna asked.

There was a long moment of silence. There was one place she would have looked last on her own. She didn't see why Savannah would go there. Savannah wanted to avoid them.

"I do." Cameron finally said. "Thanks, Anna, but you could have told me the same information hours ago."

Anna smiled to herself. She knew what Savannah wanted Cameron and Cammy to do.

"Actually, I did." Anna said.

Cameron called Cammy, who now drove the SUV Savannah abandoned and told her where to meet her. They were both skeptical. It was the last place both of them would look on their own.

Cameron and Cammy moved silently. They didn't want to give their position away. They looked around as they approached the door.

It was unlocked. They quickly looked at each other. Maybe they would be met with a Taser.

Cameron soundlessly turned the handle and they both entered the room.

They silently stood and looked down at Savannah.

She was asleep in her bed….

It was the point of origin.

Cameron and Cammy didn't fight while they searched for Savannah. They worked together. That fact wasn't lost on them. It was also a warning.

Evade And Elude

Many questions arise over time
Some may be intentionally skewed
There's not always an answer
Even if they push and intrude

Often the askers are the ones
Who think they are shrewd
It is really only themselves
That they actually delude

Some are more outgoing
Others viewed as a prude
In the end it doesn't matter
They all end up stripped and nude

Each to his own
Wants others to include
That determines who is rejected
And who are those pursued

Many do not want to be subdued
They see the method as crude
They back away preferring to seclude
They choose to evade and elude

Nobody