Chapter 589
Dodge This
The trash truck pulled out onto the street. As soon as they left the compound, Derek sat up and looked around. Everyone could take a breath again. There were a lot of unknowns dealing with all this. Derek gave John and John Henry as full of a report as he could.
They knew they weren't going to track the big rig with the trash truck. They rumbled down the street and headed back to where the rubbish truck was acquired from. They would need a different set of wheels or a different team to track the big rig.
There was one loose end that bothered Derek.
"Bob, what is the status of the janitor?" Derek asked.
Bob searched and checked over the janitor while they were inside the dumpster.
"I haven't decided yet." Bob said.
Derek was confused by that answer.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Derek asked.
Bob didn't like what he'd found on one arm of the janitor.
"He has a Skynet work camp tattoo." Bob said.
Derek felt anger. That meant the janitor was a 'sell out' who became a Gray. That meant he turned on the Resistance to save himself and get a better life while his Resistance brethren died around him.
"Have you questioned him yet?" Derek asked.
Bob was sure there was no more to learn from the janitor.
"Affirmative…." Bob said.
Derek wanted a better answer.
"Well?" Derek said.
Bob was ready to move out of the trash section of the truck.
"Can I ride in the front now?" Bob asked.
Derek wanted the janitor dead. He hated turncoats and traitors.
"Finish it." Derek said. "He's a sellout and a Gray."
Bob didn't like the janitor anyway.
"Affirmative…." Bob said.
Jim stopped and Bob climbed out of the back of the trash truck and entered the cab, next to Derek.
Derek looked at Bob.
"Well?" Derek asked.
Bob kept a straight face.
"He sleeps with the roaches." Bob said.
Derek nodded.
"Let's hear what he had to say." Derek said.
Bob didn't think it was a lot to work with.
"This is what he told me…." Bob said.
Bob gave his report.
"That still doesn't tell us much." Derek said.
Jim felt they were always at a disadvantage.
"Does it ever?" Jim asked.
Derek didn't think so.
"No." Derek said. "We usually need to do it the hard way."
Young Allison wasn't pleased by what was happening. Something needed to be done NOW. Cameron's team was in grave danger and there was no one to help them out.
"I want CamNet to notify John Henry of all that's happening." Young Allison said. "It needs to be done right now."
Anna wanted to make it clear to Young Allison how things often were for Cameron.
"This is how Cameron operates." Anna said.
That wasn't a good enough answer for Young Allison. She was sure that Anna of all people could see things differently.
"Is that the 'Cameron' in you talking?" Young Allison asked. "What does the 'Savannah' in you say?"
Anna didn't say anything at first. She knew the 'Savannah' in her didn't approve of the risks Cameron took. It was apparent that more needed to be done.
"I've notified CamNet to release all information to John Henry." Anna said.
Young Allison believed that it should go to John as well. Cameron's team was involved with a Resistance matter. This wasn't an 'off the books' operation.
"Thank You." Young Allison said. "What can we do to help them?"
Anna knew Young Allison wanted to go there herself to help.
"I can't allow you to be involved in any field operations, Allison." Anna said. "You know this."
Young Allison didn't think the Young family needed as much protection as it currently had.
"You can take Hanna and Holly and go help." Young Allison said. "We have the Detail next door to watch us."
Anna felt a glitch impulse. That wasn't something she could do.
"NO." Anna said. "You're to be protected at all times."
Young Allison wondered about where that came from.
"Is that Cameron's order?" Young Allison asked.
Anna knew where the real concern was from.
"NO." Anna said. "That's Savannah Weaver's order."
Young Allison smiled to herself. Savannah always watched out for her, Cameron did too. Anna was proof of that. Things weren't good at the location where Cameron's team was at. She decided to personally speak with Savannah about this. A tense fear gripped her, she hoped she would be able to speak with Savannah and she wasn't injured or terminated.
Everything weighed on Young Allison until the words just blurted out of her mouth, seemingly on their own.
"I want to join the fight." Young Allison said. "THEY need me."
John Henry received the full update from CamNet. It also included Young Allison's desire for John to know everything as well. He was pretty sure how all this information was about to go over.
"I have some bad news" John Henry said.
John quickly checked his monitors. He wondered if someone 'made' the trash truck.
"What is it now? Is Derek's team OK?" John asked. "I didn't hear anything."
John Henry didn't want John to worry about Derek, Bob or Jim.
"No, Derek's team is fine." John Henry said. "They've returned the trash truck to where it was 'borrowed' from. Jim, Bob and Derek are currently shadowing the big rig. They've appropriated another vehicle."
John didn't see that as a problem.
"I got that." John said. "Everything is going according to plan."
John Henry didn't look forward to the next part.
"It's CamNet." John Henry said. "All information regarding Cameron, Cammy and Savannah has being released."
John was a little confused by the change in MO.
"OK." John said. "That is unusual. Is anything happening where they went?"
John Henry was a little surprised at the source. Maybe he shouldn't have been. He'd been contacted twice by her already.
"This information is being released on the order of Young Allison." John Henry said. "She's demanded we be contacted."
John was instantly alert. That was a bold move for Young Allison. It must mean that Savannah was in danger. That meant that Cameron and Cammy would be as well.
"What happened?" John asked. "Spill it."
John Henry didn't have a lot of detailed information.
"The last information we have is Cameron reported contact with HK Tracks at the 'inactive' location." John Henry said.
John was worried about any HK equipment.
"That isn't good." John said. "How many HK Tracks are there?"
Some things were unknown, some were known through their own surveillance equipment.
"That's unknown." John Henry said. "From the surveillance equipment we set up earlier we've now detected gunfire."
That seemed to be pretty standard to John when Cameron was involved.
"That's not unusual." John said.
John Henry thought it was the type of gunfire that was different.
"It's repeated bursts of minigun fire." John Henry said.
John was on his feet now.
"This is bad news." John said.
John Henry tilted his head slightly. It was his opening line of the current conversation.
"I've already stated that." John Henry said.
Savannah moved so she could pop up from the trough she was in. She was in close. The HK Track that was literally right over her couldn't engage her unless it tried to run over her.
She wanted to try something new. She touched her Taser. It worked on Terminators so it might work on this HK Track. The trick would be to get the barbs wedged into the metal at a joint so they would stick. If not, she was going to use the Thermite grenade.
What worried her the most was that at least one other HK Track fired on right where her position was at earlier on. It didn't matter, Cameron and Cammy needed help.
Savannah pulled her Taser and came out of the trough behind the HK Track.
"Dodge this." Savannah said.
She held the Taser and fired twice into a joint in the frame where the gun mount pivoted.
One of the barbs from the first set deflected. Both barbs from the second set wedged as the charge was delivered.
She really hoped this was going to work now that she was totally exposed.
Cammy saw Cameron go down and knew the third HK Track was going to light her up. She decided do move to try to draw the gunfire herself. That should give Cameron time to move.
Cameron scrambled to roll and get up. She saw Cammy move away from her and towards the HK Track. That move made Cammy the bigger threat to the HK Track. Cameron knew one of them was going to get chewed up.
Nothing happened.
Cameron stood and looked back at the HK Track she'd disabled. It was stalled. Cammy moved and went behind the HK Track she disabled and toward the third HK Track.
"Savannah?" Cameron called out.
Savannah moved out from behind the third HK Track.
"I need one you to disable this thing before it reboots." Savannah said. "I Tasered it, it's going to reboot. I think I may have disabled it but I want to be sure."
Cameron and Cammy looked at each other. They both knew Savannah saved one of them, if not both of them.
Cammy came over to disable the HK Track. Savannah had already done enough to prevent it from rebooting.
When Cameron came over she saw Savannah's vest was off. She wasn't sure why. She hoped she hadn't been shot with it on and took it off because it was damaged. She started to take hers off to give it to Savannah.
Savannah appreciated the gesture.
"No, Cameron, mine's down here." Savannah said and picked it up from inside the trough and put it back on.
Savannah showed them where she tried to take cover and why she needed to slip her vest off. Cammy and Cameron went back and double checked both of the HK Tracks they'd disabled. All three of them were offline.
Cammy came back and gave Savannah a hug.
"You saved us." Cammy said.
Savannah didn't want them to make a big deal about it. They'd all done the same thing in reality. It was only the timing that was different.
"I just did my part." Savannah said. "We all disabled one HK Track."
Savannah looked at the splintered work bench. She was glad she hadn't tried to hide there. It was her first thought before she spotted the trough.
Cammy and Cameron both looked at it as well. Cameron checked the trough for toxins. There were none detected. They knew it was close call for all of them.
Savannah was a little worried that whatever triggered the HK Tracks to respond may have alerted someone else.
"I think we need to get out of here." Savannah said. "We don't know what other surprises there are."
Cameron wanted to get Savannah out of there before anything else happened.
"That's a good idea." Cameron said.
Cameron looked around the area. She could always come back later.
Savannah could tell what Cameron thought about right now. She sighed slightly.
"Look, if you're going to come back later on, let's just do everything now." Savannah said. "We're already here."
Cameron was able to communicate with CamNet. A few things became clear.
"I have all the feeds looped and CamNet hasn't reported any communication going in or out of here." Cameron said. "The HK Tracks jammed our signals."
Cammy was in communication with CamNet as well.
"More help is about to arrive." Cammy said.
Cameron was a little upset. She'd hoped to keep the situation contained. They'd all made it so it was no big deal.
"I didn't call for that." Cameron said.
Savannah listened to the reports as well. She was even more pleased that Young Allison ordered CamNet to send help and to notify John and John Henry.
Cameron was pleased to learn that Young Allison took it upon herself to act. That was the kind of bold thinking she wanted her to do. She wanted Young Allison, like Savannah, to do the 'right thing'.
Cameron, Cammy and Savannah searched the location for anything else. Nothing was found. Someone left those HK Tracks there to ambush them and probably trigger an alert that would have sent HK drones. Their communications block prevented the later part from happening.
They all knew they'd been lucky. It was a close one, real close.
They would have a team collect the HK Tracks and add them to their collection. What couldn't be repaired, would be cannibalized for parts and the rest turned into projectiles.
Cameron took one last look around before they left. She looked at where Savannah was and the damage to the area where she'd been at. She knew Savannah too was almost killed. She knew it was Savannah that saved HER again by disabling the last HK Track. It was zeroed in on her and she was down on the ground with nowhere to go but the scrap heap.
She would later receive a full report from Anna about Young Allison and her actions and concerns. She was most pleased that Young Allison acted on her own accord. She wasn't afraid to do what needed to be done. She was pound of Young Allison as well as Savannah. She knew these were the 'women' in her future. The females she would share John with. The females she would share with herself.
Anna also made sure Cameron knew that Young Allison requested several times to be 'older' so she could join the fight and fulfill her destiny.
Cameron knew that was going to cause a problem with Claire, especially when she came for Summer. She was aware of the special abilities that Summer possessed. She wasn't sure if anyone else knew of them yet. She really wondered where and when Summer was actually from.
Sheila and Ally just finished off two thugs and their boss, Mort.
Ally snapped Mort's neck. She figured she should do what he wanted.
"He did thank me in advance." Ally said.
Sheila wanted to work on him longer but it was finished.
"Let's go get those girls and free them." Sheila said.
Ally was all for that.
"Damn, straight." Ally said.
Sheila was more worried about Cameron. Cameron always gave her a heard time.
"I'm taking the car." Sheila said.
Ally wanted to torch the place and go.
"Let's bust the gas lines and I'll toss a Thermite grenade as we drive away." Ally said.
They exited the building.
Sheila got into the sports car.
"We'll stop two blocks out and leave the SUV." Sheila said. "We can drive right up to the front door in this thing."
Ally took out a Thermite grenade when she got behind the wheel of the SUV. She could see Sheila fooling around with the rear view mirror of the sports car as they drove away. She tossed the Thermite grenade in through the open front door of the building and they accelerated away. There was an explosion several seconds later as the natural gas was ignited. CamNet would suppress all emergency response. The building would burn to the ground.
Two blocks from the next location Ally pulled over. She locked up the SUV and got into the sports car with Sheila.
"Let's go." Ally said.
Sheila headed straight for the next target.
"How do you want to play this?" Ally asked.
Sheila shrugged her shoulders.
"I think like we always do seems to work." Sheila said.
Ally knew what that meant.
"We play it by ear." Ally said.
They went over a few details. Ally would be the lead.
Sheila pulled up right in front of the door.
There was a thug who approached the sports car. He looked at Ally and Sheila. He thought they both looked hot. He tried to decide which one he would 'do' first. He didn't see his boss.
"Where's the boss?" The thug asked. "Who are you two?"
Sheila and Ally got out.
Sheila moved just right and a breast with a nipple ring popped out.
The thug decided he would 'do' the Asian slut first after seeing the nipple ring.
Sheila could see she'd gained the thugs attention. She decided to take the lead.
"I'm Mort's new squeeze, 'Blondie', this in my play thing, 'Baby Doll'." Sheila said as she pointed at Ally.
Ally looked at Sheila. It was supposed to be the other way around in their two block plan as they drove there.
The thug looked them over. He wondered why the Asian chick was called 'Blondie'. She was dark all the way around. This was something new but somehow it seemed plausible.
"We're here to collect some of the newer girls." Ally said.
The thug looked a little worried.
"They all have plenty of experience now." The thug said. "Mort told us to get them acclimated."
Sheila made no effort to tuck her exposed breast back in her top.
"We have a special client who wants some of the girls." Sheila said.
The thugs eyes were glued to Sheila's exposed breast.
"Who are you two again?" The thug asked. "I'm going to need to check you out."
The thug glanced at the sports car and squinted some as he looked in the front window.
"What the hell?" The thug asked.
He reached for a weapon.
Sheila rabbit punched him and his head slammed into the fender and dented it.
"That's great, so much for an easy entry." Ally said.
They reached inside the sports car and each grabbed a vest.
They each held their M9 as they headed for the front door.
A shot was fired at them as they entered. The each moved to an opposite side of the opening. Ally returned fire and the thug dodged away from her. He didn't see Sheila.
Sheila was right next to him.
"Dodge this." Sheila said as she shot him in the head.
Ally spotted someone run towards the back.
"Let's go." Ally said.
Sheila and Ally took off in pursuit.
A Lot Of Things
How the mighty have fallen
Wake up, look all around
Who was the one suddenly found
Who is the one now blindly bound
No one comes from nowhere
They just showed up here
At the right moment
They suddenly appear
It does not do any good
To tell you something is not right
You will brush me off
We will argue and fight
Now I must watch
As you throw it all away
Nothing will stop you
No matter what I do or say
You are caught in her web
As she pulls your strings
It seems she never told you
A lot of things
Nobody