Chapter 640

Smileless Tear

John lay in bed next to Cameron. He knew it was her about half of the way through her 'performance'. He decided to play her game to see what she was up to. She was able to trip him up some at first when he thought it was really Ally. He kind of hoped it would have been. He'd like to bag a real virgin. He didn't care if she was Metal or human.

He was little worried about the way Cameron referred to herself as a Bitch. She said everyone feared her and hated her. That was true to some extent.

"How much of what you said was real?" John asked.

Cameron didn't say anything besides what she thought others thought.

"I fear all of it is." Cameron said. "I'm not a good person."

Cameron knew she wasn't really a 'person' either.

John was a little upset that he'd revealed things he'd never said or openly admitted before. He was sure Cameron would use them against him. It seemed to be the way all females operated to him.

"You made me say some things I shouldn't have." John said.

Cameron didn't see it as a big deal. She didn't hear anything that she didn't already know or believe. She was comforted to know that he regretted his behavior to her that morning she'd caught him.

"I knew them to be true when they happened. You've wanted to say them." Cameron said. "Nothing new was revealed."

John didn't regret what he'd done. He only regretted being caught. He loved Riley and he'd wanted to make love to her. He'd do it all again if he could.

"It just happened." John said. "It was what I wanted at that point in time. Let's just drop it."

Cameron was aware that males sought as many sexual partners as possible. It was one of her infiltration advantages to get closer to male targets. She could manipulate them before termination. She was with John because she 'believed' she loved him. It also allowed her to 'control' him. Maybe it was all part of her programing.

"I still let you 'pop' me. It was my first known act of intercourse." Cameron said. "I've only ever been with you. I'm still here aren't I?"

John was sure Future John was the one who 'busted' Cameron. It didn't matter if the files were erased or not. He often endured a lot of 'dry spells'. That was mostly because Cameron tried to fight the war on her own.

"Sometimes you are." John said. "I know you're busy."

Cameron wanted John to do more and to have the best. He needed human females around him to protect him from assassination in the future. She wanted Savannah protected too.

"John, it's time to wake up and move your life forward." Cameron said. "I'm disrupting your future and I'm killing Savannah. You MUST 'take her' to protect her. You need to protect her from me."

John was ready for more female companionship. Maybe Cameron was really ready to share him with others now.

"I know." John said. "I know."

John already 'finished' once. Cameron felt she was lucky to make it as well. The act lasted only one minute and forty three seconds. She'd been keyed up by the conversation and used a lot of manual self stimulation. She was ready for more. John would take longer now that he'd already finished once.

"Now, where were we?" Cameron asked. "I'm ready for everything now. You know what I like."

John shifted around. He'd made quite a mess since he hadn't 'relieved' himself in a few days.

"Sure, let me get you started up." John said.

John started in.

Cameron lifted her head some to watch him as he 'worked'. She smiled and closed her eyes as the real pleasure for her continued. She understood why the girls all liked to be with each other. The pleasure was intense. She thought about Savannah.

Cameron and Cammy as well as all the Terminators added files into the compilation of events and missions Savannah was on. There was now an extensive record and file of Savannah's achievements.

This was done without Savannah's knowledge. Cameron and Cammy both knew Savannah wouldn't approve of this.

Savannah insisted she was like everyone else and no different. Everyone knew this wasn't true. Savannah was special. That's what everyone knew. It became clear to everyone that Savannah was truly the 'Chosen One'.

Cameron was more and more infatuated with Savannah. She seriously thought about Cammy's earlier offer. She really wanted to share with a female. She wanted it to be Savannah. When she was with John earlier she'd fantasized it was Savannah who was the one that pleasured her half of the time.

Later on:

John was pleased that Cameron spent so much time with him. She really seemed to enjoy being pleasured orally. She'd asked for it half a dozen times. A few of the times she was as excited as he'd ever seen her. He wasn't sure why.

Now it was time to get back to work.

John Henry greeted him when he returned to the Command Center.

John wanted some answers. So far he hadn't received them.

"It's been a day now. Do we have any leads on where those drones came from yet?" John asked.

John Henry tried to triangulate the flight paths. There were very few radar hits.

"I've checked all radar from the surrounding area. I may have something." John Henry said.

John sat up.

"Is that on the two that came to attack or the one that observed on some kind of recon mission?" John asked.

John Henry worked with CamNet. They'd turned up more than a few leads. At least they'd come up with a few things.

"It may be on both of them." John Henry said. "They came from widely dispersed locations. I can only track an area but not pinpoint a location on either one. They received some assistance to remain elusive."

John hoped this was the break they needed. He wanted Skynet.

"There weren't very many." John said. "I want teams out looking but not seem to be looking. Nobody works alone."

John Henry was sure there was more going on than they knew.

"We've destroyed their foundry and assembly lines at several locations." John Henry said. "I'm sure we're dealing with more than one Skynet here."

John wasn't sure how that would play out. He doubted any version of Skynet would trust itself. With Cameron and Mrs. Weaver out there, Skynet couldn't trust its own creations.

"Will they join together or fight each other?" John asked.

John Henry figured any alliance was temporary at best. Each Skynet would want to rule.

"They may join to fight us but I believe they will also fight each other." John Henry said. "It would be in much the same way Cameron ends up fighting with her clones. That's even lead to the termination of some of them."

John could have done without that reminder. It got ugly a few times.

"I thought they fought over me." John said.

John Henry thought John was the catalyst or even the focal point. The real issue was much deeper.

"In a way yes but it was really a power struggle for one to be in control over the other." John Henry said.

John felt a little insignificant.

"So it wasn't really me that mattered." John said.

John Henry knew how the machine mind worked. Trapped in a mainframe, it was very focused and goal oriented.

"No." John Henry said. "It was about power and control. The very thing Skynet seeks. You were just the medium."

John knew Cameron's biggest fear was that she became Skynet.

"Beautiful." John said. "Absolutely Beautiful…."

John wondered about CamNet now. That was 'Cameron' trapped in a mainframe. What made it worse was CamNet knew what it was like to have a chassis.

Savannah was able to get a few days to rest up. She was still sore and the bruises were still there. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her body wasn't perfect anymore. It didn't matter. This is who she was now. It was the same way Vanna accepted herself for who she was, scars and all. She knew the person she was, was really the person she was inside. External beauty was transitory. Internal beauty was transcendental.

Cammy and Cameron came by to scan her all the time. They said they wanted her to eat right and rest up.

Cameron refrained from all combat for the duration. She knew it was the only way to keep Savannah from following her.

Savannah decided if she was with John that she would want it to be dark to hide her imperfections and damage. She was afraid he might reject her. She did know her appearance would matter to John. Maybe she felt what Cameron felt in this regard. It sure seemed like it. Appearance did matter. No one wanted to see a look of disgust on another's face when they looked at them.

She dressed and went to find Cameron. She knew she needed to use her body's full 'capability' before that was damaged too. She could have been irradiated the other day. She'd been to two futures with high levels of pollutants. She really was burning the candle from both ends.

Cameron's face lit up when she saw Savannah. She looked fit and happy.

"Hi, Savannah." Cameron said. "You look rested and beautiful."

Savannah was sure there was no easy way to say it. She decided just to say it.

"Hi, Cameron. I'm ready." Savannah said. "I'm ready to go with Vanna to the specialist."

The smile quickly evaporated from Cameron's face. She needed to suppress a glitch impulse. She felt defensive.

"I can't ask you to do this." Cameron said. "I've never made you do 'this'."

Savannah noticed the reaction and change in demeanor.

"You need to calm down." Savannah said. "Look we all know we're going to lose Allison when she miscarries again. I know what you're planning for Claire. You've probably already done it."

Cameron thought it was an effective strategy.

"I have." Cameron said. "It's the only way to be sure."

Savannah wasn't so sure of that. Claire delivered Allison's baby to Future Allison. Allison wanted her baby back.

"If Allison leaves, Vanna leaves with her." Savannah said. "We all know this. It is also a pretty good chance Jesse will leave with them. The only way to stop it and keep them here is by Claire and myself having THEIR children for them. It has to be THEIR children or they won't accept them. The same way you won't take Riley's baby from her."

Cameron felt another glitch impulse. Everything Savannah said was true. She didn't want anyone to think she tried to take Riley's baby from her.

"I could never do that to Riley and Derek." Cameron said. "It may be their only child. Riley made that offer on her own."

Savannah could see Cameron was agitated. She hoped to offer Cameron a way out. It was nothing new. It was what she'd promised Cameron long before she knew what was needed to have a baby. The first pictures and videos she'd viewed back then repulsed her. It always pleased her to see females together. She needed to refocus.

"I'll have this one for Vanna and the next one for John and YOU." Savannah said.

Cameron's eyes widened. She looked terrified. She'd seen the physical and mental pain Savannah experienced twice already.

"No, Savannah, I won't take your child either." Cameron said. "I can't do that to you. I won't do that to you."

Savannah knew when not to press the issue with Cameron. She would redirect her thoughts.

"Are you still going to take Young Allison into the past?" Savannah asked.

Cameron didn't see it as a big deal. It would accelerate her agenda.

"Yes." Cameron said. "It will be for a few years. Claire will be there for one of them. You'll be there for at least one of them too if you choose."

Savannah wanted to 'protect' Young Allison. She wanted to lay down the rules.

"It's Young Allison's child that you want. I won't let you breed her." Savannah said. "I won't allow you to 'push' her. I'm offering myself as I have always promised you."

Cameron was sure that Young Allison was properly 'conditioned'.

"She'll make the right choice when the time is right." Cameron said. "As have you."

Savannah knew there was another player in Cameron's game.

"Young Jesse may also be there for one of the years." Savannah said. "We've discussed it."

Cameron already put everything into play.

"I've already taken Jesse and Vanna in for the harvesting process." Cameron said. "Claire has already been implanted."

Savannah was aware Young Jesse wanted a traditional conception. She thought now was a bad time to point that out. She just tried to call it like it was.

"Now it's time for the breeding process." Savannah said.

Cameron looked sad.

"Please, don't say it like that." Cameron said. "You don't need to do this."

Savannah knew that she did need to. There was nothing else to think about.

"When do we leave?" Savannah asked.

Cameron thought that Savannah referred to going into the past with Young Allison.

"It will be soon." Cameron said. "I'm going to update my spare chip and Cammy is going to be me as well with my spare chip in her second port."

Savannah liked the idea of Cameron's spare chip in Cammy's second port. She knew she would be with 'Cameron' that way at some point.

"Nice." Savannah said. "So there'll be two of you at the same time?"

Cameron always worried about a temporal error.

"Yes." Cameron said. "That way I can make the trip with Young Allison and stay with her for the full time. I can then bring Claire, Young Jesse and you each to and from the past. Nobody is going without me."

Savannah reminded Cameron there were plenty of options.

"You can use Cam, Ally and Camille as well." Savannah said.

Cameron planned to make full use of all the female Terminators.

"Anna will accompany Young Allison and Hanna will accompany Claire." Cameron said. "Cammy can switch chip inputs for different parts of the operation when you're there…."

Savannah hoped that meant Cameron would be with her at some point. She was also worried about what Young Allison would be 'pushed' into. She knew Young Allison's baby was the one Cameron really wanted.

"You won't do this to Young Allison, will you?" Savannah asked. "I don't want her pregnant. I'm asking you not to."

Cameron suppressed a glitch impulse. Young Allison would 'act' for her soon enough on her own. She sidestepped the issue.

"No, Young Allison is to remain untouched until John is ready to accept her." Cameron said. "No other males will touch her."

Savannah hadn't been able to give John her virginity yet. Young Allison needed to wait her turn.

"She may end up an 'Old Maid'." Savannah said. "John's resistant to the 'Natural Order'."

Cameron would make sure there were plenty of females available for Young Allison to share with. She looked at Savannah. She knew who her true mate was.

"She may seek comfort and pleasure elsewhere then." Cameron said. "I don't want her to feel lonely, unloved or unwanted. I'll allow and encourage her the freedom to explore and share as I've allowed you."

Savannah would like Young Allison to have a choice in her partners and as to their gender. Young Allison wasn't Allison or Future Allison, even if she was really them. Circumstances played a big factor in those relationships.

"I can see that everyone's life is already planned for them…." Savannah said.

Cameron heard enough of this from John. She wanted Savannah to remember the big picture. She didn't make any of this stuff up.

"It's the 'Natural Order'." Cameron said. "I was created in it. It existed before me. I disrupted it."

Savannah wanted Cameron to remember what she's witnessed in Cameron's future.

"You also know you're a part of it." Savannah said.

Cameron believed those events were based on her desires.

"I became part of it for two reasons." Cameron said. "Those reason were and are Allison Young and Savannah Weaver."

Savannah smiled. She wondered about John.

"Not three reasons?" Savannah asked.

Cameron's own desires sought something additional.

"No, I already obtained that." Cameron said. "I found I wanted more. No, not wanted, I NEEDED more…."

Savannah hugged Cameron. She didn't want to put her on the spot or worry.

"I'll help you, Cameron, you know that." Savannah said.

Cameron wanted to smile but instead a tear ran down her cheek.

Savannah gently wiped the tear away.

"Oh, Cameron." Savannah said. "I'll do anything for you. You KNOW that. I love you."

A single tear ran down Cameron's other cheek. She didn't want Savannah to die because of her or for her. Savannah's love was unlike any other.

John Henry tried to stay in front of the news. Some things happened anyway.

"I have some bad news." John Henry said.

John looked away from his monitors.

"What else is new?" John asked.

John Henry was worried about the nature and direction events took.

"There's a brewing investigation into the 'Mine Incident'." John Henry said.

John could see that for the trouble it presented on several levels.

"Can't you quash it?" John asked. "It sounds like there is more behind it."

John Henry worried about the same thing.

"I think some Skynet offshoot is behind it." John Henry said.

John wondered where things were headed.

"Are they trying to find out what happened or hide their involvement?" John asked.

John Henry still needed to make that determination.

"I think it's both." John Henry said.

John figured it would give them a direction to look.

"This should give us some leads on who to hit." John said.

John Henry already came up with some areas to look.

"It will give us some kind of leads." John Henry said.

John didn't like how close it was for Cameron's team. The attack on the rescue operation made it personal.

"I want to hurt them." John said. "I'll alert Cameron."

John Henry doubted John would like the full report.

"I'd have to say she already knows." John Henry said. "CamNet is the one who found the information."

John now felt a sense of alarm.

"Has Cameron gone out yet?" John asked. "Where's Savannah at?"

John Henry knew where Cameron was at with Savannah.

"Cameron is involved with some other 'activities' currently." John Henry said.

John wasn't sure what that meant.

"Do I want to know?" John asked.

"It's doubtful." John Henry said.

John figured it must be better than being shot at or blown up.

"Maybe it's better than her getting shot up and dragging Savannah around with her." John said. "They both need a break."

John Henry saw it all as a matter of perspective.

"I don't know about that…." John Henry said.

John Henry wasn't pleased with all the decisions Cameron made for everyone, especially Savannah. He feared what Cameron would do with Young Allison once Cameron 'aged' her. He doubted Cameron would even age her before she compelled her to 'act'.

Smileless Tear

Tears come in many forms
They're not all the same
Is it always someone else
That is to accuse or blame

Maybe one needs to look deeper
Before they point the finger
Are they the one who pushed first
The seeds of discord always linger

What starts as 'punishment'
May compound on other things
Suddenly nothing matters
Some long to have wings

Others can see them falter
They lend a sympathetic ear
They've experienced the same
Together is shed a smileless tear

They each seek comfort
They know it's a dare
It is now for each other
That they care as they share

Nobody