Chapter 652

Observations

Earlier:

Vanna finished up with Claire and moved on. She passed Holly on the way out. It was clear that Holly and Claire were both about to share. She checked on Allison. There was the customary small gap in the door. Any door not closed tight was always an open invitation for anyone to enter. When she looked in, Cam and Allison were both together. She watched both of them share with each other at the same time. It excited her greatly to watch Allison together with 'herself'.

A voice startled her.

"We can do the same thing." Hanna said. "It will be just like them but it will be us instead."

Vanna was a little surprised that Hanna moved up silently behind her. The Metal girls all liked to do that. She'd been so focused on Cam and Allison that she hadn't heard her.

"You startled me a little bit." Vanna said. "I'd like to do that."

Vanna liked being with 'herself'. She was with Hanna any opportunity that she could get. It excited her immensely to be able to service 'herself'.

Hanna looked at Alison's bedroom door.

"Do you want to make it a four-way or keep it a two-way?" Hanna asked.

Vanna I could be with Cam anytime and usually was multiple times a day. She wanted to keep it personal right now with Hanna.

"I think we can start out with a two-way." Vanna said. "I like what you have to offer."

Hannah smiled. Of all the females that she'd been with, what she enjoyed most was what Vanna or Savannah could offer her visually. She was pleased that she shared their DNA.

"That sounds good to me. Let's get started." Hanna said.

Hanna led Vanna off to the room where Holly and her kept their clothes. She often shared the bed with Holly once Claire and Allison were asleep. Young Allison would sneak up and watch them. They always positioned themselves so Young Allison could see and learn the most. Anna would quietly make her go to her room. Anna would return and watch them for three minutes every time before she left. They always wondered if she would join them but she never did. She'd told them before that she wanted to 'save' herself for Young Allison.

Vanna turned on the overhead light. She intended to make the most of the encounter.

Both of the girls were still naked. As soon as they hit the sheets, they started in on each other.

Young Allison and Anna finished up in the bunker.

"You need to get cleaned up for bed." Anna said. "We're done here for the night."

Young Allison was tired. She yawned and nodded. She headed up the stairs to return to the main part of the house. As soon as she cleared the door to the bunker she could hear 'activity' occurring in multiple rooms.

She stopped by each of the three rooms with the partially open door and watched the two girls together on the beds. She found it quite fascinating to watch Vanna and Hanna together and then Cam and Alison together. It was hard to tell who was who at first. It didn't take long see that the human girls were able to derive more pleasure and excitement out of the sexual acts. She was a little bothered by the fact that her mother seemed to enjoy everything the most. She watched her mother for a minute before she moved on.

It made her wonder which of the human girls she would most be like when Savannah finally 'took' her. Logic dictated it would be Allison. That was a disappointing prospect. Vanna and especially her mother seemed to enjoy everything more.

Young Allison checked on Summer and made sure that she was OK before she entered her own room. It was late and it was time for bed.

Anna quietly watched everything from just inside the door to the bunker.

She listened as Young Allison pleasured herself once she was in bed. She would need to report to Cameron that Young Allison was ready for more.

Cammy was still upset when she started down to see what was happening inside the old packing sheds. She knew she should use more caution than she was.

She'd spotted the positions of three sentries. She moved sideways and hoped to avoid them for now. Steve followed her down from their observation point. They'd set up some surveillance gear. Cameron sent a team of Metal that'd done the same thing at several other locations.

Steve was right behind Cammy now. He thought she seemed a little off and reckless. He was about to say something but didn't know if it would cause a problem.

Cammy wanted to take the risk herself. It was the same thing that Cameron would do.

"I want you to wait here." Cammy said.

Based on Cammy's current state of mind it seemed like a bad idea.

"I should go with you." Steve said.

Cammy didn't think it would be a problem. There was additional help nearby.

"There are two of Cameron's Terminators near here." Cammy said.

Steve worked with several of Cameron's Terminators before. He felt that they were very 'primitive'.

"I don't care for them." Steve said. "They're so mechanical."

Cammy understood what Steve meant. That was all Cameron's doing in her misguided attempt not to get 'too close' to them. Cameron believed by keeping some distance that their destruction would affect her less. She doubted that was the case.

"They're all business and no play." Cammy said. "The only time they're different is when Savannah comes to see them. They all change when she's among them. I can see it. I can actually see them come 'alive' as Savannah interacts with them. They do their jobs and follow orders. They're good fighters."

Cammy knew Cameron brought Savannah to see them to instill personal loyalty in them to Savannah. Savannah always seemed to have a way with Metal and humans. She was sure Cameron would do the same thing with Young Allison more and more as well. The two girls, Savannah and Young Allison, would have an army of Metal that was loyal to them before any other cause. They would also have protection better than anyone else. It was an effective strategy to protect the two girls going forward. It would always give them an 'ace' in the future. She thought it was a good idea no matter how one looked at it. Cameron gave and provided power to Savannah like no other, other than Cameron herself. She knew part of the reason. Cameron knew if she ever went 'bad' that Savannah would have the ability to stop her. Savannah was Cameron's 'fail safe'. Young Allison would be as well.

She wanted to move into the target area by herself. There was no need to endanger Steve.

"I need to go in alone." Cammy said.

Steve knew she shouldn't but it would cause a problem if he didn't obey her. He could reach her quickly if she needed help. He would act on his own anyway if he thought it was prudent. He didn't plan to wait for Cammy to end up in a terminal situation. He wanted to make his position clear to her.

"I'll wait here for now." Steve said. "I'll come for you if you need assistance."

Cammy knew that was a tactful way of saying if she got into a firefight.

"I'll stay in contact with John Henry and CamNet." Cammy said. "Watch your back."

Cammy moved further down toward the objective. She spotted what looked like several men moving an HK drone with a pallet jack from one packing house structure to another. It was covered over with a tarp. There were several points in her scan two separate times that showed what it might be.

It could be that it was assembled here or brought here for testing or maybe even storage. If she saw two of them, there was bound to be more. This location needed further reconnaissance.

Cammy slipped past the first sentry. She made it to the first building of the complex. The windows were blocked. They were covered over from the inside. She tried a door, it was locked.

She came around the back of the first structure. There were several white vans parked there. They were the same type they'd encountered with this new group over the past few weeks. She knew she was at the right place. The tarp covered HK drones and identical white vans were proof of that.

Cammy moved to the second building, the one where the HK drones were moved into. It was the same story as the first building. She carefully moved around to where the large opening was that they'd moved the HK drones through. It was closed now. This would call for a closer look.

She started to move up and stopped in her tracks. There was a slow moving upward arc that glowed red. It stopped and suddenly grew brighter. It was another sentry that was smoking. He was directly ahead of her. She carefully backed away. She didn't spot him earlier. That was a close one. If he hadn't been smoking, she would've missed him. He was in-between some old packing crates.

Cammy quickly concealed herself between some old rotting crates further back. They looked very unstable. The guard moved and was now almost directly in front of her. She checked behind her. The crates in the back seemed to have fallen together as they rotted and collapsed. It was clear that way out was blocked.

She checked through a tiny gap in the crate on the east side. There was a faint brightness starting on the horizon. It was the first sign of sunrise. She didn't want to be stuck here when it was daylight. She might be able to hide in the darkness but in daylight she knew she'd be spotted.

Cammy contemplated her course of action. Something suddenly appeared and landed in front of her. Grenade! It was her first thought but it wasn't metallic and lacked bulk or size. It was the still barely glowing cigarette butt. The guard tossed it away when it was smoked down to the filter. As she looked at it, the rotted wood splinters it landed on started to smoke. A fire was about to start. She couldn't see any good in that happening, especially where she was stuck at. She carefully moved her foot over and crushed out the embers before a fire could start. If she weren't there at that time to extinguish it, there would have been a fire burning in the old wooden crates within a few minutes. It was clear it quickly would've spread out of control as the old rotted crates caught on fire one by one. She doubted they had any easy way to extinguish a fire like that. The burning embers would probably have landed on the old packing sheds. It was most likely that they all would have caught fire as well. It was something to think about anyway as a parting gift when she left.

She was startled by a long loud deep toned sound. It was followed almost immediately by another shorter one. The second one wasn't quite as loud. It was the sound of flatulence. Her olfactory receptors detected the odor soon afterwards. A warning flashed in her HUD that it was an unpleasant smell.

Cammy hoped it would prompt the man to move away. She turned off her olfactory receptors for a few minutes.

"I've got to cut back on the beans." The man muttered.

He moved off as he waved his arm around him. It was a failed attempt to dissipate the unpleasant smell.

She came out from between the collapsing crates and followed him as far as the next structure. She watched him check his watch and move on. It appeared that he was supposed to be on patrol. It seemed that he'd just taken an unscheduled smoke break. She saw he carried a rifle as well. The guard clearly wasn't motivated and slacked off. She hoped they were all this sloppy.

Cammy doubled back and went down the side of the third structure. It was sealed like the first two. On this one however, the large door was still open. There was a faint dimness of light coming out of it. She thought about crossing over to it and trying to slip inside.

She'd just started to move when she heard it. It was the sound of an HK drone approaching. It was very quiet. It was unlike any she'd heard before. All of a sudden it was right there and almost on top of her. She wondered if it was part of a new generation or a new design altogether. Either way she wanted that technology so they could modify their drones. John Henry already made modifications that lowered their drones sound output by fifty percent. This new drone engine would seem to reduce that by another seventy five percent. The modification would allow their drones to operate at a much lower altitude in the darkness. She wondered if this group of Skynet sympathizers was from a further future. It wouldn't be the first time that they'd encountered that.

Cammy wondered if maybe she was targeted. If she ran, she would be a target. She was next to some old packing equipment that was shoved outside to rust away. It looked like they were old conveyor belts and sorting machines. She decided to hold her position. She hadn't seen any time bubbles since she'd left Steve so she knew she must survive. She was sure of one thing, Savannah wouldn't let her perish. Cameron on the other hand might just do that to her. So be it. She would take the roll of the dice no matter what it was.

She chanced a look at the drone. It sounded like it was about to land. It was. As she watched, it set down on a metal pallet and powered down. Two men came out and threw a tarp over it. They used a pallet jack to move it inside.

Cammy knew she needed to get inside that structure. The horizon was brighter now in the distance. Now wasn't the time to head inside. She'd be trapped inside for the entire day if she did. It would increase her chances of discovery.

She decided to slip back out of the compound for now. The complex would be kept under surveillance. They'd set up some more equipment and wait. She moved out past the white vans. She placed a tracker on each one. She didn't have enough for the other cars that were parked there with her or she would've tagged them also. The white vans seem to handle the 'official' business for Skynet. That's why she'd tagged them

Cammy headed back for the spot where she'd left Steve. There was a flash of light that caught her eye from the top of a nearby mountain. It was the tallest mountain in the area. Cammy stopped and looked back at the complex. There was a large circular dish of some type exposed now. It faced in the direction that the light came from. That setup hadn't been there earlier. There was a flash of light that seemed directed back at the mountain top. What was that?

She needed to get past the last sentry and back to Steve. This would all require further investigation and observation.

Cammy wondered if Cameron would've come herself to this location, if everything would be a flaming mass by now. It seemed Cameron felt less regard for her safety and well being than she did, which made no sense. They were the same program. What if they weren't the same program? Either something was 'wrong' with Cameron or it was 'fixed' in her programming. She made it back to where Steve waited for her at. She wanted to make sure that he'd seen the same things that she'd seen.

"You saw all that, right?" Cammy asked.

Steve was as puzzled as her about what actually just happened. It seemed to be some type of optical communication.

Cammy wanted to take some direct action. Something was going on up there and she wanted to know what it was. She calculated the distance and height and knew that it would be quite a hike to reach that location. It would take hours.

"I need to find out what's on that mountain top." Cammy said. "I better get started now. It looks like it's going to take a long time to climb up there."

Steve believed there was an easier way to at least get close to the top of the mountain.

"There's an aerial cable car that goes near the top. It's located on the outskirts of Palm Springs." Steve said. "I saw the signs on the way here."

Cammy figured that the aerial cable car would save them quite a bit of time to reach that objective at the top of the mountain.

"We'll leave Cameron's Terminators here for now along with the surveillance equipment." Cammy said. "We'll take a trip up to the top and see what we find. Let's get started."

Steve didn't want to seem like a Killjoy but there were specific operating hours that the aerial cable car ran.

"It doesn't open for a few hours." Steve said.

Cammy looked up at the mountain and frowned. CamNet quickly updated her. There were other potential targets in the area to check out.

"We can do some recon at another location by the Salton Sea first." Cammy said.

Steve was a little surprised. He'd figured that Cammy would've wanted to return to the base by now. He was aware that there were other things that she could be doing. The girls all seem to stay busy, Metal or otherwise, with each other.

"Don't you want to go back?" Steve asked. "There are others that can do this."

Cammy wasn't in a hurry to return to the base. She'd find out soon enough what actually happened in her absence. She honestly doubted it would be anything good.

"No." Cammy said. "I don't feel like it right now. Let's go ride the cable car. I want to see what's on the mountain top. CamNet wants us to check a few other things out first."

Steve nodded. He'd received the same transmission.

Cammy wondered if what was on the mountain top was really just the tip of the iceberg.

Know NO

The thrill of victory
The agony of defeat
The stab in the heart
The smoothness of the sheet

Feelings, emotion and confusion
They surge through the mind
We think we can see
Yet we're stone cold blind

It all happens in our brain
It's only all make believe
All they can give is to use
Maybe say thanks and leave

Rather than forever wonder
It is better to know
That we're 'not good enough'
To know the answer is eternally NO

All may seem small and lost
Nothing any longer matters
How could they do this to me
My shredded heart in tatters

Sex need not be physical
In a cold dark room at home
Sex comes in many forms
Maybe even as a poem

Nobody