Chapter 658

Rockin' Robin

Steve and Cammy we're in the aerial cable car on their way to the top of the mountain. They would be able to take the cable car as far as the header station. The rest of the journey would have to be on foot.

There was another round of gasps as the cable car passed the next pylon.

Soon they neared the center section in the cable.

Cammy spotted something that appeared to be above them and headed towards them. It would pass by next to them.

"Here comes the other cable car." Cammy said.

Steve noticed that the other cable car passed them in a flash.

"It seems to go by fast and looks higher." Steve said.

Cammy noticed that as well. She calculated that they'd actually passed each other at the same height.

"It's a matter of perception. They're traveling at the same speed as us since we're all on the same cable. The closing distance is double our speed. We're traversing a long span between two pylons now." Cammy said. "I think we may experience some more wind sway."

The sway increased at a few points as gusts of wind hit the cable car. The additional side to side movement of the cable car produced further gasps.

Steve looked into the distance to the east.

"I can see into the next state." Steve said.

Cammy was aware that on a clear day they could actually see much further.

"If it remains clear, we can see all the way into Mexico once we're at the top." Cammy said. "I read the brochure while we were waiting."

They passed two additional smaller pylons with the usual reaction from the others on board. They slowed as they neared the header station.

Cammy looked back down the length of the cable to the base station. She knew trouble was coming on the next cable car up.

The cable car dramatically slowed and crept into the header station. There was a mild jolt and a thud as the cable car came to a stop. The door opened and everyone exited.

There were large patches of snow on the ground and the surrounding hills were covered in snow. They'd watched the snow increase in volume as they climbed upward in the cable car.

Cammy and Steve took a quick tour of the facility, the eating area and shops. There was also a movie playing in one room about the construction of the aerial tramway.

In the small gift shop, Cammy bought two pairs of light gray sweatpants. One pair for each of them and a very light tan colored backpack to put them in for now. She thought they might come in handy later on.

Steve saw the advantage of the new attire but was concerned about one other factor based upon the snow.

"With our jackets reversed and these sweatpants on over our other pants we'll blend in better with the snow." Steve said. "When the sun goes down it will be below freezing here. Maybe it will even snow again. That will make our footprints detectable and restrict our movement."

Cammy figured the wind swept top of the mountain would be even more inhospitable than where they were now.

"It'll be even colder where we're going." Cammy said. "Until we warm things up…."

Cammy moved to the second floor above the header station and watched as the cable car was boarded by a few passengers for the trip down. It departed directly below and in front of her.

She could see the cable traveling below her.

They decided the best thing to do was take up two separate points of observation and see where the Grays went once they arrived. They wanted to identify them. Right now they didn't know what any of them looked like but they thought they'd be able to tell by their actions who they were once they arrived.

"We don't know who to look for or how many there are." Steve said.

Cammy knew that humans liked to congregate together. They also knew what the final destination would be for the Grays or any Terminators with them once they arrived.

"We'll know." Cammy said. "They brought two vans up. There should be a group or several smaller groups of two or three people. I think they will take one of the hiking trails."

Steve could picture that. They would probably be carrying things with them as well.

"Affirmative..." Steve said.

Cammy, like Cameron, wanted the male Terminators to use more colloquial speech.

"Next time try 'OK'." Cammy said with a smile.

She decided to run in full infiltration mode now. Currently she was like Cameron on John's first day at school in Red Valley. In that mode she would be very amicable to anyone that dealt with her.

Steve was a little surprised at the change in her demeanor. He thought how much Cammy reminded him of Future Allison right now from when he'd visited Cameron's future. He'd helped guard her for months there as Cameron 'remade' her. She was very alluring like this. He could see the attraction of humans to her like this. He was even strangely stimulated by her current demeanor. He wondered if this was how the female Terminators acted when they were alone together. He thought that that must be a very pleasant experience even without the sexual stimulation that they all shared with each other.

Young Allison took one look back at the house that they just left. She knew that Savannah was there because Bob told her that they'd arrived together. She was a little jealous of her older self. No she wasn't a little jealous, she was a lot jealous.

She tried to push it all out of her mind for now. She was thrilled they were going to the 'period diner'. It was one of her favorite places to go to.

The mini caravan arrived at the local diner. It was loosely based on a '1950's type diner' and malt shop.

The protection Detail waited outside.

Young Allison was captivated by the blaring 'jukebox' with its flashing colors and never ending songs from the late Fifties and early Sixties.

'Rockin' Robin' by 'Bobby Day', was the song that currently lasted through the speakers.

Young Allison wanted to dance. She took Anna's hand and they did.

"Bob, can you watch Summer for a few minutes?" Claire asked. "That's if you don't mind."

Bob looked over at the younger girl and smiled.

"Affirmative…." Bob said.

Summer looked at him for a few moments and smiled back at him. She'd already determined that he was someone to trust and look up to.

Claire and Hanna hit the mini dance floor.

Bob entertained Summer by folding origami figures for her. He made whatever animal she asked for. Summer was thrilled by her new expanding collection of 'animals'.

'Rockin' Robin' ended and Young Allison went to the jukebox and watched it select and change another record. She saw how the little arm switched the records.

"This is one of my favorites." Young Allison said as a smile beamed on her face when she spied the record label.

'No Particular Place To Go' by 'Chuck Berry', blasted through the room.

Young Allison looked happy and excited.

The girls all started to dance again.

Bob continued to make more and more complex origami animals for Summer.

She thought Bob was the greatest for all the things he could make for her.

Everyone seemed happy for once. It was as if they could all forget about the future and the present. It was more fun to 'live' in the past, at least for now.

Maybe it was because there was no threat from Skynet during the late Fifties early Sixties.

The current experience and atmosphere only made Young Allison want her temporal mission even more. Without the fear of Skynet hanging over them, every day could be like this. Even the Terminators could take it easy or at least easier.

Cameron and John just finished a shared shower. They were about to enter the bedroom so that they could relive their wedding night again.

John was a little surprised at what Cameron said to him.

"John…." Cameron said. "Make me – Savannah…."

"What?" John asked as he carried Cameron.

That didn't make any sense to him.

Cameron wanted human females around John to protect him from the anti-Metal faction. He'd been hesitant to have intercourse with any of the human females so far. She wanted to give him a taste of what it would be like for him to do that. She thought that if he pretended she was Savannah in the darkness that it would make it easier to actually be with Savannah at a future time. In his mind it already would have happened.

"I want you to pretend I'm Savannah." Cameron said.

Cameron reached over and flipped out the light. She sent the room into total darkness.

John bumped into the bed and set Cameron's feet down on the floor.

John felt a little self-conscious about what Cameron wanted him to do. He also felt a little guilty about it. He did want to be with Savannah and he wanted her virginity more than anything.

"I can't do that." John said.

Cameron's hand shot up to John's neck. She started to scan him. She wanted him to know that if he lied to her for her next question that she would know and he would know that she knew.

"Can you honestly tell me you've never shared sex with me or made love to me and NOT thought of anyone else?" Cameron asked.

John felt even guiltier. He'd done that many times. Cameron had been all the girls at some point in time. The two that she was most often we're Riley and Young Allison. He didn't want to admit to either of those things. He was sure any answer that he gave was going to be the wrong answer, whether it was the truth or a lie.

"Cameron…." John started.

Cameron felt she was on solid ground with her question. She knew from reading in several different publications that was a common event that occurred among males with females. It was also something that females did as well. Not all relationships were smooth and rosy. A dark room could offer the participants a little bit more than was actually being provided when sexual relations became more of a task than a pleasure. Some individuals needed to find a way to make it pleasurable. If they couldn't love the one they were with, they might as well love the one that they wanted to be with.

"That's normal human behavior." Cameron said. "I read it in Cosmo. Everybody does it."

Cameron pressed on John's neck to remind him that she currently scanned him. She really wanted to see if he would lie.

John tried to dodge the question.

"You read Cosmo?" John asked.

Cameron had often been frustrated about her budding feelings that she didn't seem to have any control over. When they'd visited Doctor Sherman's office she picked up one of the magazines on a little table in the waiting room. She found some of the articles very interesting in it. She acquired more of the magazines and read them when no one was around. She also found a lot of things on the internet.

"I don't sleep." Cameron said. "I've read a lot of things."

John wasn't really sure how to handle this current situation. He thought it was one thing to pretend someone was someone else. He also thought it was another thing to pretend someone was someone else when they knew that you were pretending they were someone else. It seemed very disrespectful to him even though in reality it was the same thing. Maybe it was just the fact that they would know they were 'somebody else' when he finished. He wanted to be honest but he wanted to put everything in perspective.

"Cameron, I don't want to pretend you're Savannah now." John said. "Yes, I've thought about Allison, River, Vanna, Jesse, Claire, Savannah and all the Metal girls before. I want to say most of those times were when I needed to 'spill my own seed'. That was mostly when you were 'dead'."

Cameron was on Holly's chip for those fifteen months, well, it was actually Duplicate Cameron. She was aware that John often 'spilled his seed' when he thought he was alone.

"That's understandable." Cameron pressed. "And?"

John said nothing. He knew what she was after.

Cameron thought back to the morning when she caught John sneaking back into the house. She knew where he'd been and who he was with and what they'd done.

"You didn't have to think about HER because you DID IT with HER." Cameron said.

Cameron clearly insinuated that it was Future Riley. It irritated her as well to know that she'd heard the name 'Riley' during John's sleep more than a few times.

John didn't want to go down that road.

"Cameron, what's wrong with you?" John asked. "You're hot and cold, sexy and combative and back and forth, all at the same time."

Cameron tried to check herself. She was there to have a good time with John, not start some kind of fight that would serve no purpose.

"I don't know, John." Cameron said. "I really don't."

John thought about how Cameron previously pushed all the girls on him. She'd even placed them in his bed naked. He wondered how that must have hurt the girls to be turned down when they were ready and willing like that. It was very hard for him to do. He only done that or actually didn't do it because he didn't want to hurt Cameron.

John also reflected on how he and Savannah almost made love. What he thought was almost twice but one of them was Cammy masquerading as Savannah. Cammy tried to fool him to hurt Cameron.

It was Cameron's job to protect John and protect the future. She needed the human girls to help her do that. She needed John to help her do that.

"John, you know what needs to happen." Cameron said. "Please LISTEN to me and do what I ask."

John had seen Cameron in various states of emotional distress over the years. He didn't want to be directly responsible for any more of them than he already had been.

"Cameron, I know it will hurt you." John said. "No matter what you say or think."

Cameron wasn't really sure that it mattered. It cost her a lot of distress because it hadn't happened. She might as well have the same distress and John protected.

"Either way I'm hurting now anyway." Cameron said. "I want 'more'…."

John was pretty sure he knew what Cameron meant by 'more'. She wanted to be with the girls, especially Savannah.

"I know you keep 'growing', Cameron." John said. "I know it. I know that I'm restricting your 'development'."

Cameron saw as a two-way street. It was a street she wanted to take a journey down.

"You MUST fulfill your destiny." Cameron said. "Then I can fulfill mine…."

John thought if Cameron 'fulfilled her destiny' without him that it would be without him forever.

She told him before she thought she'd done that already, if she was living her life over and over. She even told him she'd 'remembered' seeing Savannah's and Future Allison's graves after they died as old women. It was actually a very unnerving experience to think about and remember.

Cammy moved back inside the lounge area where she could see everyone who got off the cable car as they passed through.

Steve took up a position outside in case anyone tried to slip out through the restricted area. They saw several workers do it without any alarm sounding even though it said one would sound. It didn't.

The next cable car arrived and all the passengers exited.

Cammy pretended to look at some leather purses from a small shop as she watched and communicated to Steve what she saw.

"I make two groups." Cammy said. "One group has three men and one group has five people. Two of them are female."

Steve knew that none of the Metal girls like to see another female Terminator.

"Is one a 'Metal Bitch'?" Steve asked.

Cammy felt some disgust at what she saw. She checked her files and verified that she'd seen this female Terminator before.

"Yes, I recognize that blank eyed look." Cammy said. "I saw this 'Metal Bitch' in Cameron's future when I was there. At least one that looked like her."

Cammy gave Steve a file number to look up. Cammy and Cameron transferred images of all known Metal, both Resistance and hostile, to all of their Terminators. It would be their own version of 'facial recognition'.

Steve didn't think that the 'Metal Bitch' possessed the same finesse as the Metal girls did.

Cammy noted the way the other female looked around. It looked like she wanted to run but was afraid to.

"The other female doesn't look happy and appears distressed." Cammy said. "I don't think she's here by choice."

Steve was somewhat confused as to what the girl's status would be.

"Is she a hostage?" Steve asked.

Cammy's face turned into a frown.

"Worse, I believe she is being trafficked as a sex worker for the Grays." Cammy said.

Steve was aware that the Metal girls hated to see other females abused because of what happened to the girls from the future. It also indicated a bigger problem.

"That must mean they have a long term operation going on up here." Steve said.

There were times when Cammy didn't see much difference between Grays and Scavengers.

"It was also a method Skynet used to control the Grays. When they ran out of female human slaves, the Grays were given 'Metal Whores' to pacify them and keep them in line." Cammy said. "I know that "Metal Bitch' is the one who put the 'grab' on that female. I can just tell."

Steve was sure the nature of the mission just changed based on the new information.

"Is this still a recon mission?" Steve asked.

Cammy saw the new mission as twofold.

"NO, it's now a rescue mission within a search and destroy mission." Cammy said.

Steve thought they were a little short handed based upon the new groups that arrived and what must already be in place.

"We need more Terminators." Steve said.

Cammy was angered by the new turn of events.

"I can handle them all myself." Cammy said.

Steve knew the 'Cameron' in Cammy did the talking and thinking right now.

Steve made sure his com was in communication with John Henry as soon as the 'Metal Bitch' was spotted. He knew CamNet would pick up the information and relay it to Cameron. Cameron gave standing orders to all of the Resistance Metal that she was to have control of every 'Metal Bitch'.

He thought it was a good idea to alert John Henry that Cammy wanted to expand this operation and conduct the fight on her own. He thought it was prudent to have more help. It would assure mission success and cut down on collateral damage.

Cammy knew only one thing at this point. She was going to try to free the female once they found the Gray's bunker on the mountain. She wanted to take down the 'Metal Bitch' too.

Four Letter Word

What is love
It's a four letter word

It can grow from like
It can be a wish
It can make you pine
It can make you care
It may make you long
If can make you hold
It can be just lust

Love the four letter word
May morph into the opposite

It can turn to hate
It can become vile
It can make one push
It can make one take
It can turn ugly
It can make one sore
It can cause pain
It can hurt
It can cause harm
It can become dark
It can turn evil
It can turn to fear
It can deep into your mind stab
It can cause your heart to maim
It can cause people to kill

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