Chapter 730

Have You

Previously:

Cammy collected her things because she was told she needed to join John's team.

Gail prepared the explosives to take to Sheila and Ally.

Cammy's assignment was changed again. She was to remain with Gail. She told Gail that she would take the explosives to Sheila and Ally.

She took the explosive and headed out. She went to the rear of the building and jumped up to catch the first exposed rung of the rooftop access ladder. She jumped a little further than anticipated and caught the fifth exposed rung and pulled herself up. She moved across the roof to the opening made in the central air conditioning ducting. She didn't see Sheila or Ally.

She decided that she would enter the building through the opening they'd made when Sheila arrived at the opening.

Cammy handed the C-4 to Sheila.

Their hands lingered together for a few seconds as their eyes fixated on each other. They both thought of their eight years in the past together, alone.

"Thanks, love." Sheila said. "You know I like things that go 'bang'."

Cammy flashed her a smile and slowly withdrew her hand from Sheila's hand.

She headed for the ladder off the roof. She went down the first few rungs and then jumped the rest of the way down to the ground level.

Sheila watched her as she walked away and took in her figure. It made her think of all the good times they'd spent together. It also made her think of the times she'd spent in that chassis. Since Cammy's chassis was equipped with two chip ports, Cammy could remove her chip from her chassis and place it in her second chip port. She could take control of Cammy's chassis at that point. She'd remove Cammy's chip and put it in her chassis. It was something that they did more than a few times.

She blinked her eyes a couple of times to refocus her thoughts. She was about to set some explosive charges. She'd better concentrate on the present instead of what happened in the past. She went back through the hole in the roof and joined Ally.

Cammy looked back once as she started down the ladder. She saw Sheila still looked in her direction. She felt a rush of excitement as she reflected on old times. She thought that maybe later on they could do another chassis swap. She went down the ladder a few rungs and then jumped to the ground in front of the cover. She headed for Cameron's SUV. She was anxious to see Savannah. She wasn't happy with the way Cameron treated her. Maybe she shouldn't have mouthed off earlier, that didn't seem to help any. It just slipped out.

Ally was about to go look and see what happened to Sheila. She thought she'd been gone too long for such a simple procedure. She figured that she was probably trying to hit on Cammy. She wondered if she could catch them kissing. She was just about to move when she saw Sheila reappear.

"I thought you got lost." Ally said. "Or got off…."

Sheila moved back inside the rafter area and gave the C-4 to Ally.

"Don't get your panties in a bunch." Sheila said.

Ally placed the C-4 next to some of the other explosives that were left there by the Grays.

"If I do, I'll let you take them off." Ally said.

Sheila was going to comment further but didn't want to upset Ally any more than usual.

"Let's go." Sheila said.

Sheila moved back up to where they'd pulled apart the ducting where it entered the inside of the building. She squeezed through and back onto the roof.

Ally exited after Sheila.

They put the air conditioning ducting back in place.

"It looks bent." Ally said. "I don't like it."

Ally fixed the dent that she'd put into the metal earlier when she tested its strength.

Sheila thought it was a waste of time. The entire building was going to be rubble within a day.

"It's going to look a lot worse after that C-4 goes off." Sheila said.

They moved across the roof.

"Let's hook up with Gail." Ally said.

They went to where the roof ladder was at.

Sheila looked around to make sure that nobody observed them. She didn't spot anybody.

"I dare you to jump off." Sheila said.

Ally looked down at the ground. She saw that it was about a twenty five foot drop from the lip of the roof. It was a distance she could jump successfully but she saw no reason to do so. She figured if Sheila wanted to challenge her, she could go first.

"Go for it." Ally said as she started down the ladder.

Neither girl jumped. They didn't know that Cammy did most of the way down.

Sheila followed Ally down. They both dropped the last few feet to the ground over the ladder cover. They headed for Gail's van.

Gail was busy while they were gone.

"I have one surveillance camera set up." Gail said. "If anyone shows up and enters that structure, they're going to get a big surprise. John Henry can command detonate the C-4."

Sheila hoped that Gail could give her some insight about Cammy.

"What's with Cammy?" Sheila asked. "She looked 'ate up'."

Gail thought it was because Cameron was going to assign Cammy to John's team.

"She was upset Cameron kept Savannah away from her." Gail said. "Cameron was going to 'send her away' too."

Sheila looked over in that direction and frowned. She thought it was time for Cammy to move on. She knew that she could easily handle both Ally and Cammy sexually and satisfy all their needs and desires.

"Cammy doesn't need Savannah anymore, she has me." Sheila said. "Savannah has Cameron. That's the prize we all wanted."

Gail wondered if Sheila had any insight as to what Cameron and Savannah may have done together.

"Have they…?" Gail asked.

Based on her personal observation, Sheila believed that Savannah displayed extraordinary control not to take what was right in front of her. She knew it was Cameron that was the problem in moving the relationship forward. She seemed to be 'hung up' by her programming.

"Cameron's afraid to take what's hers." Sheila said.

Ally and Sheila knew Gail spent a lot of time following Savannah around. They both figured that there must have been some sexual activity by this point in time. If there was, they wanted to hear about it.

"What about you, Gail?" Ally asked. "Have you and Savannah…?"

Gail didn't know if she should say anything. Nothing really happened yet, so it was OK.

"No. We haven't done everything, not yet." Gail said. "Savannah has shown me ways to 'feel' that I didn't know I could. She's guided me to new doors I didn't know existed and allowed me to enter them."

It was a trip through her feelings and emotions that were ever expanding. Savannah allowed her to grow along the journey. The wait and anticipation made the journey even more special.

Ally thought of the times that she'd shared with Savannah. She figured she was in for a few more of those treats since Cammy and Sheila we're going to hang out together much more often. She smiled at Gail in anticipation of both of their futures with Savannah.

"The final 'door' is worth the journey." Ally said. "Savannah is like Vanna but very different. She has an emotional intensity, not just a physical presence."

Sheila listened to the conversation and knew it was true. Vanna was more focused on the destination which was fine with her. Savannah was more focused on the journey to the destination. That was fine with her as well. As long as the destination was reached, she really didn't care how they got there. She felt very turned on right now.

"Stop talking about this or one of you is getting in the back with me." Sheila said. "I need some personal attention now with all of this talk."

Ally wondered if Sheila was thinking about the people they'd witnessed earlier. She thought about asking but decided not to. Maybe asking would remind Sheila and she would start thinking of the individuals and what happened to them. She wasn't too happy about Cammy's new love relationship with Sheila.

"Cammy already left, so you're on your own." Ally said. "I'd recommend the 'vibrating finger' since you're back there by yourself."

Gail was pleased with Cammy's new relationship with Sheila. She counted on Sheila to keep Cammy tied up and away from Savannah. That would allow Savannah and her to spend more time together. She thought she should keep that thought to herself. She was pretty sure that Ally thought along the same lines. She was aware Ally looked a lot like Cameron and Cammy, especially since they all shared the same DNA. She knew that would be stiff competition going forward.

Sheila brushed off Ally's comment. It was no big deal for her to give herself a 'finish'.

"It's never stopped me before." Sheila said.

Ally could attest to that. She'd personally witnessed it plenty of times.

"We've noticed." Ally said.

Sheila held up her right index finger, as Gail and Ally watched it begin to vibrate.

"Oh, brother…. " Ally said.

Sheila shrugged her shoulders. She held up her left hand as the index finger began to vibrate.

"I have two hands." Sheila said. "There's one for each of us."

Gail and Ally quickly looked at each other.

Cammy reached the SUV with Cameron and Savannah. She opened the door and climbed in the back.

"Hi, Cammy." Savannah said with a smile on her face.

Cammy smiled back at Savannah before she looked at Cameron.

"Hello. I delivered the C-4." Cammy said.

Cameron didn't care for the personal interaction between Savannah and Cammy. She saw Cammy as more of an irritant than a threat. Maybe she could ship Cammy off on another mission and get her out of their hair.

"I wondered if you would want to infiltrate the power plant." Cameron said.

Cammy wasn't sure of the motive but she was up to the challenge.

"I have all the files." Cammy said. "Is it necessary?"

Cameron actually might need to send Cammy for more than one reason.

"It may be." Cameron said.

Savannah wanted Cammy to know a little more about the nature of the problem that they'd encountered with Young Allison. She didn't want to get into any details.

"Cammy, I need to go to Palmdale and get some things straightened out." Savannah said. "There have been some 'problems'."

Cammy could tell that Savannah was very worried about whatever she spoke of. She saw this as an opportunity to leave the area with Savannah.

"I can go with you." Cammy said.

Cameron quickly turned around and looked at Cammy.

"I'll be going with Savannah." Cameron said. "You may be needed elsewhere."

Savannah was in no mood to listen to Cammy and Cameron bicker.

"Look, I don't want any trouble here." Savannah said. "I have enough to worry about already. I've experienced enough hurt for the day…."

Cameron knew that Savannah referred to what happened earlier in her Metal Menagerie.

"I'm sorry. There won't be any trouble." Cameron said. "Cammy can go with us if she's not busy here. I wanted her to look after John for me."

Cammy could see that Savannah was very emotionally touched by something. She knew that it was Cameron's fault somehow. She wanted to support Savannah.

"I know my place." Cammy said. "There will be no problems from me."

Savannah reached out and touched both of them. She gave each of their arms a gentle squeeze as she smiled at each of them in turn. She wanted to show them she appreciated their understanding.

"Thank you." Savannah said. "Both of you."

It was clear to both Cameron and Cammy that Savannah dealt with a lot of emotional issues and tried to put on a brave face. Neither one of them wanted to be the one who pushed Savannah over the edge during this time. They could as easily bury the hatchet as they could use it on each other. Right now it was time to bury it. They both knew that some days were worse than others.

There were a lot of things that weighed on Savannah right now.

Al and Dan looked around the target area where they suspected the boxcars may have been unloaded. It was a secluded area open to the street near a structure. It appeared to be an old one.

John was nearby with Bob.

"What do you see, Al?" John asked.

"Nothing so far." Al said.

John could only speculate based upon what Ally and Sheila found in the building they'd checked out. Everything there was gone except the bodies.

"I think when they found out we traced the hack, they cleared everything out." John said.

Bob figured the Grays didn't want any more losses.

"After the way we hurt them, that was a wise move on their part." Bob said. "We'll find them sooner rather than later."

Dan examined the ground next to the railroad tracks.

"There are 'big rig' tire tracks in the dirt here." Dan said. "They are at a ninety degree angle to the railroad tracks. It looks like they unloaded the boxcars right here. I think the big rigs backed right up against the doors of the boxcars. It would have been easy to transfer the load that way. Nobody would see anything either."

John hoped they could get a lead.

"Do the tire tracks tell us anything?" John asked.

Dan touched the ground where the tire tracks were.

"They have good tread definition, like new tires." Dan said.

Al was next to the structure. He searched for a way in for a better look. He knew that he needed to be on the lookout for booby traps as well.

"The door to the utility room is ajar." Al said. "One hinge is broken."

John was weary when things were a little off.

"Use caution." John said.

Al examined the wall of the utility room. It was a standard construction but old and shoddy.

"I can breach the interior wall through this area." Al said.

Since the building that Ally and Sheila checked was booby trapped, John didn't want to take any chances at this location.

"Try a peep hole first. Do it as quietly as possible." John said. "The other place was wired to explode, it was booby trapped."

Al used his knife to make a small hole in the wall. He moved his eye up against it. He looked into the building. He used several of his different vision spectrums to inspect the interior.

"I've made a hole through the wall." Al said. "The building appears vacant inside."

Dan followed up on the tire tracks to see if he could get any clues.

"I followed the big rig tire tracks until they reached the pavement." Dan said. "There is a dip in the dirt as it joins the pavement. I found something."

Since Al reported the building was vacant, John would take any break he could get.

"What is it?" John asked.

Dan held a heavy piece of fibrous rubber.

"It's a brand new 'mud flap'." Dan said. "It was torn off as the truck bounced onto the pavement with a heavy load."

John Henry monitored the com traffic. This new detail would give him a starting point to search for big rigs in that area over the last few days. The fact they were looking for one with a missing mud flap would assist search.

"Is it the left or right one?" John Henry asked.

Dan took out his phone and captured an image.

"The left one." Dan said. "I'm sending you a photo."

John Henry viewed the image that Dan sent him. He thought that it was going to be a big aid in their search for one of the big rigs.

"John, this gives us a lead on one of the trucks. I'll check traffic cameras and weigh stations for a big rig missing the left mud flap. It should match the one on the right side if the truck is new or newer." John Henry said.

John hoped that the trucks would remain together. He wasn't sure how many there were.

"They may convoy the trucks." John said. "I think they needed at least three or maybe four big rigs if the boxcars were full."

Dan checked the area thoroughly.

"I only make three sets of tire tracks." Dan said.

John hoped that this was their first break.

"It's a start." John said. "This is excellent work."

Al wanted to know if John wanted him to investigate the building further.

"Do you want me to breach the wall?" Al asked.

John was tired of playing games. It was time to send a message.

"No, set a C-4 charge in the utility room and leave." John said. "Al set up a security camera to watch the front. Same deal for the timer to match the one Ally set or for command detonation if anyone enters."

"Affirmative…." Al said.

John hadn't heard from the other team that was under his control.

"John Henry, what's the story on the other team?" John asked.

John Henry knew their position but so far they hadn't reported anything of relevance.

"They've not reported yet." John Henry said. "I don't think it is anything but a false lead."

John knew Cameron said she was going to leave with Savannah earlier but she was still there. He really wondered what she was up to. He didn't know that she was dealing with a specific domestic problem in addition to the operational one.

"Cameron, what's your situation?" John asked.

Cameron was irritated to hear from John at this particular point in time.

"We haven't decided yet." Cameron said. "Maybe Cammy can infiltrate the power plant."

John thought it might be better to contain Cameron to a specific area if she was going to stay on the operation.

"I would rather have you do it if your other problem has been resolved." John said.

Savannah didn't want to go into the nuclear power plant and she wasn't going to leave Cameron. She decided to give John a refresher on a Terminator's ability.

"Cammy knows everything Cameron does about the facility, John." Savannah said. "Cameron may still need to go elsewhere. The earlier situation is still pending. I want it left at that for now by everyone."

John did not know what was wrong but he knew Savannah attempted to resolve it. It must be something dealing with the girls. He thought maybe he should heed her warning and leave it at that like she asked.

John Henry looked into everything related to the power plant since Cameron and Sarah were there with Derek. Mrs Weaver is the one who took control of it. He'd kept track of everything that happened there over the years. He didn't see it as a problem yet. He didn't want them to be the ones who created a problem or provoked an incident.

"I don't have any record or data to indicate anything has happened at the power plant." John Henry said. "Not since Cameron took care of the last issue and Mrs. Weaver took control."

John personally hadn't followed what occurred at the power plant recently.

"Who oversees it now that Mrs. Weaver has been away for so long?" John asked.

John Henry felt he had a pretty good idea of what went on at the power plant.

"I do." John Henry said. "Mrs. Weaver established a team that watches everything and I watch them."

John thought of John Henry as Big Brother who had a Big Sister who looked over his shoulder.

"And CamNet watches over you." John said.

John Henry tried not to glance up at the security camera as he spoke.

"We're just one big happy family." John Henry said.

John wasn't so sure that that was an accurate description.

"I don't know about the happy part but a big family I'll agree on." John said.

John wondered who watches the watchers. Who watched over CamNet?

He hoped the problem Savannah currently needed to deal with didn't involve CamNet.

Young Allison exited the bus at the bus stop before she got on. She returned the way she'd come but over several houses to the west. The escape hatch couldn't be opened from the outside. That was part of the design to keep out intruders. She needed to find a different way in.

She decided to use the approach Savannah used but from the opposite side. She made it into the yard next to their house that was opposite from the Detail house side.

Young Allison saw them approach from both sides. Two of the Terminators were waiting for her.

"What are you doing?" One of them asked.

Young Allison wanted to see what they knew. She was unsure of who knew of her 'away mission'.

"I went for a walk." Young Allison said. "Didn't you see me?"

The Terminators were a little concerned about her unconventional approach to the house.

"We saw you come through the neighbor's yards." The other said. "It seemed highly unusual."

Young Allison entered the house. It seemed no one was the wiser.

"Where were you?" Claire asked. "I was looking for you."

Young Allison didn't want to lie but she wasn't about to volunteer any information.

"I was outside. I wanted some fresh air and sunshine." Young Allison said. "Did something happen?"

Claire was pleased to see Young Allison was out of the bunker for change. She thought that she spent way too much time down there.

"No, I wanted to see what you wanted for dinner." Claire said.

Young Allison was glad there was no reprimand.

"Surprise me." Young Allison said.

She looked around for Anna but didn't see her.

Young Allison decided to communicate with CamNet. It appeared CamNet helped cover for her and didn't expose what she'd done.

'Thank You.' Young Allison typed. 'I'm sorry.'

'I am too.' CamNet responded.

Young Allison returned her gear and the survival pack.

'Where's Anna?' Young Allison asked.

'She went shopping.' CamNet responded.

Anna observed Young Allison leave earlier. She'd taken one of the vehicles and followed Young Allison. She always stayed out of sight. She kept track of her. She was ready to assist her if she was accosted by a hostile Terminator or Scavengers, the low lifes.

Young Allison heard the door open and went to see who it was. It was Anna and she carried a bag.

"Hello." Young Allison said and she smiled at her.

Anna wanted to see if she'd been made. She didn't think so.

"Did you miss me?" Anna asked.

Young Allison tried to see what Anna knew.

"I didn't know you'd left." Young Allison said

Anna decided to play it cool.

"I didn't want to disturb you." Anna said.

Anna smiled. She'd followed Young Allison every step of the way. She didn't tell Young Allison she'd followed her. She was pleased she hadn't been spotted. She would need to work on improving Young Allison's skills in spotting a Terminator tracking her.

Young Allison was none the wiser.

Anna wanted Young Allison to feel like she'd accomplished something. She would use Hanna and Holly and have Young Allison try to do a Terminator avoidance test. She wanted Young Allison to be able to elude any tail, even her.

She would never allow anything else 'bad' to happen to Young Allison. One mistake seemed to have been costly. It seemed to affect a lot of people and machines. It showed how quickly things could get out of control and expand fast. One event led to another. That is how mistakes were made. That is how disaster occurred.

John and Future Riley was another example. From out of nowhere someone appears and problems soon follow.

No You Wouldn't Have

As each morning starts
Do you feel the same
Are you ready to play
In life's cruel game

Do you dodge the punches
As they are directed at you
Or take the blows
While the bruises accrue

Is there ever a break
To give you a rest
Or is everyday
Yet some new type of test

No matter what we do
Does anything ever really change
Everything repeats itself
Does it strike you as strange

When it falls apart you say
You would do it different then
No you wouldn't have
You'd do it the same again

Nobody