Chapter 779

Come And Get It

Sheila told Cammy that the homeless female was headed her way.

Cammy looked around to make sure there was no other activity occurring where she was at.

"I see her." Cammy said. "She's just come around the corner. She's at the end of the block. She's still holding her pants."

Sheila didn't like what she observed so far. She viewed the two individuals who went after the homeless woman as nothing more than Scavengers.

"I'm moving to intercept them." Sheila said. "I have the two Scavengers targeted."

John listened as the events developed. He didn't want things to get taken out of hand too quickly.

"I want you to remember that they're homeless." John said. "They're not Scavengers."

Sheila wasn't about to get caught up in word games. It was the actions of the individual that determined what their fate would be. What they actually did is what they would answer for.

"With what they appear to have done, what's the difference?" Sheila asked. "If they've assaulted the female, they will be terminated. Those are Cameron's standing orders."

John felt those orders were for the 'off the books' operations, not Resistance matters. He hoped to get some assistance from Bob before Sheila started terminating people.

"Play it cool, Sheila." John said. "Bob, where are you in relationship to all of this?"

Bob wanted to make sure the building wasn't compromised that they suspected a big rig might be in. He also agreed with Sheila.

"I'm moving to reinforce Cammy." Bob said. "What Sheila said is true. Those are Cameron's orders. What if it was one of our females in the future? This type of behavior is uncorrectable. It is based on a defect in the mind and the inability to have empathy for others."

Sheila touched her knife as she moved to intercept the two men.

"I have a 'cure' for it." Sheila said. "It's one hundred percent reliable."

John Henry didn't want the troops to get sidetracked when they were this close to the goal.

"Let's not lose focus on the objective." John Henry said.

John couldn't agree more.

"Roger that." John said.

Cammy agreed with Sheila as well.

"Protecting the future is more than just dealing with Skynet." Cammy said. "We also need to deal with the problems Skynet created or allowed to expand out of control."

When John was in 'a future', he saw what many of the problems were.

"I'm aware of that." John said.

Sheila changed her course to try and help protect the mission as well as the female.

"I'm about to move between two buildings." Sheila said. "I'm going over a wall and now over another one. I'll intercept her before they reach Cammy's location. That could compromise what we were trying to do if they get that far. We don't want to alert anyone needlessly."

It was clear to Sheila what must have happened to the woman. No one runs down the street holding their pants with only a ripped open shirt on. The two men after her probably abused her during the night. They were either afraid she would talk and turn them in or they wanted some more. More than likely after they finished abusing her they would silence her permanently. She would simply be another body found in a dirty alley. Once it was determined that she was homeless, the investigation would stop. Nobody cared about the homeless or what happen to them. They were simply parasites on society. Female Terminators saw it a different way when it came to abused females.

Sheila went with Cameron and Ally many times into the dark world of the sex trade. They'd freed numerous young females from a short life in Hell. Those that were not hooked on drugs stood a pretty good chance of keeping their freedom. Those who were addicted to the 'Beast', whatever drug it was, were soon to fall back into the clutches of the slavers. The girls would do 'anything' to get that next fix. Those females were beyond any help that they could provide. Most of them lived a very short life one way or another.

She was glad that Cameron always looked the other way when it was time for retribution on the sex traffickers. Cameron allowed her the freedom to dole out justice befitting of their crimes against females. She made sure that they atoned for their sins before their termination. The sounds of their screams and cries excited her as well as stimulated her. All the other Terminators thought there was something wrong with her but there wasn't. The need for justice and retribution was very strong inside of her for what Jesse suffered in the future. Payback was a Bitch. Those that crossed her path found out exactly what a 'Metal Bitch' was.

Cameron told her that when they'd terminated every Scavenger in a five hundred mile radius in Vanna's future, she was sure that they got the Scavengers who'd assaulted Vanna and Jesse when they were young and growing up. Any future Scavengers they took out now were just icing on the cake. She liked icing.

Sheila came out in front of the homeless woman. She was in a blind alley as she motioned for the woman to come to her.

"Come over here." Sheila said.

The woman spied Sheila and turned in her direction. She looked desperate for any help she could get.

Sheila noticed the slick sheen on the woman's inner thighs. It was the usual evidence of a recent assault. Gravity was at work at this point.

"Help me." The woman begged. "We need to run. They're going to kill me. They're going to jump you like they did me. We need to run NOW."

Sheila looked around her. This looked like as good of a kill zone as any. She didn't want the woman to see what was about to happen. She saw how she could mitigate that.

"Move in back of me." Sheila said. "Go into the corner and don't look. Get down low behind that big cardboard box. Get inside of it if you can. Don't look out."

The woman looked a little apprehensive.

"You need to be able to run if they try to grab you." The woman said. "They will 'take' you."

Sheila watched as the woman disappeared behind the large cardboard box.

A few seconds later the two men ran around the corner and stopped. This isn't what they expected to see. They were after the homeless woman. They looked around and then at Sheila.

Sheila always liked to play with her 'marks' before she dealt with them. The poor fools always thought we were dealing with a young woman. They simply had no concept of what a Terminator was.

"Are you blokes lost?" Sheila asked. "This is private property. I'm going to ask you once to turn around and leave. You'll get to live if you do. If you don't, you're going to die."

The two men looked at each other.

They both laughed.

Both of them looked Sheila over from head to toe and back again.

"It looks like things just got better for us." One man said.

Sheila already gave them the chance to leave. Now it was her game.

"Actually they just got worse for both of you." Sheila said. "You just don't know it yet."

Neither of the men liked the foreign broad's smug attitude. They still wanted to get their hands on the homeless woman. They would deal with the foreign Bitch as soon as they found the homeless woman and finish their business with her.

"Where's the Bitch that ran in here?" The other man asked. "There's no way out."

Sheila wanted to show the men she wasn't afraid of them. That usually upset them more.

"It's just me, mates." Sheila said. "And you're right, there is no way out for either of you now. You threw away your chance and both of your lives along with it."

She moved just right to make a nipple ring appear.

She knew it always threw the 'mark' off balance.

Both of the men stop looking around for the homeless woman. It appeared right now they had something that was way better and probably a whole lot cleaner than the homeless Bitch they were looking for.

"I told you it just got better." One man said. "Let's do her. I'm going first this time."

One of the men wanted to make Sheila understand what was about to happen one way or the other.

"Strip all your clothes off now or we will rip them off of you." The other man said. "If you cooperate, we won't hurt you. I think you know how this is going to work. No one has to get hurt. It's going to happen anyway one way or the other. If you want to get busted up, that's up to you. There's no need to get your teeth knocked out along with what's going to happen. That will only be a permanent reminder of your reluctance to share with a couple of nice men."

Sheila really disliked both of these men. It almost sounded like they actually believed themselves. They clearly had no remorse or second thoughts about the way they treated females.

"Come and get it." Sheila said to draw the men in closer. "I'm right here."

One of the men produced a knife.

"It won't matter if you are dead or alive." The other man said.

Sheila saw that attitude as another nail in their coffin.

Both men laughed as they approached her. It was a sadistic evil laugh.

Sheila watched them move closer. They took the bait. She wanted to upset them a little further. That always made them less cautious.

"I'm waiting." Sheila said. "Don't you want this?"

Sheila indicated her body.

She glanced back. The woman was out of sight still. She didn't want her to see what was about to happen next.

The two men rushed her. She sidestepped as she tripped one man while she broke his leg and grabbed the knife hand of the other man. She held her grip over his hand and bent his arm around and made him stab himself, half a dozen times. She made sure it wasn't enough to kill him yet but enough to render him helpless. She wasn't done with him yet.

If time and the situation allowed, she would make sure he was appropriately punished for his crimes before he died.

The other man struggled to get up as Sheila used the other man's knife hand to stab him in strategic places as well. He fell to the ground incapacitated. They would bleed out soon but they were both still alive.

Both men were down. She released the man's hand and the knife clattered to the pavement. She was pleased at how well it went. Then again, this was nothing new to her.

She was going to 'work' on the men but thought that maybe the woman would like to get some 'justice'. She would allow her the honor of paying the men back.

"You can come out now." Sheila said. "It's over."

The woman slowly came out after she peeked around the big cardboard box. She certainly didn't expect to see the young female standing there alone and unhurt. She saw the two men laying on the ground bleeding.

"What happened?" The woman asked. "I heard a fight."

Sheila thought that she could bend the truth a little bit.

"They tried to jump me but they stabbed each other instead. They were fighting over who would 'get' me first." Sheila said. "They were in such a hurry to 'get some' that they got tangled up with each other. It was really bazaar to watch. They stabbed each other."

The woman looked over at the two bleeding figures sprawled on the ground.

"Are they…?" The woman asked.

Sheila thought she would give the women a choice.

"Do you want them to be?" Sheila asked.

The woman's hand reached down and touched her leg.

"I don't know. They came into my camp last night to abuse me." The woman said. "I was bound and gagged but I was able to free myself this morning. They were going to kill me before I got away. I grabbed my pants and ran."

Sheila hoped that the woman would want some street justice.

"Do you want to hurt them now?" Sheila asked. "It would be payback for what they did to you."

The women looked at the two bleeding men on the ground.

"I just want to get away." The woman said. "I don't want any more trouble."

Sheila could see that the pant-less woman was scared

"Put your pants on." Sheila said.

The woman looked down and realized she was still holding her pants and only wore a ripped open shirt.

"Do you have shoes?" Sheila asked.

The woman looked a little embarrassed. It seemed to be more than about the recent assault.

"I have some other things at my camp." The woman said. "I don't want the police involved. I have several warrants for shoplifting and solicitation. I don't want to go back to prison. A lot of bad things happen there too."

Sheila hoped to find a little more out about what actually transpired.

"Have you 'associated' with these men before?" Sheila asked.

The woman glanced over at the two bleeding men again.

"I've seen them before but they never bothered me until last night. Before, they always said I was old and ugly." The woman said. "I get abused every now and then but it is always over quick. It was never like this before and then someone wanted to kill me afterwards. I've learned not to resist over the years. Everything is over quicker that way. I didn't even struggle after I was bound and gagged. I just wanted them to go away."

Sheila thought whatever the men possessed should belong to the woman now.

"Let's see if they have any money or valuables." Sheila said.

Sheila quickly searched the fallen men.

She gave the woman what they possessed and the knife as well. She cleaned the blade first before she gave it to the woman. She hoped that the woman could provide her a little more information.

"You said you saw them before." Sheila said. "Where was it at?"

The woman pointed down the alley.

"That old building down there, it's the white one with the blue band at the top." The woman said.

Sheila became a little more alert. She looked at the two bleeding men. It looked like things just took on a new dimension.

"What were they doing there?" Sheila asked.

The woman finally got her pants on and attempted to close her shirt. It had been ripped open.

"They were doing something for the big man that was inside." The woman said. "I saw him give them money."

Sheila began to look around in detail.

"How 'big' was the big man?" Sheila asked.

The woman looked at the two fallen men sprawled on the ground.

"He was bigger than either of those two." The woman said. "Are they dead now? They've stopped moaning and moving."

Sheila knew they were still alive enough for what she wanted to do. She fished out all the money that was in her pocket. There was no need to tell the woman what she had in store for them, provided she still had enough time.

"Maybe they are dead. I don't know. This is all I have." Sheila said as she gave the woman several hundred dollars. "Go get your stuff and go. I'll call the police as soon as you clear out. It's better if you leave this area and never come back. If they survive, they'll come after you."

The woman was very appreciative of Sheila.

"Thank you for helping me and thank you for giving me some money. I don't want to get arrested again." The woman said. "I don't have many belongings to collect."

Sheila was aware that life on the street was hard for some of the homeless, especially the ones that were abused by the other homeless.

"How long have you lived like this?" Sheila asked.

The woman needed to think about it for a few seconds. Dates and time meant nothing on the street. It was just about survival and where the next bite of food would come from.

"I think it's been seven years." The woman said. "I really don't know anymore. I didn't look like this when I first arrived. This is what the street has done to me. I used to be a 36C, now look at me."

Sheila didn't like the condition that the woman was in physically.

"How many times have you been abused?" Sheila asked.

The woman looked down at the front of her withered body.

"I stopped counting." The woman said. "Sometimes they gave me food. I did what they asked then. I don't get much to eat sometimes…. I need to survive."

It was clear the woman was highly emaciated and suffering from malnutrition. She probably looked twenty years older than she was. It was doubtful she would last more in a few years living the current lifestyle that she did.

"You don't need to live like this." Sheila said. "Go to a shelter. There are people there who will help you. You have to want to help yourself to make it work."

The woman thanked Sheila again and left. Sheila looked around the corner and saw the woman head back in the direction of her encampment.

She turned her attention back to the two men. She was a little disappointed that both men were already dead. Things took a little longer to conclude than she'd anticipated, especially since the homeless woman didn't want to administer any street justice.

Sheila picked up the two dead men and threw them in a dumpster and covered them over with the cardboard box that she'd told the woman to hide in. She ripped it in half to make sure they were covered. She knew that the rest of the team and the Command Center heard everything that was said and that transpired.

"The threat is over." Sheila said. "You all heard what she said."

John Henry was thoroughly disgusted with what he'd heard.

"We heard it all." John Henry said.

John was glad it was over. He was worried about the 'big man' the woman spoke of.

"The 'big man' may be a Terminator." John said.

Based on why they were there, Sheila thought that that was a logical assumption.

"It sure sounds like it." Sheila said. "We'll continue to investigate. It really sounds like we're on to something here."

Bob was very displeased with what he heard as well. He was able to get eyes on the homeless woman after she left the alley.

"I can see the female back at her encampment. She's put on shoes and a coat and is pushing a shopping cart away from where she was." Bob said. "It appears to contain her bedding and other clothing. It's only half full."

After what John heard, he wanted Sheila to know that her assessment of the situation was correct from the start.

"Sheila, you were right." John said. "Those were 'Scavengers' in all but name."

Sheila took one last look around and moved away from the kill zone.

"I've dealt with many of their type." Sheila said.

John doubted there was any redemption.

"Does it always end the same way?" John asked.

Sheila wasn't bothered by the justice she served to those who required it. Their own actions determined their punishment.

"No, there is usually more to it if I'm alone. I like them to pay for their sins first. I always collect…." Sheila said. "The ending is always the same."

Cammy wanted John to understand the full implication of what was done there.

"John, she's protecting the future." Cammy said.

John thought back to the future he'd created. He understood a lot of that misery was because of that particular timeline. That fell on his back.

"I saw it myself." John said. "Scavengers are as big a threat to the Resistance as Skynet at times. A lot of good people died needlessly, many females were abused."

Sheila thought the equation was very simple and straightforward.

"Those two men were the very type of people who become Grays or Scavengers." Sheila said. "Problem solved. They didn't have anything related to what we're checking on in their possession."

John Henry was more concerned about the possible Terminator.

"What about the 'big man'?" John Henry asked.

Cammy decided that she would handle that herself. She already set things in motion.

"I'm going to find out." Cammy said. "I'm about to enter the building."

John was a little surprised that she'd decided to make the move already on her own.

"Wait for Sheila and Bob." John said. "Don't go in alone."

Cammy looked around her and saw where Bob and Sheila were at.

"Bob is moving into position and I see Sheila coming." Cammy said.

There was a big smile on Sheila's face as she rushed to join Cammy.

"I wish…." Sheila said.

Cammy quickly rephrased her statement.

"I see Sheila is about to arrive." Cammy said quickly.

John hoped that they would formulate some type of plan before they acted.

"How do you want to play this?" John asked.

Sheila thought about how well the operation went at the last building. She figured it couldn't hurt to flash a little jewelry at this one either.

"Maybe we can just knock." Sheila said. "If anyone is in there, they might think it's the two men reporting back. If there's a peep hole, they'll see two Hot looking females. What threat could we pose?"

Cammy thought they could take a little precaution. She did like how well the plan worked at the last location.

"I can stand in front of Sheila. She can have her Taser in her hand as she stands behind me, ready to fire." Cammy said. "They'll never see it coming."

Bob moved into a flanking position. It was much like it was at the other building.

"I'm in position on the other side." Bob said. "I'm ready to breech."

John could see that they threw everything together at the last second.

"That all sounds risky." John said.

Sometimes Cammy wondered if John knew exactly what Cameron faced all of the time, alone.

"Welcome to our world." Cammy said.

She checked to make sure Sheila was ready and knocked.

Cammy was aware that her face alone would open any door.

Come And Give It To Me

I know what she is
I understand what she can present
For that very reason
Is why I loathe her with resent

You don't need her
That's what I'm for
Whatever she has to offer
I can provide even more

I'll never weaken or tire
I won't go astray
I'll always still be here
Even if cruel things you say

If anyone takes something from me
I'll TAKE back what's mine
My feelings I can't confine
For the one I hold divine

Come and give it to me
I'll say to their face
If they don't instantly comply
Their existence I'll erase

Nobody