Chapter 851

You Can Have It

Savannah and Sheila entered the casino. The reaction that each of them felt was totally different.

Sheila saw an opportunity to show off. It was her way to prove she was better than everyone else in there. She was aware the odds favored the house. She liked to change that. Soon after she started to play, she was the one in charge and the dealers were the ones who needed to try to figure out ways to still cheat her, they never worked. She still beat them anyway. That caused some of the trouble in the past when she'd been there before. It was when Las Vegas was a real 'in the middle of nowhere' town. That's not to say that it still wasn't 'in the middle of nowhere' but it was a very large town now and quite fancy, at least in certain areas it was fancy. There were still a lot of run down areas and not all of them were on the outskirts.

She also faced animosity because of her 'sheath appearance' in the past and the fact she was 'female'. She relished the opportunity to prove her 'superiority', while she flaunted 'race' and 'gender'. There were more than a few bodies buried in the desert when individuals found that out the hard way. What their main problem was, they didn't have any idea what a Terminator was. She'd been more than glad to show them exactly what she could do with just her hands to their pathetic and weak bodies. There'd been more than one thug or 'knuckle dragger' that she'd placed her foot squarely in the middle of their back and ripped off both of their arms one at a time or sometimes both at once. She always asked them before they terminated how they were going to do all the 'things' to her that they'd said they were going to do. She hoped that her laughter and taunting was the last thing they heard as they died. She also reminded them that this was payback for all of their previous victims.

For Savannah, it was all completely different than the way Sheila saw it.

It was the first time Savannah was ever actually in a real casino. It was very different from the solitude and serenity of her room at either base. The lights and noises were mind boggling, the smells were not so much so. The odors of the various vices the people were addicted to did nothing but disgust her.

She looked on as hundreds of people gambled their money away. She knew some of them actually gambled their 'lives' away. She wondered if they ever thought about how the casino was able to afford all the luxury and splendor that surrounded them. It was by TAKING their money. All the opulence didn't derive from people winning more than they lost. It was paid for by all the fools who thought they were going to hit the big one and go home rich. No one went home rich from a gambling establishment. She really wondered how they could be so ignorant. What was even worse about that thought was that the imbeciles couldn't wait to come back and do it all over again. She figured that the survivors inside the casino after J-Day would most likely end up as Grays or Scavengers. That would be the very few that actually survived. Any of those survivors that were diseased or sick would be dead within the first year as Skynet released its toxins into the environment. They killed everyone with 'pre-existing conditions'. Skynet didn't foresee when they did that was there were plenty of humans that were strong enough to survive. That meant the survivors were the strongest and best equipped to survive of the humans, not the weakest. The lack of transmittable diseases ensured that the survivors would thrive. Many of the survivors were afflicted in other ways but not enough to kill them outright. The inability for most of them to reproduce was the most notable consequence.

Savannah looked around in disgust. How many of these people would even know what to do if Skynet ever took over? She didn't think there was any way to reach these people. There was no 'free ride'. Everything has a price to pay at some point, everything. These people all chased a fantasy that didn't exist. It was actually probably some type of mental affliction that was the root of their problem and their inability to understand how to solve that problem. She really wondered why they thought they were going to 'win'.

It made Savannah think of the two futures she'd visited and lived in for almost two years. She looked around at the people. They really didn't have a clue what was coming. They were all so caught up in the moment, dreaming of the 'big win'. The 'big win' in the future was to survive the night. That was the 'big win' every night.

Sheila noted right away that Savannah didn't like what she looked at. It wasn't the grandeur of the casino either. It was the people inside that disgusted Savannah. It made her feel bad because these were 'good people' compared to the crowd Jesse fell in with in her future.

John Henry communicated with Sheila to pick up her VIP 'All Access' Pass at the 'special services' desk. Savannah hung back a little way as Sheila conducted her business. Savannah wondered if anyone would approach her if they thought she 'looked' under the gambling age. She fingered her VIP Pass, just in case.

Savannah began to wonder if any of these people would try and 'hit' on her. She thought they were so lost in the false hope they'd hit 'the jackpot', that they were oblivious to everything else but their alcohol and tobacco products. She was sure when those things ran out that their animal instincts would take over, especially in their inebriated condition. Then again, it appeared that the casino made sure that no one ran out of alcohol. The more the fools drank, the more money that they didn't have, they spent.

Sheila returned to Savannah with her VIP Pass and gave her ten thousand dollars.

"This is complements of the illegal sex trafficking trade." Sheila said. "We're listed as 'High Rollers'. If anyone in an official capacity questions it, a wad of hundreds should quickly quell their questions."

Savannah remembered seeing the store rooms full of cash around the Resistance base as she grew up. There were literally millions and millions of dollars in those rooms that Cameron collected from the sex and drug trade on her 'off the books' operations. She didn't understand it all at first but Cameron made sure that she did understand it and why she did what she did to fight it on her own. It was because of the things that happened to Vanna, Jesse and Allison. She looked at the roll of bills.

"Thanks. How much did you keep?" Savannah asked.

Sheila showed her a single one hundred dollar bill.

"That's it?" Savannah asked.

Sheila was ready to take on the house. She'd always been ready, even in the past.

"If we stay here an hour, I'll have it up to a hundred thousand dollars. That's only if I take it easy on them. If I wanted to make a 'statement', I could get it into the millions." Sheila said. "John Henry and CamNet will help you with anything electronic if you don't want to fool with the cash or deal with other people. I understand that you don't want to associate with the people who work here or come here to lose."

Sheila looked around and found a quarter between two slot machines. She gave it to Savannah who put it in an electronic slot machine and pushed a button. The three rows of numbers and symbols 'spun around' and the machine started flashing lights and ringing bells when it stopped 'spinning' inside. It was the maximum amount payable by the machine.

Savannah could have done without all the noise as the machine made its pay off.

"See what I mean." Sheila said. "I'll make my money on card games. I'll know what every card is in a few rounds. After that, the game is mine."

Savannah didn't want Sheila to lose focus and what they were actually inside the casino to do. It seemed that Sheila was very caught up in the moment. She thought maybe it would have been better if Gail would have been the one to accompany them instead of Sheila inside of a casino.

"Maybe we better cool it and look for the two unknown men Dan is trailing." Savannah said.

Savannah started to walk away from the slot machine. She hadn't touched anything that came out of the machine.

Sheila tilted her head slightly as Savannah walked away.

"You forgot your winnings." Sheila said.

Savannah really didn't want to get into her beliefs and ideals on the floor of a casino with Sheila. She simply gave her the short answer.

"You can have it." Savannah said. "It is filthy lucre, even if it was won fairly. It represents people's lives ruined and their futures destroyed. It symbolizes destitution, not wealth. If I need to use this money you gave me as part of this operation, I will. Most of the people who are in here, who survive, will probably end up as Scavengers after Judgment Day. There's no easy money or free ride. Just look at all of them. I mean really look at them. None of them know how pathetic they look or what's coming."

Sheila knew those were the true feelings of the 'Chosen One'. She also knew Savannah would donate the money that was left over to a battered women's shelter or the children's hospital. Everyone was aware Savannah and Cameron tried to help those who faced doom, not of their own accord. She knew that Savannah encouraged Cameron to 'donate' most of those captured funds in cash to causes that were worthy of it. There was plenty of 'electronic money' they were able to control as well from organized crime. The cash was just the icing on the cake. The real money was in the banks and other institutions that held on to billions of dollars.

Savannah wanted an update as to where the men were.

"Dan, give us a heads up as to where you're at and where the men are." Savannah said.

Dan responded immediately. He was at the point where he was afraid if they turned around one more time they were going to notice him.

"The two men have moved into the central part of the casino." Dan reported. "They seem to be headed somewhere specific. If they see me again they may make me as a tail. I need to fall back."

Sheila looked in the direction Dan indicated.

"I see them." Sheila said she quickly pointed them out to Savannah. "We're on them."

Savannah wanted to position herself where she would have the most Terminator protection if an incident were to arise.

"Sheila, you try to stay in front of them and I'll try to stay behind them." Savannah said. "Dan will be in back of me and Cameron will be in soon. Let's move."

Savannah was cautious but she wasn't fearful. That may come later but right now it was only caution she felt. She took one more look around her and saw the 'living dead' gambling away the parts of them that still lived. The sad part was that these people were all here by choice. They were addicted to failure. It was the same as any substance offered to those who used it and we're addicted to it. None of them could see it. What actually made it all a little bit sadder was if they actually did, they were so far gone that they probably wouldn't even care. Sometimes she didn't need to wonder why Skynet saw humans as the problem and a threat. It was clear that most of them were.

Young Allison watched the security feeds come in from the casino. Unlike John and John Henry, with only two laptops, Anna and her were able to see everything. CamNet and John Henry's server provided them with the best views of everything that was relevant to their endeavor. There seemed to be quite a lot.

CamNet made sure Young Allison heard what Savannah said about gambling and the casinos.

Young Allison actually hadn't thought a lot about it. Her life was rather simple as well. She did have a few more material things than Savannah did but it wasn't a whole lot. She also had more than Allison but she didn't have near as many as her mother did. Allison and Savannah always told her to keep it simple. They were things that she wanted sometimes that she didn't get even though she could have. What she saw when she looked at the security camera footage of the casino were a lot of people doing different things. It appeared that most of the time none of them actually looked very happy. There were moments of happiness when they would get back a few of the dollars that they'd lost but other than that, they sort of looked like zombies.

She noticed something that caught her attention.

"Where's Cameron at?" Young Allison asked. "She stopped showing on the team's location map."

Anna knew what the problem was right away. The parking structures weren't wired the same way the hotels and casinos were for cell signals.

"She's inside of a parking structure." Anna said. "Her signal can't get through the layers of concrete."

CamNet noted Young Allison's concern and addressed it. A video feed from a security camera showed Cameron hurrying through parked cars appeared on a monitor.

Young Allison looked at the satellite map. It displayed what everything was as well.

She noticed a white line with curves in it that went to the various casinos. She zoomed in on several spots on the satellite image. She quickly determined it was some type of track with a tram on it. It clicked in her head all of a sudden from some other the information that she'd read about Las Vegas as to exactly what that was.

"There's some kind of an elevated tram or monorail system that connects several of the casinos." Young Allison said. "It's the easiest and fastest way for someone to move to or from each of those casinos. That's what I would use to change locations quickly."

Anna quickly picked up on Young Allison's concern with what she viewed.

"Do you think the two men are headed for that to move to a different casino?" Anna asked.

Young Allison could see the advantage of that mode of transportation instantly. It would also help avoid large crowds or allow one to get lost in a large crowd.

"That's what I would do." Young Allison said. "I would have another vehicle at each of the different casinos and switch to or from them easily that way. They'll intermingle with thousands of people along the way as they go."

Anna would have thought it would be an undesirable form of transportation because it went along a fixed route and was controlled by someone else. She did a quick check. The tram was set up for automatic operation. Someone couldn't get on or off of it easily. The points that Young Allison made were valid points as to how to quickly move around or to avoid or get lost in a crowd.

"I'll ask CamNet to send out the advisory." Anna said. "It may become a factor."

Young Allison also wanted her search parameters narrowed. There was an awful lot going on and it was easy to lose track of someone. CamNet could assist her with what was relevant for what she wanted to see.

"Thanks, I want to observe Cameron and Savannah with every camera that they'll pass." Young Allison said. "I don't like the way these places look."

Anna forwarded the request to CamNet.

"You'll have everything." Anna said.

Young Allison received the alert from Ally about the change in direction of the vehicle that they'd followed. They hadn't heard anything for a while and then they were suddenly notified it looked like a destination was reached. It seemed rather sudden.

"We need to worry about Gail and Ally as well." Young Allison said. "Their operation just changed."

Young Allison looked at the security cameras in the casino and came to much the same conclusion that Savannah did. CamNet noted her disgust and played the short exchange between Savannah and Sheila about it.

It made Young Allison smile to know that Savannah and her thought the same about so many things. It never occurred to her that these thoughts may have been reinforced in her sleep.

It appeared that their nightly 'conditioning' directed the girls away from the vices that afflicted much of humanity. It also directed them towards each other, Cameron and John.

Gail and Ally followed the Grays from the rail yard. They ended up at a row of small industrial looking buildings. The area was run down with a lot of abandoned buildings and graffiti on some of them. There was a lot of trash in the area and around some of the buildings.

"This is a real seedy part of town." Ally said. "It looks like an area where nothing good happens."

Gail didn't care for the area either. She thought the appropriate type of personnel were there.

"Since they're Grays, nothing good will happen anyway." Gail said. "I want to terminate them. They pose a threat to Savannah and everyone one else too."

Ally tried to think a little longer term as far as the events could unfold.

"Let's see what they do." Ally said. "If we put a long term team on them, we might be able to identify ALL the boxcars or containers as they are cycled through this town."

Gail was more concerned about the immediate threat. Savannah was in town and she needed to be protected, as an afterthought she remembered that John did as well.

"We need to know what their strength is and if there are any Terminators here." Gail said. "If there's even one Terminator, we need to bring it down."

Ally didn't want to jump the gun. If there was an immediate threat they would take care of it. It should be up to the Command Center as what they wanted to do long term.

"We'll let John or Cameron go ahead and make the decision about that." Ally said. "That's above our pay grade."

Gail tilted her head slightly.

"We don't get paid." Gail said. "We serve the Resistance to defeat Skynet."

Ally made sure that she didn't laugh. She didn't want to set Gail off. She pointed to one of the duffel bags that was in the back.

"It's just an expression." Ally said. "If we need any money, we still have about two million dollars in cash with us."

Gail watched as a roll up door opened and the vehicle went into a structure.

"They've turned to go inside a building." Gail said. "The door must be automatic."

Ally knew John Henry should monitor everything around their position.

"Let's hope so." Ally said. "John Henry can send the code again to open the door for us or another team to enter the building that way."

Gail wanted to check things out on foot in the rear of the building.

"You take over the SUV." Gail said. "I'm headed around to the back for a closer look on foot."

Ally wasn't so sure that was a good idea during the daytime.

Evidently those in the Command Center thought that it was.

"That sounds like a plan." John Henry said as he came across their coms. "Use caution and don't engage at this time."

Gail parked at the curb.

"Affirmative…." Gail said as she exited the SUV.

Ally slid over into the driver's seat. She could see that Gail was still steamed and was more likely to act on her own to eliminate the threat the Grays presented. She now thought that maybe Gail should have remained in the SUV and she should have gone instead.

John dried Cammy off.

"You missed a few spots…." Cammy said.

John knew Cammy was really pushing it. He tried to check himself a little bit. It didn't do much to help.

"I'll leave those for you." John said.

John handed Cammy the towel. She tossed it in the corner where Savannah and Cameron's towels were thrown.

Cammy stood naked before John.

She looked at the entrance to the bedroom.

John looked over and saw the bed was neatly arranged now but still open. It called him….

Cammy watched him look. She could tell what he thought about.

"You can have it…." Cammy said. "We both want it."

John thought about a lot of things from the past.

"There are a lot of things we want." John said.

Cammy didn't see any reason not to attain them.

"I get all mine." Cammy said.

Cammy really made John think about Cameron right now.

"It's never over until you win." John said.

Cammy looked at John and smiled.

"You got it." Cammy said.

John looked at the bed across the way. It was clear that everything was 'ready to go', including Cammy.

"Well?" Cammy asked.

John looked at Cammy's naked form, at the bed and back at Cammy.

"Do you want me to carry you across the 'threshold' and 'make you a woman'?" John asked.

That was what Cammy wanted to hear. She saw that as the green light to act. She wasn't about to lose this moment.

"Yes." Cammy said. "But I'm carrying you. I'm not 'old fashioned'. I take what I want."

In a quick motion Cammy scooped John up in her arms and headed for the bedroom.

John was surprised. Was this Cameron or was it Cammy? What if it was neither?

Cameron said her program was her. Her clones all shared a copy of her program. The clones were all the same on the outside and the inside….

John was sure Cameron was 'with' Savannah earlier based on the way the bed looked. He was a little upset it wasn't Savannah with him. Cammy or Cameron now, would serve him just fine. His eyes were glued to Cammy's breasts as she carried him. By the tension in his pants he knew he was ready. It was clear that 'Little Willie' was at 'full attention'. He'd always wondered if the clones were totally identical in every detail. He was about to find out.

"Why not?" John asked.

Cammy smiled at John. She looked just like Cameron. John still wasn't sure. He was caught up in the moment. It reminded him of when he was in the truck with Future Riley. He thought he should feel guilty but he didn't. He didn't feel guilty when he was in the truck with Future Riley either. It was what he wanted then and he took it. He was about to do the same thing again. It really didn't matter who it was, just as long as it was someone.

John was along for the ride. This was Las Vegas and it looked like he'd just hit the 'jackpot'. It was time to collect his winnings. He glanced down at his bulging pants as Cammy carried him. He wasn't sure if he would need to fool around with foreplay or not or just go for the 'gold'. Cammy said she was ready and so was he.

You Can Have It

Some think they're the most
When they're really a misfit
It is actually only themselves
That they seem to outwit

Their own failings
They can never admit
They're always unqualified
It makes them unfit

Their own transgression
They always seem to omit
Everything that they do
Is little more than counterfeit

They like to rule and command
By forcing others to submit
Their own actions and words
Make them a hypocrite

They only want to use
They will never commit
If that's the best they can do
It's all yours - you can have it

Nobody