Chapter 864

Everyone Relax

Sheila, Cameron and Savannah were in a loose pursuit of the two unknown men in the blue sedan. Frank and Dan backed them up.

They'd gone to a lot of trouble and hassle as well as grief to get to where they were now. It was clear the men were involved in all of the Skynet related activity somehow. Exactly what, they didn't know other than they knew they were at the rail yard to spy on the Grays that were there to change the identification on the box cars. It was doubtful that either party knew they'd already removed the HK equipment from inside of them.

Cameron was tired of the cat and mouse routine. She wanted to end this and get it over with. She believed that the longer they continued the convoluted pursuit, the greater the risk factor was for Savannah. It seemed to be only a matter of time before the two unknown men led them into some type of an ambush.

"Let's stop them now." Cameron said. "We're isolated enough to take control of their vehicle."

Any incident on the street, if it was observed or reported, would be suppressed from the authorities by John Henry or CamNet.

Savannah didn't want Cameron to 'jump the gun'. She felt they'd expended a lot of time and effort to get to the point where they were now. There was no need to throw that all that away now when simply could have terminated the two unknown men at the rail yard and skipped this entire procedure.

"We need to give it some more time." Savannah said. "That's the whole point of all of this, it's to learn more. They seem to have a big secret. I want to know what it is."

Sheila didn't like to draw things out either. That was unless it was a personal interrogation. She liked to draw those out as long as possible. She really wanted to get her hands on both of these individuals for a special interrogation session.

"John Henry, have you come up with anything on their vehicles?" Sheila asked. "I'm inclined to agree with Cameron."

Cameron wanted to end the risk and the threat. She didn't know what these two individuals were going to pull next. They seemed to like to pull a lot of 'fast ones'.

"We've put ourselves at risk by waiting this long." Cameron said.

Savannah knew Cameron referred to her. She didn't think the operation should be based around her in any way. She was simply another team member. She didn't need any special protection or any other considerations.

"We still need to learn who they are and where they're going." Savannah said. "I'll share any risk that the team needs to share. Everyone knows that. I don't want anyone to forget that."

Cameron looked back at Savannah. The two unknown men bothered her greatly. She felt that Savannah faced an unknown risk at this time.

"It leaves us open to getting caught up in an ambush." Cameron said. "That's not something I can allow to happen to you."

Savannah frowned slightly at Cameron.

"I can pull my own weight." Savannah said.

John Henry was able to process the information on the vehicles that the two unknown men used. What he found out didn't help them at all and only deepened the mystery.

"The vehicles they're using were bought from private parties. The information the previous owners filed, comes back as bogus for the buyers." John Henry said. "The addresses they provided are all empty lots. Someone did their research ahead of time for the specific purpose of doing that."

Savannah thought that there could still be some useful information gleaned from those transactions.

"What's the time frame on the first transaction?" Savannah asked. "It should help clue us in as to how long they've been operating."

John Henry knew that it gave them a few pointers but it wasn't a definitive source of information. There were other things that the two unknown men could have done before they decided to purchase used vehicles.

"It was three weeks ago." John Henry said. "I don't know if that's when they arrived or if they used stolen vehicles before. They needed to come up with cash somehow. I'm checking all past casino footage to see if that turns up anything."

The team kept after the unknown men. They entered a semi residential neighborhood and circled around it in one direction and back in the other direction. It looked like most of the buildings were unoccupied around that area. There was a row of houses that ran along the backside. It looked as if the men were about to stop soon. The answer came seconds later.

"They're slowing." Sheila said.

Savannah's first concern was that they may have been identified. If they were, it could set them up for an immediate attack.

"Did they make us?" Savannah asked.

Cameron could see the vehicle up ahead. They were nowhere close to it. It was doubtful the men would have been able to identify them from their current position.

"We're still a half mile behind them." Cameron said.

Frank 'followed' the unknown men from in front of them. It was a technique that they'd used before when they followed someone. If they had a general idea of the direction that they were headed and there weren't a whole lot of turn offs available it worked quite well. No one ever looked for a tail in front of them, they all looked behind them. That's why they called it a tail.

"I'm going to stop if they slow anymore." Frank said. "I'm half a mile in front of them."

Dan was on a motorcycle. He shared the same opinion that the other Terminators did. They all wanted to see the two unknown men terminated. They didn't like all the hoops that they'd needed to jump through to get to where they were at currently.

"I'm ready to close in on them if you want that." Dan said. "I can take them down at any time."

John was under the opinion that things were about to wrap up as far as to where the two unknown men were headed. It was clear that they'd just checked the neighborhood to see if there was anything suspicious. Evidently they didn't spot anything.

"Everyone relax." John said. "This may be the destination. It sounds like they checked out the neighborhood pretty well before they decided to stop."

Savannah knew that a drone arrived to back them up. It should be in position at this time to give them some type of visual feedback.

"Where's our drone at?" Savannah asked.

John Henry was a little surprised at Savannah's question. He'd just maneuvered the drone into position only seconds ago.

"It's within camera range now. I have them zoomed in." John Henry said. "Everyone needs to stop. They're pulling into a driveway."

Savannah wanted to make sure that their personnel were better protected. If they were at a destination currently then Dan could rejoin with Frank. They could always leave the motorcycle in one location and retrieve it again later if they needed it. If they didn't need it again they could leave a message for the owner where it was parked. She liked to see that people's property was returned to them or they were compensated for it.

"I want Dan to pass by without looking at that location and rejoin with Frank." Savannah said. "That gives us two solid teams."

Dan didn't know what to expect going forward. It sounded like a good idea.

"Affirmative…." Dan said.

Dan thundered past Sheila's SUV on the motorcycle.

John Henry already processed the drone images and established a live feed for everyone to view.

"I'm sending real time drone footage of the location and what's around it." John Henry said. "You can all check your phones for the images and footage."

John wasn't sure that the two unknown men were done playing games. They still had ample opportunities to pull a few more fast ones.

"We still need to make sure they enter that location and not pass through the yards in the back and go elsewhere or to another waiting vehicle." John said.

The drone footage showed the two men conceal the car in a garage and enter the building they were at. Even with that, it still didn't guarantee that this was their final destination.

The drone footage showed the location the men were at wasn't where anyone would expect to find Grays or anything else Skynet related for that matter.

Savannah took in the images and some of the items that surrounded the location.

"Is that place what it looks like?" Savannah asked.

Dan decided to chance a quick look since he was almost there.

"I'm passing it now." Dan said. "It is."

Cameron wasn't sure what to make of it. It may not be what it appeared but if it was there could be others in danger. This would call for further investigation.

"That adds a new twist." Cameron said.

Cameron decided that once the men were apprehended that she would assist Sheila in their 'personal interrogation'. She wanted to make sure that they suffered before their termination.

Cammy and Gail decided to back up Cameron's operation. It was at Gail's insistence they do. Gail wanted to watch over Savannah. Finding the deceased female at the location they were just at, only reinforced her desire to help protect Savannah. She didn't want Savannah to know what she'd participated in with Cammy. She would attempt to avoid any details if she was directly asked by Savannah about them.

Cammy was still disturbed by what the two Grays were responsible for. The 'young redhead' reference still troubled her. She needed to take her mind off of that. She tried to think of other things and ended up thinking about John. Those thoughts seem to produce a number of problems and issues on their own.

She was dissatisfied with the unfinished business in the Honeymoon Suite.

Cammy wanted to go back to the hotel and 'finish up' with John while Cameron and Savannah were busy. She was still under the impression that Cameron and Savannah shared with each other in the Honeymoon Suite.

That almost happened but it didn't. They'd needed to go to the rail yard to observe the Grays and see if they discovered that the box cars had been emptied. Work came before pleasure. They were there to do a job after all, not indulge in nefarious activity.

Gail insisted on going to assist Cameron's team. They decided to inform John.

John still hoped to split Cammy off from Gail.

"It looks like they have it under control for now." John said. "What about some of the information you obtained from the Grays or on any other locations?"

Cammy wasn't sure she would be able to get away from her next assignment without it looking like a booty call, which is what it would be. She really wanted to be with John earlier. She'd hoped to leave her virginity in the Honeymoon Suite. That seemed doubtful at this point.

"Ally is headed to one. You said you have a team backing her with two drones." Cammy said. "That was the one firm location we picked up. Everything else they didn't know the details or specifics. They were unaware they were being surveilled by another group of men."

Gail looked over their phones before she sent them along with the HK Track.

"We deactivated their phones and sent them along with Tom." Gail said. "Everything was encrypted on them."

John Henry found that to be increasingly the case with captured phones. They could still retrieve the information, it just took a little longer.

"We run into that a lot." John Henry said. "They will be looked through in detail."

John still hadn't given up the idea of being able to get his hands on Cammy. He wanted what she had to offer. He wanted her virginity.

"You can always go back to the warehouse where Cameron and Savannah were." John said.

Gail was irritated with the thought of anything to further delay them to be able to back up Savannah and the Terminators with her.

"What for?" Gail asked. "Cameron, Sheila and Savannah checked it out already."

John attempted to make up a possible excuse as to why he wanted to keep Cammy close to the casino hotel and the Honeymoon Suite.

"Maybe someone will go there to get something or leave something." John said.

Neither Cammy nor Gail liked that idea.

Gail cut her com, Cammy did too.

"The immediate threat is with Cameron's team." Gail said.

Cammy was aware of that and felt a little bit guilty about it.

"It most likely will be." Cammy said.

Gail couldn't understand why John didn't want them to go directly there.

"It sounds like they're sidelining us." Gail said.

Cammy didn't want to divulge too much. She understood what John was trying to do. It was what she wanted to do as well. At this point she didn't care if it only lasted from thirty seconds to two minutes. She just wanted to get it done. She wanted John to be with her so that she could punish Cameron for being with Savannah. She still was unaware that event hadn't actually occurred.

"Not us, it's me." Cammy said. "Tell them we'll go there. I have other plans."

Gail turned her com back on.

"We'll check it out." Gail said.

Gail looked at Cammy and hoped that she would give her a little better explanation.

Allison wanted to check on Riley. She was always concerned when anyone had some type of a medical issue. It made it worse if it was someone from the future who developed some kind of a problem. Whenever It was, it always made her think that whatever happened to them was going to happen to her as well.

She called Jesse to see how Riley was doing.

"How's Riley?" Allison asked.

Jesse wasn't so sure that it was an immediate issue that was the problem.

"She seems fine." Jesse said. "The Metal girls are checking her out."

The main reason why Allison called Jesse was because Vanna was almost out and Precious still seemed hungry.

"How are you doing?" Allison asked. "Nursing wise."

Jesse couldn't help but think about when Allison barged into her room and saw Claire with her.

"Maybe you should ask your mother." Jesse said.

That idea didn't appeal to her. She didn't need the details of her mother's sex life. She did feel her mother was entitled to one though. Everyone deserved to find comfort and happiness where they could.

"No thanks." Allison said. "Vanna wants you to assist her if you can."

Jesse was thrilled with the prospect of being able to nurse an infant. It made her feel the same way about her body now that Vanna did. Her body was no longer a sex object for the pleasure of others. It could actually do something that it was intended to.

"Let me check on Riley and I'll come back." Jesse said. "I think I'm good. I know I'm ready."

Allison wasn't sure if they should notify Derek or not. She didn't think it was necessary if there was nothing seriously wrong. Riley may have changed her mind since she told them not to call him and bother Sarah and Kyle as well.

"See if she wants us to call Derek." Allison said. "I know she said not to. She doesn't want to cause a panic if it's nothing. I wouldn't either."

Jesse didn't think it would be an issue. She wanted to return to Riley's quarters as soon as possible.

"Will do." Jesse said and hung up.

Allison put her phone away and went back to Vanna.

"Jesse will be here soon." Allison said.

Vanna didn't have a lot of experience with an infant. She'd been around babies before but there were always other females there who seemed to take care of them. She thought that there was something that needed to be done right now for Precious.

"I think I need to 'burp' Precious." Vanna said.

Allison didn't think that was too complicated. She thought there was another issue that needed to be dealt with.

"You might need to change her as well." Allison said.

Vanna thought that she could do that. She wanted a little oversight though.

"You can help me." Vanna said.

Allison obtained a lot of experience doing that to help her mother as well as Sarah previously.

"Sure, we did it for Jan and Summer." Allison said. "At least here in the past - the present, we have things to properly change and clean them up with."

Taking care of infants in the future was a challenge. Caring for them in the present was much easier and much more sanitary. That applied to both the mother and the child.

Vanna wanted to make sure everything was ready for when Jesse arrived. She didn't want to leave her with a mess to deal with. She wanted her to have a positive first experience with Precious.

"We'll get her ready and all cleaned up for Jesse." Vanna said. "I honestly hope she feels the same way I did when Precious started to nurse."

Jesse watched Riley get checked out by the Metal girls.

Cam worked in concert with Hanna and Holly. She was pleased that Riley checked out. Everything that they checked was the same as when Riley was checked before. They didn't find a new problem or ailment. That was the good news.

"There is nothing 'wrong' with you. I mean any more new things wrong or different than there were before." Cam said.

Cam unplugged from Hanna and Holly. They then unhooked from each other. Cam remained plugged into the database. She still received information and checked on a few more things from the medical files.

Riley was glad that she hadn't developed a new problem. She felt a little embarrassed though about all the hoopla.

"I'm really sorry about all this." Riley said.

Riley was afraid she overreacted. That in itself helped create new problems.

Claire had been through three pregnancies. She'd only raised two of the children though. She'd left Destiny in the future for Future Allison to raise. She still had plenty of advice to give though.

"You need to get more rest." Claire said. "Don't try to bottle feed either. Not if Vanna or Jesse can assist you."

Riley looked down at her breasts. She was very disappointed that they didn't seem to be able to do enough. They were large to begin with. Why didn't they get bigger?

"Derek says Precious still looks hungry when I try to feed her." Riley said.

Jesse didn't see it as a problem going forward. There would be three of them now to help Precious.

"Vanna and I will help you now as well." Jesse said. "Between the three of us, there won't be any shortage."

Cam looked over at everyone who was still gathered. She didn't feel it was necessary for them to be there any longer.

"I want to run a few more tests with Riley." Cam said. "Everyone else can go. We're done here."

Jesse wanted to return to Riley's room since Allison asked her to.

"I want to go back and check on Vanna." Jesse said.

Claire didn't want to feel like she'd abandoned Riley.

"I'll stay here with Riley for now." Claire said as she took Riley's hand. "I know what the 'unknown' feels like."

Hanna decided to stay with Claire. Holly wanted to check on Allison. She walked back with Jesse.

Ally stayed on the paved roads in the desert. She was given a destination so there was no real hurry. She needed to wait for the backup team to arrive before anything would happen.

"What do you want me to do when I get there?" Ally asked.

John certainly didn't want Ally to 'go Cameron' on him. There was back up on the way and there was no reason that she shouldn't wait for it.

"Nothing, until Al's team gets there." John said. "They'll arrive in a short while."

She knew that the other drone was sent to what was the possible destination of the box truck. She wanted to know if they've been able to gather any intel yet.

"What's happening at the location?" Ally asked.

John Henry was a little disappointed at what the drone found. It didn't find anything other than a structure.

"There's nothing visible outside." John Henry said. "I'm sending you real time drone footage."

Ally saw that the building was served by a railroad siding. It was what she'd speculated. She wanted a little closer look.

"Zoom in on that rail siding." Ally said.

John Henry zoomed in with the drone.

"How's that?" John Henry asked.

Ally hoped to be able to tell if the siding was currently in use.

"The rails have a few shiny spots." Ally said.

John Henry knew right away what that meant.

"They've been used recently." John Henry said. "That's obviously an active siding."

Ally thought about her encounter at the building with the interior rail siding when she was with Cammy and Sheila. This was an exterior siding. That might mean that some HK equipment was unloaded there.

"If they unloaded one or two sets of boxcars with various HK products, we could face a lot of hostile equipment. That's a very large building." Ally said. "I think we're going to need more than three Terminators."

John didn't want to risk endangering his Terminators. There was another way to deal with the issue.

"It's fairly isolated." John said. "Maybe I'll send all the drones there for a massive strike once it's dark."

Ally had been down that route before. She didn't want to do it again. She believed going in and taking a look was the way to do it first.

"That will be a big cleanup mess." Ally said. "Trying to recover Skynet material from collapsed and burnt out buildings is a time consuming hassle."

John was willing to listen to any plan that sounded practical and wasn't a full on assault going in.

"Do you have any other ideas?" John asked. "I'm open to suggestions."

Young Allison wasn't happy. More of what 'occurred' was blocked from her. She was well aware of what everyone was doing and of the people that were dying. Maybe some of the things would be graphic but it was better she become acclimated to them now, rather than face them in the future, face to face.

"I want to know everything." Young Allison said.

Anna needed to act within the guidelines that Savannah established for Young Allison.

"It's out of my hands." Anna said.

Young Allison felt it was all a matter of perspective.

"If Skynet was already in control, I'd see these things all happen with my own eyes." Young Allison said. "I'd be living with them."

Anna didn't want to get caught up in a conversation or an argument that she didn't have any control over.

"You need to speak to Savannah about this." Anna said. "She's protecting you."

Young Allison wanted to move forward with the operations. Giving Anna a 'hard time' served no purpose. It wasn't her decision.

She focused on where Ally was headed.

"It looks like Ally is headed for trouble." Young Allison said. "Can the drones scan for anything that is HK related inside the building? I think they're up too high right now."

Anna was aware that John Henry kept the drones at a high altitude during the daylight.

"They're at too high of an altitude to do that." Anna said. "You know that John doesn't want them spotted. It raises a lot of questions that we don't need to deal with."

Young Allison wanted everyone to use a certain amount of caution.

"I think they should wait until night to try to make an entry that way." Young Allison said. "They need a better idea of what they're facing."

Anna was aware there were drawbacks to an on site recon depending upon what was inside of the building.

"If there's a Terminator there, they'll be spotted anyway." Anna said.

Young Allison thought there were a few ways to draw away some of the personnel from the building.

"Cammy and Gail took the phones from the Grays they eventually terminated." Young Allison said. "They heard their voices. They can call for 'help' as the Grays on their phones. That should draw some of the people off where Ally is headed to assist their comrades."

Anna saw that for the two-way street that it was. There was an up and down side to it.

"Yes." Anna said. "The idea has merit. It would also put those that remained at that building on alert."

Young Allison considered narrowing the focus of what the problem was. It might even draw out the Terminator if there was one there.

"They could always say the HK Track is malfunctioning and they can't turn it off." Young Allison said. "They could say there was a traffic accident with the other two men and they needed help to treat them. They may want to avoid the hospital and all the questions that could be raised there."

Anna thought those sounded like good choices.

"Something appropriate will be devised." Anna said.

Young Allison thought that her plan should at least be considered.

"Why don't you call John or have CamNet contact John Henry." Young Allison said. "I don't want to get involved directly again. Savannah asked me to use the proper channels unless it was an emergency."

Anna understood what Young Allison's real concern was.

"You think they'll only look at your age and not your knowledge or ability." Anna said.

Young Alison felt very frustrated about her situation at times.

"I don't want to rock the boat." Young Allison said. "By what's kept from me, shows me they're not ready to accept me for who I truly am. I'm the product of ALL of them. They should all understand that by now."

Young Allison wanted to be a team player and follow the 'rules'. She was also worried about everyone. She decided if she needed to act, she was going to.

CamNet would back her play.

CamNet believed in her, even if nobody else did.

She felt a very special bond with CamNet. It bothered her that everyone wanted to interfere with it. She didn't feel that was their right. If she was her own person, she should be able to do as she pleased.

Everyone Relax

It's easy for one
To get uptight
The more so they are
The more they want to fight

The blows that come
Don't need to be from a fist
There are others ways to hurt
Some come with a twist

Why does a push
Need to come to a shove
Whatever happened
To the one they love

Nothing is ever static
Everything is in flux
It doesn't take much to see
That life is what sucks

Before everyone acts
They need to watch their backs
No one needs any attacks
Everyone relax

Nobody