Chapter 866

Get The Ball Rolling

John felt they needed to start somewhere. They'd taken down the two box cars full of HK equipment so far. They'd just taken down a Gray outpost and captured an additional HK Track. Now they were down to two hard targets and maybe a few other prospects. It was time for action.

"I want to get the ball rolling." John said.

John Henry didn't want John to act too rash. He wanted him to put some thought into his actions before he implemented them.

"We should let Cameron's team make the first move." John Henry said. "You know Cameron wants them annihilated. If they're going to exterminate this group, they'll be freed up to assist Ally and Al's team at the other Gray location that we've identified. I think it's better to use all the help that we can get."

John would have liked to have obtained a few more specifics about the group's they dealt with. They didn't have that information. They possessed very little information at all. He still didn't agree with the idea of wiping out any of the anti-Metal groups just because they were anti-Metal. They were also anti-Skynet. He felt that Cameron was blinded by something that she shouldn't be afflicted by. She was blinded by hatred. There was simply no other way to look at it.

"That sounds good but we don't even know what any of them are that we're dealing with." John said. "We have two locations and nothing else to go on. We only know there are two Grays at one location and two still unknown men at the other location. What does that actually tell us? Who knows what they're doing or who they are?"

John Henry agreed with Cameron and her assessment about all of this. He believed he too was a target of not only Skynet but the anti-Metal group as well.

"They're the enemy." John Henry said. "That's all we need to know."

John wanted to take some action. There were two locations for their forces to attack and neutralize. It made more sense to bring one down first so everyone could concentrate on the second location.

It seemed to him that the large warehouse in the desert would be the bigger prize. That was most likely to have Skynet related equipment. It seemed it would be the harder of the two targets to take down and could benefit from a larger attack force.

Where Cameron was now seemed like less of a threat. Then again there could be Terminators present that they were unaware of. It was no bigger than a house. In fact that's what it appeared to be originally. It looked like someone's house that was converted into a daycare center. That was the location to take down first and then move on to the bigger prize. It seemed that the time was done for thinking and contemplating. It was time for action.

"Let's get Cameron's team started." John said.

Cameron received the 'green light' from John. It didn't matter to her either way. She was going to act and terminate this group, especially since they were most likely from the anti-Metal group. That alone signed their death warrants. That group specifically targeted her in the past. They targeted her in the future. It was one of the reasons why Future John sent her away into the past to protect her. She didn't need protection from them. They needed protection from her.

Savannah could tell Cameron was more than antsy. She was still highly agitated from her encounter with the two unknown men in the casino. John hadn't helped any with his ideas and suggestions. She wasn't sure that right now was the proper time to act.

"Do you want to wait until it's dark out?" Savannah asked. "It won't be that long."

Cameron already deployed her Terminators where she wanted them to be. They'd all been able to quietly move into position. The three of them were ready and waiting.

"No. I want to act now." Cameron said. "Frank and Dan have moved in on the north and east side and Sheila's on the south side."

Savannah looked over her weapons. They didn't have a whole lot with them.

"I guess that leaves us for the west side and the front entrance." Savannah said.

Cameron wanted Savannah as protected as possible.

"I'll lead, you'll follow." Cameron said. "You must remain behind me as I move throughout the building."

Savannah understood that. She also understood that she would need to make sure that nobody popped up from behind them or from off to the side from somewhere. Things like that could often happen. The location they were about to enter was unknown and they basically would go in blind. There was still a major concern for her. She wouldn't put it past any of the groups from the future to use children as human shields to protect themselves.

"Are we sure there are no children?" Savannah asked. "I know we haven't seen any but I want to be sure. I don't want any kids hurt. We will abort if there are any children at this location."

Cameron and the other three Terminators all listened carefully to hear if they could detect any children. None of them we're able to detect any. She was fairly confident that there weren't any children inside. The only other option was to actually go in and look.

"Do you want me to walk up and knock?" Cameron asked. "I can look inside if they open the door. If they don't answer we'll know they're hiding. We know they are in there."

Savannah did know that there were at least two of them in there based upon the drone footage. The drone remained on station at altitude and kept a careful watch around the perimeter. That was one of the reasons why Cameron moved the other three Terminators to cover the other three sides of the building. They covered the fourth side. No one left the building so far.

"Let me go up and knock." Savannah said.

Cameron strongly disapproved of that idea. She'd only been partially serious when she'd suggested it.

"NO!" Cameron said. "It's too dangerous. It's a bad idea."

Savannah believed it was worth the risk to verify that there were no children inside.

"You know I'm still going to do it anyway." Savannah said.

Cameron was worried not only about their earlier exposure to the two men inside of the casino but the fact that they were from the future. It indicated there was always the chance they might be able to identify Savannah.

"It is still a bad idea." Cameron said. "What if they recognize you as 'Future Savannah'?"

Savannah felt if that was going to happen, it already would have based upon the one man's observation of her in the casino. She felt that he looked at her a lot but John Henry indicated that he didn't look at her any more than he did anyone else. That still wasn't how she felt. She did try to hide her face whenever she could from him. She actually didn't believe he ever got a good look at her face. She was sure that he took a pretty good look at her body though. Based upon what she knew of the people from the future, that was the main thing that they would be interested in on any female. Females were to be used and exploited and were nothing more than objects of pleasure for the majority of males in the future. She knew Cameron had a valid point and she did as well about Cameron.

"We could always send Sheila." Savannah said. "One thing's for sure; they'll know who you are."

Sheila was just around the corner from them. She would be able to play the part of Jesse. It may not be the 'right Jesse' but it would still be 'a Jesse'.

"I'll go as Jesse - 'Future Jesse'." Sheila said. "That will get me in the door if they know her."

Cameron was just as concerned for Sheila safety as she was for Savannah's.

"That's risky." Cameron said.

Sheila believed it was the safe bet for her to go as opposed to Savannah. She was certainly more durable than Savannah would be if gunfire broke out.

"It's less risky for Savannah, if I go." Sheila said.

Cameron knew that was true. She wanted to set some tight parameters for any engagement.

"OK, but only identify yourself as 'Future Jesse' if they make the connection." Cameron said. "We still need to worry about someone from the future being able to identify one of us as a Terminator. Even though we're highly advanced and well adapted to our current environment, it's still a risk.

Sheila thought about another recent encounter where she walked up to the front door. They knew Grays were inside. She thought that the encounter went quite well, especially when they invited her inside. The Grays made different plans for her than worked out for them. They all died and she walked away without a scratch.

"If they don't, I can play a lost tourist asking for directions. I used that ploy before." Sheila said. "I think I can keep their attention off of my face. They'll never suspect a Terminator to wear jewelry where mine is at."

Savannah still felt she should face any challenge that she expected anyone else to face.

"That's risky for Sheila." Savannah said. "I still think I should go."

Cameron felt Savannah dodged around a different issue.

"Why?" Cameron asked.

Savannah didn't necessarily think this was the anti-Metal faction. There were still other factors that they needed to consider. Based on their extreme behavior she was worried they might actually be Fanatics. They could also be a rival group of Grays from a different timeline. The point was, they didn't know.

"What if this is really another faction of Grays and they have a Terminator with them?" Savannah asked. "They could be the Fanatics too."

Cameron still needed to contend with the fact some of these groups thought she was Skynet – the 'good one'. The part that troubled her about that was, they also thought Savannah was 'The Redheaded Witch'. It still troubled her over the extreme behavior that several Fanatics exhibited when Savannah was identified as 'The Redheaded Witch' incorrectly by them. They took their own lives with poison rather than face Savannah who they believed was 'The Redheaded Witch'. She really wondered what type of belief drove people to do something that extreme.

Earlier:

Frank was joined by Dan. They went to where Cameron directed them.

They were both in position on two sides of the house, ready to move. It was their job to report if anyone entered or exited the structure. So far everything remained static. They listened to the girls make plans.

Dan spotted movement in the sector he was assigned to watch.

"The back door is opening." Dan said. "I have one individual exiting. It's not one of the men we followed."

John monitored all of the conversations. He thought the latest revelation was bad news. It indicated that there were at least three individuals inside of the structure now. That wasn't his biggest concern though, it was the same concern that Savannah shared.

"Can you see or hear any children?" John asked. "I would like to know before we take any action that there are definitely no children inside."

That was actually the first thing that Dan listened for when he heard the door open. It was what he was able to spot inside that may have more significance.

"Negative…." Dan said. "The interior of the house I was able to view has almost no furniture. I only viewed a small section when the door was opened."

John was able to momentarily watch the man from the drone feed. There was a large tree in the backyard that restricted some of his view.

"Where did the man go?" John asked. "I lost him on my video feed."

Dan spotted a small structure. What the contents of it was, was actually unknown. He felt that the man was isolated enough that he could move up and terminate him.

"There's a tool or toy shed of some type." Dan said. "I can move up and take him out."

John didn't want anyone to act prematurely. Cameron was the one on the ground. He felt that the call should belong to her. More than likely if the man didn't return from whatever his task was, it would alert the others in the house and make entry more difficult.

"Let's wait for Cameron to make her call." John said.

John couldn't help but think that once again they were about to act and there was no plan. There hadn't been time to plan anything nor do any recon. Whatever they did, they would need to go in blind and react to whatever the occupants of the building dealt them. He wondered who would be shot up.

Cammy and Gail headed to the warehouse that Cameron, Savannah and Sheila were in earlier. They both thought it was a dead end. It still needed to be checked out, something may turn up.

The search of the warehouse by the railroad tracks produced no new information or leads. It was time to move on.

Cammy and Gail left the warehouse by the rail yard. To them this was time wasted. There were other places they both would rather have gone to.

Gail knew that they were close to the casino hotel where the local Command Center was set up in the Honeymoon Suite.

"I can take you back to see John." Gail said.

Cammy really wanted that. She was so close to having sex with him. She wanted to go back there and finish what was started. She still needed to rub it in Cameron's face afterwards. That thought made her smile. It made her smile even more when she would be able to rub it into Cameron's face that she was the one who lost her virginity to John. That was a jab at Cameron because she was sure Future John used her in the future and erased those files from her.

'Payback is a Bitch'. Cammy thought.

With Savannah in impending danger, there was a stronger calling to her.

Cammy looked at her phone.

"I want that but I received a feed regarding Savannah." Cammy said.

Gail looked at her phone also.

"I received that as well." Gail said.

Cammy was rudely reminded that duty came before booty. She didn't like it but she knew it was the right call. She didn't blame Savannah for anything Cameron did with her. She already knew what a Bitch, Cameron was. She also knew how manipulative she was.

"CamNet's feeding it to us." Cammy said. "She wants us to go to Savannah and back her up."

Gail was very pleased that she received something 'official' to go and do what she planned to do anyway.

"You won't need to ask me twice." Gail said. "I was going to do that anyway."

Gail swung around the back side of the buildings to return to the street that paralleled the railroad tracks. She was in a hurry to get to Savannah and assist her. She needed to protect Savannah from the enemy and protect her from Cameron.

Cammy could see that Gail really pushed it.

"Watch your speed." Cammy said.

Gail eased up on the accelerator.

"I'm sorry." Gail said. "You know I'm worried as well as you are."

Cammy didn't seem to know a lot but she did know that Gail was consumed with Savannah inside her. Love that strong made someone make mistakes and bad choices. Cameron was a perfect example of that. She would try to prevent Gail from making any. As far as Cameron went, she didn't think that there was any hope for her. She was pretty sure that Bitch got what she deserved.

Jesse entered the room and updated Vanna and Allison on Riley. At least it wasn't 'bad' news. The trouble was that it wasn't really any news.

"It doesn't seem like there is anything new, wrong." Allison said. "That's a good thing."

Vanna hoped that they would have been able to identify something specific.

"There was nothing that they could find that would cause this condition for her?" Vanna asked.

Holly hadn't been able to notice any recent change that would afflict Riley.

"No." Holly said. "I was plugged in with Cam and Hanna. We checked everything. It may be depression and lack of sleep. Her hormone levels were off slightly."

Jesse couldn't help but stare at Vanna as she held Precious. She's been a little wary about giving it a try. When she saw how content Vanna looked it made up her mind for her.

"That looks so natural for you, Vanna." Jesse said. "Let me get cleaned up real fast and I'll see what I can do."

Jesse disappeared into the bathroom.

Vanna was able to tell Jesse looked very uneasy.

"Jesse looks scared." Vanna said. "That's unlike her, for anything."

Holly looked over towards the bathroom. She didn't think that she betrayed Jesse's trust by confirming her fears.

"She is, she told me on the way here." Holly said. "She is worried."

Vanna felt that way at first as well. It wasn't an overwhelming fear for her but it was still a fear. Something new or different always took a little time to get used to.

"She doesn't need to be." Vanna said. "This will come natural to her."

Holly filled Vanna and Allison in on all the medical details.

"I don't think I understood half of that." Allison said as she looked around. "There are two rooms here."

Vanna was a little unsure what the final setup was going to be.

"One will be the room for Precious." Vanna said.

A few ideas popped into Allison's head.

"Right now it's empty." Allison said. "There is just junk and stuff in it."

Vanna wasn't sure where things were headed.

"And?" Vanna asked.

Allison tried to think of a way that they could better help Riley and Precious.

"Maybe you or Jesse could start spending the nights in there." Allison said. "Cam or Gail could assist as well. I could stay with Holly too."

Vanna wasn't so sure about that. It was a good idea but a big invasion of privacy.

"That would be a big intrusion." Vanna said. "I'll do it but Derek and Riley need to sign off on it first."

Holly tilted her head to the side slightly. She looked in both directions. She thought she might have a solution.

"The room on either side of these quarters is empty." Holly said. "I can install a doorway into either one. It won't take me long."

Allison was a little surprised to hear that but could see that Holly was completely serious. Terminators always found a new way to impress her.

Vanna felt they needed to ask the owners of the room what they wanted done to it first.

"We need to see what Derek and Riley want." Vanna said.

Jesse returned, her top was off.

All three girls looked at her. She was beautiful, even without her nipple rings. Her larger breasts looked beautiful. The jewelry was unnecessary.

Vanna stood up carefully with Precious. Jesse sat down and Vanna gently handed her to Jesse.

"Jesse, relax, you're shaking." Vanna said. "You'll frighten Precious."

Jesse felt very nervous about what she was about to do. She didn't know if she was going to be able to measure up. She didn't know if she was going to be good enough.

"I can't help it." Jesse said. "I don't ever feel this way."

Vanna adjusted Precious and she started to nurse.

Jesse stopped shaking and a single tear slid down her cheek.

"Does it hurt?" Holly asked.

Jesse looked up at the other girls. Her face beamed with joy.

"No. It's the most wonderful feeling of something good that I've ever done." Jesse said. "This is something beautiful."

Jesse felt very happy that she could actually help someone for once. The fact it was a tiny infant made it all the more special.

None of them wondered if this was all part of Cameron orchestrating their lives. Cameron wasn't about to 'lose' any of them. They all would accept what Cameron worked on behind the scene easier this way as well.

Holly would make a report to Cameron that all three girls were 'ready'. She knew Cameron would contact Camille and either Young Jesse or Claire would soon act as well. She wasn't sure about Savannah. Cameron seemed to run her around an awful lot.

Riley was worried there was something else wrong with her.

"You're fine." Claire said. "I went through periods like this as well in the future."

Cam didn't find anything wrong with Riley. There were no new negative changes to her last checkup.

"She's fine." Cam said. "She'll feel better with a little time."

Hanna stood next to Claire as she talked.

Claire felt Riley suffered from a different problem.

"Do you need some help?" Claire asked Riley.

Riley looked at Claire with wide eyes.

"I could use some help sometimes." Riley said. "I've relied on Sarah a lot. I don't like to bother anyone. I don't think I get enough sleep. I feel depressed."

Cam tilted her head slightly.

"I think Riley may have 'postpartum disorder'." Cam said.

Riley didn't like the way that sounded, she became concerned for Precious.

"What's that?" Riley asked. "Can it infect Precious?"

Hanna looked at Cam with some concern. They were both aware it could do something worse than 'infect' Precious. Sometimes the mothers 'snapped' and practiced 'infanticide'.

"It is usually a hormone imbalance." Hanna said. "It can cause depression and anxiety toward the infant."

Claire knew that infants could be a handful. Especially the first one.

"I can stay with you to help." Claire said. "Hanna can help too if she wants to. I know how overwhelming it can be at times. I was able to have a lot of help with Allison and especially Summer."

Riley didn't want to be a burden on anybody. She already felt like she was. Maybe if they all talked about it together something could be worked out.

"When we go back I can talk it over with all the girls." Riley said. "I will ask both the human girls and Metal girls for their input."

Riley wanted help but she didn't want to be a burden either.

John Henry spoke with Ally and filled her in.

Ally didn't like the news of having to wait. The 'Terminator' in her wanted to act. If there was a task to be done, it needed to be done right away.

Now the latest news was to wait and then wait some more.

"So hurry up and wait." Ally said.

John Henry didn't see the need to rush things. He wanted to do a little planning and make a little preparation.

"We have two drones on station with more coming." John Henry said. "To have additional help is a good thing for all of our team members."

John wanted her to know that there would be additional help that would also be able to assist her.

"Cameron doesn't want to wait any longer." John said. "If they can wrap up that operation, it will free them up to help you. It's a small place and should be an easy take down. I expect that operation to be wrapped up quickly."

Ally would be more than happy to spread the 'workload' around.

"I'm all for that." Ally said. "I don't want to face any HK drones or HK Tracks on my own. That building could be full of them. The satellite images show it's a big place."

John hoped to get things underway as soon as they could. He just needed for things to play out in order.

"We'll shake the hornet's nest as soon as Cameron is done. Sit tight." John said.

Ally knew she was in for a long wait. It was a shame none of the other Metal girls were with her. It didn't matter, she was alone and isolated. She looked around and decided to replay some old files, while at the same time she would make some new files….

She'd heard that an 'idle mind is the Devil's workshop'. She didn't want her mind to be idle. Her hands weren't.

You Lied To Me

A lie is a lie is a lie
Even if it is a 'good lie'
For you know the truth
Will still make me die

Lying is a form of theft
For trust is what is stolen
The wounds then left
Fester and become swollen

The first lies are hardest
Then more become easier
As you let yourself become
Sleazier and sleazier

To the end which always comes
Were the results and costs worth
To have one carried by six
And slowly covered with earth

I too can stab and hurt
You think I don't know how or see
Did you think about that before
You lied to me

Nobody