Chapter 867

Nothing To Fear

Dan spotted someone exit the building and head over to a smaller shed type structure. He was ready to move in and terminate them. It looked like he could move in and get it done cleanly.

John didn't want Dan to act too early. Everyone wasn't in the proper position to act. The main thing that he'd been worried about was children inside of the building. Everything so far indicated that there weren't any.

"Dan, I ran this by Cameron. Savannah wants to wait for darkness." John said. "I have to agree."

Dan felt if they were going to go into a surveillance mode he would be able to cover two sides of the building himself.

"Affirmative…." Dan said. "I can move my position and cover two sides of the structure as we wait."

Frank decided he would do the same on his side. That would free up the three girls.

"I can do the same and cover the other two sides." Frank said.

John Henry was pleased to hear that. The way things begin to develop, everything might become a little more complicated.

"That's a good idea." John Henry said. "It sounds like Cameron may be about to have some trouble.

John was worried about Cameron. He knew it was because of the anti-Metal faction that she was uneasy and upset. He figured that she was in good hands if things actually started to get worse. The best person for the job was already with her.

"Thank God, Savannah is with Cameron." John said.

John Henry tilted his head slightly to the side.

"John, there was no deity involved." John Henry said.

John looked at John Henry and tried not to laugh. Sometimes he just needed to love the way Terminators took things so literally.

"Whatever." John said and repeated. "Whatever…."

John was satisfied everyone was in good hands right now. How long things would stay good was another matter. He still needed to worry about the two locations they were going to take down.

Earlier:

Savannah didn't want Cameron to rush this operation when they didn't need to. They were going to take down two locations before the night was over and there was no rush on either one. They didn't seem directly connected either. Things would be safer for them if they waited at both locations.

"It will be dark soon." Savannah said. "We can all wear our body armor and carry a suppressed M4 without the need to worry about being spotted as easily. We won't seem out of place or as a threat to anyone if no one can see us. It will be safer for all of us."

Cameron understood that time was on their side. Both locations where the Resistance teams were involved with were under direct surveillance. There was also a drone over each one as well. The longer they waited, the greater the chances were that more people would arrive in each location. They could also depart as well. If they left, they needed to go somewhere. They wanted to know where that 'somewhere' was at.

"You're right, Savannah." Cameron said. "I don't want you or anyone damaged."

Cameron looked at Savannah; she really wanted to use the 'Honeymoon Suite'. Now John was there and ruined things. Savannah offered her everything in a person and as a mate that she wanted. Savannah could also bear her, bear THEM a child. They could raise it together. They didn't need anyone else. It could just be the two of them. Wait. She wanted Young Allison there as well.

Sheila wanted to go over a few things with Cameron. She started to talk to her before she realized the Cameron seemed incapable of responding.

"…Cameron…?" Sheila asked.

Cameron looked around. Only Savannah was there with her.

"OK…." Cameron said.

Sheila knew Cameron was elsewhere in her mind. It was time for a little fun.

"So you don't care if I walk up to the door naked?" Sheila asked.

Cameron tilted her head slightly to the side. She realized she just agreed to something that sounded ridiculous. She didn't want Sheila to do that. It sounded too dangerous. She figured someone would open the door if a naked female walked up to it. She would need to keep that in mind for a possible mission. It was an effective strategy.

"What?" Cameron asked. "No, don't do that."

Sheila still wanted to mess with her.

"You said – OK." Sheila said. "I'm going to do it."

Cameron had been lost in thought about Savannah and Young Allison.

"No don't. I'm sorry, I must have been distracted." Cameron said.

Savannah didn't want things to get carried away. She wanted to cover for Cameron as much as possible. She understood that she had trouble from time to time.

"Sheila wanted to know if you wanted her to move closer." Savannah said.

Savannah tried to help and assist Cameron. It was clear she was a little off.

She observed that Cameron was distracted. She knew it was because of the 'anti-Metal faction' and their past actions. It all fell back on Future Riley. It all fell back on John's failure. She knew that John was culpable in everything that happened. He was a willing participant. He could have turned his back and walked away at any time. He didn't. She understood how a teenager could get caught up in something like that but either way he still did it. The point was that he knew better.

"What?" Cameron asked. "What do you think, Savannah?"

Savannah decided to spell it out for Cameron. She didn't like the place Cameron seemed to have drifted to right now. It wasn't a good place and it certainly wasn't conducive to a combat operation. She decided to be direct about what was needed.

"I think that you need to wait in the SUV while we conduct this operation." Savannah said. "Will you do that for me?"

Cameron smiled and nodded at Savannah.

"Of course I will." Cameron said. "'I'll do whatever you think is best."

That was different. Cameron didn't even protest.

That turn of events made Savannah worry even more. She wasn't sure that Cameron was ever so easily sidelined before.

"I want to wait until dark and for everyone to armor up." Savannah said. "Everyone fallback and we'll wait another hour. Dan and Frank will watch the structure. Be ready to move if anything develops."

Cameron looked lost. She started to move towards the house.

Savannah thought that Cameron was going to return to the SUV. She was surprised when she looked up as to where Cameron was actually headed.

"Cameron, where are you going?" Savannah asked.

Savannah was about to grab her.

"I need to kill those people who hurt me." Cameron said.

Savannah took Cameron's glitching hand and led her back to the Escalade.

Sheila showed up a few seconds later. She could see Cameron was 'out to lunch'. She immediately regretted what she'd said earlier. She wanted Savannah to know it wasn't on purpose.

"Savannah, I'm sorry I messed around." Sheila said. "I can see she's really hurting."

Savannah glanced at Sheila. She returned her attention back to Cameron.

"It happens." Savannah said as she gently touched Cameron's cheek. "I'll fix her."

Sheila watched as Savannah lovingly tended to Cameron and tried to help her get past her 'past'. It was evident how strong Savannah's love for Cameron was.

It was clear to Sheila that Savannah and Cameron belonged together. It was a very symbiotic relationship, based on love and friendship, as opposed to one based on sex. She was pretty sure Cameron's relationship with John was mostly sex based. That was where a lot of her problems emanated from. That seemed to be the fate of most couples.

Frank and Dan repositioned themselves to free up Sheila to go to be with Savannah and Cameron. They could watch all four sides of the building from opposite corners.

The only drawback to that positioning was if those inside exited all four sides at once and went in different directions. The chances of that seemed unlikely but it was still a possibility. Because the individuals involved with this group showed extreme paranoia, anything was possible if they thought that they were being watched or about to be attacked.

Cammy and Gail received the transmission by CamNet between Cameron and Savannah. It was clear that Cameron was on the verge of having a big problem again.

The good news for them was that by waiting for nightfall, it gave them time to get to the target area.

Gail was most concerned about Savannah's safety. If Cameron experienced any further difficulties, it put Savannah at risk.

"We'll be there by nighttime." Gail said. "It sounds like Cameron is having trouble."

Cammy was still upset because she believed Cameron and Savannah were together in the Honeymoon Suite. She still didn't know that nothing happened between them. She always seemed to have an ongoing dispute of some type with Cameron. She never hesitated to make her feelings known around anybody other than Savannah.

"Cameron needs to be deactivated." Cammy said. "We all know it."

Gail was very upset to hear Cammy say that. She was sure it was based on more than just jealousy. It certainly reeked of jealousy if nothing else. She thought it was a very selfish comment. She wanted to point out to Cammy that she'd planned to go visit John for a booty call in the casino Command Center just a short time ago.

"I don't agree." Gail said. "That would upset Savannah. I won't allow that. Savannah loves her very much."

Cammy looked at Gail.

"Cameron will keep you from ever 'being with' Savannah." Cammy said. "If they mate, you know it's true."

Gail knew that everything wasn't about her. Savannah helped her learn many things. One of them was about the sacrifice that was sometimes necessary in love.

"Then that's a sacrifice I'll make." Gail said. "I want Savannah to be happy. Sometimes love is about sacrifice, that shows true love."

Cammy needed to pause for a few seconds. It was clear to her that Gail loved Savannah more than anything. Gail knew that Savannah was her lover but she still spoke freely and with true conviction.

"That's TRUE love." Cammy said. "I know what you want more than anything."

Gail wasn't sure that she liked that comment.

"There are many things I want." Gail said. "I know some of them are not possible."

Cammy knew what a master of manipulation that Cameron was. She wouldn't put anything past her. She was sure that there was probably a lot of 'temporal malpractice' that went on behind the scenes for Cameron to 'fix' things that she thought needed fixing.

"I wouldn't bet on that." Cammy said. "You tell Cameron or Savannah what you want and they'll make it happen."

Gail believed Savannah would always put her best interest first.

"Savannah will do what's best for me." Gail said.

Cammy tried not to laugh. There was something else that bothered her as well.

"Cameron won't." Cammy said. "What's in that 'hard case' you have in the back? I needed to switch that stuff out when I switched SUVs with Ally. I was in a hurry so I didn't have time to look."

Gail suppressed a glitch impulse with the question that Cammy just asked.

"Cameron asked me to bring her some clothes." Gail said.

Cammy looked towards the rear of the SUV.

"She already got some new ones. I saw them in the Honeymoon Suite when I was there." Cammy said. "I'm going to check them out, maybe I'll keep them for myself. Cameron has enough things. She can't hog everything."

Cammy started to crawl into the back.

Gail didn't want Cammy to open the container up. She reached over and stopped her.

"NO!" Gail said. "Don't mess with anything."

Cammy looked at Gail and saw she was highly agitated.

"Chill out." Cammy said as she sat back down. "It's not that big of a deal. You don't need to get all bent out of shape about it."

Gail was very upset now. She followed Cameron's instructions specifically as to what she wanted, where she wanted it and when she wanted it.

"I brought what Cameron asked me." Gail said. "I won't allow you to compromise my mission. It's part of MY mission, not yours."

Cammy wondered what was so important. She was pretty sure she knew….

It sounded to Cammy like more games and manipulation by Cameron as she orchestrated events to go the way she wanted them.

Cammy really wanted to be with John to rub it in Cameron's face. At this point she would be content with one second with John, just so she could tell Cameron that she'd been with John.

She saw everything that Cameron did as more manipulation of people's lives. Cameron always said she did what Future John wanted her to do. She really didn't believe that anymore. She was pretty sure that everything that Cameron did was what Cameron wanted done at this point. She was so glad that she wasn't like that Bitch.

Allison and Vanna watched as Jesse nursed Precious.

Holly looked up and moved over to the door and opened it. Derek just reached for the handle.

He looked a little surprised to see Holly. He didn't get to see her often. He was even more surprised to see Vanna standing topless next to Allison. He was even more surprised still when he saw Jesse nursing Precious. She was topless as well. He often saw both of them topless around the base especially when they room hopped. Normally he wasn't standing right there next to either one of them when they were topless and now both of them were topless. He couldn't help but look. He was still confused about everything that was happening in his room. He could see the increased breast size on both of them.

"What is going on here?" Derek asked.

The three girls all responded at the same time.

"Hi, Derek." Vanna, Allison and Jesse all said.

Vanna made no attempt to cover herself. Derek and Kyle both saw Vanna and Allison naked or partially clothed many times in the tunnels and bunkers of their future. It was no big deal when you saw it all the time. When it was a daily occurrence, no one really thought about it. It only seemed to be a big deal in the past for a lot of people. He really wondered why since everybody had a body and they all had the same parts, even if they were different in appearance. It was still all the same things. He began to worry a little bit when he didn't see Riley.

"Hello. Where's Riley?" Derek asked as he looked around.

The door opened behind Derek.

"I'm right behind you." Riley said as she entered the room.

Claire, Hanna and Cam all followed her in.

Riley looked at Vanna and Jesse.

"Thank you." Riley said to them. "I really appreciate this."

She took Derek into their bedroom. She could see that he was worried and figured she owed him some type of explanation.

"Are you all right?" Derek asked.

He knew something must be wrong for that many girls to be there and Jesse - JESSE, nursed his daughter. That was one task that he never imagined she would ever do. He didn't believe that she possessed any motherly instincts. It looked like he was wrong, again.

Riley felt a little self conscious about all the hoopla. She hadn't intended for everything to turn into such a major production and a big deal. It did surprise her that Cameron planned ahead and orchestrated it so that Vanna and Jesse could both assist her.

"Yes, Derek." Riley said. "I keep running dry. Vanna and Jesse are going to 'help' nurse Precious. You know she doesn't like the formula."

Derek thought about the times that he attempted to assist Riley and take some of the pressure off of her. He wanted to help with Precious but he did feel very uncomfortable doing it. He always felt like he was going to hurt her because she was so tiny and delicate.

"I know she doesn't like it when I try to feed it to her." Derek said.

Riley went on to tell him what occurred in his absence. She explained that Cameron anticipated there may be problems for her and was able to have Vanna and Jesse lactate by the use of hormones and manual stimulation. They would have been ready at the proper time if she hadn't been a week early with Precious.

They both knew it worked that way in the future and a lactating female was worth her weight in gold to a mother lucky enough to have a child and have it survive. A female that was able to lactate and assist with other infants was pregnant herself previously and something happened to her baby. It was usually something bad. It seemed that many of the few babies that were born actually survived. There was no formula in the future.

Riley was done with the general description of what everything was about. She needed to get into some specifics with the girls. She knew that not all of them were from the future and they weren't comfortable discussing things about their bodies in front of others.

"I don't want to ask you to stay in the bedroom but I need to talk 'girl talk' with them for a while. Claire won't feel comfortable talking in front of you." Riley said. "She's an experienced mother and Sarah isn't here right now."

Derek really didn't want to sit it out in the bedroom. There were some other things that he could do. Maybe he should just go ahead and do them now.

"I guess I could go out again." Derek said. "Kyle and Sarah are 'busy'. Jim needed to take care of some things."

Riley didn't think that would be a problem. She knew where there were a few Terminators who didn't really have anything to do currently.

"One of the Metal girls can go with you." Riley said. "Who would you like?"

Derek didn't want to separate anyone from their Metal lover.

"I don't want to impose." Derek said. "I can go to the armory and clean weapons."

Riley watched very carefully when he made that statement. She knew who he wanted and why he avoided the question.

"I knew IT." Riley said. "I'll ask her."

Derek was a little taken aback. He purposely hadn't mentioned anyone. He didn't want it to provoke some type of incident.

"I didn't say anyone's name." Derek said defensively.

Riley wasn't blind. She saw where Derek's eyes went when he looked at the different Metal girls or the human ones for that matter. She didn't think that was anything new or that there was actually anything wrong with it. She was aware that was one of the things that caught his attention about her when he'd first rescued her. She knew that Derek liked to look at what was up top on any female. She did too for that matter. She just didn't dwell on it.

"You want it to be Holly." Riley said.

Derek didn't see any point in denying the allegation. It was true. He was aware that Riley caught him more than once checking out the other females, especially Holly.

"OK, you got me there." Derek said.

Riley knew that Derek spent a lot of time observing Gail and Holly both because they weren't based on any of the girls in the Resistance. They were both someone 'new' for him to look at. Holly was seldom at the base and that's why she drew Derek's attention whenever she was. He looked at Claire as well but she was very much like Allison and all of her Terminator counterparts.

"It's because she is different from the Metal girls that look like Vanna, Allison and Jesse." Riley said. "She's VERY beautiful as well. I KNOW – remember."

Riley refereed to the time when she tried to hit on Holly without success. She'd actually worked it pretty hard and tried everything she could do on her end to make it happen but Holly had her mind set on somebody else at the time and just couldn't go through with it with her.

Derek walked out and Holly stood by the door. It was clear that she was ready to go out.

Holly smiled at Derek and Riley. They both thought that she was incredibly beautiful.

"Where would you like to go?" Holly asked.

Derek felt a little embarrassed about the exchange he'd just gone through with Riley. Evidently it wasn't as private of a conversation as he thought it was.

"You heard?" Derek asked.

Holly tilted her head slightly. She only used her natural Terminator abilities.

"I hear everything." Holly said. "I see everything too."

Derek worried a little bit about Allison. He hated to take her companion away from her.

"Allison won't mind?" Derek asked.

Holly interpreted his question a little differently than he'd intended. It was actually quite humorous if one thought about what she'd indicated.

"No, you always respected her and Vanna." Holly said. "I have nothing to fear."

Derek wondered if he did….

Holly was beautiful to him. He wondered if it was because he seldom saw her. He saw Gail and the others all the time. Holly was well 'built' and almost as voluptuous as Gail. Both of them were much larger than any of the girls from the future.

Derek remembered when Riley pursued Holly before they hooked up full time. She didn't have much luck. Jesse and Gail hit it off and that was the end of Jesse and him forever. He wondered if Riley would have hooked up with Holly where that would have left him.

Most likely high and dry….

Maybe not….

He figured Cameron would have fixed him up with a Metal girl. He would have been more than happy if it was Sheila, Ally or Hanna, in that order. Maybe it would have been all three of them….

It never happened but it definitely was something to think about. He could always hope that something would break loose in the future and he would have the opportunity to be with a Metal girl. He liked the idea that they never got tired and didn't need to slow down. He figured they would be able to perform some of the things he liked and not complain about it. Oh well, it was what it was. Life goes on.

With the assault now delayed until nighttime, Ally needed a place to lay low for a while out of the way. Stopped alongside of the road seemed like a bad spot or a trouble magnet. She briefly went over the image of the satellite map that she contained in her files. She saw something a few miles up ahead that might be a better place to hang out at. She headed straight for it.

Ally pulled behind an old abandoned building while she 'finished up'…. She didn't have a lot to do and she'd just pleasured herself. She could keep doing that but was already bored with that. She preferred another female to do that for her. Metal or human worked fine for her. It was times like these when she really wished Sheila was here with her. They would be all alone in the middle of nowhere and they could do what they wanted with each other until they were needed later on.

She was going to have to kill some time until it was dark and Cameron's team 'cleaned up' with the group they were engaged with. It was a small place and looked like a 'snap'.

She watched the various drone feeds on her phone as she waited. She knew Al's team would do the same. They held in a different location.

CamNet or John Henry started to show her drone footage from the drone that was closest to her. There was a zoomed in image and she spotted something. It looked like trouble.

"Great, this is just what I don't need." Ally said.

She reached back and brought her suppressed M4 up to the front with her. She replaced the thirty round magazine with a hundred round magazine and put on her vest. She figured she would need both of them before this day was over.

She was totally isolated and held twenty miles away from the target area. She knew she could be there in ten minutes if she needed to be. She will be able to open her SUV up and make some time on the nearly deserted road. Now everything was in jeopardy. She may even end up with a disabled vehicle with the trouble that she spotted. She certainly didn't want to get closer to the target area and alert them in any way to gunfire.

"John, I think I'm going to have a problem." Ally said. "I don't want to move closer to the target area to handle it."

John quickly looked at the drone image that John Henry transferred over to him. He saw it was a problem for sure. Ally only had two choices. One was to evade, the other was to fight. More than likely if she ran she would still need to fight anyway.

"OK, I've just picked up on the problem now." John said. "Do you want to evade?"

Ally looked over at her M4 again. She wasn't sure if it would be a fair competition or not but she wanted to give it a go.

"Hardly…." Ally said. "I want to see if I can beat River's time…."

Nothing To Fear

What is fear
What is danger
Does it arrive
In the form of a stranger

There's nothing to fear
But fear itself
Does one fool others
Or only themselves

Fear can be mental
Or fear can be physical
The effects are the same
It's really not that quizzical

The question becomes
What does one do
Do they drive on through
Or let it accrue

Try to stay clear
Of someone else's sphere
If one is always sincere
There's nothing to fear

Nobody