Chapter 900

Coupling

John and Savannah were in the 'Honeymoon Suite' of the casino hotel. They'd awoken naked in each other's company. They knew Cameron was behind it. It was clear that this is what Cameron wanted and both of them did too. It was finally about to happen. It was long overdue.

They shared some small talk first. Both of them were very excited to see each other naked and be this close to each other. They were highly stimulated and ready for action. No foreplay was necessary for either one of them. They were both good to go.

John moved over on top of Savannah.

Savannah's eyes were wide with love and anticipation. She'd waited a long time for this moment. It was here. She was ready for it. She didn't know what to expect for sure. She'd never done this before. She wanted to find out.

"Take me, John." Savannah whispered. "Go slow…."

John wanted Savannah to have control over what happened. She was the one who would determine where a 'Little Willy' went next. It would prove to him that it was what she really wanted.

"I will. Guide me in…." John said. "I don't want to hurt you."

Their future and their destiny were about to come to fruition.

The sun shone brightly over the tops of the mountains to the east.

The future was coming….

It was only a matter of a gentle thrust….

"Make me a woman, John." Savannah said. "Easy…. Go slow…."

Savannah was filled with excitement as she was about to receive John.

KNOCK - KNOCK - KNOCK

Savannah couldn't believe this. She was so close to 'officially' being a woman.

"John, keep going." Savannah said. "DON'T STOP. I want this."

KNOCK - KNOCK - KNOCK

John Henry stood outside the door of the bedroom in the Honeymoon Suite. He'd detected a new threat that couldn't be delayed any longer. John and Savannah's safety was now in jeopardy. He needed to act.

"John, we have a hostile Terminator inside the building." John Henry called out loudly.

Savannah understood the danger but she wanted that initial thrust from John, even if it was only for one second. She still firmly grasped him. She held him in place right in front of her secret spot.

"John, don't stop, even if it's for one second." Savannah said. "Just for one second is all I want. I want to know what it's like."

She didn't want to leave Honeymoon Suite or the heart shaped bed as a virgin still.

John thought about that. He wanted her virginity. One second would claim it but he didn't think that would be a good first experience for Savannah at all. He wanted her to have a better and more loving experience. Besides, the threat that John Henry told them about was real and needed to be dealt with.

"I'm sorry, Savannah." John said as he rolled off her. "Maybe next time…."

John Henry could hear what was happening inside. He understood the moment of closeness that they were at currently. It was the threshold to love making.

"Savannah, we have hostile Terminator in the building." John Henry called out loudly.

John was highly disappointed. They didn't need to be reminded about what they already knew. If there was a threat they would need to deal with it. That's what they would do.

"We heard you the first time." John said. "Where are they?"

John Henry had waited as long as he could like Cameron instructed him to do. Once the female Terminator actually entered the building they were in, he knew it was time to act. He couldn't wait any longer.

"They've entered the casino and are headed toward the hotel." John Henry said. "It's a 'Metal Bitch'. She may have made us. I'm sorry. I waited as long as I could. There's a Skynet jamming field in place again. We can't call for assistance."

John looked over at Savannah and thought how beautiful she looked. He sat up and got up.

Savannah quickly collected herself. She'd been intensely caught up in the moment. She'd been highly sexually aroused and waited in anticipation for her first 'contact' with a male in a sexual manner. It was ripped away from her again. She really hated Skynet and everything it spawned. Skynet always got in the way of her desires.

She jumped up and took out Tasers for both of them. She was still naked as was John.

John tried to look away.

Savannah noticed and didn't think it was a big deal. She didn't want him to feel like that. They'd seen each other naked several times. She couldn't help but think what they'd been one second away from doing just moments ago. There was no need for modesty between them at this point in time. It was going to happen sooner or later anyway.

"Don't worry about it. You'll see me like this a lot as I will you." Savannah said. "John, safety is more important right now. I apologize for getting too carried away about what we were going to do. I really wanted it a lot."

John Henry was satisfied they were no longer held in the clutches of each other's arms. They were both up and moving around now. He'd done what he was supposed to do. He needed to keep track of the female Terminator and see what he could do to thwart her arrival. He was sure she was headed up to where they were at.

"I need to return to the Executive Suite." John Henry said. "I've shut off the elevators. If she comes up the stairs, it will take her a few minutes."

John and Savannah quickly dressed. Cameron already laid out clothes for Savannah before she left. Next to them was her wedding dress….

Savannah looked at the wedding dress as she dressed. She understood everything that it meant. They'd been one second away from consummating their love in the most intimate manner possible.

"We were so close, John." Savannah said. "I could almost feel it. It was right there."

John didn't want to dwell on that. He still waited for 'Little Willie' to take a break. So far it hadn't done that. There was a bigger worry that they needed to deal with.

"I know. I'm really sorry, Savannah." John said. "We need to deal with the threat first. I think we can take the 'Metal Bitch' out in the stairwell."

Savannah was sure that the female Terminator would employ a different tactic. She'd looked over the edge of the balcony when she'd stood on it earlier. There was a large one along each of the three suites on their floor. It wasn't that far of a jump up for a Terminator to come up one floor from the balcony below.

"She'll expect that." Savannah said. "She'll exit one or two floors early and come up on the outside of the building and out through a balcony and in one of ours. She could do that from several floors below us easily."

John thought how big the wing of the hotel was that they were in. The three suites took up a very large space. It was actually the entire floor in the section that they were in.

"We can't cover the entire upper floor at the same time." John said. "There are only three of us."

Savannah tried to think what the female Terminator could know about them. She didn't think she knew John Connor or Savannah Weaver were there. She believed that only John Henry's presence had been detected. She was sure that would be the female Terminator's target. She doubted that she specifically knew which of the three suites that he was in, even if she knew the floor.

"We need to back up John Henry." Savannah said. "That must be who she's after. She can't know we're here in the 'Honeymoon Suite'."

John could see that their best chance what's to consolidate their forces into one area. They would be able to provide mutual support to each other that way.

"Let's fall back to where John Henry is in the Executive Suite." John said. "We don't even have any heavy firepower here with us. Let's go."

Savannah felt that they were thrust into something that they hadn't anticipated or even contemplated would happen.

"We weren't here to fight." Savannah said. "We were here to share and consummate our commitment to the future and each other."

Savannah looked back at the wedding dress as she exited the 'Honeymoon Suite'. So close….

She needed to think about John's safety first now. She'd been so close to being with Cameron earlier and now almost with John. There was always something that seemed to get in the way of the moment. It seemed it was always Skynet related too.

Savannah hated Skynet because of what it'd taken from her personally and what it prevented her from achieving, again. She was ready for a fight with Skynet Metal or Grays at this point. She checked her Taser. She wanted some payback. She planned to get it too. John Henry said it was a female Terminator. That was fine with her. She planned to be the one who brought the 'Metal Bitch' down herself. The 'Metal Bitch' was the one who'd prevented her from womanhood and left her still a virgin. She would make sure that the 'Metal Bitch' paid for that.

Seconds ago:

Cameron drove hurriedly but not totally reckless at this point. She needed to make time. Gail was correct that any accident would cost them even more time. There'd been several close ones on the way there. She'd caused at least one major accident for some other driver. She would need to check on that later on and make sure that they weren't hurt too badly. She would make sure that their medical bills were paid if necessary and their vehicle was replaced. That was something that Savannah instilled in her to do.

Based on John Henry's last transmission that the 'Metal Bitch' turned around, she was sure the 'Metal Bitch' was now headed for the casino hotel where John and Savannah were. She didn't think it was back in her direction. They were almost there anyway. They'd be there in another forty seconds.

"The 'Metal Bitch' is headed for John and Savannah." Cameron said. "I can't reach them."

Cammy was sure John Henry would be able to track her.

"John Henry will warn them." Cammy said.

Cameron was more than upset about this. It was personal to her now. The 'Metal Bitch' personally offended her at this point. It was going to take some retribution.

"This is going to disrupt their 'special day'." Cameron said. "We're going to make that 'Metal Bitch' suffer for this."

Gale didn't want Cameron to get target fixation and only concentrate on one threat. There were other threats that they knew of and there were probably other ones that they didn't know of. They also didn't know the whereabouts of the other Skynet Terminator.

"Don't forget there's 'The Enforcer' out there too." Gail said.

Cameron thought that John Henry's server or CamNet would have detected him by now if he was in the immediate area.

"He may still be in Reno." Cameron said. "He could be out on the road too as far as we know."

They all heard some static and crackling over their com system. They heard a familiar voice in a few seconds.

"Cameron…?" John Henry said. "Cammy…?"

Cammy was pleased that they were connected with the casino Command Center.

"It's John Henry, he must have knocked out the jamming field again." Cammy said.

Cameron needed answers and she needed them immediately. She needed to know where to respond.

"Where are John and Savannah?" Cameron asked. "Where's the 'Metal Bitch'?"

John Henry was pleased that he'd re-established communications with Cameron's team. He didn't want to get too specific in his answer about John and Savannah. He still thought that the immediate threat was the female Terminator.

"John and Savannah are getting dressed. They're going to come to the 'Executive Suite'." John Henry said. "The 'Metal Bitch' is thirty seconds ahead of you. She's in the casino, headed for the hotel elevators. I've shut them all down."

Cameron quickly calculated the number of floors that the 'Metal Bitch' would need to go up to reach the top floor. It would take her some time. She could easily make up that thirty seconds with the express elevator and beat her to the top floor.

"We can get ahead of her if you turn the express elevator back on for us." Cameron said. "I have a plan. Have the service elevator ready as well."

John Henry was pleased to see that the female Terminator wasted time as she tried to call one of the elevators. Every second she wasted there, put Cameron's team one second closer to her.

"I plan to do that. She's trying the elevators now." John Henry said. "I've turned off all the power to her casino and prevented their backup generators from starting as well. That's what ended the jamming field the second time. They should all be in total darkness over there except for any battery-powered emergency lighting."

That latest revelation gave Cameron an idea. Maybe they wouldn't need to conceal any of their equipment as they entered the building.

"Shut down power to our hotel lobby and service entrance area for thirty seconds. We're coming in armored up and with weapons. I don't want to cause any panic. There was that one 'incident' awhile back from one of the hotels and the crowd below." Cameron said. "I don't see any workers out here this early."

Cameron pulled in next to the hotel service entrance and all three Metal girls bailed out. They all wore body armor and each carried their suppressed M4.

Once they were inside the building it was total darkness for them. It didn't slow them down a second. There were only a few faint emergency lights.

Cameron was aware that the service elevator was closest to the Executive Suite.

"Gail, take the service elevator." Cameron said. "I want you to project John and Savannah."

Gail immediately headed in that direction. She looked back over her shoulder.

"I will not fail." Gail said.

John Henry saw that the female Terminator gave up on the elevators once the power went out to the lobby area. She entered the stairwell and he lost sight of her.

"The female Terminator has entered the stairwell." John Henry said. "You're twenty seconds behind her."

Cameron hoped to have someone in front of and in back of the 'Metal Bitch'. They just might be able to pull it off.

"Cammy, I want you to take the stairwell." Cameron said. "Shoot first and ask questions later."

Cammy headed for the stairwell. She looked back over her shoulder.

"I'm on it." Cammy said.

Cameron headed into the express elevator. It was next to the stairwell. She wanted to get ahead of the 'Metal Bitch' and try to trap her in the stairwell between herself and Cammy. Cammy was behind the 'Metal Bitch'.

She was very worried about John and Savannah. John Henry would protect them and so would Gail. They were both personally motivated at this point to protect John and Savannah until they were terminated. It wasn't what Cameron planned but she would take it.

Sheila drove the delivery van up next to the Escalade.

Ally quickly transferred the sacks of cash into the back of it.

Sheila moved the delivery van ahead and parked it.

Ally was still arranging things in the back when Sheila climbed into the Escalade and fired it up.

Ally hopped in the front seat and before she was able to close the door, Sheila already started out.

They wanted to make sure John Henry's server gave them green lights.

Ally thought that Sheila used undo caution at this point. They were on an unknown timetable and needed to hurry

"Drive faster." Ally said.

Sheila already felt that her speed was excessive, even with the light traffic.

"I'm driving fast enough." Sheila said. "We shouldn't have stopped for the Escalade."

Ally believed the delivery van was too hot, especially if they were to head back into the area where it was originally 'borrowed' from.

"We needed to dump the delivery van. It's been at too many 'crime scenes' tonight." Ally said. "If those girls get picked up, they'd 'roll over' on us in a second."

Sheila knew that was true. She sped along as safely as she could.

There was a geyser of water shooting into the air as they neared one intersection.

"I wonder what happened there." Ally said.

Sheila looked around for any emergency vehicles. An accident like that was bound to draw the police. She slowed her speed slightly, just in case.

"I don't know but there's no emergency response." Sheila said. "It may have been something Cameron did."

Ally looked over the accident scene as they passed it. It didn't look too severe.

"The driver is out of the car. They only look wet." Ally said.

Sheila sped past the wrecked car and the sheared off fire hydrant.

"They look a little more than wet to me." Sheila said. "They look very upset as well."

Savannah went out first into the hallway to go to the Executive Suite. John followed behind her.

They were ahead of the 'Metal Bitch' but they didn't know by how much.

Savannah and John entered the Executive Suite.

Savannah let John go in first and made sure that the hallway remained clear before she entered.

John noticed how Savannah watched out for him and protected him. He looked at John Henry.

"What do we have?" John asked.

John Henry wasn't sure how much time they actually had. It all depended upon the speed at which the female Terminator went up the stairwell.

"It looks like we have trouble. The 'Metal Bitch' is in the stairwell." John Henry said. "She's on her way up."

There was no doubt in John's mind what her destination was. She was there for one reason. She was after them.

"How did she make us?" John asked.

John Henry was sure it was his fault. It was probably when he tried to manipulate the traffic signal system. That was something that he'd done locally.

"She received information from someone." John Henry said. "They must have tracked me somehow. This isn't the most secure Operation's Center."

The unspoken thought there was they would have been safer if they'd stayed at the Resistance base in the Command Center.

John thought their best option may be to evacuate. They didn't know what other Skynet forces would be behind the female Terminator. There were bound to be some. They didn't have the weapons or ammunition to fight a prolonged or drawn out battle.

"Don't worry about it. We need to get out of here then." John said. "You should have come to me sooner."

John Henry would have preferred to do that. He didn't feel that it was his fault.

"I was told to wait, until the 'Metal Bitch' actually entered the building." John Henry said. "Cameron asked me not to disturb your 'coupling'."

Savannah remained at the doorway into the Executive Suite. John Henry's description of events bothered her some.

"That doesn't sound very romantic." Savannah said as she looked out the door down the hall. "Where's Cameron at?"

John Henry was very pleased the reinforcements arrived. They were only seconds behind the opposition.

"They've just arrived here seconds ago. It's Cameron, Cammy and Gail." John Henry said. "They were out on an operation. Cameron wanted both of you to be alone and undisturbed. She was very adamant about it."

John wondered how much of what happened was orchestrated by Cameron.

"I bet." John said.

Savannah thought that John should cut Cameron a little slack. Cameron experienced feelings as well.

"John…." Savannah said. "This must've been hard on Cameron too."

John wanted Savannah to call him out when he made statements like that. She would also question his decisions in the future. That's what he NEEDED from Savannah and Young Allison for the future. That's what he WANTED as well. He understood better why Cameron wanted Savannah around her always.

"You're right. I'm sorry. At least you'll be protected." John said to Savannah.

Savannah believed it was her duty to protect John, even at the cost of her own life.

"Don't YOU worry, John Connor. I'll protect you." Savannah said. "You're not getting killed on my watch. Not yet anyway…."

John looked at Savannah and she winked at him.

It was clear there was 'unfinished business' between them.

Cammy rushed forward from the service entrance and entered the stairwell shaft. She listened for the sound of footsteps in the stairwell above her. They were there. She started up at full speed. The 'Metal Bitch' was well ahead of her. She needed to get up there but she needed to make sure she wasn't ambushed doing it.

The express elevator shaft was next to the stairwell. Cammy heard the whine as the elevator started up. She knew Cameron planned to get above the 'Metal Bitch' and trap her between them. That way the shooting would be confined to the stairwell area.

That was the plan anyway.

Gail entered the service elevator. John Henry opened the doors for her and she started up without it stopping. The elevator seemed to move at four times the normal speed. She would be at the top first. She originally thought Cameron would get there quicker in the express elevator. Because Cameron asked her to watch over Savannah and John, she figured that meant Cameron planned something else first.

Gail reached the top floor and headed for the Executive Suite.

As she saw the Master Suite up ahead, it made her think of her coupling with Savannah. It was what she wanted the most of anything. It was the most special time in her existence. The fact that her sheath showed some damage made no difference at all to Savannah. It showed how special Savannah truly was.

Gail would fight to protect Savannah until she was terminated. It didn't matter what happened to her. Savannah would be protected. She would try to protect John too.

Savannah stood guard at the door of the Executive Suite.

She heard an elevator 'ding'.

"The service elevator is opening." Savannah said.

Savannah held her Taser ready.

John came to back her up.

Savannah wanted him to remain close to John Henry. John Henry would be the final defense for John after she fell.

"Stay back, John." Savannah said. "Stay behind John Henry."

John Henry hoped to relieve a little anxiety for Savannah.

"It's Gail." John Henry said. "It should be anyway. I was able to speed up her elevator."

Savannah was relieved to see it was Gail.

"It is." Savannah said.

Gail looked around as she ran to where she saw Savannah. She didn't spot anything out of the ordinary or any other threats.

"Savannah…." Gail said as she neared the door.

Savannah stepped aside to let Gail into the room.

Gail handed her M4 to John, along with a couple of extra magazines.

John checked the load on the M4 to make sure it was ready, it was.

Gail took off her vest and looked at Savannah and John. She wanted Savannah to wear it. It was actually Savannah's vest that Savannah had given to her earlier.

Savannah stepped forward and took it from Gail.

Gail pulled her M9 and headed back to the door.

Savannah turned and faced John as she held the vest.

John already knew what she was going to say.

"John, put this on." Savannah said.

The words from her mouth cut deeply into his soul. It made John feel embarrassed that she would sacrifice her safety for him, especially after what they'd almost done.

"I can't, you need to wear it, Savannah." John said. "I can't take it from you."

John was even more surprised at her next statement.

Savannah looked intently at John. She wanted to let him know who he needed to listen to.

"John Connor, you will do as you're told. Put this on – NOW." Savannah said forcefully. "You won't deny me everything today."

John wondered what he'd gotten himself into….

"Yes – dear…." John said.

Savannah was glad John understood how things were going to be. The idea to be forceful with John was just in her head, the thoughts just pop up there. She didn't know it was part of her nighttime 'conditioning' to be assertive with John.

"That's better." Savannah said with a smile. "Things are changing around here."

John was sure they were. He felt most of them would be good. It was clear not all of them would be. He knew that everything came with a price. The price may not always be evident at first but everything came with a price of some kind.

When You Come

My heart is now a lemon
It was once a ripe plum
It's been slowly shredded
Now nothing more than chum

I want to shout my feelings
Yet I cower and remain mum
Waiting for a scrap
Even the smallest crumb

It would be nice to sing
Or at least even hum
To feel inebriated with love
As if intoxicated with rum

My smile is sad
So I'm looking glum
Know deep inside me
It's for you I beat the drum

When you break into a heart
That has been left cold and numb
You can't bring anything through
When you come

Nobody