Chapter 903

REAL Soon

Sheila and Ally decided to obtain another vehicle and have it ready at the casino hotel. They figured a van would do nicely. The back of the Escalade they currently drove was full of gunny sacks of cash they'd 'appropriated' from the casino across the street earlier in the morning. They would transfer that to the van as well. There would be six of the team coming down along with the deactivated chassis of the 'Metal Bitch'. They also had equipment and other things to bring with them.

Sheila remembered the good times that she'd experienced in a van before as they drove from target area to target area. They would take turns driving, while the other two shared in the back. Maybe they could do that again on this operation. If Savannah was along with them she would be really popular…. It was doubtful she would drive at all unless she needed to rest.

Ally could see that Sheila was distracted. She wondered what she was thinking about. She hoped it was about the last time they'd use a van and all the action that happened in the back of it. Right now Sheila needed to pay attention.

"Wake up, stupid." Ally said. "You're going to miss the van."

Sheila started to look around to see where a van was parked at.

"I didn't." Sheila said. "You're the one that's stupid, not me."

Ally could see Sheila hadn't been paying attention. She pointed to where the van was at.

"It's over there." Ally said. "I see one. It's a nice van. You missed it and it was on your side."

Sheila looked over where Ally pointed and finally spotted where the van was at.

"I saw it." Sheila said.

Ally knew that wasn't true.

"No you didn't." Ally said. "You were going to drive right by it, stupid."

"I was not." Sheila said. "I know we need a bigger vehicle for the second one. You're the one that's stupid."

Ally really didn't want to have another one of these discussions. They were all pointless and led nowhere. They just seem to happen and each one of them fueled it.

"Whatever…." Ally said. "We'll just let the evidence speak for itself."

Sheila stopped and Ally got out and boosted the van.

Ally gave John Henry's server the information and took the van out of the system. It would never be reported as missing at this point.

Sheila was still upset about Ally's earlier criticism of her driving. Maybe she should give Ally a few driving lessons on the way back to the casino hotel.

"I'll race you there." Sheila said after Ally started the van.

Ally knew the Escalade possessed superior performance over the van that she'd just boosted.

"Just drive and don't pile up somewhere." Ally said. "I'll pick you up after you wreck the Escalade."

Sheila and Ally headed back to the hotel casino hotel.

Ally was worried about Sheila. It seemed she was still a little off. She wasn't exactly sure what was behind it. Maybe she should cut back on the needless arguing. It really served no purpose other than she liked to pull Sheila's chain. If there was the time and the opportunity, she would actually rather 'ring' Sheila's 'bell'.

Savannah looked over at where the female Terminator was at after Gail laid her down.

"We need to find a way to get the 'Metal Bitch' out of here without anyone noticing." Savannah said. "We don't want it to look like we're moving a stiff."

Gail used the service elevator to come up to the top floor just a few minutes ago.

"I saw several carts by the service elevator entrance. There's a little room there." Gail said. "I think one of them was big enough for her, the long guns and our vests."

Cameron and Savannah went to the service area for the top floor. They were able to find a laundry cart there. It was large enough for everything. Savannah took it and moved it closer to where Gail laid the 'Metal Bitch'.

Savannah lifted the sheets that were in it and Cameron deposited the 'Metal Bitch' into it. She then spread the sheets over the top of the 'Metal Bitch'. They put their long guns and vests on top of her. They covered everything over completely. They went back to where the others were.

John Henry was contacted by Ally and Sheila and updated on the vehicles they currently had available.

"Ally and Sheila have acquired additional transportation for us." John Henry said. "Both of them are in a different vehicle, one of them is a van. They wanted to make sure that we had sufficient room for everything."

Cameron wanted to clear out from the top floor of the casino hotel. With all the action that happened in the last four minutes, she thought the area was too hot to stay a second longer than they needed to.

"We need to get out of here." Cameron said. "Someone told the 'Metal Bitch' to come here and look for us. She knew to come here somehow."

Cammy wanted to go down and make sure that the coast was clear. They would use the express elevator to go down to the lobby and then they would move over to where the service elevator was at. They wanted to make sure there weren't any surprises.

"We'll go down first to make sure the lobby area is secure along with the service dock." Cammy said. "Gail will go with me."

Cameron was still worried about the two different groups that they needed to deal with.

"Watch out for more Terminators, Grays or Syndicate thugs." Cameron said.

Cammy and Gail entered the express elevator with as much of the equipment as they could carry.

"We'll follow you down in the service elevator in two minutes as long as it's clear." Cameron said as the elevator doors closed.

John liked where they were. He didn't really have much time to gamble but he did have a good time with Cameron in the Honeymoon Suite. He'd like to stay around Las Vegas a little longer if possible. He figured the plans would be up to Cameron at this point.

"Where are we going to go?" John asked.

Cameron looked at John and frowned. She wanted to make this as clear as possible for him. She was very upset that he'd been so close to danger several times. It was all needless too. He was much safer in the Command Center at the Resistance base.

"Well, it's real simple, John." Cameron said. "We finally were able to have a short honeymoon. Now, you and John Henry need to go back to the Resistance base where it's more secure. I think you can see that coming here was a mistake."

John thought back on all that occurred. He almost was able to have sex with Cammy. He almost made love to Savannah and he did make love to Cameron. He figured one out of three wasn't too bad. It was probably better than most of the people's odds were in Las Vegas.

"It was a worthwhile trip." John said.

Cameron could tell John still didn't get it. She didn't want to chew him out in front of Savannah or John Henry. She tried to keep calm as she spoke with him. She actually felt anything but calm right now. Savannah's presence helped moderate her response.

"You compromised Savannah's safety." Cameron said. "You know that as well as your own safety."

John did know that. He didn't want to argue about it. He needed to get out into the field more. He was aware his personal accomplishments there didn't add up to much. He was still thrilled by the fact that he'd almost been two virgins, Savannah and Cammy. He planned to complete those unions back at the Resistance base. They both wanted to give it up and he was more than willing to take it.

"We accomplished a lot here." John said. "The team did anyway."

Cameron didn't believe she accomplished a whole lot on her own. She felt all of the other female Terminators did more than she did. It still bothered her how close to termination she was several times on the top of the elevator car.

"The Metal girls and Savannah did." Cameron said. "The fact I was almost knocked off of the elevator several times and nearly fell to my destruction from the top floor NEVER should have happened in the first place."

Cameron thought about it again how Gail saved her from destruction. Gail was with Savannah earlier and could have let her fall to her doom to get her out of the way. She didn't. Gail didn't hesitate to endanger herself to come to her aid. Even when the 'Metal Bitch' tried to pull Gail's hand off of the support, she didn't let go of her. Gail continued to hold her so she was able to climb back up on Gail's arm and take a shot at the 'Metal Bitch' before she disappeared inside of the elevator car.

John Henry felt he needed to take responsibility for what happened and what almost happened. He went with John to protect him on his trip to Las Vegas. If he would have remained in the Command Center and done his job as usual, they wouldn't have had a Terminator come to where they were at to attack them.

"If I only would've operated from my server, you're correct." John Henry said. "Nobody would have detected anything. The peril you faced would have been elsewhere."

John still didn't want to be left out. He felt he needed to do more. He could see John Henry just took the rap for him. He still felt justified by his actions. He didn't like being cooped up all the time.

"I need to get out more often." John said. "Nobody did anything wrong or that they shouldn't have."

Cameron thought it was like John still didn't get it. Maybe she should try a different approach. Her idea would accomplish several things in that regard. She gave the plan a few seconds thought and decided to run with it.

"Then you and Savannah will go on a trip and be away from anything Skynet related." Cameron said. "It can be just the two of you."

Savannah looked at John and smiled. It had been less than ten minutes since she'd held 'Little Willie' in her hand and attempted to guide it inside her body. Now that she thought about it, she really wanted it again.

John couldn't help but moisten his lips slightly when Savannah smiled at him. He really wanted something like that to happen. He just didn't think it was practical.

"As great as that sounds, I know there would be a small army of Terminators that would shadow us." John said. "I'm sure that that would disrupt all of the Resistance operations and probably put a big dent in everyone else's life."

Cameron didn't think it would be a problem. That was their function. It was all of their function to protect him.

"It's for your protection." Cameron said.

John figured there was one way to see how serious Cameron actually was about all of it. If he could turn it into a 'three way' that would be a total turn on for him. He would love for Cameron and Savannah to share together as he watched, in fact, just the thought of that act made 'Little Willie' start to stir.

"If YOU go with us, the THREE of us, I'll do it." John said. "It's what we all want."

Cameron and Savannah stole a quick glance at each other. It was clear they were both open to that idea. They both wondered if John knew that he would be the sideshow to that endeavor at that point.

Cammy's report interrupted their thoughts.

"Cameron, it's quiet down here." Cammy said over their coms. "There's nothing in the lobby and the service elevator area is clear."

Cameron knew it was time to get moving. They could deal with the other issues later on. Right now they needed to be on their toes and ready for action in case more hostile reinforcements arrived.

"We're about to head down." Cameron said. "I want to make a clean break from here if we can."

They entered the service elevator. Cameron retrieved and pushed the laundry cart into the service elevator. Underneath the laundry was the 'Metal Bitch'. She checked to make sure she was still there. She was.

John Henry followed Savannah and John inside the service elevator.

"Other than the hole in the side of the stairwell, there doesn't seem to be much other damage." John Henry said. "The metal support that wedged along the side of the elevator car dropped off when Gail landed on top of it. Cammy and Gail reported it operated fine. They secured the hatch at the top of it before they exited."

Savannah knew she was responsible for some damage to the wall where she took down the female Terminator.

"The wall was caved in on the floor below us from where the 'Metal Bitch' slammed into it." Savannah said. "That was when I took her down. It will need to be repaired."

Cameron felt they'd gotten by without too much damage. It could have been a lot worse with a lot of bullet holes through the building and probably through some guests in their rooms.

"There will be some debris in the basement too, from the material knocked out of the wall in the stairwell." Cameron said. "Most of what was on the top of the express elevator car was knocked off during the fight. It could have been worse."

Everyone knew the 'worse' part would have been Cameron at the bottom of the other elevator shaft along with Gail too. Things could have ended much differently.

John Henry spoke with JH, his server back at the Resistance base, he told him what needed to be taken care of and that it needed to be taken care of quietly.

"I've made arrangements for my server to take care of everything that needed to be fixed at the hotel. It also includes the return of the monitors back to where I borrowed them from." John Henry said. The damage to the two walls will be reported that it was done by several high rollers. There won't be any questions asked by anyone."

Savannah looked at John Henry and smiled. She liked when everything was taken care of properly.

The service elevator continued its downward journey.

"Cammy, we're almost to the bottom." Cameron said.

Cammy checked around again and saw that the area was still secure.

"The coast is clear." Cammy said. "Sheila's waiting out where we entered the last time at the service dock along with Ally. Gail moved our SUV into the parking structure. I'm sure there's more than one angry driver and the police looking for it. There were several minor incidents in one major traffic accident after all."

Cameron still didn't think there was anything wrong with her driving. She needed to protect John and Savannah. That's what she'd done.

The service elevator reached the ground floor. The doors opened and the group of four exited along with the laundry cart and its cargo.

Gail watched the area that would lead from the lobby, while Cammy made sure the loading dock area was secure.

There was a van and an SUV waiting.

They stopped at the back of the SUV first. Cameron transferred the long guns and their vests to the rear of the SUV. They were all wrapped in a sheet. She then moved over to the van with the cart.

Cammy opened the back of the van as Cameron lifted the entire laundry cart into the rear of the van. The other gear was piled inside next to it.

Sheila spoke with Savannah as they loaded the gear.

Cameron could see John didn't want to get into the van. He figured out where it was headed next. She wanted to take the guesswork out of there for him.

"John, get in the van." Cameron said.

John looked at Cameron and frowned a little. He reluctantly got into the van.

John Henry entered the van as well. Gail was about to follow him.

Savannah wanted Gail to stay with her.

"Gail, wait." Savannah said.

Savannah quickly spoke with Cameron.

"I need the back up teams here now." Cameron said into her com.

An SUV and a 4X4 pick up truck pulled up.

It was Ken and Lou along with Mel and Ed.

John was surprised to see them appear from out of nowhere.

"Where did they come from?" John asked.

"We just arrived." Ed said. "We were dispatched by CamNet a short while ago to come here. We wrapped up some loose ends around town."

Ken and Lou actually only arrived a short time ago in Las Vegas. They'd been on another assignment. It ended with a very explosive finish for the opposition. They'd salted the area with drugs and cash and followed a Gray for a while. He ended up terminating on the side of the road from the injuries he sustained during the attack. The lead turned into a dead end at that point, in more ways than one.

The Metal girls and Savannah climbed into the SUV. Cameron went back to the van and took out one of the laundry sacks full of cash. The rest of it was headed for the Resistance base stockpiles.

John noticed and wondered why Cameron needed such a large sum of cash. He figured it was millions of dollars.

"What are you going to do with all that cash?" John asked.

Cameron didn't want to get into specifics or the details. She kept her explanation somewhat general.

"I can assure you that it will be put to better use than where it was headed by the Syndicate and Skynet." Cameron said. "What was once filthy lucre is now going to help someone, hopefully a lot of people."

John needed to go back now. He wanted Cameron to know that he shared a pleasant time with her. It was special to be with Cameron in her wedding dress and in the Honeymoon Suite.

"Cameron, I did have a good time here with you." John said.

Cameron wanted to leave John with a parting thought.

"Being with me and - two others, sounds like a good time." Cameron said. "I mean for you anyway."

John wondered when Cameron found out about what almost happened with Cammy. He knew Cameron was behind Savannah being in his bed. He figured he'd better drop it. It was a discussion he really didn't want to have.

Savannah walked up to John and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye, John Connor." Savannah said. "I'll see you soon."

Cameron quickly moved her mouth to John's ear.

"REAL soon, John." Cameron whispered.

Cameron gave John a kiss and headed for her SUV.

John knew she meant BOTH of them would.

Ed climbed behind the wheel of the van with Lou next to him. John and John Henry were in the second row seat. The third row seat was now in a dumpster as the laundry cart with the 'Metal Bitch' was in its place. They needed the extra room for how they would need to transfer the 'Metal Bitch' to the jet.

Ken drove the SUV in front of the van, while Mel followed in the 4X4.

Cameron watched them drive off. She decided that they could back them up for a while.

"We will shadow them to the airport." Cameron said. "Once they're wheels up, we'll make the rounds of the local women's shelters."

Ally informed Savannah before they got into the SUV what Sheila wanted to do on her own. She thought it was very magnanimous of her.

"It was Sheila's idea." Savannah said. "I'm very pleased with her thoughtfulness and kindness. It will help some of those women relocate. If we can have even a few of them lead a better life without pain and fear, we've accomplished something."

A big smile beamed on Sheila's face.

Sheila was pleased that Savannah was pleased with her.

Cameron received an update from CamNet. She was very pleased.

"CamNet has made all the arrangements for the jet to head out with John." Cameron said. "John Henry and the others will accompany John back."

Savannah figured that they weren't done in Las Vegas or maybe even Nevada for that matter. She wanted Cameron to give them a little more specifics so they all knew what to expect.

"After we visit the women's shelter, where are we headed?" Savannah asked. "Are we going to go to Reno?"

Cameron would have hoped to have received an update by now on 'The Enforcer'. She hadn't.

"We still have a Terminator to track down." Cameron said. "He was last reported in Reno."

Savannah wasn't so sure that they needed to track him down. With everything that happened she figured that he'd return to assess the damage. He would most likely also administer some punishment to those he felt were responsible at the casino for the failure.

"Won't he be on his way back here?" Savannah asked. "I think that he might be."

Cameron thought that was a strong possibility but so far there hadn't been any hits on his location.

"I don't know." Cameron said.

Gail didn't care for either of the Skynet Terminators that were associated with the casino. They taken care of one of them already. She soon hoped to take care of the other one.

"We'll find 'The Enforcer' and terminate him." Gail said.

Ally was all for that. She moved her arm and bumped into Sheila.

"Damn straight." Ally said.

Sheila wanted to mess with Ally.

"Move over and keep on your own side." Sheila said.

Ally was instantly offended by Sheila's comment. She responded automatically.

"You move over, stupid." Ally said.

Sheila didn't like Ally to say that she was stupid.

"You're stupid, not me." Sheila said.

Cameron wasn't in the mood to hear the bickering. She wanted to see John safely off from Las Vegas and on his way back to a more secure location. She felt that he'd been a little too close to danger needlessly.

"Enough." Cameron said forcefully. "I'll stop this vehicle and come back there and slap both of you around myself."

Savannah wanted to diffuse the situation before things got out of control

"Ally, why don't you switch with Cammy?" Savannah asked.

Ally looked at Cammy and frowned.

"How's that any different?" Ally asked.

Gail wanted them to follow Savannah's instructions without question.

"Don't argue." Gail said as she turned around to face Ally. "You heard Savannah."

Cammy always felt that she looked better than Ally. She didn't want to point that out right now.

"I'm me and you're not." Cammy said. "That's what's different."

Ally ignored Cammy and looked at Gail.

"Great, I have to trade from 'loose' to 'uptight'." Ally said.

Cammy and Ally switched as Cameron drove.

Sheila noticed Ally hadn't put on her safety belt yet. She pushed Ally's shoulder.

"Hook your safety belt." Sheila said.

Ally pushed her hand away.

"Hook yours." Ally said.

Gale gave both of them a stern look.

"I'll give you both a hook - a right hook." Gail said.

Ally looked over at Gail.

"Whatever…." Ally said.

Gail showed Ally her fist.

"I'll give you uptight – AGAIN." Gail said.

Savannah glanced back and gave a little laugh. She wanted to lighten the mood some.

"If you really want 'uptight', try having a baby." Savannah said. "I guarantee there's nothing more 'uptight' than that."

The SUV swerved slightly.

Cameron lowered her left hand from the steering wheel.

"I'm sorry, Cameron." Savannah said. "We were just playing around."

Cameron was still bothered by the entire ordeal that Savannah needed to go through for both of those pregnancies.

"I was there for both of your childbirths. I saw the pain you endured, under primitive medical conditions." Cameron said. "I know how it hurt you both physically and mentally."

Savannah didn't want it to be an issue.

"Cameron, don't worry about it." Savannah said. "We all know what happened NEEDED to happen. It will happen again soon. It will also happen a few more times later on as well."

Cameron still looked a little worried.

"I'm sorry, Savannah." Cameron said.

Savannah wanted to remind Cameron that everything that happened was her choice.

"Cameron, drop it. Please don't worry about it." Savannah said. "I would do everything the same again except one thing."

Nobody said anything at first.

Cameron placed her left hand back on the steering wheel.

Everyone wanted to know what Savannah would do differently if she could. They were all hesitant to ask.

Gail finally broke the silence. She wanted to know. She would assist Savannah if she could.

"What would you do differently?" Gail finally asked.

Savannah thought back with all seriousness to when things first started. She actually wished there were a few more things that she could have started a few years earlier as well.

"I would have started two years earlier to have my first baby." Savannah said. "It would be when I first wanted to have one."

The SUV swerved again. It was even more violent this time.

Nobody said anything.

REAL Soon

Does every action
Really have a reaction
Maybe it's actually true
Or maybe it's an abstraction

I've often heard it said
That what goes around
Will also come around
It's something to expound

If one does to others
As they want them to do to them
They could accuse and condemn
Or find a real shiny gem

Maybe it's all about
If others really matter
It might just be noisy chatter
Or someone who wants to flatter

One can always watch the moon
They can serenade and croon
Remember nobody is immune
It all comes back real soon

Nobody