Chapter 1026
Air Hockey
Cameron and John walked along the surf line.
The beach was dark and only lit by the stars. The moon hadn't made its appearance yet.
Cameron wore a micro bikini that was the same color as her sheath tone. She appeared naked at first glance. That was the whole point. She wanted any eyes on her and not on John. So far they hadn't encountered anyone.
They both thought of a million things.
Cameron spotted something move near John's foot. She made a quick identification of the potential threat.
"There's a crab." Cameron said. "Don't step on it."
John looked down to where Cameron pointed. He didn't want to step on it. He'd left his shoes in the SUV.
"I didn't see it." John said.
Cameron was aware she held a distinct advantage in that regard.
"I'm able to see better than you and the dark." Cameron said.
They still walked hand in hand.
The full moon came up low on the eastern horizon over the water.
Cameron stopped so John could watch the moon rise. She kissed him when he turned back to face her.
John pulled her in close and held her in his arms.
Cameron embraced him tightly.
It almost took his breath away. She was pressed tight up against him.
Cameron flashed her 'million dollar smile'. Her big beautiful doe eyes were illuminated by the moonlight.
"I can feel you're ready for nine hundred and eighty nine, right now." Cameron said.
John couldn't help it. There was enough light from the moon to clearly see Cameron's nearly naked form.
"With the moon lighting you dressed like that, I don't have much choice." John said. "You're really exciting me. I find it very pleasurable to see you naked. Well, nearly naked in this case."
They were in a deserted part of the beach near a closed lifeguard shack. PCH was behind them and slightly above them in the distance.
Cameron scanned the beach in all directions with several different vision spectrums. She couldn't detect anyone. There was always the threat of local gangs out doing drugs or looking to cause other mayhem. There was also the nuisance of homeless people wandering about with no place to go.
"We're alone now…." Cameron said.
The waves crashed down just off a ways from where they were.
John looked around and when he looked back at Cameron, her top was off.
"What are you doing?" John asked.
Cameron tilted her head slightly.
"I'm getting ready." Cameron said.
John looked around again. He wondered what she was getting ready for. There weren't too many choices available where they were currently at.
"Getting ready for what?" John asked nervously.
Cameron wasn't sure why John was confused. They'd done this many times, just not on the beach. It was actually something she'd wanted to do for a long time. She decided to spell it out for him.
"I'm ready for number nine hundred and eighty nine." Cameron said. "We're going to make love."
John swallowed hard. He felt 'Little Willie' respond in his pants. He looked around them.
"Where will we do it?" John asked.
Cameron waved her hand that still held her top around them. The top was so skimpy it was barely visible as her arm moved.
"Here. Right here on the beach in the sand, with the moon lighting us, the waves washing up alongside us and the cool ocean breeze." Cameron said. "It will be beautiful."
Cameron started to strip John.
John went to protest but the moment was too enticing. Here was the person he loved. That's all he saw at these times. Cameron wasn't a machine or scary robot from the future. She was a beautiful person. She just happened to be different from him in how she came into being. She was an individual just like everyone else.
He often wondered if it was just her 'appearance' that excited him. Maybe he should have 'shared' with Cameron as Isabel or Metal Summer. It was her program in both of them. If she ever offered that option to him again he would take it. Cameron often reminded him the Metal girls were all untouched by a male. She could borrow their chassis for a few hours. With her chip in any chassis, it was her. She was her program even if it was trapped in a server. It was a scary thought that her program could have been trapped in a server forever and not have a Terminator chassis. He needed to visit 'Rosie' enough as it was. He could only imagine what a nightmare would be if Cameron's program was trapped in a metal box forever. Cameron told him being stuck in a server was little more than being in a metal coffin. There was a difference between being alive and living. One was existence, the other one was the ability to actually do things and enjoy life.
John was quickly brought back to reality as Cameron touched him.
Cameron reached in John's back pocket and took something out.
"What's that?" John asked. "I didn't put that there."
Cameron anticipated this moment would happen earlier. She didn't want to say that she'd orchestrated it but she did offer John several options on what he wanted to do. Eventually one of them would have led to this point. At least she'd hoped that it would, now seemed like as good a time as any for some action. They were both here and alone and they were both ready.
"I did, John." Cameron said. "It's a 'space blanket'."
Cameron rapidly unfolded it.
John was going to ask what it was for but thought he knew.
Cameron saw that John understood. She thought of a joke she once heard when they were in school. She didn't understand it then. She researched it and saw it was a joke based on a play of words and slang. She thought she would run it by John to see if he got it.
"Do you know why girls don't like to drink beer at the beach?" Cameron asked.
John was somewhat confused. He was aware that Cameron didn't drink anything. At the most, she took a sip of something just to conduct a taste test and the chemical compounds that made it up. He still tried to figure out what she referred to.
"No." John said.
He wondered where this was headed.
"They don't like to get sand in their – Schlitz." Cameron said.
John started to laugh as he got the joke. There was a brand of beer known as Schlitz. There was a slang term that referred to a female's private area as a 'slit'. Schlitz sounded like 'slits'.
"That was a nice play on words." John said with a smile.
Cameron knew that was a possibility that some females faced. She didn't think the abrasive qualities of the sand would add anything to her enjoyment or John's enjoyment. It seemed it would be rather distracting and irritating.
"It was. I wouldn't like it either." Cameron said as she laughed. "Unless you want to help me get any of it out…."
John would be more than glad to do that. It would give him a further excuse to look at everything in that compact area. Sometimes when he spent too much time doing that, Cameron wanted to know what he was doing. He told her he just liked to look at things down there.
All of the talk and 'jokes' made him wonder if Cameron was at one hundred percent, she seems much more sexually aggressive than she normally would act. That was in the room. Now things were happening in areas where other people could see them. He thought the carpool was pretty wild. Now they were on a public beach where literally anyone who happened to be in the area would be able to see them.
"You're really wild tonight." John said.
Cameron stood naked before John in the moonlight. Her perfect figure was illuminated enough for him to see everything.
"I'm a 'real wild child'." Cameron said.
Cameron thought about calling the song up on his phone. There were several versions of it that she liked. There was one by Iggy Pop and there was one from the movie 'Pretty Woman'. When she thought about the movie 'Pretty Woman' it made her think about the movie 'Pretty Baby'. She didn't want John's mind to go there right now. It wasn't Young Allison standing before him nude. It was her. She didn't want him to picture her as Young Allison, at least not on this particular occasion. She was pretty sure there were other times after Young Allison had visited the Resistance base that when he was on top of her that she wasn't herself but she was 'Young Allison' to him. That was OK. She wanted him to want Young Allison. Her mission would be complete once Savannah and Young Allison were at his side and in his bed. Both of the girls would be at her fingertips as well. That was a bonus to the mission the way she saw it.
John was worried about the time. He wasn't so sure this was a good idea. He understood that Cameron didn't care about nudity or if anybody saw what she was doing but he did. Maybe if they were at a private beach he would be a little more comfortable with the idea. He didn't want to say that out loud because when they'd talked about going on a cruise, CamNet bought a cruise line. He felt it was more than likely if he mentioned something about a private beach, CamNet would buy some secluded beachfront property somewhere. He needed to refocus.
"Will we miss our second reservation time?" John asked.
Cameron took John's phone and cancelled the second reservation. She didn't want to be rude or selfish. Savannah told her that the little things matter. Savannah told her that everything matters. She knew that statement referred to some of her past actions where she did things that needed to be done and didn't really consider the consequences or how it would affect other people. She understood now that she should have helped the Russian and his sister. That was a mistake she wouldn't repeat. For them however it was too late. She needed to worry about the present, not the past.
"We can always catch the third reservation or make a later one." Cameron said. "The parking lot wasn't too full. I don't think they'll have a sellout crowd tonight."
Cameron made another quick scan of the beach and the area behind them toward PCH. She was ready for some action. She somehow felt a little more stimulated than normal because of the location they were at. Maybe there was the added thrill that they could get 'caught'. Maybe it was a challenge not to get 'caught'. She was up to any challenge anyone wanted to throw her away.
"It's time to mount up." Cameron said.
She carefully lay on the 'space blanket' on top of the sand. She didn't want to get any sand on the top of the 'space blanket'.
John took a quick look around and moved in. He was as excited as he was a little scared about what they were doing because of where they were at. He kissed Cameron and started to work his way down her sheath. Cameron stopped him before he reached the area he wanted to get to.
Cameron didn't need any additional stimulation right now.
"I'm good to go right now." Cameron whispered. "I want you to take me now."
John quickly looked around as he repositioned himself. He lined everything up and found out Cameron was correct. He went to 'work' right away. He could feel Cameron's arms tighten around him slightly. He knew what Cameron wanted and he delivered it now. In a few seconds he was lost in Cameron's loving. He really didn't care where he was at right now as long as he was with Cameron. Nothing else mattered now. The rhythmic sound of his body moving against Cameron's body was serenaded by the soft crashing of the waves and surf behind them. It was a beautiful experience.
Savannah arrived at the cinema multiplex and drove once around the block and then around the cinema itself. She saw one of the Detail's SUV was already there waiting on one side. It was clear they'd scoped out the area.
She looked around and parked off to the side near one of the emergency exits from the building. She then saw the other Detail's SUV that followed them pull up and park. The other half of the Detail was already here. She was surprised they were all present. She was sure CamNet was behind it. She wasn't going to complain. Young Allison was better protected this way. That was probably the whole reason it was done in the first place.
"The gang's all here." Anna-Ally said.
Savannah hadn't wanted to use the Detail earlier. She didn't want to compromise the security of anything. It really didn't matter now, the entire Detail was there.
"I didn't expect the full Detail." Savannah said.
Ally-Anna was a little surprised herself.
"There may be a little extra protection tonight." Ally-Anna said.
Young Allison liked to engage the Detail whenever she could. She liked how they responded when she interacted with them. She'd learned from Savannah to always touch them as well. The personal contact was something they didn't get from anyone else. They seem to appreciate it immensely. She didn't want them to have to sit out in the parking lot.
"We should invite them to come with us." Young Allison said.
Savannah wanted that too but she also wanted Young Allison protected. Savannah understood that they would like to all be together but the Detail also had a job to do. If they were to pull them off of their job, it would compromise the purpose of their function. That would end up causing them a little distress that they didn't need to experience.
"You know they have a job to do." Savannah said. "It will cause them to stress out some."
Young Allison didn't always agree with protocol. She believed they could do the job just as well alongside them as well as in the parking lot. They were Terminators. If any problem arose there were plenty of them.
"I guess." Young Allison said. "I personally don't agree with that."
Ally-Anna didn't want any problems to develop, especially between the girls. There'd already been some tension earlier. That event bothered her immensely.
"They know their duty." Ally-Anna said. "We all know our duty."
The girls headed for the entrance and the ticket booth inside.
Savannah went to pay but Ally-Anna walked up to the counter and gave a reservation number and the tickets were already paid for and waiting.
Savannah understood that's why the full Detail was there too.
"I see CamNet is looking out for us." Savannah said.
They took the tickets and headed inside after handing them to the usher.
"We already have our seats." Young Allison said. "We still have some time until the show starts."
Savannah wanted to make sure Young Allison ate. She hadn't been to a theater in a while. She hadn't ever been to this particular theater before. She was impressed at the amount of food that was available inside of the theater. She almost felt like she was at the mall because there was so much stuff available.
"We can hit the snack bar." Savannah said. "Which I think actually looks more like a food court at this point."
Young Allison felt more up to a challenge. She knew there was another section of the theater that she liked to visit as well. It allowed her to hone her skills.
"There's an arcade." Young Allison said. "We can check it out first."
They went to the room the arcade was in. It was located just past the restrooms.
Young Allison looked around the arcade room. She wanted to make sure the air hockey tables were still there. They were.
"We can play air hockey." Young Allison said.
Savannah looked around and saw Ally-Anna smile.
There were two air hockey tables there.
"Why do I feel like I'm being set up?" Savannah asked.
Young Allison wanted to play Savannah. She thought that she was very skilled at this particular game. She wanted to see how Savannah stacked up.
It was clearly an unspoken challenge between the girls.
"It's just a game." Young Allison said.
Savannah was sure the deck was stacked against her. She'd played the game before but it had been a while.
"Now I know I'm being set up." Savannah said. "I think we should get some food first."
Young Allison didn't want to lose this opportunity. If they went to the food court now, they probably wouldn't make it back to the game room. They could play the games first and take the food with them into the theater. CamNet reserved the seats for them where a little table folded down in front of the seat. They could eat or snack while they watched the movie.
"We can play a couple of games before that." Young Allison said.
Savannah wanted to try something else. She knew when she was outmatched before the match began. That was never a good 'combat' scenario to enter. She wanted time to study the 'enemy' first.
"You and Ally play one game first." Savannah said.
Anna-Ally looked at the air hockey table. She wasn't sure what the purpose of the game was.
"I've never played before." Anna-Ally said. "How do you play?"
Young Allison really wanted to play her now.
"Now is your chance." Young Allison said. "It's easy to play. You're a Terminator, you're superior at everything to a human. Well, except for swimming and the childbirth thing but you know what I mean."
Anna-Ally was aware that Terminators were superior to humans. She never found one that she couldn't kill with her bare hands. It really wasn't very difficult.
"How hard can it be?" Anna-Ally asked with a smile.
Young Allison was ready for a real challenge. She wanted to encourage Anna-Ally.
"You can beat me." Young Allison said.
Anna-Ally didn't think it would be too hard.
"I think so." Anna-Ally said.
Savannah wanted to do a security check of the indoor area with Ally-Anna.
"I want to scope the place out with Anna while you two play." Savannah said. "I'll be back."
Savannah and Ally-Anna took off. She looked at Ally-Anna. She looked so much like Cameron right now it was almost unbelievable. She knew that technically it was 'Cameron' along with the programming from her through the 'Neural Interface'. She wondered if maybe that was the ultimate version of 'Cameron' right now. She wondered how she would do if she had the 'Neural Interface' from Young Allison as well. Maybe that would be the ultimate 'Cameron'.
"I love what you've done to your sheath." Savannah said as they exited the arcade. "I'm not sure if you know how good you look right now. I know that you think you look better than you do as Anna with the age regression of my appearance. I have to tell you right now that you almost look identical to Cameron. I also want you to know that I honestly believe the current appearance of your sheath as Anna is very beautiful. I find it very attractive and I'm willing to bet Young Allison does as well. We both know you're really your program. Everything about you is beautiful. Your sheath is irrelevant. You protect and guide Young Allison in a very special and caring way. I appreciate that immensely. Thank you. You really do look Hot."
Ally-Anna looked down the front of her sheath and cupped herself. There was much more than a handful on both sides. She was pleased with her appearance.
"I feel complete again." Ally-Anna said. "You don't know how much I miss these. She released her breasts. You have to remember as 'Cameron' I experienced severe damage in this area multiple times. It was very traumatic for me. I think you understand why some things bother me. I know they shouldn't but they still do. I have Cameron's past experiences of all of her combat and all her damage."
Savannah left Young Allison with Anna-Ally. They looked about the same age. Ally hadn't complained about being in Anna's chassis anymore since Young Allison paid most of her attention to her. She knew that all of the Terminators craved human attention, especially the female ones.
Young Allison knew Ally was bothered about the chassis swap so she tried to be extra nice to her so she didn't feel so bad about it. She really didn't think it should be a big deal if it was only for a day. She thought Ally was a little over dramatic about everything earlier.
What Young Allison really tried to do was allow Anna to be in Ally's chassis and look like 'Cameron'. She knew the way Anna felt about having to reverse her ageing process back to that of a young teenager. Since Anna's base program was Cameron, she could look like 'Cameron' for the first time. Young Allison knew this would mean a lot to Anna, even if it was for one day.
Ally thought this was a choice assignment. She would get to look like a 'Young Savannah' and be around Young Allison, Allison, Holly, Hanna and Claire. That's if they stayed at the Young residence. She would miss Sheila though. She didn't see any reason why she couldn't hang out there as well. What difference would it make? If Cameron needed them, they would just go and do what she wanted done. What would be the big deal?
She was really infatuated with Young Allison. If nothing else she was going to reset her age progression on her own chassis back about two or three years, just not back this far. Two swollen mosquito bites weren't going to cut it. She saw how everyone checked out Young Allison. They all did as well.
There was a loud clunk as the puck went into the goal slot right in front of her.
Young Allison smiled. She'd taken her first shot as soon as she was ready. She knew it was always an advantage to draw 'first blood' against the enemy. There was no reason why the initial attack couldn't be a surprise.
"You're supposed to block it." Young Allison said.
Anna-Ally wasn't paying attention.
Two male teenagers came to play at the air hockey table next to Young Allison and Anna-Ally.
Anna-Ally blinked her eyes twice and looked around. She quickly remembered where she was at and what she was supposed to be doing. She'd let her mind wander a little too far.
"I was thinking about something else." Anna-Ally said. "You caught me off guard."
Young Allison wanted to play her hand a little more. She saw what happened and took advantage of it. She also wanted to make a point.
"You need to stay focused." Young Allison said. "You're supposed to be protecting me. Not the other way around."
They started again and Ally was quick to learn how to play. In a few turns she was able to block all of Young Allison's shots. She was able to start to score too. It took her a little longer to get acclimated than she thought it would. She found out quickly that Young Allison was a worthy opponent. It was clear in an initial attack, especially if it was conducted under surprise, that Young Allison would have a distinct advantage against the enemy. A prolonged battle would be a different story. That's where they were now in the game.
The puck from the other table next to them was knocked off the board in some wild shot and flew past Young Allison. She dodged out of the way and made a score against Ally all at the same time.
Anna-Ally knew at this point Young Allison shouldn't be able to score anymore but she did as the errant puck passed by her. She thought maybe she was distracted. If not, Young Allison was really good to do both of those things at the same time.
Young Allison bent down and picked up the other puck.
"Here you go." Young Allison said.
She tried to hand the puck back to one of the teenage players. He didn't take it.
"That puck sucks." The first teenager said. "Give us yours."
The other teenager was quick to add his two cents worth.
"Yeah, you're just a kid anyway." The second teenager said. "You probably don't even know how to play."
Anna-Ally saw trouble brewing.
Young Allison waved her off. She saw the opportunity for a challenge.
"That's your puck. Take it back and play your game." Young Allison said. "We're minding our own business. You should have some manners and do the same thing. We're not here to look for trouble."
The first teenager looked Young Allison over from head to toe and back again. It was a very rude gesture.
"Why don't you fill out a little bit more and then in a few years we can talk about it." The first teenager said.
Anna-Ally looked around the arcade, it was almost empty. She spied two security cameras, both of them blinked. CamNet signaled to her that she was in control of the security system. It was the indication that whatever happened inside the arcade would remain a mystery.
There were two other people in the arcade and they left almost immediately.
Anna-Ally didn't like the developing situation. She was aware there would be no record of anything that she did going forward.
"That is no way to talk to a lady." Anna-Ally said.
The second teenager did the same thing to Anna-Ally as the first teenager did to Young Allison. It was a very crude act and showed extreme disrespect for females. The teenagers didn't know that Sheila and her dealt with older individuals like them quite frequently. None of them were left alive. A few of them were no longer men when they died either.
"You're almost as flat as she is." The second teenager said. "Kids are sure mouthy these days. You should both grow up."
It looked like things were going to get worse.
"Give us your puck and any money you have." The first teenager said.
Young Allison realized that they were about to be robbed. She knew with a Terminator standing next to her that it was unlikely.
"Hardly…." Young Allison said. "That's not going to happen."
Anna-Ally was ready to initiate a challenge of her own. She was tempted to snap both of their necks right now and be done with it. The only trouble was there would probably be a lock down of the theater complex and it would spoil the movie for Young Allison. She decided to mess with them a little. She knew there was nothing they could do to her. The 'threat level' was 'none'. She took their puck from Young Allison and held it out in front of her. One of the teenagers reached for it.
"Puck off…." Anna-Ally said.
Anna-Ally let the puck fall to the floor.
Young Allison laughed.
That seemed to infuriate the two teenagers.
"Give us your money, now." The second teenager said.
He grabbed for Young Allison.
In a flash a hand reached out and stopped his hand in mid air. The teenager couldn't move his hand. He looked up and Ally-Anna stood there as she held his wrist.
Savannah and Ally-Anna were back now. They'd heard the conversation through their coms and returned back to the arcade as soon as possible. It appeared they arrived just as things were about to turn bad for the two teenagers.
"You told me to come back when I filled out." Ally-Anna said. "I'm filled out now."
She'd previously unbuttoned her shirt past her bra as she returned to the arcade. She'd been alerted by CamNet.
The teenager struggled to break free. It was impossible.
"Is this filled out enough?" Ally-Anna asked.
The teenager couldn't move his hand.
"Let go of me you crazy Bitch." The second teenager said.
Ally-Anna wanted some justice for Young Allison.
"Apologize to the girls first." Ally-Anna said. "You were very rude and made threats to them."
A round of curses started.
Savannah was now next to Anna-Ally.
For all practical purposes it looked like two hot teenage girls with their almost as hot younger sisters.
The first teenager went to help the second teenager.
Savannah tripped them. The teenager sprawled on the floor.
Anna-Ally moved in and held the teenager down.
"Don't make me bust you up." Anna-Ally said. "Right now you know that I can. That's why you can't move. I work out."
Savannah didn't want this to escalate. It had already gone on longer than it should have. She didn't want any negative repercussions to come out of this incident. She wanted it to end. She looked at the two teenage boys.
"Apologize to the girls and everything goes back to the way it was." Savannah said. "This doesn't need to escalate when it can simply end."
Savannah hoped to diffuse the situation, preferably without any terminations. If the boys continued to cuss and struggle, it was more than likely going to be the outcome. They would be tagged as future Scavengers and dealt with as such.
Young Allison quickly came up with a solution where things could be civil again.
"I'll play them." Young Allison said. "If they win, they can have my money. We can play for real and we can play fair. That's the deal."
Young Allison flashed a hundred dollar bill. That changed the disposition of the teenagers real fast. It looked like easy money to them.
"It's a deal." The second teenager said. "A fair game it is. I'm sorry."
Anna-Ally wanted to hear the same words out of the other teenage boy.
"You too, say it and mean it." Anna-Ally said. "Do it and play a fair game. You can redeem yourselves."
She still held the teenager down on the floor.
"OK, man, deal." The first teenager said. "I'm sorry we were rude. We were just kidding about taking their money."
The two teenagers wanted the hundred dollar bill. How could a young teenage girl beat them? That was impossible they'd been playing for years. They were sure of their ability.
Young Allison smiled. She was sure of her ability as well. It was a challenge.
"Game on." Young Allison said.
Sacrifice
Is it even possible for either of us
To exist without love in some form
Love may never be perceived or received
Yet we must express our love so warm
Beyond the use of one's body parts
People mean nothing to each other
As beauty evaporates into time
Our feelings envelop and smother
When the feeling of love grows
It's beyond our minds control
Can the other ever understand
Disinterest in our heart burns a hole
The body is offered as a sacrifice
To attempt to win any affection
It slowly becomes apparent the sacrifice
Was the heart and mind upon reflection
Love like beauty is transitory
If it ever even exists it will fade
To try to touch or share either
Our soul we are willing to trade
Nobody