Chapter 1099
Covered Bets
Earlier:
Savannah watched Young Allison in action.
Young Allison checked over everything that happened around the target location. She made a few suggestions to Anna.
Cammy and Anna urged the girls to get some rest. There were sleeping quarters in the bunker. They could take it easy for a little while but still be close to the action if it developed.
They both lay down after they'd cleaned up. They were able to get a few hours of sleep in while they waited for the 'Witching Hour'.
It was time. The girls were up early.
Young Allison reviewed everything that she wanted done. She explained what she was about to do.
It surprised Savannah as to why.
Young Allison based her decision on past practice.
"I asked CamNet to do a visual check of where everyone was at." Young Allison said. "Sometimes they might be elsewhere other than where their tracker, com or phone is at."
Savannah understood that to mean exactly what Young Allison said. She knew there were a lot of times when Cameron was 'off the grid'. It was also possible she might have her location shown as somewhere other than where it actually was. That was why Young Allison wanted a visual verification as to where everyone was at. She was aware that that could be manipulated as well.
They saw surveillance footage of Cameron in the Command Center. That's what they wanted to see. They wanted to know where she was at for sure. It wasn't that they didn't trust her as much as they knew how 'driven' she could be at times. They didn't want her to take the burden on her back again. She's already done that enough times.
Savannah remembered the close call at the previous location. It was a little too close.
"After that other building, I think this is the right choice." Savannah said. "That was a close one."
They watched the drone do the scan and CamNet reported the building was empty.
Young Allison waited until the drone that did the scan moved to a safer altitude. She decided she was going to take preemptive action against the building. Based upon what Savannah reminded her of about the other building, she decided she wasn't going to take any chances with anyone. She looked at Savannah, Cammy and Anna. It was time to act. She previously told Anna what she wanted CamNet to do. She wanted to verify all the information again.
"I'm initiating a drone strike. Strike the structure twice. Delay one missile by one second." Young Allison said. "Blow the rear door off and allow the second missile to go inside after that. I want it to detonate in the center of the building. Do it now."
They watched the two missiles hit and then there was the massive explosion of the building. It was clear it had been booby trapped.
Savannah felt a feeling of dread inside of her as she watched the building. It could have been Cameron who was there. She knew she could have been with Cameron in there. It was close enough for Cam earlier.
"I guess that kind of narrows it down." Savannah said. "You saved Cam earlier. We just saw the proof."
Young Allison saw it a little differently.
"Cam saved herself." Young Allison said. "She knew the right choice to make all along."
Anna thought that should apply to Young Allison as well in regards to her health.
"You need to sleep." Anna said. "The mission has concluded."
Cammy wanted Savannah to rest too.
"Both of you need to sleep." Cammy said. "The circadian rhythm of teenagers is abnormal."
Savannah didn't want to mention there were a lot of other factors involved with her disrupted circadian rhythm. Most of them revolved around Cameron. She wasn't going to mention that in front of Young Allison.
Young Allison felt they'd acted responsibly earlier.
"We took a short rest." Young Allison said.
Anna pushed it some. She wanted the girls to wrap it up.
"You've accomplished what you wanted for tonight." Anna said.
Cammy would rather have CamNet do everything herself. She didn't feel the continual need of input from the girls was necessary. They could simply have told CamNet what they wanted done and let her do it at the appropriate time. She was just glad that Savannah wasn't at that building with Cameron right now. That was a whole other discussion.
"CamNet could have acted alone on your behalf." Cammy said.
Savannah understood the importance of human input. Without that, John Henry or CamNet became 'Skynet'.
"If you remember correctly, the last time someone tried that, things didn't work out so good in the end. Allison wanted the final say." Savannah said. "She wanted to be able to stop it if it became necessary. She wanted to have moderation in the response and the ability to target something different as well."
Anna understood Savannah's reference. She thought that Savannah displayed more than a little tact by not actually mentioning 'Skynet'. It was clear Savannah didn't want to indirectly insult CamNet. She wanted to get things wrapped up.
"There are six drones over that area." Anna said. "Is there anything else you want to do?"
Young Allison wanted to make sure that everything was covered.
"I want one to remain there and one to stay with Al and Mel." Young Allison said. "I want one drone to go back and scan the site of the other building that blew up."
Cammy didn't think it was necessary.
"Why do you need to do that?" Cammy asked. "We set surveillance up there. Actually, we did that in both areas."
Anna quickly shot Cammy a look of disapproval. She didn't want anyone to question Young Allison's actions other than Savannah or Cameron. Well, John would be able to do that as well. That wouldn't be any time soon if she could help it.
Cammy realized her error right away. She'd just questioned Young Allison's decision.
Young Allison planned three steps ahead. She wanted to look for any targets of opportunity that developed as well.
"I want to be sure." Young Allison said. "The other three drones will orbit at altitude and be ready to strike any target that develops."
Savannah figured Young Allison would prevent Cameron from learning of a new target tonight. She was sure that any new target would be dealt with and neutralized before Cameron knew of its existence. She wanted to know what exactly Young Allison was going to do.
"Are you going to have CamNet mask any new target?" Savannah asked. "Are you going to hide the information?"
Young Allison wanted to protect Cameron too. She'd clandestinely dealt with threats in the past as well. Only CamNet and Anna knew what she'd done.
"I will only until the threat is dealt with." Young Allison said. "Once that's been accomplished, Cameron can be notified of what occurred."
Savannah was sure this wasn't the only instance of Young Allison acting in this manner. She would need to speak to her when she was alone.
They waited another hour and nothing developed at either location. Young Allison typed in some more information for CamNet. The drones were reassigned.
The girls cleaned up before their short sleep earlier and were already wearing their night clothes in the bunker.
Savannah thought it was a really long day. She felt spent.
"It's time for bed." Savannah said. "I'm beat."
Young Allison yawned.
"I'm pretty tired too." Young Allison said.
Cammy was a little worried about the long hours. She thought that they should compensate for them
"You girls should 'sleep in' tomorrow." Cammy said.
Savannah glanced at the time. The 'Witching Hour' was past.
"Tomorrow is already today." Savannah said. "It's 4:00 AM."
Young Allison wanted to reach out to Savannah.
"Will you sleep with me?" Young Allison asked Savannah. "It's not many hours until we need to get up. It's just sleep."
Savannah didn't care where she ended up at this point. She was ready to sleep in the bunker.
"I was going to sleep in Allison's bed. Now I don't care." Savannah said. "I just want to lie down and close my eyes."
Cammy moved up and started to scan Savannah.
Anna did the same for Young Allison.
Young Allison and Savannah exchanged a look of displeasure.
"Is it going to be like this forever?" Young Allison asked.
The Metal girls looked at each other and then back at the girls.
"Yes." Cammy and Anna both said at the same time.
Young Allison rolled her eyes.
"Oh, brother…." Young Allison said. "Let's hit the hay."
Cammy didn't want the girls to exert themselves on the stairs leading out of the bunker. There was no need to get their blood pressure up. She really just wanted to carry one of them in her arms.
"Do you want us to carry you?" Cammy asked.
Young Allison and Savannah looked at each other.
"Sure. Why not, it sounds like fun." Savannah said.
Young Allison was going to suggest to the Metal girls that it was OK if they wanted to 'cop a feel'. She thought better of it when she looked over at Savannah. She was sure Savannah would disapprove of her comment, even if it was spoken in jest.
Cammy scooped up Savannah and Anna scooped up Young Allison. The Metal girls carried the human girls upstairs into Young Allison's bedroom.
"I need a 'pit stop'." Savannah said.
Cammy carried her to the bathroom and set her down.
Anna carried Young Allison to the bed and laid her down.
When Savannah returned from the restroom, Cammy and Anna were gone and Young Allison was fast asleep. She typed in some information on her phone. She smiled at the response. She crawled in beside Young Allison and was asleep in a few minutes.
Cammy and Anna were outside of the door to Young Allison's bedroom. They spoke in low tones that only a Terminator could hear.
"Did you 'cop a feel'?" Cammy asked.
Anna felt a little guilty. She'd thought about doing that but didn't.
"What?" Anna asked. "You know that I'm forbidden from any activity like that."
Cammy didn't think it was a big deal.
"I did." Cammy said.
Anna was glad that Cammy hadn't carried Young Allison. She was sure she would have done the same thing.
"I'd offer to let you carry me but there isn't a whole lot to 'cop'." Anna said.
Cammy thought that there was plenty. There were other areas she could explore as well. She would actually like to make a 'comparison' between Anna and Savannah. She was aware that Anna was off limits or she would actually initiate that comparison on her own.
John's breathing grew more difficult as Cameron moved. His back arched up slightly along with his neck. He tried to watch her as much as he could because she faced him this time. He liked to watch everything bounce on the front of her. He'd been fondling her until a short time ago.
Cameron opened her eyes when John stopped fondling her. She could see he was right on the edge. She smiled to herself. She always felt a sense of accomplishment whenever she was able to make John 'finish'.
She watched as his head moved rapidly from side to side on his arched neck. His hands now grasped her waist and tried to slow her down. She wanted him to derive the maximum amount of pleasure possible from her.
Cameron moved next to him. She gave him a deep kiss.
She watched his face as he attempted to formulate some words. It took him a few tries but he was able to speak.
John gasped a few times before he was able to catch his breath.
"I think I'm wasted." John said.
Cameron took it as a challenge. John wasn't going to 'skate' on her watch.
"I got you to where you needed to go." Cameron said. "It did take quite a bit of trying though."
John wasn't used to this much 'activity'. His body was much more acclimated than it was a week ago. It appeared that Cameron's plan to build up his stamina seemed to be working.
"You're wearing me out." John said.
Cameron was very pleased at their destination.
"I try to please." Cameron said.
John thought about what they'd just done and earlier when he watched Cameron wipe the back of her hand across her mouth.
"You do…." John said.
Cameron giggled.
She met the challenge head on.
"Whatever works." Cameron said with a smile.
John thought that everything 'worked' when Cameron was involved.
"I can say that it all works quite well." John said.
Cameron was pleased that they'd reduced the total even further from the goal.
"There are only nine hundred and…." Cameron said.
John didn't like to keep score. It was fun at first but he didn't want it to seem like a job.
"I don't want to keep track." John said as he interrupted.
Cameron tilted her head slightly. She didn't think it was a big deal. There were many things that she kept track of.
"It's a Terminator thing." Cameron said. "The data is always there."
John figured Cameron knew everything they'd done. What was worse was she knew everything he'd done too. She wanted to see what she would tell him.
"Do you know everything we've done?" John asked.
Cameron was in the process of updating those files when John asked the question. She thought the answer would be a little revealing.
"Of course I do. I know for how long and when." Cameron said. "I also know where."
John knew most of the times that they'd been together they'd been at the Resistance base. Not all of them though. There were a few wild ones recently.
"Do you mean where we were at?" John asked.
Cameron tilted her head slightly.
"There's that too." Cameron said. "I was referring to where you were at 'in or on' my sheath."
John was a little nervous at that response. Some of that was information best left un-repeated.
"We don't need to get into all of those." John said.
Cameron was aware that John already did get into all of those. There was one area that she would prefer John didn't use. It was never a pleasant experience for her. The 'real place' was only a slight distance away.
"We're not doing that 'one place' anymore." Cameron said. "There are no pleasure receptors there."
John felt a little embarrassed. Cameron was hesitant to allow that when it occurred. She relented when he persisted. He hoped she was at least a virgin in one place on her sheath that he'd tried.
"I just wanted to see what it was like." John said. "It was only a few times."
Cameron wondered if it did any more for John that it had for her.
"Well?" Cameron asked.
John thought back on the experiences.
"It was tight." John said.
It was so tight that John needed to use some lotion as a lubricant.
Cameron refused to turn off her pain receptors.
"I'll say." Cameron said. "It took awhile for the damage you caused to regenerate."
John was a little embarrassed.
"I said I was sorry about that." John said.
Cameron didn't think her sheath was designed to be used in that manner. It needed to simulate all human female points of 'entry'. It did. She could see John looked tired.
"You need to sleep." Cameron said.
John felt tired.
"I'm beat." John said.
Cameron kissed John again.
'You weren't tonight.' Cameron thought.
She turned off the light and waited until he fell asleep. She carefully got up and dressed. She was going to go out and check on the site that they'd 'blasted' earlier. She wanted to see what else was happening around there. She was pretty sure that there was a little more involved with everything that happened over the last couple of days.
Cameron thought she could slip out of the base without being detected.
She made it to the carpool without anyone following her. She was surprised at who was already there waiting for her.
Sheila looked a little apprehensive.
"Hey, love." Sheila said. "You must have been having a good time. It took long enough."
Ally didn't like the long wait either.
"Yeah, we've been waiting here for two hours." Ally said. "Have you ever heard of a quickie?"
Cameron was not thrilled to find Sheila and Ally waiting for her. It was obvious Young Allison and Savannah knew what she would do and sent Ally and Sheila to accompany her. She hoped to be able to leave them behind. There was no need to put them into the danger zone.
"What do you two want?" Cameron asked
Cameron already knew the answer.
Sheila saw an opportunity to make a point.
"I hoped that you would ask. First I want to sixty ni…" Sheila started.
Cameron was in no mood for joking.
"Enough." Cameron said. "Who sent you?"
Ally didn't want to cause any problems. She would just go with who contacted them directly.
"CamNet was the one." Ally said. "Someone told CamNet if she ever needed anything to give us a call."
Ally playfully slugged Sheila in the upper arm.
Sheila thought she'd communicated something a little different at the time.
"You know what I was talking about." Sheila said. "It wasn't this."
Sheila indicated to CamNet she was available for a sexual encounter with her.
Cameron understood what this was really about. There was no need to make an issue about it.
"Let's go." Cameron said. "I know it was the girls."
Ally didn't think someone that cared about you and loved you was a bad thing. She wanted to remind Cameron about that.
"They care about you because they love you." Ally said.
Cameron smiled to herself. The girls truly did care about her.
"I know." Cameron said. "I didn't mean for it to sound like a bad thing."
Cameron climbed into their 'Gas Company' van. Ally and Sheila did as well.
They headed toward the explosion site. There was no one around.
"I would have expected some emergency response crews to still be around this location." Cameron said.
Sheila and Ally visited the area on their way back from Cameron's base earlier. They didn't get too close and they never slowed or stopped.
"They never responded." Sheila said. "They all ended up on the other side of town.
They neared the structure. A 'Street Services' work truck was parked close by there. They pulled up next to it.
"I've been waiting for you." Bob said.
Cameron saw Bob and Jim inside the work truck.
"Who sent you?" Cameron asked.
Jim figured it would come out soon enough.
"John Henry sent us." Jim said. "He was worried about you."
Cameron didn't think all of the assistance was necessary.
"I could have handled things by myself." Cameron said.
Ally wanted to let her know they had additional assistance as well.
"We have drone support too." Ally said.
Cameron looked up and around at the dark sky.
"I don't hear them." Cameron said.
Sheila and Ally viewed footage from all of them earlier as they waited for Cameron to head for the carpool area.
"They're there, all six of them." Sheila said.
Cameron could see Savannah and Young Allison really looked after her tonight.
"The girls did all this." Cameron said.
Bob wanted to point out the specific information he was given. He was told to relay it to Cameron.
"It was all this or they were going to come." Bob said. "Both of them were going to come."
Jim wanted to point out some additional help.
"Mel and Al are still around too." Jim said.
Cameron thought about the vehicles that their two teams were in.
"What are they driving?" Cameron asked. "Is it a police car or a fire truck?"
Bob was told that Al and Mel wanted to keep it low key.
"They're in a tow truck." Bob said. "They didn't want to tie up any emergency equipment in case there was a real emergency.
Cameron looked over the direction of where the building used to be.
"There's nothing to see is there?" Cameron asked.
Ally already looked at all the different drone footage. She figured Cameron could have done the same.
"All that's left is a smoldering collapsed building." Ally said.
Cameron couldn't see this operation leading anywhere else tonight. She hoped that one of the drones would have picked up somebody else leaving the area or coming to investigate. There'd been nothing.
"Let's all go back." Cameron said. "We can get these vehicles back to where they belong."
Cameron was pleased at the outcome as well as Young Allison's and Savannah's actions. She liked how they covered her for her extra curricular activity too. They'd anticipated all her moves. There was plenty of assistance for her too if it would have been needed.
She didn't like for anyone to have to worry about her. Maybe she should consider planning additional help herself before she left for an operation. The girls certainly took care of her tonight.
Cameron was proud of her prodigy.
There was really only one place left for her to go until the sun came up. She planned to make sure the sun wasn't the only thing that came up either.
John opened his eyes and was pleasantly surprised.
Cameron was there smiling at John when he woke up the next morning.
John was actually surprised to see Cameron still there next to him. He knew that she usually didn't spend the entire night with him. She said it was boring to stare at the ceiling in the dark and listen to him snore for hours on end.
"Did you spend all night here?" John asked.
Cameron didn't want to lie nor be too explicit.
"I took care of a few things." Cameron said. "You know how it is when you're asleep."
John lifted the sheet a little, he saw Cameron was naked.
Cameron presented herself.
"I guess we can pick up where we left off." Cameron said.
John liked what he saw.
"I'm sure going to try." John said.
Cameron ran her hand down the length of her sheath.
"I'm 'dressed' for the occasion." Cameron said.
John reached over and touched her as well.
"More like undressed." John said.
Cameron wanted John in shape. She wanted him to be able to perform multiple times all of the day and all of the night.
"We need to be ready for our cruise." Cameron said.
John wanted to make sure Cameron was still onboard with that and hadn't changed her mind. He really looked forward to it at this point. Savannah, Young Allison and John Henry provided him with a lot of videos to view about cruise ships.
"Are you still good with that?" John asked.
Earlier when she was with Sheila and Ally she secretly scanned every dimension of Sheila. She was determined to use Sheila's chassis with her program. It would be a thrill for both John and her. She could be someone 'different'. She could be away from the Resistance matters on a ship at sea, with the ability to use a 'borrowed' chassis. She really thought it was going to be her chance to 'escape reality'. She would be able to do something that she wanted to do for years.
"Yes." Cameron said. "We can get away from it all."
John wondered how true that would be.
"I know we will still need to be in contact with everyone." John said.
Cameron felt she'd covered all the bases in that regard. There were plans and there were contingency plans.
"We'll be in port almost every day at some point." Cameron said. "I'll have a helicopter ready at each port."
John didn't want to waste their resources. He was aware that Cameron was always concerned about his safety. He didn't want to neglect their daily operations or leave any location short staffed if it was under surveillance. He didn't want any recons curtailed.
"I don't want to tie up a bunch of Terminators for our trip." John said. "I want to keep this as simple as possible. I don't want you to overdo it for me. Staff wise that is. In the bedroom you can overdo it as much as you want."
Cameron liked everyone to break the routine every so often.
"They like a change in scenery every now and then." Cameron said.
John remembered when Savannah told him to do that very thing years ago. Young Allison also mentioned it as well. He spent a lot of time inside of the Resistance base. He was well acquainted with four walls .
"I guess we all do." John said.
Cameron wasn't sure what that meant. She'd been thinking about using Sheila's chassis earlier. Maybe John was thinking about using a different person. She knew from reading Cosmo that all men liked a little 'strange' every now and then. She didn't think there needed to be any secrets when it came to that with them. The girls were all available. She wanted John protected from the anti-Metal group.
"I can have Savannah or the girls come." Cameron said. "Claire can stay with us."
John didn't want Cameron to worry. He didn't want Cameron to put pressure on anybody. He wanted to spend time with her.
"That wasn't the change in scenery I meant." John said. "This is our long overdue honeymoon."
Cameron checked on the booking earlier. Everything was in order. She expected no less with CamNet in control of the cruise line.
"We leave in two days." Cameron said.
John really wished he knew if this is what Cameron wanted to do. It seemed like it. He knew the future was always calling her and knocking on her door. He was good to go at any time. He felt very anxious about it already.
"Two days it is." John said.
He wondered how many of the Resistance Terminators were going to be onboard with them. He didn't know that Cameron planned to strip the virginity from the female Terminators as 'herself'.
Cameron hoped to provide John with a virgin chassis every day of the cruise and all of them would be her. She would be the one in control. She was sure the Metal girls would all understand. She only planned to borrow their chassis for a few hours. It didn't seem like a big deal to her. They should all know by now that everyone sacrifices for John Connor.
She looked forward to the cruise. She'd planned a lot of things to do. She made plans and contingency plans for all eventualities. She knew what the girls wanted and she knew what she wanted. They were not both the same thing. She planned to get her way one way or another on the cruise ship. She would do whatever she needed to make it happen. Her main focus was Savannah and Young Allison. If that didn't work out, all of the other girls would get a chance to be with John.
John looked over at Cameron. He could see a giant smile on her face. He really wondered what she was thinking about. He decided not to ask her because he didn't want to spoil the moment that she appeared to enjoy immensely. It pleased him that she was pleased. He really thought that she looked happy.
Savannah opened her eyes. Young Allison sat on the bed looking at her.
"Hi." Young Allison said with a sweet smile.
It was the kind of smile that was beautiful and could melt a heart.
"Hi. How long have you been staring at me?" Savannah asked.
Young Allison glanced over at her dresser and the clock radio that sat on it.
"It's been about an hour or so." Young Allison said.
Savannah felt bad about sleeping so long. Normally she was up earlier. It had been a long day and well into the hours of the next morning. She felt a little more tired than she normally did. She wasn't sure why.
"You should have woken me earlier." Savannah said.
Young Allison wanted to take in all of Savannah's beauty.
"I didn't want to." Young Allison said. "You looked really beat yesterday and early this morning. I worry about you too."
Savannah yawned and stretched.
"I feel fine now." Savannah said. "What time is it?"
"It's ten o'clock." Young Allison said.
Savannah sat bolt upright. She was never in bed this late.
"I need to get up." Savannah said. "I'm sleeping in too much."
Young Allison remembered something that she heard her mother say one time.
"All girls need their beauty sleep." Young Allison said.
Savannah saw herself in the dresser mirror. She thought she looked terrible.
"You can say that again." Savannah said. "I look like crap."
Young Allison thought Savannah was beautiful in any condition.
"I don't think so." Young Allison said. "You're beautiful."
Savannah knew loving eyes were blind.
"Let's get dressed and I'll brush your hair." Young Allison said.
Young Allison planned to take the lead this time. She was up earlier and had everything ready.
"After I brush your hair you can." Savannah said.
The two girls stripped off their bed clothes and dressed. They did so openly in front of each other. They'd only ever done this at the pool. It really was no big deal. It seemed like something they did everyday. They both knew it would be.
Cammy and Anna listened from the other room. They spoke in hushed tones that only a Terminator could hear.
"It's only a matter of time." Cammy said.
Anna previously thought that it would be years. It didn't seem that way anymore. It didn't even seem like it was going to be months any longer. She thought it was down to a matter of weeks at this point. The girls were ready for the next step in their life. It was with each other. It only needed to be John's bed if Judgment Day occurred. The girls belong to each other.
"It's inevitable." Anna said. "It's the 'Natural Order'."
Cammy and Anna wondered what would happen to them. It was clear that they would soon both be redundant and regulated to the background. It wasn't a pleasant thought for either of them. They needed to respect the 'Natural Order'.
Covered Bets
Go ahead and roll the dice
What will it be
Depending on the wager
One might not want to see
Do you bet it all
Or only risk a bit
When it's all gone
Who will throw a fit
Very few people in life
Will gamble their way to wealth
Most will fail miserably
Many wreck their health
Some will go for broke
The cards land where they fall
It takes a few moments
To realize they've lost it all
Is to move forward in life
A gamble or full of threats
One needs to look around
Do they have covered bets
Nobody