Chapter 1176

Heaven Can't Wait

John still held Cameron's hand as the next 'Beatles' tune started.

'Help'. Was the next song and it sent its tones out into the theater.

Cameron was touched by the first word of how the song started.

"I like this one." Cameron said.

Cameron knew she needed a lot of help. John tried to help her before. She felt it was the girls who gave real help to her. First it was Vanna and then Allison, even Jesse later on. It was Savannah that really gave her the help she needed. They all became her friends and almost her lovers. It never happened. It would one day with Savannah and Young Allison. It was what Future John wanted for all of them. It was the 'Natural Order'.

John looked over at Cameron as he listened to the words. It was Cameron that gave him the help he needed to stay strong and live the life he needed to live. He was sure he wouldn't be able to do it on his own. He was always sure of that. He'd relied on his mother first and then on Cameron. It was nice to have help sometimes.

He was painfully aware they would all be dead if it weren't for Cameron. She gave him the inner strength to carry on and the love he wanted and needed. She shared it all with him. She shared 'her all' with him.

The girls, both Metal and human, were always there and ready to step up to support him. He remembered how Holly was always there for him when Cameron was 'away'. She'd made herself 'available' to him at all times. What he liked the most about it was she was there for him for more than sex. He often wanted to be with her. He never did but it was close a few times. He was afraid he would lose Cameron from his heart if he did. Holly's support never wavered.

At the time he'd suspected Cameron's program might be copied in Holly or even their chips may have been switched. He didn't know. He didn't know Cameron made Holly promise never to reveal she was on her chip at that time. He didn't know Holly offered to let Cameron use her chassis as her own to be with him. It would have been Cameron's program, it would have been Cameron.

John would have liked to have been with Cameron in Holly's chassis. He wondered if the opportunity would ever happen again. He wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of the situation if it arose.

The more he thought about the past incident, the more it irritated him. Gail had been deactivated because she wanted to self terminate over Duplicate Jesse's demise. It meant there was an available female chassis. He really didn't understand why Cameron couldn't have used it. He would have liked to have been with Cameron in Gail's chassis. He didn't know Holly offered to let Cameron have her choice of Gail's chassis or her chassis if she wanted her own chassis again for him. Why did she hide from him for fifteen months? He really could have used some help back then.

Sarah listened to 'Help'. There were many times in her life when she needed help and it wasn't there. It couldn't be there and keep John safe. She always needed to put John's safety before her well being and her personal desires. She needed to protect John and she needed to protect the future. Future Kyle died for her. He died for John and the future. She would never compromise what was sacrificed by Future Kyle. She was well aware sacrifice was the true test of love.

Her biggest regret was Charlie. She always feared if she involved a boyfriend into the mix, it would prove deadly to them at some point. It proved to be true for Charlie. She'd tried to prevent it and sacrificed her love for Charlie to protect him. She gave up what she so dearly wanted. In the end it didn't matter. She got his wife killed and Charlie's love for her and John got him killed. Charlie proved that sacrifice was the true test of love.

Sarah felt very lost right now and she needed help.

"You gave me the help I needed." Kyle whispered in her ear.

It brought Sarah back to now. She believed it was a two way street.

"We gave each other help, Kyle." Sarah whispered back.

Sarah was very happy to be with Kyle again. She decided she would be the one to sacrifice the 'next time'. She'd lost Charlie and Future Kyle once already. It wasn't going to happen again. The men she loved should never need to die for her.

Maybe they didn't die just for her. Maybe they both died for John. Future Kyle didn't know Sarah was pregnant before he was killed. He still protected her anyway because he knew she was the mother of John Connor. He gave his life for that belief and his belief in her.

When Charlie was killed, she'd been targeted for termination as well. Charlie may have been collateral damage but he bought time for John to escape. He paid for the time with his life. She really wondered how does one give anyone more 'help' than their own life.

She'd been able to raise John and prepare him as much for the future as possible. She did what she did for her belief in Kyle and the future. It all changed at one point. She really wondered what direction her life had been headed after John left for the future. She really didn't have a set direction to go. Her sole determination had been to watch over Cameron's chassis and try to protect the future as much as she could. She really needed help at that time. She'd actually received it. She was where she was now because of it.

Kyle really liked the performance. He glanced over at Sarah and noticed she looked a little 'glassy eyed'. He wanted her to remain focused on the show.

"These are the greatest songs." Kyle whispered.

Sarah refocused. She was very aware of the theme they all conveyed.

"They all have some meaning." Sarah whispered.

Kyle looked at Sarah in the darkness of the private box.

"They do." Kyle whispered.

Sarah realized she'd been given help by Cameron and Mrs. Weaver. They gave her back Kyle and they indirectly gave her Jan. They both also helped to keep John alive and unhurt. It was nice to have help sometimes.

Savannah didn't want Cammy to hold back on her. There was something going on. She knew there was a new development of some type. She wanted some answers and she wanted them now.

"Spill it, Cammy." Savannah said.

Cammy told her it was a 'weak' lead.

Savannah didn't receive any information contrary. If there was any major alert CamNet and John Henry would let her know.

She wanted to know more about the new development. She didn't like the fact their team had been bypassed for the secondary team.

"Why did Steve's team take the lead?" Savannah asked.

Cammy figured CamNet wanted Savannah to go back to the base for the night. It didn't seem like the proper thing to say under the current inquisition.

"CamNet directed them to do it." Cammy said.

Savannah was a little upset they were bypassed.

"I didn't get the information." Savannah said.

Cam tried to downplay it.

"I don't think it's anything." Cam said. "We should return to the base."

Savannah wasn't about to leave a team without assistance, especially when they were right there. What if the others got jammed up?

"We're not going back to the base if we're right here and are able to back someone up." Savannah said. "It's nice to have help sometimes."

It was clear Cam was trying to 'protect' her as much as Cammy was.

Cammy decided she better come clean. All she seemed to do at this point was upset Savannah more by not being forthcoming. It was the nature of the threat. It was the group most likely associated with it.

"It may be related to the Fanatics." Cammy said.

Savannah was glad Cammy told her. She would have liked to have heard the information a little sooner. She always wanted to know the true nature of a threat when they needed to face it.

"It took long enough to come out." Savannah said. "I already figured it out."

Cam wanted to remind Savannah of the danger the Fanatics posed.

"They're very dangerous." Cam said. "They're insane."

Savannah dealt with them before. She knew there were multiple groups who operated with fanatical behavior. Most of them were tied to a belief. The belief was usually associated with a religion. The Fanatics worshiped SkyMaster as a god. It fit right in with the majority of other fanatical behavior. She was aware when someone believed in something, it didn't matter if it was true or not. The fact that they believed it made it true in their own mind, even if it was untrue. Some of those individuals or groups were willing to die for those beliefs. The Fanatics were one of them.

"I've been around a few of their escapades." Savannah said.

Cammy knew it was more than that.

"Cameron and you have been around most of them." Cammy said.

Cam thought Savannah did a good job of keeping Cameron away from them before her trip. Then again, it allowed her to step up and face the danger herself. It was almost terminal.

"You were able to prevent Cameron from being involved with them yesterday." Cam said.

Savannah had help to do it.

"Young Allison helped me." Savannah said.

Cammy wanted to change the subject.

"Young Allison is more beautiful everyday." Cammy said. "She'll be much prettier than Allison."

Savannah needed to think about Cammy's statement for a few seconds. It was absurd in reality. It was illogical as well.

"I don't really know how that's possible since they're the SAME person." Savannah said. "They all share the same identical DNA."

Cam saw it a little differently.

"Young Allison will take after Cameron." Cam said. "That's where her beauty will come from."

Savannah wanted to laugh but she couldn't. Cam's statement was even more absurd. Cameron's beauty belonged to Allison Young - ALL of them.

She didn't want to get into the same conversation again. She'd already been through it several times with them before. Maybe she would play it out a little. She knew they were trying to deflect her away from the Fanatic threat.

"Will Young Allison be more beautiful than you?" Savannah asked.

The response was immediate.

"Yes." Cam and Cammy both said at the same time.

Savannah tried not to laugh again.

Since they all shared the same DNA, it didn't make any sense.

Savannah looked around. She could see they were no longer headed towards the base. She wanted to know how close to the target area they were.

"Where are we going?" Savannah asked. "How soon will we be there?"

Cammy believed the location was going to become self evident in a very short time.

"We're going back to where the team encountered the Fanatics last night." Cammy said.

Savannah wondered where it was going to lead. There'd been more than a few close ones associated with the events yesterday.

"Marvelous." Savannah said. "I hope there's not another 'death trap' waiting for us."

It seemed everything related to the Fanatics was a death trap. Even if it wasn't to start with, the Fanatics turned it into one when they were cornered.

Gail listened to 'Help'. Like all the songs, she was able to derive meaning and feeling out of it.

She noticed that Holly still held her hand and their fingers were interlaced. She thought about moving her hand but didn't. Such a simple act could convey deep feeling.

She wished Savannah or Jesse or any 'version' of them was here now to hold her other hand. She was very pleased Holly was there for her now.

Jesse and Savannah both gave her help. It was help in different ways. She was very grateful both of them were in her life.

Holly tried to comfort Gail. She knew Gail thought about Savannah and Duplicate Jesse for some of the songs. It was clear she was a little distressed at times.

She glanced back to see where Hanna went. She'd been next to her for the last song before she got up. Hanna briefly held her hand. She still held Gail's hand. Hanna was in the back row with Ally and Sheila. She'd noticed when Hanna was 'sent' to Claire it caused Hanna some distress to be away from Ally and Sheila. It made her really 'work' on Claire to make up for it. It seemed to be her way to cope with her 'forced' separation. It was clear Claire loved the non stop attention. Hanna made sure Claire experienced a dozen or more finishes a day and those didn't include the multiple finishes.

Hanna also tried to hit on her and she'd resisted at first. She was totally devoted to Allison back then. To think back on it made her smile. She didn't know what she was missing at the time. She'd been with all the girls since then and loved every second of it. Her only regret was not becoming more active sooner. It took her a long time to fully understand Allison was never 'hers'. Vanna and Allison were meant to be together. She was a 'placeholder'. She hoped she could at least stay a 'bed warmer' every now and then as life moved forward.

Holly was aware that she was there and available when Allison needed help. Cameron orchestrated for them to be together and they fell in love. They'd given each other help when they both needed it. They'd been able to give each other help in many different ways.

Vanna checked on Precious before she moved over to the bed with Samantha and Allison. She decided not to mention she spotted Jan spying on them. She needed to smile to herself about the encounter. She really thought it was only a matter of time until events progressed in Jan's life. What direction they would go was currently unknown. She had a pretty good idea.

Allison was busy at work on Samantha.

Vanna noted right away Samantha's sheath below the neck was totally identical to Claire's at this point. She watched Allison at work and didn't tell her it was exactly what her mother looked like down there. It wasn't her mother so it didn't really matter. Each person was a unique individual. Vanna moved up next to Samantha and kissed her. It was time to get started.

Samantha latched on to her and pulled her in for a deeper and longer kiss. It was clear Allison made progress with Samantha.

Vanna and Samantha shared hungry kisses. They soon touched each other all over. She moved up and offered more to Samantha.

Samantha looked at Vanna. The experience sent Samantha over the top. Allison didn't stop. It only seemed to excite Allison more, she worked harder on Samantha.

Vanna moved in and kissed Samantha again during this time of ecstasy.

It seemed to push Samantha to a higher level than she'd reached yet.

Vanna wanted Samantha to savor the experience.

Allison worked her way back up Samantha's sheath. She gave her a deep kiss. She leaned over and kissed Vanna too.

Samantha looked at both of them with wide eyes.

"It was wonderful." Samantha said.

Allison knew if Samantha would have been a human female, she would be panting and gasping for breath right now.

Vanna liked the prospect of a new Terminator in the 'love pool'. The fact she would look like Claire completely in a very short time made her more enticing. It was more than just looks when it came to Claire. It was her response to everything and the way she shared in return. She knew it would be different for Samantha on several levels.

"Do you think Cameron will allow this once Riley and Derek return?" Vanna asked.

Samantha didn't know what the future would hold. Cameron was very restrictive to some of the Metal girls like Anna and her. She didn't think Cameron would want her active for Derek's and Riley's sake. If she shared with both of them she didn't see why it would be a problem for anyone. It would be if she only shared with one of them a problem would arise.

"I don't think so." Samantha said. "Let me work on both of you now."

Allison was very excited she'd satisfied Samantha.

"I'm all for that." Allison said. "I'm really ready to go right now. Feeling your excitement has me about two thirds of the way there already."

Samantha wanted to try something new for her.

"Can we form a triangle?" Samantha asked.

The thought excited Allison even more.

"I love those." Allison said. "You'll 'work' on me, while I 'work' on Vanna and she'll 'work' on you."

Vanna wanted to do it but she needed to check on her top priority.

"Those are beautiful." Vanna said. "You two start and I'll join in soon. I need to check on Precious first."

Allison quickly moved into position. She didn't want to lose the 'feeling' she already felt building. Samantha was ready to get started, Terminator style. She knew she was headed for heaven. A Metal girl could make it happen fast.

Vanna checked on Precious and she slept peacefully. She didn't need to be changed and she wasn't too hot or too cold.

She moved back to the bed. She could tell Allison was almost there. She bent down and gave Allison a kiss and did the same thing she did to Samantha. It sent her over the top and finished Allison off.

Vanna wanted Samantha to push Allison a little further.

"Stay with her, Samantha." Vanna said. "Don't stop. Heaven can't wait."

Vanna moved down and took up her place and started in on Samantha. It prompted Samantha to stay on Allison and keep satisfying her. Vanna didn't take her place with Allison. She watched her face and how Allison responded as she was worked on by Samantha. To see it always excited her to know right where Allison was at that moment. She reached down and started to 'help' herself. She reminded herself that 'Heaven can't wait'.

John and Cameron finished another kiss as the next 'Beatles' song started.

'Can't Buy Me Love', pounded out from the stage.

Cameron smiled at John.

"I like this one." Cameron said.

John smiled when Cameron said that.

"I think you like all of them." John said. "I do too."

Cameron checked her database.

"I do like them." Cameron said. "The Beatles turned out some of the most beautiful and meaningful love songs during this era."

Cameron planned to be in the past with Young Allison during the time period. She would take Young Allison, and Savannah when she was there, to see some of the groups and some of the American groups of the same time period. She would need to work the different cities into Young Allison's training.

John thought back on some of his experiences.

"True love can never be bought." John said.

His statement snapped Cameron out of her daydream. It made her think about how she felt.

"It can only be earned and given freely." Cameron said.

John leaned over and kissed Cameron.

"I love you, John, and you love me."

"I love you, Cameron, and you love me."

Cameron was going to make sure John got a good workout before the night was over. She planned to give him everything including a virgin chassis. She was going to make it the best honeymoon ever.

At this point Cameron was very excited about what she was going to do and all the Metal girls were going to help her. She didn't think they should mind too much. They should understand by now that everyone sacrificed for John Connor.

Cameron smiled to herself.

Bob needed to think about his conversation with Jim. He left the private area and the three giant suites behind. He wasn't sure of everything Cameron planned. It appeared John had his reservations as well. He really didn't have anything to report to John which seemed out of the ordinary for what Cameron would do.

There'd been several incidents reported in different places throughout the ship where some of the passengers were a little more rambunctious than they should be. He wanted to let the regular ship's' security handle those issues. None of them sounded too serious. There was one report that caught his attention. It was of an older woman who seemed very rude and physically aggressive with a younger female. He thought maybe it was a child being abused. He wanted to know more about the incident.

He reviewed the security footage and was a little surprised at what he saw. He didn't expect the altercation to be in one of the jewelry stores on the ship. The younger female was actually a woman who appeared to be in her early twenties. The other female appeared to be in her late forties or early fifties. He wasn't exactly sure what the situation was. At first he thought it was some type of family disturbance.

He was a little more disturbed when he saw the younger female give the older female a kiss on the lips. It appeared to be a domestic dispute of a different type than he'd anticipated. It seemed resolved for now so he decided to move on to the casino where they'd been a report of an incident earlier on.

He moved towards the casino. He could hear the song being performed in the main theater. He thought about what he just witnessed in the jewelry store when he reviewed the security footage. He wasn't so sure someone couldn't buy love. He was pretty sure he'd just witnessed it.

Young Allison was worried about the new threat if it was Fanatic related. She wanted to make sure there were plenty of Terminators to assist in case there was a problem.

"Send Dan and Frank to back up Cammy's team and Steve's team." Young Allison said.

Anna checked, they weren't available. She knew Young Allison was going to need to make a few choices.

"They haven't finished up with the three men yet." Anna said.

Young Allison wanted more back up. They would need to modify what they were doing.

"Al, Ed, Ken and Lou are more than enough to finish up with them." Young Allison said. "I want them now."

Anna received word they were leaving and that Al and Ed would soon follow. She hoped it would calm Young Allison down some.

"Dan and Frank are on the way." Anna said. "Al and Ed will be free once the buses leave. They will come as soon as possible."

Young Allison wanted to keep the three men under control. She wanted a team with each bus. She wanted her earlier decision to stand regarding them.

"I want a team to stay with each bus to make sure the men make it out of the state." Young Allison said. "I don't want them to get off the bus early."

Anna could see her point. Any of the men might decide to get off and try to come back. She could see it would present a new problem for Young Allison if they did. She wanted to see how far she was willing to go.

"What happens if they do?" Anna asked. "What will you do?"

The answer was easy for Young Allison. The men agreed to something already.

"It's not what I'll do. It's what the men will choose for themselves. If they get off the bus it means they've chosen to no longer live." Young Allison said. "The rules were laid out to them. They already agreed to them. They were informed what would happen if there was any deviation."

Anna wanted to push it. She wanted to push Young Allison when she was upset.

"You would have them terminated, 'just like that'?" Anna asked.

Young Allison didn't even blink. She wasn't bothered by it.

"Just like that." Young Allison said. "It is their choice, not mine, not ours."

Young Allison didn't want to have this discussion but knew the men were alive now only because she wanted to offer them a 'second chance'. She'd done that. The rest was up to them. It was clear that Anna was trying to test her resolve and confirm her decisions. She didn't want to make a big deal about it. She wanted to move on. Everything was already set into motion previously.

Anna received some good news.

"There's a drone for each of the vehicles headed to the target area." Anna said.

Young Allison didn't want to take any chances.

"Make sure there are some drones for recon and have them watch for any HK drones that may try to enter the area." Young Allison said. "I want them to watch everything from down on the deck to high altitude."

CamNet responded instantly.

"There are three more on the way." Anna said.

Young Allison wanted to make sure all the teams were protected. She didn't want to shortchange one group for another. It was important to her it didn't happen that way.

"Don't pull the drones off the other teams either." Young Allison said. "I want each team to have a drone watching over them."

Anna received information that everything was covered.

"There are two drones on the way then." Anna said. "CamNet will dispatch more if you want them."

Young Allison wanted John Henry in as part of the loop.

"Have John Henry make the call and make sure we're all on the same page." Young Allison said. "I find the timing on this a little odd."

Anna offered one possibility. It wasn't a pleasant one either.

"Perhaps the man you took down in the building was a Fanatic and his forces have lost contact with him. They may have enacted an alternate plan." Anna said.

Young Allison watched the Fanatics take a beating yesterday. Much of it was her doing through CamNet.

"The Fanatics were hit pretty hard yesterday." Young Allison said.

Anna could see Young Allison felt responsible.

"Timing is everything." Anna said.

It was another issue to Young Allison. It was the timing. She wanted to know what triggered the new development.

"What prompted the lead?" Young Allison asked.

CamNet picked up some suspicious activity.

"It was from some of the surveillance equipment that was left behind at a previous location." Anna said.

It looked like it was back to the timing.

"At one of the places we hit?" Young Allison asked. "Was it yesterday or before?"

Anna received a few more details

"It was before. When they went to the place that was hit yesterday, it triggered the alert." Anna said.

The revelation made Young Allison wonder how they suspected one group over the other.

"How do we know if they're Grays or Fanatics?" Young Allison asked. "We know they've attacked each other."

Anna hoped some of their questions would be answered. They would have an eye in the sky momentarily.

"We're about to receive some drone footage now." Anna said.

Earlier:

John Henry followed Claire and Jesse back to their room on the security cameras. He liked how they were topless while they were still in the hall. He spotted Jan and watched her journey and her hasty retreat. He noted Summer's care as she closed the door all the way on her mother's room and then she linked up with Jan. It gave him a lot of things to speculate about.

CamNet brought him back to now with the alert.

He realized he should have picked it up as well. He needed to check with his server to see what was happening. It seemed he was just inattentive and missed the information and discounted it as insignificant. Thinking of the females was very distracting to him now.

The thought made him wonder if it was some of the same behavior that occurred with Cameron at times. If it was, it seemed to happen without him knowing it was happening. If it were the case, he could better understand some of Cameron's many problems. It was like they superseded their programming. He decided to run a diagnostic and try to see if there was some other problem.

It almost seemed as if the events surrounding a particular issue were what caused him to lose overall focus. There were important duties he needed to carry out. He didn't want to get sidetracked.

He needed to fly tomorrow and he wasn't sure he was at one hundred percent. He would bring other Terminators with him or turn the flight over to them outright. He wasn't going to chance it since Claire and Jesse would be there. He was afraid they would inadvertently distract him. He needed to think about Jan and Summer as well.

Unless the new lead was dealt with soon, most of the Terminators were going to be tied up. It was going to be a long night for Savannah if this turned into anything. She still needed to eat and rest and deal with her personal needs.

Maybe it wasn't all Cameron's fault Savannah was pushed so hard. Maybe it was just being out in the field and Savannah wanted to do what she felt was her share.

Heaven Can't Wait

Some like to destroy
Others like to create
It's hard to build up
It's easy to deflate

No one wants to hear
Another one's words berate
It's much more pleasant
To hear words that elate

A relationship is fluid
It needs to grow and mutate
When that no longer happens
Things grow mundane and stagnate

Life is full of choices
Not everything is determined by fate
Think twice before acting
What was just used as bait

Avoid what will frustrate
It only breeds a stalemate
Seek out a true mate
Heaven can't wait

Nobody