Chapter 1312
Trigger Happy
Earlier:
The Terminators who were in and around the building were all very displeased at the way events played out. It appeared to them Cammy and Savannah were lost into the unknown portal.
Cam, Steve and Tom withdrew to a block away from the portal. Al and Ed joined them.
Ken, Lou, Dan and Frank were together one block in back of the portal.
Larry, Hank, Richard and Michael joined up with each other. They were over one block on the other side from the portal.
The drones were all airborne. 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' remained close by Cam's team. They were just out of human hearing range.
There was a large strike force of drones available to attack anything that came out of the portal. With the apparent loss of Cammy and Savannah, they couldn't attack the porthole anymore. They didn't know where it went or where Cammy and Savannah would actually be. It was too dangerous to do anything. All they could do was watch as the portal sucked everything from inside the building into it.
The other Terminators with Cam tried to console her.
Tom seemed to be the most displeased of the group.
"We need to find a way to get them back." Tom said.
Cam couldn't agree more. She didn't know how.
"I don't know if we can." Cam said.
Cam had a large force of Terminators to work with. There was nothing she could do right now with them. The only way she could think of was to run a temporal mission. She thought if they acted immediately, they could prevent an alternate timeline from being created. She didn't know one was in progress currently.
She received a message from John Henry. She was very surprised to hear it. Savannah and Cammy were still in the fight. They were about to enact a temporal extraction. She sent the message to all the Terminators and a cheer went up.
Cam noted how physically animated all of the male Terminators appeared to her. She knew they were all in love with Savannah, even if they didn't know it. Their emotional programming had advanced enough on its own, so they were all able to feel it.
She wanted to act as soon as Cammy and Savannah were in the energy bubble. She contacted 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' for a strike mission. They were to attack the building from the front side of the portal wall, through the middle of the building and blow away the amplifiers from the backside. She didn't know if it would work.
She wasn't sure if the amplifiers were part of the portal itself from wherever it originated from. They were able to view them when the hologram was off. The portal appeared to be closed when it was. There'd been three bullet holes in the wall to indicate it was closed.
Since there was no power going to the portal, it was possible even if the building was gone, it might still exist. She could picture the remains of the building all being sucked into the portal and it still being there like a giant flat screen TV as it sucked everything around it into it. She wondered how large the vortex would become. She really didn't know if there was any way to stop it. She could only try what was available to her.
She was about to enact her plan when she was contacted directly by Young Allison. She knew it was serious by the nature of the 'eyes only' transmission from CamNet. It would delay her plan from being implemented.
Young Allison wanted Cam to act on her behalf since she wasn't there. It would take too long for her to go there and arm the weapon herself.
She notified Cam before they progressed too far she may need to erase her files on the clandestine activity she performed. Cam agreed without hesitation. The enemy needed to learn a lesson. She quickly filled Cam in on what was happening and what she'd planned.
Cam was surprised at the aggressive boldness of Young Allison. She wasn't going to question the decision but she would reaffirm the nature of it.
"It's a very extreme response to what's totally unknown." Cam said. "We don't know where the other side of the portal is."
Young Allison was aware the portal could be in another building across town. If it was, when her plan was enacted, it was going to create a major problem. She could be responsible for several million deaths depending upon where it was located. She didn't think it was across town. She believed it was in another future.
She didn't have anything to prove what she thought.
Young Allison wanted some payback.
"I don't like what almost happened." Young Allison said. "I want to send a message."
CamNet sent out a priority announcement. Savannah and Cammy were back at the Resistance base.
Anna knew they needed immediate action at the portal. She wanted to close it before Young Allison took things too far.
"Cam has a plan to destroy the portal. It should be done at once." Anna said. "You need to use moderation."
Young Allison wanted vengeance. Cammy and Savannah were free and the 'package' was still a few minutes out.
The drone footage from altitude and off to the side showed the building was starting to be torn apart. It was being pulled into the unknown portal. It was obvious the portal was increasing in strength as it sucked in everything around it. They needed to worry if it would grow in size as it continued to grow in magnitude.
Young Allison wanted to make a statement. The package wasn't there yet. The portal continued to grow with ferocity. She needed to make a decision. There was a possibility they wouldn't be able to close the portal at all. It was time to find out.
"Have Cam carry out her plan to close the portal now." Young Allison said.
Young Allison still wanted vengeance. Maybe the best course of action was to attempt to close the portal now. If Cam could not close it, the package was still on its way.
Cammy and Savannah were safe for now back at the Resistance base.
Seconds ago:
Savannah was disorientated.
She was sprawled on the ground.
There was an energy bubble in front of her on a TDE pad.
She quickly realized where she was.
There was someone still in the energy bubble. It looked like it was about to dissipate. Cammy has been with her a few seconds ago inside the building.
"Cammy!" Savannah shouted.
John Henry could see they needed to act immediately.
"I'll get her." John Henry said.
Savannah wondered where he came from.
She could see the figure inside of the energy bubble reach for her. It was time to act.
"I have her." Savannah said.
She reached into the energy bubble and took the hand that was there. She pulled hard and the figure came out and sprawled on top of her. She expected Cammy to feel heavier.
She looked up as she looked at - herself.
It didn't make any sense. She'd been with Cammy earlier. They were stuck in the energy bubble for an extended period of time at the location of the building. There was a massive energy surge and they were finally pulled away. It had been a rough ride to the Resistance base.
"Vanna?" Savannah asked.
The energy bubble dissipated.
Savannah heard a noise a few feet from her. She looked over to see what it was. She was relieved when she looked.
"Cammy!" Savannah said.
Savannah was still a little disorientated.
Cammy sat up. She'd experienced a quick reboot. It was like coming out of standby. She wondered why Vanna was there. She was naked too.
"I'm fine." Cammy said.
Vanna gave Savannah a hug. She'd been stuck in the energy bubble after she knocked Savannah and Cammy out. She thought she was going to be carried away back to wherever they'd come from. She was pretty sure if she was taken there, things weren't going to end well for her. It didn't matter now, she was in Savannah's arms. She thought it felt very nice to hold 'herself'.
"It's really something to save 'yourself' and then need to be saved by 'yourself'." Vanna said.
Savannah looked at John Henry.
"Notify everyone we're back safe." Savannah said. "What's the status on the rest of the troops still at the location?"
Savannah feared there may be rescue attempts to try and get her and Cammy out. As long as everyone knew they were safe, they could deal with the portal.
John Henry sent out the word.
He came over and checked on Savannah, Vanna and Cammy. Once he was satisfied they were all in good order, he 'checked out' each one of them since he was up close to them. He took in their naked beauty. He wanted to compare Vanna and Savannah in detail and see what the differences in time did to Savannah's youthful figure. At first glance they still looked almost identical. The breast size was the most notable difference. He was a little surprised when Cammy stood both of them side by side.
Cammy saw what he was doing. She moved Vanna and Savannah next to each other.
"You can compare them better this way." Cammy said.
Cammy stood next to them.
"Let's make it a full house." Cammy said.
John Henry decided it was time to leave.
"I'm sorry." John Henry said. "Please make sure everything is shut down here. I need to get back to my post."
Vanna wanted him to do something on his way back.
"Stop by Riley's room and tell them it's all clear. Don't get shot either." Vanna said. "Allison is 'trigger happy'. I don't want her to empty the magazine from her M4 into your chest or face. She may have one of the hundred round magazines in it. I don't know."
John Henry left. He would rather face an M4 than Cammy right now. She seemed a little upset at what he'd done. He was sure it was because Savannah was there. He didn't think she would have acted the same way if it was just Vanna.
Vanna wanted to make sure Savannah and Cammy were at one hundred percent. They both seemed to be anyway to her.
Cammy made sure the TDE was off and there was no apparent damage. She quickly realized why there was a sudden energy surge. Not only was the TDE at Cameron's base used, the one at the Resistance base needed to be used in conjunction with it. Both of them had the destination set for the TDE pad at the Resistance base. She knew they wouldn't have made it on one TDE alone. They were stuck until the second TDE kicked in.
Vanna asked about the energy surge.
Cammy filled Vanna in on what happened. It required the use of two TDE units. It was the first time they were used together for an extraction procedure.
Vanna nodded her head in acknowledgement.
"So they needed to use the second TDE to pull you back." Vanna said. "It does sound risky."
Vanna thought it might double the risk of having a temporal error.
Cammy explained what she felt happened.
"It was. The pull from the portal was too great for us to pull away." Cammy said. "It probably would have pulled us into the vortex in a few more seconds."
Savannah knew the portal was a danger.
"I want it destroyed." Savannah said.
Cammy didn't know if it could be destroyed at this point. It was being powered from 'inside' of it somehow. They may have opened up a gateway. What if they couldn't close it?
Savannah summed up the options. She knew they possessed a few weapons which were capable of destroying whatever was at the other end of the portal. The questions still remain where the other end actually was.
"I need to speak with Young Allison privately at once." Savannah said.
Cammy looked at Savannah. She knew what she was thinking.
The girls all hugged each other one more time. They were all still naked.
Cammy and Vanna left after Vanna collected her vest and M4.
Savannah was ready to play hardball.
CamNet already made the connection to Young Allison for Savannah.
Allison waited. The TDE powered down. She decided to take a look in the hall. As she neared the door she could hear someone coming. It wasn't Vanna.
They stopped at the door.
Allison backed up and raised her M4.
"They're here." Allison whispered back over her shoulder. "Get ready to take Precious and run."
Allison saw the door handle turn. She wondered why she hadn't locked it earlier.
"Allison, Samantha, it's me, John Henry." John Henry said.
Allison felt Samantha come up from behind her and move in front of her. She held an M249.
"Aqua." Samantha said.
"Shark." John Henry said.
Samantha looked at Allison
"It's John Henry." Samantha said. "Go to Precious."
Allison noted Samantha didn't lower her M249. She headed into where Precious was. She heard the door open and saw it was John Henry. He paused where he was at.
Samantha lowered the M249.
"You never know." Samantha said.
John Henry nodded. It reminded him of the time Sarah was going to light him up with an M60 if he didn't give Cameron back her chip. The only problem back then was, he didn't have it. He was pretty sure if Cameron wouldn't have been there, Sarah would have chopped him up with the Coltan rounds in the M60. It wasn't a pleasant memory.
"It's understandable." John Henry said. "Safety must always come first."
Allison came out and stood next to Samantha as John Henry quickly explained everything to them. Allison set down her M4 and removed her vest.
Samantha took the vest and M4 and returned them to the arms locker as John Henry spoke. She returned and stood next to Allison. They were both naked, side by side.
John Henry spent a little longer speaking with them than anticipated. He was able to take in every detail. He did note Allison's figure was different from Cammy's in many ways now. There was even some pigmentation difference developing. He knew it was because Allison was pregnant. He saved his visual files and left.
Samantha and Allison looked at each other.
"I need a hug." Allison said.
Samantha could feel Allison shaking a little. She thought it was because of the adrenaline.
Allison was very bothered by how close to termination Savannah and Cammy had been. She really felt she needed to do more. She looked down at her belly. Was anything ever going to work inside there? It made her think about her baby in Cameron's future. It belonged to Future Allison now. It was still her baby.
Cameron always told her she would take care of everything. She promised her it was going to happen at some point. Cameron already started her on a hormone program so she would be able to nurse soon. It started when she'd returned to the base with her mother and Summer. She wondered if Cameron had done the same thing with her mother. She hadn't asked. She sure hoped she hadn't started one on Summer.
Wait.
Where did that thought come from?
She knew she didn't always like the way Cameron did things. Cameron still did them anyway.
Now she thought about what was happening on the ship with Holly and Cameron. She still couldn't believe Holly was going to allow Cameron to take control of her chassis and give her virginity to John. Holly was simply going to be along from the ride. She could only take consolation in the fact it wouldn't be by force. It was how every girl in the future became a woman. The only thing different, was the age at which it happened.
Samantha felt Allison looked a little pale. There was something else on her mind right now. She hoped she would be able to hold Savannah in her arms later on. At least she was currently back at the base. Right now she needed to tend to Precious. She might need to tend to Allison as well. She wondered when Vanna would be back.
Young Allison was thrilled Savannah called her.
They quickly greeted each other.
Savannah wanted to make sure the conversation was only between them.
"I need this to be a private call." Savannah said.
Young Allison looked over at Anna and she pointed at her ear and gave her a 'finger across the throat'.
Anna nodded.
"It is." Young Allison said.
Savannah discussed the possibility of using a nuclear weapon if the portal couldn't be closed. She was worried about what was going to come out of it at some point. It was clear whoever was on the other side of it, was going to be very upset about all of the ordinance they'd dumped into it earlier.
Young Allison hesitated a second before she spoke. CamNet asked her to consult Savannah earlier. She didn't. Savannah was on the same page as her now, but she'd acted alone. She believed in her decision. She wanted to come clean.
"There's one on the way." Young Allison said. "I wanted to cover all the bases."
Savannah was a little surprised to hear it. She thought Young Allison should have contacted her first.
"Were you going to use it on your own?" Savannah asked.
Young Allison saw all the other weapons were ineffective.
"I would have." Young Allison said. "I wanted to have the option to be able to use it, if it was needed. It needs to be there to be able to use it. We don't know how much time we have. I wanted to have all the pieces in play first. "
Savannah wasn't happy with Young Allison's choice. She feared the day when Young Allison would trigger a nuclear weapon manually as she stood next to it. She knew she would do it if she'd run out of options.
It was what Duplicate Cameron had done. Luckily Cameron was able to 'fix' everything. Duplicate Cameron was now with River in her future. The point was, she was going to do it. She had done it.
"I don't like you using such an extreme option." Savannah said.
Young Allison saw Savannah wanted to have the same option right now. She was just ahead of the game.
"Isn't that what this call is about on your part?" Young Allison asked.
Savannah knew it was really the same thing. She'd called for Young Allison's input. Young Allison couldn't contact her when she'd decided to act on her own. She understood it took time to transport the weapon from one of the desert bases into the city.
"I guess it is. I do know there's a transit time involved." Savannah said. "I'm sorry. I worry about you."
Young Allison knew Cam attempted to shut down the portal now.
"Cam is going to try and close the portal." Young Allison said. "It may not work."
Savannah needed to get to where she could see things better.
"I need to get to the Command Center." Savannah said. "We can talk later."
Young Allison feared for a time Savannah was 'gone'. She wanted to say what she almost didn't get to say.
"I love you, Savannah." Young Allison said.
Savannah acknowledged the love.
"I love you too, Allison." Savannah said. "Thank you for coming for me. I know it was your doing. I know you called for a temporal extraction."
Young Allison would do everything in her power to help Savannah. She wanted to let Savannah know it was a team effort.
"I'll always come for you." Young Allison said. "CamNet, Anna and John Henry helped me."
Savannah knew Cammy and her faced a close one. She also didn't want Young Allison to get 'trigger happy' with the nuke before she was in position to make a better judgment. She believed what both of them considered using was a very serious matter. She was sure it would cause a lot of concern among the other Resistance members.
"I'll thank all of them." Savannah said. "Don't use the 'package' until we speak again in a few minutes. This is to remain between us and CamNet. I don't want the others to know, at least not yet."
Young Allison previously informed Cam because she needed her assistance.
"Earlier I asked Cam to arm it." Young Allison said. "I asked her to keep it between us."
Savannah wanted to take it a step further. She knew it was sort of a 'cover up'.
"If it's not used, we need to have everyone who saw it erase it from their memory." Savannah said. "I don't take this decision lightly."
Young Allison felt it was on her to handle. She'd already mentioned to Cam it might be an option.
"I'll take care of it." Young Allison said. "I'm the one who started the process. CamNet did ask for confirmation. There was one 'check'. Cam asked for verification as well."
Savannah was pleased to hear it. CamNet and Cam would both carry out what Young Allison or her asked them to do. The confirmation check was to make them think about what they were about to do one more time. She was pretty sure in Young Allison's case, it probably wasn't going to make a lot of difference. She knew she was very determined as well as 'headstrong'.
Maybe she wasn't too much different herself. She'd been prepared to do the same thing. She didn't want to think about the time she stood in front of Cameron as the seconds ticked down on the Nike warhead with the parent Skynet in Cameron's future. She chose to remain with Cameron when the energy bubble appeared to take her away. Cameron couldn't leave. She pushed the thoughts from her mind. That was then, this is now.
The girls expressed their love again and ended their call. Savannah headed for the Command Center.
Young Allison looked at Anna and gave her a 'thumbs up'.
Anna pointed at her screen.
"Cam has initiated the strike on the building." Anna said. "Two drones are making their run now."
Young Allison knew it would be 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb'. They were going to seek vengeance for what almost happened to Savannah. They knew what she wanted. She wanted blood.
Sheila checked on Laura.
"Can you feel this?" Sheila asked.
Laura felt no sensation.
"Nope." Laura said.
Sheila wanted the other two females involved.
"Mary and Leticia will make the piercings now." Sheila said.
Laura was ready.
Sheila put her two assistants to work. They were both done in just over a minute. All the rings were in.
"That's it." Sheila said.
Laura was surprised.
"That was fast." Laura said. "I didn't feel a thing."
Ally thought they were finished for now. She wanted to make sure things didn't get carried away. She personally didn't want things to go any further.
"I think we're done." Ally said. "We need to go."
Sheila disinfected the three girls again. It was mainly to admire her handiwork and take in the beauty she'd helped accentuate. When she got to Laura she wanted to make a quick recommendation. She whispered it in Laura's ear. She wanted to remind her of some of the options available to her.
Laura nodded.
Sheila collected her things.
Mary, Laura and Leticia thanked Sheila and Ally.
Sheila put her dress back on.
Leticia I was surprised at how quickly Sheila could dress. She really liked seeing her naked.
"You look perfect again in ten seconds." Leticia said.
Sheila smiled at them.
"Remember the care instructions I gave you. All you should do for right now is kiss and 'look'. Everything will heal very rapidly." Sheila said. "I'll be around."
Ally ushered Sheila out.
Leticia watched as the door closed. She wanted to know more about both of them, especially Sheila.
"Those are two smoking hot chicks. I don't think I got their names." Leticia said. "What are they?"
Mary and Laura looked at each other.
"I don't know." Mary said.
Laura shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't either." Laura said.
The mystery girls really were strangers. They'd done a lot of personal things for the three of them. It was strange they didn't even know what their names were. They didn't know where their cabin was either. They actually didn't know anything about them.
Sheila and Ally exited into the hallway after they left Mary and Laura's cabin.
Ally was very excited and Sheila seemed to be even more so.
"What you did was totally Hot." Ally said.
Sheila hoped the three girls had some more friends.
"I'm glad I got the close ups at the end." Sheila said. "You could see they were all totally different."
Ally thought all females were anyway.
"You should know that by now." Ally said. "Everyone is different. It's just like a person's face or their fingerprints. No two of them are the same."
Sheila smiled. She could think of a few females who were identical, even if they were Terminators. There was a lot of redundancy at the base.
"I know." Sheila said. "It is just different when you can actually touch everything. Maybe it was because it was something 'new'. I've never done anything like that in a passive setting."
Ally knew there were other settings where Sheila used extreme measures on female sex traffickers before. Sheila took a special pleasure in obtaining retribution for their crimes against other females.
Sheila and Ally hurried to get back to Sheila's room. They hiked their dresses up and went up the stairway. Sheila pulled her dress up past her waist again to show off.
"As soon as we get back to your room, I have something you can touch." Ally said. "You can touch everything too, even if it is not 'new'."
Sheila smiled. She wanted to do a little more with Ally.
"I have more sets of rings in my room." Sheila said.
Ally tried it before, several times. She felt some of the rings got in the way of what she liked.
"I'll pass for now." Ally said.
They exited the stairway and released their bunched up dresses.
"I hoped someone would have passed us in the stairwell." Sheila said. "They could have seen a lot."
Ally hurried to the door of the private area.
"We're both going to see a lot in about twenty seconds." Ally said.
Ally opened the door and looked back. Sheila already slipped her dress off. Ally did the same as they hurried towards Sheila's room.
They were already kissing as they tossed their dresses aside. Ally kicked off her high heels.
"I'm leaving mine on for now." Sheila said. "I like to wear them when I'm naked."
Ally cringed a little bit at Sheila's mention of how she liked to be naked with high heels. She couldn't help but think of her high heeled balance on the railing of the ship. She'd viewed the video files from the other Metal girls who were present. She was glad she didn't need to witness it firsthand. She didn't even want to bring it up.
Sheila always liked to push everything.
Ally looked over at the open door to Sheila's room.
"What about the door?" Ally asked.
Sheila smiled.
"Let's see who we can attract." Sheila said.
Sheila liked to have an audience. There were usually a few more participants in a good audience.
Summer watched Gail as she watched the movie. She seemed totally into it. She wondered if it was the first romantic movie she'd seen.
Earlier Jan wanted to watch an action movie but Summer told her the Terminators lived a lifestyle of action. They didn't need to see more violence and destruction. They should witness a better side of life even, if it was 'make believe' in a movie.
Jan got up to use the bathroom. She was a little bored so she decided to peek out into the private area to see what was happening. She saw some movement in Sheila's small room. She looked around and headed over that way from her room. She could hear there was a lot of 'sound' coming out of Sheila's room as she got closer. She moved up to the door frame and peeked one eye around the corner.
Her eyes opened wide, even if the other one was behind the door frame. She was a little surprised at what she saw. It was nothing new for her to see. She'd never been so close before. They were just a few feet away from her. She could see Sheila and Ally were very loving at times and aggressive other times. At this point, she was pretty sure what she was going to dream about tonight. It seemed to happen more often the older she got anyway. It was something she began to daydream about as well. She didn't know when it was going to happen, but she knew she was going to be with a Metal girl at some point. It was at least something she wanted to try. There was someone else she hoped she could be with first.
She turned around and hurried back to her room.
When she got there, the door was closed. It was locked. She didn't have her key. How was she going to explain this one? As soon as she knocked, they were going to know what she'd been doing when they looked across the private area. Sheila's door was still wide open with plenty of 'sound' coming out of the room.
Kyle and Sarah were tired.
"I'm beat." Kyle said.
Sarah was in a playful mood.
"You haven't needed to do that in a long time." Sarah said with a smile and a giggle.
Kyle remembered when the last time was very clearly. Sarah cut him off for a month when a recon he was on turned hot. It was his fault for being aggressive. He'd taken things a little further than he'd planned on. Jim took a few rounds that were meant for him. Sarah 'punished' him for risking himself when he shouldn't have. He should have withdrawn and then called in a strike force.
"Let's keep it that way." Kyle said.
Sarah actually believed it was up to Kyle. She wanted to do the sunrise coffee again. She wanted to get it out of the way now.
"I'm going to fill out the card for tomorrow morning." Sarah said.
Kyle was still full from dinner. Derek and him needed to eat the Metal girl's entrees. They certainly weren't going to let them go to waste.
"Let's keep it simple." Kyle said.
Sarah snuggled up to him and gave him a slow soft kiss.
"It's the way I like it sometimes." Sarah said.
Kyle felt relieved. He was sure the medicine wore off by now. It was late.
Sarah moved on top of him.
"This isn't one of those times." Sarah said.
Kyle thought he could knock one off on his own.
"Start me up." Kyle said.
Sarah rotated around.
"That's a two way street, mister." Sarah said.
It was a nice street too.
Riley was awake. She could tell Derek was asleep. She'd been working him hard for most of the night. It was like she couldn't get enough.
She decided to check on Precious again. There hadn't been an update earlier. It worried her some. She figured the girls were sharing. She didn't know about all the drama at the base. It would have probably caused her a great amount of worry if she did know.
Riley checked again. There was a picture of Precious asleep with an 'all is well' note. It made her smile. She knew she would see Precious tomorrow. Everything had been a wonderful vacation so far.
She felt the need to share with Derek again. She was about to wake him when she decided she was more than a little sore at this point. She was sure all of the activity had taken its toll.
It made her long for the comfort of a female again. She hadn't been with one for years now. It was something she often craved but fought the urge off. She decided to finish herself off as she thought of the good old days. She had a little trouble until she thought about Samantha, it took her over the top. It was something she wanted more than anything.
Jesse still wasn't satisfied Savannah was alright. There was still a feeling deep inside of her. It was very uneasy feeling. She was sure Hanna told Claire what she did because Claire was pregnant and she didn't want to upset her. Hanna didn't know Claire told her she was pregnant earlier. She was aware all of the Metal girls knew.
Right now Claire and Hanna were deeply involved with each other. She was sure Hanna did it to take Claire's mind off of her earlier worry about Savannah. She sometimes wondered if Cameron controlled all of them through sex. It was all good so she couldn't complain if it was.
She knew there were a lot worse ways to be controlled. The constant threat of death, torture and physical disfigurement were always good motivators to do what she was told. It was when she was in the hands of others who held her captive. To see it happen to others right in front of her made her very compliant. She didn't like being controlled. She didn't want to face the consequences if she didn't obey.
She got out of bed and moved towards the door. She carefully opened it and looked out. She was very surprised to see Jan peeking in Sheila's room. She could hear what they were up to. She smiled to herself. She didn't think it was a big deal. She knew Jan spied on all of them anyway. She hoped she would actually learn something from what she'd observed. She knew she'd be doing it soon enough. She wondered what Gail was doing since she was supposed to be watching Jan and Summer.
Jesse saw Jan look around and go back to her room. The door was closed. She felt bad for her. She was going to get caught out and they would know she'd been spying on Sheila.
She went back to the living room area and looked around on the counter. She found a card key. She grabbed a robe and slipped it on. She dropped the belt for it but didn't know.
She headed for the door as she tried to close her robe. Maybe when she was in the light, she could see how it hooked. She went out and soundlessly came up behind Jan.
"Boo!" Jesse said.
Jan jumped. She turned around and saw 'Sheila' standing behind her. She knew she was busted. She wanted to try and explain.
"I'm sorry. I only watched for a few minutes." Jan said.
Jesse realized Jan thought she was Sheila.
Jesse let the robe 'slip' open for a second so Jan could see her larger breasts.
Jan's eyes widened as she looked at Jesse's nursing breasts.
"Oh. Hi, Jesse." Jan said.
Jesse wanted to give her a plausible explanation. She could have reached the Control Center a different way. For some reason she looked out into the private area. Maybe it was for the same reason she thought something was wrong with Savannah.
"I was on my way to the Control Center to see Jim and I saw you standing there. You looked locked out." Jesse said. "I stopped by to let you in."
Jan was worried about what she'd revealed earlier.
"About what I said…." Jan started.
Jesse moved her finger to Jan's lips.
"It'll be our secret." Jesse said. "Nobody will know."
Jan felt relieved. She'd spied on Jesse before too.
"Thanks for letting me back in the room and thanks for 'the other thing'." Jan said.
Jesse smiled.
"We all like to see and learn." Jesse said. "I'm going to go take a peek myself now before I see Jim."
Jan suppressed a giggle.
She went into the room and waited a few seconds. She opened the door and looked out. Jesse was at Sheila's door doing what she'd done just a few minutes ago.
She was about to let the door close when she saw Jesse move to the middle of the doorway and slip the robe off. She turned back in her direction and winked as she entered Sheila's room. The door was still open.
Jim was very pleased Cammy and Savannah made it out of the building when everything looked so terminal earlier.
He was ready for Cam to try and close the breach with a drone strike. He hoped it was going to work. He wondered what would happen if it didn't.
Jim was distracted earlier by Ally and Sheila as they'd stripped in the private area. He was concerned when he saw Jan spy on them and then get locked out of her room. He was going to go let her in when Jesse showed up.
He was very pleased to see Jesse remove her robe before she'd entered Sheila's room. He saw her wink and thought she knew he was spying on her.
He quickly turned his attention back to the drone strike about to happen.
His mind still drifted anyway. He really wished he'd place the 'security cameras' in all the rooms. He would do Sheila's room first. There was always a lot of action there. He told himself security was a top priority. He thought it was a good idea to have all of the rooms protected with security cameras. He would make sure they were in all of the bedrooms too. He didn't see anything wrong with watching over the Resistance members as they slept. It was their most vulnerable time.
The female Fanatic was still a little angry at herself because she didn't have the chance to kill the Gray. She was behind him again. There was one more cross street before the main street. He didn't take it. She could see he was headed for the main street. As soon as she saw him cross the street, she rapidly moved up along the side he'd been on. He wouldn't be able to spot her as easily as if she was directly behind him.
When he went around the corner, she broke into a run. She reached the next cross street and took it. She continued to run. She wanted to get ahead of him. There would be one more street in front of her which would lead to the main street. From there, it would take her to the supermarket.
She wanted to get there before he did. She wanted one of the weapons in the box in the trunk of her vehicle. She reached the next cross street and turned towards the main street. She continued to run. She was sure she would be ahead of the Gray. He was moving, but he wasn't moving fast. She didn't detect a limp but he didn't seem to be in a big hurry.
As she neared the corner she slowed. She moved up to the corner of the building and looked in the direction the Gray would be coming from. He was still half a block away from her position. It was clear he was headed to the supermarket as well. She knew he needed a new set of wheels, just like she did. She knew she was going to be directly in front of him when she came out onto the main street.
The female Fanatic made her move. She crossed over the side street and then moved over to the sidewalk on the main street.
The Gray turned the corner onto the main street. He headed towards the supermarket. He felt incredibly tired. He was sure his body had taken a beating from being in two overturned vehicles. His ears rang from the explosions. He actually thought it was a good thing. He also seemed to have a pretty good headache. There was no way to know if he'd suffered any internal damage. So far there wasn't any blood coming out of any of his body orifices on its own.
He was halfway down the street. He just needed to cross one more street and then the supermarket was right up ahead. He was a little surprised when he saw someone come off of the side street up ahead. He couldn't tell if it was a male or a female. He immediately wondered if it was the homeless Bitch who'd taken the green dress. If it was. He needed to question her and find out what she'd seen. He was pretty sure she didn't take out three of his men on her own.
They seemed to be moving quite rapidly. They weren't wearing a dress. He went to increase his speed to catch up to them. He immediately felt a lot of pain in his back and right leg. He quickly slowed back to his original pace. Maybe he was hurt a little more than he'd thought. It just seemed like aches and pains. There was probably a little bruising.
He could tell where the person in front of him was headed. It was clear they was headed for the supermarket. He didn't see any emergency vehicles up ahead of him. Maybe it was a better idea to approach the supermarket from across the street.
Traffic was light on the main street. It was late. He looked both ways and quickly headed across the street. The person who'd been in front of him on the other side of the street was no longer visible. They'd already made the turn to the supermarket. It would still take him a couple of minutes to reach the point where he could look into the parking lot and see what was going on.
He needed to pick up a vehicle. If there was no law enforcement presence in the parking lot, he was going to take a car. He would head to another Skynet location. He needed to get a weapon. He'd like to have a working phone as well.
The Gray's pace had slowed dramatically. He could feel some real pain in his back and leg since he'd tried to hurry. It was going to take him a few minutes to be able to look into the parking lot of the supermarket from across the street.
CamNet's Terminators were told to hold their position and wait. They were also advised they may lose their drone if it was needed at the other location. It was possible a drone which expended all of its ordinance may replace the one currently over them.
The first Terminator wasn't too surprised when they received the next communication from CamNet.
"We're about to lose our drone." The first Terminator said.
The second Terminator thought the solution was easy.
"It's time for us to move in and terminate the Gray and the female Fanatic." The second Terminator said. "We won't need a drone then."
The two Terminators were given one last look at the female Fanatic in the parking lot of the supermarket and the Gray on the other side of the street approaching the supermarket at a very slow pace.
"I would have liked to run him down in the street when he crossed." The first Terminator said
The second Terminator thought it would make things simpler.
"It would look just like another hit and run." The second Terminator said. "There seem to be several of those a day in the Southland. You would think the authorities would crack down on such deadly behavior."
The first Terminator knew what the real problem was.
"It's because of all the undocumented aliens who've crossed into the country illegally without any type of paperwork." The first Terminator said. "They acquire enough money, often through questionable means, to purchase a vehicle and drive it unregistered and without insurance. They don't have a driver's license either. They're afraid they're going to be deported if they stick around when they run somebody over. It seems to be another case where the government allows certain criminals a pass to do as they please."
CamNet's Terminators lost their drone coverage. They were now in the dark and told to hold in their current position. They knew where both of the individuals they tracked were at currently. They knew they wouldn't stay there for very long.
Trigger Happy
Some are quick to bite
Many are easy to forgive
If everyone was like the latter
It would be easier to live
Everyone is different
No two are the same
It's better to spread joy
Than it is to inflame
No one wants a hassle
They want things to run smooth
They'd like it a lot more
To feel someone soothe
Things still happen all the time
It's just the way things work
A smile goes a lot further
Than a condescending smirk
Give praise where it's due
Don't make anyone feel crappy
The end result will be to keep
Anyone from being trigger happy
Nobody