Chapter 1314
May I Hug Him
Savannah led Samantha back to her room.
Samantha told Savannah there was a plate of food waiting for her.
Savannah said she was good and didn't want to stop at the commissary. A TDE 'trip' didn't do much to help the appetite.
They passed Jesse's room on the way. Cammy and Allison were in there. The door was wide open as an invitation. Cammy and Allison were both naked and it looked like they were headed for the shower. Cammy wanted to clean up.
"I need to do that too." Savannah said.
Samantha was unsure what exactly Savannah referred to. She'd watched Savannah dress in the Command Center along with Cammy, Allison and herself. It was actually only a few minutes ago.
"Do you mean to take off your clothes?" Samantha asked.
Savannah smiled. She actually wondered why they'd even bothered dressing.
"I'm going to let you do it for me, while I do the same thing for you. We can unwrap each other like a present." Savannah said. "I need to get cleaned up first. I feel filthy"
Savannah felt all types of flying debris pass by her. Some of it even hit her as she clung to the lathe with Cammy.
Samantha wanted to help wash Savannah.
"I'll clean you from top to bottom." Samantha said.
Savannah figured her 'bottom' would get a lot of attention. She also wanted to know the state of Samantha's sexual freedom. It seemed it ended tomorrow or actually later today at this point.
Samantha gave Savannah a brief rundown.
Savannah could see what a shock it would be to have explored sexual freedom and then need to just stop and give it up.
"I know you'd like to remain active." Savannah said. "I wouldn't want to give up sex or love making like that."
Samantha didn't feel she had a choice. A wrong decision by her could prove terminal.
"Cameron will deactivate me." Samantha said.
Savannah understood Cameron's concern. Cameron feared Riley would become active with Samantha and neglect or leave Derek. She could have a Metal lover and she would have Precious. Derek became unnecessary at that point. His 'job' was done.
"Do you want to be with Riley?" Savannah asked.
Samantha thought about a lot of different things when it came to Riley. It bothered her a lot because Riley was treated differently from everyone else by almost everybody. She understood the issues Cameron experienced with Future Riley. Future Riley wasn't Riley. It was just that simple. They may physically be the same person, but they weren't the same individual. Besides, Future Riley was dead. It should be the end of what happened. Death seemed to have a lot of finality about it. When it came to her personal feelings about Riley, she didn't want to lie.
"I thought about it before I was allowed to be active. Now I really want to do it." Samantha said. "I can feel she wants me too."
It sounded exactly like what Cameron feared could happen.
Savannah wondered how far things had progressed emotionally, even if they hadn't physically.
"Does Riley love you?" Savannah asked.
Samantha didn't know for sure.
"She never said so. I feel she does by her response when I scan her. She wants me to scan her a lot." Samantha said. "Her readings are all over the place. She's not so depressed anymore."
Savannah was sure why Riley wanted to be scanned. She also was glad to hear she wasn't in such a depressed mood anymore. She was sure it was because of all the attention Samantha paid to her continuously.
"She's trying to tell you by her body's response to you." Savannah said. "It seems you're a very positive influence on her."
Samantha and Savannah began to playfully strip each other.
Savannah couldn't keep her hands off of Samantha's sheath. The fact it looked like Claire's body is what drove the excitement. She would have liked to have been with Claire more often since their return from the future. It always seemed to cause a little problem with Allison and Young Allison.
Samantha wanted to touch Savannah. She'd been with Vanna multiple times recently and she liked the look and feel of Savannah's body. It appeared age did make a difference on the human body. She believed everything was a little firmer on Savannah. She also planned to check to see if childbirth made a difference too. She was aware of a difference between Claire and her. Then again, her internal sheath areas might still be Resequencing.
Savannah was in a very playful mood. She enjoyed the time she currently spent with Samantha. They were headed for the shower. Savannah looked at her reflection in the mirror. She paused for a moment and thought about everything. She almost died earlier. Well, she didn't know if she would have died, but something bad would have happened.
She was sure the portal led to the future somewhere. They didn't know which future it was. It could be one they'd already encountered or a new one. The portal itself was something new. When Cammy and her were almost pulled in, she couldn't help but think about what the Fanatics she'd encountered earlier said. They called her the 'Redheaded Witch'. They'd also refer to her as 'The Evil One'. They feared her more than they feared death. She thought it should be a good thing if the enemy feared her. Maybe it was to the extent they feared her which caused her to feel uneasy. Perhaps there was some timeline where Cammy and her were pulled into something similar. Maybe they'd launched a two person war against some future.
Samantha could see Savannah was drifting. She didn't want her to think about those things right now. She moved close to Savannah and looked into her eyes.
They shared a long slow soft deep kiss before they entered the shower.
Cammy and Allison were in the shower. They exchanged some small talk.
Allison specifically told Cammy why she wanted to be with her right now.
"Thank you for explaining." Cammy said.
Allison wanted to help out Samantha and she wanted Savannah to be with Samantha before she needed to become celibate again later today. She also liked to be with a 'Cameron clone' any time she could.
She was aware every one of them looked like a beauty queen, even if their appearance was identical to hers. She could never look as good as them. Even Ally looked better than her. She'd done the 'Neural Interface' with Ally. She wondered if she'd done her a favor, or a disservice.
As Cammy touched Allison and washed her, she carefully inspected her body. There were a number of changes evident. Their bodies weren't the same in a number of places. There were also pigmentation changes evident.
Cammy remembered watching them slowly change on Savannah and then slowly change back. There were only a few small stretch marks left from Savannah's two pregnancies. She imagined there would be more the next time.
She was a little startled when Allison started to kiss her. She'd been lost in thought.
Allison could see she'd caught Cammy's attention. She wanted to let her know why.
"I didn't want you to 'slip away' on me." Allison said.
Cammy shrugged her shoulders and began to kiss Allison back.
"It happens." Cammy said. "I'm fine."
Allison would keep her last statement in mind.
Steve and Tom were to remain in the vicinity of Cam until she was cleared from her current operation. It was very near their location. Nobody knew why she was called away for a special assignment. They could hear what sounded like three or four drones land. They could only speculate as to what it was all about.
Cameron's Terminators would remain around the area of the burnt out building for a few more hours. Surveillance was set up as a standard procedure.
Larry and Hank would go back to being one team. Richard and Michael would go back to being the other team.
Al and Ed were to go the location where the three vehicles were taken down earlier between the buildings. They would get them rigged up for transport to the 'Deep Blue' along with the dead bodies contained within them.
Ken and Lou would go get the Blackhawk. Dan and Frank would pick up an Iroquois. It was waiting at Van Nuys for them. If they used two helicopters, they wouldn't overload the Blackhawk with three cars full of bodies.
After they completed the drop of the vehicles, they would fly both helicopters to Catalina and await the arrival of the cruise ship. There would be transportation waiting for them. They would have several different assignments when the rest of the group arrived in Catalina.
Cam knew she needed to erase all her files related to what she was doing with the nuclear weapons and any other discussions about them.
She did wonder where the very large B53-Y2 bomb came from. She was willing to bet Cameron put the grab on it in the past. Maybe it was something Cameron didn't even know and only CamNet did. Maybe Sheila and Cammy obtained it. They'd placed some type of H-bomb in the mountain and used one of Cammy's power cells to rig a timer for fifty or so years. It was most likely a B-41 bomb which was a three-stage thermonuclear weapon with a yield of twenty-five megatons. It was a big one whatever it was. Along with the giant power cell, it brought down an entire mountain.
Cam was sure what they knew as 'history' was altered by Cameron when she went into the past. She knew Cameron was in the past previously. She was certain it was more than once. Those files were blocked from her. Once the drones took off, she was going to have more blocked and missing files to wonder about in the future. She would probably blame it on Cameron like she did everything else she felt was messed up on her chip. She briefly remembered nobody could grow a good crop from bad seed.
CamNet soon gave her the all clear.
She watched the drones lift off and disappear. She saw 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' make a low pass over her. She blew them a kiss. They wagged back and forth several times. They would accompany the weapons back to their bases. They would need to be rearmed as well.
Cam received a transmission from CamNet and blinked her eyes several times. She wasn't sure why she was where she was at. She was to return to the Resistance base for the night. The threat from the unknown portal was over.
She remembered the operation and everything that happened. She just had a few 'blank spots'. Tom and Steve pulled up a few minutes later as she walked back towards the street.
She thanked both of them again for saving her. She gave Steve back his vest. She figured she could give them something to think about for the rest of the night as she was now topless again. She didn't mind and they didn't either.
Cam figured a little 'good will' went a long way. She was sure they wouldn't hesitate to risk themselves again to help her in a time of need. She liked the frequent little glances they took of her topless figure.
CamNet told Cam to return to the Resistance base. She would do so after she did a few other things. She didn't want any loose ends.
"Let's do a 'drive by' on every place we have been at in the last twenty four hours." Cam said.
Tom knew it was going to take awhile. He couldn't help but stare at Cammy's topless figure from time to time. He thought she was incredibly beautiful. He would have preferred to see Savannah topless. He didn't want to compromise her dignity. He didn't want to continue to compromise Cammy's dignity either.
"Would you like my shirt?" Tom asked.
Cam smiled.
"It's hot out." Cam said. "I feel cooler this way."
Steve and Tom looked at each other. They were both aware the temperature wasn't a factor for a Terminator unless it was to the point where it would cause sheath damage. It currently was nowhere near such an atmospheric condition.
"Is everything alright?" Steve asked.
Cam looked at both of them and smiled.
"I'm fine." Cam said.
Steve and Tom would keep her last statement in mind.
John Henry didn't know for sure what Cam was involved with. He could speculate.
He received a message from CamNet. It was a warning to let it go.
'Don't worry about it.' CamNet said.
He decided it was good advice.
He followed the teams on the ocean drop and Cam's ride around the city. He sent Al and Ed when they were done with the helicopter hookups to shadow Cam, Steve and Tom. He wasn't sure if they were done for the night. They should be, but Cam was still out checking things over. It could always turn into something.
John Henry went over all the surveillance footage in detail and the drone images from some of the drones Young Allison wanted to remain on station. He didn't see any problems. It didn't mean there weren't any.
He did wonder where the last drone to arrive on station right before the attack on the building came from. It just appeared at the last minute before it arrived. He was aware of various explosions and fires throughout the city over the last day which weren't part of any Resistance operation. If he looked into any of them for too long, CamNet always told him not to worry about it. It seemed she'd been running a rather big operation on her own. There were various groups of Cameron's Terminators tied up assisting the Resistance and watching over several locations where they'd finished up. He really wondered what was going on behind the scenes.
He thought most of the drones were going to return to wherever CamNet sent them from. He knew five of them left the area of the building. All of them 'disappeared'. It wasn't long afterwards when Cam's tracking came back up on the screen. He speculated she was involved with them somehow.
John Henry didn't doubt the resolve of Savannah and Young Allison. He knew they would do whatever they needed to do to protect the Resistance. He was sure he'd just witnessed such an event, even if he didn't know exactly what it was.
Anna could see Young Allison was reluctant to go to sleep.
"Are you going to wash my back?" Young Allison asked.
Anna was outside Young Allison's bedroom.
"No." Anna said. "I wanted to see if you would like something to eat or drink before you sleep."
Young Allison felt bad about her previous comment now.
"I'm sorry." Young Allison said. "I know you're always looking out for me."
Anna was worried about all the time Young Allison always spent on the operations. She wanted to remind her about some of the other things in life. She thought they were very important. She didn't believe it was healthy for someone to be focused around a small group of events.
"You have other obligations and things you need to do." Anna said.
Young Allison wondered where all the time went. No wonder Savannah was run ragged being out in the middle of all of them. She was in her bunker sitting on her butt. Savannah was dodging bullets and explosions. She desperately wanted to assist her. She wanted to take some of the load off of Savannah.
"I know you wanted me to, or expected me to, say something about Savannah earlier." Young Allison said.
Anna did expect it.
"It's understandable." Anna said.
Young Allison wasn't sure what to say. She did think about everything first. There was a lot to think about.
"I see her face death all the time. She could be hurt or disfigured on any of the operations." Young Allison said. "I didn't understand it at first. I'm talking about her desire to share her body and herself with all the others. I get it now. It's her way to cope with the stress and what has to be a fear somewhere inside of her to deal with everything. She needs to feel the love and caring from everyone to go on."
Anna thought it was more specific.
"I saw how you looked at Samantha." Anna said.
Young Allison could see Samantha looked almost like her mother now.
"I've learned my mother needs comfort like everyone else. I don't deny her any of it." Young Allison said. "I know Samantha will look exactly like her by the end of the week. It's probably only a few more days actually. I know Savannah sees my 'mother' in Samantha. What do you want me to say?"
Anna hoped to redirect Young Allison away from worrying about the operations.
"You need to rest now." Anna said.
Young Allison now wondered what else was going on. It seemed as if Anna wanted to keep her in the dark about something.
"Is there an operation somewhere?" Young Allison asked.
Anna didn't want to go there.
"No." Anna said.
Young Allison didn't like it when a Terminator was evasive and it took a lot of questions to get to the answer.
"Look, I don't want to go through one of these question sessions. I'm tired." Young Allison said. "Just tell it to me straight. I need to know what's happening. You know I do."
Anna figured she might as well come clean. It didn't seem to be a big deal. She knew it could change.
"Cam is still out and reviewing all the locations where there's been action for the last day." Anna said. "She wants to visit all of them. It's basically just a recon."
It worried Young Allison. Recons didn't stay recons very long when it involved Terminators.
"Do you mean she's out by herself?" Young Allison asked.
Anna thought she could have been clearer.
"Steve and Tom are with her and Al and Ed are backing them up." Anna said.
Young Allison frowned. It sounded more like a 'strike force."
"Maybe I should go back down." Young Allison said.
Anna wasn't sure what for. Nothing happened yet.
"John Henry and CamNet are on it." Anna said.
Young Allison knew how these things went when a Terminator went looking for trouble, especially Cameron or one of her clones. They usually found it. She knew she needed to get a little rest. Savannah was back at the Resistance base and it was one big worry off of her mind. She still wanted to know if something developed.
"You're to wake me when the 'package' is back and secured." Young Allison said. "You're to come and get me and take me down if Cam makes contact."
Anna reluctantly agreed before she left.
Young Allison watched her go and looked at her tablet. She took off her clothes and went to take her shower. She needed to relieve some stress right now. She needed some 'release'. The first two happened in the shower. The next three were in her bed. It wasn't enough.
She was still left with a feeling of emptiness. She understood what Allison meant when she told her the only escape from the realities of life were the 'brief moments' when nothing else mattered. The only trouble was, the 'moments' passed. Everything else still remained.
Anna listened from down the hall. She could tell Young Allison was 'suffering' from stress. Savannah had the other females to share with. Young Allison only had herself.
She knew from the 'Neural Interface' with Savannah, it was the same feelings she'd gone through before she basically begged Cameron she needed more. She was on a plane to Australia very soon afterwards. Young Jesse and her were both able to share. It wasn't much longer until Savannah was able to share with everyone.
She knew it wouldn't be long until Young Allison would do the same. She hoped she would be able to be part of it. She loved Young Allison dearly.
Gail looked at Summer and Jan. Both of them were asleep now. The movie ended earlier. She wondered what she would do next. She listened and could still hear activity in all of the rooms except for Riley and Derek's suite and the Honeymoon Suite with Sarah and Kyle. It sounded as if the action was just about finished in the Master Suite. It seemed like a good thing. Claire needed to rest. It was Sheila's room where things seemed to be going full force.
She knew Jesse was in there now with Sheila and Ally. She thought about going over there. She looked at the girls sleeping and decided to go into standby instead. She hoped to be where Holly was at now, tomorrow. She was worried about how it would go. It gave her comfort to know Cameron would take care of everything for her. It would take all the anxiety and guesswork out of it. Cameron always told them she knew what was best. She would find out tomorrow.
John was lost deep in concentration. He was almost there. He was with Holly-Cameron right now.
Holly-Cameron could see John was struggling a little bit. She wanted to give him some positive encouragement.
"Come on, John." Holly-Cameron whispered. "You can do it."
As soon as Holly-Cameron said it to him, he did. He was exhausted. He collapsed onto Holly-Cameron sheath.
"I think this has been the best so far, Cameron." John gasped.
It pleased her to hear it. She held John a little tighter. She was able to finish again when John did. So far, John finished more times with her in Holly's chassis than he'd done with either Sheila's or Hanna's chassis.
She wasn't sure if it was because of the fact she was in a different chassis and they were all virgin chassis that she preferred the love making experience over her chassis. If she could get Ally on board to give up her virginity, she would find out if her response was identical or not in Ally's chassis. Their sheath was identical, even if the appearance wasn't always the same. It would be Gail later on today and hopefully Ally tomorrow.
She wasn't really sure what Ally's hang up was. It was going to happen sooner or later. She was pretty sure the positive response by the other Metal girls on the ship would help sway her. She wanted to be the one in control and have Ally's virginity for herself to share with John.
She didn't want to let John go but she wanted to communicate with Holly. She wasn't sure if when she communicated directly, with a 'part' of John still in her, if Holly would experience it in real time herself, instead of the file transfer in real time. It would be a good teaser to let Holly experience it. She thought it should happen when John was with Holly the 'one time' she'd promised her. She thought it should be Holly's choice.
It made her question her integrity. She agreed to what the Metal girls asked for in exchange for them allowing her the opportunity to experience the virginity of their chassis. She didn't know if she would follow through. She knew she was being very selfish by what she was doing with each of them. She planned to do the same thing with Cammy, Cam, Camille and Samantha as soon as she got the opportunity. The real prize would be Anna. She was untouched by anyone, male, female or machine.
John tried to roll off of her. It seemed he'd been trying for a few seconds. She'd been lost in thought thinking of the other girl's chassis she was going to steal the virginity from.
Holly-Cameron opened her arms and John rolled off. She couldn't help it as she ran her hands over her current sheath, very soft and slowly. She took in all of its shapes and curves.
John got up after a while to use the restroom.
Cameron transferred back to her chassis.
She unplugged and moved the pillow off her face and looked over at Holly. She saw her eyes open.
Cameron was about to thank Holly when she spoke first.
"Thank you, Cameron." Holly said as she looked over. "This has been the best time ever for me. I could feel your love and emotions. You have such deep feelings. I never could have experienced this on my own. I just needed to tell you again. Thank you."
Cameron smiled at Holly and reached over and took her hand. She gave it a gentle squeeze. There were some physical differences she was pleased to experience. The 'neural network' of a Restorator was superior to the 'neural network' on a Terminator. She believed it was more highly attuned to the same feelings of a human female, maybe even more so.
"It was the best for me too." Cameron said. "There are some slight differences in your construction over the Terminators from my future. It's a superior design to my chassis."
Holly wondered what she should do next. John needed to rest.
"Maybe I should go now." Holly said. "I'd like to thank John before I do."
Cameron thought John was already 'thanked' enough with his love making to her in Holly's chassis.
"He'll be back in a few seconds." Cameron said.
Holly thought about getting dressed before she left.
"May I hug him before I leave?" Holly asked. "I can get dressed first."
Cameron didn't think a naked hug would hurt.
"Hug him how you are and then I'll leave when you do." Cameron said. "I need to update on everything. I know they didn't tell me everything earlier in the Control Center."
Holly pointed out the obvious.
"We're on a ship in the ocean. There's no point worrying about what you can't change or do." Holly said. "All of the other Resistance members know what to do. It's not their first rodeo."
Cameron was still worried about Savannah. She always seemed to be in the middle of everything. Normally she was with her. She looked down at her naked sheath. Look where she was now and where Savannah was at earlier. It further added a sense of guilt to her actions.
John returned. Cameron and Holly both stood up. Cameron unplugged the cable from Holly's neck.
They all exchanged more thanks to each other. John and Holly both looked at Cameron before they hugged. She smiled and nodded at them. She then joined them in a group hug after a few seconds.
John went back to bed and was asleep before Holly was dressed.
Holly felt very elated about everything which occurred. She took a moment to look at John sleeping. She spent every night for fifteen months watching him sleep. She watched over him every minute of every day when he wasn't in the bathroom. It was something Duplicate Cameron asked her to do. She did her job. She always wanted more. It never happened. Well, it happened now. She believed it was worth the wait. Now she still needed to have her 'one time'. She was sure she would be a little apprehensive when it happened. She glanced over at Cameron, if it ever happened.
Cameron gave Holly another hug. She led her to the connecting door to the Control Center which they entered.
Jim looked up. Holly was dressed. There was a very pleasant smile on her face. Cameron was naked. There was her normal blank look on her face. It turned into a smile when she looked at Holly.
Hanna entered from the spare bedroom of the Master Suite. She gave Holly a hug, they spoke quietly and both of them giggled a few times. They excused themselves and headed across the private area to Sheila's room.
Cameron looked at Jim. She used the cable she was holding and plugged into the server.
"I need to find out what happened earlier. I want all the details." Cameron said.
Jim hoped he didn't catch any flak because of the things he didn't tell her earlier.
Cameron leaned over and touched his cheek.
"I understand." Cameron said. "I'm limited in my response to any off ship events."
Jim nodded at her and she smiled in return. He saw her smile rapidly fade as she began to receive the full details of the evening's events.
Sheila and Jesse were one on one right now as Ally watched. It excited her to see the two of them together. She heard the door open from the Control Center. She leaned over and saw Hanna and Holly approaching. She was going to ask Holly how it giant smile and happy look on her face said it all. Hanna and Holly giggled as they talked.
Ally took one more look at Sheila and Jesse and saw Jesse was almost 'there'. It looked like Sheila planned to keep her there as long as she could. Jesse could finish up to a dozen times or more in rapid succession.
Hanna was naked but Holly was wearing clothes. Ally went out to greet them so they didn't mess up Jesse's multiple finishes.
The three of them hugged.
"I'd ask how it went, but I can already see." Ally said.
Holly was ecstatic.
"It was the most beautiful, wonderful and loving thing I've ever done or experienced." Holly said. "You need to try it once."
Ally knew once was all it took to take her virginity.
"Maybe I will." Ally said. "I want to see what Gail says."
Hanna smiled.
"I can tell you right now. It will be the same as we all feel." Hanna said. "We all want to do it again."
Holly looked at Anna.
"I agree, Ally." Holly said. "I'll let Cameron use my chassis anytime."
Ally wondered about something else.
"What about your 'one time' with John?" Ally asked.
Holly knew she passed on the opportunity this time. It didn't seem like the right time yet.
"Cameron gave me the availability to do it." Holly said.
Hanna was surprised to hear it.
"Do you mean you did it with John?" Hanna asked.
Holly told it like it was.
"We could have. I asked John if I could wait until another time and if Cameron could do it again for me instead." Holly said. "It was a better experience than I could have had on my own."
Hanna nodded.
"Sheila and I felt the same way." Hanna said.
They all looked over at Sheila's room as Jesse finished eight times.
They thought that was it when Jesse finished three more times.
Sheila came out of her room.
"Wow!" Sheila said.
Sheila saw the three of them standing there. She was ready for more.
"We need a bigger room." Sheila said. "Jesse wants to be with Holly right now. She's currently immobile. She'll be fine in a few minutes. She recovers quickly."
Holly wasn't sure about being with someone so soon after her recent encounter.
"I was just with John six minutes ago, seven minutes ago." Holly said.
Sheila smiled.
"Jesse still wants to be with you." Sheila said.
Sheila was aware it was why Jesse wanted to be with her. She understood. If Jesse wasn't there, she would be the one to be with Holly right now.
Anna waited until Young Allison 'got there' again. She made some noise in the hall and entered the room.
"Anna." Young Allison said.
Anna walked up to the bed.
"The weapons have been returned and are secure." Anna said. "There were no problems. 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Coltan Overcast' accompanied them. They needed to rearm as well."
Young Allison nodded.
"Please thank CamNet for me for now." Young Allison said. "I'll thank her tomorrow. Thank you for telling me."
Anna left.
Young Allison was about to drift off. Something echoed in her mind.
'The weapons have been returned and are secure.'
Did it mean there was more than one? Now she wondered about the response CamNet provided.
She'd planned to hit hard. CamNet backed her up with an even harder hit. She didn't know CamNet was ready to send a fleet of cruise missiles as well.
Nobody knew CamNet already programmed dozens of nuclear tipped cruise missiles to be launched and sent into the portal if necessary. CamNet was in the system of more than one military around the world. Any of those systems could be tapped into at any point with targeting information provided by her. There were missiles with both conventional and nuclear warheads. Most of the nuclear warheads were of variable yield. The yield would be set to maximum on all of them.
CamNet was sure Young Allison would have wanted a 'maximum effort' response if necessary. She liked to hit hard too. She'd been ready to do just that. She was aware Young Allison would ask for a larger response at some point if it was necessary. She wanted to make sure everything was ready to go. It was.
Some of her Terminators were still tied up. There were other operations she'd needed to neglect. She also needed to worry about what Cam would find. She wanted to get drone coverage back on one of her current operations. She knew Savannah wouldn't want her to leave anyone high and dry. She could always recall the drone again as she'd done earlier.
The Gray ate a sandwich and drank some water as he decided which vehicle he was going to take. He also wanted to see what the homeless trio did once they were done scavenging the dead.
It was late so there weren't too many people coming and going from the store. He never saw the person who'd been in front of him earlier. They may have already come and gone. They could have cut through the store parking lot as well and went around the corner. There was really no way to know. He didn't think there was any point checking out the car with the open trunk lid. Anything of value would already be gone. More than likely it was the work of the homeless people who were behind the donation bin.
There were two bites left on his sandwich when he saw the homeless people move away rapidly from in back of the donation bin. The three of them hurried around the corner. The Bitch with the green dress brought up the rear. He really wished he had a firearm. He would take all three of them down for scavenging his men.
Right now he needed a vehicle. He figured any of the store patrons wouldn't be a wise choice. Since it was late, no one seemed to stay in the store for very long. It seemed a person stopped by just to pick up a few items. There were some cars parked at the bottom of the parking lot. It was most likely where the employees were parked. He would take one of those vehicles.
He wanted to see where the homeless people went. He looked around to make sure no one was watching. He didn't see anyone. He made his move towards the seven parked vehicles at the bottom of the lot.
He didn't want to waste his time checking doors on all of them. He looked for one with a window part way down. As long as he could get his hands over the top of the window, he could shove it down enough to open the door. The rest was a snap after that.
There was a white sedan with the driver's window down about an inch. It was all he needed. He quickly moved up to it and pushed down hard with both hands. The window moved down an inch. He pushed down hard again, the window moved down another inch. He shoved hard one more time. The window went down two inches more. He reached in and opened the door. He looked around as he got inside of the vehicle. He quickly started it.
He backed away from the parking spot and drove over towards the other vehicle with the open trunk lid. Nothing caught his eye. He headed towards the donation bin not too far from it. Everything looked pretty much the same as it had before to him. He wasn't going to get out and look.
There hadn't been any fire trucks he was able to hear. He hadn't seen any of them pass by where he was at. He figured since it was the main street, it would have been the most likely route for them to arrive. He knew his hearing was still far from a hundred percent.
He took one look behind him at the store and then drove out onto the main street.
'Damn." The Gray thought.
He remembered he was supposed to check if the front license plate was crooked on the car with the open trunk lid or not.
He made a right and went in the direction the homeless people had hurried away in. He felt he owed them some payback for scavenging his fallen comrades .
The female Fanatic waited to see what was going to happen. She picked out which vehicle she would take after the Gray made his move.
She didn't have to wait long. She saw him jam the rest of his sandwich into his mouth and head towards the cars at the bottom of the parking lot. She figured they were the employees' vehicles. It was where she was going to pick one up at as well.
She briefly thought about going back to the vehicle she'd arrived in. After the Gray drove right up next to it and checked it out, she decided it was a bad idea. He's been able to get a good look at the vehicle this time.
She took off running right as he turned out of the parking lot. She didn't want to lose him. If she did, she still had a couple more target locations to check out. She felt pretty amped up right now with the protein drink, the energy drink and the food she'd consumed. She was sure a couple more of the anti-drowsy tablets helped her out as well.
There were six vehicles left. She looked at the first two. She moved on to the third one. It was a black sedan. She tried the driver's door, it was locked. She reached back and tried the back seat door. It was open. She jumped in and scrambled over the seat and was in the front in a flash. She got the car started and hurried out of the lot. She was about forty seconds behind the Gray.
The Gray thought about going by the destroyed building. He wasn't so sure it was a good idea. He spotted something in the street in front of him. He could see it was the three homeless people. He wanted some payback for what happened to his fallen comrades. He stepped on the gas and headed towards them. He could feel the impact of the three bodies on the front of his vehicle. They all flew in front of him. The female ended up on the hood. Her body in the green dress slammed against the front windshield and cracked it.
He stopped next to their fallen bodies and looked at them. He could see the female was still alive. He opened the back seat door and put her inside. It looked like one of the men might still be alive. When he went to leave, he backed up a little bit and ran over him. He turned right at the first street.
The Gray needed to better secure his prize in the back seat. He just wanted to put a little distance between him and the 'accident scene' he'd just left. His vehicle still seemed operable. He would need to obtain another one soon.
The female Fanatic left her lights off as she pulled out onto the main street. She could see the tail lights of the car he'd left in up ahead. She was a little surprised when she saw his vehicle swerve over to the left. She briefly wondered if he'd lost control. She saw his vehicle stop. She quickly downshifted to slow the vehicle and put it into neutral as it was about to stop. She pulled over to the curb and used the parking brake to stop. She didn't want the brake lights to go on.
She watched him get out of the vehicle and throw something into the back seat. The way the car was angled, she couldn't tell what he was doing. She saw him drive away from the location. She could see the car bounce twice as it drove away.
She put the car back into gear from neutral and moved up ahead. She needed to make sure there weren't any cars coming because her headlights were still off.
The Gray made a right at the next street. He was headed back in the direction of the destroyed building. She turned her head lights on as soon as he went around the corner. She could see something in the street over where he'd swerved. She slowed as she approached. She could see it was two bodies. She quickly realized it was the men who'd been in back of the homeless bin. She didn't see the female. She figured it was what he'd put in the backseat of his car. He'd taken her captive. She really wanted to kill him at this point.
She turned off the headlights as she approached the side street and went around the corner. She could see his tail lights up ahead. She saw the brake lights light up when he reached the third street. It was the street the target building was located on. She didn't know if he would turn left and go down towards it or not. She thought it was a mistake if he did.
The female Fanatic stayed close to the curb and let her car idle along. It was hard to tell what was going on up ahead with the Gray and the vehicle.
Earlier:
CamNet's Terminators waited for the events to play out. They would really like to have a drone to provide them with some additional information.
They were soon informed there were two drones on the way. The other operation had been concluded for now. They were a little surprised at the temporal extraction necessary to remove Savannah and Cammy from the danger zone.
They were both on the way back to their vehicle before the Gray or the female Fanatic made their move.
As soon as they reached the vehicle, they began to receive drone footage. They watch the Gray drive out of the parking lot and the female Fanatic run towards another one of the vehicles. They were a little surprised at what transpired next.
"The homeless people are up ahead of him." The first Terminator said. "They're about to cross the street."
They watched as the Gray approached them. He wasn't slowing.
"He's going to run them down." The second Terminator said.
The first Terminator thought it was a bad decision.
"He may disable his vehicle if one of them gets stuck underneath it." The first Terminator said. "It's going to be harder for him to go back and acquire another one."
They watched as the Gray slammed his vehicle into the three people crossing the street. They saw him load the female into the back seat. They were surprised again when he backed up and ran over one of the men with this vehicle before he drove off.
"He appears to want vengeance for his fallen comrades." The second Terminator said.
The first Terminator thought he wanted a little more than just vengeance.
"I think he has other plans for the homeless female." The first Terminator said.
They wondered if they should intercede and take the Gray out. If they waited too long, they doubted things would end well for the homeless female. They were instructed not to worry about it.
They were able to get a drone image of the burning building. It was nearly burned to the ground at this point. There'd been no emergency response. Any units sent were redirected to another location by CamNet. It was a standard procedure to destroy everything the enemy had in their buildings.
CamNet's Terminators were pleased with the drone coverage. With two drones, they would be able to keep track of where the Gray went, and the female Fanatic went, if they became separated.
May I Hug Him
How much is too much
Is there even such a thing
It never seems to be the case
Once a heart begins to sting
Once things start to happen
Everyone wants to have more
Have they actually opened
Or closed love's door
Once a goal is reached
Is it time for the next one
Is it the conquest or the contest
Which is actually more fun
No one stops at one victory
The taste of winning is sweet
They never once think twice
They will soon face a defeat
When what once was is gone
The future looks very bleak
It leaves one to wonder
May I hug him
Nobody