Chapter 460

Temporal Tranquility

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Cameron's Future Timeline:

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Cameron headed away from the Skynet base. She made sure she wasn't followed or tracked. She also remained on the alert for any HK drones sent out to look for her. There was no indication she was detected by the enemy at all. She communicated with Future John and Duplicate Cameron about what she found and the news the location wasn't what she was looking for. It was still a substantial find.

She went over her plan with Duplicate Cameron and the surprises she left behind. They decided to launch the faux attack and destroy as much of Skynet's reserves as they could. It would be a turkey shoot at the other two locations. There were plenty of antiaircraft missiles ready to go. The location where she was at now should lead to a mass destruction of HK drones on their own with her handiwork.

The only threat would be the Terminators who came out to fight. There was a solution for it. It was covered too. The Resistance drones would be ready to strike them. If everything worked as planned, the Resistance losses should be low and Skynet's losses should be high.

Cameron contacted Bob and Rob on a separate secure line. They were to stand down and secure the 'package' for now. Cameron previously alerted them to be ready to move. She again reminded them no one was to know what they were doing and what they possessed.

"Affirmative…." Bob responded back.

Cameron was confident with the surveillance equipment she installed as to what she would soon find. Skynet would lead her to itself.

"I should have our target soon enough." Cameron said.

"Affirmative…." Bob responded back.

Cameron smiled. It never got old.

She reviewed everything she did from the moment she entered the Skynet facility. Since there was no indication she was detected, everything should play out as she anticipated.

Cameron was a short distance away from the Skynet facility. She could hear what sounded like someone cough in the distance. She quickly checked around her position. It was possible it was a patrol of Grays looking for the patrol the Scavengers took down. If it was, there could be a Terminator who accompanied them.

She didn't want to have her mission blown right before everything could be put into play. If it devolved into shooting, The Skynet base would most likely go on alert and the Terminators in HK drones would come out to see what was wrong. Right now she was the only one near the enemy base. It wouldn't take them long to zero her.

Cameron was worried she may have grown careless when she made her calls to her associates. She might have been a little overconfident in what she was able to pull off so far. Maybe her earlier luck was about to run out.

She tried to maneuver closer to where she first heard the cough sound. It was better if she found the enemy before they found her. If things turned into a shooting match, everything was going to fall apart fast.

There was a 'crack' sound off to her left side.

Cameron paused for a moment as she carefully moved into position.

There was a second 'crack' sound. It was very near her.

"Watch out where you're going." The first man said.

"You can take the lead anytime you want." The second man said.

"Move out of the way." The first man said.

"Shut up and keep moving." The third man said.

"Is it even safe for us to be out here?" The second man asked.

"I think it might be the question everyone else needs to ask themselves." The first man said. "This is our domain."

"Keep moving." The third man said. "Our kind may rule the Wastelands, but this isn't our turf, at least not yet anyway."

"We don't need turf." The first man said. "Everything already is as long as we keep taking more."

"You can only take more for so long." The second man said. "At some point the tab may come due. I just want to find out what happened to the HK drone."

"Do we even know where it went?" The first man asked. "It seems like something we should try to avoid rather than look for."

"I saw it down low around this area." The second man said. "I think it may have crashed."

"All we're going to find is a pile of rubble." The first man said. "It will be headed straight to the scrap pile. It's where all Metal belongs anyway."

Cameron didn't think they were Grays. They sounded more like Scavengers. One was as bad as the other to her. They were more than just enemies of the Resistance. They were her enemies personally.

"Shut up and keep moving." The third man said again. "I think we're in Skynet territory. We might run into a 'Tin Can' if you don't keep it quiet."

"It will just be some more scrap Metal for the junk pile when we're done with it." The second man said.

Cameron was irritated by their reference to Terminators. She could only spot three of them. She carefully moved into position behind them as they passed her. She waited a moment to make sure there wasn't a straggler.

She moved up behind the third man and snapped his neck. She carefully laid his body on the ground so it didn't make noise. She moved up behind the second man and repeated the process.

The first man continued on without the knowledge his two associates were terminated.

"Hey, I think I see something." The first man said in a hush tone. "I spotted some footprints. They're not very large. They are smaller feet. There might be a broad out here."

Cameron used the first man's voice.

"See if you can track her." Cameron said. "We could use some fresh meat."

The first man was bent down looking around the side of a rock as she moved up behind him. She rabbit punched him hard. She severed his spine with the blow. She made another quick check around the area to make sure there weren't any more. She pulled the three bodies deeper into the brush as she went through their pockets. They didn't have anything of value or useful.

Cameron updated again with Duplicate Cameron. She reaffirmed everything was still on and set into motion. It was. Skynet was in for a shock. It should be a Future Shock for sure.

'I'm going to find where this Skynet hides at.' Cameron thought.

Future John communicated back the Resistance drones were on the way. The attack was a 'go' on her timetable.

Cameron checked her plasma rifle.

"Game On." Cameron said.

Cameron left something inside the facility. It would be a 'surprise' for Skynet's Terminators. They would never know what happened.

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Resistance Base - Current Timeline:

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Cammy was pleased Savannah 'reactivated' her and reclaimed her chassis from 'Cameron'. She knew Savannah loved her, even if she loved others. She understood the love for the humans would always be different from the love for a Terminator to a certain extent. Savannah possessed plenty of love to have and share.

"You're beautiful, Savannah." Cammy said. "Thank you."

Savannah didn't see it as anything other than it should be. Cammy was Cammy. It wasn't about to change. If they couldn't get Cameron back, then she would see about what else could be done. It would now be her decision. She was in charge of Cameron's spare chip. She was the 'Decider'.

She also knew she was at a disadvantage as far as it went with the Metal girls. They could control their aging process. Their beauty was eternal, hers wasn't. Continued childbirth wasn't going to help her looks any either. It was bound to take a toll at some point, if it already hadn't done so. She was sure she was going to be stretched out down there now. It sure felt like it anyway when she delivered Hope and Joy. She didn't want John to be dissatisfied, or worse, flip her over….

"I may be beautiful to you now, but I won't always be." Savannah said. "I will grow old if I survive. Beauty is transitory, Cammy. I'm going to have more children as well. It all takes a toll. I'm sure I'm going to end up a mess."

Savannah hoped her true beauty existed within her as the person she was. It was the true beauty of anyone, human or Terminator. The inner beauty seemed to be the last beauty anyone ever found. It was all visual, at least at first.

Cammy knew Savannah's true mate would age with her. It wouldn't be an issue since it would happen to both of them.

"Allison will age as well." Cammy said. "All of them. It's just how it works for everyone, well, humans anyway."

Savannah knew Cammy could look older or look younger. She often toyed with the desire to have Cammy regress her age to a young teenager. It would make her look more like Young Allison. She mentioned it once a long time ago. Cammy was alarmed with the prospect of certain reduced sheath measurements, and her hand started to glitch. She noticed and quickly told Cammy she was joking. They both knew she wasn't.

"But you won't." Savannah said. "You and Cameron will always look beautiful and Tight. You will look as beautiful as you are right now forever. I think it's wonderful."

Cammy knew forever was a long time. She could make herself age. She doubted Savannah would allow it. If anything Savannah wanted her to look younger. She even mentioned it once. Maybe she should reward Savannah with the appearance she once requested. She could always 'stuff' when she went out. She would just state the obvious for now.

"I will until I'm terminated or my power cell runs out." Cammy said.

Savannah wanted to remind Cammy of her 'options'.

"I know you can always change your age appearance." Savannah said. "It's to appear older or younger. I think you should be able to do whatever you want to do for yourself."

Cammy knew she could allow for age progression to occur, but Cameron forbade the feature in all female Terminators. The age regression was another story. She decided if they found Cameron, and she did any age regression for Savannah, she would match it and knock off an additional year. She wasn't going to let Cameron pull a fast one on her. Besides, she almost needed to give up her chassis to Cameron earlier.

"We can age too if we want, either older or even younger." Cammy said. "I'm open to the latter now, even if I wasn't before. I want to make you happy."

Savannah felt a surge of excitement at the thought. She wondered how young of an appearance could be achieved. The Coltan chassis would still be the same height and size. She calculated a female Terminator could Resequence to the appearance of a tall young teenager. She was curious how the teenage female 'attributes' would be reabsorbed into the chassis or sheath. It might need to be some type of operational feature at some point based upon the circumstances. She needed to clear her head. She didn't want to dwell on it right now. Cammy was the issue.

"I want you to understand how special you are, Cammy." Savannah said. "You will exist as pretty as you are, long after I'm dead. You can move on without me and continue to live your existence out. You should be able to obtain additional power cells going forward."

Cammy felt a glitch impulse with her statement. She didn't want Savannah to die, even if she knew it was inevitable. There were ways 'around it'. Evidently Cameron may have used them already, more than once.

"No, I'll do like Cameron thinks she has in 1999. I'll return to my point of activation and replace that version of myself, with myself, and reset my chip." Cammy said. "I'll relive my life over again with you and we will learn and share together again."

Savannah was aware Cameron thought she did it before. It didn't surprise her to hear Cammy say it as well. Cammy was 'Cameron'.

"Cammy, you know I love you because you ARE 'Cameron', a version of her anyway, MY version. I want you to remember it's something very special. You are different and unique, even if you started out the same." Savannah said. "I'll have more sexual partners in the future, and John will be one of them. You know this. I'm not replacing you with any of them. It's just what my future holds. I think we can all make everything work."

Cammy was 'Cameron'. She knew what a Bitch Cameron really was. There would be no 'competition' with Cameron around.

"When you share John's bed, Cameron Prime will be there." Cammy said. "She will take you from me. We both know it."

Savannah wanted to give Cammy a few options and point out a few grim realities.

"Cammy, if it's really your fear, we can do several things then. If I'm involved with Cameron then and with John, since you are 'Cameron', a copy of her, you can merge your program into hers at then. You would become one again with her." Savannah said. "Or you can remain independent. By the time it happens, Cammy, I will probably have three more children. I doubt my body will still look as nice as it does now."

Savannah touched her belly. Things didn't quite feel like they used to. She was very young when she got pregnant the first time, but not really in the context of earlier humans. Things all used to happen even sooner in the 'old days' because most people were dead by the time they were thirty-five. Savannah touched and jiggled breasts. They felt different too.

"In fact I'm sure it won't." Savannah said. "Some things have already changed. I don't think they are ever going back to how they were either. It's just the way it is."

Cammy knew there were many factors in play with humans. They were in play with machines too. There was no guarantee of how anything would play out five years from now. Things could be different in five seconds if they were attacked. The extra children seemed like a lot for Savannah's body to deal with.

"You're older than John now yourself at the time when he 'replaced' Cameron with Future Riley." Cammy said. "Why will there be three more babies?"

Savannah could see Cammy was worried for her. It wasn't uncommon for some females in third world, or some theological dominated countries, to have a dozen children. They may not all live, but they still conceived, carried, and delivered them.

"There will be one for Vanna in this timeline. I want her to have her own child the same way I provided them to her other selves - MY other selves, in the other timelines." Savannah said. "I'm also having one for Cameron and John as their child."

Cammy did the math. It wasn't three.

"It's only two babies." Cammy said.

Savannah wondered why Cammy was so 'blind' sometimes. It should be obvious as to what the future should hold for them.

"Cammy, the last one is for US. It will be OUR child to raise together and love. It will be for you and me." Savannah said. "I want my own child as well. It will be OURS."

Cammy moved over and hugged Savannah. Maybe Savannah really did love her and care about her. She scanned her all the time and she always told the truth. They could have their own family together. She was very elated to hear it.

"You would do it for me? You would do it for us?" Cammy asked. "You are the 'Chosen One' Savannah. You really are."

Savannah could see Cammy was very happy now. She wanted to point out there was a downside to having a baby of their own.

"You don't expect me to change all those diapers by myself do you?" Savannah joked. "Or get up in the middle of the night?"

Cammy didn't see it as a problem. She didn't sleep. It would give her something to do while Savannah slept. Savannah could do the things she couldn't do, such as nurse the baby.

"No, I'll do everything." Cammy said. "You'll only need to feed her."

It caught Savannah off guard. There was no way to know if the baby would be a boy or a girl, three babies from now.

"Her?" Savannah asked. "How do you know?"

Cammy tilted her head slightly. She didn't know. Maybe she wanted it to be like Savannah. It just seemed logical to her.

"I don't know." Cammy said. "I just do."

Savannah thought of the earlier discussion about Cameron and maybe Cammy going back in time to live their life over. It was a possibility.

"Maybe we've already done this in several prior lifetimes." Savannah said. "I'll let you name her then, you probably know it too."

Cammy already did have a name in her head. She wasn't sure where it came from either.

"I want to name my baby, OUR baby, Milena." Cammy said.

Savannah's mouth dropped open a little. She'd heard that name before. It wasn't from Cammy either.

"Cameron told me the same thing." Savannah said. "Milena - Jo."

Cammy knew she would do whatever it took to be with Savannah forever. It was most likely from recombined programs with Cameron.

"We may be one program at that point." Cammy said. "I don't know. I'll do whatever I have to, to remain with you, Savannah. No sacrifice will be too great to make for you."

Savannah felt a little uncomfortable. It had been awhile since the pressure was relieved.

"I have something you could do for me now." Savannah said. "We don't need to worry about what may or may not happen going forward. One way or another it is all going to occur. Somehow it will all work out in the end. It always does. The current issue is right now in front of me, quite literally."

Cammy noticed the two damp spots on the front of Savannah's shirt.

"I predict one pressure reduction procedure coming up." Cammy said.

Savannah wanted it and more. She wanted everything.

"Thank you." Savannah said. "I want to love you as we do it."

Cammy was pleased Savannah wanted her. There was one thing which always bothered her. She thought of it as she looked at Savannah's bulging breasts. She knew large breasts were important to many humans. She knew it was an area where Savannah spent a lot of time when she was larger on their recent adventure into the future.

"Savannah, I will always love you." Cammy said. "When I was in Ginger's chassis, did you like her breasts better than mine?"

Savannah knew it was an issue Cameron struggled with too. She always felt it was one of the reasons John chose Riley over her. From her personal sexual experience, she knew every female was different. Things were bigger or smaller in different areas. Some things could really stretch quite dramatically. The pigmentation was varied. Some things were not symmetrical. For a Terminator it didn't matter. Their sheath was changeable. They were their program.

"You keep asking me the same or similar thing. I can only answer the same way. Ginger's breasts were rather plump and those super pink nipples were nice, but I love you just the way you are, Cammy." Savannah said. "I'll love you however you are, or whatever you look like. I know your program is really you."

A strange thought flooded over Cammy. She wondered if she could switch chips with Bob or one of the other male Terminators for Savannah. It would still be her, but in a male chassis. She could take Savannah's virginity herself. Maybe it was too much to 'ask' for. It would most likely go to John. It was what Cameron wanted anyway. She would save the thought for another time. She still wanted to make sure her current sheath was good enough for Savannah. She could 'improve' it to better suit Savannah's desires. She felt it would make her 'better' than Cameron, at least better for Savannah.

"I've gone through Ginger's genetic code and have identified and selected the genes which gave her the plumpness and the super pinkness." Cammy said. "I can Resequence and alter my genetic code to have either or both of those attributes. It's how I would regenerate in the future as well. I would be different from Cameron if I did. I would be unique."

Savannah thought it was interesting, but she loved Cammy just the way she was. Everyone needed to be accepted for how they were. It especially applied to humans. She remembered Young Jesse was a little worried because their bodies were so different in their female attributes. She needed to reassure Young Jesse she thought she was beautiful. She did. She liked it because Young Jesse was different from her. She thought maybe Cammy wanted to be different too.

"Do you want an identity separate from Cameron? Your chassis could no longer double for hers." Savannah said. "Cammy, I love you just the way you are now. You don't need to change anything for me. It would bother me actually. I never want to make anyone feel they're 'not good enough'."

Cammy wanted to make sure Savannah loved her.

"Thank you, Savannah." Cammy said. "If I did it for myself, would you still want me?"

Savannah didn't want Cammy to get hung up on the issue. They talked about it three different ways. It all came back to the same thing. Cammy was testing her.

"Cammy, I'll love you however you are in whatever chassis or sheath you have." Savannah said. "I know you are your program, even if it's a different chassis. We didn't have any difficulty at all when you were in Ginger's chassis. We still treated each other the same and did everything the same way, even if we may have done a little more."

Cammy wanted to ask about a male chassis but didn't. She'd still like to be the one to claim Savannah's virginity. She wanted to be Savannah's first experience with a 'male'. She could do it. She didn't want Cameron to find out about her plan. She was sure Cameron would take cuts and borrow a male chassis first. She decided to stay with tweaking her current chassis.

"I may do the super pink pigmentation change." Cammy said. "I don't know yet."

Savannah was intrigued still, but didn't think it was necessary. It could be interesting to have Cammy the same, but different from Cameron, and any Allison with different pigmentation.

"You do whatever you want. It's your sheath and you have the right to make it how you want for yourself." Savannah said. "Will it change the pigment 'elsewhere' as well?"

Cammy smiled. She knew what Savannah desired.

"I have the genetic code also." Cammy said. "I hoped you would ask."

Savannah knew in this timeline she was the pinkest pigmentation of the females in the Resistance, well, Vanna and Hanna too. Ginger's pigmentation was even more vivid than hers was. It was actually something they compared the first time when they were alone.

"It would make your pigmentation brighter than mine in both areas." Savannah said.

Cammy thought a little 'review' was in order. She needed to 'assist' Savannah. She stripped Savannah's top off.

"It's something to think about." Cammy said "Let's get the pressure down a little….''

All the 'talk' aroused Savannah. It was exciting to imagine changing 'things'.

"I love you, Cammy." Savannah said.

Savannah knew Cammy could switch her chip with any of the Resistance Terminators. It didn't matter if they were a Metal girl or not. She would actually prefer to be with each of those individuals instead. There was no need to mention it.

Cammy picked Savannah's topless figure up and carried her to the bed….

"I love you too, Savannah." Cammy said.

Savannah was very content right now. There was also an underlying issue related to why they were there in the first place. She needed to make Cammy understand her position. She didn't want Cammy deactivated, she wanted Cameron back too.

"Cammy, if Cameron doesn't come back, I'm going into the future and bring her back myself. I want to make sure you understand it." Savannah said. "I'll never let her perish."

Cammy didn't doubt it for a moment. Savannah loved Cameron more than anything and it wasn't anything sexual, at least not yet. She could only imagine how much stronger and intense Savannah's feelings would be.

"I already know it, Savannah." Cammy said. "You're as special as Cameron Prime is. You're both the 'Chosen Ones'."

Savannah knew she wouldn't come back without Cameron, even if she needed to die herself. She promised Cameron she would never abandon her. Right now it was time to share with Cammy. She never knew when it might be the 'last' time. It would probably end when she went after Cameron based upon the circumstances.

"Take me…." Savannah whispered in Cammy's ear as they kissed. "You're the best…."

Closing monologue by Cameron:

Tranquility

Everyone would like to live
Life in joy and harmony
Instead when some grow cold
They seek out an armory

Most try to avoid strife
To find some contentment
Others may be filled with
Pain, anger, and resentment

Everything works smoothly
When it flows with equanimity
Or seclusion with anonymity
It may even turn into a calamity

Don't let the sky turn black
When there can be serenity
There is no need to turn everything
Into some type of obscenity

Cast out the inner demons
Control the simmering hostility
There is still much possibility
When one will embrace tranquility

Nobody