Chapter 513

Say It

Cameron called off the raid and everyone returned back to the base. There were still some loose ends for her to tie up but she needed to wait until everyone was in bed. She listened outside Savannah's door as Cammy and Savannah shared before she slept. She was pleased to hear Savannah say 'Cameron' when she 'finished'.

She decided to 'satisfy' John and get him asleep so she could get back out and go after the one Gray she left behind at the first location where they tried to ambush her. She didn't like the attitude of the others from the same group.

Cameron carried John to their room. She undressed him, as he undressed her. She knew what would please him the most, the quickest.

"Lay back and relax." Cameron said.

John was pleased Cameron was in their bed naked right now. They didn't often get to share. Cameron always told him there were others he could use, and he knew where Savannah's room was.

Cameron kissed him and moved her head lower.

"You're not ready yet." Cameron said.

John looked down. 'Little Willie' seemed very ready to him. It was normally what 'full attention' indicated.

Cameron reached out and touched him.

"Let me 'start you up'." Cameron said.

John gasped slightly as he watched Cameron start in. His head fell back to the pillow and his back arched slightly.

Cameron used some of her Terminator abilities to move things along.

He 'finished' in no time.

Cameron continued for a few more seconds. She never liked to stop when John needed her to stop. She wanted to give him some extra intense pleasure.

John squirmed wildly on the bed.

Cameron liked the reaction. Cameron used some of her Terminator abilities to move things along. She finally slowed and stopped.

She lifted her head and wiped the back of her hand across her mouth. She then smiled at John.

She moved over the top of John's lower midsection. There was a knee on each side of him.

"My turn…." Cameron said.

John was already spent. He was already well satisfied. He didn't think he would be able to hold up for the job, even if Cameron was the one in control. Things began to slacken.

"I think I'm going to need a few minutes." John said.

It was what Cameron wanted to hear.

"Lay back and rest." Cameron whispered.

She lay next to John. He was soon asleep. She carefully got up and collected her clothes. She left naked with them.

She passed Bob in the hall as she headed to the carpool.

"Nice night for a walk." Bob said.

Cameron smiled and kept going. She dressed once she was at her SUV. She put on her body armor and checked her weapons.

She noticed Bob look out the door from the base. She didn't want there to be a problem.

"I'm fine." Cameron said.

She got in her SUV and drove away.

Bob was going to alert John Henry and John. CamNet contacted him directly and told him to not worry about it. He knew when CamNet spoke, everyone listened.

Cameron looked back as she left the base. She wanted to make sure she wasn't followed. CamNet contacted her and told her everything was taken care of.

She went back towards the location where there was one Gray. She checked the surveillance equipment. He was still alone. She decided she wasn't going to take any chances.

Cameron parked a half mile away and went in through the back fences of other businesses. She needed to cross a few smaller streets during the process. Several dogs cowered in terror as she passed them. They usually backed into corners and whimpered as they urinated on themselves. She could see them quake with fear.

She passed from the front of one building through its property, over the rear fence into the next property and exited out to the front. She was just about to cross the side street when she spotted some movement. Other than the terrified canines, she only spotted one equally terrified feline. The new movement didn't belong to a four legged animal. It was a human. She paused and knelt down where she landed on the pavement after she went over the fence.

It was too late for any type of normal business activity to occur, even if someone was working late. It wasn't a security guard or anyone else associated with law enforcement. There were only two choices left. It was either a homeless individual, or a thief. She understood homeless people often resorted to theft in order to obtain money to purchase food, or drugs. She didn't have a problem with the former, but she did with the latter. Drug users were future Scavengers.

She observed them for a moment try the doors and gates on the buildings on the other side of the street. She could see they wanted to find something which was unlocked. They appeared to look for a target of opportunity. She didn't think she needed to worry about her vehicle from the current individual. She did need to consider she would need to worry about it from others like them. She parked in front of a building with a security camera so CamNet could keep an eye on the vehicle for her.

The individual was soon five buildings down from where she was at. She watched him open a side gate of one of the buildings and disappear inside. She took the opportunity to cross the street and go over the fence of the building, pass through the property, go over the rear fence into the property on the other side, and over the fence into the front. It was the same process she repeated multiple times.

Cameron soon reached the target location. She was still wary of an ambush. It didn't look like it this time. She forced open a door and entered. It made more noise than she would've liked. She expected to be met with gunfire, but there was none.

She searched for and confronted the Gray. His eyes were as wide as saucers as he looked at her. It was clear he knew who she was. He lowered his hand from his mouth and smiled at her. He didn't say anything. He made no move to run or get away from her. The smile faded from his face and he coughed once and then again. Pink frothy foam began to come out of his mouth and he fell over. She quickly checked him out. He was dead. He took poison. She was very disturbed by what occurred. One of the men from the location shot himself in the head when she confronted him and he recognized her. Poison was a new angle. It was something they needed to have in their possession in order to use it. It seemed like more 'fanatical' behavior to her.

Cameron searched the entire building and found the hidden room. It was empty. She tossed the dead Gray inside it. She didn't find a passageway leading away from the location either. It was her concern there might be one which led to the building on either side, or across the street. She looked around the sleeping quarters. She didn't think any of the men would return. She didn't find a bunk with rope at all four corners at the location she currently was in. She knew what happened at the last location she visited. She still wasn't sure who she was dealing with. It still seemed like more than one group to her. She collected whatever intelligence she could and left.

She was left with a mild dilemma. It was her instinct to destroy the building this time to deny its future use to any version of Skynet. She also needed to find out who the 'Boss' was. She didn't burn the building so she could see who else showed up. She didn't think she was done with the location yet.

Cameron made her way back towards her vehicle. This time she stayed on the side streets and only occasionally passed from one property to another to get to the next side street. She purposely went back in the direction where she saw the suspicious individual earlier. When she reached the street he was last observed on, it didn't take her long to acquire him. It was her desire to terminate him because of his clandestine activities and nocturnal adventurism.

She didn't see him carrying anything which looked suspicious. He may have located things he wanted to steal and placed them out near the street. He could come by in a vehicle later on and pick them up. It was an effective strategy. She decided to let him pass again. She continued on her way.

Cameron arrived back at her vehicle. She wanted to take down the original location she planned to attack previously. She remembered Savannah's warning and speculation about the location. She didn't have any backup either. She decided to wait at this point.

She wanted to get back to bed before John awoke. She still wanted 'her turn'.

Later on:

Previously the surveillance was set up at the Gray's location and the wait started. They speculated whatever the location was, it might be some type of test or trap for the Resistance team. The building wasn't going anywhere, so they can act whenever they wanted to. John Henry monitored all traffic going in and out. There was very little activity. A week passed.

John was antsy with the lack of any results. He wanted to act.

"So what have we come up with?" John asked.

There were only a few Grays. They didn't really go anywhere. Once they figured out their compatriots were terminated. They didn't go out at all.

"Not much." John Henry said. "It appears the strike Cameron led terminated most of the threats associated with this group."

John was surprised at what happened next.

Cameron arrived in the Command Center.

John was more than a little surprised to see her. She was gone for a few days. She was damaged. She didn't normally come around when her face was damaged. It was different. Something was different. It didn't look like anything good.

Cameron caught the tail end of the conversation.

"I haven't followed up on them yet." Cameron said. "I wanted to wait for further targets to develop. There were some other things I needed to take care of."

John looked at her face. The damage was in the process of healing. He wanted to ask about what happened, but it always turned into an issue. She was back there now for a reason. He tried to be as diplomatic as possible so she wouldn't leave before he could find out a little more.

"I see you've conducted several other operations." John said. "Are you alright? Maybe Vanna can check you out if you don't want me to."

Cameron did carry out several operations during the week. Not all of them went as planned. The damage to her face was proof of it. It irritated her when John mentioned it.

"I've carried out the strike against my target I originally planned for the night Cammy and Savannah were attacked." Cameron said. "The threat has been eliminated."

John looked at the side of Cameron's face. It was almost healed.

Cameron turned away when she saw John look at her. She didn't like him to fuss over her and tell her what to do or not to do. Why couldn't he just leave her alone to do her job?

John saw he irritated Cameron by his concern. It wasn't his intention.

"I'm sorry." John said.

Cameron felt very self conscious right now. John made her feel shame if she wasn't perfect for him.

"I'll stop coming around here so you don't have to see me." Cameron said. "I'm unpleasant to look at. I don't look Tight like this. It was a mistake to return here."

Cameron wondered why she was even there. She came to the Resistance base for something. It was something of the utmost importance. It needed to be done right away. She tried to remember what it was.

John could see Cameron looked confused. Something brought her there in her current condition. It wasn't to see him. He didn't want to create an issue, but he felt he needed to say something.

"Cameron, I'm worried about you." John said.

John tried to get closer to her to see what else was damaged. He was sure there was more damage to her sheath elsewhere. It just wouldn't be on her face.

Cameron didn't like the way John looked at her. What did he think she was? She was tired of the game. There was no need for John to concern himself with her.

"Don't be worried about me." Cameron said. "We're Resistance fighters, nothing more."

John just looked at her. He was aware anything he did or said at this point was going to be the 'wrong' thing. He still needed to do something, rather than nothing

Cameron looked back at him with a blank look on her face. There was something John said a few seconds ago, a name. It was something about a name like he said. It was so familiar. She left without saying another word. She needed to get something. Maybe it was a book of some kind.

John and John Henry looked at each other.

"Now what?" John Henry asked

John didn't have an answer. He went to go after her.

John Henry stopped him. He'd watched the same 'rerun' dozens of times. It would be no different again. He wanted to save both John and Cameron some unnecessary grief.

"You're only going to make it worse…." John Henry said.

John knew he was right. Cameron would disappear for who knew how long if he 'pushed' her.

John tried to call Savannah but there was no answer. He figured she must be 'busy'. It seemed the girls were always busy, if not with each other, then with the Metal girls.

Savannah finished her shower. She dried herself off as she entered her bedroom. She was going to get her clothes she already laid out. She saw her bed was now made. She hadn't done it. There was only one other person who would do it. It was the person who shared it with her.

"Cammy?" Savannah asked as she looked around.

No answer.

There was something on her pillow.

Savannah stood there naked as she looked at it.

"No…." Savannah said softly as she reached down to touch it.

It was Cameron's poem book.

Savannah picked it up and looked at it.

MY STORY

(Art Of The Mind)

By

NOBODY

Savannah was unsure why it was there. Only Cameron would have taken it from her room.

She was worried it was there. She was afraid of what it meant.

Savannah decided to get dressed. She still needed to dry off. She went to where she left her fresh set of clothes, they weren't there.

Cameron's wedding dress was there instead….

Savannah went to call Cammy or Cam.

She saw John called while she was in the shower.

Something was wrong. Everything was 'off'. Now she was very worried.

She debated what to do next when her phone rang.

It appeared things just went from bad to worse.

She grabbed a pair of shorts and slipped them on. She grabbed a top as well. She ran from her room topless. She slipped a top on as she ran, her body was still wet.

Earlier:

Sarah and Kyle were having a 'discussion'. It seemed to be a reoccurring event. It was actually an argument.

Kyle called Riley to come and take Jan for a while. He knew Sarah and him were going to have a big argument again. They usually became quite ugly.

Riley came by and smiled at Jan, as she led her away. She turned and looked back at Kyle. She knew things weren't always 'rosy' in Paradise.

"When it happens to us, I expect you to do this for me.…" Riley said. "It happens."

Sarah came out of the bathroom. She saw Riley leave with Jan. Now she was even more upset. Other people didn't need to know when Kyle was a problem. She didn't need other people whispering behind her back. There was probably already enough of it anyway.

"Why did you involve them?" Sarah asked.

Kyle didn't like to fight with Sarah. Sometimes it just 'happened'. He hated to see couples fight in the future. There were already enough problems with Skynet, Grays, and Scavengers. People didn't need to fight over little things. Most of them were things which didn't really matter. All it did was terrify the younger children. It made it so no place seemed safe to them. Everything already seemed unsafe as it was. Their parents at odds with each other only made it worse.

"I know how these things go, Sarah." Kyle said. "We've done this enough times. Jan doesn't need to hear it. I don't want her to hear it. She doesn't need unnecessary things to worry about growing up."

Sarah didn't know why they needed to have the same discussion again. She made it clear a dozen times how things needed to be. She began to wonder if Kyle's memory was damaged by the toxins of the future. John and the future needed to be protected. Their personal comfort and well being didn't matter.

"We can't have a normal life." Sarah said. "We will endanger John if we try. You know it will."

Kyle didn't see why something which should be beautiful for his daughter was a problem for his son. He didn't like the life Jan was offered under the current conditions. It was really no life at all as far as doing anything went.

"I think we can." Kyle said. "I want a normal life for Jan. I want her to have a real life."

Sarah thought back on all those who died in her past while she survived. She was able to keep John alive, even if he wasn't always safe. No place was safe.

"I tried it with John. I wanted him to have a normal life so much." Sarah said. "THEY always found us. They will find us. They'll always find us."

Kyle looked around their room. What kind of a life was this for a growing girl? It was better than a bunker in the Wastelands, or a ruptured sewer line, but not really by much for what it could offer.

"There has to be a way around it." Kyle said. "I want more for Jan."

Sarah wanted better for Jan herself and all of them for that matter. It just wasn't possible. She'd tried. It never lasted. People always died.

"There isn't." Sarah said. "This is for our safety and John's safety. You KNOW this. If they get us, they get to him. It's just that simple."

There was a knock at the door.

Sarah opened it. It was Cameron. She was a little shocked to see Cameron's face damaged. She was upset at Kyle and it came out in her response.

"You look like Hell." Sarah said.

Kyle could see Cameron cringe a little. It seemed like the worst thing Sarah could say to Cameron based upon her current appearance.

"SARAH!" Kyle said.

Sarah realized her mistake immediately. She spoke out of anger at Kyle, not Cameron. She looked at Kyle and frowned and then back at Cameron.

"I'm sorry, Cameron." Sarah said. "I'm not having a good day. It's not your fault. It's someone else's fault."

Sarah glanced over at Kyle with a frown on her face again. It was his fault she said it.

Cameron touched her face and looked down.

"I was damaged in a firefight." Cameron said. "I'm sorry I look this way."

Cameron turned to leave.

Sarah reached out and stopped her. She felt sick to her stomach because she offended and insulted Cameron. She knew Cameron didn't come around when she was damaged anymore. There must be some other issue involved.

"Cameron, I'm sorry." Sarah said.

Cameron felt a sense of guilt and grief. They seemed to happen more often. The 'problem' with Kyle and Sarah was her fault. She hadn't destroyed Skynet yet.

"I passed by and I overheard your 'discussion'." Cameron said. "I'm trying my hardest to protect everyone. I'm failing. I don't want anyone to have problems because of my failures."

Sarah and Kyle exchanged a guilty look with each other. Whatever Cameron's problems were, they just added to them.

Kyle could see the anguish on Cameron's face. She looked like any human girl with a deep personal problem. She looked like Allison on a 'bad' day. He wanted to help her.

"Cameron, stop." Kyle said. "Everyone knows you're doing more than everyone else combined. We all want to help you and do more. I want to help you and do more."

Sarah flashed Kyle another dirty look. It wasn't what she wanted to hear.

Cameron felt it wasn't enough. There were some solutions she could offer the others. Maybe it was time to just do it and save them all before Judgment Day happened. It would be simpler than attempting to run temporal missions to 'fix' things.

"I want to send you into the past, fifty or a hundred years ago. You can have normal lives…." Cameron said. "I don't know how to protect you or anyone anymore. I want you to be safer than you are now."

Kyle and Sarah were both worried now. Cameron usually didn't show herself with her face shot up. It appeared her 'spirit' was shot up as well. Now she was there and they both saw her left hand started to glitch.

Sarah wanted John to come to Cameron.

"I'll call John." Sarah said.

Cameron's head hung down. It shot back up as soon as Sarah said it. She didn't want to speak to John again. Their last conversation was very irritating.

"NO." Cameron said.

Kyle picked up his phone. He was aware of what was happening and the transformation taking place. He made another call instead.

"Come to Sarah's room immediately." Kyle said. "Cameron needs you."

Cameron started talking about how she sent them all into the past before to protect them. She said she was going to do it again. She talked about all kinds of things she said she did before. They were things they never saw happen. Something was wrong….

It was clear Cameron was confused and must be damaged from being shot up.

A knock came at the door. Sarah opened it and was surprised at who was there. Somehow it was the right person.

"Hi, Sarah, excuse me." Savannah said.

Savannah walked in past Sarah. She knew she would need to be delicate how she dealt with Cameron to remain in control.

"Cameron, I need your help." Savannah said.

Cameron continued talking as she faced Kyle. She seemed unaware Savannah was there.

Savannah was a little more worried right now.

"Cameron, I need your help." Savannah said it again.

Cameron still seemed unaware of her. She continued to look at Kyle as she spoke.

Sarah wanted Savannah to know a little more.

"I think she's damaged." Sarah said as she indicated Cameron's face.

Savannah moved up and took Cameron's left hand. It stopped glitching.

Cameron slowly turned and faced Savannah. Her face was blank, her eyes didn't blink. She paused in mid-sentence and scooped Savannah up off her feet and into her arms.

It alarmed both Kyle and Sarah.

The act happened in an instant. If Cameron became aggressive she could hurt someone, or worse.

"It's OK." Savannah reassured them.

Cameron looked at Savannah's clothes. She frowned.

"You don't have your wedding dress on yet." Cameron said.

Savannah remembered it sat out for her to wear after her shower. Maybe she should've put it on. She didn't know things would turn out this way. She didn't want to create any problems for anyone. There were certain obstacles in her way which didn't seem to have any way to resolve them.

"You know I can't wear it for John." Savannah said.

Cameron tilted her head slightly. It sounded like a foreign concept to her.

"Wear it for John?" Cameron asked. "Why would you wear it for John? I want you to wear it for me."

The room fell silent.

Savannah was a little confused. Cameron always wanted her to wear it for John.

"You want me to wear it for you?" Savannah asked.

Cameron smiled and kissed Savannah's cheek.

"Yes." Cameron said. "Savannah, I want you to be my wife…."

Savannah looked at Kyle and Sarah. It was clear Cameron was about to malfunction. She wanted to get Cameron away from the others to protect them. She would take the risk herself.

"Can we go to my room and talk about it?" Savannah asked. "You can help me put the dress on. It needs some alteration. It's a little tight around the bust line."

Cameron looked at the tee shirt Savannah wore. Savannah just started to dry herself off when she received the call to come immediately. She threw on a top and shorts. She didn't even finish drying. The top was now wet in the front and clung to the shape of her breasts.

"Let me check the current size for the alteration." Cameron said.

Cameron looked over. She scanned one breast and then the other.

"Those are beautiful." Cameron said. "They are much larger now. I'll fix the dress and then we can go."

Savannah looked at Kyle and Sarah and then back at Cameron.

"Go where?" Savannah asked.

There was now a giant smile on Cameron's face.

"To get married, sweetie." Cameron said. "I love you, Savannah, and you love me."

Kyle, Sarah, and Savannah all looked at each other.

Cameron waited….

The smile started to fade from her face. Her eyes started to glow red.

Sarah could see Cameron was agitated. She might perceive Kyle and her as a threat.

"Say it." Sarah whispered.

Savannah moved Cameron's hair past her ear and kissed her cheek.

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

The smile returned to Cameron's face.

"Let's go fix the dress." Savannah said.

Cameron was beyond the dress at this point with what Savannah just said. She was ready for 'more'.

"You won't need the dress when we get there…." Cameron said, and carried Savannah away. "We can go straight to the honeymoon."

Savannah looked back over Cameron's shoulders at Kyle and Sarah as they headed down the hall.

"What just happened?" Kyle asked.

Sarah could only see this new turn of events as a threat to Savannah and possibly everyone else. She didn't want John to go near Cameron right now.

"It appears Cameron and Savannah just got married." Sarah said. "We need Terminators and we need them fast. Savannah may be in danger if Cameron starts to malfunction even worse."

Kyle could see this was more involved than he thought.

"The damage to Cameron's face must have messed her up." Kyle said. "She may be damaged elsewhere too."

Sarah didn't blame Cameron for any of this. It was all Skynet's fault.

"It wouldn't be the first time." Sarah said. "Cameron has taken a lot of damage and punishment herself for all of the rest of us."

Sarah knew anything could happen at this point.

Closing monologue by Cameron:

Say It

Life has many thresholds
Which one must cross
Some are without issues
Others will a soul emboss

Most of the barriers encountered
Are fabricated and put into place
By each person themselves indirectly
Many are impossible to change or erase

Everyone is always searching
For what specifically they don't know
They look in the wrong direction
They either go too fast or too slow

When one decides to take a stand
It is often already much too late
Perhaps that is the cruel reality
Everyone is subject to a dark fate

Many are reluctant to commit
They often feel to be a misfit
It is only themselves they outwit
All because they neglected to say it

Nobody