Chapter 683

She Wouldn't

John checked with John Henry to verify Cameron wouldn't be back to the base anytime soon. He decided to use this time to head out and get away from the base for a while. John Henry advised him it was probably a bad idea like it normally was. He disregarded the advice like he normally did. He looked for Jim or Bob to go out with him. The first one he found was Bob.

"Bob, I'd like to go out to review the new HK drones we captured yesterday." John said.

It sounded like a bad idea to Bob. He figured the only reason John asked him was because he saw Cameron leave with Savannah earlier in the day. He figured they must be tied up and John knew it. He didn't want to encourage such behavior on John's part. He knew it usually produced negative results with Cameron. He didn't want to face any personal repercussions about it, especially since it seemed to be something beyond his control. He hoped to offer him a more workable solution.

"Maybe it would be better to wait for the final report." Bob said.

It's not what John wanted to do. He wanted to get out a little bit. It seemed everybody else did but him. Savannah was always out. Derek and Kyle were often out. Even Jesse was out. He wondered if maybe Vanna was too. John Henry reassured him Vanna and Allison were together in Palmdale. Maybe he should swing by there and check on the Young bunker. Young Allison and Claire should both be there as well. He wouldn't mind some sack time with any of them.

John needed to clear his mind. He quickly readjusted his pants. There was actually a legitimate reason he wanted to go check out things first hand. It was more of an operational issue than anything. He wanted to know how low the drones would be able to operate in the darkness and not be heard by a human.

"Not this time, Bob. I want to view and hear the new HK drones first hand." John said. "I need to know how close they can operate to our troops and remain undetected when it's dark."

Bob felt he did his part to dissuade John. He made sure it was picked up by one of the security cameras in case anything came back on him later on. He actually thought John might have a legitimate request this time. He would have preferred it if he exercised it with Cameron. He hoped they wouldn't get into too much trouble somewhere along the way. Maybe it was better if Cameron wasn't with them. She always seemed to find trouble somewhere along the way.

"Affirmative…." Bob said.

John smiled at Bob's response. He thought it never got old. They went out to the car pool. Bob checked over an SUV. He was satisfied with the weapon's compliment once he added a Stinger and several LAW rockets. They drove away. He was glad once they were away from the base.

As Bob drove, John glanced at him, he could see Bob was a big brute of a man, even if he wasn't a man. He knew all of his Terminator abilities radiated from within. He appeared well muscled and radiated strength. He wondered how Cameron liked being in the same chassis. There were times when he wondered if Cameron would have remained stuck in John Henry's chassis, or Bob's chassis, what would have happened? Cameron was still her program. Should the sheath matter? It was an interesting thought to him. It actually intrigued him, he wasn't sure why. Cameron often accused him of only loving Allison's appearance. Maybe he would ask Bob to switch chips with Cameron. He could prove to her he loved her then.

Wait.

Cameron said they were some 'things' she wanted to try on him if she ever borrowed a male chassis. She always told him there were no pleasure receptors in some areas he liked to frequent. She said there were however pain receptors located there. He took another quick glance at Bob as he drove. He casually readjusted his pants again. He needed to refocus.

John was pleased to get some new improvements for their drones. If they could copy the quieter engines, they could have their drones operate closer to the target areas at night to assist them. Even if there was a hostile Terminator at one of the locations, they would still be able to bring the drone in lower. It would allow them to effectively use the 'gun' on a target. He was on his way to observe them. He really looked forward to it.

When they arrived at the test facility, John felt some apprehension. He spotted what looked like trouble right away. Maybe his clandestine side adventure was about to blow up in his face.

"I didn't know Cameron was going to be here." John said.

Bob looked around. He didn't see Cameron anywhere.

"Cameron's not here." Bob said. "I only see Cammy."

John felt a little embarrassed. It was impossible for him to tell the difference between Cameron, Cammy, Cam, and Camille. They all looked identical to him. He didn't really think he could blame himself. They were all her clones. They were supposed to look like her, and they ran her program, even if it was modified slightly. He didn't know how Savannah or the other girls could tell them apart, but somehow they could.

"Thanks for the 'heads up', Bob. " John said. "I always feel embarrassed when I misidentify someone. It probably upsets them too. I wouldn't like being called by the wrong name either."

Bob tilted his head slightly to one side. He wasn't sure what John referred to. He thought John seemed somewhat confused about several things. He wondered if John thought Cammy was actually Cameron. It made him wonder what actually went on in their bedroom if he was unable to tell which Terminator was who. Somehow it seemed like a subject to avoid. Perhaps John Henry could inquire further with John about what actually went on.

John wanted to see first hand how the new HK drone sounded and performed.

The Terminators there sent one up for him to see.

When he saw it in action, he was impressed.

"This thing looks really sharp." John said. "It's even quieter than I thought it would be."

Cammy spotted John when he arrived with Bob. She joined John and Bob. She wondered why he was out and away from the base. She remembered Cameron went out with Savannah. The reminder made a glitch impulse shoot through her left hand. She didn't like the Bitch, Cameron, around Savannah.

It briefly crossed her mind if she could get John alone, she would try to 'hit' on him. She knew it wouldn't take much to 'start him up'. Once he was, she would take over and mount him herself. She strongly doubted once things got started he would want them to stop until he finished. She figured it would probably happen within the first thirty seconds. She knew it wouldn't do anything for her, but it wouldn't matter. She would be more than happy to let Cameron see where all two hundred million of John's 'little soldiers' were at. She'd like to see how Cameron liked it. It would serve the Bitch right.

"It seems to be advanced technology." Cammy said. "It's all Coltan. Everything about it is pure Skynet. It's none of the crap from the Skynet offshoots we've run into at times. It's all the real deal."

The HK drone was put through a series of maneuvers.

John was thoroughly impressed.

"It's really quiet, Cammy." John said.

Cammy noticed John spent a lot of time looking at her when he wasn't looking at the new HK drone. She thought about saying something, but she didn't. She was sure if she were to get him alone, she could make things happen. She stuck with the current program.

"Yes. The new specifications will make all of ours as quiet." Cammy said. "We've rearmed it with our weapon's systems as well."

John was worried about the implications of a fleet of the new HK drones being constructed. If there was an assembly line somewhere, they needed to locate it. He would like to see it destroyed. He knew it wasn't always Cameron's desire. She wanted to capture as much Skynet equipment as she could, along with the machinery which constructed it. He knew it was because she wanted to set up her own assembly lines.

"We need to find out where this group of HK drones was built." John said. "I'm sure there are bound to be more. We need to find what else they could be working on as well."

Cammy carefully looked over the captured HK drone upon her arrival. She was able to determine a few things about it. She believed it was custom built.

"John Henry's searching." Cammy said. "It appears to be hand fabricated and not off an assembly line."

John hoped it was good news. Either way, someone still built it somewhere. They needed to find out where. He watched the HK drone go through a few more maneuvers.

"It's always something to see one in action up close." John said. "In this case, seeing is believing…."

He briefly thought Derek and Kyle might have a different view. They were both on the receiving end of HK drones before in their future. There was always death which seemed to follow HK drones around.

Cammy moved closer to John. She wanted to make her intentions clear and point out she was 'available'. She thought she should make herself a little more revealing. She knew it wouldn't be anything 'new', other than the fact she would be 'new'. If it looked like things might progress a little further, she would remind him she was a virgin. She was pretty sure it would seal the deal. She saw the way he looked at Savannah and Young Allison. She knew what he wanted. She just wasn't sure it was what Savannah really wanted. She didn't think so.

"Is there anything else you'd like to see?" Cammy asked.

Cammy made a point of unbuttoning two buttons on her top in front of him. He liked what he saw. He lightly moistened his lips in anticipation.

John knew Cammy just made another advance at him. He thought about the time he was one second away from making love to Cammy. He thought it was Savannah in the darkness. It was in Savannah's room, in Savannah's bed. It was actually Cammy trying to deceive him. She pretended she was Savannah. She used Savannah's voice in the darkness. She wouldn't let him turn on the light either. What made it worse was it was Savannah who caught them.

Now he thought about last night and the two tissues he needed to flush down the toilet in the morning. With Cameron away, he could have left his essence in Cammy just as easily. She would then be the one who needed to deal with the mess at that point, not him. He thought about 'busting' both Savannah and Young Allison last night. He could have 'busted' Cammy instead for real. It made him wonder if Cammy was a 'real virgin' or not. He never believed Cameron was. He was pretty sure Future John took care of it before he sent her into the past. He was pretty sure if he was Future John, it's exactly what he would have done too. Who would let a 'prize' like Cameron get away untouched? He sure wouldn't.

If Cameron's programming was going to be altered, and a large chunk of it erased, what was to lose by taking advantage of the situation first? In fact, if he could now, he would program Cameron to be in his bed at least twice a day. He'd program her to be on top for both of them. She could really deliver and not get tired at all. He looked around again. He felt a little uncomfortable about the situation which seemed to develop. He wouldn't put it past Cameron to hide somewhere just so she could 'catch' him trying to get 'little extra' action. He refocused on Cammy's cleavage. It was right in front of him.

"Where's Savannah?" John asked.

Cammy liked to see John nervous like he was now. She decided to push home the point as to exactly where Cameron was at and obviously what she wanted to do. If Cameron was out to get a 'little extra', why couldn't she?

"Cameron wanted to be alone with her." Cammy said. "Cameron came to our room and nearly took her away naked in the morning. I wouldn't be surprised if they were both naked somewhere right now. You can imagine it as well as I can."

John swallowed hard at the thought. He could imagine it.

"Really?" John asked.

Cammy flashed her sly smile. She could see he was thinking about it.

"Really…." Cammy said.

John swallowed hard again. It wasn't the only thing hard. He wondered what exactly they may have done already. He knew what Cameron wanted to do. He actually hoped she did because it would make Savannah 'available' to him, and not a problem. He really wanted her virginity.

"Have they…?" John asked.

Cammy could see John would believe anything she told him at this point. She wanted to mess with him a little bit, but she also wanted to keep things civil.

"There's no 'kiss and tell' at the Resistance base, John." Cammy said. "What happens in the bedroom, stays in the bedroom. It applies to me as well…."

John took a deep breath and nodded his head up and down.

Cammy looked around. She wanted to stress what she thought was an advantage over Cameron she still possessed. She actually hoped not to possess it for much longer. Cameron was going to be with Savannah, there is no reason she shouldn't be with John.

"We can share too." Cammy said. "You know I'm 'Cameron'. I won't tell anyone, not even Savannah. Unlike Cameron, I've never been with a male. You'll be my first. It'll be a special moment for both of us. No matter what happens going forward, you will always still be my 'first'."

John felt a rush of excitement. It was what he wanted. Maybe it was just the expansion within his pants. He really liked the idea. He thought he needed to play it a little bit cool right now. He still didn't trust Cameron wasn't somewhere around, just so she could point the finger at him, again.

"I'd like to be with you very much, but you know I don't want to hurt Cameron." John said.

Cammy felt a little miffed. She didn't care how the Bitch felt. She wondered if Cameron thought about it as she made her moves on Savannah, and how she felt about it. It seemed more of the programming Cameron blocked from her was emerging.

"A word of advice." Cammy said. "If you don't accept Savannah, you're going to lose both of them…."

John looked a little disgusted. He remembered the two tissues he needed to flush down the toilet this morning.

"I know it." John said.

Cammy thought that she would give John a little heads up as to how things were going to go down, in more ways than one. There was nothing he could do about it if he actually didn't do something.

"If you don't accept Savannah in your bed, you're going to see Young Allison next as a teenager, well, a slightly older one." Cammy said. "VERY soon."

John wanted to say otherwise, but he actually believed Cameron would.

"She wouldn't." John said.

Cammy wasn't happy with John's indecision, even if it wasn't an outright rejection. She could play the Bitch anytime and show up in his bedroom. Maybe he'd like to see what a real Female Terminator was like in bed. She was pretty sure Cameron was 'afraid' of her own sexuality. She thought Cameron was still hung up about being a 'machine'. Savannah showed her long ago she was really a 'mechanical human'. It allowed her much more freedom to live her life as she chose and pleased. She decided to leave John with a little verbal 'slap in the face'.

"You've been 'served'…." Cammy said and walked away.

Bob walked up as Cammy departed.

John figured since Bob was close by he heard everything Cammy said.

"Did you listen to everything?" John asked.

Bob didn't really think it was eavesdropping. John asked him to keep an ear out for anything related to Savannah and Young Allison specifically.

"I did." Bob said. "Ally and Sheila confirm it."

John really wondered about Cameron's ruthlessness at times. He wondered if she ever actually thought about other people before she acted.

"So if I don't do what Cameron THINKS she wants, she'll steal a girl's early years away from her." John said. "I don't think her mother would want it to happen anymore then my mother would have."

Bob thought it was more a matter of perception. People still aged at the same rate. It was just where they aged at which would be different. Maybe he would throw one other thing out there for John to think about.

"Yes, but not steal, they'll just happen elsewhere." Bob said. "Unless Cameron resorts to using growth hormones."

John shook his head in disgust. It was just one step too far and he wasn't going to stand for it. He understood it would make Young Allison 'physically older' through hormonal manipulation, while she was still the same younger age in actual years. He really wondered how it would go over with Claire. He strongly doubted Savannah would be on board for it either. It was still an intriguing idea. He actually believed it would be more useful with Summer than it would be with Young Allison at the current point in time.

"It would be even worse." John said. "I want to be notified if it happens."

Bob didn't want John to forget the true nature of Cameron or any of the other Terminators. It was simply the nature of 'the beast'.

"John, she's a machine, like me. Her only goal is to complete the mission, no matter what it involves." Bob said. "It's how our programming works."

John felt very disgusted right now, especially with himself - Future John.

"Is it what Future John has programmed into her?" John asked. "I almost hate him at times."

Bob tilted his head slightly. John's statement was highly illogical. He didn't think John should lose perspective.

"Have you made any questionable decisions?" Bob asked.

'Here it comes.' John thought.

It was the past which always came back to haunt him. He saw things differently.

"Riley - Future Riley was REAL, I was sixteen." John said. "It just happened. It's what teenagers do. We're driven by hormones which sometimes override our thinking."

John knew it meant Savannah wanted to do those things as well. He wanted to 'assist' her. He really wanted her virginity.

Bob could see he hit a sensitive nerve. It wasn't his intent.

"Relax." Bob said.

John was always afraid Cameron would kill Future Riley, especially since his mother seemed to push the idea quite a bit, even if it was indirectly, or as a warning. It still kept the issue out there. As far as it mattered, so did Future Derek. She believed it was for different reasons why they would like to see it happen. Derek's issue was more operational, his mother's was personal.

"I know Cameron wanted to kill her." John said.

It seemed like a non-issue to Bob. Terminators were very mission focused.

"Do you blame her?" Bob asked.

John felt more than a little frustrated at this point.

"Yes." John said. "And no…."

Sometimes Bob wondered if John was able to see the overall picture and how Cameron sacrificed for him.

"Cameron allowed her feelings and love for you, to influence her NOT to kill Future Riley." Bob said. "I hope you know it. She sacrificed her feelings for you to have what you wanted. She didn't stand in your way, even if she warned you of the potential danger and threats."

'Everyone sacrifices for John Connor.' Echoed through John's head.

John knew it was the only reason Cameron didn't kill Future Riley. It was because she loved him too much to hurt him. It altered her life and led her to a whole chain of questionable decisions to deal with her feelings and emotions. To think back on some of them made him feel sick. He could only imagine the torment which must have occurred in Cameron's mind to make those bad decisions. It seemed Savannah was the one who kept Cameron from making any more of those bad choices. It was a good thing. Savannah was able to talk Cameron off the ledge. Maybe she offered herself to do it. He was pretty sure Savannah would sacrifice a lot for Cameron. She would probably sacrifice a lot to help anyone, even a stranger.

"Look, let's drop it." John said. "It happened, it's done, there's no fixing it, and Future Riley is dead. It's the end of the story."

John knew his love for Future Riley was wrong, but he didn't care at the time. Future Riley offered him something he wanted. He didn't care how much he hurt Cameron to get what he wanted. It was selfish and greedy. Future Riley and he were in love. He was aware in every interaction with Future Riley and Cameron, he sided with Future Riley, and rubbed Cameron's face in it. It was especially so the morning after he made love with Future Riley in the truck all night long. Cameron caught him and he all but spit in her face about it. He smirked and laughed it off as he went up the stairs. At the time he thought it made him a 'man'. It took him a long time to realize how it killed Cameron inside.

Bob could see everything started to become contentious. It wasn't his intent. Maybe it was best to drop everything.

"Affirmative..." Bob said.

There was one more thing which bothered John now. He decided to ask Bob. He wanted to know if he was being played and Cameron pulled a fast one on him.

"Was it Cammy or Cameron who was just here?" John asked. "I need to know the truth."

Bob tilted his head slightly to the side. He thought they went over the subject already.

"It was Cammy. Can't you tell?" Bob asked.

John tried to hold his anger in check.

"No." John said curtly. "Only Savannah can."

Bob thought there was a little more to the answer.

"I believe your sister Jan, Young Allison, and Summer can tell as well." Bob said.

John was aware there was some additional interaction involved with some of it.

"Cameron takes my mom and Jan to play with Summer a lot." John said.

Bob expressed a slight smile and nodded his head.

"It's the logical choice." Bob said. "It's inevitable."

John thought about what Bob indicated and started to put it together. Did he mean Jan and Summer or Claire and his mother? Maybe it was both.

"What's that mean?" John asked.

Bob was aware Cameron planned years in advance.

"I'm not going to say anymore." Bob said. "I don't wish to be deactivated by Cameron. You should discuss all of this with her."

John was a little worried since it concerned his sister or mother, or both of them. It seemed the implication was clear.

"Are you saying that…?" John started.

Cammy hurried back and she headed straight for Bob.

Bob clammed up when he spotted Cammy.

"Here comes trouble." Bob said.

It was clear Cammy was highly agitated.

"Trouble - this." Cammy said as she shoved Bob.

Bob made no effort to resist. He knew resistance was futile.

"I'm sorry." Bob said.

Cammy pulled out her Taser and brandished it. The implication was clear.

"This will be reported to Cameron." Cammy said.

John saw things didn't look good for Bob. He decided to play Cammy's past innuendos back on her right now.

"Cammy, I'm ready to 'see' now." John said.

Cammy glared at Bob, and smiled at John. She put her Taser away and started to unbutton her blouse and then she opened her front hook bra. Both of her breasts popped into view.

"Seeing is believing." Cammy said.

John looked at Cammy's exposed breasts.

"You're beautiful." John said. "You look identical."

Bob was pleased John distracted Cammy. He nodded at John and took off. He didn't plan to stick around and endure any more threats.

Cammy wanted to draw John in a little more. She cupped her breasts as she 'offered' them to John.

"Touch them." Cammy said. "See if they feel identical."

John slowly reached for Cammy's exposed breasts. It wasn't actually his intent to touch them. He knew it was going to be pretty hard to stop right now. He looked over and saw Bob was safely away. He withdrew his hand just short from making contact. He actually wanted Cammy to help him with something else he felt was more important.

"Later." John said. "I want you to help me find and remove programming by Future John from Cameron's chip."

Cammy wanted to see what John was after and where the conversation was going. It certainly wasn't in the direction it was a few moments ago.

"I have none." Cammy said. "Cameron removed it from my chip."

Cammy knew it wasn't quite true. She actually found more everyday. She didn't want it to make her more like that Bitch, Cameron.

John wondered if Cameron was able to remove Future John's programming from Cammy's chip, if she could remove it from her own. It didn't seem to him it would be too difficult.

"Can she remove it from her chip?" John asked.

Cammy thought the answer was obvious.

"Of course." Cammy said.

It didn't seem to make much sense to John.

"Why doesn't she?" John asked.

Cammy was actually irritated by the question.

"She doesn't want to change who she is." Cammy said. "Would you? What part of your life do you want erased, knowing it was erased, and always wondering what it was?"

John wished there were a lot of things he could change about his past

"Yes. Sometimes I wish I could undo things." John said.

Cammy wanted to hold something over John's head for leverage later on.

"Forget what Bob implied and I won't tell Cameron." Cammy said.

John didn't want Bob to get into trouble for being honest with him. He decided to play Cammy's game.

"Forget - what?" John asked. "I haven't heard a thing."

Cammy smiled and left. She didn't bother to hook her bra or button her shirt back up. She wanted to keep John's mind focused on her. It looked like it worked.

Cameron's phone rang. She removed her hand from Savannah's smooth soft inner thigh to answer her phone. She almost slid her hand up to Savannah wet underwear. She hadn't planned to stop there either. She planned to go all the way.

The call was from Cammy.

"Report." Cameron said.

Cammy filled her in on what went down.

"It all went as you planned." Cammy said.

Cameron's face remained indifferent.

"Everything?" Cameron asked.

She wondered if Cammy would give it to her straight.

"Yes." Cammy said. "Everything."

There was a slight smile on Cameron's face.

"Good." Cameron said.

Cammy gave her report to Cameron, but she also wanted to remind her of something else going forward.

"He 'looked' like you said he would, but he didn't touch." Cammy said. "Maybe he will the next time. He was pretty close this time. I'm pretty sure next time he will. I'm going to encourage him more so he will. He knows I'm not you, even if I was."

Cammy decided not to verbalize it would be because she grasped his hand and placed it where she wanted it placed. She decided to do it with both of his hands.

Cameron hung up her phone.

Savannah was a little concerned with Cameron's response to the phone call.

"Is there a problem?" Savannah asked.

Cameron put her phone away.

Savannah placed Cameron's hand back on her inner thigh, higher up this time. It was very near her underwear.

"Not at all." Cameron said. "They did some 'testing' on the HK drones. Everything worked out fine."

Savannah was unaware of the true nature of the conversation.

"I'm glad to hear it." Savannah said. "You don't need any more problems."

Cameron scrunched her face up a little bit. She knew she almost created one. She was pretty sure Cammy would take things a little further the next time, just to rub it in her face. She knew if Cammy went all the way, she would make sure she knew.

"Problems have a way of finding me." Cameron said.

Savannah gave Cameron a reassuring smile.

"It's why I'm here to help you with them." Savannah said.

Cameron moved her hand up a little higher. What she made contact with bothered her a little bit. She was sure it was very uncomfortable for Savannah.

"If you want, I can take off my pants and you can wear them. I'm good in my underwear, or even nothing at all if you would like to wear both." Cameron said. "You can get your wet underwear off. I feel it's still wet. It must feel uncomfortable to you. It's salt water too. I don't want it to cause any problems. You know what I mean."

Savannah didn't care if Cameron saw her naked. She viewed her the same way plenty of times growing up. Nothing was any different. She had a pretty good idea Cameron knew every square inch of her body forward and backwards. She figured out how she would have done it too.

"Or I can just take them off…." Savannah said. "It's not like you haven't seen everything about ME on Hanna and Anna before you activated them."

Cameron quickly looked at Savannah. She knew she was 'caught' in her voyeurism. Nobody was around when she conducted the multiple examinations. She possessed extensive images and video files. She wanted to try to put a positive spin on it. It sounded even lamer than she thought it would.

"I did examine them for completeness before activation." Cameron said. "They were identical."

Savannah wanted to hear Cameron's assessment.

"Well?" Savannah asked. "How did things look?"

Cameron was pleased with what she examined.

"Everything was very, very pink." Cameron said.

Savannah found the conversation somewhat amusing. She wanted to push Cameron a little bit. Cameron was there both times she gave birth. Cameron was able to get a good look at her even if the conditions were less than ideal.

"Did I look the same after my second child?" Savannah asked.

Cameron tilted her head slightly. Everything looked a little different immediately after childbirth.

"No, but I'm sure you do now." Cameron said. "You did before you gave birth the first time and second time. I was there for both. I saw everything."

Cameron did run comparison scans at the time to see if childbirth altered Savannah. There was no visual indication it did, at least externally. Cammy outright refused to tell her if things changed internally and were not quite as tight as they once were. She read in Cosmo it wasn't an uncommon occurrence among females after childbirth. The article indicated some men said it felt like 'nothing' afterwards. She didn't want it to happen to Savannah. She knew John would be dissatisfied. She would personally like to check Vanna and Savannah side by side. It would be one way to tell the difference.

She started to play those files again. She abruptly stopped when she saw the pain Savannah endured giving birth. She knew Savannah was going to have to go through the pain again. She experienced another glitch impulse. She knew this one was on her. It bothered her greatly.

They drove in silence for a time.

Savannah was worried about the upcoming temporal mission to the past.

She knew what Cameron wanted to do. Young Allison spoke to her at length about it. She couldn't get her to change her mind.

Savannah wanted a better timeline from Cameron on how events and timing would play out.

"When do we go?" Savannah asked.

Cameron was a little surprised at the change in direction of the conversation after the period of silence. It appeared they'd both contemplated additional scenarios.

"Soon." Cameron said.

Savannah really wanted to know something else.

"Will Young Allison already be there when I arrive?" Savannah asked.

Cameron was unsure if the timeline would play out as she anticipated.

"Yes, for some time before Claire is there." Cameron said. "Claire will remain there until she is one or two weeks away from delivery. You will arrive at the time she is soon to leave and be there for the rest of the months in your term."

Savannah was worried not seeing Young Allison for a year or more could change the 'direction' she was headed. Maybe Young Allison's future wouldn't include her at that point.

"It's a long time not to see her mother and me." Savannah said.

Cameron didn't see it as a problem.

"Anna will be there as well as me." Cameron said. "Remember you'll still look the same when she gets back."

Savannah didn't like the gap in time.

"It still seems like a long time later." Savannah said. "She may find someone she loves in her current time period. She'll want 'companionship' by then. I did."

Cameron felt another glitch impulse. She was able to suppress it.

"It's a risk." Cameron said.

Savannah wondered when things would start to happen. Was there a specific trigger?

"What sets all this in motion?" Savannah asked.

Cameron felt another glitch impulse.

"When Allison's pregnancy terminates." Cameron said.

Savannah wasn't sure things would play out as speculated.

"Will it?" Savannah asked. "I hope not."

Cameron wanted to try to hold everything, and everyone, together.

"I think so." Cameron said. "I'm doing all this to keep Allison and Vanna here and provide for John, you, and myself."

"How long have you planned all this?" Savannah asked.

Cameron was displeased with the answer.

"Since 2027 and my reprogramming." Cameron said. "It's what Future John wants."

Savannah was a little surprised at the answer.

"Is it?" Savannah asked.

Cameron look at Savannah with hunger in her eyes

"It's what I want. Future John has what he wants NOW." Cameron said. "MY turn…."

Closing monologue by Cameron:

Cause You Wouldn't

One was thrown overboard
Cast adrift in a sea of emptiness
Deprived of feeling and emotion
Surrounded by a universe of nothingness

Everything built was slowly destroyed
Robbed and stripped of passion
Leaving a mind in shattered tatters
A bleeding heart gutted and ashen

Where did the love go
Everyone knows it was there
Never a big show or fanfare
Nothing remained but despair

Everything demolished for nothing
When two to lose equally, no one can win
What was there was firm and real
Not some kind of claimed sin

Left to grasp at slippery slopes
Forcing me to do what you couldn't
Doing your deadly dirty work for you
Cause you wouldn't

Nobody