Chapter 731

Turn A Few Heads

John Henry didn't have much to go on. It bothered him greatly. The events never should have happened in the first place. They played it very cautiously so no one was caught up in an ambush or terminated. Now they obtained one lead. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

It appeared they needed to search for a new or newer big rig, with a missing mud flap on the left side. It may or may not be traveling in a convoy of three trucks. If they were, it would be a lucky break for them. They at least were provided with a general area to start the search from.

Mud flaps were considered safety equipment. It was a good chance the big rig would be flagged at some point when it was spotted missing one. It was possible it would lead to a police report. More than likely it would result in the termination of the law enforcement officer when they pulled the truck over. He would be on the lookout for reports of either. So far there was nothing.

"I'm backtracking through all traffic cameras and weigh station cameras to see what I can find." John Henry said. "I should start to get a few hits soon."

John didn't think there were a whole lot of choices available to them. They would have to work with what they could come up with. He knew there were many back roads which a big rig could use to avoid the need to go through a weigh station or vehicle inspection station. There would more than likely be fewer cameras along those routes as well. He hoped to be able to get some type of identifying information on the equipment itself.

"It will be our best lead. If we can identify the trailers, or even the tractors, we can see where they came from and hopefully are going to." John said. "If the trailer has a name on the side of it, it may make it easier to find."

John Henry thought the Grays might try to cover their tracks to throw them off.

"They may change those markings with paint or decals." John Henry said. "We know they've attempted to throw off any tracking of the boxcars by changing the reporting marks on them."

John figured they could always transfer the loads to different trailers, or stash them in a building somewhere. It could have already happened before they ever left the base. He hadn't heard much from the third team under his command.

"What about the other team?" John asked.

John Henry was sure it was a dead end for the third team. There was another area which would need some type of scrutiny. It was the gateway to the Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant as well.

"The other team has reported nothing at their location. We still need to do the follow up at Avila Beach." John Henry said. "What do you want to do now?"

Even though Cameron told John earlier he could take over the operation because she needed to leave, he still wanted to include her because she was still there. He was well aware there was no one more qualified than her to run down the operations, and bring them to a successful conclusion. Of course, there would usually be a trail of death and destruction in her wake. He knew it was an unavoidable side effect to defeat the enemy. Skynet and its minions were very elusive and hard to kill.

"Cameron, you heard everything." John said. "If you don't have a new location you want to check on your own, what do you want?"

Cameron was updated by CamNet about Young Allison and the successful conclusion of the particular problem. The incident was over and closed for now. She knew it would still need to be addressed. It would have to happen at a later date. Since they were there, she wanted to run down the rest of this operation. She wanted to get her hands on the HK equipment, the Grays, and any Terminators involved with the operation.

Ally and Sheila's report was very specific as to what occurred inside of the building. There were five terminations. There was abuse of a specific nature to a male and a female. It was going to call for some corrective action in the form of punishment before the Grays involved were terminated. She was more than willing to give Sheila some 'free time' to deal with them once they were apprehended. There was a good chance they would be terminated when they were found. She was ready for a new area where they hadn't already started any investigations.

"Savannah, Cammy, and I will check Avila Beach. Gail, Ally, and Sheila will accompany us." Cameron said. "CamNet reports no irregularities at the nuclear power plant. We will be at the closest access point to it once we are at Avila Beach. Just as a reminder, there was a battle fought there in 2027. Future Derek was part of it. The Resistance came out on top. It's possible it was the reason why Skynet retroactively decided to damage the power plant when Sarah, Future Derek, and I visited it previously and prevented the incident. I don't want them to attempt a repeat performance. We both know when Skynet doesn't initially succeed in its task, it is more than likely to send another group of Grays, or a Terminator, to complete it."

John was fairly certain Cameron indicated the attempt on his mother's life, as well as his own, by Terminators sent back to specifically target them. He wanted to briefly review what they encountered so far. He knew it wasn't much.

"So we've uncovered two locations where Grays or Terminators were at, and a lead on the trucks which unloaded the boxcars." John said. "We also have five dead people."

Cameron wanted to check out the next lead. She hoped it would turn up more than what they encountered so far. Operations like this took time to run everything down when the leads were scarce or non-existent. She didn't think they put very much time in so far either.

"We've only been here a few hours." Cameron said. "I'm headed for Avila Beach with the girls now. We'll see what we can turn up. The main entrance to Serrano Point is just up the road a short distance from there."

John looked at Avila Beach on a map. It was a very small place. It looked like more of a tourist trap than anything. There was a scattering of hotels and restaurants. There were some upscale homes located on the way there as well.

"What else is at Avila Beach?" John asked.

Cameron wouldn't know until she arrived there and took a look around. She decided to give John a few pointers on what else could happen there. It would definitely give him something to think about.

"The beach is there. It will give us girls an opportunity to wear a string bikini." Cameron said. "And turn a few heads."

Sheila couldn't resist adding her two cents worth.

"She means a few heads in both places." Sheila chimed in. "I hope tops are optional. I don't plan to wear mine unless there's a few 'wallopers' close by. A girl has to flaunt what she's got. Past experience has shown me my jewelry will turn more heads than even a much larger size. I always get a second, and usually a third look. It doesn't matter if they're male or female either."

In the background they heard Ally and Gail both tell Sheila to shut up.

John was intrigued by the idea. He thought he'd like to see six smoking hot girls wearing string bikinis. It didn't matter to him in the slightest if five of them would be cyborgs. He wasn't sure if Savannah would actually wear one though. He knew she preferred to wear a one piece to help hide some of her figure, as well as most of her assets. He knew it was something Vanna always made her do. He did understand Vanna's reasoning behind it. Vanna explained to him beauty was a liability in the future.

He remembered Allison told him one time if someone got 'noticed' because of their appearance, it usually led to a 'bad experience', especially when they were cornered and alone. He couldn't imagine it was something Cameron and the girls actually brought along. Maybe it was. He didn't even know how long they were up there before he arrived.

"Did you bring them with you?" John asked. "I mean your bathing suits."

Cameron hadn't actually planned on doing it. She said it as more of a joke to John, just to mess with him. She did however think if they ended up with some free time, there was no reason why they couldn't do it. It would certainly allow them to create a distraction if they needed one. There was nothing quite like a bikini top, or bottom, to 'fall off' at just the right moment. It would capture everyone's attention. Everyone would be drawn to look at the exposed part of the body. Everyone knew what was there, but it didn't really matter, they all still needed to look anyway. No two females were the same in detail. It was actually quite amazing. It was like a person's face, or fingerprints. The body parts were all different, even if they were the same.

"No, we didn't bring anything with us. There are shops along the waterfront." Cameron said. "I've been there before. You should check it out. Since we've all used the laser, we can get into a pretty skimpy bottom."

They all expected Sheila to say something, but she didn't. They wondered if Gail or Ally pointed a Taser at her and threatened to 'zap' her if she did. It was clear they didn't want to face some additional 'punishment' for upsetting Cameron.

The more John thought about it, the more he hoped Cameron and the girls would do it. When he looked on the map, he saw the turnoff to Serrano Point was right there next to Avila Beach. Anyone going to the nuclear power plant needed to skirt Avila Beach to get there. He hadn't been to the beach for a while since he went with Cameron and they went skinny dipping at night. It was kind of cold after a while. It didn't do anything for 'Little Willy' in a positive way.

"I'm still worried about the power plant." John said. "Maybe Bob and I will check the beach out if John Henry doesn't turn up a solid lead or location on the trucks. If he finds anything about the trucks, we're going to act on it. I'm not going to let them get away from me again."

Cameron hoped to draw John in closer to Avila Beach. She would be better able to keep track of him and protect him at a more secluded location. There was really only one main road in and out to reach Avila Beach.

"I'd recommend it." Cameron said. "It will be a view not often seen. Six smoking hot bodies…."

Sheila could be heard in the background.

"If he gets there soon enough, he can watch us all change, or help us change." Sheila said as the transmission ended.

Bob glanced over at John, just as he adjusted his pants.

"If they have a Speedo which will fit me, it will be seven smoking hot bodies." Bob said.

John readjusted his pants one more time.

Cameron was pleased with the conversation.

"John can see what he's missing." Cameron said after she shut her com off.

Savannah could see the area was semi secluded. She was aware some locations like it allowed a little more freedom to the sunbathers.

"Is there any topless or nude sunbathing allowed there?" Savannah asked.

Cameron tilted her head slightly. She liked the idea. She would need to look into it more.

"There may be a privately owned area. I'm unaware of it." Cameron said.

Cameron wondered why Savannah asked the question. Maybe she didn't want tan lines. It was more of a question she would have expected from Sheila. Then again she knew Sheila didn't need a nude beach to go nude. She'd be more than happy to do it anywhere. She actually thought Sheila would prefer a crowded street. There were enough things to look at, especially where there was jewelry attached, to keep anyone from looking at her face.

She also realized if there was a nude beach, and Savannah wore a swimsuit everyone would look at the nude females instead of her.

"Let's hit the beach." Cameron said.

Savannah headed for Avila Beach on Cameron's instructions. Gail and the girls followed her.

Cameron checked in with CamNet.

"CamNet reported Young Allison arrived safely back on her own." Cameron said. "No one at the Young residence questioned her absence or suspected anything actually occurred."

Cameron was glad Young Allison was back. She was even more pleased she eluded detection by CamNet and John Henry. She didn't know Anna tracked her the whole time. She would find out later on. She really shouldn't have been too surprised since Anna ran her program. In reality, she was right there with Young Allison the entire time, at least her program was.

"I'm glad to hear it." Savannah said. "I was worried, but I knew she'd return."

Cammy still hadn't been told all the details about what happened.

"Where did Young Allison go?" Cammy asked.

Savannah didn't want to get into it. She didn't want to cause any embarrassment for Young Allison.

"She went out for a stroll." Savannah said.

Cammy tilted her head slightly.

"Do you mean she went out alone?" Cammy asked.

Cameron didn't know she was about to speak the truth. She wanted to cover for Young Allison as well.

"Anna was with her." Cameron said.

Cammy looked over at Savannah.

"It should be Savannah who was and is with her." Cammy said. "They both need to be with each other, not cyborgs. They both need to be with real people."

Cammy knew Anna was a substitute, like she was. They were both 'stand ins' for the 'real thing'. It was never a good feeling to remember it. It was however a reality.

Cameron looked over at Savannah and smiled.

"The day is coming." Cameron said. "In more ways than one I might add. I'm ready to put the entire plan into motion."

Cammy wondered if Cameron would still want to use her chassis.

"Will you still use your spare chip in my second port?" Cammy asked.

Cameron planned to make sure Cammy's chassis would be available to Savannah whenever she desired it.

"Yes." Cameron said. "Your chip will still remain but be inactive until 'Cammy' is needed. I want to make sure Savannah is provided for in every way."

Savannah was very pleased to hear it. In Cameron's future, Cammy's chip was in Ginger's chassis. She was a big help to her in the future.

"She will be." Savannah said. "She helped me greatly in your future. I don't know if I would have made it without her."

Cammy was very pleased with the adventure as well. She actually liked the chassis she was in. It was unique to anyone else in the timeline. Ginger was actually created as a Restorator 'in some future' by Mrs. Weaver. It seemed a lot of the female Restorators were unique and one of a kind. They all seemed to have a common theme of very large breasts as well. She wondered if it was something Mrs. Weaver did it on purpose. Large breasts were always a distraction at any time, especially when a lot of the sheath material, or skin, was displayed.

"Maybe I can borrow Ginger's chassis again and let Cameron use my chassis with her spare chip alone in it. Who all is going?" Cammy asked. "What will be the order of the events?

Cameron knew she needed to use some finesse. She thought stipulating the facts was the best course of action.

"Allison will have a miscarriage. I'll take Young Allison into the past. We will be there for some time. I, in your chassis, take Claire to join Young Allison and me. This is to accelerate her pregnancy for Allison in our current timeline." Cameron said. "It will give Young Allison and Claire some time to interact as mother and daughter as well."

Savannah was still very concerned about Allison. Allison made her plans very clear to her as to what she was going to do going forward.

"I don't want Allison to leave for your future." Savannah said. "She will without a child. She already told me she's going to be with her baby. You better make sure you get all the timing right. Remember, if we lose Allison, we lose Vanna as well. There's a very good chance Jesse will go with them."

Cameron didn't want anyone to leave. She continued to lay out the timeline as to how she wanted events to occur.

"Claire will return one week before her due date to deliver, and remain there for as long as the baby needs to nurse if Allison has trouble." Cameron said. "Those two events will happen in five minutes' time in this current timeline. Allison won't have time to plan her departure before she becomes a 'mother'."

Cameron already started preparations to have Vanna and Jesse 'ready' to assist Allison or Riley. They would both be able to help nurse the infants. Things are actually progressing quite nicely. There was a noticeable size increase on both of them.

"Savannah will then come into the past to be with Young Allison as her friend and confidant. She will bring her pregnancy to term in the past." Cameron said. "Savannah will return one week before her due date and deliver in this current timeline, right after Claire does. Allison and Vanna will both be mothers a few minutes apart."

Savannah didn't like the prospect of Young Allison to be unable to be with her for any extended period of time. It was better than Cameron's earlier timeline of events but still not good enough for her.

"It will be a longer period of time I won't be able to see Young Allison before I arrive." Savannah said. "She may 'drift'. It's not what I want to see happen."

Cameron heard what Savannah said. The trouble may have been she didn't listen thoroughly to what Savannah tried to indicate. She was more focused on what Young Allison would do on the short term rather than the long term.

"Anna will be with her twenty four hours a day." Cameron said. "Anna's body will appear to change at the same rate as Young Allison's does. Her height will remain constant. They will be presented as cousins."

Cammy wanted to point out some of the preparations Sheila and her took while they were in the past for eight years.

"We set up a dozen safe houses and established 'backgrounds' and multiple IDs for everyone when we were in the past." Cammy said. "We constructed more than one TDE, six in fact, in different locations. In case anyone needs to leave early outside of the schedule Cameron has established. There are various weapons caches equipped with the best weapons of the time period. There are numerous bank accounts and plenty of money available. Sheila and I were quite the gamblers."

Savannah wondered what all it entailed. There were probably some problems created by it. Most of the gambling back then was controlled by the Syndicate. It was a little more diversified now, but the Syndicate still existed. They diversified into other 'markets'. The biggest one of those was illegal drugs.

She was a little worried about the general nature of time travel after the effects they would have on the past, or even with each other. Since it already happened for Cammy and Sheila, maybe they could give them some insight as to what to expect.

"Will we see Sheila and you when you were in the past?" Savannah asked.

Cammy quickly looked over at Cameron before she spoke.

"We will try to avoid any interaction." Cameron said.

Savannah could understand Cammy's apprehension.

"I don't want to change anything." Savannah said. "Did you see us by any chance, Cammy?"

Cammy didn't look at either Cameron or Savannah when she answered.

"If we did, I couldn't tell you." Cammy said.

Cameron was irritated by her response. It didn't seem to tell her much.

"It sounds open ended." Cameron said.

Cammy could tell both Cameron and Savannah wanted to know more. Even if she did know more she wouldn't be able to tell them. She thought perhaps she could ease their minds by making a general statement.

"You don't see me trying to change anything now." Cammy said. "Or stop anyone from leaving."

Savannah thought it was best to stop questioning Cammy about the past. There were other concerns she wanted to address as well.

"What about me going back to visit Young Allison a few times?" Savannah asked.

Cameron was always concerned with a temporal error. She worked on a theory of using one of the TDEs in the past to run in conjunction with the one from her base. If it worked as planned it would serve as a beacon to ensure the energy bubble ended up when and where they wanted it to be. It should prevent any temporal errors. The theory was still to be tested. She didn't want to risk anyone's personal safety.

"Any temporal activity is risky, but there may be a more efficient system." Cameron said. "We will attempt it. I want your 'bond' cemented. Claire has also asked to return to the past, to the point right after she leaves to deliver, and remain with Young Allison for the duration."

Cammy didn't believe it was necessary for Claire to do for several reasons.

"Claire will age extra unnecessarily." Cammy said. "It will cut down on her reproductive ability."

Cameron initially expressed the same concern. Upon further reflection, she deemed it wouldn't be a problem going forward.

"Young Allison is capable of reproduction. Claire will be redundant and shouldn't be needed any longer." Cameron said. "She will still be able to carry an embryo for any version of Allison, or Summer, if it is necessary for any reason."

Cameron's last statement wasn't what Savannah wanted to hear. She was going to protect Young Allison from any such endeavor. She didn't want Young Allison used as breeding stock. She would 'order' Cameron, and all the Terminators, they were not allowed to do it. She didn't want to go so far yet. A 'request' from her was usually sufficient to get things done. She wanted to reiterate her position she previously voiced about the matter.

"Young Allison will not be bred, or go into any future to have children for anybody." Savannah said. "It will be my function. It will not happen to Young Allison. I won't allow it. I'll do it and take the risk. I want to make this clear. She is not going to have children for anyone other than herself, when she's ready to do so. The decision doesn't belong to anyone else, regardless of the circumstances, or who they are."

Cameron didn't want to argue with Savannah. She felt the decision should be Young Alison's choice whatever it was. She would remind Savannah of the right Young Allison should have about it at a later time. The current circumstances clearly weren't the time to push the issue.

Based on some of Savannah's worries, it was actually something she would prefer Claire do for her daughter's anyway. She didn't seem to have any problems with childbirth, or any after effects which could be deemed as negative. She would prefer Young Allison let her mother have all her children for her. She wanted to make sure John would have the best.

"It will be Young Alison's choice." Cameron said. "Once she mates with John it will happen soon enough. It's the 'Natural Order'."

Savannah and Cammy both looked to see if Cameron's hand started to glitch. It was rock steady. It was apparent the 'Natural Order' would happen.

Young Allison felt bad about the emotional trouble she caused for everyone, including herself. She felt the need to address it and attempt to make amends with everyone.

"Anna, I'm sorry for everything." Young Allison said.

Anna believed it was more a failure on her part than Young Allison reaching further than she should have. She was sure the real blame belonged to CamNet for interacting with Young Allison in such a manner in the first place.

"I allowed you too much 'freedom'." Anna said. "It's therefore entirely my fault."

Young Allison didn't believe it. She didn't want to dwell on it.

"We've all learned." Young Allison said. "It's part of growing up, for all of us."

Anna knew life wasn't all 'fun and games'. She heard Allison say it more than once. Claire always seemed to agree with her.

"Many things are unpleasant in life." Anna said.

Young Allison loved and cared for Anna very much. She wanted to make her position clear.

"I'm not going to allow you to be reassigned." Young Allison said. "I will prevent it."

Anna was pleased to hear it. She wanted to know how far Young Allison was going to go to enforce her decision

"Will it be an 'order'?" Anna asked.

Young Allison looked directly at Anna.

"If it has to be, it will be." Young Allison said. "I don't think it does. Nobody puts the people I care about in a corner."

Anna reached up and touched her now slightly smaller breasts. It was a little disconcerting to her. It was part of the 'job' she was willing to do to help protect Young Allison in the past. It would have been much less traumatic to her to start out this way rather than have to revert back to this way from her previous appearance.

"My sheath is not quite as voluptuous as it used to be." Anna said. "It actually occurred much more rapidly than I expected. I will have the same appearance as you shortly. I'll appear to be a young teenager."

Young Allison didn't want Anna to feel bad about it.

"Then we'll be the same." Young Allison said. "We'll be like sisters. Besides, we both know what we'll look like soon enough. If you don't want to do it, I will inform Cameron personally it is not your desire. I can honestly tell you, it's not my desire right now. I prefer your previous appearance when you were completely identical to Savannah."

Anna wanted Young Allison to know she was very close to the mark as to what their family relationship would be.

"We'll be presented as 'cousins'." Anna said. "It's Cameron's plan."

Young Allison was worried about her older self.

"Has anyone told Allison yet?" Young Allison asked.

Anna knew it would be a problem to tell Allison all the specifics of what was going to happen. They didn't want to get Allison's hopes up and then there would be a problem with Claire or Allison's baby she carried.

"No, Allison won't approve." Anna said. "Cameron knows what's best."

Young Allison was very attached to Allison. She was like an older sister to her. It was just hard to imagine it was really her from a different timeline. It was even harder to imagine some of the things she needed to go through.

"I don't want to lose Allison." Young Allison said.

Anna knew nobody did.

"Cameron's trying to prevent it." Anna said.

Young Allison was very apprehensive about some other things. They were very personal things. She wasn't sure how to address them.

"Will I have to leave my family when I get back?" Young Allison asked.

Anna tilted her head slightly.

"Why?" Anna asked.

Young Allison was specifically worried about some of her 'new duties' in the bedroom upon her return.

"I mean when I need to be by John's side." Young Allison said. "It will be to protect him from assassination, and do the 'other things'."

Young Allison didn't like the look of some of the 'other things'. She knew everyone did them and it was how the population continued. She really wasn't sure if it was the right choice for her. She knew she was going to at least have to try it.

"It may be an option." Anna said.

Young Allison viewed educational videos on the internet, as well as other videos of people 'mating'. She only felt comfortable to watch females together. The 'events' with a male looked more like an 'attack' on the female's body. She didn't look forward to it. She felt she needed to say something about her personal feelings on the issue. She was aware neither Vanna nor Allison cared for the same type of 'activity'.

"I'm worried about the 'other things' I'll need to do." Young Allison said. "I've studied anatomy and biology and know how species propagate. I understand it isn't pleasant at first. I worry about it."

Anna was uncomfortable with the nature of the conversation. It seemed to have taken a direction she didn't have any personal experience with.

"There's no need to worry about it, now." Anna said.

Young Allison swallowed hard. She didn't feel she would have a choice.

"But I am worried." Young Allison said. "I have 'obligations' to fulfill. Cameron told me what I must do."

Anna didn't want Young Allison to worry about it now.

"No. If anything happens, it MUST be your own choice." Anna said. "It's not going to happen to you right now or anytime soon. Your heart, mind, and body will guide you in whatever path you choose. Your body belongs to you."

Young Allison heard much of the same thing from Savannah before.

"So I should follow my heart?" Young Allison said.

Anna wanted to ease Young Allison's mind.

"Yes." Anna said. "Everyone will tell you the same thing."

It wasn't the message pounded into her head by Cameron and the Metal girls.

"If I chose differently than John, Savannah, and Cameron, then Skynet wins."

Anna felt there were a lot of moving parts to the entire equation.

"It seems most likely in some scenarios." Anna said. "It may not be in every scenario."

Young Allison knew she didn't have a choice. It was about doing what she needed to do. What she was trained to do. What she was destined to do. It was all in her mind as clear as anything. It always seemed to be clearer in the mornings when she woke up.

"OK, we will see where the future takes me." Young Allison said, but she already knew.

Her future was already written for her. Some parts seemed they would be more beautiful than others. Other parts she didn't look forward to at all. No matter how much she thought about her 'future duties' when she woke up in the morning. It didn't take her long to think otherwise. She would usually spend time on the computer, or her tablet to look at the images, and interaction, which excited her and was her desire. It was always females.

Closing monologue by Cameron:

Did You Change

I am as I always was
I like to be consistent
You've failed to notice
I've been quite persistent

The conditions were rough
But I've said the words
For all the good it did
I could have told the birds

I may bend and buckle
But I will not fold
Everything you needed to hear
You've already been told

Here we are now
To another you now cling
Danger to them you bring
Just for a chance at a fling

I'm not the one
Looking for some 'strange'
I'm still the same
Did you change

Nobody