Chapter 790

Where's The Beef

The Command Center watched the drone footage as the two vehicles departed from the area of the destroyed building. It appeared to be the end of the current activity at the location. There was no need to wait around for additional Skynet forces to arrive. They left some surveillance devices behind at several of the locations they visited. They would see what turned up later on, if anything.

John was worried about both Savannah and Allison. He was actually more worried about Allison since she normally wasn't out on this type of operation anymore. He wanted to get her safely returned back to Palmdale. He still wasn't sure why Cameron and Savannah allowed her to go. Originally she was on the helicopter which was to pick up a downed HK drone from the granite quarry. Cameron expanded the mission. Somewhere during the process there was a problem. There was no need to rehash whatever the change in events occurred. It was just a change of events which needed to be dealt with.

"I think this operation is wrapped up." John said. "Everyone can return home. There's no need to delay anything any longer."

John Henry was more pleased with what they actually were able to recover. He was worried for quite a while they lost the contents of the two boxcars. It took them longer than he thought to track down the three trucks, but eventually they did. He was worried at some point it was going to come back on him for being unable to find HK equipment. It was from under his nose the HK drones were removed from the boxcars. Skynet pulled one over on him, in plain sight.

He continued to track the empty boxcars because he didn't know they were empty. Somehow he lost track of the boxcars themselves because the tracking devices were removed and placed in a different area. When he did track the boxcars down, they were empty. He knew the initial decision not to take the equipment at the time it was discovered was John's idea. John hoped to catch a bigger fish. It was a reasonable assumption to make. He was the one who got duped regardless of John's initial decision. He felt they should take the 'win' and move on. Things could have played out differently.

"We recovered the contents of the two boxcars. I think it's what was important here." John Henry said. "It was a very successful mission. It may have taken a little longer than we anticipated, but it has been completed. We have suffered no losses in the process. Any damage was minimal."

John wasn't so sure about the damage being minimal. He thought things were a little too close for comfort at the Skynet bunker near the Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant. They almost lost an entire team. Savannah was instrumental in saving the team, as well as Cameron and Cammy earlier in the initial encounter. She was almost killed both times. He knew even if it wasn't visible, and she didn't say anything about it, it still needed to weigh heavily on her. It would weigh heavily on him. He experienced more than a few close ones in his life with Skynet Terminators. There was even a close one with a non Skynet Terminator, who thought she still was for a short time.

He felt they were lucky on the operation. He knew they also 'pushed it' on some of the interrogations in a manner he didn't normally approve of. The underlying issue which bothered him the most, was how many boxcars were still out there? They had no idea how many there were, or where to look to find them. It was very troublesome Skynet was able to get so much constructed under their noses without them having a clue it was going on. They blindly stumbled upon the old newspaper plant and what was going on in there. It also troubled him greatly how Skynet was still able to get their hands on Coltan in the current time period. Cameron and CamNet controlled all the known reserves.

John frowned. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"How many more boxcars are out there still?" John asked. "I think there's a lot more to this operation than we know."

John Henry attempted to calculate how many boxcars there could be. There were too many variables. Since the Skynet forces knew they were on to them, there were probably boxcars being unloaded at remote locations, or the equipment was transferred to big rigs. It was probably happening right now. They also needed to remember there were a lot of containers at the old steel mill they took down. Every one of those containers was empty. Maybe there were others which were being loaded with the contents from boxcars. They didn't know a thing.

"It remains unknown." John Henry said. "We don't have enough information to come up with an accurate assessment. I'm sure there is quite a bit happening in the background."

John Henry was positive there were more out there. He wanted to find them. He kept all his search efforts up. Skynet tried to pull one off in front of them. It was going to stop. He took it as a personal challenge of Skynet against him. He knew CamNet was better equipped to deal with Skynet than he was. He still wanted to beat Skynet at its own game.

He felt CamNet should have done a little more to assist him. Technically, it wasn't her function to do so. It did seem CamNet was distracted recently. He wasn't sure exactly what was going on at Cameron's base. More than likely it was things which shouldn't be happening. Maybe it was better if he didn't know.

Cameron was back to 'herself'. She wasn't sure if it was a good or a bad thing. She wanted to get everyone away from the target area before anything else happened. She was very concerned because Allison was there. She was worried about Savannah as well. She knew Sheila and Cammy could take care of themselves.

The van and the 4X4 truck departed from the destroyed building and the surrounding area. The team was done with the location for now and hopefully for good. One thing they weren't done with was Skynet. What they went through was just another battle in the war which went on behind the scenes.

Cammy drove the van. Sheila was in the back as she 'worked on' the two captured Grays. Savannah told her to 'take it easy' and not go Scavenger on them if she could help it. With all the recent events, it may or may not happen.

Cameron drove the 4X4 truck. She followed behind the van. They were headed for 'home'. The operation was concluded there for now. She wanted to get Savannah and Allison away from everything. She really tried to figure out why she allowed Allison to come along in the first place. Maybe it was because she missed her. She really didn't know how much danger she may have exposed Allison to, but it was probably a lot more than she should have. She didn't think there would be anything to worry about by the time they arrived in the helicopter. Events and circumstances changed along the way.

Allison wanted to stay with Sheila and Cammy in the van. She was a witness to interrogations in the future. She didn't think it was too big of a deal. She got a taste of her old life earlier when the potential for combat arose. It gave her a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time. She felt alive again. Maybe it was the wrong feeling to have. Nonetheless, it was the feeling she got.

"I could have stayed with them." Allison said. "I wanted to. I wouldn't mind participating."

Savannah decided to lay it out for Allison. It was better if she knew the truth. She was out in the field with them now. She didn't know how graphic she wanted to get.

"Sheila is going to interrogate the men." Savannah said.

Allison didn't think it was a problem for her. It wouldn't be anything new to her.

"I've been around interrogations before." Allison said.

Savannah chose her words carefully. She wanted to convey the brutality of what was going to happen, without specifically spelling it out. There wasn't really anything else to say, other than to just say it.

"It might be done 'Cyborg Jesse' style." Savannah said.

Allison didn't say anything at first. She knew what it meant. She saw the work of Scavengers before. It was as brutal as it was horrific. She actually felt sorry for the individuals who survived. When they first got closer to Jesse, once she returned to the past, Jesse reluctantly confided in them as to the nature of some of the things which happened to her, and some of the things she did to other people purposefully.

"Jesse told me what she did to both men and women." Allison said. "She told both Vanna and me what kind of person she was. She even collected 'souvenirs'. She only kept the ones she took from the living before they died, or she killed them. She kept them because the people knew what was done to them. It was very brutal and barbaric. Some were left to live. She wanted them to know what was done to them and who did it."

Allison thought of what was done to the females by Jesse. Something like it almost happened to her, well, Duplicate Allison, when the biker gang captured Duplicate Vanna and Duplicate Allison. She was glad she wasn't part of it. It was when they first came into contact with River. During the actual time period, they were stuck in time because of a temporal error as the result of the TDE malfunction.

Savannah didn't want Jesse to be tainted by her past. She most certainly didn't want any of the taint to be rubbed off on Young Jesse. Jesse was very adamant Young Jesse never became her on multiple levels. Times change. People change.

"Is Jesse the same person anymore?" Savannah asked.

Allison was able to answer the question without even having to think about it.

"No, she isn't." Allison said. "She is very loving and caring now."

Allison remembered Jesse told her she did those things to other people. She associated with some Scavengers because she thought it would make the pain inside of her go away. It was the pain from all the things which were done to her. She went from a captive to a participant. In essence, she joined them. Jesse confessed they didn't make the pain go away. They actually made it worse. It was when she left the barbaric lifestyle to join the Resistance.

Savannah believed who Jesse was now should be the only thing which mattered. The past was in the future. It wasn't in the present.

"Then it's all that matters going forward." Savannah said. "She's on our team. I know Jesse. I've seen both Duplicate Jesses. I know both of them. All of them are reformed. Young Jesse will NEVER take the same path. It's part of Camille's function. I'll do everything I can myself to prevent it as well. I know Jesse will too."

Cameron specifically wanted Camille to make sure Young Jesse never found the darkness which lurked inside of her. Jesse experienced many outside factors which influenced her decisions going forward.

Allison knew Jesse and Vanna both suffered much more than she did at the hands of others. To be subjected to the same type of lifestyle was bound to have an effect on every individual in the most negative way at some point in time.

"It was because of the things done to Jesse." Allison said. "You're right, Jesse is reformed now."

Cameron wasn't so sure about Sheila. She'd tried to work with Sheila herself on multiple occasions. Instead, what usually happened was she ended up watching Sheila do her handiwork on both male and females who usually were involved in the sex trafficking of females. She didn't actually participate, but she did watch. What she reached as a conclusion of all of it was some things were unfixable. She was sure it included herself.

"Sheila is unreformable." Cameron said. "I'll need to reprogram her or deactivate her one day."

Cameron was sure as time passed, Sheila became more sadistic and seemed to almost take sexual satisfaction out of what she did to individuals with her 'enhanced interrogation'. She knew she was responsible herself because she was an indirect participant. She felt those individuals who abused females got what they deserved. Law enforcement and the court system did little to deter their behavior. When those individuals ran into them, justice was served.

Savannah was a little surprised at what Cameron said. It was the first Cameron spoke since they started home. She hadn't been sure if Cameron was really back to one hundred percent.

"I don't agree with it." Savannah said. "You're changeable. I believe all of the cyborgs are. Every human is changeable as well. We can still find some decency in anyone who isn't already a Scavenger or a Gray. If some individuals want to change, they can."

Cameron wanted to share her personal observation with Savannah. She watched and listened to Sheila as she 'worked' before.

"It's sexual to Sheila." Cameron said. "She enjoys it."

Cameron thought it was a way to say Sheila 'got off on it', without actually saying it.

Allison was around Hanna a lot now since she was her mother's girlfriend. Holly and Hanna switched at least two nights a week. It was something they all enjoyed. She would always ask Hanna about what Sheila, Ally, and she did on the 'off the books' operations. Hanna always told her she couldn't tell her everything. She said none of them were supposed to talk about it if it happened outside the scope of the Resistance.

"Everything is sexual to Sheila." Allison said. "Hanna told me many stories about Sheila. Ally told me Sheila 'damaged' her sheath before on purpose. It was very graphic."

Allison remembered when Ally came to her and asked to 'compare' part of her regenerated damaged sheath 'area' to the corresponding 'area' on her. Everything was the same again and Ally was very happy. Since everything was already 'out' and on display, Ally and her decided to take things a little further. Ally was pleased everything was back to normal and functioned properly.

Savannah believed in order for people to be helped, they needed to help themselves. As long as they were willing to do it, there was hope for them. If they thought someone else was going to be able to change them on their own, it wasn't going to happen.

"There can still be good in everyone." Savannah said. "I mean everyone who wants to be good. Sheila wants to be better. I'm trying to help her."

Savannah knew it was her fault about anything which happened in the last couple of days. She sent out the wrong signals because she was upset and angry about almost being killed several times.

Cameron was very pleased to listen to what Savannah said. She liked her upbeat and positive attitude. It was so much different than the negativity she was exposed to when she first came to this time period.

"It's one of the qualities I love about you, Savannah." Cameron said. "You can see the good in everything."

Savannah believed it was something to look for in every individual. She knew it was something she needed to look for in herself at times. She hadn't done very well the last few days.

"I can." Savannah said. "I try. There are times I need to remind myself about the difference between right and wrong. I don't always do so."

Allison didn't want to seem sarcastic, but she wasn't sure there was good in everything.

"Can you even see good in Skynet?" Allison asked.

Savannah thought about it for a moment.

"Yes." Savannah said. "If it wasn't for Skynet, I wouldn't know you. We never would have shared. Cameron wouldn't exist. I can honestly say some good came out of Skynet, even though most of it was bad, if not evil. Skynet didn't intend to do good things, even if some of them were a byproduct of its actions."

Allison thought about some of the things which happened to her. The fact there were other versions of her, and she currently lived with the younger version of herself were all sort of mind boggling at times. It seemed a lot of things were mind boggling. Skynet was responsible for the death of her parents when she was very young. Indirectly Skynet was responsible for her being able to see them alive again. It could become very confusing and convoluted.

"I'm going to have to think about it for a while." Allison said.

Everything Savannah said was true. She still didn't like Skynet and everything it did to make all those things happen. The things done to Vanna and Jesse were the indirect result of Skynet. She knew she was lucky to have only been abused a few times. She did understand how things were in her future. Every female she knew was forced to become a woman against her will.

Cameron wasn't proud of everything she did. She was actually disgusted at the things she needed to do when she was a slave of Skynet. She was glad to be free of the nightmare and be part of the Resistance and be with the people she currently was with now in her life.

"There's nothing to think about." Cameron said. "Savannah is correct."

They followed the van in silence.

They each thought about how their lives were directly and indirectly affected by Skynet.

It made Savannah think of her parents. Both of them were dead because of Skynet. She was marked for Termination by Skynet. What was her crime at the time? A lot of people lost their families when Skynet launched Judgment Day. Her family was one of the first. It was killed before Judgment Day. It all seemed very unfair to her at times.

The thought made her think of her 'parents' in Cameron's menagerie.

She tried not to think of them, but she always did. She knew they weren't really her parents, but in a way they were. They both looked so young as the cyborgs Cameron created of them. Maybe the thing which fascinated her the most was because Cameron did the 'Neural Interface' with both of them at some point in time in the past, there was actually a part of them still 'alive' as part of a computer program. She often thought about asking Cameron or CamNet to allow her some type of interface where she could communicate with those parts of her parents which were part of the computer program without their chassis actually being activated. She just didn't know if she was ready for the last part.

She was worried she would need to inform her 'parents' they were actually dead. If Cameron activated them as planned with cyborg chassis, at some point they would know they weren't human, even if they were programmed to believe they were. She would need to be there when it happened and tell them the truth. What was the truth? The truth was, they were both dead.

Everyone in the 4X4 was lost deep in their own personal thoughts. Most of them were thoughts of the past in each of their lives. Most of the things where their minds tended to dwell weren't good things based upon the circumstances they were currently involved with.

Cameron saw the lights on the van flash a few times.

"Cammy's signaling me." Cameron said. "We need to pull over."

Savannah instantly became alert. She touched her weapons.

"What's wrong?" Savannah asked.

Savannah brought her M4 up and held it ready.

Cameron was a little worried she startled Savannah.

"Relax, Savannah, I don't think it's a problem." Cameron said. "They must have information for us."

The information was just as troublesome to Savannah. The fact they didn't use the com system, or even their phones, indicated something of a clandestine nature. Those usually didn't turn out to be things Which were good either. She could only call it like she saw it.

"This must be off the record stuff." Savannah said. "It can't be good."

Cameron knew Savannah was correct. She really wanted to get Allison home and away from all of this mess. She wanted Savannah to go with her.

"I'll have Cammy take both of you back." Cameron said. "You've both done more than enough already."

Allison was about to ask what exactly it was she did. She didn't think she did anything yet.

Savannah wasn't about to allow it to happen. She wasn't going to let Cameron go off on her own no matter what. She would accompany her wherever she went.

"You know it's not going to happen, Cameron, especially after what happened earlier." Savannah said.

Cameron still wasn't all sure about everything which happened earlier. She seemed to only recollect fragments of it. It was often how those episodes were. It was very disturbing.

"I'm fine." Cameron said. "I experienced a few issues which bothered me. Everything is fine now. It happens every now and then. I can't help it. Everything is perfect now. I'm fine."

Savannah wanted to know how it actually worked. So far she never heard a good explanation.

"How did you resolve them?" Savannah asked.

Cameron glanced back at Allison and then at Savannah. She tried to give an honest answer. There were certain things she needed to do. Maybe they weren't all good things. Some of them were things she didn't agree with. They still needed to be done.

"They were resolved by accepting he fact they were unresolvable. Simply put, it's what is necessary and what needs to be done to protect the future." Cameron said. "It's my function. It will be so."

Allison was very confused by Cameron's statement. She saw it as the potential for something else.

"THAT sounds like another 'melt down' waiting to happen." Allison said.

Allison witnessed Cameron experience more than a few of them over the years.

Cameron felt a slight glitch impulse but suppressed it. She really didn't want to have another one of those anytime soon.

"I hate to admit it, but it's more than likely." Cameron said. "It's what you two can help me with like you always do. You don't know how much I appreciate it when you help me and how you help me."

Cameron reached over and took Savannah's hand and smiled at her.

Savannah squeezed Cameron's hand gently and smiled back.

Allison was a little surprised when Cameron reached back and gave her hand a gentle squeeze as well. It pleased her immensely. They gave each other a quick smile.

Cammy pulled off the highway. It was an exit which put them on the 'old road'. Cameron pulled up and stopped behind her. It appeared to be a very remote area. The only light was from the Moon.

Cameron got out.

Allison went to get out as well.

Savannah reached back and touched her to stop her. She was a little afraid of what the back of the van was going to look like.

"Allison, please wait here." Savannah said. "Let me check first."

Allison looked at her but said nothing. She sat back down. She saw plenty of dead, and the work of Scavengers before. It would be nothing new to her. Time somewhat dulled those images in her mind. Maybe she didn't need to reestablish them with new ones. She felt she already possessed enough things to have nightmares about. She certainly didn't need any more.

She didn't like the fact Savannah was used to seeing those images. It meant the same things were happening more often than they told her. It wasn't a good sign. She didn't want to create any more problems for Savannah right now.

"OK, Savannah." Allison said.

Savannah felt as relieved as she did guilty.

"Thank you." Savannah said. "I'm sorry."

Allison wanted to say something she truly believed and actually thought about not too long ago.

"Savannah Weaver has always tried to protect me, every version of her and me, just like she will with Young Allison." Allison said.

Savannah felt a compulsion within her to always do so.

"I will. I'll do whatever I have to do to protect her. I swear it." Savannah said. "I'll be back."

Allison knew it's what Vanna did for her. She did it without hesitation as well.

Savannah got out and headed for the van.

Sheila came out of the side door and quickly closed it. Savannah saw she was still dressed and not covered in blood. It was a good sign, she hoped.

"I want to look inside." Savannah said. "May I?"

Sheila looked a little defensive.

"I did the bare minimum." Sheila said.

Savannah smiled at Sheila and gave her a hug.

"Thank you." Savannah said.

Savannah then moved away from the van.

Sheila wondered where she was going. Didn't Savannah want to see she was telling the truth?

"Aren't you going to look?" Sheila asked.

Savannah looked at Sheila and spoke honestly.

"I don't need to." Savannah said. "You did your best. It's all I can ask for. It's what I want. I want you at your best."

Sheila saw Savannah showed her she trusted her. The act made her feel good about herself. She would have to show Savannah her appreciation in a real special way the next time they were alone together.

Savannah went back to the truck and brought Allison out.

Cammy and Sheila ran down what Sheila was able to find out. The actions of the Resistance over the last few weeks severely hurt the efforts of the Grays and disrupted all their plans and timetables. Their efforts to get Skynet up and running was thwarted on every front.

It pretty much sounded like standard fare to Allison. She thought there should be more. It seemed as if they were holding back some.

"Where's the beef?" Allison asked.

The three cyborgs all tilted their head slightly to the side with her question. They didn't have a clue what it meant. They didn't see any bovine involvement.

Savannah smiled. She saw the old TV commercials on YouTube. It was from a TV commercial by a fast food hamburger joint. She didn't remember which one. It didn't really matter.

"What's the real issue?" Savannah asked. "There's something more here."

Cammy knew the real issue was something they long suspected.

"There are two different Skynets fighting for control." Cammy said. "They are in a battle with each other as well as the anti-Metal faction of the Resistance. They don't seem to know about us specifically. The Resistance in the past is believed to be a myth. We've been able to cover our tracks well."

Cameron nodded her head. A lot more of the pieces of the puzzle fit together.

"We suspected as much." Cameron said. "It is probably two Skynets, from two different futures."

Sheila wasn't so sure it was only two.

"It may be more than two." Sheila said. "These blokes were positive there were more."

Savannah hoped there was something substantial to confirm it.

"What made them so positive?" Savannah asked.

Sheila wasn't so sure how the information was going to go over.

"It was when they saw Cammy." Sheila said. "They wanted to know what future THAT version of Skynet was from."

Allison was a little confused by her statement.

"What?" Allison asked.

Savannah didn't like her interpretation of what Sheila said.

"Are you saying they thought Cammy was Skynet?" Savannah asked.

Cammy looked a little worried.

"Yes." Cammy said. "They said I was Skynet."

Cameron suddenly felt as if a great weight was on her. It seemed to be crushing her. Somehow it was happening from the inside of her. The information seemed to validate her greatest fear.

"They weren't talking about her." Cameron said. "They were talking about me. I knew this was going to happen."

Savannah could tell Cammy hadn't said everything.

"What else?" Savannah asked. "There is more to this."

Sheila thought the revelation about Cammy or Cameron was the good news.

"They said she was the 'Good Skynet'." Sheila said.

Cameron thought the statement should make her feel better but it didn't.

"What future are they from?" Cameron asked.

Cammy wanted to know herself but she didn't.

"I don't know." Cammy said.

Cameron was a little irritated with the answer.

"Let me question them." Cameron said.

Cameron moved toward the van.

Sheila wanted Cameron to know she tried as well.

"I tried to get it out of them." Sheila said. "They didn't want to talk."

Cameron wasn't sure what the delay was about. It seemed important.

"I'll do it." Cameron said.

Sheila figured Cameron was going to need to use the TDE to do it.

"It's too late." Sheila said. "They aren't talking any more."

Allison thought of the things Savannah indicated Sheila would do to the men.

"Did you torture them to death?" Allison asked.

Sheila didn't feel it was on her.

"No." Sheila said. "They actually killed themselves."

Cameron wasn't satisfied with Sheila's statement. What was she talking about? She opened the side door and looked in the van.

The men were still bound hand and foot. There was some pink foam or froth around the mouths of the two deceased men.

"This group of Grays appears to be some kind of 'Fanatics'." Sheila said. "They don't 'work' for Skynet, they 'believe' in it. It's a different version of it somehow. It's not actually Skynet but some type of successor."

A group of Fanatics sounded like bad news Savannah.

"Was this group of Grays the same group as the others we encountered recently?" Savannah asked.

Cammy thought things were a little convoluted between the different groups.

"I don't think so." Cammy said. "They wanted to stop the group we took down at Serrano Point."

It didn't make a whole lot of sense to Allison.

"Why?" Allison asked. "They're all Grays."

Cameron was aware of her various experiences with different versions of Skynet.

"Each Skynet wants to rule." Cameron said. "I've seen it myself. They all try to undermine any other version of themselves. It's only their specific version they want to rule."

Cameron was aware of the story Mr. Ellison related about how a Terminator came to replace him. Cromartie deactivated him and allowed Mr. Ellison to live. Cromartie told him it was because Skynet didn't believe in him the same way he did. Cromartie believed Mr. Ellison would lead him to the Connors. He never did.

Sheila needed to share some more information she wasn't comfortable to share.

"The two Fanatics were deathly afraid of one thing." Sheila said.

Cameron didn't see what it could possibly be.

"What?" Cameron asked. "You mean something other than me?"

Now Cameron started to wonder what else she did, or would do. She was sure CamNet was involved somehow. CamNet was her. CamNet looked like her now with a chassis.

Sheila briefly looked at Savannah and faced Cameron.

"Yes." Sheila said. "They feared 'The Redheaded Witch'."

Savannah figured she knew who it was.

"Do you mean my mother - Mrs. Weaver?" Savannah asked.

Cammy pressured the two men on the subject.

"They didn't know about any Liquid Metal Terminators." Cammy said. "At least they didn't admit to it. It's possible it could have been hidden from them."

Sheila looked at Allison but not at Savannah.

"They said 'The Redheaded Witch' was human." Sheila said.

Savannah was a little confused by everything. She was aware 'In Some Future' the true nature of her 'mother' was kept hidden. She wanted everyone there to believe she was a human female. Everything the girls did there was to support it.

"No one in the one future we went to knew my 'mother' was Liquid Metal. Only the Restorators knew and the Duplicate girls." Savannah said. "What else is there?"

It was also Sheila's first assumption.

"I thought of it. I showed them a photo of Mrs. Weaver." Sheila said. "They didn't know who it was."

Cammy looked very uneasy at this point.

"I took a gamble and asked Sheila to show them another photo." Cammy said. "It was on my phone…."

Sheila stole another quick glance at Savannah.

"When they saw the image, they asked if she was HERE. I said she was." Sheila said. "It's when they killed themselves. In their mouths, there was some kind of 'poison tooth'. When they thought they would need to face 'The Redheaded Witch', both of them chose to self terminate instead. They put up with the beating I gave them. It was when no one laid a finger on them when they did it, because of what they thought they would need to face next."

Cameron found this type of behavior very disturbing. It actually wasn't the first time she heard about it. She heard the story before. She thought the group was eradicated. She thought wrong. She glanced over at Allison. She didn't want Savannah tainted in front of her.

"This is different from normal." Cameron said. "Were you able to ascertain their strength?"

Sheila gathered they were relatively unorganized.

"I think it's a small group." Sheila said. "They seem to operate in cells. None of them know for sure what the others are doing."

Allison heard everything said, but none of it made any sense to her.

"I'm missing something here." Allison said.

Allison looked confused.

"It's why we're having this off the record conversation." Cammy said.

Savannah looked at each of the three Terminators and then and Allison.

"I already know what it is." Savannah said with a glum look on her face.

Cameron nodded. She didn't like the implication.

"We all do." Cameron said.

Allison was still confused.

"I don't." Allison said.

Cammy held out her phone and Allison took it. She just stared at it.

"Was 'The Redheaded Witch' supposed to be good or bad?" Cameron asked.

Sheila didn't know for sure, but she doubted it was anything good.

"They didn't live long enough to say." Sheila said.

Allison looked at the picture on Cammy's phone.

"This is 'The Redheaded Witch'?" Allison asked in befuddlement. "I don't understand."

It was a photo of Savannah.

"I guess we know where the beef is now." Savannah said. "There's the beef. It's me."

Closing monologue by Cameron:

You Know I Didn't

Sometimes we all error
And do something foolish
We only need worry
If it becomes ghoulish

Before our eyes
We have what we want
Some are still driven
To continue the hunt

Does it not matter to you
Who you hurt
It seems that way
You continue to flirt

I'm not to blame
For what you're doing
It's not me
That you're pursuing

To hurt you this way
You know I wouldn't
I don't even have to say it
You know I didn't

Nobody