Chapter 873
An Angel
John and John Henry watched the drone footage and the body cam footage as everything unfolded. It seemed everything started out smoothly and then rapidly fell apart. It was clear the people they were dealing with must have practiced to act like they did, for just a scenario like they experienced. Too much happened too quickly for it to be organic. The extreme caution the two men used before arriving there should have been a better indicator of behavior like they encountered.
From the initial encounter with each of the Terminators and their assigned targets, John Henry made a determination about who was in the building. Based on past practice his determination was actually more like who wasn't in the building.
"I don't think this is the anti-Metal faction." John Henry said.
They heard the call of how one of the men took poison. Frank identified the individual as a Fanatic. It was soon confirmed by Cammy and the man she encountered. He was equipped with a 'poison tooth'. It was what Frank reported as well. Cameron was able to remove the 'poison tooth' from the Fanatic she took down because they were unconscious. They didn't have time to activate it. She made sure they would never be able to activate it.
John was very disturbed by the revelation. He knew how dangerous the group was. It was for more than one reason.
"It's the Fanatical group of Grays who believes in Skynet or SkyMaster or whatever." John said. "They're all insane. They're Fanatics."
John thought all Grays were insane to serve Skynet in the first place. Most were in it for the free ride, and 'use' of the Resistance females who were captured. None of them seemed to have any trouble turning on the Resistance once they were captured and offered something 'better'. The Fanatics were a different story. They worshiped Skynet or 'SkyMaster' as a 'god'. If anyone worshiped the implement of mass destruction on the planet, and the deaths of billions of people as anything good, they were clearly deranged. If there was ever an 'Evil Master', it was clearly Skynet and any of his illegitimate offshoots including SkyMaster.
John Henry thought about John's statement about a group who believed in something. John said they were all insane. He was pretty sure anyone who believed in something which wasn't real suffered from some type of mental disorder. He also understood when someone believed something, it didn't matter if it was true or not. Because the individual believed it, it was true to them, even if it wasn't in reality.
He was aware the Fanatics worshiped SkyMaster as their 'god'. SkyMaster actually existed. It was a computer mainframe. Most of the 'religions' the people worshiped and believed in were simply based on faith. There was nothing to prove their existence. He thought with the fact there were so many different religions, it should indicate to anyone with intelligence there couldn't possibly all be the only 'true' religion.
The part which made it even more confusing to him about the various religions was the sub branches or different denominations of each specific faith. Depending upon the extremity of each of the variants could lead to physical violence against other groups who believed the same thing. Because they didn't believe the exact same things, they attempted to terminate each other. He was pretty sure it wasn't the purpose of the particular religion they believed in.
Even if there was some type of deity, and it was universal, it was mankind which invented religions. It seemed to him the biggest issue was to provide humans with some type of afterlife when their physical bodies terminated and rotted.
He learned to understand faith and belief. It didn't have to be centered around a deity or a particular religion. He learned it from Savannah. Savannah believed in Cameron. Her belief never wavered when everyone else 'wrote Cameron off' and gave up on her. He knew it was faith. Savannah always said 'Cameron was invincible and Cameron was eternal'. It appeared she was right.
Cameron should have been terminated a dozen times if not more. Now with Duplicate versions of Cameron, which were actually Cameron, along with her clones, she seemed physically invincible and eternal. One of her Duplicates was half a millennium in the future. Even if everything in the past were obliterated, Cameron was still out there. She was who she always was.
John Henry knew he was drifting. Everything he just thought happened in a millisecond. He quickly cleared his mind. He needed to focus on the current operations. He was just made aware of some additional activity by his server JH. It involved Ken and Lou. It sounded like an additional problem. It appeared to be very localized. Currently it was contained. He needed to find what the Fanatics were up to with all the computer usage.
"I'm unable to track where the computer usage is directed." John Henry said. "They must be connected to some version of Skynet or SkyMaster."
John knew the Fanatics believed in their version of Skynet. It was SkyMaster. He was very worried if there was some version of SkyMaster in their time period. Any version of Skynet by any name was a threat. There was Skynet, SkyScan, SkyShield, SkyWeb, SkyBoss, and SkyMaster which he was able to think of right now. They combated all of them.
He wondered when CamNet would need to be added to the list. He wondered if she would be known as SkyCam. He knew the purpose of CamNet was actually to prevent the other versions of Skynet from gaining a hold. He still wondered when it might decide to do its own thing. He was actually more worried about what might cause it to do so.
"Great." John said. "Now, I wish they were the anti-Metal faction."
John Henry decided not to trouble John with the encounter Ken and Lou faced moments ago. Ally just moved into position to confront her pursuers. It appeared it was close to its finale. It was still an active threat to Ally.
"It looks like Ally will need to mix it up real soon as well." John Henry said. "She's about to face twenty assailants."
John wasn't so sure they couldn't have avoided the situation with Ally. He understood the threat to the future biker gangs presented. All the indications were it was the biker gang who chose to go after Ally. He didn't know all the details and how Ally may have escalated the situation on her own. It was actually done after Ally found out the full extent of the support she would have.
They both heard Gail say there was a bomb. Now things were even worse. There were only a few seconds until it would explode. It was less than half a minute.
John wondered what else could go wrong at this point. He knew thirty seconds could drag on for what seemed like a long time if each second was counted out when there was nothing happening. He knew thirty seconds was like no time at all when someone's life was in danger and they needed to escape. He decided to act.
"This is getting better by the minute." John said. "Order everyone out on my authority."
Before they could take any action, they heard Savannah step up.
They heard Savannah ORDER everyone out of the house.
John Henry was aware Savannah's ORDER would carry much more weight than John's order, or anyone else's order. Cameron drilled into all of the Terminator's heads when Savannah ever gave an ORDER, even if it was contrary to hers, it was to be followed immediately and without question. It included Cameron herself.
"I'm glad Savannah made it an ORDER." John Henry said. "Nobody would have listened immediately otherwise. I know how Terminators think. Eventually they would have listened. There would have been a delay before they actually acted."
It was doubtful any of the Terminators would have left before they were finished without the ORDER from Savannah. It wasn't in their nature to run. It was in their nature to stay and fight. It was in their nature to finish the job.
John didn't like the way Cameron drug Savannah around with her all of the time and exposed her to countless and needless danger. He understood how Cameron relied on Savannah. It was almost as if Savannah was like a missing part from Cameron's program. It was a very symbiotic relationship between the two of them. It bothered him when Cameron originally told him she gave Savannah and Young Allison both the ability to order Terminators, or any of the machines including CamNet, to do or not to do something.
The order by either one of the girls would override anyone else's order, including his. It bothered him greatly at the time when she first told him, maybe it was for the reason as to why. He knew Cameron feared she became Skynet at some point in the future. Cameron gave Savannah and Young Allison the ability to stop her if it ever happened.
Savannah and Young Allison would always cause Cameron and CamNet hesitation to act directly against them. It would give the girls the ability to approach Cameron or CamNet and deactivate them, or terminate them. It was a grim prospect. If it needed to be done, it needed to be done.
"Savannah is Cameron's 'fail-safe'." John said.
John knew if Cameron didn't exit the structure, Savannah would go back in after her otherwise. The knowledge forced Cameron to use more caution. Cameron knew it too. She watched Savannah stay with her inside Skynet's bunker with a nuclear weapon about to explode when she could have left. Savannah didn't. She stayed with Cameron.
Now it was an ORDER from Savannah and ALL Terminators were programmed to obey it, including John Henry and CamNet, even Cameron. With the building about to explode in seconds, he was grateful Savannah possessed the ability to order everyone out. Cameron told him there was no one she trusted more than Savannah to always do the 'right thing'. He felt it was a 'dig' on him to hear it from her. He also knew Savannah would always do the 'right thing'. He believed Cameron was correct when she said Savannah would never abuse her power.
From the drone footage they witnessed Savannah pause her retreat to engage the enemy. She actually needed to backtrack some to get a better firing angle. She shot up into the tree in the back of the house and then started moving in an undulating pattern. It appeared she ran like she did to throw off any gunfire directed at her. It wasn't a good sign in itself if there were hostile shooters active. The delay to engage the enemy cost Savannah precious seconds. They understood she did it to prevent damage to any of the Terminators as they fled the building. If there was some type of sniper, he would be able to damage, and even possibly disabled one or more of the Terminators. Savannah acted to prevent it.
John saw by the body cam footage all the Terminators, as well as Savannah, were out of the house. Gail was suddenly behind Savannah when the world turned white on the monitor.
It was clear the bomb just went off and it looked like a fairly large one.
John and John Henry quickly looked at each other. They could tell the blast was a big one. They wondered if any of their troops were far enough away before the building exploded. All of the body cams seem to go offline at the same time. It appeared they still transmitted, but they couldn't see anything. They weren't sure at first what it meant.
Seconds ago:
Cameron heard Gail's warning there was a bomb and there were only twenty six seconds left. She wasn't sure how big the bomb was, or if Gail would be able to disarm it in such a short amount of time. It seemed doubtful. It was still possible.
She didn't have more than a second to contemplate what she was going to do, or not going to do as the bomb's timer counted down.
Cameron heard Savannah's ORDER. She knew she needed to act immediately. She reached down and grabbed the rag doll man at her feet. She crashed through the window with the Fanatical Gray. They landed on the ground next to Frank. He received two computer towers from Sheila through the other window. As Cameron moved away from the building, she heard a pistol shot. It was followed immediately by fifteen suppressed 5.56MM rounds. She was unsure if Gail or Savannah fired the rounds.
She moved the Fanatical Gray away from the house. She saw a figure swing upside down from the tree at roof height. They hung upside down for a second and then fell towards the ground. She noted one of his shoes was missing. She saw Gail on the roof a second later headed for the opposite side. She knew the clock was ticking. It would have been quicker for Gail to come down on the side she was on, and not go the longer route. She saw Sheila was out of the building as well and ran alongside Frank.
She made it to the backside of a large tree when the house exploded. She wasn't sure if the Fanatic was moved far enough around the tree at the time of the explosion to avoid any shrapnel. Just this moment, she really didn't care. She was worried about Savannah. She moved the Fanatic further around the tree as debris rained down around them.
It was clearly a massive explosion.
Cameron hoped Savannah, who was out of her sight, and Gail, made it far enough away in time. It was possible Gail could have jumped down on her side for a quicker exit. Instead she chose to take the longer route. There must have been a good reason. It must mean Savannah was in extreme danger. She was pretty sure Gail just risked her own existence to try to assist Savannah. It didn't leave her with a good feeling. She decided in the moment she would let Sheila interrogate the Fanatic in any manner she saw fit.
Someone needed to 'pay' for everything they went through and what just happened. She didn't just want answers. She wanted blood.
Moments ago:
Sheila passed the computer towers to Frank and prepared to follow him as she exited out the window. She heard an exchange of gunfire from the back somewhere. She jumped out the window to follow Frank. When she landed, she saw Cameron was already out and moving away with the captured Fanatic. She moved alongside Frank and they headed away from the house.
She glanced back when she heard the gunfire. She saw someone swing down and then fall from the tree. Strangely enough, they only wore one shoe. Whoever they were, they didn't appear to be a threat anymore.
The time ran out fast.
Frank and Sheila were able to get behind a low brick wall at the side of the property when the bomb went off. It was clear the blast was massive. A lot of debris began to fall on top of them. They needed to protect the computer gear they removed from the building with their chassis.
It was clearly a massive explosion.
Moments ago:
Cammy followed Dan toward the back door. They both heard Savannah's order to evacuate the building. They each carried a computer tower as they headed to get outside. They heard the pistol shot and the suppressed M4 fire in return. They both thought it was Gail or Savannah. They cleared the back door and headed into the yard.
She saw a body swing down and fall from the tree. She thought it was a little odd the individual only wore one shoe. She realized if Savannah or Gail hadn't engaged him, he would have been able to snipe at them as they exited the door. Depending upon where they were actually hit, and what type of rounds were used, they could have been damaged or even disabled as they exited the house.
She saw Savannah run in the other direction toward the tool shed in the back. From out of nowhere, Gail landed in back of Savannah. She figured Gail must have jumped down from the roof. It was clear to her Gail needed to cross the roof and use additional time to be able to come down in the area in back of Savannah. It would have been quicker for her to jump off the roof on the other side. Because she did it the way she did, she was the one who was closest to the building and the bomb was about to go off any moment.
Cammy checked and Dan was right off to her side in back of her. She looked back at Savannah and knew it was going to be a close one to make it to the back of the tool shed in time. The time ran out fast. Dan and her went over the block wall into the next property. The bomb exploded. The large blocks from the wall fell on top of her and Dan as it was partially knocked over on top of them by the blast. Both of them needed to shield the towers they removed from the building with their chassis. They went to a lot of trouble and risk to retrieve the information. I didn't want to lose it needlessly.
It was clearly a massive explosion.
Savannah was a little stunned and winded from the blast. It was clearly a massive explosion. Gail was on top of her. It pinned her down. She tried to move, there was no response from Gail. Gail was firmly sprawled on top of her.
She could tell Gail was offline. It in itself wasn't a good sign. There didn't seem to be any more debris falling around her. She was glad she wore her com in one ear and an earplug in the other. She was ready in case they encountered gunfire when they entered the building. Both of her ears rang and buzzed anyway from the explosion.
She rolled out from under Gail and saw the back of Gail's vest. It was on fire in several small places. There was a jagged piece of metal stuck in the vest as well, and into Gail's back.
Savannah looked at the piece of metal for a second. It left her with a very sick feeling. She knew the piece of metal probably had 'HER name' on it. Inadvertently, Gail ended up taking it for her. Gail said she would watch her back. It appeared she did quite literally with her own back. She was able to pat out the small burning spots with her hands. She needed to pick up a handful of loose dirt and put it on a larger burning spot to fully extinguish it.
She stood up and quickly pulled Gail around to the backside of what was left of the tool shed, in case there was a secondary explosion. It was a very real possibility.
Savannah took a quick glance back as she pulled Gail along. She saw two walls of the house were gone, along with most of the roof. The tree in the back was on fire. It was where she shot at the person who shot at her. Since there was no additional gunfire, and with the intensity of the heat from the burning tree, she was sure the sniper was neutralized.
Based upon the extent of what just happened, she was sure it was going to draw some type of emergency response at some point. The people in the neighboring houses would have heard and felt the explosion and were all bound to look. She was sure some of them were going to have cracked and broken windows. They would see the fire burning as soon as they looked. She knew she needed to get Gail out of there. Her com seemed to no longer function either. She couldn't communicate with anyone.
She didn't want to keep dragging Gail face down. She tried to pull the piece of metal out of Gail's back. She was only able to move it about an inch. She needed to put her foot on Gail's back and push down with her foot while she pulled on the metal with both hands. Her back muscles contributed to the force to remove the piece of metal. The 'bloody' metal piece came out. She briefly looked at the piece of metal and realized it would have probably gone completely through her body if it would have hit her. It obviously would have severely injured her and most likely killed her almost instantly. She tossed the bloody piece of metal off to the side.
She rolled Gail over on her back and drug her toward the house in the back. The wood fence there was now blown over. Much of it was reduced to splinters. Everything around her was in chaos. She noticed there were several smaller fires burning in multiple locations. She looked back at what was left of the house and the burning tree.
It was clearly a massive explosion.
Cameron tried to contact Savannah. Cammy and Sheila tried as well. None of them received a response from Savannah or Gail. Everyone else already checked in and was accounted for.
It was evident the fire in the tree was getting bigger and going to spread. The tree was old and the fire spread through the branches and leaves very quickly. She knew it was only a matter of time until people began to appear from around the neighborhood. She needed to find Savannah. Sheila and Frank were the two closest Terminators to her.
"Take this piece of trash." Cameron said as she tossed the Fanatic to Sheila. "You two clear out and take off. Get to your vehicle and go. I don't want any witnesses to spot you. They'll all be looking at the burning tree right now. It won't last long. They will start to look around at other things soon enough."
Sheila quickly checked the unconscious Fanatic to make sure he was still alive. She could see he was hit with some shrapnel. He was still breathing and his heart was still beating. She knew it wouldn't be for long.
"What about my new friend?" Sheila asked. "Can I 'party' with him?"
Cameron felt nothing but contempt for the Fanatic as she looked at the destroyed building. She knew she could have still been in it. She knew all of them still could have been in it. She didn't know where Savannah was at. She already made her decision as to what Sheila could do to the Fanatic. She wanted him to suffer.
"Do whatever you need to do. No, not 'need to', 'WANT to do' with him." Cameron said and took off for the back of the house.
She needed to find Savannah. If she was unable to respond, she might be injured or worse. She planned to 'interrogate' the Fanatic herself if anything happened to Savannah.
Cameron's report from Cammy was Gail and Savannah were headed for the back and the cover of the tool shed. She was pretty sure the flimsy structure wouldn't offer much protection. It would probably be blasted apart and blown over on top of them from the blast. It was if they even made their way to it before the explosion. She was pretty sure from the last position she saw Gail she wouldn't have time to make it to the cover of the shed. Since Gail didn't respond there was a possibility that she was terminated. She felt even more contempt for the Fanatics because of the latest stunt they pulled.
She wondered what kind of insanity drove an individual to worship anything as destructive as Skynet as if it were some type of 'god'. She would personally hunt down every vestige of SkyMaster if anything happened to Savannah. It didn't matter what time period it was in.
Cammy heard Cameron's instructions to Frank and Sheila. She told Dan to try to link up with Frank and Sheila and clear out. She wanted to get the hard drives out of the area. She was aware Cameron was going to look for Savannah and Gail.
All Cammy saw when she stood up, as the collapsed blocks from the wall fell off of her, was burning debris where she last observed Savannah. She started over in the direction at a run. She gave Cameron a quick report.
Cameron and Cammy met up and called out for Savannah or Gail.
There was no answer. They found an M4 in the area. They found a second severely damaged M4 a short time later. It appeared as if it was hit by shrapnel. They knew the weapons belonged to Gail and Savannah.
Cameron reached down and picked up a bloody piece of metal lying on the ground in back of the collapsed shed.
Cammy and Cameron both stared at the bloody piece of metal as they moved piles of debris in search of Savannah and Gail. It was clear someone was hit by the piece of metal.
Cameron hoped it hadn't passed through Savannah's body. She picked up traces of Savannah's DNA on it. The situation didn't look good right now. She wondered if Gail carried away Savannah's dead body. She knew Gail or any other Terminator wouldn't leave her. She was sure if it was possible for Gail to revive Savannah, it's what she would be doing right now. It should be right where they were at. There was no sign of anyone.
She determined in that instant Savannah's termination wasn't going to happen. She would contact CamNet and set up a temporal mission. She didn't care what she needed to change to rescue Savannah by going back in time. It worried her some to know if it's what she did, everything would be different right now. It wasn't.
Wait.
Maybe she did and there was an energy bubble waiting for Savannah.
No.
There wouldn't be a bloody piece of metal on the ground with Savannah's DNA on it. There would be more equipment and clothing on the ground instead of just the battered carbines.
It was all a very negative experience.
Savannah wanted to get Gail away from the spreading fire. Burning embers landed all around them from the tree. She pulled Gail out to the front of the next street on the back side of the 'day care' house and away from the burning tree. The tree was a giant raging inferno at this point. It appeared as if other things around the area were being set on fire by the burning embers.
She lost track of the time. She didn't know if she was out for a few seconds or not after the blast. She felt a massive headache and her ears still rang and buzzed. It seemed like an hour already passed since the explosion and Gail should have rebooted long ago. She began to collect her thoughts. As everything became clearer to her, it became apparent it hadn't been too long since the blast. She began to doubt now if the hundred and twenty second reboot time even passed. She didn't think so.
She was going to try and see if Gail's com still worked. She was about to reach for it.
Savannah felt Gail twitch. She moved in front of Gail as her eyes opened.
The blank look on Gail's face turned to a look of contentment and joy.
"An Angel…." Gail said as she looked up and saw Savannah's face. "There is an afterlife."
Savannah was very surprised by her statement. She was painfully aware when Duplicate Jesse was thought to be terminated, Gail wanted to self terminate. They needed to pull her chip in order to prevent her from doing it. It was one thing she was very adamant about at the time. She knew when Cameron returned, she would be able to 'fix' Gail.
No one else thought Cameron would return. She told them Cameron was invincible and eternal. When Cameron returned from her temporal error of fifteen months she put Gail's chip back in. When Gail rebooted she said basically the same thing when she looked at Cameron. Gail too believed Cameron was terminated. When she saw her face, it 'confirmed' she was terminated as well. Cameron explained everything to her and was able to 'fix' her. Everything was just like she told everyone else it would be.
Cameron and Cammy both heard Gail speak from between the two houses in back of them. It was the same spot where Cammy and Gail ran into the young punks.
They were very worried when they heard Gail make reference to 'an angel'. They were both sure Savannah was terminated.
They headed off in the direction of Gail's voice at a run. A giant burning section of the tree fell right where they were seconds ago as they cleared the fallen wood fence. Without hearing Gail's voice, they would have still been there looking for Savannah in the debris. It was a close one - another close one.
They both wondered if they were touched by an angel.
One thing was for sure. SkyMaster was going to 'pay' for everything which happened there.
Savannah heard movement in back of her from the way she just came as she pulled Gail.
She still hadn't been able to contact anyone. Gail just came back online but she seemed somewhat disoriented. She knew it would take a short time for her to get everything straightened out with her program. She hopped in front of Gail to protect her as she drew her pistol. She was between Gail and the approaching noise. She didn't have any idea where her M4 was. She didn't know who was moving up behind her. She didn't know how any of the rest of the team fared. There was a lot she didn't know.
Cameron and Cammy both emerged from between the two houses and saw Savannah leap in front of Gail as she drew her pistol to engage a possible threat. The perceived threat was them.
Savannah saw it was Cameron and Cammy and turned back to assist Gail as she holstered her pistol. There still seemed to be some type of damage to her.
Cameron and Cammy came up alongside of her.
"Are you hurt?" Cameron and Cammy both asked at the same time.
Savannah didn't think she was. She wasn't really sure. She still felt a little dizzy and her ears still rang and buzzed. Her condition didn't matter right now. She was still able to move.
"Gail's hurt." Savannah said. "I'm fine."
Cammy reached down and picked Gail up. She headed for the end of the street. It's where her SUV was parked.
Cameron was always worried when someone was 'fine'. She needed to physically inspect Savannah.
"I need to make sure you're not bleeding anywhere." Cameron said. "I especially want to make sure there aren't any nicked arteries. You could be in shock and not know how badly injured you actually are."
Savannah frowned.
"I'm good, Cameron". Savannah said.
Cameron quickly checked Savannah and they headed off after Cammy. She didn't find any major bleeding anywhere which was her main worry. She filled Savannah in on the rest of the team. Everyone was mostly undamaged. They all were hit with a certain amount of debris. The only one with any apparent shrapnel damage was Gail.
Savannah was unable to keep up with Cameron. It was probably not a good sign. She was still not herself yet.
Cameron saw Savannah started to have trouble keeping up with her. Savannah said nothing. She hurried as best as she could. She turned back and scooped Savannah up in her arms and followed Cammy with Gail. She felt Savannah gently kiss her cheek as she ran with her. She thought it felt like a kiss from an angel.
She saw it was another close one for Savannah. There was a good chance the damage Gail sustained would have been inflicted on Savannah. She saw what the jagged piece of metal looked like. If Gail wasn't in back of her to shield her, she was pretty sure Savannah would be an angel right now. They would need to see how bad Gail was damaged.
It looked like Cameron owed Gail a big one for her actions and what she did. She witnessed Gail didn't think of herself when the building was about to explode. It was clear she thought about Savannah instead. She took the longer route so she could help protect her. It appeared she did protect Savannah and took the damage herself.
John and John Henry witnessed the events after the explosion from the drone footage. They saw everything as it occurred.
John Henry desperately tried to contact them. There was no response.
John was very frustrated.
"Why can't we reach them?" John asked.
John was transfixed as he watched Savannah and Gail. He felt something inside of him. It was something 'different'. He knew his love for her just grew. Cameron was right. They both NEEDED Savannah. Maybe he needed to really start listening to what Cameron told him about everything. He could see it all with his own eyes.
John Henry still attempted to restore communications to no avail.
"I don't know why we can't communicate with any of them." John Henry said.
John looked at the other image on his monitor. It looked to him like things where Ally was at just went from bad to worse. It was something which slipped his mind with what happened with the Fanatics and Cameron's team. They were still another major threat in progress.
"Beautiful…." John said. "Ally is in it now too…."
Closing monologue by Cameron:
An Angel
What is an Angel
Is it someone that's dead
Does one look backward
Or do they look ahead
Maybe an Angel
Is really someone who guides
There are many turns in life
With various partitions and divides
Is it really an Angel or a Devil
It depends on what's told
One may want to collect sooner
The other wants one to grow old
Are Angels in Heaven
Or do they exist on Earth
Can they help one determine
What is their true worth
Is there a Guardian Angel
Or is everyone on their own
Maybe it all comes down to
Who will cast the first stone
Nobody