Chapter 1030

Overlook Overture

Cameron and John were in a Ford GT on Topanga Canyon Boulevard. They turned left off the PCH moments ago. They headed away from the coast towards the San Fernando Valley.

John wanted to ask Cameron what was wrong.

He was a little concerned it might be about whatever Skynet did in Topanga Canyon in her future. He wasn't really sure exactly where whatever Skynet did was at. It seemed like such an unlikely and out of the way place to him. Maybe it was why it was chosen. It could be something else.

He wanted to know more. He didn't have a clue Cameron thought about Future Riley and him. She wondered how she stacked up or compared.

Cameron saw John look at her. She knew he was worried about her. She didn't want to become a problem. She didn't want to spoil the evening. She needed to move her life forward, not get stuck in the past. Savannah told her the same thing many times. Life moves forwards, not backwards.

"I'm fine." Cameron said.

John wasn't so sure about it. He wanted to know more but he didn't want to create a bigger problem at the same time. He knew he needed to tiptoe around whatever issue was the real problem. Past experience taught him there could be a multitude of them. He didn't want to speculate on what the current one was. If he were to start naming things off, he would only make her think about additional things. They were all bound to create even bigger problems when she thought about all of them. He just hoped to let it play out a little bit.

"Are you sure?" John asked.

There was a serious look on Cameron's face.

"Yes." Cameron said. "I haven't tried to terminate you in a long while."

John wasn't sure if it was a joke or not. By the look on her face it seemed she was being honest and reflecting on the past. It still left a nagging question. No one liked to face death. Nobody wanted to be terminated. It was one thing he wanted to know a little more about.

"Would you have?" John asked. "Would you have terminated me? It sure seemed like you were going to."

Cameron looked at John. What was there to say but the truth? She was what she was. It was a priority programming directive. Everything was reset in her system. It took her a while to repair it. It only happened later on after she was trapped between the two trucks. John terminated her anyway after she told him she was fixed. He terminated her. She didn't terminate him. At least he brought her back. Her life would have been simpler if he hadn't. She wouldn't have any problems or worries. She wouldn't even know she no longer existed.

"Yes." Cameron said. "I need to follow my programming."

John knew it was part of her internal conflicts. It wasn't the only one. The current one was to get him together with 'Savannah' and 'Allison'. It seemed it didn't matter if it was the two from this timeline, or ANY of the ones she could get him to be with. It's what Future John programmed into her. He believed there was an easier solution to many of her problems.

"I gave you the opportunity to finish the job." John said. "You asked if I was there to kill you. I put the gun in your hand. I gave you a choice."

Cameron needed to suppress a glitch impulse. John's termination order came up on her HUD almost immediately. She was able to override it. It wasn't what she wanted to do.

"I thought about it." Cameron said. "I also thought about what I told you before you terminated me. I know you didn't want to, even if you still did. I know you wanted to hook my chip up to the computer like we did for Vick. You wanted to see what would come up on the screen. It would have been your way to determine if I actually needed to be destroyed or not. You could have done it. You could have convinced everyone to wait a few hours. You didn't. You took the chance and put my chip back in anyway. It was a mistake. It is one you can never repeat. My existence is not worth your life under any circumstances or conditions. I don't want to be the one responsible for your termination."

John knew he took a chance at the time. He did think about the things Cameron said. He also remembered her words to him about how they loved each other. Maybe it was Future John she referred to. Maybe it was him. The way she begged for her life and for him not to terminate her bothered him immensely. Was she a good actor? Was it a lie? Deep down he didn't believe it was.

"I like it better when you follow your heart." John said. "Your heart is what you truly feel and desire. Your programming is what someone else desires for you. I think there's a big difference between them. I think you're capable of separating them."

John's statement made Cameron feel some sadness inside of her. There was a harsh reality involved. It was the truth. How could she follow something she didn't possess?

"John, I don't have one." Cameron said. "I don't have a heart."

Maybe she should remind him she was a very scary robot from the future.

John looked over at Cameron. He wanted to give her positive encouragement. He wanted to reach out to her.

"You have a heart to me." John said. "You do to me."

Cameron managed a faint smile. Savannah told her much of the same thing. She knew what people felt in their heart really all happened within their head. It happened in their brain. She had a brain too. Maybe it was different from a human brain, but it was still a brain.

John only pushed the GT every now and then. They drove in silence for a while. Both of them thought about past events. It was something the mind seemed to find a way to get stuck in.

Cameron spotted something ahead in the road. She didn't want John to swerve involuntarily when he would finally be able to see it.

"There's a cat up ahead." Cameron said. "Ease up on the gas."

John let off of the accelerator and slowed. The GT rapidly decelerated. He saw the 'gold' eyes flash across the road. They were gone almost as quickly as he saw them. He was glad the GT traveled at a much slower speed right now.

"Thanks." John said. "I wouldn't have wanted to hit it."

Cameron wanted to send a message to John. The nature of the cat was actually a drawback in modern society. Its instincts dated back thousands of years. Vehicles were only a little over a century old.

"The cat's instinct is to stop and assess the danger." Cameron said. "The danger arrives too quickly at seventy miles an hour. The cat can't learn to run first and then assess the danger. What it does to prevent danger actually causes it to be killed. Its little walnut size brain is unable to adapt to modern technology. Cats will continue to be run down in the street because of what nature provided them to protect them. It seems rather ironic."

John wondered if Cameron actually referred to herself. Future John sent her back to protect him. She almost terminated him. He needed to refocus. He thought maybe he was pushing it a little too hard. He remembered Cameron's earlier admonition 'speed kills'. It was evident other things were killed as well.

"I better cut back on my speed." John said.

He wasn't exactly sure what Cameron just meant to convey to him. For some reason he didn't think it was actually about a cat. Maybe it was in the nature of the cat, or someone else who couldn't change their ways. Instinct was like a program to an animal. It was something which was just there they reacted to and followed. Maybe Cameron thought her programming was something like it as well. He often felt Cameron was a prisoner of her programming.

It was something John didn't like to think about. At what point would something afflict CamNet and make it want to do the same thing? No wonder Cameron feared she became Skynet. She could in an instant if things went wrong with her, or with CamNet.

Cameron kept track of their position. There was an 'overlook' location up ahead where they could see most of the San Fernando Valley. It would be an impressive view to see. Maybe they could squeeze a stop in before they descended into the Valley.

"We will be able to see the Valley soon." Cameron said. "There's an observation spot located there. We can take a look at everything. It's up to you. You're the one driving."

It seemed to John as if Cameron wanted to stop. He wasn't sure why she would have mentioned it otherwise. It was something he drove past without stopping before.

"We can stop if you want." John said. "I think it would be interesting."

Cameron glanced over at John again.

"Maybe we can for a few minutes." Cameron said. "It's up to you."

John pulled the final uphill grade and saw the sign for the overlook. He downshifted several times as he slowed and pulled in.

Right away it made him think of being with Future Riley. They were at a similar overlook the night they made love in Derek's truck. He glanced nervously at Cameron. Was she trying to tell him something? He wanted a better look at her.

When he looked over at her and her face was blank.

It wasn't a good sign.

He wondered if she knew…. No. If she knew, she would have killed Future Riley herself right there and then on that night. When he returned home, Cameron was waiting for him. He remembered the look on Cameron's face when she did know. It was a look he would never forget. He was smug about what he did with Future Riley and rubbed it in Cameron's face. He was sixteen years old and he just scored his first piece of 'trim'. He cared about Future Riley so maybe it made it worse. It was more than 'trim'. It was an act of love.

"Do you want to get out?" Cameron asked.

John was a little startled when Cameron spoke. He was lost in his own little world for a short while. He could see it was easy to do. He needed to remember for Cameron, everything was like it just happened when she thought about it. Time didn't dull anything. He needed to get his act together.

"Sure." John said as he turned the engine off. "We can check it out."

Cameron wanted to make sure the vehicle was as secure as possible. She didn't want John to accidentally leave it in neutral and it would roll away and go down the side of the hill. She thought it would be a terrible waste of machinery. She pictured a beautiful machine smashed up into scrap metal and completely worthless. It could all happen in just a few seconds.

"Leave it in gear and set the parking brake." Cameron said.

John wasn't sure why Cameron told him to do it. It's what he would have done anyway.

They exited the GT and stood in the warm night air, there was a cool breeze at the top of the mountain. They could see a police helicopter shining the 'midnight sun' off in the distance. They stood there as they looked over the Valley. There were a million lights below them.

Cameron thought about how things change over time. Some things happened fast, some things happened slow. The one thing constant was change. Somehow they seemed like opposites, even if they worked in conjunction with each other.

"It's hard to look at all of the lights below and realize just over hundred and fifty years ago there was almost absolutely nothing in the entire San Fernando Valley." Cameron said. "There were still a few cattle ranches left over from the days of the San Fernando Mission. Most of the land was used for various types of farming. Once water was brought into the area, other types of crops were able to be grown. It wasn't until really after World War Two when the building boom took off. In just over seventy years, look what's below us."

John wasn't really sure why Cameron gave the history lesson. During the cold war, he was sure the area was targeted because of the vast amounts of aerospace industry. The majority of it was gone now. He wondered if it was still a target or not. Maybe it was to indicate Skynet could ruin everything in a matter of seconds and turn it all into a vast Wasteland. He wanted to reflect on the present and where they were at right now. Currently he saw something he thought looked very nice.

"It's beautiful." John said.

Cameron reached over and took his hand.

"Beautiful things can happen here as well." Cameron said.

John was a little surprised when she reached in his back pocket and pulled out the 'space blanket'. The implication was obvious.

"I forgot it was there." John said.

Cameron flashed John her beautiful smile. He could see it in the Moonlight.

"I didn't." Cameron said. "I want you to make love to me with this view."

John quickly looked around. He wasn't sure how secluded the location actually was. How long would it be until the next vehicle drove up and parked? What would happen if the people got out to look around? What would happen if they brought their own blanket? What would happen if they stumbled upon Cameron and him?

Cameron led John away by his hand….

John wasn't sure how he was going to perform. He was tired both physically and mentally at this point. Driving the canyon roads was a little harder on him than he thought it would be. He would give it his best shot. He wanted to please Cameron. He wanted Cameron to be happy.

They started down a faint path off to the side. It didn't look like it got too much foot traffic.

John felt guilty. It reminded him too much of his special night with Future Riley. It was the night of his 'first experience'. In hindsight, Future Riley was actually doing an 'assignment'. He didn't know he was targeted at the time. He was caught up in the moment. Whatever Future Riley thought she was doing, and continued to do, he was aware they made a closer connection. Future Riley still may have played her part with him right up until the end, but he knew everything was deeper. He still remembered the last time he saw her. He didn't think it was the way anyone should ever be remembered. The only way it could have been worse would have been to have found her lying in a ditch, or against a tree on the hillside like they expected to find Barbara Chamberlain. It turned out to be someone else. It was Jessica Peck who was found. Either way, he knew Future Riley loved him as he did her.

He felt very uneasy now. He looked around one more time. He really didn't care for the location. Somehow the solitude of the beach, with only the lights of PCH behind them, seemed a little more secure. The ocean right next to them seemed to give them more privacy.

"This is kind of out in the open." John said. "Someone else could pull in. They might see us."

Cameron still looked out over the Valley as she spoke.

"I don't care." Cameron said. "No one will come. Nobody is here."

Seconds later a truck pulled in and parked next to them.

John saw right away it was Derek's truck.

Frank got out and walked back to the overlook entrance without saying anything. A few seconds later Al pulled up with the work truck. It was the same truck which blocked off Mulholland Highway from Kanan Dume Road earlier. Frank and Al set the cones down to block the entrance to the overlook off. Now if someone wanted to enter the area, they would need to either move the cones or knock them down. It would be highly unlikely.

John looked at the truck parked next to them and knew Cameron 'knew'.

Cameron's face was expressionless. She looked at John with lifeless eyes.

"The truck, get into it - NOW." Cameron said.

John didn't say anything. He moved to get in the passenger's side.

Cameron glanced at John. There was still no expression on her face. There was nothing.

"Get in on the driver's side." Cameron said.

John did. He was sure where this was going. It wasn't a good place either.

Cameron looked over at John and faintly smiled.

It seemed like she held all the cards about to be played.

"You aren't saying much." Cameron said. "Does it remind you of anything?"

John swallowed hard. He knew exactly what she was doing. He didn't see why. It seemed very cruel to him. Maybe he should have thought about more than himself when it happened the first time. He was blinded by lust. He wanted a 'piece', and he got one. It's what anyone would have done. He heard guys talk about it all the time in school. They just wanted to 'get some'. It didn't matter who it was. It's not like the chicks really mattered anyway. They simply existed to provide a service. They were nothing more than a receptacle.

It didn't seem like a good idea to admit to anything.

"No." John said.

Cameron sat in the passenger's seat and looked at John.

It worried John where things were headed. It was nothing good for Cameron or him. He wanted to stop it before they hurt each other even more.

"What are you doing?" John asked.

The blank look remained on Cameron's face.

"I want what was stolen from me." Cameron said.

John felt it was all wrong. It was all unnecessary. It would change nothing. All it was going to do was hurt, and probably hurt forever.

"Cameron, don't do this." John said.

Cameron remained silent for a short while. She looked ahead as she spoke.

"It took CamNet a long time to get me the information I wanted." Cameron said. "She found it in a Russian satellite photo archive."

It was clear where this conversation was going. It seemed Cameron now found some proof.

John wanted this crazy episode concluded.

"Look, it was a mistake." John said.

Cameron's head snapped around and faced John.

"You didn't think so when you did it. You didn't think so when you rubbed it in my face." Cameron said. "Future Riley got what should have been mine. She got to be your 'first'. She stole it from me. It would have been a beautiful experience forever, and she stole it from me."

It was clear to him Cameron believed she was supposed to be his 'first', not Future Riley.

The look on Cameron's face seemed to grow angry.

"It would have been love for me, for us." Cameron said. "It wouldn't have been an assignment carried out on a foolish schoolboy. You knew we loved each other, and you still did it anyway. The whole purpose was to make you terminate me when Future Riley was terminated by Future Jesse."

John was very uncomfortable. He was in love with Future Riley at the time. She let him touch and see everything he wanted to see and touch on a female. It made the thoughts of what he saw and thought about in the locker room go to the back of his head. He needed to put his foot down.

"I want to go back." John said. "I'm not going to do this. I won't allow you to do this to yourself either. It's over and done with."

John noticed the faint red glow of Cameron's eyes in the darkness.

"NO." Cameron said. "You're not going anywhere until I get what is mine."

John saw the red intensify. It was clear things were getting out of control.

"Give me what should have been mine or I'll go back in time and take it." Cameron said. "Don't think I won't. I'll do it. I'll do it for real. I swear it."

Cameron's eyes glowed bright red now.

John was terrified at this point. It was clear Cameron must have malfunctioned. He wanted to try to keep her calm. He doubted it was possible.

"I don't think I can." John said. "This is all wrong…."

Cameron's eyes glowed bright red at this point.

"I'll say." Cameron said in a huff.

Anna-Ally looked around the outside of ice rink. She liked what she saw. What she saw was plenty of 'fresh meat'.

"There are a lot of females here." Anna-Ally said.

Ally-Anna wanted to get a jab in at Anna-Ally.

"Maybe you and Sheila can come back here on your own sometime." Ally-Anna said. "I'm sure you can find ways to influence and entice a bunch of females. You seem to have experience at it now."

Ally-Anna was aware of what went down with Savannah and Anna-Ally. She thought she might have to physically intervene as per Young Allison's standing order if Anna-Ally would have continued to touch Young Allison earlier. The fact she touched the back side was bad enough. Had she touched anything on the front side, she would have needed to spring into action. The prospect of having to damage her own chassis didn't sit well with her.

Anna-Ally didn't like what she just heard. She quickly responded. She believed if she wanted to do it, it wouldn't be a problem.

"Damn, straight." Anna-Ally said. "My sheath is a 'chick magnet'. I may do it when I get it back. My sheath will pick up more females than this one ever will. The best you could hope for with your current appearance are a bunch of older males."

Ally-Anna didn't care for her remark. She felt if she still exhibited Savannah's appearance, she could pick up just as many females as Ally could with her normal appearance. If she kept her appearance as Cameron, it would be a hard battle to win for her. She believed her charm would actually help her.

"You're 'me'' for the rest of the night." Ally-Anna said. "I'm the 'chick magnet' tonight. At least I know how to dress this sheath and make it look Tight. It's obviously more than you can do. I'm not sure if it's just because you're lazy, or if you lack the ability. It's probably both. Don't worry, if you're with Sheila, you can get the leftovers, whatever they are."

Anna-Ally felt depressed. Ally-Anna looked like 'Cameron' in her chassis. She never did.

Young Allison didn't like the tension between Ally-Anna and Anna-Ally. She felt responsible for all of it. She glanced over at Savannah and hoped she would do something to end it. It didn't appear like it was going to happen. She was the one who needed to step up to the plate.

"Come on, let's go have some fun." Young Allison said. "I'm 'me' for the rest of the night and every other one too."

Anna-Ally took a glance at Savannah. She knew she couldn't overstep her bounds. She could still have some fun.

"Sure, why not." Anna-Ally said. "Girls just want to have fun."

John sat bolt upright. He felt disorientated.

Cameron looked around for any danger or threats, none were spotted.

"Is something wrong?" Cameron asked.

John gave himself a pinch. He felt the pain. The pain hurt, but it made him feel very good otherwise. He knew this wasn't a dream, at least not anymore. He really didn't know where his mind was headed just a few seconds ago. His mind did all of it to him subconsciously.

"I think I dozed off." John said. "I hope it wasn't for too long."

He looked around. They were off in the tall grass away from the overlook. The Valley with all its bright lights lay before them. It was where he remembered going originally with Cameron once they exited the GT. It wasn't where he last remembered he was. Somehow it was a good thing.

They were both on the 'space blanket'.

Cameron smiled and looked content.

"We dropped it down to nine hundred and eighty five to go." Cameron said. "You were able to perform. It was very nice, thank you."

John remembered it all now. The other part, the part about Future Riley, must have been a dream. He could tell Cameron was being a little magnanimous on his part. He knew he came up short on his last 'personal interaction' with Cameron.

"You needed to take over." John said.

It was something Cameron was used to. It was no big deal for her. The only problem when she needed to take over, and needed to use an oral interface, she would get nothing out of it. Well, it wasn't entirely correct. She would end up with something. She didn't care for it when the event happened, but she took solace in the fact it was a part of John. It just would have happened elsewhere in her chassis anyway. Since she was incapable of reproduction, it didn't really matter which orifice was the receptacle. John's 'little soldiers' would all terminate, unable to fulfill their mission.

She hoped the increased frequency of John's release of his 'little soldiers' cut down on their numbers with each 'mission'. Maybe it wasn't two hundred million of them currently. Maybe it was only one hundred million of them. She wanted to give him some positive encouragement. She wanted him to keep trying since she wanted it to be more often.

"Behind every great man, is a greater woman." Cameron said.

John couldn't help but laugh at her comment. He was pretty sure throughout history it would prove to be true more often than not. He thought about one of the experiences they shared where they both were able to look at the lights of the Valley as it occurred.

"I think there is a lot of truth in it." John said with a smile. "For part of it, there was a great man 'behind' a great woman."

Cameron smiled at John and then winked. She was pleased he provided her with pleasure in the latest instance. It wasn't always the case in the same position. It didn't matter. She wanted John to be happy. He could use her sheath as he saw fit and wanted. Maybe she could get one more time out of him. She hoped so.

"Bark - bark…." Cameron said. "We can go back when you're ready, unless…."

John felt a lot better now. Viewing Cameron's nude form in the moonlight and glow of lights from the Valley made him 'hungry' for more. Cameron made herself look very inviting. He felt himself stir. He tried to remember what number would be next. He hoped he picked the right one. Maybe it was better not to know the number. Maybe he would ask her not to keep track going forward, or backward.

"Let's give it a try." John said. "We can try for nine hundred and eighty four, to go."

Cameron repositioned herself on the space blanket. She was now a 'platform' for his love.

"I'm in." Cameron said with a smile.

John's eyes focused where he wanted to go. Maybe 'go' wasn't the right expression in this case, 'come' seemed more appropriate.

"I think I will be too…." John said.

John was very happy the other part was a dream. Cameron tired him out and he took a short nap and must have dreamt about those other things…. It really wasn't a place where he should dwell. It wasn't a place where anyone should dwell. He was sure it was the similar circumstances of the overlook which triggered it.

He knew Cameron really reached out to him. He knew he better not blow it or say the wrong thing or name…. He sure hoped he hadn't. He quickly checked and everything was still there. It was a good thing. It must mean he hadn't said Future Riley's name….

He wanted to make sure this right now wasn't a dream.

Cameron waited for John to get mounted. She wasn't sure exactly what he was doing currently. She wanted him to finish up with it and get started with her.

"What are you doing?" Cameron asked.

John tried to keep his actions from Cameron. Evidently he didn't.

"I thought I felt an insect bite." John said.

He actually pinched himself again to make sure he was awake and it wasn't all part of the dream.

"They never bother me." Cameron said. "I would terminate them if they did."

John smiled. It sure sounded like reality to him.

The girls entered the ice rink and rented skates.

Young Allison wanted to have some fun with Anna-Ally. She was aware a Terminator's ability was superior to hers in almost every category and respect. She knew she held any initial advantage for something she was experienced with and they weren't. She planned to exploit the advantage and make a point. It was what she did with the air hockey game.

"Do you think you can keep up?" Young Allison asked.

Anna-Ally tilted her head slightly. She looked at Young Allison.

"Of course I can." Anna-Ally said. "I'm a cyborg."

Ally-Anna didn't like the interaction between Anna-Ally and Young Allison. She was aware of what Young Allison was about to do. It was much the same thing she did with the air hockey game. She was going to exploit her advantage of experience.

"Have you ever ice skated before?" Ally-Anna asked.

Anna-Ally looked out at the people on the ice.

"No." Anna-Ally said. "How hard can it be?"

Young Allison giggled. She looked at Ally-Anna and winked.

Anna-Ally caught the interaction between Young Alison and Ally-Anna. She was sure she was in for another 'lesson'. The more she thought about it, the more she was sure Young Allison 'played' her on the air hockey game. She watched her defeat both of the teenagers in less than a minute each. They never even scored a point. She was sure Young Allison was able to purposely distract her. Maybe it was when she leaned forward low across the air hockey table and she could see inside of her top was what distracted her. It actually seemed like something Cameron would do. It all made sense now. It was clear one of them learned it from the other. Exactly when it happened first was debatable.

"You two go ahead." Young Allison said to Savannah and Ally-Anna. "I'll help Ally get acclimated."

Savannah looked at Anna-Ally. She didn't think she needed to give her another warning, but she didn't want to give her another admonition either.

Anna-Ally understood the rules. She raised both her hands up to shoulder height with her palms out. She understood the warning.

"It's just skating…." Anna-Ally said. "It won't be anything more."

Savannah nodded and took off with Ally-Anna across the ice."

Young Allison wanted Anna-Ally to have fun.

"I'll teach you." Young Allison said. "You'll need to listen to me. If you don't, you'll fall. I think you've already fallen enough tonight."

Anna-Ally didn't think it would be a problem. She didn't care for Young Allison's statement very much. She looked around and saw Savannah was nearby. She decided to ignore the statement.

"I think I can pull this off." Anna-Ally said.

Anna-Ally started out and immediately landed on her rear end.

Young Allison was surprised it happened so quickly. She knew it was overconfidence and lack of experience.

"I'd laugh, but it's not funny." Young Allison said. "Let me instruct you."

Anna-Ally didn't like the fact she was the only one in the rink to have been on the floor. She knew she could do it. If they could all do it, she could do it. She was a little indignant.

"This won't damage me." Anna-Ally said. "How hard can it be? Everyone else is doing it."

Anna-Ally got up and tried it again. In fifteen seconds she was on the ice again on her rear end.

Young Allison skated over to her and helped her up. Young Allison's hands lingered in places they didn't need to be.

Anna-Ally turned around and looked at Young Allison.

"Did you just 'cop a feel'?" Anna-Ally asked as she nervously looked around.

Anna-Ally was afraid Savannah would see and think it was her doing.

It wasn't very convincing when Young Allison answered.

"Oops." Young Allison said. "It was an 'accident'. I thought those were something else."

Anna-Ally was sure she was set up.

"You knew I would fall and you wanted to help me up so you could do it." Anna-Ally said.

Young Allison was aware she overstepped a little. She wanted to blow it off and make it sound like an innocent affair.

"I'm pretty sure I warned you ahead of time what was going to happen if you didn't listen. I was just helping you up." Young Allison said. "I don't think it was a big deal. Don't make it one."

Young Allison was aware it was more than a handful. She knew she was larger now than Anna. The thought pleased her.

Anna-Ally was about to tell Young Allison to wait until she was back in her chassis and sheath. Then there would be….

Savannah and Ally-Anna skated up on each side of Anna-Ally. She was glad she didn't say it. It was clear they paid attention to what happened.

"I'll teach you." Savannah said. "You two take off. I'll work with Ally."

Young Allison caught Savannah's stern look.

"Let's go." Ally-Anna said.

Young Allison took a moment to look at Anna-Ally.

"I tried to tell you. You need to listen first." Young Allison said. "Listen to Savannah and you'll have it down in no time. You'll be doing circles around me soon."

Young Allison and Ally-Anna took off like a rocket.

Anna-Ally watched them go.

"I think I've learned a lot tonight." Anna-Ally said.

Savannah was pretty sure they were lessons she never anticipated she would learn. She wanted to send a signal.

"We look like sisters so nobody will complain if I touch you." Savannah said.

Anna-Ally was sure Savannah saw exactly what happened.

"I didn't do anything, Savannah." Anna-Ally said. "I swear. I fell. She told me to listen to her and I didn't. I thought I could do it like everyone else. If I would have listened, it wouldn't have happened at all."

Savannah smiled at Anna-Ally.

"She knows how to 'play' all of us, even if she is still young in years." Savannah said. "She's very advanced in her intelligence and knowledge. I fear what she will be when she's an older teenager."

Anna-Ally felt she had a pretty good idea.

"I think she'll be the human version of Cameron." Anna-Ally said.

Savannah was sure of it herself. Maybe it was just the start.

"She'll be more than just the human version of Cameron." Savannah said.

Savannah was afraid Young Allison was going to be the human version of CamNet.

Closing monologue by Cameron:

Thank You For Explaining

I see they have many things
Things that are THEIRS
No one can question this
Nobody dares

This is mine
I want to do that
You do this
Treating me like a doormat

I'm one of their things
A trophy or a possession
Everything is controlled about me
It's an unwanted obsession

Do as I say, not as I do
I feel like a flea
Yet I can't flee
What about me

I now question my worth
There won't be any complaining
I'm not good enough
Thank you for explaining

Nobody