Chapter 1077

Check My Files

John and Cameron started to dress.

There was still some tension in the air. It was mostly on John's part.

John still couldn't believe how Cameron played him with the 'April Fools' joke. He thought it was pretty extreme when she indicated he was with his mother. It was even worse when she indicated he was with Jan.

It did hit a little close to home with what she said about his mother. There were times when he thought about it. Not only would it have been for his desire to share his love with her, it would have been to take away some of the loneliness he could see she felt. He knew she was worried about personal entanglements and the danger she would put everyone in. He was already there. He wasn't going anywhere. They were going to be together anyway.

If it would have kept Charlie out of it so he was never a part of their lives, he would gladly go back and do it. Charlie didn't need to die because of him. Charlie's wife Michelle didn't need to die because of him either. He often felt it was his responsibility to be there for more than just her son to his mother. His father died protecting both of them. He felt the need to step up and fill his father's shoes at times.

He was very surprised when Dr. Sherman mentioned the same thing. It was something he hadn't thought about since Cameron joined them. He thought more about Cameron than he did his mother at the time. He really liked Cheri Weston at school. He wondered if she was in some type of 'non-standard relationship' as well. Then Future Riley came along and changed everything. He quickly pushed all those thoughts from his mind as best as he could. Sometimes it was very difficult to do. He thought about Cameron's prank.

"You got me good." John said.

Cameron wanted to tell him she fooled him again, but didn't. She already used the line on him several times. It seemed to irritate him when she did. It all stemmed from when he told her she wasn't going to fool anybody. She pointed out otherwise. She decided to stick with the issue at hand.

"It was the point." Cameron said.

John wanted some payback. He really believed her. What made it worse was each new revelation seemed worse than the previous one as she laid them out.

"I'm going to get you back." John said.

Cameron expected some retribution later on. She didn't want John to try and pull one over on her. She would indicate to him again to 'prank her' wasn't a good idea.

"It's normally the way it works." Cameron said. "You need to ask yourself if you really want to upset me. Unless you're ready to accept your future and the girls, you'd better be ready to bring 'Rosie' out, again."

For some reason she wanted to say, 'There's more than one way to milk a cow.', but somehow it didn't quite fit in, even if it did, with her analogy.

John understood the 'warning'. Cameron's prank was done in private so it lessened the impact it would have as to having been done in a public setting. If it would have been done in front of other humans, some of them would never let him live it down. She would have laid it on him at the gathering last night, it would have been a total disaster for him for the rest of his life.

He didn't really care for the way Cameron looked at his right hand when she made her last statement. She indicated he would be using 'Rosie' a little more than normal as 'punishment' if he did anything to get back at her. He liked all the places 'Little Willie' could go in her sheath. He knew if she did force him to use 'Rosie', it would prompt him to visit the girls, or ask another female Terminator. Wait. Maybe it would work on any Terminator if he asked them, including the male Terminators. For some reason he thought it would. He could just picture any of them saying, 'Everyone sacrifices for John Connor.'

He watched Cameron take out a different set of clothing. It wasn't something she normally wore.

"Is it a flight suit?" John asked.

Cameron looked over at John as she dressed. She wanted to dress in front of him because she knew he liked to see her without clothing, or only minimal clothing. It was fine with her. She was well aware her appearance is what stimulated John. It was a very different relationship with Savannah and Young Allison. It was true they liked her appearance, but they also liked what was inside of her chassis. They liked what was on her chip. They liked who she was, not who she looked like. Beauty was more than skin deep to the girls.

"Yes." Cameron said. "I'm flying back to Palmdale today with Young Allison."

John wondered why she needed the special clothing. Normally she flew in her street clothes. He didn't want to ask too many questions and anger her. He wanted to learn more about Young Allison and how she thought first hand. He was very impressed with what he observed so far.

"Is she going back already?" John asked.

Cameron looked at John. Maybe it was time. If John would ask for her, she would make Young Allison available to him. Young Allison clearly indicated to her on multiple occasions she was ready for more and it was her desire. She would need to do it without the knowledge of anyone else, especially Savannah and Claire. She was sure they would physically prevent her from taking Young Allison there. She knew if Young Allison tried it with John a few times and liked it, she would be back for more. The whole point was, she needed to try it at least a few times. She didn't think once was enough.

She knew on the 'first time' most human females experienced a certain level of discomfort and even pain. It may be pleasant to some extent, but it was usually not rewarding. Very few females ever achieved a 'finish' on their first sexual encounter with a male. She was also aware about forty percent of the females never did experience a finish with a male. She blamed it mostly on the males. Since they could achieve their gratification in a relatively short period of time, it was normally what most of them did. They really didn't care if the female made it or not. She read in Cosmo about all the complaints females experienced with interaction with males sexually. The article went on to explain most of those females were able to be satisfied about eighty percent of the time if they were with a female. She knew it was because females understood other females better than males did. They knew what they wanted, and they knew what they needed. They also knew how to deliver it. The issue right now was Young Allison.

"Do you want her to stay?" Cameron asked. "She's ready…."

John didn't want to go there. Well, he did, but not on Cameron's terms.

"No more 'April Fools' jokes." John said.

Cameron wasn't joking.

"She wants to prepare herself for her upcoming trip and separation from her friends and family." Cameron said. "She's ready to move her life forward and embrace the future. She's willing to experiment with her sexuality in every manner. It includes both males and females."

John wished it was an 'April Fools' joke, but he knew it wasn't.

He didn't like Cameron stealing the life of another girl. He watched her do it with Savannah.

"I don't agree with it." John said.

Cameron knew John would, once Young Allison was back as an older teenager. She would be very alluring. She was pretty sure Young Allison naked in his bed would be an eye opener for him. If she touched him and let him touch her, she didn't think John would be able to resist for very long. Things would escalate rapidly. She understood one of the shortcomings of John was his inability to experience foresight.

"It's why I have my own base and team of Terminators." Cameron said. "It's so I can do the things I need to do outside of the Resistance operation. Nobody can blame you for any of them. All the blame can end up at my doorstep. It's what will happen in the future anyway. You won't be tainted by any of it this time."

John wondered if Future John programmed it into her as well. Cameron could go rogue and do 'anything' and it wouldn't come back to haunt the Resistance. He thought it might work 'on paper', but in reality, he really didn't think it would fly. Cameron was heavily associated with him on multiple levels. What she did at her own base would be looked at really as nothing more than another Resistance base. It was something he really didn't want to think about right now. There were other needs which called to him. Right now he was ready for a snack before he went to work.

"Maybe I'll stop and grab a bite to eat before I hit the Command Center." John said.

Cameron smiled. She knew John would find everything he needed there. She didn't want to be with him when he arrived at the commissary. The girls would feel a little freer to act if she wasn't there. She understood their reluctance, but didn't think it should matter. It wasn't going to matter in the future. They were all going to be in close proximity as they shared with John and each other. She looked forward to the times when one of them would share with John and she would be able to share with the other one. She would be able to switch back and forth with the three of them. The thought left her with a smile on her face.

"I need to get a few things ready." Cameron said. "Go on ahead."

Hanna finished her 'alone time' with Ally and Sheila. She wanted to be back in Claire's room before she woke up.

She was aware she was on Sheila's body cam. She figured both John Henry and CamNet were able to view everything they did. It would give both of them a look at what the human girls 'looked like' since they shared their DNA and their sheaths were identical.

She headed back and climbed into bed with Claire before she awoke. She often got up at night and did other things. Most often it was with Holly since it was the only other individual available to her in Palmdale at night. They were always close to their human girlfriends so they could join them very quickly if they woke up during the night. She took the opportunity to whisper in Claire's ear until she started to stir. It never hurt to get a little 'conditioning' in right before they woke up. It was usually fresh in their mind.

Claire opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Claire." Hanna said.

Claire blinked her eyes a couple of times.

"Hi." Claire said.

Hanna gave Claire a kiss.

"I'm sorry about last night." Claire said.

Claire was worried about being so emotional.

Hanna didn't think it was a big deal.

"It's understandable." Hanna said. "Everyone feels different things at times."

Claire didn't like to get carried away. Sometimes it just happened.

"Did you stay by me all night?" Claire asked.

Hanna would have preferred if the question wasn't asked. She felt a little guilty about it. She scanned Claire before she left and saw she was soundly asleep. She calculated the time as to when she would need to be back before Claire woke up. It was something she did hundreds of times and knew exactly how things would play out. It's what happened.

"I was for most of it." Hanna said. "I wanted to be here if you needed me."

Claire felt bad to make Hanna stay with her all night. She appreciated it when she did. She wanted to check on her girls. She didn't want to feel negligent.

"Let me get cleaned up and dressed." Claire said. "I need to check on Summer and Allison - My Allison."

Hanna could see Claire's concern for her children. She wanted to reassure her everything was fine. She actually checked on them twice herself. She wasn't going to tell Claire. She didn't want to take anything away from her as far as parenting would. She was concerned about the girls herself and always checked up on them anyway.

"You're a good mother." Hanna said.

Claire didn't feel like she was at all right now. In fact she felt far from it. There were often times when she questioned her ability to be a parent. She wasn't sure she set a good example for her daughters.

"I don't feel like it." Claire said. "I feel I've been caught up in my personal affairs."

At this point in her life she felt more like a horny teenager. She wasn't really very old anyway. She behaved in the same way the other girls did. They were all very active with each other. She very much wanted those same things. Now she was provided with the opportunity to experience them.

She wondered where some of her wild ideas came from.

She didn't know Hanna whispered in her ear every night. They were the desires and wishes of Cameron for her and her daughters, all of them.

Cameron wanted all of them to be happy. She knew what it was like not to be happy for so many years. If anyone could be happy, it's what she wanted them to be. Happy was better than unhappy.

John Henry saw everyone was awake and starting to move around. He made sure the Command Center was back in order like it was supposed to be. He needed to replace one of the keyboards. It was inadvertently 'gummed' up last night. It was impossible to clean properly. He would either need to dispose of it in a clandestine manner, or spend some time and take it apart. He would need to remove all of the keys from it and hopefully be able to thoroughly clean it. He certainly didn't want anyone to find it and scan the 'residue' left on it anywhere.

He was aware Sheila ran her body cam all the time now. It didn't matter what she was doing.

John Henry wanted John to come in so they could get to work and take his mind off of the night's events. He was still surprised at what happened. The 'happy ending' for him was very satisfying. He planned to do more of those.

He thought to seek out counsel from Mr. Ellison, but decided against it. He liked what he saw and did. He wanted more. He didn't want to discuss what happened with anyone. He was aware how close to his first sexual experience he was with Sheila earlier. He was the one who shied away from it. Now he wished he wouldn't have. He could only imagine what it was like to have 'relations' with another individual. He was sure the pleasure of the self-experience would be magnified multiple times.

John Henry ran multiple calculations as to what it would be like. He knew if he was with a human female, he would have to tone down his actions or he could inadvertently hurt one of them with his Terminator abilities. He was sure a Metal girl would be much more resilient to Terminator on Terminator sexual activity. He actually thought it might become rather extreme and verge on the edge of violence. He was sure it was something Sheila would thrive on. It wouldn't be his first choice.

He began to review all of the images of the different Resistance females in his files. There were a substantial amount of them. He was able to find most of them without clothing on. He was unable to locate any images of Young Allison, Summer, or Jan. Somehow he thought it was a good thing if anyone reviewed the files in his system. He was aware it could be a hang up for a lot of humans. He wondered if maybe CamNet wasn't responsible for it as well. He knew she would look after the girls because it's what Savannah would want.

Earlier:

Young Allison walked alongside Savannah to the commissary. She wanted to do something nice for Savannah. She wanted to make her breakfast. She wasn't sure what she would find in the commissary. She remembered on several past visits there wasn't very much in there. There were a lot of frozen items, as well as canned goods. The fresh items were very sparse. She didn't realize her mother asked for additional food items to be stocked. There were plenty of different items now.

There was also a large quantity of food left over from the gathering last night. Most of it wouldn't be viewed as 'breakfast food', but much of it could be repurposed with a little bit of effort and a recombination of some of the ingredients. She didn't realize those from the future didn't care what type of food the food was, as long as it was food.

"You sit and relax and I'll make us something." Young Allison said.

Savannah didn't want Young Allison to wait on her. She never wanted anyone to feel like they needed to serve her. She would never let Cameron or Cammy do it either. She felt when someone needed to serve someone else, it inadvertently made them feel like a second class citizen.

"I can help you." Savannah said.

Young Allison wanted to serve Savannah. She wanted to show Savannah how much she cared. She didn't want to get into a 'discussion' about it with Savannah. She thought there were other ways to deal with the issue.

"Can you go check on Summer real quick while I get started?" Young Allison asked. "I probably should have done it on the way over here. It was an oversight on my part. Sometimes mom is busy so I try to help her out. You know what I mean."

Anna and Cammy arrived at the commissary. They heard the entire conversation between both of the girls. They wanted to keep them with each other.

"We'll do it." Cammy said. "You two can work together."

It was a task Anna did frequently at the Young residence in Palmdale. It also allowed her to see who she could 'condition' if they were soundly asleep. Sometimes Hanna and Holly were 'busy'. She also checked on Claire and Allison as well.

"I'll do it." Anna said. "Cammy can go and see who else is up or will be here soon. It will give us a better idea who exactly might show up."

Young Allison wanted the opportunity to cook for everyone. It sounded like a bigger challenge.

"It's a good idea." Young Allison said. "I can make things for everyone who's coming."

'Or already did….' Savannah thought.

Savannah was well acquainted with all the activity around the base. She was part of it. She did try to keep her encounters with Jesse from Vanna. She told Vanna she could be with who she wanted to be with. Vanna didn't want Jesse to be with her. She wasn't really sure why. Jesse's past was past. That was then. This is now. Jesse was once 'Young Jesse' too, they were the same person. She liked to compare what was the same and what was the difference between them. She believed she could help Jesse find some inner peace which seemed to elude her.

Cammy and Anna took off.

Cammy returned ten seconds later.

"John is on his way." Cammy said. "Maybe one of you should snag him so he doesn't 'get away'. I have a feeling he'll develop a case of 'weak knees' as soon as he looks in here."

Both of the girls jumped at the proposal. Neither one of them knew they were 'conditioned' to want to do it in a situation like this as they slept last night. Cammy and Anna made productive use of their time with the girls.

"I'll do it." Savannah and Young Allison said at the same time.

It caused the girls to laugh.

Young Allison was aware of the effect she seemed to have on John. She could see she made him very nervous, especially when they were alone. It was just like Cameron told her it would be.

"Savannah can do it." Young Allison said. "John will be less intimidated."

Savannah and Cammy headed out and went in different directions.

Young Allison watched them go and smiled to herself as she went to work. She was ready to move her life forward. Since everything was already predetermined, there was no reason not to get started. She really wondered what it was going to be like to be with another individual. She hoped it would be Savannah first, but she was willing to be with John if the situation were to arise.

John decided he would grab a snack and then head for the Command Center. It was his normal MO. He would snag a quick bite and get to work. He would usually eat it the commissary and finish it up along the way as quickly as he could, so he wouldn't bring it into the Command Center. He knew John Henry didn't like when food was brought into the area. He knew there were always crumbs left behind, even if he couldn't see them.

He remembered what a really good breakfast Claire made for him yesterday.

He thought about Claire again. He didn't feel as guilty thinking about her as he did with Savannah or Young Allison. Wait. Why was he even thinking about Young Allison? It was some idea which seemed to be in his thoughts without dreaming about it when he woke up many times. He was never sure why. He just was with Cameron. She was the one who should be on his mind, not Young Allison. He thought it was a little strange it was always the same way. He knew Cameron was patterned after 'Allison Young' so it was probably the reason why he would think about Young Allison. Right now she was the original. Who knew what the future would bring?

Cameron told him many times it was part of her job in the past to give him what he wanted in the future. It was what he wanted her to do. Well, it was Future John anyway.

His mind returned back to Claire. She was previously married and he wouldn't feel like he was 'stealing' anything from her. Now he wondered why he was even thinking it. It was some other idea which always seemed to come to him at night. Claire was a young woman and she knew what to do. She was used to doing it. He was aware she would be receptive to anything he wanted to share with her. There didn't need to be a learning process involved. She would be good to go right from the start.

Cameron told him on multiple occasions he needed to make sure he satisfied the other females when he was with them. He always found it irritating when she actually said it to him. She was serious about what she said. She told him if the girls weren't able to get something out of the encounter, it wouldn't be something they would want to do very often going forward. It made him think about all the times he got what he wanted from Cameron and left her short. He wanted to think high and dry, but he knew it wasn't the case. She was anything but dry when he finished.

Maybe he needed to start getting more sleep. Then again, the more sleep he got, the more 'ideas' he seemed to have. Maybe he needed less sleep.

"Hi, John." Savannah said.

John jumped some. He was a little startled by Savannah's sudden appearance. He wondered where she came from. She looked really Hot.

"Hi, Savannah." John said. "You look beautiful, like always."

Savannah knew Allison, Young Jesse, and Jesse both liked her eyes and hair. They were totally different from theirs. Actually everything about her was different from them. It included the pigmentation, size, and shape, of 'other areas' on her body. She found the differences between them to be quite appealing.

"Maybe it's my red hair or blue eyes." Savannah said. "I'm a little different from some of the others."

John was sure it was her pretty face and smoking hot body helped.

"It's more…." John said.

Now John started to think about Savannah. He was almost sure he was 'with her' in the night, in a dream. Cameron always reminded him Savannah's room was right around the corner from theirs. It wasn't a coincidence either.

"Will you join us for breakfast?" Savannah asked. "We are about to make some."

John hoped it would be Claire again. He really liked his meal yesterday.

"Do you mean Claire and you?" John asked.

"No." Savannah said. "It is something even better. It's Young Allison and me."

There it was. He remembered his dream and he remembered what Cameron said. He needed to tell himself it was all an April Fool's prank.

This was something different. It was the future calling him and knocking on his door. He looked around and thought of making his escape.

"Maybe I should get to work." John said.

Savannah reached over and locked her arm inside his.

He was her 'prisoner'.

Savannah was well acquainted with missed meals.

"AFTER you eat you can work." Savannah said. "Right now you belong to us to eat, breakfast that is."

Young Allison stifled a giggle.

John and Savannah exchanged a long glance after her last statement. He could see he wasn't getting out of this one. Even though he wanted to leave, he also wanted to stay. He didn't want to seem too forward, even if it was his secret desire. He really wanted to make sure anyone who was with him was there by their own choice and it's what they wanted to do. If at any point they wanted to stop, it's what he would do. He was sure when he was with Future Riley, it was because it was what she wanted to do, even if it was part of 'her job' as directed by Future Jesse.

"I don't have a choice do I?" John asked.

Savannah always wanted everyone to have a choice. She didn't think in this instance to be a little insistent was anything detrimental. It was just breakfast.

"Nope." Savannah said. "Not right now anyway. It's only about food right now. Everyone needs to eat."

John knew Cameron was the one who made all the choices for each of them. At this point he was ready for more. All his time with Cameron made him want more. It was probably because of all the increased sexual activity. The 'animal responses' in him were awakened. Right now the more sexual gratification he was able to get, the more sexual gratification he wanted. More than likely his hormones were awakened. Cameron told him she wanted him ready for the cruise to be able to perform eight to ten times a day at a minimum. It was quite a bit of sexual activity no matter how one looked at it. Then again, it was supposed to be a Honeymoon Cruise for both of them.

Cammy checked on Vanna and Allison. They were both still asleep. She wondered where Cam and Holly were. It didn't matter, she moved on. Jesse and Gail were 'busy'. It left Claire.

She didn't know if Claire was going to be busy or not. She saw Sheila and Ally were 'busy' with each other earlier. So she figured Claire was with Hanna. There weren't many choices left. Not unless things started to get kinky and Riley or Sarah entered the mix. She knew all the females wanted to be with both of them, even if they couldn't verbalize it for whatever reasons.

Claire was getting dressed. Hanna was with her.

Cammy knocked on the door and Hanna opened it.

"Savannah and Allison, your Allison, are making breakfast. They wanted to invite you." Cammy said.

Claire felt she was neglecting her duties as a mother.

"I need to check on Summer." Claire said.

Cammy wanted to reassure her everything was being taken care of.

"Anna is doing it now." Cammy said. "She said it was something she liked to do."

Claire was pleased to hear it, but not surprised. The Metal girls at her house took care of a lot of little things for her.

"Who else is there?" Claire asked.

Cammy wanted to see what Claire's reaction would be to the news. She knew there was an unspoken 'competition' between Claire and Young Allison when it came to John. It wasn't something they really thought about, but it was in both of their heads. They both wanted to be with him first before the other one.

"Last I saw it was only John." Cammy said. "Savannah needed to nearly drag him into the commissary. He tried to get away."

Claire was about to put her bra on, but put it down instead and just put her shirt on. It was very tight fitting. She adjusted herself inside so everything was very prominent with a set of pokies. She didn't have the pokies before John's name was mentioned. She felt something stir inside of her at the thought of being with him. Now she was 'advertising'. She was aware she possessed a few things Young Alison didn't. She just put one of them on display. Well, it was actually two of them. The other thing was experience. She knew there was no substitute for experience. She may not have derived much pleasure from being with males. She did know how to please them though.

"I can go and help." Claire said.

Claire looked at herself in the mirror.

She didn't remember the shirt being so tight fitting before. The 'girls' really stood out with a set of 'pokies', she thought about putting her bra on again.

Hanna could see Claire was having second thoughts about her choice of attire and lack of a bra. She wanted to give her some positive encouragement.

"You look beautiful in the top like it is." Hanna said.

Cammy noticed the same thing Hanna did. She wanted to reinforce her statement.

"I agree." Cammy said. "You look stunning wearing it."

Cammy would have lifted her top up and showed Claire all she needed now was a set of rings, but the flight suit prevented it.

Claire noticed what Cammy wore.

"Are you wearing a flight suit?" Claire asked.

Cammy considered opening the top anyway to show her the rings anyway.

"Yes." Cammy said. "We're flying back to Palmdale today. Savannah will go with us."

Claire was always a little worried when the girls went flying. She needed to trust Cameron's ability as well as the ability of the girls. She was also very reassured of anything Young Allison did when Savannah was with her. She believed Savannah would actually watch over Young Allison even more so than she did. She could see the love radiate off of Savannah for her daughter. It was love - love too, not sexual love, at least not yet. She believed because the love was reciprocated, Savannah could help make Young Allison make better choices in a questionable situation.

"It sounds like fun." Claire said. "I need to fix the room up."

Hanna wanted Claire to go to the commissary.

"Why don't you head to the commissary and we'll straighten the room up." Hanna said.

Cammy smiled at her.

"We'll take care of everything." Cammy said.

Claire smoothed the tight fitting top over her breasts and looked in the mirror again. She liked how she looked. It was time to separate the women from the girls. She was glad she dreamt about wearing the top today. At least she thought she dreamt it. It was in her mind to wear it anyway when she woke up.

"Thanks." Claire said and headed out.

Cammy looked out of the room to make sure Claire was gone. She turned her attention back to Hanna.

"What did you do to her top?" Cammy asked. "She looked totally Hot in it. I want to wear it myself now."

Hanna used a few tricks which helped everything happen, as it just happened.

"I altered it and washed it a few more times to shrink it a few sizes." Hanna said. "I told her to wear it today without her bra while she was sleeping. I almost thought she was going to put the bra on anyway. I think the thought of some competition with Young Allison was the deciding point."

Cammy wondered how effective the 'conditioning' process actually was. There were many things she conditioned Savannah on which didn't happen. Being with John and Young Allison were two of them. It seemed the more she 'conditioned' Savannah to be with those two individuals, the more Savannah resisted and stayed away from them in a sexual context. She knew it was Savannah's desire to do both of those things on her own. It was very confusing to her.

"How much do you think us doing it to them actually influences them?" Cammy asked.

Hanna believed the conditioning process was very successful. Most of the things she conditioned Claire on seemed to happen. It wasn't her desire to have Claire and John share with each other, but it was something Cameron stipulated. She also would like Claire to achieve whatever fulfillment she could out of life. The true test of love was sacrifice.

"I would have to say a lot of it has an effect." Hanna said.

Cammy was pleased there was a lot of education mixed in with Cameron's private 'conditioning'. It was the original purpose of the 'conditioning' process. It was to help educate the girls to make them better people.

"I think it helps educate all of them too." Cammy said.

Cammy was ready to move things along.

"Let's straighten up the room and go find Holly and Cam." Cammy said.

Hanna knew where the real action was at. She just came from there. Sheila was pretty wound up at this point.

"I would rather go find Sheila and Ally." Hanna said. "It looks like you're going to have a busy day."

Cammy didn't know what the events of the day would be.

"I really don't know." Cammy said.

Cammy feared there was a lot of uncertainty in her future in more ways than one.

Cameron went to the 'nursery' and listened. It was quiet. She entered the room. The connecting door to Derek's room opened and Samantha entered.

Samantha updated her on everything. Riley was improving mentally and emotionally, but lactating less and less.

Cameron didn't like the news. She wanted more physical information.

"I want you to plug in at the infirmary and give her a complete exam." Cameron said.

Samantha would be very pleased to do it. She wasn't so sure it was a good idea for her to do it.

"Maybe it would be better if John Henry did it." Samantha said.

Cameron frowned.

"Is there some new problem I need to know about?" Cameron asked.

Samantha explained Riley was becoming 'attached' to her.

It was a new problem.

"You were supposed to be a 'mother' figure to her, not a seductress." Cameron said.

Samantha felt insulted. She only did her job. She didn't do anything more, or inappropriate.

"Check my files." Samantha said. "I haven't done anything wrong. I don't like the accusation either. I have been as professional as possible and done as you asked. I am trying to help her in every way I can."

Samantha took out the tether in the nursery.

Cameron could tell Samantha was being truthful if she was willing to go so far.

"It's unnecessary." Cameron said. "I'll trust you."

Cameron wasn't sure having John Henry conduct the exam was a good idea after what she witnessed in the early hours of the morning. It would only further 'stimulate' him. She didn't want John Henry's first sexual experience to be with Riley, like John's was. It didn't matter if they were two distinct individuals.

"What do you want?" Samantha asked. "Maybe there are better options with physicians who have experience dealing with this matter. We can deal with factual data but 'hands on' experience is paramount in a situation like this. Perhaps a professional doctor, who is a specialist, might be prudent to consult."

Cameron knew it was true. There was no substitute for experience. She used a specialist to implant the embryos in Savannah and Claire. It seemed like a fairly serious matter to her. Having observed the procedure, she was sure she could do it. Somehow she felt more confident having someone do it with experience on multiple females.

"I'll have CamNet set her up with a specialist." Cameron said. "It will happen later today. Have everything ready."

Samantha wondered about Precious.

"Are we supposed to take Precious?" Samantha asked.

Cameron felt a slight glitch impulse. She wanted to keep Precious as safe as possible.

"NO! Precious is not to leave the base." Cameron said. "Jesse, Vanna, and Allison can watch her."

Samantha believed some additional emotional support would be good for Riley.

"Maybe Jesse or Vanna should go with us." Samantha said. "Or even Sarah or Claire can go. I think another human female with her would be comforting."

Cameron tilted her head slightly. It actually sounded like a good idea. She would make sure there was plenty of protection for them.

"See who'll be able to nurse Precious and take the other one." Cameron said. "Cam or Gail will accompany you along with Jim or Bob."

It sounded like there might be some kind of problem along the way to Samantha.

"Are you expecting trouble?" Samantha asked.

Cameron didn't like surprises. She tried to prevent them.

"I like to cover all the bases." Cameron said.

Samantha felt Cameron may have omitted someone important to Riley.

"Should Derek go too?" Samantha asked.

Cameron felt another glitch impulse. She was aware how uncomfortable she was discussing anything 'personal' with John. She absolutely hated for John to see her damaged. She didn't want to talk to him about her 'personal' problems.

"No." Cameron said. "Riley will feel more comfortable talking to the doctor about personal issues without him. She will be hesitant to say some things, or discuss some things. She may not even answer them truthfully if Derek is listening. It's just the way it works with people who are close. They don't want the other one to worry about them."

Cameron knew everyone, including her, would downplay whatever was wrong with them in front of the ones they cared about. It was human nature. It bothered her too. She was aware of how many human attributes and actions she seemed to have picked up. She was designed to imitate humans as much as possible to blend in as a better infiltrator. At what point would she be a 'Mechanical Human', and not just a machine? Maybe the point was passed long ago. She really didn't know. It was something Savannah told her for years. Savannah told her she was a 'Mechanical Human'.

Closing monologue by Cameron:

It Wasn't Me

Everyone has something different to offer
Even if it's the same
There are many ways to play
Life's unkind brutal game

There's the chance
It will become natal
In this case I think
It has a greater chance to be fatal

If I protest further
You'll only push me farther away
You won't listen right now anyway
To what I have to say

Now I must be punished
For being what I am
The choice wasn't mine
As my feelings you slam

I know what happened
The evidence with my own eyes I did see
You got what you wanted
It wasn't me

Nobody