Smalville: Terminator Knightmares
(This story is rated M for Mature. Smallville is © 2001-2009 CW Network & DC Comics. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are © 2001-2009 CW Network & DC Comics. Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles is © 2008-2009 Fox Broadcasting. Heroes is © 2006-2009 NBC/Universal Studios. Any and all Knight Rider elements are © 1982-1986; 2008-2009 NBC/Universal Studios. Any and all other characters are mine)
Chapter 1: Cary part 1
The Talon: Clark switched out of his Superman suit back to street clothes as he was in Chloe's upstairs apartment. He and his team that was made up of 17-year-old Claire Bennett, who had the power of instantaneous cell regeneration, Peter Petrelli, who had the gift of absorbing other people's powers, His half-sister Trinity Jean Knight had earlier in the afternoon, defeated General Bon-Joi Zod who had joined with Lex Luthor and Lana Lang to take over the United States. Chloe was staring at the individual who had appeared seemingly out of nowhere to aid Kal-El in defeating Zod. This individual claimed to be a cyborg, a union between man and machine. But this machine was designed as a female. The "woman" had appeared to be between the ages of 16 and 21. She had declared herself to be "Cyberdyne Systems Model 102, Series Cameron". She was a unique machine in that she could mimic anything humans could do, except make love. Cameron stood there staring at Lana who was at this point talking with Clark.
"I really don't think that this is a good idea, letting you keep your powers, Lana," Clark said.
"Look, I was wrong, Clark. I let the power get the best of me, but it won't happen again," She said, defensively.
"I disagree, Lana. These powers could drive you mad," Peter said. Chloe nodded at her.
"I'm gonna have to agree with Peter, Lana. You have to get rid of the powers once and for all, or else what happened earlier this afternoon could happen again. After all, as long as you have these powers, you can become vulnerable, if your exposed to Kryptonite. When your human, your not," Chloe said.
"The Chloe I know wouldn't tell me to give up," Lana said.
"The Chloe you knew died years ago, in 1983, killed by Wilton Knight's original prototype. I'm just her clone. I'm also your friend. I'm not telling you to give up, I'm just telling you that while you have these powers, you're a true Kryptonian, which means your prone to Clark's weakness, and if your exposed to Kryptonite long enough, it can kill you," Chloe answered defensively.
"Chloe Sullivan is correct, Lana Lang. You must give up these powers or they will consume you. We need to get to Cary, Illinois to discover what Skynet is up to," Cameron said.
"How is Lana supposed to give up her powers, if we're supposed to stop this Skynet whatever that is?" Trinity asked as she came out of the bathroom, after taking a shower.
"Why doesn't Clark take her to the Fortress and ask Jor-El to remove the girl's powers, and rejoin us in Cary?" Claire asked.
"No, I only require Kal-El and Trinity to accompany me to Cary-Grove Community High School. There are parts there I need to discover what Skynet is doing," Cameron said.
"First of all, what is Skynet?" Peter asked.
"It's a digital missile defense system originally designed by Miles Dyson in 1991, prior to a T-800 going back in time. Cyberdyne was a civilian contractor to the military, who was asked to build them some type of supercomputer to help them in a coming war. Cyberdyne was destroyed 6 months after they were awarded the contract in December of 1991. The military pressed Congress and The President of the United States, Ronald Reagan to sign the Skynet funding bill. They've been deliberating and adding to it, and more recently President Obama added $50 Million dollars to it's budget if Congress agreed to sign it next month," Chloe said.
"How do you know what that is?" Lana asked.
"Freshman Year, Mrs. Livingston, our 9th Grade Social Studies teacher asked us to look at various companies that have risen and fallen within the past decade and I began to research Cyberdyne Systems Corporation. It seems the company's founders found some advanced micro-chip and some type of robotic arm and built Cyberdyne Systems around discovering the technology that built the chip and arm," Chloe said. Trinity then rolled up her shirt sleeve and then pulled at the artificial skin that hid a cybernetic arm that Knight Industries Technology had built for her at the age of 10.
She removed a small chip.
"This chip powers my cybernetic arm that my own company built to save my life. It was designed by the late Miles Bennett Dyson for Cyberdyne Systems Corporation in 1989, just before the 1st meteor shower that brought Clark to us," Trinity said.
"How did you come across this chip?" Cameron asked.
"When Cyberdyne was destroyed by a woman, her son and a man that was allegedly made out of metal, the company went bankrupt after that, and Knight Industries Technology bought it and some of the theoretical applications from Dyson's lawyers. I came close to some meteors that apparently had hit in 1961, when Jor-El came to Earth the first time. His ship landed near the Kawatche caves and apparently his ship had carried some fragments of Krypton with him. Shortly after KARR & I arrived in Smallville in 1983, I came into contact with the Kryptonite fragments which at first caused me to lose this arm. I had it replaced with a prosthetic one while my Company designed the very first cybernetic arm. The micro-chip that powers my arm from my shoulder, came off of something called a T-800, some revolutionary combination of man and machine which termed itself Terminator. This man/Machine was seen at the Cyberdyne building in 1991. I need to know if that is true," Trinity said.
"The sooner we get to Cary, Illinois, the sooner all your questions will be answered," Cameron said.
"Trinity, you go with Cameron to Cary, while I take Lana to the Fortress to be stripped of her powers. I'll join you as soon as we are done. What will we find in Cary?" Clark asked.
"Materials to build a time machine. We need to go to the past, back in 1983 when the original Terminator arrived so we can discover the whereabouts of both Sarah Connor and her son, Commander John Connor," Cameron answered.
"Let's go then. We don't have all day," Chloe said.
"My instructions were to bring Clark Kent and Trinity Jean Knight back through the Time Displacement device," Cameron said.
"I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some machine tell me I can't help my friends. We're wasting precious time arguing the point. Either we go together or Clark and Trinity don't go at all," Chloe said.
"Very well, then," Cameron said.
"Lana, race you to the Fortress," Clark said. Lana just smiled at him.
"Your on!" She said, and the two ran using Super Speed, running to the North Pole….
To Be Continued…