Hello folks. I'm sorry this took so long to come together. Graduate school is full of work. I'm on spring break right now and I made this a definite goal for the break. Anyway, I want to thank those who read the first story. As I promised, here is the continuation. Enjoy.


Prologue

It had happened and thankfully I missed it again. I missed the catalyst of the war against the machines. But, I cannot avoid the result of the catalyst. I live in that world now. My name is John Connor.

I've only just stepped into this world, leaving behind despair that I thought wouldn't follow me, but it was behind me the whole time. I witnessed the death of friends, comrades, and my mother only to arrive in a world where death is a natural occurrence… and I don't mean natural death, death from the machines.

I've entered a time where I'm not the leader, my mother trained me to become a leader, but how do I become one in world where I didn't exist? A world where we are losing… where we are an endangered species?

This is not the future my mother warned me about. This is John Connor.