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TERMINATOR
THE RESISTANCE FIGHTERS CHRONICLES
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EPISODE THREE
"A friend in need is a friend indeed"
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Written by
Sirapop Nualnimnoi
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This fan-produced fiction is a screenplay based on the science fiction drama television series developed for the Fox by Josh Friedman, Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles. This is done in the spirit of fan fiction - to have fun and enrich the total fan experience beyond the limitations of the official story vehicle. This fan-made screenplay is being created available for entertainment purposes of the loyal fans of the show. This story follows the characters of John Connor, Sarah Connor, Cameron, Allison Young and more or all characters from TSCC after the events of the episodes "Twanton" and "New hope coming" (earlier episodes of this fan-made screenplay series)
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TEASER
WE OPEN ON:
INT. CYBERDYNE SYSTEM LAB – NIGHT
SUPERIMPOSE: "CYBERDYNE SYSTEM, 1997"
This is the ruins of the lab after the Connors and the terminator "T-800, uncle Bob" attacked it. We see a mess hall and many burnt computer equipments. The police has blocked this area. It's no-go area.
CAMERON (V.O.)
All stories have a beginning.
We turn around and see, JACK VAN METER (35) who stealthily looks around some equipments. He leans down, grabs a burnt hard disk up, and looks at it.
VAN METER
(to himself)
Let's go, Van Meter.
Jack runs out from the area like hell. No camera and no one excepting us have seen him here.
INT. VAULT (2027) – DAY
It's dark inside. Light floods in as the door opens wider. Weaver steps inside. Pausing, she looks around the overfilled room. There are boxes upon boxes, from sturdy and locked to cheap cardboard storage box. There is just a small store of weapons, food, medical supplies, clothing, etc. toward the back. Some weapons had to be used in the past by someone(maybe Sarah Connor). And the crates of coltan still are at the same place where they were located.
WEAVER
It's safe!
Weaver turns and opens a panel next to the door. Inside is a compartment with several small canisters. She takes one and places it into a receptacle inside the compartment. In a few seconds, the vault's internal LED illumination lights up.
John reaches the door.
JOHN
That was kind of funny.
WEAVER
What?
JOHN
It's safe? (beat) This is your vault?
Weaver just doesn't get humor.
JOHN (cont'd)
Never mind. What's that smell?
Weaver doesn't get "malodorous", either.
INT. PASSAGEWAY – DAY
From S0204: Outside of the interrogation room. It's dark. The carrier's walls are grimy and have patches of rust. Through the hatch, a very wet ALLISON YOUNG has just been shoved by an ENDO into a chair at a government-issue table. She briefly sobs in frustration. Cameron walks in silently and stops at the table, her back to us. Allison looks up, her face showing shock.
CAMERON
(electronic voice)
You shouldn't have run.
(transition to normal)
You're just making things worse for yourself.
The hatch closes.
CUT TO:
BLACK;
CAMERON (V.O.)
All stories have an end.
FADE IN:
INSERT FROM S02EP04 (PASSAGEWAY);
ALLISON YOUNG is sitting on a chair at a government-issue table. Cameron walks in silently and stops at the table, then puts many white plastic bracelets on the table.
SUPERIMPOSE: "A PREVIOUS FUTURE"
Cameron : We found these on some of your friends. Why are you all wearing them? It has something to do with the Connor camp.
Allison : No.
Cameron : It's a pass to get in the camp. You were going to send me there without it. They would have known what I was. You lied to me.
Allison : I'll never help you get to John Connor.
Cameron squeezes Allison's neck. Allison dies and Cameron pulls her bracelet out then wears it.
Cameron : You already did.
Cameron turns back and already leaves before PREVIOUS FUTURE STEFAN (24) enters very hurriedly.
STEFAN
(anxious)
No! Allison!
Stefan runs to Allison's body immediately then reaches toward the neck and checks the vitals with his fingers. Allison was dead.
Stefan falls to his knees, his eyes never breaking away from her. His face displays sadness. He looks suffering. His tears fall.
He inhales so hard, wipes all tears, keeps sadness inside his mind, and stands up. He gently holds her dead body up then runs out from the same way he arrived.
EXT. SUBURBAN STREET – DAY
SUPERIMPOSE: "AUGUST, 2009"
ANGLE on a standard-issue L.A. suburban street with kids racing tricycles B.G.
LOW ANGLE with the FRAME comprising a single house, toy-littered lawn and mailbox. EXTREME F.G., by the curb, is a CHILD'S PLASTIC TRUCK. There is the sound of a CAR ENGINE approaching, and the front of the beige station wagon appears, stopping at the curb. Its front tire crushes the toy.
PAN ON A MAN (28, wears naval service uniform), HE'S A T-950, preceding him as he steps out of the car, pauses by the mailbox to check the name, and strides toward the house.
A YOUNG BOY, playing in the driveway, watches him pass. The boy's DOG, a small Terrier, growls low and mean, crouching back from him.
INT. HALL – THE HOUSE – DAY
The hall looks very like the hall of Ellison's house.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
BURNETT (O.S.)
Please wait. I'm going.
DR. FELICIA BURNETT MD. (29), walks through the hall to the door.
As she's opening the door, a T-950 pushes the door so hard. The door panel attacks her fall on the ground.
A T-950 examines her.
T-950
Dr. Felicia Burnett.
ON FELICIA, she is confused and still lies on the ground.
A T-950 shows his glock with a silencer, aiming it to her. Now her fate is nearly at the end but...
...A billet stabs through his chest from backward.
FELICIA, had never seen this before. She screams like a lady finds a monster or devil or some kind of demon.
A BILLET is pulled out then a hand that holds an energy pack, stabs toward.
FELICIA screams again.
THAT HAND pulls out backward, lets a T-950 slowly falls on the ground besides Felicia who turns her eyes look at that T-950. We and she suddenly TURNS to the front door, revealing LAMPAGE MOORE
who stands facing her. An energy pack is still on one of his hand as a billet is on his another hand.
BURNETT
Who are you?
She turns to a T-950 and quickly turns back.
BURNETT (cont'd)
What the hell are you?
Lampage tilts his head.
SARAH (O.S.)
How are you today, doctor?
Sarah and Ellison enter the house after that.
FELICIA, smiles to Sarah like she meets with her old friend. Lampage reaches one of his hand to her like it's the hand of god.
LAMPAGE
Come with us if you want to live.
We're the resistance fighters.
Felicia turns but still be confused about what's going on with her life.
LAMPAGE (cont'd)
Join us. Join the resistance.
Fight with machines.
BURNETT
What happened? I need the truth.
SARAH
The truth. (pause) In the future, the computer
system program called Skynet will declare war
on the human race. Machines have traveled back
in time, taking human form to terminate its
threats in the past. You are on its list.
LAMPAGE
You have only two choices now. Join us or die?
Felicia can't do anything. She takes Lampage's hand and stands up. She looks shock.
INT. VAULT - DAY
BLACK SCREEN until the tarp is flipped off showing John and Weaver looking down at us. John's face betrays emotions from happy, confused, sad, vexed, etc.
ANGLE
Cameron's body, eyes closed, dressed in her shot-up clothes, is still hooked up to the device that is connected to her body via tubes and wires...but only a half-dozen or fewer in total. Cameron's injuries sustained in S02EP22 are completely healed and her hair is bunched since it's slightly longer and hasn't been moved in 18 years.
JOHN
What's this?
WEAVER
It provides the materials necessary
to maintain her organic covering and
to repair herself.
JOHN
Repair? She can't. She doesn't have her chip.
WEAVER
When your bones break, your body
heals them without any conscious
intervention.
JOHN
Yeah, but endos don't heal like that.
WEAVER
She does.
JOHN
What?
WEAVER
Part of what makes Template of Kill class
unique is their ability to self repair,
given sufficient time and resources.
John quickly thinks this through. He finally realizes the implications and he can't help stumbling back.
JOHN
She-her model evolves into
the MPA and the T-900 series.
WEAVER
Correct. The T0K's self-healing abilities
eventually lead to T-900's powerful self-
healing abilities then lead to mimetic
poly-alloy. Her kind are the first step.
The T-900 is second step. T-950 is third
step. The last is liquid metal pseudo-cells.
JOHN
Liquid metal what?
WEAVER
Liquid metal pseudo-cells. Each cell has
different duty. They model up to be humanoid.
(beat)
That's why I can transform, time travel and
a lot more abilities.
JOHN
So in each cell of yours has nucleus,
organelles, and every part of living cell.
WEAVER
Yes. But it's just fake, not real.
T-900's living tissue is different
from older models but it's still easy
to destroy.
JOHN
We've to clear her before we move her,
and everything in your vault.
INT. VAULT - LATER
John removes the last tube that had been connected to Cameron's torso.
JOHN
What now? Are you going to take her
out of here?
WEAVER
Not until her wounds heal.
Not until we finish the mission.
JOHN
What time is it now?
WEAVER
4:26 PM.
JOHN
Okay. We're going to get just our
EMP grenades out for the battle.
From down the hall:
ALLISON/STEFAN (O.S.)
John?
After a momentary flash of panic on his face, John rushes out from the vault.
INT. OUTSIDE THE VAULT – DAY
John meets up with Allison and Stefan who have only been able to make it a third of the way toward the vault.
STEFAN
John. You got the grenades?
JOHN
Yes. Let's go.
John nods and takes a quick glance at the open vault before starting down the hall. He pauses when Allison and Stefan don't follow.
JOHN
Do you have any places else to go?
STEFAN
No secret between us.
JOHN
I'll tell you after we finish our mission tonight.
ALLISON
Why not now?
Weaver steps out from the vault.
WEAVER
I'll work on it.
STEFAN
Okay!
(to Alise)
Let's go, Alise.
Allison nods. Stefan smiles to John one last time before he and Allison exits.