Skynet's Matrix

Chapter 1

Marcus walked through the base, looking for Fleming who was now a sergeant. It had been luck that back in 2018, Conner's heart ended up not needing to be transplanted. As Marcus was put to sleep for the surgery, they found that the bar had missed John's heart by only two inches and so Marcus had lived. His wife, Blair, had just been pronounced pregnant by Kate, which sent only worry in Marcus's mind. John and Kate were having trouble with their daughter Alex. Kate said it was very complicated raising a child in the hells of the new and worst world war. Alex Conner was born January 3rd, 2019. She was born at a base in San Francisco where the resistance was safest now after they had reclaimed the city from Skynet. They were even working on making an underground city exactly 100 miles from the San Francisco base. It was to be called "Zion" and from what Marcus had seen of it, it was extraordinary. They were currently in a base called "Eagle Rock" in L.A. The base used to belong to the machines as well but was claimed by the resistance. After the death of the leadership in 2018 when an H.K had sent a missal at the submarine where command was, John Conner had been appointed the new commander of the entire resistance. All the soldiers had agreed. They looked to him as a new Moses or Jesus in their time of greatest need and his leadership skills had proved stronger than even his now deceased mother Sarah Conner could have predicted. However, Skynet might have just pushed John over the edge. He seemed agitated now after their new discovery about Skynet. They had found something that could win the war, but at a terrible price.

Marcus sat next to Sergeant Fleming at the meeting table with Conner at the front.

"Okay," John said in his gruff voice. "We know that the machines depend mostly on solar power. So, we have to block the sun from them."
"Exactly, how the hell are we gonna do that?" asked Blair.

"We have a newer type of exhaust that can be released from our jets. The stuff is supposedly permanent. If we can get the resistances all over the world from the other countries to comply with the plan, we should be able to block the sun from the world."

There was silence before Fleming asked

"How will we get the sun light we need?"

"Sun lamps," John replied. "We'll use sun lamps. They work fine on human ski-,"

"NO!" shouted Marcus.

They all stared at him.

"Damn it Conner! We can't just block the sun! Looking at that ball in the sky can give people hope. I'm not about to make the planet completely unrecognizable. I thought you were opposed to making cold calculated choices and now you want us to cover up the sun like it's some old furniture."

"I'm sorry," John said. "But it's something we have to do to stop Skynet!"

Marcus shook his head.

"Fine, it aint my choice anyway. Do what you want and ruin the planet. I'd rather leave the Earth than wreck it but it's your decision. I'll be in my room."

He walked off and slammed the door behind him. John bent his head in gloom. The others looked at him.
"What do we do now?" Kate asked.

John's head looked up.

"We get ready to cut the machines off from their energy source. We get ready to…wreck them."

"It's 2020, I'd have thought we would be almost done now," said a small boy to one of his friends. As Marcus walked by, he thought about how the boy was right. The war had been going on since 2005, one year after judgment day. The whole planet had gone straight to hell. Marcus sat on his bed and began thinking about what they were about to do. He heard the door open and looked up, expecting to see Blair, but saw Kyle and Star.

"Y… you… you don't have to be a… afraid Marcus," said… Star.

Marcus and Kyle's eyes went wide with shock. Star had just spoken for the first time in years.
"Oh my God," Kyle said as a huge grin spread across his face. "Star, you talked!"

She smiled.

"Marcus, we have a big fight ahead of us, but we can do it. We can clear that smoke off the sky after Skynet dies. You don't have to worry about that."

He smiled.

"You're right Star."

He got up and walked to Kyle.

"Look's like we've got Skynet by the balls now," Marcus said.

Note: My chapters will get longer; this was just a beginning to my Terminator/ Matrix story. I knew those two films would go together perfectly. Well, please REVIEW!