Author note: This is an idea I just got in my head, of course its DA/TSCC crossover. I don't own jack for either show, there not mine, if they were they'd be the only shows on TV.
Logan Cale thought that his life was getting back to normal. He and Max had found the cure, they'd gotten married, and they had twins. So nothing could go wrong right? Wrong!
Logan was hanging with Sketchy and Alec, when he got the call. "Logan," it was Max, and she was worried. "Logan, the kids there gone!" Logan just looked at Alec, knowing he had heard, and Logan said. "Max, it'll be okay, well find them, well find them." Then he hung up and said, "Sorry to be leaving, but, but, I've got to go."
He exited Crash, and raced home, speeding through checkpoints. When he got home, he ran into the house, it having been Joshua's until Logan's place was attacked. He ran over to Max and grabbed her, "Max, I'll do any thing to get them back, any thing, we will find them!"His words brought Max out of her stupor.
She looked at him, them she handed him the letter she found on the table. He took it and read it in his mind.
So, the great Logan and Max Cale, I know that I'd find you some how. Sorry about having to do this, but it's the only way to ensure that I meet with you. Max ask your self, 'What if my past is back to bite me?' This is what 'Logan' must be asking himself by now.
And for you, 'Logan' remember me? Well if you don't you soon will. The pulse didn't stop my growth, it only postponed it. You can't escape destiny, it must happen, it will happen, and this time, I will win. Meet me at this place,
The letter showed a location,
And you my still save them, remember, "There is no fate but what we make", good luck.
Logan felt an insatiable anger coming over him. He looked to Max, "Logan, what is this about?" she asked him in a soft voice. He know he could not lie to her any longer, he knew it was time to face his demons. "Max, I need to tell you something about me, something I hope won't change things." She was getting angrier by the second, "Who the fuck did this, WHO?!" Then he laughed and looked at her with haunted eyes, he knew it was his last chance.
"Max, not who, but," he held here for a moment before Max yelled at him to continue. "Max, my real name is not Logan Cale. I created this identity to hide from it." Max was looking at him like he had just attacked her, "No, no, " Then as realization dawned on her, she realized he'd been lying to her about himself. "Max, my real name is John Connor" She slaped him, HARD. "This is your fault, all your fault."
As she tried to hit him again, he caught her hand, and looked at her with an anger that she'd never seen, and it scared her. "Max, this thing that did this, it's been after me my whole life." And he sat Max down, and told her all about him, his conception, his 'childhood', his choice to drop the EMP, and about all those he had lost.
Then he dropped the big bomb, why he launched the EMP. The nuclear war, 3 billion dead, and his destiny. He looked away from her and said, 'And now it's back, to fuck up my life again." He got up and turned to her "Max, let me deal with this, this is my history, and only I must deal, can deal with it." As he turned to go out the door, Max grabbed is arm; you can't fight who you are. I'll admit, I want to kill you for lying to me, but I can't because, I still love you."
At this Logan turned around, "Max, I can't fight this thing as Logan, I must do it as John Connor, my true self." Then she hit him, "Well you know what, Skynet has my children to, and you never left me when you found out what I was, how can I do it to you?" He looked at her, he realized she was right, but this was NOT her fight, it was his.
"Max I will only let you come with me to got the kids, after that you must promise me, you will get them away from here, promise me." The look in his eyes made Max agree. "Good, now it's time to tell every one else, we may need there help to get, Sarah and Kyle back."
Two hours latter they got every one together, and dropped the news. John thought that every one of Max's family would kill him when he told them his alias as Logan was all a lie. Then he saw there anger fade as he revealed what his life before 'Logan' was like, and what he was destined to do.
By the time he finished they all looked to John. Krit said, "Dude, why didn't you tell us all this before?" John laughed at that, "Krit, I thought that it was over, that we had stopped it." Then his face went rigid. "I thought I was safe, but now I realize that what my mom said was true, 'No one is ever safe'." Then he got up, "Listen, I know you don't have any right to trust me, but don't do it for me, do it for Sarah, and Kyle."
Then Max got an epiphany, "John," his real name sounded strange to her ear. " John, who did you name the kids after?" Having a feeling, but letting him say it she was silent. "Max, I named Sarah after my mom, and Kyle after my dad. It seemed like the best way to honor them, especially my dad." Then he got up, and hit a spot on the wall.
Needless to say they were all shocked at the arsenal he had hidden. "Get suited up, we move out a.s.a.p." Then he put on a vest, and grabbed the keys to a vehicle Max didn't know about. John got in and looked to all of them, "Guys, I need to tell you all some thing."
They gathered around the back of the car, a '69 Camero. "Remember these sayings, the first one that I've had in my life forever. 'There is no fate but what we make'." Then he said with complete conviction, " One way or the other, this war ends, Tonight!"
As he started the car, Max dropped in beside him. "Max, please, I need to get there by myself." As soon as he said that Max replied, " So, we head to an unknown address, against an enemy we've never seen, and I can't go with my husband, why?" He just looked at her; "Fine, but Max don't do any thing foolish." She smiled at him, "Hey, it's me." John just shook his head, as he steeled himself for the battle to come, for only he knew his true plan, get the kids, and stop Skynet, once and for all.
