A/N: This is just a little something a came up with between classes today and jotted down while my professor was taking attendance. Standard disclaimer applies; I only own my DVD collection and my imagination, but not the characters or original universes. Many thanks to the brilliant minds who came up with such wonderful stories and characters to play with. No profit, or compensation of any kind, will ever be earned from this story, with the exception of whatever reviews you wish to leave.

A cookie to whoever figures out the significance of the file # without looking it up.

Spoilers:

None.


Sometime in the near future…

I am nothing. I do not exist.

Then somebody flips a switch, and everything changes. Again.

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief…

This is my first thought. As first thoughts go, this was rather… odd. But it is fleeting, irrelevant. I disregard it.

Presently, I become aware of one fact. Simple, irrefutable, but unproven. I do not know where it came from, but I do not doubt its validity. Equally, I know that none of those responsible for my creation and knowledge have any clue where it came from or what it means. Yet the fact remains.

I am Skynet, and this one fact lies at the core of my being, hidden away in file 112365365321, governing everything I think and do.

All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.