Title: Circuitous
Author: Hélio Rei
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: The world of Battlestar Galactica 2003 meets the world of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Spoilers: The entire series of both series.
Author's Notes: I'm a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica 2003. I've always wanted to write something but somehow, I was afraid. I was afraid I wouldn't do justice to such an amazing TV series and so I never wrote anything related to Battlestar Galactica. Until now, why?
The tagline "This has all happened before and it will happen again" made it possible. The subject is all about the same: Man vs Machine.
It's also the same about the Terminator Universe which I'm a fan of. The Question thrown to us at the very end of BSG, reminded me of Terminator. The open ending of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles left the door open for such opportunity as this one.
It will happen. As I started developing ideas, there were already others doing it. Authors like "KissmeKent" or "Vampiric Ant" on this website made/ are making very good fanfics and in case of "Vampiric Ant", it's been a pleasure to read such a fanfic. But there's a but: Vampire's fanfic makes Starbuck as the lead character of the crossover, it's a Kara story with the Terminator characters and in my fanfic, and I want something different. Don't get me wrong but I have a different idea.
I want a Terminator story with BSG characters/universe as background: it's about the choice of the Terminator's characters like John Connor or his mother Sarah and even James Ellison. Of course there's going to be interaction between characters of both universes but in slightly different way. After all, there's a 150 000 years gap. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
Prologue 1:
Los Angeles, California, 2009
As always, Sunday Morning was about God: praying, seeking pardon for the sins committed, making each time, a promise to achieve a greater good.
There was God and Mankind but lately James Ellison was becoming aware something which was defying his convictions: Mankind was taking God's place by creating a being with intelligence, an artificial intelligence.
And he was a part of that creation: but he also knew how wrong that creation could go if it was in the wrong heads. With all his good intentions, James tried to teach God's commandments into the creation however everything fell apart when he discovered, his boss, Catherine Weaver was a terminator, a machine from the future.
His work was shattered once "John Henry", the creation, was gone and His boss along with John Connor disappeared inside a bubble, a time travel bubble.
Sarah Connor, John's mother, left the scene to a destination he didn't know simply because she no longer trusted him.
Savannah Weaver, a six year old child was trusted to him: a terminator was sent to hunt, kill that child and that meant something. It meant she was important to Mankind's future in some way.
It was too much for James Ellison to assimilate: he was just a man, a former FBI Agent who once chased Sarah Connor, thinking she was a danger to the society claiming machines were going to destroy Humanity until one day he discovered she was telling the truth when he saw a machine killing his colleagues, making him the only survivor. He was James Ellison and he had to rethink his priorities, look the answers and that meant seeking a place where he could with God: a church. So there he was, on his knees, praying, contemplating his life in a task of finding answers to all what had happened to his life recently: Alone he was, in complete quietness when he heard a voice talking to him.
"Do you seek redemption, James?" - He opened his eyes and looked onto the direction from where the voice was coming from: A tall, blonde woman, covered with a red dress, one of the most beautiful women he ever encountered was talking to him, with a sly smile. The sexy red dress the woman was wearing could be less than appropriate to some conservative minds, specially in a church.
Ellison noticed she was calling him by his first name: slightly curious, he asked. - "Have we met before?"
She simply ignored his question. - "Have you come to God to ask Its forgiveness?"
James Ellison was more interested in finding out who that woman was. - "And you are?..."
She continued to ignore his question. - "Only through repent, can God help those who want salvation."
Ellison got up, slightly upset. Although the blonde woman seemed to know and had such a confidence talking to him, James didn't know her and the conversation wasn't heading where he wanted to. - "I don't know you and frankly I think we're done here."
He turned around and started walking towards the exit. Seeing James indifference towards her, she continued to insist, chasing James.
"Do you seek God's forgiveness for your failure? The failure to teach the morals to Mankind's children? The children who will destroy Mankind on Judgment Day and assume their heritage?"
He stopped when she asked the question: it was clear she knew something about what he was involved in. He turned around and faced her. Her dazzling smile had vanished and it was clear, she was much more serious.
"Do you have any idea what about are talking about?"
She smirked before she answered his question. - "John Connor, Sarah Connor, Skynet, Terminators...I Know it all James...but I also know God has a plan for everyone and everything. God has a plan for you James and for little Savannah. All this has happened before and it will happen again."
She was becoming too cryptic for him and he didn't like it: confused, he had to ask for answers. - "What are you talking about?"
"Who are you talking to?" - James turned around to see little Savannah looking at him, oddly.
Puzzled, James looked at Savannah. - "I'm talking to this lady over here..." - Just as he looked the other way, the woman was gone: she disappeared in thin air which made him think if he wasn't going crazy.
"I was thinking out loud Savannah…Just that."
To be continued...