Chapter 2: Preparation
(Own Nothing) :(
Resistance Headquarters, Garage
I am loading our Warthog (not the animal the vehicle) with weapons and supplies while Blair is testing it to make sure nothing will malfunction when Riley walks up.
"So are we ready to go?" Riley asks. Riley is wearing a brown Resistance jacket with white pants. He carries an M-16 with a flashlight attached to the barrel.
"Everything seems okay to me. How 'bout you John?" Blair asks. Blair has a grey Resistance jacket and black pants. She also has the same M-16 Riley has. (everyone has the same gun basically)
"I just need more clips for the M-16s and we should be good." I said.
"I know where some clips are." Riley says. "Barnes has some." He said, his voice fading over the memory of the fallen comrade.
There was an awkward silence for a moment until Blair piped in.
"I'll go to the armory and see if can find any." Blair said and ran toward the armory.
Blair's POV
"Alright clips, clips where are more clips?" I thought to myself. "Pistol, A-K 47, grenade. Oh, here they are." I grabbed a pile of clips for the M-16s and walked down to the warthog.
"Alright I got more clips, are we ready to..." I started to say but I saw Riley on the ground. But that wasn't all, he was bleeding. Blood covered his nose and mouth like a circus clown.
"What happened!" I said.
"I ... apologized ... to John ... He got ... angry... Punched me ... twice." Riley said, spitting out blood.
"I've got to go find him." I said getting up and running.
Riley's POV
I watced as Blair ran off to find clips.
"Hey, um, John." I said with difficulty. "Listen, uh, I wanted to apologize." I said.
"For what?" John said coldly.
"For um, the whole Barnes thing." I said. "It was just a misunderstanding."
"How is forgetting a great friend, who is probably dead, a misunderstanding!" John roared.
"Hey man it was just a mis..." I tried to say. Right as I was saying "mistake" he punched me in the mouth. I fell down on my back hard. Behind John I could see the mirror on the Warthog. Blood trickled down the side of my mouth. I lunged for John just to get flipped on my back. Before I could blink he punched me in the face and everything went black.
The next thing I knew Blair was cradling my head, asking me what happened.
"I ... apologized ... to John ... He got ... angry... Punched me ... twice." I said. Then I realized I had a ton of blood in my mouth and spit it out. Then Blair told me she was going to go find him.
John's POV
I watched as Blair ran down a long hall to find the clips.
"Hey, um, John." Riley said.
"Listen, uh, I wanted to apologize." Riley said.
"For what?" I said coldly.
"For um, the whole Barnes thing." Riley said. "It was just a misunderstanding."
"How is forgetting a great friend, who is probably dead, a misunderstanding!" I yelled.
"Hey man it was just a mis..." Riley started to say. I was tired of him acting like a great friend was just a mistake. I gathered all my strength and punched him in the mouth. He started bleeding and charged after me. I grabbed his arm, turned, and flipped him over me, causing him to hit the ground. I kneeled over him and punched him in the mouth. He started to bleed more.
I realized he was hurt badly so I ran as far as I could. I stopped at my wife's room.
"Hi John." Kate says cheerfully.
"What's wrong?" Her voice changes.
"I can't rescue him." I told her.
"You can't rescue who?" She asked.
"Barnes. I can't rescue him." I told her.
"Why not?" Kate asks.
"Kate, I just knocked out my own comrade instead of the machines." I said
"How can I fight skynet when I always fight our own men?" I said
"Well, John we always have problems." Kate said. " But we have to face them. If we don't, it can cause something that we can never let go of."
"Yeah. I guess your right. Thanks." I said to her, yet again having hope of saving Barnes.
"You're welcome." She said, happy again.
She kissed me and sent me back to the warthog for the mission.
I come back to the garage to find Riley standing and not bleeding.
"Hey Riley I wanted to apologize..." I tried to say when Riley grabbed my neck and lifted me in the air.
"Riley! What are you doing!" I said sputtering.
Riley then threw me and I hit a Humvee, denting the door a bit. I looked up at Riley to not see eyes anymore but red circles where his eyes used to be.
"You're not human." I say angrily, knowing what he is. A T-RIP like Marcus but actually evil.
"BLAIR!" I yell at the top of my lungs.
I see Blair holding a grenade.
"Suck on this you pitiful machine!" Blair yells, taking the cap off the grenade and throwing it at the T-RIP.
After an ear-splitting explosion, the terminator lies on the ground motionless an no red lights in its eyes. Kate comes in and starts looking at it.
"Yeah." Kate says. "That is a T-RIP. With rubber skin and fake blood. Very advanced."
"But wouldn't that make it a T-800?" Blair asks.
"It is advanced. But it doesn't have real human skin." I said.
"John." Kate said.
"I know." I said. "I have to find Barnes quickly before they make him a T-RIP or an T-800."
Authors Note
Cool twist huh? Well, review and Chapter 3 will be here soon.
Peace =)
