FUTURE WAR

By FAH3

All three jumped when they heard the shotgun blast. They all looked at each other wondering, and praying, that it was something else that they heard. Their fears soon grew worse when the heard the automatic gunfire of an Uzi that soon followed. Dozens officers rushed by with their weapons drawn, along with several others that were using heavy duty weaponry. They knew something was wrong.

"He's here." Ron whispered to himself.

"We've got to hide; now!" Shego said as she grabbed Kim and Ron. They quickly left the office and headed further back into the police station, staying away from the gunfire and the shouting.


The detective was sipping on a warmed cup of coffee to try and calm his nerves. The case dealing with Possible and Stoppable had been giving him a headache. Mainly, what the CSI had found. How can blood not really be blood? It didn't make any sense. He wished he was in bed right now. He would give anything to be home with his wife going on and on about her day. He really didn't give a crap about listening to her planning other people's weddings, but he just enjoyed the fact they were talking again. They had a little bit of trouble, but they got through it. He just wished he was home with her now instead of dealing with this mess.

When he heard the gun blast, he automatically knew that it meant trouble. He dropped the coffee and immediately ran out into the hall, just in time to see a young lieutenant gunned down in a hail of gunfire. The detective drew his gun, and stayed close to the wall. He could hear several gun shots now. Some he could tell were from police issued, but he could hear the blasts of the shotgun loud and clear. That wasn't one of theirs. He stayed low and quickly looked around the corner. He couldn't believe it, but it was the perp they were looking for. The crazy bastard actually walked into a police station to get to the teenagers and the super crook? This guy had to be high on something! No one was crazy or stupid enough to do that!

He was about to take aim for the perp's head when he saw him bust down a door with his foot. The door was actually knocked off its hinges! This guy was strong. He saw him being pelted with several rounds, all in the chest. Guy didn't even flinch and was still standing. That's when he saw him calmly take aim and fire the Uzi into the office, before he saw another uniformed officer stumble through a side door with his entire chest turning red. The detective quickly ducked back behind the wall as he tried to calm himself. This guy had to be ex military and had to be armored. That was the only explanation. He needed something with a little bit more of a kick to take this mother down. He glanced around the corner again and saw that the guy was gone. Staying low, he ran toward the armory as fast as he could. He had to get to those kids as fast as he could!


Reese automatically knew the Terminator was there as soon as he heard the first shot. The guard was standing next to the door and kept looking out the small window in the door to see what was going on. Reese kept trying to find a way out of the cuffs, but it was no use. He wasn't strong enough to snap the chain and he didn't have anything to pick them with. Damn!

"Sir, what's going on?" the guard asked as soon as a detective came into the room.

"All hell is breaking loose. Keep an eye on him!" the detective told the guard and was out the door. Now was the time to act.

Reese was up and out of the chair before the guard could turn. He planted his knee firmly into the guard's crotch, causing him to groan and bend over from the sudden pain. With a swift and strong kick to the guard's forehead, he was out like a light. Acting on instinct, Reese quickly grabbed the cuff keys and unfastened his restraints. He grabbed his coat, and the guard's gun, and moved into the hallway.


Chassis status: 100 functional

Tissue status: 94 functional

Targets: Location not found. Seek and Terminate. Eliminate all human obstacles.

The tissue surrounding its frame was sustaining too much damage. It wouldn't be long until the tissue would be useless and begin to decompose. It knew that it must keep its existence a secret. Scanning the hallway, he quickly found the power junction. Several more shots bounced off of him as he ripped a hot power cable and jammed it into the box. Several computers and lights exploded before the power finally went out. He now had an advantage over the humans.

Seek and terminate targets.

Several more humans were now firing at him with automatic weapons. Many of their bullets missed him because of the lack of light, but it could see everything clearly and focused. One human was hiding behind the corner of a near by wall. On the wall behind him was a mounted fire extinguisher. He raised the shotgun, aimed, and fired. The extinguisher exploded, sending several humans into the open hallway. With a small spread from his Uzi, they were lying on the floor dead.

Seek and terminate targets.


"I'm guessing things are going from bad to worse." Ron said as they heard more gunfire.

"What are we going to do now?" Kim asked. She had never been in a situation like this before. All the villains she had faced had never used guns before. But Shego had, and she could hear someone getting close to them. Eyeing an office with a window, her brain began making a plan of escape.

"This way." She whispered to the two teens and began making their way to the office.

They stayed low, checking every so often to make sure that their little stalker friend wasn't there to blow them away. So far, everything was fine. Until Ron almost screamed. Shego and Kim looked behind themselves and saw Ron was covering his mouth to stop himself, and why he had screamed. There was an officer on the ground with several bullet holes in his chest, and a massive shotgun wound to his belly. Is Kim didn't know any better, she could swear she saw some of his guts. She was doing her best to keep what little food she had left in her stomach down.

"Keep it in until we get out of her, Princess." Shego said, trying her best to sound normal. It was hard for her to try and not let her true feelings of fear show.

She was about to take another look around the corner when she felt something tightly grip her shoulder. Out of instinct, she grabbed the arm the hand was attached to and threw it over her shoulder. A small gasp escaped her lips when she saw that the person she had thrown was Reese!

"That was my fault." He said as he straightened himself out.

"That man is in the station." Kim warned him.

"I know. I ducked into a bathroom when he was making another sweep. We've got to get out of here." Reese said to them.

"We were about to crawl out through that window." Shego said and pointed to the office window.

"No use. All the windows here have bars on them."

"What?" Ron asked him.

"I noticed that when they brought us in." Reese said as he leaned over and took the handgun out of the slain officer's belt.

"So how do we get out of here?" Shego asked.

"We go through the front door." Reese said as he made sure the fun was loaded and turned off the safety. "Let's go." Reese said and began maneuvering through the station.


The detective checked his arm once more and grimaced at the pain. Him and a few others broke into the armory and took out the bigger guns, but that didn't do that much good. Most of the officers that were with him when they tried to take down that mother were either dead or wounded. One of the rounds the freak shot at them punctured his arm, and he could feel the blood traveling down his arm like it was water. Trying to take that monster on again was out of the question. When he heard something moving behind him, he quickly re-cocked his gun.

He could hear more noises. Whatever was moving was getting closer. He closed his eyes again and placed his finger on the trigger. He opened them as he inhaled deeply and turned the corner with the gun raised. As his eyes focused, he could see that the muzzle of a 9mm handgun was in his face as well. Being held by the nut job they brought in with Possible and Stoppable.

"What the hell?" the detective growled as he and the self-proclaimed soldier kept their guns raised.

"Get down!" Kim growled and pushed the detective down to his knees while Shego made Reese duck down.

"Would someone tell me what the hell is going on?" the detective asked.

"We're trying to get out of here. Are there anymore cops around?" Ron asked him.

"Probably not. That lunatic in the sunglasses took out most of the force. If everyone's night dead, they're out for the count." He said as he pressed his hand against his wound.

"Where's the Terminator now?" Reese asked him.

"Not this bull,"

"Where is he?" Reese growled.

"He was at the south end of the station last time I saw him." The detective said.

"Do you have a car?" Kim asked.

"Yeah, why?" the detective asked her.

"Because we need to get the hell out of here and soon." Shego said as she checked their surroundings. "Let's go while its clear." She said as Reese led the way.

As they maneuvered through the destroyed station, Kim and Ron did their best to try and stay focused. Besides walls riddled with bullet holes and everything shot to hell, there were desks and walls covered in blood splatter. As they stepped over and around several dead bodies, they could hear the carpet squish from the blood they had soaked in like a rag soaking in water. Kim had tears in her eyes as she saw all the carnage and death around her. There was no point in this. No point in all these people dying because of them. If it wasn't for Ron firmly holding her hand the entire time, she probably would have had a break down right then and there.

"Oh shit! Stop!" Reese said as he held his hand out, making everyone freeze in their place.

"What's wrong?" Shego asked.

"Terminator at two o'clock." He whispered.

All of them rose their heads up slightly and saw him. He had several bullet wounds in his shirt and jacket, and the shirt had several blood stains on it. But he was moving in a smooth but stiff motion as he looked around the station. Almost the way a machine moves. He was standing still, and kept looking about the room. Both weapons were still raised upwards and steady. Even without the bullet wound, it took him both hands to hold a gun the size of that Uzi.

"Shit." Reese said to himself.

"Can't we sneak around him?" Kim asked.

"No. The bastard's looking for us. His sensors already knows there's something living in here." Reese said.

"Do you mean heartbeats?" Shego asked him.

"No, heat signatures. He can't see them, but he knows there's something alive in here." Reese said as he tried to think of a plan.

"Take the keys." The detective said as he removed his car keys from his pocket and gave the to Kim.

"What?"

"My car's the big ass green Chevy outside. It's got a full tank, so it should get you far from here." The detective said as he checked the gun one more time.

"This is no time to play hero!" Shego said to him.

"Just get out of here. When I distract him, you run like hell!" the detective said as he moved to the other side of the room.

"Wait!" Ron said.

"Forget him, just move!" Reese said as he kept an eye on the Terminator. "When I saw so, run." Reese said.

That's when the detective jumped up and opened fire on the Terminator. With a loud shout, he let loose on the mass murderer. Several rounds impacted his chest, and bounced off his head.

"Run!" Reese said as the moved. As the others went down the main hallway, Shego stopped and watched the detective fight the machine.

The Terminator took aim, but discovered the shotgun was out of ammo. It discarded the now useless weapon and began to aim with the Uzi.

"NO!" Shego shouted and lit her hands. With a shout of rage at the monstrosity for killing her brothers, the emerald vixen unleashed a massive emerald fireball at the Terminator.

The fireball hit the Terminator with enough force to shove him into the wall. Part of his shirt in the center was burned away, as was most of the flesh. It looked like a festering wound that came from the nightmares of a hospital burn ward. The Terminator stood still for a moment before it lifted the gun again. With another yell, Shego unleashed another fireball at the Terminator, sending it through the wall. She was breathing hard and let her hands power down. Maybe she had finally stopped the bastard.

Her hopes were soon dashed when she saw the Terminator rise from the debris. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw his chest. The wounded flesh had now been completely burned away to reveal the breast plate of the metal chassis that lie beneath. Reese had been right. Reese had been right the whole time. Shego had been so entranced by what she was seeing, she didn't see the Terminator raising the Uzi and taking aim at her head.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" the detective shouted as he opened fire again.

This time, the Terminator looked at the detective and marched his way. With each step the Terminator took, the detective still kept firing. But it still didn't stop the murdering machine as it stepped closer and closer to the detective. When it was close enough, it grasped the detective by the throat, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against the wall.

"LET HIM GO!" Shego shouted as her hands came back to life.

"SHEGO, WE'VE GOT TO GO NOW!" Reese shouted as he grabbed her by the arm.

"WE'VE GOT TO SAVE HIM!" Shego shouted.

"HE'S ALREADY DEAD! COME ON!" Reese shouted as he pulled the villainess with him down the hall.

When Shego looked back at the detective one more time, she saw the Terminator crush the detective's throat like a soda can. "NO!" Shego shouted as she saw blood squirt from the detective's throat and splatter along the walls as the Terminator let him go.


"Where was she?" Kim asked as Reese came outside and shoved her into the truck.

"She tried to take down the Terminator." Reese said as he shoved her into the backseat with Ron while he and Kim took the front seat.

Reese hopped into the driver's seat and turned the truck on as fast as he could. Once the motor started, he quickly shoved it into reverse and backed out of the parking spot. When he stopped, they all saw the Terminator leap in front of the truck with a freshly loaded weapon. Ron and Kim could see the metal body that had been exposed by Shego's blasts and couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"GET DOWN!" Reese shouted as the Terminator took aim.

As the windows shattered from the hail of gun bullets, all four ducked down into the seat as Reese floored the gas. The truck accelerated with a jump, giving off the smell of burning rubber. Reese looked up briefly and made sure that he was heading straight for the Terminator. Reese pressed the gas harder to give the truck more speed as he kept his vision centered on the cybernetic assassin. With a hard jolt, the truck hit the Terminator dead center. The robot tried to hold onto the front of the truck as best as it could, but it soon lost its grip and tumbled beneath it and allowing the vehicle to run over him. As the truck sped off, the machine slowly rose to its feet. Its systems are were functioning, but it knew that it's tissue disguise was most likely severally damaged. It had to return to the hotel it was based at and attempt repairs.


"We'll stay off the main road for now. We need to head out of the city." Reese said as they felt the wind blow in their faces. Ron was doing the best to gently sweep the broken glass off himself when he noticed Shego. She kept glaring at Reese without even blinking. He had seen Shego angry, upset, and ticked before. But now, he could tell that she was really pissed off.

"Shego?" Ron asked her.

"You bastard." She growled.

"Huh? What did I do?" he asked her.

"Not you. Him." Shego growled and kept glaring at Reese.

"What did he do?" Ron asked her.

"He let that – that thing kill the detective. We could have saved him." She said.

"What's she talking about?" Kim asked Reese.

"Shego tried to take out the terminator, but failed. It was locking onto her when that police officer opened fire. He gave us enough time to get out of there." Reese said.

"You just stood back and let that fucking tin can kill him!" Shego shouted.

"What?" Kim asked her.

"That thing crushed his throat. Like it was paper. And Mr. Soldier here wouldn't even try to save him." Shego said.

"You son of a bitch." Ron said to him.

"My mission is to protect all of you, not him." Reese said.

"I don't care if you were sent back here to guard the pope. If someone's in trouble,"

"HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO ME AT ALL?!" Reese shouted, becoming more and more frustrated by the way they were acting. "You three are the only hope humanity has left. Period! But if it means keeping all of you alive, I'd burn down this whole fucking town. That thing is out there, and it will stop at nothing to kill you. It's mission is its life. Now I'm sorry those officers were killed. But to me, they're already dead. To me, they've been dead for years. Now I've got to think of something." Reese said to them and kept his eyes on the road.

"So what do we do now?" Ron asked him.

"We've got to ditch this car. The Terminator can recognize it now." Reese said as he kept his eyes on the road.

"Then what?" Kim asked him.

"Then we improvise." Reese said as he wished he had a cigarette and a stiff drink.