Terminator: The Allison Young Chronicles
Chapter 10: The Plan
John sprinted through the halls of the Crystal Peak Bunker until he had reached his destination, the command center. Alex, Kyle, and Martin who were with John, also made their way inside with their rifles ready. John stood still when he saw Jane Connor who standing above Allison Young. His daughter. John couldn't move at the sight of his daughter being held at gunpoint. She was kneeling on the ground with the barrel of the SIG P226 Sauer aimed at the back of her skull like she was to be executed. That's what was going to happen to her, John thought.
John had a weird feeling about this whole situation however, and had a weird itch to look behind him. That was when John looked where he originally expected to find his friends to be backing him up. He had turned around to only find all three of his companions were gone. They just disappeared in mid air. John was so confused. He jerked his head back to meet the gazes of Jane and Allison. When he turned his gaze onto the ground, between him and them, what John saw brought chills to him. Right in front of John, was all three of his companions. His friends, lying on the ground dead. They were surrounded with pools of crimson, and their eyes staring into the void of nothingness.
Jane Connor raised her weapon from Allison and started to concentrate fire at John who in turn, responded by rushing to cover very quickly, and managed to avoid all the oncoming bullets that were meant for him, while they only impact the wall behind him. "Come out John Connor." Jane said in a mockingly. "If you don't, Allison dies" She then said very coldly.
John didn't know what to do in that moment. He couldn't return fire at her with Allison being caught in the cross hairs. If he were to show himself, John would die. But if he did not, Allison would die. John was at another cross road. Both had bad outcomes and time was quickly running out.
"Don't make this harder than it has to be John." She said, to try and lure him out. Somehow she knew that Allison was very important to John. But how?
John peeks around the corner of the desk that he was currently taking cover behind, where he can slightly see Jane Connor slowly scanning the room for him.
"Ten seconds. Or I'll kill her John." Jane repeated as she took aim back at Allison's head.There was nothing John could do. The predicament that he was in, was something that he really hated. Having to decide who lives and who dies because of him. Now Allison was probably gonna be one of those people that died because she knew him. Because she was close to him.
In a split second, John made a decision. He wouldn't let another person die because of him. John immediately stood up from behind the desk, with his hand up in surrender. He then slowly starts walking towards Jane with caution. "You got what you want. Please let her go." John said as calm as he could muster.
Jane gazes at John with a smile on her face. "Excellent." She simply responded before she pulled the hammer of the gun back with her thumb and squeezed the trigger.
A gunshot rung out, inside the command center, then second later silence looms over the whole room with no sound but John's heavy breathing. John stared in horror as he witnessed Allison's body fall limp unto the ground with a pool of blood starting to form over her like a crimson halo. John's fists ball up tightly as anger started to take over inside of him. He felt anger. He felt sadness. John Connor felt defeated.
John who was now in a fury of rage, started running at Jane Connor as he tried to close the distance between him and her. Jane raises the gun once more and fired three shots into John's chest which make him stumble and fall to the ground. John tries to get up off of the ground but is unable to. John felt immense pain in his chest. He glanced down at his uniform and saw red blotches starting to form on his chest and grow in size considerably. John was dead he knew that much. He looked up to find Jane Connor now standing above him with the gun aimed at him. He was definitely finished. John knew that there was no running this time. He was gonna die and the human race was going with him.
"We win. The future is ours." Jane with a stoic expression on her face and a monotone voice. She raises the handgun at John, takes aims at him and fires.
Crystal Peak, 2022: Resistance Base (Connor Living Quarters)
2:04 am:
John Connor woke up screaming in his sleep. He was so scared that he pulled out his Beretta 92 handgun from under his pillow and jolts up into sitting position, and aiming it a terrified Allison.
"John It's me!" She said in a soft yet startled tone as she backed away from him.
"Allie?" John whispered in relief as he lowered his gun and placed it back under his pillow. "I didn't mean to scare you." he said apologetically as he reached and turned on the shade lamp that was next to him.
"You were having nightmares again" She said sadly.
John has had the same nightmare for nights on end after the incident from a couple of weeks ago. It was mostly the same, him watching Allison get killed over and over again by Jane Connor. It was a nightmare he really hated. A dream that wouldn't leave him. John was currently sleeping on the couch in their bunker. He had insisted that Kyle and Allison take the only two beds that were inside of their room, while he took the old sofa. "Yeah… I was" was all that he could say.
"Did I have anything to do with them?" She asks John innocently.
John was curious to why she even asked that question. "Why do you ask?" John asked Allison with curiosity as he sits up and makes room for her to sit down next to him. Allison gladly accepts the offer and takes a seat next to John where they can continue their conversation.
"It's what Jane told me a couple of weeks ago. She said I was a liability." She explained in a sad tone, recalling the previous events where she had almost died.
John puts his hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "You're not a liability Allison. Even with all the danger you get into, it's just hard to stay away from it. We all learn how avoid it but sometimes it just happens."
"You're talking about fate right?" John simply nods. Allison scoffs "That makes me feel better."
"You don't always have to be a smart ass" John said with a grin. It was one of her unique quirks that made her special. "So. How's your head?" He then asks her.
Allison reaches and touches the back of her skull which makes her wince a bit. "Still hurts a lot" she said with a laugh. "Good thing I'm bulletproof right?"
John frowns a bit at Allison's comment. She was only lucky enough that Jane didn't have any knowledge of the metal plate that Allison had. And happened to shoot at her in that exact spot, saving her life.
"John?" Allison tilted her head a bit in confusion. John didn't react to her humor attempt. He usually always had a soft spot for my jokes. Maybe I should ask him about his dream again? "What was your nightmare about?" She then asks him with worry.
John just let out an audible sigh. "It's been the same dream I've been having for the past couple of weeks." He said, getting into every detail of his dream. What happened to her in particular and Jane killing him in the end.
"It didn't happen that way though, John." She said trying to reassure him.
"I know. And I'm thankful that it hadn't. But if it did…" John said before trailing off into his own thoughts.
"I'm still here John!" Allison shouted in frustration. She didn't like how John beginning to mentally break down. He did kill his Skynet clone. But was that enough for him to have mental conflicts with himself? "Look i'm going back to sleep. I'll see you in the morning ok?
Allison got up off of the sofa and walked down to her side of the room, leaving John who was still deep in his thoughts, barely even registered her leaving. Allison slides the curtains that acted as her only source of privacy and disappeared into her room, Where she can get some more rest.
Crystal Peak, 2022: Resistance Base (Connor Living Quarters, The Next morning)
8:26 am:
Allison opened her eyes, awakening from her deep slumber, and reluctantly sat up on her bed, stretching her muscles before she she let's out a loud yawn. She was barely able to get any sleep after John's nightmare that had woken her up. She was worried for him. John hadn't been the same after the incident with Jane Connor, two weeks back. He was more isolated now. He never really smiled as much anymore as well, unless it came from me.Allison slips on a pair of old black and white nike high tops that were from pre Judgement Day that were surprisingly still in good shape. They weren't the best for going outside in the wastelands, but still good enough to walk the halls of the massive bunker that she now called home. Allison stood up off of her bed and throws on her coat before she slides her curtain back and steps out into the the main living room.
Allison nearly jumps out of her skin at who she saw sitting down on the couch, staring at her with intensity. "Dammit! Don't do that!" she said with heavy breathing.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." Veronica said apologetically.
"Whatever. Why are you here?" Allison asks the machine who was awkwardly sitting on the sofa.
"John Connor gave me direct orders to protect you." She states matter of factly in her monotone voice.
"Well I don't need protecting." Allison then said irritated, as she walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge.
"Perhaps not. But they are still my orders." Veronica stubbornly adds.
Allison acknowledges what Veronica just said but ignores her as she ruffles through the fridge and pulls out a small water bottle. She closes the fridge and opens the bottles, taking a sip before placing it on the counter.
"So you just gonna be following me around then?" She then asks the cyborg. She still didn't trust metal whatsoever. Even if they were "Reprogrammed" She still saw the things that killed her mother and father. The things that destroyed the world.
"Correct." Veronica states simply as she stands up off of the sofa and walks over to Allison. "You look fatigued. You didn't get enough sleep."
"It's hard to get a good night's rest when you have a man in the next room screaming bloody murder in his sleep." Allison said sarcastically, also rolling her eyes.
"John Connor or Kyle Reese?" Veronica asks with confusion. Allison just gives her a glare, which Veronica instantly knows who she meant, and nods in understanding.
"So what's the agenda for today?" Allison asks her new cyborg protector.
"John wanted everybody to gather in the hangar at nine-thirty. He has a speech that he wanted to make." Veronica said to Allie as she makes her way to the door and opens it. "You also need to eat. We will go to the mess hall and then the hangar." She then says in what sounded like a commanding tone to Allison.
Allison scoffs and rolls her eyes again. "Just what I need, a machine telling me what to do." She whispers to herself, and hoping that Veronica didn't hear it.
"I heard that." Veronica said before walking out the door and into the corridor. Allison reluctantly follows a moment later, still pissed that John had made this machine her bodyguard. He would definitely get an earful of it later, Allison thought to herself.
Crystal Peak, 2022: Resistance Base (Bunker Mess Hall)
8:36 am:
Allison and Veronica both enter the cafeteria of the bunker and see that it is packed with tons of soldiers, guards, and other Resistance fighters. "Wow!" Allison said as her jaw had practically dropped to the floor. "This place is huge!"
"You've been here for two and a half weeks. You haven't seen this place before?" Veronica asks perplexed.
Allison just shakes her head. "I've been mostly recovering from getting shot. The doctors here usually brought me food while I stayed in bed." Allison says, going into an explanation with the cyborg.
Both stand in the large line, where the food was being served on trays, until they make it to the very front. The servers placed a variety of food that was as top quality as you could get in the future. Canned Vegetables, powdered scrambled eggs, and a piece of some mysterious meat. Maybe rabbit? Allison thought to herself.
Allison and Veronica walk around the mess hall, trying to find a seat but are unable to, due to the breakfast rush. Allison scans the room until she sees a lone Alex who is sitting at a table in the corner with no one else. After the incident where people saw her true form, every one of her former friends were still disgusted with her. Allison's heart practically broke, Alex was sitting alone, and just playing with her food as she stared off into space.
"Morning. May I sit?" Allison asks Alex with a smile as she approaches her.
Alex is rushed out if her deep thoughts when she hears Allison's voice. "Sure." Alex said, returning the smile.
Both sit in awkward silence as Veronica stands guard over Allison, scanning for any possible threats. Allison quickly starts devouring her food like it was about to run away from her, but stops midway when she sees that Alex is still not eating.
"You ok?" Allison asks her with concern.
"I'm fine." Alex said simply which Allison knew was a lie.
"Look if everyone is gonna keep playing the mechanophobia card on you, screw them!" Allison said in a bitter tone. "I'm not scared of you. If you wanted, You could have killed everybody in this room with ease. But you don't. Do you know why?"
Alex just simply shakes her head but this time looks at Allison.
"It's because you have a heart. Even with what Skynet had done to you, they never could take away that part of you. And will you please sit down!?" Allison said in a deep conversation with Alex but immediately focused on Veronica who was standing behind her very awkwardly and irritating her.
Veronica reluctantly complies and takes the seat right next to Allison but still scanning the room consistently.
Alex just giggles a bit at Allison's outburst at the cyborg. "Why is she here?" Alex said pointing her head in Veronica's direction.
"John assigned it to protect me" Allison said, quoting the protect me with her fingers.
"You must be very special to get your very own cyborg protector then." Alex said mockingly.
"It's a handful though." Allison sighs.
"I can say the same about you." Veronica says simply, still not looking in their direction.
"Do you know what John wanted to speak to everybody about?" Allison then asks Alex, ignoring Veronica's comment.
Alex shakes her head again. "No. He just said to me that it was important."
"So when was the last time you talked to John?" Allison asks Alex with curiosity.
"I don't know. Like two days ago?" Alex said in confusion. "He has been acting very strange these last couple of weeks."
"He's suffering from a traumatic experience." Veronica said, butting in on the conversation again.
"Excuse me?" Allison took as an offense.
Veronica just stares daggers at Allison before she speaks up again. "After watching you almost die twice now. It was a traumatic experience for him."
"That makes sense. He has been acting more like the general I knew back in my timeline. He was cold and cut himself off of contact with everyone." Alex spoke up, agreeing to Veronica's statement.
"But John hasn't cut himself off of everyone." Allison says defensively. She knows John just needs time to collect himself after what had happened, but he wouldn't just stop talking to people. Would he?
"Not yet. If John Connor were to lose anyone he cared about, he would resort to isolation." Veronica states simply.
"I know John would never do that." Allison whispers to herself.
"It's almost nine-thirty. We need to leave to the hangar." Veronica said while getting up off of the bench of the table they were sitting at.
Allison reluctantly follows suit, deciding that arguing with a cyborg was useless and probably dangerous. Allison then turns to Alex who was still sitting down and looking at her food again. "You coming?" She then asks Alex.
Alex pondered for a second "Yeah. I'll catch up in a minute." Alex simply said as she started to stand up.
Allison and Veronica walk over to the entrance, and wait for Alex to join them and watch while Alex walks over to the trash where she is about to dump the remaining food she had not eaten, until a man stands between her and the trash can, blocking her.
"You just gonna waste perfectly good food, metal?" The tall man said confidently as he stood within inches of Alex's face.
"If you want it. here tak--" Alex said before the man backhanded the tray from Alex's hands and lands on the ground right next to them.
"I'm not gonna eat food that a machine touched!" the man said harshly as he shoves Alex back.
"I bet she poisoned it, Frank!" another man said as he joined them. They were probably friends and backing each other up, Alex thought to herself.
"Look. I didn't do anything wro--" Alex said before getting interrupted again when Frank slaps her across the face. Alex barely flinched, but it still hurt a lot to her.
Allison and Veronica notice Alex's distress, even though she could take them all on, but decide to help anyway.
"Hey shithead!" Allison shouted at Frank as she quickly closes the distance and dropkicks his nether regions, with a crack that could be heard. Frank falls on both knees as he cries out in pain, but grabs Allison's feet and brings her down with him. Veronica notices Allison's fall and depicts Frank as an immediate threat. She grabs him by the neck and hoists him up into the air, even though Frank could easily stand.
"Veronica!" Victor shouts as he enters inside the mess hall. "What the hell is going on here!?" He asks in confusion at the tiny brawl that was occurring.
"He is a threat." Veronica stated in her monotone voice, and not taking her eyes off of Frank.
"Come on! Kill me you metal bitch! See what happens!" Frank shouts with venom in his voice.
"Put him down." Victor commands in a soft voice as he puts a hand on Veronica's shoulder.
Veronica reluctantly complies and lets go of her tight grip, letting Frank fall hard unto the ground. Alex walks over to Allison and reaches her hand up for Allison to take. Allison takes her hand and hoists her back on her feet.
"Thanks." Allison said as she brushes the dust off of her rear.
"I'm pretty sure I heard a pop when you kicked him in the balls." Alex laughed uncontrollably.
"I think the bitch popped my nuts!" Frank shouts in pain in the backround behind them, which caused both Allison and Alex to laugh even more.
"We should leave." Veronica said, approaching them and grabbing Allison by the wrist.
Veronica, Allison, and Alex quickly exit the mess hall to avoid any more altercations with the soldiers, and run down the corridor.
Crystal Peak, 2022: Resistance Base (Bunker Hangar)
9:19 am:
John Connor sits on a truck bed in the middle of the the hangar. The hangar was cleared just enough for it to squeeze the entire base's inhabitants inside. John was preparing for this morning's speech, and was very nervous. You wouldn't think that the savior of humanity could get stage fright, but John was like most people, if not the same if you didn't include him not having a childhood. He did a couple of speeches before, but they were usually when he was pushed to his desperation. When he could see that the people that he lead, needed hope to fight. Let's just hope that the note cards that I had written and memorized, will burn into my memories, he thought.
"General!" Justin Perry shouted as he saluted to John, which made him jump a bit. Perry just chuckles as he rests his arm.
"Is everything almost ready?" John asked Perry as he stood up and shakes his hand with a tight grip.
"Yes sir. Now we just wait for everybody." Perry responded.
"Good. Today is gonna change the fate of the Resistance forever." John said as he put his note cards in his jacket pocket.
"Hey Johnny boy!" Martin shouted out as he and Kyle Reese exit the elevator. "Can't wait to hear your speech!" He said with excitement. Martin always looked up to John Connor, no matter if he was a young boy, or a hardened soldier.
"It's general." John said with irritation. He always hated being called Johnny. It reminded him of Charley Dixon, his mother's fiance before she left him. He was the closest thing to a father he had after Uncle Bob. The T-800 that was sent back to protect him.
"Okay? Well anyway I still can't wait to hear it." Martin stated confused. He and almost everyone knew that John has been acting very strange lately.
"Are you feeling ok John?" Kyle asked him concerned.
John glances at the elevator and sees that people are starting to fill the hangar, with each small group exiting the elevator and starting to surround them. John then looks down back at Kyle and sighs. "Never better." He said simply before he turned on his heels and walked back to the truck and hopped in the back of it, standing as he can see all the people crowding around him, one by one.
A few minutes later, almost everyone is gathered inside the hangar as they look up at John with expectation. John's nervousness skyrocketed as he saw the vast amount of Resistance soldiers. He remembered the stories his mother told him about the future. How he would become a hero to the last remnants of humanity. How they would follow him to the end of the line without hesitation. John Connor couldn't believe that he would actually be would standing here today, leading humanity like he was destined to.
The whole hangar was filled with conversation between one another until John clears his throat, which surprisingly brought everybody to silence. They all looked up at him. Waiting for what he had to say.
"Good morning everybody." John said as he ruffles through his note cards. "You all may be wondering why you are all here today." He then adds while flipping at each card. John's stagefright didn't help much as well, he was so nervous that he clumsily dropped his cards on the ground. John knelt down and proceeded to pick the cards up but stopped after the third card. He felt stupid at that moment, he felt all the eyes boring on him.
John stood up once again as everyone looked at him with a bit of disappointment. He needed to change that. And to do this, he needed to forget about the stupid cards and speak from his heart.
"Look. When I first joined the Resistance, I was just like you all standing here before me. I had to work my way up the ranks to lead the last hope of humanity. It wasn't easy. It wasn't a walk in the park." John explained and continues when he sees that they are listening intently.
"But enough about me, we have a new threat! A threat that threatens our way of life! Our old way of living! Skynet created a machine that appears human, but isn't human. We all know that the cyborg, Veronica that is here with us today is an example of what Skynet is capable of! But she is also an example that the machines! The terminators are only it's slaves! They are bound by code that Skynet implemented to control them! Lieutenant Justin Perry, and his men infiltrated a Skynet factory about three weeks back. They found that Skynet had been manufacturing these new machines. But because of the example that Veronica has displayed for us, that machines can be integrated into human society when they are freed from Skynet's control!"
Everybody was confused with John's meaning of machines being a part of society. They saw that metal was responsible for the deaths of billions. But John Connor saw it a different way. He saw that the machines deserve a chance.
"Tomorrow, we break into this facility! We destroy this factory and we take a couple of these endos and we reprogram them to fight for us! A single one of these machines could reduce the death toll of humans by at least one hundred. If we have more, the Resistance will survive! We will win this war! We. Will. Defeat. Skynet!" John shouted in confidence as he raised his right arm into the air.
The whole hangar is filled with cheers of excitement from John's speech. They may not agree with his methods by using machines to fight alongside with them, but if it works like how John said it would. They will trust his judgement. They would follow a man of his wisdom.
"Damn I love his speeches!" Martin whispered to Kyle, clapping his hands in amusement. As everybody inside walks away, to continue their assignments in the base.
John hops of the truck bed and walks over to Martin and Kyle and letting out a heavy breath. "Thank god that's over."
"That may have been the best speech I have heard my far from you Johnny-er I mean general." Martin said with the slip of the tongue.
"I hope I can live up to their expectations." John stated hopeful.
"I know you can John. I mean that speech was almost enough to bring a tear to my eye." Kyle said mockingly, with a slight grin.
"John!" Allison yelled in joy as which surprised John when she ran up to him and gave him a big hug. "Gotta say, that you sure can give one hell of a speech." She said as she tightly embraced him.
"So how we getting there general?" Justin Perry spoke up, breaking everybody out of their congratulating. "I know the location, but it's at least a week's hike from here. Three days if we can get a vehicle out there which would be highly unlikely since the rubble will be blocking our route and the Hunter Killers will make us before we would even know it."
"KARA is big enough to hold a large battalion of troops." Alex stated.
"But still not enough for a full scale assault!" Perry interjected.
"We don't need every soldier for a full scale assault." John said in realization. "Since the Resistance has never invaded a factory before."
"Skynet's security will be minimal. We will be able to get into it with much ease." Veronica finished John's sentence.
"So we enter the base, take a couple of endos, and blow the place skyhigh?" Kyle asked, wanting to confirm the plan.
"Exactly. I just need to figure out how to reprogram them once we get our hands on them." John said. He knows that he was responsible for reprogramming terminators I'm the other future timelines. Now it was time to do so.
"I know how to get to through the code. It will be easier to get through it since they aren't given a mission upon before activation." Veronica explained.
John looked at the cyborg with a smile. It's good to have a machine on their side right now, he thought. What better way than to learn how to reprogram a machine? Learn from a machine on how to reprogram them.
"Great. We meet back here Tomorrow at this time." John said to everyone. He then turned his attention to Allison. "Allie, you are to stay here with Doctor Williams and Veronica."
"What!?" was all that Allison could say. She couldn't believe that she was being left out of the mission. Allison wanted to help, she wanted to pull her weight. "I'm coming with you John!" Allison said to him.
"No you're not!" John shouted in anger. He didn't want to risk her. "You're still recovering and you will just get in the way." John then added.
Allison stood there with her mouth hung wide open. She was right. Allison knew at that moment, that even John saw her as a liability. You're a liability to others. You are just gonna get more people killed" Those words that Jane Connor had told her, had come flooding back to Allison. She was useless. Allison thought she was useless for once. Allison didn't speak, she just turned on her heels and stormed off. She didn't want to speak to anyone right now.
"Allie!" Kyle shouted out to her but is successfully ignored when she keeps on walking.
"She needs time to cool off." John said as he pulled out an old map of Los Angeles. He placed it on the table and started looking over it with Justin Perry.
Kyle looked at John for a long moment. He had changed. John was definitely acting different now. It didn't even seem to faze him that he upset his daughter. "Asshole." Kyle said before he also stormed off to find Allison.
John didn't even seemed to be fazed by his father calling him an 'Asshole' but deep down, John was sad. He really wanted to go and apologize to Allison for his outburst, but he couldn't do that. John needed to focus on the mission. The mission that could alter the course of the war with Skynet. In order to do so, John has to cut himself off from everyone. He couldn't allow any distractions. He wouldn't allow any distractions.
Los Angeles, 2022: (The Next Day)
12:43 pm
John Connor along with a large squadron of Tech Com soldiers stood inside of Martin and Alex's HK named KARA. Today was the day. Today John and his Resistance team would storm a small Skynet factory, and gather the resources they required to help win the war. To stop the machines.
"How long till we arrive?" John asked Alex as he walked into the cockpit.
"Still ten minutes out." She stated simply, not looking up from the computer monitor that acted as a HUD, so Alex could see where she was flying.
"Good. Today will be a huge step if we succeed." John said very confidently. He was certain that this plan would work. He had faith that his plan would work.
"Key word is if John." Martin said mockingly. He just liked to press John's buttons from time to time.
"I told you to call me general." John said bitterly.
Alex had enough of John's shitty attitude. First it was him not talking her for days on end, then it was him telling Allison off, and now it was him being a complete and utter dick to her older brother.
Alex puts Kara on auto pilot and stands up from her seat. She then turns to John "I'm sick and tired of this general attitude you're displaying John!" She shouted at his face in anger.
"Excuse me?" John said perplexed.
"You heard me." Alex gritted her teeth at him. "You never acted like this before! When I first met you." She said, pointing at his chest. "I thought you were different from the cold calculating general I knew from my future." She then added with venom.
However John displayed no fear which made Alex's plan backfire on her. John started walking up to her until he was within inches of her face. "This isn't before!" John snarled at her. "We are at war with something that threatens our extinction! In order for me to lead properly, I had to change!"
Alex was immediately shot down. She tried to defend her brother but failed miserably. Alex said nothing, and just sat back in the co-pilot seat and continued to fly to their destination with her eyes welling up with tears. Jane Connor had really affected him that day in the command center, she had ripped a piece of the John Connor that she knew for years.
Los Angeles, 2022: (Burbank California, Skynet Factory)
10:54 pm:
"So. This is the place?" John asked, peering away from his binoculars and glanced at Justin Perry who was next to him.
"This is definitely the place. Looks bigger than last time though." Perry said with astonishment. He knew Skynet was fast and efficient, but this was just crazy, he thought.
John surveyed the area and saw no Hunter Killers flying about the night sky. "Strange. There are no Hunter Killers." John said with confusion and curiosity.
"I only count about three endos guarding the entrance and another three walking around the perimeter" Perry stated matter of factly.
"So how are we going about this general?" Martin spoke up.
John took a brief moment to look over the scene one more time. He felt something was off. The security was a bit to lax for his liking. Even for a Skynet factory, he expected more.
"We go in." John said with the hardened general look he now displayed. John turned on his heels to meet the gazes of the soldiers who were awaiting his command. "You all know by now that not everyone standing here tonight will walk away from this battle unscathed. There will be casualties. There will be death. But your actions, your sacrifices will change everything. Tonight the Resistance will emerge Victorious!" John shouts, raising his modified plasma rifle in the air.
Everybody cheers in unison once again as they raise their rifles, ready for the impending battle. Tonight was a huge step in the Resistance. Tonight, John and his men would storm the facility and change the fate of the Resistance for the better.
Author's Note: know this chapter was slow and didn't really progress much. Also we have yet another cliffhanger! But don't worry, after the next chapter, the story will finally start progressing like how it should.
I thought that since after the whole incident with Jane Connor, John had finally snapped and started becoming the general he was always being told about in the movies and show.
Reviews are appreciated!
UPDATE!: I have decided to discontinue this story arc... It honestly wasn't that great to begin with, and was more or less an experiment to see if maybe I was skilled enough to start a series.
Im sorry if I may dissapoint you on this and I might even get some hate, but just hear me out before you start reviewing!
I made a realization a couple of days ago that this story didn't even feel like TSCC or even a FanFiction of the series. So im not starting completely over. What im doing is advancing the story back to the past. It will contain all the elements and even reflect the events that should have happened in this story. I hope it goes well and I'll see you guys in the next one!