James Ellison was woken up in the middle of the night by his cell phone. James picked up the phone and answered. "Ellison."
"The five sheriff officers at Flagstaff are dead," Stewart said.
"Dead? How?" James asked stunned.
"It was a fire, the sheriff department is doing an immediate investigation," Stewart answered.
"This can't be coincidence," James said.
"We agree. The chief wants to know what's going on over there," Stewart said.
"Will do," James said hanging up.
James rubbed his sleepless eyes. "This is crazy," he said to himself. Getting himself dressed, James exited his hotel room and headed toward the hospital.
"How is Skynet here?" Sarah asked.
"Skynet from the future is here in this time. It may try to merge with its more primitive counter-part in this time," Cameron theorized.
"What is Skynet? What does it look like?" Sarah asked confused.
"The Skynet CPU is inside a Terminator unit sent back in time. The CPU by itself is not Skynet. The CPU is merely an agent. When the agent interacts with all defense systems it becomes Skynet," Cameron explained.
"So, if we destroy this Terminator we destroy Skynet?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, but only the Skynet from my time," Cameron answered.
"All right then. Let's find it and destroy it," Sarah said boldly.
"The Skynet CPU is most likely protected by an advanced Terminator unit. It may be too risky," Cameron judged.
"We destroy Skynet. The war is over, it doesn't happen," Sarah argued.
"If you wish to stop the war then we must prevent Skynet from my time merging with Skynet of this time. Otherwise we retreat," Cameron reasoned.
"What of the Resistance fighters?" John spoke up.
"The Resistance fighters are somewhere in Phoenix. They may be helpful," Cameron considered.
"Do you know any of the fighters?" Sarah asked.
"I remember every fighter, but they may not remember me," Cameron said.
"Let's get going to Phoenix then," Sarah ordered.
The TX sped in her sports car in a southern direction in pursuit of her target. She passed several cars as she increased her speed. Giff followed close behind avoiding the TX's detection.
Giff swerved through the lanes with his motorcycle. His face was expressionless; he wore silver sunglasses and a police helmet. He didn't bother to activate his lights; he would quietly follow her.
James entered the hospital with a grim face. "What happened here?" he asked the front desk.
"There was a terrible fire. Five people were killed," the distressed secretary said.
"I want police tape over those rooms. Don't let anyone inside the room. I'm treating this as a homicide," James ordered.
Sarah stopped by a gas station to fill up. She gave Cameron the job of filling up the tank. Sarah went inside to pay and to retrieve some snacks for the road. John was outside the truck watching Cameron. He couldn't get her out of his head; her true nature not withstanding.
A white sports car sped toward the gas station. A sudden flash of blue light went through the air and hit the gas station store. The windows immediately shattered and the store exploded in a fiery blaze.
"Mom!" John shouted.
"Stay down," Cameron ordered firmly.
Cameron looked back to see if Sarah had been killed; she couldn't conclude one way or the other. Grabbing her rifle, she took cover behind the truck. "We have to move soon. It's not safe here," Cameron told John.
The sports car stopped a distance away from the gas station. The TX got out of her car and walked towards her target. Cameron analyzed the figure coming towards them. She couldn't determine the model.
Cameron took her rifle and walked towards the TX. The TX's liquid metal curled away revealing metallic endoskeleton. Her right arm and fingers morphed into a plasma cannon. The TX fired at Cameron sending a blue plasma blast towards her. Cameron barley dodged the blast but could feel the intense heat on her skin.
Cameron immediately fired, sinking rifle bullets into the TX's liquid metal skin. The TX stayed firm despite the bullets hitting her and powered up her plasma gun. Cameron aimed for her plasma gun but the bullets seemed to bounce off the TX metal endoskeleton.
With no result, Cameron threw the empty rifle aside and ran towards the TX with two pistols. The TX ignored Cameron and fired another blast causing the truck to explode. John covered his eyes and ran from the truck as it caught fire.
Cameron eyed John with alarm and immediately began shooting at the TX with both pistols. When both hand-guns were out, she dropped them and then rushed the TX. The TX kicked Cameron to the ground as she got near enough.
"Cameron?" the TX wondered amused.
Cameron glared at the TX and got back to her feet. Cameron punched the TX to the head as hard as she could causing the TX's head to push back slightly. Cameron took a step back as her hand began to bruise up and leak blood. Cameron engaged the TX again punching her hard to the chest and kicking her hard to the gut. The TX simply pushed Cameron away from her causing her to fall to the ground.
The TX targeted John Connor as he tried to find his mother in the wreckage of the gas store. Arming her plasma cannon once more, she pointed her right arm at him. Cameron took a hold of her right arm with both hands and pushed it up making the TX misfire into the air.
The TX kicked Cameron away and concentrated on her target. Sarah pushed the dead body of the store clerk away from her and got back to her feet. She was bleeding at the forehead but was still very much alive.
"John, run away as far as you can. Don't stop," Sarah told him.
Sarah struggled to walk towards what remained of the truck as John watched helplessly. The TX punched Cameron hard to the chest knocking her to the ground once more. A motorcycle drove up behind the TX. The TX eyed the police officer but made no hostile move.
Getting off his bike, he stood a few feet away from the TX. "Kill her," the TX ordered him.
Giff didn't respond but walked closer to Sarah Connor. Sarah knew the odds were against her, but she refused to die without honor. Taking the shotgun, she aimed for Giff. Sarah fired blasting Giff to the chest. Liquid metal splashed on Giff's police uniform.
Sarah fired again in vain as another hole was blasted into Giff's chest. Sarah fired again knocking Giff back a step. Giff regained his composure and continued pursuit but was blasted again by Sarah's shotgun.
Sarah attempted to fire again but was suddenly out. She quickly loaded more shells into the shotgun as Giff walked closer to her. Giff's wounds immediately regenerated as liquid metal shifted to fill in the holes.
Sarah attempted to fire again, but her gun was taken from her by Giff. "Where is John?" Giff demanded.
"Fuck you," Sarah told him.
Giff looked around and saw John loading a hand-gun in the distance. Letting Sarah go, Giff considered John. "Kill her. I will terminate John," the TX ordered.
"My mission is to kill John Connor," Giff objected.
"By following my orders, you will have completed your mission," the TX argued.
"And then what?" Giff wondered.
"Serve your purpose," the TX said angrily as she struggled with Cameron.
Giff smiled and walked away from Sarah towards the TX. Cameron and TX were locked in a wrestling stance, neither of them budging. "It was a mistake to create you," the TX spat at Cameron.
Cameron smiled despite the pressure. "Yes," she replied.
The TX put more effort in her force and pushed Cameron away. Giff suddenly slammed his fist into the TX's face knocking her to the ground. Giff opened his hand and concentrated. The liquid metal on the TX reacted strangely and started to leave the TX endoskeleton.
The TX got back to her feet and struggled to control her own liquid metal skin. The TX punched Giff to the head. Her fist went through his head like water. Giff converted his shattered head into a hand and grew another head. Locking her wrist, Giff got behind the TX and slammed her to the ground.
The TX kicked Giff back. Giff turned his right arm in a blade and sliced down on the TX's shoulder. The metal shattered as it hit the TX's shoulder. The TX punched hard sending her fist into Giff's gut. Giff put his two hands on the TX's shoulder and then created a third arm from his chest to control the TX's right arm still encased in his gut.
The TX struggled with the T-1000 and finally pushed him to the ground. The TX walked over to Giff but was kicked back. Giff got back to his feet. The TX glared at Giff and opened her diamond cutting saw blade.
Giff held up his hands and morphed them into solid swords. The TX lunged forward with her saw and sliced open Giff's chest. Giff side stepped the TX and kicked her hard to the gut and then brought down his sword hands down on the back of her neck. The TX rotated her hips and blocked the two swords shattering them.
Giff kicked the TX to the ground and then cornered her against the gasoline tanks. Taking his right hand, he formed two spikes from his Index finger and thumb. Aiming for her eyes, Giff attempted to ram his spikes through her head. The TX reprogrammed her arm and blasted Giff with intense fire. Giff lost color and became super-heated chrome. His body turned a combination of yellow, orange, and red as he struggled to sink his two spikes into her head. The TX intensified her power causing Giff's spiked fingers to melt and lose shape.
Cameron, Sarah, and John watched in amazement as the two advanced Terminators fought the other. Cameron smashed opened a window from the dead store clerk's car and checked for keys. Finding the keys, she activated the car.
"Shotgun," Cameron ordered.
John, in the back seat, gave her the shotgun. Cameron took the shotgun and aimed. The TX stood up and gave Giff another blast of fire. Cameron fired into the gasoline tank exploding the entire gas station.
Cameron gave John the shotgun and drove off at fast speed. The TX emerged from the fire; its liquid metal skin slowly flowing over its metal endoskeleton. Reaching her sports car, she reformed her appearance to that of before; a normal human female. Her car's wheels sped up as she attempted to pursue.
Cameron looked through her rear view window and saw the sports car racing towards them. The TX powered up her plasma cannon and targeted Cameron's car. "Drive," Cameron requested of Sarah.
Cameron opened the door of the car and reached outside so her shoulders were above the top of the hood. The TX gained speed and was ready to fire. Cameron took her shotgun and aimed at the TX. Cameron fired blasting the TX's front wheel. The sports car immediately lost speed forcing the TX forward. Misfiring she blasted her own sports car engine causing an explosion. The TX's sports car exploded sending metal in all directions.
Cameron paused as she considered the damage. Judging it to be safe, she went back inside the car and took the wheel. "What happened?" Sarah asked faintly.
"We have lost her for the moment," Cameron replied.