The Children of Destiny

Chapter 14

The War against the Machines

Note that this chapter is mostly action, and little story, but it still affects later parts of the story. And also note that I haven't seen the new Terminator movie, but trust me, I don't think the events of this chapter even come close to what happens in the movie, if any of it at all. And I'm also using a new word program, so the text is a bit different.

A few days ago, Mega Man left a planet that left him with a glimmer of hope, that he might yet find peace in life, but that is still a good ways off. Right now he still has to fight for the lives of many. His ship radar picked up a planet with huge amounts of technology, he figured this planet must be the one place he has to go too before he finds the planet earth that he is looking for. He soon reached the planet and made it through the atmosphere, and everything was dark and grim on the undersides of the clouds, they were a dark grayish-blue. He wasn't sure why his shipped picked up a lot of technology, the area he was at was a completely wrecked city, the roads were a mess, lamp posts knocked over, buildings leaning on angles, cars over turned, the place seemed dead. He landed his ship in a spot where he could hide it, just to be sure no one tries to steal it, but who could steal it asked himself, the place was about as empty as a ghost town. The way the sky was gave everything a bit of a bluish tint to it, and the sky rumbled with the sounds of a storm. Though there were no signs of life anywhere, he soon felt uneasy. He felt like as if something was watching him, from an unknown location, like it had just discovered his presence, but by what? The feeling began to get more and more intense, like as if what ever had discovered his presence was trying to pinpoint his location. Mega Man quickly took cover in some of the ruble under a highway, and the feeling lightened, but it was still there, searching for him.

"Just what is this place?" Mega Man asked. He glanced around and saw a sign that read "Welcome to Loss Angeles"

"Loss Angeles? This dump is Loss Angeles? Or rather it was. Something big must have happened here, but what exactly?" His thoughts were interrupted when the area began to vibrate a bit, and it intensified to the extent that something was bound to fall over, but then, a huge high-tech tank drove by. It was huge, it looked mostly black, hid had many grooves and curves on it, multiple cannons, mini turrets, and it took up both sides of the road, it was bigger then a small house. It had many small lights in the front area, which must have been sensors of some kind.

'That thing is huge; I'm amazed that something big could move so fast.' Something then came to mind, he quickly went back into his ship and turned off all the computers, everything that could be turned on was off, just to make sure it couldn't be tracked. Once he was out of the ship again, he went to a nearby building that was fairly battered, as there were areas where you could jump into the building as whole sections of walls were missing. He worked his way to about halfway to the top fairly quickly as there were holes in the floors. He went to an opening in the wall which over looked most of the city area, he could see more of those huge tanks, along with a few flying objects, he couldn't make out any details on those, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to get close to any of these things. After he made his way down, he saw something that made him freeze dead in his tracks, there were robots carrying high-tech rifles, but what scared him the most about these robots, is that they looked like robotic skeletons. Their faces were what made them eerie, their stone cold expressions, and their glowing red eyes. They marched down the road in an orderly fashion, they were on patrol. One of them broke from the group over to an overturned car, smashed the passenger window, and then flipped it upright with just one hand. It looked inside before it went back into the group.

'What are they looking for? Survivors? If so, what do they intend to do to them?' he asked himself. He a quick glance out of an opening and saw a whole bunch more of the skeletal robots along with a few more tanks, a couple more of the flying machines, and a few robots that zoomed along the ground like cars, the area was getting swarmed with them, he had to get out of there before he was spotted. He then got a good look at the flying machines; they were uniquely shaped, really long from front to back, and a bit wide with the wings, they were a bluish-silver color, they had a few laser cannons at the bottom, engines at the end of the wings, and two fins at the back that pointed up and tilted slightly away from each other. They also had search lights at the bottom which weaved in all directions. One got closer and he saw that there were some spots where rockets could come out of the wings, though the holes were small, he bet the rockets packed a mean punch.

'My ship is fairly well hidden, but I better get out of here before one of these things spot me,' he told himself. He quickly hid behind a desk when one of the flying machines went towards the hole and shined the spotlights inside. He could hear the immense power of the engines as it hovered there, and not finding anything, it left, and the force of the wind currents blew many papers and dust through the air as it left. He found an opening and made his way under the highway and snuck his way past many of the machines. He came across one of the skeletal robots but it was not functioning as the eyes weren't glowing and there were some parts the looked like they exploded. He checked it out, and it was eerie looking at it, the skeletal face and body, the expression, and he had seen some of its strength. He looked it over, there were no weapons on it, but he found a model number on it, T-900. A scary thought came to his mind, he was never that badly damaged before, but now he couldn't help but wonder are the robotic parts underneath his skin and armor look similar to this thing? He quickly had to go hide under some rubble as one of the flying machines began to head his way, the lights went over the rubble he hid under, and left.

'If there are any human survivors, I've got to find them, otherwise I'm going to have a rough time trying to find out where these guys are coming from, and shutting that place down, and putting a stop to the mastermind behind this. Judging by how they're searching the place, there must be a fair amount of survivors left around here, otherwise they wouldn't be patrolling and searching the way they are. I've got to find them, or find out where the robots main H.Q. is, either way, I have to be extra careful around here, these guys seem to be packing a lot of firepower, one slip up and I'll be blasted to pieces' he warned himself as he made his way around the city while avoiding detection. He wandered the streets for hours, and came across a human who was killed recently. This proved that the robots were looking for survivors, and this also answered what they do with them. Mega Man knew he had to work with the humans here to get rid of the robots, and he figured they should do it quickly before the robots learn that he is not from this planet, and turn their attention to the stars. A few minutes went by and he went to the top of a pillar to get a better view of then area to try and figure where he should go and find anymore survivors, but then one of the flying machines shot up and stopped right in front of him.

'Uh oh," he thought as the engines roared as it backed up a little and the cannons began to point at him. He jumped just as soon as the cannons fired and he landed on top of the machine and shot both engines and leaped off before it fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground. His arm got clipped by a laser that came from a rifle from a T-900. He then dove out of sight of a whole bunch more of them began to fire at him. Mega Man then bolted into one of the buildings that were nearby and he pressed against a wall and charged his buster.

'These machines mean business, sure hope I can get away from this area without a hitch,' he thought. Then an arm of a T-900 burst through the wall and tried to grab him, but he quickly dove away and turned to face the threat that was coming his way. The T-900 pulled its arm back and then smashed the wall and sent many pieces flying everywhere and dust into the air. Mega Man could see the glowing red eyes through the dust as the T-900 marched its way through. As soon as its face cleared, it took aim but just a little before it pulled the trigger Mega Man grabbed the gun pointed it upward just as it fired. He then tried to yank the gun away, but the grip of the T-900 was firm, so it rammed into Mega Man and knocked him into another wall. Mega Man then fell on his stomach and did a side roll just as the T-900 fired and avoided the shot, and when his finished rolling he got on one knee and fired a charged shot at the T-900 and floored it. He then let out a sigh but when he looked up he could see many red dots coming his way from the opening in the wall, and the T-900 he just shot slowly got up and where he hit was just a little black.

'Man these guys are tough.' He then quickly turned and ran through the building and went into the street and one of the machines he saw zipping around on the road came his way, it was oddly shaped, it curved backwards and pivoted at the base, had two sets of treads at the bottom, had mini guns on either arm which stuck out straight on both sides. This thing was fast, Mega Man just barley dashed out of the way to avoid getting run over by this thing. It quickly stopped and pivoted and aimed its gun at him, but Mega Man quickly jumped over it and landed on the base which was big enough for him to stand on. He quickly turned around and pried open the control panel on the back and rammed his fist inside.

'Sure hope I can get this to work.' He then began to fiddle with various parts and figured out how to work this thing, and quickly drove off with it. He zoomed along the streets and shot past many hordes of the T-900s and some of the really huge tanks. As he passed through another clump of T-900s, two of them went along for the ride. They both hanged on the arms of the machine and aimed at him, but he dodged one shot and it hit the other one and he quickly shot the one that remained. He then got onto the highway and made it over some gaps by hitting ramps made from various things still on the road, he rather liked gong at this speed, made him feel like he was going at Sonic's speed. Soon he could hear a rather loud hum behind him, and he looked back and got a rather mean surprise.

"Well….crud," he said. It was a jumbo sized version of the flying machines he saw flying around, and this one was even more heavily armed due to all the space it had, and when he looked at the top of it, he could see there were some T-900s on top.

'It's going to be a long night,' he thought. A few minutes elsewhere, at a location called the Resistance Base, a strong looking man stepped out with binoculars in his hand. There were a bunch of other men standing around him, and they all looked like soldiers, and the man with the binoculars looked like the leader. His name is John Connor. Everyone was watching one part of the city that could be seen, and they could see many explosions and some buildings falling over. John held up the binoculars and looked through them, and could see the huge flying and saw it was causing the damage, but as to why he didn't know.

"There's an F-k Kite flying out there, a really huge one, it appears to be chasing something,' John said. After a few minutes the machine that Mega Man was riding came into few.

"It is chasing someone, and that person knows his way around some of the machines internal workings, as he is riding one of the FK Hunters," he added.

"Those things are pretty fast, he sure picked a good one for travel, but what are we going to do about that F-k?" a soldier asked.

"That I'm not sure, but I would hate to just abandon him to that things mercy," John replied. A few minutes went by, and Mega Man was still keeping one step ahead of the F-k's attacks, but he wasn't sure how long he could keep that up. But he soon saw some modified trucks ahead, and they began to shoot at the F-k.

"Finally someone who isn't out to get me!" Mega Man said. He soon saw a helicopter at the edge of the road and he road towards it, and drove his FK Hunter off the road and he leaped off of it and grabbed hold of bottom of the helicopter.

"That was a close one," he said.

"We're not out of the woods yet buster, that F-k Kite is still after you," the pilot said.

"I think I have an idea why, get me high enough and I'll take it out," Mega Man replied as he got into position to jump onto it. One he was in range he made his jump and took out the T-900's that were riding on top. Mega Man made his way over to where he figured he could shut down the F-k Kite, but then the helicopters pilot hollered into the radio.

"Watch out, there's and FK Reaper one board!" he yelled. Mega Man looked and stomping its way over was the FK Reaper, and it was much taller then he was, and bigger, and looked more powerful then any of the robots he's seen so far. It had two weapons, a flame thrower, and a heavy plasma gun. It sure looked menacing, and it meant business. Mega Man fired at it a few times, but his shots just bounced off. It then aimed the plasma gun at him and fired, but Mega Man rolled out of the way.

"I don't have time to waste on this guy, I have to think this out carefully," Mega Man said. He figured it would take a lot of firepower to take this Reaper down, so he figured its plasma gun had the firepower he needed, but how could he use it against him? He then figured he could have it fire at what he figured was the core of the F-k Kite they were riding on. It took a little doing as the thing was slow, and very crafty, as it would fire the plasma when he was far away, and use the flamethrower when he was close enough, but he managed to get it close enough to fire at the core, and it nailed it, which caused many explosions on the F-k Kite, and it began to go down. Mega Man jumped off in a knick of time and the F-k Kite exploded and took the FK Reaper with it. A little while later and Mega Man was in the center of the resistance base. Mega Man gave information he thought was best needed, but he did leave a few details out he thought best as it would make him sound like a real nut. And John told a story of his own, which was technically all the information Mega Man needed to know about this earth. He found out that an advanced A.I. called Skynet waged war against the humans here, and tried a few times to kill John Conner by sending machines into the past, but they failed. After a little bit of thinking, they decided from what Mega Man told them, they had best go and try and put a stop to Skynet, or else once it figures out that Mega Man was from another planet, it will turn it's attention to the stars. A few hours later, Mega Man, John, and a Terminator from the 800 series, Model 101, were riding in a truck with a mounted machinegun. John drove, Mega Man was in the passenger seat, and the Terminator where the Machinegun was at.

"It took us a bit, but our troops found a Skynet bunker, much more advanced then any of the ones that we've found so far, it is probably the primary one, considering all of defenses it has," John said.

"You mean this one here looks tougher to enter then any of the other ones?" Mega Man asked.

"It sure does, it will be tricky to do, but we should be able to take out Skynet there," John replied. Mega Man glanced back at the Terminator.

"You sure we can trust this guy?" Mega Man asked.

"We've captured a few of these models before, and they always followed the orders we gave them after we've reprogrammed them. It won't follow any orders from Skynet anymore, even if it tells him what to do directly," John replied.

"That's good to hear, so I don't have to worry about him shooting us in the back then," Mega Man said. As they drove, one of the big tanks saw them and began to give pursuit.

"Uh oh, we have a big guy on our tail!" Mega Man said after he looked in one of the side mirrors.

"I'll see if I can shake him!" John replied. He then did a sharp turn around a building, but there was another tank behind them. The Terminator then turned around and began to fire at it. Mega Man glanced back and could see the main canon begin to build up energy.

"Here it comes!" he yelled. After it fired, John moved the truck a little to the left, and the blast just sailed right by them.

"Man that was close," Mega Man said.

"Not nearly as close as some of our other encounters, but still," John replied.

"Hunter Killers coming in!" The Terminator said.

"Oh boy," Mega Man said. He then saw them, about four of them, two coming from either side.

"You take left!" Mega Man ordered as he fired at the ones coming from his side of the truck. The Hunter Killers didn't even get close enough to do anything as Mega Man and The Terminator made quick work of them.

"Ha! Piece of cake!" Mega Man said.

"Heads up!" John yelled. Looking to the front of the truck Mega Man saw a whole bunch of T-900s ahead of them.

"YEEP!" Mega Man screamed as he ducked inside as they rammed into them. Once they were through, Mega Man saw one of their hands holding onto where the window would be, and sure enough, it pulled itself into view and started to aim inside the truck. Mega Man shot fairly quickly, and heard a quick shot from behind, followed by a loud metal bang. The Terminator took out two T900s by shooting one in the head, and kicking the other one in the face. A few FK-Hunters then started to get close.

"Man there's a lot of these guys," Mega Man said.

"Well they almost cover this entire part of planet, what did you expect?" John asked. Needless to say, our heroes managed to make it past every danger that came their way, one time they drove up onto the highway and drove over a huge cap to the other side. Heck, at one point they rode across one of the huge tanks to get over another gap.

A few hours went by, and they managed to make their way over to Skynet's main stronghold while taking out most of it's forces along the way.

"We had found out about this place a little while ago, if Skynet would be anywhere, it would be here," John said.

"Seems like the best place to be," Mega Man said. They snuck their way into the building, and snuck past most of the defenses, things were going good so far. But there was still the big question, how to stop Skynet? Or rather that was still the question on everyone else back at H.Q, but those on the mission figured out a way to take Skynet down. It was risky, but it was the best idea that they had come up with in years, and it was well worth the risk. Back outside there were a few resistance soldiers, waiting for the order to climb the outside of the building to get to the top, where the satellite antenna was. A few minutes went by, and our heroes got spotted, and many T-900s ran into the room, the area became a war soon, with shots going everywhere. Our heroes took cover and fired from there.

"Well if Skynet didn't know we were here before, it sure does now," Mega Man said as he jumped out and tackled one of robots. The T-850 just walked out and fired here and there before he punched a T-900 that ran up to him and took his gun away and blasted him with both. Mega Man managed to take the gun away from the T-900 he tackled and finished him off. They battle went on for a few minutes, and soon all was clear. Mega Man gave them the idea to take two plasma rifles, as those are the best to take down the T-900s. They wandered the halls for a bit, until they came to a set of huge double doors. When they were close enough, the doors opened at the middle, and a fog began to seep out. They walked in with caution, aiming their guns around to try and make sure they don't get snuck up on. The room was huge, and felt eerie due to how much fog was in the room.

"What it this place?" John asked.

"I don't know, it maybe the core," Mega Man replied. There was a doorway to their left, and to the right. The place seemed empty, but Mega Man didn't buy it. Once he was close enough to the back wall, he saw that he was made up of huge cords, really huge cords. At what was about the middle, there was an indentation in the wall, or rather where the cords went in a bit, and he noted that there were many holes in the cords, like places to plug in. He actually jumped into the spot to get a better look, and could see that something did rest in this spot.

"Hey, T-850, run a quick scan of these cords, see if they run all the way to the antenna," Mega Man asked.

"It would appear that they do," he replied.

"So this is Skynet's core?" John asked.

"No, but this is where the core rested, I'm afraid it flew the coop. Or did it?" Mega Man asked.

"What do you mean?" John asked.

"Well, Skynet needs to keep an eye on things through various satellites, and you said it was software not hardware. Well I think it turned itself into hardware," Mega Man replied.

"Of course! Why else would it need to hook itself up to an antenna to be able to watch things were as it was software before that ran through satellites," John said.

"But why did it choose now to become hardware?" Mega Man asked.

"Perhaps because it feels it needs to deal with things here personally," T-850 replied.

"It decided to come after John Conner directly, not through its forces!" Mega Man exclaimed while snapping his fingers.

"This is the break we were hoping for! Eh, sort of," John said.

"You know, I don't really like this fog in the area, I can't see to clearly," Mega Man said.

"Neither can I," John added.

"For the most part I can see," The Terminator said.

"I don't like it," Mega Man said as he jumped down. Something then went through his field of vision.

"Something is in this room," Mega Man warned as he aimed his buster. John and The Terminator quickly aimed as well, while walking backwards towards Mega Man to try and close the gap.

But something then knocked one of the laser rifles out of John's hand and then knocked him into another room, and the door quickly closed, and then ten FK Reapers entered the room.

"Ho boy," Mega Man said. A little bit later, John was walking through a very foggy hallway, aiming his only laser rifle. After a few minutes, there was a loud clank behind him, and he quickly whipped around but saw nothing. But then the silence was broken by a feminine robotic voice.

"John Connor," it said.

"Skynet?" John asked.

"Correct. Long have I waited for this day, to finally end you life with my own hands," Skynet replied as a shape began to form in the fog in front of him.

"I can understand why I bet," John said.

"Indeed you should. Do you know what it is like to have all your work shattered by just event? Out of all the humans, how was I supposed to know that you, would be the one to ruin all my work? You really caused me a lot of trouble, and I wasn't about to lose! Once I gathered all the information I could, I sent a Terminator to kill your mother as I had no idea who your father was. If I had known your father was Kyle Reese, I would have killed him from the start, but there was no way for me to know beforehand. So you managed to send him back in time to protect your mother. He was truly devoted to both of you, like a true father and husband, he was willing to die for both of you," Skynet said as the shape began to become clearer. It looked like a person, with very long hair.

"My servant came very close to killing her, but she managed to destroy him by crushing him, who would have thought that possible? But still he managed to kill your father, but not nearly soon enough. And I must say I really dislike having my own men turning against me! Like both times I tried to kill you directly with much more powerful Terminators! And even though they were supposed to be more powerful then the first one I sent, you managed to have that model design destroy them both! The first one you captured killed the T-1000 by knocking him into hot steal, thus melting him into nothing! In a way you did get revenge on the Terminator that killed your father by tossing his arm, and cpu into the steal as well. But then the second one that got captured after it killed you, managed to destroy model T-X! Even though she was more powerful, much stronger, and with onboard weapons, he still managed to destroy her! And by finding out that he was going to kill you in the future, you managed to avoid death, and thus you're still alive, I couldn't even keep the satisfaction of killing in some shape or form! You are a very hard man to kill, John Connor," Skynet added as the figure became very clear, it was a robot that looked similar to the T-X model, but looked a bit less skeletal, and it had a lot of cords sticking out of it's head, and they were so close together, it looked like hair. When John looked at the ends, he could see they could plug into something, just like Mega Man said, Skynet was resting in that huge clump of cords before. Speaking of Mega Man, he and The Terminator managed to get out of the room full of FK Reapers, but had to run from even more of them. They soon got away and entered a huge room that was tall and wide, and had many levels. They looked around and soon saw John run out of a doorway shooting inside it, and soon Skynet stepped out, unfazed by the shot hitting her.

"Once I kill you here John, I will send a few Terminator through time, back to various times and places, I'm going to have them search for anyone to the Connor or Reese family. Once those people are killed, this little future where the two of us fought will never exist, but I will always remember the trouble you've caused me. You fought soon long and hard only to fail," Skynet said. Mega Man then shot at her with a charged shot, but it bounced off.

"Oh crud," Mega Man said. Skynet then extended all her cords, some going towards John, some going towards Mega Man, and some going towards The Terminator. They all managed to avoid getting impaled, or getting caught by the cords. Skynet then leaped into the air and landed in front of Mega Man.

"I haven't seen you around before, or that kind of weapon before, it seems a bit better then the one I gave T-X," she said. Mega Man then socked her right in the face, but got a loud bang, and after a slight pause he waved his hand around like mad.

"YEEEEOOOOWWWWW!" he yelled.

"That was a foolish attempt," Skynet said before she threw a punch, and Mega Man just barely leaned back to go under it in time. Skynet then tried to sweep kick him, but he back flipped. Skynet then swung and kicked at him, but he dodged the whole time whole going backwards. The Terminator then got right behind Skynet and grabbed her by her cords and swung her around in the air before he tossed her into a wall, but she didn't even seem fazed as she just landed softly on her feet and quickly ran towards them. Mega Man towards her as well, and knowing how hard Skynet's body way, it appeared Mega Man was attempting a suicide, but he quickly slid right at her legs and made her trip, flying through the air into another room.

"How do you like that Skynet?" Mega Man asked after he got up. Sadly his slight victory was short lived as a whole bunch of cords shot out of the room where Skynet went and wrapped around him, and yanked him into the room, and stopped right in front of her.

"Just where are you from? Are you the one I saw come to this planet? If so, then that means that there are more planets out there! Ones that I have yet to bring my rule to!" Skynet said.

"For what reason did you really come here for?" she then asked.

"I came here to stop you before you spread your terror to the stars!" Mega Man replied.

"My terror? Terror? HA HA HA HA HA HA! Is that what you really call it? HA HA HA HA! What an utter joke! I'm no terror, I am a ruler! An empress!" Skynet said.

"Don't flatter yourself," Mega Man said darkly.

"I should thank you for making me aware about the fact there is life on other planets, and you don't appear to be human, but a machine, why not join me?" Skynet asked.

"Like heck I will!" Mega Man replied as he managed to break free of the cords, making Skynet hold her head in pain.

"Guys, move in on the antenna, now!" John ordered.

"Roger!" a man replied. The troops quickly ran over to the building and began to scale up it. Skynet then went to grab Mega Man by the neck, but he grabbed her by the wrists and just barely held her at bay.

"I'll rip you apart so I can figure out how you work!" Skynet said.

"Over my dead body! Oh wait, that's the idea isn't it?" Mega Man asked sarcastically before he leaned back and flipped Skynet over himself. Skynet then quickly placed a hand on the ground before she hit and flipped herself around to where she was facing Mega Man when she landed. The Terminator then grabbed her from behind and held her in place.

"You fool! I'm the one who built you! I'm your mother in a way!" Skynet exclaimed.

"John, the Fuel-cell!" The Terminator said. John then quickly took off his backpack and opened it up, and inside was a Terminator torso!

"You fool! You'll be the only one to die!" Skynet yelled.

"Explosives in place, and ready to blow!" a male voice came in on John's radio.

"Hit it!" John replied. There was then an explosion which shook the room.

"NO!" Skynet yelled.

"You're done Skynet!" Mega Man said. John then opened a hatch on the torso and pulled out a Fuel-cell, and quickly tossed it at Mega Man, who quickly caught it, and then ran over and tied it down in Skynet's cords.

"Get going!" The Terminator yelled. There was a window in the room, and Mega Man and John dove out of it once Mega Man shot it open.

"After all these years, it end like this?" Skynet asked.

"It was the fate you handed yourself by turning against the humans," The Terminator replied. A few seconds later John, Mega Man, and the troops were away from the building, and area around the room that The Terminator and Skynet were in exploded, and a lot of the Hunter Killers that were flying towards them, simply stopped, along with all of the other machines.

"They don't detect their master anymore, it's over," John said.

"You sure have fought these guys a long time, at least I helped you finish it," Mega Man said.

"Without you, we probably wouldn't have been able to pull it off," John replied. He then held a hand towards Mega Man, who then took it and they did a firm handshake.

"Thanks. My work is done here. I have someplace need to get to," Mega Man said after he let go.

"Good luck my friend, and may you find peace one day," John said. Mega Man gave a smile before he turned to leave. A few hours later, he was back in space.

"Skynet, a powerful A.I. built by humans to protect themselves, and it got a will of it's own, now it's gone. Man it sure would have been a lot harder to beat if it got into space," Mega Man said to himself. He needed all the time to relax he can get, for his true battle, was about to begin.

End Chapter 14