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Skynet Spreads
Sawyer briefly smiled as he saw Mina flap up into the rainy sky on her wings. It may have looked disturbing to some, but he always thought his lover looked somehow... graceful with her wings. In fact, if you half-closed your eyes, she almost looked like an angel...
Then Hyde jumped off the observation deck and began running along the hull of the Nautilus, forcing Sawyer to break off his train of thought.
"Hey, Terry!" he called out over the torrential downpour of the rain. "When I'm shooting at the T-X, can you recommend anywhere to aim for?"
"Yes," Terry replied, somehow managing to make his words heard despite the fact that he was talking perfectly normally. "Try and hit her head. If it is damaged, she shall be rendered temporarily immobile while regenerating it."
Well, good to know some things don't change, Sawyer thought to himself, as Hyde reached the edge of the Nautilus's hull and leapt off it. After a brief flight through the air (During which Sawyer had to shut his eyes to keep the rain out), he heard a loud thump and opened them again.
Hyde was on the ship.
Dropping off Hyde's back, Sawyer and Terry landed on the deck, managing to maintain a good footing despite the rain all over it. Glancing over, Sawyer saw Mina land only a few feet away from them. As she walked towards them, her wings retracted back into her shoulders, until she looked exactly like she always did.
As she joined the others, she took time out to give Sawyer a quick peck on the lips. "Just for luck," she explained, in answer to Hyde and Terry's stares; normally Mina and Sawyer didn't let their emotions show before a fight.
"We shall need a great deal of it," Terry stated simply, as he reached inside his jacket and pulled out one of the guns he's been given; it resembled Sawyer's Winchester, but slightly sleeker and a silvery colour.
Just then, a massive crash was heard from somewhere in the centre of the ship. The four looked at each other with various degrees of dread on their faces.
"The T-X?" Sawyer asked, glancing over at Terry.
"Yes," Terry replied, cocking the gun. At the same time Hyde and Mina prepared to leap, and Sawyer pulled out his customary pair of pistols.
Looking back at the main part of ship, Sawyer saw that one wall was starting to come rapidly apart. As a fist tore through the wall in front of them, Sawyer and Terry aimed their guns, and Sawyer whispered three small words.
"Bring it on."
*****
As the wall finally fell apart, Hyde saw their adversary for the first time.
As Terry had told them, the T-X was in the form of a woman, but it wasn't the sort of woman Hyde had been expecting to see. He'd created a picture in his head of the T-X as a taller, muscular woman- rather like a female version of Terry, to be honest. Oh, he'd known Terry had said she was attractive in her natural state, but he'd assumed he wasn't being accurate; after all, the man was only a machine.
However, this woman definitely looked 'do-able', as Skinner would probably say. She had elegant blond hair, tied back in a small, almost overly tight bun, smooth skin, and what appeared to be a good figure. However, Hyde couldn't really tell if that last assessment was accurate, given that she was wearing what appeared to be a sailor's outfit; a baggy white shirt, brown trousers, and black shoes.
She looked over at the League, and grinned.
"Thomas Sawyer?" she asked, looking over at Sawyer. Hyde instantly identified one thing about this woman he didn't like; she sounded slightly cocky, but her face and form gave the impression that she was perfectly calm.
Sawyer, however, wasn't interested in her expression.
"Correct," he said, as he cocked his gun and aimed it. "Take this."
He fired both bullets from his gun at once. Each bullet struck the T-X's face, one near the right eye and the other almost directly on the nose.
Hyde knew for a fact that was one of Sawyer's best shots.
Normal people would have ended up not only dead, but also with several parts of their faces lying several feet away from them.
As it was, the T-X just looked a little sore and annoyed at the holes that had suddenly appeared in her face.
"That was unwise, Thomas Sawyer," Terry commented, as he aimed his own gun at the T-X and fired. "You need to hit harder to hurt the T-X."
This shot did a bit more damage; evidently, Hartdegen had known what he was doing when he picked out their weapons. It tore a large hole in the T-X's shoulder, leaving a large mangled fragment of metal where a human's shoulder blade would have been. However, the T-X still didn't look even remotely fazed; just slightly annoyed.
Cocking its head, the T-X stared over at the four of them as its face and shoulder began to regenerate; Terry was too busy trying to do something to the weapon, and the others were just amazed at what kind of punishment it could take. Then she raised her right arm and...
It began to mutate.
Before Hyde's very eyes, the T-X's right hand suddenly changed. Whereas before it had been a smooth, slender female hand, it was now longer, in a silver colour, with four long finger-like things sticking out at the end of them. The four needles began to crackle with energy, which focused in the centre of them as a yellow ball of energy. Hyde had seen enough.
"STOP!" he yelled, as he charged forward in only a couple of steps.
*****
That was when things really began to go wrong.
*****
Hyde was only a couple of feet away from the T-X when it fired. The ball of energy struck him directly in the chest, causing an extremely nasty burn on his chest.
"AARRGGHH!!" Hyde yelled, as he flew back and fell right on top of Mina and Terry. However, their bulk was inefficient to stop Hyde from flying all the way to railings on the side of the boat before losing consciousness.
*****
Sawyer looked over at the unconscious bodies of his friends, and then back at the T-X. Whatever the weapon was that she'd fired at Hyde, it was definitely effective; he hadn't thought that anything could knock Hyde out...
Oh crap, he thought to himself, as he suddenly realised the scale of the problem; with the others down, it was only him and the T-X, with his opponent holding every advantage.
Well, what else is new? Sawyer thought briefly, as the T-X turned around to face him, her weapon cracking again.
Quickly, Sawyer did the only thing he could do; reloaded his rifle and fired before the T-X could do the same. He wished he'd had the chance to aim properly at his target, but right now he just needed to buy himself a little time to get a better attack plan in mind.
He hit what he'd been hoping for; the energy weapon, which was just charging up. The bullet struck one of the metal fingers on the end of the arm, disrupting the energy it was apparently holding in and setting off a small explosion that appeared to knock the T-X off balance for a few minutes.
As Sawyer ran past the T-X towards the hole where it had broken out of the ship, he noted that the weapon appeared to have been damaged; only two of the needles were still there, and they were bent and mangled.
Evidently that weapon wasn't going to be much use to it anymore, but he recalled the Terminator mentioning that it had others.
Just hope I can get up to the top before it recovers and decides what weapon to use to target the others, Sawyer thought to himself, as he headed up the steps in front of him, his wet shoes squeaking as he ran.
*****
"Ouch," Mina whispered simply, as the massive, dazed bulk of Edward Hyde pinned her to the ground.
"I am sure that, if I were capable of pain, I would be making a similar comment," Terry said, looking over at her. "Still, we should be attempting to lift Edward Hyde off before the T-X recovers from the damage done by Tom Sawyer's shot."
Mina groaned a little; she'd already made up her mind to attempt that even before Terry had spoken.
"You know, you may appear human," Mina grunted, as she attempted to heave Hyde off her, "but I think it might be an idea to work on improving your people skills in the future, if we survive this fight."
"I shall kept that in mind," Terry replied, as he joined Mina in their attempts to move the massive, currently fairly useless bulk that was Hyde. However, even their combined strength was insufficient; evidently Hyde was heavier than anyone had fully appreciated.
Just as Mina was about to give up, she felt something give above her. However, hopes of escape were dashed when Hyde was suddenly dragged back of her and Terry, and she found herself staring at the T-X once again.
Quick as a flash, Mina leapt back up to her feet and slashed at the T-X's face, her nails cutting deeply into its makeshift flesh. The wounds began to heal again pretty quickly, but before the T-X could retaliate Terry had charged into her from the left, shoving her into the railing.
Before she rejoined the fight, Mina quickly glanced over to check on Hyde. He was still unconscious, but he appeared to be coming back to reality again. Sure that he'd be available to help them soon, Mina turned around and charged at the battle, her claws out to stab directly into the T-X's back.
*****
Looking behind her while continuing to fend off Terry's blows, the T-X saw the vampire charging forward. Before the claws could enter, the T-X had grabbed Mina's right wrist and twisted it violently. An audible crack sounded from it; the wrist was broken.
Roaring in pain, Mina slashed desperately at the T-X with her left hand, but only succeeded in slightly scratching her on the neck. Before she could attack again, the T-X struck Mina with several various quick punches before knocking Mina back into the wall, near the hole that she had appeared from originally.
Dazed from the pain, Mina still had enough coherent thought to know that she had to attend to her wrist. As her mind wavered, she reached over to her right wrist and shoved the bone back where it should be.
Then she lost consciousness, her body finally unable to take the pain.
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Skynet Spreads
Sawyer briefly smiled as he saw Mina flap up into the rainy sky on her wings. It may have looked disturbing to some, but he always thought his lover looked somehow... graceful with her wings. In fact, if you half-closed your eyes, she almost looked like an angel...
Then Hyde jumped off the observation deck and began running along the hull of the Nautilus, forcing Sawyer to break off his train of thought.
"Hey, Terry!" he called out over the torrential downpour of the rain. "When I'm shooting at the T-X, can you recommend anywhere to aim for?"
"Yes," Terry replied, somehow managing to make his words heard despite the fact that he was talking perfectly normally. "Try and hit her head. If it is damaged, she shall be rendered temporarily immobile while regenerating it."
Well, good to know some things don't change, Sawyer thought to himself, as Hyde reached the edge of the Nautilus's hull and leapt off it. After a brief flight through the air (During which Sawyer had to shut his eyes to keep the rain out), he heard a loud thump and opened them again.
Hyde was on the ship.
Dropping off Hyde's back, Sawyer and Terry landed on the deck, managing to maintain a good footing despite the rain all over it. Glancing over, Sawyer saw Mina land only a few feet away from them. As she walked towards them, her wings retracted back into her shoulders, until she looked exactly like she always did.
As she joined the others, she took time out to give Sawyer a quick peck on the lips. "Just for luck," she explained, in answer to Hyde and Terry's stares; normally Mina and Sawyer didn't let their emotions show before a fight.
"We shall need a great deal of it," Terry stated simply, as he reached inside his jacket and pulled out one of the guns he's been given; it resembled Sawyer's Winchester, but slightly sleeker and a silvery colour.
Just then, a massive crash was heard from somewhere in the centre of the ship. The four looked at each other with various degrees of dread on their faces.
"The T-X?" Sawyer asked, glancing over at Terry.
"Yes," Terry replied, cocking the gun. At the same time Hyde and Mina prepared to leap, and Sawyer pulled out his customary pair of pistols.
Looking back at the main part of ship, Sawyer saw that one wall was starting to come rapidly apart. As a fist tore through the wall in front of them, Sawyer and Terry aimed their guns, and Sawyer whispered three small words.
"Bring it on."
*****
As the wall finally fell apart, Hyde saw their adversary for the first time.
As Terry had told them, the T-X was in the form of a woman, but it wasn't the sort of woman Hyde had been expecting to see. He'd created a picture in his head of the T-X as a taller, muscular woman- rather like a female version of Terry, to be honest. Oh, he'd known Terry had said she was attractive in her natural state, but he'd assumed he wasn't being accurate; after all, the man was only a machine.
However, this woman definitely looked 'do-able', as Skinner would probably say. She had elegant blond hair, tied back in a small, almost overly tight bun, smooth skin, and what appeared to be a good figure. However, Hyde couldn't really tell if that last assessment was accurate, given that she was wearing what appeared to be a sailor's outfit; a baggy white shirt, brown trousers, and black shoes.
She looked over at the League, and grinned.
"Thomas Sawyer?" she asked, looking over at Sawyer. Hyde instantly identified one thing about this woman he didn't like; she sounded slightly cocky, but her face and form gave the impression that she was perfectly calm.
Sawyer, however, wasn't interested in her expression.
"Correct," he said, as he cocked his gun and aimed it. "Take this."
He fired both bullets from his gun at once. Each bullet struck the T-X's face, one near the right eye and the other almost directly on the nose.
Hyde knew for a fact that was one of Sawyer's best shots.
Normal people would have ended up not only dead, but also with several parts of their faces lying several feet away from them.
As it was, the T-X just looked a little sore and annoyed at the holes that had suddenly appeared in her face.
"That was unwise, Thomas Sawyer," Terry commented, as he aimed his own gun at the T-X and fired. "You need to hit harder to hurt the T-X."
This shot did a bit more damage; evidently, Hartdegen had known what he was doing when he picked out their weapons. It tore a large hole in the T-X's shoulder, leaving a large mangled fragment of metal where a human's shoulder blade would have been. However, the T-X still didn't look even remotely fazed; just slightly annoyed.
Cocking its head, the T-X stared over at the four of them as its face and shoulder began to regenerate; Terry was too busy trying to do something to the weapon, and the others were just amazed at what kind of punishment it could take. Then she raised her right arm and...
It began to mutate.
Before Hyde's very eyes, the T-X's right hand suddenly changed. Whereas before it had been a smooth, slender female hand, it was now longer, in a silver colour, with four long finger-like things sticking out at the end of them. The four needles began to crackle with energy, which focused in the centre of them as a yellow ball of energy. Hyde had seen enough.
"STOP!" he yelled, as he charged forward in only a couple of steps.
*****
That was when things really began to go wrong.
*****
Hyde was only a couple of feet away from the T-X when it fired. The ball of energy struck him directly in the chest, causing an extremely nasty burn on his chest.
"AARRGGHH!!" Hyde yelled, as he flew back and fell right on top of Mina and Terry. However, their bulk was inefficient to stop Hyde from flying all the way to railings on the side of the boat before losing consciousness.
*****
Sawyer looked over at the unconscious bodies of his friends, and then back at the T-X. Whatever the weapon was that she'd fired at Hyde, it was definitely effective; he hadn't thought that anything could knock Hyde out...
Oh crap, he thought to himself, as he suddenly realised the scale of the problem; with the others down, it was only him and the T-X, with his opponent holding every advantage.
Well, what else is new? Sawyer thought briefly, as the T-X turned around to face him, her weapon cracking again.
Quickly, Sawyer did the only thing he could do; reloaded his rifle and fired before the T-X could do the same. He wished he'd had the chance to aim properly at his target, but right now he just needed to buy himself a little time to get a better attack plan in mind.
He hit what he'd been hoping for; the energy weapon, which was just charging up. The bullet struck one of the metal fingers on the end of the arm, disrupting the energy it was apparently holding in and setting off a small explosion that appeared to knock the T-X off balance for a few minutes.
As Sawyer ran past the T-X towards the hole where it had broken out of the ship, he noted that the weapon appeared to have been damaged; only two of the needles were still there, and they were bent and mangled.
Evidently that weapon wasn't going to be much use to it anymore, but he recalled the Terminator mentioning that it had others.
Just hope I can get up to the top before it recovers and decides what weapon to use to target the others, Sawyer thought to himself, as he headed up the steps in front of him, his wet shoes squeaking as he ran.
*****
"Ouch," Mina whispered simply, as the massive, dazed bulk of Edward Hyde pinned her to the ground.
"I am sure that, if I were capable of pain, I would be making a similar comment," Terry said, looking over at her. "Still, we should be attempting to lift Edward Hyde off before the T-X recovers from the damage done by Tom Sawyer's shot."
Mina groaned a little; she'd already made up her mind to attempt that even before Terry had spoken.
"You know, you may appear human," Mina grunted, as she attempted to heave Hyde off her, "but I think it might be an idea to work on improving your people skills in the future, if we survive this fight."
"I shall kept that in mind," Terry replied, as he joined Mina in their attempts to move the massive, currently fairly useless bulk that was Hyde. However, even their combined strength was insufficient; evidently Hyde was heavier than anyone had fully appreciated.
Just as Mina was about to give up, she felt something give above her. However, hopes of escape were dashed when Hyde was suddenly dragged back of her and Terry, and she found herself staring at the T-X once again.
Quick as a flash, Mina leapt back up to her feet and slashed at the T-X's face, her nails cutting deeply into its makeshift flesh. The wounds began to heal again pretty quickly, but before the T-X could retaliate Terry had charged into her from the left, shoving her into the railing.
Before she rejoined the fight, Mina quickly glanced over to check on Hyde. He was still unconscious, but he appeared to be coming back to reality again. Sure that he'd be available to help them soon, Mina turned around and charged at the battle, her claws out to stab directly into the T-X's back.
*****
Looking behind her while continuing to fend off Terry's blows, the T-X saw the vampire charging forward. Before the claws could enter, the T-X had grabbed Mina's right wrist and twisted it violently. An audible crack sounded from it; the wrist was broken.
Roaring in pain, Mina slashed desperately at the T-X with her left hand, but only succeeded in slightly scratching her on the neck. Before she could attack again, the T-X struck Mina with several various quick punches before knocking Mina back into the wall, near the hole that she had appeared from originally.
Dazed from the pain, Mina still had enough coherent thought to know that she had to attend to her wrist. As her mind wavered, she reached over to her right wrist and shoved the bone back where it should be.
Then she lost consciousness, her body finally unable to take the pain.
