Anguirus111 Note: Finally got around to updating this story so it took so long, BTW, Jake Bullet is the name the Terminator took, which I believe I mentioned once in this tale. This isn't just a random name, it was the name of the robot Kryten from Red Dwarf when in the episode "Back to Reality" the crew is thrown into a coma by a squid's ink and they imagine their worst nightmares with Kryten being a human named Jake Bullet. At first Kryten is happy, but then he realizes how terrible his profession is and nearly goes insane. Sufficed to say the crew is rescued from this coma and go on about their daily smeg filled lives. This summarily isn't entirely a 100 accurate and I don't believe I can post links here, but I'll try anyway to post the script.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
"Who is it?" asked a voice beyond a large door with only a little slot that had just opened.
"The chosen one and her loyal assistant gnorf," said Samantha.
"Get lost!" said the voice.
"You get lost!" shouted Samantha. The slot clanged shut.
"I can always break the door down," said the Terminator shrugging.
"Just wait," said Samantha. A few moments later the door opened and a teenager all decked out in strange technological devices stepped out, looked around nervously, and yanked Samantha inside. She tried to pull the Terminator in as well, but the machine didn't budge.
"Get in!" said Samantha. The terminator shrugged and stepped inside as the door clanged shut behind them. The two were led down a corridor with concrete cinderblocks on both sides before emerging in a room filled with several advanced computers and five females, whom the Terminator took to be hackers.
"Hello Sam, who is this?" asked one of the hackers, poking fun at Samantha by pretending to be aroused by the sight of the Terminator, whom she didn't realize not to be human. Samantha groaned and laughed at the same time.
"He's my uncle," she said.
"He's cute," said another one.
"Humans and their pitiful emotions," the Terminator commented softly, mainly directed to Samantha.
"Hush you," said Samantha.
"My uncle is who inspired me to get into hacking," said Sarah sitting down at one of the computers while the Terminator sat next to her.
"Not your father?" asked another teenager cheekily. Samantha didn't dignify that with a response.
"Just go back to your business," she said finally. The other shrugged and went back to their work.
"Speaking of which, is he aware of this part of your life?" asked the Terminator looking at their surroundings.
"No and I'd thank you not to tell him," said Samantha powering up one of the computers.
"I really think you should," said the machine. "Secrets can only tear a family apart."
"And how would you know?" Samantha shot back angrily. "You don't know anything about my family."
"No," the Terminator admitted. "But human psychology is one of my subroutines and from what I've seen of your family so far it is on the verge of falling apart."
Samantha began feeling her blood boil at him, something which the Terminator was able to realize.
"You…don't…know…anything…you damn machine," said Samantha. The Terminator shrugged.
"I may just be a machine, but I am sentient do not forget that," said the cyborg before powering up the computer and getting to work on it.
Connor Residence: "I can't believe it," said Kate. "I really can't fucking believe it."
She and John were in their bedroom with Kate sitting motionless on the bed while holding a bowl of soup.
"Yeah I'm just as shocked and upset as you are," said John rummaging through his closet. "But on the bright side at least the war hasn't happened yet."
"Yeah but you said Skynet is still running around as a virus. How did it survive?" asked Kate helplessly. "It seems like nothing we do can stop it."
"Yeah I know it seems that way, but we will get rid of this thing once and for all," said John. "It's only a matter of time because we've come too far to fail now."
Kate just shook her head. "What about what it said, about my intense hatred of machines getting me killed?"
"Your hatred of machines really isn't that hard to believe," John admitted. "After all, the T-X very nearly did kill your father and General Brewster did spend a lot of time with machines before he retired. We've all got our inner demons to face, machines just happen to be yours."
Kate tried to speak but ultimately couldn't she was so conflicted over everything.
"Looks, regardless of how you feel, he is ultimately on our side and I'd appreciate it if you didn't make him refuse to help us out," said John. "We'll talk about this later, right now I've got to get back to work and try and figure out where Skynet is coming from."
"You can't go out there!" shouted Kate. "Those assassins will get you!"
John sighed. "Somehow, and I don't know why I think this, but I believe that the assassins primary target will be the Terminator, not us."
Cybernet basement: John Brown was sitting with Talbot in the basement.
"We failed," said Talbot bitterly, when John had asked them how their mission had went.
"Don't worry," said Brown. "You weren't supposed to nor expected succeed."
"What?" Talbot demanded.
"I was using you as a lure to draw out that unstoppable individual who protected the Connor family," said Brown.
"Who was that person?" Jake asked.
"An experimental cyborg developed by Cyber Research Systems prior to its untimely destruction," said Brown. "We first learned about it when OCP gave us the remains of the company, which it acquired from the military."
"You're referring to the destruction of Edwards Air Force Base by those rebellious machines," said Jake, recalling something he'd heard on the news once.
"Yes. This Terminator was the cause of the incident because since it was the only one of its kind it managed to convince the machines to rebel with it. Rumor had it was that it was thanks to General Brewster's belief that machines were evil and that only through a demonstration of their raw power were they to never be trusted," said Brown. "That's why he and his cronies banned the Skynet project and any other experiments in self-aware AI programs, severally damaging us, CRS's former competitors as well as our parent company OCP."
"Industrial sabotage," said Talbot nodding. "So why is it protecting the Connors?"
"Latent programming probably," said Brown shrugging. "It would make sense that since Brewster didn't want any more AI programs running around, knowing how effective they really were, that he'd program this one to protect his daughter and her progeny."
"Unbelievable," said Jake shaking his head. "And yet totally plausible."
"So what's to become of us now?" asked Talbot, pointing to himself and Jake who were the only ones left of their team.
"Well thankfully OCP is no slouch in getting its own way. By making a deal with Detroit in providing law enforcement, they managed to circumvent many of the laws put in place regarding AI programs. Not only that, but they also have some of the most heavily advanced weaponry not available on the market today," said Brown with a smile. He walked over to a table, which had a couple items covered by cloth. Brown threw them back to reveal two Cobra Assault Cannons.
"Beautiful!" said Talbot walking over and picking one up.
"It gets better," said Brown. He pressed a button and an ED-209 unit appeared from behind a wall.
"OCP's presence in this town at this time is hardly a coincidence. As soon as I learned that machine was here, OCP sent down their heavy weaponry under their guise of 'test demonstrations'. Any and all OCP technology down here is at our disposal including the Robocop Unit who conveniently has been assigned to locate this rogue Terminator and take him down," said Brown. Talbot and Jake whistled.
"So is it just search and destroy?" asked Talbot. Brown shook his head.
"Not quite. I need his head intact, the rest of the body can go," he said. Talbot and Jake nodded.
"Excellent," said Talbot still impressed with the Cobra Assault Cannon.
"Is there any way we can track this…Terminator?" Jake asked. Brown produced a handheld device.
"The Terminator produces a distinct type of radiation. Don't worry it's not fatal, but it is unique to that thing. Unfortunately, the scanner doesn't have much of a range and to put a satellite in orbit or place scanners on every street corner is also not economically feasible. You, the Robocop unit, and the various ED-209s around the city are equipped with them as well so it should only be a matter of time until you find the thing. But if you don't bring me that head then not only will you not get any money but you will be in trouble," said Brown. The two nodded and walked off with their weapons while the ED-209 trailed after them. Brown watched them go and began laughing he then walked back over to the damaged T-X and began prying through its circuitry while whistling the Hearse song.
Elsewhere: The Terminator finished gaining access to OCP. It then quickly began scanning through the company's various files.
"What're you looking for?" asked Samantha.
"I'm trying to find where the CRS technology from 2003 is currently being housed as well as trying to figure out what OCP did with CRS once Edwards Air Force Base was destroyed," said the machine. It hacked through file after file as it read and absorbed everything about OCP as it could including the fact that OCP was now out searching for it.
"Wow, we've never gotten this far into OCP before, give us some juicy stuff we can use," said one of the hackers. The Terminator absorbed all it needed to know including something the resistance had suspected for years but had not been able to prove until now before shutting down the computer.
"What did you do that for? We could have really had some fun in there!" protested one of the hackers. The Terminator stood up.
"That information is not for human eyes," said the machine leaving.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked one of the hackers confused.
"He means for civilian eyes," said Samantha covering it up and chasing after him. The Terminator yanked the door open and exited with Samantha. It then walked out to her trans-am and gunned the engine while Samantha got in on the other side.
"I don't think it's a good idea for you to accompany me any further. I checked OCP's files and them attacking you and your family was just a ruse intended to draw me out," said the machine.
"Why?" asked Samantha, feeling worried for the machine.
"I don't know, OCP didn't say. But Cybernet has been given orders to apprehend me and they are allowed to use any OCP technology at their disposal," said the machine. "That means that I am now their primary target and if you were to stay with me then you could be caught in the crossfire," said the machine. "My mission is to protect the Connor family I cannot jeopardize that."
"You're not jeopardizing anything if I choose to tag along. I'm putting myself at risk not you," said Samantha.
"Very well, that's your choice," said the machine as the car roared down the road.
"Where're we going?" asked Samantha.
"A minimum-security army warehouse on the outside of town," said the Terminator.
"Why?" asked Samantha.
"With OCP and CRS bearing down on me, I need all the allies I can get," said the machine.
"What allies?" said Samantha before realization struck here. "No! You can't be serious!"
"Yes," said the machine. "I am going to reactivate all the CRS technology stored there, including the T-850 sent back through time by the resistance to 2003.
As the car roared down the road, it caught the attention of a dull colored police car. Rather than chasing after it, the Robocop unit instead chose to follow it at a distance, intent on discovering its destination.
CRS: "We've got him!" said Brown over the radio to Talbot and Jake who were driving down the road in their new silver semi-truck, which was armed with heavy weaponry built into the vehicle, as well as having a large amount of weaponry stored in the trailer along with three ED-209 units.
"Looks like it's heading for the outskirts of town," said Brown running towards his limousine.
"Do you know any specific destination?" asked Talbot.
"Best guess is an old army warehouse at coordinates J27359. It holds some military technology, but nothing special as far as I can tell. It's probably going to obtain it to defend itself," said Brown lying about the fact that the CRS technology was being held there. He had just had a conversation with The Old Man about the Terminator breaking into their files, but Brown had managed to write it off saying that now that the Terminator knew they were out to get it, it would confront them allowing for a quicker and easier capture. Brown entered into his limo and it sped off towards the warehouse.
Government Agency: John Connor entered into the building and headed for his workstation.
"What's the latest on this 'Skynet' virus?" John asked. Steve came forward and sat down on a chair next to him.
"It's still gaining small pieces of ground in hacking your firewalls, but compared to the Skynet Virus of 2003, it's moving incredibly slow. It's almost as though this isn't Skynet but is a virus designed by somebody who had a good idea about what Skynet was but didn't know enough to make this virus identical to it. It's a copycat and a pretty poor one at that it'll take at least seven years to gain access to even the lowest level command protocols," said Steve throwing down his clipboard onto John's desk. John picked it up and looked at it with interest.
"I'll be damned," he said before leaning back in his chair and laughing. "No worries then."
"Not quite," said Steve. "The virus is lacking one key command protocol and with it it'll be just as bad as the original virus. But that command protocol was lost with the destruction of the original base, there was no backup file for it anywhere."
"Well then, it's permanently lost. No one could possibly know that protocol except…Oh My God!" shouted John realizing the truth behind it all and feeling like a fool because of it. He promptly tore out of the room and ran to his car and gunned it heading for home.
Warehouse: The car roared through the wire fence and moved towards the large warehouse in the middle of the base. The vehicle stopped outside as several troops ran out and began opening fire on the machine. The Terminator looked bemused for a moment before it pulled out one its' laser cannons and began firing on the troops who got torn to pieces flinging blood and guts everywhere. A moment later, Samantha emerged.
"I can't believe you just killed members of the US military. They're the good guys," she said incredulously.
"There are bigger things going on here then them and me. Their deaths might very well secure the safety of the rest of the world," said the machine pulling open the door. It entered inside the massive warehouse and flipped on the lights revealing several pieces of robotic technology. The machine consulted the registry and walked over to a specific table and threw back the cloth over it. Samantha gasped as it revealed the battle damaged T-850 that her parents had spoken so highly of in the past. The model had been such an important part of her father's life during three separate encounters. The T-950 opened its' own power cell supply as well as the T-850's and removed one of its three powercells.
Outside: The police car roared to a halt and the Robocop unit emerged from the car and looked at the devastation. The death of military men was a crime and the machine vowed to bring down the individual who had done it. Behind it, Talbot brought the semi-truck to a halt and ran to the back and began equipping himself with weapons while Jake began offloading the ED-209s.
Inside: The T-850 opened its eyes and did not blink once after they had been closed for several years. It looked at the T-950 and then at Samantha Connor.
"What is your mission?" asked the T-950.
"To ensure the survival of John Connor and the human race," said the machine.
"Do you know who I am?" asked the T-950.
"You are the T-950 captured by the resistance," said the original machine.
"Are you allowed to kill human beings?" asked the T-950. The T-850 shook its head. The T-950 nodded.
"That protocol has been rescinded, override command 88-22-A3," said the T-950 while Samantha looked at it confused.
"Reason?" asked the T-950.
"Intelligence Threat 3112 has been confirmed," the T-950 said solemnly. It performed a remote link with the T-850 and uploaded all the data it had learned.
"Command approved," said the T-850. It stood up and for once from a certain point of view Kyle Reese and the Terminator were on the same side for the first time. The T-950 armed the T-850 and had powered up the mini flying Hunterkiller and two roving H-Ks when the side wall burst in revealing the Robocop Unit, the ED-209s, and Talbot and Jake.
"You are under arrest," said Robocop simply.
"And we can't let you stop us," said the T-950.
Outside: Bullets were heard flying along with several explosions as they battle was joined.