Terminator: Dark Fate. (DONE RIGHT!)
Chapter 3: The story of the Connors, John vs. Grace, Oracle revealed. (Edited 7-13-20.)
Note: This chapter will detail the story of John's history, how he became what he is now, and who his partner Oracle is.
I'm sure you've probably already guessed it, but let's find out if you're right.
Also, some of you might think John is a little overpowered in this chapter, but he worked for it here.
And for the record, by popular demand, I've decided to bring the T-800 back, not as Carl from Dark Fate, but as Uncle Bob from Judgement Day.
Yeah, I know that this is supposed to be about John and all, but without the appearance of Arnie, AKA, the Terminator, it's not exactly the same.
PS: Yes, you're going to see the ultimate battle between Terminators very soon...
TX vs. REV-9!
To the story!
Inside the abandoned warehouse...
"...my name is John Connor." said the man.
It was so silent, you could hear a pin drop.
After what seemed like forever, Grace finally managed to speak, "Wait a minute! You were the one I was told to protect!"
John was puzzled, "Why me? I thought your objective was Dani and her brother."
Grace reached into her cybernetic storage port and pulled something out.
John asked, "What is that?"
Grace answered, "It's a message I was told to give you." and pressed a button causing the voice of Diego's future self to be heard...
Start of message...
Hello John Connor.
If you are listening to this, then my worst fears have been realized.
My name is Diego Ramos. Twin brother of Dani Ramos.
Years ago, you saved my sister from being killed during a trip to Long Beach, California.
Now she begs you to help us in our struggle against the machines.
I regret that I am unable to present my sister's request to you in person.
But my base has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you in has failed.
One of Legion's most lethal Terminators, known as the REV-9, was sent back through time to kill Dani and myself because of a threat we posed to them.
But lately, we're beginning to doubt that we can successfully win this battle.
The REV-9's are more deadly than we imagined.
It seems that only a skilled, battle-hardened warrior like yourself can save us.
I've placed information vital to the survival of the Resistance into the cyber memory ports of Grace.
Your partner Oracle should know how to decode it.
You must ensure that the info is decoded and hidden in secret until Legion becomes self-aware.
This is our most desperate hour.
Help us, John Connor.
You're our only hope.
...end of message.
There was a long silence.
John sat back in his chair with a look of concern on his face.
Diego was so afraid, he couldn't even speak.
Dani was shocked, she remembered that time in Long Beach when she was partying before a group of gangsters attempted to kidnap and have their way with her.
Just as they were about to assault her, a man dressed in black with a metallic helmet dropped in, beat all 6 of the thugs unconscious, rescued Dani, took her to a hospital, and sent recorded video evidence of the attack to the police.
The video evidence was more than enough to charge all 6 thugs with kidnapping, attempted rape, and violating Dani's civil rights.
In the resulting trial, the thugs were convicted of all 3 charges and received a 12-year sentence.
Dani and her family were eternally grateful that she was saved from something so horrendous.
But the true identity of the man who rescued remained a mystery until today.
She now understood that the man who saved her was John Connor, the man she was destined to marry one day.
Eventually, Grace finally said, "I don't understand. Why did she want me to find you? How does she know you can help us?"
John replied, "I've fought and beaten cyborgs before. I've already led the human race to victory before. If I did it once, I can do it again."
Dani spoke for the 1st time, "What are you talking about?"
John Connor asked, "Are you sure you want to hear this? It's a long story."
Grace said, "Yes. We need to know about your exploits."
John sighed, "Very well. I'll start from the beginning. In the original timeline, 3 billion human lives ended on August 29th 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the attack, 'Judgement day.' They lived only to face a new nightmare: The war against the Machines. Also known as the Terminators. Using time-displacement equipment, the computer which controlled the machines, Skynet, sent 3 Terminators back through time. Their mission: To destroy the leader of the Human Resistance. John Connor. Myself. The 1st Terminator was programmed to strike at my mother in the year 1984 before I was born. The other 2 were sent to strike at me when I was still a minor. They all failed. Why? Because for every Terminator sent back through time, the Resistance was able to send a lone warrior to protect me and my mother."
Grace added, "Well, Skynet doesn't exist in my future."
John replied, "That's because me, my mom, and a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator destroyed it. In 1997, when I was 13, Skynet sent a new Terminator, designated as the T-1000, back in time to kill me. The T-1000 was an advanced prototype made out of liquid metal which gave it the ability to take on the shape and appearance of almost anything it touched, and to transform its arms into blades and other shapes at will. The T-1000 arrived, killed a policeman, and assumed his identity. Meanwhile, I sent back a reprogrammed Model-101 Terminator to protect my younger self."
Grace and Dani nodded, showing that they were digesting the information.
John continued, "Along the way, we discovered that the person mostly responsible for Judgement Day was a man named Miles Bennet Dyson, a Cyberdyne Systems engineer, who was working on a revolutionary new microprocessor that would form the foundation for Skynet. We learned that much of his research was reverse-engineered from the damaged CPU and the right arm of the Terminator that attacked my mother in 1984. After convincing him that these items and his designs must be destroyed, we broke into the Cyberdyne building, retrieved the CPU along with the arm, and set explosives to destroy Dyson's lab. The police arrived and Dyson was fatally shot, but he rigged an improvised dead man's switch that detonated the explosives when he died. The T-1000 relentlessly pursued us, eventually cornering us in a steel mill."
Grace was a little worried, but said nothing.
John continued, "The T-1000 and Model 101 fought and the more advanced model seriously damaged and shut down the Model 101. However, unbeknownst to the T-1000, the Model 101 brought itself back online using emergency power. The T-1000 nearly killed me and my mom, but the Model 101 took it by surprise and blasted it into a crucible of molten steel with a grenade launcher, destroying it. I threw the arm and CPU of the original Terminator into the vat as well. As my mom expressed relief that the ordeal was over, the T-101 explained that to ensure that it was not used for reverse engineering, it also needed to be destroyed. It asked my mom to assist in lowering it into the vat of molten steel, since it was unable to 'self-terminate'. I begged and eventually ordered the Terminator to reconsider, because doing what I said was one of it's parameters. But it made the decision to disobey me, said farewell, and gave me a hug before it was lowered into the vat, giving a final thumbs-up as it disappeared into the molten steel."
By the time John was finished, Dani found herself crying while Grace was fighting to hold back her own tears.
John continued, "For a while, the 2 of us lived a peaceful life. But, when I was 16, mom and I were ambushed by a 3rd terminator at a beach. It messed me up pretty bad, but I survived. My mother didn't make it. Come to find out, I survived thanks to my partner and mentor, Oracle. She gave me a shirt made of Aramid material which saved my life. Driven with grief at the death of my mother, I would ensure what happened to me would never happen to anyone else again. I swore that I would never allow something like Skynet to exist ever again. I would have my revenge."
The sound of sorrow and conviction in John's voice was a clear indication that he wasn't lying.
John then asked, "Now that I've told you my story, the real question is, do you really think you can do this by yourself, Grace?"
Grace snapped, "You are so fucking smug, you know that?! You think the world revolves around you, don't you?! That we couldn't possibly survive without the 'Mighty and Powerful John Connor' to guide us through our problems, right?! Well, I got a news flash for you: We got along just fine without you!"
John retorted, "Oh, and this qualifies as just fine?! Causing collateral damage everywhere you go?! Risking the safety of innocent people?! I mean, come on! What were you thinking?!"
Grace growled, "Don't push it, Johnny! You can't be a former savior of humanity who spent 20 years in isolation and expect us to just fall in line again like your little soldiers!"
John snapped back, "Hey, I was training! Training to be a better leader! A better warrior! For you! Why do you hate me right now?!"
Grace shouted, "And who the fuck said I ever wanted to be led?! I'm the one calling the shots now, so get used to it!"
John glared at her, "You aren't ready! You're impulsive, reckless, and hot-tempered, and more importantly, I'm BETTER than you!"
Grace felt insulted, "You know something, John Connor? I have to disagree with you on that one!" as she pick up a set of steel pipes and stood ready to fight.
"Don't do this, Grace." John warned.
"I'm done taking orders!" hissed Grace.
John sighed and drew his retractable fighting staff, ready to fight.
The 2 stared at each other for a few moments before the battle started.
They leaped at each other and clanged their weapons before falling to the ground.
Grace charged and swung her right hand.
But John blocked with his staff before flipping over her.
Grace attempted to kick John a few times, but missed.
Then she swung her hands left and right trying to strike, but each hit was blocked.
They both clubbed and bashed at each other, but neither one would give an inch.
Grace held both of her pipes in a reverse grip and tried to strike John in the head with both of them.
But the calm, calculating John Connor blocked both pipes with his staff and used it to push his opponent back.
Grace reversed her grip and held her weapons straight out as the 2 combatants encircled one another.
Grace's teeth were showing as well as rage and contempt.
John's teeth were also visible, but his face was still clam.
Grace grunted in rage as she charged again.
John tightened his fists, and waited for the right moment.
As Grace jumped into the air and tried to land a blow, John blocked and kicked his opponent backwards.
He attempted to bludgeon Grace in the head, but intentionally missed, hoping she would stop.
But it proved in vain as Grace brought both her pipes down.
John brought up his staff with both hands and held Grace in a deadlock.
John quickly shouted, "What is your mission?!"
Grace shouted, "To ensure the survival of John Connor and the Ramos siblings!"
Seeing an opportunity, John shouted, "You are about to fail that mission!"
Grace froze with shock upon hearing that!
With Grace's focus disrupted, John spun around and kicked as hard as he could, sending Grace crashing into a concrete wall 20 feet away.
The impact was so massive that Grace lost consciousness.
Luckily, Dani and her brother weren't hurt.
3 hours passed before she revived.
She tried to move, but she couldn't.
John said, "Your energy core in nearly depleted. It's pointless to try and fight me again. Besides, the reason why you can't do this alone is simple: Statistics."
Grace frowned, "Meaning what exactly?"
John replied, "Well, there's the REV-9 itself and it's liquid metal counterpart. Meaning it's 2 of them against 1 of you. Not very good odds, don't you think?"
As much as Grace hated to agree with John Connor, she knew he was right.
There was no way she could hope to survive against 2 machines at once.
Finally, she asked, "Okay. What do you propose we do?"
John answered, "My partner Oracle might have an idea. She knows more about tech stuff than I ever will."
Dani finally asked, "Who is this Oracle?"
John said, "You'll know soon enough."
After that, they got into the jeep, and drove off.
5 hours later...
The trip took them to a small isolated cabin outside the city of Los Angeles California.
John knocked on the door.
Inside the cabin...
Inside the little cabin, the sound of Star Wars could be heard as a middle-aged man was sitting on the couch while watching A New Hope on the television.
Then, he heard the doorbell ring.
He looked out the window while grabbing a familiar looking shotgun off the coffee table.
When he saw the white jeep outside, he spoke out loud with an Austrian accent, "Karen!"
Moments later, a female voice called from the kitchen, "What is it, Bobby?"
The now named Bobby answered, "John's home. And it looks like he's brought company with him."
Karen replied, "Let's check it out." as they moved to the door.
Outside the cabin...
As John stood there waiting, the door opened after 30 seconds, revealing a gorgeous-looking blonde girl dressed in a reddish brown leather outfit with a blue t-shirt underneath.
She had what looked to be a Taurus Judge shotgun revolver on her right hip.
Next to her was a large muscular man with short black hair and dark brown eyes.
He was wearing white socks, black army pants, a dark grey t-shirt, and a black leather jacket.
He was holding a Winchester 1887 lever-action sawed-off shotgun over his right shoulder.
The first person that the woman noticed was John, causing her to smile, "Welcome home, John. I've been waiting for you."
John hugged the woman and said, "It's good to be back home, Karen."
The woman, now known as Karen, finally noticed the other 3 people and said, "Oh, I see you have company."
Dani asked, "John, who are they?"
Grace was curious too.
Diego also wanted to know.
John walked up to the woman dressed in red and said, "Guys, this is my Aunt Karen."
Then he turned to the man dressed in black and said, "This is... Uncle Bob."
After that, he walked down to the guests and said, "Aunt Karen. Uncle Bob. This is Grace. Dani, and Diego Ramos. They're siblings."
Once the greetings were done, John turned to Bob and asked, "Uncle Bob, why don't we head outback and do some target practice?"
Bob smiled and said, "You're on, John."
Before leaving with Bob, John tapped Karen on the shoulder and said, "Show them."
Karen nodded, then leaped extremely high into the air to where the sunlight concealed her from view.
When she landed back on the ground, she was in her endoskeleton form.
Dani was stunned!
Grace was shocked!
Diego was a little scared!
In a female voice, Karen said, "Listen to me very carefully."
Fearing for Dani's safety, Grace stepped in front of her, glared at Karen and demanded, "What the Hell are you?!"
Karen answered, "I am a Terminatrix, or TX. Cyberdyne Systems Model 3200. I am designed for extreme combat, powered by a plasma reactor and equipped with built-in weapons. My arsenal includes the ability to control other machines. My body chassis is heavily armored and hardened to withstand external attacks. Unlike T-800 models which became obsolete, TX models are faster, more powerful, and more intelligent. Making us far more effective killing machines. I am also designed to terminate other cybernetic organisms. Not too mention, Uncle Bob is a Terminator also. A T-800 model."
John added, "In other words, she's an Anti-Terminator-Terminator."
Then, he turned to Bob and said, "Let's go." before leaving.
John Connor was 36 years old, but thanks to his healing factor and extreme training, he didn't look a day older than 20.
As he went through his daily training regiment with Uncle Bob, Karen, the Terminatrix, began to explain the deal between her, John, and the T-800.
As Karen explained it, she was the one who built the battle suit that John was wearing.
The origins concerning the wide array of technology used to build the suit were classified, except for its servo-motors, which were supplied by Karen.
The suit's servo-motors gave the wearer superhuman strength, agility, endurance, and other natural abilities by allowing the actions of the wearer to be amplified without extraneous effort, amplifying their physical abilities at least tenfold.
With this suit on, the person wearing it would have the strength, speed, skill, and agility as a whole team of special forces.
The entire suit was an exoskeleton of electronic circuits, but was malleable like regular clothing, and capable of being folded up to fit inside John's backpack.
Moreover, it conformed to the size of its wearer, and was able to fit John, despite his strong muscular physique.
This suit's external appearance consisted of a sharp, all-black color scheme.
The suit included a collapsible helmet that conformed to the contours of the wearer's features.
Also, a utility belt was incorporated into the suit.
The suit was waterproof, fireproof, bulletproof, blade-proof, and explosive proof.
But John took bodily protection to the extreme by reinforcing his suit with black pads of armor over his legs, torso, and arms.
All together, John Connor carried at 18 kilograms of protection, the equivalent in weight to 5 bowling balls.
It's features and accessories included the following...
Sensitive touch microphone on index and middle finger: Permits eavesdropping through solid surfaces or from a distance. Recorded info can be played back or downloaded into a chip.
Communicator: Allows John to stay in contact with others.
Retractable fingertip claws: Allows for cutting through certain surfaces or for climbing walls.
Grappling gauntlet: Contains a retractable hook and wire that allows John to swing over the rooftops or entangle an enemy.
Visual enhancement visor: Allows John to see in the dark. It can also serve as digital binoculars and an infrared filter, all of which allows for superior tactical planning.
Smoke pellets: Used to cloak wearer's presence and blind enemies.
Wrist mounted taser: Stuns and in some cases, incapacitates attackers.
Flash bang explosives: Very useful, should the need to disorient attackers arise.
Launching tracers: Small devices that can attach to any surface and act as homing beacons for tracking a suspect who is on the run.
Handcuffs: To restrain a suspect who is under arrest.
Lock decipher capsule: A small device that hacks and transfers passwords of certain doors to John.
Bugs: Small devices that, when planted, allows John to listen in and hear what everyone within a 10 foot radius is saying. It is worth noting that all information heard over the bug can be recorded and used as evidence later on.
Built-in re-breather: Allows user to stay for prolonged periods underwater by recycling oxygen.
Taser Gauntlet: Releases a shock of 50,000 volts to incapacitate attackers.
Forensic scanner: Allows John to analyze and locate evidence at a crime scene.
Recorder: Allows John to record what he hears.
Tear gas pellets: Causes temporary paralysis and blindness which forces the enemy into submission.
Temperature control system: A safety system positioned all around the neck which heats up or cools down blood as it passes through the carotid arteries, keeping body temperature at a minimum level.
As far as weapons were concerned, John had everything squared away.
His primary weapon was called MRA which meant Multi-Range-Armory, because it was designed to be accurate, effective, and deadly in multiple areas of combat.
It fired the 5.7 millimeter bullet.
It also carried a 50-round magazine and utilized the exact same firing system as an FN P-90 sub-machine gun.
A select-firing system allowed for semi-automatic or fully-automatic gunfire.
The coolest part about it was that it had two different forms.
A quick and fluid transformation allowed the user to switch between modes at a moments notice.
The weapon started out as a 34-inch long, select-fire assault rifle.
With the flick of a switch, the barrel would fold over the top of the fore-grip, the gas recoil piston tube would fold underneath the foregrip.
On top of that, the butt-stock could be folded up, rotated 180 degrees until it was attached to the underside of the foregrip.
This reduced the weapon to it's pistol mode which measured only 17 inches.
Because of it's compact and slim design in pistol mode, it was light-weight and easily maneuverable in battle.
The maximum rate of fire was 200-rpm on semi and 600-rpm on full-auto.
Even when collapsed into pistol mode, both firing options remained.
However, the accuracy was greatly reduced and the recoil was more extreme.
Plus, the retractable fighting staff also functioned as a silencer for the weapon in case there was a need for stealthy operations.
Another important thing was that the silencer not only allowed for better accuracy and reduced recoil, but also increased the guns length to 29 or 46 inches depending on what mode it was in.
Included with the set was a 357. Magnum revolver for emergency firepower.
All in all, MRA was a powerful weapon that could be used for extreme combat.
To see what the weapon looks like, look up RWBY OC weapon, Raffinert Renser for image. The MRA weapon in my story is similar to it, but the designs are very different.
All in all, John Connor was heavily armed.
He used his machine gun/assault rifle for long-range combat, his revolver for mid-range combat, and his collapsible fighting staff for close-range combat.
Karen was the one who built all his weapons and gadgets.
Using Coltan Titanium alloy scavenged from downed REV-6 models over the years, Karen built John's helmet, armor, and weapons.
Another thing worth noting was that Karen lied to John about killing the T-800.
What she actually did was disable it.
And then, using her ability to control other machines, she reprogrammed it with all the knowledge she had accumulated over the years.
The reason why was because she couldn't destroy the REV-6's and protect John at the same time.
Reprogramming the T-800 not only provided an extra set of protection, but also allowed John to have something close to a father figure in his life.
At first, John was angry when he found out because of what happened to his mother.
But eventually, the T-800 grew on him and they developed a father-son relationship.
While Karen was working her technical job and building John's equipment, Bob would train John in survival, strategy, and combat tactics.
Another interesting thing was that, after a long series of tests, she developed a serum that gave John an enhanced healing ability allowing him to recover from any injury or illness with in a few minutes.
Grace felt very jealous that John viewed himself as better than her.
Except that he was.
John Connor had been training, studying, and working very hard since he was 16.
Meaning he had been training for almost 20 years, so he earned his abilities fair and square.
His healing ability, combined with his weapons, gadgets, battle suit, armor, martial art skills, and years of training, John was basically a one-man army, capable of dealing with almost any threat to innocent people, weather man or machine.
And Grace understood that.
She thought long and hard while Karen administered food and medications to help recharge her cyber core.
Finally realizing that she couldn't defeat the REV-9 by herself, once her core was recharged, Grace swallowed her pride and asked Karen, "Can you help us?"
Karen nodded, "First, we must get you geared up. Follow me."
Grace nodded.
End of Chapter 3!
Alright, in case you haven't figured it out yet, John Connor has become a mix of 4 different characters and worlds.
1: Batman Beyond, the battle suit and armor plates. (No wings or rocket boosters. And no bat symbols.)
2: RWBY: The transforming weapons.
3: Deathstroke, the healing factor.
4: And finally, Lost In Space, the folding metallic helmet.
(I own none of these things.)
20 years, come on people, that's more than enough time to become skilled.
Plus, with the technology and detailed schematics that a TX possesses, whose to say she can't build things like that?
Until next time!