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So I have got a brief plan on how to get it moving. Let's see what I do.
Chapter 2- The best course of action
10th January 2014, New York
A truck driver was dumping his waste in a garbage disposal heap, a cigarette in his mouth, when suddenly, the truck stopped by itself.
"What the hell?" he said in confusion as he turned the key but nothing happened.
He then felt a cold breeze on his face which grew stronger every moment until there was a strong wind blowing. The fallen newspapers nearby started flying off and then, lightning cracked in the sky.
"Goddam son of a bitch", he cursed as he looked at lightning as there was a blinding flash of light.
"What the hell?" he muttered again. The flash scared him enough to get out of the truck and run off.
And then, a few feet from the truck, appeared a naked figure in a crouching position. He rose up to his full height of 6 feet 3 inches. He was very muscular with dirty, blonde hair. There was no emotion on his face. He looked around, surveying the area.
He then noticed three people. One of them had black hair with a red lining across his eyes. There was another one whose hair were dyed blue and were erect while the third one was blonde but his hairstyle resembled that of the man with the blue hair.
The blonde one was looking up at someone with binoculars.
"Hey", the blue haired one said as he snatched the binoculars roughly, "My turn!"
That was when the blonde one noticed the naked man walking towards them.
"Hey!" he said, attracting the attention of his friends as they all looked at the naked man, "What's wrong with this picture?"
The three laughed at the man's state of nudity.
"Nice night for a walk, eh?" the blue haired one asked mockingly as the man walked closer.
Stopping near them, he spoke in a thick accent, "Nice night for a walk."
"Washday tomorrow", the blonde one said with a smirk as he snapped his fingers in front of the man who appeared to be in a daze, "Nothing clean, right?"
The man again said in his thick accent, "Nothing clean. Right."
"I think this guy's a couple cans short of a six-pack", the blue haired one said.
"Your clothes", the naked man suddenly said to them, "Give them to me... now."
Hearing that, the blue haired one suddenly took out a switchblade and said, "Fuck you, asshole!"
The other two took out switchblades as well.
The naked man knocked the black haired one away before grabbing the blue haired one by the face and throwing him back with such strength that he flew back by many feet. He hit his head on the wall behind him and fell down, dead.
The blonde one stabbed him and the blade did penetrate him but to his horror, the man seemed unaffected as the blade fell down and he ignored the wound he had received. He lifted the blonde man into the air and punched him hard in the chest before retracting his hand, the man's heart in his hand. He threw the now dead man back down as he crushed his heart into a bloody smear.
He then looked up at the black haired man who was looking at him in horror and disbelief. He backed off against the wall but he knew there was no escape now. He immediately started taking off his clothes.
April 26th, 2025
Steve was sitting quietly, drumming his fingers on a table. There was a cup of coffee near him but he had taken only one sip so far.
He heard footsteps and looked up to see Bucky approaching.
"Hey Buck", Steve said as Bucky pulled out another chair and sat in front of him.
"That cup of coffee is not going to drink itself", Bucky pointed out and the two chuckled.
"Talk to me, Steve", Bucky said, "I know how you feel about the current course of action we are taking."
"It just doesn't feel right, Buck", Steve said with a sigh, "I mean, yes, Tony created Skynet. But should we kill him before he made it? I mean, isn't that wrong?"
"It is", Bucky said with a sigh, "I won't deny it. I don't feel very good about it either. But tell me, is there any other way to prevent all of this from happening?"
"We can just go back in time and tell Tony what his invention would cause in the future", Steve said.
"We've discussed that before", Bucky said, "According to Rhodey, it would encourage Tony even more."
"I still don't feel good about it", Steve said, "The machine we sent back. That's one of the things that has me bothered. What if it does something that makes all of this even worse?"
"We programmed it to stop Tony by any means possible", Bucky assured, "So that's what it will do."
Steve nodded, though he still wasn't convinced.
10th January 2014, New York
The machine, which was known as a T-800 or just a Terminator, was now in a weapons shop. It wore a black shirt, brownish trousers and a grey trenchcoat. All of them had been taken from the black haired punk.
"The 12-gauge auto-loader", it said as the shopkeeper handed the gun to it and it looked at it.
"That's Italian", he said as the Terminator examined it, "You can go pump or auto."
The Terminator then said, "The.45 long slide, with laser sighting."
The shopkeeper handed the gun to it and as it examined it, he said, "These are brand-new. We just got them in. That's a good gun. Just touch the trigger, the beam comes on..."
The beam came on as the shopkeeper said, "And you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go. You can't miss."
"Anything else?" he then asked.
"A phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range", it said.
"Just what you see, pal", the shopkeeper said.
Looking around, the Terminator said, "The Uzi 9mm."
"You know your weapons, buddy", he said as he handed it the gun, "Any one of these is ideal for home defense. So which will it be?"
"All", it said as it examined the gun.
"I may close early today", the shopkeeper said happily as he bent down to take out some paperwork and pen, not knowing what he was dealing with.
"There's a fifteen-day wait on the handguns", he said, not noticing that the Terminator had picked up a bullet and loaded the gun with it, "But the rifles. You can take right now."
He then noticed the Terminator aiming its gun and said, "You can't do that."
In its thick accent, it said, "Wrong."
Before the shopkeeper could even process what was going on, it pulled the trigger and a gunshot rang out in the store.
Later- 6th Avenue and Grand Street, New York
The Terminator walked towards the bus stop. There was one empty bus there. It walked inside.
"Where should I take you buddy?" the driver asked as it took a seat.
"Washington Union Station", it said.
"You have a ticket?" the driver asked.
It didn't reply, causing the driver to say with a sigh, "Look, if you don't have a ticket, I can't take you anywhere."
It didn't move, causing the driver to get up and walk up to him. Putting his hand on its shoulder, he said, "Look man-"
The Terminator grabbed his hand and twisted it violently, causing him to scream in pain. It then threw him out of the window. He crashed on the ground so hard that he was dead on impact.
It then got up from its seat and sat on the driver's seat before starting the vehicle and driving off towards Washington, D.C.
Two days from now, the Battle of the Triskelion was going to take place. Steve Rogers had taken down Hydra and defeated the Winter Soldier, preventing the helicarriers from firing at their targets. One of the targets was Tony Stark. The best course of action was to stop Steve from thwarting Hydra. That way, the mission would be accomplished.
Like I said before, sending a machine designed to kill humanity to save it has disastrous consequences. The Terminator considers letting Hydra unleash their plan to be the best course of action.
The heroes made a grave mistake here as they didn't program it properly. Let's see the consequences of that.
BTW, fun fact. Bill Paxton, who played the blue haired punk in 'The Terminator', also played John Garrett in 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' The guy has been killed by a Terminator, an Alien, a Predator and an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. He had worse luck than Callan Mulvey, who has had his asses kicked by Captain America and Batman in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' respectively. The guy with the worst luck, though, would be Sean Bean for reasons we all know.
Bill Paxton was a great actor though. R.I.P.
The next chapter will take some time because like I said, the updates will be irregular in this.
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