Sorry for the long update, school and general life can make you forgetful (and I was thinking about more scenarios). This chapter was requested by ZennyFan825, hope you enjoy. This chapter is:
What if the crew were being chased by a Terminator?
Chapter 2: Terminator
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Shit.
Well this wasn't how the day was supposed to go.
Zap had no time to think about how ridiculous their current situation was. A simple day out with his girlfriend had transpired into running for their lives from a crazy man with a shotgun.
But of course, things got worse.
The two of them had run into a man and a teen who had pulled up in a truck and helped them escape. He looked down at Jenny's small form, dark blue hair mused and falling out of the ponytail she had swept it up in. she felt his gaze and looked up, big green eyes filled with confusion and fear. He subconsciously tightened his embrace around her before looking back to the teenager.
"So are you going to tell us what the hell is going on?"
The kid swept his green hair out of his face before turning to his partner.
"Should we tell them dude?"
"Might as well," the blonde-haired man had an Australian accent, he barely turned his head in his reply. The boy nodded and turned back to the couple.
"Well, how do I put this?" the boy tapped his gloved finger on his chin, Zap and Jenny exchanged glances. "Dex and I-" the blonde man -Dex- waved from the driver's seat. "We're from the future," if the boy was expecting a gasp of surprise, he was disappointed.
"The future?" Jenny's voice was full of skepticism. The boy shook his arms out.
"We are! We were sent back in time to stop the Terminator from killing you both!"
"What?" Zap couldn't believe it, this had to be a joke.
"Sorry mate but he's right," Dex called out. "That man who's after you two, he's a Terminator. A killer robot from the year 3000," the couple were silent, wide eyed and slack jawed. Zap tightened his hold on Jenny even further.
"Why is it after us?" he asked, voice slightly shaking.
"Because after the machines rise up and end the world your kid leads the rebellion and saves humanity," the boy replied casually.
"WHAT?" Jenny yelped, jumping up and out of Zap's hold, he froze up and stared at the boy.
"Are you serious?"
"A killer robot from the future nearly blew your head off. Does it look like we're joking?" Zap was still speechless, mouth gaping as he looked from the boy with green hair to the driver and to Jenny.
"S-So we have a kid?" he was bewildered. "Do we get married? Is it a boy or a girl?" Dex shook his head.
"You never did, the kid was, well an accident. You stayed with Jenny to support her and the child. And we can't tell you, it's bad enough that you know what happens in the future,"
Zap slouched slightly. There is an awkward silence before he asks another question.
"So, uh, how long were we together, before-"
"Six months," Dex cut him off abruptly. Zap frowned.
"But, we've been together for six months already. So at what point-" his eyes widened and he slowly turned to Jenny. The girl stared into her lap, eyes wide and pale as a ghost. Zap's gaze traveled down to her left hand, which sat against her abdomen.
"Jenny?"
The girl opened her mouth to reply when the back window shattered. The three in the back hit the floor as another gunshot rang out.
"Dammit! It's back!" Dex swore loudly and swerved the truck violently. "Stay Down!" Zap flung his arm across Jenny's back and put his other hand on the back of his head. He could hear the boy pulling out a gun and loading a cartridge.
"Tung! Fire!" there was a loud crack as the boy -Tung- fired the gun through the shattered window. Zap felt the girl flinch at the loud sound and he told her to cover her ears. Dex swerved the truck again to veer off the highway. Tung re-loaded the gun and fired again.
"It's still following!" Dex muttered something under his breath before making a sharp turn. The truck tilted sideways, threating to spill over. Tung fired again before grabbing a nearby wrench and lobbing it out of the window. Zap lifted his gaze to see the object connect with the terminator's head. The robots head snapped upwards before lowering back into position, it cocked the shotgun with one hand and aimed it.
"DEX!" Tung yelled back towards the driver, who swerved again, throwing Zap off balance. There was a loud bang and the truck shuddered.
"Back wheel's gone!" Tung informed Dex, he swore again and steered the truck off the road and into the scrub. He flicked off the lights and unbuckled his seatbelt.
"Get ready to jump." He informed the trio as he pulled a knapsack out of the passenger seat.
"Jump?" Jenny shrieked. Dex unlatched a side door neither had noticed and slung a sniper rifle across his back.
"Either that or crashing!" he yelled back, holding his hand out. Zap pulled his girlfriend from the floor and took the other man's hand. "Tung!"
"Coming!" without warning Dex pushed them out the door and they were sent tumbling into the shrub, the truck hurtling past them. Tung appeared out of nowhere and motioned to them.
"C'mon dudes, we gotta keep moving," Zap looked down at Jenny in the darkness and met her eyes. She nodded and followed after the boy. A gunshot rang out and the three ducked, Tung took a pair of goggles and pulled them over his head.
"What are you-?"
"Night vision goggles," Tung hissed back, placing a finger over his lips. Dex appeared out of the bushes behind them.
"The terminator went after the truck, we need to get back to the highway and find another car."
"How are we going to get a car?" Jenny replied shakily. Dex turned to look up at the road.
"There's a crowd up there, people are stopping to see what happened,"
"And we're going to steal a car?"
"It's not stealing, we're just commandeering the vehicle," Dex began to climb upwards. "C'mon, we gotta stay low," the four made their way up the hill slowly and back to the highway, where a small crowd had gathered, watching the flaming wreckage below. The terminator was, thankfully, nowhere in sight, giving the group a better chance at escape. Dex snuck up to an unattended car and peered inside, finding nothing important in the backseat he opened the driver's door and ducked into the seat, reaching over to pull out the bag in the passenger seat and place it on the road.
"Get in!" he hissed. Jenny slid into the passenger seat followed closely by Zap while Tung crawled into shot gun. The owner of the car heard it taking off and yelled in outrage, but they had already sped off into the night.
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"That was close,"
"Too close if you ask me," Zap looked over at the girl next to him, she had been mostly silent the whole ride and he was beginning to worry, well more so as their current predicament required more than just worry.
"Jenny," he said quietly, she jumped and turned her head. He glanced down at her stomach for a moment before returning to her eyes and he saw the same guilty expression from when they met up earlier that day.
"I was going to tell you, today. But well," she trailed off, looking into her hands. Zap slowly pulled her into a kiss, then resting his forehead on hers.
"I am so thrilled, even with the threat of a killer robot," he gave her a lop-sided smile and she giggled in.
"I love you," she whispered.
"I love you too, both of you," he motioned to her flat stomach and she laughed.
While the two conversed, Dex looked at them through the rear-view mirror. Tung noticed the sad expression he held and put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's alright dude," he said, voice low so he wouldn't disturb the couple in the back. "Not everyone gets to see their parents like this,"
"I know, it just. I've never seen them this happy,"
"Well then we have to make sure we stop that bucket of bolts. Then possibly the takeover,"
"Yeah," Dex's eyes never left the rear-view mirror, watching how the young people in the back embraced, never to realize their son was in the driver's seat.
Done! What did you think? R&R
