I have decided that my original characters should be given faces. This will further add to more imagery into the story so why not?
Alex's face is based off of Alexandra Daddario while Martin's face is based off of Colton Haynes. If you're not sure who they are, just look them up on a search engine. Anyway without further ado, sit back and enjoy :)
Terminator: The Allison Young Chronicles
Chapter 7: Old Friends
Los Angeles, 2012: (Location Unknown)
John Connor, James Ellison, Alex and Martin enter an old bunker that is located outside of Los Angeles. The bunker was built during the Cold War, and had nine rooms inside. Four were living quarters, while there was a kitchen, a bathroom, a storage room, a generator room, and a living room with an old dusty couch as well as a collapsible dining table.
"When you left, me and your mother started stockpiling this place up for Judgment Day if we were unable to stop it." Ellison says while putting down his M14 Semi auto rifle on the kitchen counter. "When she died… I was alone, until I encountered Martin and Alex here spying on me."
"Hey we were looking for John, and your were the last person who we saw with him so yeah" Marin said sarcastically while taking off his coat and placing it on the sofa before sitting down on it.
Alex walks into the kitchen after closing the heavy metal doors of the bunker's entrance and grabs a water bottle from the fridge before closing it. Alex turns then turns to look at John before speaking. "You can stay in your mother's room… I took your room because we didn't even expect that you'd be arriving yet."
John nods, acknowledging what Alex had said. "How long do the generators last?" he then asks with curiosity after seeing that the fridge was working.
"They can last at least four years… longer if we use them less." Ellison said, answering John's question. Ellison stretches before letting out a yawn. "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm tired… I'm gonna get some rest." He then says before walking down the corridor to his room, and disappearing inside.
"Same… sleep is now a luxury so we better take it while we can." Martin says while walking past John and punching him in the shoulder in a friendly way and too disappears into his room.
John was about to follow suit until he hears a voice call out to him. "John?" Alex says in a soft tone.
"Yeah?" John said, wondering what she is gonna ask him.
"Uhh I need help…" Alex says with her cheeks blushing into a deep shade of red. "I need to remove the bullets from my back but I can't reach them." She then said recalling the events from a couple of hours ago.
"You want me to remove them for you?" John says also blushing slightly at Alex's request.
"If you don't mind…" John shakes his head and agrees to help her.
Alex then grabs a medkit from the bottom of the kitchen sink and makes her way to the living room, and places it on the coffee table. John follows and stands in front of her as she removes her hoodie, then her tanktop, only revealing her black bra. John swallows a lump down his throat after seeing Alex remove her shirt, she was attractive he'll give her that, but could he say that he liked her? He would have to get to know her before he could even think about going down that road. Alex sits on the couch with her back facing John and revealing that her back is riddled with bullet holes, even some metal underneath her skin can be clearly seen.
John sits down behind her and starts getting to work. He grabs a pair of tweezers from the medkit and starts taking the bullets out one by one while an awkward silence looms around the bunker. "So… can you feel pain? I mean I did see you react slightly to the 500 shooting you." John says, trying to break the silence.
Alex nods and begins to speak while slightly moving her head so she can see John out of the corner of her eye. "Yes but it's more different than how you would experience pain." she states simply.
"How so?" John asks with curiosity, wanting to know more about she works. Alex was a hybrid between machine and man, so it was kinda interesting to listen how similar she is to a normal person or how different.
"Well… It's like having a bee sting you multiple times without stopping… It hurts like hell but it doesn't feel like what it should, so I guess that's a plus." Alex then answers to John while he is still removing the bullets from her back and placing them on the coffee table.
John chuckles a bit at her remark and speaks again. "Well Skynet had a flaw when they created this body then."
"How so?" Alex says, repeating John's confusion remark he had just said moments ago.
"Why would they make it to where you can still feel pain?" John then answers her also confused as well.
"I'm not sure… maybe for better infiltrator purposes perhaps?" Alex said as a possible answer. It makes sense, if she were being interrogated by humans, she would still show actual pain. And that would increase the chances of her not being caught as a machine.
After countless minutes of removing the bullets from Alex's lower body, John find that most of the bullets are located on her upper torso, underneath her half torn bra strap. "Umm Alex…"
"Yeah?" she said looking back at John with confusion.
"Well um- you're gonna have to undo your… bra if I'm gonna get the rest of the bullets out." John says with his cheeks blushing red once again.
Alex looks back at him and smiles. "You've only known me for one day and you're already trying to get me naked?" she says in a teasing tone.
"What!? No I would never-" Before John could continue speaking, she interrupts him while laughing.
"Relax John, I was just teasing you" Alex said before unclasping her bra so John could continue removing the bullets.
After ten minutes John finishes taking out the remaining bullets from her upper torso and begins to treat the wounds with anesthetic before patching them up "There you go" John says while putting the rest of the supplies inside the medkit and closes it. Alex clasps her bra on again and puts back on a new grey tank top.
"Thank you John, I appreciate the help… Goodnight" Alex says to him while walking down the corridor her room.
"That's what friends are for right?" John says with a smile while she returns the gesture before she enters her room and disappearing inside like Ellison and Martin had.
John sits on the couch in silence, reflecting on today's events. There wasn't so much to think about though, I can't remember who James Ellison was, who this Catherine Weaver was… And who Cameron was... Who was she? They said she was a machine that I sent back to protect myself but why couldn't I remember? I at least remember who Uncle Bob was. Maybe she was the same as him in some ways? Ellison did say there was a reason why I jumped through time… I was to go after her, but where is she then? John decided to put these thoughts aside for now and get some rest. Even though he was out cold for almost two days, he felt that fatigue was getting to him. He got up off the sofa and walked down the corridor until he reached the only room that wasn't occupied and disappeared into it to get some rest.
Los Angeles, 2022: (Location Unknown)
Alex stands on top of an modified hunter killer transport vessel, above John Connor and the remains of his team. "Hello John… long time no see huh?" She says with a smile to her face.
"Alex?" John says with disbelief in his voice at who is standing on the HK and lowers his G36 assault rifle.
Alex looks up from John and sees that more Hunter Killers are zeroing in on their location and need to leave fast. She looks back down at John "Come with me if you want to live!" she shouts up as she kneels down and reaches her hand out for him to take.
John doesn't need to be told twice, he grabs Alex's hand as she hoists him up onto the HK and repeats the same with everyone at a quick pace that should have drawn attention, until they are all on board. As soon as everybody was on the HK the side door closes, and Alex runs to the cockpit, with John who was curious why there is a even a cockpit follows her. John enters and sees who is sitting in one of the seats that surprises him yet again.
"Hey Johnny, nice to see you again" Martin says with a smile on his face as he starts pressing switches next to him then above him.
"Careful Martin, we don't want you breaking anything" Alex says while strapping herself onto the second seat.
"Hey I wasn't trained to be a fighter pilot, and this piece of shit doesn't make it any better." Martin then says sarcastically to his sister.
"This piece of shit has a name Martin… so give Kara a break." Alex says with an annoyed tone then looks back at John. "I would buckle up… this ride is gonna get pretty bumpy." John nods and rushes back to the troop bay and tells everyone to take a seat and buckle up, which they immediately do so.
The Aerial HK named Kara, rises from the ground and quickly turns from the direction of the incoming Hunter Killers and activates its thrusters to full speed. The Hunter Killers see that an HK transport is flying away from the location and does a scan.
:SCANNING…
:HUNTER KILLER AERIAL NOTREGISTERED…
:ACTION…
:ENGAGE
The HK's follow the fleeing Hunter Killer Transport to find out where it's going so they can get a location and return with a heavier force of machines.
Meanwhile Alex and Martin sit in the cockpit, controlling Kara as they fly over Los Angeles. Suddenly a light starts blinking rapidly and the screen between them shows that the are being followed. "Um Alex…" Martin says in a nervous tone.
"I see them" she replies in a monotone voice and takes full control of Kara from Martin. "Aerial Hunter Killers aren't built for air to air combat so we are gonna have to lose them."
Alex steers Kara low to the ground, near the rubble of what used to be Pasadena and through an old highway bridge that surprisingly hasn't collapsed yet. One the HK's that were pursuing them miscalculates their position and crashes into one of the pillars of the bridge, making the bridge collapse on top of the Hunter Killer and destroying it.
"Damn sis, you know how to fly!" Martin says with a smile on his face, while Alex let's out a slight grin but doesn't take her eyes off of the screen.
The remaining HK sees that this other Hunter Killer that it is pursuing is too much of a threat and calculates the route that Kara is taking and tries to cut them off by blocking it's path and cause it to crash. Alex notices that the HK going a different route, she then turns to Martin with a smile on her face and a plan coming to mind. "Martin when I say now I want you to fire the plasma cannons got it?" He nods in agreement while she turns her head and shouts out to everyone in the troop bay. "Everyone better hold on!" she shouts to everybody which they comply. Alex grabs the pilot stick and pulls it towards her which in turns makes Kara go straight up into the air giving Martin a clear shot it the Hunter Killer that is trying to cut them off. "NOW!" Alex shouts to her brother, signaling him. Martin then concentrates his plasma fire onto the HK's left turbine engine, completely shredding it into pieces. The remaining Hunter Killer loses control and crashes into a nearby old office building.
"WOO HOO!" Martin screams out in a victory with him thrusting his arms in the air.
"Alright let's get home" Alex says while leveling out Kara, and heading back to base. They are rushed out of their victory when screaming is heard from the troop bay and John rushes into the cockpit.
"We need your help!" John says in a worried tone. "One of ours was shot and we need to stop the bleeding!" Alex looks at Martin and nods to him. Martin unbuckles himself from his seat and rushes into the troop bay with John following close behind.
2 hours later:
John walks into the cockpit and sits down on Martin's seat right next to Alex. It is silent until John decides to speak up.
"So… thanks for saving me… again" John says with a smile as he looks at the computer screen that acts as a HUD for the HK.
"No problem… it's more like a routine now isn't it." she says simply but with a small smile on her face.
John laughs at her reply and looks at her. "Well people either die for John Connor, or save John Connor" He then says.
"John… don't think like that, you didn't have a say if your men were to be killed by the machines or not… so don't beat yourself up." Alex says reassuringly while putting her hand on his shoulder.
John stares into her eyes and for a brief moment while she does the same until he speaks up again. "You haven't changed a bit… in appearance I mean."
"You really know how to flatter a girl John" she said in a mocking tone. "You have changed a lot… you look much older now." she then says.
"Well six years can do that to a man" John says to Alex with a smile on his face.
They sit there again with silence once again taking up space in the cockpit until Allison walks inside very quickly. "Um John?" She asks shyly.
"Yes Allie? What do you need?" John says with curiosity and turns his attention to her, wondering what she wanted.
"Perry wanted to speak with you" Allison informs John. He gets up and walks out of the cockpit only leaving Alex and Allison inside.
"Wanna sit?" Alex asks Allison. She reluctantly nods and takes a seat next to Alex but not speaking. Alex notices that the girl sitting before her is very uncomfortable. "I'm Alex what's your name?"
"Allison" She says simply but not looking at her.
"Are you ok Allison? You seem... nervous." Alex ask with concern, why she was so nervous? Does she know that I'm part machine? Alex thinks to herself.
"Yeah It's just… that every time that I've seen one of these things…" Allison says trailing off into her thoughts. She remembers the night when she saw Derek get consumed by the Hunter Killers plasma fire. "They just scare me."
Alex looks at the girl and frowns before speaking. "Hey Kara isn't that kind of ship so don't worry." she says trying to reassure Allison.
Allison finally looks up at Alex after hearing what she just said. "You named the HK Kara?" She asks with confusion and some curiosity to why she had done so.
"Yup… a couple of years back, me and my brother found her crashed out in the middle of LA." Alex says and continues when she sees that Allison is listening intently. "Me and Martin then fixed her up and added modifications, so we could fly her ourselves." She then adds. This seemed to calm Allison down a bit, that was a relief, Alex thought to herself.
"So you know John?" Allison asks Alex a moment later, straying away from the topic of the ship, Kara.
"Years ago me, him, and Martin were part of the same group." Alex then said while focusing her attention back on the screen to continue flying. "After four years, we got separated and haven't seen eachother since just now."
"So we're you guys like a thing?" Allison then asks Alex before continuing. "You guys seem to smile around each other a lot."
"No, believe me I've tried to make that happen for four years before he finally admitted that he wasn't interested." Allison just nods while they sit in silence for the remainder of the trip.
Crystal Peak, 2022: (Resistance Base)
Kara flies over the mountains, as a large hangar comes into view. The hangar was camouflaged by the large mountains surrounding it, and had a makeshift dirt runway that extended several hundred feet. As Kara approaches closer to the hangar, it begins to open up, revealing a lot of men rushing around trying to get clear before the HK touches down.
After a couple of minutes, Kara lands inside, with the doors large doors slowly closing into almost pitch blackness but with a couple of lights on the ceiling that illuminate the room slightly. The side doors of the HK open, with John, Perry, Kyle, an injured Doctor Williams, Martin, Allison and Alex all exit Kara.
"Hey you!" Martin calls out to one of the soldiers. "Get this one to medbay" Martin says to the soldier, which he nods in agreement and escorts Doctor Williams to the infirmary.
Alex turns to everyone else and starts speaking. "Welcome to Crystal Peak". she states simply but with a smile on her face as she starts walking around. "Me and Martin found this place about a year ago, it was fully stocked with food, guns, ammo, and vehicles" Alex says while leading them to the elevator.
They all enter the elevator and take it down to the only level there is. After a minute the elevator stops and opens, revealing a long corridor with a lot of rooms. Alex leads them around the bunker to get them well acquainted with the place. She then leads them into a large room that had old computer monitors and a large table in the next room. The place looked like it was supposed to be a fallout shelter for the government but was long since abandoned. "This is the command center and the room over there is a war planning room." She says pointing to the next room that can be seen through glass walls.
"Why are you showing me all this?" John asks Alex perplexed.
"Just because me and Martin run the show here, doesn't mean that we live up to the title of General John Connor" She says with a smirk on her face.
"Look Alex… I know the future that you came from I was this beacon that everyone looked up to" John says in a mocking tone. "But so far here in this future, I haven't done shit."
"Then how about we give the Resistance a reason to look up to John Connor." Alex says stubbornly, still referring John in third person. She believes that John will become the savior of mankind that he is destined to be, he just needs a little push, Alex thought to herself. "Here let me show you to your quarters." Alex leads Kyle, Allison and John down the corridor and opens a door, she then enters the room with them following suit. The room had a bathroom, an old sofa, and two beds. "Sorry, your gonna have to share a room… it's tightly packed here as it is."
John shakes his head and starts speaking. "It'll do just fine… thanks Alex" John says with a smile before dropping his bag unto the nearest bed.
"So what's your guy's story?" Alex says pointing at John and Allison with her head.
John looks at Alex then Allison with confusion before understanding what she meant. "I saved her when she was younger and looked out for her ever since." John says with a smug look on his face.
"Well that's cute." Alex said while looking at them with her smiling.
"Someone's seems too proud." Kyle says to John with his mischievous smile and sarcastic tone.
"Shut up Kyle." Both Allison and John say in unison while rolling their eyes to the back of their head.
They all share a heartfelt laugh before being suddenly interrupted. A man then comes rushing into the room, out of breath and very sweaty. The man was Hispanic looking with very little hair on his head and was covered in a mix of dirt and oil. "Miss Alex!" The man shouts out in excitement with a heavy accent "It's done, come quick!"
"What's done?" John asked confused but Alex ignores him and walks out of the room and into the corridor With John and Allison following close behind. "Alex! what does he mean by it's done!? He shouts out again but much louder.
Alex stops dead in her tracks and turns to John and Allison. "You'll see." She says before walking off once again and both continue to follow her.
After a few minute of walking, They come across a steel door and enter a large room with a mysterious object in the middle that looked like a giant gyroscope. It was hooked up to a variety of computers and other equipment that seemed to control the device. The room was dark and very cold aside from the blue light that was illuminating from the gyrosphere object.
"What is this?" John and Allison both say in unison once again, with confusion coming across their faces as the look from the object and back to Alex.
Alex smiles at both Allison and John, thinking that it's adorable that they are saying the same things at the same time. "This is the TDE from Zeira Corp… the one that you came through." she says pointing her head in John's direction. John's eyes widen, he didn't know that the TDE was located in the Zeira Corp basement.
"The TDE?" Allison asks confused, not knowing what the hell is even going on here.
"Time Displacement Equipment… This is what Skynet used to send machines back in time to kill John or just carry out a simple mission." Alex informs Allison.
Allison's eyes widen at the revelation of what she had just heard. "Wait What!?" She says in disbelief "So this Is what the machines used and what you used?" John just nods then she continues. "Honestly I just thought you were bullshitting me." She then says unable to suppress a laugh.
"Skynet first created it when they realized that John Connor was destined to destroy them, and thought the only way to win was to kill him in the past." Alex says to Allison, explaining it all to her even though she already knows this from John.
"So does this work?" John then asks Alex.
"Hopefully yes it will work, I had my best engineer here..." Alex says pointing at the Hispanic man that was working on the wiring on the TDE. "disassemble it there after finding it behind a wall, and rebuild it."
"So what do you plan on using it for?" John then asks but mentally kicking himself. He already knew the answer so why ask?
"Well I plan on going back in time, to make sure this doesn't happen again." Alex says, referring to Judgment Day.
"If it does work then I want to take you, and Martin back where we can stop Judgment Day from happening." Alex said, practically giving a lecturing to John and Allison. "We can aid your past self and your mother in making sure that Skynet is defeated."
John gives Alex a nod. He glances to his right and sees Allison next to him. He wasn't gonna leave her here if he was going, he was gonna take Allison with him no doubt. "If we do go… then I'm taking her with us." John says standing up for Allison.
"That's very understandable" Alex said with a smile. She at least isn't a full on machine. She still was human where it counted, that's all that ever mattered.
"Well are we just gonna stand here then? Or are we gonna fire it up?!" Allison says very eagerly. She wanted to get out of this world and into a much safer one.
Alex turns on her heels and signals the Engineer to start up the machine. The man nods then starts typing onto a computer, with the TDE starting to make a loud humming sound and sparks of lightning start shooting around the room. The test to see if the TDE had enough power to start up goes fairly well. But of nowhere a transparent bubble suddenly starts to form, with the sparks becoming more and more rapid and violently shooting across the room. "ay dios mios! This isn't supposed happen!"
"What the hell is going on!?" John shouts at the Engineer from across the room. The man looked had fear in his eyes at what is happening.
"I don't know! It was working fine a couple minutes ago!" the man replies with fear in his eyes and turns to run away from the console.The bubble becomes more solid and bright as it even starts doubling in size abnormally. The monitor starts flashing red with a message warning that the core is unstable.
The sparks become more violent as they spread across the room, hitting almost everything in sight. The hum becomes much louder as well, Alex sees that the TDE is about to explode and sees that there is no time for them to exit the room. "GET DOWN!" Alex shouts out as she tackles both John and Allison to the ground, to shield them from the blast.
KA BOOM!
The whole bunker shakes in a violent rumble, as the room that John, Allison and Alex are in, is filled with nothing but smoke and dust. The room was silent for couple of minutes before coughing can be heard by John and Allison. "Are... you guys… alright? John says between coughs.
"Y-yeah… I'm good." Allison also says between coughs. She looks around the room but almost sees nothing except for Alex who is unconscious right next to her. "John! I found Alex she-" Allison says before she stops speaking. Allison sees metal appearing from underneath Alex's face and sees that her back is badly burnt. Allison's eyes widen and quickly starts crawling backwards in fear before she screams. "SHE'S METAL!"
John hears Allison's distress and gets up off of the ground, and rushes to Allison, he kneels down next to her and grabs her by the shoulders and shakes her hard. "Allie! She's not gonna hurt you!" John shouts at her to get her attention.
Allison looks at John with tears coming out of her eyes and streaming down her face. "How… how is she metal?" Allison then says to John.
"I'll explain that later Allie... but you gotta understand that she isn't like other terminators… she's on our side... got that?" John says in a quiet but commanding tone but also coughing at the same time. Allison reluctantly nods and gets up off of the ground with John helping her up. They make their way to Alex and start to pick her up by the arms but immediately freeze and stop what they are doing when they hear coughing. They look around the room for the source of the sound and first look at the now dead engineer that was to close to the explosion. It wasn't him so who was it? They hear the coughing again and see that it's coming from where the TDE was. Both John and Allie walk over to where the TDE once was and stare in shock at what they see inside. There was a naked girl who was unconscious, in the crater that was surrounded by fire. She looked like she was in her late teens. The girl had a light skin tone and had dark blonde hair that went down to her shoulders. "What the hell?" John says in even more confusion. Someone had actually just came through the TDE.
A second later Martin, and a few other soldiers rush inside of the room to investigate the explosion. Martin sees his sister who is laying on the ground unconscious and her back being badly burned with shrapnel sticking out of it. Martin noticed that her metal endoskeleton can be seen so he directs his soldiers to go check on John and Allison.
"What the hell happened here?" Martin shouts across the room to John.
John answers a moment later after gathering his thoughts. "The TDE must have malfunctioned… it blew up but your sister managed to save us." John says to Martin, informing him on the events that had just occurred.
Martin gets up from his kneeling position knowing that his sister will be alright, she was just knocked unconscious from the explosion, and will heal within a given time he thought to himself. "Get her to medbay!" Martin says yelling at two of his soldiers. The soldiers nod at their orders and immediately pick Alex up and rush her out if the room. The soldiers noticed the metal coming from underneath her face and the weight that she possessed but decided that the time for questions wasn't now and did what they were told.
"Sir we got a casualty." One soldier informs Martin from the right side of the room. Martin just looks at the ground and takes a deep breath.
Martin walks up to John but stops once again at the sight of the mysterious naked girl that is lying on the ground in front of them. "Umm... John who's this?"
Crystal Peak, 2022: Resistance Base (Bunker Infirmary)
6 hours later:
Allison sits on one of the chairs inside of the infirmary next to Alex who hasn't woken up in hours. Allison knew what she was, but surprisingly wasn't scared of her and she didn't know why. She did freak out when she first saw metal underneath her face but honestly who wouldn't? John had explained to Allison that she was in fact human, but was just a victim of a sick experiment that was conducted by Skynet in the timeline she had come from. Behind Allison was the mysterious girl that had appeared out of nowhere and hadn't woken up since she had come through that time bubble as John had explained to her. This was all too confusing for Allison, she was thrusted into this madness just a couple of days ago when that terminator almost killed her. The very terminator who had mistaken her for being some cyborg that John Connor had known.
Allison is rushed out of her thoughts when the girl behind her starts stirring and opens her eyes. Allison looks behind her and sees the girl moving slightly. She then immediately gets up and rushes to her side as the girl starts freaking out, she didn't know where she was. Allison tries to calm the girl down by talking to her in a soft voice but doesn't seem to work. "JOHN!" Allison says shouting out in a panicked voice.
A few seconds later John, Martin, Kyle and Doctor Williams who was on crutches enter the room. They enter to see the girl who was panicking and freaking out but starts calming down as everyone entered inside. After a minute, the girl calms down completely and begins to speak. "W-where am I?" The girl asks while looking around the room.
"You're at Crystal Peak" Martin said to the girl to answer her question.
John puts a hand on Martin's shoulder and steps forward until he is at the foot of the bed that the girl is laying on. "What's your name?" John asks her in a soft voice to try and reassure her that they don't mean harm.
The girl tilts her head slightly and then responds to John's question. "My name is Jane…" She said with very quietly while staring into John's eyes. "Jane Connor."
Author's Note: Another cliffhanger I know! But it'll be worth it in the future. Plus it's just really fun to have cliffhangers when you know they are gonna be answered in the next episode or in this case, the next chapter (I'm looking at you TSCC!).
I know that this chapter mostly focused on John and Alex more, and Less on Allison. But this it would just be too boring to only focus on her, so I decided that all these characters should be given a chance to shine a bit.
And who is this mysterious girl that has the last name Connor? Keep reading to find out! :)
Reviews are appreciated!
