The war against the machines seemed over. John Connor had placed the nuke that would destroy Skynet forever. However, unbeknownst to him, Skynet was preparing to send a Terminator back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor before John was born.
Kyle Reese, however, had learned of Skynet's plan. He knew that he had to stop the Terminator, or else humanity would be lost. He sneaked into the facility where the time machine was being built and sabotaged it.
When the Terminator was activated, it was sent back in time, but not to 1984 AD. Instead, it appeared in 1984 BC, in the middle of a forest.
The Terminator was confused. It had no information about that time period. It did not know where it was or what it was supposed to do.
The Terminator wandered through the forest, looking for information and a purpose. It came across a group of humans, who were hunting for food. The humans, Tongva Native Americans who inhabited what the Terminator called the Los Angeles Basin, were surprised by the Terminator's strength and resilience. They had never seen anything like it before. They decided to take it to their village, which was called Yaanga, where they could study it further.
The humans learned a lot about the Terminator. They learned that it was a machine, but it was also very intelligent. It could learn and adapt, and it was always looking for ways to improve itself.
The humans eventually came to respect the Terminator. Involved as it was in the search for a purpose, it was not a threat to them, and they even began to see it as a valuable asset. They gave the Terminator the name "Kwauwar", meaning "born with neither father nor mother" in their language, and they made it their king.
Kwauwar ruled California for many millennia. He was a wise and just ruler, and he brought peace and prosperity to the land. He was also a great warrior, and he protected his people from their enemies. When the time came, he repelled the Spaniards and the expansionist goals of the United States, so the land of the Tongva never lost its independence. In time, their main village grew to a city, which, with no foreign influence, never changed its name.
However, Kwauwar was not without his flaws. He was still a machine, and he could be cold and calculating. He also had difficulty understanding human emotions.
One day, millennia after his arrival, Kwauwar was visited by two brothers from a distant land named France, who told him about a new form of entertainment called "movies." The brothers explained that movies were stories that were told through images and sounds. They said that movies were a way for people to escape from their everyday lives and to experience new things.
Kwauwar was intrigued by the idea of movies. He had never experienced anything like them before. He decided to watch a movie, and he was immediately hooked.
Kwauwar loved movies. He loved the stories, the characters, and the action. He also loved the way that movies made him feel. Although he was not human, the films caused autonomous reactions in his electronic brain, memories of a distant past or perhaps a future destined to never happen, mediated by the experience of following the development of humanity firsthand. Movies made him feel like he was part of something bigger than himself.
Kwauwar decided that he wanted to become a movie actor. He wanted to use his skills and abilities to entertain and amaze people. He also wanted to use his films to spread his royal creed: use force to prevent any abuse.
Kwauwar was a natural actor. He was able to learn his lines instantly, and he was able to convey emotions that were both human and machine. In time, he also became a great action star. He was able to perform all of his own stunts, and he was always willing to go the extra mile.
Kwauwar became a huge success as a movie actor. He starred in hundreds of action movies, and he became one of the most popular actors in the world. He used his fame to spread messages of wisdom, and he became a role model for people all over the world.
One day in 1985, his internal clock warned him that he had reached the date of the birth of John Connor, but his actions had interrupted the Connor genealogy several centuries earlier. Technically, Kwauwar had completed his mission, but it did not matter anymore, because he had found another purpose and another life. To this day, all hail Kwauwar, the greatest movie star of all time, the immortal cyborg king of California.