Everyone was shocked for a moment until Shawn grabbed Kate and dove with her out of danger. About half-dozen Resistance members, or security officers, then open fired on Two-four with a combination of conventional weapons and plasma fire.
Miraculously, Two-four’s head wasn’t hit as she fell to her knees under the intense assault. After it stopped, she could only look on as Quin approached and then pressed his rifle against her forehead.
“Your brain is the weak spot,” Quin said. “I just have to pull the trigger. Consider yourself a POW.”
Kate stood back up with Shawn and then ran to John, kissing and wrapping her arms around him.
John felt overjoyed to see his wife. “Kate.” He said, then noticing she was pregnant. He caressed her belly and placed his head against it.
Several Resistance members then came to hold Two-four in custody.
Quin turned to John and slowly walked up to him, handing over the plasma rifle. “A promise is a promise.” He whispered, taking a knee.
John took the rifle and placed it against Quin’s head. Tears filled his eyes as he looked back and forth between a pregnant Kate and his wife’s murderer.
“John, Hon,” Kate said. “What are you doing? Quin’s one of your best friends.”
Those words rang in John’s head as he continued looking back and forth to Kate’s stomach and Quin. Suddenly and without warning, he aimed at Two-four and fired, striking her in the head and hitting the brain.
Quin looked up and back bewildered, then turned to John.
“It’s a Terminator,” John said. “Interrogations are gonna be pointless. Just take her apart and see what you can learn.”
Quin stood, looking at John in surprise. He hadn’t expected to be spared, nor wanted to. He meant what he said when he told him he would rather die than live as a Terminator. ‘Maybe this is John’s punishment.’ He thought, then said in a low voice. “Welcome to the war.”
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Thank you for reading. The End.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I was born in 1981 and raised in Aurora, IL. Much of my childhood and school days are a blur. It all seemed to go by so fast. I began writing after high school. I wrote in private because I didn’t think anyone would believe I was a writer. I wrote for years with little going on and carrying on with life until I had a stroke.
My focus in writing has always been sci-fi/fantasy. I love the first two movies and have wondered what a worthy follow-up might be like. The movies that followed were great on their own, but not as sequels to the first two. The idea of this story is to hopefully preserve everything and continue the legacy of the first two movies. I’m a Walking Dead fan, I love the show. I imagine Quin Uno as being portrayed by Steven Yeun, aka Glenn Rhee. I hated to watch him bite the bullet (take a bat to the head). The show is still good but doesn’t feel the same without him.
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