Terminator: Infinity

By José Rodríguez

~ Book 2/3 ~ John is finding his way in conducting a war unfamiliar to him, while Quin must deal with a Terminator's infiltration and its consequences.

Please note: the original works are completely owned by James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd and based on their story "Terminator".

• Language: English
• Publisher: José Rodríguez
• Release date: May 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005077044

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Terminator: Infinity

By Jose Rodriguez Jr

Based on Terminator by James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd

Cover by Tatiana Villa at [e-mail]

Copyright 2021 Jose Rodriguez Jr

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Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction. Characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

1. HQ

2. IDEA

3. REVELATIONS

4. DEN OF THE BEAST

5. RESISTANCE/TERMINATOR

6. EMPATHY

7. WHAT WAR?

8. DOES P = NP

9. 1ST LAW OF RETURNS

10. NEW WORLD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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1. HQ

The future, or near future, of another time and place was a desolate one, ravaged by a war between man and machine. Humans from all corners of the world joined together to form the Resistance. The enemy was a supercomputer AI called Skynet.

The human race would come to be led by a man by the name of John Connor. He had covertly been killed, but that world was fortunate to, unknowingly by most, receive another John Connor from another reality.

Skynet created many ways to kill humans. One was the Terminator, a skeletal humanoid type of Hunter-Killer, or HK, designed to terminate other life forms. Their primary goal was to wipe out the remains of humans after Judgement Day, the day the machine set the world on fire with nukes. However, perhaps its greatest weapon was the time displacement equipment, TDE.

The TDE would be converted to an RDE, reality displacement equipment, by the Rev-9i, a Terminator from an alternate reality.

A Resistance fighter and good friend of John, Quin Uno, had inadvertently merged with a Terminator. He only had a rough idea of how they merged, being completely human before trying to destroy a Terminator in the process of traveling via the RDE. Instead of destroying the cyborg, he found himself standing alone in the middle of nowhere with a grenade ready to go off. It only took him moments to dispose of the explosive and realize what he’d become.

For about a month, Quin, under the assumed identity of the Terminator he intended to stop, had to assist three Rev-9is in a plan to construct another RDE. When the opportunity to get away came, he fled and tracked down another John Connor.

Together, they were able to destroy the Rev-9is, secure the RDE and return to Quin’s reality. To convince John to come with him, he killed John’s wife, Kate, assuring John he could still be with her only if he came along.

Later, in the command center of the Resistance’s HQ, Quin looked over a map of the area displaying the location of friendly and enemy forces.

A female came over. You can go now, Sir, she said. I’ve got this.

Quin wasn’t tired at all. The Terminator part of him kept him going. He could stay at his post all day and all night without feeling the least bit of fatigue. Staying in wasn’t his style, but it was much safer for him. Avoiding the battlefield kept him out of any sniper’s sight who’d mistake him for a Terminator in their scope, and not having to pass through any checkpoint with a dog kept him under the radar of suspicion. It was with some reluctance, he was forced to take a desk job.

Take a rest, another man said. You can’t do this all day.

Quin shot the man a funny look and then nodded before walking away. As he moved through the corridors it always made him sad to see struggling families in the numerous cubbyholes hastily constructed or lined against the wall. Comparing these people with what he saw in the other reality was depressing.

There was very little privacy anywhere and the only form of entertainment anyone had was each other. There was no streaming anything, cellphones, or even going outside. It was difficult to walk down a corridor without stepping on someone trying to sleep., it could be done but one had to watch their step.

The facility had very few large, wide, open areas. These areas had all of the traders, plazas if you will for the people to gather and continue on with some way of life. Paper money was no longer good. You could still use metal coins but trade was preferable. Traders had the most respected and dangerous job, besides the military. The only way back was through certain, backdoor, far-out checkpoints manned with a dog.

Skynet learned of the base long ago, though it never knew it was the HQ of the Resistance, as it was always known as just another base to infiltrate. It had other bases to attack, suspecting those to be the HQ for one reason or another.

Something even survivors didn’t know, was that it was only considered the Resistance’s HQ because John called it home. The facility was never officially labeled as HQ, which could technically be considered wherever Connor was staying.

The military could provide only the basics; rations, a cot or place on the floor to sleep, and some form of protection.

Quin entered what should have been exclusively his room, however, with civilization being what it currently was and the war raging, it looked like every other corridor. It was only for the sake of keeping the average person from being tortured into giving sensitive intel that certain places would be completely off-limits, otherwise, you could easily find people right outside the doorway.

The only thing Quin had