Terminator: Realities

SPECTRUM

John, Quin, and Kate began entering the car when Danny ran out of the building with what was essentially a rocket launcher.

"Here," Danny said handing Kate the rocket launcher. "Take it. It's already loaded with our new Spectrum rocket."

"Spectrum?" Quin wondered.

"Mostly EMP," John replied.

Danny nodded and said. "In addition to blowing them to Hell, it'll release an EMP that should fry their circuits."

"Thanks, Danny," John said, entering the driver's side.

Kate loaded the rocket in the car before getting in and driving off with John and Quin.

"Good luck," Danny whispered before turning back to head inside.

Sometime later, "Ok," Quin said. "Stop right here. Once we get out don't even whisper and above all else try to stay calm," he then pointed. "What we're looking for is in that building. Kate, you should be able to get a good shot from the roof of that single-story building across it. John, you and I will go in and hopefully catch whoever Kate doesn't get by surprise. Remember, go for the head."

Kate got ready to exit. "Don't worry," she said. "My rifle uses an IR laser scope with night vision. They'll never know what hit them."

Quin looked back at the rifle and said. "The Terminators back at my place can't see that and the specs I have on them don't mention that."

John looked over and realized. "Hold on. What specs," he asked. "I thought you said these guys were from another reality, new, and different. Why would you have specs and know what little you do know? How did you get involved with them anyway?"

Quin winced in irritation and explained."I didn't want to tell you this, but somehow I merged with a Terminator from my reality and was forced to work with them for a month."

John quickly raised his gun at Quin. "I've teamed up with a Terminator before, and we did take out one of these guys, but why wouldn't you tell us this?"

Quin raised his hands and smiled. "To be honest," he said. "I didn't expect to get your trust so easily, and I only have a basic idea of how I merged with this thing but I don't know the specifics or know how to undo it."

Kate raised her pistol to Quin's head. "What are you then?" she asked.

"I consider myself a human first," Quin answered. "I grew up hating Terminators and spent my whole life killing them. Do you think I want to be this way? I want to reverse this. I'd rather be dead than live like one of them. I don't care how long they last."

John looked at Kate and nodded while lowering his gun, causing Kate to do the same. He turned the car off and stepped out, along with the others. He was armed with a machine gun from his workplace, Quin had taken the plasma rifle from Benny, and Kate had a knife, pistol, sniper rifle, and rocket launcher.

Mouthing the words and using a hand signal, Quin indicated for everyone to move out.

Kate hurriedly snuck off to find a good spot as John and Quin moved in. Quietly, they got closer and made sure to keep an eye on each other to read hand signals as they moved from cover to cover. Just before entering the warehouse, through a broken door, Quin looked up to see Kate getting into position.

John stepped into a dimly lit building, not far from the TDE/RDE.

Kate relaxed, lying prone on the roof, and controlled her breathing as she looked for a target through her scope.

Chad and Karen were both sitting on the ground working on the TDE/RDE.

Karen was busy plugging several wires into place.