Terminator vs. Predator (book 1)

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 1
2040: The Current Time
The Military Cafeteria

Tristen Warren sat down at a table. She was bored of waiting for her superiors, such as Commander Ryan Valdez and Lieutenant Zachary Smith. She bought herself a container of orange juice and drank it while she stared at the opposite wall. Commander Valdez is taking forever... , she thought. He did not generally have a habit of being late. Tristen checked the time. One minute had passed since she bought the juice. It feels more like one millennium!

Just as Tristen was beginning to fall asleep, Commander Valdez walked through the door. He walked up to her table, being very careful not to strut. “Tristen Warren?”, he asked her. “Yes sir, that is me”, she said.
“I must apologize for the wait”, he said to her. “I would have been here sooner, but Lieutenant Smith spilled some chemicals on the floor and I had to close down a whole section of this building. So typical of him”

Tristen laughed. Indeed, it was typical of Zachary, a nineteen-year-old nerd. Even the thought of Zachary made Tristen smile. He was short and had long, blonde hair, down to where his head met his neck. And the glasses! He had big glasses with dark, black frames, making him look like an ostrich. And he was almost always spilling chemicals.

That was very different from herself, a little on the tall side with reddish-brown hair, or from Commander Valdez, a 6' 4" scrawny man with floppy bangs.

“Well, I want to talk to you”, Commander Valdez said. “Do you remember about sixteen years ago? When Skynet captured you and made you into a cyborg warrior?” This was a question that Tristen was frequently asked, although she thought the answer should have been obvious. “Of course I remember it.”, Tristen said. “I just wish I could forget it!”

“Well do you remember about two years after that?”, he said. “When you were fourteen? And you met the Terminator?”
“That Terminator...”, Tristen said. “You’re sending him back to my past self right now, aren’t you? This is where he defends me from that alien... the one we call ‘Predator’”
“Yes”, the Commander said. “We are going to send it back very soon.”
“You have to let me see him”, Tristen said. “Please! Let me see him!” Commander Ryan Vadez stared at his feet. Finally, he looked up. “I can’t let you see it”, he said. “It might still be dangerous.”
“No!”, Tristen said. “Please, let me see him! I have no idea what happened to him! He just disappeared!” “It”, Commander Valdez said. “And I can’t let you see it. And to end this hassle, I’m going to send it back to your past self. I’m going right now.” “Let me help with the equipment”, Tristen said. Commander Valdez considered this for a minute. “I guess it is about time you learned how to operate a time machine”, he said. “You can come if you want to. But you do understand, that Terminator will not ‘remember’ you, right?” “Yes. I understand.”, Tristen said. “Then it’s about time we got moving”, Commander Valdez said. “Lieutenant Smith is, I’m sure, tired of waiting for us”

About Five Minutes Later, In the Time Travel Room

“Lieutenant Smith!”, Commander Valdez bellowed loudly. The stout boy walked out of a door to the right. “Are you finished reprogramming that Terminator yet?”, Commander Valdez said, a hint of impatience barely visible in his voice. Lieutenant Smith rolled his eyes. “Of course I finished it”, he said. “In fact, that Terminator is standing in the portal, already prepped and ready to be sent back in time” Commander Valdez laughed at the young man’s impatience to operate the time travel machine. “Well, well, you’re finally beginning to have a sense of priority”, he said. “And might I suggest we quit arguing and start searching through the force field codes?” “The computer is already doing that”, Lieutenant Smith said. “But yes, we should get in there and finish/execute the sequence”

The three walked back through the doors, first Zachary, then Ryan, with Tristen last. She rolled her eyes at the two men, who were arguing about which time fields they would like to see the codes for. That is, until her eyes caught a glimpse of the world inside those doors. She stared at the time machine and the tables with rows of old-fashioned computers where Zachary and his friends reprogrammed the Terminators. And the long, metal shelves that lined the walls, going all the way up to the ceiling! Some held chemicals, others held computer chips and the components with which to make them, still others held hi-tech weapons. She didn’t realize that her superiors were now standing at the control panel for the time machine. “Tristen! Do you want to learn how to operate the time machine, or not?”, Commander Valdez was shouting. Tristen sighed and looked at the control panel. Then she looked up at the Terminator, and back at the control panel.

“First you select the time field you want”, he said. He pointed to the choice the computer had highlighted. “Then you select wether you’re sending a living or a non-living thing” Lieutenant Smith pushed the button for ‘non-living’. “And push that big, green button”, Commander Valdez said. He pushed the button, and the Terminator disappeared in a flash of blue light. “Time-travel sure goes fast!”, Tristen said, staring at where the Terminator had been.

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 2
2026: Tristen’s Past
Just Outside the Mall

The younger, fourteen-year-old Tristen Warren was putting her shopping bags in the trunk of Monica Warren’s car. Tristen’s mother, and one of the scientists who had made her into a cyborg warrior. Although not by choice. “I’m sorry to have a machine for a daughter”, she had said on many occasions. “But I’m not sorry I have a daughter” “I hate what I am”, Tristen would respond, every time.

These were the thoughts passing through Tristen’s fourteen-year-old mind as she put her newly purchased linens and clothes in the car. Closing the trunk and walking to the passenger area of the small but sturdy Chevrolet Malibu, Tristen realized that Monica seemed to be staring at something in the distance. “What are you looking at, Mom?”, Tristen asked. Monica pointed at something in the distance, and Tristen saw it too. Blue lightning. “Mom, isn’t lightning supposed to be white?”, she asked. “And there are no clouds in the sky!” Monica rolled her eyes and shook her head at Tristen. “Someone is time-traveling”, she said. “I thought you learned to recognize the signs of time-travel by now” “But who would be time-traveling?”, Tristen said. “Moni, I don’t like this” Tristen got in the car. “Me, neither”, Monica said. She got in the car as well and started the engine. “Tristen, honey, fasten your seat belt”, she said. “Then we can go see who - or what - was time-traveling”

Fifteen Minutes Later, at the Site of Time Travel

“Someone was definitely time traveling”, Monica said. She pointed at the big hole in the middle of the parking lot, just outside an abandoned strip mall across the street from a Waffle House. “Mom, what can this mean?”, Tristen said. “Is someone after me?” “I don’t know, sweetie”, Monica said. “I can’t say what it means” “Did - - Did Skynet find me again?”, Tristen said. She leaned over onto Monica and sobbed. “Don’t ever let them take me back!”

Suddenly, a Terminator jumped out of the bush ahead of them and landed on the hood of the car. Tristen screamed involuntarily and reached into the back seat to get her favorite rifle. Meanwhile, the Terminator had jumped off the car and opened the door. “You aren’t taking me back to Skynet!”, she shouted. Shw threw herself out of the car and against the Terminator, knocking it off-balance. Then she kicked it’s legs out from under it and it fell over. She pointed her rifle at it.

“Tell me your main function and your serial number. Now!”, she shouted. “I am a guard”, the Terminator said. “I am to protect you from a visitor who has yet to arrive. My CSM/Model/serial number is Terminator 101-800-DG8419927”
Tristen turned pale. She lowered her weapon slightly. “What visitor?”, she said. “It will be known later to you as ‘Predator’”, the Terminator said. “It is a warrior from another planet, another galaxy” Tristen dropped her weapon on the ground. Monica picked it up. Tristen backed up, kicked the car, and screamed. “Why me?! Why does everything always want to kill me?!”

The Terminator got up. “Because these xenomorph Predators hunt only people who they consider worthy”, it said. “In other words, they will hunt only the strong, and spare the weak”
“Well, at least that means they think I’m a strong fighter”, Tristen said. “This is not the time to be controlled by your human sense of flattery”, the Terminator said.
Monica rolled her eyes. “How strong is this... Predator?”, she asked, sounding weary. “It can lift approximately one ton”, the Terminator replied. “Great... just great”, Tristen said. “I just escaped from Skynet, only two years ago and there’s already something else hunting me down!”
“According to research done by Commander Ryan Valdez in the year 2040, this Predator will be arriving on Earth in 10:22.5 minutes”, the Terminator said. “Where will it be arriving?”, Tristen asked. “In the city where we currently are”, the Terminator said. “In the state park. It will not attack you until tomorrow” “Is that supposed to make me feel better?”, Tristen asked. “Because I really wish this thing would attack me now and get it over with” Monica stared at Tristen. “You should be preparing, dear”, she said. “If you know an alien warrior is coming to kill you, you should be stocking weapons”
“Most weapons are not going to do anything besides make this Predator angry, and se you as more of a threat”, the Terminator said. Monica rolled her eyes. “Great. Then what do you propose we do?”, she asked.
“Stocking weapons is good, but it’s not going to be enough”, the Terminator said. “Stock a great deal of weapons and ammunition. Stock enough water to drink, and a lot more, because if the Predator gets wet, its invisibility device will not function”
“Invisibility device?”, Monica asked. “Maybe it’s a better plan if I take Tristen and flee, and let you fight this thing by yourself” “Mom!”, Tristen shouted. “Running is not my routine!” “Tristen, sweetie, will you please try to understand?”, Monica said patiently. “Despite that you are not a human, you do not have the capabilities of a - a...” Monica stared at the Terminator. “Heartless machine”, she finished, spitting the words out like poison.
“So, not only do you give the usual, ‘brush your teeth’ parental lectures, but you expect me to run off and hide like an ostrich and leave behind a robot to solve my problems?” “Cybernetic organism”, the Terminator corrected her. “I don’t need to hear all those fancy, technician-style terms!”, Tristen shouted. “I’ve got a killer alien warrior after me, and you want to argue about terms?” Monica stared at them. “I don’t think you should be arguing like that”, she said. “Why not?”, Tristen said. “If it’s programmed to protect me from this... Predator... then it can’t hurt me. So I can argue with it if I want to” “However, arguing is an irrelevant thing to do”, the Terminator said. “If you argue, you will soon come to consequences - Just not from me” “He’s right, you know”, Monica said. “It’s about time we got out of here and started stocking weapons”
“We should acquire a bigger vehicle and more money as well”, the Terminator said. “You just think of everything, don’t you?”, Monica asked.

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 3
2026: Tristen’s Past

Outside the weapons shop
The Terminator smashed the door to the side and broke it off the hinges. “Hey!”, Tristen said. “That’s not how you open a door!” “Tristen...”, Monica said. The Terminator walked into the weapons shop and started taking things off shelves. The security guard walked up to the Terminator. “Hey! Do you have money for all this?”, he snarled.
“Uh... oh”, Tristen said. “Trouble”
The Terminator picked the security guard up by the front of his shirt and slammed him into the wall. It let the man’s unconscious form slump to the ground as though nothing had happened.

The Terminator walked up to Tristen and handed the weapons to her. “Go put this in the car”, he said. Tristen sighed and walked toward the car. Monica walked into the weapons shop, just as the shop owner was coming out of the back room, talking on the phone. The Terminator punched him in the face and he fell to the ground. Monica and the Terminator started taking weapons off the shelves. They moved fast. Tristen came back from the car and started taking boxes of ammunition. The three of them walked out of the weapons shop, silently as a cat, and put their stolen weapons in the car.
Then they got in the car themselves, and Monica drove off.


The Predator’s Arrival
Meanwhile, in outer space, a Predator spaceship was approaching the Earth. It was mostly gray, with a front that slightly resembled a triangle. Had a human seen it, they might have thought it was a satellite. The Elder was talking to his student and underling, a Warrior class Predator known as Kilan. “Remember, once you go, you don’t come back for 72 hours”, the Elder said. “At that point, the Mother ship will come pick you up. So you’re going to have to struggle for your own survival” “There is no need to explain. I’ve done that before”, Kilan said, remembering his Hard Meat Trial. “Then it’s about time you were on your way”, the Elder said. “Good luck to you”
“Wait!”, a voice shouted. Kilan turned around to see his brother, Kei-lin, running toward him. “Good luck, Kilan. Go and collect a lot of skulls, and a lot of honor”, Kei-lin said. “And good luck to you”, Kilan said. He walked off and got in his pod. The Elder launched the pod, and Kilan went flying toward Earth.

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 4
2026: Tristen’s Past

Outside Kroger
Tristen got out of the car. She looked at the Terminator.
“This time, we’re going to pay for that. You got that? And no smashing doors!”, she said. “Irrelevant”, the Terminator said. “We will need all the money we can get” “Well, we aren’t going to steal!”, Tristen said, a hint of anger barely visible in her voice. “We should not waste money”, the Terminator said. “Your human sense of morality controls you now. Let it go” Monica smirked and looked at Tristen. “He’s right, you know”, she said. “If we want to survive, we’ll have to leave our sense of right and wrong behind us. Just as the Terminators do” “Well, do either of you have a plan for how not to get caught?”, Tristen said. “Maybe we should stay here and let the Terminator take care of it”, Monica replied. “I mean, they’re built for this kind of stuff. I’d slow you down” “I’ll go with him”, Tristen said. “I have to get used to not having a sense of morality anyway”

Kilan Arrives
Kilan’s pod crashed into the ground near a Dumpster, about five miles from Tristen and her allies. He jumped out of the pod, looking around to make sure he hadn’t attracted any attention from surrounding humans. Seeing nobody around, he got the rest of his weapons together, activated his cloaking, and walked off by way of the trees, looking for a worthy human to hunt.

Inside Kroger
Tristen took a container of cashews off a shelf and put them in the shopping cart. Where did the Terminator go?, she thought while she pushed the cart. I know he was standing by the milk, just two seconds ago! Tristen shook her head. The speeds at which those things could move were freaky. She’d seen one run at forty miles per hour once!

The Terminator smashed an ATM machine and removed the cash. He did that with the other three, then walked back to Tristen.
“Where the heck were you?”, she said. “I was demolishing an automatic teller machine and removing its contents”, the Terminator said. “I should have known not to ask”, Tristen said. “So has that Predator gotten here yet?” “Yes”, the Terminator said. “How far away is it?”, Tristen asked. “It is approximately four miles from our current location” “When is it going to find us?”, Tristen asked. “Tomorrow”, the Terminator said.

Kilan Starts Hunting
So far, so good. Kilan had received no injuries, and he had collected the skulls of three humans. Two soldiers and a criminal. Kilan was nowhere near tired, so he climbed up a nearby building to look for any special challenges.
Looking down at his potential prey, Kilan saw nothing worth taking. A woman and her two children, and a couple of teenagers skateboarding. Kilan decided to move north. He jumped onto the roof of the next building, then the next. Unable to jump to the fourth building without risking a terrible fall, Kilan climbed down. He jumped from tree to tree the rest of the way, getting closer to Tristen as he traveled.

In the Parking Lot of Kroger
“I can’t believe it”, Tristen shouted as she put the groceries in Monica’s car. She glared at the Terminator. Monica, hearing the shouting, got out of the car and walked over to Tristen. “What’s wrong, sweetie?”, she asked. “He killed the security guard!”, Tristen said, pointing at the Terminator. She stared at the Terminator. “You seriously need to quit killing innocent people”
“Your sense of morality is controlling you”, the Terminator said. “Don’t you start giving me parental lectures!”, Tristen said. “Trevor... I wish you were here right now. I could really use your help”
“Trevor Warren, brother of Tristen Warren”, the Terminator said. “ID/Serial Number: 90/677-KN32874910. Modeled to look like human/reptile hybrid. 80% human, 19% machine, 1% reptile. Human-reptile DNA splicing experiment. Current date: 6/02/2026. Current location of scan subject: Tokon. 3292 West Kentavers Drive.”
“What did you just do?”, Tristen asked. “How do you know where he is?” “He’s micro-chipped”, the Terminator said. “All experiments of Skynet are” “I am not an experiment”, Tristen said. “I’m a fourteen-year-old girl who just happens to be part cyborg” Monica rolled her eyes. “Tristen, we can go get your brother if you want to”, she said. “Since we have that address. What is it again?” “Tokon, 3292 West Kentavers Drive”, the Terminator said. “It’s about five miles south of here” “Okay then”, Monica said. “Since you have such good knowledge of where it is, you get to drive.” Monica handed her car keys to the Terminator. She climbed into the back seat. The Terminator got in the car and started the ignition. Tristen got in the passenger’s seat. “No wild driving”, she said. “I have my whole life ahead of me”

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 5
2026: Tristen’s Past

Kilan’s Hunting
Kilan slipped into the Tokon building through the attic window. He looked around and found himself in a dusty, small room. Pulling up at what appeared to be a trapdoor, Kilan opened the attic door and dropped out onto the second floor of the store. Some kind of white garments were lined up in rows, hanging on bars. Kilan looked at one of the garments. Do humans really wear these? He would ask the High Elders when he returned.
Suddenly, some kind of human-looking reptile jumped out of the rack and lunged at Kilan.
Kilan was quick to react. He grabbed the reptile and slammed it into the wall. But the reptile brought its fist down hard on Kilan’s forearm. He felt the cloaking device break. Drats! It would be at least half of an Earth hour before it automatically repaired itself.

Trevor’s fight
Trevor had been hiding behind a rack of karate uniforms when he heard a creak. Looking out, he noticed a part of the ceiling lift up, then close again. A heat wave-like shimmer was underneath the opening.
Trevor noticed that this “mist” had the shape of a bipedal, humanoid creature. Except that it was about seven feet tall.
Deciding to take action, Trevor had thrown himself at the figure, slightly surprised to find it had solid mass. Suddenly, the thing had thrown him against the wall and pinned him there. Reacting quickly, he had brought his hand down on what appeared to be the creature’s lower arm. Suddenly, he saw flashes of green light beginning to move up and down the creature. It slowly became visible, faded again, and stayed visible. And Trevor saw it.
A tall creature in armor, with weapons. It appeared to be wearing some kind of fishnet under its armor. It also seemed to have dreadlocks, although they didn’t look like human hair. More stiff.
One hard punch to the side of the thing’s masked head, and both of them tumbled down the stairs, clattering noisily into the sale area of the store.

Tristen Arrives
The Terminator drove the car into the parking lot of the Tokon building. It backed the car into a parking space. Tristen opened her door and got out; the Terminator did the same thing. Monica had fallen asleep. “Mom, wake up”, Tristen said. “We’re there” Tristen tapped on the glass window and Monica sat up quickly. “Tristen, dear, do you make it a sport to scare me to death?”, she asked as she got out of the car. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the Tokon building burst into flames. Trevor flew out the window and lay face-down in the mud, not moving.
“Trevor!”, Tristen shouted as she ran to him. “Trevor!”
Trevor turned over and sat up. “I know I must be dreaming”, he said. “I can see my sister” “No, Trevor”, Tristen said. “I really am here” Trevor’s mouth gaped open. “You - you escaped Skynet?”, he said. “I thought for sure one of those Terminators would get you... Ah! There’s one behind you!” Trevor scrambled to his feet. “It’s okay, he’s on our side”, Tristn said.

At this point, a loud squealing noise filled the air and the Predator jumped off the roof of the burning building, landing silently and with a catlike grace. Tristen backed up and hid behind the Terminator. “Is that the Predator?”, she asked. “Correct”, the Terminator said. Tristen ran to the car and grabbed a rifle. She pointed it at the Predator. “First request, drop your weapons and freeze”, she said. The Predator tilted its head and growled. “Second request, drop your weapons and freeze!”, Tristen said, even louder. This time, the Predator drew some kind of spear from a holder on its back. The spear extended to three times its length. The Predator roared and came closer.
“Do we run now?”, Monica asked. “No!”, Tristen replied sharply. The Predator slashed it’s spear at her. She screamed and dove to the left. The Terminator side-stepped to the right and circled around behind the Predator. It reached around the front of this alien warrior and tried to twist the spear out of its hand. Responding with a low, clicking growl, the Predator swung the Terminator around and slammed it into the ground.
Monica ran to the car. She started the ignition. Tristen and Trevor ran toward the car too. They got in the back seat. “Hey, Robot-boy! Come on, would you?”, Trevor shouted. The Predator had dropped his spear. The Terminator pushed the Predator forward, grabbed the spear, and got in the car. Monica drove away at breakneck speed, not bothering to look back.

Kilan in Danger
Kilan got up. He didn’t know what to do. He had escaped safely when the building ignited, but then he had found out that the reptile had friends. A skinny girl, a parent, and what appeared to be a bulky human male in some kind of fleet uniform.
Intending to stab the reptile with his combat staff, he found it out of reach and aimed for the man instead. Accidentally coming near the girl, she had moved quickly, and the man had sneaked around behind Kilan and tried to disarm him. That a human could move so fast was extraordinary, but that it had survived Kilan’s counter-attack was near impossible. And it had Kilan’s combat staff. Kilan would have to hunt them down and retreive his weapon.

Kilan sat down to consider his options. What was that thing? That accuracy is near impossible in humans. It’s not human. No, that kind of accuracy was familiar to Kilan. It was... machine accuracy.
Kilan pondered over this for a while. Killer android? No, humans don’t have that kind of technology. A human with an extensive Martial Arts or military background?
What was that thing?

Reunited Brother and Sister
“Trevor, I’m so glad I finally found you!”, Tristen said. “I’m glad you escaped the lab without being the victim of some Terminator!”, Trevor said. He hugged Tristen.
The Terminator started doing scans on the spear it had stolen from the Predator. Trevor leaned into the front seat. “What are you doing?”, he said. “I’m driving”, Monica replied. “What does it look like I’m doing?” “I wasn’t talking to you”, Trevor said. “I was talking to Robot-boy here” Trevor glanced at the Terminator.
“I am scanning the weapon we acquired from the Predator outside the Tokon building”, the Terminator said. “Also, I am a cybernetic organism, not a robot” “Oh, brother”, Tristen said. “Here we go with the scientist terms again”
“Forget it”, Monica said. “Let’s get us to a hotel”

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 6
2026: Tristen’s Past

At the Hotel
Tristen jumped out of the car. She was standing in front of a Hampton Inn. Monica was looking at Trevor. “How are we going to get you past the clerks?”, she said. Trevor’s skin changed from slightly greenish to a normal human skin color. He got out of the car. The Terminator picked up the spear and got out of the car. Monica hid all the weapons in the trunk, including the spear. She picked up the provisions and headed into the hotel, followed immediately by her allies.
Tristen walked up to the counter. “Give us a room, please”, she said. Monica held out her credit card. “Wait”, the clerk said. “I’m on the phone” Monica snickered. “Look. Give us a room, and I’ll give you an twenty-five dollar tip” The clerk grinned sneakily and hung the phone up. She took Monica’s credit card. “How many nights will you be staying?”, she asked. “Just tonight”, Tristen said. The clerk swiped Monica’s credit card and handed it back, along with two key-cards. “Room 312", she said.
Monica took her credit card back and put it in her wallet. Tristen picked up the key-cards and handed one to Trevor. “I’ll go move the car”, Monica said. She pointed at the Terminator. “You come with me”
The Terminator followed Monica out to the car. “Think you can build a suitcase to carry all these weapons in?”, Monica said. The Terminator went in the hotel and got a cardboard box out of the supply cabinet.
“Put all this stuff in that box and carry it up to the hotel room”, Monica said, opening the trunk. The Terminator put all the weapons in the box and closed the box. It picked up the box and walked back into the hotel.

Kilan Tracks the Humans
Kilan had been tracking the humans, using a special device that searched for their DNA patterns. He had tracked them to a Hampton Inn near I-90. Kilan was sure it would be easy to get in their hotel room, grab his spear, perhaps claim one of their skulls, and get back out.

About five minutes later, Kilan arrived at the hotel. Double-checking to make sure his cloaking device was functioning efficiently, Kilan ran into the hotel. Being very careful not to run into any humans, he made his way up the stairs, using the voice-recognition device within his bio-helmet to locate Tristen. On the third floor, the device confirmed her presence. “Can one of you bring cake for desert, instead of ice cream?”, she was saying. Kilan turned the device off. It was confirmed that she was in room 312. What is cake? Must be some kind of human delicacy...

Tristen and Monica
Monica and Trevor were about to go to a restaurant and get some dinner. “Can we have ice cream for desert?”, Trevor asked. “I think an ice cream would do us all some good”, Monica replied. Tristen, who had been listening to the conversation, said “Can one of you bring cake for desert, instead of ice cream?” “If you’d rather have cake”, Monica said. She and Trevor walked outside. Tristen walked to the door to say good-bye.

Kilan Blows His Cover
Kilan was almost to their hotel room now. He could make out their talking, as well as the sound of their feet shuffling on the ground.
But just as he was outside the door, something unexpected happened. A human boy of approximately thirteen years of age came running out of the room - Straight into Kilan!

Trevor in Peril
The next thing Tristen heard was Trevor shouting, then a loud thunking sound. Running out of the hotel room, Tristen saw what had happened. Trevor had tripped over his own feet! Then she noticed that shimmer - The mysterious, heat-wave like shimmer. The same one from before. It was standing next to Trevor, and appeared to be looking at him. Then it looked at Tristen. Why now when the Terminator is out, probably smashing ATMs again? Monica, meanwhile, had been sneaking up behind the Predator, about to jump against it and knock it over. Trevor stood up.
Just as Monica jumped, aiming to land on the Predator and knock it over, the Predator dashed into their hotel room and jumped over the balcony. Monica slammed into Trevor, and both of them fell over.
“Hey!”, Trevor shouted. “What are you trying to do, suffocate me?” “I was trying to attack that Predator”, Monica replied She and Trevor stood up.
“What happened out here?”, Tristen said. “That Predator attacked us”, Monica said. “Actually, Monica attacked me!”, Trevor squeaked.
The Terminator walked up behind Tristen. “Were you arguing again?”, it said. “Arguing is an irrelevant action” Tristen spun around. “About time you showed up!”, she said. “That Predator was here again!”
“Maybe we should leave”, Monica said.
“Incorrect. The Predator expects us to evacuate and it will most likely be waiting for us near our conveyance”, the Terminator said. “So what do we do?”, Monica asked.
“We wait.”

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 7
2026: Tristen’s Past

Kilan the Destructive
Kilan ran around the hotel building, toward Tristen’s car. He could clearly see it, parked in the second space from the door. Reaching the car, he tore the door off and looked inside. The humans aren’t there. Kilan ran into the hotel and up the stairs, so fast, no human would have been see the light shimmer of his cloak, even if there were any around. Reaching the third floor, Kilan burst through the door and ran toward room 312, running into the door with half the force of a semi and breaking it off the hinges. The door fell inward onto Tristen’s suitcase and Kilan jumped over it and landed on the floor with a catlike grace.

Ignoring the screaming humans, Kilan ran to the far corner of the room and grabbed his spear, getting away in a hurry before the humans could corner him. This will be easy, Kilan thought. I’ll fight them, kill them off one by one, and claim their skulls. Kilan jumped over the humans’ bed and backed up towards the door. Swinging his combat staff, he looked at the humans. He decided to go for the man, since the two young and their mother weren’t much of a challenge.

Lunging at the man with his combat staff extended, Kilan pushed forward and prepared for the impact - When the man grabbed the spear and twisted it around! Kilan went flying across the room and crashed into a wall.
Woah. What was that? Some kind of superhuman move? An android? What’s going on here? These were the thoughts going through Kilan’s head as he stood up and looked around the room. Suddenly, something jumped in front of Kilan. The man. Kilan studied this human’s thermograph patterns for awhile. Wait. This isn’t the pattern of a human. I’ve seen these patterns millions of times before. Whatever this thing is, it reads as... electronic. So I was right. It’s an android!

The next thing Kilan knew, the android smashed him against the wall and he actually became unconscious.

Victory
The Terminator looked at the knocked out Predator. “Good work”, Tristen said. “But what are we going to do with this thing?”, Trevor asked. “Splint it to a piece of the wall and deposit it in the woods, where it cannot do any harm”, the Terminator said.
The Terminator broke the wall in exactly a certain pattern so a large rectangle fell on the ground. The Terminator lifted the Predator onto the piece of drywall and tied it in place.

“I have a better idea”, Tristen said. “We dump that thing in the swimming pool and get out of here” Tristen dragged the piece of drywall and the Predator out onto the balcony. She hoisted it onto the railing and gave it a hard push. The Predator fell three stories and landed in the swimming pool. Tristen watched in satisfaction as it sank to the bottom.

“Tristen, pack your things”, Monica said. “We’re leaving”

[Robocop]

Wow Terminator, that is supercool! I wish I were that good!

[Kei-Lin]

Thanks.
Chapter 8 coming soon!

[Kei-Lin]

Terminator Vs. Predator
Chapter 8
2026: Tristen’s Past

Kilan’s Return
Kilanc regained his consciousness, with the distinct feeling that he was floating. He felt the cool liquid all around him and realized that the group must have dumped him in some kind of water body. He tried to move and finds that he was tied to something.
Thinking downright hateful thoughts toward the group of people, Kilan slid his dagger out of its holder and slashed the ropes that held him in place. He quickly surfaced and climbed out of the pool.

Suddenly, the sound of a car leaving vibrated through the air. Realizing what was happening, Kilan sheathed his dagger and ran toward the source of the sounds and vibrations.
He arrived just in time to see the car pull out of the hotel parking lot. His first-rate hunting reflexes kicked in and he jumped onto the back part of the vehicle, denting it.

He drew his dagger again and drove it through the glass, aiming to impale the human-reptile through the back of its neck.

Trevor is Saved
The loud thunk! and the sudden weight shift disoriented everyone in the vehicle. No one realized exactly what happened until the dagger was already hurtling through the glass, breaking this barrier, and about to plunge into the base of Trevor’s spine.
At the last instant, the Terminator reached around the front seat, grabbed the front of Trevor’s shirt, and dragged him into the front seat.
The dagger struck only air and did no damage.

The Predator, on the other hand, was knocked off-balance and fell into the car where Trevor was only a moment before. The dagger fell out of its hand and landed in the cup holder. Trevor quickly snatched it up and thrust it at the Predator’s chest.
It was only deflected off the beast’s armor, and the knife fell from Trevor’s hand as a result of the force. The Predator, seeming to have regained its balance, rose to one knee, picked up its fallen knife, and aimed to slash the Terminator across the chest with it.
The Terminator grabbed the Predator’s wrist as the blade was swung around. It twisted the alien being’s wrist around, forcing it to drop the knife. Trevor quickly grabbed the knife and threw it out the window.

The Predator punched the Terminator, sending it slamming into the door. The door broke off the chassis of the car and went flying. The Terminator fell out of the car and the Predator, who had been about to punch the Terminator, fell out after it.

Monica, now struggling to control the car, veered sharply to the right. The car flipped and skidded into the guardrail. The Predator fell over the edge and into a ditch; the Terminator stopped himself and stood up just as the car crashed into the rail. It quickly got up and ripped the doors off the car, then pulled its allies out of the ruined vehicle.
“Thanks”, Trevor said. “Does anyone have a backup plan?”

The sound of police sirens was then heard.

“We have to leave immediately”, the Terminator said. “Police officers will be here shortly. Our only chance is to go into the woods on the other side of that guardrail until the police are gone, then go to the refueling station at the nearest exit and steal another vehicle”
The Terminator started toward the guardrail.
“Wait!”, Monica said. “Are you sure it’s safe to go in the woods with no weapons and that alien-thing running around somewhere?”

Tristen got all of the weapons out of the car and set them on the ground.
“We have plenty of weapons”, the Terminator said. It picked up the weapons, jumped over the guardrail, and headed into the woods, followed by Monica and Trevor.

[chenshui]

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