[Story takes place after the first RoboCop vs the Terminator series by Frank Miller. Published by Dark Horse Comics] ROBOCOP vs the TERMINATOR: ROUND TWO

PART TWO

CHAPTER ONE

The terminator sits in the rubble of the Police station and thinks of a plan. What would the Creator do next? What would John Conner do? In this timeline, John has won. But how can the terminator defeat John successfully and merge the Creator with Skynet? And within the next year, Skynet will be complete, but, unless the terminator succeeds, Skynet will never attain consciousness, leaving the Human to wander the earth. They are so unorganized. Small. They fight among themselves. But Skynet is perfect. It is a god. The humans know nothing about peace and organization. They are sloppy. Their gray brains trying to process thoughts that are inconceivable. The Creator will help John Conner, but before that happens, he must be persuaded. But before that happens, the terminator will stop that. It will stop them both.

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John sits on the bed of the motel room. RoboCop watches the window with closeness. John looks at the list RoboCop has made of compatible parts to make the particle weapon. He thinks of his mother's death, it was pointless, but she died for him, to ensure that he would live on. But now, she is dead, and he must rely on RoboCop and himself. He's not too sure about what to do with RoboCop. Kill him, or go along with him. There is only one good option: Wait till the weapon is built, and destroy the brain of Alex Murphy.

"It is almost dark outside. We must go." RoboCop speaks up.

John turns his head towards him. "Then let's go shopping."

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Radio Shack, on the east side of town. The terminator walks down the aisles with a shopping cart. It's endoskeleton arm exposed through blood and skin. It's face a mangled twist of flesh. It's human eye still moved, but is flooded with blood. It's exposed eye glows a bright red in the dark. It steps over the bloodied body of the clerk. As it pick up some wires and metal casings, it hears the crunch as it steps on the clerk's hand and splinters the bones. It's mangled mouth smiles with delight. Beautiful noise.

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John and RoboCop arrive at a Radio Shack across town. The window smashed and the clerk's body hanging over the side of the window. RoboCop gets out and deploys his Auto-9 into his hands. His face distorts as he sees the clerk's body; the head is laying on the counter behind him, separated from his body. The head of the clerk reveals a horrible face, the face of a man that is seeing his killer.

"Shit!!!! It got here before we did. No doubt that he's built a weapon, too. Let's go. Gotta see if he left any thing for us." John rushes toward the door.

"No!!!" RoboCop shouts to him. "It's unsafe. Let me check it out, first." He goes after John and is ready to pull him back behind him and shield him from bullets. But there are no signs of cybernetic activity except for himself. John kicks open the door with his gun out and ready.

"Let's have a look." John says ignoring the mangled body in the window and the head on the counter. He looks at the ground and sees cart tracks made from the clerk's blood; headed out the door. He hurries down the aisles. He spots some components that he needs for the weapon. Actually, all the components, and they're stacked in a pile with a note on top. John picks up the note and reads it.

John and Creator, I have my weapon, where's yours? Come and find me. I'm waiting. 564LSTERM34

"Oh, shit. Hey, robot! We got some trouble." John shouts to RoboCop. It's aware. It acts as thought it's a game. It wants to play cops and robbers. Well, okay, we'll play. I might need that robot after all. But then it's as dead as that Terminator.