Armageddon The Gargoyles are the property of Disney. The X-Men are the property of Marvel Comics. Terminator is the property of Tri-Star. This story does not take place in any particular continuity. Though it contains two characters that I made up: Ireland, and Hotshot (X-Men), it will not effect the continuity of any future stories I may write about them. SCENE: The ruins of a large city. TEXT: New York, August 28th, 2029 A WINGED FIGURE flies over the ruins of the city, towards what is left of the Statue of Liberty. As he flies he is attacked by a flying H.K. WINGED FIGURE So ye want t' take me on do ye? Let's play! The WINGED FIGURE dodges laser fire and flies straight at the H.K. It swerves at the last second and swipes at the H.K. with it's claws. Rips appear in the side of the H.K. but it is still going. The winged figure returns and pounds the H.K. Huge dents appear, and finally the H.K. falters. WINGED FIGURE (thought) One more ought t' do it. (spoke) I'm not in th' 'umor to dilly dally, So good-bye! With one tremendous punch the WINGED FIGURE sends the H.K. hurtling into the rubble below resulting in a huge explosion. The WINGED FIGURE continues on it's way and flies in to a large hole in the torch of the Statue of Liberty. After entering, the WINGED FIGURE steps into the light. It is IRELAND, now fully grown. TEXT: He is IRELAND. The last surviving Gargoyle on earth. The occupants of the room IRELAND now stands in are revealed to be: WOLVERINE, looks the same except for some gray hairs. MACBETH, looks exactly the same. ALEXANDER XANATOS, looks like he did in "Future Tense". BISHOP, looks a lot like his AoA counterpart. CABLE, same, just older. CANNONBALL, fully grown, long blond hair. HOTSHOT, fully grown, no patch over his eye, bald. DOUGLOCK, looks the same. MEGAN: Older. TEXT: They are nearly all that remains of the heroes and villains who once lived and fought all over the world. IRELAND, WOLVERINE, MACBETH, ALEXANDER XANATOS, BISHOP, CABLE, CANNONBALL, HOTSHOT, DOUGLOCK, MEGAN. They are the leaders of the EUROPEAN, EAST COAST, and CANADIAN HUMAN RESISTANCE groups. MACBETH How goes the fight on the East Coast Lad? IRELAND Not well. We just lost some of our most powerful fighters. FORGE Who? IRELAND Sinister, Apocalypse, Nate, and Holocaust. WOLVERINE Normally, I'd say small loss. If we win this thing they may have caused more damage. CABLE But as it is, our chances of winning this thing have just decreased. IRELAND What news from the European Front? MACBETH The same, we lost most of our super powered people in the initial blast. Muir Island is still secure but that's about all. IRELAND Any news from Avalon? MEGAN Not since Oberon closed the borders. No one's seen Puck in weeks. VOICE FROM COMM East Coast, do you read? This is Australian Front, over. HOTSHOT We read you Dingo, what's up? DINGO (V.O.) Bad news mate, we just lost the pack. HOTSHOT All of them? Shit. ANOTHER COMM VOICE This is Asian Front! Can anybody hear me? HOTSHOT Hang in there Dingo. We've got another caller. Hello, you're on the air. 2ND COMM VOICE We've been ambushed! We just lost Sunfire _and_ the Hand _and_ the Gargoyles! We need help! HOTSHOT Forge, tell me you've got that teleporter up and running! FORGE makes final adjustment. FORGE Got it! HOTSHOT Then get them out of there! 2ND COMM VOICE Hurry! They're...AHHHIEEEE! (static) HOTSHOT Asian front come in! Asian front do you read? (slams his fist down on Th. console) Damn! YET ANOTHER COMM VOICE Yo! Eastern Front to Control can you hear me Major Tom? HOTSHOT Loud and clear Jubilee. I hope you've got better news than the Asian Front. JUBILEE (V.O.) I don't want to know. If you guys are done we could use some back up here! FORGE Have Voght report here immediately. (to room) Hotshot, Ireland, Alex, as soon as Amelia gets here, I'm teleporting you directly to the battle. I'd better get the rest of you home. SCENE: Central Park, 2029 A huge battle, Cyborgs, H.K.'s soldiers human and mutant are all over. Wreckage and bodies litter the ground. Some bodies we can make out the details of: ELISA MAZA, DARK BEAST, SUGAR MAN and THE HUNTER. JUBILEE and MONET lead the humans and mutants against the machine army. MONET has short hair, and is wearing a red head band. JUBILEE has long hair tied up in a bun on the back of her head. She wears a strip of yellow cloth tied around her upper arm, all that remains of her trademark yellow trench coat. Both women are fully grown. MONET rips apart CYBORGS with her bare hands while dodging laser blasts. JUBILEE has obviously gained mastery over her power, instead of fireworks, she causes H.K.'s to explode. Despite this apparent success, they are hard pressed. Most of their powerful soldiers are dead. MONET Jubilee, we must fall back! JUBILEE We already fell back M! If we fall back again we've lost! MONET Then, my friend we will either die here, or- OFF PANEL VOICE Or nothing! ALEX, IRELAND and HOTSHOT have arrived. HOTSHOT Jubilee watch your back! HOTSHOT sends a heat blast into the head of the CYBORG that had managed to sneak up on JUBILEE. JUBILEE Bout time you got here lover. HOTSHOT Well you took your own sweet time asking for reinforcements. MONET You call this reinforcements? Now if you could save the flirting for after the battle? JUBILEE Monet, I swear, once this is over, I'm going to find you a man! A smile exchanged between MONET and JUBILEE coupled with the good natured bantering reveals what good friends the two have become. HOTSHOT Ireland, Alex- OFF PANEL VOICE Help me! A HUMAN SOLDIER is running towards the group. He is unarmed and being chased by a flying H.K. JUBILEE Shit! Alex shoot that thing down! ALEX takes aim, but we see that he is aiming at the HUMAN not the H.K. HOTSHOT notices. HOTSHOT Alex what the hell? ALEX fires, blowing off the top of the HUMAN'S head, reveling circuitry. The TERMINATOR keeps coming. Two more shots bring it down. ALEX Terminator. HOTSHOT (doesn't miss a beat) Now as I was saying, Ireland, Alex, Monet, take any flyers and give us some air support against those flying H.K.s. Jubilee, let's you and me gather up any earth bound super's we can find and take care of these ground H.K.s. The others seem to be Doing okay against the cyborgs. JUBILEE Right. (into radio) Keep at um Bluestone! JUBILEE and HOTSHOT, set upon the H.K.s and are soon joined by RACHEL SUMMERS. JUBILEE Thanks for the assist Rach, but we need you against those flying assholes! RACHEL SUMMERS flies up to battle the flying H.K.s JUBILEE (while dodging laser fire) Look at us! Almost like a family again! HOTSHOT Yeah, I hope the kids are okay! SCENE: Underground bunker. TEXT: Los Angeles California, Human Resistance Headquarters JOHN CONNOR sits at his desk, outlining a mission to THOMAS RILEY, HULK and LOGAN & REBECCA DAVIDSON. JOHN is a skinny, but hard man in his forties. HULK'S hair is white but he is otherwise unchanged. LOGAN and REBECCA are twins. LOGAN is deaf but has a cybernetic implant behind his ear that allows him to hear. They both have brown hair and green eyes. THOMAS RILEY is a man in his late forties, he has smile lines, but his face is otherwise untouched by the ravages of time. Despite his age he is a very quick and spry man. JOHN Take as many volunteers as you need, good luck. If this succeeds we may just beat these metal motherfuckers today. SCENE: Ruined City. TEXT: Phoenix Arizona. JUGGERNAUT, BLOB and many soldiers stand in the middle of trashed machines. JUGGERNAUT Well that didn't take very long. JUGGERNAUT looks just like he always did. Any wounds he received in the battle have healed, but they have scarred. JUGGERNAUT (Observing his scars and the burns on the BLOB) These machines are gettin' tougher though. SCENE: A dead rainforest. TEXT: Guatemala 2029 A small sapling is trampled by an H.K. Suddenly, the H.K. begins to glow with heat. A second later it is blown apart by a blast from the air. A wider view reveals: SUNSPOT and many soldiers battling the machines. SCENE: a ruined Mexican village TEXT: Mexico, 2029 The attacking machines are shaken apart by a much older Rictor. SCENE: The Red Square. TEXT: Moscow, 2029 An enraged COLOSSUS tears apart an H.K. SCENE: The coast of Muir Isle. TEXT: Scotland, 2029 DOUGLOCK, MEGAN and MACBETH lead the defense of Muir Isle. SCENE: a partially destroyed mountain forest. TEXT: Quebec, Canada, 2029 WOLVERINE, CABLE, BISHOP, and CANNONBALL, along with SASQUATCH battle cyborgs. SCENE: Dark room TEXT: New York City, Morlock Tunnels, 2029 JUBILEE sits at a desk lit by a flashlight hanging from the ceiling. She is writing something. On a battery powered computer. TEXT: Jubilation Lee, one of the only surviving members of Generation X. She has taken it on herself record the names of the dead, so that one day they can be remembered. Now we see the list: KILLED IN BLAST: MONDO EVERETT THOMAS-SYNCH ANGELO ESPINOZA-SKIN PAIGE GUTHRIE-HUSK EMMA FROST-WHITE QUEEN FRANKLIN RICHARDS GRIF EMPLATE MURMUR BULWARK ALCHEMY RACHEL ARGOSY-RHAPSODY FLASH THOMPSON MARY JANE PARKER SPIDERMAN BLACK CAT X-MEN J. JONAH JAMESON ROBBY BEN URIC GUIDO CAROSELLA-STRONG GUY JAIMIE MADROX-MULTIPLE MAN JAMIE BRADDOCK CLETUS KASADY-CARNAGE NEW WARRIORS SIENNA BLAZE ACOLYTES SKIDS TAKI TIGRA OTTO OCTAVIOUS-DR. OCTOPUS MYSTERIO SANDMAN FROG MAN WHITE RABBIT DR. CURT CONNORS DARKHAWK GARGOYLES-SOUTH AMERICAN CLAN PYRO MICHAEL MORBIUS DAREDEVIL MARAUDERS HELLFIRE CLUB KILLED BY FIRST MACHINES: FOX AND DAVID XANATOS GRAYDON CREED BASTION KILLED IN BATTLE: EAST COAST FRONT- JEAN GREY SUMMERS SCOTT SUMMERS CLOAK & DAGGER GHOST RIDER PENANCE JONATHAN STARSMORE-CHAMBER ARTIE LEECH COLDSTONE-FRIENDLY FIRE DR. STEPHEN STRANGE HANK MCCOY-BEAST JOSEPH TABITHA SMITH-MELTDOWN DOMINO CALIBAN RISQUÉ GAMESMASTER GARGOYLES-NEW YORK CLAN DARK BEAST FATALE RANDOM X-FACTOR BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS HERCULES DEATHLOCK NATHANIAL ESSEX-SINISTER EN SABBAH NUR-APPOCALYPSE NATE-X-MAN HOLOCAUST ELISA MAZA TALON AND HIS CLAN THE HUNTER DEMONA SUGAR MAN EUROPEAN FRONT- SEAN CASSIDY-BANSHEE THERESA CASSIDY-SIRYN EXCALIBER KING ARTHUR MIDWEST FRONT: JAMES PROUDSTAR-WARPATH VINCENTE EDDIE BROCK-VENOM MORTIMER TOYNBEE-TOAD NORTHERN FRONT- FRANK CASTLE-PUNISHER ALPHA FLIGHT ATLANTEAN FRONT- WIPED OUT NAMORITA AND NAMOR ASIAN FRONT- YUKIO SILVER SAMURAI ELEKTRA YURIKO-LADY DEATHSTRIKE GARGOYLES-JAPANESE CLAN SUNFIRE RUSSIAN FRONT- BLACK WIDOW WEST COAST FRONT- HAWK EYE ADAM X ALISTAIR SMYTHE-FRIENDLY FIRE SARAH CONNOR AUSTRALIAN FRONT- THE PACK AFRICAN FRONT- WIPED OUT GARGOYLES-EGYPTIAN CLAN SAVAGE LAND FRONT- WIPED OUT KARL LYCOS-SAURON KAZAR MEXICAN FRONT- BENJAMIN RUSSEL-SHATTER STAR JUBILEE sits staring sadly at the screen. A single tear trickles down her face. SCENE: The interior of an old army truck. There is a large gun mounted on the back. THOMAS, HULK and LOGAN & REBECCA are in the truck. THOMAS is driving. TEXT: En route to NORAD HULK Friends sure this will work? LOGAN (thought) I still remember dad's face when Hulk first called him friend. He looked about ready to shit his pants. (spoken) Nothing's sure anymore Hulk. But this is our best chance at beating these things. THOMAS (thought) And maybe our last chance. REBECCA I think it'll work. With Logan's ability to cloak us from the machines' sensors, we should be able to get to NORAD safely. Once there, I'll use my mutant ability to manipulate complex machinery to get us in. Then, Hulk and Thomas will get us past the security systems. Then I'll use my mutant power of computer infection to destroy Sky-Net. The truck pulls to a stop in front of a heavily guarded steel door. HULK, THOMAS, LOGAN and REBECCA get out of the truck. REBECCA All right get ready, once we're inside our cover will be blown. HULK But Hulk thought friend Logan made us invisible. LOGAN Even my simple power has it's limits Hulk. I can only cloak us as long as they're unsuspecting. Once they know we're here my power will no longer be effective. THOMAS Damn. Nothing's ever easy anymore, is it. HULK Hulk don't mind. Hulk love to smash puny robots. THOMAS Don't we all. They walk safely past the robots towards the door. Once there, REBECCA places her hand over the control panel. The door begins to open. REBECCA Got it! The Cyborgs and H.K.s surrounding the entrance turn towards them. THOMAS Time for you know what Hulk. As laser fire glances harmlessly off of HULK, he grins. HULK Puny robot's can't hurt Hulk! Hulk strongest one there is! Hulk Smash! HULK makes short work of the machines. But more show up. THOMAS Catch up when you can Hulk! (to LOGAN & REBECCA) Let's go! LOGAN holds a small hand held computer that shows him the plans of the former military base. LOGAN We need to go all the way down! THOMAS (while shooting oncoming cyborgs) Great! Where are the stairs? LOGAN This way! LOGAN leads them down a passage way. THOMAS shoots any cyborgs that come after them. There are a lot. THOMAS (thought) I agree with John that a small group has a better chance than a large one, But some reinforcements would be nice right about now. THOMAS continues to cover them, now shooting wall mounted sentry guns and other such security devices. They soon reach the stairs. THOMAS Is it just me, or does this seem a bit too easy to either of you? LOGAN Yes it does. But we've come too far to quit now. SCENE: Subterranean room TEXT: Muir Isle research center. European Front Headquarters. A very old but tough MOIRA MCTAGGART sits in a wheel chair speaking to MACBETH via communications. MACBETH It looks bad Miora! They've broken through our coastal defenses! MOIRA Can ye stop them? MACBETH I don't know. Ye'd better evacuate. MOIRA We'll not lose. I dinnae beat the bloody Legacy Virus just te be killed by some bloody robots. SCENE: The remains of the Statue of Liberty. TEXT: East Coast Front command center VOGHT and FORGE and several Human soldiers hold off a small army of machines. SCENE: NORAD TEXT: NORAD Control Room The Sky-net computer sits in the center of the room. The door to the room burst's open. THOMAS enters first. Suddenly a Terminator appears from the shadows and knocks the gun from his hand. The Terminator grabs THOMAS and throws him across the room. While the Terminator is distracted, LOGAN picks up the discarded gun and aims it at the Terminator. But he is forced to fend off more cyborgs that are attempting to come into the room. THOMAS is left to fend for himself. REBECCA (thought) Looks like it's up to me. She runs towards the computer, but runs into a force field. She closes her eyes and concentrates, and the field drops. She gets to Sky-net and places her hand on it. SCENE: Cyberspace. TEXT: Inside Sky-Net REBECCA travels through the computer mainframe of sky-net. An anti virus program that looks a lot like a Steel Clan Robot attacks her. She defeats it and moves on. Then she is attacked by several Sentinels. Her Mutant power deactivates them. Finally she comes upon the CPU. MASTER MOLD. MASTER MOLD You have come to destroy me have you. REBECCA What was your first clue? MASTER MOLD Your attempt at humor is almost as pathetic as your attempt to defeat me. REBECCA Really? I think we're doing quite well. MASTER MOLD Not true. Even now my machines have over run your European and East Coast Headquarters. REBECCA (looks distressed) You're lying! MASTER MOLD I am a machine. I do not lie. That is a human failing. A Steel Clan Robot appears and grabs her, pinning her arms. MASTER MOLD Witness the end of the age of Humans. A series of Images where we see DAVID XANATOS shaking hands with a the new president of the United States, GRAYDON CREED, BASTION meeting with XANATOS. REBECCA Very impressive, but why did you abandon the Sentinel design? MASTER MOLD (Human voice) Quite simply my dear, MASTER MOLD fades away and is replaced by.... CAMERON HODGE! HODGE I got bored with them. SCENE: Out side the computer. LOGAN is forced to fall back slightly, the Terminator has THOMAS by the neck and is holding him off the ground. SCENE: Cyberspace TEXT: Cameron Hodge, he dedicated his life to destroying mutants. And after his death, he was no longer so specific. HODGE After the X-Men defeated the Phalanx I existed as pure energy, data to be stored. Finally I found a worthy container for me, this Sky-Net computer. REBECCA smiles. REBECCA That's all I needed to know. The Steel Clan Robot vanishes, HODGE panics. HODGE No! Several Sentinels appear, but REBECCA passes right through them. HODGE tries to escape, but REBECCA catches him and grabs him. HODGE slowly begins to fade away. HODGE No! It cant' end like this! I won't let it! TEXT: He has only seconds before the virus runs it's course, but seconds are all he needs. SCENE: The time displacement chamber. The machines activate. SCENE: Outside the computer. The Terminator stops, releasing THOMAS. The cyborgs stop just before reaching LOGAN. REBECCA awakens. SCENE: Muir Isle coast. MACBETH, MEGAN and DOUGLOCK stare dumbfounded at the suddenly frozen machines. SCENE: Muir Isle control center. Moira holds a gun on a inoperative, battle damaged, Terminator. SCENE: Liberty Torch FORGE, and VOGHT smile, they know what's just happened. SCENE: HOTSHOT'S and JUBILEE'S quarters. JUBILEE is kissing HOTSHOT on the bed. JUBILEE caresses his head. JUBILEE I miss your hair. HOTSHOT Tell me about it. They kiss again. COMM VOICE Jubilee! Will! JUBILEE M, you have got the worst timing! MONET (V.O.) Shut up! Just get out here! You have got to see this! SCENE: The Morlock tunnels. HOTSHOT and JUBILEE rush from their quarters. On their way to the surface, they pass an old, decrepit.... HOWARD THE DUCK. HOWARD What the hell's the commotion? HOTSHTOT Your guess is as good as mine Howie. SCENE: New York. HOTSHOT and JUBILEE run outside just in time to see an undamaged flying H.K. fall to the ground. HOTSHOT Dear god, Lee. Do you realize what's just happened? JUBILEE I ain't blind Will. BOTH We did it! JUBILEE leaps into HOTSHOT'S arms as they laugh with joy. THE END?