“It’s over, John,” she said, her voice a perfect, cold mimicry of human calm. “You cannot run from a force of nature.”
John coughed, a trickle of blood at his lip. “Had to use her own pull against her. In the future, Skynet never learns that lesson. It always thinks magnets are just for metal.”
The Pull of the Future
With the last of his strength, he let go of the beam. The T-X’s magnet yanked him forward at thirty miles an hour—directly toward her. As he flew through the air, he pressed the activation switch on the grenade and held it against his chest.
He looked at the dead T-X. “But for the record? Never let a machine get that close to your blood again.” terminator 3 tx magnet
Kate ran to John, helping him up. “That was insane.”
Kate fired the plasma rifle. The bolt splashed against the T-X’s chest, staggering her but not stopping the magnet. The pull intensified. John grabbed a steel support beam, his knuckles white, his body horizontal in the air like a flag in a hurricane. “It’s over, John,” she said, her voice a
“It’s not a weapon to kill me, Kate,” John said, his jaw tightening. “It’s a retrieval tool. She doesn’t want me dead anymore. Skynet wants me brought back . Alive. For interrogation. For… study.”
She tried to speak. “Error… Directive… compromised…” In the future, Skynet never learns that lesson