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John flips the switch to 200 AMPS. He flips it down to 10 Amps. Left and right he twists the knob. T-2000's plasma WRITHES, JERKS, MORPHS from the changing current.

T-2000'S DIGITIZED VISION SHOWS: CURRENT IMBALANCE -- QUANTUM COHESION ERROR

The Terminator quickly turns around, distracted by the disturbance. Steve throws the Deactivation Device to Sarah.

STEVE
Sarah!

The Terminator throws Steve against the passenger platform. Steve THUDS against the cement; falls to the tracks.

Sarah runs up behind the Terminator and clamps the device onto the Terminator's neck. THUNK! The metallic terminal pierces the back of the his neck, quantum plasma wraps around the input jack.

SARAH
(to Terminator)
Technology can be a real pain in the neck, huh?

The Terminator deactivates; falls to the floor.

John runs up the tunnel to Sarah and Steve as the T-2000 breaks free of the welding electrode.

JOHN
Fire in the hole!

Sarah, John and Steve leap up onto the passenger platform. They duck behind tool chests. Sarah presses a button on the remote detonator.

BOOOOOOMMM!!! The plastic explosive charges BLOW OUT the metal supports for the subway tunnel. REPETITIVE EXPLOSIONS RIP toward Sarah, Steve and John.

EXT. MEMORIAL PARK -- PASADENA

Grass, park fixtures and part of Dayton Street PLUNGE into a 80 ft long, 40 ft wide and 20ft deep crater formed by the explosion. A large cloud of dust billows up.

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