Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

One section of Terminator’s CPU was refiguring his odds of prevailing, lowering
his estimate to less than two percent. His double-imperative program spurred
him into throwing the T-X that clung to him to the left, crashing into one of the
high-voltage power distribution boxes on the wall.

The T-X did not release the pressure on Terminator’s torso, and her plasma
weapon continued to charge.

Terminator swung her against the power box a second time, the steel crumpling
under the tremendous blows.

He swung her again and again, and on the fourth time the metal box shorted
across the 2200-volt copper bus bar in a shower of white-hot sparks.

Both cyborgs stiffened, their servos going into overload, delicate control circuits
shunting to protected areas as the high voltage slammed into their metal
skeletons and coursed through their electrical systems.

Terminator leaned against the T-X’s body, pressing her against the high-voltage
bus, forcing the issue that could, if allowed to continue for a sufficient time,
result in the destruction of both their central processors.

Suddenly the T-X broke free, head-butting Terminator under the chin, sending
him sprawling backward.

He took two steps, and then fell onto a steel mesh platform that extended over a
sump trench beneath the boilers.

Before he could raise up, the T-X was on him, slamming her foot into his cranial
case that hung over the edge of the steel platform.

Something snapped in his neck.