A/N Hey guys, welcome to the next chapter because this one will show Adam learning how to survive in the future war and he'll be introduced to the infiltrator for the first time, so hope you all enjoy and without further ado, let's begin.
My ears were ringing as I was in pain, feeling dazed and trying to regain myself as I barely heard the muffled sounds of explosions and plasma fire when a blurry figure hurried over to me to check if I was alright, then my vision cleared up where I recognized him as Jacob as he shouted something at me until my hearing cleared up.
"Adam, you need to get up and get back into the fight!" Jacob yelled urgently as he went back to shooting his plasma rifle.
I sat up as I clutched my head, looking around and seeing ruins while dead members of the resistance and scavengers were everywhere as T-800s, spider scouts, scout drones, armored spiders, and HK aerials were shooting at every human they detected.
Acting quickly, I picked up my plasma rifle and got back into the fight as I shot down a scout and targeted a T-800 next, rendering it to scrap as my eyes were focused on the enemies ahead of us while Jennifer and the other scavengers were trying their best against the metal monstrosities.
I reloaded my plasma rifle just as I saw Colin getting blasted to pieces and I swore under my breath while I focused on an armored spider and destroyed it with a few shots to the red glowing eye, then Ryan and Erin were the next to go down and my eyes widened in horror.
"Shit!" I shouted as I saw the dark-skinned man and the elderly woman getting blasted mercilessly by plasma fire before I retaliated by throwing a grenade at a group of T-800s and the explosion shredded them into many pieces.
I ran out of cover and hurried over to where Jennifer was as she kept Patrick safe and fired a shotgun at a drone when she was ambushed by a T-800 that knocked the shotgun out of her hands and blasted her in the face, killing her instantly as I was starting to descend into denial that this was happening just before the metallic monster went to Patrick's hiding place and ripped him out of the wrecked car before lifting the little boy up by the neck with one hand.
"No!" I screamed in pure horror as I tried to get there as fast as I could, but it was like my legs were made of lead and everything was moving in slow motion as the T-800 looked at me with that nightmarish grin as Patrick flailed around until the machine jerked its hand to the right and a loud snap occurred with Patrick's body becoming limp, horrifying me in the process.
The machine tossed Patrick's dead body away and I let out a savage scream of rage and anguish as I started blasting the T-800, emptying my rifle as I kept screaming while the metal monster was being ripped to shreds by the plasma until it exploded.
I ran over to the metal corpse and reloaded before firing several more shots to turn it into scrap as I let out my rage and hatred on this monster until there was nothing left, then I quit firing my rifle and breathed heavily as I teared up and started crying at the loss I just witnessed before Jacob had run over and grabbed me by the shoulder.
"Adam, I need you to get it together because we're getting slaughtered here!" Jacob yelled desperately, just before a silvery metallic blade exited his chest and his blood hit me in the face.
I was shuddering and hyperventilating as Jacob was lifted into the air while blood spurted out of his mouth and he held an expression of fear and agony, then he was thrown away and I saw the one responsible for killing him.
The machine that killed him was a T-1000, its humanoid body silver and shiny as it stared at me with no emotion on its unnaturally smooth face while it bladed arm fluidly shaped back into a regular humanoid one.
I quickly aimed at the monster and pulled the trigger, only no red plasma came out and I frantically searched my tactical rig to discover that I had no ammo left, then I used one last desperate attempt to protect myself by throwing the rifle at the T-1000 but it batted the weapon away with one arm.
The machine made of liquid metal started approaching me and I was forced to run as fear flooded my system at the thought of being sliced to pieces by the shapeshifting silver monster as I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, though I knew it was useless since that thing can outrun a car and it proved that by quickly catching up to me and I was sent into a crater from being shoved from behind.
I fell into the crater and hit the ground hard, making me let out harsh coughing and choking noises as I couldn't breathe and it was like a couple of my ribs are broken, then I heard the T-1000 land right behind me and I looked back with my eyes wild with terror.
I desperately tried to crawl away as the machine followed me until I was grabbed by my shoulder and sent onto my back as I let out pained groans, though I crawled back weakly until my back hit a dead end and I breathed heavily with a look of fear on my face as the T-1000 walked over to me menacingly before it hovered over me with its hands resting on the debris that was located on both sides of my head.
The T-1000 simply tilted its head slowly as it appeared to study me for the best course of action and I was so afraid at the thought of being gutted or sliced into pieces when I noticed that the machine started losing cohesion as its default form began to lose shape and my eyes widened in horror as it started to melt on top of me.
The T-1000 oozed all over me as my body was being engulfed by the silvery metallic liquid, the cold silver goo having the sensation of thick jello as it flowed all over me and I was being consumed by the monster as I realized that it was going to drown me.
I couldn't struggle or anything as my body was being covered and only my head was left as the rest of my body looked silver and shiny while the slime flowed up my neck and was about to enter my mouth as my mind broke and I started screaming uncontrollably when the silvery goo slid into my mouth and went down my throat as my screams became a metallic screeching sound until my head was the last to get consumed.
I jerked awake and let out quiet gasping breaths as I quickly looked around, then I relaxed as I saw that I was still on the bus with the others and noticed that it was morning already before I let out a relieved sigh.
'Christ, talk about one hell of a nightmare,' I thought and wasn't surprised that I had such a fucked up dream after what I've witnessed last night as I saw Jacob coming over to sit down next to me.
"You okay? I saw you moving around and muttering under your breath the whole time you were out," Jacob said, then I started feeling embarrassed as I scratched the back of my head.
"Sorry, just had one hell of a nightmare so how far are we from our destination?" I asked as I moved around and stretched to loosen up.
"Not far now, we should be approaching LA soon," Jacob told me as I saw Erin leaning from her seat to talk to Ryan.
"Listen, Mark's about to pass out so we need to stop soon," Erin stated and Ryan nodded.
"Okay, we'll do that," Ryan replied before Erin got up from her seat and went to check on Mark.
"I hope that Mark fella will be okay," I spoke up and Ryan looked back at me.
"Don't worry, Erin has good medical training so Mark's in safe hands, but I'm curious about where Private Rivers here was stationed at," Ryan admitted as he turned his attention to Jacob.
"I'm from the Pacific division," Jacob said and that caught my attention while Ryan looked surprised.
"Pacific? You're certainly a long way from home so what are you doing out here?" Ryan questioned.
"My entire division was wiped out and I'm trying to get in touch with the south division because I have a message for Commander Baron," Jacob explained while I was shocked by that.
"My god, your entire division got wiped out? I'm sorry," I said sympathetically and Jacob sent me a nod as Ryan looked like he was trying to process what he heard.
"So, it's true? The annihilation line's coming?" Ryan questioned in disbelief but Jacob shook his head.
"It wasn't the annihilation line, it was something else," Jacob said grimly.
"What could be worse than the annihilation line?" I asked uneasily and Jacob looked at me.
"To be honest, I'm not sure what it was," Jacob admitted, causing a chill to go down my spine since whatever attacked Jacob's division must've been something extremely dangerous just before the bus went across a bump so hard that it almost sent my face into the seat in front of me if I hadn't planted my hands on it just in time.
"Goddamn it, that's as far as this piece of shit will go!" Colin snapped irritably as I could see that we were entering LA, my home that looked like a shell of its former self and it was awful seeing it like this while Ryan sighed.
"Okay, let's get off the road so pull up over there," Ryan instructed as he pointed out a small group of buildings that were a short distance ahead.
The buildings didn't seem nearly as damaged as the others around them so Colin pulled off the road and drove to the center of them, just before the bus' engine finally stalled and I didn't need to be a mechanic to know that we weren't going anywhere for a while, at least not by vehicle.
With that in mind, I helped Erin carry Mark while everyone else got off the bus as I looked around and I didn't see immediate signs of the machines in the area, not to mention that a lot of ground has been gained on the annihilation line during the hours of driving since Pasadena so no plasma shots were heard either.
It was quiet here, except for random gusts of soft wind kicking up dust and there were no signs of life around the buildings while I noted that the place looked like some kind of service area for vehicles with a few different garages that were all the same size as the one where Jennifer and Patrick were found in while the buildings were set across from a single, much larger building that looked like it used to be the main office or headquarters of the place.
"Alright, we got some time on them so let's not lose our heads," Ryan told us as I was straining a little since Mark was heavy, even with the help of Erin.
"I'll be on the fucking lookout for tin cans," Colin said gruffly before he walked off to do who knows what and Ryan turned his attention to Erin.
"Erin, you do what you think is best for Mark while I'll see what I can do about the bus," Ryan instructed, causing Erin to nod before Ryan turned to look at Jacob and had him go search the main building to see that it was safe.
Jennifer came over to help me and Erin carry Mark while Jacob went to investigate the main building, then he soon came out and announced that it was all clear before we went inside and headed down to the basement, though it wasn't easy since Mark had to be carefully carried down so that his injuries wouldn't get worse.
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the basement had beds and couches for everyone to sleep on so Jennifer, Erin, and I carried Mark over to one of the beds and carefully laid him down on one of them, then I let out a sigh of relief and decided to check the place out a little more until I saw Erin storming back outside and tearing Colin a new one for not doing his assigned role and he scoffed at that when Jacob approached me.
"Hey, found something I think you're going to like," Jacob told me, confusing me slightly but he gestured for me to follow him and I stayed right behind him until he took me to a storage room of some kind and my eyes widened when I saw that it had plenty of food, water, and a few weapons with tons of ammo inside.
"Holy crap, talk about a good find," I commented while looking impressed and Jacob smiled as he went and picked up an M16A1 rifle before handing it to me.
"Here, this will probably be better than that handgun you have on you and I found a tactical rig that you can wear to store ammo on it, then there's a leg holster that's also in here so you can use it as well," Jacob told me as I entered the storage room and found what he was talking about.
I placed the rifle against the wall and removed my hoodie, seeing a few cuts on me that had scabbed over but they didn't look too bad as I slipped on the tactical rig and took a few mags of ammo for the rifle before I stored them in the ammo pouches and went to take the leg holster.
I strapped the holster on my right leg and pulled out the M9 from the back of my jeans so that I could put it in the holster, then I put my hoodie back on and left it unzipped while I took the rifle and walked out of the storage room with a bottle of water just in time to see Jacob finishing up a conversation with Colin before the gruff man walked away and I looked at the resistance fighter.
"What was that all about?" I asked before Jacob looked at me.
"Colin had scouted out the area and saw something that caught his interest, so he wanted me to come with him to check it out since it might be a resistance outpost," Jacob explained.
"Okay, I'll talk to Ryan and see if he needs anything while you guys are gone but be careful around Colin, he's not the most friendly type and I don't exactly trust him to watch your back," I warned and Jacob nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine so see you later," Jacob said before he made his way to the stairs and he was gone after that.
I checked on everyone else here to see how they were doing and left the building to see if Ryan needed anything, seeing the older man working on the bus and grumbling under his breath as I approached him and cleared my throat to get his attention.
"Hey Ryan, how's the bus looking?" I asked as Ryan stopped what he was doing and turned to look at me until he saw that I was better armed but he didn't comment on it.
"Seems that the repairs are going to take a couple of days, so how's it looking inside?" Ryan inquired.
"There's a lot of supplies in the main building so somebody lived there at some point, though it wouldn't make sense as to why they would abandon such a good setup," I pointed out and Ryan nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it seems too much of a convenience so better keep your eyes open, and speaking of supplies, you're welcome to take whatever's useful inside this crate but make sure to leave some behind for the rest of us," Ryan offered when I shook my head.
"Thanks, but I'm good and you guys need those supplies more than I do, so do you need help with anything?" I asked and Ryan looked thoughtful for a moment until he perked up.
"Actually, there is something you could help me with because Jennifer told me that you're a scavenger from outside the city, so if you were to go out and locate a set of tools, that would be greatly appreciated since I must've lost mine during the escape last night," Ryan stated before I nodded.
"Sure, I'll see what I can do," I replied and Ryan smiled.
"Thank you, now take this radio so that we can stay in contact with each other," Ryan said as he handed me a walkie-talkie and I slipped it on a pouch that was on my rig.
"Thanks, I should get started so I'll be back," I said and started to make my way into the ruins as I let out a shaky breath since I was going to be on my own out there so I had to be extremely cautious since the slightest wrong move will get me killed.
'Fuck, not good,' I thought in alarm as I was hiding from a squad of terminators that consisted of eight T-800s and four armored spiders.
I had started to explore the ruins for the tools that Ryan needed, making sure to avoid patrolling machines as I searched intact buildings and discovered that one had an old backpack that would fit me and I put it on before continuing to search for the tools.
There wasn't a lot left since most places had already been looted by scavengers or resistance fighters a long time ago, which was a pain in the ass but I kept looking anyway since there was a good chance someone missed something and that was when I found myself in an old trainyard when I spotted the patrol and quickly ducked into a train car before shutting off the radio and stayed as quiet as I possibly could.
I knew that it would be suicide taking on that patrol with the weapons I currently had and especially since I was alone, so all I could do was hide and pray that they moved on since I was screwed if they decided to stick around for a while.
I held my breath when I heard the patrol start to pass by the train car I was in, feeling terrified at the thought that even my breathing would give me away so I waited and felt my lungs burning for air when the patrol finally moved on, then I started gasping quietly as I took in as much air as possible.
'Holy crap, that was close so I hope I never encounter another patrol like that again,' I thought as I turned on the radio and went over to the door that was open slightly before peering outside, seeing that it was clear so I exited the train car and quickly left the trainyard before the patrol decided to come back.
I kept moving through the ruins, making sure I wasn't spotted by any patrols as I continued searching through more intact buildings until I came across two that were across from each other with the door on the one to the right looking like it had been forced open recently, so I assume that either Jacob and Colin or someone else had broken in there just before I heard what appeared to be barking that was coming from the building on the left.
"A dog?" I muttered in confusion, then I decided to check it out so I raised my rifle and entered the building.
I took a look around on the ground floor, seeing that it used to be a diner of some kind and I couldn't find where the barking was coming from, then I heard the sound again and managed to pinpoint it above me so I had to get upstairs somehow.
Luckily, after searching around some more, I found a set of stairs that led to the second floor so I cautiously went up the steps and found myself in what used to be a hallway that led to an apartment with one of the doors being locked.
I heard the barking sound coming from one of the doors so I took cover next to the door and slowly reached my hand out at the knob, turning it as my heart was racing and I started sweating a little before I quickly opened the door and aimed inside.
What I saw on the other side was a german shepherd puppy that was looking up at me and panted as its tail began to wag, making me lower my rifle before I slung it and kneeled down in front of the puppy, holding my hand out so it could sniff my hand.
"Hey, buddy, what are you doing out here all alone?" I wondered as the puppy licked my fingers and tilted its head, then I petted the little fella as I checked its gender and could see that it was male.
He was cute, that's for sure and I recalled Patrick looking miserable when I checked on him and Jennifer earlier and an idea came to me, seeing that this little guy would be perfect for cheering him up so I smiled as I scratched the puppy behind the ear and he let out a whimper of bliss.
"Well, I know a kid who would love to take care of you so let's get you back to my group since you'll be much safer there," I said as I removed my backpack from my shoulders and placed it down, unzipping it and picking up the puppy before placing him into the backpack.
I zipped the backpack up enough to secure the puppy but left it open slightly so his head can poke out, then I put my backpack on and proceeded to leave the building before I continued to search for the tools that Ryan needs.
I continued walking, using wrecked cars or debris as cover from time to time when I heard an explosion off in the distance that was so loud that even I heard it from where I was so it would hopefully draw the attention of the machines for a while as I kept going, then I eventually came across a garage that had a few spider scouts and a single armored spider patrolling the area so I was forced to take cover behind a wrecked car.
'Of course, the one place that might have what Ryan needs is infested with those things,' I thought with a sour expression as the puppy whimpered slightly, causing me to soothe him by reaching back to scratch him behind the ear and he settled down after that.
I looked at the patrolling machines and studied their pattern to see if I could sneak past them, then I saw a rock and eyed an old bus that was nearby before an idea formed in my head and I picked up the rock, testing its weight and gauging the distance until I leaned out of cover and threw the rock at the bus.
The rock struck the side of the bus with a loud metallic bang and that got the attention of the machines as they started scurrying over to the bus, investigating the noise and I used the distraction to move past them until I quietly opened the door and went inside.
I carefully shut the door so that I wouldn't make any noise and began to search the place, making sure to be quiet so that I wouldn't be detected as I investigated an office that was in front of me and found a book that'll teach me how to pick locks.
'Huh, this will come in handy so I'll read it later,' I thought as I pocketed the small book and left the office since there was nothing else that looked useful.
I saw an open vent during my search and crawled through it, making it on the other side and I spotted a set of stairs that looked like they led down to a basement, so I slowly went down the steps while aiming my rifle when I reached the basement and lowered the rifle once I didn't hear any signs of any of Skynet's creations down here.
I looked around and made sure to search every inch of this place when I spotted a toolbox just sitting on the floor, and I went over to kneel down before I opened the toolbox and inwardly cheered when I saw that it had everything Ryan would need to fix the bus and took out my radio to contact the older man.
"Ryan, I found a toolbox that has everything you need to fix the bus so I'm heading back right now," I said while keeping my voice down.
"Good job, I'll be waiting," Ryan replied before he hung up and I put away the radio until I looked back at the puppy.
"Well, time for you to meet your new owner," I whispered before the puppy licked my cheek in response.
I chuckled quietly since that tickled but I needed to focus on the task at hand, and that was to get back without being spotted so I carried the toolbox and made sure not to move it around too much since the sound of the tools rattling around would surely attract attention from the machines.
I made it back up to the ground floor and saw that the machines were back to their regular patrol pattern so I had to sneak around them and decided to use the wrecked cars for cover, slowly getting past the spider scouts and the armored spider while keeping my head down until I had gotten away from the garage and smirked since those Skynet models weren't all that bright.
I continued to make my way back as I avoided other patrols that were hunting any humans that were still in the area, managing not to be seen in the process when I eventually made it back to Ryan and the others as the older man saw me approaching him and he perked up as I held out the toolbox for him to take.
"Here, you wouldn't believe the number of tin-cans I encountered out there while looking for this," I said before Ryan took the toolbox and sent me a grateful look until he saw the puppy poking his head up from my backpack and looked at me curiously.
"Thank you, this will definitely make the repairs go faster but what's with the dog?" Ryan asked, and I looked back at the puppy before returning my attention to Ryan.
"I found this little guy while I was out scavenging and I remembered that Patrick didn't look all that happy, so I figured a new friend will cheer him up," I explained, then Ryan looked surprised before he smiled.
"He'll be happy to hear that, and Jennifer would be thankful that you went out of your way to cheer her brother up so don't let me keep you," Ryan suggested with a wink before he went back to work on the bus with the tools.
I was confused as to why he winked at me, but I shrugged it off and went inside the building before going down to the basement, heading to where Jennifer and Patrick were until they noticed me and smiled.
"Hey, you're back so where did you go?" Jennifer asked.
"I was out scavenging for Ryan and I brought him the tools he'll need to fix up the bus quicker, but I have a surprise for Patrick," I said and Patrick looked up at me curiously.
"A surprise?" Patrick inquired, then I removed my backpack and placed it on the ground before I unzipped it fully and grabbed the puppy gently so that I could lift him out of the bag.
"Surprise~" I sang as I showed Patrick the puppy, causing the boy to widen his eyes in excitement as the puppy let out a single bark.
"A puppy! He looks so cute, so can I keep him?" Patrick asked as I placed the puppy down in front of him and he laughed as the puppy licked his face.
"Well, taking care of a dog is a big responsibility and you'll have to ask your sister if it's okay," I pointed out before Patrick looked up at Jennifer with a pleading expression.
"Jennifer, can I please keep him?" Patrick begged and Jennifer chuckled before she nodded.
"Sure, but you'll have to take care of him and Adam is right when he says that it's a big responsibility," Jennifer said before Patrick beamed.
"Don't worry, I promise that I'll be responsible," Patrick vowed before he turned his attention to the puppy and Jennifer looked at me.
"Thank you for doing this for him," Jennifer told me gratefully.
"It's no trouble, the poor kid's been through a lot so he deserves any kind of happiness he can get in this cruel world," I said just as I stood up and went to see how the others are doing.
Later on, Ryan had approached me and said that he was contacted by Jacob and that the resistance fighter explained that Colin had spotted someone but the gruff man described that the scavenger was acting strangely so he decided to follow him to the factory, then Jacob had lost contact with him and required assistance so Ryan asked me to go and help out and now I was making my way to the factory until I met up with Jacob.
"Hey, good to see you," Jacob greeted and I nodded.
"You too, still no word from Colin?" I asked before Jacob shook his head.
"Nothing, I have a bad feeling about this," Jacob admitted uneasily and I noticed that he was carrying a shotgun now, but I didn't comment on it as I motioned my head at the entrance to the building.
"Come on, he might be hurt so we should hurry if that's the case," I pointed out until we entered the factory and I could see a dark hallway on the other side of the doors.
I raised my rifle and Jacob did the same with his shotgun, the two of us starting to make our way down the hall as I began feeling tense since anything could be around the corner when Jacob reached for his radio.
"Colin, respond!" Jacob hissed as we went around the corner and aimed down another hallway as Colin finally responded.
"Be quiet, I'm still following that guy and something isn't right with him," Colin whispered before I let out a quiet sigh of relief.
"Listen, Adam has joined up with me so we're on our way towards your location," Jacob informed him as we slowly went up a flight of stairs and continued our way down another hallway that was more lit up from the sun shining through the broken windows until we arrived in a locker room of some kind.
"Hold on...shit, he got away from me so I'll try to see if...what the-" Colin said before he suddenly stopped talking and I heard gunfire erupting close by until a short scream from Colin came through the radio, making me jump and Jacob tensed up.
"Colin, what happened? Colin, do you read me?" Jacob questioned urgently, only there was no answer on the radio and a sinking feeling appeared in the pit of my stomach.
"Jacob, we need to get to him right now," I said tensely, and Jacob nodded as we started moving more urgently down the hallway and went up a set of stairs when we arrived in an engine room.
We kept moving as we navigated the room, checking the corners as I was started to get scared since whatever happened on the radio sounded serious and we needed to get to Colin quickly because there was a good chance that he's hurt until we went down a path and froze at the sight of blood that was on the floor and splattered on an old machine.
"Oh fuck," I whispered as my heart started racing since that did not look good at all and we moved forward more tentatively after that.
We turned around the corner, and I could see Colin's rifle just laying on the middle of the floor while I gulped and my breathing picked up slightly since it looked like the blood trail went around another corner and moved before aiming until I saw something that made me pale significantly.
I saw Colin or what was left of him while he was dead and his body is currently impaled on a piece of rebar that's sticking out of a pillar, the man's eyes glazed over as his face was stuck in an expression of agony and terror before I gagged in revulsion at the horrific sight that would be burned into my mind for the rest of my life as Jacob and I slowly proceeded forward.
Suddenly, I was grabbed by the back of my hoodie and found myself being thrown forward as I flew through the air, losing my rifle in the process while I crashed onto the floor and rolled across it before coming to a stop as I got the breath knocked out of me.
I coughed and hacked harshly while it felt like my ribs were bruised and I heard Jacob letting out a yelp before the sound of him getting hit in the face silenced him, then I gritted my teeth as I rolled onto my back and saw Jacob hitting the ground while I saw our attacker.
The attacker was a large muscular man with tattered clothes that had a hood that was covering his head, but it was the blank look on his face that reminded me of something as Jacob weakly crawled away and wound up next to me as his face was swelling up bad and his nose looked broken when I saw the large man approach us.
"Jacob Rivers, marked for termination and Adam Sullivan, marked for capture," the man said emotionlessly, and fear flooded my system with my eyes bugging out as I finally recognized the supposed man as an infiltrator and struggled to crawl back as my breathing became frightened gasps of terror.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of an engine from outside and it started to get louder as it caught the attention of the infiltrator while the machine in human skin turned to my right to see what the noise was when the wall of the factory was smashed to pieces as a large truck crashed through it.
The infiltrator couldn't react in time and the truck collided into it, pushing the infiltrator back hard enough to move it until it was smashed into a wall with the truck buckling from the impact as I watched, then the driver-side door opened and a hooded person got out.
I couldn't tell who it was as his face was covered by a ski mask, but his build told me that he was male while he approached us and the pain I felt was starting to overwhelm me as the man with the ski mask walked over to me and Jacob before kneeling down in front of us.
"Jacob, Adam, are you both alright?" the man asked, and I recognized his voice as the one that was on the radio.
I couldn't answer as my head ached and my ribs weren't any better, my vision blurring as I groaned in pain when my vision started getting dark and I tried to fight it, but I couldn't anymore so everything went black and I lost consciousness.
A/N Hey guys, Hope you liked the bonding moment with Adam and Patrick since Adam is going to be like an older brother to the kid and he needs it after what he's been through.
Either way, seems like Adam has been targeted for capture by Skynet and it's unknown why that is or who this stranger is that seems to be helping him and Jacob, but only time will tell since things are going to get more intense.
So, let me know what you think and stay tuned.