A/N Hello guys, welcome to Terminator: Revolution and I'm really excited for this since this is the first time I'm creating a Terminator/Star Fox crossover story so I'm going to have fun with this, but you'll be surprised to know that the main character is from our world and he wound up in the future war for reasons unknown.
Another thing that you'll be interested in is that I'm creating a new Terminator model that's a combination of the T-1000 and T-1001 with a few enhanced abilities from a T-XA that was shown in the comic book series, only much more advanced so I hope you enjoy it since this will be interesting for sure so without further ado, let's begin.
I stirred as I let out a groan, slowly opening my eyes when I noticed that something was on top of me and that's when I started feeling alarmed as I placed my hands onto whatever was keeping me buried and freaked out while hyperventilating since I couldn't see because of everything being pitch black.
I pushed against whatever it was and felt it shift as I heard the sounds of stone and other debris moving, telling me that I was buried under rubble and kept pushing as hard as I could while letting out a strained groan.
"Shit, come on!" I yelled before I finally moved the rubble out of the way, sitting up to take in huge gulps of air as I coughed and wheezed before I got a good look at where I was and let out a gasp of shock.
It was nighttime but that wasn't what shocked me as I saw nothing but ruins that used to be buildings and cars that were rusted and mostly wrecked, but it was the skeletons that I could see all around me in cars and on the ground that stunned me into silence while nothing but pure horror and disbelief filled me.
"Oh god...what the fuck happened?" I wondered as I went and stood up, seeing some crooked signs that told me I was in Pasadena but this was impossible since it looked fine the last time I saw it.
At that moment, a cold chill ran down my spine as I took in everything all around me, slowly starting to understand that something went horribly wrong and the amount of devastation I was seeing told me that it had to have been big to wipe out an entire American city.
I decided to start walking and figure out how this happened, maybe locate survivors since there was a good chance people were still alive in this wasteland and they could help me as I kept wandering through the ruins.
Pretty soon, I could hear faint sounds of people running and strange metallic noises with sounds that sounded like laser fire as I got closer when I stepped onto a street with a confused look before people in raggy clothing started running past me and a few of them were suddenly killed by lasers.
"Holy shit!" I shouted as one of the people noticed me and frantically gestured for me to run just before a loud bang happened next to me and everything went spinning until I felt nothing but pain as I found myself staring up at the night sky while feeling dazed.
I groaned as I slowly sat up while my ears were ringing, raising a hand to clutch my head while I saw one guy laying on the floor and another one kneeling next to him and saying something that I couldn't quite make out, then I was alarmed to see what appeared to be a metal skeleton walk over to them stiffly before grabbing the guy above the man who was laying on the floor.
I saw the metal man or whatever it was hold the human by the back of his jacket with one hand before it raised some kind of weapon against his chest while the man laying down reached out with an expression of terror, then I was horrified to see the metal man blast the human with its weapon and thought about how this was familiar until I recognized that thing and realized with a growing panic at where I was.
'Oh fuck me, I'm in the Terminator universe?' I thought as panic and terror hit me since I was in the future war that was seen in the movie franchise, the worst place to wake up in because now I was a target of the machines and they would most certainly kill me.
I quickly got up as I saw the machine throw the dead body away and turned its attention to the man who was lying on the ground before I quickly looked around and saw a piece of rebar on the ground, going to pick it up and I knew that it wasn't going to do any damage to that thing but the rebar should stun it for a few seconds to allow the man to run.
I charged at the machine and swung the rebar as hard as I could, striking the thing in the head that jerked to the right as it was stunned by the hit when I hurried over to the man and held out a hand for him to take, then he grabbed it and I helped him up before we started running to a wrecked bus and I gestured at the space underneath it.
"Hey, we'll crawl under the bus and run once we're on the other side since it'll slow the T-800 down!" I suggested loudly over the laser fire, and the man nodded as I heard the T-800 marching after us while we reached the bus.
I let the man crawl under first and followed him as he seemed to grab something that was in the dirt, only I was snatched by the ankle and fear flooded my system as I instinctively went to harshly jab at the machine's metal face with the rebar, seeing its cold glowing red eyes staring back at me as its permanent grin would haunt my nightmares when I was yanked out and it aimed the plasma rifle at me while I raised my arms in a futile attempt to defend myself.
Suddenly, the machine was shot at by laser blasts and was killed, allowing me to crawl back under the bus where the man was waiting on the other side and holding out a hand for me to take, and I grabbed it before he pulled me out and I saw he had a radio in his hand before it came to life.
"Good, you stayed so let me talk to him," a male raspy voice instructed before the man held out the radio to me.
"Here," the man offered before I stared at the radio warily, then I took it and hesitantly pushed the button to talk to whoever was speaking.
"H-Hello?" I asked tentatively.
"Listen to me very carefully, you must stay with him at all times because he's vital to your survival," the stranger told me gruffly before I made a face at that.
"Hold on, who the hell is this?" I demanded just before I heard the sound of a Hunter Killer approaching, much to my growing horror.
"No time, there's an evacuation point on the other side of town so you both need to get there," the stranger said before he stopped talking and the man looked at me as I handed him the radio.
"Come on, we probably have no choice but to do what he says because we'll get killed if we stay here," the man told me, and I couldn't argue with that so we made our way through a ruined building and stayed away from any openings so that we wouldn't be spotted by the machines.
"As soon as you two get down the street, turn right and run as fast as you can," the stranger spoke suddenly, making me jump a little as his voice coming through the radio startled me slightly but we kept going until we went up a ramp of debris that led to the roof and went over to where the edge of the roof was at before dropping down into the street.
"Terminators, run!" someone yelled just as I spotted a patrol of T-800s approaching from the left and my eyes widened.
"Fuck, move it!" the man yelled at me, and he didn't have to tell me twice as we turned to the right and ran as fast as we possibly could when the machines started shooting at us.
Even though I was sprinting as fast as I could, my legs felt like they weighed about a thousand pounds and it was like one of those dreams where someone was running at full speed but the thing chasing them always caught up.
Honestly, I didn't know how close the line of T-800s was as the guy next to me and I ran down the old street, trying to keep behind the old wrecked cars for cover from the red plasma shots that were hitting the dirt around us, but there was no way in hell for me to look back without getting shot or probably tripping over something.
I could see other survivors as well, more frightened people in rags running out of the surrounding buildings just ahead of the machines with most of them getting cut down by plasma shots after taking a few steps while my eyes teared up and I almost broke down at the senseless carnage all around me.
Seeing the future war on film was one thing, but actually being a part of it was a whole other thing entirely so I wondered if those poor people would've just stayed where they were if the two of us hadn't gone running down the street and how many screams were there from a survivor who had taken a couple of shots that were meant for us?
Suddenly, the road had hit a dead end and there was nothing but a brick wall and collapsed rubble ahead of us, so we were forced to head to the left while we kept running and passed a couple of rusted cars on their sides during our escape.
I saw a collapsed building that led to an opening somewhere in the basement and we ran right towards it, ducking inside just as the opening behind us was about to collapse and I grabbed the man before I threw ourselves out of the way until rubble and debris fell and blocked the opening, sending up a cloud of dust when it made me and the man cough as we laid on the ground.
"Are you two okay? Talk to me," the voice on the radio said urgently before I gestured for the man to hand me the radio and I took it.
"We're alive...so you mind telling us who the hell you are?" I questioned raspily as I sat up and saw that my hoodie, Metallica t-shirt, and jeans were already looking worse for wear.
"It doesn't matter because right now, you two need to find a way to get out of there," the stranger told me before he hung up and I scowled as the man next to me also sat up while I passed the radio back to him.
"Thanks," the man told me as we stood up and I felt awkward since I had no idea what to do and it was taking everything I had to not burst out crying from what I've already witnessed.
"Well, now that we're taking a little breather, we should probably introduce ourselves so I'm Adam Sullivan," I greeted as I held out a hand, and the man eyed it for a few seconds until he took it.
"Private Jacob Rivers of the resistance, so it's good to meet you," Jacob said as he shook my hand, and now that we had time to catch our breaths, I finally noticed that he was wearing the standard gray uniform that members of the resistance wore but it did have some tears in it while Jacob was looking a bit rough like everyone else in this hellish wasteland.
"So, can we trust that guy on the radio?" I wondered since I've never seen this in any of the movies, which means that I was in uncharted territory and had no idea when I was or if I'm close to the end of the war when it comes to the timeframe.
"I don't know, but we have no choice but to do what he says since he knows my name and he knew who you were too," Jacob replied and that made my eyes widen since I wasn't expecting that.
"What? That's impossible, I've never met the guy in my life and he knows who you are too, so how the fuck does this guy know who we are?" I asked in disbelief before Jacob shrugged.
"No idea, but we should keep going if we want to stay alive," Jacob pointed out, and I nodded before we continued on.
There was an opening that was boarded up with wooden planks, but a few swings from my rebar took care of that and we entered what looked to be a basement that appeared to have been somebody's home judging by the old bed to our left, only it doesn't appear to have been used for a while so the previous owner must've abandoned it.
Either way, we didn't find any supplies that could help us so Jacob and I went up the stairs that led to what used to be a store of some kind as the windows were boarded and I could still hear the sounds of plasma rifles still shooting at whatever poor souls were still out there while Jacob and I moved past the counter and was about to leave the store when Jacob's radio went off.
"Careful, there's an HK aerial flying by, so don't let it see you two," the stranger warned, prompting me and Jacob to quickly take cover behind the counter and we made sure to stay away from the windows as I heard the sound of the HK flying above us outside.
We waited until it passed by and the sound grew fainter, causing me to let out a quiet sigh of relief as Jacob and I stood up before we cautiously went to the front exit and peered out to make sure the flying terminator was gone, not seeing anything so Jacob and I slowly left the store and began our way to the right.
"Okay, it's gone and I've left something for you both so keep moving," the stranger instructed, only neither of us responded in the event any machines were lurking nearby.
We kept moving while making sure not to make too much noise as we navigated past a bunch of wrecked vehicles and entered what used to be the kitchen of a restaurant, going to the front before the radio went off again.
"Stop, T-800s are patrolling the front of the building so make sure they don't see you two," the stranger informed us quietly as I heard the mechanical footsteps outside and saw dark figures with a glint coming off of their metallic bodies.
"Oh shit!" Jacob hissed quietly as he and I took cover before we were spotted, then we waited for the patrol to move on and I let out a sigh of relief once they were gone.
"Fuck me, that was way too close," I muttered and Jacob nodded as we stood up and started to make our way to the back of the restaurant when the radio went off again.
"Okay, there should be two guns for you both so pick them up," the stranger said as Jacob and I entered the back room, then we spotted two handguns with four mags of ammo and a couple of medkits resting on a barrel.
"Thank god, something we can defend ourselves with besides that rebar," Jacob mumbled as he took what appeared to be an M1911 handgun while I picked up the second handgun, which was a Beretta M9 and used my belt to awkwardly holster the rebar.
I took the two 9mm ammo mags and put them in my pockets while Jacob went and pocketed the 45. ammo mags in his pockets before I grabbed one of the small first aid kits and placed it in my hoodie pocket while Jacob took the other one and went to speak on the radio.
"Okay, we got the weapons, ammo, and medkits so now what?" Jacob asked.
"Next, there's a vent hidden behind a picture and it will lead you both out of there," the stranger told us as I started looking around, then I spotted what the man on the radio was talking about and went over to it.
I stuffed the gun in the back of my jeans and kneeled down, then I moved the picture out of the way and gestured for Jacob to follow as I began crawling through the vent and heard him enter the vent right behind me, the two of us going through the vent until we found ourselves outside.
I saw ruined vehicles and rubble around us as we pulled out our guns and got them ready while we moved forward, passing rusted cars and debris while keeping our guns aimed to the ground as I recalled what my dad taught me at the shooting range once until the radio went off as we approached a wrecked school bus.
"Hold up, there are spider scouts up ahead so keep those guns ready or try to sneak past them if you don't want to engage," the stranger warned us before he hung up, making me and Jacob take cover at a van next to us and slowly inched over to the back until I peered out.
I saw a group of machines that looked like large spiders as they were checking a dead body, confusing the hell out of me since I didn't recognize those models so it made me wonder just how much has changed already from my very presence.
Still, Jacob and I didn't have a lot of ammo so stealth seemed to be the better option while Jacob appeared to have come to the same conclusion so we slowly moved out of cover and stayed as quiet as we could as we proceeded to sneak past the spider scouts, making sure they didn't detect us and sometimes using the cars as cover whenever the spider scouts scanned the area for any surviving humans.
Thankfully, we managed to slip by without being detected and received more instructions from the stranger to head into the nearby garage and that it was important, though I wasn't sure that I could trust him since he could be a terminator mimicking a human voice to lure us into an ambush, but we continued forward regardless and entered the garage.
The place looked mostly intact, which was a rarity since most buildings were completely destroyed as I saw tools laid out on workbenches and an old car that was resting on a lift as if somebody had been planning to work on it a long time ago, but probably never had the chance to because of judgment day.
The car's tires were falling apart and the tools were all rusted, so they wouldn't really be useful if I were a mechanic and I wasn't, but I spotted a crowbar in the corner and perked up and went over to pick it up until I discovered that it was slightly heavy but I walked over to Jacob and held it out to him with one hand.
"Here, this should do if you were to run out of bullets," I offered, then Jacob took the crowbar and stuffed it under his belt as he nodded.
"Thanks, that'll help," Jacob told me until I suddenly heard voices coming from nearby and held up a hand to signal him to be quiet.
"Patrick, come over here," a female voice whispered.
Jacob looked fully alert as he signaled for me to get my gun ready, and I raised it as we slowly headed to the door that led to the next room before stopping at both sides of the door, then I carefully turned the knob and cautiously opened the door just enough so that whoever or whatever was on the other side wouldn't see us.
I was relieved that it wasn't a terminator, just two regular people consisting of a woman and a kid as they were dressed in tattered clothes like every other person in this world as the woman was kneeling in front of the kid and appearing to argue with him.
"We can't do this right now, kiddo," the woman tried to reason but the kid backed away from her.
"I don't want to go with you!" the kid refused loudly, making me cringe since he was being too loud and that might draw the wrong kind of attention.
"I know you don't, but we can't stay here," the woman pointed out before the door creaked slightly and it caused the woman to quickly stand up before she moved the kid behind her in a protective manner.
"Who's there?" the woman demanded while she started to look scared and so did the kid as he began to hug her around the waist with a look of fear in his eyes, then Jacob and I put away our guns and entered the room with our hands up to placate them.
"It's okay, we're human," I reassured gently, but the woman still gazed at me warily until she looked at Jacob and started appearing relieved.
"Thank god, one of you is from the resistance!" the woman exclaimed, probably louder than she meant to as she looked back at the kid and assured him, "See, Patrick? They're going to help us."
"No, they're going to get us!" Patrick yelled as he backed away and the woman looked at us pleadingly.
"Please, you need to help me because my little brother just won't listen," the woman begged while Patrick shook his head frantically.
"No, I'm not going so leave me alone!" Patrick shouted as he looked terrified, and I felt awful for him since no kid should ever have to grow up in such a hellish environment so I slowly approached him and knelt down in front of the kid.
"It's okay, you have every right to be scared, but you need to be strong for your sister right now because it's not safe here so we'll keep you and your sister safe," I said gently as I showed Patrick a warm smile and he relaxed slightly.
"You promise?" Patrick asked timidly as I heard the sounds of plasma fire getting closer, and I knew that we didn't have much time before the machines caught up to us so I nodded.
"Don't worry, we won't let them hurt you and your sister so I promise that we'll keep you both safe," I replied and Patrick started looking a little hopeful, though he was still a little bit uncertain.
"O-Okay," Patrick said nervously but he was being a little bit quieter as I stood up and looked at the woman, who sent me a thankful look.
"Thank you, I'm Jennifer by the way," Jennifer introduced and I smiled.
"Good to meet you, I'm Adam Sullivan and that's Private Jacob Rivers from the resistance," I said as Jacob nodded at Jennifer before he cleared his throat.
"Listen, we heard that there's an evacuation point near here so we need to get to it fast before the annihilation line shows up," Jacob told Jennifer, who turned her attention to him.
"I know, my people are organizing it so we're heading there right now," Jennifer replied, which was good news to me since we can escape from the machines before they show up.
"Good to hear, now let's get out of here before the machines arrive," I suggested, and with that said, Jennifer and Patrick started packing up as the older sibling looked at Jacob.
"Where's the rest of the resistance?" Jennifer asked and Jacob shrugged.
"I don't know since I came here looking for them myself, and that's when I met Adam here as we were ambushed by a T-800 patrol and he saved me from one of them," Jacob explained and that didn't sound good since if he was a member of the resistance who was looking for the others, then his unit or the base he was stationed at must've been ambushed.
"So, it's just you then..." Jennifer trailed off, sounding disappointed before I scratched the back of my head.
"Don't worry, they probably must've fallen back further into the city so that they could set up a secure defensive location, so they wouldn't abandon everyone here unless they had no choice," I reassured, causing Jennifer to send me a nod before she and Patrick zipped up their backpacks and put them on.
Jacob and I pulled out our guns and got ready to leave when I heard the sound of an aerial about to pass the garage when we quickly ducked down as its searchlight shined in through the windows, then it was gone and we stood up before making our way to the exit.
From what I saw as we left the garage, most of whatever ground Jacob and I had gained on the annihilation line had been lost as visible plasma fire was seen while we continued east to where the evacuation point was with Jennifer and Patrick leading the way.
I didn't know how I wasn't breaking down right now since all of this was crazy, though I was probably in shock or something and pure adrenaline was the only thing keeping me going since a normal person would break down sobbing from all of this but either way, we kept moving through the ruins until we came across a couple of old rusty cars and I heard the chilling sound of three T-800s about to approach our location up ahead.
"Terminators!" Jennifer hissed before I frantically gestured for her and Patrick to take cover.
"Oh crap, hide!" I whispered urgently before we all ducked over to the two cars and took cover.
Jennifer and Patrick took cover at the car on the left while Jacob and I took the one on the right, then we waited tensely and tried not to make any noise as I peered up to see the metal nightmares about to pass our hiding places, making me duck down so that one of them wouldn't spot me as two of them walked past the cars without noticing us but the third one stopped and just stood there for a second.
'Oh god, please don't find us,' I thought as I started holding my gun up in front of me, feeling utterly terrified at the knowledge that death was literally around the corner and nearly swore when the endoskeleton turned its head to look at Jennifer and Patrick's hiding place.
I subtly gestured for them to move, and they complied as the T-800 started walking to the car and began looking inside of it while Jennifer and Patrick crept around to the back of the car, just as the T-800 finished searching the inside of the car and went over to look at Jennifer and Patrick's former hiding spot until it moved on and I let out a quiet sigh since that could've ended badly as we all stood up.
"They're gone," Jacob said and I nodded.
"Thank god for that, now let's get out of here before they come back," I suggested, and nobody argued with that as we continued to make our way to the evacuation point.
"Erin said these attacks happen more often as the line gets closer," Jennifer commented as we kept moving through the ruins and keeping our eyes and ears open.
"This Erin, has she seen the annihilation line?" Jacob asked.
"Seen it? She's been on the other side of it and she tried to warn us, but we didn't listen," Jennifer explained and my eyes widened in shock.
"She was on the other side of it? Holy crap, I can't imagine what that's like and she must be pretty tough to survive something like that," I said while sounding impressed before Jennifer smirked at me.
"Yeah, she's pretty resourceful and you don't want to get on her bad side," Jennifer told me before I nodded.
"Noted, now how far are we from the evacuation point?" I questioned as we arrived in an open area.
"We're here," Jennifer replied and I was relieved to hear that as we continued moving until we came across a gruff-looking man with a shaved head while he was carrying an M16A1 rifle.
"How gracious of you to finally join us and where's your father?" the man asked rudely with a southern accent, and I knew already that I wasn't going to like him since he acted like an asshole.
"He's not coming," Jennifer said grimly and the man scowled.
"Goddamn it...tell Ryan that we need to leave, now!" the man snapped as I noticed the remains of spider scouts nearby so I assume that he must've taken care of them as Jennifer and Patrick started to head to a location under a bridge that was still intact.
The man saw me and Jacob before his eyes narrowed in suspicion, but he didn't say anything as Jacob and I followed Jennifer and Patrick when we arrived at where they went to, then I could see three more survivors that consisted of a middle-aged dark-skinned man with a rifle, an elderly woman, and a wounded guy who looked worse for wear as the dark-skinned man greeted Jennifer with a look of relief and they chatted for a little bit until he saw us.
"Oh, one of you is from the resistance? Jennifer explained everything, so thank you both for making sure that she and Patrick got here safe," the man told us gratefully.
"It's no trouble, we were glad to help so are you the guy we talked to on our radio?" Jacob asked when the man shook his head.
"No, I don't think so because I haven't been able to reach anybody for a while now but listen, I know that Colin wants us to go, but I don't know about leaving anyone behind since Jennifer just got here and you said yourself that you and that scavenger that's with you had heard someone on your radio, so there could be other people out there.
Look, if it's not too much trouble, could you go and look for them? You're part of the resistance so it's your call, but I would be thankful if you did," the man said and Jacob frowned thoughtfully before I cleared my throat to get his attention.
"Hey, it wouldn't hurt to go search for more survivors since there's strength in numbers, after all," I suggested until Jacob sighed.
"Okay, I'll search for other survivors," Jacob said and the man looked thankful.
"Good, I'll get the bus ready but before you go, talk to Erin since she might be able to get you a medkit and take this since you'll probably need it," the man said as he handed Jacob an uzi, the resistance fighter taking it.
"Thanks," Jacob said as he stuffed the M1911 in his belt and held the uzi while he checked it.
"No problem, I'm Ryan and it's good to meet you two so stay safe," Ryan said before Jacob started walking to the elderly woman who was tending to the injured man, but I cleared my throat to get his attention.
"Hey, you said that you were going to check for survivors, not us so I'm not coming with you?" I asked in confusion and Jacob nodded.
"Yeah, it would be a lot better if I went alone since there's a lesser chance of being spotted that way and you'll be able to help defend this place if it were to get attacked by the machines," Jacob pointed out, and I couldn't argue with that logic.
With that said, I let Jacob go talk to who I assume was Erin before he and the elderly woman chatted for a little bit and I decided to take a look at what'll help us escape, and I grimaced since the bus did not look to be in good condition as only wooden planks were covering the windows and a chain-link fence was wrapped around some sections as if it was crude armor and a half-rusted plow was welded to the front.
I felt really bad for these people because it was a miracle that they survived for so long on their own, which was impressive considering the kind of environment they were living in for who knows how many years after judgment day happened.
Still, I decided to check on Jennifer and Patrick to see how they were doing so I finished examining the bus and walked over to where Jennifer and Patrick were at, seeing the older sibling comfort her brother until she noticed me approaching and stood up.
"Hey, how's he doing?" I asked and Jennifer sighed.
"He's doing okay, still a bit shook up but he's fine so I wanted to thank you for calming him down earlier," Jennifer told me until I nodded.
"No problem, he was scared and I don't blame him for it since no kid should ever have to grow up in this kind of environment," I stated before Jennifer smirked.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Jennifer asked, taking me by surprise before I smiled.
"What makes you say that?" I questioned.
"I don't know, just the way you talk and you don't look as weary as the others," Jennifer replied, making me chuckle.
"Do I really look that obvious? Yeah, I'm not from around here since I just arrived in the city a few hours ago," I replied, coming up with a cover story since the truth would've been too unbelievable and she would think I was crazy.
"So, where did you live?" Jennifer inquired curiously before I shrugged.
"I actually don't live anywhere, just been moving from one place to another since I learned that the best way to stay alive is to keep on the move, and I usually stayed away from the cities since I've heard from other scavengers that they were death traps," I lied, trying to make it sound as believable as possible.
"So, what made you decide to come here if you heard that the cities were too dangerous?" Jennifer asked.
"Didn't have a lot of options, supplies are scarce out there and I couldn't find anything in an abandoned town I had searched a couple of days ago, so I had no choice but to come here in the hopes that I would find something useful, though that clearly wasn't a good idea since I got caught up in the ambush and lost my weapons and gear before I met up with Private Rivers," I replied just as the person in question approached us.
"Hey, I'm going to be heading out so I'll be back, hopefully with more survivors," Jacob told me and I nodded.
"Sure, stay safe out there," I replied before Jacob left and I continued chatting with Jennifer.
Later on, I was done talking to Jennifer and went to talk to Ryan to see if I could help out, then he had me make myself useful by taking stock of whatever supplies his group had and I checked to see what was useful.
I saw that they barely had ammo, food, and water, so I knew that we needed to find more supplies or we weren't going to make it out here without food or water, then there was the problem of how low we were on ammo so it wouldn't be good if we were to get ambushed by the machines.
I had pointed this out to Ryan and he was understandably concerned, but he admitted that there wasn't a lot we could do about it at the moment so he had me check on Erin and the wounded guy, who was named Mark and I offered to help her with him.
She refused and said that she was fine so I left her alone, though I noticed that Jacob had been gone for a while and it slightly concerned me since there was a good chance he might be in trouble and I hated this, not knowing if Jacob was okay or not but all I could do was wait and see.
I made sure to stay away from Colin since the guy looked like trouble and the way he glared at me sometimes showed that he certainly wasn't happy about me or Jacob being here, though I think I heard him mumble something about me and Jacob being more mouths to feed.
Pretty soon, I heard the sounds of machines showing up just before the metal bastards ambushed us with gunfire breaking out, then I had Jennifer and Patrick help Erin carry Mark onto the bus and have Jennifer get the engine started before I pulled out my gun and hurried to join Ryan and Colin in defending the bus.
I saw different Skynet models that's I've never seen before as some of them hovered and others looked like tanks with spider legs, so I decided to call them scout drones and armored spiders since they fit as I was shooting at one scout drone and targeted the red glowing eye since that looked to be a weak point.
Turns out I was right since a few shots at that area sent it down sparking until it blew up, and just when I thought that Jacob might be dead, he soon shows up with another survivor and fires the uzi at an armored spider before it was destroyed after getting shot multiple times in the red glowing eye.
"Hey, thank god you showed up with the extra firepower because we were about ready to start chucking rocks at them!" I shouted over the gunfire as Jacob made his way to me.
"No problem, but we need to get the hell out of here because more are coming!" Jacob responded just as loudly and that caused Ryan to look back at the bus.
"Jennifer, what's the hold-up?!" Ryan shouted as I saw more scout drones approaching and swore under my breath.
"More tin-cans incoming!" Colin pointed out before the machines fired at us and we all ducked into cover.
"Jennifer, hurry the hell up!" I yelled frantically just before I heard the sweet sound of the bus' engine starting and the old vehicle pulled out from under the bridge and came to a stop behind us.
"Get in!" Jennifer shouted, and she didn't have to tell me twice as I bolted out of cover and ran around to the right of the bus before quickly heading inside with Ryan, Colin, and Jacob right behind me.
"Hold on, we're getting out of here!" Jennifer added before she hit the gas and I was nearly knocked to the floor as the bus swerved to the right and I managed to sit down on one of the seats as we soon got away from the bullets and plasma being shot at us until I let out a sigh.
"You okay?" Jacob asked me and I nodded.
"Yeah, I really hate those things," I commented tiredly and Jacob chuckled.
"Tell me about it," Jacob agreed just before the adrenaline started wearing off and nothing but pure exhaustion hit me.
"I don't know about you, but I'm getting some sleep after what we've been through so wake me up when it's morning," I admitted tiredly before Jacob nodded.
"Okay, you get some rest because you need it," Jacob said before he walked away to take a seat nearby.
I was exhausted and in shock from what happened, the knowledge that I was in a fictional universe hitting me hard and the trauma I just experienced made me tear up before I started crying, but I made sure to keep it quiet since I didn't want anyone asking what was wrong, then the exhaustion started hitting me hard and I found myself passing out from the shock before I even realized it.
A/N Hey guys, I know you're wondering why Adam seemed to take things pretty well, it's because nothing but adrenaline was keeping him going and he was mostly in shock from what was happening until he and the others managed to escape when it all hit him at once and he emotionally broke down.
I think it would happen to anyone and before you ask, yes, I'm using the 2019 video game prequel to start things off since I have something planned for Adam and the author's note at the top should explain that.
Well, let me know what you think and stay tuned.
