A/N Hey guys, looks like I've gotten my motivation back so let's hope that I can keep it going but either way, this chapter will show Adam's latest mission in Tech-Com so without further ado, enjoy.
After we had managed to escape from the collapsing tunnel and made it to the outside, everyone was seriously alarmed from Patrick being injured and I was scared more than anything so I took him in my arms and we hurried across the wasteland to the south division shelter since the safe house was no longer a safe place for us.
After being on the move and avoiding the patrolling machines, we finally made it to the shelter and Jacob helped us get in as the guards at the door were taken aback at the sight of me and him coming in with a few others.
We soon found a bed for Patrick to lay on and I was frantic with worry while Jennifer wasn't doing any better but Erin made us leave so that she could have some space to work on Patrick's injuries, then Commander Baron showed up to investigate the commotion and demanded an explanation from us.
We explained everything that happened and Commander Baron listened to us, then she could no longer deny that the infiltrator was a real threat so she decided to take everyone in but on her terms and she had the others pull their own weight and emphasized that they were to do whatever assignment she gave them with no exceptions.
Jennifer was given the assignment of going out on scavenging missions to search for supplies, Ryan was given the assignment of being the shelter's mechanic, Erin was to be the shelter's medic, Laura and Mark were to carry out their own assignments, then Jacob and I were to keep doing missions and Commander Baron told me that she would immediately put me to work once I made a full recovery.
The shelter was put on high alert after that but because of the intel Jacob had gathered in Pasadena, we slowed the advance of the annihilation line and it bought us some time to start preparing for a counterattack, now two weeks had passed by and I was currently wearing the same gray uniform to show that I was a member of the resistance while I had on a gray ball cap with the high-tech goggles as my ID number on my uniform shirt said DN178562.
Because of my excellent work during solo missions I had gone on after making a full recovery, I climbed up to the rank of Sergeant pretty quickly and Jacob also been promoted to the same rank because of his successful work on his recon mission so while Commander Baron didn't show it, I knew she was impressed with my efforts but one thing I learned that surprised the hell out of me is that John Connor himself recommended the promotions so we must be doing pretty good work if it got his attention and he recommended it to Commander Baron.
Either way, Jacob and I were heading back to the shelter after I had gone to get him and we were approaching the entrance, not talking much since we were to report to Commander Baron for a new assignment as I spotted Jennifer waiting next to the stairs.
"Well, look at you two," Jennifer greeted and I sent her a nod.
"Hey Jennifer, we can't talk long since Jacob and I are to report to Commander Baron for our next assignment," I replied stoically and Jennifer chuckled.
"You know, when you two helped us in Pasadena three weeks ago, I was really trying hard not to panic because Jacob was a private and you were just a scavenger so sorry for underestimating you both, guess I should salute or something," Jennifer said and I shook my head.
"You don't need to do that, so how is Patrick?" I asked with a look of concern.
"He's been getting better every day, so Erin says that he should be back on his feet in no time...she's done a great job with him so I wish I could repay her somehow, though it just doesn't seem that she needs anything," Jennifer explained and I was glad that Patrick was going to make a recovery soon.
"So, are you getting ready for another scavenging run?" Jacob inquired.
"No, I just came out here to catch my breath since Baron is giving us the entire evening off, believe it or not," Jennifer replied, catching me by surprise.
"Really? That doesn't sound like her but anyway, like I said before, Jacob and I need to report to her so we'll see you later," I said before Jacob and I went past her, going down the steps and making our way to the entrance until we stopped in front of the door and Jacob knocked on it.
Jacob recited his last name and ID number to the door guard before the door slid open and we went inside, making our way down the hall as we passed other people when I saw Laura and Mark talking to each other and they spotted us approaching.
"Hey, I'm just catching up with Mark so I'll get back to work in a couple of minutes but you guys won't tell, right? Seriously, you two won't tell, right?" Laura asked nervously and I sent her a reassuring look.
"Don't worry, we won't say anything but you better not let Commander Baron catch you taking a break or she's gonna give you hell for it," I warned and Laura nodded in understanding as Jacob turned to look at Mark.
"Hey Mark, how's it going?" Jacob inquired and Mark shrugged.
"I'm going out soon, haven't made my daily quota yet since I still have three more rats to catch so if you or Adam see one, then let me know," Mark said and Jacob nodded.
"Sure, we'll keep an eye out," Jacob replied before he and I kept making our way to the command room, but not before we went to the quartermaster's room and checked on Ryan since he was sometimes seen there.
"Hey Ryan, how's everything?" I inquired and the older man turned to look at me and Jacob.
"Exactly as you would imagine since Baron's been keeping me busy, so they weren't kidding when they said she's a hardass," Ryan grumbled as he looked unamused and I nodded.
"Yeah, I know what you mean since she immediately put me on solo missions the second I made a full recovery, so what did you hear?" I asked.
"A lot of rumors going around about how she's sending insubordinate workers to the front line, and by insubordinate, I mean people who aren't willing to work eighteen hours a day, every day," Ryan explained and I winced at that while Jacob grimaced.
"Yeah, we've been hearing those rumors as well but we need to go since Commander Baron is expecting us and we don't want to keep her waiting," Jacob said and Ryan sent us a look of sympathy before gesturing for us to go.
We continued walking as I held a stony expression on my face that had a few small scars on it now because of the hardships I have been experiencing in this universe, so I was no longer that kid who woke up in Pasadena scared and confused since I was now a hardened survivor who was just trying to stay alive in this hellish world, though I spotted Erin up ahead as we were making our way to the command room and noticed that she looked distracted about something.
"Hey Erin, you okay?" Jacob asked, causing Erin to look at us while she huffed in response.
"Me? Honey, I'm about the most well-adjusted person in this goddamn place so it's the others you two should be concerned about," Erin pointed out and I looked concerned as I thought about Jennifer.
"You mean Jennifer?" I inquired and Erin nodded.
"I'm worried about her so I was the one who asked Baron to give her team a little break since Jennifer's been busy scavenging supplies for the soldiers and she hardly had time to see Patrick but, now that she's finally got a day off, she's avoiding him like the plague," Erin explained and I realized that she must feel guilty for Patrick getting injured so I'll have to talk to her about that once Jacob and I come back from our next assignment.
"What about Ryan?" Jacob questioned.
"He's not so hot either but that's another story," Erin replied and now I started to feel concerned for Ryan since Commander Baron has been having him work to the bone so I would have to convince the commander to have him take a break since this couldn't be healthy for him, especially at his age.
"So, how's Patrick doing?" I asked with a look of concern on my face.
"He's fine, but it wouldn't kill you and Jacob if you two checked on him yourselves," Erin told us and Jacob nodded.
"We'll be sure to do that, now is there anything you need?" Jacob inquired and Erin shook her head.
"No, and I have to say that the resistance is pretty well supplied so don't tell me that you two miss running errands for me because I don't believe that for a second," Erin said with a smirk and I smiled in response.
"And what about something other than medicine?" I questioned and Erin sighed.
"Honey, I'm not shy so I'll let you or Jacob know if I need anything, okay? But thank you for asking," Erin said and I nodded.
"Okay, take care," I replied before I decided to take her advice and went to check up on Patrick, Jacob following me as we went into a room next to Erin that had Patrick laying on a bed while Max was sitting next to the bed and keeping watch as the dog was panting slightly.
"Hey kiddo, how are you doing?" I asked as I entered the room and walked up to the bed, kneeling down and petting Max while the puppy loved the attention.
"Good, Erin's going to let me leave in a couple of days and Jacob brought me my chalk while you were hurt a couple of weeks ago, so I've been drawing a lot because I'd be so bored without it," Patrick told me.
"Good to hear, so how's Jennifer?" I inquired.
"She's out a lot but I understand since she's a scavenger," Patrick replied and I knew that I would have to talk to Jennifer so that I can convince her to check up on Patrick.
"I see, though what do you think about living in the shelter?" I questioned.
"I like that there's a lot of people here and I heard a funny joke yesterday, want to hear it?" Patrick asked and I nodded.
"Sure, tell us," I replied.
"Okay, what's brown and sticky? A stick," Patrick said and I chuckled while Jacob smiled.
"Yeah, that is kinda funny," Jacob admitted and Patrick smiled in response.
"I know, right?" Patrick commented until I sighed.
"Anyway, we have to go so we'll see you later," I said until I stood up, Jacob and I leaving the room while he smiled at me.
"You know, you'd be a good older brother to him," Jacob told me and I nodded in response until I recall the nightmare I had of him and everyone else getting killed by the machines as I started frowning.
"Yeah, I know," I agreed quietly as I looked distracted and Jacob appeared concerned by it.
"Is everything alright? You've been looking lost in thought for these past two weeks," Jacob pointed out and I sighed.
"Sorry, got a lot on my mind lately," I replied and Jacob looked like he wanted to keep pressing but he let it go as we arrived at the command room and I could see Commander Baron waiting for us.
"Commander, you wanted to see us?" Jacob inquired as we saluted and Commander Baron nodded.
"Good, you two are finally here so I have a special task for you both, now what I want you two to do is to head downtown to check on the doctor," Commander Baron told us and I assumed that she meant Alvin.
"You mean Alvin?" I asked.
"Yes, he's out there making sure that our defense systems are working properly so, ever since we went radio silent, I had a small team of trustworthy messengers maintaining communications between our outposts.
But, they haven't returned so I want you two to go downtown and see why that happened, and while it might be nothing, General Connor doesn't want any hiccups while he's up in the North Division preparing the attack on Skynet's central core," Commander Baron explained and Jacob looked thoughtful.
"You think there might be a problem with the radio?" Jacob questioned.
"The annihilation line is within spitting distance of downtown so we suspect that Skynet will be intercepting all transmissions from that location, which is why we're going radio silent for now and that's why I need you both to go there personally," Commander Baron replied.
"You said something about Skynet's central core so what is that?" Jacob asked curiously.
"Skynet's main reactor, the source of all the machines' power so we shut down the central core, we shut down Skynet and General Connor's preparing the attack as we speak so you both understand that we can't have any critical complications at this stage," Commander Baron stated and I nodded.
"Understood, we'll move out immediately," I said before Jacob and I left the command room, making our way to the entrance until we left the shelter and headed out to our main objective.
We made our way through the ruins of the city, using shortcuts to get to our next assignment as the sun had risen and it didn't take long until I started hearing the sounds of fighting as we got closer to downtown until we took an underground tunnel and I could hear agonized groaning and someone calling for a medic up ahead when we entered a temporary outpost that had a few wounded resistance soldiers and we headed over to one of them.
"What's happening, private?" Jacob asked as the injured man wheezed and let out pained groans, the man having been shot by a machine by the looks of it as he was laying on a makeshift cot and he grimaced.
"Couple of aerials flew in and dropped containers full of metals, then they started shooting while our defense systems did nothing," the soldier groaned and I winced at the plasma burn that was on his leg so I can't imagine how painful that must be for him.
"What about Alvin, the doctor? Do you know where he is?" I questioned and the soldier nodded weakly.
"Yeah, the poor bastard's still out there but one more thing...before I got hit and was dragged here, I saw something and I'm not what it was but...I think it was one of our own soldiers that led Skynet's attack," the soldier wheezed out and I was shocked to hear that one of our own might be a collaborator, but then a more horrifying thought came to mind and I paled significantly.
'No...it couldn't have survived that,' I thought as the possibility of the infiltrator surviving the explosions and walking around in a resistance uniform to sabotage our operations scared the shit out of me, then I recalled that the T-850 was built to take a beating and that nothing short of either being crushed by a presser or blasted to pieces by plasma rifles was the only way to stop it.
Jacob seemed to have come to the same conclusion since he looked tense and he sent me a wary expression as we walked away from the injured man and approached a soldier that was guarding a makeshift door, the man's body language telling me that he was nervous as his face was covered with a gray bandanna, goggles, and a helmet when he spotted us.
"Sergeants, we're outnumbered and they keep bringing more wounded so we need to evacuate because we don't stand a chance," the soldier told us uneasily, sounding completely stressed out and I didn't blame him for that, considering the situation.
"Is Alvin still out there?" I asked and the soldier nodded.
"He is, sir," the soldier confirmed.
"Then we can't afford to evacuate yet since we have to bring him back and see what the hell is going on with those defenses, then we brief Commander Baron on what's happening here so you stay here with the wounded while Sgt Sullivan and I go out to bring Alvin back here," Jacob ordered.
"Do you want me to break radio silence?" the soldier inquired and I shook my head.
"Negative, can't afford to have Skynet listen in on our communications so maintain radio silence for now until we bring back Alvin," I said and the soldier nodded.
"Understood, sir," the soldier said as Jacob and I stacked up at the left side of the door and Jacob signaled to the soldier to open the door.
I could hear plasma fire and explosions raging on outside as the soldier went to slide open the door, then Jacob and I quickly went outside before I noticed that we were in a large crater that led up to the downtown district until Jacob and I started making our way up when we hurried over to a couple of soldiers that were taking cover.
"You two, stay right on our six because we have to reach those defense systems!" Jacob ordered over the sounds of the battle and I spotted an aerial passing by our location nearby.
"Yes sir!" one of the soldiers acknowledged before we started making a run for it.
We ran as fast as we could when I spotted an armored spider up ahead, one of the soldiers pointing it out when we took cover and shot its weakness to destroy it, then we continued forward once the threat was taken care of and made our way down into an underground tunnel, where another soldier was using it as cover.
"Good to see you, Sergeants!" the soldier greeted loudly and I sent him a nod.
"What's the status?!" I shouted over the plasma fire.
"We've got a defensive perimeter set up just down the road!" the soldier replied just as loudly when we continued running outside and I saw the defensive perimeter he was talking about, only it was taking one hell of a beating as the soldiers were putting up one hell of a fight.
"It doesn't seem to be working!" Jacob pointed out and the soldier nodded with a scowl as we quickly took cover and I saw armored spiders, T-800s, T-808s with plasma turrets, and drones up ahead.
"Skynet dropped reinforcements behind their backs, now they're between a rock and a hard place!" the soldier confirmed and my eyes hardened at that.
"Then let's provide some assistance, now clear the way so that we can reach our guys!" I ordered while aiming at a T-800 and shot it in the head to destroy it, prompting everyone else to fire their rifles as a few drones were rendered into scrap by Jacob and the T-808s were also taken care of by the soldiers.
"Keep moving!" Jacob shouted and that caused us to dart out of cover and run forward but it wasn't over yet as we came across more machines.
"Watch it, T-47!" a soldier alerted us suddenly and my eyes widened in alarm when I saw the giant mech arriving to block our path and we quickly ducked into cover to avoid getting turned into pink mist by its arm cannons.
"Fuck, anybody got an RPG or explosives?!" I yelled and one of the soldiers tossed me a can grenade.
"Here you go, Sgt!" the soldier exclaimed as I caught the large explosive and sent him a nod of appreciation.
"Thanks, now lay down cover fire so that I can flank it!" I shouted, prompting the others to open fire at the large machine.
Once I saw that the T-47 was focused on the others, I moved from cover to cover while also shooting any T-800s or drones that got in my way when I took cover near the T-47 and took out the can grenade, twisting the handle to activate it and I threw the explosive at the mech's legs until I ducked down and covered my head.
The explosive sent the large mech crashing to the ground as its legs were blown off and we took advantage of it by shooting it in the face, destroying the head and rendering the large machine inoperable as it let out a metallic roar and shut down.
"Finally, thank christ it's dead!" Jacob yelled as we destroyed the remaining stragglers in the area and continued running forward, reaching an overpass and encountering more machines.
"Flamethrowers!" a soldier yelled and my eyes widened at that.
"Shit, aim for the gas tank on their backs!" I ordered as I aimed at a gas canister and shot it.
The gas tank went flying around before it went straight at the machines with the flamethrowers, the explosion taking out a couple and damaging the rest before we shot them to pieces as more armored spiders, drones, and T-800s were arriving.
I took out a pipe bomb and lit it, throwing the explosive at the machines and the explosion took out a few T-800s and T-808s, then Jacob and I shot down several drones as the soldiers were taking care of the armored spiders but one thing I've noticed is that the machines weren't shooting at me during the fight so that meant Skynet has given all of its troops orders to capture me, which made things much easier for me since I can just run away without being shot at but that also meant that they would fight twice as hard to capture me as we finished clearing the area.
"Sergeants, take two of my men and proceed up that hill while the rest of us stay here to keep Skynet away from you," a soldier said and I nodded in response.
With two soldiers assisting us, Jacob and I proceeded to go up a nearby hill but then I spotted a few HK tanks in the distance once we made it to the top of the hill, making me bug my eyes out since that was seriously not good so we needed to pick up the pace before the tanks arrive.
With that in mind, we started running even faster as we soon made it to what used to be a highway and we encountered armored spiders, drones, and T-800s before we were forced to take cover and I shot down a few drones while Jacob took care of the rest.
With the drones destroyed, we focused on the armored spiders and the T-800s as I shot a couple of the metal skeletons in the head to destroy them and was forced to reload as Jacob and the others took care of the rest.
"It's clear!" a soldier yelled once we were finished taking care of the machines.
"Wait here and cover the area, we'll secure the doctor," I ordered before Jacob and I started running to a nearby makeshift shack and we went inside, then we soon found Alvin hiding and he saw us coming before standing up.
"Oh my god, am I actually glad to see you two!" Alvin exclaimed in relief.
"Alvin, what the hell happened here and why are the defense systems not working?" Jacob questioned and Alvin grimaced.
"They are working, but their target filtering has been reset to non-hostile because one of Baron's messengers came with the order to temporarily change it, so I did," Alvin explained and that's when my eyes widened in horror as I came to a realization and so did Jacob if his expression told me anything.
"Oh fuck, we need to leave right now," I stated urgently and Alvin quickly nodded.
"Yes, I'm all for that so let's do that!" Alvin exclaimed frantically just before a loud explosion broke out behind us, making me look back to see that a couple of soldiers were laying on the ground dead when more explosions happened and we stumbled around from the shockwaves.
"Are you okay?! We need to move!" Jacob yelled and Alvin nodded.
"You or Sgt. Sullivan don't need to tell me twice!" Alvin agreed before we all started running back the way we came.
Unfortunately, mortar fire forced us to run across the overpass and we had taken cover to avoid getting shot at by an aerial that was flying over us while Alvin shouted about how he didn't like this, though I ignored it and my eyes widened when I saw that the aerial was turning around.
"Oh shit, move your asses!" I yelled and the others didn't argue as we kept running for our lives, the aerial firing missiles and plasma at the others as we kept running and ducked into a nearby building, trying to stay alive as we struggled to get to safety.
Somehow, we managed to get back to the shelter in one piece as the soldiers at the outpost had also evacuated as well, now we were walking down the hall to Alvin's lab as I was relieved that we had escaped that nightmare but now there was the problem of how Commander Baron is going to react to the news since I know that she certainly isn't going to be happy.
'She's definitely going to be pissed once we tell her that she supposedly gave the order to have the defensive systems reset to non-hostile because I know she won't like the accusation,' I thought as we came to a stop next to Alvin's lab and he looked at me and Jacob.
"You two go talk to Commander Baron because I've had enough excitement for one day," Alvin admitted until he went into his lab and Jacob looked at me.
"Well, are you ready to face the music?" Jacob asked and I grimaced at the thought of Commander Baron being pissed.
"Actually, we should probably check on the others first before we tell the commander since I want to see how they are doing," I said before Jacob sighed.
"You're going to try and put it off for a little bit longer, right?" Jacob asked, prompting me to remove my hat so that I could run my hand through my hair, which had gone greasy over these past few weeks since showers don't exist anymore in this world.
"To be honest, I'm not looking forward to her reaction once we tell her that she supposedly sent out a messenger to order Alvin to reset the defensive systems' targeting filter to non-hostile because she's not going to like the accusation of possibly sabotaging the resistance's operations," I pointed out and Jacob nodded.
"I know what you mean, but putting it off is going to make it worse so come meet me at the command room once you're done," Jacob told me until he walked away and I was left to my thoughts after that while I put my hat back on.
I decided to see if Jennifer was around so I started looking around to see if I could find her as I let out a quiet sigh, walking down the hall and I eventually found Jennifer trying to keep warm at a barrel that had a fire lit.
"Hey, wasn't expecting to find you here since you always seem to be out these days," I greeted and Jennifer looked at me.
"True, I've been making extra runs to stock up on resources lately because the truth is that I was even thinking about leaving, but right now, I'm just waiting for my team to head back to downtown to look for other survivors.
Let's hope there are still some," Jennifer told me and I was surprised that she was thinking about leaving, but I noticed that something was on her mind lately and wanted to know what it is.
"You know, you seem distracted lately so what's on your mind?" I asked curiously and Jennifer smiled.
"I have a secret to tell you so it turns out that you have a fan because Patrick really looks up to you and Jacob so it's good for him to have a role model, and I don't think he could've chosen better," Jennifer explained and I was surprised to hear that.
"Well, um, I wasn't expecting Jacob and I to become a role models for the kid but I'm okay with it so thank you, it means a lot," I said while rubbing the back of my head shyly and Jennifer blinked at that.
"Are you kidding? It's the least I can do after you and Jacob did so much for us because if you two hadn't found us in Pasadena, I don't know what would've happened...scratch that, I do know what would've happened and it would be exactly what the others said would happen.
People were talking about the annihilation line months before it came and my father tried to turn it all into a joke, of course," Jennifer said.
"But what did you think about it?" I inquired and Jennifer sighed.
"I didn't know what to think since travelers would bring all sorts of gossip with them but this kept coming back, and when Patrick asked me if I was scared, I lied and said that I wasn't...you could feel the mood change at the house.
The community my father tried to build started falling apart with fewer and fewer people coming by, and if they did, they weren't always friendly while we started to notice things going missing and it was little things at first.
Pretty soon, people got nervous and with time, it even got to my father," Jennifer explained solemnly.
"So, did it ever get to you?" I asked.
"Of course it did because, for the first time in my life, there were only the three of us at the house and after a while, my father changed the big sign on the side of the house from 'welcome' to 'beware', then he put a lock on the door and started carrying a shotgun.
I didn't even know he owned a gun since he always said that he didn't believe in them, then I wanted to leave our house and run but he didn't want to listen, said it was the only place he could keep us safe...thanks for letting me spill my guts like that," Jennifer told me and I nodded.
"No problem, though I see that Patrick's doing better," I said and Jennifer smiled.
"He is, he's a fighter and certainly has more courage than I do," Jennifer admitted and I chuckled.
"Well, I'm glad he's getting better but now I'm curious, why did you want to leave?" I questioned and Jennifer frowned.
"In the face of what's going on now, it'll sound stupid, but it just got to be a bit much, you know? With Patrick getting hurt and everything, I started to wonder if I'm even doing him any good by sticking around.
I've been trying to protect him all this time but I couldn't and I've proven that much already...first in Pasadena, then at the safe house so I was thinking that maybe he'd be safer here at the shelter but don't worry, I've changed my mind since," Jennifer admitted and my eyes softened at that.
"Jennifer, you're doing the best you can under these circumstances and so does Patrick so nobody expects you to move heaven and earth for him...and I haven't told anyone this, but back when we were escaping Pasadena, I had a nightmare about you and everyone else getting killed by the machines.
So, with Colin getting killed by the infiltrator and Patrick getting hurt as we fled the shelter to escape that thing, I've been wondering if Jacob and I should leave so that you guys wouldn't be in danger because Patrick getting hurt scared the hell out of me.
I'm just terrified at the thought of people dying because of me and Jacob so I don't know what to do and it's frustrating," I confessed and Jennifer looked surprised.
"Adam, I had no idea that this has been weighing on you for so long, but we'll be okay as long as we stick together so you don't have to worry about us since I imagine that Erin will give you a swift boot in the ass for letting this get to you so much," Jennifer said wryly and I chuckled.
"Yeah, I imagine she would...anyway, I'm gonna go so I'll see you later," I stated before I walked away after that.
I went to check on the others and Ryan had told me he found a cassette tape that I would like, something from before judgment day but he confessed that his boombox wasn't working so he asked if I could look for a replacement and I told him that I would keep an eye out for one if I was out on another assignment, then I made my way to the command room as I was tense about what was going to happen next as I saw Jacob waiting for me.
"Hey, you ready?" Jacob asked and I sighed.
"As ready as I'll ever be so let's get this over with," I replied, then I steeled myself as we entered the command room and saw Commander Baron waiting for us as she sported a scowl on her face.
"Rivers, Sullivan, either of you want to explain to me what the hell happened?" Commander Baron demanded as she looked less than happy.
"We lost downtown," Jacob replied.
"I know that much, but how is that possible? What happened to our defense systems?" Commander Baron questioned and I knew that I wasn't going to look forward to this next part.
"Alvin says one of our soldiers came with an order directly from you to reset the target settings for non-lethals," I answered and Commander Baron widened her eyes.
"He said what? Okay, this is what I want you both to do, find whoever is responsible for sending that order, and to make it easier, all the messengers have GPS tracking so we're keeping tabs on their location, now find them and bring them to me," Commander Baron ordered before Jacob and I nodded.
"Understood," Jacob said.
"And Sergeants, despite what I might say about our resident egghead, I truly have a hard time believing that my men are incompetent so expect the unexpected, and you two know what I mean by that," Commander Baron stated and I knew what she meant by that.
"Do you think the infiltrator's back?" I asked as I looked completely serious.
"We won't be sure until you two find those messengers and confirm my suspicions," Commander Baron replied and Jacob looked thoughtful.
"Now that you mention it, one of the soldiers said that it looked as if one of our guys led Skynet's attack," Jacob pointed out and Commander Baron nodded.
"That only supports my case so, as soon as you two know what's going on, radio me," Commander Baron told us and I frowned.
"You want us to break radio silence?" I questioned and Commander Baron sighed.
"At this point, they already have a head start on us so we can't afford to lose any time," Commander Baron stated and Jacob nodded.
"Understood, we'll move out immediately," Jacob said before we saluted Commander Baron and left the command room, making our way to the entrance when I was surprised to see Patrick up ahead as he was moving down the hall.
"Patrick, you're up already?" I asked as we approached him.
"There are people who need help more than I do, though I can't talk right now since I have to bring something important to Erin," Patrick said and I nodded.
"Okay, Jacob and I are about to head out on an assignment so we'll see you once we get back," I replied before Patrick went to go see Erin, then Jacob and I made our way to the entrance until we left the shelter and went out into the ruins while I hoped that I was wrong about the infiltrator still being alive and that it was only the messengers that had become collaborators.
A/N Hey guys, looks like the infiltrator might still be alive so the threat is still out there but it appears the future war is starting to wear Adam down since he's no longer that regular kid who had school and other normal things to worry about so let's hope he doesn't lose his humanity the longer he's trapped in that world.
Well, I hope you're excited because the fight against the infiltrator will happen in the next chapter so it's time for Jacob and Adam to smash that metal motherfucker into junk because it's long due at this point, so let me know what you think and stay tuned.
