Everyone knows that in the year 2029, John Conner led the Resistance to victory, smashing Skynet's defense grid and defeating the machines once and for all. His mother had trained him from birth to be the perfect soldier and leader that the remnants of humanity needed in their darkest hour. But who did John Conner turn to for guidance when his mother was gone, and the Hunter-Seekers and Terminators had humanity on the ropes? One person in particular became a mentor to Conner in his darkest hour - someone whose own fight against the machines has gone on longer than anyone's!