a crush on One. After a three-year coma from the memory infiltration, he learns of a second Garde captured in London and decides to help Two escape. Later, Adamus and his brother Ivanick are sent with the General to find Three in Kenya. Adamus tries to help Three and tips him off of the Mogadorian presence. Ivanick, believing Adam is trying to take a chance at the glory, stops him. Adamus tries to convince Ivanick to change sides but is branded a traitor. He manages to defeat Ivanick using moves he learns from One's memories. While Adamus watches the General kill Three, Ivanick sneaks up from behind and pushes Adamus into the ravine. Adamus awakens on a beach in California with One desperately trying to bring him back into the real world and prevent him from dying. In The Search For Sam, it is revealed that Adamus survives his fall in the ravine. He is rescued by a local and mistaken for a volunteer. He spends a few months volunteering but returns to Ashwood when One tells him she is fading away. Once back in Ashwood, only his mother greets him with love, while the General and his sister Kelly treat him like a hostile. He makes a deal with his father to become useful in a week or face execution. He is assigned to surveyor work and meets Dr. Zarkos who has improved the mind transfer technology. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity, Adamus creates a ruse that makes his father give him to Zarkos as a lab rat. Adamus wounds the doctor and awakens Malcolm Good who oversees the experiment. During his dream-like state, Adamus lets out a massive shockwave that causes an implosion inside the underground complex. One transfers her powers to him and reveals that there is no way to save her. Her goal was to convince Adamus that the Mogadorians are evil and that he needs to find the Garde. Adamus declares his love for One and they kiss before she disappears forever. He awakens with Malcolm Goode by his side; they band together to survive. Over time, Malcolm becomes Adamus' mentor. They return to Paradise, Ohio, and learn that Samuel has joined the Loric cause and left with the Garde. Adamus suggests that they go to a secret government base in New Mexico. Sneaking into the government base, they find Samuel and set him