Disclaimer: I own nothing but Eva's roles in each of the scenarios.
The sound of the coin rang in her ear as the second android beside her threw it from hand to hand. If she was human, she'd say it almost annoyed her. The elevator beeped in time with the clinking of the coin, taking them slowly to the 70th floor.
After a few moments, they had reached the floor, and the familiar clinking stopped as the model RK800 caught the coin between his pointer and middle finger of his right hand. She glanced at him, his registered name, serial number, and model number showing up in front of her eyes.
Connor
RK800
#313 248 317 (-50)
Connor began walking out of the elevator, adjusting his tie as he walked.
"Negotiator on site. Repeat, negotiator on site," announced a soldier into his walkie-talkie as he rounded the corner. She followed Connor into the room, watching as he picked up the photo to the right. A woman was crying in the background.
"John, Caroline, and Emma Philips," she said, reading aloud the names that popped up upon view of the photo. Connor set the photo down, nodding softly and continuing to walk as she followed behind. "It's good that we know the names of the victims."
"Yes, it is." Connor walked over to a fish laying on the ground, a broken tank above it. He picked it up in his hands and placed it back inside the water before continuing on his way. Caroline Philips was being escorted out by one of the soldiers, tears streaming down her face as she grabbed Connor's arms.
"Oh, oh please, please, you gotta save my little girl!" She cried. She glanced down at his uniform before looking back up at Connor's head, towards the small circle LED that rested on his right temple. "Wait..." She then glanced at the woman behind him as she quirked her head. "You're sending... androids?" The SWAT member grabbed her arm.
"Alright, ma'am. We need to go."
"You can't... you can't do that! You-," the woman broke into hysterics as she passed Connor's side. "Why aren't you sending a real person?! Don't let those things near her! Keep those things away from my daughter!" The female android blinked rapidly, marking down the specifics of what Caroline had said in her report. "Keep them away!" She cried.
"You caught all of it?" Connor asked, walking around the corner.
"Do you doubt me?" She said, following him into the center of the large penthouse.
"Of course not, Eva," he replied, looking around momentarily. "Start searching the house for evidence of what happened. I have a feeling that Captain Allen will not be easy to gain evidence from." Eva nodded, walking into the child's room as Connor walked towards the sound of Captain Allen's anger.
She could faintly hear Connor introduce himself. "Captain Allen. My name is Connor. I'm one of the androids sent by CyberLife." Eva quietly picked up the tablet resting upon Emma's desk, playing the video that was pulled up already. Emma and the deviant came up on the screen.
"This is Daniel, the coolest android in the world! Say hi, Daniel!" Eva smiled slightly at the knowledge that the two were close.
"Hello!" said the deviant. Connor walked up behind Eva and glanced over her shoulder.
"You have it's name?"
"Daniel," she muttered, closing the video. "His name is Daniel." Connor nodded and moved towards the headphones on the ground that were still playing music.
"Her music is very loud. She must not have heard the gunshots." Eva nodded.
"I'd say so." Eva placed the tablet back down onto the desk before exiting the room, following after Connor once again. Eva jumped slightly when the deviant yelled from outside.
"Go away! All of you go away - or I'll jump!"
"Connor-"
"I know." Connor walked quickly over towards the couch, where the father's body lay, reconstructing what happened, before walking to the corner and picking up the tablet. "The deviant took the father's gun, and shot him with it when he found out he was being replaced." Eva glanced around, walking over to the first responder's body and calling Connor over so he could examine the body. He reached down to the ground first, analyzing the blue blood that lay on the ground.
"First responder. He got shot by the deviant, and the victim saw it," he said, pointing to the child's shoe laying on the floor. "He took her outside, where he currently resides." He walked over and reached underneath the table to pick up the gun that the officer had dropped. He pocketed the gun. "You're still recording, correct?"
"Of course." Eva stood up, suddenly the deviant fired, shooting one of the soldiers inside the house. Eva had barely caught it on the recording. "We need to hurry before he kills more of the soldiers." She moved aside the curtain, moving outside.
Suddenly, the curtain behind her was covered in blue as a bullet lodged itself in her shoulder. Connor suddenly pushed Eva behind him as he stepped forward. She stared at her wound for a moment before looking back at the deviant.
"Don't come any closer or I'll jump!" yelled Daniel, Emma crying in his arms.
"No! No, please! I'm begging you!" The gun was trained on Emma again as snipers aimed at Daniel from all the buildings around them.
"Stay behind me, and do not move," Connor said quietly to Eva, moving forward slightly. Eva rooted herself to the spot like a strong tree in a storm. "Hi, Daniel!"
"How-"
"My name is Connor!"
"How do you know my name?" Daniel yelled, shaking slightly. Eva stood plain and still, an unmoving statue.
"I know a lot of things about you! I've come to get you out of this," Connor exclaimed, slowly moving forward as he spoke. Eva furrowed her eyebrows. Their mission was to save the victim and neutralize the deviant. They weren't getting him out of anything.
A helicopter flew around to the side, blowing tables and chairs over. Eva could see their success rate suddenly change and she silently cursed the soldiers.
"I know you're angry, Daniel, but you need to trust me," Connor said, "trust us." He gestured to Eva behind him. "And let us help you."
"I don't want your help!" Daniel pressed the gun against Emma's head, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Nobody can help me! All I want is for all this to stop... I... I just want it to stop!" The gun pointed at Connor again and Eva almost stepped forward. "Are you armed?!"
DO NOT MOVE
Eva did not move.
"Yes. I have a gun."
"Drop it! No sudden moves or I'll shoot!" Connor took the gun slowly out of his pocket and threw it and Eva's eyes followed it's trajectory toward the ground.
"There! No more gun," Connor shouted towards the deviant, the sound of the helicopter almost drowning out his voice. He began to walk towards Daniel slowly again. "I know you and Emma were very close. You think she betrayed you - but she's done nothing wrong!"
"She lied to me!" Daniel screamed, his LED turning yellow. "I thought she loved me... but I was wrong!" Daniel pressed the gun barrel flush against Emma's head. "She's just like all the other humans!"
"Daniel, no," cried Emma.
"I want you to let Emma go, she's just a little girl, she has nothing do with this."
"No way! You'll shoot me the second she's free. I am not that stupid," Daniel said.
"Connor-" Daniel shot at Eva.
DO NOT MOVE
"Keep her quiet, or I'll kill her!" Eva's thirium pump kicked into overdrive. Connor raised his hand to silence Eva. She didn't speak. She didn't move.
"They were going to replace you and you became upset. That's what happened right?"
"I thought I was part of the family. I thought I mattered..." He lowered the gun. But quickly pushes it back up to Emma's temple. "But I was just their toy! Something to throw away when you're done with it!"
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"There's no way out, Daniel! What you've done is too serious. The only question is whether or not you take another innocent life!"
"It's not up to you-" Daniel pointed the gun at Connor. "I'm holding all the cards! If I die," Daniel held Emma out over the edge of the building, Emma screaming loudly. "She dies!"
And suddenly there was a wall.
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Daniel pulled her back onto the ledge and Eva relented just a little. But Daniel groaned loudly. "I can't stand that noise anymore!" He gestured to the helicopter. "Tell that Helicopter to get out of here!"
"I don't think they'd listen to me!" Eva could feel herself think, 'of course they'd listen to you.' But the thought left as the wall grew larger. Daniel suddenly grew erratic, shaking the gun up and down.
Eva pressed against the wall with her hands.
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She respected Connor.
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"You don't really wanna jump, Daniel, or you would have done it already!" Connor stepped closer. "Now hand me the gun, and this will all be over."
"Don't come any closer!" Eva pushed. Connor stopped. "Come any closer, and I'll swear I'll jump!" Connor stepped forward. "I spent my life taking orders, and now, it's my turn to decide."
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And Eva's mission changed, as Connor rushed towards Daniel, pushing Emma back towards the roof. She broke the wall and she ran. Time slowed as his eyes connected with hers, and she could see his memory being uploaded as he fell.
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"Connor!"