(Conner)

Chapter 1: First Day

Moving is never an easy task, especially if you're moving to a new city. That can be a pretty scary thought for someone just starting out in life. But to make it in life in this city, fear is something you should never show. But nervousness was written all over a young girls face as her short heeled boots tapped against the hard concrete. With each stride butterflies filled her stomach.

As she walked her raven hair fluttered in the air. She wore a navy blue womens suit, her left hand tightly clutching a briefcase with her right holding folders. She turned into a large building, stopping at a counter.

"May I help you?" Asked a female android secretary.

"Diana Morrison. I'm here to see Captain Jeffrey Fowler." She replied showing a paper.

The android sat straight up motionless. It blinked a couple times before telling her she could head down to the captain's office. Watching the androids process data was one of the most interesting things. Well...because they just stand there. She opened the door to see the captain sitting at his desk on his computer, a scowl on his face. His expression softened as he noticed her.

"Can I help you?" He asked.

"I'm Diana Morrison. I just transferred here to this precinct." She responded.

"You're the new rookie officer. Have to say it's nice to have another human sister around here." He said reaching into his desk.

"I'm sorry? Another human sister?" She said.

"You know...black person...human non android...nevermind." He said. He handed her a paper and walked over to the door. "You see that desk? That's Lt. Andersons desk. You'll be working with him and his partner. You can just wait there."

She walked over to the desk placing her folder down. A box of donuts sat there along with a whiskey bottle. She turned around to see a young man standing there. "Oh my god!" She yelled jumping back.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. My name is Connor, I'm Lt. Anderson's partner." He replied.

"Oh. You're an...android." She said standing up straight.

"Yes. I am an android sent by Cyberlife to help with the investigation on the deviants. May I ask who you are?" He asked.

"I'm Diana Morrison. An officer in training. I hope to learn a lot working with you." She said holding out her hand. As he shook it Hank walked in.

"Connor. I see you made a new friend. I'm Hank Anderson. Just call me Hank, skip all that formal bulls**t." He said grabbing his whiskey bottle.

"This is Diana Morrison. She will be joining us in our investigation today." Connor replied.

"Oh really. Great just what I needed. Well I'm gonna go talk to Fowler. Connor you and Diana can go wait in the car." He said walking into Fowler's office. As they headed towards the door they were stopped by a certain….someone..

"Would you look at that. Mr. Plastic detective here found himself a girlfriend!" replied Gavin as he walked into the building. "Where'd he pick you up at? Say why don't you leave this hunk of metal and come with a real man?" He asked bumping Connor as he walked around Diane.

"We are in the middle of an investigation-" Connor was cut off before he could finish.

"Shut the f**k up you piece of trash!" He yelled.

"Hey! We are in the middle of an investigation. Please leave." Diana intervened.

Gavin stared at her for a second. Then a smug grin appeared on his face. "Oh...alright then my apologies. I'll catch you later doll face." He said walking down the hall. Hank came over to them.

He looked back down the hall then at them.

"Did he say anything to you two?" He asked.

"I took care of it." Diana replied opening the car door. They headed off to their destination. A man had been murdered in his motel room. The three wasted no time checking the room out.

The first few pieces of evidence they gathered are a picture, a note, and a bullet casing. "Alright Connor what's your analysis?" Hank asked.

"This man was murdered in his bed by his android. I believe it's still somewhere in this room." He said searching.

Diana searched outside the motel room. A noise caught her attention. "Hey Connor. You said an android did this. But I'm not finding anything." Hank said.

"Strange. The only thing I found was this package of Thirium." He said examining the package. It was cut opening making a trail that led to the closet. He looked up at the closet wall. There was a secret compartment that led to the next room. "The android escaped to the room next door."

"Freeze!" Diana yelled pulling out a gun. "Hands where I can see them!"

An android came out holding an elderly man with a gun to his head. "You drop your gun first!" He shouted back.

Hank came outside into the scene. Connor peeked out from the doorway Hank drew his gun towards the android. "Drop your weapon!" Hank yelled.

"No! If you shoot me I'll shoot him!" He yelled cocking the gun.

Diana glanced around. Then back at the gunman. "Alright okay. Let's make a deal." She said placing her gun onto the ground and raising her hands. "Let him go, you can take me."

"Diana are you crazy?!" Hank said.

"He'll kill the hostage Hank. Connor head through the secret compartment and get the gun away from him when we make the switch." She said walking slowly towards the gunman.

Connor had to hurry. He headed back into the room and climbed through the secret door. He opened the closet slowly, the gunman was visible through the window. Diana was only a few feet from the gunman. If he wasn't careful she could be shot dead.

Before he could do anything the elderly man began to struggle against the gunman. Diana ran and began to wrestle the gun away from him. This scene was narrowed down to 2 choices. The first choice is to take the gun from the gunman but there's a high risk of someone being shot. The other is to assure the safety of the hostage.

He chose the second option and pulled the hostage away from the fight. The android knocked Diana to the ground, pointing the gun right at her. "Stay back! I'll shoot her!" The android shouted angrily.

"You don't want to do that. Now let's just calm down." Hank replied trying to calm the situation.

"Stay back or she dies." He said.

"You don't have to do this. You can still turn back from this." Connor said. "Let's start over my name is Connor. Can you tell me yours?"

"No! I just want to get out of here." He said.

"And I promise we can work on that. You just have to trust me. Please." He said gesturing for him to lower his gun. "Tell me anything so I can help."

"...My name is Joseph. I was a caregiver to a loving woman." He said lowering it slightly.

"I found that letter. It was on top of the dresser. You wrote a love letter to the woman you were taking care of. I thought it was beautiful." Diana said.

"...Really?" He asked. She nodded her head in response. "I wanted to give it to her. She works as a housekeeper here. I took care of the house and on occasion would come and help her here. But….that low life drunk of a husband followed me here."

"He made fun of you didn't he? He said a human could never love an android. How can someone love a machine?" She said.

"He wasn't supposed to be here. He's always putting me down. But today I just couldn't ignore it. I was so tired of being pushed around by him." He said looking down.

Diana slowly got up from the ground. Joseph held the gun back up to her. But he seemed to still be calm. "Joseph I understand why you did what you did. He had no right to tell you that your love for a human was wrong. But if you keep this up, you'll hurt that very woman you're trying to protect."

"I know…..but I've already killed her husband. There's no going back for me." He said cocking the gun. It happened in an instant. A gunshot was heard throughout the building. Diana was in shock as Connor stood there in front of her shielding her. But he didn't get shot either. Hank had shot Joseph in the side. Other soldiers began to surround him and take him in.

"Are you guys okay?" He asked going over to them.

"I think so." Diana replied.

"Good. What the hell were you thinking?! You could've gotten yourself killed!" He shouted. "Your first day and already your trying to play the hero!"

"Hank….I'm sorry." She said looking down. "I just didn't want to resort to violence and have him get shot down."

"Look next time think before you act." He said turning from them and walking down the stairs.

"If it means anything I thought it was quick thinking." Connor said.

"Hm….thanks Connor." She said as the two headed downstairs after Hank.