Hey guys, hope you like this story! So this is set after the story of Detroit: Become Human, where Connor becomes deviant, Markus leads a successful peaceful revolution, and Kara, Alice and Luther make it across the border to Canada. Hope you enjoy!

Connor walked down the alley, glancing around nervously. He knew he shouldn't be out after dark, people had been protesting against the freedom of androids in the area. But he hadn't seen Hank in a while, and he was worried about him. Hank hadn't shown up to work in a week, and no-one knew where he was. Well, the captain did, but he wouldn't tell Connor.

Connor was nearly at the end of the alley when someone blocked the way. Judging by the way they were holding a metal cricket bat and the menacing smile on their face, he guessed that they were a human. A protester.
His theory was confirmed when they stepped out of the shadow. A woman, with short hair and glasses. She brandished the bat as several others stepped out of the shadows. Connor turned around, looking for an escape when he saw more people behind him. He looked up, trying to find a way out. Nothing. He was trapped.

"We don't like plastics like you around here," The woman said, narrowing her eyes at Connor's LED.
Conner raised his hands. "I'm sure we can talk this out in a civilised manner," He said, employing his negotiation tactics built into his programming.
A man stepped forward. "I'm sure we can't, plastic. You aren't welcome here."
Connor scanned the situation and decided that negotiation wouldn't work. These people wouldn't listen.
He clenched his fists and bent his knees, lowering his centre of gravity. He knew that he couldn't possibly win a fight against this many humans, even with his increased strength and endurance. There were just too many of them. But he had to try.

The first woman ran forward, swinging her bat. He caught it and hit her in the stomach with the handle. She doubled over, and he pushed her away, into a couple of men who fell to the ground.
A man jumped onto him from behind, trying to strangle him. Connor flipped him over and kicked him, jumping out of the way of another bat being swung at him.
Just as he jumped out of the way, another woman ran at him with a knife. He tried to move out of the way but he was cornered. He ducked just as the woman lunged, but he didn't manage to get out of the way in time. He let out a yell, the knife sinking into his arm, blue blood spilling out.
The woman smirked. "Not so strong now, are you, plastic?" She pulled the knife out and stabbed him again, in where his gut would be. He doubled over and fell to the ground.
The humans started punching and kicking him while he was down, yelling things like "Plastic!" and "You don't belong here!"
Two of the men pulled him up, restraining him, and another stepped forward, cutting down his shirt with a knife and opening his stomach cavity, grabbing the first biocomponent he found.
"I wonder what would happen if I took this out," he said, smirking. "Do you think it would kill him?"
Connor looked at him, his expression pleading. "No, please. Don't- don't do that."
The man laughed. "Look at that, a plastic pleading for his life."
Just then a man ran around the corner with a flashlight and a gun. "Detroit police. Get the fuck away from my partner."
Connor looked at the man, relief evident on his face. "Lieutenant!"
A woman stepped in between Hank and Connor. "It's not your partner. It's a fucking machine."
Hank pointed the gun at her and she backed down. "Get away from him."
The man pulled the biocomponent out of Connor, lobbed it over Hank's head, then ran, closely followed closely by the others.

Hank ran forward and caught Connor as he fell. "Fuck!" He yelled.
"Hank..." Connor said, gasping for breath. "I- I need the-"
Hank understood exactly what he was saying and ran back down the alley, searching for the biocomponent. Connor slumped to the ground, trying to ignore the message popping up in his line of vision.
System shutdown in
00:02:00
00:01:59
00:01:58
00:01:57

Exactly one minute later, Hank ran back holding the biocomponent.
"Connor! Connor, you here?"
"Hank!" Connor yelled out weakly.
Hank knelt next to him and carefully inserted the biocomponent. "Better?"
Connor nodded. "Hank, I- I'm sorry. I just wanted to make sure you were okay, you hadn't been to work in a while, I-"
Hank held up a hand, cutting him off. "Connor, calm down. We'll talk about this later. Come on, let's get you home."