Emma was sitting on one of the cold chairs with a tough looking cop glooming over some pictures on the tables. She felt her heart stop as she recognized the abandoned building, which now was just a crime scene. It was filled with yellow police tape and even with the bodies gone, blue blood covered the floor and walls still.
"So. I am trying to understand why you of all people were found in this warehouse, alone, with a dozen dead androids." The detective said as she put some of the photos in front of Emma. Even though the detective could see the suspect visibly shaking, she tried to be as intimidating as possible. Her eyes were dashing from picture to picture as she fidgeted with the chain around her. Either this suspect was good at acting traumatized or she actually was just traumatized. This particular one though was probably acting.
"I...I don't know, I don't even know how I got there". Every word was rushed and came out as a weak whisper.
"You might as well come clean. your fingerprints was found on the gun we found at the crime scene." The detective put a document in front of the suspect, which showed the dna match.
"Gun? I, I haven't even seen a gun!" she said as her tiredness was starting to show. She was sick of sitting here and was losing patience. She just wanted to go home and erase her memory of that room and that scream.
"The warehouse has been used as shelter for deviants on the run. My guess is that you, with your background, knew about this. You got yourself a nice little gun and went there to kill the ones residing there. Some of them didn't even die immediately."
"I had nothing to do with that! Look, I know this looks bad, but I was heading home, and then suddenly, I was waking up with all of that blood... There was someone there… I saw him! I saw him kill an android. After that I don't remember anything, I swear!" she pleaded desperately, finally starting to wake up from that nightmare. This was really not going her way.
"Sure you don't. You won't conv…" the detective was about to slaughter the poor suspect as the door opened and a loud bitch came in.
"Alright Kay, hope you haven't fucked up MY case already"
"YOU were supposed to be here 30 minutes ago, Gavin." Kay hissed, already pissed for the suspect feigning ignorance and of course this prick had to come by.
"It's not my fault this tin-can can't do it's job properly" he answered and tilted his head to the android behind him. That poor android who had to be Gavin's pet. For half a second, the detective could swear she saw him looked a little shocked and confused. It was gone in the blink of an eye.
"I was required to fix damage that you inflic…." before Connor could finish his sentence, Gavin bursted in.
"Yeah, whatever! Just go to Jeffrey and let a professional handle this". She hesitated for a second before she decided that right now it wasn't worth the fight. The suspect probably had it coming anyway. Kay mumbled something as she left them to interrogate further.
Afterwards, Kay had sat back down at her desk, listening to the rain pour down as the sun went down as she got back to work on one of her other cases. Finally, she saw Connor walking alone down the hallway, rushing to talk to him.
"Are you ok, Connor? I don't understand why the Captain thought Gavin needed you in the first place…"
"I can assure you, detective, that I'm fine. As I said, I have fixed the damages inflicted on me."
"What exactly happened?"
"I disagreed against his approach to a victim we were interviewing and I verbalised my opinion. That seemed to be the factor of him pushing me down the stairs that we were standing on top of. He does not like it when I express my own opinions, despite androids gaining recognition for having own free will" he said with a neutral face. Although Kay believed they did have free will, Connor still acted much like a machine. Even with his monotone voice, she still felt her heart ache when she heard that. And her blood started to boil. Like clockwork, the star of the shitshow, Gavin entered the office. Perfect timing.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" she hissed and marched towards him.
"Me? I didn't know it's illegal to work now" he answered with a smug looking face with his arms out wide, feeling accused.
"Wait… Is that an OPINION? Maybe I should push YOU down some stairs then." she scolded, her voice raising in anger as she walked up to him. Connor looked as the scene unfolded in front of him, his LED blinking yellow. He was probably trying to calculate why Kay was so angry. That and the fact that he still kept his LED is one of many factors he didn't seem completely alive. More reason for Gavin to despise him.
"Heh, I'd like to see you try, asshole. So that's what got you so worked up? A fucking plastic toy?" Gavin chuckled at the thought of anyone believing the bullshit that was fed to people. Not before now did Kay notice that he reeked of alcohol, which also was easily seen on his drowsy eyes.
"The 'plastic toy' is a better detective than your drunk ass will ever be!" That seemed to do the trick. Gavin launched for her while aiming his fist at her face. However, before the punch could even land, Connor had grabbed his arm and forced it behind his back and lied him on the floor, much like you would to incapacitate a criminal.
"What the fuck, trash can? Get off me! You're supposed to be on MY side" Gavin demanded as he struggled to get free from Connor's inhuman grip. Connor remained silent as Gavin kept complaining and wiggled underneath. Kay couldn't stop herself from laughing at the flailing fish, so easily defeated by the thing he hates the most. That seems to have caught the androids attention. He gave Kay a smug smile and an even more smug wink. Kay had to stop for a minute as she felt her heart skipped a beat at the little charmer. She had never seen him act so alive. Although, I guess everyone would be happy for the opportunity to attack this imbecile.
"You don't look so tough anymore. I guess 'trash can' here is just doing his job and taking out the trash." she commented as she kneeled down next to him, trying her best not to laugh again. Kay jumped when she heard a small chuckle from Connor, even his eyes smiling. She decided she liked this Connor.
"I think it's time to go home, Detective Reed" Connor stated and released the grip he had on the man. He quickly stumbled back to his feet, barely keeping balance as he looked back and forth between them.
"Fuck this" Gavin mumbled as he dragged himself out of the precinct, leaving Kay and Connor feeling victorious.
"Well, that was easy" Kay said as her tiredness was finally catching up to her.
"I have many programs on how to deal with trash" Connor said with a smile, proud of his own little shenanigan that Kay seemed to like.
"Haha, yeah, thanks for that."
"Pleasure's all mine. I have been waiting for a looong time to do that, just waiting for the right moment, where he can't really get me fired". Kay had to laugh at him as she imagined him lurking around every corner just to get him.
"I do believe it's almost time for most humans to sleep now. I recommend that you do that" Connor said, almost sounding like a machine again.
"Yeah, I guess so"
"Do you want me to walk you home?" he asked, almost looking worried or something.
"Sure, I could use the company" Kay answered as she started to walk out of the office with Connor. She was kinda happy that she had someone she could hang with. She hadn't exactly made many friends since she moved here after the revolution.
About goddamn time. After being detained in a freezing cell for 48 hours, she was finally free. She made a dramatic pose, holding her arms out, head facing the sun and her eyes closed. After 100 years, she had escaped. Without paying any mind to her surroundings, someone bumped into her from behind, breaking her immersion.
"Sorry, didn't see you… Oh, it's you" Kay says, her whole demeanor changing as she saw who it was. Emma can't say she was particularly happy to see her either.
"Yeah, it's me, nice to see you too" she sneered back, her weak ass body ready to fight this muscle monster.
"You are only out of there because Detective Reed don't care enough about androids to take this case seriously. Don't go too far in case we decide to haul your ass back in." Kay pointed a threatening finger at Emma.
"I have been traumatized enough for a lifetime, but thanks for the offer" she says and starts walking away from this hellhole.
"I'll personally find you if you decide to run off!" Kay yelled after her before she disappeared around the corner, giving her a mocking blow kiss.
Home sweet home! Emma's whole body collapsed onto her couch as if she had been dragging around anvils all day. With a simple command, she turned on the radio that played 60's music. Right now, it was a Frank Sinatra singing You're just too good to be true. It wasn't her favorite music, but she was too tired to care right now. It would do. She would have fallen asleep too if it hadn't been for that one fucking image that kept popping up. She could only see the back of the killer android, his brown hair messy and his white clothes stained with blue here and there. The most memorable thing was the gun in his hand, aimed at another android. The crying android was on his knees, begging for his life. He was covered in blue blood, if it was his own or somebody else's was hard to tell. Probably both. "Why are you doing this?" he asked. All he got as an answer was a bullet. The whole thing was like a fever dream. It was blurry. In a way, she was glad she passed out after that. The way that android pleaded for his life, was if it was a human's. Before, she had no problem bitching on her blog about how everything they did was simply a good imitation, but how can you be that good at imitating? Why would he fake that he wanted to be alive? Why would any of them? The easy way she saw the world, was not so black and white any longer. As she was contemplating these doubts of hers, she heard a small familiar creaking sound from her bedroom. Her door was infamous for yelling like that. Her heart jumped to her throat as she debated if she should turn around or not. She didn't want to be one of those stupid girls in horror movies that checks everything out, but she didn't could just sit her and pretend she was asleep. If it was a murderer she would be dead anyway. An almost impossible to hear creaking sound came again, and that was her trigger to fling herself up and turn around. Her mind is playing a trick on her, that must be it. There is no way that the same android that was at the warehouse and in the interrogation room, is here, in her living room. The detective android didn't have the same clothes, but she saw now that they had almost identical hair. Only other difference was the number. This was an RK900. She must have looked like a trapped animal as the killer android slowly approached her.
"I must detain you. My mission is not to hurt you unless necessary, so let's not make this any harder than it has to be" he stated coldly with his hands raised as if he was just an innocent little boy. Sinatra kept on singing, creating an ironic atmosphere around the whole thing: I love you baby! I think it's quite alright
"Yeah, of course! I'll come with you, just let me take a quick shower first, I. Am. Sweating!" she managed to vomit out quickly followed by a nervous laughter.
"You're lying" the android said, his angry brow furrowing.
"Yeah, you're totally right! I was just too embarrassed to say I needed to go to the, ehm, toilet!" she chuckled with her heart having an earthquake inside. Now, that wasn't technically a lie either. She prayed to every God in her head as the android simply inspected.
"Hurry up" he said and tilted his head to her bathroom. She had to go next to him to get there and he grabbed her arm harshly as she did.
"No phones" he demanded and held out his hand to take it. Shit, so much for that plan. Reluctantly, she gave it to him and hurried into the bathroom. Now what? Her apartment was at least 20 stories up and her fire escape was in the kitchen. Not that there even was a window for her to escape through in here anyway. She cursed herself for insisting on having soundproof walls too. There was no other way. She was going to have to fight her way from this. She scavenged the room to find a useable weapon against him so she might get a chance to get to the front door or the fire escape. Her head was racing as she couldn't find a weapon or the reason why he would even be here? Did he want to finish her off? Nothing made sense. Not that it mattered right now. First of all, she had to survive. The best she could find was a scissor, that she simply hide behind her back. Not like she was gonna keep that a secret for long. With one deep breath she unlocked the door and prepared for a fight.
"Now we must leave" RK900 stated as he reached out his arm to lead her out of here. She only took a couple of steps and when she felt his surprisingly soft touch on her back.
"Nah, man. I have better things to do" she said and feeling brave and stupid, she swiftly swung her scissors at him, trying to stab him in the neck. With his inhuman reactions, he leaned his head back, but not far enough to avoid a small cut. Enough to at least making the ass bleed a little. With his arm that hadn't been behind her, he grabbed a hold of her swinging arm and knocked it on the wall behind her so hard she dropped the scissor. If this had been a movie, it would be comical with Sinatra singing with the funky saxofon behind. Through her pain, she used her one free arm to stab a thumb into his eye, which seemed to shock him enough to back off a little. His body was currently blocking the front door, so she leapt towards the window with the fire escape, which she luckily noticed was already open. She managed to grab the window frame, but she was no match to his speed. He grabbed her leg and with ease pulled her back in. With her luck, her head smashed into the frame, making her lose all direction and made her vision all wild. Defenseless, she was turned around so she lied on her back. Before she could get up or even fight back, the android punched her at the weak spot on her throat. Of course the fucking android knew that would leave you unconscious. Last thing she saw was his blank stare, a simple machine accomplishing his task.
Kay was minding her own business by her desk as Jeffrey ordered her and Connor to his office. He did not look happy.
"Gavin tells me the android attacked him last night. Is this true?"
"He didn't start it." was all she answered, trying not to smile as the pictures of last night started playing in her head.
"It is true, captain. But I only did it as he was about to punch the detective for insulting him."
Jeffrey had had enough of the two detectives constantly going at each other and turned to Gavin.
"You don't want the android? Fine. Connor, you will be assigned to Kay from now on." He tried to calm his nerves before moving to another subject.
"We got some new evidence to arrest the suspect that was interrogated, but she was not at her house or at her workplace this morning."
"She actually made a run for it… If you just hadn't let her go, we wouldn't have to try and track her down"
"I don't know if you have read our laws, but I couldn't detain her any longer, dipshit"
"That's enough, children… I will not tolerate your bullshit anymore! Now go and find that woman and don't come back until you do. Or else you are both fired!"
"Yes, sir." Kay mumbled before stomping out of the office. Gavin mumbled something as he and Connor followed Kay.
"I swear if I get fired because of you, I WILL push you down the stairs." Kay
"Ooh, I'm soo scared, whatever will I do?" the sarcastic little bitch mocked with his hands held up in a fake surrender.
"I will push you down the stairs" Connor said, although his voice doesn't seem that threatening, his cold voice made it so. Reed's eyes popped up a bit and remembered how easily he had taken him the other day, but he tried to cover it up with a scoff.
"Where do we start, detective?" Connor asked, directing his attention to Kay as they got outside.
"We should check out the apartment again. Maybe there is something of interest in there."
"I already checked it. There was no signs of a struggle, but the window to the fire escape was open"
"You didn't think that part might've been important to mention earlier? AND you went inside without a warrant? You are walking on thin ice, Gavin." Even with Kay's strict tone, hee just grunted and started walking.
"Such a great detective…" Kay mumbled under her breath as they all left the station.
No one answered when they called the apartment, but luckily another resident arrived and let them inside the building as they told him why they were there.
She carefully opened the door, that Gavin had left unlocked and pointed the gun inside, quickly looking around for anyone. After searching the rooms, it didn't seem like anything was out of the ordinary.
"See? Nothing." Gavin shrugged and was heading for the door.
"And where do you think you're going? Do you have any other ideas of where she might be?"
"I'm going home. Have fun assholes" he turned around to leave, when Kay's word stopped him.
"Fine, but I don't think the captain would be too happy when I tell him you left." Kay said as she continued looking around. She could hear him swear before he just leaned on the doorframe. Kay and Connor kept looking around and as he got to the fire escape, he saw a few marks on the frame, as if someone had scratched it.
"Detective! It looks like someone tried to leave through this window but was stopped." Connor pointed out, almost enthusiastically and started to reconstruct what might have happened.
"It would seem as the struggle started by the bathroom, and the victim tried to escape through this window. However, the victim was dragged away and the struggle seem to be done after that." Connor explained after a couple of seconds. He and Kay walked to the bathroom to look around for more clues. It didn't take long before Kay saw something obvious.
"Hey, Connor. I think we are dealing with an android here. There is a little blue blood on the wall." Kay said and pointed towards the floor, not far from the bathroom.
"I'll run a test and see what model it belongs to." He touched the blood and put it to his lips.
His LED flashed yellow as he processed it before it turned red.
"I'll never get fucking used to that" Gavin mumbled in disgust as he looked away from Connor's delicious blood tasting, as if he were on a wine tasting.
"This can't be right… I can't find any information on this blood in the database." The fact that Connor's LED was red, was enough in itself to scare Kay.
"Wait, so it isn't registered?" Kay asked quizzically, hoping Connor had some sensible answers.
"Every android is registered. This isn't possible." Connor's mind palace kept on calculating, but couldn't find any case of an android not being registered. The two of them just looked at each other in disbelief as Kay mumbled: "what the fuck"