Chapter One: A Day in My Life
November 01st, 2038
06:15 am
Audrey Reed stepped foot out of her apartment, the crisp air creeping through her trench coat. The action caused her to pull her jacket tighter to her body and squeeze her coffee cup closer to her chest. Locking her door, she turned and jogged down the stairs to the sidewalk. As she casually walked towards the Detroit Police Station she would occasionally take sips from her coffee and rub her hands together on the sides of the hot cup.
The walk was calming despite the raging winds, so Audrey was kind of disappointed to see that the Police Department was coming into view so quickly. She hefted her bag further up her shoulder and switched her coffee to her other arm so that she could push open the large glass doors to the Department.
The warm air gently brushed across her face as she waltzed in, a large smile on her face. "Good morning, Audrey." One of the secretary Androids called out to her as she stepped through the waist-high gate that led to the squad room. "Morning!" she called over her shoulder, taking another sip of her coffee while she walked over to her desk at the far left side of the room.
"You look hyped up this morning." Officer Wilson, who was a very sweet and sarcastic man, looked up from his paperwork and over to Audrey, who had just sat down at her desk. "Well, for starters I actually got some sleep last night. That was a big change." She chuckled as her fingers quickly glided across her keyboard and logged herself into the database to kill some time.
It was 7:30am when Audrey had started looking through the files of recent cases. After continuously staring down her tablet she finally glanced up and saw that it was now 8:56am and the station was just starting to buzz. "Damn. Out of coffee." She mumbled, looking down at her now empty mug. Standing up, she stretched lightly before she walked into the break room.
The television was drowning out the noise from the other room, which caused Audrey to sigh in relief. It was too early for her to have a headache, so she hoped that she would be able to pull through without the familiar pain behind her eyes.
"There's my baby sister!" She groans once she heard the very recognizable voice and looked over her shoulder only to see her brother, Gavin Reed, propped against the door frame, a goofy smile on his face. "And here I was hoping that you wouldn't show up today." Audrey grinned, stirring her coffee.
She turned on her heel, leaning her hip against the counter while holding her coffee in both of her hands. "Now, is that any way to treat your dear brother?" Gavin faked a pout and crossed his arms over his chest. Audrey shrugged her shoulders in response, a teasing smirk on her lips. "What kind of sister would I be if I didn't talk to you like that?"
She pushed herself off the counter and walked over to him, wrapping him up in a quick hug before pulling back. "I don't know about you, but I have some shit to do back at my desk, so feel free to yell at me from across the room." She sashayed back to her desk, sitting down her drink before finally stripping out of her trench coat. The room had gotten too hot for her to be wrapped up in the thick cotton fabric.
She worked at her desk for hours, taking breaks in between to mess around with the tiny knick-knacks that littered her desktop and to annoy her brother from a distance. 12pm rolled around and she was so bored that her chin was rested in her hand, and her eyes were half shut. There were no cases that she could currently work on, so she was trying to keep herself occupied, but failed miserably.
"You look how I fuckin' feel." A gruff voice huffs out as the chair at the desk to her right squeaked under pressure. Audrey glanced to her side and breathed heavily at the sight of Hank Anderson. "Look who finally decided to show up." He rolled his eyes as he leaned back in his chair. "Don't give me that bullshit today, Audrey. I already get it from Gavin's dumbass."
She sat up and rubbed her eyes, "He can take it too far sometimes. I give you permission to deck his ass if need be." Hank gave Audrey a small smile while he shook his head. "Glad to hear it."
"Audrey. My office." Chief Fowler called her from outside his office door. She immediately stood up and made her way to his office, hearing Hank's chuckles behind her.
"Shut it, Anderson." She glared playfully at him, climbing the stairs to Fowler's office before she slipped in the door. "I wanted to bring you in here to let you know that CyberLife is going to be sending a special Android to aid us in the Deviant cases we've been having." Audrey crossed her arms as she leaned her weight onto one hip and listened intently to Fowler.
"They'll be sending it to us sometime this week. You'll be working with it, but I'm also getting Hank to work with the two of you." Audrey shook her head. "Sir, you know me. I'm perfectly fine with working with an Android, but Hank-"
"Hank doesn't have a choice on the matter, but I'll talk to him about it later. It's going to be strange having a group of three, but I'm using you as a mediator. Keep Hank in line." She sighed in response and nodded her head. "I'll try my best, sir. You can count on me." He gave a curt nod and sat back in his chair. "Alright then. That'll be all."
She turns to walk out but is stopped by Fowler's voice once more. "I'll send CyberLife's programmers your information so that it will come to you first. If I send it to Hank first it probably won't turn out well."
"Oh, trust me, I understand." He nodded and dismissed her with his hand. She walked back to her desk with a sigh and dropped into her chair. Hank raised a brow at her and peered up at her from his tablet.
"What's that look for?" He asked curiously. She shook her head and grinned. "Nothing, Hank. It's just going to be a long week for all of us. We have so many cases coming in." He scratched his beard and nodded slowly.
"Looks like we won't be getting any sleep." Audrey looked back to her computer screen and sighed sadly while mumbling to herself. "Not like I get sleep anyways."
