AN: I will admit that this chapter was really hard for me to write. So I'm not too happy with how it came out and I apologize for that. This is the best I can do with it. I hope you guys still enjoy though! Feel free to comment about what you think! I love reading your guys comments! And remember I update every Wednesday! Or at least to my best of ability. See you next Wednesday, if your still reading.
Chapter 4
The car ride back to the station was relatively short. Nothing big happened except for Hank side glancing Connor once or twice. Once back at the station they took the deviant to the interrogation room.
Hank, surprisingly, volunteered to interrogate him first. Wasn't it Gavin who interrogated him first? Connor shouldn't be finding this too surprising. After all he isn't exactly doing what he did last time, things were bound to change some.
Connor's thoughts were cut short once Hank started the interrogation. "Why d'you kill him?" Hank waited for a response. When he received none he tried another question.
"What happened before you took that knife?" Hank again waited for a response, only to receive none. He glanced over to the two way mirror.
"How long were ya in the attic?" Connor could hear the frustration seeping into his words slightly. It wouldn't be to long from now till he snaps.
"Why didn't you even try to run away?" Receiving the same response as before Hank attempted to get a some type of reaction out of the deviant. He snapped his fingers twice in front of the deviant's face.
After receiving no reaction out of him Hank's frustration got the best of him. He slammed his hands on the table. "Say something, goddamnit!" No reaction.
"Fuck it, I'm outta here…" Hank left the interrogation room. "We're wastin' our time interrogating a machine, we're gettin' nothing out of it!"
Gavin piped up from his place along the wall. "'Could always try roughing it up a little. After all, it's not human..."
Connor felt it was best to say what he did last time. "Androids don't feel pain. You would only damage it and that wouldn't make it talk. Deviants also have a tendency to self-destruct when they're in stressful situations."
Gavin gave Connor a small glare. "Okay, smartass. What should we do then?"
Internally Connor smiled. Everything was working out so far. "I could try questioning it."
Gavin looked over at Hank. Hank just shrugged. "What do we have to lose? Go ahead, suspect's all yours."
Connor entered the interrogation room. He still is going to get the confession out of the android, despite himself being deviant. Maybe this time the deviant will be more willing to talk to him.
Connor glanced down at the files on the table. Same thing he saw last time. He sat down in the seat in front of the android.
The deviant kept his head down and didn't look up at Connor. Connor ran an analysis over the deviant. He was damaged. More damage from what he remembered. "You're damaged. Did your owner do that? Did he beat you?"
The deviant still didn't look up at Connor. It was obvious he wasn't going to talk, just like last time. So he will have to raise the deviant's stress levels to get him to talk. Hopefully he won't have to stress him out as much as last time.
"You've refused to talk since they arrested you. If you don't cooperate, they'll do things the hard way. Is that what you want?" Connor felt bad for the deviant, he didn't deserve any of this.
The stuff that he is saying seems to be raising the deviant's stress ever so slightly. "You don't seem to understand the situation. You killed a human. They'll tear you apart if you don't say something."
Connor won't let this interrogation go super different from the last time he interrogated the deviant. Not when there are people watching him. "Listen, I'm on your side. I want to help you. But there's nothing I can do if you won't talk to me."
The deviant android finally spoke up. "What… What are they gonna do to me?" Connor didn't say anything. "They're gonna destroy me, aren't they?"
If the deviant will just open up now, Connor won't be forced to do things the hard way. So maybe a little persuasion will work. "Yes… But I can help if you just talk to me."
"I don't wanna die." There was slight plea in the deviants voice.
"Then talk to me."
"I… I can't" Connor internally sighed at his response. Looks like they were doing things the hard way. He really didn't want to do things the hard way, but some things can't be avoided.
Taking a breath that he didn't need he took the file on the edge of the table and slammed it down. "28 stab wounds, you didn't want to leave him a chance, huh? Did you feel anger? Hate? He was bleeding, begging you for mercy, but you stabbed him, again and again and again!..." By the end of his rant he was standing up and circling the deviant.
"Please, please leave me alone…"
He had to keep pressuring him. "I know you killed him. Why don't you say it?"
"Please, please stop…" His stress levels were rising.
Connor really didn't want to keep going. But if he stopped now he won't get the confession. "Just say "I killed him!" Is it that hard to say?!"
"Stop it, stop!..."
One more push for a confession will be enough. Connor grabbed the deviant by the shirt and lifted him up so their faces were mer inches apart. "JUST SAY YOU KILLED HIM! JUST SAY IT!" He dropped him back into the seat. Connor really didn't want to do that, but he was left with no other choice.
"He tortured me every day…" Connor sat back down in his seat. "I did whatever he told me, but there was always something wrong… Then one day… He took a bat and started hitting me… For the first time, I felt scared… Scared he might destroy me, scared I might die… So I grabbed the knife and I stabbed him in the stomach… I felt better so I stabbed him again and again!... until he collapsed… There was blood everywhere."
Nothing different with the confession. Connor started asking the same questions as last time. All were the same responses. It was obvious that the deviant didn't trust him a whole lot now. Which is understandable, Connor stressed him out quite a bit just to get a confession.
Before Connor got up and left he wanted to reassure the deviant that everything is going according to his plan. "Just hang in there a little bit longer. I do still intend to get you out of this mess."
The android looked surprised at Connor talking to him cybernetically but didn't make any attempt to respond.
Connor looked over to the two way mirror. "I'm done." He got up and left the interrogation room.
After the interrogation Connor was free to do what he wanted. He chose this time to look around the station some more. He has a plan, and that plan is to break the deviant out. So if he is going to break the deviant out he should find a way that has the highest chance of success.
Looking around there are a few security cameras. He could easily disable them long enough to break the deviant out. The next problem is the police officers in the area.
Connor will need a good distraction that would draw the others attention. He would ask Hank to make a distraction for him, but they weren't really friends yet. Looking around again he spotted the criminal in the holding cell next to where the deviant is being held.
Maybe if Connor released him from his cell he would provide a good distraction. While the guy distracts the officers he will then be free break the deviant out unnoticed.
Once he breaks the deviant out of the cell he can take him to a exit. Going through the front would be to obvious. So using a different exit would be needed. Only he didn't know where they kept another exit.
Guess looking for the other exit is his priority now. The police office isn't that big. So there should be a exit nearby. Turns out there is one through the break room. Which leads to another problem.
If he wants to use that exit he will have to somehow get by all the cops that are using the break room at the time he needs it. He could cut the power to the lights for the whole building. Give him the advantage of darkness to sneak by them.
But if he were to open the door the sunlight or street light, depending on the time he chooses to do the break out, will just give away his position. It's important to not be seen at all helping the deviant, otherwise he will be in big trouble. What he can do is cut the power to the lights and knock out any officer out in the break room at the time.
After all officers are knocked out he is free to use that exit. Once outside he could give the deviant the key to Jericho. The poor android has suffered enough. Connor hopes the deviant will trust him again after that interrogation. At Jericho the deviant would be safe and they can help him with his wounds.
With the plan all set Connor left the place. Tomorrow he will break the deviant out, first thing in the morning. That way the sunlight won't blow his advantage of darkness by shining through the windows. So until then he will just wander around the streets.
When morning came Connor headed back to the station. He made sure to arrive just before sunrise. He got in with no problems.
Connor wandered over to his future desk and sat in the chair there. Best to look casual to avoid as much suspicion as he can.
After a few minutes of waiting Connor looked up to a security camera. It's go time.
He quickly disabled the all the security cameras and made his way over to the holding cells. He made eye contact with the deviant. "Be ready." Was all Connor said to him and turned to the other cell. He missed the confused glance the deviant gave him.
Walking over to the other cell, Connor placed his hand on the panel. The door to that cell opened. It didn't take long for the criminal in there to make a break for it.
Connor heard the commotion over the criminal escaping. He quickly went and opened the deviants cell door. "Come on. We need to hurry if we don't want to be caught."
The deviant got up and followed Connor. He didn't say anything. Connor looked around the corner to where the commotion was. By the looks of it the officers just pinned the guy and will be heading their way any moment.
Looks like he is cutting the power to the building sooner then he planned. The moment he cut the power the place went pitch black, save for some electronic devices. He quickly lead the deviant to the break room.
There was only one officer in there. Connor is happy that he wouldn't have to knock a bunch of officers out. The officer was looking around in confusion at the sudden darkness. He glanced over at where Connor and the deviant were, most likely because of their LED's.
Connor did a full body slam into the officer. The officer hit the wall hard enough to render him unconscious. Hopefully he won't remember what hit him. With the officer out of the way Connor and the deviant exited the building.
Connor held the exit door open with his foot so he can get back in. It was now that the deviant finally spoke up.
"I didn't think you were actually going to help me." Of course Connor was going to help him. He got enough deviants killed in the last timeline. The least he can do is save as many as he could this time.
"I did say that I was going to get you out of that mess. I also know a place that you can go where you will be safe." The deviant looked up at Connor.
"You do?" Connor smiled and held out his hand as the skin retreated from it. The deviant looked at it for a second before doing the same. Connor transferred the directions to Jericho over to the deviant.
"Jericho? Seems like a safe enough place… Thank you." Connor gave him a small nod. With that the deviant turned and left. Connor watched him leave.
Once he turned the corner Connor went back inside. The lights were still off. There was a lot of commotion going on in the main area. He made his way back to his desk before turning the lights back on. It would probably work better in his favor if he pretended he was there the whole time and was the one to fix the lights.
"Hey the lights are back on." It was a female officer who stated this. She was one of the two officers dealing with the criminal he released.
Connor turned to the officer, intending to play innocent. "I have successfully restored the power back to the building. It seems that someone hacked into the system and shut down all the power to the lights."
"So it seems." The officer turned to the other officer helping her. "Let's get this guy back into his cell. Then we'll go see what Captain Fowler wants us to do." The officer nodded.
Hopefully nobody will suspect anything from him. There is no evidence that would lead back to him. But one can never be too careful.
It wouldn't be too long until some officers notice the missing deviant. They would probably do a investigation to find out how both the deviant and criminal got lose. In the meantime he should do what he originally did, and that was waiting for Hank to arrive at work.
