- NOV 6TH, 2038 -
- PM 08:17:38 -
We pulled up and I was instantly uncomfortable. The entire area was bathed in bright pink light, and sign in the hallway showed the words "The sexiest androids" and various pictures of androids in lingerie and other sexual things. We had been here a couple of years ago due to someone reporting a rape. It just wasn't a good time.
Connor drove, seeing as Hank was still recovering from alcohol and I shouldn't really be using my left arm. He pulled into the parking space perfectly. I was a little jealous.
"Aw... Feels like somebody's playing with a drill inside my skull..." Hank complained, rubbing his forehead.
"Maybe you shouldn't have tried to play a deadly game," I mumbled.
"What?" Hank asked.
"Nothing," I said, climbing out.
Immediately I noticed Gavin's patrol car and groaned. He hasn't had the best time with Connor, and I ended up getting the brunt of the mood swings from him. Hank and Connor climbed out soon after, and we walked into the club.
"Sexiest androids in town..." Hank read, "Now I know why you insisted on coming here!"
I giggled as Connor's cheeks flushed with a blue hue. Is he blushing? Quickly the blue went away and we continued on. I couldn't really look up much after that. I did have to admit though, these androids were pretty cute. One caught my eye and winked, causing me to blush.
Connor paused, looking upon a female android.
"Connor! The fuck are you doin'?" Hank snapped.
I pushed past the older man, looking around. Gavin and some other cops were gathered in one of the rooms. Hank and I approached the man in charge, but I hardly paid attention as I forced myself to survey the room.
The guy had just been arrested. My nose was bleeding from fighting him, and I was freezing cold.
The station had made me go undercover as one of the androids. I was in the uniform of the androids at that point, a little lacy pair of underwear and a matching lacy bra.
One of the new recruits came up to me, his name was Gavin. He began to pull off his jacket and wrap it around my shivering shoulders.
"Are you okay?" Gavin asked.
I was fairly new as well. This was my first undercover assignment, and certainly wouldn't be my last.
"I'm okay," I mumbled.
"Why don't we go get some coffee, let you relax a little before we go back into the station?" Gavin offered, "I'll even pay."
"Thanks, that sounds good." We ended up dating by the end of the week.
"Mae, you okay?" Hank asked. We had walked over to the door, and Connor had just joined us. After a nod, Hank opened the door up.
The room was decorated red, with a bed in the middle. The guy, who was obviously dead, was on the bed. The dead android was on the floor. Gavin was by the bed, and Miller was by the android.
"Lieutenant Anderson, Detective Mae and their little plastic pet. The fuck are you three doin' here?" Gavin snarled.
"We were told to report here by Fowler, so if you would kindly stop acting like an asshole I would greatly appreciate it," I snapped right back.
"Whoa, oddly protective aren't you? And... is that booze I smell?" Gavin said, smirking as he walked out the door, "Nothing to worry about anyway, the guy just had too much fun." I heard a small thud and saw he shoulder-checked Connor.
Miller paused by us, "Night Lieutenant, Detective."
I nodded to him as he walked out, the door shutting behind the two. As soon as it was fully closed I groaned, "He's an asshole."
"I'm not the one who dated him," Hank shot back.
"He was nice at the time," I looked around the room, "Connor are you okay?"
"I'm quite alright, Mae," Connor replied, walking over to the android. He knelt down, looking over her body. He gently touched her forehead, the skin on his hand turning white. It looked so cool.
"She's critically damaged," He mumbled, dipping his finger in the thirium that leaked from her nose.
"Whoa! Hey! Hey! Argh, Connor, you're so disgusting... Think I'm gonna puke again," Hank groaned, looking back at the body.
I looked at Connor, "He's just grumpy. Keep going."
Connor analyzed the blood and then moved onto the body of the man sitting on the bed. I noticed a wallet on the ground and picked it up, nearly screaming in frustration when I saw a picture of the man inside with a woman and two children. He was married and had kids.
"He was married with kids," I said, throwing the wallet on the floor. Hank scoffed, and Connor continued his search over the body.
"He didn't die of a heart attack," Connor said, walking over to us, "he was strangled."
"Yeah, saw the bruising on his neck," Hank said, sitting over on the other side of the room, "Doesn't prove anything though. Could have been rough play."
"We're missing something here," Connor mumbled.
"Can you read the android's memory?" I asked, shivering.
Connor grabbed the android's wrist, pressing his fingers on her wrist. "I can try... The only way to access its memory is to reactivate it."
"Think you can do it?" Hank asked.
Connor kept his gaze on the android's stomach, reaching forward, "It's badly damaged. If I can, it'll only be a for a minute, maybe less." I watched in fascination as the android's stomach and Connor's hand both turned white. A compartment in the android opened, and Connor reached in to push two wires together.
The girl gasped, startling me and Connor, and crawled off whimpering. Connor slowly approached her, kneeling to the ground, "You were damaged and I reactivated you. Everything is alright," Connor's voice was quiet, trying to make sure that she didn't freak out more.
"Is he..." The girl looked over to the body, her LED flashing yellow and red, "is he dead?"
"Tell me what happened."
"He started... hitting me... again... and again," She sounded so broken. I bit my lip, standing up slowly.
"Did you kill him?" Connor asked.
"No! No, it wasn't me!" The girl sobbed.
"Were you alone in the room?" Connor started getting louder and quicker, "Was anyone else with you?"
"He wanted to play with two girls... That's what he said, there were two of us..."
"Where did the other android go? Did it say anything?" Connor shouted.
The android didn't answer. I heard a whirring and watched as her LED flashed red, and then stopped shining altogether.
