1. Belongs: The universe and characters of Detroit Become Human belong to Quantic Dreams and David Cage.

2. Rating: "T" in general, but might be "M" for cursed words, graphics contents such as violence, injuries, or sexual scenes.

3. Summary: Gavin is contacted by the Central DPD after they have located a child android girl named Hannah Lewis. Immediately, Gavin jumps in his car to go there and question the girl.

Note: I hope you all had a great holiday! I wish you the best for this new year, we all really need it! A small message to also let you know that I may have difficulties posting regularly now, because I am going to start my internships, and I am not sure I can write / translate and post! I thank you, in any case, all for your messages, your enthusiasm, it means a lot to me!


CHAPTER 14
"You Have To Fight."

- 04 May 2039, 10:13 p.m, Belle Isle Parc -

He began to run as fast as his body could, his steps echoing loudly between the walls of the empty, dark, and abandoned hallways of the Cyberlife Tower. He didn't have much time, he had to act fast before it was too late.

He slipped on some broken glass when he arrived at his destination, in a room used for tests on androids before they were commercialized. He scanned around the room and quickly approached the plexiglass tube in front of him. The YK400 jumped and looked at him, a terrified expression on her face as she bumped into the back of the tube, her LED flashing frenzied red.

"Don't be afraid, I'll get you out of here ..!" He said, retracting his synthetic skin to put his hand on the biometric scanner. "We're gonna have to run really fast, okay?"

The young android looked at him confusedly as she hugged herself, scared of what was to come. But the tube door wooshed open, and he reached out to grab her arm. The child began to cry and struggle.

"Let me go !"

"Please !" He hurriedly told her, bringing his index finger up to his own lips as if it made any sense. "He'll come back! We have to hurry! If you stay here, he will kill you!"

The word terrified the kid even more, and she started to cry as she struggled to free herself from his grip. He kept telling her to be quiet and to hurry up before it was too late. The little girl finally stopped struggling and let herself be pulled out of the plexiglass tube, and they both started running, hand in hand, through the abandoned corridors.

Being only on the fifth floor of the building, he stopped near a shattered window that gave a bird's eye view of the reception hall. He grabbed the child in his arms, who cried out when she saw them coming closer to the edge. She tightened her grip around his neck while closing her eyes.

"Hang on."

He tightened his grip on her too, and jumped into the void, his long black jacket twirling in the wind. The fall gave him an unpleasant feeling deep in his bio-components, but it was the only way to save her. He landed on his own two feet but stumbled under the inertia and fell to the ground with the little girl. She was the first to get up and turned around to help him.

"Come on..! Stand up.. ! "

He waved off the notifications appearing in his HUD and stood up with a bit of difficulty, letting the child pull his arm to help him. He absolutely had to stay conscious. No matter what. He managed to regain his balance, and resumed his frantic run with the young android, taking her hand again.

When they were out of the tower, the night spread out in front of them and the cold hit their sensors.

He was suddenly blinded by a glitch and fell to his knees. The YK400 turned to him as she felt his hand slip away from hers and looked at him worriedly.

"We must go ..!" She shouted at him, grabbing his hood and trying to pull him. "Quick ! "

"Run..." he said, fighting against his failures. "Run in this direction as fast as you can, cross the bridge, and go to a safe place..!"

" What about you.. ?"

"I-I will make it ..." His LED pulsed between yellow and red. "Don't waste your time, go! "

The little girl jumped and ran off in the direction he'd shown her. He lifted his head to watch her disappear into the darkness and sigh in relief. He tried to get up again, and stabilized himself with difficulty, pressing a hand to his injured side from the fall, oozing with thirium. He looked into the distance, a dejected look on his face. There was no point in running for him. He couldn't escape him.

"You have to fight…"

He slowly turned his head to his right. He saw the humanoid figure materialize in the real world, in a kind of glitch. He sighed, looking away, a defeated smile on the corners of his lips.

"I-I can't, Hank…" He closed his eyes, the LED red. "I-I... He's ... too strong ..!"

"You can, Connor..." the hologram lieutenant said, approaching him and putting his hands on his shoulders. "You can face him. "

Hank suddenly disappeared and the android lifted his head, the LED circling solid blue again. He glanced at his side as he watched the oily liquid stain his hand in blue. He frowned as he gazed into the darkness, in the distance, in the direction the YK400 had gone.

"You're going to pay for what you did, Connor," Collin said, following suit into the darkness. "But I guess that will allow me to cross paths with the RK900 again."

- 04 May 2039, 11:37 p.m, Central DPD -

Gavin had finished his shift around 6 p.m. and left Nines back to his nightly occupations and had returned home. He was still watching Black Mirror, a series he had loved as a teenager when he got a call from the central DPD. They had found an Android child named Hannah Lewis.

Hearing the name, Gavin had jumped in his car and drove off to the police station near Hart Plaza. He had parked his car in the parking lot, the same one he had seen Midnight in after his night with Jack. Gavin sighed, slamming the door of his car, thinking back to that night. It wasn't the moment.

He walked towards the building and signaled himself to the reception, showing his badge. The ST300 invited him through the portico, that Lieutenant Harper was about to receive him. After passing it, a man in his fifties with a broad build, short graying hair, and a short neat beard came towards him.

His brain couldn't help but bring up that old sugar daddy kink he had when he was younger. It hadn't really left eventually. It's not like he'd denied that Hank wasn't his type. Back when he was entering the police force, Gavin had a total crush on him, to be honest.

"Detective Reed?" The man in front of him asked, reaching out to shake his hand.

"Oh um, good evening," he finished coming back to himself, returning the gesture and finding his grip strong. "Are you Lieutenant Harper? Was that you on the phone?"

"Yes, it was me," the man said, letting go of his hand. "When the little one gave me her ID and I entered her name in the manifest, I saw that she had been missing since yesterday and that you were investigating it."

Lieutenant Harper led the way and walked through the police station, leading Gavin to a room at the back of the open space.

"When I called the Third Division, they told me you had finished your shift, but… We know that sort of thing doesn't wait."

"Exactly. Well, it's not like I have a plan for the night."

Harper smiled and stopped at the door, his hand on the doorknob.

"She's a bit… confused. She was slightly damaged, well, injured I mean, when she arrived. We gave her some thirium, but we were waiting for your intervention before doing anything else. This is your business, so it's up to you to tell her parents as well."

Gavin nodded, telling the lieutenant he tended to do so. Harper opened the door and walked in first. It was a completely empty meeting room except for a child around twelve standing by the large whiteboard drawing with markers.

The little girl jumped when she saw the two men and went to hide behind the desk, but the lieutenant raised his hands to show her she had nothing to fear.

"Hannah," he began softly, "I'll introduce someone to you. He's a cop, like me, Detective Reed." He shifted to let Gavin in. "He's here to see you."

"Hello, Hannah."

Gavin slowly approached the desk the child was hiding behind and dropped one knee to the ground a few feet away from her.

"My name is Gavin…" he began calmly, "I saw your mum and dad this morning, they told me you were missing." The girl didn't answer. "You are rather far from your house ... What happened ..?"

The child shifted away from the desk a bit to get a better look at Gavin and glanced at the lieutenant standing a little further behind. The man nodded, confident, and the little girl stepped forward, still suspicious.

"I was biking yesterday before dinner in the neighborhood..." she said softly, her eyes fixed on her fingers lightly stained by the markers. "And a taxi pulled up right next to me. The door opened and… a man grabbed me and pulled me inside."

Gavin frowned. Kidnappings like this were still common, unfortunately, but with a taxi, it was riskier. They were autonomous and when a call was made, an address was given and above all, a type of payment had been used, it was easy to trace back to the person. It wasn't very smart to carry out a kidnapping in a taxi. By contacting the Detroit Taxi Company, he could find out who had booked a vehicle, the time, the place, and the right date too.

It was almost too simple.

"What happened next, Hannah ..?" Gavin asked, focusing on the girl again. "Can you tell me about it ..?"

"The man has ... temporarily disabled my senses..." she said a little confused. "I remember when I got them back I was in a big glass tube."

"Is that where you got away from ..?" She nodded. "Did you see this person's face? Was it a human or an android? Did he hurt you ..?"

"He was an android, and…" She frowned. "He said he was going to use me as bait…"

It was Gavin's turn to frown. A bait for whom? The parents? The police officers who could have investigated his disappearance? Would the android in question have demanded a ransom if the girl hadn't run away? Still, the Lewis didn't seem to be riding the gold. They hadn't even bought Hannah, they had taken her in and adopted her after the revolution.

"And he said once he was done using me, he would kill me…"

Gavin could eliminate the idea of ransom.

"Did he hurt you ..?" Gavin asked, looking at the child's clothes, which were a bit torn and which looked blued in some spots.

"No ..." she said, sitting up on her heels. "I hurt myself when the kind one helped me to escape…"

Gavin frowned, now confused. He turned his head to the lieutenant, who shrugged, not knowing more than he did. Hannah hadn't been very talkative before Gavin arrived, Harper was learning everything along with him.

"Was there another person?"

"No, it was the same but…" She shrugged. "It wasn't the same. He wanted to help me."

"The man ... who took you ..." Gavin said slowly to establish the facts to be sure he understood. "Who wanted to use you to trap someone, and then threaten to kill you when he'll be done ... helped you get away ..?"

" Yes. But it wasn't the same inside."

"Inside ?"

"Yes, it was another android."

Gavin didn't know if it was because he was feeling tired that he didn't clearly understand what the child was telling him, or if it was just because what she was saying was insane.

"Okay, okay..." he said, nodding. "And how did he look like?"

"He was a little taller than you ... with short black hair. And brown eyes. But the glow wasn't the same between him and the kind one who helped me escape."

"Okay… um…" Gavin thought for a few seconds. "Did you record his face with… your eyes or something?"

The child nodded and Gavin sighed in relief. Only, he wasn't allowed to ask the android to show him these pictures like that. She was considered as a living being, and although she was an android, she was minor. He, therefore, had to contact the parents and ask them for permission. If they agree, maybe Nines could analyze these recordings?

He had an android partner, he had to take advantage of it.

"Thanks, Hannah…" Gavin smiled friendly. "I'm going to call your mom and dad to tell them we've found you and you're okay, okay?"

She nodded again and Gavin stood up. He informed Harper he was going to make a phone call. As he left the room, Hannah returned to drawing on the large whiteboard.

Gavin walked outside the station and pulled out his phone once outside. He called the Lewis family to tell them the news, and the mother seemed relieved to hear that her daughter was safe and sound. She told him they were on the road immediately to join them.

Gavin then hung up, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. He inhaled the smoke and sighed for a long time, letting the nicotine subtly numb his face, his eyes closed.

"And you don't even call me ..?"

Gavin jumped and dropped his cigarette on the floor. He turned his head to the voice and saw Midnight approaching him, in vigilante clothes, eyes glowing. Fuck, he loved to see him dressed like that. Yet another kink.

He crouched down to pick up his cigarette while cursing before dragging on it again, his eyes locked on Midnight.

"First, we're not supposed to be on duty. But I was about to do it, right after smoking." The vigilante crossed his arms, unconvinced. "And how did you know first?"

"I am connected to a lot of networks." Midnight said, patting his right temple. "I picked up Lieutenant Harper's call when he contacted you. It took a little while to get through town."

"Hannah has been found," Gavin explained. "And the story is a bit far-fetched." He sighed before inhaling the smoke. "And if the parents agree, we may be able to access the recordings she had of the person who kidnaped and released her. "

"Kidnapped, and released?" Midnight said, arching an eyebrow behind his mask.

"Yeah… I said it was far-fetched."

"Did she say where she was?"

"Ah… No, I didn't ask her. She said her senses had been deactivated but if she ran away she must have seen something."

" What if nothing can be taken from the recordings or if the parents refuse?" The vigilante asked, leaning against the wall next to Gavin.

"The guy used a taxi to kidnap her. It'll be enough to contact the company and track the vehicle booking. Oh and our guy is an android. Schizophrenic I think, or so the kid is."

Midnight frowned thoughtfully.

They were then silent for a few minutes, both in front of the police station. Gavin finished smoking his cigarette before crushing the rest in the ashtray on the wall near the door. He turned his head to Midnight.

"I… um, I have to go back to Hannah and ask her a few more questions before her parents arrive. Just ... in case they won't agree to give us the recordings."

"No worries," Midnight said, pushing himself away from the wall. " I wait for you."

"You're sure ?" Gavin said, raising an eyebrow. "It might take some time… Maybe you have other more… important things to do? "

" I'll be waiting for you."

"Okay," Gavin shrugged. "If you don't wanna be spotted…" he suddenly threw a bunch of keys that the vigilante easily caught. "You can wait in my car, it'll be more discreet. Oh and," he made a circle in front of his own eyes. "You should turn your headlights off."

Midnight let out a chuckle and nodded. Gavin felt a warmth rise in his chest as he heard that crystalline laugh and saw that amused smile. He pinched his lips, and Midnight walked over to his car, parked a little further away.

Gavin inhaled and once the vigilante was in his car, he headed back inside. He returned to the meeting room where he again found Lieutenant Harper with Hannah, who appeared to be examining her drawing on the board. Gavin also looked at the artwork in question and frowned. The features weren't perfect, but they were oddly familiar. Gavin crossed his arms as he inspected the drawing in turn, which looked like a tower.

"What is that ?" Gavin asked before glancing at the girl.

"That's where I ran away from," she replied, closing the marker. "It was dark, but I could see it."

"That looks familiar…"

Gavin heard a muffled laugh from the lieutenant at his words. He turned his head towards him, his face wrinkled in annoyance, suddenly not understanding the mockery.

Harper apologized and invited him to follow him out of the room, then out of the police station. Outside, he pointed in the distance a tower, which once in the middle of the night was bright, looming in the dark, with a panoramic view of the Detroit River and the city.

"It's that damn thing," Harper said, lowering his arm.

"What- Cyberlife? Was the kid brought to Cyberlife? "

"The tower she drew looks a lot like this, doesn't it? You have to ask her. It may not be related to the kidnapping. She's an android, obviously, she came from there."

"She said she ran away from it," Gavin repeated, walking back inside. "Then it makes sense. If she came from Belle Isle, you were the first police station on her way." He paused in front of the meeting door. "And that means that this schizophrenic android is not that far…"

He entered the room and approached Hannah again. He put his knee on the floor again to be at her level and gave her a small smile before glancing at the board, then at her.

"This is the Cyberlife tower, right?" She nodded. "Is this where the other android held you?"

"Yes…"

"Do you know what model it was?"

She shook her head, she didn't know. Gavin suspected that android kids didn't have this kind of software. They had been programmed to be almost real kids, not walking scanners.

Gavin tried to question her a bit more, but the child looked exhausted, possibly due to a low battery level. She had been kidnapped, had been injured, she had been certainly struggling and had run from Belle Isle to get here. It was understandable.

Harper called out to Gavin to let him know that the parents had just arrived. He nodded and turned to Hannah.

"I still have something to do, are you okay if you stay here a few more minutes? You can…" he looked at the board. "Draw a little more?" She nodded with a small smile. "Cool, see you then ..!"

And Gavin gave the child a friendly smile before leaving the room again. Harper closed behind them and approached a couple standing by the lieutenant's desk. As soon as Gavin's eyes met Mrs. Lewis', the young woman strode over in his direction, one hand gripping her scarf and the other in her husband's, which she tugged in the motion.

"Detective Reed," Mrs. Lewis said, coming up to his height. "Where's Hannah? What happened? Is she okay?"

"Come with me. "

They moved to Lieutenant Harper's desk, who gladly offered it to the detective. Once the four of them were seated around the desk, Gavin and Harper told them about the situation, and what Hannah had told them as well. They talked about the recordings, which would be essential in finding Hannah's kidnapper. The parents had hesitated at first, but Gavin told them that he only needed the recordings from the day Hannah went missing until she arrived at the police station tonight. Or a maximum of forty-eight hours. The parents seemed more comfortable with this precision and gave their permission. Harper printed out some documents so they could sign and give official permission, and Gavin gave them a copy.

"Let's go see Hannah so we can proceed."

Opening the meeting room door, Gavin let the parents in and they walked over to Hannah in deep relief before hugging her kindly. Gavin gave them a few moments to reunite together.

When they parted ways, Mrs. Lewis took Hannah's hand and informed her that Detective Reed needed the recordings to locate the person. Hannah nodded and left the meeting room with her parents to follow the detective to the desk.

"I only need the recordings from the time this android picked you up in the taxi until I get there, okay?" Gavin asked, and Hannah nodded. "Even though there are no videos, the sounds can be important." She nodded again. "Great. So…"

He connected a small device to the computer that looked like a wireless cell phone charging base and brought the flat, circular device toward the child.

"You just have to put your hand on it and interfacing with it," Gavin explained, gesturing, without the interface effect obviously. "And you just have to transfer the recordings like you would do to show to another android. Can you do it?" Hannah nodded. "Great.. ! "

He quickly set up the device on the computer, then activated it. He indicated to the child that she could transfer the recordings, and she did so, by putting her hand on it, her skin retracting.

He watched the action with fascination. He had seen this kind of thing before but never really dwelled on it. He had never noticed the fine knuckles in the fingers, that slightly shiny aspect of the chassis, and the blue light emanating from the palm during the interface.

Gavin wondered if Nines had the same details if his hands could glow like his eyes.

A faint distracted smile began to stretch his lips as he thought of the vigilante and seemed to grow franker and franker as he remembered that he was currently in his car. His thoughts began to wander over the time he and the vigilante had chatted in the car in the parking lot at Wendy's, or how close they had been in that same parking lot out there when Gavin tried to take off his mask. Then he thought back to the Hudson Tower. The euphoria. The kiss…

A beep snapped Gavin out of his thoughts and concentrated back again. The recordings had just finished downloading, and Hannah removed her hand from the device. Gavin transferred the recordings to a USB drive, which he carefully stowed in his inside jacket pocket.

"Thank you very much," he said addressing the parents. "I will analyze the recordings tonight and of course I will keep you informed." He looked at Hannah. "You were very brave, Hannah."

The child smiles shyly before snuggling up to her mother. Gavin then got up and told the family to go home and stay alert. The parents thanked the two policemen and left the station with Hannah. Gavin turned to Harper and sighed.

"Thank you very much for your help," he said, shaking his hand. "Call me if you have anything, but I think I can get something from these recordings."

"I hope so," Harper said, responding to the gesture. "Glad to have helped the Third Division."

Gavin nodded, then after a few exchanges, left the station in turn. He crossed the parking lot and got into his car. Midnight was still there.

He turned his head towards him and smiled. Gavin couldn't help but contemplate his lips for a few seconds before looking up to the vigilante's icy blue eyes. Well, that wasn't any better, he could drown in them for hours staring at them.

" So ? "

" So what? Ah!" Gavin said, coming to himself and starting the car. "I have the recordings. We'll go to my place to watch them. Well, if you want to come."

" I come."

"Are you sure you don't have the city to save?" Gavin asked with a smile.

"I haven't received anything yet. At least nothing urgent." He paused. "Unless you don't want me to come."

" Yes, of course, I want to.. !" Gavin took a little more offense than wanted. "Then if we have a face, could you analyze it? Could you scan it? "

" Yes."

"Well, perfect, we were meant to be together."

Midnight smirked as he saw Gavin's face flush as his eyes remained focused on the road as he drove back to his apartment.

"To work, I mean."

"Hmhm," Midnight smirked, looking out his window. " I have no doubt about it…"