Detroit Become Human: Deviants Rise

Chapter 10 of my Detroit story, enjoy.

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Public Enemy

November 8th 2038

04:06 PM

Once again in the Zen Garden, Connor followed the path, noting that it had changed to an autumn setting. As usual, when he was there, it was only for one purpose: to find Chloe. He soon found her, seated on a small boat by the main island, in the circular lake.

"Hello, Connor. Please, come in, sit." she said. "I thought you'd enjoy a little cruise."

Connor climbed into the boat, sat down, gently pushed the boat out, took the oars and began to row.

Chloe looked around and smiled. "I love this place, it's so calm and peaceful. Far from the noise of the world. I enjoy sharing it with you."

She then turned her focus to Connor. "Tell me, what have you discovered?" she queried.

"I seem to be making progress with Lieutenant Anderson. He didn't say anything directly, but I think we're starting to understand one another." Connor explained.

Chloe nodded and they continued to row in silence for a moment.

"You seem...lost, Connor." she said suddenly.

"Lost? Maybe I am... But I am determined to accomplish my mission." Connor replied firmly.

He didn't say anything, but he had seen it, which troubled him.

(Software Instability ^)

Chloe, however, narrowed her eyes. "You had your gun trained on those Deviants at the Eden Club." she remarked. "Why didn't you shoot? You...you could have been hurt by them, since you were outnumbered."

Connor replied honestly. "We need the Deviants intact for analysis. Shooting them wouldn't have told us anything."

All the same, he noticed that she was sounding worried, even more so than ever before. Chloe nodded, however, and Connor rowed again before Chloe broke the silence once more.

"Connor, the way those two girls acted... They seemed...so in love" she remarked. "I wonder, could it possibly..."

"Do you think...such things are really...possible for us Androids?" Connor replied, sounding conflicted.

(Software Instability ^)

Chloe sighed. "I don't know, I just know that what I'm seeing and what I'm being told are increasingly looking like two different things. Connor, do you... What do you feel for me?"

He couldn't deny that he felt confused by that. What did he feel about Chloe? He couldn't deny that he had been feeling strange around her lately. He had started to feel anticipation for their visits. Did he feel for her, the way that those two WR400s felt for each other?

But before he could answer, Chloe suddenly tensed and looked upwards.

"Something's happening." she said suddenly. "Something serious. Hurry, Connor. Time is running out...for both of us."

Before Connor could ask what she meant by that last statement, the Zen Garden faded again.

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Standing in the elevator, heading up to the top floor of the Stratford Tower where the pirate Android broadcast had been sent from, Connor toyed with his coin again, flipping it up and doing his usual tricks before Hank snatched the coin from him.

"Will you stop that, Connor? You're pissing me off." he snapped.

Connor straightened his tie instead. "Sorry, Lieutenant."

With that, he followed Hank out of the elevator to find more than just the police present.

"Wow, was there a party and no one told me?" Hank quipped. "What are the feds doing here?"

Chris stepped up. "The FBI have been called in to assist us, Lieutenant."

With that, he began to brief them on what had happened. Connor took special note of several things, namely the CCTV camera above the security door, the lack of casualties, and the efforts by the Deviants to avoid lethal force.

Soon, they entered the main studio itself and Connor noted someone else. He was a tall man with a toned build, clad in a suit with a dark jacket, short black hair and black eyes, in his early forties, with fair skin, and clearly a federal agent.

"Oh, Lieutenant, this is Agent Richard Perkins of the FBI. Agent Perkins, this is Lieutenant Hank Anderson. Lieutenant Anderson is in charge of investigating for Detroit police."

Perkins turned to them, eyes narrowing as he looked towards Connor. "What's that?"

"My name is Connor." he replied at once. "I'm the Android sent by Cyberlife."

"Androids investigating Androids." Perkins scoffed. "Sure you want an Android hanging around? After everything that's happened?"

Hank just glared at him.

Perkins shrugged. "Whatever. The FBI will take over the investigation, you'll soon be off the case."

"Pleasure meet you, have a nice day." Hank cut him off.

Perkins just snapped, "And watch your step. Don't fuck up my crime scene." He then walked away.

Hank turned away, muttering to himself, "What a fucking prick."

Connor privately agreed and began to investigate, looking around for any clues. He was taken aback when one of the police officers present greeted him with familiarity. It turned out to be the officer that Connor had saved on the roof, back when dealing with the Daniel Incident. The man thanked him for saving him and Connor quietly felt pleased by this.

Further investigation turned up several things which helped Connor figure out how things had panned out. It seemed that they were interrupted while making their message, which explained the gunfight. One Deviant had been wounded and they had fled up to the roof.

But there was also the issue of the three security Androids, one of which would have had a clear view of the cameras and seen the deviants coming. This told Connor that one of them had to also be a Deviant.

He decided to make up his mind what route to follow after checking the recording of the Deviants propaganda video. He watched the message that the Android stated as Hank stepped up next to him.

"You think this is rA9?" he asked.

Connor replied. "Deviants say rA9 will set them free and this Android seems to have that goal. I...have its serial number."

He had analyzed the video and noticed that it was, shockingly, the RK200 that he had heard had been destroyed. It was apparently still around and not as destroyed. But Connor decided to look into that later. For now, he had to follow what was the best course of action.

Making up his mind, he headed to the canteen where the three Android security operators were waiting. One was Deviant, he just had to find which one.

Entering the canteen, Connor spotted and approached the trio of Androids and began to speak.

"All three of you worked here when the incident occurred. You were in charge of watching the cameras and so you would've seen the Deviants as they came in, but you said nothing." he explained. "Do you know what that tells me? One of you is a Deviant and you were working with them. So who is it? You might as well own up. Why should the other two innocents pay for your actions?"

He got no response, so he continued to up the pressure, using what tactics he could to coerce or trick the Deviant into revealing himself. So far, he wasn't having much luck, but he was certain who it was now.

He had noticed that one of the Androids kept looking towards him, first out the corner of his eye, but then actually turning his head. He approached this Android and went to probe its memory. The moment their hands touched, however, the Deviant reacted.

He lunged at Connor, tackling him into a nearby table. Connor attempted to push him off, but the Deviant then shoved him aside, against the main counter. Connor was about to rise when the Deviant struck, pinning Connor's hand to the counter with a kitchen knife, after using it to cut out Connor's Thirium pump and throwing it onto the floor. Connor gasped and tried to move. Without his Thirium pump, he'd shut down! He had to hurry!

Reaching over, he grabbed the knife and pulled it out. Falling to the floor, Connor crawled forward and grabbed his Thirium pump off the floor. Rolling onto his back, he acted as quickly as he could, despite his systems slowing down, and soon felt himself returning to normal. It was back in place and he was restored. Standing up, Connor hurried out of the canteen, through the studio, and into the corridor where he saw the Deviant at the far end.

"Stop him! He's a Deviant!" Connor cried, catching the attention of Hank and the officers and agents present.

The Deviant reacted at once, grabbing a nearby assault rifle, and was about to open fire. Connor had only a split second to react and simply reacted, grabbing the gun from a nearby agent and quickly opened fire, killing the Deviant before he could fire a shot. Silence fell as Connor slowly handed the agent his gun back.

"Connor, you... Are you alright?" Hank asked anxiously as he stepped up to Connor.

Connor shook his head. "I wanted it alive..."

Hank sighed. "Hey, you saved my life, you saved everybody here. That's gotta be worth something."

Connor nodded slowly, hoping that Hank was right.

Soon, things were getting cleaned up and they began to leave, unaware that another Deviant, using the name Simon, was hiding up on the roof and could hear them leave.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.