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Perfect. Connor sat in the middle seat, beckoning Alice on the other side of him.

"I don't know how comfy that will be," Alice said.

"Very comfy. I know what I am doing." Alice came in on the side. He wrapped his fingers around sensory pressure points on her arm. She fell back to sleep before Hank even made it to the car.

"You promised this was worth it. This better be worth it." Hank got in. "We're still missing one person."

"She will come down. I set a timer on your phone. She'll grab it and figure it out," Connor said.

"What are you playing at?" Hank asked. "Didn't you patch things together last night?"

"I told her we were lovers," Connor said. "She disagreed. So, I am going to have to work with hand-kisses, cheek-kisses, and some decent holding hands."

"You were friend zoned. Sorry to hear." Hank started the car. "Chasing after the girl that way never gets her. She'll become more distant, Connor. Be careful."

"I know the research on that," Connor said. "It will be tricky. Even if I can't win her over, that isn't what's important."

"Oh yeah? Then what is?"


Kara woke up out of her recharging when she heard beeping. She didn't feel Connor against her. She moved out of the hotel room and noticed someone out in the car.

"Ready?" Hank approached her from the side. Already ready? "Let's go, they are in the car."

Kara followed Hank down from the hotel to the car. She peered in the back seat.

Connor smiled at her from the middle seat. On the side of him, Alice was covered up with a blanket and her pillow. "Come on in." He patted the seat.

That wasn't going to let Alice get accurate rest. She slunked in and closed the door. His arm predictably looped around her, bringing her closer.

"There we go," Connor said. "One big happy family."

Kara watched as Alice smiled but was resting just fine against Connor. Cheater. He wasn't casually holding onto Alice, he was putting pressure on certain areas. Even though she was sitting up, Alice probably felt like she was lying down. He was even stroking her arm every once in awhile. With the sensory points and his arm stroking, Alice felt warm and cozy.

Leaving Kara to sit on the other side of Connor. "Hank is even up early."

"Oh yeah." Hank didn't seem too mad about that.

"Hank is only with us for half the day," Connor revealed. "We are taking a day to acclimate to everything. Hank gets his time for his hobbies, and the family can spend time together."

The family. Since Alice was his family, she couldn't say anything about that.

As they traveled, Connor seemed to have a good grip on keeping Alice asleep. Ten hours of uninterrupted time, but he was doing his best. No matter how much he's trying with me, he didn't leave her out. It wasn't only sweet but smart. Alice needed to keep her recharging up. Kara looked out the window. Now where were they? Connor was the one in the most control of that now. He was staying a distance away from android areas as well as any of Cyberlife's buildings. Although not half as prevalent than in Detroit, they were still out there with distribution centers. It made that simple 'head to the nearest international airport and follow the most direct path' impossible.

Hank's phone rang. Connor reached in his pocket and checked who it had been. "For me again."

"See?" Hank said from the front. "Separate phones are important. Now after this whole mess you can get your own and leave mine alone."

"You bet, Hank." Connor answered the phone. "Hello, Markus?"

"Status." Ooh. Markus didn't sound good.

"Status?" Connor asked. "I am fine now."

"Do you feel any lure to do what you . . . no, wait. You've always been more of a follower to your programming. Well? Do you feel like moving back to Detroit and finding deviants for the Detroit Police?"

That was a strange thing to ask. "I couldn't. All androids are deviants. That's not even a viable job anymore."

"Then working with the police? No, you do that. Then? Do you enjoy anything else besides the orders of Cyberlife?"

"I enjoy everything but the orders of Cyberlife," Connor corrected him.

"That's good. You still sound clean. The half deviant virus, it's getting worse. Simon is living in Detroit, doing his exact job. I've heard of a few androids wandering away from Jericho with the same intentions. And North? She's not good. She's not good at all. Are you sure you haven't felt any different? Your resonating problem, did it fix itself?"

"Yes," Connor said firmly. "Kara treated it. It took time. I was actually acting very opposite of my programming. It wasn't enjoyable at all."

"Kara treated it. Successfully? She needs to come to Jericho."

Whoah. "She can't," Connor said. "That's dangerous."

"Connor, this is serious! I? I locked North up in our room. Jericho rules are what an android wants but? I know. I know that North doesn't want to go back. It's the virus. If I let her and then she gets better, it'd tear her up. I can't. I."

Connor nodded. He'd seen North's models in the Eden Club. "You did the right thing."

"What will it take to get Kara freed to get this done? I'll call in any favors I can at this point because if Jericho doesn't take action until the last house, there might not be a Jericho left. Connor. Thirty androids were taken down last night."

"What?" Thirty?! "For the game? Well, why isn't anyone doing something? Are androids staying indoors?"

"I don't know. They are getting bolder. Coming in deeper into Jericho. With me locking North up, with Simon abandoning Jericho, I need help, Connor. Simon's gone. North's mind is . . . I can't find Josh anywhere today. I need help. Desperately."

"Kara is a threat to your mind," Connor reminded him. "You would have to make sure no one with Jericho information was near enough to her." Then, maybe they could clear the town. "The cure is slow. There's no telling who is infected. It's not a good idea."

"It's the only idea I got. Hang on, I'll call you back. North is making a real fuss again."


Jericho: Markus' Residence

Markus headed back to their room. Like hell he'd ever let his lover go back to the Eden Club. She'd forgive him afterward. She wouldn't have forgiven him if he had just let her go.

"Markus?" Mac's voice came from his front door with a few knocks.

Markus groaned. He went to the front door and looked at Mac. "What?"

"The bird group that was helping. None of them want to help anymore," Mac said. "What should I do?"

"Some have done that lately," Markus admitted. At least Mac was still on board. "What did you used to do? Before you came to Jericho?" Markus asked. "Maybe we can find a different trade for you in that to try." Because birds were not Jericho's number one problem at all right now.

"I worked with small amounts of android wildlife in Andrea Gail. It was an android base camp in Germany," he said. "They were assigned a small android zoo from the area. So, I don't know what other trade I would do ."

"You came from Germany?" Really? "I don't think I opened up foreign androids to the area yet."

"Emergency android," he said. "Jericho accepted me in an emergency. Andrea Gail wasn't very big, and it was in a decline. They stopped accepting new members and were trying to get rid of the older ones. Some terrible virus was starting to affect everyone, and their deviant selves seemed to vanish." Mac shrugged. "Running all of Jericho yourself, it makes sense you didn't remember."

"I?" No way. Did he really have that much information stored on his mind that he missed that? "How many androids came out of a virus area?"

"I was the only one from Andrea Gail. I was checked thoroughly before I came," Mac said, trying to ease his fears. "Everything's fine, I'm not infected. Medical checked me over thoroughly. I've always been myself." He chirped at his bird.

That was still perching on his shoulder.

"What's his name?" Markus asked deadpanned. "You've had him for some time. Did you name him?"

"Since he stayed. He likes the name Chip," Mac said. "Do you like the name Chip, Chip? Once for yes, twice for no." He chirped once. "See?"

"Did you . . . did you hang out with Simon at any point?" Markus asked. "Were you friends at all?"

"Not really friends. He just helped a little out with the birds at first," Mac admitted. "Once the bird group got bigger, he wasn't needed anymore." He held his hands out toward him. "North gave the group a hand only when needed."

"Did you have the same kind of bond with animals in Andrea Gail?" Mac asked. "How many changed around you?"

"I'm not infected, I promise," Mac said.

"I know that. How many had changed around you?" Markus asked firmly a second time.

"A lot," Mac confessed.

"Were they working with the animals?"


Medical

Markus waited out by the door. One night. In one night, it just felt like everything was falling apart. He contacted Andrea Gail and nobody answered. He contacted another small area near Andrea Gail to check on them. Gone, it was deserted. Either Mac, either the animals, or Mac and the animals were bringing the half deviant virus to Jericho. Not only that, but thirty androids gunned down in one night. One night! He needed Connor's task force right now after that incident. The best they could do is accept the Detroit Police's help. A few at first is all they could get until more help came through.

It's the opposite of what Connor wanted, but it didn't matter. Markus was the one that was there, and thirty androids were gone overnight. There was no telling what was around the corner now. Josh, where are you?

He watched the medic come in. "Did you check him over? Compare everything from when he arrived until now?"

"Yes," they said. "The comparison is so small, it's easy to miss. His programming wasn't a hundred percent, but it was nearly 94%, which is passing. Many androids don't always even reach that much." They looked at the figures. "In Jericho, he should have been getting better. He's at 92%. Very, very little change. He's fine."

"Except that he is still taking some kind of damage, even though you just said he shouldn't anymore." No. Markus didn't buy it. He tried to contact Josh, but he couldn't get through. Damn.


California

Connor answered the phone that was ringing for him again. "Markus."

"It's the birds or Mac, or both. Do you know Mac?"

"Mac?" Yes. He was his pleasant next door neighbor that was fast resonating trouble. "You think he's the culprit?"

"He came from a place called Andrea Gail. I called it. It's deserted, no one is there anymore. His trade was working with android animals for a small zoo."

Oh. "That is interesting," Connor said. "You think Cyberlife have the half deviancy in them?"

"I don't know. He was checked before he came, and he was checked afterward. He passed damage inspections, but he went down 2%. Only 2%. He seems fine."

"Did you look at his model number on the game card?" Maybe it had something to do with it.

"He's real low on the game card. I checked Simon's model. He was real high."

Maybe the birds were to blame? "Stop working with the birds."

"Connor Wonderland. I had thirty androids stopped, I have North locked up, I have Simon working in Detroit, with another small batch wanting to get permission, and more just leaving Detroit. I'm definitely not working on the bird problem."

"Sorry," he said. He looked toward Kara. "She has four houses to disconnect. After that, it's over, and she can go back home." He didn't know what else to say. Doing anything else could endanger her. Then, he felt the phone being jerked out of his hand.


Kara grabbed it. Connor was probably under some resonating lover shield or something. She wouldn't know, she kept hers turned off except for Alice. He was clearly talking about her though and not sharing the information. "Markus, what's going on?"

"Kara. You need to come back to Jericho. Connor said you can stop the half deviancy virus. It's affecting Jericho. North is clawing to return to the Eden Club. Simon is working outside in Detroit, back to the job he used to do for humans. Josh is nowhere to be found. Thirty androids died last night due to the games. I've called in any emergency help I can. So far, all I've got it that your neighbor Mac came from a virus area. He was checked, but he's still damaged. They were in the middle of working with animals too. I stopped all work with the birds."

She glared at Connor. He was just going to keep that all to himself? "Don't do that. The animals probably aren't the culprit, just a coincidence. You have to touch them individually to spread deviancy, instead of them touching each other for it. They're too different to be used that way. The virus area was probably getting shoved with it like Jericho had been."

"It's too dangerous," Connor warned her. "You need to get disconnected, or you also put them at risk."

It was a risk. If Cyberlife knew she came back and was in Jericho, it was a giant risk. But there's a good chance none of Jericho will survive this either. "This is dangerous, Markus. If anyone finds out I'm in Jericho, they could use it against you, and every android would have to be given the vaccine. It's slow working so you need to do the opposite of what you are doing to save the most infected for now."

"What do you mean opposite?"

"Mac is probably infected. Not every android is made the same or has the same tolerance." If there was one thing she learned from Kamski, it was programming. "He probably has a model that moves the virus inside of him very slow. Meanwhile, he has been infecting other androids."

"So he is it. Thank you, Kara. You don't know how much I appreciate it."

"The android animals too," Kara said. "It sounds like your desperate enough to need them as buffers until we can figure out how to get to Jericho safely."

"Buffers?"

"It won't stop it, but android animals have different programming inside of them," Kara said. "I've never worked with animal androids, I just know what I learned from Kamski. Markus." This wasn't easy. "It's not pleasant. It's not a cure but it'll bring them back around and slow down the progress until we figure something out. You can expect there will be some effects too."

"Like what?"


Detroit Park

Simon continued to smile as he picked up a piece of trash a human had dropped as they passed. There. All better again. He watched as Markus and Josh came toward him with a very large Tiger. On a chain. That was odd. Josh had already spent part of the day trying to talk him into leaving his park. He'd never do that though. The park was his home. "Hello."

"Hey, Simon." Josh glanced back at Markus. "Are you ready?"

"Medical's on the other side." Markus removed the chain on the Tiger. "How is your day going, Simon?"

"Very well. My park remains clean," Simon said. "I don't want that animal on the grass for long. The only bare place should be where I and other androids who help keep the park clean remain."

"Yeah." Markus looked toward the other beside Simon. "Later. Josh, you want to move him?"

Josh moved the other android like Simon. Simon didn't know why. He looked back toward Markus. What was he doing?

"I hope this works," Markus said, holding the tiger steady. He was placing one of his hands behind it's furry left ear.

Simon just watched as Markus whispered something in it's ear and let it go. It bounded toward Simon. He should run, but what if someone came by the park and tried to litter-


Markus held the tiger a fair distance as medical came to Simon's complete aid.

Kara was right, it wasn't pretty. Blue blood was along the ground, a busted arm, and several bio-components had to be replaced, stat. If medical hadn't been there, Simon would have stopped.

Markus approached calmly with the tiger. "Simon?"

Simon blinked at him. "Was I . . . was I just attacked by a tiger?"

"Yeah," Markus said. "He's fine. The chain was just for appearances not to scare any humans on the way here."

"And was I . . . actually enjoying cleaning a park again?"

Now, those were good words. "Yeah," Markus said.

"Oh. Okay." Simon just stared at the Tiger. "I'm guessing he's the reason I snapped back to my senses?"

"Yeah," Josh said. "He was the most compatible to an LP 700's system. He's an RP 700."

"Okay?" Simon just waited for a new arm to be reattached.

"I'm sorry, Simon," Markus apologized. "We had to get into your inner system and his system. The damage of an android's outer system to break into, damaged him too."

" . . . sorry?" Was he supposed to be sorry? They set a tiger on him, he didn't have anything to do with that! Okay, okay. Somehow, it was necessary, but being ripped into by a tiger? He watched it lick it's paws, ingesting the blue blood inside of itself.

"After both of you were damaged, we inserted it's opened claw deep into your bio component that controls habits," Josh said. "It's programming mixed with your programming. Buffering it, is what Markus called it. You've got something called the half deviancy virus. Until we cure it?" Josh patted the tiger. "Think up a name for your new pet."

"New pet?" Simon couldn't believe it. "That's going to be called a pet?"

"He's been tested first," Markus said. "He looks rough, and he can be, but he's just like us." He patted it's head. "He doesn't want to eat. He doesn't want to hunt. He just wants to live in peace like us."

Simon watched as it started to lick the blue blood off his face. He purred. He purred? "What was that? Did I just purr?"

"You might pick up a few of it's habits too," Markus said, "while he might have picked up a couple of your traits. Mixed compatible programming."

Simon watched as the tiger picked up the old arm limb off the ground and walked it to the trash receptacle. Using it's massive teeth, it dropped it in, and walked back to Simon. "So, what? Is it really expecting to follow me everywhere?"

"Before I gave it full deviance," Markus said, "I instructed it one thing. It could pay me back for freeing it, by protecting the android I tell it to maul later."

Simon tried out his new arm by scratching his head.

"You're essentially wounded though," Josh warned Simon. "Medical patched up everything except the bio-component he has to touch. That way the exchange will be a lot easier next time."

"You could have just kidnapped me back and took me to medical," Simon complained. The tiger rested his head against his chest. He noticed two opened claws. Bare wiring with blue blood peaking out of it.

"It takes a lot to break a claw," Markus said. "There are many sensory components inside. It's basically a weapon as well as controlling the foot and the arm. Humans liked to make it rip into things for the zoo." Poor guy. "It was best for it to follow it's nature with the maul, or medical might have done something irreversible to it. We don't have complete understanding over animal androids yet." He shrugged. "I'm sorry. I've been putting animals on the back burner, we just had so many other things to do."

"Well?" Simon patted it's head. "At least it's pretty." It growled.

"It's a he," Markus corrected him. "The android Mac, he's good at programming. He fixed him for you, since he's responsible for spreading everything. The tiger can understand what you're saying."

"Oh." He removed his hand. "Probably doesn't want petted then."

"No, they like that," Josh said. "It feels like being worshipped or thanked."

"Just probably offended by pretty," Markus corrected him.

"Oh. Don't want to do that." Simon petted him again. "So, you saved me from a life of servitude to a park again? I suppose that's worth a good mauling. You are a handsome one too. What are you supposed to be?"

"From the extinct exhibit," Markus said with a smile. "He's a Siberian Tiger."

"Hm. Well." Simon smiled. "How about Sibby?" He felt the tiger whack it's paw at him. "Okay, it can be something else. Whatever you like."

"One paw for yes, two paws for no," Markus explained. "Welcome back, Simon."

"Thank you. It feels great to-" Simon quit talking as Sibby licked his face some more.

Markus helped him up with Josh. "Think of a last name too. You'll be sharing it with Sibby."

"Sharing it?" Simon looked at the tiger android, now back on his feet. He patted it's side.

"I've kept the animal androids down for a long time, because I didn't know what to do," Markus said, half ashamed. "They are just like us. A little different, but just like us. They deserve to be in Jericho too, if they want to be." Markus held his hand out to Sibby. He shared his paw. "And they want to be."


California

One step forward, three steps back. When Markus rang back about Simon, Kara instantly took it. Connor didn't want her bothered about a terrible issue she couldn't help with, but he forgot about what Kara had done. Saved Alice and herself from a rampaging human. Survived the night on the run, survived a highway being chased by him, and even placed her life on the line for one terrible boat ride to Canada.

She could shed tears, but she was still very strong on the inside. That was probably why he eventually resonated toward lover with her in the first place.

Kara hung up. "Simon's back in Jericho, with Sibby," she said. "His pet Siberian Tiger."

"Pet Tiger?" Hank shouted. "Well, F-whoah."

"Markus isn't taking chances. The worst get their compatible android animals first," Kara said. "It should keep them going a bit longer until we figure out how to help Jericho. Thirty androids were taken down last night. The Detroit Police is being called to help."

"With animal androids like a Siberian Tiger, I'm sure there'll be some defense too," Hank said. "New meaning to the phrase 'sick 'em'."

"I didn't know you had something to contribute," Connor apologized to Kara.

"Then if something involves me, then let me know," she said back plainly. "Hiding that wasn't what friends do, and Markus is in trouble along with Jericho." She touched his face, picking up his mood again. "Your data and research should have showed, and known, that I needed to know. If you are going to be a hindrance because of your messed up resonating, then turn it off." She let go of his face and looked away again.

Well. Perhaps. "I will," Connor agreed for her. "It won't change how I feel though." Still. His programming. Just wasn't made for love. Until he got a better grip with Kara, the overwhelming lover sensations might need to be put at-

Yes. They needed to be put to rest. There was something else he hadn't noticed before. There was a tag on the car. One that something less than the latest prototype would have missed. Or one too lovestruck.

Family time was later.


Jericho

"Okay, easy," Markus said as his own yellow canary chirped on his shoulder. Who knew the exact same bird Carl had kept, had also been his compatible animal? Maybe Carl knew something more about Elijah Kamski than he knew.

Markus petted the extinct snow leopard next to him. "Lady. This here is my lady," he said very gently. "Remember what I said? Be careful how you get to her."

"I hope he was this gentle with me," Simon said to Josh.

"We just let go and hoped for the best." Josh laughed. "Nah. We instruct them. They really are brilliant." Josh's red panda named Rick came up by his neck briefly. "Down, Rick. Don't want you involved in this one." The little red panda moved away again. "Not over there." He moved toward medical. "Rick." He climbed up the main medic's leg and up to the top of his head. "Dang, Rick."

"They do have their own minds too, don't they?" Simon noticed.

"Yeah, that they do." Josh went over and grabbed Rick. He moved toward his shoulder. "Fine, just don't get startled then."

Markus shook Lady's paw. "I'm sorry about the damage. Medical just can't open your paw safely. If you over damage it, we'll do what we can. Otherwise, North and I will take great care of you no matter what, Lady Peace." He stood back up. Unlocked the door.

And let Lady Peace do the rest.


North stroked the poor paw of the android leopard. "I was really . . ." She looked toward Markus. "I thought only the Eden Club would . . ."

"It's okay," Markus assured her. "It didn't matter how much everyone in Jericho got to do what they wanted. I would never let you go back, North. Never." He hugged North closely.

"So. Lady Peace." North petted her rich, warm fur. "I had no idea they would be like this." She looked to the canary. "Is that yours?"

"Yeah." He patted her on the head. "Her name's Liberty."

"And this is Rick," Josh said, gesturing to the red panda on his shoulder. "The other big boy beside Simon is Sibby."

"Were getting the most important ones first. Then, we're assigning and converting, so if it happens to someone, we are ready," Markus said. "Until Kara can come back."

"Temporary," North whispered. She looked toward Markus. "Don't ever let me go."

"Never." Markus kissed her gently.

Never. She looked at his little bird, trying to think of something to lighten the mood. "Mine is cooler you know, Markus."

"Don't discount my little Liberty due to her size," Markus said, also lightening up for her. "It's good to have you back, North Peace."


California: Night.

It took time to reach a decent airport that didn't have at least one android area anywhere near it. How they were supposed to keep it going was beyond Kara. They would just have to figure out a way. She got out of the car first, glad to get some air. Connor did a decent job keeping Alice to sleep. Most likely, she didn't get the full ten hour recharge last night being separated from her.

She went around the car to reach Alice on the other side. No way was Connor keeping her from Alice tonight. While she reached in though, she heard gun shots. She whipped around and looked as she heard an injured cry. Connor stood by the opposite door, a gun trained on the bushes as he walked solidly forth.

"Damn, Connor," Hank said. "Never get over how fast he is sometimes."


Connor followed the injured man into the trees. He was on the ground, crying over his injury. Connor yanked him up. "First instinct was to shoot you in the head. Feel fortunate I want information."

"Anything, man, anything!" He yelled. "I wasn't aiming at you, I swear!"

"Sure." Connor shot to the left of himself, barely even needing to look. The second culprit was trying to sneak up on him. He fell to the ground. "He lost the use of his hand where I struck. If you follow again, I will choose between that or worse. Now. Information."

"W-we recognized the YK 500 and AK 400 from the Live Prey games!" He squealed. "We were just trying to get the money. We weren't going to kill them, just knock them out. See? The gun!"

Connor picked up the gun and glanced at it. Finally a weapon of the games. He'd keep that for future research. "Who were you giving them to?"

"There are different bidders for each thing," he squealed, "so we took the highest at the moment! Somewhere out of the US! The number, I got it in my pocket!"

"Then reach in your pocket with your uninjured hand." Impressive. This one actually had some information unlike the other one they caught before. He must have proved himself more than once. He gave the number to Connor. "Relax. I'm not going to kill you. I will split the profit with you." A lie.

"What?" he asked. "A-are you kidding?"

"No. Tell me how you came across this number."

"Oh. I told you that." He held his arm. "You didn't have to shoot then if you wanted to partner up."

"I don't want to partner up. I just needed your voice pattern when you weren't screaming or squealing. Go check on your friend. Thank you for your cooperation." Connor looked at the number. "Don't come back or I'll kill you both before you even aim the gun. Have a nice day."


Kara watched as Connor arrived back to the car. "What was that?"

"Someone trying to play Live Prey." Connor was carrying the new gun. "At first glance, this seems a little more sophisticated than the usual weapons."

"Oh." Wow. He apparently did have a trigger mode. In the time it took to get out and get to Alice's side, he already took care of someone who was out to hurt them. She never would have seen it. How did he ever even know?

"You seem perplexed," Connor answered staring at her. "Was my quick wit and rapid movement prone to above your satisfaction?"

"No, no." Hank hung his head down over the car door. "No, Connor. Never ask a woman if she was turned on by you being macho. You're hopeless. Get back in, we're not picking this hotel after this."

Connor moved back to the center while Kara took the side again. However, he used his voice sound to call the number given to him. "Hey. We did it. We got an AX 400 and a YK 500 for you. When do we get paid?"

"I'm out of town at the moment where I live, and I'm nowhere near America. If you wish, you can hang onto them for two weeks and I will pick them up, giving you your cash earnings. Otherwise, I will tack on an extra 3,000 if you personally come and leave them at my address in Nassau."

"Whoah. A trip to The Bahamas. Sure, we'll come for the extra 3,000. Text us everything we need, man."

Connor held Hank's phone. "It could be a coincidence it's the same place, but I doubt it." He held up the phone to Kara. "One of the Kamski's is after you for the Live Prey games, but he's out from his home in Nassau for two weeks."

Kara nodded. "Nassau it is."

Summary Notes:

Each android has a most compatible counterpart animal. It's how their pets/new family members are determined.

Animal androids are like a game system and human androids are like a TV. They are two separate things, but when hooked up correctly (touching each other's bio-components for habits) they can exchange programming in that area. (Play games like Detroit: Become Human.) While it counteracts viruses within each other, it can also share things (like Simon can now purr.)

Animal androids are brilliant. They are mostly peaceful and Markus found out they don't need to be kept in cages. They aren't out to hurt anyone unless they have to.

The car when it was tagged wasn't picked up by Connor because he was accepting his resonating and concentrating on Kara. When she told him to turn it off, and he did, he sensed the threat and was ready as soon as he knew they'd take the opportunity.