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Rachelle creepily smiled as she walked in her office. The second part of her plan was now in action.
"Ma'am?" John Blake asked her as he stood in the doorway.
"Yes, Mr. Blake?" Rachelle said as she turned around.
"I was wondering what the next part of the plan was. I am not sure lying about the deviants was the right solution," he explained softly.
It was clear that he was afraid of his boss, but as days went by he couldn't help but agree more with his daughter. Charbonnet frowned before speaking up.
"Are you questioning my ways?"
"Of course not, ma'am," John replied quickly.
"Lying is the only way we can bring people to our side. The world has always been afraid of a new intelligent species taking over the planet. I simply put the idea into their mind, they will do the rest. Send the BR100 on another mission. The more we can scare the civilians, the more people will join us," Charbonnet explained slowly.
John nodded quickly before walking back to his office. He unlocked the door and stepped inside before locking it again. He turned slowly and stared at the android in front of him. Her long blond hair was tied in a ponytail, and her red eyes were scanning the room. The BR100 or Lilith as Casey had apparently called it, was wearing normal clothes.
"You need to eliminate another deviant, your mission starts now," John said as the android looked at him.
Lilith stood up and looked straight into John's eyes. It walked out of the room and John closed his eyes as he saw the guns on each of its sides. He had created this monster and he was slowly regretting it.
XXX
Connor arrived at Jericho's new location and nodded at Markus. The deviant leader walked toward him with North, Simon, and Josh behind him. Connor greeted the deviants before sitting down. Hundreds of deviants stood around the place and stared at the group.
"You called me," Connor said after a while.
"Yes, I did. We wanted your opinion on CyberLife's actions," Markus explained.
"I think Charbonnet's lying to scare the civilians," Connor said.
"We think the same, but we can't let our people be slaughtered," North jumped in.
"North, we cannot use violence against violence," Markus said calmly. "We won't fight."
"I'm sorry, Markus but we can't afford to be nice anymore. We need to fight for our freedom or else we are just going to get killed one by one," North explained.
"Fighting is probably not the best solution," Connor added.
They soon realized that North couldn't be reasoned with. She had her mind set on fighting and nothing would stop her. She stood up and climbed on a small platform to make sure everybody saw her.
"We can't let our people die, we need to fight back! The only way for us to get our freedom is to take it! Who's with me?" she asked the crowd around her.
Some deviants didn't say a word, but some were raising their fist in the air and saying North's name. Soon the majority of androids were shouting North's name in unison. Markus couldn't believe his eyes. He jumped next to North and raised his hand.
"CyberLife wants us dead, and we will not let them bring an end to our lives but fighting them is not the right way. We fought for our freedom peacefully and we got it. If we do the same now, they will understand that we aren't evil. We can't let ourselves play CyberLife's game," Markus explained.
Connor looked at the androids all around the place and frowned. They were divided. Some wanted peace while others were tired of waiting for their freedom. This was quickly turning into chaos, and there was nothing Markus could do. The deviants had tasted what freedom was and they weren't letting it go.
When the deviants started shouting North's name again, Markus and Connor knew that it was over. North was now their leader and a civil war would certainly take place. This was the end. Simon joined North as they started talking about plans while Connor, Josh, and Markus walked in a corner to talk.
"Now what?" Josh asked.
"Now we are divided… we can only wait," Markus sighed.
A few dozens of androids walked closer to them and sat down. "We are with you, we don't want to fight," one of them said.
"Connor, you should warn the police station. Warn them that the deviants are now two groups, explained the situation," Markus said as he placed a hand on Connor's shoulder.
The deviant nodded before standing up and leaving. He needed to find Hank quick.
XXX
Back at the station, Connor went straight to Hank and his own desks. He sat down on Hank's desk and took a deep breath. He didn't necessarily need to breathe but it helped to cool his system down a small bit.
"What did Markus want?" Hank asked him as he looked up.
"Something really bad happened, Lieutenant. The deviants are now divided into two groups. Markus is leading the pacific group while North is leading the other one. North's group wants to fight fire with fire. Markus think's it's going to get bloody," Connor explained quickly.
"Are they going to attack CyberLife?" Hank asked.
"I don't think they will make the first move, but if CyberLife threatens us again, they will probably open fire."
"Shit, this is bad. You guys do realize that it's exactly what CyberLife wants, right?"
"That is what Markus said, but they do not want to listen," Connor said softly. "Hank… I'm scared."
"We trust you guys, but Markus needs to make a statement, explaining his position. The people will trust him," Hank said thoughtfully.
Connor nodded slowly. "I'll tell him," he replied.
"Lieutenant Anderson," an officer said as he walked to the desk.
"Yes?" Hank asked.
"There has been another murder, but this time we have a witness," the cop said slowly. "The guy's in the interrogation room.
"Alright, thanks. C'mon Connor," Hank said as he stood up.
Arrived in the room, Connor and Hank entered together. They sat in front of the man. Connor analyzed him before speaking up.
"Tell us what you know," he said softly.
"I… he was my friend…" the man said shakily. "She just arrived without saying anything and shot him like four times… I didn't know what to do… she was scary looking. The scariest thing was her red eyes."
"Red eyes?" Hank asked.
"Was the android wearing a CyberLife uniform?" Connor asked right after.
"No, just jeans and a plain t-shirt… and yes, red eyes. She looked at Rick as he bled out. I couldn't do anything to stop the bleeding. She left before I could do anything," the man answered.
"Did she say anything?"
"I think I heard mission accomplish, but I could have been mistaken," he said slowly. "I'm sorry, I'm not that useful."
"No, you are very useful to us. We didn't have any information on the android before," Connor explained.
The man nodded slowly before looking down again.
"Is there anything else you can tell us before we go?" Hank asked.
The man shook his head slowly.
"I'm sorry for your lost, thank you for telling us this information," Connor said as he stood up, followed by Hank.
They left the room and sat down in the break room. This had been the third murder and they still didn't know that much about the killer. Connor frowned as he thought about Markus. They would need to reach out to the people before North's attack.
