XI
Hank stared at the detective with a questioning look on his face. He wondered why Gavin was sitting there on one of Kamski's couches. Gavin Reed hated androids with a passion so why was he here. It wasn't like he was just visiting Kamski, that just didn't make any sense. Also, the way they both placed themselves as they turned to look at Hank was creepily similar. As Hank stared at them both he soon noticed all kind of little details that he had never realized before. Shaking his head, he took a step forward.
"Two things. First, what the fuck are you doing here?" Hank asked Gavin with a frown then turned back to Elijah. "Second, you wanted to see me apparently, why?"
"Well first thing, Gavin here is going to help. Second, yes I did want to see you because I have a plan to stop miss Charbonnet," Elijah answered.
"I still don't get it. Reed, why are you here? You hate androids," Hank replied.
"Still do, but I saw the tin can on the news. I think we all know that that android wasn't Connor," Gavin said slowly. "I don't want another fucking battle."
"Call him tin can again, I swear to god-" Hank started before getting cut by Kamski.
"Alright, there's no use in starting a fight here as well," he stated as he stood up. "The first thing we are going to do is tell each other what we know of the situation. Afterward, I'll tell you my plan. Lieutenant Anderson, you can take a seat. Chloe, can you bring us two sodas and a glass of water please?"
"You have sodas here?" Gavin asked.
"I knew you were coming," Elijah replied with a small smile.
Gavin gave him a single nod and turned his head towards Hank.
"What are you staring at, old man?" he asked.
"You two know each other," Hank stated. "I guess I'm just surprised."
"It is a long story," Elijah replied after he realized that Gavin was not going to speak.
Chloe arrived with their drink and placed them on the small table in front of them. She left the room after giving them a smile.
"So, tin can's gone missi-" Gavin started.
"Gavin," Elijah simply said as he looked at Hank's angry face.
The detective sighed before speaking again.
"Connor's gone missing, then appears on the news," Gavin started again.
"Fowler told me that the red-eyed android had been seen around just before Connor got kidnapped, so she got him," Hank added.
"On the news, Connor was in one of CyberLife's rooms. Also, Rachelle Charbonnet had the footage, meaning Connor is at CyberLife with her," Elijah said.
"Connor would never attack somebody without a reason," Hank replied.
"My guess is that he was tortured," Gavin said as he crossed his arms.
"Kidnapped, then tortured until Charbonnet had the footage she wanted, meaning she recorded everything," Elijah said.
"We need to get that recording then," Hank replied.
"Yes, but first we need to find the red-eyed android. I have a feeling this android was send by Charbonnet herself," Kamski said thoughtfully.
"So, if we can prove that CyberLife created the android, we can show that to the people and they'll stop following that crazy woman," Gavin replied.
"If we can get our hands on the android, I can access her memory. We only have to hope that the people chose to believe me," Kamski said slowly.
"They will," Gavin whispered.
Elijah gave Gavin a small smile before standing up. Gavin followed and crossed his arms. Hank frowned as Elijah did the same before speaking again.
"We'll need to get in touch with Markus. We will need all the help we can get to capture this android."
Hank looked at both of them for a moment. Did they use to be childhood friends? It was like they copied each others' mannerisms, it was weird.
"You want to ask something," Elijah stated. "Go ahead."
Hank sighed and shook his head.
"You're still wondering why Gavin is here, right?" Kamski asked after a moment.
Hank raised his head and nodded before standing up. The two younger men looked at each other. Reed sighed and gave Elijah a nod before looking down.
"Gavin's my brother," Kamski said. "Well, half-brother but you get the idea."
"Oh," Hank said slowly. "That makes sense."
"Yeah, well now can we start this shit before I change my mind," Gavin suddenly said right after.
Hank smirked and nodded. "Yeah, I'll call Markus."
XXX
Casey Blake waited for what felt like an eternity before she heard footstep coming closer. She knocked once on the side of the wall before sitting in the corner. She slowly reached for her pocket knife and held it tightly without letting the blade out. The handle was made of metal, if she could hit the right stop, maybe her plan would work. A guard opened the door and let the light shine inside the office. Casey panicked when she saw the second guard. She needed to find something quick.
Connor had heard them come in and after taking a deep breath started hitting the walls and shouting.
One of the guards turned around quickly.
"Go see what's going on," he said slowly.
Casey thought quickly and stood up.
"I think he's going to lose control again, you need to stop him before he kills another human," she said quickly.
The guard hesitated for a moment before turning around. Rapidly, Casey kicked the back of his knee which made the guard fall forward. She kicked his helmet and smacked the handle of her knife on his head. When he stopped moving, she ran outside the office and closed the door. She closed her eyes as she heard a gunshot followed by Connor's scream. Taking a deep breath, she started running, she needed to get to Rachelle's office right now.
XXX
Connor laid down on the ground as a small pool of thirium formed around his leg. It hurt like hell when he tried to move. He hadn't expected the guard to come to attack him. He had killed another human, what was he becoming? He couldn't help but think of Hank. He would never let him in his life again, he would lose everything. Connor surprised himself as a new thought came to his mind. The guard's gun was still on the floor. It would be so easy to just… end it all.
