XII

The copper-haired teen ran down the stairs to reach the top floor. Why did this building have so many levels? Casey was getting exhausted pretty fast, but she knew she had to keep running. She needed to save Connor and herself. She couldn't help but feel guilty about what had happened to Connor, but she couldn't stop and think of it. She had a mission. Reaching the last floor, she looked at the small map on the wall and smirked. She found it. Rachelle Charbonnet's office.

Casey took a deep breath before making her way to the room. It was now or never. She could only hope that Rachelle wasn't there. The teen walked slowly to the room. She stopped halfway when she saw the door open and froze. A guard stood in the doorway and was talking to someone inside. Casey cursed under her breath. What to do now? She closed her eyes for a moment.

"The deviant escaped!" she shouted in a deep voice.

The guard quickly walked out followed by Charbonnet herself. Casey held her breath as she heard footstep going away. Once she heard the elevator door open she ran for it.

Inside the office, she looked around and panicked when she couldn't find anything. She searched in the drawers, on the desk, behind every door, but nothing. She sat on the floor and looked under the desk. Nothing. She angrily pushed the chair and made it fall on the side with a loud noise.

"Shit…" she whispered.

She moved to replace the chair and noticed the small USB attached under the chair. This had to be it! She had found it.

"I think we deactivate him. The other deviants will start searching for him, if they get access to his memories, the plan is going to fail," a guard said as he was getting closer.

Casey panicked. She put the chair back and put the USB in her pocket. She needed to get out of here and quick. She ran to the door but heard footstep getting closer. The teen looked around before opening one of the storage room's door and getting in. She barely closed it in time as Rachelle's voice became louder.

She was stuck here now.

XXX

Markus and North had divided the deviants into teams to search the streets of Detroit in hope of finding the red-eyed android. Hank was with Markus' team while Gavin and Elijah made their way to CyberLife.

The plan was that if the android was spotted, the other teams had to be told and make their way to the android. Fighting was almost inevitable, but the main goal was to deactivate the android. Elijah had told them that everything was allowed in order to deactivate her, but they had to keep her head intact. They needed her memories.

North was happy that she finally had something to fight and had left with a small group right away. Simon and Josh had met up and made a team with a big number of deviant while Markus' had the biggest team of the bunch.

The plan was clear: unless spotted by the android, do not engage in any form of violence until the other teams arrive.

Kamski had had a feeling that sending his brother to the fight and having him surrounded by androids wasn't the best idea, therefore he had asked Gavin to join him. Elijah could easily see that Gavin wanted to refuse, but the detective finally nodded before following.

They had taken a taxi to the CyberLife Tower. Arrived, Gavin looked around and frowned.

"This place feels weird, creepy almost," he said as they entered the building.

"Indeed. Let me do the talking, alright?"

"Go ahead."

Both made their way to the guards.

"Could you tell miss Charbonnet that I'd like to talk to her?" Elijah said slowly.

The guard pressed on the side of his helmet and turned around for a moment to call the woman.

"You alone can follow me," the guard replied.

"Oh sorry, you might not know this, but this is Gavin Kamski, my brother. In other words, he follows as well," Elijah said back with a small smile.

Gavin flinched at the name before following the two. They walked into the elevator and waited. Gavin couldn't help but stand closer to his half-brother, something about the fact that he didn't have his gun, but the guards had theirs bothered him. When they stepped out of the elevator, the guard pointed to a door on the far left.

"Miss Charbonnet wants to speak to you two alone, her office is over there," the guard explained.

Kamski nodded before walking toward it. Gavin stared at the guard as the elevator's door closed.

"Gavin Kamski, huh?" he simply said after a second.

"Technically it's your name," Elijah replied.

"I changed it," Gavin explained quickly.

"Right," the older man whispered.

Gavin sighed. There was still tension between them and Gavin didn't really like it.

"I'm sorry," Elijah said right before reaching the door.

"It's fine," the younger brother replied in a whisper.

The metal door opened, and Gavin frowned. It wasn't exactly what he was expecting but wasn't surprised when the creepy feeling traveled through his body again.

"Elijah Kamski in person," Rachelle Charbonnet said with a strong French accent. "And who might you be?"

"His brother, we work together," Gavin replied.

"Brother? I've never heard of you before."

"Normal, I let him have all the fame."

"Older brother then," she whispered to herself.

Gavin smirked.

"Anyway, I am here for a reason, the footage you publish, I would like to know if you still had the RK800 model around?" Kamski asked her.

"Why do you ask?"

"I think the best option you have to is to deactivate him and I won't leave until it is done," Elijah explained.

Gavin tried his hardest not to move. Elijah knew what he was doing. He had a plan. He wasn't just going to kill Connor. No… he had a plan. He must have.

"The people are already scared of the red-eyed android that you created, am I wrong? Making them even more scared is not the best option, trust me," Kamski continued.

"Follow me…" Rachelle said in a low voice.

XXX

"Finally," Casey whispered as she left the room behind the three adults.

The teen went back to the stairs and made her way down to Connor. She needed to warn him before they did. Casey just couldn't believe it. Even the creator wanted to deactivate Connor. She needed to show the world what had really happened to him.

XXX

As expected, the red-eyed android was spotted by North's group. She quickly called the other teams and they all met up in different locations. Once the android was surrounded, they advanced.

She looked around and raised her gun as her red eyes shined brightly. She shot a couple of deviants, but they kept circling her. The android didn't have anywhere to do, and she visibly knew it.

North's group started running toward the android, soon followed by the other two. Hank couldn't believe what he was seeing. They outnumbered her by many but still, deviants were falling down left and right. The street was slowly getting blue and Hank could feel anger boiling in his veins. She had taken Connor and probably hurt him. She had already killed more than forty deviants. She needed to be stopped. The lieutenant raised his own gun and waited for an opening.

Two shots were fired, and one hit the android in the leg. She felt on one knee and North took the opportunity and shot her straight in the stomach. Other deviants started punching and kicking until the red-eyed android wasn't moving. Running to her, Hank put back his gun and stared at the unmoving android.

"I hate this, but it had to be done. Now, we need to show the people her memories," Markus said after a moment of silence.

North nodded. "Let's go to the news again."

Markus nodded before reached in the back of the android head to retrieve the small disc. He held it tightly before putting it in his coat pocket.

XXX

"We have stopped the android responsible for the murders. By doing so, we have now access to their memories and I would like you to take a look of them. Deviants were never involved in this event and we have the proof of the real culprit," Markus said slowly.

The deviants had all joined to listen to Markus' message. No one had watched the footage except Markus. They were all hoping that it would be enough to convince the humans.

The video started, and the android opened her eyes. The people could see a room and somebody asking questions. They heard the android saying her name was Lilith. They saw a target and a gun being shot before a man appeared in front of her, he was wearing a cyberlife uniform. They heard him talk about a mission. A mission that included killing deviants. The memory quickly changed to the two murders then to Hank's house. It showed Connor getting knocked out and bringing him back to CyberLife before stopping.

A woman showed up on the screen and seemed speechless. She explained that CyberLife was behind the red-eyed android and that the people needed to now be careful. The humans seemed to support the deviants again, they had almost won.