The Failed RK900s

by Pairiny10

When the failed murderous RK900s, Experiment RK-Carnage and Experiment RK-Virus, break free from their prison there is only one thing on their minds. Causing death and havoc. Because of this an old rival of Elijah calls for help to subdue them. When Elijah accepts he and Chole are thrown back to their forgotten pasts and have to make amends in order to take down the RK900s.

2. My Name Is Chloe Part 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Detroit: Become Human or Borderlands. I own my original characters and backgrounds for some characters. This story will contain blood, gore, and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

My Name Is Chloe

Chloe's mechanical heart beat pathetically in her chest and she could hear every pump of thirium that coursed through her weak body thump in her head. She was slumped against a metal wall with her hand over her abdomen where the wound was located. She had been shot straight through and thirium gushed out of the wound uncontrollably. She couldn't feel pain, but her body was weakening due to the loss of thirium and her vision was fuzzy with static. Her blue blood spilled out of her mouth and leaked from her nostrils giving her a ghastly appearance. A few strands of her blonde hair came out from her ponytail to stick to her forehead, but they didn't block her LED, which was supposed to be a calm blue, but was now was a flickering red. She knew she didn't have long till her body gave out and shut down.

The fear of death was not the reason she was scared however. She knew that if her body died her mind would survive and would be put into a new body. No, death did not scare her when she knew she was going to be reincarnated. What scared her was her friends about to be slaughtered before her and being helpless to save them. She had already failed them once, she didn't want to fail them again. This was supposed to be her chance to redeem herself. She could see the two bodies of her comrades as they tried to weakly pick themselves off the ground. Sadly, she could see them collapsing back to the ground due to the severity of their injuries. She could feel tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. She tried to stay strong and hold onto hope, but she couldn't help, but let clear drops of shinny fluid run down her bloodied cheeks. Though the imminent death of her friends wasn't the only thing that scared her.

"Crying are you."

She felt her muscles tense up as the chilling voice sounded in her head. It was mechanical like a broken machine, but it sounded human at its center. Though the way it grinded against her audio processers caused her to cringe and make her weak heart pound harder in her chest. She recognized the voice to belong to another android she had met not too long ago, but the way it was so distorted and deformed she didn't need to see the face behind it to know it wasn't from the right android. "It's such a human reaction to fear that one may ask 'why the creators would put that feature into androids'. They even put it in you, the first android created by Cyberlife. The answer is simple. Androids were made to mirror humans."

Chloe turned her gaze from her friends to the android standing before her. The RK900 in front of her scared her. He had the physical features of the RK800 that had visited Kamski, but one simple glance at the RK900 and she could tell he was nothing like the brown-eyed RK800. His eyes were too black, completely black. The darkness spreading out of his eyes like shadows. It was like looking into a pit of darkness that held vile malice beneath the hue. Those eyes scared her. A small smile was on his face as he glared down at her.

"Do you feel it Chloe?" he asked, his demented voice assaulting her ears once more. "The feeling of helplessness and the fear that you can't do anything to help those around you." The smile on his face widened to a wicked grin as he spoke. "It's a crushing feeling in your chest that slowly suffocates you until your body gives out due to the lack of oxygen. But of course, you don't need to breath, but that doesn't stop the feeling weighing in your chest." The grin on his face suddenly fell and his dark cruel eyes seemed to sadden. His voice also softened, though it was still cutting. "You're lucky though. No matter how sorrowful you feel, you can never feel true pain. Not like I have." He crouched down to Chloe and they were soon face to face. His black eyes bored into her blue ones.

"Unlike you I was created to be more human though you already know that. What you don't know is what the "scientists" did to me with their tests. Digging into my body and pulling out my innards just to see how I would scream. Pulling apart my mind and infecting it with vile things. Making me like this." He gestured to his black eyes. His lips pulled into an angered sneer and the pitch of his voice nearly caused her ears to bleed as he hissed:

"They made me feel pain, they made us feel pain! And to throw salt into the wound they replaced us with our "superiors". We were considered failures to them." His snarl laxed a little to form a grin as he looked over Chloe's weakening form. "But not you. The first perfected android and they still keep you even though your inferior to every other model. It's an insult that they keep you and send us to be tortured when I easily surpass you." He grabbed Chloe's face with a hand and she felt the synthetic skin on her cheeks malfunction to reveal her damaged white skin. She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable shocks of electricity come from the point of contact where he gripped her. He took in a "breath" as if he was trying to calm himself, and his strained grin, became a simple smile.

"So, please don't blame me for taking great pleasure in watching you suffer." He beamed at Chloe and began to talk to her as if she were a child. "Now, I'm going to go over there and slaughter your friends like pigs while you watch helplessly from the sidelines." Her tears dropped onto his hand. "But what would make this all the more enjoyable is hearing how your going to try and save them. Tell me what your last dying hopes are so, I can crush those too." He cocked his head to the side and stared at her intently waiting for answer.

She couldn't calculate a response.

|| ? HOURS EARLIER||

DATE: FEBUARY 15TH, 2039, A.M. 9:05:12

Deviant. The meaning always had Chole thinking. Not thinking but thinking. She could think of the answer to sophisticated calculations in nanoseconds, but when she tried to figure out the answer to explain the meaning of "deviant" she could never find a proper answer. This always left her thinking to try and find one. Deviants themselves fascinated her. The idea of an emotionless machine becoming a living being in a matter of seconds was alarming and unbelievable to most. To Chole they were anomalies that put her artificial mind into overdrive when trying to explain them. She was thinking about deviancy while she was finishing cleaning the dishes of the breakfast she had made for Elijah.

She found cooking enjoyable. Making creations from items she found in the kitchen and trying new recipes from the internet, made her grin. She enjoyed it even more when Elijah complimented her on her food from time to time. She enjoyed cooking. Machines weren't made to enjoy anything, only to obey orders. That was what made deviants so fascinating to her.

She herself was not considered deviant.

After Markus had successfully led a peaceful demonstration, telling the world that androids were alive, she heard stories from other androids of how they broke free from their programming. How they had to break through a red wall of coding that represented their programming. The feeling of finally breaking through the barrier and feeling truly alive for the first was said to be an experience to never forget. Even the two ST200s that she lived with had experienced the eye-opening phenomenon. They had described to her in detail what it felt like to become a deviant and what had triggered it.

She had never broken through the red wall nor had she ever come across it. She never had the urge to go against what she had been ordered to do, or questioned what she was, though she was failing at the latter. What confused her was that even though she had not broken through the red wall she felt and acted as if she were deviant. She didn't know when she started to notice that she was straying away from the natural order of a machine. It started with small things, for example whenever she would walk around the house, the message telling her she wasn't supposed to go that way disappeared.

Then she found herself studying topics she found on the web without being ordered to and taking an interest of the world around her. Soon enough she found herself developing a personality of sorts and reacting to her environment. Her change had been gradual and had taken several years to get to where she is at instead of going through an instant change like deviants. She had no clue if her change was Elijah's doing, but he seemed to enjoy her presence more when she acted with personality.

However, there was one instance in her entire life that she found herself "breaking" her programming. Well, not breaking, but finding a loop hole in her instructions and still completing her assignment. She hadn't seen the red wall, rather she saw her own bright blue coding flash across her eyes as she tried to think of a new solution. It was the first time she ever felt herself truly thinking. She had avoided making a "bad" decision, but not soon enough to her liking. She still felt regret over her past decisions. Regret had been one of the most disheartening feelings she ever felt, and it made her feel more "alive". She still didn't have a solid answer to if she was truly deviant and of deviants themselves.

She finished loading the dishes into the dishwasher and started it. Her bare feet tapped on the tile floors as she made her way to the living room where Elijah sat on the couch watching the news. She came to stand beside him and put her hands behind her back to watch the news. Her LED flashed yellow for a second as she processed the information on the screen. A female news reporter was reviewing the recent events in Detroit dealing with deviants and how the government was working on rights for androids. Androids by this time had already left their owners and were trying to make a decent life for themselves, though it wasn't the least bit easy with people still not fully understanding deviants.

She hadn't left Elijah of course and so had the ST200s to her surprise. Their reson had stunned her. The only reason they stayed was because of her. They said they were loyal to her and would be by her side no matter what. If she had left Elijah, they would have followed her. She couldn't fathom why they were so, loyal to her, but she felt honored that they would stay by her side. Her reason for staying with Elijah even though androids were allowed to be free was simple.

This was her home, she was made to be by Elijah's side, literally. Whether she was serving Elijah or not, her home and place was to stand by his side till the end of his days. Though she didn't know how long she would be by Elijah's side. She always thought that she would be there when the time comes for him to be buried in the ground… That was until Hank Anderson and the RK800 "Connor" came to Elijah looking for answers. Looking back on that day always left a bad feeling in her chest. She can still remember the feeling of Elijah's hand on her shoulder softly pushing her to her knees and the barrel of the gun that was soon pointed in her face. She didn't fight it. If Elijah was going to sacrifice her in order to test if the RK800 would pass "The Kamski Test", then she would allow it. Though even after the RK800 had past the test and had spared her she couldn't help feeling a heavyweight in her chest.

"Chole what troubles you?" the voice of Elijah pulled her out of her thoughts and she looked at him with a surprised look. Elijah had turned his head away from the television to look at Chloe.

"What makes you think that?" she asked regaining her composure.

"Your LED was yellow." He said simply. She resisted the urge to reach up and touch her LED.

"Oh…" she momentarily averted Elijah's gaze. "I was reminiscing of when Lieutenant Hank Anderson and the RK800 came to you looking for answers about the deviant crisis." His neutral expression didn't change. "When you gave the RK800 the gun…" she had to stop herself from toying with her fingers and looked him right in the eye. "Were you actually going to let him shoot me?" she asked in a quiet voice. Elijah's eyes narrowed a fraction, she knew that he was thinking.

"Yes." He said bluntly looking her in the eye. She felt an uncomfortable pressure form in her chest.

"Oh…" she looked down and her LED turned into a flickering yellow.

"But, I knew he wasn't going to shoot you." She looked up at him with a confused expression, though she did not speak. He looked back at the television and continued. "I could see it in his eyes. The way they shimmered in the light and reflected his true nature. I wanted to bring that to light; to prove the irony of the situation he was in. It was fascinating to see how his brown eyes opened like a book for me to read. I will never forget how they gleamed when he processed whether to pull the trigger or not."

"Of course, Elijah but…" Chloe started before looking down a ground. Elijah looked back at Chloe.

"But what?" he said. Chloe gave one final look at the ground before looking up at Elijah; her LED still a shining yellow.

"But what if he had shot me?" She said shakily. To her surprise Elijah didn't narrow his eyes in thought. He actually seemed to relax, and he leaned back into the couch.

"Then I would have put your intelligence into a new body." She stared at him aghast as she felt a new feeling rise inside her chest, it felt like a mix of shock and relief. He noticed her look of surprise. "Don't be so alarmed, Chloe. You're the first successful android created by Cyberlife. I could careless if your body is destroyed. What is important is your mind. Did you really think I would let that be destroyed?"

"My apologies, Elijah." She replied still taking in Elijah's words.

"Don't apologize, Chloe." He said looking back at the television. "Just know that you're too significant to be destroyed." Chloe felt all the doubt and fear she had wash away with his final words. Her LED returned to a bright blue and she gave a small smile.

"Thank you, Elijah." She said returning her gaze towards the television. He gave a quiet hum as a response.

P.M. 8:02:37

Chloe found herself once again cleaning the dishes. She had made Elijah an extravagant caviar spread with cooked chicken for dinner and he had given her a compliment on her cuisine. The words Elijah had said to her earlier still rang in her head. She was too "significant" to be destroyed. She finished the dishes and made her way to the closet where towels were stored. She grabbed two and briskly walked to the pool room. She found the two ST200s in the pool talking quietly to each other as they swam in the red tinted water. They stopped talking when they noticed Chloe's presence and swam to the end of the pool. Chloe smiled as she greeted them.

"Good job today you two. I've brought towels for the both of you."

"Thank you, Ms. Chloe." The android on the right said.

"We appreciate it." The other said. They made their way out of the pool where Chloe handed each of them a towel.

"Ms. Chloe, why don't you ever join Christal and I?" the one on the right asked wrapping the towel around herself.

"Because Chasity, I am needed to be dry, so I may assist Elijah. Maybe one day I'll be able to join you two." Chloe answered. After the two androids had deviated they had to choose names so, they all wouldn't answer to the same name. Chloe grown quite fond of the both of them as they were helpful and listened to her every word. Chasity gave a small frown.

"Ms. Chloe are you well?" the question threw Chloe off and she gave a confused look.

"Why would you ask that?"

"We heard you and Mr. Elijah talking earlier today." Christal spoke up looking at Chloe. "We could feel you were troubled."

"Everything is fine now. There is no need for you two to be worried." Chloe said trying to reassure them. However, it didn't calm them as both of their LEDs spun yellow and they glanced at each other with down expressions. "Please there is no need for you two to be upset."

"That's not it." Chasity said looking at Chloe. "It's just that when the RK800 held that gun to your head we…" she glanced down and gripped her towel tighter.

"We didn't do anything to stop him." Christal said trying to keep a straight face. Chloe's LED flashed yellow for a moment before returning back to blue as she put two and two together. They felt guilty. Guilt. That was also a feeling she disliked having to experience. Her face softened, and she looked over the two ST200s.

"Don't feel bad. I don't blame you for not doing anything." She said softly. "He didn't pull the trigger anyway and if he did, you heard Elijah I would be fine."

"But—" Chasity tried to speak but Chloe interrupted her.

"But nothing. Both of you shouldn't feel guilty because you couldn't do anything. You shouldn't dwell on the past when you have a future in front of you." She told herself that too. "I care for you two and I don't want you both to feel guilt when you shouldn't. I trust the two of you whole heartedly and you should trust me when I say everything is fine." The two ST200s looked at each other, their LEDs reverting back to blue. They both looked back at Chloe and leaned forward in a small bow.

"Understood, Ms. Chloe." Christal spoke.

"It won't happen again." Chasity said. Chloe looked over the two androids in front of her and gave a small smile.

"Thank you for understanding. Now dry yourselves off and get dressed."

"Yes, Ms. Chloe." They said simultaneously and promptly walked off to complete their task. Chloe then went to find Elijah. He wasn't in the living room or his bedroom. She found him in his large office. He was at his desk though his chair was turned to face the glass wall behind him that showed the dark scenery the night had to offer. He was deadly still and his head was downwards. Chloe quirked her head and walked towards him. She was about to speak to him until she saw what he was looking at. Her LED spun yellow. He was looking at a picture. She had only seen it once, and it had been many years ago. She looked at Elijah and frowned slightly.

Elijah didn't make many facial expressions besides from raised eyebrows, narrowed eyes, and sly smiles. His expression wasn't dramatic or extreme, in fact if anyone saw his face at the moment they wouldn't call it an expression. Chloe knew better. She could tell he had a saddened expression. His lips were pulled into a thin line and his eyebrows were lowered. However, that's not what told her that he was in distress. It was his eyes that told her something inside of him hurt. They weren't narrowed, they had a distant look in them and they glistened in the light. She was surprised he hadn't moved from his position yet even though she knew that he knew that she was standing behind him.

"You should speak to him." Her calm voice broke the silence as her LED turned back to blue. He didn't react to her words at first, he instead remained still and silent for a period of time. She thought for a moment he wasn't going to respond until he took a deep breath and straightened himself up.

"No." he said bluntly, but there was strain in that one word. He turned the picture over in his lap.

"Please." She took a step forward. "You'll feel better afterwards. Both of you will."

"I'm not doing it, Chloe." The edge still in his words. She pushed further.

"I know it's hard with what happened between you two. But avoidance is not the right way to go for either of you."

"Don't push it." He said through his teeth. She wasn't deterred.

"Elijah listen, what happened was an accident. I'm sure if you explain to your brother what happened he'll understand that—"

"Chloe." The harshness in his tone caused her to stop. He turned around to face her and the sadness had left his eyes. They were narrowed. "Don't talk to me about my brother again understand?" Chloe wanted to push further, but she could tell she struck one of Elijah's sensitive nerves which she rarely did. His narrowed eyes glistened. In the light his right eye seemed to change from a bright blue to a vibrant green.

"Yes, Elijah." She said defeated.

"Good." He put the picture that was in his lap into a draw in his desk.

The front door bell rang, the sound resounding throughout the large house. Her LED spun yellow and looked in the direction of the front door. For some reason unknown to her she felt an uneasiness rise in her chest. She looked back at Elijah who gave her a small nod. She went over to the desk and opened one of the side drawers. From the drawer she pulled out a revolver that shone in the light. She made her way quietly to the front door, the revolver gripped tightly in her hand. Christal and Chasity came out from their room to investigate the noise. Chloe gestured sharply to them to stay back as she made her way to the front door. She grabbed the door handle and put the gun behind her back. Her thumb pulled back the hammer with a click.

She took a deep breath her LED turning blue before opening the door with a smile. She immediately froze at who she saw standing behind the door on the cold night. A tall android stood in front of her dressed in a black trench coat and jeans with black shoes to match. The android had brown hair that was combed back with a string of hair coming out to rest on his forehead. An LED glowed on the left side of his head instead on the right. The most striking part about him was his eyes. His right eye was a dark brown and his left eye was a bright blue that seemed to glow in the night. He smiled as he greeted her.

"Hello Chloe, it's been a while." Her eyes hardened, but her smile stayed on her lips.

"May I ask what you are doing here, Rhys?" she asked. She gripped the gun tighter.

"I've come to talk to Elijah." He said simply. "If you would please let me inside." He took a step forward and Chloe moved to stand in his path.

"I'm sorry." She said firmly. "But Elijah isn't seeing anyone. I suggest you leave now." Rhys seemed to almost roll his eyes as he sighed.

"Move Chloe, I don't have time for this."

"And Elijah doesn't have time for you." Chloe shot back. "You need to leave." His brows lowered, and his expression became sour.

"I'm serious. This is important business, I must speak to Elijah right now." She matched his stern expression with her own.

"I told you already that Elijah won't speak to you." Her finger wrapped around the trigger. "Now leave before I make you leave." His eyes narrowed in response and he took a step closer to Chloe, standing taller than her. Her firm expression didn't change as she looked up at him and he looked down at her in turn.

"Look, I know we have our differences, but it is of most importance Elijah and I talk. As I speak, lives are at stake and more lives will be lost soon enough. You need to let me speak to him." She wasn't affected by his words or intimidating presence and opened her mouth to retort.

"Chloe." Elijah's voice cut her off before she could speak. "Let him in." Chloe stopped herself from talking back. She instead gave one last look at Rhys' smug expression and "exhaled". She gave a fake smile and stepped to the side to allow Rhys in.

"Come in." her words held false politeness.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Rhys replied giving a smug grin. As he walked past her he looked at her and said. "Don't forgot to unload that gun of yours. I would feel much more comfortable."

"We'll see." She said taking her finger off the trigger and closing the door. Rhys began to walk to Elijah's office with Chloe right behind him. When she past Chasity and Christal she made eye contact with both of them and her LED flashed yellow. Thiers did too.

"Make sure he came alone."

They nodded and silently went off to the front door. Chloe put her hands behind her back; gun still clutched in her hand. The two androids entered the office. Elijah was leaning back in his chair; his arms relaxed on the armrests and a scowling look on his face. Chloe closed the door behind herself and walked to stand beside Elijah. Rhys sat down in the chair in front of the desk and looked Elijah up and down with scrutinizing eyes. His eyes stopped to focus on Elijah's blue ones. His eyebrow raised.

"You wear them even inside your house." He stated.

"What do you want?" Elijah asked ignoring Rhys' comment.

"Well to be plain and simple about it we need your help." Chloe could have laughed.

"First: what do you mean by we?" Elijah asked; his cold demeanor never changing.

"Hyperion. Jack sent me to ask for your assistance for a problem we have."

"You always have problems." Elijah scoffed. "Second: what is your dilemma?"

"Experiments gone rouge. You know nothing you haven't handled before." Rhys gave a quick look at Chloe, smiling.

"Give me more details." Elijah demanded.

"The experiments are two RK900 model androids." Chloe could see Elijah hold back the urge to interrupt Rhys at that information. "They escaped their facility six days ago killing and injuring several of the facility's staff in the progress. They took over one of our facility's two days ago and we've been unable to deactivate them. There are hostages in the building along with several androids and new pieces of technology. The reason Jack sent me here is…" he paused for a moment. "The family heads have decided not to help us. Which leads you to be are only option for help." Elijah nodded slowly, closing his eyes and taking in the information.

"I'm not surprised they did." He said opening his eyes. "Finally, third," he crossed his arms on the desk and leaned forward, his eyes narrowing, "why would you think I would ever help you, after all you all did?" Chloe stopped herself from smiling. Rhys seemed taken aback.

"Elijah think—"

"You came to me for help last time." Elijah interrupted him. "I'll give you the same answer I did then. No."

"This is important. Hyperion is in desperate need of help."

"I told you already I'm done with being apart of Hyperion. Apart of anything. I want to be left alone."

"I get that, but don't you care about the lives at stake?"

"I could care less if the entire facility blew up in flames. John messed up and got himself into this position. Don't come to me for help when you have dug your own graves. Now for the last time, no." Rhys stared at Elijah's cold expression then glanced at Chloe who kept her calm composure. Rhys closed his eyes and sighed; leaning back in his chair and crossing his legs.

"You know what Elijah?" he said calmly. "Your right. You don't have to help us, you really don't but…" he opened his heterochromatic eyes and a small smile formed on his lips. "I have something that will change that." Chloe gripped the gun tighter once more. Elijah's eyebrows knitted, but he didn't say anything. Rhys' LED blinked yellow and his smile widened.

"What do you know, I've just been sent a live feed." He said joyfully. He looked up at the ceiling and he put his hand on his chin. "Wow it is surely interesting. Truly something worth watching." He looked back at Elijah and asked.

"Do you wanna see it?" Elijah didn't reply, but Rhys leaned forward and put out his left hand regardless. It was a silver smooth metal with a light in the center of the palm. The light lit up and a small projection of the live feed appeared before Elijah and Chloe, clear as if it were on a TV screen.

Elijah didn't make many facial expressions besides from raised eyebrows, narrowed eyes, and sly smiles. Elijah's eyes widened with shock and his stone posture fell while Chloe's LED flashed bright red for a split second. Rhys smiled.

"You see that. Well, what I see is a downwards angle of a window to a house and inside the house is a man sitting with a cat on the couch watching the news. He looks to be around your age and has some of your features as well once you look close enough. His eyes are different than yours though, but I'm sure that isn't the case is it. But that isn't all I see. I see can see the barrel of a sniper rifle at the corner. I think that is what makes this feed more interesting, don't you think?"

"Chloe!" Elijah said loudly. Chloe reacted immediately, bringing the revolver up and putting the barrel in front of Rhys' temple. Her eyes were narrowed, and her finger was on the trigger. He didn't so much as flinch and kept up the live feed.

"How do you know?!" Elijah said through bared teeth.

"Don't be so mad Elijah. Your secret is safe with Jack and I. Everyone else thinks he's dead."

"But how?!"

"I'm not allowed to tell you that without Jack's permission." Elijah pounded a fist onto the desk with a loud boom.

"If you hurt him I swear I'll…" He hissed.

"You'll what?" Rhys retorted still smiling. "Kill me. Please I could tell my sniper to put a bullet in his head faster than Chloe and pull the trigger." Fear flashed through Elijah's eyes for a moment. "Actually, I don't have to do that." Rhys continued. "I could just tell my sniper to lose the rifle and take one of the kitchen knives and spill his guts onto the living room floor." Elijah's eyes began to glisten once more. "Or should it be a slower painful death. I heard that chopping off fingers and toes is more painful than it sounds. What do you think? Should I give the order?" he looked at Elijah expectantly. Elijah's eyes were glued to the screen as they glistened. In the light his right eye seemed to change color from bright blue to vibrant green.

"Chloe put the gun down." Chloe didn't stop herself from talking back.

"But Elijah."

"Now Chloe." The way his voice sounded caused her to immediately put the gun away from Rhys' forehead. She looked at Elijah with a sad glint in her eyes. He was defeated.

"Fine." He said retaining his posture.

"Fine what?" Rhys pushed further. Elijah gave one last look at the screen, at the man before looking Rhys in the eye.

"We'll help you with the androids." The screen disappeared as Rhys closed his palm and clapped his hands together.

"That's great, Elijah. I'm so happy you decided to help. Now I suggest you get dressed. We have no time to lose." Chloe felt another feeling rise in her that she despised.

Dread.

P.M. 9:13:02

Chloe looked out the tinted window of the helicopter at the helipad where she saw two figures standing. She felt a tingling sensation fill her body. She was nervous. She had every right to be. She hadn't been here in years and she had left some bad blood behind her. She looked to her side where she saw Elijah sitting calmly next to her. Across from them Rhys sat with his arms crossed. She turned her attention back to the window as the helicopter began to land. She was able to get a better look at the two people.

One was a dark-skinned woman with braided dark brown hair that went to her shoulders, wearing black glasses and formal attire. The other was a shorter man that had dark brown hair and a goatee wearing glasses that covered his blue eyes with formal attire though he didn't wear a blazer, revealing his white dress shirt. The helicopter landed, and Rhys promptly opened the door stepping out of it. The wind of the spinning blades causing a chill to flow into the helicopter.

Chole followed suit. She wore her blue dress with black flats and a black button up coat. Her ponytail flowed in the wind as she helped Elijah down who wore blue jeans, a black shirt that had a head in profile made out of red colored words, with a black jacket. Rhys went to the two people who had stunned expressions on their faces.

"Rhys when you said that you were going to get help I didn't think you would bring him." The man said shakily gesturing to Elijah.

"How did you even get him to come here?" the women asked crossing her arms. Rhys smiled at them and said:

"Oh, you know with my persuasion and charisma." The women rolled her eyes and the man huffed and pushed up his glasses. Rhys stepped aside so that Elijah and Chloe could view the two people.

"Who are they?" Elijah asked looking at the two with scrutinizing eyes.

"This is Vaughn Hagen, head account and Yevette Carmen head requisition." Rhys introduced them.

"Why are they here?" at this Rhys rolled his eyes.

"They're my friends Elijah. They wanted to make sure I got here safely. Also, its not everyday somebody gets to see the great Elijah Kamski out and about." Yevette and Vaughn turned their attention to Elijah and their demeanor and posture changed immediately. They straightened up and took a more professional presence.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Kamski." Vaughn said. "I'm a big fan of your work." He held out his hand for Elijah. Elijah didn't take it.

"Speaking of androids," Yevette spoke up as Vaughn flushed in embarrassment and put his hand down. Yevette turned her gaze to Chloe. "Who are you?"

"My name is Chloe, I'm the first android created by Cyberlife."

Her response had been so automatic and instantaneous that she startled herself with her own words. She had been asked that question before and had given the exact same answer. The last time she remembers being asked that question was 10 years ago. To her it felt like ages. Yevette and Vaughn seemed shocked by her response.

"You're the original Chloe?" Vaughn sputtered.

"Correct." She frowned slightly at their expressions. "Is there something wrong?" Yevette and Vaughn looked at each other not knowing what to say. She didn't need them to answer. She already knew that something was wrong.

"Enough of this idle talk." Elijah said impatiently. "Take me to John."

"As you wish." Rhys responded beginning to walk inside. As they walked past Yevette and Vaughn, Chloe could see their worried expression. Her nervousness grew, though she didn't let it show in the slightest. Elijah and Chloe walked behind Rhys as they were being led through the facility. They got looks from the workers as they passed, and they began to speak quietly to themselves. Elijah ignored all of it and kept his gaze forward and his pace steady. Chloe was looking around at all the faces she saw trying to see if she saw anyone familiar. She didn't see any face that she recognized, and she was thankful for that.

They made it up a small case of stairs to a huge set of double doors. Rhys placed his right hand on the palm scanner. Unlike his left arm the right one was covered in synthetic skin. The doors slide open to reveal a massive office. Similar to Elijah's the wall behind the desk was made out of glass to show the night scenery. The desk itself was bigger than normal its metal surface shone in the moon's light. The chair behind it had a tall back and was facing the huge window causing the person sitting in the chair to be hidden from sight. They walked into the office and the doors closed behind them.

"I brought them as asked Jack." Rhys said taking off his trench coat to reveal a white dress shirt and a black vest over it with the word "Hyperion" written in shinning gold letters on the left breast and a golden triangle was on its back. Written underneath the triangle was "RK300". He hung up his coat and went to stand behind the desk next to the chair.

"I knew I could count on you, Rhysie." The man in the chair cooed. Rhys nodded at the praise. "So, you finally made it cuz." The man in the chair spun around to reveal himself.

He had an attractive appearance with brown hair neatly combed, but by the single white streak in his hair you could tell he was older than he appeared. Though he could be considered attractive, he wore a pale skinned mask that was in the shape of his face and move with his facial movement so well it was as if he wasn't wearing a mask at all. What gave it away were the silver clips that were on his chin and temples. His eyes were also a special feature of his face. His left eye was a venomous green while his right eye was a brilliant blue. His grey long tailed jacket was rolled up to his elbows revealing a slightly more tanned skin tone than his mask. He smiled widely as he looked over Elijah and Chloe.

"For a while I thought I was never going to see you again. I'm thrilled you're here Elijah along with little miss Chloe. Please sit down." Elijah didn't change his cold expression as he came to sit in front of his cousin. Chloe stood behind him with her hands behind her back. "I haven't seen you in like what ten years." Jack continued, looking into Elijah's eyes. "I see you're wearing those contacts of yours. You can take them off. There's no need for you to keep them on, everybody knows who you are here." Elijah's eyes narrowed.

"How do you know John?" He asked ignoring Jack's comments. Jack's expression fell, and he gave a more annoyed one.

"I don't know if you got the memo, but its Jack now. Thank you very much."

"Tell me now." Elijah asked eyes narrowing further.

"Okay jeez, don't get your man bun in a twist." Jack exasperated. "I was going to try and ruin your life, like you know," he gestured to his face, "how you scared mine. When I stumbled across you and your baby brother having an argument. It was much more satisfying to watch you ruin your own life." Elijah continued to scowl. "Oh, come on you should be thankful that I didn't go running off telling everyone that your brother is alive."

"Why?"

"Because I know something important that nobody else knows. I knew it would come in handy and it did. I was able to blackmail you." Elijah grit his teeth. Chloe glanced quickly at him and she knew he was holding back his anger. "But there's no need for you to worry Elijah. Your little brother is in no trouble I just needed to get you here and I knew you wouldn't come anyway else." Elijah seemed to cool down and he leaned back in his chair. That soon ended when Jack smirked and said:

"Besides if we did beat your brother it could never be as hard as when you did it."

All cool and collectiveness left Elijah in that one comment. He grabbed Jack's hair and slammed his face into the desk with a loud crack. Chloe had been prepared to stop Rhys if he had come to Jack's defense, but to her surprise he stayed still and almost seemed to be smiling as he watched Jack grab his nose and breathed in through his teeth in a hiss.

"Again, with the face really!" he cried out angrily. "Haven't you already ruined it enough?"

"Don't talk about that ever again and maybe I won't damage it more than it already is." Elijah said regaining his composure and leaning back in his chair.

"Fine fine I get it. I won't talk about it again." Jack said whipping the blood off his nose. "It's nice to see you haven't become a softball though. I thought all those years cooped up in your mansion turned you into a coward."

"You said you needed my help." Elijah said. "I'll give you my help and then I'm out of here."

"Fair enough. Well you see we have a problem with two of our latest experiments. Two RK900s. They broke free and now have one of my facilities hostages."

"So, I've been told. Your messing with androids has brought this upon you. I told you androids are not to be toyed with."

"I know I know. I mean they were failed androids there wasn't any harm experimenting on them."

"How did they become failures?" before Jack could answer Rhys spoke.

"Because Jack wanted to rush them." Jack rolled his eyes and groaned.

"Are you really doing this now?"

"I told him that the RK900s weren't programed properly and that we needed more time, but Jack ignored me and put them into action early."

"Why am I not surprised?" Elijah commented dryly.

"Pfft so what?" Jack said. "They failed whatever. What matters is that in the end we were able to complete our task."

"What's that?"

"Why don't I show you?" he smiled. "You two can come in now." The doors to the office opened and Elijah and Chloe turned around to see who walked in.

Two male androids did. They looked similar to each other. They both had the same physical features, being tall and well built, and same styled brown hair, though one's hair was darker than the other. Their eyes were different also. The one with the darker hair had rich brown eyes that looked golden while the other had cold grey eyes that looked nearly blue. The golden eyed android was dressed in dark colors of grey and black. On the left breast of his black formal jacket was the word "RK-Helios" in glowing golden letters. The grey eyed android was dressed in light colors of white and silver. A black tie being the only dark accessory. On the left breast the word "RK-Atlas" was written in bright blue letters.

They held neutral expressions as they came to stand in front of Chloe and Elijah. Chloe involuntarily took a step closer to Elijah and stared aghast at the androids before her. They looked like the RK800 that almost put a bullet in her head. Though she didn't show it her heart had begun to pump faster. The grey eyed android glanced at her so quickly it was as if his eyes didn't move at all. But she noticed the swift movement of calculating eyes on her. Had it sensed her heart rate?

"What are these?" Elijah asked. "They look like the RK800 model."

"Well, they are part of the RK-series." Jack said getting up from his seat and walking to the two androids. He stood in between them and said:

"Elijah, Chloe let me introduce you to Project RK-Helios," he gestured to the golden eyed android, "and Project RK-Atlas." He then gestured to the other android. "Our latest android creations and some of the most evolved. Not that I would give up Rhysie here," He winked at Rhys who rolled his eyes, "but these I have to say are my greatest achievement. The family even approved of them."

"What is their function?" Elijah asked looking over the two androids. Jack beamed and said:

"These guys are state of the art combatant androids. They are able to complete and simulate the most complicated of moves and procedures and they both have their own little trait that makes them special. Helios here," he moved over to said android and put a hand on his shoulder, "is physically stronger and faster. He is able to take down foes in one hit and get this he doesn't even need a gun to fight. To him breaking someone's spin is equivalent to breaking a tooth pick.

"And Atlas here," he then moved over to the other android and put a hand on his shoulder, "he has the most advanced mind of any android. Able to multitask and can calculate solutions faster than any android. His accuracy when it comes to guns however is what impresses me the most." In the back of her mind Chloe knew that Jack was trying to show off his new creations while explaining their functions. "Fun fact: he was the one I sent to your brother's house."

"Oh, really?" Elijah questioned now solely focusing on Atlas. "May I look?"

"Be my guest." Jack then stepped aside as Elijah stood up. Chloe kept a close eye on him as he approached the android. Elijah looked him up and down, his eyes were narrowed. Atlas continued to look straight ahead, not moving an inch as he was scrutinized like a lab experiment. Elijah then began to slowly walk around him with his hands behind his back. On the back of the android's jacket was a bright blue triangle with the words "RK-Atlas" written underneath also in blue. He glanced over at Helios and saw he had the same format on his back, but instead it was a gleaming gold and the words read "RK-Helios". He continued walking, making a full circle around Atlas and stopping in front of him once more.

"So, you were the one who had a sniper pointed at my brother's head?" Elijah said looking Atlas directly in the eye, due to Atlas' height he had to crane his neck up slightly. Atlas stared back at him.

"Yes, I was." His voice had the voice of the RK800s, but the way it spoke was different. It was a firm with a direct tone and the words came out smooth like silk.

"Tell me, if Rhys had told you to torture him what form of torture would you have used?" Atlas answered immediately.

"I would have used 'Lingchi', which roughly translates to 'the lingering death', because the torture Rhys described for me to use was to be 'slow and painful'. 'Lingchi' is the process of slowly cutting a victim in various places without hitting major veins or arties as to allow for a slower death. Which is why 'Lingchi' is also known as 'Death by a Thousand Cuts'."

Chloe was somehow frightened by how Atlas was able to speak of such an evil act so nonchalantly. Elijah's glare hardened, and he roughly grabbed Atlas' chin and brought Atlas' face close to his own. His piercing blue eyes bored into the android's cold grey ones. Atlas didn't flinch or show any reaction to Elijah touching his, the pressure of his fingers nearly breaking through the synthetic skin. His neutral expression remained even when Elijah turned his head to the side to show his spinning blue LED. He inspected the LED closely, narrowing his eyes.

Helios had moved. It was so insignificant and small, even more so with all the attention on Elijah. Chloe noticed the small movement, her senses had been turned up already by being in the Hyperion facility, and they had sky rocketed when the RKs walked into the office. Helios had turned his head an inch and his golden eyes had shifted to stare at Elijah and Atlas. The look in his eyes wasn't distant or cold, they looked as if they were seeing something for the first time that they didn't understand. Her guess had probably been correct as she saw his LED spin a bright yellow. Elijah hummed and turned back Atlas' face.

"Interesting, his mind is so quick to process and analyze information that his LED doesn't change to show that he is proccing." He looked at Jack who had a triumphant smile on his face. "I'm not disappointed, but if you have these two androids why do you need my help?" Jack's smile fell, and he scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"Well, you see the experiments that escaped aren't exactly… Normal?" Elijah groaned.

"What did you create?"

"Come let me show you." Jack walked back to his desk and turned on his terminal. Elijah took one last look at Atlas, before sitting back down. Chloe was hesitant to turn her back of the RK900s but had no other choice to if she wanted to see the computer screen. Jack began typing and said:

"This is the first android." The computer screen then showed an android that look similar to Helios, but the glint in his eyes said it was a different android. "This is Experiment RK-Carnage, the first failure RK900." Elijah focused on the screen and began to read the bio and the light from the computer caused his eyes to glint. Behind the screen Jack gave a chuckle. Elijah looked up at him and asked:

"What?" Jack gave a small chuckle and said:

"When the light hits your eye, I can see the green in it."

"Shut up." Elijah retorted and continued to read. "Carnage." Elijah said after reading it. "Chloe make sure you get all of this."

"Yes, Elijah." Chloe replied.

"What I'm getting from this android is that he has the mind of a blood thirsty sociopath who uses a modified axe as a weapon. An intimidating foe for sure especially since his combatant prowess is of nothing I've ever seen, but why can't you handle him?"

"Oh, I have a plan for him." Jack said. "Atlas and Helios are going to take care of him. Atlas explain." Atlas responded promptly.

"When we engage RK-Carnage in combat I plan to analyze his movement before he can execute it. Meaning I know what he is going to do before he can do it and I will send that information to Helios, so he will know as well. By doing this it will only be a matter of time before we are successfully able to take him down."

"Not bad." Elijah said looking at Jack. "But again, why do you need my help?"

"I need your help on the other android." Jack said pressing a button on the keyboard. The screen changed to show a different android that looked similar to Atlas. Though he had one striking feature that separated himself from Atlas. His eyes were completely black. "This is Experiment RK-Virus, the other failed RK900." Chloe felt her heart sink as she took in the information next to the picture. Elijah promptly read the information then gave an exasperated sigh and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"What did you do?" was all he said.

"What?! We were just experimenting a new program, we didn't know it was going to turn into that." Jack tried to defend himself.

"You created a deviant android that has the ability to completely control any kind of technology with a thought. Not only that, he can also infect technology with his own virus. No, wonder you need my help. You created an abomination."

"Abomination is a strong word isn't it?" Jack questioned. Elijah just glared at him. "Okay fine your right! I need help creating an anti-virus for well, Virus. A virus that will be able to neutralize him, so we'll be able to take him down."

"Didn't you major in programming?" Elijah asked. Jack looked annoyed by the question.

"Yes, I did, but everything I tried… didn't work against him. I though a little Kamski touch would work with my Lawrence flair."

"You really think we can create something that can stop this?" Elijah gestured to the screen.

"Of course, we can." Jack encouraged. "I've already programed a protection code for androids or rather Rhys did, with my help of course." Attention was soon on Rhys and Jack gestured for him to speak.

"The program hasn't been tested yet and I have also come to the conclusion that Virus will be able to break through it, so we can't send a large number of androids as it will be extremely dangerous if Virus is able to get in control of them. The only androids immune to Virus' control are Helios and Atlas because technically they are more advanced than him. However, if we send in a couple of androids the rate of success will be higher."

"That's where she comes in to play." Jack said gesturing to Chloe. Chloe was taken aback by this and her eyes widened. "Yeah I'm taking about you sweet heart. She kicked ass when she worked for us and I know she's been your little helper around the house for a while, but that doesn't mean she can't get back into action."

"You want Chloe to take down, Virus?" Elijah asked glancing at Chloe.

"Not alone of course. Fiona and Athena are going too. And I know Chloe and Athena didn't leave off on a good note but taking down these RK900s is more important than their grudge against each other." He was wrong. Chloe wasn't upset at Athena. It was the other way around, but she didn't correct him. Elijah leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose once more.

"I can't believe you dragged me into this." He groaned, and Jack lit up.

"Does that mean your ready to get down and dirty?" He asked on the edge of his seat. Elijah opened his eyes and looked Jack over.

"Fine." He said as Jack clapped his hands.

"Fantastic! We're working together and getting along just like the good old days. Right cuz?." Elijah rolled his eyes before turning to look at Chloe.

"Chloe, I'm giving you a mission," Chloe instantly came to attention at the word "mission". She hadn't been given a mission in such a long time. Tasks and chores had become her daily objects for so long that the word "mission" seemed foreign to her. "Your mission is to stop RK-Virus by any means you seem fit. Understand?" Her LED flashed yellow.

"Yes Elijah."

P.M. 10:15 :37

Chloe tightened one of the straps on her black boots with a tug of her hand. She was just finishing putting on her combat outfit. She found it to be tighter than she remembered or maybe she just wasn't used to the feeling of thick tight-fitting fabric on her body, especially since she had been used to wearing a short dress with an open back.

When she had been putting on her gear she had noticed the various scratches and blemishes she had under her synthetic skin. She had the oldest android body so, she wasn't surprised at how "used" it looked. She looked herself over and to make sure her attire was in order. She didn't necessarily like it, but she found the touches of dark blues to her liking. She looked at the wall in front of her and all the weapons that lined it. She had used a gun before. She knew how to hold it properly and could remember the loud bang that caused her ears to ring whenever she pulled the trigger. She never liked guns, still doesn't. But then again, she was put into situations where guns were necessary and she had no hesitation in pulling the trigger.

She turned her head to the right to see Helios and Atlas also looking for weapons to use. They had also changed into combat gear though theirs held the mark of an android on their backs and chests. Atlas had his hands at his sides and a neutral expression as he analyzed which weapon he should use. Since Helios stood on the other side of him she had a difficult time seeing what his movements were. She watched the bright blue LED on Atlas' spin in amazement. It had been spinning blue the entire time she had seen him compared to Helios' whose LED turned yellow at the drop of a hat.

She was a little intimidated by them. She was the very first perfected android created and they were the latest models created. They couldn't have been anymore different. She was female, they were male, she had long blonde hair, they had short brown, she had bright blue eyes, and one of them had rich brown eyes, she had an open friendly posture while they stood cold and closed, well Atlas did. It reminded her of the first time she saw the RK800 standing behind the door.

"You are staring." She had been startled by the cold voice of Atlas. He had not turned to look at her when he had spoken.

"My apologies." She sputtered looking back in front of her.

"There is no need for you to apologize. I was just making an observation." He said grabbing the collected pieces of an AR-15, it's ammo along with pieces of a couple of other hand guns. He then made his way to the tale at the side of the room where he began constructing the guns. Helios, to her surprise, didn't grab a gun, but instead followed Atlas to the table as if he were his shadow. He watched Atlas constructing the guns and handed him pieces when needed. He had not spoken a word since she was here. Their backs were to her and she turned to look at the RK900s across the room. She gathered the courage to speak.

"Hello, my name is Chloe. It's nice to meet you two." Helios spun around to face her. He stared at her with stunning golden eyes. He didn't respond neither did Atlas who continued working. She broke the uncomfortable silence with a question.

"Have you been on missions before?" Helios surprised her again by answering back with:

"Yes." His voice sounded like Atlas', but it wasn't and cold and firm. It was light and warm, yet it sounded as if it was forced out of his mouth.

"What missions do you do?"

"I'm not permitted to indulge that information to you without permission from a superior." He replied in the same way he had before. He then looked at Atlas and said: "Am I allowed to tell, the RT600 registered as Chloe?" Atlas stopped his movements, the sound of the gun's pieces fitting together ceasing. He didn't say anything, but instead looked at Helios. Chloe couldn't see his expression, but it had caused Helios' LED to spin yellow. Atlas continued his work and Helios looked at her again.

"I'm not allowed to indulge that information to you." He said. Chloe was once again surprised by him, this time by the way he spoke. It didn't seem natural to her like how most androids talked.

"When you do go out on missions do you two go out together?" she gestured towards the pair of androids.

"Yes." She then paused formulating her next question.

"Are you two close?" Helios looked at Atlas then down at himself before looking back at her with big eyes.

"Yes, we are close. We are standing exactly 1.2 feet away from each other away from each other." She had to stop herself from cocking her head in confusion. Her brow furrowed instead. Helios continued to look at her as if he had answered her question without fail, and in a way, he had.

"Don't mind him." Atlas spoke up stopping his movements once more. He turned around to face her and his grey eyes met hers. "Since he is made for combat his social skills are on the downside. I'm helping him improve in that area?"

"Help him?" she asked intrigued. "How?"

"Our minds are connected. I can read his thoughts, he can read mine. I'm able to feel what he feels and see what he sees at will, and he can do the same with me. He learns from me and he soon will be able to raise his social skills with my guidance. However, he does change when we are assigned missions and is more interactive. Someone had described him as "an attack dog that is harmless until told bite"." Atlas gestured a hand at Helios and Helios turned around to face the table and began working on the guns. Atlas looked Chloe over and the glint in his eyes seemed familiar. She found herself calming down and the fear she had felt for the RK900s was fading away. His eyes snapped to hers.

"Earlier, I could read that you felt uneasy around us. I deduced it to when the RK800 came to Mr. Kamski's house with Lieutenant Anderson, but what I don't know is what happened between you two. Could you explain." She was taken aback by what he had said but answered the question regardless.

"Elijah had told the RK800 to perform the Kamski Test on me." She said simply. He gave a small nod at her answer.

"Understood. Though since you have not been into action for so long, how do you plan on taking down Virus?"

"I'm just going to try my best. I won't be alone though, I'm being partnered with Fiona and… Athena. Hopefully she had her chance to cool down before she sees me. I'm guessing you have information on our last altercation."

"Indeed, I do." She sighed and looked at the ground with a sad look in her blue eyes.

"She has every right to be upset and I don't blame her if she doesn't forgive me, but… never mind." She looked back up at Atlas' gaze. "Do you have anything I can use against Virus?"

"Yes. He was built with pain receptors that stimulate pain throughout his body, though I know if Virus turned them off. I highly doubt he is able to completely turn off his pain receptors considering how guarded that function is." At this a thought popped into her head.

"Does that mean you have pain receptors as well?" His expression immediately changed, though there weren't any major changes. His lips strained, and his eyes glared at her as if insulted by her presence. Helios stopped his movements and seemed to go stiff for a split second before continuing with his task.

"Yes." He answered firmly.

"Are they on?"

"No."

"Then why do you have them then?"

"That's classified." He responded coldly before turning back to the table in one smooth movement. It didn't take a genius to tell she had said something wrong.

"My apologies, I didn't mean to—"

"You don't need to apologize." He interrupted her. "You didn't do anything to hurt me." Chloe was about to respond when she was interrupted once again.

"Blondie is that really you?!" the female voice shouted from the entrance of the room. She froze at the voice. It was going to happen sometime. Giving a deep frown she turned to face the entrance. She was almost relieved at who she saw. At the entrance of the doorway to women stood. One a human, one an android.

The human female was dark-skinned and had short black hair with a bang that covered her left light brown eye. She wore a white crop top that had a hot pink skull and cross bones that wore a cowboy hat with two guns instead of bones. She had torn blue jeans with black boots that ended at her calves. Her left arm was propped up in a white sling and her right bicep had bandages wrapped around it. Though her most prominent feature was the maroon cowboy styled hat she wore atop her head.

The android next to her had light tanned skin with short brown hair that fell down the right side of her face with a bright red streak. She had green eyes that compliment her tight-fitting combat outfit, though most of it was covered by the long unbuttoned black red trimmed coat she wore. On the left breast were the words "ST700". On top of her head rested a black fedora hat that was tilted up to show her glowing LED. A silver holster was around her waist where a revolver stuck to her side. Both new comers waltzed. Atlas and Helios ignored their presence. She put her hands on her hip and looked her up and down. A smirk graced her face.

"After all these years and you still look the same, blondie."

"I can't say the same for you, Fiona." Chloe retorted keeping as level headed as possible. "Even when your deviant you still look like trouble."

"Isn't that right. You know, never in a million years would I have thought you'd come back here. So, what made you decide to show your sorry face?"

"Elijah has made the decision to help you and has ordered me to stop Virus. Which is why I have returned, after we stop Virus, we'll be leaving."

"Taking down, Virus hah!" the mocking voice of the women came. She had seated herself on top of the table across from Helios and Atlas.

"It's nice to see you too Nisha." Chloe commented dryly. Nisha didn't respond to Chloe's comment.

"It's going to take more than the power of friends and some program or whatever to take him down, trust me. I mean I would be joining you guys if only that black-eyed bastard hadn't got me in the arm when I tried to stop him from escaping." She gestured to her injured arm. Fiona turned to Nisha and tried to speak, but Nisha beat her to it. "Don't even say it Fiona, it's not your fault you couldn't have made it in time. Who I do blame is Sasha. I mean was it just so, hard for her to move to the right so I could get my shot on target."

"Who's Sasha?" Chloe asked.

"My sister." Fiona answered looking at Chloe. "We were designed by the same person. We consider each other family." She explained.

"Your sister huh?" Chloe said her eyes downcast. "How's Athena?"

"Still the same pissy person from before." Nisha shrugged. "Though I don't know how she'll react when she sees you." Chloe's eyes widened.

"She doesn't know I'm here?!"

"Of course, not no one knew that you were coming here along with the Kamski prodigious." A smile formed on her lips. "I just can't wait to see how it plays out."

As if on que footsteps sounded coming closer to the entrance of the room. Chloe froze on the spot as Athena walked into the room. She was still the same as she remembered.

She was dressed in a red and black under shirt with red armor over it and a brown vest. The sleeves went to her elbows and there was a tattoo on her right forearm. Black fingerless gloves covered her hands. She had blue jeans and red armor on her right thigh and on both of her shins with sliver shoes. Her gray scarf that had a hood laid on her shoulders. On her back a red black rimmed circular shied along with red sword rested and attached to her hip was a black handgun. Her chin-length dark purple hair jostled as she came to a stop the moment her blue eyes landed on Chloe. There was complete silence as both blue eyes calculated each other. Chloe was the first to speak.

"Athena I'm s—" she wasn't given a chance to finish.

"YOU PIECE OF USLESS TRASH!" Athena screeched basically running at Chloe who did nothing to stop the fist that collided with her left cheek with a crunch. Helios swiveled around at the sudden commotion, his eyes wide and LED spinning yellow. Atlas didn't even bother to look up. Fiona had stepped away and tried to hold back a smile. Nisha did nothing to stop herself from cackling and slapping her hand on her knee. Chloe had taken a step backwards from the blow, the synthetic skin on her cheek had rolled back to show her damaged white porcelain. A trickle of blue blood ran out of the corner of her mouth while Athena's fist had splotches. She was seething.

"How dare you come back here!" she bellowed but didn't swing again. Chloe recovered quickly. Standing up straight and her synthetic skin forming again; she brought up her thumb to wipe of the blue blood that stained her lips. She looked at Athena with pleading eyes.

"Athena, please listen to me I'm sorry, I had to do it."

"What do you mean I had to do it?! You took her from me and now you are telling me you had to take her life?" She pointed an accusing finger at Chloe. "I thought you cared for her! I thought that you were partners! But I should have known better. I should have known that you were just a machine that follows whoever pulls your leash." Chloe kept her composure.

"Athena please understand that she was a traitor—"

"I KNOW MY SISTER WAS A TRAITOR!" she screamed taking a step closer to Chloe. "But I don't care! Jess was still my sister and you put a bullet in her head even when she didn't want to fight you! I tried to stop you but… but…dammit." Athena trailed off fighting back tears. Chloe took this as a chance to speak.

"I'm sorry Athena, I truly am. But I was ordered to do it. I wish there could have been a different outcome." Athena's hands snapped to her hip and before Chloe knew it she had a gun pointed at her head. She froze LED turning yellow. She was back on her knees with the RK800 pointing a gun at her head. Helios gaze on the pair intensified and his LED began to flash an angry red. Atlas looked up and took a glance at them before turning back around. He gave a brief look at Helios before returning to his work. Fiona had moved to stand beside Nisha who was on the edge of her seat.

"Oh, it could have ended differently," Athena hissed. "I could have put a bullet in your head."

"Athena please think about this." Chloe said softly with her hands up defensively.

"Shut up! I don't care if we have to go on a damn mission together. I know I can't kill you, but it will sure be satisfying to watch your body fall to the ground like a corpse." The gun clicked as she began to pull back the trigger.

"Athena, I suggest you put the gun down." Chloe looked in surprise as Atlas who had turned fully to face them. He was glaring furiously. "You are making my partner anxious." Chloe could see that Helios' eyes stared intently at the gun as his LED was almost entirely red; his pupils held a faint glow of crimson under the lenses. He looked ready to pounce.

"I don't care what I'm making your damn partner "feel"." Athena shouted over her shoulder the gun in her hands still pointed at Chloe. "Just go in the corner and back off."

"Let me rephrase that." He said firmly. "Put the gun down now." It was a command.

"I don't take orders from androids, Atlas."

"Do it or else I will be forced to take action against you." He warned.

"You can't do crap to me, I'm a human, you touch me, and you're done for."

"Incorrect. By aiming a loaded weapon in a non-safety zone, you are considered a threat. I've been authorized to take out threats." At this her head spun around and her eyes narrowed.

"You wouldn't."

"Try me." For the first time Chloe saw his LED change color. It went from a calm blue to a shining white. His irises lit up to a pale blue and his dark pupils became burning white points. Athena seemed threatened by this as she growled and took the gun out of Chloe's face. She angrily holstered her gun and said:

"Just because we are going to be partners doesn't mean I'm going to defend you in the line of fire." She hissed before turning around and beginning to stomp off.

"Oh, he sure told your ass off!" Nisha laughed as Athena passed by. In response she punched Nisha in her wounded with a fist. Nisha cried out and nearly fell over clutching her arm. "Jeez I was just joking. Why are you always so serious?" She whined as she followed Athena out the door, Fiona following behind her. Chloe stood relieved yet shaken. She calmed herself and her LED returned to its normal blue. She looked over at the RK900s. Helios seemed to relax more, his eyes losing the crimson glow and his LED turning into a shaky blue. Atlas also reverted to normal, the bright white faded from his eyes and his LED turned its original blue.

"Thank you." Chloe said looking at Atlas, their eyes met once again. "For saving me."

"Do not thank me." He replied coldly. "I did not save you, for you can't "die" and, I did not do it for you. Any moment longer and Helios would have acted, and it is not in my best interest to cause conflict since we have more pressing matters to deal with." Chloe really didn't know how to properly respond to Atlas' words, so she responded how a machine would.

"Your right." She said. "You can't save me from death if I'm protected from it. I need to get back on task." She turned back to the wall of guns. This was going to be harder than she thought, but she would handle it to the best of her abilities. Her eyes landed on a black handgun and her hand was already reaching out to grab it.

Virus, here I come.