We had stopped at a corner store on the edge of Wisconsin near a river, we had stopped because we had been in the car for about 3 hours already and I was getting stiff. The ride was quiet for most of the time, we were still confused for two reasons. The first being who was it that corrupted Connors mind, and second being who was the person on the radio spewing words, none of it made sense. It was the late afternoon, the sun was just grazing the tree tops letting off an orange hue that spread across the sky catching on the few clouds that were in the sky.
As we we headed further from Detroit it seemed that there were more androids and people walking the streets. It was a strange sight, seeing them walk side by side like to them the world wasn't on the brink of a war. The feeling also was encouraging, as it made me feel that many humans actually liked androids, and how they saw them as something more than just servants built to serve us. Although, each city held the same loneliness, with most of the country leaving it left the streets empty, the stores vacant, and the houses bare. The store that we arrived at was a small convenience store called "Bill's Corner Store". The stocks were half full, slowly being depleted by the humans that stayed behind.
Stretching I let out a low hum of relief, "it feels good to be out of the car" I walked away from the car and made my way over to the entrance of the store. I pulled on the door and it opened, "Let's see what I can find," I muttered to myself as I walked along the isles of the store. "Bill, you look like you don't have much" I said as I noticed that there were few foods that would give me sustenance. There was a lot of chip bags and pop bottles but all of the soups, instant meals, and frozen vegetables were gone. I took what was left in the store and went to the front, realizing that there was no one in the store with me I took a packet of gum, and from behind the counter a small bottle of vodka. I haven't tried the stuff yet but if I want to, now would be the time to do it. Taking the items I had I finally left the store and headed over to where connor was waiting.
Connor had looked at me, and then the food, and then back up at me before saying "You do realise that 5 bags of chips, 3 cans of pop, a bottle of vodka and a packet of gum are not healthy for you. Rather it is the opposite, I suggest getting-" I stopped him before he made me question my choice in food items.
"Do you do this to hank too?" i asked before dumping the food in a plastic bag from the back of the car. "Plus, I did look for food but the people that were left in this town took all of the good stuff" I looked at Connor and he just had a blank expression. I noted that his face is too good for his personality, it's too adorable to take seriously. I laughed at him and opened up the car door "come on you, let's just get to the other camp before midnight."
Once we were back in the car I decided to play a little game, it would help pass the time and not have it so quiet while I was driving. "Connor, I have a game that we should play while we make out way to the camp." I looked over at him and gaged his reaction, he looked surprised but he didn't reject the suggestion. "What kind of game are you suggesting Andrea?" Connor asked while he looked at me with those brown eyes. "It's called 21 questions, the point of the game is to ask each other 21 questions about one another" I smiled and looked at connor once again, he looked a little confused but that seemed to pass as his eyes began to look curious, "Sure, who goes first?" he asked.
"I'll go first, What is your favourite color?" Connor seemed to think about it for a minute be answering.
"My favourite color is blue," Connor looked at me expectantly, " now it's your turn connor, ask me a questions."
"What is your favourite animal?" he asked "that would definitely be wolf" I answered.
"Okay, um, what's your relationship with Hank?" I asked "you two seem to know each other obviously by how the way he greeted you a few weeks back." I wanted to know because Hank didn't look like the type of guy to go out and buy an android.
" The relationship that Hank and I have is different, he views me as his son in a way because he lost his birth son in an accident due to a doctor being high on red ice." Connor said while his face looked pained. That must be hard for Hank, losing a son like that. I scratched the back of my next because I didn't know what to say in a situation like that.
"That must be hard, Im glad your there for him though," I said. "Yeah, i mean I don't know what to do besides just being myself," Connor sighed before asking "What was your life before the events at Detroit?" I had to think about that one for a minute before saying " It was your basic home life I guess, I had two parents that loved me, my mom was an accountant and my father was apart of the military. I attended high school and was attending college before everything started to go down hill. The schools shut down because the androids that were teachers were deviating and causing a ruckus." I was thinking back into my childhood before everything went black and I had a searing pain throughout my body. Connor yelled my name, I felt him reach over me but I didn't know what he was doing. I couldn't see anything but I was sure my eyes were open, it scared me. I then felt arms wrap around my torso dragging me out of the car, I layed of the ground yelling in pain as my head felt like it was going to explode. This never happened before, always it was a slight headache but nothing more.
Connor kept me in his grip as it cried and held my head. "I can't see" I said through gritted teeth. Connor just held me tighter, not knowing what to do, he kept telling me that everything was going to be alright, that he was here. Suddenly the pain started to stop and I was left in a heap on the ground numb from the onslaught of pain, I didn't know what happened or why it happened. It scared me though, slowly my vision came back and I could see connor looking at me with wide eyes. I sat up and he came up to me on his knees holding me to his chest while I cried into his shoulder.
"Andrea, you have to tell me what happened" connor whispered into my ear while he held me. I let out a few more tears before answering him, "I was thinking about my past" was all I could get out. I took me awhile to just compose myself, but once I was ready to look at the world again I looked to Connor first. "I don't know what caused this to happen, this was the first time." Connor looked at me though pained eyes. "It's alright Andrea, i'm here" we both got up from the ground and made out way back to the car. The car was on the other side of the road on the grass, Connor must have steered us off the road. Luckily, the car wasn't damaged and we were able to get it up and running again.
"Here, why don't you let me drive the rest of the way, we are about 20 minutes from Minneapolis, the group is there in the heart of the city." I just nodded my head and got into the passenger's side of the car. Connor started up the vehicle and we were on our way again.