Accident Prone - Becoming Human

Abducted

Ever astute and dedicated to his unusual case Connor stood in the middle of the dimly lit white basement with his scanner actively counting the numerous bodies of the various deviants who had been shutdown and disturbingly had their vital biocomponents forcibly removed from their bodies. Hank stood beside the deviant detective with his arms crossed defensively over his still healing chest as he looked at the horrific blank faces of the dead androids laying on the ground and against the walls all around them. Some of the androids looked as though they had died mid scream leaving their mouths and eyes wide open with abject horror forever frozen on their terrified faces.

At the far side of the room two large metal tables with strong metal restraints at the head, center and bottom of the tables were design to hold whomever had the misfortune of being captured and restrained. Massive puddles of Thirium that had long since evaporated were still completely visible to Connor's superior vision, while still fresher puddles created sapphire stains all up the walls, sections of the floor and even over parts the ceiling over the table. Random scraps of stolen biocomponents and stripped plastimetal frames littered the ground and lined the metal shelves that wrapped around the walls like a gruesome border of deranged artwork.

Crouching down near one of the larger puddles of still damp Thirium under the tables Connor dipped his right index and middle fingertips into the sapphire pool and pressed the sample against his tongue for analysis. His scanner processed the sample quickly and identified the blood of fourteen different deviants altogether. Standing upright slowly Connor ran a scan over the remaining butchered bodies in the basement and connected their serial numbers to the Thirium and confirming their identities; all of whom were reported missing, and he confirmed that their deaths had occurred in that very basement.

"Eight of the deviants had lost significant Thirium in this basement." Connor stated flatly as he took in the macabre sight in a painfully emotional way. Emotions he forced himself to conceal as a professional courtesy to the victims he was determined to give justice as effectively as he could. "Six other deviants have also been here. All fourteen of the deviants in total had been reported missing within the same time frame starting back on November 1st, 2038."

"Aside from being reported missing," Hank replied in a low voice as he studied Connor's demeanor carefully in an almost paternal manner. "what else do the deviants have in common?"

"All fourteen deviants are advanced models." The deviant detective noted coolly as he began comparing the victims to identify common ground amongst each of them. "All of the models were also produced in limited quantities."

"So, they're all considered rare models?"

"Correct." The increasingly deviant android confirmed as he began lapping around the basement slowly to scan and note all the other Thirium stains and took additional samples to compile hefty evidence against the killer, or killers, who had fled from the basement before the police arrived. "Each model had either been produced a maximum of only one-hundred times or a minimum of sixty times. Spare parts, biocomponents and software for each model would be incredibly valuable and sparse throughout the entire city."

Rubbing his right palm over his sore chest Hank contemplated what the gathered details meant and sighed through his nose. "Sounds like we're dealing with a sadistic black marketeer of some kind."

"I agree. It would be safe to surmise that the unidentified black marketeer had taken advantage of android deviancy causing the androids to break free from their programming to mask the crimes of numerous abductions right under everyone's noses."

"The owners would just think their android went rogue and took off, with never filing a report or suspecting foul play. The perfect way to disguise an abduction."