Accident Prone - Becoming Human

Hacked

Running his fingertips over the fully healed wound under his right eye Connor stared intently at the terminal screen on his desk as if in a deep trance, except his gaze was staring through the screen rather than actually focusing on it. It had been almost a week since the melancholy day that had left Connor feeling rather depressed after receiving a rejection letter from the adoption agency, as well as a little sore from the assault he had sustained while working a case in the field. The rest of the week had been surprisingly calm and slow, but that was the last thing Connor needed because as of that moment he was craving a massive distraction.

From his private office Hank watched through the transparent wall as Connor as he stared off into nothingness at his terminal, and was about to call him into the office to have a little chat when an alert appeared on both of their terminal screens. Reading over the details Hank noted that a deviant who had been reportedly acting strange had been approached by emergency services, and he knew that Connor would be setting off to investigate in person.

Ever the professional Connor rose from his seat and made his way toward the precinct's front doors with the details of the case cybernetically uploaded into his memorybank for use at the scene. As he walked Connor's head was bowed down a little, his shoulders were slumped and his eyes were dull. Even if he didn't still have the recent update installed Connor would still look like a depressed college student who flunked out of class.

Before Connor got too far from his sight Hank stepped out of his office and called out to him through the opened door. "Hold up, Connor. I'm going with you."

Freezing mid step Connor turned around to face Hank as the senior detective caught up with him fairly quickly across the bullpen. "Is there something wrong?"

"Nope. I'm just tired of sitting in that damn office all day. It's killing my back." Slipping on his dark coat and pulling his car keys from his pocket Hank gave Connor a single nod of the head to signify that he was ready to head out. "Let's go, I'll drive."

As his mouth twitched a little Connor followed after Hank without any form of protest and replaced his own car keys to his gray blazer's pocket. "...Very well. Let's go to the scene."

A group of curious people; humans and deviants alike, had gathered around an autonomous taxi that was pulled over to the side of the road in the downtown area where the reportedly berserk deviant had been seen. Inside the taxi's backseats was the very deviant at the center of the emergency report. She was laying unconscious in the rear of the vehicle and she was obviously in some form of distress. Chris and Jack, who had been on patrol that afternoon, had come across the reported vehicle that had engaged emergency shutdown upon the occupant's collapse and had subsequently called the scene in to the precinct for some assistance.

The distressed deviant was sporting long golden blonde hair pulled up in a ponytail, piercing emerald green eyes and fair skin that was all the more pale due to whatever it was that was affecting her. Her all too human appearance made the case all the more unsettling for the detectives to handle.

Chris was actually a little phased to see a deviant who was pale, sweating and apparently suffering from a horrible illness. In time he had gotten used to seeing blue blood whenever an android had been injured, but the sight of an android behaving so humanly in response to other physical impairments left him kind of stunned and a little wary to offer any form of technical assistance.

"Jack, do you know what's happening with her?"

"Eight days ago a new update from Digital Sentience was released to the public that allows androids to exhibit humanoid responses to physical harm or errors." Jack stated almost coldly as he explained the situation to his human partner in a mechanical tone. "This deviant has evidently installed the update and now her physical responses are indicating an internal glitch or malfunction."