A Learning Experience (Connor x OC)

Chapter 5: The Nest

A few hours after scouring the area to see if the android was anywhere close by ended up in failure. It throughly escaped their grasp and the case was put on hold until they got another lead or sighting. It was now 3 p.m. and Anderson decided that he would take a quick lunch break.

"You want anything?" Anderson asking her even though he clearly didn't want to.

"I-uh what do they sell here?" Margaret asked looking over at the small food truck.

"Burgers. My friend makes the best burgers in Detroit," Hank says proudly.

She looked over at the dingy food truck and the unkept state of it. She gulped, "I'm...alright. Thank you for the offer."

"Suit yourself," and Hank closed the car door behind him, leaving Connor and her alone.

"He really should stop leaving us in here. I'm not a child you leave unattended," she complained.

"Doctor Margaret, perhaps I started off on the wrong foot with Lieutenant Anderson. I should attempt to reconcile with the Lieutenant. Would you like to join me? I know you don't like being left behind," Connor asked.

She sighed and looked at the rain with weary eyes. Would this rain ever stop?

"Very well, I suppose I should try to make "friendly" conversation too," She moped.

The two quickly made their way over to the Lieutenant who was making some sort of dealing with a shady looking man. No doubt Connor was already scanning his surroundings and the man whom the Lieutenant was talking to.

"All right, I'm in," Anderson shook hands with the man and discreetly exchanged some money with him.

"You won't regret this!" The man shouted back at Anderson, leaving happily with the few bucks he made.

Connor approached Anderson and stood next to him closely. Anderson looked away in disbelief at Connor's insistence to stay near the Lieutenant.

"Don't you ever do as your told?" Anderson said exasperated. "I thought CyberLife was supposed to make obedient machines. The fuck happened with Connor?" He said annoyed.

"Connor is actually performing his functions quite well. Perhaps, you shouldn't give him conflicting orders that interrupt his mission," Margaret said slyly.

"Didn't know acting like a goddamn poodle was in his programming," he huffed.

Connor tried to ease the conversation and nudged Hank with his elbow, "Now that we're partners, I think it would be a good idea to get to know each other better so we can work as a team."

"We are not partners," Hank gritted through his teeth. "I'm a human, she's a human, and you're a machine. So stop with that "buddy-up" bullshit program, alright?" Hank tried to make it clear.

Connor remained quiet as he watched Anderson get his meal.

"Hey! Don't leave these two plastic things here," the server shouted at Anderson.

"No chance! They follow me everywhere."

Margaret frowned. Two? She wasn't an android, why did everyone confuse her one?

"Excuse me Lieutenant, but your friend was very rude. Why was he accusing me of being an android?" Margaret asked seriously.

Hank gave her a blank stare and stopped mid-chew. "Cause you dress  like fucking one," Hank responded.