Short circuit

fourteen

Yesterday was father's day so I spent the whole day with my old man. Happy Father's day Hank, may your son rest in peace. Hope you all had a great day yesterday!

(Name) POV

"You and Hank need to get to Stratford tower, there's been a situation and I can't get a hold of Hank" Fowler tells me over the phone as I sigh. "Yes sir, I'll see what happened with Hank" I reply and Fowler seemed confused. "You mean he isn't with you?" He asked over the phone. "No sir, he isn't at home either. I'll check the bars" I say and then end the call.

"Connor, what happened yesterday?" I yelled into the living room while shaking into my pants. "The Lieutenant seened to have internal conflicts. He started talking abiut Androids being bad and how they 'Took him'" Connor responded. "Oh no..." I say and fully get into my pants. "What's the matter?" Connor asks and I decided I might as well tell him since Hank hasn't. "Hank lost his only child to a situation an Android was involved in. The human doctor was high on red ice and they only had an Android who could perform surgery on him, but his son didn't survive it. That's why he doesn't like Androids, but I think he was having an emotional breakdown and was turning that pain to anger and was going to take it out on you" I respond.

"I.. understand." Connor says as I get the rest of my day clothing on. "We have a case at Stratford tower, Jericho infiltrated the tower and made a broadcast that everyone now knows about. This is getting messier and messier by the day" I say to Connor. I walk into the living room and we head out to catch a cab, hoping to find Hank somewhere in those bars he's been visiting. "(Name), I have some questions to ask you" Connor says and I turn to him as we both enter the cab. "Yes Connor, you can ask me anything" I respond with a smile.

"Yesterday before Hank had his emotional breakdown... He mentioned something called... Sexual intercourse. I was hoping you would know what it was" he said and I was shocked. How could one of the smartest Androids Cyberlife has created not given him knowledge on this? "W-what was the question. I don't think I heard you correctly" I say, hoping I had misheard everything he had just asked. "I asked what sexual intercourse was" he replied.

"Connor... It's... It's like what um... The Android's at the Eden club were- no that's not a good way to put it..." I say, a loss of how to put it to where I wouldn't traumatize Connor and where I wouldn't embarrass myself. I grab my phone from my pocket, going onto the internet and searching up the definition of it. I found a good definition and I showed it to Connor, getting a shocked expression back. "Sexual intercourse looks strange... And painful" he commented with a troubled expression. "Only if you don't prepare" I respond, avoiding all eye contact. "I need more solid information on this..." I hear him say to himself. "Just don't go to Hank for the information" I suggest, for his sake and mine.

From what happened yesterday, I wasn't taking any chances. "Why not?" Connor asks me. "Because what he would tell you would be bad for you... And most likely me too" I respond, not wanting to stay on the subject any longer than I have to. "But from what I've gathered so far, since you are a female I can't ask you about everything. Hank is not a female so asking someone who most like has a-" "...don't finish that sentence" I suggest. "But you don't have one. All Androids have them but since you don't have one I can't ask you. That means I'd have to ask Hank about how the p-" "-eninsula hotel theory works" I respond, trying not to corrupt my own mind with such thoughts right now.

"That was not what I was going to say, I was going to say pe-" "oh look we're here Connor, we need to search for Hank" I say, changing the subject. We get out of the cab and I pull out my wallet. "No need, I'll pay" Connor says and his LED flashes yellow and then back to blue. "Transaction complete" he says and we walk inside the bar, not seeing Hank anywhere.