Short circuit

twenty

Connor POV

So here I was, in this abandoned building with a bunch of Androids who went deviant. 'Oh wait, I'm a deviant too now' I thought to myself as I seemed deeply troubled. Things in Jericho did not go well, ending with the ship beginning to sink and the FBI to be on the move. The FBI searched for us as we speak, coming through the city and we hoped that they didn't find us just yet before we had a proper plan.

I was lost in thought, hoping that (Name) was ok. The last thing of her I saw was her being choked by Gavin and then she smashed something into his head. My fist balled up at the thought of Gavin Reed hurting (Name). I was thinking about a lot until Markus made his way over to me. He seemed... Skeptical of me. "I know you may not want to trust me because if who I am... And I completely understand your decision not to, but I can help. I can help you all" I say, deciding that this was the best choice to have.

"What do you have in mind, Connor?" Markus asked me. "Cyberlife, we could infiltrate it and get the ten thousand Androids there to help us. If we have the numbers, the humans surely will not be able to attack if we go peacefully." I say and Markus appeared to ponder the words I just said. "But none of us would be able to do that" Markus reasoned and I stopped leaning on the wall, standing tall and I let a deep breath come from inside of me. "Which is why I could do it. Cyberlife still trusts me" I say and Markus thought about it. "You're right Connor, I shouldn't have a reason to trust you..." Markus says and I feel guilt boil inside of me, feeling like a weight of my mistakes weighing me down. "But, you may be our last hope. I'm in" Markus says and he goes to speak about what we just talked about.

"My brothers! My sisters! We will not let our dreams of freedom die! We will make several different groups of marches and we will shout it to the skies our dreams, our hopes!" Markus says as the crowd seems to like this idea. "We won't take a single human life and if they attack us! If they attack, others will take our place! If you die! It won't be in vain! Rise up! For freedom!" Markus yells and the group cheers at Markus' words. He gets off of his stage and he walks over to me and lays his hand on my shoulder. "We are counting on you Connor. Help save our people" Markus says and I nod. "I will do my best, and I will help you all" I say, telling myself that I would do it no matter what.

I take off my incognito disguise, getting back into my suit and heading to Cyberlife. I try not to feel any panic as I walk in through the doors, being greeted by FBI agents with rifles and they look me up and down. "I am here for an appointment. Connor RK800" I say and they look amongst each other and then back at me. "Alright, let's go" they say. "I know exactly where to go" I say and they let out a laugh amongst themselves. "It is protocol that we escort you, since the city is in panic because of you tin cans" one of them says and begin to walk. Two guards begin to escort me to the elevator and I think of a way to get out of this as I pass through a detection device.

The good news is that they don't know I am a deviant, which I can use to my advantage. As we get inside, they press the 73 on the elevator number pad and I curse in my head because we were going opposite of where I needed to go. I thought quickly and I preconstructed a plan on how to do this. Deciding I knew which moves to make, the guard on my left was caught off guard (oh the irony :') as I grabbed his gun and landed a right hook on his face, stunning him as the other was pulling out a hand gun but I kicked it away and then kicked him, knocking him backwards.

As they were regaining their balance I picked up the handgun and I quickly shot one guard, right between the eyes and the other shot dead in the eye. I change the course of the elevator making it go to the lowest level and I seen guards were there waiting for me. I picked up a body and held it as I put the handgun to it's head, knowing how to fool them to where id have a human shield that way I could take them down. The doors opened and I initiated full take down mode as I fought the four guards, eventually winning and having to kill them all. At a further look, a couple of them weren't even human and bled blue blood.

I walk into the room, seeing all of the Androids that could be set free and I grab one of their arm, ready to wake him up until I was stopped. Another Connor Android came out, holding (Name) by the arm as she glared at him. "I'm sorry Connor he looked like you and-" "Shut up" the Connor look alike snapped as he pointed the gun at her head. "Connor, I'm going to ask you to back away from that Android or she's going to know what comes after a human death." The Connor look alike threatens and I let go of the Android's arm. "Don't believe him Connor, he's a damn lia-" "Shut up!" He yells, bringing the gun closer to her head as she stares right into my eyes. "I'm sorry Connor" she says as a tear escapes her eye and I frown. "Let her go" I say, a heavy amount of dislike shoved at the imposter Connor.

She began to sob and I realized something he didn't...

She was acting