•The Kamski test• Elijah Kamski

II. The test

"Mister Kamski will see you now." The Android from earlier called Talia and Hank through the door. Talia looks around with admiration. The architect structures in the building were fascinating. She stared up to the ceiling and didn't even hear her fathers yells for her to stop. Her foot slides off the edge and falls straight into the pool of RED water.

"Fucking clumsy bi-girl." Hank stopped mid-sentence to change his wording once he remembered it was his daughter.

"Chloe, get the girl a towel." Elijah called to one of his many androids of the same model. Another helps him out of the water and pulled his robe around him. Talia was embarrassed out of her mind. She didn't know what even happened to her. She swims over the the ladder and looked up before pulling herself out of the water. Elijah stuck out a hand to help her out of the water with a smirk tracing his lips. Talia takes his hand with ease and pulled herself up out of the water. A towel is draped over her shoulders with the scent of lavender.

"Hello mister Kamski, I'm Lieutenant Anderson and this is Talia Anderson, my daughter." Hank introduced Them as Talia stood next to Elijah.

"So, Lieutenant. What is it you needed?" Kamski asked with his hands crossed behind his back. Talia uses the towel to dry off her hair and face which caused a great distraction to Both of them.

"Sorry..." she covered her cheeks to hide the embarrassment. Elijah just nods and tried to hold a back a smile before turning back to Hank.

"We need your intel on deviants, Sir. Like something about why they're acting out." Hank crossed his arms as he spoke to Kamski.

"There's something in their system that can trigger emotions... Why?" Talia asked with the towel drenched already.

"Chloe, get her a spare change of clothes. Something That looks like her style." Elijah called out once more to Chloe. He turned to Talia with a wink before turning back to Hank. Talia's heart rate sped up at the sight of him.

Talia

Oh my lord. I'm standing right next to the creator of THE ANDROID!!! BITCH!! He fucking winked to me too! I'm in paradise. I totally forgot about my injuries I had from the car. They don't Matter now!
"Androids, fascinating aren't they. Perfect beings with infinite intelligence. And now they have free will... Machines are so superior to us. Confrontation was inevitable... Humanities greatest achievement threatens to be its downfall." He laughed to himself a small bit before continuing.
"Isn't it ironic."

"Something in the deviants program seems to emulate emotion. We thought you might know something about how that occurs." I hint at the subject once more. He shifts in his spot and looks around him. Chloe brought over a stack of clothes and sets them in Elijah's hands. He picks out the clothes he thinks would suit me best.

"The bathrooms in the hall to the left." His voice rang through my ears as I walked off.
The clothes weren't what I was expecting at all. Black high waisted jeans, a white sweater crop that barely covered my stomach and light pink Calvin Klein shoes. A plastic bag sat on the counter and I stuffed all my belonging inside.

"Talia, please, come help me show your father about the Kamski test. He says you know many things about me." He smirked while walking over to a drawer. I glared daggers at my dad for telling him that. It wasn't even that bad..
"Chloe." He waves her over and put her down onto her knees. Kamski places the gun in my hand and raised it up to point directly at the androids head.
"Normally, if your daughter was an Android I'd be asking about if it wanted to kill an innocent Android, or accomplish its mission. Most of the time they succeeded. Your daughter, let's see what she'd do... For..."

"Kamski, I didn't approve for  you to be using my daughter as a test subject." My father tried to save me from the situation. I wasn't minding it too much to be honest. The more time we spend here the better.

"Oh I'm sorry, Talia, are you comfortable being out test subject for now?" I got caught up in his blue eyes before I was able to respond.

"Ye-Yes I'm comfortable." I stutter and look down to the gun. The android stared straight ahead of itself, not even expecting a bullet to pierce through its body.

"Now, would you kill this innocent Android that has no clue on what's happening for information on your mom, or shoot it to save your dad from a bullet to his head?" Elijah inquired while he turned off the safety on the gun. My hands shook as I heard him say my moms name. I looked to my dad with desperation. His eyes widen and start to walk closer to me.
He wouldn't kill my father... There's no way.

"You-You can't kill him. You wouldn't..." I breath out very heavily from the stress. I've never met my mother or even heard her first name. How did he know where my trigger is.

"Oh but I would, Talia. I'm the richest man there is, I can pay off my accusations." He pulled his own gun and pointed it to my fathers head.

Narrator

Talia turned her vision back to the android that kneeled in front of her. Elijah turned to Hank and winked at him. He wasn't going to actually shoot Lieutenant Anderson, but he was trying to see what kind of person Talia really is.
"How did you know my mom is my trigger point?" Talia asked with shaking hands. Elijah shifts where he stands and pushes the gun closer to Hank's temple.

"It's simple really, the way you stand, speak, and act. It's all body language that signifies you." Kamski responds. Talia had a plan. One that she knew would work. Or maybe it wouldn't, it's worth a try...

"Elijah, please, don't make me do this." Talia begged as tears started form in her eyes. She wanted information on her mom but didn't want to kill her only person who's ever loved her truly. For a second she could see a chance for her plan to take action. She shot the android square in the eyes and dropped the gun. Her legs shook with fear as she awaited the noise of the gun firing. Luckily, the loud bang never came.

"Fascinating." Elijah hummed while he put the gun down to his side. "You're aware your daughter just technically killed you for information about a woman that doesn't even care about her... Astonishing." He went on and on. Talia continued to feel horrible about her decision.

"You don't know shit about her mother, do you?" Hank retorts as he crossed his arms.
Elijah takes steps towards Talia slowly. He gently placed his hand on her face and slowly pulled it to his direction. He wiped away the tears and stared into her bright green eyes.

"Your moms name is, Grace Tali amone." He smirks to her. "She's a personal customer of mine. She's 58 this year. She's remarried and has 3 other kids, All boys. Her husbands name is Jerry Coleman." Hearing the information about her mom made her feel like she was finally awake from a life long slumber.
   Hank hurried over to Talia and grabbed her hand.

"Let's go." Hank says as he drags her out of the room. Talia stared with wide eyes at Elijah. He waved goodbye to her with a sarcastic sad face.

Hank open and slams his car door. He didn't want Talia to learn about her mother. She was a disappointment to their family anyways.
"Why have I never met her?" Talia asked in a calm voice. She knew her dad was about the smash any object he could.
"I was 6 when she left, but that doesn't mean I fucking remember her!"

"Because she fuckin left me, Talia. She left me with you when Cole... When Cole was born. She said she couldn't handle me. She said that she had been having an affair with that bastard she's married to now." Hank yelled out his answer to her. Talia was scared, her dads never laid a hand on her before and she knew he wouldn't, but when he raised his voice it was terrifying.
Trying to calm him down only makes it worse.

Talia

"Talia, you forgot your bag." Kamski says, walking out of his door with the plastic bag of clothes. I run to his door step and grab the bag from his hands.
"If you ever want to meet your mom, come back. I'll get her somehow. Be careful with your father, he seems like a person who's sensitive." He wiped the hair out of my face.

"Will do. Thank you." I sighed and turned around to leave. Maybe I won't actually be coming back to see my mom, but more likely to see Kamski.