Chapter 4: Tests

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New Detroit: Nicer Neighborhood (Former Home of Carl Manski)

Kara got out of the car the woman North had. As soon as she came in and asked Alice if she wanted to play with a little boy android? It was over. Alice's eyes lit up and she had to go. Fortunately, she wasn't there alone with Josh. Connor felt compelled to come along too. They all walked forward to a beautiful home. The door recognized North's presence, calling her by name.

North placed her purse on a little shelf nearby. "Welcome to my home." She gestured to Josh. "Welcome." She gestured to Connor. "Don't touch anything first without disinfecting yourself. Go shake off outside. I know where you live."

"We are all androids," Connor insisted. He held his hands up. "I have nothing that is going to hurt you. This tick you have is going to get worse if you don't get some help."

"I don't need help. You're not bringing roaches into my house. Go." Connor walked off past the front porch. She looked toward Kara. "This way. So? You are a new one, huh? You've been hiding with a human I hear?"

Word gets around fast. "Yes," Kara admitted.

"Yes, hang on." North went into a back room. "Markus! I highjacked them and brought them here."

Kara watched as North and Markus both came out of the back room.

"I shook off," Connor insisted as he came near again. "They all ran away through the grass."

"Connor!" North scolded him. "You were supposed to-"

"Now, now, North. He's just kidding. There's nothing wrong." Markus looked toward Kara. He gestured toward the side. "I didn't know North would steal you away tonight. Sorry. She got excited when I told her about you. Come. Let's talk in the kitchen, Kara. Bring your little girl. Josh, Connor. You can come in too." He walked and talked. "This was the home of someone very special to me. New Detroit is a great place for a new start for androids. Although what happened was terrible, and I wish it didn't all happen that way. We've survived, persevered, and now each day we prove a little more to the humans that we aren't here to hurt them."

They all took a seat in the kitchen.

"Sorry. I know it's getting late," North said as she headed off. "But, he doesn't get much rest anyway." There was a clashing sound from upstairs. "I'll be back."

"I'm going to meet a little boy?" Alice asked Kara. "Is that who she's talking about? I've never met a little boy before."

"Yes," Markus said with pride. "It's. I suppose, something that as a leader I may have used some influence for," he admitted. "He was a prototype in Germany. No fighting skills. Just, a little fighter," he chuckled. "His name's Ollie."

"I don't want to play with the girls, they suck!"

"He's . . . unique," Markus settled on. "Many children are unique."

"She is going to try and put makeup on me again!"

"He's . . . had some problems too," Markus admitted. "Just, be nice, and he will be too," he said to Alice. "He respects those that respect him." The sound of feet hopping downstairs could be heard.

Kara watched as a little boy entered the room. Expression was definitely mad.

"Uh." Alice waved softly. "Hi, Ollie."

He didn't know how to respond at first.

Kara waited. She looked over toward Connor though who seemed extremely focused on the meeting. Was Alice meeting other children part of what she needed for a healthy balance too? From the way he was staring at them, she was beginning to think that way.

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