Deviant Hunter of New Detroit- A Detroit: Become Human Fanfiction

Chapter 15: Hello My Name is Connor and I Do?

Alice was on the side of the truck with Max. They found sticks in the road, water, and the end of a driveway. Well, Max did anyhow. Max carved shapes into the mud left into the driveway. He drew a happy face first. Alice drew a star. He drew a circle. She drew a square. Then Max stabbed the dirt with the stick.

Alice did the same thing and smiled. Such simple things to keep them entertained, but she never saw it before. She had always stayed right beside Kara, but Max knew how to find fun everywhere. Even if it only lasted-

"You can't play in the mud," Kara said coming over to Alice and Max. "In the driveway too?" She looked at Alice. "What am I gonna-"

Max shoved his foot straight into the muddy watered driveway. "The end."

Alice recognized that look. Kara wasn't happy with him, but he didn't care.

"If we have to end the fun, and we're getting in trouble anyway, might as well get the complete fun out of it." He just smiled afterward.

Kara grasped him and brought him and Alice back over to the side of the truck. "Connor is not going to be long, stop."

Max bent down and started to remove some weeds from the grass he was standing on. Alice did the same. Even pulling weeds was fun with him. He took the long furry pieces and stripped them down. Alice took the long dandelions and blew them.

"That's not good for the lawn," Kara said, almost in a half whine. "Max. Stop showing Alice how to do the wrong things. She needs to learn the right things."

"Right and wrong is just like saying black and white. There are different shades of each." With that, Max started to crawl under the truck, but Kara stopped him. "I want to find out what makes the vehicle move. Is knowledge so wrong?" he said as she pulled him back out.

When Connor came back over, Alice waved, but Kara wasn't so happy.

"Mowing the lawn is less work than watching your boy," Kara warned Connor. "You need to work with him."

While Kara and Connor were chatting, Alice watched Max. Kara had him in a holding position in her arms, but his hands were free. He smiled at her and reached his hands out to the truck. It became an art project. Dusty and dirty it could be drawn on. Alice watched and did it herself too. There was no way Kara could get mad about that. There was no lasting repercussions, it wasn't a dangerous activity, and it was their property. Plus, it was just fingerprints.

"Anything?"

"Twenty," Connor answered. "The investment of the used mower will pay itself off rapidly. Humans like short grass and we've almost made the fifty back." Connor took Max back and put him in the backseat. Alice climbed in on the other side and Kara went to her side.

While they drove, Max thonked on the siding lightly. He looked toward Alice.

She thonked the siding too. Then he did. Then she did. Then he did faster. Then she did it faster.

"At this rate, Alice is going to be cured in less than a week," Kara said. "Still, there were other ways, with more time and less risk to property."

"He is an entertaining one," Connor said. "It's sort of like human music." He continued to drive. "Overambitious may be a plus right now for them, Kara."

"I know," Kara admitted. "Later on, I may miss this noise. As hard as that is to believe."

"Spirits up," Connor said. "Tonight, there's a good chance we might make enough for shelter. Not many androids who have left have made it this far. They weren't allowed to take any cars, vehicles or property bought with their value numbers. And?" He turned on the radio. Suddenly the nonrhythmic thonking started to sound like the beats on the radio. "A little better."