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

Chapter 19: Networking

Wellston

Markus went up, step by step, with a light hum. Up unfamiliar hotel steps to go with his unfamiliar life. He approached a hotel door. The occupants had been in there since evening, finally getting back after a difficult journey. He could have connected sooner, but they were going to need some rest before confronting what happened next.

He knocked on the door. Immediately he wasn't surprised to hear the sound of glass breaking and Connor's voice saying 'shoot'. Kara looked out the large curtained window next to the door and opened it up to him. "Hi, Kara. I need to talk to you two."

"Markus?" Stunned of course. Kara invited Markus in and he watched Connor try to clean up a mess. "Just a second."

Connor was trying to scoop remnants of a glass vase into a garbage with his hands' skin deactivated. "Markus. What are you doing here?"

A little annoyance. "I'm sorry," Markus said. "I didn't mean to disturb you."

"I know," Connor admitted. "I was up and walking by when you knocked." He stood back up, his skin activated on his hands with the glass now safely in the garbage.

"He doesn't have that problem when he's lying down with us," Kara said in his defense as she came by. "You'll excuse me. I was in the middle of getting the kids a shower. It was a rough day yesterday."

"I hope you rested up enough," Markus said to her. He looked toward Connor. "I didn't come just to say hello."

"Of course not," Connor said. "Why are you here?"

"Because I sent him."

Kara instantly knew that voice. She moved from the bed toward the door. That voice used to belong to someone so important to her. Right outside of it, there she had been. Auburn hair, hazel eyes, and the ability to do everything Kara never could to get the job done. "Tilly."

Tilly came to Kara, holding out her hand. Kara instantly grabbed it before breaking into a hug.

Tilly held her for a short while. "We need to talk, Kara. Back inside the motel."

Inside, Kara waited. Her actions pretty much indicated she was open to Tilly to Connor, but he still wasn't going to be pleased about what would be said. Kara was fairly sure she wouldn't like it either.

"Go ahead and ask it," Tilly said.

"Why are you ignoring it?" Kara asked. "Are you not a part of the Network anymore?"

"I am part of the chief sector," Tilly said. "I was responsible for the virus that made it easier for androids to see the truth. I am also responsible for the Network not helping anymore."

Her? "But why-"

"It's bigger than one person. It's bigger than one set of humans." Tilly touched Kara's hand. "I am sorry about Roxanne. You know she's given a mission and goes about it however she wants. But, I am going to need your help. No killing is being asked of you, this is in a leadership role. In exchange for your cooperation? I will give you what you've always wanted."

Wait. "The standards?" Kara asked softly.

"If you come with us," Tilly said. "The world will be given a new set. Rewritten, by you, as the guide through all of the devastation."

"There needs to be a change," Markus said to Kara. "I heard about what you did, and what you tried to do. Now's the time. We can't wait anymore. New Detroit is gone if we don't do something."

"You don't see any way to get New Detroit back?" Connor asked Markus.

"No, not without help," Markus admitted. "I know I let my denial get the best of me. I just felt like the humans glimpsed over the dirty bomb and we were still on a path to peace. But we weren't, we were stable at best with President Warren. Not with Rounds."