"Markus." North growled as he walked into the house ignoring her. "Where the heck did you go? I was going mad trying to find you last night." North snapped as she crossed her arms waiting for an answer. She was wearing a black tank top with silver running along the trim, black leggings, and her hair was pulled back into a bun. Strands of her amber blonde hair fell into her face, she raised an eyebrow waiting for an answer.
"Are they here?" Markus asked, ignoring his lovers irritation.
"Yes, they are here. Care to inform me where the hell you went." North stated as Markus turned to enter the once filled study of the house that he claimed as his and North's. Pushing open the large door, he struted inside as the four androids turned to look at them smiles on their faces. Markus has never felt his stomach turn as quickly as this, these were his people. His people who put an inhuman fear in one of their own, it made him almost sick.
"AX250, MX300, GX100, and DX500 correct?" Markus asked.
"Actually I go by Ashley." AX250 stated. "He's Matt, he's Grant and she's Dylan." Ashley stated as the others waved at Markus. Giving a small nod, he crossed his arms, thinking how to properly start this.
"I have a few questions for you four."
"Of course sir." Grant stated as North slipped into the room, walking up beside Markus.
"Where were you yesterday morning?" Markus asked, getting North to give him a curious look.
"We were all going for a walk and catching up." Dylan smiled. Markus raised an eyebrow at the statement as he ran the memory through his head finding the time of the incident.
"What were you doing at 9:27 am?" Markus questioned. North rolled her eyes clearing her throat, trying to get the leaders' attention but he was focused on the four androids in front of him. The four androids glanced at each other probably having a conversation with each other mentally. "I'm waiting for an answer." Markus said as he cleared his throat.
"What does that time have to do with anything?" North asked as Markus held up a hand to get her to be quiet.
"We were probably heading back to our places at that time." Ashley stated. Markus pulled the skin away from his hand offering it out to her, knowing they couldn't change their memories. Ashley looked at him for a moment before taking a step backwards.
"I would recommend telling the truth." Markus ordered as the four glanced at each other. "Unless you can prove to me otherwise you are." Ashley gave a concerned look to her leader before her eyes shifted to her companions. She was looking for help but got none. "What exactly were you doing at 9:27 am yesterday morning?" Markus asked again only to get no response. His patience was running thin.
"Markus..." North started only to have Markus raise a hand for her to be silent, his eyes never leaving the four androids in front of him.
"He deserved it you know." Grant pointed out after a few minutes of silence. "He hunted us, and he's killed us. He had it coming." Markus took a deep breath, keeping as much of his composure as he could.
"You cannot do that. You can not treat one of our own like that." Markus said through gritted teeth.
"He's not one of us." Ashley snapped.
"If I remember correctly he's the one that went to the Cyberlife tower and freed you." Markus responded as calmly as he could currently manage. Dylan blanched before rubbing at the back of her neck, Grant muttered something crossing his arms. Ashley and Matt stared ahead, meeting Markus's eyes. They were challenging him, but Markus wasn't going to back down.
"He's still the deviant hunter." Matt commented.
"He has a name and it is Connor. He may have been a deviant hunter at one point, but he joined us. He fought alongside us and he helped free us. I will not stand to see him injured and tortured just because you decided that he wasn't worthy. As the leader of Jericho it is my job to issue out a punishment, especially for such horrendous behavior on one of our own. However, for your punishment I will need to speak with the other leaders of Jericho, until that time you will be put under house arrest."
"You can't do that!" Matt exclaimed.
"We didn't do anything wrong!" Ashley shouted.
"I also believe it would be wise to give up the identities of the other assailants as well." The four androids fell silent. Markus raised an eyebrow before looking at North who gave a nod before walking out of the room. She returned a few moments later with a handful of other androids dressed as guards.
"Please escort them to their place of residence as they are under house arrest." Markus ordered as the guards guided the four androids out of the building. Markus placed his hands on the desk in front of him thinking. "I should be heading back." Markus stated.
"Markus was that true?" North asked.
"Unfortunately yes. I believe it would be wise for us to gather Connor's belongings as well. He is unsafe within the android zone and I believe it will remain unsafe until we have the other assailants in custody." Markus said as he made to move around North only to have her stand in front of him blocking off his path.
"How bad?" North questioned.
"It would probably be easier for you to see for yourself as well as Josh." North nodded her head, grabbing her coat off the hook by the door and slipped on her shoes. Markus walked past her remembering the address he had given Connor almost three months ago now. Heading out of the house, North followed after as she finished instructing Josh on where to meet.
It took them only a few minutes to get to the apartment building. Josh was waiting for them when they got there.
"So what is this about?" Josh asked as Markus moved around him and entered the old building. Ascending the stairs, he heard Josh and North speaking behind him, but he paid them no mind. Scanning the stairs, his eyes locked on the invisible traces of thirium as they moved up the steps and his pace slowed. How had no one informed him of this issue before when the evidence was sitting out in plain sight? Did no one really care that one of them was hurt? Or did they just not care because of who was injured? The thirium traces led to the third floor and the second door on the right.
Thirium coated the door knob and Markus felt his stomach churn at the thought of Connor dealing with the situation all alone. Even injured as Markus was at times there was always someone there to help him out in the end, Connor didn't have that. Markus turned the knob opening the door into the mostly empty room. More traces of thirium littered the ground as he walked inside, noticing Connor's attire hanging from a broken light.
"That's a lot of thirium." North stated as she entered the room. Markus moved around the space he assumed there would be at least something that said this was a place where someone lived but there was no indication. Turning on his heels, Markus grabbed the clothing that hung before giving the room a once over.
"This is all of it." Markus said as Josh took the clothing from him. "Come we should head out there." Markus ordered as the three leaders headed out of the room, and back down the stairs.
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FanfictionIt was getting worse, he thought. His deviant side. No, his human side was starting to have major effects. None of the characters are mine. Also Hank swears a lot.
