Chapter 9: My best friends, the pigeons

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(Y/N)'s P.O.V.

We were standing in an elevator, silence monopolizing the air. Strangely, Connor seemed kind of absent, simply having his eyes closed. I wondered what he was doing, tilting my head. Once the lift arrived on the correct floor, Hank stepped outside, shooting a questioning look at the android.

I gently tapped the brown haired man's arm, speaking, "Are you all right Connor?"

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, answering, "I'm sorry, I was making a report to CyberLife." Shaking his behavior off, I solely smiled at him.

"Are you two besties planning to stay in that damn elevator or what?"

We both shook our heads at the same time, following Hank.

"What do we know about this guy?" the lieutenant asked.

Connor answered, stopping next to something on the ground. "Not much. Just that a neighbor reported that he heard strange noises coming from this floor. Nobody's supposed to be living here, but the neighbor said he saw a man hiding a LED under his cap."

I stared at the thing on the ground and raised a brow when I recognized it was a pile of feathers. How did those get here?

"Oh Christ, if we have to investigate every time someone hears a strange noise, we're gonna need more cops." Hank seemed kind of annoyed, yet kept walking.

"Hey, were you really making a report back there in the elevator? Just by closing your eyes?" The grey-haired man's interest in Connor's prior action was somehow adorable, causing me to grin to myself.

"Correct," Connor stated.

"Shit... Wish I could do that..."

Well, Hank was not wrong, that would be extremely useful. I wondered if I would eventually end up, being able to sent a report like that too. I was on the right path for such a thing, that was for sure. Yet the question was, whether that was a good thing.

We stopped in front of the suspicious apartment, as Connor walked up to the door. He knocked on it, yelling, "Anybody home? Open up! Detroit Police!"

For a second there was no answer but shortly afterwards, a few noises emerged from inside. "You two stay behind me," Hank exclaimed.

Connor instantly replied, "Got it. "

We nodded, while Hank moved in front of us, pulling out his gun. I did the same, standing before Connor. With one strong kick, Hank pushed the door open, entering the accomodation. We followed him into the narrow hallway, seeing him open another door a few feet away.

He halted in front of the last closed door, nodding towards us. I moved next to him, raising my own gun. Taking a deep breath, I watched Hank throwing his body against the wood, pushing it aside. Forthwith, a host of pigeons surprised us by flying into out direction.

"What the fuck is this?!" I heard Hank curse, while I misplaced my foot due to the shock and fell backwards. Fortunately, Connor stood right behind me, catching my body in his arms.

"Is everything alright, detective?"

Feeling a certain warmth spread through my body, I looked up at him, smiling apologetically. "Sorry for that but thank you for catching me."

He let me go and we quickly traced Hank's steps into the next room. More pigeons sat on the ground, flying up once the lieutenant stumbled through them.

"Jesus, this place stinks..."

As Hank checked on the rest of the apartment, he came to a conclusion. "Uh, looks like we came for nothin', our man's gone..."

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