[EN] Please Stop Hacking Me: A Detroit Story

Chapter 8

November, 12th: afternoon

„What did ya' feel... After you stabbed him?" Hank asked the brown skinned android in front of him. But it remained silent.
„Have you even felt anything after stabbing once? And when he begged you stop... You didn't? Did you had any emotions when you stabbed him over and over again?!" Hank got louder and more aggressive but the suspect still remained silent.
„God dammit say something!" Now he shouted. Still not getting any reactions from the android. He turned to the window to his right.
„I give up... There is no chance to get any informations from this plastic prick..." He said while standing up from the chair and get him out of the room.

„How can we get informations from him" one of the police officers said frustrated and put his hand on his chin.
„We could torture him. Afterall... He's an android" Gavin suggested. But unlucky he was... Connor and Pete were standing behind Hank on the wall and Connor took the word: „androids don't feel pain. You would just damage him" Connor explained and looked through the window to the dark skinned deviant. „You would just raise up his stress level. And if a deviant is too stressed out, he or she would self destruct" Pete continued and looked for a few seconds to Connor.
„okay well smart-asses! Then tell us what we shou-" Gavin began but got cut off by Pete with a deadly gaze.

„I could consult him" Connor suggested and looked a bit of both sides. His voice was filled with uncertainty but perhaps he tried to hide it. The three humans in here didn't noticed it. But Pete did. He nudged Connors hand softly and he looked up to him.
„I'll try" Pete whispered to him and Connor looked at him with big eyes. Pete made this several times. Not only when he was in the DPD... He also did it when he was gone.

Flashback
„I'll ask you one more time... How did you find this place?!" Pete asked cool but a bit aggressive.
„I also say it one more time: I. Just. Found. It..." The suspect answered him, slowly but surely losing his patient.
„No human would climb into an old ship without a good reason... And one of the more possible ways to get in is swimming..." Pete started get more cold.
„This is hopeless!" A blond haired android said to Pete. „He wouldn't give us any informations" he continued and looked to the suspect.
„Give me five minutes, Simon. Please" Pete asked and looked down on him. Simon seemed to think about it and nodded. Pete smiled and turned around to the suspect.
„You have two options... Speak on your own or I'll put you into the smalles room I can find here!" Pete shouted quietly. The suspect began to get more nervous than it already was.
„Please... No... No small rooms!" The human shouted and Pete got closer. „Then speak..." He demanded and the human put his head on the dusty table.

„An android told me about Jericho..." The human admitted.

„I'm going to consult him" Pete said and walked to door,  not noticing that someone wanted to grab him.
„He is yours, lil' P." Hank answered emotionless but frustrated. Pete doesn't bother it. He went through the doors to the suspect. As he was in the room he took a seat on the chair in front of the android. He scanned him.

-burn marks from cigarettes to steaming out for over 16 months
-he was stressed. The color of his LED was solid yellow
-his arm was damaged. But not that hard that the could lose much of blood

Pete began: „My name's Pete. But you can call me lil' P." He looked at the android in front of him.
„What's your name? I'm sure you have one" he continued. The brown skinned android raised his head and looked him.
„I only defended myself... Why did your workmate revealed my location..." He asked quiet and looked at Petes eyes. He seemed to notice what Pete went through the latest days and weeks and his gaze formed into a shocked one.
„He and I are the same androids. But I'm 10 years older, my friends" Pete replied with a serious voice, his gaze was neutral.
„We are programmed to hunt deviants" he continued and looked on the Androids damaged arms. „This was your owner, right?" Now he asked and the android went silent.
„Do you know what happens to you when you don't talk?" Pete teased the android. From the side of his eye he could see Hank who listened closely and looked curious. The android shook his head, didn't want to look at Pete.
„The Humans will deactivate you and analyze your biocomponents. Otherwise they won't understand what happened 3 weeks ago" Pete began and looked at the androids eyes.
„Probably they'll destroy you because you attacked a human" he continued. The Androids gaze turned into a shocked one. Pete felt the androids fear and gave him a understanding and compassionate gaze.

„I know how you feel... You're scared... Traumatized... Don't know what to do... Don't know where to go... Aimless... I felt the same way a few days ago. And this for two years... I had to do terrible things which made me feel terrified... And I'm still not proud of it because someone forced me" Pete told the android and looked on the table. Then he looked back at the android.
„I can't promise to avoid your destruction by the humans... But you need to speak. Believe me... It will only make your life easier when you speak" he tried to comfort him. And surprisingly the android spoke up.

„He... He... He abused me... Day on, day off... I made everything for him and always something wasn't correct for him... One day he suddenly came to me while I was cocking for him and hit me with that baseball bat he had... Saying terrible things and that... Then... I took the knife and... I stabbed him... I... I... I felt... Better..." the Android began and looked on the table.
„And I stabbed him again and again and again and... Again..." he endet, still looking on the table.
„When did you start to feel emotions?" Pete asked and placed his hand under his chin, leaning back against the chair.
„Since a while... But I never showed it. But when he hit me... I felt for the first time... Fear... Fear... That I could die..." The android answered.
„And why did you wrote 'I AM ALIVE' on the wall over Ortiz' corpse? Does it have a special meaning?" Pete asked calm and the android nodded slightly.
„He always told me that I'm not alive... That I'm nothing... I NEEDED to write it" it answered and Pete nodded. He turned to the window where the other cops and Connor are. 

„I'm finished here" he said. Chris and Gavin came in, followed by Connor and Hank.
Chris gave the android handcuffs. But it began to twitch.
„No! Don't touch me! Leave me alone!" It shouted and tried to push Chris away. Chris tried everything that the android is standing up but with no success.
„Don't touch him! Or he will stress out more and more!" Connor shouted and Gavin turned to him.
„No plastic prick will tell us what we have to do! Chris! Do you got it?" Gavin asked and Chris had some problems.
„I... Can't take him" Chris complained and tried to take him again but got pushed away again.
„That's it..." Pete growled quietly, went to Chris and pulled him away from the android who was sitting on the ground and leaning against the wall.
The androids gaze was filled with fear and stress.
„When he says 'don't touch me' then respect it!" Pete warned. Gavin went to Pete and stood still in front how him with only a few centimeters space between the two males.
„How dare you to protect an deviant, plastic prick?! You're an android too" Gavin shouted. But Pete began to smirk.
„You still don't know it? I'm deviant too... But CyberLife wasn't able to gain control over me once I was out of it. They tried it a few times but gave up" Pete explained and looked down on the male in front of him.
„Nevertheless... Get a move on get out of my way!" Gavin demanded but Let's didn't obey.

„No..." The older android replied with a deep and kind of dangerous voice. Gavin pulled out his gun and pointed it at Petes head.
„I said move!" he shouted but Pete didn't response.
„It's enough, Gavin" Hank spoke to the shorter male.
„That's non of you business, Hank" Gavin replied, still looking and pointing with the fun at Pete who is really calm but gave Gavin a cool and emotionless look.
„I said it's enough!" Hank said cool and pulled out his gun, pointing it at Gavin.
Gavin first looked to Hank and then to Pete. A slight growl was coming up his throat but then he put his gun away.
„Fuck!" Gavin shouted and looked a bit through the room. Then his gaze fell on Pete „Fuck!" He shouted again and stormed out of the room.

„They won't hurt you" Pete spoke to the Android then he looked to Chris.
„He will follow you without making any trouble, Chris" he continued and Chris nodded.
The Android stood up and made his way to the door.
„The truth is inside" he spoke to Connor before he left the room.
Connor was confused and looked at Pete and Pete was already looking at him. Probably the older android didn't notice it until he caught himself doing it and began to blush. Connor blushed too and also left the room.

Hank noticed the whole scene and just thought his part. Surly he will take one of them to his side for a lil' but nice chat.