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

Chapter 28: No Replacement

The truck was silent. No request for speaking or anything inquiring. Alice didn't know what to make of it. "Connor?"

"Yes?" He was there. Driving, but not himself. "Is there something else you needed explained, Alice?"

Connor came back home. Told her that Kara said he was no longer her Sugardroi, and that he was taking her to a new home. He kept Hank and Max at home as she climbed in. And there they were. "Why is Kara no longer with you?"

"She is with Markus now. He needs more help." Short sentences. "You will live with him and Kara at his house."

"But why?" Alice asked again. "I thought we all got along." She looked at Connor at an angle. "I thought you two liked each other."

Connor didn't answer as fast. "I believe I did. I don't know Kara's feelings. I just know what she decided."

"But aren't you upset?"

"I'm? I'm not happy," Connor said. "I'm not happy with this situation at all. It doesn't change it though. Being unhappy with a situation does not change what must be done."

"Then . . ." Alice paused. "I can't call you dad anymore? I? I don't get how this works, Connor."

"There is no real way for it to work." Connor glanced toward her briefly before putting his eyes back on the road. "We are androids, Alice. We were built to serve man, and none of us do that anymore. We now have will. We've all been making up the rules as we go along, and sometimes someone's rules don't match the rest."

"Then Max? Is he like my friend, or my brother? Do I make my own rule about that?" Alice asked. "I want him to stay my brother."

"I cannot define those rules for you," Connor answered back. "If you want to still call him your brother, even though you are leaving him, that is up to you."

"Then?" Alice leaned her head against Connor's arm as he drove. "Can I still call you dad, Dad?"

Connor looked down at her and smiled before looking back to the road. "Kara would not enjoy that. But I would."

Alice sighed. "I don't understand. Why do we have to go with Markus? Why can't we just stay with you and Max and Hank?"

"It's complicated," Connor said. "Well honestly, it's not that complicated. It's not like it takes ten billion processing programs to figure it out. Markus was about to be kicked out of New Detroit. He wasn't getting the favor he needed. TAN have terrible plans for humanity. Kara wants to stop those plans, and so she joined with Markus. Now together, they have favor. Worked perfectly. The majority of androids are very happy."

"Not me." Alice sunk her head.

"The majority of androids are very happy," Connor repeated. "I'm not part of that majority either."

Alice looked ahead. It was strange coming to Detroit at that hour. It was always earlier when they came and finished. It felt wrong. The whole thing felt wrong. "Are you mad at Kara?"

It was a good twenty seconds before Connor answered. "I could never be mad at her. She only did what she thought she had to." Then, Connor's communicator went off. "I couldn't be mad at anybody." Yet, he seemed to be grinding on those words as he answered his inner phone. "Markus. I am already bringing Alice. There is a thing called a speed limit which does interrupt progress."

Yeah. Alice couldn't blame his tone though. Right thing or not. Markus. Was ruining their lives.

"I really don't want to talk about this right now. I am bringing her there and I will be at your house in less than one hour. There is nothing else that needs said." Connor continued the conversation with communication only open to him and Markus. You had better be careful with Kara. She is not a typical android.