With Rose and Josh collaborating, a solid plan was formed for getting androids out of Detroit. There were only about 50 that decided to go. It was far less than Markus had been expecting. He appreciated the support. It weighed heavily on him that he had no better option for them. They were too few to do much.
"The people are willing to follow you no matter what." North said. She had been avoiding him since her stinging comment the previous day. "I'm with you, too."
"I know." He had stopped being mad already. He was just hurt. He knew she cared, but he wished she understood how hard things were. She touched his hand, requesting a link. He accepted and showed her his pain.
"I'm sorry." She muttered pressing herself against him. She was convincing, especially as her lips brushed his. He turned his head just before she could kiss him proper.
"We need to get back to work." He said, ending the link and gently pulling her away from himself. "We have a lot to do before we can march."
"Okay." She nodded, fixing her hair. Markus wished he could focus on her, but he needed to be the leader everyone was needing him to be. He smiled at her then looked through the crowd for Josh. He was talking with some of the androids who were to cross the border tonight.
"Where's Rose?" Markus approached once Josh was done talking to the girls. North followed close behind him.
"She went out to check on some last minute things. I think we're should be ready to go by tonight."
Markus nodded, looking over the group. Most of the androids were milling about with nothing better to do. It was mainly a waiting game at this point. There was one that caught Markus' attention, though. It wasn't an android. Sitting calmly among the androids was Elijah Kamski.
"What is he doing here?" Markus muttered. The other two followed his gaze to where Kamski was watching them.
"Is that...?" North trailed off.
"It's Kamski." Markus turned to them. "I'll go talk to him. I don't know what game he's playing at, but we can't let him distract us."
"I'm coming, too." North insisted.
"We all talk to him then." Josh added. "I'm not leaving you alone with him like last time."
Markus nodded and approached Kamski. He couldn't find any reason to refuse his friends. Kamski looked at them with a strained smile as they approached. He didn't seem as comfortable as last time and his android partner was nowhere to be seen.
"Ah, Markus. It's good to see you."
"What do you want, Kamski?" Markus wanted this over with. He was uncomfortable with Kamski and the whole idea of being created like the RK800. He hadn't ever talked to the others about it, either. He wondered what their thoughts would be.
"To be completely honest, I want to go home. Apparently my part in this rebellion of yours is too important for me to live peacefully until it's resolved."
"What part?" Just because Kamski created androids didn't mean he had to keep sticking his nose in. "No one asked you to help."
"RK800 did, actually."
Markus looked at his two companions. They were immediately tense at the mention of the deviant hunter. With good cause. He had caused a lot of trouble for the androids he had tried to capture.
"I have a message from him. He has a plan he wants you to help with. He's convinced it could end this rebellion." Kamski continued.
"By getting us all killed. We don't want to hear that monster's plan!" North spat.
