The first of the new android recruits roll in, Connor is excited, Gavin on the other hand not so much.

Gavin was having a good day for a change, he hadn't been called in the evening before and had a proper night's sleep for once. Acid had been in a good mood for a change and didn't destroy anything or make a mess. And he'd caught the prick slashing tires in the area, broke the dick's nose and scared the shit straight with a night in lock up, so he hadn't had to waste cash on tires for a month now. All in all he was having a good day, at least he was. Up until the point he walked into the station to find a welcome station set up to welcome the first of the new(returning) Android recruits. It wasn't the bullpen gather-round with cake like Connor got, but there were still banners and crap.

Five androids stood by the wall that was once lined with docking stations, which were torn out a few days previous and now stationed extra desks. Two identical male models, with pale skin and dark hair neither sporting a LED and three females, who all shared identical faces and dark skin. Though each had customised their appearances enough that they were easily told apart at a glance. One with short cropped dark hair, another with matching dark hair but longer pulled back in a wavy ponytail and the third had a coffee coloured bob and hazel eyes instead of the usual chocolate. The longer haired one the only who still had a LED visible.

Fowler was standing with them giving some spiel, likely some welcome to the team and everyone work together and play nice crap. As most of the other officers milled about to introduce themselves, even Anderson and his pet had arrived earlier than usual for the occasion. The captain and a few of the officer's had glanced his way as he entered the room but he just ignored them, tossing his wallet and keys in his top drawer and heading straight out the back door to the smokers zone. He wasn't ready to deal with this shit.

Connor was excited, so much so that he had set his alarm a whole hour early that morning to insure they would not be late. Hank didn't exactly share in that excitement and wasn't overly impressed at being woken early and practically dragged out of bed when he'd asked for five more minutes. He had picked up the outfit he had laid out for the lieutenant the evening before and was guiding the man to the bathroom when Hank gruffed out in a half yawn.

"Whoa, where's the fire. Give a man the chance to wake up before you start shoving him around will you."

"There is no fi-" Connor started before he realised what the man had meant. Oh. "Sorry, I just wanted to be a little early today. I don't want to miss the introduction of the new recruits."

"You realise they will be there all day, right? We ain't going to miss them even if we're a little late. Though I'd say there is little chance of that." Hank pointed out, letting out an amused grin at the faint flush that crept across the android's face. "I know you're excited, son, but maybe you could let me wake up a little before you drag me through the entire morning routine."

"Of course, I'll feed Sumo and start some toast." Connor backed off, he may have been a tad more pushy than intended.

"Thanks."

...

The excitement had drained a little by the time they were climbing into the car. Perhaps not drained, it was still there but it was beginning to be smothered by the anxiety that had begun bubbling forward as time ticked on. Fingers found themselves straightening his tie for the fifth time since Hank started the engine, two blocks back. He'd chosen a green tie today with white and yellow lines and numbers creating a stylised image of circuitry. He was starting to loose confidence in his choice, what if it was taken the wrong way or the other android's found it offensive.

"Okay what's up now?" Hank's voice broke him from his thoughts. "You were bouncing with excitement ten minutes ago now you look like someone who's been told they have to partner with Reed for the day."

He couldn't help the light chuckle that drew forward, before his nerves started bubbling again. "I am excited... But I'm also nervous. What if they don't like me? I'm not exactly popular in the android community after everything I did when I was with CyberLife. And besides Markus and his friends I don't really know any other androids."

Even then he didn't meet up with Markus and his crew very often, they were busy with representing their people and trying to live their own lives. Almost all android interaction he had was work related, questioning suspects or trying to calm terrified victims so they could give their statements.

"Kid as long as you be yourself they'd be crazy not to like you." Hank assured, giving a fond ruffle of the kid's hair as he waited for the lights to change. "And I'm sure they'll appreciate having one of their own kind there to help show them the ropes."

"I hope so, I never had reason to interact with the other police androids before but I'm interested to find out what they are like." Connor nodded, smoothing his tie one last time before resting his hands in his lap.

"I think every ones interested in finding out what kind of people the android's that once lined the wall are now." Hank affirmed, as he pulled into his parking space.

Everyone was gathered around as Captain fowler welcomed the newly returned to the force androids. Everyone except Gavin Reed, the detective had stalked straight past and out the back door as soon as he saw the little welcome party. "Some people never change." Hank had huffed by his side as the man disappeared out back.

The captain was getting to the part were names were introduced but Connor couldn't help himself as he scanned over each of the androids, pulling up the newly added information stored in the system. Starting with the two PC200's that looked identical.

Officer Morris, David
PC200 #422 734 286

Officer Evans, Tate
PC200 #422 735 766

Then the three females, starting with the one with coffee coloured hair, then the female with long hair and lastly the one with it cropped short.

Officer North, Macey
PM700 #300 725 884

Officer North, Kayla
PM700 #300 725 876

Officer Arana, Zenya
PM700 #300 722 836

The captain was soon done with introductions and welcoming the new members to the force and stood down to let the officers mingle a little before they set down for work. The PC200 named Tate made his way through the group towards where Hank and Connor stood. Connor stepped forward a smile on his face as he offered out his hand in gesture for a handshake as all the officers tended to do, as he introduced himself. "Hello Tate, my name is Connor, it is-"

"I know who you are, hunter." The other android cut him short, continuing past without so much as a glance.

The anxiety that had quieted down, clawed through out his abdomen again, and his self diagnostic ran before he could stop it. Nothing was wrong, there were no abnormalities but he already knew that, it was emotions that made it feel like someone was rearranging the tubes and wires beneath his abdominal plate.

"What a dick." Hank huffed out from beside him, resting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"I'm glad I didn't get partnered with him." A voice sounded from behind and they turned to find Chris with two of the female androids by his side. "Hank, Connor, I'd like you to meet my new partner Macey." He introduced the coffee haired female on his left, before gesturing to his right. "And this is-"

"Zenya." The cropped haired android beat him to it, holding out her right hand to Hank shaking his hand before holding it for Connor. "Nice tie, my socks have the same print." She announced as they shook hands.

Macey gave a little wave, taking half a step closer. "Hello, its nice to meet you both." She didn't extend a handshake however, too caught up in taking in the room of officers, blurting out in astonishment. "Wow, were you this excited about coming back to work after deviating or is it just me? It seems so new and exciting now, haha it's a little overwhelming."

"I'm sure you'll do great." Connor assured the other, "I think I was equal parts excited and nervous when I was told I could return, though mostly I was just glad for the familiarity. Their are a lot of friendly people here so don't be afraid to ask for assistance if you ever need it."

"We didn't really get to work closely with anyone before like you did, so I am excited to get to know the other officers." She smiled.

"And I'm excited to finally get assigned a partner." Chris interjected with a laugh, clapping his new partner on the shoulder. "I'm sure we're going to make one hell of a team, so you two better watch out, you might have some serious competition now."

"We'll kick ass." Macey agreed excitedly.

"And what about you," Hank directed at the other female, "You chained to a partner?"

"I wasn't assigned anyone, though I really don't mind. Honestly, I hope to apply for SWAT as soon as laws allow positions in the department. I was in Jericho when it went down and I'm not sure exactly what it was but while I was running through the passages avoiding gunfire all I could think of was how I'd have loved to be a SWAT android." She informed, looking to Chris, "What was it you called me just before?"

"An adrenaline junkie." Chris supplied.

"Yes. While android's do not have adrenaline, the definition certainly fits." She nodded with a grin.

Connor didn't get a chance to greet and speak with the other two androids before it was time for everyone to settle down and do some actual work. Macey and Tate were the only two that remained in the station as the remaining tree all headed out for their first patrol back on the job. The female sat at her new desk next to Chris as the two got to know one another and Chris filled her in on his current work. The male android sat at his desk up against the far wall were the docking stations once sat, and Connor was glad they sat at opposite ends of the room.

The other clearly disliked him and he hoped to avoid the other if he could. But the two girls he did meet seemed friendly enough and he hoped to get to know both a little better. At least Hank might then stop nagging- as the man himself was so fond of calling it- about him making more android friends.

Snuffing out the dregs of his second cigarette Gavin let out a heavy breath and decided it was probably time to go back inside and attempt to get some work done. As much as he'd like to stall further he wasn't quite stressed enough to have a third without making himself sick. Slinking back inside and parking himself behind his desk he logged into his terminal with every intention of burying himself in work and ignoring the rest of the office. It had worked for him before, the place used to have plastic pricks lining the freaking wall and he'd managed to ignore their presence then for the most part.

And it worked, for the first half of the morning at least. Turns out ignoring their presence might prove a little more difficult now they had free roam of the place. Now they were deemed actual officers and not equipment that could be stored away when not in use. So it wasn't long before he found one of the androids standing in front of his desk.

"What." He huffed, the word coming out perhaps a little gruffer than he'd meant. He looked up to find it was the female with coffee coloured hair.

"I um.. I'm sorry to disturb you, Detective Reed." She stated almost timidly, looking back across the room to where she came from before focusing back on him. "I've been partnered with officer Miller and he asked me to see if you have the paperwork from the Harric case."

"Yeah, I should have it somewhere around here." He replied opening his drawer and digging around in the mess contained inside. Handing it over once he found it, he was relieved the android didn't hang around for small talk because that would have been horridly awkward.

Seemed most of them were out on patrol anyway and as long as the ones here didn't invade his space then maybe he could survive working with the 'new recruits'. He hadn't had reason to interact with the patrol androids before, they weren't encroaching in his work like Connor had. He had managed to survive this long with Hank's plastic pet roaming around the department so maybe he could endure a couple more.

...Maybe.