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Chapter 11

The car ride to the Eden's club was quick and quiet Though when they arrived it seemed like Hank wasn't doing much better. "Aw… Feels like somebody's playing with a drill inside my skull…"

Connor felt concern well up inside him for Hank. He did drink an awful lot. "Are you going to be alright, Lieutenant?"

Hank took a few seconds before he answered. "I'll be fine. Anyway you sure this is the place?"

"It's the address in the report."

"Right… Okay… Let's get going. Jesus…" The two exited the car. Hank stopped at the entrance to get a good look at the club.

"Sexiest androids in town… Now I know why you insisted on coming here!" With a shake of his head Hank entered followed by Connor.

Connor followed Hank closely. He kept his focus on his surroundings and only glanced at the androids on display. He couldn't afford to be caught off guard when things could be different. Connor heard voices up ahead that became clearer as he walked closer.

"You're not gonna take my license, are you? I mean, ha, I had nothing to do with this!" Connor looked at the man that was talking to the officer. If he remembers correctly the man is the manager of the place. They stopped near the officer.

The officer Ben, he reminded himself, spoke up. "The investigation's ongoing, sir. I can't tell you anything for the moment." Ben then turned his attention to Hank. "Hey, Hank!"

"Hey, Ben. How's it goin'?"

Connor watched as Ben pointed at the room. "It's that room there. Oh, uh, by the way... Gavin's in there too."

Hank groaned. He wasn't the only one groaning, only Connor did his internally. "Oh, great! A dead body and an asshole, just what I needed…" Hank took his time walking into the room.

Once in, Connor glanced around the room looking for anything out of the ordinary before focusing on Gavin. "Lieutenant Anderson and his plastic pet… The fuck are you two doin' here?"

Connor didn't like Gavin. He tried to be nice to him and he tried to befriend him and show him Androids aren't that bad, but he knows it's all just a futile attempt. He made no progress with Gavin in the future, he's not going to make any progress now. Gavin is and will always be an asshole. Connor won't spend any more time trying to be nice to a useless cause. So he settled for narrowing his eyes and answering Gavin's question. "We've been assigned all cases involving androids."

Gavin gave an amused smile. "Oh, yeah? Well, you're wasting your time. Just some pervert who, uh, got more action then he could handle." He was laughing at the end of the sentence. It was obvious he didn't care to do a thorough investigation, even when it is clear that there is more to the case! This just frustrated Connor even more.

He couldn't understand how Gavin could act so carelessly about a case that involves a dead body. You can't just assume it was a heart attack and call it quits. You have to look through all the possible scenarios and then come to a conclusion. Gavin has no right to call himself a detective.

His patience is wearing thin with Gavin. A glance at Hank told him he wasn't the only one. Hank snapped at Gavin first. "We'll have a look anyway, if you don't mind."

Gavin scoffed. "Come on, let's go… It's, uh, starting to stink of booze in here…"

Connor narrowed his eyes again. How dare he say something so disrespectful! In the back of his head he felt the childish impulse to trip Gavin. He knows he shouldn't do it and that he might regret it later, but he doesn't care about the possible consequences at the moment. He innocently stuck his leg out as Gavin walked by. Gavin, as graceful as ever, fell flat on his face.

"Careful Gavin, that looked like it hurt." Seeing Gavin hit the ground was very satisfying to see. Connor easily fought the smirk that tried to form on his face.

Gavin on the other hand was furious. He whipped around and faced Connor. He had the nastiest glare that Connor has ever seen on his face. "Why you little-"

But he wasn't able to finish his threat when Ben decided to intervene. "I think it's time we go. Night, Lieutenant." Hank and Connor watched as Ben had to physically drag a fuming Gavin out of the room who was yelling curses at Connor.

Gavin will definitely give him more trouble in the future, but it was worth it. He took a glance at Hank and saw him trying, and failing, to hide his amused smile and chuckles. Connor was glad to see that Hank seemed to be feeling better and his mood wasn't as sour as when they arrived.

Connor focused his attention to the case. Messing with Gavin was fun but now he has to get serious. First things first is the broken android in the room. If her injuries are the same as before, then he can assume that the crime scene is the same too. He only got as far as kneeling before the broken android before Hank asked him a question. "Why'd you do that?"

Because I gave into the childish impulse. Is what he wanted to say but that is a pretty good giveaway that he might be a deviant. So the better question is why did he give into the childish impulse? What he did could have risked his whole mission and yet he did it. He doesn't have an answer to give Hank and the longer he takes to respond the more suspicious it looks, so he might as well go with the truth.

Looking back at Hank, Connor gave his best deep in thought look and slowly responded. "I don't know." As lame as it sounds it's the truth.

No waiting to see Hank's reaction he looked back at the broken android. He did hear a little "huh" from Hank. Focusing back on the android Connor could tell she was just as damaged as before, maybe a little more so. She had a trail of blue blood leading down from her nose, much thicker than before. He better analyzed the blue blood again. Better safe than sorry.

Connor dipped his finger in it and brought it up to his mouth. Would it have killed Cyberlife to pick a better place to put his analyzer?

Hank saw and knew what Connor was about to do. "Whoa! Hey! Hey! Hey! Argh, Connor, you're so disgusting… Think I'm gonna puke again…" and he tried to stop him from putting the sample in his mouth, unsuccessfully of course.

Mild annoyance forgotten, Connor shook his head fondly at Hank's reaction before reading off his scans results. It was blue blood, obviously, the model was a WR400, and the serial number is #429 671 942. Good, nothing has changed, at least scan wise.

Next Connor went over the dead body. He quickly was able to deduce that there was some type of struggle. There was bruising on his neck. He already knew the guy was strangled to death, but he needs to collect the evidence again for Hank. Might as well just state the obvious.

"He didn't die of a heart attack, he was strangled."

Hank walked over to the side of Connor. "Yea, I saw the bruising on the neck. Doesn't prove anything though. Could've been rough play…"

Connor almost sighed in annoyance. It was a waste of time to recollect evidence that he has already collected once. In favor of saving time Connor decided now was the time to try and reactivate the broken android.

Walking back over to the deactivated android. He heard Hank behind him. "Think you can read the android's memory? Maybe you can see what happened…"

Connor knelt next to the android again. "The only way to access its memory is to reactivate it."

"Think you can do it?"

Connor removed the artificial skin from the stomach area. Most of the damage was underneath.

"It's badly damaged…" He removed the plate to get better access to the damage. "If I can, it'll only be for about thirty seconds, maybe less… I just hope it's long enough to learn something." He reconnect two tubes together that were separated. It would only be a temporary fix. The other components are way more damage than before too and she lost a lot more blue blood.

The android woke up with a panicked gasp and backed herself into the wall behind her. Connor immediately tried to calm her down. Everything worked out pretty well the first time, but he doesn't have that time now. He's going to need to cut corners on the questions.

"Calm down everything's all right. All we want is to know what happened."

The traci looked over to the man that was killed. "Is he… is he dead?.."

Connor gave her a little nod before continuing the interrogation. "Tell me what happened." Nice and straight to the point.

The traci seemed a little hesitant at first but responded after a few seconds. "He started… hitting me… again… and again."

The traci was losing blood faster. That's to be expected with the thicker trail of blood that was coming down her nose and with her being more damaged. Though it was faster than he expected. At this rate he will only be able to ask one more question. There was only one answer that he really need though. "Were you alone in the room? Was there anyone else with you?"

"He wanted to play with two girls… That's what he said, there were two of us…" Bingo. He has what he needs now. Maybe he can get one more question in. Unlikely though.

"What did the other Traci look like?"

"She had bl-" The Traci couldn't finish her sentence as she was forced back into shutting back down. Connor stared quietly at the android that shut down. It's disturbing seeing any android shut down. To him it's kinda like watching a person die. It's something he will probably never get used to, but for the sake of his missions he must ignore that feeling and keep working.

Connor looked over at Hank when he started to speak. "So, there was another android...This happened over an hour ago, it's probably long gone…"

Actually the android, a blue haired traci to be exact like the broken android tried to say, was still in the area and hiding in a storage room with her partner ready to attack them when they are discovered. Connor decided to hint at the fact that she is still here. "It couldn't have gone outside dressed like that unnoticed… It might still be here."

"Think you could find a deviant among all the other androids in this place?" Hank was skeptical but there was some hope in his tone.

"I can try but deviants aren't easily detected." Take himself for example. But if he keeps messing up like he is then he shouldn't expect to stay hidden for much longer.

Hank shoulders slumped a little at how true the words were, but he wouldn't let that stop him from trying. "Ah, shit… There's gotta be some other way… Maybe an eyewitness? Somebody who saw it leaving the room… I'm gonna go ask the manager a few questions about what he saw. You let me know if you find anything."

Connor watched Hank leave the room. He already knew where the traci is so he could lead Hank there and get the oncomeing battle over with. Connor was about to grab Hank before he had second thoughts.

Everything seems to be going the same way as before but the broken traci did shut down sooner then she should have. What if something else is different? He and Hank are about to enter a battle with the blue haired traci and her partner. What if Hank gets hurt? He couldn't forgive himself if Hank got hurt again, especially if he could prevent it. He has fought a two on one before and won, so this shouldn't be too different.

Maybe it would be better if he confronted the two traci's without Hank. He will let the traci's escape and say that when he found them they got away. That way Hank wouldn't be stuck fighting and he is out of harm's way. With a plan in place Connor glanced out of the room and located Hank. He was still talking with the manager and has his back to him.

Connor walked out of the room and kept out of Hank's view. Making sure Hank wasn't going to look his way, he left in the direction that the traci last took. He felt bad for not telling Hank, but he wasn't going to put Hank at any risk of getting hurt.

Connor worked his way to the back storage room. The Traci's will be hiding in there. If possible he will try reasoning before fighting. If he can't avoid fighting, then so be it. Hank's safety comes first.

Taking a few turns Connor arrived at the only thing separating him from the Traci's, the storage unit's door. Connor reached to push the door open.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing!" Connor jumped at the voice and turned around to see Hank standing at the end of the small hallway he was in and he did not look happy.

"I… uh…" Connor couldn't think of an excuse. He thought Hank was still talking to the manager. He ended up looking at the ground guilty.

"I take my eyes off you for 10 seconds and you're gone! What about 'inform me if you find anything' was I not clear about!" Anger laced Hank's voice.

Connor was desperately trying to think of a lie. Maybe he could save the situation with a part truth, the greatest lies are based off the truth. "I thought that the deviant might have taken the back exit. I came to see if they might have left any evidence of where they went. I did not think that would count as finding anything. As I have not actually found anything, only checking to see if I found something."

Hank grumbled something under his breath but Connor couldn't catch what he said.

"I'll take it from here." Hank motioned for Connor to go behind him, which he reluctantly obliged to. Hank drew his gun and opened the door.

Hank only took one step in before he was ambushed. It was the blue haired traci's partner that attacked Hank. She had a screwdriver in her hand as a weapon. Connor reacted out of instinct as he saw her try to stab Hank.

In one quick motion he shoved Hank out of harm's way, only to get stabbed himself. He felt a sharp pain admit from his shoulder. He gave a sharp intake of breath. He really hates the fact that he can feel pain now. How did that even happen? An android that suddenly feels pain. It's another mystery he'd have to solve for some other time, right now he has to fight.

He grabbed the traci that stabbed him in the shoulder and pushed her away. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hank get up. At least he was okay. Doing his best to ignore the pain, Connor tried blocked the incoming punch. Key word tried. He didn't expect the blue haired traci to join in the fight against him. Together the traci's were able to knock Connor to the ground. The brown haired traci jumped on Connor and tried to pin him.

At this point Hank was up and able to help give Connor some cover. He aimed his gun at them and the blue haired traci was forced to stop attacking him in favor of stopping Hank from shooting them. She knocked the gun out of Hank's hands with a kick before he had a chance to shoot. That didn't stop Hank from grabbing her arms and trying to off balance her.

Connor brought his mind back to the fight and was able to push the current traci on him off and onto the ground. He went to pin her but she tripped him. While he was down she took the chance to flee out the exit with her partner who broke out of Hank's grasp.

Connor got back to his feet and chased after them, followed by Hank. They connered them at a fence in alleyway. Everything was so different this time. They were never ambushed. He never got stabbed with a screwdriver. He was never supposed to feel pain. It was very worrying.

Connor readied himself in case he would have to fight. So did Hank. Connor could see the blue haired traci calculating her options. They waited for her to make the first move. Only when she started to speak did Connor relax some.

"When that man broke the other Traci… I knew I was next…" The speech was the same as before, so some things were the same that was a big relief. Connor zoned out the speech. His focus was more on the pain that was radiating from his shoulder. He didn't know how to go about that.

The puncture itself wasn't big, but man does it hurt. The screwdriver itself didn't puncture anything too important. If he quickly pulls it out and activates his self repair program he should be fine by the morning. The problem is it would probably cause more pain if he did that and he can't fully trust himself not to yelp in pain or show no reaction to pulling it out. It's still a new concept to him. So what does he say if- when Hank asks about the screwdriver? When Hank asks about it he could just say he needs to go to a mechanic to get it fixed. When he 'goes' to the mechanic, alone, he can just pull it out himself. He felt better now that he had a plan.

Connor watched as the two traci's climbed over the gate and left hand in hand. They deserved to be together. Connor looked over at Hank expecting him to say something about the traci's. He was going to say something about the traci's until he saw the screwdriver in Connor's shoulder with therium dripping off of it.

"Are you okay? You got a little something right there." Hank pointed to the screwdriver. Connor could see that he was trying to play it off casually but he could detect a little bit of worry in his voice. Connor was about to reassure Hank that he will be fine until Hank slightly touched the screwdriver. That caused a jolt of pain that he was not ready for. Trying to play off the unexpected pain he took a small inhale of air and a step back to prevent Hank from making it worse. Hank eyes narrowed slightly.

"For a moment there it seemed like you could actually feel that..." Hank's voice was laced with suspicion. Connor didn't like it.

He thought of a quick lie. "Of course not. Androids don't feel pain."

"Then why did you take a step back?"

This was not going well at all. "I… uh… just didn't expect you to touch it and so I moved back to prevent you from possibly making the puncture hole bigger."

Hank frowned. It didn't look like Hank was buying the lie. He needs to change the topic and get what happened off of Hank's mind. "We should probably get going now." Hank didn't respond. That worried Connor. He had to leave. "I'll wait for you in the car…" Connor took one step in the direction of the exit, but Hank moved quicker then Connor could escape. He saw what Hank was going to do and he could only try to brace himself. In one fluid motion Hank had ripped the screwdriver out of Connor's shoulder.

Connor felt the pain flare up even worse than before. He tried to stop himself from yelping but his effort didn't do much. He also found himself touching his shoulder taking heavy breaths, even though it is useless, to try and ease the pain. At least the screwdriver was out. It took him a few seconds to regain his bearings. By then the pain was finally starting to fade, much to his relief.

"Holy shit… So you can feel that…" Hank's face was unreadable. Connor didn't know what to do.

There was no denying the fact that he can actually feel pain and there was no lie that he could think of that could get him out of this mess. So maybe a part truth will work?

"The people at Cyberlife wanted to see how far they could take technology. So they wanted to see if they could make an android feel pain. I was the one they tried it on. So theoretically I can feel pain, but it is only a simulation of what pain feels like. In the end I can't really feel real pain." Hank got a look of disgust on his face, then anger.

"That's inhumane! Why would they even need to have androids that feel pain... How would they even test that!" Connor took a step back, he didn't think Hank would get that angry. He should have expected it though. He did unintentionally imply that the people at Cyberlife hurt him on purpose to test if he could feel pain. Again that wasn't his intention but it's too late to go back. At least Hank's anger will keep him distracted from any previous suspicion he might have had.

"Let's get outta here. I don't want to be here any longer." Hank took off without seeing if Connor was following. Connor did followed silently as they made their way back to Hank's car.

AN: I'M ALIVE! Muhahaha! I have no intentions of abandoning this story in case some of you might have been thinking! This chapter was soooo hard for me to write! Things just didn't sound right and I had too keep rewriting it over and over and over again. I'm so happy to be done with this chapter! It's a beast for sure! But I'm happy with how it turned out! But that is that! Sorry for getting this chapter out super late! I don't think I will be able to get chapters out every week like I wanted. So I will try to get chapters out as often as I can. Hopefully not as long as it took to get this chapter out! There was a nice writers block in between too so the contributed to the lateness. Anyway please leave a review! I love to read about what people think! I read ALL of the reviews! Even if there aren't that much... Oh well. Hope to get to get the next chapter out soon! Though I still need to start writing it... Anyway thanks for reading see ya when I can get the next chapter out!

P.S. Author notes will be at the bottom from now on because it's more convenient for me! :3