Chapter 13 ~ Finding Jericho
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I was pacing round and round
I have already talked to Amanda, according to her I have poisoned her Connor, boo hoo. Due to him making 'the wrong desitions', It's my fault! I mean Damn she REALLY hates me. She thinks I have turned Connor against her when the whole time, I've done nothing wrong, well except once but that was because she was lying about me!
Time Skip
We were in the office
"You're off the case," I heard Jeffry, "The FBI is taking over,"
"What?" Hanks asked, "But we're onto something! We... We just need more time. I'm sure we can-"
"Hank," Jeffrey stated, "You don't get it, This isn't just another investigation, it's a f*****g civil war! It's out of our hands now... We're talking about national security here,"
"f**k that! You can't just pull the plug now," Hank says, "Not when we're so close,"
"You're always saying you can't stand Androids!" Jeffrey said, "Jesus, Hank, make up your mind! I thought you'd be happy about this!"
"We're about to crack the case!" Hank retaliated, "I know we can solve it! For God's sake, Jeffrey, can't you back me up this one time?"
"There's nothing I can do," He simply replied, "You're back on homicide and the Androids return to CyberLife, I'm sorry Hank, but it's over,"
Hank left without a word, I was going to say something but ended up nodding then leaving, Connor apparently had the same Idea
Talk to Hank
We walked over to Hank. We both sat on the desk.
"Fowler is right," Connor said, "Everybody is terrified their Android will turn on them, We are on the brink of Civil war!"
"So you two age going back to CyberLife?" Hank asked
"We have no choice," I said, "We'll be deactivated and analyzed to find out why we failed,"
"What if we're on the wrong side?" Hank asked, "What if we're fighting against people who just wanna be free?"
"When the Deviants rise up, there will be chaos," Connor said, "We could have stopped it!"
"But now it's too late," I finished
"When you both refused to kill that Android at Kamski's place..." Hank said, "You both put yourself in her shoes, You both showed empathy," He paused, "Empathy is a human emotion,"
^ Software Instability
"We don't know why we did it," We spoke in unison
^ Software Instability
"We aren't programmed to say things like this but," We continued to speak in unison, "We really appreciated working with you, With a little more time, who knows... We might've even become good friends,"
Hank ^
"Well, well, here comes Perkins, that motherfucker... Sure don't waste any time at the FBI..." Hank said
"We can't give up," I said, "I know the answer is in the evidence we collected. If Perkins takes it, It's all over,"
"There's no choice! You heard Fowler, we're off the case," Hank said
Connor jumped off the table, "You've got to help us, Lieutenant," We need more time so We can find a lead in the evidence, we know the solution is in there!"
"Listen, you two..." Hank was interrupted by Connor
"If we don't solve this case, CyberLife will destroy us," Connor said, "Five minutes, that's all We ask,"
Hank stands up, "Key to the basement is on my desk, Get a move on! I can't distract them forever,"
Take Key From Hanks Desk
I got off the desk and we headed to the evidence room.
"Perkins! You f*****g cocksucker!" Was all I could hear
Followed by an 'oof' and what sounded like a body hitting the floor
We entered a small room before the evidence room.
Hey Androids! I'm talking to you assholes," I heard Gavin
"Where are you both going?" He asked, "We don't need any plastic pricks around here! Or didn't anybody tell you two,"
"We've been ordered to return to CyberLife," I said, "We are going to register the evidence in our possession and then we are going to leave immediately,"
"Good," Gavin said, "Be careful on your way back, Androids have a tendency of, huh... Getting themselves set on fire,"
We walked down and into the evidence room. Connor scanned the key and we walked over to the terminal.
"Hank's password..." Connor thought, "What would a hard-boiled eccentric police lieutenant choose?"
We both looked at each other, "f*****g Password,"
Access granted
"Obviously," We both said
The wall behind opened and we could see all the evidence.
"Where is Jericho?" I said
"The answer's here, somewhere," Connor said, "Not much time,"
We spent some time looking at the evidence.
"I know what to do!" I said running over to the speech of Markus
Successful voice copy
I took a voice sample, I then ran over to Daniel and took the #3983v I then ran over to the JB300. I activated him.
"It's dark," He's blind, perfect, "Where... Where am I?"
"Everything is all right," I said using Markus's voice, "Don't worry,"
"Markus?" They asked, "Is that you? I tried to reach you, but the Deviant hunters stopped me..."
"You stopped them from finding me, you saved me! you saved Jericho," I said, "You'll be alright now, I came to take you home, Give me the location to Jericho, We gotta leave now,"
"The location of Jericho?" The asked, "Yes... Yes, of course"
I grabbed his arm and took the information, Once I received the information He grabbed my shoulder.
"Markus? Is that... you, Markus?" They seemed distressed, "Don't leave me, Markus!"
I powered them off...
I sent the info to Connor.
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