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Polar Components

(Story based on David Cage’s “Detroit: Become Human”, and inspiration from Michelle Iannantuono’s “Detroit Awakening” and “Detroit Evolution”.)

-1-

November 6th, 2038 12:58:13 Detroit City Police Department

 Carlos Ortiz’s Android was following Officer Chris Miller out of an interrogation room, head hung low and wrists bound to each other through clinking, metal cuffs, despite the police department being well aware that something as small as cuffs would not contain the android if it decided to start a riot in the middle of the station. Following loosely behind was Lieutenant Hank Anderson and Cyberlife’s Rk800 Detective, registered to the D.P.D. under the name: Connor, as an extra safety precaution. As the four walked down the long, cold corridor, a small collection of loud voices yelling could be heard  coming from the entrance. One voice stuck out in particular.

 “Lin?!” the voice shouted, distressed and frantic.

 All other voices were as unintelligible as mumbles in comparison to the voice. It was quite high-pitched but still very soft, regardless of its panicked tone.

 “Is he here?! Has anyone see- No! Get away from me! I need to know he’s okay! Shaolin?!”

 Connor noticed a spike in Carlos’s Android’s stress levels, when he saw its head perk up suddenly, as if a switch was flicked. Once the group had a good view of the scene on their way to an empty holding cell for the android, they stopped to figure out what was gong on.

 “Can someone tell me what in God’s name is goin’ on here?! Shit!” Hank questioned with furrowed eyebrows, the building frustration evident in his tone.

 “I was just leaving when some nut-case teenager came in blowing my God damned ears off about a fuckin’ Shaolin is what’s goin’ on!” Detective Gavin Reed remarked, as he walked away from the crowd, not forgetting to leave a snarky comment at how the contained android was suddenly so enthusiastic about the situation its in, despite its previous behavior during the interrigation.

 “Just like a dumb dog.” Reed huffed and shook his head in amusement. ”Fuckin’ androids!” he grumbled under his breath, bumping shoulders with Connor - more than likely hurting his own shoulder in the process.

 Ortiz’s Android appeared to be growing more impatient hearing the shouts from the voices, his eyes travelled the room frantically focusing on a spot for no longer than 1 second at a time. Hank began to notice the android’s unusual behavior, spotting its L.E.D., flickering a bright red and its hands, bunched so tightly he thought its fists would explode. Coming to the conclusion, the android was trying to break his chains and make a get away by bolting through the crowd. Hank decided to move things along and get it locked away before some real chaos erupts.

 He would definitely be in the shits with Fowler if he let a deviant get away, right before its extraction.

 “Alright, if this thing explodes on us, it's someone else's job to explain what the hell kept us.” Hank said in a fed-up sigh, keeping the self-destructibility of the android -from what Connor previously explained- relevent .

 “Well, actually, Lieutenant, when an android self-destructs it doesn’t-”

 “Look, Connor, I’m sober, I’m tired and I do not have the patience to deal with your matter a’ fact shit right now. So, move your plastic ass to the holding cell, before I destruct you.”  Right as Hank was finishing his sentence, Connor had already compiled a list of the perfect comebacks to respond with but just to save some time -and scolding-, sensing the tension in the room, held back - just this once...kinda’.

 “Whatever you say, Lieutenant.” Connor smirked and winked at him.

 Hank coughed  “Yeah, yeah, whatever..-”

 “Please, I beg of you, don’t hurt him! He's done nothing wrong!!” The voice shouted again.

 “You need to leave right now, or we’ll have no other choice than to restrain you for failure to comply to orders given by police authority, okay boy?” A female police officer was trying to be calm yet authoritative with him.

 “NO! I know he’s here and I’m not leaving until I f-..” The voice paused.

Just as the group of four turned to finally bring the android to its holding cell, out of the corner of his eye, Hank spotted a young boy sprinting towards them. He was very pale and skinny, his hair was fluffy and messed -dark blue at the roots then pure white-, he was wearing a plaid white and black flannel shirt around his waist, a black shirt with a yellow “Nirvana” smiley face, black ripped jeans and white-strapped black shoes with blue bubble soles. His eyes were puffy and wet, and his cheeks and nose were a shade of pink.

 “Hey! Who the hell let this kid in here?” Hank groaned, frustrated about being stalled once again.

 Connor and Chris turned.

 Then, the android turned.

 The boy recoiled for a second in shock, eyes wide, hand to mouth. The android seemed ashamed? It took it a second to look at the other. But when it did.. its eyes almost automatically streaked its cheeks with water. Or tears? Androids don’t cry. Androids don’t show emotion. They don’t feel emotions like humans.

 Androids don’t feel.

“Bo?”

   To be continued...

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