Connor x Reader - Altering algorithms (DBH)

Chapter 2: Her first case

"Lieutenant Hank Anderson. Just call me Hank, I guess." He replied, appearing stressed out. I assumed he simply didn't like having to take care of others, especially androids, considering the name he called the RK800.

Not letting his bad mood get to me, I answered, "I am (Y/N) (L/N)."

My eyes moved over to the android, awaiting his introduction. "My name is Connor, I'm the android sent by CyberLife. I was already informed of our cooperation. It is a pleasure meeting you detective (L/N)." I accepted his stretched out hand and quickly shook it, smiling at the male android.

We parted and then turned to the corpse once more. Hank moved closer to Carlos' body, staring at the writing on the wall behind him. The words "I AM ALIVE" were carefully written on the side, making me immediately think of the man's android. He surely must have turned deviant too.

"Each letter is perfect... It's way too neat, no human writes like this. Chris, was this written in the victim's blood ?" The lieutenant turned to another officer with dark skin.

"I would say so... We're taking samples for analysis." The grey haired man nodded as an answer, turning back to the corpse.

"He was stabbed 28 times." Connor ascertained, as I hummed in agreement. There definitely were a lot of stab wounds.

"Yeah, seems like the killer really had it in for him." Hank commented, still eyeing the dead body.

I sighed and turned away, taking a look around the room. My eyes wandered across the surroundings, noticing a pool of blood on the floor in the bedroom close to the hallway. Squinting one eye, I stared at it for a second before deciding to inspect another area. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Connor walking over to the exact spot and kneeling down.

Interested why he would do such a thing, I stopped to watch his movements, shortly widening my eyes when he dipped his fingers in the liquid and put them to his mouth.

"Err, Jesus ! What the hell are you doing?" Out of nowhere, Hank joined us, seeming extremely disgusted by the android's behavior.

I remembered this function of the prototype, hence I seized the opportunity to explain it to the lieutenant. "Connor is able to analyze blood samples and check them in real time, Hank. It's really convenient."

The male android got up and tilted his head, the loose hazel brown strand of hair on his forehead slightly moving to the side. "I'm sorry, I should have warned you..." he replied, somehow seeming partly genuine.

Hank however did not appear to be fully satisfied, waving his hand through mid-air. "Ok, just...don't...put anymore evidence in your mouth, you got it?"

Connor nodded, pointing both of his in blood dipped fingers towards the grey haired man. "Got it."

As Connor shortly looked at me, probably wondering whether he owed me an apology as well, I shrugged my shoulders. "Don't worry, I completely understood what you were doing."

Taking his hand down, the android repeated the gesture with his head and then turned to walk towards the back door. I noticed Hank following him, causing me to slightly chuckle. While the lieutenant did not like robots, he still seemed curious regarding Connor and his skills.

I decided to give them some time alone and headed down the rather narrow corridor, passing the kitchen. As I was about to take a closer look at it, I heard a few policemen talk about something weird in the bathroom, raising my interest. Making up my mind, I moved past the kitchen to investigate the "infamous" bathroom first. At the end of the hallway, I turned right and entered it, my eyes scanning the tiny room. Instantly, my eyes landed on the shower in the back, whereas I moved towards it.

Softly pushing the shower curtain aside, I widened my eyes as I was met with several scribbles on the wall. "Ra... 9?" I asked myself while putting one hand underneath my chin.

"That does appear to be written on the wall." Upon hearing a voice directly behind me, I cringed and turned around, almost tripping. Connor simply looked at me, confused why I was so surprised.

"God, you can't just sneak up on me like that!" I snapped and sighed, covering my heart with one hand.

"Pardon my sudden appearance detective (L/N)." He answered, appearing sincere. Strangely, for an android he seemed to show a guilty face sometimes. This evening alone I had witnessed it twice now.

Not wanting to get mad at that adorable face of his, I merely exhaled, slightly laughing. "It's fine, I didn't mean to sound that angry anyway." Placing a hand on his shoulder, I smiled at Connor. For a second I imaged to see his LED flicker in a yellow light, however, just a second later it was back to blue. Must have been my imagination.

I turned around once more, now catching a glimpse of a wooden stature on the ground of the shower. Kneeling down, I picked it up and inspected the object. Together with the flowers surrounding it, it almost seemed like...

"A religious offering, I suppose." Connor stated, hovering above me and observing the ground as well. I nodded, put the evidence back and stood up once more after the android had stepped back. Before I could even look twice, Connor had already left the room, causing me to weakly smile. Despite having lived with androids for such a long time they, especially the deviants, developed into something I simply could not understand that easily anymore. Shortly glancing back at the offering in the shower, I squinted one eye before heading towards the living room again.