Can I Ask You a Personal Question? || Connor x Fem!Reader || D:BH

Chapter 10

I spoke up. "Then you don't mind if we take a look around?"

He shook his head violently. "Ralph doesn't like visitors. Ralph wants you to leave."

Connor took a step closer to him. "We just want to see for ourselves that he isn't hiding here."

"Ralph assures you that he is the only one here. No other androids are hiding with Ralph."

"Ralph, he hurt innocent people. We just want to make sure that he doesn't harm anyone else."

Ralph hesitated before nodding, allowing us to search the house.

I looked at Connor. "You check upstairs."

He nodded and headed up the stairs. I continued to monitor Ralph as I looked around the downstairs. I checked under the stairs and behind fallen objects. Nothing. I went into the other room. 'RA9' and 'I AM ALIVE' were written all over the walls. I looked around the room. Nothing. I opened the door on the far side of the room. Just an empty pantry with nothing in it.

I went back into the RA9 room and closed the pantry door behind me. I suddenly heard a loud noise come from the second floor. I ran into the other room and stood at the base of the stairs. "Connor! You alright?!" I yelled.

Suddenly, someone jumped at me from the stairs, knocking me on my back. I groaned and stood up as quickly as a 54-year-old guy could. I ran after the figure, but he climbed the fence somehow only barely catching on the barbed wire at the top. I grabbed the fence as the deviant ran down the street. "Fuck!"

(y/n) ran up to my side. "That was him. It was Rhys."

I looked at her, then back at the house, realizing Connor hadn't come back down the stairs yet. "Fuck, Connor!" I ran back inside, with (y/n) following me, completely ignoring Ralph standing next to the fireplace.

I ran into the bedroom to see Connor on the ground with blue blood falling from a large hole in his chest. "Connor!" I fell to the floor and held him in my arms. "What happened, son? How do I fix this?"

"Pump...regulator...gone...out...window." He croaked.

I pushed the stray hair out of his face. I looked back at (y/n) who looked traumatized. "Go look for it! We don't have much time!"

Connor stopped her. "No...time." He tried to reach his hand out to her. She kneeled next to him and took it, kissing the back as tears streamed down her face. "Don't...cry."

"Connor... You can't die." She sniffled.

Seeing a weak Connor in my arms plus the sound of hearing (y/n) cry brought tears to my eyes.

Connor looked back at me. "We...made...a good...team...Hank."

I nodded, trying not to let the tears fall.

He looked back at (y/n), getting weaker every second. "(y/n)...I..." He closed his eyes and his LED went dark before he could finish.

I gritted my teeth in both anger and sadness.

(y/n) released Connor's hand and put her own hands over her mouth, squeezing her eyes shut and shaking.

I choked back my tears and composed myself as I set Connor's limp body back on the floor. I stood up and helped (y/n) up. Turning her away from Connor as I did so. We went back outside. "I'm sorry, but I can't take you home. I have something I need to do."

She refused to look at me. "Does it involve Connor?"

I sighed and nodded. "I...I-I'll call you a cab."

She frowned and looked at something in the street. It was a little blue cylinder: Connor's pump regulator. We could've never gotten it in time.

"I'm sorry. We shouldn't have brought you. No one should have to see that."

"Can you just... Can you call my cab and do what you gotta do? I don't want to be here anymore."

I nodded. "Yeah." I called and waited for the taxi with her. After she got in, I went back into the house. Ralph looked at me, seeming to wonder why the fuck I was still there. "I'll be out of here in just a minute. Then you can go back to hiding alone, crazy bastard."

I walked up the stairs and looked at Connor's body on the floor. God, I hope CyberLife doesn't hate us too much. I thought as I hoisted him over my shoulder, getting blue blood on my coat. "Fuck, you're heavy..." I groaned. I carried him down the stairs and to the car. I lie him in the back and got into the driver's seat.

~Time Skip~

I parked as close to the door as I could and went inside CyberLife towers. I was stopped by a guard. "What are you doing here, Sir?"

"My friend needs help. I'm looking for someone who can help me."

"We don't do repairs here. Take it to a shop."

My face twisted in anger. "He's dead. I need to speak to someone who can bring him back."

"What model is it?"

"Connor, an RK800 prototype."

The guard hesitated. "I'll get someone up here. Bring him in."

I walked back outside and grabbed Connor from the back seat. I brought him inside and lie him on a bench. I was greeted by a familiar prick. "Hello again. Good to see you."

I gritted my teeth as I turned to see Lucas Torres. "Hello."

"So you got him destroyed, huh?" He glanced at Connor. "Removed thirium pump regulator?"

"Yeah. Can you bring him back?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that."

I stepped closer to him. "You've done it before. You can do it again."

"Equal rights, right? You can't bring back a human, why should we bring back an android?"

"I will pay for the model and services if you just bring him back."

He chuckled. "Using bribery, are we? I don't think so."

I grabbed his shirt collar. "Listen here, you cocksucker. This android is my best friend, and I know you can bring him back. He has more to live for than you ever will, so I suggest you do as I say, take the fucking payment, and bring him back."

He scowled at me. "Fine. He would cost $26,000, and we'll need to keep him overnight."

I let go of him. "26,000... Jesus."

"What? Is he not worth that to you?"

"I'll send you the check."

I went over to Connor's body and grabbed the hand that dangled over the bench. "They're gonna get you back, son. I'll see you tomorrow."