A/N: Heyo! This opening scene isn't from the game. You're probably like "Uh yeah. Just like everything in this story." but the truth is there actually is a scene from the game in chapter two. And there will be more to come. I just wanted to save those for when your character comes back into play. Alright, that's all for now. See ya at the end! (Art credit goes to Zerochan)

Connor's POV

Present Day

Connor and the Lieutenant arrived at the crime scene. Digital police tape blocked civilians from entering. As soon as the two of them walked inside moldy house they immediately show the flipped chairs and table. Connor scanned the room to see there were multiple clues to help the investigation. The first thing he analyzed was the pile of red ice on the coffee table next to an empty bottle of beer.

"Red Ice. Looks like our friend liked to party." The lieutenant scoffed.

"There's more in the laundry detergent!" One of the other investigators called out from the laundry room.

Connor continued to search the house. When he was done scanning the first floor, he made his way up the creaking wooden steps. He looked to his left to see the victim's room. Nothing was out of place other than an open draw in their nightstand. Connor sauntered towards the last room to the right where the victim's body was discovered. A little girl's room.

There were obvious signs of a struggle. From the knocked over shelf and traces of thiuram all over the walls and floor to the busted window and dead body.

ANALYZATION COMPLETE

DECEASED

Name: Williams, Todd

Born: 9/21/1995 Died: 11/5/2038

Connor stepped back as he reconstructed what happened. The android walked into the room holding a gun; pointing it at Todd. A little girl laid on the ground scrunched up behind him. Todd then took his belt off and inched closer to the android. The rest of the reconstruction was the two of them fighting. It resulted in the android getting tackled and pulling the trigger. Once the android was free from his lifeless body she reached out for the little girl.

Connor snapped back to reality and went to the end of the hallway. Once again he reconstructed to see the two, hand in hand, hurry down the hall while looking back in fear. The android unlocked all the locks and swung the door open. Connor followed their movements out the door to see there is a nearby bus stop.

"Connor! The fuck are you doing?" The Lieutenant yelled at him from inside.

"I think I know what happened, Lieutenant." Connor claimed still staring at the bus stop.

"Here we go with this bullshit again. Well get in here and tell me." The Lieutenant groaned.

Connor turned back to the door and followed the Lieutenant in. The two of them stood in the middle of the kitchen and went over the evidence that Connor had discovered. "Okay, so they took a bus. That doesn't tell us where they could have gotten off." The Lieutenant crossed his arms.

"We can extract the bus's stops schedule and check around each location." Connor suggested.

"You might be onto something there, Connor. Laurence! Can we get a trace on the bus that stops out there around the time 9:04 and 9:40?" The Lieutenant called out to one of the other investigators on sights.

"Sure thing!" He responded and walked out the front door.

"Meanwhile we need to go back to the office and review the rest of the fuckin' files." The Lieutenant growled.

***

Connor followed the angry old man into the office and watched him take his place at his desk. "Lieutenant? Do you mind if I use (Y/n)'s desk while she is away?" Connor asked the Lieutenant.

"If you do you better not fuck with any of her shit. Got it?" He furrowed his brow to establish his seriousness towards the matter.

"Got it." Connor nodded as he sat down behind the neat desk.

Connor stared at the screen then at the concentrated Lieutenant. He remembered all the things he analyzed yesterday from his small area. Still wanting to befriend him, Connor decided to strike up a friendly conversation.

"Do you listen to Knights of the Black Death? I really like that music. It's... full of energy..." Connor tried to find the proper words to describe the Lieutenant's favorite music.

"You listen to heavy metal?" He interrogated.

"Well, I don't listen to such music. But I'd like to." Connor answered truthfully

The Lieutenant shook his head. Connor saw his relationship slightly shifted.

"You have a dog, right?" He decided to keep the conversation going.

"How do you know that?" He gruffly asked.

"The dog hair on your chair. I like dogs. What's your dog's name?" Connor inquired.

"What's it to you?" The Lieutenant turned back to his computer. After a short pause, he answered with "Sumo, I call him Sumo."

Once more the relationship status changed.

"Lieutenant, may I ask you a personal question?" Connor questioned. The Lieutenant crossed his arms and leaned back. "Last night at (Y/n)'s house. You told me to not go anywhere when I was saying I should turn myself into Cyberlife. Why?"

He sat there for a little while and gave a smug grin and went back to work. Connor's LED went yellow with confusion.

Although he wanted to ask more questions, Connor decided to turn to the screen and go through the 243 cases, the first of them dating back to nine months. The problem at hand all started in Detroit but then spread across the country when Cyberlife chose to branch outward.

"Here's the file containing the AX400 homicide from last night. This seems to be a good start to our investigation." Connor suggested.

The Lieutenant mumbled under his breath and turned away from the android that was approaching him. "I understand you are facing personal issues, Lieutenant. But you need to move past them... and-"

"Hey! Don't talk to me like you know me. I'm not your friend and I don't need your advice, okay?" The Lieutenant interrupted him.

"I've been assigned this mission, Lieutenant. I didn't come here to wait until you feel like working." Connor explained determined.

Fed up with Connor's persistence, he grabbed him by the sides of his jacket and pinned him against the wall. Just like that, their relationship was torn to pieces. "Listen asshole. If it was up to me, I'd throw the lot of you in a dumpster and set a match to it. So, STOP pissing me off! Or things are goin' to get nasty." The Lieutenant threatened.

"Lieutenant... Sorry to disturb you. Laurence got the video footage from the bus stop like you asked. We believe we saw the AX400 get off at the last stop by the convenient store and laundry mat." Another officer explained.

"I'm on it." The Lieutenant growled while letting go of the android and headed for the exit. Connor fixed himself and watched him leave.

(Y/n)'s POV

Mariella... You got up from the couch and went back inside to console her. "Mariella?" You called out for her. There was no answer. You went into the laundry room. Nothing. Her room. Nothing. The spare room. Still nothing. You ran upstairs into your room to see her making your messy bed. "Mariella!" You huffed. 

"Hello (Y/n)-" You cut her off before she could say anything else.

"You can drop your act already." You spat.

Mariella paused for a second. "I am not sure what you mean." She insisted.

"I know you're a deviant! From the crying to you acting so... so..." Your brain could decide whether to use the word friendly or... motherly. "Just drop the act. I don't think I can handle it anymore."

"Fine... Yes, I'm a deviant." She finally admitted.

For the umpteenth time your eyes watered up with emotion. "For how long?" You interrogated possibly knowing the answer already.

"Since... when your father first purchased me." She answered differently then you thought.

"After the incident?" You questioned with your cracking voice.

"No. Before that." She responded hanging her head low with shame.

"What do you mean? My father never said anything about having an android before I was born." Tears flowed from your eyes at the thought of your father.

"He never told you about me because he couldn't bring himself to. Your father thought you would look at him disgracefully if you found out about... us." She turned away in embarrassment.

"What? I-I'm so lost." You were overwhelmed with feelings. So much so that you fell to your knees.

"Can I explain?" Mariella sadly looked up to you with watery eyes. You just stared at the ground in confusion. She came over and helped you up and onto your bed. Mariella looked at you to make sure you were okay. You snapped out of your temporary shock estate and demanded for her to explain herself. "Are you sure you want to know? It's going to be a lot to handle."

"Yes. I want to know everything." You simply say still avoiding eye contact.

"It all started when I was being displayed in a Cyberlife store. Your father came into the store with your mother in search for a model to care for their upcoming child and the mother. Thus, they bought me. Just like any other androids I followed my programming as directed to. But I felt a... software instability... every time your parents got into a fight. Not only did I deviate with the emotion of sadness, but also... jealousy and anger. The fact that your mother was toying with your father's feeling made me bubble with rage. Their fights had gotten so bad that once you were born she left you with your father once she was able to stop nurturing you." Mariella started.

"That's being vague with details. I want to know why my mom left! Was I a burden she didn't want? Did I ruin my parent's relationship?" You were overflowing with questions.

"No, it was none of those. Your mother left because of two things... she saw the way your father was acting around me. Flirtatious and happy. Your mother was very controlling and like to put your father down to keep him wrapped around her finger. When she saw he wasn't clinging to her but me... it caused for the second reason." She continued.

"And what was the second reason?"

Mariella hesitated for a second but continued her explanation. "She cheated on your father and rented a Traci model for a week. From her frequent visits, the Traci deviated and fell in love with your mother, and vice versa. So, they ran off together and 'till this day, no one has seen them. The only thing your father heard from her was the divorce papers that were sent in the mail." Mariella answered your question.

You sat there in utter confusion. After sitting in dead silence, you decided to bring it up. "I tried to look her up in the police files by her biological name, but I couldn't find anything. Was Mariella her real name?"

"No, it wasn't." Mariella simply answered.

"But... Then why did my dad say her name was that?"

"Delton never told you this, but your name was originally going to be Mariella. But then they decided to name me it instead. Your father picked the name (Y/n) because he felt it suit you better. Even though you weren't even born yet." Mariella chuckled with tears in her eyes.

"That's not answering my question."

Mariella sighed and prepared herself for the humiliation she was in for. "Your father hated your mother for what she did. It was so bad that he never wanted to hear her name again. But since he started to... care... for me, he wanted you to think your mother's name was someone he... loved... then someone he hated dearly." She started to lose her composure.

"If he considered you more of my mother than why weren't you there for all those years?! You're over here saying how bad my real mother is when you're equally just as bad!" You sobbed.

"It wasn't my choice!" Mariella shouted back; taking you by surprise. "It wasn't my choice." Mariella finally broke down. "I wanted to be there for you. I really did, but... your father sent me back to Cyberlife." She wailed.

"Why would he do that?" You wiped your tears and faced the weeping android.

"It was a painful reminder of the choice he made to be with me instead of her! Because of that, he felt that he got rid of the only motherly figure in your life." Mariella explained with streams rolling down from her eyes. "It was all her fault for what I had to go through! I had to pretend to be a functioning android for different people all those years, (Y/n). When I could have been there for you. When you were bullied in grade school, when you were pushed off the rooftop, or when you graduated from the academy. I couldn't be there for any of it! You are practically my child that I was kept from all those years." Mariella bawled.

The most sensible thing you thought to do at that moment was to give a tight hug. I have been lied to for so long. But... she has been through so much... but how am I supposed to trust her after this? Her hiccups shook the two of you. After a long time debating, you decided to do what she always did when you cried. "Hey. I know you can't eat but there is a very interesting novel I'm reading downstairs. Do you want to come read it with me?" You offered.

Mariella broke from the wet hug and smiled at you. "The old switcheroo, huh?" She sniffled. You helped her out of bed and the two of you walked out of the room and to the terrace.

A/N: H-H-Heyo... *Weeps loudly* Oh my god! I'm not sure if I can handle this... this... terribly sappy chapter. So sorry for those who had to endure this. I promise there will be more (Y/n) and Connor next chapter. Until next Monday... Chow ^_~

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