Saving the Broken (Connor x Deviant!Reader)

Chapter 155

Connor's POV

We all set ut together. Red, Hanna, Vinnie, and Dagger were going to lead the way once we got to the spot. I was with Oreon in his car. Valentine and Ralph were in the back. Daren had most of (Y/n)'s friends in his van and Roxy had the other half in hers. The animals were also in Daren's van. I was nervous as we went there. What were we going to find once we got there? I truly hoped that my fears were an overreaction. 

Soon enough, we arrived at the graveyard. It was covered in snow, but it was also kind of foggy out here. I was nervous. Everyone else got out.

"What now?" Josh asked.

"Follow us." Dagger replied. All of us went together. As we did, I wondered how many men this guy had.

"Do you know his number of reinforcements?" I asked.

"Um...last time it was around 25 or 30, but with the revolution, he might have sought out some of those who were angry at androids, so there very well could be more of them now." Hanna replied. I nodded. It made me nervous, but I prayed that they were still a smaller group.

We made it to the edge of the grotto. I looked into the trees ahead of us. You could hardly see 6 feet in front of you. 

"We have to split up. Each of us needs to stay with a partner. The four of us will take the main path. Humans have to stay within quiet earshot. Everybody got it?" Dagger asked. 

"Got it." We replied. We split up. I went with Oreon and Bandit led the way since he had the best sense of smell and hearing. Hank was with Chris, Gavin, and Galaxy. We kept going. I heard voices talking. Bandit stopped and motioned for us to follow him around the two men we could hear.

"You think they'll figure it out? They haven't even got a clue we're here." 

"That's what you think. I swear, they're smarter than they look. I told you that story from a month back." 

"The one where that RK900 took that RK800 down the entire tower?" Oreon looked at me in astonishment since he'd never heard the full story. I looked away, not wanting to remember the terror of falling all the way down the Cyberlife Tower while clinging onto Collin from my life.

"Yeah. I knew that Richard guy was smart, but creating an android that reinforced? I knew it'd backfire on us." 

"I still don't think they can track her. We left no trail."

"That's what we think. I'm telling you, be ready. You never know." We silently crept around them, using the trees as cover. I was glad the snow was more powdery than stuck onto the ground. It made it easier to get by without them hearing us.

Soon enough, we met up with Markus and North. Simon and Josh were right behind them. Galaxy, Hank, Gavin, and Chris came next. We all were careful to split up and meet back up when we heard people. The others were probably somewhere else in this place. We kept going. I wasn't looking back. I had to get to her, no matter what. 

Valentine's POV

I was so scared. Oreon had to go with Connor so I had gone with Ralph and Nelly. Ralph had a knife in had to protect us. He would die for Nelly, I could see it in his eyes. Nelly had to stop him from attacking a few men who were walking by on a path that we made sure to avoid from that point on. I was so afraid that I stopped for a moment. Ralph and Nelly stopped with me, concern in their gazes. They had faced death before, but I had never done anything like this. That day when the house was attacked I had been out in a disguise so no humans would see I was an android. When I had gotten back I was so horrified that I just ran and ran until I couldn't run any further. 

I had known about Carl and Jamison, but Jamison seemed too obvious, so I had gone to Carl. I had begged him to let me stay the night and he had agreed fairly quickly when he saw how scared I was. I had ended up staying 4 months before finally getting the nerve to go and try finding a new place to live. While Carl was glad to have me, I just couldn't risk his life any longer. I had no idea who could've been hunting me and there was no way I was letting him get tangled up in my mess.

"Val, are you okay?" Nelly whispered.

"R-Ralph senses your heart rate is very high. Y-you're stress levels keep rising." Ralph said. I sat there, leaning against the tree and shaking in fear.

"G-guys...how are you not scared?" I whimpered. They looked at each other.

"Val, we're both terrified for a lot of reasons. (Y/n) is in danger. We're risking our lives. We might be killed tonight, but we have to be brave for each other. For (Y/n). We need to help her and that's what we're going to do. If you're too scared, follow our footprints back out of the grotto." Nelly said. I sniffed back my tears and stood back up. I remembered how I had run like a coward all those years ago. I remembered the day I had heard (Y/n) had been hit by a taxi, which I had instantly known was no accident. I had almost lost the will to live, too horrified to keep going, but then I had met Oreon. 

He had just started to deviate when I had met him. I had been so in love with him ever since I saw him the night I snuck into the Eden Club for a place to stay. To my luck, they had been closed because of a busted fuse causing half the building to be without power. Oreon had been in a malfunctioning chamber and the door had opened because of the power failure. I had run into him and he'd asked if I was lost. Ever since I saw his face I had loved him, but I lost him. I had stayed in that awful sex place because I was too scared to go back out into the world. I was terrified of being found out. The hurt and angered look on Oreon's face had made me cry myself to sleep multiple nights. 

As I remembered all the times I had hidden myself because of fear, I felt a new feeling pushing me to finally fight back. I looked at the two of them. I was afraid, but I wasn't going to run away. Not again.

"No. I'm coming with. I'm tired of running away." I said. They smiled.

"C-come on. F-follow Ralph! Ralph a good tracker! He can figure out which way to go!" Ralph said quietly but proudly. Nelly smiled and we hurried after him as he confidently led the way. I failed your parents, (Y/n). I won't fail you again. I can't let them hurt you again.