Detroit: Become Human - Darkened Skies (Reed900)

Chapter Fourteen

Gavin was standing in front of a crowd. The sun was bright and the sky barely had a cloud to be seen. They were all chanting his name.

"Gavin! Gavin! Gavin!"

Gavin felt overwhelmed with pride and a sense of accomplishment.

"We did it."

"Gavin! Gavin! Gavin!"

Connor looked at Gavin and smiled proudly. "Yes we did."

"Gavin! Gavin! Gavin!"

Gavin woke up to Connor shaking him.

"Gavin. Gavin. Gavin."

"Fuck your shut up," Gavin groaned, placing his hand on Connor's face. He felt something wet and he looked at him with disgust. "Did you just lick me!?"

"I panicked," Connor said.

"Ew. There are literally a ton of things you could've done instead. Why did you wake me?"

"Because we can't sleep too long. Those mutant… Android things know that we are down here."

"Right. How long was I asleep for?"

"Seven point four hours."

Gavin took a moment to stare at Connor. "Okay. I'm not going to ask how you calculated that so, with your, android powers."

"I assure you, the only powers I handle are the electrify that keeps my battery going."

I forgot about that, Gavin thought. I mean, I was thinking about it yesterday. Or the day before. Who knows what day it is? Actually, Connor might.

"Do you know what time it is?" Gavin asked.

"I told you already. I've disabled my clock and calendar to help conserve battery and make me more untraceable."

"Then how did you know I slept for seven point two hours?"

"Seven point four hours," Connor corrected. "I can still count. And I may have started a timer. Technically, it's not connected to time."

"Connor. It's called a timer. It is literally connected to time. This feels like some unexplained plothole in a book."

"Well, this is not a book. This is reality," Connor said. "And reality can be confusing. The courses of fate can spiral into so many different choices, depending on what you do. And your choices can determine your future and sometimes, the future of others."

"Okay cool but that doesn't explain the time thing," Gavin said.

Similar to Nines, Connor chose to ignore him.

Gavin decided to bring it up. "You know… You kinda are like Nines in some different ways. If you were human I'd almost think that you were twins."

"I mean, we have a nearly identical appearance," Connor said. "But Nines tends to be more cold towards others, whereas on the other hand, I tend to be more… Warm. Using temperatures to determine personality types is strange. Anyhow, there are occasions that Nines is warm and I am cold."

"Nines is quite…warm with me," Gavin replied. "I'm starting to think that he might be gay."

Connor gave a disappointed look.

"Yeah I'm not even going to comment on that."

Gavin was a bit taken aback but he didn't say anything. He packed up and had a sip of his water before standing up straight. Gavin turned on his flashlight.