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We all wake up differently, Connor woke up by his choice, R.K. was woken up by our choice, but how did I wake up... did I ever wake up… if not… will I ever…?
The detective’s alarm sounded off just in time for his morning groan of annoyance. “Alright, alright… I get it!” he said as he finally stopped the incessant beeping from his phone with a swipe. “Let see what annoying shit the toaster has in store for me.” The detective continued to grumble more grievances as he slowly lifted his disheveled self from the comfort of his sheets and pillows. He begrudgingly positioned himself on the side of his bed sitting across the fire escape window of his studio apartment and could only make out the grey storm clouds masking the lazy rise of an almost icy sun. “Looks like today's gonna be another rainy fuckin’ day. Hopefully, that rust bucket finally rusts.”
As if on cue, the DPD was calling.
To avoid giving the department another reason to suspend him he answered to hear Chief Fowler with complaints of his own. “Gavin!” By that first word Gavin already felt like he was right at home at the police station getting yelled.
“Chief, good morning to you too.” He said hoping the sarcasm wouldn’t be too much considering the unpleasant mood the chief seemed to be in.
“Gavin! Stop ignoring your partner! He keeps coming to the station questioning everyone and everything asking where you are every time you’re not here. It’s been 3 months since I assigned him to you and you still haven’t given him your address?”
Having an android partner programmed with the purpose of basically doing his job but better in every way wasn’t a concept that Gavin never really saw himself embracing with open arms. Part of that refusal included letting it know where he lived. That wasn’t going to be part of his idea of partnership at work. Hoping to soothe Fowler’s anger he tried to rationalize, “Look Chief… I’ve been studying up on some of the Android case files-” Lying was a habit with this detective, but the Chief and everyone else at work already knew that. “-so, I’ll just head straight there and shut that tin can up. Does that sound good?” He finished with a smug smile that could be heard over the phone.
“You know what sounds better, the fact that I know that the Android is on its way to your place and should be there any second to take you to a possible crime scene by that psycho that keeps sniping Androids left and right.” said the chief, with smugness of his own. The chief’s words wiped the smile off the detective’s face. “An anonymous tip just came through about a local warehouse under suspicion of being the snipers next hunting ground, not sure why, but we got to follow any lead we get so I’m sending you two and the other dynamic duo there to hopefully find this guy before he shoots the place up.”
When the Chief finished, Gavin realized something. “Wait! You gave that fucker my addre-”
“Oh, sorry Gavin, I’m being called away by something more important than your complaining. Good luck with the case.”
“Fowler you-” But the detective's remark was cut short by the sudden drop of the call. “Dammit!”
With only enough time to let out a sigh of annoyance, there was a knock at the front door of his apartment. Knowing the inevitability of who it was, the detective quickly contemplated if sneaking out through the fire escape was an option, but he had to put up with him eventually. “That Android can’t take a hint.”
Another knock and the detective was getting up from the comfort of his bed and headed straight to the front door. Not bothering to properly get dressed, he continued heading towards the door wearing his oversized DPD t-shirt and blue striped shorts. When he finally reached the door, he struggled to unlock it, before hearing the android knock once again. “Can you fucking wait a sec. I’m opening it right--” The detective finally got the door open with a strength he didn’t anticipate and was immediately greeted with a broad torso and chest which he almost angrily rushed into. Immediately, he managed to stop himself before that embarrassing situation could occur and looked up to find himself glaring at the cold face of the android that would forever ruin all his mornings from now on.