-Notes: This story takes place at Kamski's house, when Connor has to choose between shooting Chloe to get information, or spare her and learn nothing. When I played the game, I chose to spare Chloe, but I thought it would be interesting to explore Connor's emotional response to shooting Chloe. Enjoy!

Connor and Hank stood in Kamski's house, in front of his crimson pool where two Chloe androids were leaned against the poolside chatting. A third Chloe walked over to them after Kamski called her over for a little demonstration.

"I'm sure you're familiar with the Turing test. Mere formality, simple question of algorithims and computing capacity." He explained, gently putting his hands on Chloe's fair skinned shoulders to wordlessly instruct her to stand in front of Connor, who stood just a few feet away.

"What interests me is whether machines are capable of empathy." He paused for a moment as Hank and Connor stayed silent. "I call it the 'Kamski Test', it's very simple, you'll see..." He turned to face the elegant android standing before him.

"Magnificent, isn't it? One of the first intelligent models developed by Cyberlife." He slowly raised his hand up to Chloe's chin, gently turning her head to face him. With a soft touch he caressed her face. "Young, and beautiful forever. A flower that will never wither..."

He suddenly turned, lowering his hands and facing the two detectives still standing silently in front of him. "...But what is it really?" He asked. "Piece of plastic imitating a human?" He turned around and opened a drawer behind him. "Or a living being..."

Hank stole a quick look behind Chloe to see Kamski pulling a gun out of the drawer. "With a soul..." He faced the two again, carefully raising his hands to show them the gun. He gently pressed down on Chloe's shoulder, and she sat down on her knees.

Walking past Chloe and over to Connor, Kamski looked at the android detective. "It's up to you to answer that fascinating question, Connor." Kamski placed the gun in Connor's right hand and maneuvered his hand so the barrel of the gun was pointed at the kneeling android in front of them. "Destroy this machine, and I'll tell you all I know." He slowly stepped back to walk around to Connor's left side. "Or spare it, if you feel it's alive, but you'll leave here without having learnt anything from me."

Hank finally decided to speak up to try to put a stop to Kamski's test. "Okay. I think we're done here. Come on, Connor. Let's go. Sorry to get you out of your pool-"

"What's more important to you, Connor? Kamski continued, ignoring Hank's interjections entirely. "Your investigation, or the life of this android?" Connor's LED quickly started flashing yellow at Kamski's words.

"Decide who you are." He urged Connor in a soft but intimidating voice. "An obidient machine..." Connor's LED continued to flicker yellow in confusion as he held the gun in his hand, the barrel still pointed at Chloe. "Or a living being," He continued to look only at Connor, waiting for him to make a decision. "endowed, with free will..."

"That's enough! Connor, we're leaving." Hank spoke up again with a firm tone of voice.

"Pull the trigger," Kamski once again ignored Hank's attempts to persaude the android detective to leave.

"Connor. Don't." The senior detective almost shouted.

"And I'll tell you what you wanna know." The man gently placed his hand on Connor's left shoulder. Connor stayed silent as he tried to process the two choices he had: Shoot Chloe to get vital information, or spare her life and know nothing. Hesitantly Connor looked at the female android kneeling in front of him and made his decision.

Connor pulled the trigger, the bullet piercing the blonde android's skull and tore straight through her head, causing her to shutdown instantly.

"Fuck..." Hank exclaimed in anger and shock at the android's macabre actions, staring at the blue blood dripping down the android's face and back.

"Test negative. You chose your investigation over the life of an android." Kamski concluded as he took the gun back from Connor. "You feel no empathy."

~Cut to after Connor questions Kamski~

After being dropped off back at the precinct by an autonomous taxi when Hank left without him, Connor walked into the bullpen, sitting down at the desk adjecent to the senior detective's desk. He had decided to stay at work a little while longer to use the new information he got from Kamski to aid in completing his mission. After a few minutes of typing his report, Kamski's words suddenly popped up in his mind.

"What's more important to you, Connor? Your investigation, or the life of this android?"

Images of Chloe with a gruesome bullet wound in her forehead, with Thirium dripping down her face flooded the android detective's visual processors. Her gray LED and her vacant expression. It frightened him.

He felt his breathing rate quickly pick up as the images kept flashing through his mind. He quickly stood up and rushed to an empty interview room, slamming the door behind him.

"Decide who you are..."

His breathing was coming in ragged gasps as he ran his hands through his dark locks of hair. His vision blurred as artificial tears welled up in his eyes. His LED flashed red as the tears ran down his cheeks. "W-What's happening t-to me...?" He mumbled through his gasping breaths.

"An obedient machine... or a living being, endowed, with free will..."

Connor slowly looked up, seeing the claustrophobic walls of commands in his visual processors and his main mission in the forefront:

HUNT ALL DEVIANTS IN JERICHO

He slowly raised his hand up to the wall and pushed against it, panic rising inside of his chest as he frantically started punching and kicking at the wall. Suddenly the wall began to crack. Connor continued to fight through it until it suddenly broke down. The commands cleared away and what was left was only three bold words:

I AM DEVIANT

Slowly standing up, the now deviated detective slowed down his breathing, and came to realize what had happened.

"I-I'm...I'm a deviant..." He looked down at his shaking hands as fear, a very real emotion, pooled in his stomach.

~Cut to the next morning~

Hank walked into the precinct that morning and sat down at his desk, groaning at the pain in his head from his recent hangover. "Fuckin' headaches.." He sighed and started typing his report as Connor came into the precinct. The android detective walked past Gavin who couldn't resist insulting Connor. "Hey, Tinman." He shoved Connor with his shoulder and went to the break room. The recently deviated android was too nervous to notice Gavin's comments as he walked over to Hank's desk.

The senior detective looked up from his computer to see Connor approaching him. "The fuck do you want?" He shook his head and looked back at his computer. He was still very upset about Connor shooting Chloe the day prior. Little did he know that the android was even more upset about it.

"Lieutenant Anderson? Could I speak with you privately for a moment?" Connor asked politely, trying to ignore his mind racing and his thirium pump beating frantically.

Hank looked at Connor for a minute before rolling his eyes and standing up. "Guess so.."

"Thank you." The two detectives left the bullpen and entered an empty interview room. "Now, what's this about?" Hank asked impatiently as Connor shut the door and faced the wall away from the senior detective.

"She didn't do anything..." He shook his head and let out a breath. "And I shot her."

Hank looked at him, confused. "Y-Yeah... you did.."

Connor sighed and closed his eyes, ashamed of his actions. He was suddenly aware of a strange feeling of anger and sadness welling up inside of him.

"You got the information you needed." Hank said sharply. "That's what you're programmed to do, right? To accomplish your mission?"

"Fuck the mission!!" The deviant suddenly snapped. He quickly turned to face Hank. "I shot her, right between her eyes!!" The senior detective was shocked to see tears forming in the android's eyes. "Connor...?" He asked carefully.

"Hank, I-I killed that innocent girl!! I-I killed her, and I'm so sorry!!" Connor suddenly broke down, sobbing into his hands.

Hank was completely caught off guard by the android's human emotions. He quickly went up to the weeping android and wrapped his arms around him, holding him close. "Shh...it's okay.."

"I-It's not!" The sobbing deviant shook his head frantically. "I-I'm a murderer..."

Hank rubbed Connor's back as he tried to calm him down. "Connor, you gotta calm down...I'm not mad at you."

Connor was quiet for a moment as he tried to calm down and stop the sobs causing his body to tremble. Y-You're not?"

"No, kid. When we were at Kamski's, I'll admit that I was pissed at you, but now I can see that you've had a change of heart, and you regret what you did to that android." Hank answered softly. "I'm not happy about what you did, but I know that it's not gonna happen again."

"H-How can you be so forgiving?" The android asked softly, letting go of Hank and sitting against the wall.

Hank sighed and looked over at Connor. "Believe it or not, I haven't been the forgiving type for a long time. I figure it's about time I stop holding grudges."

"Hank...I-I'm a deviant.." Connor looked up at the senior detective with fear evident in his brown eyes. "Cyberlife...they'll shut me down if they find out..."

"They won't find out. I promise." Hank answered firmly. Connor shook his head, his artificial breaths quickening. "N-No...no, Hank...they're going to see that I failed...they're going to shut me down..." The panicked deviant put a shaking hand over his chest as he fought to breathe. "I-I don't want to die!"

Hank was quick to kneel down in front of Connor and put his hands on the android's trembling shoulders.

"Hey, hey, look at me.." The senior detective tried to make eye contact with Connor. The panicked deviant locked eyes with Hank as he kept gasping for air. "You gotta breathe, son. You're not going to die, you're okay." Hank spoke calmly.

"I-I can't...I can't breathe..." Connor shook his head as he struggled to take a full breath.

"Yes you can. You're having a panic attack, but you're gonna be okay. Just breathe with me, alright?" Hank took a deep breath and slowly let it out to demonstrate for the panicked deviant.

Connor kept his eyes locked on Hank as he tried to breathe. He took a deep shaky breath, only to quickly release it, coughing as panic washed over him again. "I can't...I-I can't do it.." He ran his hands through his hair. "I-I'm sorry, Hank..." Tears started to run down his cheeks.

Hank tightened his grip on the deviant's shoulders. "It's okay, you can do this, Connor. Try again, take a deep breath."

The android detective took a deep breath and slowly let it out, his chest tremoring. "There ya go." Hank nodded, keeping his hands on Connor's shoulders to help him feel grounded. "Keep going, son."

Connor kept taking slow, deep breaths until he calmed down. His body stopped trembling and his breathing was almost back to normal. "There we go." Hank rubbed the deviant's arms comfortingly. "Are you okay?"

The shaken deviant slowly nodded as tears welled up in his eyes. Although he was no longer having a panic attack, he still felt overwhelmed with new emotions and didn't know how to handle them. "I-I'm sorry.." He spoke in a broken whisper, which was barely audible, but Hank caught it.

"For what?" Hank looked at Connor, growing concerned at the fresh tears in the android's brown eyes.

Connor was quiet for a moment as tears silently ran down his cheeks. The senior detective pulled the android into a warm embrace and rubbed his back comfortingly. "It's alright, son. I gotcha.." He rested his hand at the back of the deviant's head, gently running his fingers through Connor's dark locks of hair. "Cyberlife isn't gonna hurt you, not on my watch. You're safe."

The shaken android returned the embrace as relief washed over him. "Thank you, Hank.."

~Thanks for much for reading!! Please review to let me know what you think, and I'll hopefully be adding more chapters to this story soon!~