Connor's POV

Connor lowered his gun slowly, but as soon as he realized he completely had free will for the first time,  Connor didn't hesitate as he pulled Tasha against him, kissing her passionately. Every emotion flowed through him and into her as they kissed, and for the moment it was just the two of them.

Connor pulled back, "I love you."

"I love you too, dork." Tasha smiled before she turned to Markus.

"You need to evacuate everyone, now!"

"What?!"

The ship began to rock as screams could be heard, the sound of helicopters coming from outside.

"We need to go."

Tasha's POV

I have never run so fast in my life.

Markus lead us through the ship, "There's only a few exits on this thing! I have to get to my people—"

He let out a relief sigh as we ran into North.

"What do we do Markus?" I asked as I tried to catch my breath. In that moment I wished I had the lungs of an Android.

"There has to be some way!" I exclaimed.

Markus looked at me a moment, then looked to North. "We have to blow up Jericho."

"No! You'll never make it in time!"

Connor grabbed onto my hand as I stared at Markus, watching as he ran towards the gunfire. Connor and North both tugged me forward, pushing me to run ahead of them since I was a human and therefore the slowest of the three of us.

Tasha's POV

"Wait!" I called out to Markus, turning around to face him.

Markus turned back to look at me, "There's no time—"

"I'm coming with you."

"No!" Connor grabbed onto my arm, "There's too many of them!"

"Connor's right, you should go with them."

"The more people we save, the better chance we have of changing our world." I grabbed my double pistols, smiling brightly. "Let's go save your people."

Markus shook his head in disbelief, but smiled at me. "You're insane."

Connor's grip on my arm got tighter as I turned towards him.

"You have to let me do this."

"I'm coming with—"

"No. You're going with North to round up whoever you can. I got this, Connor. Trust me."

Connor's eyes locked with mine and for a moment time stood still. His brown eyes held so many emotions all at once I thought he may burst. He gave me the smallest nod, letting go of my arm.

Connor looked at Markus with a serious expression. "You keep her safe, no matter what. If anything happens to her—"

"Connor, I'll make sure Tasha's safe." Markus promised, turning to run towards the interior of the ship.

"I love you." I have him a chaste kiss before running off with Markus, forcing myself not to look back at him, because I knew if I did, I couldn't stop myself from going with him.

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3rd Person POV

The ship itself was huge, so getting to the engine room had proven quite a challenge for the duo. There had to be over a hundred soldiers scouring the halls, murdering any android who retaliated, and capturing any that complied.

Rounding a corner, Tasha noticed two soldiers at the end of the hall searching rooms. She turned and pushed Markus back so he was out of view. "What are you—"

"Trust me!" She whispered, throwing her guns at him before turning around and limping towards the soldiers.

"Help! Help me!" Tasha screamed, forcing tears to fall down her face.

The soldiers ran to her, guns drawn. "Help me! They— they kidnaped me!" She cried, grabbing onto the soldiers jacket as she sobbed against him. "There's one coming! Help me!"

The soldiers shoved her behind them as they neared the corner. Tasha sighed deeply, her fake doe eyes turning to daggers as she grabbed the assault rifle from the soldiers back, shooting both men dead in an instant.

As Markus rounded the corner, his eyebrows raised, looking at the two soldiers lying dead on the ground. "Nice one." He held out her pistols to her, "I didn't know you were that skilled."

Tasha let out a small chuckle, "I'm good at what I do."

Tasha shoved Markus out of the way as five soldiers rounded the corner, shooting at them. Both of them were able to hide safely behind a wall, but they were now cut off from each other.

"Get to the engine room!" Tasha yelled to Markus, holding her pistols tight in her grasp as she breathed heavily.

"Tasha, no—"

"I got this, Markus! There's no time, you need to go now!"

Markus gave Tasha one last look before running down the opposite hall. Tasha let out a breath before walking out behind the wall, aiming towards the soldiers.

"Alright, assholes! Let's see what you got!"

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Connor's POV

"Can you hear that?" North asked Connor as she stopped him from walking, trying to focus on the voice she could hear in the distance.

Connor was silent for a moment.

"Fuck you, motherfucker!"

Tasha?

Connor and North both looked at each other with worried expressions as they ran towards the gunfire and yelling.

When they rounded a corner, they found Tasha fighting with two soldiers, several lying dead on the ground.

"Fuck. You!" She screamed at the man in front of her, grabbing his knife and stabbing him in the heart while the other guard shoved her hard against the wall, lifting his gun up to her head.

*bang*

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My eyes widened as I stared at the solider Who now laid dead on the ground in front of me. I fell to my knees, breathing heavy as the adrenaline started to wear off and exhaustion began to take over me. Before I could completely fall over, I felt arms grab onto me.

"Connor?" I asked, turning my head to look up at him. His eyes held fear in them as he analyzed me. "I-I'm okay! Just... exhausted."

"Where's Markus?!" North asked, a worried look on her face.

"He's okay! We got separated because of these assholes so I distracted them while he went to the engine room." I explained, leaning against Connor for support until I felt stable enough to stand again.

"If I hadn't shot that man—"

"You did, Connor." I smiled at him, caressing his cheek. "I'm here. I'm okay."

"Alright, lovebirds, we should probably get going before, y'know, we get murdered!"

I couldn't help but smile at North, shaking my head. "I like you."

North smiled back, grabbing onto my hand as we ran through the ship. "Sure you can keep up with us androids?"

"Ask him!" I snorted, rolling my eyes as I pulled my hand out of her grip so I could run on my own.

"I'm the fastest at the police station."

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed!