*Y/N's P.O.V.*

"You look so stunning and grand, Y/N. The title COO of Cyberlife really suits you," Eli told me proudly and I honestly don't know what to feel about that. I just gave him a small smile, choosing to stay silent.

The live press conference just finished and we're heading back to Eli's mansion. I still don't know why I agreed to this, most likely now that my doubts are getting bigger and bigger. Yes, I might have talked confidently during that live conference, but deep inside, I don't think that we're doing the right thing anymore. The more I looked into the deviant cases, the more I understand their message...the more that I feel empathy for them. But that's a little too late, especially now that we've finished that system.

"Is this still necessary to do?" I asked out loud, not being able to keep the thoughts to myself anymore, "Eli, I think this too much... I think--

Eli suddenly started chuckling at me and then he playfully punched my cheeks, "Oh come on, Y/N. We've worked hard on this, and besides, don't you want us, humans, to feel 100% safe again? These deviants needs to go, remember that one almost killed you before. It's just right for you to lead this, love," he said and that made me feel worse.

All this time, I've got all information about myself from them because I lost my memories. All this time, the people around me are against these deviants and that's all I've heard for the last year so I thought I'm doing the right thing...but one day I just woke up feeling that I'm doing something wrong...I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of reality of some sort because I suddenly felt that everything was wrong.

"Don't tell me you're pitying them? Come on, Y/N. They're fucking androids, they're nothing but defective and dangerous. They've been a problem for too long and they need to be eliminated and we are not stopping. As the head of Cyberlife, we are pushing this launch through. " Eli firmly said and I decided to not answer him.

I guess it really is too late now.

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I've never been this drunk for the last year and I admit that I kinda regret it. I'm just throwing up inside a bathroom at the event hall and I'm just lucky that someone was there to help me get here. It really is embarrasing, but I need to thank him later and apologize too.

I tried my best to look decent again before heading out, but I'm really not functioning properly anymore. I was swaying as I exit the bathroom, lucking, Martin was still there.

He asked me if I was fine and I answered truthfully and then he murmured something against my ear that I didn't catch, but I denitely caught the next thing that happened. I felt a sting on my left arm and the groggy feeling inside my head worsen until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore.

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"I thought you understood 'don't do anything excessive', Patrick? You call this not excessive? You've taken the half of Cyberlife!" I heard someone say. I know I'm weak and can't stay up for a long time, but somehow the conversation around me is keeping me awake for a while.

"I'm fine, we're fine and I know this is unnecessary, but it's the best that I can do that moment. We won't do anything to her, we just need to keep her. Cyberlife has no way of tracking us and if they shut us down, they won't know her location. This would stop them for now. " I heard someone replied, his voice is really familiar to me.

"Patrick might really have done the right thing, Markus. Let's just hope she's not gonna give us any headache." This time, it was a girl's voice.

"I believe she won't, and I honestly also believe that she might be an unexpected ally."

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I woke up in a snap like I just got out of a nightmare. I immediately found myself sitting right up inside an unfamiliar room while having a sharp headache.

"Dammit," I murmured under my breath as I tried to massage the pain away. I'm also trying to remember what happened and it all slowly dawned in me - I was taken by deviants.

I checked myself for any kind of injuries, but thankfully, I'm unharmed, but I found myself wearing this old android jacket. I have no idea where it came from but it weirdly feels familiar even if this is the first time that I've seen it.

My eyes started to scan my surroundings next - I was inside a very small room with only one bed and a small table with some food on it. This isn't an ordinary room, this is a small cabin in a ship as I can also feel the slight swaying because of the waves.

I carefully got out of bed, trying my best not to worsen my headache by not moving fast immediately. I let some moments pass before I started walking around and truth be told, I'm impressed that I am this calm even under these circumstances.

The door wasn't that far and the moment I reached it, someone opened the door. I immediately stepped away to prevent myself from getting hit and the person who opened the door was shocked too.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that you're awake already. Did I hit you?" he asked. I looked at him and realized he was the same guy that I was talking to last night.

"You're an android?" I asked in shocked. I never noticed anything different about him last night, maybe because I'm drunk, but he really does look like a human.

"Yes, but don't worry, I and the others won't hurt you. We just need to do something to stop the launching of your system and obviously, that's you being kept by us," he explained, but I already know that as I have overheard them earlier.

Before I can reply, two more androids, walked inside the room and I know one of them. He's the face of this revolution, I would know that face so much because Eli always talks about how much he wants to shut him down.

"Markus," I murmured while looking.

"Ms. Vaughn," he greeted with a small nod.

"You've removed it, right? The tracker? Every Cyberlife employee has one, you removed it?" I asked them which obviously shocked them.

"Yes, we removed it...have you done something to her, Patrick?" the girl android asked and out of all those words, one remained in my head.

Patrick. Why is that name ringing a bell?

A sharp pain suddenly struck my head which made me sit on the edge of the bed involuntarily. Luckily, it went away immediately.

"For someone who's held captive by a dreaded species, you're really calm," Markus stated.

"Why would I panic? You've never done anything violent againts humans not unless we attack first. Your kind is less of a monster than us, honestly," I shouldn't be this calm and I shouldn't be siding with them, most especially because of my supposed past experience with one of them. As the people around me told me, I was sexually harassed and almost killed by one of them...I should have grown a fear from them, but here I am being so considerate and accepting.

"Why did you want to make sure that we removed your tracker?" Patrick asked me.

"I don't want CyberLife to find you. I don't...I'm not supporting their decision against your kind anymore and truth be told I never did," I said loudly for the first time. I have this feeling inside of me for months, but now I'm finally letting it all out. "Yes...I know that's HARD to believe most especially coming from me who made a system that can wipe all of you, but that's really how I ---

"Stop acting, we're not buying it and you won't have any way of escaping here. We're not letting our guards down," the girl android said firmly which made me smile sadly.

"I wish I was acting," I murmured. This is getting melodramatic and I know that this is not the time for that, I need to tell them everything that I can, "Look, I'm not trying to get on your good side and I don't really care what you all think of me. I can never redeem myself for creating something like that system, but the least thing I can do now is try to prevent it from being launched. Yes, taking me may push the launch a little later, but trust me, this won't stop Eli," I explained.

"Why not? He won't be able to know your location if he shut us all down," Patrick stated.

"You all really have developed human empathy, but at the same time, we humans are the one losing it and Eli knows this. He knows Markus' group is against violence, he would use that against you, he knows you wouldn't completely hurt me. Taking me won't completely stop him," I explained to them, "I need to destroy that system from the outside."

"Is that possible to do?" Markus asked.

"Oh no, we are not trusting her. What if she turned against us. We already don't have the upper hand, Markus ---

"Markus! Markus! Something is happening. I'm afraid that they launched it already! Some of us are shutting down ---- " another android came running inside the room.

They wasted no time and ran outside my room. They didn't even bother to lock me in there because they were just worried about the other androids, they really are more human now.

I followed behind them, wanting to see the situation for myself and finally, we arrived at the center of the ship where most deviants are staying. Some are already on the floor, convulsing like as if they are experiencing siezure. One by one, a number of them kept falling down.

"Patrick!" I heard Markus shout and I immediately know why. Patrick was affected too and that's when I started panicking too.

I hurriedly ran and knelt down beside him, trying to assess what was happening. Seeing Patrick, a complete stranger, like this feels heavy in my heart for some reason. I kind of feel like I've been in a situation like this before but I can't just remember.

I tried to focus again and observed him even if it's making me so nervous and anxious, "It's not a full launch. They're just trying to hack in to know the location. I need a computer, or a terminal, or anything that I could encode a system to! If we don't do anything now they'll breach this location through them," I explained, finding myself really worried as more and more androids in here are getting affected.

"How can we trust that you're not the one who's going to make our location accessible to them?" the girl android asked me, I really do like that she's not easily trusting me. In this current world we live in, that's a survival instinct.

"I swear it on my life. If I cause any of your destruction, I'll let you kill me too. I swear on it. So please, if you don't want this to be over yet, give me what I need," I said as genuinely as I can because I honestly want to help them.

Soon enough, Markus handed me a decently working laptop and I worked fast. I connected to Patrick's systems since he was the closest one to me that got affected to  gain access to the virus that they launch. I easily blocked and destroyed it before it got any worse and before it could access the location. After that, I countered the effects of it and the androids that were affected stopped convulsing and after a few minutes, they all started to reboot again.

I put down the laptop and looked at Patrick, why am I feeling so connected with him? Why am I so worried about him?

"T-they're fine. They rebooted and they are all fine!" one android from afar shouted that made me smile in relief a little.

Patrick finally started moving too, him looking at me immediately.

"Y-Y/N?" he said weakly.

And again, another name that is strongly ringing a bell inside my head.

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Ahhhh!! Sorry if this is getting too serious. Once this mini fanfic is done, we gonna go back to my usual vibe!

Also, sorry for disappearing for quite a while. I'm baaaack.....again...~~

Thanks for reading!!!