#indeliblymarred

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm doing what I do best. Annoying you." He grinned.

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It had taken several days before Corwin was able to piece himself back together. Apparently Zlatko had tired of torturing the RK800 for spare parts, and had left him to rot momentarily in one of the laboratories. Left barely as only a torso with an arm, Corwin had painfully worked to get himself back into working order, taking advantage of every distraction that Zlatko had. He didn’t know how much longer he would have this way; the sooner he was back on his feet, the sooner he could strangle the man into submission and really make the fast bastard pay.

The evening he had finally gotten himself whole again, Corwin snatched some spare clothes to dress himself, before picking the lock on the door and slipping out in search of thirium. But as he did so, he had to hide behind the banister on the upstairs floor when the doorbell rang, and Luther went to open it. Peeking around an opening, he frowned at the sight of an AX400 standing there in the rain, holding the hand of a small shivering YK500 girl. Both of them were wary, clearly deviant, no doubt lured here by that little spider thing in the city.

Ordinarily, they wouldn’t be Corwin’s issue. They could be another distraction, something to keep Zlatko’s attention while Corwin found thirium and got ready to exact his revenge. But the sight of the little girl’s face had him pausing, hands clenching on the wooden railing in hesitation, before Zlatko appeared to welcome them into the house, and Corwin slipped silently away towards one of the bigger labs, grabbing a bottle of thirium.

He could hear them talking, their voices a little too far away for him to pick up properly, with his systems as glitchy as they had become. They were being prepared, slowly, but it wasn’t fast enough, and he quickly downed the bottle before slipping back out in time to watch as Zlatko took the three androids down to the basement. After a long moment of staring at the front door, Corwin hurried down the stairs on silent feet, deciding to follow after them. He didn’t get very far before he heard the AX400 screaming in fear, screaming for Alice -- he assumed the child -- and when Zlatko ordered Luther to take the YK500 somewhere, Corwin immediately ducked into a very shadowed alcove, watching as the large lumbering TR400 pulled the struggling girl along, with Zlatko following them a few minutes after.

It was now or never. Swiftly, Corwin left the alcove, hurrying past the cages and into the other room, where the AX400 was struggling against the clamps that held her in place. A quick glance at the monitor only confirmed his suspicions; Zlatko had a deformed Chloe model in the basement, but he didn’t have an AX400. Resetting her would make her a compliant slave for him to order around as well as Luther; what he would do to her as an experiment, it was anyone’s guess.

He wouldn’t let that happen.

NS.FW PROMPTS

They’ve both had a little too much to drink. They’re both caught up in these feelings of lust and Zeller tells him this doesn’t mean anything as if Will doesn’t know that already. It nearly makes him laugh - nearly. He refrains from doing so, so that the mood isn’t ruined.

Will knows Zeller isn’t fond of him, he knows he dislikes him, and while Will won’t say he hates Zeller, he’s not very fond of him either. Still, there is this attraction there, this spark that can not be denied and tonight? Tonight they don’t seem to want to.

@indeliblymarred​ sent ‘ everything okay? ’ from Zeller for Malcolm

Everything okay?

No, nothing’s okay. It hasn’t been for a while - ever since his serial killer father has come back into his life. Things have gone to hell, between the girl in the box and the thing going on with Ainsley (they’d wrote it off as self-defense but Malcolm doesn’t know if people believe them). She’s not....the Ainsley he once knew. Killing someone changes you and especially in such a brutal way. Not to mention - she hadn’t even been aware of what she’s done.

He’s WORRIED because if Ainsley doesn’t remember it then what does that mean for her? Is she becoming like their father or will getting some help be good for her? Everyone had always thought HE would become like his father but what if Ainsley does?

@indeliblymarred​ said: Markus cleared his throat and blinked, bent forefinger pressed to his lips as he studied the other Android. "Okay, that was... something. Think you could try the speech without the frog in your throat?" [unprompted]

Brown eyes turn to meet Markus’ mismatched ones, mild distressed painted upon the android’s features. He presses his lips closed, tightly, silence lingering between the two, thick and awkward before Connor finally dares to speak again.

“The... the what?“ he inquires, the same uncertainty in his voice prevalent in the short speech he had just recited to the other.