Tina placed down the phone, she had been calling Gavin several times but he hadn’t answered once and Nine’s, had been acting odd this past month to her. Almost like he was jealous of her for some reason. She shook her head at Rachel, her girlfriend who just frowned thoughtfully. “Maybe you could call his brother? I know they don’t always get along but it might help?” Tina smiled and gave Rachel a quick kiss before pulling up Elijah’s number and calling.
Elijah’s phone started to ring and everyone in the car paused to look at him. He started patting his pockets before Chloe reached over and pulled a small slim phone out of his shoe. Hank frowned and opened his mouth to ask, “What the fuck it was doing there?” Chloe just shook her head with a smile while Elijah just answered his phone instead of responding.
“Hey Eli, it’s Tina. I don’t know if you remember me but-”
“Your Gavin’s friend. The one dating the ST300?” Elijah responded, cutting her off before she finished speaking. “I’m guessing you’re calling about Gavin?”
“Yeah I am. How did you-?”
“Yeah yeah, you know where I live right? Go there, now. Grab what you need and go there right now. If Nine’s tries to stop you-”
“Why would he-?”
“Don’t cut me off, now listen to me closely. Unless he is with Connor and Hank, it is not Nines. It’s someone using a replacement body. If he comes to your house and tries to stop you, shoot him. Then call me if you do, but right now I need you to pack a bag and get to my house. Got it?”
Tina nodded at the phone before speaking, “Yeah. Rachel started packing a bag for us when you first said to. I don’t know where you live though?”
Elijah paused for a moment to pinch the bridge of his nose. “Hand the phone to Rachel.”
Rachel held the phone, “Hello?”
“Tell me your serial number.” She did, nodding as her LED turned yellow for a moment. “Now give Tina back her phone.” Tina took the phone.
“What did you-”
“Chloe sent her directions. Pack up, meet us at my house. I should be in the company of Hank, Connor, Chloe, and the real Nines.” He hung up and Tina started at the phone for a moment before Rachel slapped her arm. The two of them finished packing, making sure Tina had her gun on one hip and a stun gun on another. They left the house and Rachel climbed into the front seat to drive while Tina put the duffle bag in the trunk of the car. She jumped when she saw Nines step out of an automatic car, one hand going to her hip to rest casually on the gun.
She gave a small wave and closed the trunk, stepping towards the side of the car. “Hey Nines! You caught us just as Rach and I were about to head out, what funny timing?”
He kept his stride, eyes flickering down to her hips. “You called Gavin several times. I wonder why that was?”
She gave a strained laugh, as she opened the car door and Rachel started the car. “Oh that, well I wanted to be sure he remembered I was going to be out of town for a while and to check in on the fish I had just gotten! But I got Chris to offer to come in a check on my fish, so we’re all good. See you later!” She jumped in the car and Rachel reversed out of the driveway quickly. They both gave a sigh of relief as they turned onto a different road, Rachel made sure to take an unusual route through the city to throw off Nines if he were following them. Tina kept looking back to see if any cars behind them were the same. With their out of the way route they made it to Elijah’s house in a little over an hour.
A Chloe model android was standing outside waiting for them with a worried look on her face. “Oh thank RA9 you made it alright. I was starting to worry about you.” The three of them walked into Elijah’s house.
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