Lost but Found, Chapter 6 - Falling Apart

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Lost but Found, Chapter 6 - Falling Apart

Post by gynoneko » Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:37 pm

Alright, another chapter... Feedback please!

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Lost but Found
Chapter 6 - Falling Apart
by Gynoneko and Dollspace


The morning began for me as most mornings did. April crawled all over me begging for breakfast. It was, as always, too early for me, especially after such a rough night, so I did my best to ignore her, and turned to my side.

Much to my shock, a pair of large vibrant blue eyes focused intently on me, inches from my face. I jerked back a little at the unexpected presence of Alexia, kneeling beside my bed and staring at me. All I could see of her were her eyes and up, as well as her hands excitedly gripping the mattress, and her extended cat ears.

"Holy shit! Alexia! What are you doing?" I spat.

She popped up her head enough to answer. "Waiting for master to wake up" she explained giddily, before lowering her head back down to the same position.

"It's too early to get up" I complained. "How long have you been up?"

"I exited sleep-mode approximately 2 hours ago" she explained, again lifting her face to speak and lowering it afterwards.

"You've been staring at me for 2 hours?" I sat up.

"No, I spent several minutes reviewing the contents of your kitchen first."

"You can cook?" I wondered, rubbing the sand from my eyes. I might as well get up now anyways.

"I do not know master... But I have downloaded some instructional videos and recipes" she explained.

"So you are interested in making food? I guess since you can eat that makes sense..." I yawned.

"Would Master show me how to properly prepare the breaking of the fast meal?"

"Breakfast? Cereal is fine. Actually I need to go shopping. Especially with you here."

"Shopping? Is this something I can help Master with?"

"What did I say about calling me master?" I stretched and pulled back the covers.

"Oh... yes. Kevin" she corrected. "Is it time for another sexual session?"

I blinked at her sudden unexpected interest in sex, and realized she was staring at my now obvious morning wood. I quickly covered up.

"Hey! No. This is just how it gets in the morning. Look... go make yourself busy or something... how about getting out 2 bowls of cereal and milk, while I get ready. I've got a lot to do today. Need to go shopping for groceries, got to get you some clothes... speaking of which... are you wearing only an apron?"

Sure enough, she was naked except for an apron. She stood up and looked down at herself.

"Yes. Am I wearing this correctly? I saw it on a video in your computer..." Of course she did.

"I thought you said you weren't going to touch the data."

She recoiled at my outburst a little. "I... only looked a little... I'm sorry mast... Kevin." Her cat ears lowered as if she was being scolded but I caught myself. If all she got out of looking at my computer was some ideas from porn videos, I could live with that.

"It's fine. You can watch... whatever. I don't care. Just, let me get ready."

She nodded and bowed a little before leaving the room toward the kitchen.

About half an hour later, I joined her, all cleaned up, shaved, dressed, and ready. I was going over the new chores in my head when I saw the bowls on the counter. Each one was filled to the brim with milk, with the last remaining remnants of cereal floating in them. Right, I was out of cereal. April was happily lapping at one bowl while Alexia looked on smiling.

I slapped my forehead, mentally adding milk, cereal, and pet stain remover to the list. "You can't feed her milk, she'll throw it up" I explained as I picked April up off the counter and put her on the floor. "She can't eat people food, only cat food. Cat food and water." I reached into the fridge and pulled out a can of tuna-flavored cat food of the ‘wet’ variety. "Like this" I demonstrated, holding it up, and proceeded to feed April. Alexa watched carefully to everything I did. Maybe this could work.

"She eats a lot for such a small animal" Alexia noticed.

"Well, not really. She only eats twice a day and then either sleeps it off or runs amok."

She nodded. "Oh, your cereal" she said, pointing to the bowls.

"Well... one’s for you, but... that's a little too much milk."

"For me?" she perked up.

"Of course. I'll show you how to pour it right next time. But first I need to get you some clothes." I didn't mind having her walk around all day virtually bare, but others might mind if they see her, especially in public.

Just before I could continue my train of thought, my phone started to buzz in my pocket, and Alexia hopped with her ears, and tail, sticking straight up, startled from the noise. I had a hard time not laughing as I answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Kevin? It's Bill. There's been a change of plans. I need you to come in right now. It's an emergency."

"An emergency? But-"

"It would look good for that promotion if you were to help me out on this" his voice explained.

I gritted my teeth and scowled. "Fine... I'll be in in an hour."

"Make it 10 minutes" he commanded and hung up.

I stood there for a moment stunned. What the fuck? The day I was supposed to get off has now become an impromptu emergency cover Bill's ass day? I had to question if this new promotion, and even my position in the company, was worth the aggravation. My thoughts instantly went to Lyss though, and my answer was clear.

"Change of plans Alexia" I explained. She had calmed down already and was watching me closely. "I have to go into work, some sort of emergency thing. I don't know for how long. Just... stay here. Umm... Don't go outside. Don’t look out the windows. Don't touch the... well anything in the kitchen. Just relax, play with April, watch TV... I'll be back later."

"Oh... umm... ok. What about your food?" she wondered. I did not need to drink all that milk.

"Thanks so much but I don't have the time. Just pour it down the sink" I explained as I got my shoes on and grabbed my jacket. Besides, I made it a point not to eat food with cat slobber in it. "Bye! And don't answer the door for anyone!"

"Bye?" she copied, looking worried. A second later, I was out the door. I hoped everything would be alright. If she just stayed hidden, and didn’t go outside, she should be fine, right? I worried the entire way to work, which took about 20 minutes, although it felt much longer. I was greeted at the back door by Bill, who was holding a hard-shelled case like we use for delicate components, and nervously tapped his foot.

“You’re late. I said 10 minutes” he complained.

“To the guy who lives more than 10 minutes away” I replied. He shook his head and looked at his watch.

“How would you like to jump start that promotion?” he asked. “Good” he continued without an answer. “I have to attend an emergency… company meeting. It’s out of town, I’ll be gone 3 or 4 days. I need you to open and close the store for me.”

“What?” This was rather sudden. “But… I’m not a manager. I’ve never done that before.”

“It’s easy.” He handed me a set of keys. “Just open the doors on time, and lock them on time. You can come in during the morning and leave, and then come back at night. I’ve already given your number to the staff so they can call you if they can’t get in.”

“I…” I did not want this responsibility. Not with everything going on. “This is-”

“Look. I don’t have anyone else that can look after Lyss, and she needs to have maintenance every night. That’s all I really want from you, and then you lock up. Trevor will take care of the front and the registers, you just have to open the doors and take care of Lyss. I do not want anything to happen to her while I’m gone. The auction is coming up and she needs to be in top shape.”

“But…” I’d be taking care of Lyss… But honestly what choice did I have?

“It’s easy. Just hook her up, run the diagnostics, and clean her if she gets dirty. The station will take care of the rest. Now I have to go.” He turned and walked away toward his car before turning back to yell something. “And take good care of our guests.” And with that he disappeared inside his car and sped off, leaving me standing there stunned.

“Guests?” I guess I should go in to see what is going on and who these guests are.

I opened the door, and was pleased to see the place wasn’t on fire or anything. I stopped over at my workstation and looked inside. Sure enough Lyss was there, working quietly and delicately on a circuit board. She looked sad, or tired. As soon as she heard me, she looked up. A weak smile greeted me, but she looked worn out. Even the color from her skin and hair seem faded.

“What’s wrong? You look awful!” I asked.

“Power outage last night” she explained. “I couldn’t charge all night. We only got the power back an hour ago… I’m running on empty here.”

I looked behind her and saw she had a charging cord running into her neck. It might be enough to stave off a shutdown, but she wouldn’t last half the day while she was working! I put my hand on her shoulder and leaned in close.

“You’re done for the day. Take a break, you’ve done enough. You’ll run out of juice overworking yourself.”

She sighed. “Yeah… I know. But Bill said-”

“Bill’s gone, for a few days. He left me in charge and I’m going to take care of you. Now put down that solder and take a break. You need to just sit back and relax for a bit.”

“If you say so Mr. Bossman sir” she teased as she smiled and nodded, taking a seat and leaning back, letting out a sigh, and putting the cap she sometimes wore on over her face. Lyss looked like she fell right asleep, but I knew she was still conscious, although she might have entered an energy-saving mode.

I turned around and focused my attention on the two strangers I spied standing at Bill’s door, patiently waiting, looking down at the workers. They must have been the guests Bill was talking about. Was it just me or was he so scared of these two that he jumped town and put me in charge to deal with them? Or maybe not. I had to wonder, but I wasn’t going to screw this up. It could lead to that promotion, or at least it would let me spend more time with Lyss.

The couple wore matching black suits and ties, one was a short, athletic, young woman with fair skin, glasses, and brown hair tied up in a bun. The other a tall, bald, black man, with some light scarring on his face. He wore sunglasses. Indoors. I studied them as I approached, noting their stances of authority. They looked oddly familiar.

As I got to the stairs looking up at them, their attention focused on me, and that’s when I remembered them. They were the pair that was studying the road where I found and saved Alexia. They were looking for me, or Lexie. I wasn’t sure, but it was too late to turn and run now. My heart started to race but I had to stay calm.

“I am Agent Smulders” the woman announced, reaching into her jacket, “and this is Agent Colter. We’re with the FBI” she explained as they each showed us their badges. They looked legit. “Are you William Bailey?”

“You mean Bill? You just missed him. He had an emergency meeting out of town. I’m in charge today, I guess” I explained. Was Bill scared of the FBI? Should I be?

“What is your name?” Agent Smulders asked as she put away her badge.

“Oh. I’m Kevin… Rowan. Usually I just fix up the androids here.”

Agent Colter raised an eyebrow at me, but otherwise didn't move. Smulders, on the other hand, let out an interested “Hmm” while she reached into her jacket again. This time she pulled out a picture.

“Have you seen this android?” she asked. I took the picture from her, and instantly recognized it as a portrait of Alexia. She was staring ahead blankly with her hair down straight and wearing nothing. At least that I could see. Her shoulders her bare anyway, since it was a picture from her shoulder up. I tried my hardest to keep a straight face and stay calm.

“This is an android?” I asked, doing my darndest to sound shocked.

“Yes. A prototype. She was stolen from a government facility recently.”

I studied the picture some more, pretending I was seeing her for the first time, and hoping I wasn't overselling it. “Facility? Oh, is she that android on the news? I heard about it.” I handed back the picture trying to keep a straight face. Damn it's hard not to crack a smile or breathe normally when looking an agent in the eyes.

“Yes. She was merely a test model.”

“So why would she be here? Did Bill-?” Pass the blame; that always works.

“No. We have reason to believe she was damaged in the robbery, and might have been taken to a repair facility such as this one.”

“There are only 3 facilities in this city capable or repairing epidermal model androids” Agent Colter’s deep voice began, “and yours is the closest to the scene.”

“We are just following up on all our leads” Smulders explained.

“Well, there’s just two of us here that can repair epidermal models, me and Lyss, err... Elise. And she can't do it by herself.”

“So you are the main epidermal android technician here?”

“Yes ma’am” I nodded.

“And you haven't seen this unit?” she asked again holding up the picture.

“No ma’am” I shook my head. Was that too enthusiastic? “We honestly don't get many epidermal units in yet.”

“And where is this Elise?” Colter asked.

“I’ll take you too her” I began to sweat. She saw Lexie last night and getting her to keep a secret was not easy. Gossip was alive and well in this company and Lyss was the source of a lot of it. What else was she going to do to entertain herself? We were her soap opera. But don't tell her I said that.

I led them down the stairs again to my workstation where Lyss was still sitting. She looked like a lazy worker asleep on the job, except for the charging cable protruding from a port on the back of her neck.

“Miss Elise?” Smulders inquired.

Lyss raised her cap and opened one eye lazily and looked at the pair. And then at me. I just shrugged. “Why did you call me that?”

“That is your name, is it not?” the agent replied. “I am Agent Smulders and this is Agent Colter. We are with the FBI” she announced.

That got Lyss sitting upright quick, dropping her hat. “Oh… Umm… What can I help you with?”

“Mr. Rowan here tells me you assist him with android repair, is this correct?”

Lyss nodded in response as Colter turned toward me. “A gynoid? She’s a robot…” He mumbled in disbelief as Smulders and Lyss talked.

“Yeah… she’s not company property or anything, just a unit that was unclaimed after her repairs so she’s paying off her owner’s debt by working with us.”

He eyed me suspiciously. “Is she up to code? Been inspected? Is she in compliance with android labor laws?”

Hell if I knew. That was Bill’s department, not mine. I’d have to go looking through his office to find out. I shrugged at him. “Ask Bill when he gets back. I can look for the paperwork but it might take a while.” Maybe that’s what Bill was afraid of, maybe she wasn’t properly inspected and approved for this type of labor. That would get me nervous. But usually they fine you until you fix it, and this is a special case, so I don’t get why he’d skip town. Maybe he really did have a sudden meeting. Could the company be closing stores down?

He grunted, and turned back toward Lyss. She was staring intently at the photo of Alexia agent Smulders handed to her. Oh crap! She has to recognize her! This could turn out bad.

“I can't say that I have” she replied. “Never seen her. But she looks really advanced.” Saved! Oh thank you Lyss!

“Keep your eyes out for her. The criminals who stole her might wait for the heat to die down before attempting any repairs” Smulders explained. “It is imperative that you do not repair or attempt to activate this android. She is dangerous and unpredictable.” Lexie? Dangerous? Agent Smulders sniffed. “Mind if we look around a little?” she asked me.

I nodded my approval, and they began walking around, looking at everything and talking to people. Maybe it was just a scare tactic, then again she had no memories so maybe I should be cautious around Lexie. It occurred to me that Trevor had seen Alexia as well. I'd be in big shit if he said anything. I turned toward Lyss and whispered.

“Is Trevor in?”

“Trevor?” she wondered. “No… I don’t keep track of his schedule. Why?”

“No reason” I diverted. She gave me a side glance.

“Do you think they’ll ask to see my documents?” She wondered.

I shrugged. “I hope not. I have no idea where they are.”

“Well” she blurted out loudly, “There’s nothing for me to do but relax and recharge, literally.” She put her hands behind her back and leaned into her chair again, preparing to enter another rest mode.

“I’ll just keep them company for now until they leave. Remind me to kill Bill when he gets back.”

“I’ll hold him down for you” she joked as she closed her eyes.

I spent the rest of the morning following them around, making sure they had what they needed and didn’t disrupt things. It was not busy, so there were no problems with their impromptu inspection, and it didn’t really take all that long. They did, however, ask to see the repair room for the epidermal androids, and spent longer in there than anywhere else. They were looking at everything, and it made me nervous. The last time this room was used was to repair Alexia. If they saw some evidence that she was around…

“What’s this?” Agent Colter asked picking up a burned out board from the trash. That was Alexia’s old board. Oh shit.

“Just a burned out board from a unit we repaired yesterday. He was a real pain. Had to custom print a replacement board for him” I half lied.

He eyed it for a while, sniffing it and studying it for identification markers. Apparently some of it got scorched to a point where he needed to try to rub part of it clean with his thumb, but his expression revealed he wasn’t happy with the results. Instead, he pocketed it. Well fuck. Could he just take that?

“Do you have the paperwork for the unit out there? Elise is it?” he asked me directly.

Well crap on a stick. This was going to take a while. “Well technically that’s Bill’s responsibility, but I’ll go take a look” I answered hoping they were easy to find.

I spent probably 20 minutes in the office looking for her files. It was a mess. I had them wait outside while I searched, concerned I might find. Something that Bill didn’t want them to see. Maybe I was being paranoid, but after what he pulled on me this morning, I didn’t trust him anymore. It also helped me avoid looking like a hopeless idiot rummaging through old manuals and documents and training pamphlets. From what I could tell, Bill grabbed a bunch of papers, stuffed them in that case he was carrying, and ran off. And with them were likely Lyss’s documents.

I decided to try to safe just to be… well... safe. It only had money for the registers and a few other smaller items. No documents. One item in particular caught my eye. It was a flash drive almost identical to the one Alexia had in her, but this one was labeled “Elise bckp”. A backup of Lyss’s original memories? Curiously, I grabbed the drive and pocketed it. There’s no way Bill meant for me to find this. It looked like it was left by mistake, under a stack of bills.

I heard a knock on the door and scrambled to close the safe and check on it. Both agents were at the door waiting for me. I put on a smile, but on the inside I was freaking out.

“I’m sorry, his papers are a mess. I’m still having a hard time finding-”

“We didn’t come here for this” Agent Smulders explained looking way up at her partner.

“Next time a government official asks you for her paperwork, make sure it is handy. We’ll be back when ‘Bill’ is in” Colter said handing me a card. “Call us when he returns, or if you see the missing gynoid.”

Not many people outside the field actually called female model androids gynoids, even though it was the technically correct term. For him to let that slip caught my attention, but I wasn’t sure why. Regardless, I took the card and gave them a smile and a “Yes, sir”.

“Let’s get moving, we’ve got more places to check out” Smulders said as she turned around to leave. Her giant of a partner followed suit, and moments later, they were gone, leaving me stunned and sweating at the top of the stairs looking down at the workers.

It was a light workload day after all, and Lyss looked in place and comfortable laying back not doing anything. I decided to do a little tidying up in the office, at least enough that I could charge Lyss up here if I needed to. But honestly I started to wonder about that. What was Bill doing with her every night in here? What was this maintenance procedure? I shuddered to think about it. He seemed the sleazy sort to me, honestly, so depraved thoughts came easily when in involved Bill.

I looked around the office briefly and cleared up the space around her charging station. It was used every night, but it still had dust and fingerprints all over it. Strangely it didn’t look like much really. Basically a glorified chair with an odd looking USB cable in the back to attach to her neck. Why did he always insist she charge this way? Her dedicated charge port in her lower back was much more efficient. After dusting it off a bit, I noticed something else hidden behind it, covered by a stale towel. It was a large bucket almost like a miniature kiddie pool, with a pitcher and a sponge sitting in it. Words echoed in my head from Bill. “Clean her”. Well fuck, was he giving her sponge baths?

My disgust for the man grew, and a spark of hatred ignited in me. I felt terrible for Lyss, and she never remembered what he did in here, so there is no way of knowing without some kind of video evidence. Which I doubt I would find. I calmed myself down and thought. Lyss had it rough here. She was never allowed to leave, never allowed personal time, couldn’t take a shower or bath, had no real privacy, kept forgetting everything, and had strange outbursts lately I couldn’t explain. I cared for her too much. She didn’t deserve this. I needed to talk to her.

I left the office in a huff, but calmed down by the time I got to the workstation Lyss was at. Except she wasn’t there. Odd. She was still charging and didn’t take bathroom breaks, so where did she go? I looked around and was glad to see her walking toward the front of the store with none other than Trevor by her side. When did he get in?

As I approached from behind, I noticed something peculiar. There was a little black square on the back of Lyss’s neck, right over her data ports. I hesitated briefly but called out to her anyways. Trevor turned around first, smiling his signature smile, before Lyss copied him.

“Hey Kevin” he called out quickly. “Have a rough night with your girl?” He winked.

“Umm... no.”

“Bill called me and updated me on his meeting thing. So I guess this is an upgrade for me.”

‘Maybe, but Bill put me in charge” I answered.

“Yeah right. Really?” He scoffed.

I held up the keys and jingled them. “Really. Although you are supposed to be in charge of the front-”

“Yeah I know, the front of the house. Well I guess this means you are moving up too. That promotion can’t be far off” he chimed.

I glanced at Lyss, who stood there still, smiling, and unresponsive. Strange. But the promotion was supposed to be a secret, so why did Trevor blurt it out like that.

“Yeah… anyways… I need to borrow Lyss for a bit.”

“Oh yeah?” He said, putting his hand on her upper back. “Well I wanted her help with something up front, isn’t that right?”

“Help with something” she replied. It was freaky. His arm quickly darted away from her back.

“But it can wait. Duty calls, after all.” He said as I took a step back and seemingly offered her to me.

“Thanks” I replied suspiciously. “This way Lyss, I need to show you something important.”

She took step beside me as I led her back to the fleshies repair room, and closed the door behind us. I quickly turned back to Lyss and studied her. She stood there oddly silent and still, not at all like herself. Something was seriously wrong. I turned her around. Whatever that black object was on her neck, it was gone now.

“Lyss, are you alright?”

“Yeah, sure” she replied, sounding more like herself, but still off.

“What did Trevor want?” I asked.

“Some help with something” she replied.

“Are you sure you’re alright? You sound stiff.”

“I’m fine Kevin” she answered. That was suspicious. She usually would have a funny retort, or call me Kev.

“I’m going to have a look at your systems. I think something’s wrong. Could you sit on the exam table and prepare your data ports?”

I turned around to get a diagnostics USB drive out of a drawer that would check for any anomalies and viruses while she took a seat behind me. Bill never let me do this stuff with her when he was here, which was all the time, so this could be my only chance to figure out what is really going on with her.

As I turned around I was shocked to see Lyss sitting there with her shirt completely unbuttoned and working on undoing the loose knot at the base she originally tied to show off her midriff. I froze for a second, not sure what to do, as I watched her shirt come loose from her shoulder from the movement and slide down her arm, revealing her left nipple. I suddenly woke up and took action.

“What are you doing, stop. You don’t need to get undressed. Geez!” I burst over and grabbed at her shirt, adjusting it so she was no longer exposed in front, but she kept undoing the knot below. I grabbed her hands and stopped her, placing them by her side forcefully. She sat there, with her shirt still unbuttoned, and the knot only half tied and loose. God did I want her to take off that shirt, but not when she was acting like a zombie! It just wasn’t right. It wasn’t Lyss.

“Yes sir” she replied as she sat still staring downward at nothing in particular. I couldn’t help but think about her nipple. Holy crap, I had seen her entirely nude before when I was repairing her months ago, but that was completely different. Now she was active and moving. But she lost her own will. No, something was clearly wrong. She’d never just undress in front of me like that! Would she?

I was reminded that even though she was a robot, she was not nearly as strong as me, and I could easily overpower her. It made her feel vulnerable, delicate even. Something I never saw in her before. She was always the head-strong, stubborn, funny, snarky girl that was more comfortable being one of the guys than hanging out with girlfriends. But this side of her reminded me that not only was she still a girl, but she was a very delicate machine that I already had to repair once. I stood behind her and started working on her data port.

I connected the device and waited for the lights to blink in sequence. In short, it if it blinked green, it found no fault. If it blinked yellow, she had a bug in her code, and if it blinked red, she had a virus. I waited for it to finish searching her internal drives. If it found something, I could safely connect this device to my computer for a readout of the diagnostic without risking spreading a virus or hack from one system to another.

As I waited I couldn’t help but notice how her shirt hung loosely off her. I looked down at her from over her shoulder, seeing her front, and noticing the subtle curve of her breasts from above, and realizing I was seeing more of them now than I have in a long time. She was so slim and had such beautiful curves. I was still amazed at how a robot with so much advanced technology could have such a small body. I watched as the half-knot slowly fell apart on its own, leaving her shirt hanging loosely open in front of her. I could see her nipples poking at the fabric, leaving me wondering just how soft and warm she was, and how sensitive. I caught myself as she began to breathe heavier.

“Kev?” She asked, looking around the room. “Is that you?”

“How are you feeling” I said, trying to fight my erection down.

“Bad… like someone just hit me in the head.”

“Do people hit your head a lot?”

“Ha ha…” she faked laughed. “Ouch” she winced. “I... um… why is my shirt unbuttoned?” She asked realizing she was giving me a nice view. She did nothing to resolve the situation.

Just then the device started to blink. Red. And Yellow. Well now what? I pulled it from her neck, causing her to inhale sharply. “You were acting strange so I’m running a test” I explained. “You unbuttoned your shirt on your own.”

“I did? Psh! Yeah right. I… I don’t remember. Am I ok?” She said, sounding like she was in a daze. Almost like how she first was when I ran into her last night.

“I’m checking that out now” I said as I sat in front of the computer and ran the diagnostics.

She was quiet for a while as she sat there thinking. I waited for the results to appear on screen, and it revealed something unexpected. Lyss was running a malware program. That drive, or whatever it was Trevor put on her, was infecting her with malicious code. I pulled up a more detailed description, but it could not identify or resolve the issue. I was getting angry. Furious even. Just how much shit was Lyss forced into without even knowing it?

“How’s it look doc?” she asked.

“Inconclusive” I lied. I couldn't just tell her, some of these malware programs could self-destruct an android when they became aware of the code. Plus, I still didn't know what it was doing. I had to think fast. Let me run another test, it shouldn’t take long.”

“Whatever you say doc” she droned.

I reconfigured the device to explore deeper, more thoroughly. It took a few minutes as she sat there silently behind me. With it completed, I returned to her, device in hand.

“Kev?” She asked again, looking up at me. “Why am I in here? Did I break down or something?” She looked more aware, more awake, and more alert now. At least she was improving.

“I told you, the test was inconclusive, so I’m running another-”

“Test? What are you talking about?” She replied clearly getting cross.

“I just ran it a few minutes ago. Are you feeling ok?”

“I feel fine. A little hazy though. Are you pulling my leg or something? It’s not funny. I just woke up in here a few seconds ago…”

Something was really messed up here. “Lyss, you’ve been awake and in here for a good 5 or 6 minutes already.”

“I… I forgot again didn’t I? Is it getting worse?”

“Let me run this test and find out.”

I connected the device to her neck again with a click and she let out a long controlled breath like she was nervous in a doctor’s office.

“Umm… Kev… did you unbutton my shirt?”

This again? “You did that, you don’t remember do you? You already asked-”

“Why would I unbutton my shirt with you in here?” She shot back as she grabbed at either side and help the shirt together manually. I couldn’t help but notice she ended up squishing her breasts together giving her more profound cleavage. She was bright red in the face, and it made her look really cute. I had to wonder if she did that on purpose.

“You tell me, you did it.”

She breathed heavily, faster, almost panting now. “I… umm… I’m trying to remember… Maybe it’s because I like- err… I was hot? No...”

Just then the lights on the device blinked green. No errors found. Curiouser and curiouser. The malware was no longer detected. Did her system clean it up, or did it erase itself?

Without any evidence of the code, I would never know what I was dealing with. I unplugged it from her neck, and closed her ports, frustrated at the situation. Tossing the device a little rougher than I meant to onto the work table, I plopped into a chair and tried to think.

“Hey Kev? Are YOU ok?”

I rubbed my eyes for a bit trying to think. “Just frustrated. You have… I mean… I can’t find… Damn.”

She got up from the table, still holding her shirt together instead of buttoning it, and walked over to me. “Kevin… it’ll be fine. I... I kinda already knew” She said putting on hand on my shoulder. “I’m dying aren’t I?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “What? No! No. Not on my watch!”

“Then what is it?” She said punching my arm.

“I can’t be sure” I tried to explain. “You had malware on you. But it’s hiding, or something. It’s elusive and frustrating. And I… just want to fix you. To make you happy.”

“Pff. I’m fine! I’m happy, as long as I can… hang with you. It gets real boring here without you.”

“What about your memory loss? What about your original master? What about your freedom? The auction?!”

She was at a loss for words and half sat on the table, thinking. “Yeah… they do trouble me. All of it. But as long as I don’t forget about you… I mean… hanging with you and the guys. I really enjoy the work… and the company.”

“Yeah? Well… you deserve better than this. And I’m going to make that happen.”

“Hey, I’m not some damsel in distress for my knight in shining armor to save. Your princess is in another tower, buddy.”

Princess. Huh, that reminded me of Alexia for some reason. “Yeah… And uh… thanks for covering for me with those FBI agents earlier. I owe you big time.”

“Covering? What are you talking about?” She questioned.

“You know… the picture… last night… the- you don’t remember do you?”

“Last night? What about last night?”

“What do you remember?” I asked.

“I was finishing up, Trevor asked me for a favor, Bill was getting started with me, and the power went out. I never saw any girl. What about last night?”

“You… don’t remember me? I was there- err… here.”

“You… no. You left hours before the power went out” she recalled, scrunching up her nose as she stood up and scratched her head.

“I came back. You don’t remember. You and Trevor saw me and… uh…”

She turned her back to me and started to pant again. “I… I forgot. I finished closing my station… Trevor asked for help… I followed him… I… umm… I was in Bill’s office… wait. How did I get there?” She seemed to panic now, getting more frantic and pacing the floor.

“Trevor? I wonder. Maybe he-” I began to theorize.

“I forgot!? No… no way. I forgot an entire interaction with you? No…. This can’t be happening. I’ve never forgotten any of my time with you. Have I?”

She began to get scared and pace back and forth more, forgetting about her still unbuttoned shirt. As soon as she started to hit her own head in frustration, I stepped in and stopped her.

“Lyss! Stop! You’re hurting yourself” I commanded as I abruptly stood and grabbed her arms. Tears welled in her eyes and she looked up at me, scared. I had never seen her like this before, and it terrified me.

“I don’t want to forget anymore” she sobbed. “I don’t want to forget you! I don’t want to be auctioned off!”

She buried herself in my chest, crying while tightly grasping and pulling at my shirt in the back. I held her close and tight, for the first time, seeing her at her most vulnerable. It was awkward to have her hugging me like this, and even more awkward when I realized her shirt was wide open, pressing her bare chest against me. What really caught me off-guard, though, wasn’t her behavior or her near nudity… it was her hair.

Before my eyes, I watched as it went from what rainbow colors to gray! I stared for a long time while holding onto her, letting her cry, making sure the light wasn’t playing tricks on my eyes. But no… her hair had gone completely colorless.

“I’m sorry” she sniffed, trying to compose herself. “I can’t do this anymore! Every day I put on a smile, every day I tell myself it will be alright. But today is just harder than I can handle. I feel like I’m falling apart!”

“Lyss… um…” I began.

“What is wrong with me today? Why am I so… emotional?” She sniffed, clearing her throat. “How am I so emotion? I’ve never felt like this before…”

“Lyss?” I repeated.

“Did Bill do something to my programming? I don’t understand, something is definitely different. And my charge is still low…”

“Lyss!”

She looked up at me, giving me a glimpse of her chest again. “What?” She asked, looking worried.

“Your hair…”

“What about it?” She puzzled.

“It’s gray.”

“Get real. I'm not that old, and I’m a robot.” She scoffed. “You need to get your glasses checked.”

“Look” I said, pulling at a strand to bring it in front of her eyes. She looked at it, cross-eyed, and grabbed it. She stared as her eyes went wide. She grabbed another strand from the other side, and another. Before our very eyes, her hair faded even more, until it was bright white.

“What the holy fuck is going on?! My hair!” She yelled. I tried to calm her again, but she ran toward a powered off screen, looking at her reflection. “What is happening to me?!”

She stumbled backwards, but I caught her. “Woah there. Calm down. Maybe it’s a power-saving feature or something.”

“What? Is there a mirror in here?”

I looked around and remembered a small mirror in a drawer I use to look inside the units. It might have been small, but it was highly reflective. She grabbed it from me and stared at herself, touching her hair.

“I loved my hair! What is this?” Lyss stumbled again, and I caught her again. I sat her down in my chair and grabbed a stool nearby for me.

“Stay calm. Take in deep breaths” I coached her. “I’m here for you.”

“Kev…” she panted, trying to control her air again. “I'm really falling apart! Will you… stay with me?”

“Sure, of course. We’re best friends” I assured her.

She smiled. “What about the auction?” She worried. “I don’t want to be sold off.”

“Well… I’ll just have to buy you then” I assured her. I think we both knew I didn’t have the money to win an auction for her though.

“Really? You’ll do that for me? I’ll officially be yours?”

I nodded. “Honestly, I’ve been wanting to for a long time.”

That made her smile. She took deeper breaths, calming down further. It seemed odd to me, that an android would have a panic attack and need to breathe like this, but in her case, she might overheat if something internal was trying to process something too intense. Like the fear of losing her mind while her body fell apart around her. And breathing cooled her processors. This might have been a long time coming.

“You’re such a loser” she teased. She liked to joke, maybe this was a coping method for her. “Needing to buy a robot girlfriend.”

Girlfriend? That was yet another surprise for me, that she would even suggest it. Then again, she was probably just teasing me. “Would you prefer I bought myself a robot boyfriend?” I joked back.

“It would satisfy all my homoerotic fantasies about you” she chuckled, sticking out her tongue. We both laughed and she finally calmed down. As she did, her hair color returned slowly but surely.

“Ah… look. Your hair color is back!”

She looked at a strand and watched as the pigmentation returned. “Thank God! This is just weird…” she noted as she watched.

“There’s that smile” I commented. She looked at me with a raised eyebrow, but her smile remained. “You aren’t you without your smile” I added, noting now that she was leaning back in the chair, with her shirt wide open exposing her right side to me. Breast and all. I blushed, and tried not to stare, but she was really sexy!

“Is that the only part about me that you like?” She asked. She sat up and arched her back a little, pushing out her chest. She knew exactly what she was doing. But why now? She never came onto me like this before.

I couldn’t stop myself from staring at her, she was drop-dead sexy. She even ran her hand down her chest, over her breast. I cleared my throat and tried my best to look away anyways, although I never fully did.

“Ah… I’m…” she stuttered suddenly. “I’ don’t know what’s coming over me. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. You are very pretty.”

She blushed, with her eyes wide open at my response and just remained silent. Maybe I was too straightforward. We both sat there, quiet and awkward. She grabbed both sides of her shirt with one hand and held it closed at her chest, leaning forward and blushing. I swear her hair was shifting hue again, but as she broke the silence it returned to normal again. “Now what?”

“I don’t know. You are still private property… and I’m an employee. We can’t just-”

“Not that!” she interrupted. “The test.”

“Oh, right! I guess… um… hmm. I think I know where it is coming from, but I can’t be sure unless I can catch it.”

Lyss looked up at me interested. “You know what’s causing my memory lapses?”

“Maybe. I can’t be sure. Before you woke up in here, what was the last thing you remember?”

“Umm… let’s see, I was resting… I talked with that FBI chick… and then I went back to resting. Oh and Trevor said Hi.”

“Trevor…” I noted. “Right after that, I saw you and him walking toward the front.”

“I was?”

“There was a… black device on your neck, on your ports” I explained. She reached back to the back of her neck to feel for it but of course found nothing. “It was gone when I brought you back here, but I think I saw him swipe it. Maybe he…”

“Trevor! He’s the one that’s been doing this to me? Why!?” She spat.

“I don’t know. Let’s not jump to conclusions yet. Just stay calm. I think I have a plan but it’s going to take about 20 minutes to install.”

“Install? What are you scheming?” She inquired.

“I’m going to need to install a recording device. In you. It attaches directly to your port, and records all the data that transfers into the port and the time. It is a separate system from yours, and will not run any code that is recorded to it, so it can’t be erased by you or itself.”

“And it can block the program?” She wondered.

“Not exactly. It only records the data sent through the port, but it will still affect your systems. It can’t block it” I explained.

“But we can catch him and counter it, right?” She asked.

“If he is the one responsible, sure. But I could be wrong.”

“So… we’ll just leave it in until I have another episode, and then see what it recorded. Right?” She speculated.

“Exactly.”

“Then what are you waiting for? Put it in me! Ah… that sounded wrong.”

“It sounded just right to me” I teased. She punched my arm with her free hand. “Fine. I’ll install it, just go sit on the table and enter standby mode.”

“I… I can’t be awake?”

“Well… I guess you can if you want. But you can’t move at all.” I explained.

She thought about it. “I’ll risk it. I already lost too many minutes today, I don’t want to lose any more.”

Shrugging at her, I turned to leave the room to fetch the device from storage. “Oh, and you’ll need to lose the shirt” I said, trying not to enjoy the thought too much.

“What?” She asked as I closed the door behind me. I was gone maybe 2 minutes as I found the item in particular in a storage bin near my station. By the time I returned, she was sitting there, with her shirt still hanging loose on her, staring at nothing.

“Lyss?” I asked as I closed the door. “You ok?”

She looked at me. “Answer me first. Why do I have to lose the shirt?”

“I need to charge you, and work on your port at the same time. Your dedicated charge access is in your lower back, the port is in your upper back. Your shirt is just in the way. So…”

“Ah” Lyss responded. “Sounds logical. And here I was hoping you just wanted to stare at my tits.”

“Can’t it be both?” I shrugged as I prepared the device.

Lyss laughed at me and let her shirt fall from her shoulders. It lightly hit the table as she sat there completely exposed to me. Of course I looked. At first she covered herself with one arm, but then she slowly lowered the arm and held the edge of the table instead.

“I’ve never done anything like this” she commented. “At least that I can remember. Somehow… I am strangely calm about it. With you at least. Just don’t be getting any ideas, ok?”

“Too late” I joked.

She chuckled. “I bet.”

Once again, I faced her backside. “Open your power access port” I told her, and she complied. A large section of her lower back opened up and revealed her battery structure. It was located hear her hips, to balance her center of gravity, and stretched deep into her body. But for a direct charge, I only needed access to a small section. With a click, I attached a large charging cable directly into her back. She inhaled sharply as she felt the sudden rush of electricity fill her systems. Lights in her port indicated she was running at low levels, but that the charge was working.

“Open your data port access panels, and spine access 5,” I commanded. Lyss obeyed the order, and two large access ports on her neck and upper back opened up, revealing her fiberglass and plastic secrets. I had to be careful though. She was exposing her spinal column to me, and just like in humans, it transferred a huge amount of data from her brain to her body. If I messed up, she could be damaged, even irreparably. Lyss did her best to stay calm as I started to disconnect components from her system.

It went smoothly, and every so often, I had to tell her to disable or enable something. Most of the time she just sat there not saying or doing anything but breathing. It got a little tense when I finally got the entire device hooked up, but had a lot of trouble finding a place to put it. Her body was tightly packed with advanced technology, which I never fully explored before. But it left little room for more stuff. I ended up having to run it across to her front and hide it under her collar bone.

With the recorder attached but still hanging loose, I approached Lyss from the front. She glanced up at me, without moving her head.

“Everything alright?” She asked, nervous.

“Yeah, I think I have to hide this up front though. I need you to open your upper chest panel L1.”

She closed her eyes as the skin around her collar bone on her left side lifted away. “Maybe I should have gone into standby… this is nerve-wracking.”

“You’re doing great.” I angled her up, getting me better access to her chest, and redirecting a light. As I started working, she gasped. I could see her muscles contract internally.

“What? Did that hurt?” I asked looking into her eyes.

“It’s nothing. Keep going” she assured me.

I continued, unscrewing part of her collar bone structure, and moving it out of the way. She gasped again.

“Are you ok?”

“I’m fine” she said. “It doesn’t hurt.”

“Then what is it?” I inquired.

“Umm… it’s my…” she began. “You’re pressing against my breast” she said looking up at the ceiling avoiding my eyes.

I looked down. Sure enough I was, and it was pretty obvious she was not hating it. “Oh… sorry.”

“No, it’s ok” she replied. “Just do what you need to do.”

I nodded and got back to work, this time trying to put less pressure on her chest. The device tucked neatly away behind her collar bone although it might limit her flexibility slightly. But nothing she’d need to worry about.

“Say Kev?” She asked as I reattached the collar bone.

“Hmm?”

“You like me right? For real?”

I raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t it obvious? We hang out all the time at work.”

“Yeah… but I need to hear you say it.”

“Of course I do. I like you...a lot.”

She smiled briefly. “All that stuff you said… did you really mean it?”

“What stuff?”

“About buying me at the auction, and owning me…” she elaborated.

“Of course.”

“Do you really… want me… to be your…” she hesitated, “g- gir- um… girlfrie- girlfriend?”

I paused and looked her in the eyes. I knew I had Alexia back at home now, but suddenly I realized how important Lyss really was to me. I had a huge crush on her. But I was too scared to do anything about it. But this incident… these awkward moments with her in this repair bay… something sparked between us. It was odd, and confusing, and I was still processing it, we both were, but I knew in this room on this day, everything between us was about to change. If I didn’t screw it up.

“You’d never go for a guy like me” I deflected. She furrowed her brow a little. “Now can we finish our awkward conversation about dating outside our respective physiological systems later? I need to finish this.”

“I- uh... Ok.” She replied and let me finish up without further interruptions.

I gently closed the port on her chest as she let out a sigh of relief. Making sure the attaching cable was properly tucked away, I closed port on the back of her neck, and then disconnected her from the power and latched her final port shut.

Lyss rolled her head around, rubbing her neck, and arching her back. “That was more uncomfortable than I expected” she said. “Most of it at least.”

“Your battery is mostly charged again, you should easily last the rest of the day” I told her.

“Good. I guess I should get back to work then.”

“Yeah. Just… whatever you do, don’t act weird around Trevor, ok? We don’t know he’s doing anything. But if he is, and he catches on, who knows what will happen?”

She got up from the table, still topless, and turned toward me. “Alright. I’ll do my best.”

Goddamn she was sexy. I was going crazy inside my head. I wanted her in the worst way, but she would reject me faster than lightning. But still, I enjoyed the view immensely. She giggled, and stood there waiting for me on the other side of the table.

“Kev” she mewed.

“Yeah?” I replied, trying not to stare at her as she bounced on the balls of her feet, sending vibrations through her body and into her chest. She was doing that on purpose, right? Lyss stood facing me the entire time I walked around the table to put the tools away behind her.

As I approached, she leaned into me and kissed me on the cheek. A little peck I never expected. “Thank you for helping me out today.”

I was rather surprised she kissed me still, but tried my best to compose myself. “Anytime” I replied, clearing my throat. “Now go get dressed and get back out there.”

Lyss ran her fingers through her hair and giggled again, showing off her body, before turning around and grabbing her shirt. She put it on and buttoned it all the way down, wearing it down and not tied up.

She practically pounced to the door like a giddy schoolgirl. “What if…” she asked, turning from the door with her hand still on the knob, “I did?”

“You did what?” I wondered.

“Go for a guy like you?”

“I… uh…” I stuttered. Damn. This was really happening. She was coming onto me hard. Prancing around topless, giggling. “I’d be the luckiest guy in the world. And I'm not that lucky.”

She gave a knowing little smile, and opened the door and left. I stood there processing everything for several more minutes, just trying to figure out what the hell just happened in here.

What was up with her hair? And why is she suddenly on a roller coaster of emotions? One second she's terrified, the next she’s hitting on me. And what was going on with that thing Trevor put on her? I sat in the room a little longer, putting tools away, contemplating things, and came to a realization. I wasn't going to let anyone take Lyss away. No matter the means. I was in love.

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Re: Lost but Found, Chapter 6 - Falling Apart

Post by DollSpace » Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:51 pm

It's nice to see this story starting to get written again and this chapter is wonderful. I think you have my new email but if you PM me yours I can email you and we can figure out how to chat again and brainstorm more ideas. Keep up the good writing; Lyss is such a great and engaging character!

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Post by gynoneko » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:29 pm

I'll send you a PM shortly. So glad to hear from you! I've been wanting to get back into writing, and so I decided to pick up this one where I left it off. Lyss is too good a character to just abandon.I would love to brainstorm with you about this story and others.
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FBI agents? Look what they found, I'm raining sweat.
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Post by Brytestar » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:01 am

gynoneko wrote:I'll send you a PM shortly. So glad to hear from you! I've been wanting to get back into writing, and so I decided to pick up this one where I left it off. Lyss is too good a character to just abandon.I would love to brainstorm with you about this story and others.

I too love Lyss and I would like to assist in brainstorming as well gynoneko. But also with other characters like Kev and that female FBI agent as well as the one gynoid that started it all. I can see this story go into a series even if it's not possible now. :D
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