Bits and Pieces 2: Sara

[NatalieBayer]

B&p2

Sara's eyes opened but she was unable to clearly focus on anything.
"I must have hit my head pretty hard" she thought.
"The last thing I remember was Kate's head in my crotch, I slipped and fell. Then this."
"Oh thank goodness you're operational" Sara heard a familiar voice nearby. It was her boyfriend, Ethan.
"Ugh, yeah, but I think there's something wrong with my eyes, I can barely see, everything is just a big white blur. Did you take me to a hospital or something?"
"No, you're still in the lab. Here, hang on a second."
Sara blinked rapidly and scrunched up her face attempting to clear whatever fog was blurring her vision. While she did she heard Ethan typing away on a keyboard, as soon as she heard Ethan's tell tail smack of the enter key her vision immediately cleared up and she was able to focus.
"Don't try and move, you took quite the tumble and I don't know how extensive the damage is." Ethan warned her, resuming his furious typing. Sara had a clear view of the steel lab table in front of her. There was a nude body on it and she noticed it was missing its head module. There was a tear in the flesh below the silver connection plate running half way around the neck. It looked as if it had been partially cut with a sharp knife, probably to allow Ethan better access to the damaged area.
It only took a few moments of study before Sara recognized that the body was hers.
"Ethan, whats going on? Why do you have a copy of my body?"
Ethan stopped his typing for a second and looked over at Sara's head which was now clamped into a sturdy mount. An array of wires dangled out of the bottom of the neck stump. They were bundled together in a slightly dented silver cap. Sara's eyes met Ethan's,
"Ethan? What's going on?"
"You are an android, just like everyone else in this apartment."
"Don't be ridiculous, if I was a robot I would know. I would have to."
"How do you figure?"
"How do I charge?"
"You lay down in bed, close your eyes and your A.I. records that you fell asleep, in actuality you stand right back up, open your entire chest cavity, refill your fluids, replace your artificial stomach, and then plug in. Once you are fully charged you close yourself back up and lay back down."
"Well...what about my memories?"
"Those are just a structure that your A.I. uses to build details onto."
"No, because I remember my family, as a little girl playing with my sisters, i have a life"
"I see, tell me about your sisters."
"Ethan."
"Humor me."
"Fine, me and my three sisters used to play in the forest behind our house in Vermont all the time."
Ethan typed on his keyboard for a few moments then smacked the enter key. He turned back to Sara.
"How many sisters was it that you said you had?"
"I have one sister Ethan...wait thats not right, I just said I have three but I only have one."
"Uh huh, now how many?" Ethan entered another command.
"...three..."
"Sara, you're a robot, and I was just modifying your memories. You've only been online for two years."
"But why didn't I know?"
"Everyone of us fills a role for a social experiment by our manufacture, Cybertronix."
"What roles?"
"I was manufactured to see if A single bot could support a full cluster of droids on a shoestring budget. That's why I am always looking for second hand parts. You were designed to be a human, thus you had no idea you were a machine."
"What about the others?"
"Kate will enter the world but be aware of what she is to test her programming in a social situation. Cassandra is a standard maid slash domestic droid. Alexa is a standard companion sexbot."
"So, I'm am android. But now that I know what I am wont that skew the test?"
"Not really. Once I fix your body and put you back together your A.I. will probably tell you that you passed out for a bit."
"Wouldn't my internal clock tell me i had been out for a while?"
"Humans don't have internal clocks. So, no."
"But there are clocks, I am sure I would figure it out."
"Did you look at the time before you came in here with me?"
"Uh, well, no."
"See, no point of reference, your programming would kick in and tell you that it's reasonable to assume you were out for a while."
"So, I wont remember I'm a robot?"
"Not at all, your programming will tell you that you have a headache fir a day, but you wont actually feel any pain. You'll just think you are."
"But, I like the idea of being a robot, its really sexy!"
"Sorry hon, you are the sleeper in the group. Its who you are, its why you do the things you do."
A look f disappointment flicked across her face before she continued. "Do you mind if I ask some more questions while you work on me?"
"Go for it." Ethan stood up and began gathering various tools from around the lab, eventually ending at the table n the center of the room. He pulled out a sharp looking knife and began cutting around the circumference of Sara's half attached neck stump.
"How come I never put two and two together? I mean until today there were no other fully assembled androids, but we always had a supply of saline and stuff."
"Simple, you were programmed specifically to overlook those details. Just like you didn't get jealous that I had sex with Kate, or that I have gotten blow jobs from Alexa's head. Inside of this apartment your A.I. assumes everything thats done here is normal. As far as your programming knows, keeping android fluids and having sex with robots is normal in the confines of ones own home."
"Oh, ok. Is that why I get turned on by androids so much? I'm programmed to think its normal?"
"Not necessarily, that's just a personal preference I wrote into you. I figured if we were going to be building bots in here you might as well enjoy your work?"
Ethan had cut free the top of Sara's neck and set it aside. He picked up a long thin metal rod attached to a handle. The rod was as thin as a paperclip, but wouldn't bend even if Ethan put all his strength into it. The tip was pointed rather sharply. He lined up the tip of the tool somewhere around the bottom of Sara's sternum, he pushed down quickly and the tool pushed through the skin and deep inside of her chest. There was a faint click followed by Sara's chest splitting from just above Ethan's tool up to her collar bone. From there it ran horizontally over her breasts and down her side. The seam then ran a curved path across her ribs and up to meet next to Ethan's tool. Another seam ran from around the tool, down across the ribs and swooped across her lower abdomen.
As soon as the seams had appeared the three sections of Sara's torso sprang slightly outward. Ethan lifted the abdominal section free and withdrew the tool which was awkwardly poking through the bottom of the detached section of skin. Ethan reached in under each of the split chest pieces as well and lifted them out and off of Sara's torso.
"I look different, I mean my circuits and stuff. There are usually all kinds of wires and tubes and what not in all the other droids I've seen. I look...sleek." Sara said, trying to get a good glimpse inside of her open body.
"You are. You and I are the only ones who were assembled by Cybertronix, so we are the Cadillacs of androids. Most of your systems are self contained modules, they connect to each other better and it makes replacing parts on you easier. See?"
Ethan push up on a plastic covered cylinder just inside the open chest cavity and it slid out of the top of her neck, taken ripped and cut flesh with it. Ethan held it up for Sara to see. He tossed it onto the table and walked back to the shelves. He reached into an unlabeled cardboard box and pulled out a plastic cylinder that matched the broken one and a small spray bottle. Ethan slid it into the top of Sara's neck and clicked it into place. He idly gave it a few tugs to make sure it was secure. He took the spray bottle and began spraying a skin toned foam in short bursts over the spots where the skin had been cut away. The foam quickly dried into very convincing skin.
"There we go, good as new" Ethan said as he recapped the spray bottle and put it back on the shelf.
"Do the others know? About me that is?"
"Nope, as far as Alexa and Cassandra are concerned you are a human. Even if they saw you completely disassembled their A.I. would simply ignore it and fabricate a scenario that was believable. Hell, even if you told them point blank that you were a robot they would just think you were playing around."
"I suppose that makes sense. So, what happens now?"
"I put you back together and you wake up thinking you got a nasty bump."
"Isn't there something I can do? I don't want to forget about what I am! I've dreamed of being an android, and now that I find out that I AM, you're going to take it away."
"I'm really sorry Sara, I have no choice. It's in my programming. Maybe your personality will be put into an aware droid next time." Ethan gave her a very slight encouraging smile.
"Next time? Next time what?" Sara replied.
"Oh, the experiments are only five years long. After that we will all be reclaimed, the data downloaded, and we will be disassembled and sold for parts."
"What!? So I've only got three more years to live and then what? Some tech will strip me down, pull me apart and sell me off in pieces to the highest bidder??"
Ethan was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected her to lash out so much.
"Well, maybe you'll get lucky and you'll have your memory wiped and you'll be sold as a whole refurbished model."
"So much better Ethan, I look forward to the day I can be part of the bargain bin." Sara snapped back.
"Sorry, that isn't my call. C'mon, time get you back in one piece."
"No! Stop it! I refuse to go! You can't make me! Stop it!"
While Sara threw her fit, Ethan unclamped her head and walked over to her now repaired body. The nice thing about self contained modules is that there weren't any wires to reconnect and tuck away. Just a simple connection point for everything. Ethan laid Sara's head down and mechanically slid it into place, all the while Sara continued her tirade.
As soon as the connection was made Sara stopped mid sentence. Her mouth closed gently and her eyes drooped shut. The expression on her face changed from anger to serene calm. Ethan hinged both her chest panels closed and replaced the abdominal panel. He took a brief second to smile down at his companion. When active she was his expert code writer, lover, and friend. Everyone else would see her the same way, but Ethan was the only one who knew she was really just as mechanical as the rest of them.
"She ok?" Ethan jumped, despite all the best programming in the world, the human emulation made it happen. He looked over his shoulder to see Kate in the doorway.
"You can't be fully charged yet. Shouldn't you be plugged in?"
Kate shrugged and took a step into the lab. "I was concerned about Sara. That was some fall she took."
"It sure was, but she looks like its just a bump. She'll come to soon. I'm just glad you weren't damaged. After all, we just got you a body."
"And boy do I appreciate it." Kate reached up an groped herself for a moment "Especially these! They feel so nice, I can't wait for Sara to get back on her feet so I can play with hers too!"
Ethan rolled his eyes. He began wondering if Alexa had secretly injected some of her sexual programming into the rest of the girls.
"Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you out, ok?" Kate said and turned to leave. As soon as Ethan was sure she was back in the bedroom charging he reached behind Sara's head and into her hair. His programming told him right where the hidden power switch was and he pressed it.
Sara's eyes immediately opened and she looked around. A look of concern and worry crossed her face.
"It's ok hon, you're alright. You took a nasty fall and hit your head, thats all."
"Man, i must have. My head is killing me. How long was I out?" Sara said, obviously dazed and rubbing her forehead where the skin had previously been torn open.
"Just a few minutes. Do you want some water or something?"
"Yeah, thanks."
Ethan went to the kitchen and Sara slid off the table and walked to the bedroom. When she walked in Kate turned and smiled at her. "Hey there sleepy head. How are you feeling?" Kate said, disconnecting her power cable and retracting it into her chest. She walked over to Sara and hugged her.
"I'm ok, I think I just need a nap."
"That sounds good. I'll go charge in the lab then."
"Oh no, you're fine. It might even be nice to know you are right there if I need anything."
Kate smiled at Sara as she lay down on top of the covers on her bed. Her eyes drifted slowly closed. As soon as they were closed they snapped back open. Sara reached up towards her chest as a small panel slid open above her right breast. Sara reached in and pulled out a power cable and plugged it in to the wall. She laid back down, "charging. This unit is currently at 28% power. Entering sleep mode."
Kate plugged herself back in using the same wall plug as Sara. She looked down at her sleeping friend and thought about how cute she looked when she was asleep.
Meanwhile Ethan tidied up the lab. Putting away tools and tossing Sara's broken neck module in the trash. It was beyond simple repair. Tomorrow Kate would begin her search for work and once she started getting a steady pay check it wouldn't take long to save up enough to get Alexa a body. Though her's would cost a pretty penny for sure. Sexbots required all kinds of special equipment. Ethan sat down at the lab computer and began looking for more parts...

[NatalieBayer]

Its like episodic games. Shorter but released more often. Except half-life 3...

[A.N.N.]

awesome little story Boo!

[--NightBattery--]

You are an android, just like everyone else in this apartment."
"Don't be ridiculous, if I was a robot I would know. I would have to."
"How do you figure?"
"How do I charge?"
"You lay down in bed, close your eyes and your A.I. records that you fell asleep, in actuality you stand right back up, open your entire chest cavity, refill your fluids, replace your artificial stomach, and then plug in. Once you are fully charged you close yourself back up and lay back down."
"Well...what about my memories?"
"Those are just a structure that your A.I. uses to build details onto."
"No, because I remember my family, as a little girl playing with my sisters, i have a life"
"I see, tell me about your sisters."
"Ethan."
"Humor me."
Bits and Pieces 2: Sara/ Evil boo.

[NatalieBayer]

Haha, i did have a lot of fun writing sara.