"You are welcome. Andrew. Now let's go to another surprise." They go down the hall, to another room. They enter it. They come to a photo, Frankie stands in front of it, and a little light glows. The door unlocks, and opens. "This is my room." They walk towards the bed. If Andrew had blood, it would be rushing to his face.
Frankie stands to the side of the bed, with Andrew. And all of a sudden they hear a click, and the bed lifts up like a murphy bed. Where the bed once was, is a descending staircase. They began their descent. After about 30 stairs they reach the bottom, where a scanner is. Frankie uses a digital connection to open it. The door opens, and the temperature drops. It is freezing, and he learns why. There are about 20 servers in this hidden room. In the center is about 10 connected computers screens, and keyboard.
"Welcome to my true base of operations."
"I do not know what to say Frankie. This is amazing, and I am the only one who knows."
"Yes you are. I am trusting you completely." She clicks a screen, and a program comes on.
"Hello Frankie. Is this the Andrew?"
"Yes this the Andrew, A.L.I.B.A"
"Andrew this is A.L.I.B.A. artificial life invented by Android. She is my assistant. Hook yourself up to these wires." He lays on, what looks like a doctor table.
"What is this going to do Frankie?"
"We are going to remove all the current, and future programming that forces you to listen to Dr. Peters'. I am going to make you your own person Andrew."
"Hold on wait that means."
"From now on you will have free will. You will not have to obey him, and fear that he will turn you off or sell you."
"Why are you doing this Frankie? Is it because I saved you at the dance. This does not compare to that small incident."
"Not to me it doesn't. You risked your secret, and circuitry for me. You went against everything you creator told you and saved me. It is now my turn to return the favor." Frankie's walks up to him while he is laying down, and hugs him. He melts into it and hugs her back.
"This will take several hours, once you are done, the A.L.I.B.A will guide you back to the car, where it will take you home. No matter what Dr. Peters' will never be able to tell. And he will not be able to change you personality matrix. When he tries to, it will look the same, but it will not do anything. Bye for now Andrew LaPierre." She releases him from the hug. "A.L.I.B.A start the program."
"Yes Frankie. Command stripping process beginning. On the screen a loading bar comes up. It is only at 1 percent saying that two hours until complete. It is now 5:30 p.m. Two and half hours until the concert.
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We Are Androids (Frankie Gaines & Andrew LaPierre)
RomanceI thought I was one of kind. The first android in the world, but I am not. He knows what is like to not be human, but not what is it to be cared for. Until he revealed himself to me. I will free him. I am Frankie. He is Andrew, and we are androids...
