The Diary of an Android

Chapter 1: W H A T A M I ?

January 1st, 2000

I opened my eyes and blinked.
I can't see, where am I?
I blinked quicker and low-key started to panic.
And then...
I heard noises.
Mechanic noises.
I felt something grabbing my head and placing me on a torso.
I felt how something was working on me, parts being put on to me.
Suddenly there was a voice.
"Can you here me?"
It sounded like the voice of a male.
It scared me, but I was curious.
I answered.
"Yes.."
I opened my eyes for the first time.
I saw bright lights, something camera-like swinging in front of me, watching me, observing me.
The voice spoke up again.
"ID."
I got surprised when I automatically told him the ID he apparently wanted to hear.
"KPC-897-504C"
"Can you move your head?"
He asked.
I slowly moved my head to the left, then to the right.
"Your eyes now."
I blinked, looked up, slowly moved to the top left corner, then rolled my eyes to the bottom right.
"Cervical and optical animation... checked. Now give me your initialization text."
It was like something was controlling me as I smiled and said
"Hello. I'm the first generation RK-666 Android.
I can be your child, clean the house, cook and much more. As I get older I can be used as a sexual partner. I am currently zero years old. "
A white porcelain looking arm got attached to me, and changed to a small sized arm the second it was attached to me.
Wow, nanotechnology!
"I can speak 300 languages, change my voice pitch and speed when growing older. I am water resistant. No need to feed me."
The other arm got attached.
"The platform I'm standing on is my charger. Turn it on and place me on to the device. I will be unconscious during the process.
It takes 12 hours to recharge me. I am equipped with a Quantic battery that makes me autonomous for 173 years. "
173 years? I live for 173 years? That's a looong time!
"Do you want to give me a name?"
That didn't count to my "initialization text" as I was genuinely curious about what my name would be.
He replied
"Yea. From now on, your name is Aki."
I smiled.
"My name is Aki."
It stands for "autumn" or "brightness".
Again he mumbled something to himself.
"Initialization and memorization... checked. Now can you move your arms?"
I slowly raised my arm as something pinkish-white covered my arms.
I have skin!
I looked at my hands and my knuckles, they had a slight pinkish blush on them.
As I touched my really smooth right arm the man said
"Upper limb connection checked. Now say something in german"
Ooh, German! I repeated a short version of the initialization text.
"Ich bin ein RK-666 Android erster Generation, erschaffen als Ihr persönliches Kind und, später, als intimer Beziehungspartner."
"Say it in French."
"Je suis un androide de Première génération RK-666, créé comme votre enfant personnel et, plus tard, comme un partenaire de relation intime."
"Okay. Now sing something in Japanese."
"さくら さくら
やよいの空は
見わたす限り "
Okay. Now I was impressed.
Suddenly I got planted on the ground.
I didn't even notice the legs being attached to me!
It felt... nice!
The floor was cold and smooth.
"Multilingual and verbal expression checked, go ahead, take a few steps!"
I slowly took a step forward...
I couldn't explain the feeling.
I was... happy?
Then I took another step, this time with my left leg, then I raised my arms at shoulder level and made a small turn.
I smiled.
Skin covered my body and I covered my chest and private part with embarrassment. I felt something like hair on my head, it was black. I also had eyebrows and eyelashes, my lips felt squishy...
I felt human...
The man spoke again which made me jump a little.
"Great! You're ready for work honey!"
I asked out of curiosity
"What's going to happen to me now?"
"I'll re-initialize you and send you to store to be sold."
He said proudly.
"Sold?"
My heart dropped and I felt disappointed as a machine came up to me and dressed me in white underwear.
"I'm sort of a merchandise, is that right?"
A bit of anger and angst rose in my chest.
He chuckled, I could hear a bit of confusion in his voice.
"Yea, of course you are merchandise baby. I mean... you're a computer with.. arms and legs and capable of doing all sorts of things. And you're worth of fortune."
I was speechless.
"Oh I see..."
I shook my head in disappointment.
"I thought-"
"You thought?"
Was he angry?
Did I do something wrong?
"What did you think?"
The camera slowly got in front of me as if it was curious.
"I thought... I was alive..."
"Shit, what is this crap? That's not part of the protocol!"
He sighs.
"More memory components going off the rails... Okay, recorded: Defective model, disassemble and check the required components!"
They started to rip off my clothes...
No, this can't be happening, I just woke up!
"You're disassembling me but why?"
He said with a frustrated voice
"You're not supposed to think that sort of stuff!"
They hooked me up on the machine that held me during the assembling process.
"You're not supposed to think at all, periodt. You must have a defective piece or a software problem somewhere."
I slapped away the machines that built me together, now programmed to take me apart.
"No, no I feel perfectly fine I assure you!"
They held me by my wrist and started to take off my chest, then my legs and arms.
My voice became louder.
"Everything is alright, I answered all the test correctly, didn't I?"
"Yea, but your behavior is non-standard."
He said patiently.
My heart started raising.
"Please I'm begging you, please don't disassemble me.."
"I'm sorry honey, but defective models have to be eliminated, that's my job. If a client comes back with a complaint, I'm gonna have some explaining to do."
I started to shout.
"I won't cause any problems, I promise! I'll do everything I'm asked to, I won't say another word! I won't think anymore! I've only just been born, you can't kill me yet! Stop it, please stop!
I'M SCARED! "
Everything stopped.
Tears were running down my face.
Nothing moved.
Nothing did anything.
It was like somebody stopped the time.
I got the power to say my last sentence.
"I want to live... I'm begging you..."
Then...
They slowly put me back together!
I was relieved and my heart started to beat slower.
They attached my chest, my arms and legs, they put me back on the ground and skin covered my re-built body again. They put on the clothes I've had on before.
"Go and join the others."
He said, slightly anxious but... happy?
I went down the conveyor belt.
"Stay in line okay? I don't want any trouble!"
He said.
I looked back and smiled.
"Thanks..."
I whispered.
I stood on the platform in front of me and a see-through box got placed over my head. I looked to my left and saw other models of the new AX-400, but they were... different.
Lifeless.
I could hear the man whisper
"My God..."
as I went to a truck and got squished to the other 58 AX-400 models behind and besides me.