Robots Have Feelings Too

By Trixmade

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own anything relating to the movie I, Robot or even the book/s it was based off. I am merely borrowing the characters for my own amusement/entertainment. Therefore Sonny nor Del nor anything in relation is not mine (lots of tears). Therefore this is only my desired interpretation/adaptation of the movie to add a bit of romance. This is therefore a Sonny/OC and if you don't like the idea of robots and romance and free will then... why are you even reading this? You have clicked on the wrong story. Other than that all comments are appreciated and PLEASE tell me if you come across any pesky mistakes that are hiding from me. Enjoy.

Chapter 1: A World of Robots

Azure hurried down the crowded streets of Chicago, eager to meet up with her friend. She often worried about Del Spooner, not because he couldn't look after himself, more because of his mental health. She knew that even though it had been some years since his accident there was still a little bit of lasting trauma. Mainly Del's loathing of anything robotic and the increasingly changing technology. Most of all though there wasn't many people Del considered friends and trusted; therefore Azure felt honoured to be one of them. It would be good to see him again as he had only recently returned from his vacation. As she neared his apartment the crowded streets still seemed to amaze her. There was so much activity going on, hundreds of people bustled around on business or leisure time. The robots were everywhere, running errands, walking dogs, cleaning the streets, buying supplies or just following their human keepers around. There was so much movement and life that at moments it completely overwhelmed Azure, who was more rurally orientated.

Just as she approached his door one of the, now considered an older model, robots paused right in front of the door holding a FedEx package, just as it was opening. She saw Del flinch back in surprise as the robot said happily in his face: "Good morning sir! Yet another on time delivery from-" it was cut off when Del pushed it out of the way by its face; grumbling something that Azure couldn't hear.

"Del!" Azure exclaimed brightly, walking up to him, "how are you today?"

"I'm just fine Z," he replied, relaxing into a smile. "You wanna go see Gigi? She's been complaining that you haven't visited her." He went to ruffle her hair but she quickly slapped his hand away before continuing down the street.

"You should know by now not to mess with the hair," said Azure while Del chuckled, "and I haven't visited Gigi because of all these assignments! Who knew studying psychology would be such hard work?"

"Hey, better you than me," Del answered.

Azure briefly looked up to admire the new NS-5 robotic model upon a huge billboard screen. USR (U.S Robotics) began advertising about a month ago, the new model was sleeker with any main body parts composed of some white synthetic gel type exterior. They had designed the face to be more human with brown eyes and capable of facial expressions; along with a handy USR uplink for daily upgrades. Azure felt a little sad for the old models who would be discarded for this newer, better model. Just then they heard a shout from across the street and the next thing, Farber was running up to them.

Azure didn't know much about him other than he was around sixteen and was a bit of a trouble maker. Farber tossed a ball in Del's direction which he pretended to catch only to walk straight past it. Farber, undeterred, ran to Del's side and began conversing with him. Azure wasn't really paying any attention until he asked to borrow Del's car in order to get with some girl who was, quote: "ass-hot spankable". Del scolded him a little and told him to go home. Unfortunately that's when Farber noticed Azure and slid over trying to be slick with an opening line of, "hey, beautiful. You're so hot you're melting the sun".

"Give it a rest Farber," Azure scoffed.

"Come on girl, I'm just getting warmed up… by you."

"Ok, that's enough," Del interjected, grabbing his arm, "stop hitting on Z and go… home."

"Oh all right, that's strike one Spoon, that's strike one," he called as he ran off.

Azure rolled her eyes as she and Del continued down the street. They quietly entered Gigi's home and Del put a finger to his lips before creeping down the hall. He got down on his hands and knees to be even quieter as he neared the kitchen and dining area. Gigi suddenly came around the corner asking if Del had spoken to his ex-wife lately. Del relented and greeted her then pretended to snore as Gigi started her lecture about divorce.

"Gigi, how do you do that?" asked Azure in interest.

"Azure!" called Gigi joyfully as she hurried to hug the girl, "you haven't come to see me in so long. I thought you'd left town."

"I could never do that to you," chuckled Azure, sitting down with Del to consume Gigi's awesome sweet potato pie. It was always homely at Gigi's house and the three sat as companions. Azure loved visiting Gigi.

At some point Del's new sneakers came up in conversation, which Azure was slightly envious of as they came from the 21st century which was a great time, the beginning of robotics. The NS-5 model came up after that and Azure examined Del's reaction, his obvious disapproval for the new robots. Azure had to admit though that Del's vacation had done some good since he didn't seem nearly as agitated about the subject compared to previously.

Just before Azure left she decided to ask Del a favour.

"Del, would it be ok if I came with you on one of your cases?"

"Why?" he asked bluntly.

Azure sighed, "I decided to take a course on criminals involving profiling, crime procedure and such. What better way to learn than at an actual crime scene! I promise I won't get in the way."

"I don't know about this…"

"Please, please Del. It would really mean a lot to me and we'd make a good team. I mean how many police detectives have their very own psychologist?"

"You're not a psychologist yet."

"That's not the point. Besides, you don't even have to worry because I took shooting lessons," he raised an eyebrow at Azure. "Ok, so I don't exactly have a gun but I can still defend myself if I need to, plus…" Azure paused dramatically, "… I won't stop nagging if you refuse."

Del started laughing before holding up his hands, "alright already. I can see you're determined and I'm sure John Bergin won't mind, you met him one time remember?" Azure nodded, he was in charge of Del's police department district, but was also a good friend of Del's. He'd been easy enough to talk to and generally a nice guy.

"Thank you so much Del! You won't regret it!" Azure gave him a sisterly hug before departing, long brown hair swishing and emerald eyes gleaming.