Another one!

There are...10 I think? That still need to come up.

This one is for you Shep!

Enjoy!

Robotics. A word that used to send unease and fear into people. Now, it's in daily conversations used thousands of times. Every house hold had one. An android that is. Human like machines that did things like; cleaning, cooking, babysitting. You name it.

They weren't perfect by any means. They did malfunction and break. Most were standard issues, but there were ones that were specially customized for a person's taste. These would be sent for repairs rather than replaced.

Elsa loved repairing malfunctioning robots. They were mostly funny. She would spend hours even days repairing robots. Many times she would be fixing ones for important people. Her track record at 99%, if it weren't for one that actually exploded while she was working on it she would have still been at a hundred.

No one told her it had a self-destruct clause in it when certain criteria were met. Now she makes people sign in depth papers so it wouldn't happen again.

Elsa jumped as the sliding doors opened behind her.

"Miss Arendelle, are you free?" A male voice asked as she turned around.

"That depends, do you mean free for work or free for social reasons," Elsa said as she pulled off her work gloves.

"Work Miss Arendelle," the man said and she smiled.

"Then yes I am free," she said as she walked to a connected room that was her office.

"What can I do for you?" She said as she sat down.

"My client has a very important job for you, it will require your full attention, he would also like for you to take this android home when you leave the office. It is too valuable to him to risk you leaving it here alone, you will also only have 3 months to fix it," the man said as he pulled out some paperwork from his briefcase.

"And if I don't get it fixed in that time?" Elsa asked slightly annoyed that they think it would take her that long.

"Let's hope that does not happen," he said and gave her the papers.

"You are not to speak to anyone about it, nor are you allowed to show anyone. You are not allowed to accept any other work," he said as she started to read.

"For 3 months? You realise that I get commissioned for each robot right? Is this client of yours going to pay my bills?" She scowled.

"He believes he can pay you enough to keep you satisfied," the man said as he reached over and pointed to a paragraph in the papers.

"That is a lot of money," Elsa said, eyebrows raised.

"He can afford it. Also if you work on the android, you are not allowed to venture further into its programming than needed," he said.

"What's wrong with it?" Elsa asked, just about ready to sign.

"There is a slight malfunction in its memory chip, we hope for you to be able to fix it and retrieve any lost data," he said.

"Just a memory chip malfunction? I can handle that," Elsa smiled and signed the papers. They stood and shook hands.

Elsa was expecting…well she didn't know what she was expecting. In front of her stood the most human looking android she had ever seen. It wasn't shiny like metal nor was it trying to pass as a human with fake mat skin.

This one was soft to the touch and looked like a real person. The only thing giving it away was the slight grooves over the moving joints and if Elsa poked hard enough she could feel the metal endoskeleton under its synthetic skin. If Elsa were to have seen this android outside among other people she would have thought it was a real person.

She looks down at the note that came with the android.

Her name is Anna; she was designed as a personal assistant. Her memory chip has malfunctioned and she holds important information regarding Westergård Industries. In the wrong hands she could be its down fall.

Fix her and you will be rewarded, but look deeper into the data she holds, if you can retrieve it, and your job will be terminated.

"Friendly I see, well let's see what we got," Elsa murmured as she waved her hand in front the robots face. Anna blinked her eyes open and looked around.

"Where am I?" Anna asked as she stretched then stopped as she saw Elsa, "who are you?" she asked tilting her head.

"I'm Elsa, I'm going to fix you," Elsa said smiling.

"Fix me? Am I broken?" Anna asked looking worried.

"That's what they said, what's your name?" Elsa asked.

"Anna," the android said.

"What is your purpose?" The blond asked.

"My purpose…is to…" Anna's head twitched to the side, "hum seems there is a problem with my memory chip," Anna frowned.

"That's what they said, well, let's open you up and see what's what," Elsa said as she pulled on her work gloves. She watched the girl turn around and sit on the chair. Elsa pressed a spot on the back of the robots head and a small panel opened. The android giggled.

"That tickled," she said and started to twirl one of her braids.

Elsa just smiled and held her finger over a circuit board. A slightly translucent screen popped up on the back of her hand and she started swiping through it with her free hand.

"I can't see that there is any damage to the chip itself, maybe you got a virus?" Elsa was mostly talking to herself.

"Impossible, my fire wall is," Anna's head twitched again, "Maybe there was a breach," she whispered. Elsa removed her hand and closed the panel. The android girl turned to her pouting like a kicked puppy. Elsa didn't know robots could do that.

"Can you fix me?" Anna asked whimpering.

"I can try, the probability of me succeeding is high," Elsa said as she pulled on some cables from a computer. She then took the girls hand, the synthetic skin soft and warm. The first digits of Anna's hand clicked forward as Elsa hooked the cables onto the small cables in the hand.

"Tingly," Anna giggled and they both turned to the computer screen. Elsa frowned as she swiped and tapped around on the screen.

"You're software is outdated, like someone purposely uninstalled your updates," Elsa said as she hummed.

"This will take weeks to update before I can even think of working on your chip," Elsa grumbled.

"Why do you need to update first?" Anna asked looking to the human.

"I don't want to risk damaging you more by over loading your software with information in the chip," Elsa explained and Anna nodded.

"Sound reasoning," she said.

"Well seeing as I'm not allowed to leave you here unsupervised, I guess we'll have to stay at my home till your updates are complete," Elsa said as she took off the cables from Anna's fingers and removed her gloves.

"I get to go home with you?" Anna asked tilting her head.

"That's correct," Elsa smiled and started to get things in order to leave.

~AL~AL~AL~

"You have a lovely home," Anna said as they entered through the door.

"I got it from my parents after they passed," Elsa said as she closed the door behind them, "that's the only reason I can even afford to live in an actual house instead of a bachelors unit like other people with no families," she shrugged.

Anna looked around the place looking at everything and anything. While the android studies her surroundings Elsa set up a room for them to work in.

"What are your basic functions?" Elsa asked as she stood next to the android as the redhead stared up at a painting.

"Basic functions include both: audio and visual recording, taking notes, learning, processing information for best probable result, acute attention to detail, enhanced hearing, enhanced eyesight," Anna said her voice sounding more robotic. Elsa nodded noting that Anna was probably meant to stay next to her owner at all times.

"This is a very lovely painting: Joan of Arc," Anna said as she rested her hands behind her holding her fingers.

"Yes, a family heirloom, fake of course," Elsa said with a shrug. Anna looked to her.

"This is the real one," Anna said and Elsa frowned.

"No, I'm pretty sure this is just a copy," Elsa said waving it off.

"I'm sorry, but who ever told you that must have been lying, I scanned it and according to my analyses it's the real one," Anna said and Elsa stared at it stunned. She shook her head and turned to the android.

"Let's get you started on the updates," Elsa said and Anna nodded. The android lifted her shirt and Elsa blushed slightly at how realistic the robots body was.

"Maybe you weren't costumed just for work," Elsa murmured as she opened the panel on the androids chest.

"I'm not allowed to tell you what else I was used for other than being a secretary," Anna said and Elsa flicked her eyes up to the androids. The robot was apparently blushing slightly.

"Fascinating, you can even simulate being embarrassed," Elsa said. She would have been more impressed if the thought of what else the female was designed for made her a bit sick to her stomach. Sure there were robots and androids out there designed for carnal activities. She usually refused to work on those.

Elsa closed the panel after activating its updating system. Anna dropped her shirt as her eyes darted back and forth like she was reading something.

"How long will that take?" Elsa asked resting her hands on her hips.

"Approximately twelve days," Anna said and her eyes focused back on Elsa. The blonde nodded and headed into the kitchen. Anna followed and sat down on a nearby chair.

"You actually sit down?" Elsa asked as she got out some water.

"My core programming has me act as human as code can write," Anna explained.

"You're really advanced aren't you?" Elsa wondered out loud as she took a few sips.

"It took them four years, seven months and fifteen days to create my programming, I am the first of my kind," Anna explained and Elsa stared at her.

"Wow," was all she could say.

Elsa didn't like spending so much time at home. It was boring. She had cleaned the house from top to bottom in the first 4 days.

"Elsa would you like to play a game of chess?" Anna asked after noticing how fidgety the woman was.

"Fine, anything to keep busy," Elsa grumbled and sat down at a table with the android on the opposite side. A 3D hologram of a chess board popped up and the two started to play.

"How are you feeling with the updates you've completed?" Elsa asked as she moved a piece.

"I'm feeling a bit better actually," Anna smiled and played with one of her braids as she made a move. Elsa noticed that the androids voice wasn't as robotic from the first time she had spoken. She sounded more human now; there was a light twinkle in her voice that made her sound like a teenager, a giggly teenager.

"I wonder who uninstalled my updates," Anna randomly said as they played. Elsa blinked and looked up to the android.

"You wonder?" Elsa asked unsure if she heard correctly.

"Well seeing as I can't seem to access my memory chip, I don't know a lot of things, or remember as humans put it," Anna said shrugging. Elsa nodded as they continued their game.

This one is harder than I thought it would be...the only thing I really know about robots and androids was that one movie "I, Robot" thing hehe.

Well see ya!

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