A/N: Unlike most people, I actually like android Noodle. I love and miss the real Noodle dearly, but I think that the android gets too much shit that she/it doesn't deserve. But I am crossing my fingers for an epic showdown between the android and the real Noodle.
I know that android Noodle doesn't have the real Noodle's memories, but this is my fic, and my rules. This android Noodle does. So ha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gorillaz. But I do own an imagination.
The android sat in the corner of her dark cupboard, removing her clothes. She fumbled with the dozens of wires and chords strewn around her, and plugged them into the various outlets on her cold, mechanical body. Shoulders, back of her neck, back of her head, ears, back of her knees, forearms and back. Noodle glanced at the small monitor sitting on a few old boxes stacked up to her right, double checking that everything was plugged into the correct sockets and charging. She'd done this hundreds of times; she knew she'd done everything correctly, she just checked out of habit. Noodle slowly began to shut herself down, to recharge for the next day.
Noodle's eyes opened, her sensors immediately clicking on. She heard the whirrs of the machines, the smell of the gunpowder from the hundreds of guns surrounding her. She was fully charged; she could feel it. Standing up, Noodle ripped the wires out of her body. She dressed silently, strapping belts of spare ammo around her waist. She slung a rifle over her shoulder, and grabbed a machine gun. Kicking open the door, Noodle headed straight for the lift, completely ignoring the slightly insane mechanic. Once inside the lift, she punched a button that had "ENTRANCE" etched into the metal next to it. While waiting for the lift to carry her up, Noodle calculated what she was instructed to do today; monitor the shores of Plastic Beach, pay the whale to keep watching 2D, and, of course, anything else Murdoc told her to do. With a faint 'ding', the doors creaked open. Noodle stepped out if the dimly lit lift and out into the harsh, bright sunlight. Her vision sensors adjusted in a split second, without missing a beat. There was absolutely no need for the android to blink, but she did so regardless. She somehow breathed slightly, too. How, she wasn't exactly sure. Noodle never questioned Murdoc; he was her creator, but he could also be her destroyer. She theorized it had something to do with Murdoc wanting her to be more 'human'. He gave her parts of the real Noodle's memories, but none of her personality. She could still think for herself, but not too much. Her sensors would begin to go haywire and she would shut down. But when she did think, it wasn't all guns and violence, as Murdoc had programmed. A lot of it was curiosity. Were there other islands? What was beyond this one? Was it all water? Noodle kept her finger millimeters from the trigger of her machine gun, her sharp eyes scanning the horizon for any sign of a threat.
She did that until dusk, when she went back to her cupboard and put away her guns and removed her ammo belts. After paying the whale, Noodle took the lift down to 2D's room. She knocked twice, the metal underneath her fake skin banged loudly against the metal of 2D's door.
"C-Come in." a nervous voice called. Noodle twisted the handle and pushed the door open with more force than necessary. Her eyes scanned the room once quickly, before landing on a wide-eyed boy, sitting on the foot of his bed, legs pulled up to his chest and his arms wrapped around them. He was shaking violently.
"Oh, it's yew, Noo—android." 2D didn't like calling the android Noodle, saying that she was an imitation, and nothing close to the real one. He'd told her many times that he didn't hate her, or even dislike her. He just wished android Noodle didn't look identical to the real Noodle. They actually talked a lot, and the android understood why 2D felt the way he did toward her. It didn't bother her that he called her android, and not Noodle. She wasn't Noodle. She was an android. A mechanical being that was built to look exactly like their lost guitarist.
"How are you today?" Noodle asked. She didn't have the lovely accent that the real Noodle had. The android had a slight British one, closer to 2D's than Murdoc's. She occasionally wondered why. "Fine. I only saw tha' whale twice today."
Noodle walked across the room and climbed onto his bed, reaching up and pulling the curtains closed. Murdoc had instructed her to keep the curtains open all day and night, but didn't say anything about dusk or dawn. Noodle sometimes found loopholes in Murdoc's instructions, but didn't always act on them. She sat cross-legged next to 2D, and removed her military-style hat. She had no idea why Murdoc had only given her military-style clothes, hats, and boots. She never asked, and never would.
"I didn't 'ear any gunshots today. No pirates?" 2D unwound his arms from around his legs, and lowered his knees from his chest. He was obviously much more at ease knowing that the whale couldn't seem him, and vice versa. "No. None that I could detect."
She briefly felt the urge to push her bangs out of her eyes, but resisted. Her eyes weren't the emerald green of the real Noodle's, but solid black. She had no iris, just pure vision sensors. It bothered 2D to see the lack of eyes, to see robotic sensors. Noodle was grateful he talked to her, and she didn't want to offend him or scare him off. She sometimes wondered if Murdoc had forgotten that he's given her parts of the real Noodle's memories. The real Noodle and 2D had been best friends, so of course her android replacement would have some kind of bond with him. Murdoc hadn't given the android any of Noodle's personality, but the more time she spent with 2D, the more her memories strengthened, and she began to pick up some of Noodle's mannerisms.
"D'ya fink we'll eva' find tha' real Noodle?" 2D had begun to swing his legs, his heels thumping against the wooden bed frame. He re-focused his eyes on his feet. He didn't like to make eye contact with the fake Noodle when talking about the real one. "Perhaps. It is hard to tell. There has not been any sign of Russell, either."
2D nodded absently. "Mmm." Noodle's mind reeled, thinking about her instructions, and thinking about the real Noodle. She knew she only had about ten minutes until she shut down. "Can I ask yew summfink?" he was looking back at the android, and had quit kicking his feet.
"Yes."
"Does it eva' botha' yew tha' Murdoc only uses yew for protection an' guitar?" Noodle instantly bared her teeth, and defended her master. "Never. I am to do what he wishes, when he wishes. That is what I am programmed to do. I never have, and never will question him."
2D flinched back at her sudden hostility. He knew that, even though she had parts of the real Noodle's memories, she wasn't her. The android was made to do exactly what was told of her by Murdoc. He was her master, and she was very loyal and protective of him. No matter how close he and this false Noodle got, he knew that she could – and would – kill him if she felt he was a threat to Murdoc.
"Sorry. Was jus' curious, is all." He put his hands up defensively. The android, with her teeth still bared, stood up rather quickly, and briskly walked across the room. "I need to go. By the way, I think you will have an extra whale friend come tomorrow morning." She smirked as 2D began to tremble violently. "Stupid human, having such unnecessary fears. And of whales? Ha."
With that, she left. It wasn't until she was in the rickety lift, halfway up to her cupboard, did 2D's words really start to register. Even if Murdoc had made her only to protect him and play guitar, he still made her. He didn't care about her any more than that? Sure, he occasionally upgraded her, repaired her when she had a blown out fuse, and ordered her special firearms. But that was it. Was she really only a tool to him? Was she disposable to him? If she completely shut down and was unable to be repaired, would he simply throw her out and make a new one? The android snapped out of her trance just as the lift jostled to a stop. She stepped out quickly, feeling herself start to shut down. Her vision sensors were going, and she barely made it to her cupboard door. She collapsed, making odd creaks and mechanical groaning sounds as her energy drained. This was all 2D's fault. With one sentence, he triggered this whole chain of strange thoughts. The androids vision went completely black, and she heard a loud buzzing sound. She knew from past experiences that she had exactly 6 seconds left. She closed her black eyes and shut down.
So that's the first chapter. I know the android is totally OOC, but I don't care. Hopefully you guys won't, either. Be awesome and review?
