I am . . . Not Who I Seem

After sending Frankie to her room to make sure she was fully charged for the following morning and the move; Sigourney and Will went to the dining room to talk after getting a frozen pizza in the oven for dinner. They had to figure out where they would go.

"Are you sure we need to move tomorrow? Frankie only left for the Brain Squad," Will argued. He knew where his wife was coming from in wanting to move, but he also realized they likely needed more time to figure things out.

"Three other kids at school know that Frankie is an android, Will. What if they're not the only ones? Frankie said that both Dayton and Andrew had figured it out on their own. What if there's someone else who's figured it out on their own that Frankie doesn't know about?"

"But what about Jenny? Speaking of Jenny, where is she?"

"She was at a friend's house doing some homework."

"Sig, that is exactly why we can't move: for Jenny. She's just making friends."

"Hey Mom, hey Dad," Jenny greeted at that moment as she walked through the front door and saw her parents sitting in the kitchen. Sigourney and Will stood and went to the living room to talk to Jenny. "What's up?" Jenny asked when her parents approached her.

Sigourney looked to Will as a way of asking him to tell their daughter the news. He shook his head in reply.

"What's going on?" Jenny asked.

Sigourney sighed. "We're moving."

"What! We've only been here for like a month! Why?"

"Because Dayton, Cole, and Andrew all know about Frankie," Sigourney replied.

"But Mom."

"No buts."

"Mom, why—"

"You need to start packing," Sigourney cut her off. "We're leaving first thing in the morning."

Huffing, Jenny turned and headed up the stairs to her room. Maybe if she didn't pack, her mom wouldn't make them move. Maybe if she talked to Frankie, she'd at least feel better. "Frankie," Jenny spoke as she walked into the room. "Are you, like, awake?"

Frankie opened her eyes from lying in her charging pod. "What is it?"

"Mom and Dad just told me that we're moving."

"Yes. I was told to go to my charging pod so that I would be ready to move first thing in the morning."

"Doesn't that upset you?" Jenny asked, walking farther into the room and closing the door behind her. She pulled the desk chair up beside Frankie.

"Why would it? We are moving to keep me safe."

"Um, what about Dayton and weren't things just starting to happen with you and Cole? Why would you want to leave now?" Jenny persisted. "Frankie?" Jenny asked when she got no response.

"Everything will work out."

"Hey, where's you 'F' necklace? Mom got you that before she ever brought you home."

"Oh, I must have lost it at the Brain Squad Competition," she said, reaching to her neck as if just noticing the absence.

"Okay. Well, I guess I'll go to my room," Jenny said. She moved the chair back to the desk and headed out of Frankie's room. Something seemed off. Frankie wasn't acting like herself. How could she be so casual about leaving Dayton and Cole behind. "MOM!" Jenny exclaimed, going back downstairs. "Something's not right with Frankie."

"What do you mean? Hardware? Software? Was she overheating?"

"No, I mean she's not acting like herself. She didn't care that we were leaving Dayton and Cole behind."

"What?" Will asked. "That's unlike her."

"Will." Sigourney silence her husband with a wave of her hand. "What does it matter?"

"And she didn't seem concerned when I pointed out that her necklace that you gave her was missing."

"What?" Sigourney paused. "You know what, that can be replaced. Her safety, your safety, all of our safety can't be replaced."

"You know what else can't be replaced, Mom. A best friend like Dayton."

"Dayton and Cole and Andrew know the secret."

"But Dayton's her best friend. And we wouldn't have been able to disable droid-synch without her. We wouldn't have even known about Frankie being controlled if it weren't for Dayton. And I don't think Cole would tell. Also, Andrew is an android that Dr. Peters made who kind of seemed to be out to get Frankie."

"What? But Dr. Peters is my friend."

"I'm not sure all of what's been going on, but I think you need to talk to Dayton. She knew more about it than I did."

Sigourney shook her head. "No, we just need to move and get out of Rancho. Away from here and all connections to EGG and WARPA."

Jenny sighed. "We still need to eat dinner."

"Pizza's in the oven," Will replied, motioning back towards the kitchen where the pizza was in the oven and getting close to being done.

"I'll go get Frankie," Sigourney spoke. She turned away from her husband and daughter to head up to her lab which was also Frankie's room. "Frankie," Sigourney called as she walked up the stairs. "Frankie," she repeated when she got to the room. "Dinner's almost ready. Do you want to come down? We're having pizza."

"Why would I join you?"

"Well, you normally do," Sigourney trailed off. "Frankie, are you feeling all right?" she asked suddenly. Jenny was right, something did seem off.

"I feel fine."

"Are you sure you don't want to come down for pizza?"

"Mom, you know I can't eat."

Sigourney's eyes widened, but she tried to play it down. If she was going to shut Eliza down, she had to downplay everything so Eliza wouldn't suspect what was going on before Sigourney had the chance to shut the rogue android down.

"Is something wrong?"

"I just think I should check all your systems with my tablet before we move tomorrow." Sigourney tried to act natural as she picked the tablet up.

"Is everything okay?" Eliza asked, using the voice of Frankie rather than her own, more sinister voice.

"No, Eliza, it's not. You're being shut down," Sigourney spoke. Before Eliza had the chance to react, Sigourney hit the button to shut her previous android down. Eliza's eyes closed. Sighing in relief, Sigourney unplugged Eliza. It took her a few minutes longer to take her battery out to make sure the reckless android that was trying to pass herself off as Frankie would not be able to be powered up again. She returned to the main floor of the home with the battery in her hands.

"Mom, why do you have Frankie's battery?"

"It's not Frankie's. That was Eliza."

"What?" Will exclaimed.

"I'm not sure how. But that was Eliza. She said something about not being able to eat and with everything Jenny said and what I had observed, I knew it wasn't Frankie. And Eliza was the only android before Frankie that looked exactly like she did. She's disabled now, but our focus can't be on moving anymore, it needs to be on finding Frankie."

"I'm in," Will spoke.

"Me too. Frankie is really like a sister to me."

"Well, I guess we start planning over dinner." They sat down to eat and began working out what they would need to do if Frankie didn't turn up soon. Dayton was the first suggestion Jenny made and it was agreed that Dayton would be who they called. Frankie and Dayton had hardly been apart since the latter found out the former was an android; she would likely have the answers they needed.

A/N: I've been debating whether or not to try and turn this into a 'what happened next' series or not. I really want to do something to tie up the loose ends one way or another. So, if you'd like to see this continued or what could happen from this point, let me know in a review or PM me.

If I would make it into a series, the title and summary would likely change, but the concept would be what I mentioned above as a what happened next of tying up the loose ends.

I'd also love to know what you thought or how I could improve. Anything in a constructive criticism sort of way is appreciated. Thanks for reading,

-CrazyHayniac