The android walked silently, holding her umbrella over her head, the rain pouring in sweet rhythm all around her. A light wind moved through her red hair gently. She smiled, yes, smiled! A new trait added by an old friend.
Soon she would be more human than any other android, she would feel his arms around her. R. Dorothy Wayneright was convinced that she would someday be just as real as anyone else. Eyes were watching this android walk gracefully through the pouring drops of Heaven.
When Dorothy reached the mansion, she wiped the smile off of her face and walked through the front door. After removing her coat and putting her umbrella away, Dorothy walked into the kitchen to find Norman cooking some steak. She breathed in the scent.
"Norman," she said. "It smells delicious!"
R. Dorothy tried hard to keep her tone at its normal pitch, but the old butler noticed her smile. He cocked an eyebrow.
"Dorothy," he said. "There's something quite different about you today. What is it?"
"You'll find out soon Norman."
The elevator door opened, Roger Smith walked out and handed his coat to his trusty butler and friend.
"Welcome home, master Roger."
The phone rang, but just as Norman was about to pick it up, Dorothy said gently, "I'll get it!" She ran over to the phone. When she answered it, her face went from blank to terrified.
"All right, I'll do what I can. Don't be rash, I can come." Dorothy slowly lowered the receiver from her ear.
Roger noticed the look on her face, and then realized that it was different...something was wrong...
"Dorothy, what is it? What's wrong?"
When she didn't answer, he walked in front of her and gently took the receiver from her hand. Roger placed his hands on Dorothy's shoulders.
"Say something! Who was that?"
"Don." she said simply, returning her expression back to its dower look. "Roger, I have to go out for a while. I'll be back before dinner."
"Where are you going?"
"I..." Dorothy stumbled for words as she put her coat back on. "I just do, ok Roger?"
Roger gasped, for as Dorothy ran out, a tear trailed down her cheek.
"What the hell is going on Norman? Has she told you anything?"
"No sir, nothing. I asked her, but she only said that we would find out soon."
"Dorothy was...crying? Is that possible?"
Two hours passed, but still Dorothy wasn't home. Roger was beginning to worry. Norman walked in.
"You have a visitor, sir. A miss Angelica wishes to see you."
Roger sighed. When he got to the doorway of the living room, she was looking at the picture of Roger in his police uniform. She was beautiful, he had to give her that, but her beauty was the only attractive thing about her.
"Angelica, huh?" The lady in pink turned swiftly on her heel. "You really are fallen, aren't you? What do you want now?"
"Hey, I was trying to help you! And you can call me Angel." she replied harshly.
"Help me?" Roger rolled his eyes. "I don't need your help."
"Oh really? Aren't you curious what your android friend has been up to?"
His eyes widened.
"What about Dorothy?"
"I can't believe you use a human name for her, it's pretty pathetic." Roger's features turned angry.
"Dorothy has got more kindness in her machine heart then you'll ever have!"
"Down boy!" said Angel with a chuckle. "I just wanted to let you know that she's in some trouble."
As his eyes narrowed, Roger could feel his blood run cold.
"What did you do to her?"
"I haven't done anything. I bet you've noticed some changes in her behavior and appearance. She's been going to Don Zunich for some...what should I call them? She's been going to him for some improvements. The problem is, he's a very dangerous man. She's in way over her head."
"What do you mean improvements?"
"The android has been going to him to become more human. Paradigm has been watching him for a while. Don was a junior assistant to Wayneright, and lately he's been developing methods to morph machine into man. With these changes, androids can sleep, taste, cry, and bleed. All in all, it means they can feel."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"No! He doesn't do it for free Roger, and your android hasn't got any money. How do you think she's paying him for his services?"
Roger stayed silent, unsure and a little scared for Dorothy. Angel spoke up.
"Since she has no money, she goes to his house at night to work off her debts. I've been observing lately, and he's out of control! Your android had been there every night for the last week, and every night Zunich has been drunk and temperamental. With this treatment, androids lose a great deal of their strength. You need to get her out of this before it's too late."
Roger cocked an eyebrow.
"Why do you give a shit what happens to Dorothy anyway?" Angel smiled.
"I see the way you look at her." she winked and walked out the door.
Roger saw an address on his desk in pink writing, next to it a single lipstick kiss.
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~*Tori*~
Soon she would be more human than any other android, she would feel his arms around her. R. Dorothy Wayneright was convinced that she would someday be just as real as anyone else. Eyes were watching this android walk gracefully through the pouring drops of Heaven.
When Dorothy reached the mansion, she wiped the smile off of her face and walked through the front door. After removing her coat and putting her umbrella away, Dorothy walked into the kitchen to find Norman cooking some steak. She breathed in the scent.
"Norman," she said. "It smells delicious!"
R. Dorothy tried hard to keep her tone at its normal pitch, but the old butler noticed her smile. He cocked an eyebrow.
"Dorothy," he said. "There's something quite different about you today. What is it?"
"You'll find out soon Norman."
The elevator door opened, Roger Smith walked out and handed his coat to his trusty butler and friend.
"Welcome home, master Roger."
The phone rang, but just as Norman was about to pick it up, Dorothy said gently, "I'll get it!" She ran over to the phone. When she answered it, her face went from blank to terrified.
"All right, I'll do what I can. Don't be rash, I can come." Dorothy slowly lowered the receiver from her ear.
Roger noticed the look on her face, and then realized that it was different...something was wrong...
"Dorothy, what is it? What's wrong?"
When she didn't answer, he walked in front of her and gently took the receiver from her hand. Roger placed his hands on Dorothy's shoulders.
"Say something! Who was that?"
"Don." she said simply, returning her expression back to its dower look. "Roger, I have to go out for a while. I'll be back before dinner."
"Where are you going?"
"I..." Dorothy stumbled for words as she put her coat back on. "I just do, ok Roger?"
Roger gasped, for as Dorothy ran out, a tear trailed down her cheek.
"What the hell is going on Norman? Has she told you anything?"
"No sir, nothing. I asked her, but she only said that we would find out soon."
"Dorothy was...crying? Is that possible?"
Two hours passed, but still Dorothy wasn't home. Roger was beginning to worry. Norman walked in.
"You have a visitor, sir. A miss Angelica wishes to see you."
Roger sighed. When he got to the doorway of the living room, she was looking at the picture of Roger in his police uniform. She was beautiful, he had to give her that, but her beauty was the only attractive thing about her.
"Angelica, huh?" The lady in pink turned swiftly on her heel. "You really are fallen, aren't you? What do you want now?"
"Hey, I was trying to help you! And you can call me Angel." she replied harshly.
"Help me?" Roger rolled his eyes. "I don't need your help."
"Oh really? Aren't you curious what your android friend has been up to?"
His eyes widened.
"What about Dorothy?"
"I can't believe you use a human name for her, it's pretty pathetic." Roger's features turned angry.
"Dorothy has got more kindness in her machine heart then you'll ever have!"
"Down boy!" said Angel with a chuckle. "I just wanted to let you know that she's in some trouble."
As his eyes narrowed, Roger could feel his blood run cold.
"What did you do to her?"
"I haven't done anything. I bet you've noticed some changes in her behavior and appearance. She's been going to Don Zunich for some...what should I call them? She's been going to him for some improvements. The problem is, he's a very dangerous man. She's in way over her head."
"What do you mean improvements?"
"The android has been going to him to become more human. Paradigm has been watching him for a while. Don was a junior assistant to Wayneright, and lately he's been developing methods to morph machine into man. With these changes, androids can sleep, taste, cry, and bleed. All in all, it means they can feel."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"No! He doesn't do it for free Roger, and your android hasn't got any money. How do you think she's paying him for his services?"
Roger stayed silent, unsure and a little scared for Dorothy. Angel spoke up.
"Since she has no money, she goes to his house at night to work off her debts. I've been observing lately, and he's out of control! Your android had been there every night for the last week, and every night Zunich has been drunk and temperamental. With this treatment, androids lose a great deal of their strength. You need to get her out of this before it's too late."
Roger cocked an eyebrow.
"Why do you give a shit what happens to Dorothy anyway?" Angel smiled.
"I see the way you look at her." she winked and walked out the door.
Roger saw an address on his desk in pink writing, next to it a single lipstick kiss.
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How do you like it so far? Good? Bad? I MUST KNOW! Leave a review or e-mail me at NeoTori7688@aol.com. Thanks!
~*Tori*~