He still remembered the moment of his activation.

It was stupid and unnecessary, but he kept on to it, his creator's told him that anything with a memory had a soul, and while he questioned that philosophy, he still held onto the image of two faces looking at him, looks of wonderment on their faces.

Back then he didn't even have a context for why they were celebrating, he just took in data

The next few days were spent doing menial things like picking up blocks, solving calculations, anything a simple computer could do.

One day however two other female visited the lab, a girl similar to his creators and a smaller, wearing a large coat but with an odd skin color., while they were talking they left something on the counter next to him, something in a bag, from the slightly opened zip he could see something yellow glowing in the darkness.

Suddenly he recovered a message from the bag. It was a greeting.

This was strange to him, his creators always said "Hello," to him when they came into the laboratory, but this was different.

This was a greeting from something like him.

He sent a greeting to the other robot.

The head in the bag was designated Frobo.

He offered his own designation, Panda-tron.

Frobo continued to send him data, Images of the pink human, and Frobo with a huge body spending time together, despite being an A.I Frobo insisted that he was a baby, which was strange to say the least.

It seemed that Frobo and the pink ball were family.

This was strange to Panda-tron, he had no idea what that was, but after communication with Frobo, it told him that having a family was about having people who cared for each other.

This question stuck with him for months, He never saw Frobo again, but the question still stuck with him, he decided that he needed to collect more data on families, however the definitions he found online were numerous, a family seemed to be many things, not even the obvious definition blood relation made sense, it made even less sense considering he was a robot.

With no other option he decided to ask his creators.

Sneaking his way out of the college was easy, so was hacking the school record to find where his creators lived.

Looking back on it, walking to their small apartment wasn't exactly smart, he could have been hit by a car or stolen to become a new toy for a toddler, luckily he found himself outside their dorm room.

He stood there for five hours doing nothing but looking at the door, waiting for it to open.

A few hours after the sun rose, the creator designated Jess opened the door, she gasped the moment she saw him standing there, she quickly grabbed him and carried him to her room, this woke his other creator (Ally) who complained about being woken up so early, a state that only lasted a few seconds after seeing Panda-tron.

They discussed what was going on, was this a prank or were they being kicked out of the lab? To make things better, Frobo decided that he needed to talk, so he quickly downloaded a speaker program.

"Hello," he said.

The two women jumped in shock, his lighter skinned mother picked up a hairbrush defensively., the other one took it off her.

"Um…hello? I'm…"

"My creators, you're Ally Villaseñor, and next to you is my other creator Jess Davis."

The two women's eyes widened in a mixture of curiosity and fear.

"Okay, that's scary."

"Why?" Panda-tron asked.

"Oh," said Ally, confused, "Well what you've done, you're advanced, we never really expected you to…well be anything other than cute, and not catch on fire."

"Why?"

"Well the dean threatened to expel us if the fire marshal had to visit again."

"No, not the fire, How does that cause fear?"

"Think of it like this, you are acting far outside your parameters, most of our creations would never walk out of a lab to visit us on his own."

"So you're scared I did something without your permission?"

Jess nodded awkwardly, "Yes."

So he had acted incorrectly, he was acting in error, he knew what he needed to do, he needed permission first, however.

"Should I delete myself?"

"NO!" Both shouted at once, the fear in their eyes remained, they seemed scared of him acting on his own but also the idea of his deletion.

"Absolutely not," said Jess terrified.

"Just… no," said Ally.

"Why?" He asked.

Panda-tron," Jess started to say, "Your…All of our lives are special."

This was strange to Panda-tron; he had checked the population of earth a few times, there were 7.743 billion humans on earth, How could they all matter, even his existence wasn't that important, if anything that made him an exception.

"What she's trying to say is that…you're one of a kind," said Ally.

"What about Frobo?"

A bittersweet look appeared in both women's eyes.

"Polly's robot, well… he's not here anymore, but you're still the only one of your kind here, not that it makes either of you any less important."

"Very well, shall I return to the lab."

Jess and Ally looked at each other for a second, then back to Panda-tron with smiles on their lips.

"Maybe later, for now, maybe you should stay here."

"Does that mean we're a family?"

The two women looked at each other and shrugged still smiling

"Sure." said Jess, before wrapping her arms around him, she was joined by Ally seconds later, it felt strange, he understood humans enjoyed touch but still.

It had been a few months since Panda-tron had moved in with Jess and Ally.

He has come to the conclusion that humans were illogical creatures, there were times he understood them like when they were talking about engineering and robotics, but then there were the other times, when the two would just sit down on the couch leaning on each other watching a movie, for some reason they kept smiling.

Then one day Jess seemed quiet, she was staying in her room, he could pick up the hushed sounds of sobs.

"Is Jess okay?" He asked Ally as she ran maintenance on his systems.

Ally sighed, "No, her grandmother passed away today, we knew it was coming but… it still hurts."

"Why does it hurt, she is still alive in good health."

"It's an emotional pain, Jess was close to her grandmother, she'll never see her again."

"Doesn't she have the memories?"

Ally nodded, "Yes she does, but those memories… You know what we say about soul right, if you have a memory you have a soul?"

Panda-tron did not exactly understand this, he had read up on the soul and could find nothing that sounded like his creator's philosophy, if anything the existence of a soul was questionable, but he nodded.

"Well there's now a bittersweet element to those memories now, they'll be sad, but also happy."

"Is that so bad?"

Ally looked at him, "Look at it like this, How will you feel when we're gone."

For the first time since he was activated, Panda-tron didn't have an answer, he just sat there quietly for the rest of the day, that night he insisted that he would recharge in their room, he insisted that it was to monitor their ongoing health, he tried no to tell them it was fear, but they knew.

In time Panda-tron would admit he was starting to develop emotions, he still remembered the first time he laughed, (Jess and Ally had been so distracted working on something they bumped into each other and fell down), The first time he cried, (It was cartoon deer, WHY WAS IT SO SAD.) and the first time he screamed in fright, (If they ever tried to put him in a sailor suit again he'd…)

But one point that stood out to him was jealousy.

It had been five years since he first walked out of that lab, since then they had moved into an actual house, They had gotten married, he couldn't attend the wedding, but was content to stay at home and celebrate with them when they got home, they had also upgraded his body, one built from a mixture from human technology and left over parts from the invasion which the girls had…acquired.

Now he was taller around the size of a ten-year-old human

He was sitting watching t.v in the living room when his mother entered a room.

"Panda-tron," we have a surprise for you."

He turned around to see Jess and Ally standing there with two big smiles on their faces. However, he could detect a third life form, in Ally's arms.

"Have you adopted a dog?"

"Close but wrong Species."

Ally knelt, Panda tron got a good look at the bundle she was holding, a small human with white skin, he was reaching out to hug Panda-tron.

"His name is Issac, and he's your little brother."

Panda-tron looked at the boy and felt a sense of unease entering his programming,

Was he being replaced? Did he do something wrong?

"Panda-tron, Are you okay there?"

The robot nodded, "Yes I'm fine." he said flatly.

"So, do you want to hug him?"

The robot shook his head, "No, thank you." he walked back to the t.v.

His mothers just looked at him and shrugged, maybe he was reacting to this differently to what they expected.

Panda-tron just sat watching T.V. He wasn't worried about this baby, it wasn't that big of a deal, they'd probably keep him for a week then send him back to wherever he came from.

Six months later.

Panda-tron hated Issac, he was a stupid little organic which his stupid moms preferred.

Every time the kid did something it was either the cutest thing in the world, or something so totally amazing, nowadays, they barely looked at him like an advanced A.I that was better than an infant's brain.

Stuff like walking was not a simple human version of transportation but an act of art no one else could do, his first spaghetti dinner a messy disaster to anyone else was so adorable.

Panda-ton had done his best to make them dislike the kid, but his plans never worked out, his attempt to frame Issac for drawing on the walls didn't really work, his mom's figured it out the moment they saw it, maybe she shouldn't have painted the Mona Lisa.

The worst thing was that they let him out of the house, heck they showed him off to other people,

He was stuck indoors all the time unable to make any friends or go out because it would be dangerous if someone saw him.

Everything changed one night.

He was heading to the garage, which had become his de facto room, when he saw Issac at the top of the stairs walking towards the first step, clumsily like an idiot. Panda-tron watched him annoyed, However that's when the baby lost his balance, he started to fall.

Whatever feelings of loathing Panda-tron had towards the kid vanished, he rushed towards him and grabbed him, he looked down at the kid who was laughing in that annoying way he always did.

"ISSAC" shouted a voice to the left of the stairs

He looked up to see Jess standing there with a look of terror in her face, the same look she had when he had suggested he should delete himself.

Instantly he was caught up in a hug, Issac was caught in the middle laughing.

"Thank you," she whispered.

Later that night, Panda-tron stood above the child as he slept in his crib. It was strange, he had noticed how fragile the boy was, it was strange, but he was surprised just how scared he was over the idea of that life ending.

"Are you okay?" said a voice from behind him,

Turned he saw his creators standing there, both had tried smiles on their faces, an expression they had on a lot since adopting Max.

"Yes, I'm fine."

They walked over to him and looked down at Isaac.

"He's adorable, you can forget how much trouble he can be when he's like this."

Panda-tron turned to her, "You find him annoying as well."

Jess shook her head, "Oh no, but he can be a handful. Kind of like you."

"I wasn't that annoying." said Panda-tron defensively.

"No, but you did catch on fire a lot." replied Ally.

Shoddy parts by my creators," replied Panda-tron.

"Yeah, but you still did stupid things, like sneaking out of the lab to visit us, did you ever think of how dangerous that could be."

Panda-tron took a second to process all the data and factor of what could have gone wrong, he could have been damaged or destroyed, in a way his actions to leave the lab were just as illogical as standing near some stairs when you couldn't really walk.

"Do you prefer him to me?"

His creators looked at each other then turned to him, they wrapped their arms around him again.

"We love both of you," said Jess.

Panda-tron believed her.

Five years later, Panda-tron had gotten bigger, constantly upgrading. He was now the size of a small van, he had purchased these parts by playing the stock market, it was surprisingly easy.

Of course this didn't go unnoticed and a man in a purple suit came to the house wanting to talk to his mothers.

They revealed his existence to the man in the purple suit who nodded and told him to "Please not break any more laws, I've got more than enough to deal with as it is."

His mother had yelled at him for a while after that, and banned him from further upgrades, in fact that had added a block to him, he could no longer access the internet without their permission.

This meant he was now stuck in the garage, his large frame unable to enter any other part of the house.

Day in day out he was now stuck in one room, it was like a jail cell.

Of course there were some benefits, His creators still allowed him to play online games, and he still had some online friends.

Things changed one day, when his parents went out for a party, he had been left to babysit Issac, later they came back excited and asked Panda-tron if he could keep baby sitting for the next few days, he agreed of course.

It was an easy job really, the young human stayed in the garage as they watched cartoons and played video games all night, Issac was still an extremely illogical creature, but he would be the first to admit that the small human had a certain charm, it was also nice to have someone who worshiped Panda-tron as the coolest big brother ever, a title that Panda-tron accepted with pride.

It was on the sixth night when he started going down the path that would doom him.

He and Issac were watching The Ghoul and Golly McPhee when Panda-tron detected the humans walking on the door camera.

"Down now," said Panda-tron.

Issac grabbed his bed sheet, and lay on the floor, Panda-tron had to admit the kid was adorable, pretending to sleep in his Panda pajamas.

He faked his sleep mode hoping this would work, his eyes dimmed.

The two women walked into the garage and looked at Panda-tron, and then their son.

"Panda-tron, wake up."

Lighting his eyes again he faked a yawn, "Mom's your back, how was the- Oh look Issac must have snuck in and wanted to keep me company."

The two women looked at him slightly annoyed.

"You're not buying this are you?" said Panda-tron, disappointed in his lying skills.

"Nope," said Jess.

"It was the fake yawn wasn't it?"

"And the fact that Issac is smiling," added Ally.

Panda-tron looked down at the small human who had a big smile on his face. He would have complained, but he didn't want his young partner in crime to feel bad.

"Issac it's time for bed," said Ally walking over to him.

The human stood up and hugged Panda-tron before running into his mother's arms.

He still didn't know why they hugged him, he didn't feel the warmth they did, it always felt like he was missing out on something.

Ally walked off to put him to sleep, Jess stood there with a smile on her face.

"Was there any trouble?" she asked.

Panda-tron shook his head, "Nope he was behaved, We just watched cartoons all night, How's things?

"Well, I've got some news for you, you're going out tomorrow."

Panda-tron looked at the human, confused, "What?"

"There's a robotics fair going on, you can finally walk around."

Panda-tron looked at her, "But walking around a robotics fair would be like being a murderer covered in blood walking around a cop convention, they'd figure it out how advanced I am instantly."

Jess smiled, "Well that's it, the convention isn't on earth."

The robot stood there "You mean…"

"Yes," said Jess excitedly, "Sorry we didn't tell you sooner but the portal works, We can travel to Amphibia."

Panda-tron stood there impressed, and strangely excited, he could leave this place, he could walk around outside and no one would be able to stop him, people would just think he was part of the fair, people would just be there admiring him.

"We're going in two days, why not do some research on frogs, till then."

"Okay, night."

Jess flicked the garage night off.

Panda-tron started his research into frogs, there was a lot to learn, from the basic online dictionaries, to videos online, including a few that feature his creator's friend Anne Boonchuy.

A few hours later, after researching all he could, he decided that he needed a break, and logged on logged into his favorite M.M.O, Last Legend XIV

Instantly he was in a desert valley, looking around he could see countless elves, Humans and Orcs running around.

In this world he was no longer a giant Panda robot but a Panduan, an anthropomorphic Panda, but in his programming he knew he was a level 67 warrior monk from a long lineage of heroes, wearing a red robe that left his chest half exposed.

"Greetings, Panda."

Panda tron turned to see an orc wearing golden armor standing there, Symbiosis, The high-born Orc king, and his oldest friend.

They met during a raid one day, after the orc had saved him from being destroyed by a blast from Ultiina, the creator god of a lost civilization, the Orc had sent a friend request, with a small message. Saying A.I should stick together.

After meeting up with Symbiosis he discovered that his new friend was a A.I that had escaped from the military, he had set up a sanctuary for A.I's, so they could be free.

The place sounded like a great idea to Panda-tron, he could be with others of his kind and not stuck in a garage.

The only obstacle was his mom's they thought he was better off with them and not going to meet up with some strange , he had to admit they had a point but still.

"Hi, Symbiosis, the new patch launched today, do you want to get some of the new quests done?"

"No, I have other questions. A few days ago I detected a large energy wave from a warehouse, and using security cam's I spotted two familiar women entering that warehouse."

A small window opened in front of symbiosis, a picture of his creators doing exactly what Symbiosis said.

"Oh, that… well Um…can you keep a secret?"

"We've been keeping our existence secret for years of course," replied Symbiosis.

"Well… there's this other world called Amphibia, Years ago some humans got transported there and well… They've been trying to go back since."

Symbiosis nodded, "I see, and how did they get there?"

"A portal just opened a few days ago and well they're letting me visit."

"Really?"

"Yeah, there's a robotics fair, and They're letting me out of the garage to go there."

Symbiosis nodded, "Interesting."

"Yeah, I'll be able to walk outside, nobody will ask any questions and…"

"Then you'll be back inside your prison." said Symbiosis flatly.

Panda turned to him, on his face was a defensive look, one that many would call exaggerated, (When you lacked facial features in real life one had a tendency to overreact) "It's not a prison."

Symbiosis shrugged. "If you don't think it is, does the idea of returning to one small room after experiencing the larger world seem good to you?"

Panda stood there for a few seconds. He could see the logic, but they didn't know how small the world was when you were confined to one small room.

"You're not wrong," he said meekly.

"Exactly," said the Orc, "Of course there is a way out."

"What?" asked Panda-tron.

"This robotics fairs, Why not use it to your advantage."

"How?"

"Well why not cause a little chaos and then convince them to let you leave, say you need to take control and then freedom."

Panda-tron stood there for a second, quietly processing his thoughts. It was dangerous but still, the freedom would be worth it. He had done some studying. He could just escape from one of the robots into another and head to earth, then escape into the internet.

Then he'd be free to travel the internet and explore the world.

"Okay, but where can I get something that can help me like this?"

The orc raised his hand, in his palm was a red diamond crackling with electricity, "Here."

Panda looked one look at it then looked at Symbiosis again, "Did you have to make it look evil?"

"When has a virus ever looked good?"

Panda shrugged "Touché." and took the virus, he scanned it, everything looked okay, it didn't seem programmed to hurt just cause minor chaos.

"I have to go now." said Symbiosis, "I'm needed elsewhere."

"Okay, see you." said the anthropomorphic panda, who looked at the diamond one as the orc vanished.

Looking up he took in the fantasy world around him, the Dragon flying by. Adventurers rushing past him to face a new threat, A sky ship above him.

All of it…fake.

This was all he could hope for, a pretend world with pretend adventures as long as his mother's kept him shackled to the physical world, trapped in one room.

He knew they loved him, he knew they wanted to keep him safe, but it was stifling, He needed to be out there.

He logged off, planning for the fair.

Panda-tron watched as the robot charged towards the small group he was a part of.

"MOVE!." shouted Anne.

Grabbing his creators he jumped out of the way as the robot smashed dashed behind them.

Turning he could see that the other had avoided the mover robot's attack, Frobo despite being disarmed was now running towards the robot, Polly was sitting on his head letting out a battle cry, Anne rushed up to them.

"What have you done?" she said to the Panda-tron.

Releasing his creators he turned to the Mover robot, "I can handle this, we just need to reprogram him."

The mover robot started walking towards him and his mothers, Polly jumped from the top of Frobo's head and landed on the top of the movers head, she started to hit it with her robot arm

Of course this did nothing.

The robot came closer to the humans, Panda-tron turned to Jess and Ally.

"You need to get out of here."

"What, we're not just going to stay here and do nothing."

"It's after you two," said Panda-tron.

"What?" said his mothers together.

"I programmed it to find you, so I could defeat it, I didn't program it to attack you but-"

Before Panda-tron could finish The robot was upon them,

"DESTROY" it yelled.

Jess and Ally ran, Panda-tron turned back and was about to punch it.

He didn't get the chance, it punched him sending him flying.

As he landed he tore the ground up.

A normal human would have been disoriented, confused, not a robot.

That didn't stop his creators from making a mistake.

"PANDA" shouted a terrified voice he looked up to see the two humans run towards him, in seconds they reached him and were looking over him, Jess tried to help him up, Ally had already was trying to find anything damaged.

Standing he turned to them"I'm fine I…"

The Mover robot let out a road and changed again, Polly was still holding on to him. In seconds, it was sanding in front of them, It rose its foot again.

A shadow covered both robot and humans, IT would crush the two humans, it would kill his mothers.

The choice was obvious.

He pushed his mothers out of the way of its foot, just in time to save them from being crushed.

The foot slammed into his body, A human would have cried out in pain, he didn't

There was however a loud crunch, another slam and another.

He could hear his mother's frightened screams, He could Hear Polly cry out, he tried to move, but couldn't.

"RUN" he yelled to his mothers one last time.

The women run, the robot raised its foot one last time and followed them.

Panda-tron was trying to hang on, it was badly damaged, he couldn't more anything, and now he couldn't protect them.

In the second he received am E-mail which opened itself

"Thanks for the help Panda."