Awake (Part 1)

[TW]

Hello, fellow fembot fans!

I've been a long-time lurker here on this site (since we still had the gallery, in fact), and for years I have been an avid consumer of the superb content this community provides without ever once so much as commenting in thanks.

Today, as sort of an homage to all those who have really helped me explore this part of my life, I have decided to release the first part of a story that I have been working on for almost a year. As my first bit of ASFR fiction, I hope you folks are patient with me as I stretch my legs, so to speak.

Before I begin, I'd like to specifically thank two members of our community: Gorgo for lending his time for beta reading and for providing encouragement, and Robotman for running such an awesome site and for providing encouragement of his own.

Without further ado...

Awake (Part 1)

“Kelly? Kelly?” a voice called out from the house. “Could you come inside for a minute, please?”

An eyelid popped open to reveal a sky blue eye of a young blonde figure, who lay stretched out on a beach chair by the pool. “Coming mom!” she sighed and pulled her tank top over her bikini, who’s aqua blue fabric covered her c-cup breasts. She rubbed a towel through her dirty blonde hair, still wet and stringy from swimming.

“Ah, there you are!” Mrs. McDonnell said as Kelly entered the kitchen from the patio. Kelly leaned against the central island’s countertop.

“How are you, hon?” Kelly’s dad, Greg, asked from the table.

“Peachy, dad. What’s up?”

“Well, hon,” Kelly’s dad smiled. “We have a small surprise for you.”

“Oh?” Kelly’s eyebrow shot up.

Mrs. McDonnell smiled. “We’re getting a new addition to the family.”

Kelly gasped. “Ooh! What is it? Are we getting a pet, or,” she swallowed, “are you pregnant?”

“No, no, something even cooler.” Greg said, standing up. “C’mon, I’ll
show you.” He motioned for Kelly to follow him into the garage.

“Did you get a car?” Kelly asked as she entered the room. Greg just shook his head and pointed.

Lying horizontally on the floor was a metal crate with thick, heavy duty latches. It looked a little like a military coffin. On the side, stamped in bold black letters, was the name “Venus Industries” and the company logo.

“No!” Kelly raced over to the crate and knelt by its side. “Dad, they’re the competition!”

Greg laughed. “Yeah, I know Kelly. Seems that those blokes over at Venus got the jump on us once again. Corporate wanted someone to check out their new product. Mom and I volunteered.”

“So, what is it?”

He shrugged. “Help me bring it inside and we’ll see.”

A few moments and a bit of exertion later, the two had managed to bring the crate back to the kitchen. Kelly looked up expectantly at her parents, who nodded back down at her. Kelly smiled widely as she threw open the latches and the case’s lid.

“Kelly, meet Jenny.”

“Oh, my God!” She gasped.

In the crate was the naked form of a young blonde woman in her early twenties. Or, at least, pieces of a young girl, which were separated from one another with a layer of black packing foam. Her arms were separated from her torso below the shoulders, which held special slotted sockets, wires, connections and ports, with her legs detached in a similar fashion. Her lower body was separated from her upper below the ribs, exposing circuit boards, wires, cables, tubing, and the bottom half of what looked to be a small sphere. The lower body looked like it matched up similarly, leaving a large, oval-shaped hole in her abdomen. Kelly noticed a similarly shaped flesh covering in the crate as well. Her face reddened slightly as she looked over the seams outlining panels in between and above her well-proportioned breasts.

“She’s a robot?” Kelly asked, turning to face her parents.

“An android, technically.” Her mom replied. “She’s a prototype model that Venus is just starting to roll out.”

“We’re hoping that us at Aphrodite Technologies can reverse-engineer bits of her design, maybe help us on our androids.” Her father added. He checked his watch. “Ok, Linda, looks like it’s about time we get moving.”

Kelly looked surprised. “You’re not going to assemble her?”

“Sorry hon, your mom and I need to head into Sydney for a bit.” Greg shrugged. “Why don’t you set ‘er up?”

“Me? Don’t you want to see how she ticks?”
“That’s what we’re going into Sydney for, sweetie.” Linda replied. “They have a model down at the lab that they’re going to disassemble. We get Jenny to see how she reacts and how her programming behaves in her designed environment.”

“You-you’re sure you don’t mind?”

“Not at all. She should be preprogrammed with a few specifications we sent to the manufacturer, so just go right ahead.”

Kelly was dumbstruck. “Um, does she know she’s a robot? I mean, I don’t want to mess her up into thinking she’s a real girl or something.”

Greg burst out into a small chuckle. “Well, she's what we call 'awake'. She should know she’s not human. That was part of the specifications we gave when we ordered her. The only real way to find out if she’s self aware or not is to just turn her on. Sorry, Kels, we’ve really got to go or we’ll put Pembrooke into a proper state. You’ve got the manual, give it a go and be careful with her. We’ll be back later tonight.”

Kelly said goodbye to her parents and watched as they drove off to the city. She plopped down in a kitchen chair and stared at the crate. She felt a bit of excitement run through her as she stared, still in disbelief at the disassembled robot girl.

Kelly had always been fascinated with machines, and the way things worked. In that way, she supposed she took after her parents, electrical and software engineers in one of the world’s largest robotics firms. She loved to tinker. Kelly smiled as she recalled the day back in high school where she had done a circuitry lab in science, and had come home and took apart her alarm clock with her dad’s screwdriver. She was just about to go after the kitchen’s microwave when her parents came home and stopped her. Sure, they had grounded her, but she could tell that she had made them proud when her father called her “a chip off the ol’ block.” Since then, they had always fed her curiosity, often bringing home bits of junk from the lab for her to mess with.

Now, she sat staring at her most ambitious project yet. She had taken apart computers, actuators, cameras and the like before, but never had she tackled something of this magnitude. A challenge! She thought, and with that, pulled her chair up to the crate, grabbed her father’s tools from the garage, and went to work.

Kelly examined the thick manual that was included in the crate. “Okay, ‘Manual for Venus Industries Y-Series 1000 Automated blah blah blah.’” She flipped open the thick book. “’Assembly instructions: Place the upper body of the unit on a flat, stable surface.’ Okaaaay, the table should work.” She carefully removed the robot’s head and torso from the crate, gently placing it on the kitchen table.

“’Retrieve and attach an arm to the unit (it doesn’t matter which) by following these instructions.’” Kelly grabbed the right arm from the crate and proceeded to install it to the torso, first connecting a few small cables and tubes. The central supporting strut snapped into place with a satisfying click! When lined up with the “teeth” like nature of the linkage between the arm and the shoulder.

“’Remove the unit’s dorsal access panel and depress the Safe Mode Start button. IMPORTANT: Do NOT press the activation button on the unit’s front panel BEFORE all core hardware is installed. Doing so may cause irreparable damage to the unit and is not covered under warrantee. Note: This is where you activate the unit during maintenance. This mode will test the unit’s ability to detect new core hardware. Should the unit fail to detect new core hardware, or any other serious errors occur, contact Venus Industries’ Tech Support Division.’ Yikes. Better make sure I get this right.” She shook her head.

Kelly removed the back panel and whistled. Cables, wires and tubes ran vertically through her chassis, along with what looked like a dull black metal version of the human spinal cord. A bit more of the sphere was visible now, and a small button labeled “Safe Mode Start” lay set in to the spine. Kelly swallowed, took a deep breath, and pressed the button.
Instantly, the inside of the torso came to life. LEDs Kelly hadn’t even seen winked on, and the cavity filled with the sound of electricity. Moments later, the robot’s eyes snapped open and a smile pulled onto its face, and Kelly felt her stomach leap to her throat as it began to speak.
“Venus Industries Y-Series 1000 Automated Companion Unit 0078, Model 23-104p Software Version 1.0.7 activated.” It said in a monotone. “Safe Mode start detected. Scanning hardware… Central processor-Found! Flash memory drives-Found! Internal power source-Found! Lower torso-ERROR> Not installed. Right leg-ERROR>Not installed. Left leg-ERROR>Not installed. Right arm-Found! Scanning… Right arm installed correctly, no errors found.” Kelly let out the breath she didn’t even realize she was holding.

“Left arm-ERROR>Not installed. Tactile sensor check required. Please refer to the user manual for further instructions.” She stopped talking and remained staring straight ahead. Kelly flipped the page in the manual.

“’The unit will now require a tactile sensors check to ensure it is functioning properly. Simply touch any part of the unit’s SynthFlesh to complete this test.’” Kelly swallowed. This was going to be her first contact with the machine, the first thing it felt. She looked at the robot’s steady, unblinking eyes and bright smile revealing her perfect teeth. Her blond hair was tossed over her left shoulder, running down her naked body and lightly kissing her breasts. In that pose, she almost looked like a bust of the god Venus herself.

An impulsive rush took her over, and she grabbed the partially-assembled robot from behind, hugging it tight to her chest while her hands cupped the androids plentiful bosom. So warm and soft, Kelly sighed, just like a real human’s, like mine, well, maybe just a little bigger. She took her head off the android’s shoulder as she spoke again.

“Tactile sensor check complete.” She said. “I am now ready for further assembly. Please deactivate me and consult the manual for further instructions.”

Kelly’s heart dropped a little as she reached for the button. She had made first contact, and she wanted to continue. Patience, Kels, she told herself. She’ll be finished soon enough. With determination, she depressed the android’s power button.

“Unit 0078 shutting down.” The last syllable dropped in pitch as the lights and electronic whine emanating from her ceased. Kelly sighed and continued her work.

It took Kelly another hour to finish assembling Jenny. She installed her right arm, then the other half of her torso. She stopped and marveled at her artificial bald vagina (“Hell, she’s even designed for sex?”), examining how well crafted it was. Ignoring the seams, it looked just like hers. She shook her head and continued, attaching the left and right legs and stomach access panel. After going through another lengthy hardware check now that Jenny was complete, Kelly flipped the page in the manual.

“’You are almost finished with the setup of your new Y-Series 1000 Automated Companion! The final steps require the unit to be placed in command mode. This allows the user access to the android’s control functions and hardware once activated, and can be entered by simply saying “Enter Command Mode” (or a precoded phrase on 1000S models) followed by the seven-digit authorization number included on your user registration card.’ Guess I need that.” Kelly said, grabbing it from the crate. “’Once in command mode, instruct the unit to open its ventral control panels and press the “Activate” button on the lower control panel. The unit will restart and be fully online in minutes! Enjoy your new Companion, and we hope you choose Venus Industries for all of your automated service needs!’” Kelly grinned. “Here we go. Jenny, enter command mode.” Kelly rattled off the authorization number.

“Entering command mode. Standby.” Jenny replied. A moment later, “Awaiting command.”

“Open ventral control panels!” Kelly practically shouted with excitement, and watched as a rectangular flesh panel retracted and slid away under her neck, revealing an LCD screen. Another trapezoidal panel slid open at the base of her rib cage, revealing three buttons and a number of data transfer ports.

Kelly’s hand hovered over the “Activate” button for a moment, before she determinedly pressed it.

Jenny’s response was immediate. “Unit restart commencing. Rebooting in five, four, three, two, one.” Once again, the last syllable dropped, and Jenny’s LCD screen went dark. A moment later, the screen glowed blue and the word “Loading” appeared on it. Some code ran past too fast for Kelly to see, then a progress bar appeared on the screen.
“Venus Industries Y-Series 1000 Automated Companion Unit 0078, Model 23-104p Software Version 1.0.7 activated.” Jenny’s eyes remained closed, her voice still monotone. “Scanning hardware…All hardware operating within designed parameters. No errors found. Loading configuration file ‘Jenny’, no errors found. Starting AI, Loading-0%.” Kelly watched as the progress bar began to fill rapidly. “Loading-35%...Loading-90%...AI loaded.” She said, but this time, her voice sounded natural and melodious. Her eyes slowly opened, now brilliantly emerald with a barely detectible twinkling behind them. The android smiled brightly.

“Hi, I’m Jenny!” She said. “Thanks for activating me. I am a Venus Industries Y-Series 1000 Automated Companion Unit 0078, Model 23-104p. I have been customized to your standards, and I am ready to serve you in any way you desire!” She extended her hand. “You must be Kelly. Your identity was stored in my configuration files.”

Kelly took her hand. “Wow. I felt your skin when I was assembling you, but it feels so real now that you’re alive!”

“I am designed to perfectly emulate a human being.” She grinned. “Do you mind if I get rid of these?” She pointed to her open panels, the LCD now displaying system status information.

“Oh, um, not at all!” Kelly waved her hand and watched the panels slide
shut. “Hey, where’d your seams go?”

Jenny chuckled. “Like I said, I’m designed to perfectly emulate a human. The seams only appear when I’m in command or service mode. They’re still there, you just have to look very hard.”

Kelly approached and stared at the place where her LCD panel had been. Sure enough, the tiniest of lines was visible on Jenny’s otherwise flawless skin. Kelly looked at her face and saw a small smattering of freckles. Jenny had a bemused look on her face, as Kelly realized her hand was resting on Jenny’s left breast.

“Oh, erm, I’m so sorry!” Kelly took a step back. Jenny laughed.

“It’s okay! My social programming allows anyone registered as an administrative user unrestricted access to all of my functions. You fall into such a category, so go ahead and touch away!” She winked.

“Oh, no, I’m sorry, I’m not like that, I–” Kelly swallowed. “I just got a little overwhelmed by the moment. W-why don’t we get you some clothes?”

Jenny smiled. “Great!”

As it turned out, Jenny was a very close match in size to Kelly, with a few exceptions (“Um, this is a bit tight.” Jenny said, adjusting a bra. Kelly just blushed.).

Kelly had a blast picking out an outfit for Jenny, and after a while Kelly had to remind herself that Jenny was a machine. We’re laughing and joking, just like I do with my friends. Kelly shook her head. Unreal.

“So how do I look?” Jenny asked, snapping Kelly from her thoughts.

“Hm?”

“How do I look?” Jenny turned around to show off her outfit. She had chosen an aqua blue tank-top, the fabric straining slightly around the breasts, and khaki cut-off shorts and a lacy white open shirt.

“Whoa.” Kelly’s eyes shot up. “That looks even better on you than it does on me!”

Jenny waved her off. “Oh, I’m sure you look great in it, too! So, come on! Now that I’m all dressed up, what should we do?”

Kelly pondered at that for a moment. Where do you take your new android companion? “Well, what do you want to do?” Kelly smiled mischievously.

“Hey, I was just activated! Give my decision matrix time to develop!” Jenny crossed her arms. “Okay, let’s see…” She seemed to zone out for a moment. “There’s a beach around here, right? Why don’t we go there!”

“How did you know that?”

“I accessed the house’s wireless connection and searched for things to do.” Jenny explained.

Kelly was impressed. “Okay, the beach it is, then. Let’s go!”
Kelly and Jenny chatted as they walked through the tangled path towards the beach. Jenny was very curious, and asked a lot of questions.

“So what are Greg and Linda like?” Jenny wondered.

“Mom and dad? They’re great! They can be a little overprotective and can work too much sometimes, but we do a lot and have a lot of fun together.” Kelly smiled. “You’ll love them.”

“So I’d expect they’re pretty busy people, though.”

“Well yeah, they bring a lot of work home with them. They work on a lot of projects together over at–” Kelly stopped herself. How much could she tell Jenny about her parent’s work? She was, after all built by the competition. “I’m sorry, I’m just not sure–”

Jenny laughed and patted Kelly on the shoulder. “Hey, I already know about your parent’s employment with Aphrodite Technologies. That was part of the user registration. I can understand if you’re hesitant to share any information about their jobs with me, but I promise that any data I collect is merely used to serve your family better. Venus Industries has a strict privacy policy for all of its clients, and I am programmed to abide by that and anything you tell me will be held with the utmost of confidence.” She stopped and stared straight into Kelly’s eyes. “I promise that I will never share your secrets.”

Kelly felt herself turn bright red. “Th-thanks, Jenny. That means a lot. Now come on, I’ve got something really cool to show you.”

She led Jenny further down the path where the world suddenly opened up in a brilliance of light. The two stood atop a small bluff overlooking a beautiful ocean vista and the perfect beach 100 feet below. The android girl’s eyes widened.

“Oh my!” she gasped. “It’s beautiful!”

“Yup. I come here some times when I just want to be alone and think. You should see it when the sun first comes up in the morning. It turns the water into a sea of gold and sets the sky ablaze.” Kelly motioned for them to sit down, and the two sat in silence, regarding the exquisite view.

“You know,” Jenny began. “I’m just so happy that you activated me, that you’ve shared this beautiful view with me, that…” Jenny sniffed. “Thank you.” She whispered.

Kelly almost jumped a bit when she felt Jenny’s hand rest atop hers. She felt a rush of heat as she turned to look into the android girl’s sparkling emerald eyes. Jenny smiled softly, and the two began to lean closer.
Kelly wanted to say something, but no words formed in her mind. She just wanted this so badly it was burning her up inside. She closed her eyes and leaned in further towards her artificial friend. Their lips brushed,
locked and–

BEEP! BEEP!

“System Alert. Battery power low. Please recharge this unit immediately to avoid data loss.”Jenny’s monotone voice returned, breaking their kiss. Kelly let out a small mewl and backed away.

Jenny’s eyes looked sad. “I’m sorry, Kelly. My battery power is running low. They didn’t bother to give me a full charge when I left the factory, or even charge my auxiliary. We need to return home now.”

Kelly nodded and swallowed, trying to get some saliva down her suddenly dry throat. “S-sure, Jenny.”

She helped her up, and Jenny just whispered in her ear, “I’m sorry.” Kelly said nothing as she led the android back home.

On the way back, Jenny’s condition worsened. Her smooth, fluid movements became less graceful. She stumbled and lost her balance a few times, and Kelly was there to catch her.

“Are you going to make it?” Kelly asked her stricken friend.

“M-my battery is l-low-w” Jenny merely replied.

“How low?”

Jenny didn’t answer, she just looked down and the LCD panel slid open. The background’s placid blue had changed to an angry red. The word “ALERT!” flashed on the screen next to a power consumption curve and above the words “Battery Remaining-3.83%”.

“Ok, take my hand, we’re going!” Kelly rushed her quickly waning friend down the path.

As they were almost back, Jenny began slowing down. “K-Kelly,” Jenny’s voice seemed to be slightly lower in pitch. “I-I BEEP! BEEP! Warning! System power critical! Loss of autonomous function imminent! P-plllllllease-ease hurry-y!” Jenny said, switching between monotone and her now-lower normal voice. The LCD flashed “WARNING!” frantically, and the words “Autonomous time remaining-2:50” appeared on the screen.

Kelly burst into the house, and Jenny collapsed on the floor.
“Jenny!”

“Alert, primary locomotion systems disabled. Malfunction det-t-tected. I neeeeeed powwerr, Kellllllllyyy.” Jenny’s voice slurred deeper and deeper, and the countdown ticked to 1:05. Kelly grabbed Jenny’s charger from the crate and dragged the android down the hall to the study.

“Where do I plug you in?”Kelly inserted the plug into the wall.

Jenny looked down at her breasts, and Kelly understood. She quickly but carefully removed Jenny’s shirt and tank top.

“V-ventral char-charging port opening-g.” Jenny’s seams were visible now. “ERROR! Opening Obs- ERROR! Opening obstrrructed.” Kelly looked down and saw a panel in between her breasts trying furtively to open against the bra. The motor sounded weak, and the counter ticked down to 0:25.

Kelly reached around and snapped the bra off. Jenny’s breasts tumbled out with a bounce, and the panel swung fully downwards. She stopped to look at her beautiful android companion. Her seams exposed and panels open, she couldn’t help but feel attracted to the artificial girl. She gazed into Jenny’s eyes, whose spark seemed to be rapidly dimming.

“H-hellllllpp mmmmeee, WARNING SYSTEM POWER CRITICAL! Helllllllllllp meeeeeeee Kelllllll–” Jenny’s voice deepened, and Kelly snapped the plug home. “Kelll-LLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!” Jenny’s eyes suddenly widened and her voice’s pitch raised. “Unit charging commencing.” Her monotone voice returned, and the LCD refreshed itself to a bright green. A progress bar and the words “Unit Charging. Time remaining-4:55:37” appeared.

Kelly slumped against the wall with her robotic friend. She held her now lifeless hand.

“I can wait.” Kelly whispered. She would have a lot to tell her parents tonight, that was for sure. But she almost didn’t care. She rested her head on Jenny’s shoulder.

“I can wait.” She repeated. “I can wait.”
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Thanks for reading, folks! Stay tuned for part 2, coming soon!

Cheers,
TW

[nybble]

Very nice story. Really looking forward to where you take it.

[Chevy Monza]

Really liked the start, certainly hope that there is more to follow shortly.

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[McLane]

I love this start! Can't wait for the next part

[TW]

Haha, it's actually kind of funny that you like this story, McLane, as it was actually inspired by two of your manips. I think you can guess which ones.

Thanks for the support and feedback so far, everyone! The next part's coming soon!

TW

[TheAlternative]

Awesome start!

[Blox_242]

Please continue. I like it.

[McLane]

It's true that the assembling part remembered me something, but I realized the common name much later
I'm glad that I have inspired you for this great story, TW

(If you don't know them, here are the manips we're refering to :
http://www.fembotwiki.com/index.php?tit ... embly1.jpg
http://www.fembotwiki.com/index.php?tit ... embly2.jpg)

[A.N.N.]

Yes, can't wait for part 2!

[tectile]

Got to have more

[Bart]

Hey TW!

Great story, I love it. You can really see the influence of some classic stories, which is good. Please continue - I can't wait to see more!

And McLane's manips go perfectly with the story.

Good thing you finally de-lurked

[DollSpace]

I'm liking this one very much - I can't wait for it to be continued!