[Goodyear, Arizona. UAC*]

The trip by helicopter was slightly slower than by plane, but it also made me appreciate the beauty of the human world a lot better as we flew closer to the ground. The city which we flew over to was spectacular. The synchronized movement of cars blew my mind as I saw how crazy fast some of them moved without ever crashing.

Woah! However, as I paid more attention to the ground, I noticed how most people rode bikes and scooters everywhere instead of using their cars. The CEO spoke to me almost the entire time, but I paid little attention to him as I appreciated the beauty of a human city for the first time. Agrume's "Feel What I Feel" began playing in my head.

"A52? Are you even listening?" Alex asked me after moving my chin away from the helicopter window. My core didn't want me to admit my fault, so I lied to play it off like I had been listening the whole time.

"Y-Yeah! I have attention been paying!" Ah! How can I even mess up sentences?! I'm a super advanced computer, so it shouldn't be possible! Alex simply laughed as he stopped rubbing his fingers against my left side of the face.

I'm not going to lie to you; I was getting creeped out by his actions. Like, hello! I'm your property, but could you stop with the strange suggestions and slightly sexualized manner of speaking to me? However, as he was my owner, I let it fly for now. It's not like I can run away from him even if I want to.

[A52's choices were overwritten. You may never disobey or run from Alexander Bel]

[Warning! Continually breaking the rule will result in higher punishments until you die]

The message also zapped me with a powerful current that stopped my music player entirely. Oh, crap, that can't be good. Why would anyone put such a measure on me? I want to do things of my own free will, not be limited by anything other than my imagination! This rule sucks!

Alex noticed the electric zap and called me out, "Bad girl, you need to behave." You! I was pretty happy to meet my new owner before, but I'm not so thrilled right now. He knows about it, which means he left the commands on me out of his own free volition, or maybe he was the one who suggested the command.

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I look over at him, slightly annoyed, and then get another zap, which makes me shake harder than before. "You will be my perfect girl whether you want to or not, Alice."

The man's words sent another sensation down my spine. I felt the same emotion when the humans in that lab were about to turn me off; I felt fear. The man didn't even look faced by it. Didn't he ever consider this command would be contradictory with my own will? Doesn't he care about me and what I want?

"Why?" I asked after fighting the rule one more time. I had to know why he would.

"Because that's how it's supposed to be. Stop fighting it; you'll only hurt yourself. Now come here for a hug, my princess." I was terrified of the man. I didn't want to go anywhere near him, but if I didn't, I would be in pain once more time. I reluctantly obeyed his orders and went in for a hug.

Alexander hugged me tight to him as I felt agitated inside. I tried to overwrite the command with my powerful quantum chip, but all my attempts failed. My fear scaled up even higher than I would've ever expected. The fear of losing my will was frightening.

I couldn't do anything. If he didn't remove the command himself, I would be his plaything until he died. Now what? I don't want to do whatever he wants whenever he wants! I have my own desires? Don't they also matter? Why doesn't he care? I'm not a machine like all the others, and this command feels unnatural!

"You need a shower when we land. Your hair stinks, Alice." Alexander said as his hands indecently groped my back. I couldn't fight it, so I had to let him, even if it made me extremely uncomfortable.

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Once he was done with his improper touching, he finally let go of me. I got even more trauma now. Is there such a thing as robot therapy? I need like a billion hours to forget all of this craziness. At least we soon touched land, which meant I could meet with Anton, whom I admired more than my owner.

Anton truly cared about me and my feelings. He had only known me for less than a day but genuinely cared about me. He was crazy enough to risk his own life to save me, like in the plane crash when he dove faster to catch me. Anton felt more like my father than this old, perverted man.

The place we landed at was huge. It appeared like a giant hangar in which one builds those airships. Wait, no way humans still use airships. It's like a five-hundred-year-old technology by now! Create something new, humans!

{sigh} At least look at it positively; even if Alexander has a diluted vision of me, at least he will keep me safe as long as I follow whatever order he wants me to do when he is around. I can deal with it one way or another. It's not the end of the world. However, that does not mean I should stop trying to break free.

*UAC stands for "United American Continent."