Chapter 1
Raven: Hey Griff, come visit me at workshop, I want to show u somethin
Clarke reread Raven's message and entered her friend's workshop situated above her apartment in a nice neighbourhood, not so far from city centre. She saw a beautiful girl sitting on the table between some wrenches and things Clarke didn't have name for, and she was pretty sure they would 'go boom' if touched unproperly, as Raven had been saying since her first accident with them. That accident didn't change her mind about exploring the world of possibilities with highly explosive substances, though. Every accident fueled her drive to make the world a better place with her inventions.
"Oh, hi." Clarke smiled to the brunette. "I'm Clarke and you might want to get off of this table and not touch these things, because I'm pretty sure they're highly explosive." The blonde explained and sat on the sofa next to the Raven's workbench.
The girl didn't move. She was just staring at the wall in front of her, not acknowledging Clarke's presence. So the blonde decided they don't have to talk, and made herself busy with a game on her phone. After a few minutes Raven emerged from the other room and grinned at Clarke. The blonde raised her perfect eyebrows and stared at Raven with unsure expression.
"I see you weren't in a hurry." Raven said. "I was so eager to show you my newest masterpiece, but you don't seem too interested." She stated with a pout, which caused Clarke to laugh.
"I'm sorry, I'm frustrated because of my art exhibition and I'm little scared, too. I can't focus to paint something new." Clarke sighed. "What it is you wanted to show me?"
"Okay, okay." Raven jumped, still grinning and limped to the girl sitting on the workbench. She made a 'grand showing gesture' towards the girl. "Ta-daa!" She exclaimed. Clarke was less than amazed.
"Okay, Raven, I see. A girl. I don't know if you know, but girls are pretty common on Earth, where we live." She said slowly, narrowing her eyes at her friend. "I'm also a girl but you're not so happy to see me."
"Oh my god, Clarke, you idiot." The mechanic groaned, hitting her face with palm of her hand. "It's not just 'a girl', Clarke." She said through her hand.
"I can see it's a girl. What did you do to her, she's just staring at the empty wall." Raven made and exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes.
"Clarke, you're not listening, damn it!"
"Okay, okay, I'm listening." Clarke held her hands up in mock surrender gesture.
"I made her." Raven pointed her finder towards the girl.
"You what?" Clarke winced. "You made her as in you were in pregnant?"
"No, you dumbass. I m-a-d-e her. Gepetto made Pinocchio from wood and I made this girl from metal and little magic." She grinned and wrigled her eyebrows. Clarke still wasn't amazed.
"Are you serious right now?"
"Dead serious."
Clarke eyed the girl in front of her. She was dressed casually, in red flannel shirt, black tank top, dark ripped jeans and black army boots. She was also beautiful as fuck, with sharp jaw line and Clarke decided she'd make perfect muse to draw. There was no way Raven would be able to 'make her' from metal. Okay, Raven is genius, but making people looking like this out of metal? No way.
"Is this some joke? April's fools was three months ago, Raven. It's ridiculous."
"Touch her."
"And she will kick me in the face, do you have cameras here?" Clarke looked around, but found none of the cameras. It didn't mean they wasn't there. "It's not funny, Ray."
"It's not a joke!" Raven looked tired of arguing with Clarke and rolling her eyes at her. So maybe it was true? What, no.
"So if it's not a joke... You made her?"
"Yes."
"From metal?"
"Yes, from titanium and platinium, specifically, so she's expensive as fuck." Raven sat next to the girl and placed her hand on the brunette's shoulder. The girl didn't move.
"That sound fake, but okay. Let's say I believe you. You made a robot."
"She prefers term 'android' but I think I'll just call her Lexa." Raven grinned and looked at the girl. "Code number 13, password: Griffster, order: name change." She said, standing in front of the girl. "New name: Lexa. Could you repeat that after me?" Clarke did as she was asked to do.
The girl, for the first time since Clarke was in the room, blinked. Clarke rolled her eyes and sighed.
"And what now, she knows her name's Lexa? Just like that? And what kind of password is this?" She narrowed her eyes.
"It's easy to remember, shut up." Raven mumbled and look at Lexa. "And she's being commanded by voice. Yours specifically.
"Mine? Why mine?"
"Because she is yours now. I made you a friend!" Raven said cheerfully and Clarke once again rolled her eyes.
"I still don't believe you."
"Okay. Repeat after me: password: Griffster, command: turn on."
Clarke repeated Raven's words and that made Lexa to finally move. She looked around the room, at her clothes and finally her look settled on Clarke. The blonde's eyes widened, and she took careful step forward. Lexa tilted her head and moved her jaw, as if she wanted to say something, but didn't know how. Raven facepalmed herself and limped to the second room of her workshop to retrieve pendrive from her laptop. It took her two minutes and all that time Lexa's eyes were focused at Clarke. Raven got back and inserted her pendrive into the hole behind Lexa's neck. Clarke eyes widened even more and she gasped.
"Holy fuck. You... It's true."
"I told you." Raven rolled her eyes and gave Clarke a sheet of paper with command written on it. "Could you read them all to Lexa?"
"Why?"
"Because she only listens to your voice, and these commands will install her language, behavior, mimics and some other setups from this pendrive."
"And you couldn't do it earlier?"
"No, because it will empower her bond with you. Thanks to it no one will be able to take her away, she will protect you with some cool krav maga and other tones of different fight styles and she will always come back to you." Raven said with wicked grin on her face.
"Okay, but why me? Why did you even make her?"
"To protect you from you-know-who."
"Raven..." Clarke started, but the girl interrupted her.
"No, don't. I know how he is and what he can do. I don't care he said it's okay you broke up with him. He's one of this city's drug lords and if police can't arrest him, I want you to have someone to protect you. And you can think about her as early birthday present." She pointed at Lexa, who was still staring at the blonde. "She doesn't need anything, I implanted her with 'magical' chip, which provides energy for her for next eighty years."
"Magical chip?" Clarke asked, raising eyebrows.
"Yes, magical. Or I could say it's something like nuclear power station, only a lot smaller and a lot stronger. It uses huge amounts of energy ensuing from atoms leaping abrutply around-"
"Okay, I get it." Clarke raised her hand to stop Raven. "Or you know what? I don't get it, I prefer term 'magical chip'."
"Yeah, me too." Raven looked at Lexa and grinned. "Do you want me to introduce you?"
"Sure Raven, if it'll make you happy." Clarke rolled her eyes as her friend took her hand and dragged her in front of Lexa.
"Lexa, this is Clarke, your new owner." She said still grinning. Lexa tilted her head to the right side, with fixed expression on her face.
"Hello, Clarke." When Clarke heard Lexa say her name, everything fell down on her. Raven was a genius who made an android. Said android was most fucking beautiful woman Clarke has ever seen, and her name was Lexa. Lexa was made for Clarke to protect her. Lexa the Android. Made by Raven. For protection. Lexa the killing machine in front of her was hers, made from metal. Fucking android!
"Oh my god, it's true." She managed to choke out and then everything went black.
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Clarke jerked herself from sleep and immediately felt someone's hand on her shoulder trying to calm her down. She looked at the hand and then at person who's hand it was and her mouth went slack.
"It's okay, Clarke. You're safe." Lexa said and smiled reassuringly. "Raven will be here soon."
"What happened?"
"You've fainted. I guess Raven should prepare you better for meeting me."
"I wouldn't believe her. I still hardly believe."
"You better believe because it's true." Raven said as she walked into the room. "But don't say anything to anyone. I don't want anyone near my fucking perfect Lexa, I made her and if somebody knew, they could hurt her." Raven frowned and looked at Clarke. "Do you understand?"
"Yeah. I mean, it would be like in these movies, someone makes a robot, tells friends, friends tell someone else, and soon after whole army wants to destroy the robot, because they think it's dangerous, right?"
"Exactly. That's why we have to teach her how to be human."
Clarke and Raven spent the rest of the night teaching Lexa everything they thought she should know. The taught her facial expressions, told her she shouldn't stare and if she has to, she can stare at Clarke.
"Because you know, she knows why you're staring and she won't be mad. And she's not so bad for eyes, huh?" Raven grinned and winked at Clarke who groabed in annoyance and hid her face in her hands.
"Of course not. She is very pretty." Lexa said curiously looking at Clarke. That caused blush appear on the blonde's face. "What's that? Is she sick?"
"No no no, she's just blushing. You've read about it, remember?" Lexa nodded so Raven continued. "And why do people blush?" Lexa once again eyed Clarke and bit her lip in deep thoughts.
"She's embarassed?" She asked.
"She is, but why?" Raven answered and motioned to Lexa to continue.
"She is embarassed because... because... I said she is pretty!" Lexa exclaimed with wide smile and Clarke groaned once again.
"Good! I'm so proud of you! You're perfect!" Raven beamed at Lexa. "You're perfect just like your creator!"
"Raven, stop being so full of yourself." Clarke yawned. "Can we go to sleep? It's 1am and I've got work tomorrow."
"Okay, but tell me I'm genius once again, it helps me sleep."
"No way."
"Come on, please?"
"No. I'm not telling you this."
"Pleeaaaseee?" Raven said and hugged Clarke from behind.
"No, Raven stop." Clarke said giggling because Raven started tickling her.
"I'll stop is you say I'm genius."
"Lexa, help me, she's trying to tickle me to death!"
Then Lexa did something unexpected. She started tickling Clarke along with Raven.
"No, you had to help me, not attack me!" Clarke yelled through tears. "Okay, okay, stop! You're genius and now get the fuck off of me!" She yelled and started wiping her face, still laughing. "I hate you both."
"I thought we're... friends." Lexs said after few seconds and frowned. "Did you lie to me?" She almost pouted and stood up in order to leave the room, but Clarke stopped her tugging on her wrist.
"No, Lexa, we are friends. But it's a joke, you know?" She looked in Lexa's eyes as the brunette sat next to her. "I didn't mean it when I said I hate you and Raven knows it's a joke. We often say mean things to each other." She smiled swiping her thumb on Lexa's knuckles. "Friends often do that and that's okay."
"Do I have to be mean too?" Lexa quietly asked.
"Of course not. You can be whatever and whoever you want."