Astria wanted to tell Jennings about the decoy plans for her father's capture, but she didn't completely trust him. Nor did she trust anyone else. Just because a man is good in bed doesn't make him trustworthy. Plus, her enhanced senses were telling her something wasn't right. Either he is lying, or he wasn't telling her everything. Either way, she needed to get the whole truth out of him.

As she was lying against him, playing with his limp dick, she wondered if just pulling it off would work. 

Ashley chirped, "If you pull it off, he won't be able to pleasure you anymore." 

She thought, "Ashley, do you feel pleasure?"

Ashley responded, "No."  That wasn't quite true, but there was no need to cause more questions. It didn't change anything anyways.

Astria said aloud, "That is a shame."

Jennings said, "What is a shame?" 

Astria searched for answers to what was bothering her about Jennings.

Ashley chirped, "Listen to the conversation beyond this room."

Astria's enhanced hearing picked up two of Jennings' soldiers talking. They both referred to him as 'Major.'

Astria thought, "Well, fuck." She now knew what bothered her.

Astria gripped Jennings' balls in her cyborg hand, squeezed, and growled, "Do you think you can continue lying to me? You are a ForceCom Marine. Marines don't have COMMAND Sergeant Majors, do they, Major?"

Jennings couldn't move because he risked losing his balls, and his weapon was on the other side of the room. He gulped and replied, "No, they don't, Commander. How…" 

His question was cut off as Astria tightened her grip and growled, "Are you working for my fucking father?

Jennings replied, "Oh, fuck, no. You think you could loosen up your grip just a little bit?" 

Astria snarled, "Give me a reason. Why the deception, MAJOR?"

Jennings took a deep breath and replied, "Because until I actually met you, I didn't trust fucking robots."

Astria, with one simple thought, turned the major into a sex-crazed, blubbering idiot. She asked one more time, "Why the deception, Major?"

The major groaned, and despite the pain, he ejaculated all over Astria's hand. Barely able to talk, he replied, "I really hate fucking robots, but command wasn't sure you'd work with another officer. Especially a full human one. Considering who you are and that Command can't access your AI, they were concerned."

Astria toned down the pheromones and loosened her grip. She looked at the major and said, "Now that is the truth. I wouldn't be autonomous if everyone could access my AI. With the original doctor's help, we made sure only I could access my AI. We removed her designation from the Central Core. It was all done to ensure my father didn't have access to me and my memories."

The major looked at her and thought, "She has a valid point; besides, trusting her is more fun," and he smiled as she licked his mess off her hand. He chuckled and asked, "Taste good?"
Astria said, "Tastes like crayons."

Major laughed and said, "OK, you're not so bad after all."

Astria jumped off the bed, got dressed, and said, "Follow me, Major."

When she got outside, she called all the major's troops to her. Very loudly, she said, "All of you can drop the pretense." She smacked the major on the back rather hard and said, 'I know his true rank and why all of you are really here. I am not under my fucking father's control. I control the AI in my head. She only responds to me. Her AI number has been erased from the Central Core, her designation has been changed, and she is programmed to only respond to me. That's why nobody can access her. If any of you can't follow my orders, then pack up your shit and get off my fucking lawn."

The major considered what Astria just said and what she already told him to be the truth and barked, "You heard the commander."

In unison they snapped to attention. The real senior enlisted, Master Chief Williams, crisply stated, "I believe we are all staying, Commander."

Astria turned abruptly and went to the cyborg lab.  She asked the doctor, "Can my circuits be protected from every EMP?"

The doctor replied, "Just like this property is protected. We have developed a lightweight Faraday wrap based on the autopsies performed on the EMP generators of the deceased cyborgs, which can be applied to your circuits. We managed to increase the protection it gives tenfold, but to apply it will require your trust, Commander."

Astria replied, "How so?"

The doctor replied, "Basically we'd have to take you apart and wrap all your circuits. It's delicate, and only one person can perform that function safely."

Astria said, "Who?"

A new voice came from behind her: "Me."

Astria turned around and saw the girl that she carried to the lab. She smiled and asked, "And my AI?"

The doctor said, "I will be there to make a few modifications to your AI, but they'll be improvements based on what we did with the doctor and her parents. The improvements ensure your autonomy."

Ashley cut in and said, "There is a current attempt to hack me. It's a directed attack. This attack was probably initiated when I went offline due to the EMP."

Astria thought, "Get off the AI grid. Redo your security protocols. Run diagnostics on all the systems around here and trace the hack." Astria knew that was a lot, but it wouldn't take Ashley long.

Astria looked at the doctor and said, "Do it, and the major will be here to ensure nothing happens."

The doctor said, "Okay, get on the table with your tactile sensors turned off."

He turned to the other cyborg and said, "Get prepared, Doctor."

Ten minutes later, Astria was on the table in pieces. The major was pacing uneasily. He wasn't used to seeing a cyborg laid open like Astria was, especially one he was starting to realize he had feelings for. He kept mumbling about another fucking robot.

The human doctor spoke, "Relax, Major, she really is the only one who can do this work safely. Her fine motor skills and speed are far superior to any humans. If I did the task and made one mistake, it could be disastrous to Astria. Becky won't make a mistake; furthermore, she is trained in both human and cyborg medicine and surgical techniques."

The major snapped, "She's a fucking robot," and a few other profanities.

The major heard the other cyborg growl and watched as she spun around. The cyborg's LEDs were flashing, and with anger in her voice, like the major only heard from Astria, she spoke, "I am not a fucking robot. I am Captain Becky Gromley, MD." She emphasized the MD in her name. Becky continued, "Like her, I am fully autonomous. Capable of free thought."

The major snapped back, "First, fucking autonomous robot or not, I AM your superior officer. Second, I just started trusting her, and whether I like it or not, I have feelings for her. I am concerned that a fucking robot I do not know has her spread all over a fucking table."

Becky interrupted the major and pretty much screamed, "You don't fucking get it. That woman saved my life and my parents' lives. I will gladly tear apart anyone who tries to hurt her. Including YOU. I don't give a flying fuck who you are. Hurt her, and they'll find your body parts tossed a kilometer away. Let me repeat this one more time. I am a cyborg, not a fucking robot. Plus, I am not enhanced to fuck anyway."

The major backed off slowly. Becky is damn cute and feisty. She may not be sexually enhanced like Astria, but she did process her strength and speed. The major could easily see her military enhancements. With a smile he said, "Ok. I get your point. I will…"

The comms interrupted the Major's apology with, "Major, there's a situation out here you need to attend to."

The major told Becky to take care of Astria, and he ran outside.  Becky's AI chirped, "Finish what you are doing quickly. There is a hostile drone approaching."

The comms crackled again. This time it was a female voice saying, "That drone is carrying a nuclear payload, and it's heavily shielded. The only chance you have is to hit the top and bottom domes with everything you have. If anyone misses it, it's going to reach us."

The major replied, "Becky?"

Ashley spoke again, "No major; I am Astria's AI."

The major spoke, "Where are you? Is she OK?"

Ashley replied, "I am currently on the table next to her. She is fine."

Becky pushed her new cyborg skills and speed to their brink. The strategist in her knew the major and his troops didn't stand a chance, but they'd try and die anyway. Maybe Astria could help. Then a new thought entered her human brain.  Dr. Rothman had a railgun secretly installed under the mansion's roof. The work was done under the guise of roof replacement.

At the time she thought it odd that cyborgs did the work and suddenly disappeared. Now she knew why, and that just made her angry. Luckily, she knew just who she could trust to fire the railgun.

She reached out to her father via her AI and told him what was happening and where to find the railgun's firing controls.

Her father, who is a former military railgun operator, responded, "If I can remember how, consider it done."

The major ordered his squad to take positions and be ready to fire.  He was pretty sure the fire command would be his last.  When the drone came into sight, he was about to give that command; however, before he could, twin powerful beams hit the drone, turning it into a pile of debris that fell harmlessly to the ground.  The beams' destructive power turned the nuclear payload into ash before it could detonate.

The major screamed into his comms, "Where in the fuck did that come from, and who fired it?"

The next voice he heard was Becky's saying, "Thank you, Father. Oh, Major, it was fired by another fucking robot."

The major laughed and said, "OK, OK, message received."

Becky didn't gloat; she just said, "The Commander is requesting your presence, Major."

The major ran into the lab and found that Astria was already sitting up. He didn't need her hormones to get him excited, though he was still a bit sore.

Becky walked up to him holding a tube of cream, giggled, and said, "The fucking robot will be happy to apply that for you."  She tossed it at him and continued, "Oh, that's right, I am not a fucking robot."

He actually considered ordering her to apply it anyway, until a much larger cyborg walked in and Becky greeted him, "That was awesome, Dad." 

The man smiled at her and said, "I guess that part of my brain still works, though my AI did help." 

Jennings walked past them and over to Astria and asked, "Is everything OK?"

Astria looked at Jennings and laughed, saying, "Is your dick hard?" 

He whispered to her, "Becky over there offered to put this cream on my..." 

He was cut off by a deeper voice, who said, "Finish that sentence, Major, and I may rip it off."

Becky smacked her father and giggled, "Dad! If I want to rub cream on the major's dong, you can't stop me. I am seriously not a child anymore, and I am a doctor."

Jennings stood there and whispered, "Dong."

Astria laughed and said, "Major, you have an admirer." 

Jennings just sighed. Someone closer to Becky's age walked into the room, and he heard her say, "Oh, fuck."

Jenning barked at the new arrival, "Report, Corporal Joe Roberts."

Roberts was trying to figure out why the major used his full name until he saw Becky. Her beauty caused Roberts to stutter and become speechless. 

The major laughed and said, "Roberts, report."

Roberts snapped to attention and said, "Sirs, indications are the drone was launched from a friendly facility. Its origin is North American. Sirs," 

Astria didn't need her enhanced senses to know that wasn't sitting well with the major. While she didn't anticipate the level of their response, she knew her plan worked. Someone in the North American Alliance was working with her father. From the level of their response, it was somebody with the power to initiate a nuclear strike.

Astria thought, "Find out who intercepted our plan."

Ashley chirped, "I will need access to the grid. My new security protocols are in place."

Astria snapped back, "Just do it."

She smiled at the major and said, "Keep your cream, follow me, and we need to talk." To the corporal, she snickered and said, "She is not sexually enhanced, and she is autonomous."

Roberts stood there in shock. Becky wrapped her arm around his, smiled, and said, "Hi, I am Becky. Not being sexually enhanced doesn't mean I can't be fucked. Care to get to know me better?"

Jennings laughed and whispered, "Did you just set up one of my men? She is an officer, you know."

Ashley chirped, "Requested data found."

Astria grimaced at what Ashley told her, but she turned to the major, smiled, and said, "Who, me? Remember, cyborgs and humans engaging in sex do not fall under the fraternization rules, remember, Command Sergeant Major." 

Jennings moaned at the memory of the pain he felt and replied, "I remember. Considering the three of you, that may need to be revisited."

Astria replies, "Four. Becky's mother is recovering nicely."

When Jennings and Astria entered Astria's room, Astria turned to him, took the cream from his hand, and kissed him. She said, "I am sorry about earlier. I needed to know the whole truth, as you know it. My AI, before I took her off the grid, told me a third party was trying to hack her. We assumed it was my father, but she has since traced the hack back to Vancouver."

Astria slowly started removing the Major's armor. She didn't need to be told; the knowledge of where the drone came from still didn't sit well with the major.
Releasing just enough pheromones to keep his attention, she said, "After we tumble, I have new armor for you and all the troops."

The major laughed and said, "Tumble, huh. What if I don't want to tumble?" The pheromones entered his nostrils, and he gasped, "Oh, fuck. OK, you win."

Astria just giggled and gently rubbed the cream on the major's rapidly deploying cannon as she told him the rest of her rogue plan. The major ran his hand over Astria's external AI cover and noticed it was missing a few buttons. 

Astria, seeing his concern, said, "They never worked. When I first became a cyborg, the doctor told me to have my AI deactivate them.  The doctor here finally replaced the outer cover without them, just in case. Becky and her parents don't have them either. Just so you know, Becky asked to become combat ready. She'll be joining us as our medical support." 

The major smiled. As he unclipped Astria's armor, he thought to himself, "Two gorgeous cyborgs—can I survive?"

Astria stood there, naked, as the armor hit the floor. She said, "Ready to tumble, Major?" 

He nodded and said, "Sir, yes, sir." 

They both laughed when they heard Becky squeal, "Oh, fuck, that thing is huge." 

Astria asked Ashley, "Can Becky be augmented?"

Ashley replied, "Her sexual augmentation circuits in her AI are there, but they are deactivated by your request. I can have her AI activate them."

Astria smiled and said, "Do it."

The next voice everyone heard was Robert yelling, "Oh, fuck."

Astria rolled the major on top of her and said, "You think you can fuck me, devil dog?" She gasped when the major impaled her, and she said, "Oh, fuck, that answers that question."  This time, she decided not to activate her enhanced libido. Astria loved the way the major felt inside of her without the extras.

She thought telling the major who intercepted the plan could wait a bit longer. She was too busy enjoying the major fucking her to spoil it now.

Ashley chirped, "Wise move. Oh, damn."

Astria thought, "Ashley, did you just moan?"

Ashley chirped. "Oh fuck, no comment."