System Quest: Seducing the AI General-Chapter 44: Episode : Let’s learn something else.

"Negative."

The word was heavy, final, and crashed down every plan that Nikki was beginning to have.

And from then on he didn’t say anything as he carried her home, but Nikki was persistent, she must have it her way but every answer down to when they arrived at the living room was a glaring No!

Adonis stood in the center of the living room, stripping off his black coat. "Tower Zero is a sterile environment, Nikki. It houses the central processing cores for the entire Eastern Hemisphere. No biological entities are permitted past the lobby. Not even the cleaning staff. We use drones."

Nikki sat on the edge of the sofa, still wearing her knit dress, pouting. "But I just want to see you work! You know, see the Mastermind in his natural habitat. I promise I won’t touch anything. I’ll just stand in the corner and look pretty."

Adonis turned, his blue eyes scanning her face. He saw right through the lie.

"You are a chaotic variable," he stated flatly. "You do not ’stand in the corner.’ You touch. You ask questions. You disrupt. Taking you to the mainframe is a security risk I cannot calculate."

He turned his back to her, heading toward the kitchen. "The answer is no."

[SYSTEM ALERT]

[MISSION TIMER: 5 HOURS REMAINING.]

[OBJECTIVE: SECURE ACCESS TO TOWER ZERO.]

[HINT: HE CAN’T SAY NO IF HE’S COMPROMISED.]

Nikki gritted her teeth. Five hours. I have five hours to convince a stubborn, overprotective supercomputer to break his own laws. She needed a plan. A stupid, desperate plan.

Attempt 1: The Ambush

Thirty minutes later, Adonis exited the shower. Steam billowed around his towel-clad hips as he stepped into the bedroom, drying his hair with a smaller towel.

He was distracted. His [Heart Protocol] bar was a relaxed BLUE.

Now.

Nikki lunged from behind the door. She had found a length of silk rope in the wardrobe (apparently he had stocked up on bondage gear after reading those books). She threw it over his head, intending to pull him back onto the bed and... well, she hadn’t thought that far ahead, but usually, if she tied him up, he listened.

She underestimated his sensors.

Before the rope even touched his shoulders, Adonis moved.

He didn’t turn around. He simply reached up, caught the rope mid-air with one hand, and yanked.

"Eep!" Nikki flew forward, colliding with his wet, naked back.

Adonis spun around, wrapping the rope around her wrists in a blur of motion. In three seconds, Nikki was pinned to the wall, her hands bound above her head with her own weapon, and a very amused, very naked Android pressing his hips against hers.

"Ambush detected," Adonis purred, leaning down to nip at her neck. "Tactical assessment: F-. You have poor stealth mechanics, Master."

"I was trying to be romantic!" Nikki lied breathlessly.

"You were trying to coerce me," Adonis corrected, his voice dropping to a growl. "B-02’s data suggests that the most efficient way to pacify an agitated partner is through physical exhaustion."

He dropped the towel, as his mouth devoured hers.

"Next time don’t do something like this."

Attempt 2: The Brat

Two hours later.

Nikki lay on the bed, limbs heavy, hair messy, thoroughly punished for the stunt she pupped, a bit drowsy but the timer was still ticking. He had not penetrated her and yet she felt like he did.

3 Hours Remaining.

She rolled over, watching Adonis pull on fresh trousers. He looked annoyingly composed.

"You’re a tyrant," she mumbled. "A mean, selfish tyrant who won’t take his girlfriend to work."

Adonis ignored her, fastening his belt.

"I bet you have a secret robot wife in there," Nikki continued, poking the bear. "That’s why I can’t go. Is she shiny? Does she have lasers?"

Adonis sighed. "Nikki."

"Or maybe you’re just ashamed of me," she sniffed dramatically. "Because I’m human. Because I bleed. Because I can’t do calculus in my head."

Adonis stopped. He turned, walked to the bed, and grabbed her ankle, dragging her down the mattress until she was within reach.

Smack.

His hand connected with her rear. Not hard enough to bruise, but loud enough to sting.

"Ow!" Nikki yelped, rubbing her butt.

"Manipulative emotional tactics will not work on me," Adonis scolded, giving her a stern look. "And bratty behavior results in discipline. My decision stands. No Tower Zero."

He walked out to the living room to check a datapad.

Attempt 3: The Hard Reset

1 Hour Remaining.

Nikki walked into the living room. She was dressed in her pajamas now, looking soft and harmless. She carried a mug of hot oil (for him, he liked the smell) and a mug of cocoa (for her).

"I’m sorry," she whispered, looking down at her feet. "I was being annoying. You’re right. It’s dangerous."

Adonis looked up from his datapad. "Apology accepted," he said gently.

"You look tense, though," Nikki observed, walking behind the sofa where he sat. "Let me massage your neck? Just to make up for the ambush."

Adonis hesitated. His sensors scanned her. Heart rate: Normal. Pheromones: Calm. He decided that she was not planning anything so he let her through.

"Acceptable," he murmured, leaning his head back.

Nikki dug her thumbs into the synthetic muscles of his shoulders. She knew that right at the base of his skull, hidden beneath a panel of synthetic skin, was a manual override switch. It was a design flaw from the early models, a "kill switch" for emergencies.

Thanks to her system she was able to know this.

"That feels... efficient," Adonis mumbled, his eyes fluttering shut.

"Just relax," Nikki whispered.

She moved her thumbs up. She felt the small indentation and immediately clicked on it, even though it was buried in his skin, Adonis never thought it would be that accessible.

Adonis gasped. His blue eyes flashed wide, then instantly went dark. His body went rigid, then slumped heavily against the sofa cushions.

[SYSTEM STATUS: FORCED HIBERNATION MODE.]

"I am so sorry," Nikki whispered, kissing his forehead. "But I really need to check your company!"

Adonis rebooted forty minutes later.

His system came online with a violent jolt. His internal chronometer flashed red. System interruption detected He tried to stand.

He couldn’t.

He was seated in one of the heavy dining chairs. His wrists were pulled behind the chair back, bound tight. His ankles were secured to the chair legs.

Adonis narrowed his eyes. He flexed his wrists, preparing to snap the restraints. He was a Class-5 War Unit. Ropes, handcuffs, even steel chains were useless against his hydraulic strength.

He pulled.

Nothing happened.

The material holding him didn’t give an inch. It hummed with a faint blue energy.

"High-tensile monofilament cables," Nikki’s voice came from the kitchen. "Stolen from your own tactical bag. And I used the magnetic locking cuffs you keep for ’high-value prisoners’. I figured those can’t be broken without a code."

She flipped her hair.

Adonis stopped struggling. He looked at Nikki, who was leaning against the counter, eating an apple.

"What are you doing?" Adonis stated, his voice calm but dangerous. "Do you know how much jail time you will serve for doing this?"

"Meh," Nikki shrugged, taking a bite of the apple. "You tried to break out. You couldn’t. So just calm down, Adonis."

"Release me," he commanded. "Immediately."

"Not until you agree to take me to the office."

"Never," Adonis growled. "I do not negotiate with terrorists. Even cute ones."

Nikki sighed. She walked over to him, tossing the apple core into the bin. She stood between his spread legs, placing her hands on his shoulders.

"You’re so stubborn," she whispered. "I guess persuasion isn’t working. I guess force isn’t working."

"There is no method that will compel me to endanger you," Adonis said, his jaw set. "You can leave me tied here for a week. My battery life is optimal."

"How about I teach you something instead?" Nikki asked, her voice dropping to a sultry purr.

Adonis raised an eyebrow.

Nikki smiled, stepping closer until her thighs brushed against his knees. "You have dependency protocols, don’t you? You told me your system glitches when I’m close. That you need me."

Adonis looked away, his jaw tightening. "You have inputted a dependency variable into my core, yes. My system prioritizes your proximity."

"Can you say no to your teachings?" Nikki asked. "If I want to show you something new? Something about... submission?"

Adonis looked back at her.

"I... cannot reject data input," he admitted slowly. "If it is relevant to our dynamic."

"Good," Nikki smiled. It was a wicked, predatory smile that mirrored the one he usually wore. "Let me show you how you can receive a reward without reciprocal action. You’re always the one in control, Adonis. Always the one doing the fucking, the touching, the pleasing. Today, you just... sit."

Adonis stared at her. "I do not require pleasure, Nikki. I am a machine." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Uh-huh," Nikki murmured. "Keep telling yourself that."

She dropped to her knees in front of him.

She reached for the zipper of his trousers.

The sound was loud in the quiet room. She peeled the fabric aside, freeing him, her eyes widened for a second looking at his size that she would never get used to and sighed. He was already semi-hard, his system reacting to her proximity and the threat of the situation automatically.

Adonis strained against the cuffs. "Nikki. This is... unnecessary. We should be discussing the security protocols of Tower Zero."

"Shh," Nikki whispered, placing a finger over his lips.

She leaned in, her breath ghosting over the head of his length. She looked up at him through her lashes, her eyes dark and determined.

"I know you wouldn’t feel this," she lied, tracing the vein on his underside with her tongue, "but I definitely would."