Written by Mirage
The Diva
"Tonight, I am finally meeting her... Lilia Sanders!" I said excitedly, "Do you remember her? She was that amazing actress! Yes, that one, with the huge controversy in Hollywood many years ago..." I continued, "I might even get hired to be her personal assistant... Yes... Really... Okay, I have to go... Bye, Mom." I said, as I hung up on my mother.
Freaking Lilia Sanders... The Diva... I have been her biggest fan since I was young... I had all her movies, posters, magazines... I was her biggest fan. She even replied to one of the letters I sent her. Framed, of course, on my wall. It's been 24 years now, since that day... The day her career got destroyed... I remember watching it live on TV, as everyone was glued to the TV screen, watching in shock, as the truth was revealed about her.
It didn't matter that she had already won seven academy awards, and been voted multiple times as the best actress in Hollywood.. No one cared anymore after that day, when they forced her manager, her lover people rumored about... Forced on live TV to reveal, that she was a gynoid the entire time...
Things quickly started to unravel for her, when a paparazzi managed to take a picture of her naked, on a table, her belly opened, with cables plugged in. Her manager tried to squash the rumors with that she was studying into doing a science fiction movie, but the pictures plastered everywhere were too real to be faked.
After a losing battle with Hollywood, angry with how a robot could have made them look like fools because of this situation, her manager was forced to go on live TV, and dismantle her piece by piece, showing everyone her true nature.
She was in tears, as people in the crowd booed her, screaming "FAKE!! SHE'S A FAKE!!!!!!!". Her light blues eyes lost all humanity when she was deactivated, as he opened her belly and removed her battery. He then slowly removed her circuited brain from her stomach, followed by her head, slowly decapitating her. Wires were pulled from her neck, still connected to her torso, her body twitched as the wires were ripped apart. Her manager, her creator, a little bald man with glasses, was in tears as he slowly tore her apart, the crowd almost screaming for blood. The entire event was sickening to me.... but arousing too, to be honest. This woman I worshipped, was a robot.... A robot that could be reprogrammed to be my lover, one day...
After that day, people forgot about her, as though she had never existed. Her movies got banned in theaters, and removed from being sold, as Hollywood stipulated that she was simply a property and not an actress after all and her movies should be destroyed. It was a crazy time, to be a movie lover. Thank God I manage to keep all her movies. You can still find some of her movies online, if you dig deep enough. I tried to read anything about her after that, but she simply vanished from history.
A few years ago, I read her creator was spotted in Florida and I tried to track him down, as my thirst for her was still inside me. After two years of looking, I finally managed to contact him and had a meeting with him. I think he was impressed that I went into robotics because of him and his creation, Lilia. He looked frail and skinny, being in his 70s. We met at a nice restaurant, on a cool night. He smiled, "You can call me Bill..."
I nodded and smiled back, "My name is Simon, and I am Lilia's biggest fan..."
He smiled a bit, happy that she had still some fans around, "Thank you... She will be happy to know that.."
“Uhh, does that mean she is still functioning?" I gasped in delight.
"Yes... In my mansion... In solitude... Away from the public..." He said, as he buttered a roll on his plate. "Fucking Hollywood tried to squeeze me of all my money, but I was smart... Managed to save a lot, before that day... We are well off..." He chuckled. "She does miss the spotlight... The blitz and glamour of it all. She's still a Diva after all." he laughed out.
"Why did you do it? Why put a gynoid in Hollywood?" I asked him, very interested in his answer.
"Why?... Oh why.? I wanted to show they were all hacks... All of them... My parents were actors actually, in theatres and plays.. Like, old school actors... So, I grew up seeing just how bad Hollywood became, a cesspool of cretins and lowlife douchebags. I was also interested in robotics too, as androids were getting more and more sophisticated and I got my passion for them. At 30, I manage to create my dream woman. She was perfect. Then, I got the idea to make her into the biggest diva Hollywood ever saw. So, I used Lilia for my personal project. After a few years, she made her debut, and she was a huge hit. Lilia was becoming a huge star!"