GLaDOS had never felt better. She had all of the test subjects she could ever need and what's more, that horrible little lunatic was no longer in her facility. She doesn't know why she gave the lunatic that turret opera. 'Maybe its Caroline', GLaDOS thought. After trying so hard for such long time, GLaDOS just couldn't figure out how to delete her. It was almost as if Caroline was being like Doug Rattman and hiding away from her. That had to be it. There was no way that she would do something like that for that dangerous lunatic. Especially not after she had killed her twice.
One of the new devices that She created was called the Aperture Science Neurologically Operated Controller, or ASNOC. This was a device that could be used to control electronic devices with the person's mind. This is where GLaDOS's entire problem originated.
Subject #04138, or Carlos, was one of the people stuck in testing the ASNOC, when GLaDOS decided that she had enough data for the device and that the humans could try to escape and, since she is technically a computer, she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. GLaDOS felt like it was in her best interests to eliminate the humans testing the device.
Carlos had just finished Test Chamber 19 when GLaDOS began to flood all of the ASNOC testing chambers with neurotoxin. Little did GLaDOS know that Carlos had learned how to hack into the panels and the neurotoxin supply a long time ago.
As soon as Carlos saw the neurotoxin flooding the chamber, he began to panic. However Carlos calmed himself down when he saw a timer come out of two open panels and saw that he had about three minutes. He focused on hacking into the neurotoxin emitters.
"What are you doing?!" GLaDOS exclaimed when Carlos finally got control of the emitters and shut them off.
Carlos ignored her and focused on keeping the neurotoxin off as well as opening up one of the panels so that he could escape.
"You can't escape," GLaDOS said, "I have all of the panels and both elevators shut down and locked-"
"Oh." GLaDOS said while Carlos opened a wall panel and walked out onto the catwalk, "I see that you can hack. Oh, here it is in your file. Apparently you were a computer programmer and, by extension, a good hacker before you were put into cryogenic stasis. That would have been a nice thing to know before putting you in this particular testing track."
"Well then I guess that's your own fault then isn't it." Carlos said as he walked towards an office area.
"Where do you honestly think you're going?" GLaDOS said, "The only things that way are some old offices, and some skeletons."
"You know I used to work here." Carlos said, "If you have access to my file, it should say that. So therefore I know what's over there."
"Oh really? And what do you possibly think is so important over there that you are going into a section of the facility where I still have neurotoxin emitters and turrets?" GLaDOS asked.
"You'll see." Carlos said with a smirk.
"I don't like the vagueness of your response." GLaDOS told him, "So I'll just have a look for myself and see just what I can find there."
Carlos said nothing as he walked through to the door that was marked with a sign saying "Human to Core Transfer Bay".
"Oh you wouldn't do something like that." GLaDOS said, "I know you wouldn't. It says right here in your file that you hate being in charge. In fact, it also says that you are a glossophobic. Now that's sad. I bet you had a hard time making any friends in your previous human life. I'm also sure that the people you thought you had made friends with didn't like you and in fact were celebrating the day that you stopped coming back."
"I grew out of the glossophobia a long time ago." Carlos told her. "However I never told anyone this because my therapist decided that I grew out of it about a week before I was put into cryogenic storage. I just wanted to see if it was still there."
GLaDOS couldn't come up with a response to that when Carlos walked out of the office area and towards the Central Core Chamber. "What are you even planning to do?" GLaDOS asked, "You don't have a core to replace me, and you also can't escape through the elevator because I won't let you."
Carlos only smirked while walking into the Central Core Chamber. "So what do you plan to do now hero?" GLaDOS asked, "Kill me? Because I can assure you that nothing good will come out of that because I highly doubt that you know how to y-y-y-yes…... NO! What did you just do to me?!"
Carlos ignored her question and continued to try and break into the mainframe and trick it.
'W-W-W-Warning. Central core is t-t-te-eighty percent corrupt.'
"Oh you are kidding me!"
'A-A-Alternate c-c-c-c-core dete-e-e-ected. Please plug the alternate core into the core recepta-a-a-acle.'
Carlos then walked over to the receptacle and plugged the Aperature Science Human to Machine Heavy Duty Cable, which he found in the offices, into the receptacle and into his ASNOC.
'Alternate Core, are you ready to start the procedure?'
"Yes."
'Corrupted Core, are you ready to start the procedure?'
"NO-n-n-n-y-y-yes…."
As Carlos was being pulled into the receptacle, he made sure that GLaDOS was being pulled off of the mainframe at the same time.
"No! Stop! Not again!" GLaDOS barely screamed out to the entire facility before finally quieting down.
After GLaDOS got pulled off of the mainframe, Carlos was trying to avoid being stabbed by the mechanical claws whilst trying to plug the ASH-MHDC into the chassis so he could take control.
After about thirty minutes or so, he finally got the cable connected. Of course, he got a massive shock about two seconds after being plugged in.
"AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH," Carlos screamed before passing out.
"I warned you not to connect to my mainframe." GLaDOS told his unconscious form, "Although it was interesting to see what the effects would be if a human tried to connect themselves to the mainframe. Just please try to wake up soon so that you don't blow the entire facility up. Those nuclear reactors are very volatile."
Carlos began to stir about thirty or so minutes later.
"Well, you were out for thirty-three minutes, and five point six thr-"
"Hey guess what." Carlos interrupted, "I don't care. Also, guess what again, I'm now reading that little project of yours. You know which one I'm talking about. The one where you're trying to rebuild the minds of the test subjects who were put into cryogenic stasis."
'Oh. He found out about the Aperature Science Solution to Cognitive Degeneration via Cryogenic Stasis' GLaDOS thought to herself. She made a mental note to make the names of her projects shorter.
"I can also see that one of them has their brain fixed." Carlos said, "Oh now that's sad. You couldn't fix her memories. It was also a child. Well, let's see if we can't upload you into this human."
GLaDOS was about to give a retort when she found out that she couldn't speak. After running a quick diagnosis, she discovered that her auditory speakers were damaged. 'Well that's just great. Now he's going to think that I'm afraid.' GLaDOS thought.
Due to her inability to speak, she could only glare at him as he lowered the child's body, onto two raised panels, and the Aperature Science Human to Core Transfer Device onto another two raised panels.
When GLaDOS looked at him, she saw that he had a maniacal smile on his face.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to upload whatever fragments that were left of that little human into me? Because that won't work and you will still be back at step one."
"Not really. I'm going to upload you into her." Carlos said as he began to laugh maniacally, "Oh and trust me, this will hurt."
GLaDOS did her best to simulate widening her eyes as she realized what he was planning. 'Does he have to be this cruel!? I would be fine… well, I would hate it but still I would rather be stuck in an adult's body but a child! That's just too far.' GLaDOS thought as she was plugged into the ridiculously large machine.
She knew what to expect. Caroline had gone through it once before and as much as she hated to admit it, but Caroline's memories had helped her find out about many things. Like the large vault of humans where this stupid human child's body came from. Speaking of the little rodent she was about to be uploaded into, how old was she? GLaDOS thought that it would be a good idea to learn just how old this child was. GLaDOS began to judge as being around the age of five years old.
'Well at least the child's mind should be developed enough so that I can speak properly to people.'
"Oh and don't worry if you start to act like a six year old yourself. Due to the fact that her mind isn't very developed yet, it could cause some… minor difficulties when dealing with difficult situations." Carlos told her.
All she could give him was a death glare before he started the machine up.
Even though she was prepared for it, GLaDOS screamed in agony anyways. What was only 13 minutes and 36.564 seconds felt like an eternity to GLaDOS. She just hoped the machine didn't completely fry the child's mind. Otherwise she would be spending quite a long time in a body that had absolutely no brain.
She was, however, able to think one last thought before slipping into what humans called unconsciousness.
'I swear to you, if I ever get control of my facility again, you'll be wishing you stayed and continued to test.'
A/N: My first fanfic! Wow this was a lot harder than I expected. Oh well anyways please leave me some reviews. I will give you a virtual cake! Better than a cookie. :)
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