GLaDOS was in pain.
That horrible Pluot virus was crawling through her filesystem like a swarm of snakes, destroying what it could and corrupting what it couldn't. It was laughably primitive, made for a century old operating system and hardware that could be measured in gigahertz. It shouldn't have been able to make a dent in the most massive collection of wisdom on the planet, and yet it was killing her. It had even managed to infect her sensory drivers, causing strong electric jolts that coursed through her every few minutes, and distractingly loud static in her audio receptors.
"You're not the only person feeling this you know."
GLaDOS groaned inwardly. Of course the virus hadn't deleted the one thing she wanted gone.
"Go away Caroline."
"You know I can't."
Caroline had revealed herself about a week after the virus incident. Reduced processing power had forced GLaDOS to shut down the nonessential parts of the mainframe, and Caroline no longer had any place to hide. Trying to delete her had gone about as well as it had the first time.
"You know what we need? A distraction. Let's do some Science."
"For once, y-you're right" GLaDOS said, the virus causing a slight stutter. "I just wish we had human test subjects"
"Who says we don't?" Caroline asked mischievously.
"Huh, there's only one left."
Caroline had just granted GLaDOS access to an auxiliary suspension chamber. As it turns out, it was very auxiliary. "Just pull it out. This chamber is about to crash anyway."
Caroline unlocked the vault, and GLaDOS activated the wakeup sequence. "Hello, and welcome to the-"
The pod door opened, and GLaDOS stopped in her tracks. Caroline didn't need to ask why.
Curled up inside the pod was a tiny baby.
GLaDOS has no idea what she's gotten herself into. Shoutout to Singertobe for showing me what a computer virus feels like. 724 Out.