disclaimer: I don't own anything
(A/N) Portal 2, just...wow. I mean, I'm sad that was the end of the series, but wow, it was AMAZING. I have fallen in love with the two co-op robots, Atlas and P-body. I play on ps3 and I like playing as P-body, red portal FTW!
Anyway, I'm not here to give all the details away, I've just been dying for a cute, mild lemon, about these two, but can't seem to find anything, any suggestions? Also, I wholly admire the people who write Transformer stories, all that technical jargon, hawt.
Am I crazy for like TF stories? lol, my favorites are Sam/Bee and Barricade/Bee. There don't seem to be many Barricade/Bee stories, which makes me sad ):
Ok, I'm rambling, sorry. I know I've been missing, but that's college and work's fault lol. So here, this story will probably be a two or three shot, we'll see how things go.
Atlas was short, stout and eager. The blue eye situated in the middle of his body swiveled curiously as he examined the tube he was currently confined to. The glowing orb spotted, just next to him, another tube holding captive a robot with orange accents. He recognized his counterpart from the very beginning of their trials, waking up and then being instructed by GLaDOS as they worked together in those first days to become acquainted. P-body, tall, slim and cautious. He too looked around, the orange eye spotted the short blue robot and for what seemed like ages since being disassembled for maintenance they locked eyes.
Their past days together had been interrupted at one point. A lighter blue orb named Wheatly. Upon discovery of the two he talked quickly and excitedly, unlike GLaDOS. Their new ruler spoke of how they should fuse into one giant robot, then redacted the idea after muttering about how test chambers were hard enough to create without a 30ft tall robot stomping around. Wheatly had even entertained them with the idea of a third companion, a female named Chell who was, as Wheatly described, unorthodox and stubborn. The two finally met the woman after GLaDOS suddenly called them, they never thought twice about the disappearance of Wheatly. GLaDOS had informed them that the woman in the orange jumpsuit was Chell, a human who was, to her disappointment, very hard to kill. After the woman left, it was back to testing and the occasional quiet humming from GLaDOS to a tune they didn't recognize.
"Wave to your partner," the voice they both recognized as their creator. The distinct godly voice carried a weight of authority and limitless knowledge, with some snarky comments thrown in.
P-body watched as Atlas, his partner, immediately raised a hand to wave. Peering at the small robot he returned the gesture. Looking to himself it was easy to deduce they were not of the same framework. P-body who was once a turret and Atlas, a modified personality core. From then on, GLaDOS could only watch as the pair of robots not only discovered their surroundings, but discovered each other in a way not entirely robotic.
The first time Atlas saw, in a loose sense of the word, death, was during the calibration test while standing before a button with pictures instructing of what would happen after pressing said button. Glancing between the button and P-Body who was leaning over to look at the pool of sludge, he gingerly pressed the red circle and waited. Atlas looked around and turned to examine the room. A startled, garbled noise made Atlas swivel back around to see a cube dragging P-Body down into the sludge. More sporadic noises caused Atlas to come forward, pressing against the glass, trilling and clicking as he saw P-Body disappear into the murky water. The avid searching of Atlas' eye could only silently express how nervous and confused the short robot was becoming.
"Oh good, Orange is back," GLaDOS chimed sarcastically as P-Body walked in with delicate steps.
Looking around, P-body spotted Atlas by the glass and shuffled over on long, bird like legs. Atlas clicked softly, the noise of a lower tone, expressing an apology he wasn't able to voice properly yet. P-body leant to the side a little, like a bird, quietly analyzing his partner. Raising a hand P-body chirped back, waving it off like nothing had happened. Moving on he pointed to the button, urging Atlas to touch again. Atlas nodded, his program was evolving rapidly and something akin to joy was running through his circuits at seeing P-body back and ready to work again.
GLaDOS had programmed the robots to be as logical and human as possible. The logical part was easy, the human part not so much. She had watched Chell for so long, observed the female, had been close to her in potato form and silently made notes. GLaDOS had seen how Chell's face scrunched in frustration or in preparation for a long fall. There was no way to know just what was going on in the woman's head. This was where GLaDOS had problems, this is where she decided two robots, that complimented each other, were easier than one. There was no way she would be able to program all the little imperfections and nuances into one robot without certain algorithms running and tripping over each other. Thus P-body, with safety and cautiousness and Atlas with reckless and eager intentions were born. GLaDOS was careful to weave their programs, leaving them open to evolve, to learn and to problem solve in their own way. She did not however, predict how inseparable the two would become. Her antagonizing nature barely pulled at their bond, this in turn only pushed her to make harder and harder puzzles to solve. Together they were like Chell, stubborn and clever.
The Hub was a place they could interact without a test laid out before them. No pressing goal, just the two of them interacting before deciding to move forward. They had completed the first two sections and were going to start the third when they were good and ready. Orange sat quietly next to Blue, they had been watching their stats roll by on the large screen. P-body's long legs were situated neatly in front of him, Atlas' on the other hand were splayed as he examined his portal gun more closely. There had been only more and more interaction between them since the calibration test. Each death had only drawn them closer, keeping an eye out for each other, and learning that the placement of a portal could mean moving on or disassembly.
It occurred to P-body, while sitting there, that neither he or Atlas could speak in the way GLaDOS did, this intrigued him. How would one even go about forming the kinds of words that GLaDOS did? Were they supposed to teach themselves, using GLaDOS as an example? Or maybe there was an easier way to go about this. Atlas noted how Orange stood up, glancing around as if looking for something before finally giving noise to his thoughts. Looking to Blue he clicked and whirred with a kind of urgency and frustration. Gesturing to himself and Atlas he tried to express how the noises he was making could be so much more, giving grand waves with his hands. Atlas was troubled by the way his partner was acting, why was so important? More over, what was he trying to say? Finally letting his hands fall Orange stopped, looking about and clicking loudly to the air to get himself noticed.
"What are you doing, are you broken?"
Atlas narrowed his eye in interest, GLaDOS was willingly interacting with P-body, this was indeed rare. Standing up he watched them converse. Orange clicked again, gesturing to himself, to his body more specifically.
"Is there something wrong with your wiring? Or has Blue finally driven you mad," GLaDOS deadpanned.
Through live feeds she observed how Orange was acting strangely. Continually pointing to himself then "speaking", in higher pitches denoting importance in what he was trying to convey. This was new indeed, whatever had Orange riled, the slim robot was not ready to let it go so easily. Watching for author while longer she decided she would indulge the bot, decipher what he was trying to say.
"Orange, you look like a bird waving like that. Stop."
Immediately P-body stopped, he would not get anywhere if he enraged their maker. Atlas watched quietly, trilling at a lower frequency to get P-body's attention. Turning to stare at his counterpart Orange held a hand up, wanting patience and silence on Blue's part.
"There is something you want?"
Orange nodded quickly, well, more shook his body to indicate yes.
"Something done to you."
Another shake then gesturing to his body.
"You would like more armor?"
GLaDOS watched Orange shake his hands, a sign of no. She peered closer, examining how P-body continued gesture to his upper body. Rifling through her memory banks she brought all files with Orange and his interactions into play at speeds one could only fathom. All the files came to a grinding halt when she replayed the last moments of Chell's presence at Aperture, both P-body and Atlas had been there to witness her. To observe her while unconscious.
"You want to be more human, you want to...speak," GLaDOS spoke evenly, she started running simulations on what might happen if their software was enhanced in such a way.
Orange clicked excitedly and Blue merely watched how his partner became so excited. They knew all these words from the vast knowledge GLaDOS had slowly bestowed upon them after each maintenance. Atlas knew for a fact P-body was a quicker thinker than he, he trusted P-body when being directed. How else could they work if he didn't fully trust the other robot. Trust was a word he had a definition for, but for them, trust was so much more. Their entire existence was built upon the fact that without the other, there was no way either could function as exceptionally a part, as they did together.
"Orange, your request will take time. For now, continue testing."
GLaDOS did not speak after that, instead she hung quietly from the ceiling, running simulation after simulation. The pair had worked perfectly fine up until now without any really communication. So why was P-body expressing a need to form words? Or could this just be a natural evolution of P-body's programming? GLaDOS had noticed with Orange's cautious nature, the robot tended to stare at the chamber, quietly thinking of how to go about solving it. P-body was not satisfied with simply pointing and speaking in primitive noises, trying to help them along through the testing track without really voicing his thoughts and ideas. This would need more time and deliberation.
Atlas reached out, GLaDOS had left, he was sure, he could feel it in his circuits. The presence of an almost godly being, a pressure had been lifted from the room and he touched P-body's arm. Clicking excitedly the tall robot turned and came exceptionally close to Atlas. Their respective colors glowed against the white paneling of their bodies and Atlas, in all his intricate programming and circuits, wanted more than anything to understand just what P-body was currently whirring and beeping about. He was, what was that word he had learned, happy? Atlas was happy at how pleased Orange was sounding, how the mere acknowledgment by GLaDOS was the greatest thing in Aperture to him.
P-body reached out, gently cupping Atlas by the roundness of his personality core and started, almost like a whisper, cooing softly, trying to express how it felt when GLaDOS accepted his idea, to be recognized. Exhaling through vents P-body leant forward, trilling almost dreamily until their bodies touched and the resulting spark of their different electrical currents sent P-body reeling back, his voice processor fizzling into static. Atlas was knocked off balance, whatever had happened sent his core pulsing and his circuits alight with hyperawareness. Blue clicked, touching the spot just above his eye where P-body had touched, the feeling was something entirely different from the pain of being violently disassembled or joy of completing a test chamber. P-body stood on shaky metal stalks, trying to speak, but only producing hiss and static. Rubbing the spot, in an almost humanly way, Atlas finally stood, a little shaken by the experience. It was a few moments before either could successfully make their primitive, garbled noises again, it was even longer before P-body hesitantly gestured for Atlas that they needed to continue with their testing.
P.S. Tell me what you guys think, this is all kind of new to me!
Also, anyone seen the trailers/ videos for Brink? I am so getting it when it comes out! lol I'm such a ps-fangirl.