A/N: Hey, this is my first Portal fanfiction. Please review!
Today is one of the greatest days in history.
My mind flashes back to when I kissed my wife and beloved 9-year old daughter goodbye, who pleaded for me to video the whole operation which I agreed too.
Now I stand here with my video camera inside the main chamber, the octagon shaped room which beheld the 15 year project. If he were here, Cave Johnson would be proud.
Today was the day we activate GLaDOS for the first time.
The Generated Life-form and Disk Operating System as her name stood for would advance science forward, more than we would expect her too. This was exciting, as we didn't know what would happen when she was activated, but hopefully, she would start constructing and conducting the tests. Fellow scientists milled around, making checks and completing little jobs that would build up to the big moment. I heard a beeping sound behind me and a forklift rolled by, carrying a core. Apparently, this was the Morality Core which would be the final addition to the other 2 cores on GLaDOS' Body, the Curiosity Core and the Cake Core. But now I'm not sure. The "Morality core" looked agitated and furious, it's eye rolled around in frantic anger. Oh well, not my department.
I scanned around the chamber with the camera, and up above I spotted a test subject in the main control system for GLaDOS. What is she doing up there? Isn't she supposed to be testing? Again, not my department.
My department is actually the research and applications to the connections between GLaDOS and the facility. Mostly, I made the connections with the crushers and the –
"MATTHEWS!" My boss barked through the Mega-phone.
"Yes Sir?"
"What are you doing just standing there?"
"Uh, I'm videoing the whole operation for back-up material and personal resources…sir."
Phil snorted then shook his head with dismissal.
"Whatever then."
I continued videoing the lifeless chassis in front of me with eagerness. The forklift meanwhile had lifted the Core and they were inserting it into her body. This would apparently with the other cores contribute to the personality of GLaDOS, and with the Morality Core, she would be a great asset to the enrichment center, especially when advancing science forward.
I can't wait!
Finally, the last core was inserted and Phil walked off from the glass-ringed platform directly underneath GLaDOS. This is it.
Phil spotted Zoa who apparently was the name of the testing subject in the control room. He called out to her.
"HEY, YOU! WE ARE READY! TURN THE SWITCH ON!"
This is it. I focused the camera into the control room as Zoa turned around and fiddled with a switch. Here we go. A loud click sounded and the 12 TV Screens in the room flickered on and flashed different pictures at rapid speed. A rumbling sound occurred and the main chamber shook. An Earthquake? The room's blue glow changed into an infra-red purple before repeating the same process. GLaDOS started to rock slightly back and forth. Then the room returned to normal. And then she spoke.
"Hello…hello…hello and welcome to the Aperture Science Computer-aided enrichment center."