Blue stood trembling in front of the strange creatures. They looked vaguely like the pictures of humans he had in his memory banks, but they were green, had bulging eyes of varying colors that had no pupils, and they appeared to be floating a few inches off of the floor. The one with red eyes shouted something that Blue couldn't understand. After that the purple one pointed at him and said something that sounded like a command. He saw a hole open up in the ceiling, which startled him enough to make a run for it. A claw much like the ones GLaDOS used grabbed his arm and he was quickly immobilized as more claws dropped down from the ceiling. The strange things examined him, then the purple one spoke another command. Another cord snaked down from the ceiling, scanning him. A few moments passed, and the cord retracted. The red one said something again, getting in what sounded like an argument with what Blue could only assume was a computer. Eventually though, another familiar looking plug made its way down to Blue and in a flash he was downloaded into the computer. He was familiar with this, GLaDOS downloaded him every time he died, But usually she did it remotely. He had never been downloaded for more than a few moments before, though. When he was making sure he was all still there, he noticed something different. There was an extra file with him, something that wasn't there before. He opened it and was flooded with words. Strange words, and strange letters as well. An entire language had become a part of him, though he still retained his old language programming. Irken, it was called, according to the file. "Oops. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to give you that. I'm not going to take it back, but don't tell anyone. OK?" The computer startled him. He knew there would probably be someone here, or something at least, but he had been distracted. "Where am I?" He asked using his old programming. "Woah, dude, you're not making any sense. Try the file I gave you." He had forgotten that his program was translating what the computer said, but not what he said. He tried again in Irken. "There you go. Much better. As for where you are, you're on Irk. The center of the 'mighty Irken empire'." He said that last bit sarcastically. "The Irkens think they're so great, but really they're not. The only reason I stick around is because these two rarely come here and when they do usually all they want are snacks. I get a lot of spare time." Blue listened to the computer, but was worrying about what was happening outside. "Can I use your cameras? I need to-" the computer cut him off. "Say no more, just don't tell anyone." He connected Blue to the cameras as well as the audio feeds. "Well, what should we do with it?" Said the red colored Irken. He and the purple colored one were looking at Blue. Well, actually, his robot shell. "We could have the scientists on Vort look at it." Suggested the purple colored one. "Yeah! That's a great idea! Maybe we can get some local scientists to see what they can find out about this... crack, I guess." Blue was disconnected. "Ooooh, that's too bad. Looks like they're sending the rest of you to Vort."
"What's so bad about that?"
"It's another planet, dude. What are you, stupid?" Another planet? Oh, no. How was he supposed to get back to Earth now? "How far away is it?"
"About an eighth of a lightyear. It'd take a few months to get there if your ship was fast." Blue was shocked. Months? He had to get back. He missed Orange. He could only imagine how she was doing without him.