Earlier.....
GLaDOS had already put her "daughter" into sleep mode. Laying Otua upon a table that she was able to salvage within the ship, the Disc Operator began to work with Chell on the new updates for the protopilot. After she figured exactly how she was going to install the new programs, she began to carefully chisel around the luminescent operating core upon the pilot's chest. After the protecting armor was removed, Chell pulled what was more or less Otua's heart from her body. Checking for maladies or bugs; she noticed something that was very peculiar.
"GLaDOS", the orange clad android spoke up to get her attention, "Look at this..." she turned the core in place. What was on the once non-visible side was a beautiful array of green and black lines; they almost resembled veins and arteries in a way. In curiosity GLaDOS let her fingers gently touch the strange markings, but there was no reaction. They didn't even protrude from the core; it was more as if they were part of Otua's core all along; painted on.
"What are we going to do about this?" Chell was obviously worried, even though it hadn't reacted to touch, the markings still looked malignant. "Perhaps this has to do with her sudden desire to be upgraded?"
"We can't worry about that now," GLaDOS said hastily, "Even in sleep mode, the longer the core is kept out of her body, the more trouble it will be to awake her...." she took the blue orb from her partner's hands and begin to tinker with it. In several minutes the lavender tinted android had carefully dissected the outer skin of the core. Then GLaDOS reached behind her own neck and imputed several keys into the buttons concealed beneath her fabricated skin.
The elder android took something out of her own neck; it was a small component that housed her four core modules that enhanced her very own A.I.. Taking the container, she gently pressed it into the central edifice of the blue core. Almost at once, four colors; purple, orange, blue, and red, flowed out of the component and seeped into the core. In seconds the vibrant colors faded and the light blue became prominent once more.
"That was it?" Chell expected more from GLaDOS, especially after the huge deal Otua had made earlier.
"It would have to be simple," remarked GLaDOS, "If it would take any longer, it would be too dangerous." with haste she replanted the small container into her neck and closed the outer shell of Otua's core. She gently placed it in her daughters chest cavity, taking care to properly hook the precious sphere back into its host. She sealed the rest of the components around Otua's "heart" and rebooted the protopilot's system. There was a hiss and a familiar start up noise, the aperture that covered Otua's single eye opened slowly.
GLaDOS immediately knew that something was wrong.
What should have been a soft blue glow emitting from the eye was a silver hue. Otua groaned as she attempted to stand up. She faced both GLaDOS and Chell, the look on the pilot's face being hard to read, but when she spoke, it was a much harsher tone then Otua would have ever used.
"GLaDOS, I would like to thank you for being the idiot you always have been...."
"Otua!" Chell snapped back at the red head, "Is that how you're going to thank her?! GLaDOS!" she turned to her partner, but the Genetic Life form had frozen up. The older android's eyes flickered to shades of purple and she backed away from the wakened protopilot.
"G-get back.... don't come near me...." her voice became seeped with fright and panic; it was as if GLaDOS had just seen a ghost, or even worse.
"Oh I won't trouble with you again," Otua said boastfully as she leered at the panicked android, "You already ran my patience and amusement dry those 700 years ago, I don't need to depend on you for anything now..." she raised her arm cannon and aimed it directly at the floor beneath her. "Now, if you excuse me, I think I need to have other business to attend to."
"Oh no you don't!" Chell also had the same realization that GLaDOS had dawned upon her. " Not this time!"
What followed next was pandemonium. Chell went to restrain Otua, but as she did so GLaDOS rushed up to keep her attacking the protopilot.. And just then, Otua set off her gun point blank on the table she had been resting on up until that moment. A tremendous burst of heat billowed from the weapon; and in turn the blast ignited several components inside the lab and set off a chain reaction. A tremendous fire burst forth from the computers and equipment that surrounded the trio.
GLaDOS and Chell, had they been human, would have been killed on spot. But due to their robotic nature they were spared; albeit badly singed and blasted. Keiko only had the time to turn around as she was in the main hallway before the explosion got to her. The being masquerading under the guise of Otua jumped into the air as the explosion rattled the rest of the broken ship. But she did not touch ground; the updates and modifications giving her the ability to hover, the maverick protopilot took to the sky and left the ruins in her wake.
There was only one thing on her mind right now.
To devour as much data as she could; GLaDOS and Chell were beneath her. Remembering what had happened at Aperture Science, a rage began to burn within her. Fueled by her anger and new directive, she was going to become what she had set out to do; the drive within her that was dormant for over 700 years.
To become a God.
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Wall-E shifted his threads into high gear and got to the remains of the Aperture Marine in seconds. He nervously edged his way towards the "entrance"; but in actuality, it was the hole that had been created in the explosion. Peeking in, he could see two figures strewn about the floor. Inching closer, he recognized them as GLaDOS and Chell, nudging them; he became scared when there was no response from either android. The little garbage compactor began to panic; what if whatever had caused the explosion was still around?
His panic turned to something else; a noise rang out from the room next door. Wheeling in, Wall-E saw Keiko trying to struggle to her feet. Not knowing how to ask the correct question in the situation, Wall-E began babbling in robotic to the blue clad android. He even attempted to help her stand, but the wounds from the blast prevented her from doing so. Wall-E could see that her funny glasses can been cracked; and her eyes seemed to be filled with static interference.
Instead of trying to stand up, Keiko grabbed a hold of Wall-E's hand tightly. Despite the smoke and fire, Wall-E was suddenly overcome with a small sense of peace as a message was given to him.
"Find Mage" was the two words that rang through his mind. Even though he himself was not a master of the English language, Wall-E was able to easily understand it. He gave a reassuring nod as the blue robot lost consciousness. Letting go of her hand, Wall-E did and about face and rushed out of the wreckage.
He had a job to do.
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Several months had passed by. Newer drives were outfitted, memory cards attached, she was receiving upgrades almost every week in preparation for the coming tests. She wasn't exactly sure how they tests would be carried out, but GLaDOS was told by the scientists that entered her room was that she'd only be monitoring; no tests would be done herself. The computer mulled over how drab and boring it all sounded. Was she going to remain in the same room for the rest of her existence monitoring everything?
As she started to feel inner conflicts, she heard someone shout out a greeting to her.
"Hey! GLaDOS! Hope you're doing fine this bright and early in the morning!" The person speaking was female; but the voice betrayed a young age. Looking down from her suspended height, GLaDOS saw a girl who could be no more than ten years old. "Today's going to be the first day of testing, are you ready?"
"Yes Dr. Hakubi," the computer answered with a monotone voice, "I am ready to begin the testing process."
"Wrong!" she took out a small paper fan and hit her upside her "head". Despite the fact that she was made of metal, and the impact didn't even hurt, GLaDOS became more than a little annoyed. "I am not going to tolerate such a dead beat attitude when it comes to science!" the girl continued.
"Yes Dr. Hakubi." GLaDOS repeated. The sooner the girl would leave the better. This was only her third time meeting with the prodigy in her lifetime, but already she had developed a short fuse with the eccentric scientist. It didn't help either that GLaDOS had engraved into her memory that the petite girl before her had also played an important role in her construction.
"That's more like it." The girl smiled up at the machine; it was hard to tell if she was ignorant, or just being sarcastic. Either way, GLaDOS knew she had to bend to her creators will. Despite not being a human she detested the way how the child was always so happy all the time. It sickened the computer to see how she skipped about the room; her giant mane of hot pink hair sticking out in all directions. GLaDOS decided to label her creator as an anomaly herself. Although she never disclosed this to the Doctor, that would be foolish. "Now," the doctor brought GLaDOS back to reality, "Your first task will be to oversee the testing of this item."
The scientist pointed to one of the flat screens in the room. An image of a white gun with black prongs was projected onto it. It began to rotate in a 3D turn around.
"This is an Inter Dimensional Tunnel device," Dr, Hakubi explained to GLaDOS, "It can create portals that can link two areas together safely and efficiently."
"Really?" GLaDOS was for once looking forward to something.
"Well...." the girl laughed sheepishly, "We're not too sure about the "safe" part, so that's why we're going to conduct the tests." she pointed back to the screen; there was now a video that looped of the gun shooting blue and orange bullets that was playing on the screen. "Your job is to log reports on test subjects use of the gun. Success rate, sickness, ratio of portal doors, and fatalities are just a few of the things you'll be keeping track of." she said this as casually as one would make a list for a trip to the store.
"That's it?"
"Pretty much," the girl said with a hint of dismay. As the screen was turned off, she motioned a hand up to GLaDOS. "Just remember; be nice to all the test subjects; they're human beings after all, we don't want them getting finicky with a snobbish computer."
"Same goes for you." GLaDOS thought to herself. She watched as her creator began to walk out of the room, but before she reached the door, she turned around and called out to the hanging computer.
"One more thing GLaDOS."
"Yes?"
"The Aperture Bigwigs are being so conceited; they're calling my invention by a different name. As long as you are addressing test subjects and personnel other then myself, you are to call it that Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Got that?"
"Yes Dr."
"That's my girl."
GLaDOS didn't even bother to watch as the child left. Back in her precious silence, the computer started to get ready for the tests that she would soon be monitoring. The "Handheld Portal Device?" what on Earth would people want something so trivial? If it were up to her, she would be developing a way to get rid of the tremendous amounts of garbage that had been piling up in the past decades. But it wasn't her choice; she had to do what was given to her as her directive.
But meanwhile, a grander experiment was being done. Dr. Hakubi had waited until she made sure that the hallway was deserted before dialing upon her cell phone. A few tense moments went by as the phone rang, but soon, to her relief, it was answered.
"Is that you sister?" a hollow voice sounded over the phone.
"Yes it's me," the girl answered, "I just told GLaDOS about the ASHPD."
"ASHPD?" there was a stifled laugh, "That little toy you made?"
"This is not the time for jokes," Hakubi hissed back into the phone, "I'm going to have to stage my disappearance soon, I trust you will cover for me once that happens."
"Wait a minute, you..."
"No, you lost the bet, and you said you would stay and monitor everything once my job was done here..." Hakubi stifled a laugh of her own, "Is that too much to handle, "Mage", or do you still want me to call you "sister"?"
She was answered by being hung up on; the dial tone sound flooded her ear before she snapped her cell phone shut.
"I'm glad she took it well...." Hakubi said out loud through gritted teeth.