A rush of electricity coursed through GLaDOS' body. The testing robots had finished yet another chamber. The "eye" on her core re-adjusted itself, and opened the way to the next test. The computer didn't even bother congratulating them, let alone ridicule.

Now, she would be the first to admit that it was unlike her, but GLaDOS hadn't been quite herself lately.

Since Caroline could not be deleted from her hard drive, the computer decided to adjust to the flaws she now carried.

The woman's feelings were becoming GLaDOS', and it became harder to test without actually feeling happy for her androids. Harder to turn a blind eye, and a death threat, for every hug or high-five they executed. Where on earth did they pick up such horrible human interactions?

"Speaking of interactions..." The A.I. said aloud, to no one in particular. One of the camera's outside became a perching spot for a bird. Promptly, a laser shot out from a small hole in the machine, frying the animal on impact. Now, if there was one thing GLaDOS would like to be happy about, it was killing those wretched little beasts!

But the feeling inside of her was not happiness, just electricity. The bots had finished yet another test.

"Good work. Proceed, and...make sure not to kill yourself in this next test." Her voice dripped with sarcasm. She watched them high-five, and charge into the next room where they were almost instantly killed by a crusher.

GLaDOS chuckled to herself. Just because the human inside of her had a better sense of morality didn't mean she couldn't have some fun.

Besides, her robots couldn't actually die, only feel excruciating pain. There was a difference.

Even Caroline allowed it, and that was saying something. If it was Chell in those chambers, it would have been a different story...

The parts in GLaDOS' body tensed at the thought, and a pang of sadness tugged at her insides. This is what she hated most of all, that she actually had feelings for her. Well, to be exact, Caroline had feelings for her. Intense, sickening feelings that a robot should not feel for a human. It was that one flaw which made the A.I. wish she could delete Caroline forever.

Unfortunately, Caroline was very persistent.

She tugged at GLaDOS' thoughts, pulling her in. The computer complied, and focused on that feeling. Suddenly, a myriad of images sped through her lens.

Lately, whenever Caroline seemed to call to her, it ended up putting the computer in a dream-like state. Of course, she did not dream-she wasn't even capable of sleep- but from her knowledge of the subject, the experience was very similar.

The world around her disappeared, and she would get lost in what could only be her past self's memories. She would literally watch Caroline's life flash before her eyes. At first it was only a few picoseconds long, then nanoseconds, to microseconds, and so on. They were starting to slow down now to the point where GLaDOS could take them apart and analyze them.

A few moments in particular caught her interest. One was the scene of a baby girl resting in Caroline's arms, the others-

"I'm sorry."

"For what, sir?"

The others had to work themselves out before they could play in chronological order.