that night, Doug couldn't sleep, he kept thinking back to the chamber... and the nightmare inducing face of that... that thing. eventually he got so frustrated with tossing and turning that he decided to get up and go work early. after wandering through the hallways for roughly half an hour, he found the interactive computerized control room and walked directly into the wall. eventually he found the swivel chair, and as if on a timer, his computer said he had a message. he used his normal login and opened the message, it was a birthday card from Sylvia, several seconds later, Doug realized that it was his birthday. after being angry with himself for forgetting his own birthday, again, he decided to figure out what Sylvia was doing up at 1:00 in the morning on a thursday. Sylvia worked in the same department as Henry, building and setting restrictions for GLaDOS. Doug was convinced that that robot was going to get someone killed. anyway, Doug was rather fond of Sylvia, so when he got a message from her, it was kind of a big deal. he typed his message rapidly and received an almost instantaneous reply, Sylvia wanted them to go get a drink at the 24 hour cafeteria to celebrate Doug's birthday. Doug nearly fell out of his chair.

He was waiting at the aperture science employee lounge for about five minutes, fidgeting the entire time, before Sylvia eventually walked in through the glass double doors. she walked with confidence, her golden hair tied in a braid down her back. There were only three other people in the lounge and they all stared as Sylvia walked by, Doug obviously wasn't the only aperture employee with a crush on Sylvia. She sat down across the table from Doug and they started talking, about work, about the news, then finally, about GLaDOS. Sylvia rather liked the idea of A.I, Doug, not so much. Due to his schizophrenia, Doug was especially paranoid. and thus, he wasn't so keen on the idea that a large, unregulated robot would be controlling the lab and watching his every move. it was then that Sylvia suggested that the break into her office and go marvel at apertures greatest achievement yet. Doug didn't like the thought of being within a mile of it, let alone locked in a room with it! but, then again, Sylvia would be there. he agreed and the walked out of the lounge together.

"you seem nervous Doug, what's wrong?" Sylvia asked, typing a few strings of numbers into a desktop. "I don't very much like robots..." Doug replied.

"well this one can't possibly hurt you, its not even on"

"it's not that it's going to hurt me, It's that it's watching me, al the time..."

"wow, you always find a way to point out the creepy side of things don't you"

"yeah pretty much"

Sylvia flipped a switch and the room filled with a mechanical hum. "there we go!" several parts started shifting in the robotic body, giving it the effect of a monster rising from the depths.

It's yellow eye opened, blinked once, then its entire head lifted up to look directly at the two scientists, Doug was terrified that it was going to kill them somehow.

the machine spoke in an obviously computerized tone "hello, I am Genetic Life-form and Disk Operating System. GLaDOS, for short"

"you see," Sylvia explained to Doug "this is just a test A.I, when we actually download one in, GLaDOS will have a much more human-sounding voice, maybe even a personality!"

"correct, when I am finally complete, I will have total control over all laboratory functions"

"yeahhhhhhh... thats nice..." Doug said skeptically.

"and when i have control of the lab, i might not even need scientists any more... when I delete you, you probably wont be missed"

The moment GLaDOS said this, Sylvia pushed a large button marked 'kill switch' and instantly shut her down.

"well, that was an interesting first date..."

"wait... what?... date?"

"yeah... you didn't know?"

"what the hell is going on here!"

Sylvia paused to sigh before continuing. "Doug. i know you like me, I kinda like you too... I brought you here so i could tell you"

"I... I uh... um..."

and before Doug could even finish his sentence, Sylvia kissed him, and then he feinted.

IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE-ISH THING:

help! I'm running out of ideas for filler chapters, if you think of anything, PM me it and i might add it in, I'll be sure to add your name in the description if you help.

thanks

-Aro.