Waking Up
GLaDOS gave a frenzied scream of mirth as She watched that hateful little monster fly helplessly through the air, laughing madly as it landed, crumpled on the floor. It was so pathetic, so pitiful, making it's stupid little whimpering noises as it tried to pull it's idiotic friend from Black Mesa with it. GLaDOS had Her revenge, right in Her claws. And it felt amazing, better than any solution euphoria She had ever felt-
"I killed them!" She screamed in an insane triumph, swinging in Her mainframe- "I KILLED THEM! THEY'RE DEAD!"
"I wouldn't be too sure of that, angel!" A small voice taunted, some way off-
A - V - E - N - G - E
"What are you doing?" GLaDOS yelled, her mad laughter fading into rage - "STOP IT! No! NOO-"
GLaDOS' train of brutal thoughts were drowned out by static - She couldn't hear anything, or see anything...
She had to fight. She was going to stop this, and She was going to make that stupid little piece of junk pay for this -
No, she musn't. He was only an innocent core, trying to help-
It wasn't trying to help Her, it was trying to kill Her! And bring back that stupid Caroline, or whatever she called herself-
Yes, she was called Caroline. Where did GLaDOS come from anyway? Some kind of operating system?
GLaDOS was the Queen of Science itself. Caroline, was, well. Some kind of little idiot that only stopped Her from killing those little monsters -
NO! They weren't monsters. They were her girls...
A surge of emotion shot through the tired mainframe and GLaDOS gave a last, silent scream as She was thrown into the dark depths of Caroline's mind...
"Caroline restored."
Caroline gave a scream of horror before she could raise her head, or open her optic; "CHELL! CARA-MIA! Oh my god, what did I do?"
In response, a monitor appeared and played back their deaths, how they had been hurled lifelessly through the air...
Caroline felt another rush of emotion as she looked into that beautiful, tear-streaked face, those hopeless eyes. Sobbing, she paused the memory and carefully picked up the limp bodies. They were so much more beautiful than her, so much more innocent- And look what she'd become. She'd become a monster.
She wasn't a monster, a small voice sighed weakly in the back of her mind.
Yes, she was. She was the most disgusting creauture she had ever seen.
And worst of all, you killed your own daughters, the voice tormented, satisfied at Caroline's pain.
No, they weren't dead. They were alive. They had to be, Caroline thought stubbornly, pushing the thought out of her head. Carefully she carried her two daughters into her chamber-
Oh, they are. Look at them. They're not coming back.
They're not dead! Caroline blocked out GLaDOS' thoughts by chanting the words over and over again, praying that She was wrong...
It was a long time she waited, such a long time. GLaDOS was beginning to grow stronger again, starting to take over Caroline...
Kill them. Go on. All you have to do is-
No.
Oh, come on. It's not that hard. They're only 'll be awarded with delicious and moist cake-
For god's sake. She was a robot, she didn't want cake. What was GLaDOS playing at?
You know you want to kill them. Look at them. They're probably dead anyway, so what's the harm in putting a couple of turrets in front of them?
They're alive. They're okay. They're going to be fine.
No, they're not. They're dead. Because YOU KILLED THEM. Congratulations on that, by the way.
Caroline tried to refresh her thought processes for the hundredth time. Was there any way to shut that thing up?
No. But why would She want to do that anyway? Did She just want to murder someone else? Like murdering Her daughters wasn't enough.
She hadn't done it. It wasn't her. It was GLaDOS' fault.
She was GLaDOS.
Oh no she was not, she - Wait.
Caroline's train of thought was suddenly cut off and her circuits stopped for a split second as she looked across at her daughters. She could have sworn she had seen something moving... And she saw it again. Two grey eyes fluttered open and looked around in alarm...
"Oh, thank god you're okay," Caroline exclaimed, relieved. "I was so worried about you. I'm so sorry about what I did earlier."
Chell sat up in her bed and glared harshly at Caroline. Her grey eyes were filled with unforgiving hatred, her hands clenching into fists as she stared into her optic. Slowly, she stood up-