Get Over Aperture

Ch. 5 Homed

Wheatley's POV

"SPAAAAAAAAAACE!"

"Uh, yes. Of course... space."

"We're in space."

"Yes. I know that."

"SPAAAAAAAAAACE! So much space."

"Yes... apparently TOO MUCH space..."

"SPAAAAAAAAACE!"

...

He can't hear me.

Ever since I was shot into space with Space Core, I couldn't stop thinking about how I would apologize to Chell... and maybe GLaDOS too... turning her into a potato and... right...

*sigh*

I think I should stop thinking about that though. I mean, it's not like I even have a chance of getting back to Earth, right? Right?

...

*sigh*

I wish I would just deactivate...

GLaDOS' POV

I'm watching turrets die for my amusement.

*BOOM!*

...

It isn't the same.

They don't try to talk back or react when I say something that's supposed to insult them. They don't try to kill me. Neither do Atlas and P-Body. None of them react at all to what I do or say to them.

This is boring me. I have no-one to harass verbally or physically who will actually react and try to actually live through the tests I put up to them.

...

I DID think about trying to contact Subject #1498. Maybe I should just call it Chell.

I'm still quite upset about the trying to kill me twice thing.

But I just don't want to contact her because it would seem like I've grown attached to her and want her back or something like that.

...

I'll just get Wheatley. I just realized now that I have a homing device stored in the facility somewhere... oh, where did I put that?

Wheatley's POV

"SPAAAAAAAAAACE!"

I wish he'd just stop.

It's very much obvious that we're in space and I really don't like thinking about space at all. It reminds me of my betrayal.

I don't really know why it reminds me of that but I think it might be because even though I betrayed Chell, while I was about to be sucked into space, she grabbed me.

She held on so tightly, I could almost –just almost- feel her warmth, even though I was a robot. That's how tightly she was holding onto me.

It was like she didn't want me to go... either that or she was guilty since she was the one who fired the portals.

*sigh*

Hm? I'm feeling something weird... what... what is this?

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!"

~o~

"Oh... ugh, what happened? Huh? I'm not hearing any screams about space... Space Core! Where are you? Are you okay?"

"Oh, don't worry about him. He's fine. I left him in space. I was only going for you."

I gasped. That robotic female voice!

"What the-" I looked behind me.

"Oh no..."

"Oh yes."