The calm night sky envelops the city, the moon shining brightly down onto the mass of lights and metal. However, something bigger looms over the city, sat atop a hill. A junkyard, piled absurdly high with anything that could be found: cans, suits, clocks, cars, even a plane has been dumped into the massive pile of unorganized junk. Atop the junk pile is a singular globe, standing at a slight tilt. For most, this is an eyesore, spoiling both the view, and the health of the citizens. For some, however, it displays a show of a vermin problem. A very big vermin problem. Suddenly, the silence overtaking the junkyard is replaced with music, slowly, yet progressively, getting louder and louder. A large sewer pipe at the top of the massive mound shudders and shakes, before suddenly spewing out a mattress, and the source of the loud, Balkan-themed music; four small white creatures, each holding an instrument: a tuba, a bass drum, a clarinet, and a French horn.
The mattress flies through the air, before sliding back into a pipe and continuing it's journey. The Rabbids, however, land quite ungracefully on the top of the tower, causing the globe to shift slightly, yet remain atop the junk pile. The Rabbids quickly recover, somehow remaining unharmed despite the fall, and continue to blast their music, playing as loud as they can. The music seems to attract Rabbids from all over the junkyard, causing a dozen or so to pop out of random locations and climb the stack. As soon as they all make it to the top, they begin to cheer, letting out bwah's and other sounds of excitement; it was going to happen this time, this time the final piece of trash would be stacked, and they would be able to reach the moon. Suddenly, two more Rabbids pop out of a sewer, one in a shopping cart stacked with items, while the other pushes the cart. The Rabbid in the cart proceeds to dump all of the items into a nearby pipe, including their newest addition to the pile, an atomic battery. The two then roll up to the others and begin to cheer too, as one Rabbid jumps up onto the globe at the center, while another climbs onto a smaller pile of scrap atop the platform. The Rabbid aboard the scrap proceeds to chant while the band continues to play the music.
"Woah! Ho! hey!"
In an instant, the atomic battery, and heaps of trash, flow out of a nearby pipe and onto the pile, adding a steady 9 feet to the tower. The force of it causes both the Rabbid on the globe and the globe itself to jump up, both luckily landing on top of the new addition of the pile. as soon as the Rabbid stands up on the globe, the others stop their cheering, and the music stops, leaving all the Rabbids looking up in suspense. Did they make it? Did they reach the moon? As the one atop the globe looks up at the moon, his excitement skyrockets. Just one more item! that's all! This time for sure! He begins to jump up and down, which makes all of the other Rabbids excited yet again as the group of four start up their music again. However, it doesn't take long for that same action to die down, as a small orange light shines up in the sky. All of the Rabbids stop and look up at the orange light as it gets closer, and closer, and closer, until-Bam! The ball of flame crashes into the junkyard, landing at the very bottom of the massive pile. Curious, all of the Rabbids look to the two with the shopping cart, used to the adventuring duo to do all the work. The two glance around, before the one piloting the cart pushes it into a sewer pipe, following close behind.
As the two ride down the pipe, they soon find themselves directly at the bottom of the tower, now following a dirt path. As the two continue to follow the rough dirt path, they soon come to a crater, roughly 5 feet in diameter. The Rabbid in the basket peeks over at the center of the crater, and lets out a surprised gasp at the sight. Lying in the center of the crater is a small white ball, now charred around the edges. The ball seems to have two handles, although they are facing toward the ground.
"Argh, My bloody circuits..." The sphere groans.
The two Rabbids jump back, not used to inanimate objects speaking before. The Rabbid piloting the basket backs the basket away from the crater, before beginning to walk into the crater, leaving the other Rabbid in the basket while he investigates. The sphere seems to notice the sound, and speaks up.
"Someone? Anyone? You there? hmm, probably mute like the last one... Oh! I know! Clears throat, Hey! it's yer' old buddy Wheatley! Not here to kill ya! don't worry! I come in peace!...no? no one?"
The Rabbid looks at the sphere curiously, before letting out a greeting.
"bwah!"
The Sphere seems confused, yet relieved at the same time.
"Hah! I knew someone was there! And your not a mute freak, amazing! Listen, pick me up and I'll explain everything, kay?"
The Rabbid instantly obeys, picking it up by one of the handles and holding it up to himself, revealing a blue, slightly cracked optic in between the two handles, which then promptly widens at the sight of the strange creature.
"AH-oh, I-I mean, uh-h-hi there! so uh...you an alien or something? Not that that's a bad thing of course no, aliens are...amazing! yep! Love them, very...smart, and their Language...Gleep Glorp and that..."
The Rabbid, now slightly curious, begins to shake the sphere around, as they do with anything new.
"hey-no-stop that! you'll damage me! wouldn't wanna hurt little ol' Wheatley would ya?"
The Rabbid then promptly stops shaking Wheatley, now beginning to walk up the crater back to the other Rabbid. As soon as he reaches the top, the other Rabbid notices Wheatley, and immediately becomes curious. The one holding onto Wheatley proceeds to throw him into the basket, and the other Rabbid catches him, now holding onto him as the other begins to cart them up to the top.
"Uh, ok mate. There's two of you, that's fine. Where we going, if I may ask? No answer? that's fine... ya know, you two remind me of an older friend, except she was taller...and less bunny-like...and human..."
Eventually, the two Rabbids and Wheatley make it to the top of the tower, where all of the other Rabbids still remained. As soon as they spot Wheatley, they all look at him, interested.
"Er...wow, okay, thought there were two of you, but-turns out there's more! No problem, of course, right?"
With no second thought, the Rabbid in the shopping cart picks him up, and throws Wheatley onto the trash pile, landing amongst everything else in the heap.
"Ow! What was that for? I didn't even do anything!"
The Rabbids begin to cheer, despite Wheatley's addition to the pile adding no height. The situation though, appears to make Wheatley very uncomfortable, and he quickly finds out their intentions.
"H-hey! Yeah, over here! y-you want items? I know a place full of items! stocked to the brim with anything you need! yep, that's right! Just take me out of this filth, and i'll show you!"
Now that got their attention. They all turn to Wheatley, and A Rabbid picks him up.
"yes, that's it! Items! Imagine it, the highest pile of trash ever! new record, right?"
The Rabbids, now excited at the promise of new items, quickly throw him back into the basket, and the two Rabbids cart away, expecting Wheatley to give directions. Wheatley remained glad, he just hopes that his GPS still leads back to Aperture...