Malfunction (A Googleplier Fanfic)

One.

Happy birthday, Ms. (L/n)! We value your employment more than you know, so we've decided to send you a little gift in appreciation of your duties at Google. We hope that you enjoy your specialized, custom gift from the Google Corporation themselves.

- Sundar Pinchai

(Y/n) scoffed at the text from her Google Nexus before staring back down at the cardboard box. She was grateful for their supposed gratitude, but what exactly had been so special for her to receive a gift like this? It was just another day to her.

'It's probably just a gift package.' She told herself, taking the unusually light box into her L.A. apartment. She shut her door behind her as she walked back into her minimalistic home, appreciating the smell it had generated from the candle she had lit on her kitchen table. It smells strongly of coffee beans, which was her favorite scent. Though, oddly enough, the actually drink was something that she hated. She much preferred hot chocolate over anything other warm beverage.

She delicately laid the package on her counter top before she rummaged through her fridge for something to eat. The contents of the package didn't concern her as much as sustenance did, and she planned on opening it later on in the day anyhow.

She grabbed a leftover box of rice that she had made the other day and shut the fridge door behind her. She went to sit down at her kitchen table, but a light refraction stopped her.

The package was now glowing with the iconic 'G' symbol on it's cardboard box. Had this always been there? She was sure that it hadn't been, but maybe it wasn't glowing at that time. But still, what did this mean?

From her experience working as a former Operations Engineer, she knew that this lit up sign meant that whatever it was inside the box had been activated on its own. Now, Google was all for automatic, automated devices, but she had never seen anything trapped within a cheap, cardboard box.

Google did things differently than other sites and companies did, and she greatly appreciate the support that they gave employees. After graduating from the L.A. College of Engineering with a bachelor's in Computer Science, she found an immediate position within the Los Angeles Google Corporation. She was initially hired for repair and programming, but soon got promoted into a Software Engineer Manager. With her current position, her job was to diagnose problems within Google and fix them as needed - and with her previous experience in mind - the job wasn't too difficult.

But this was the first time that they had ever sent her a gift of anything. She had been employee of the month several times as well, but never got anything for it - just recognition. So, why give her something for her birthday? It wasn't like she were turning a specific age that required celebration. Maybe it had been an update in Google's Terms and Conditions regarding their seasoned employees. But then again, they hadn't given her anything the year prior either, so what was so special about her twenty-fourth birthday?

Nonetheless, since the box seemed to be activated, she figured that she might as well see what was inside. Carefully and cautiously, she opened up the delicate packaging, only for it to fall onto the floor as the gift sprung out from inside. She dropped her rice bowl onto the floor, effectively removing the chances of having a semi-decent dinner.

She immediately pondered about how they fit such a thing inside the box, but she were more in awe than anything else. The A.I. stood about five eight, as opposed to her height at five two. He wore thick frames across his eyes to assist his artificial vision, and stayed in place with a very stoic look on his person. He also wore a blue shirt that had the famous Google 'G' icon printed onto it.

"Hello. My name is Google IRL. Say 'Ok Google' to activate me." The robot explained, puzzling the engineer. Google IRL? That was a prototype that had been in the talks within Google for years now. Was this really the real deal?