Portal to Mars
Steven Miller
Wheatly floated through space. He couldn't really focus, with all the shouts of "space" going on behind him. He started spacing out. As he stared into space, he heard a thud. Then he realized that a portal gun was next to him. He also noticed that he was on land. He was on Mars.
"Hello!" he called. "I come in peace, I suppose, I'm not entirely sure, of course. I'll be honest; I can be very hostile and demonic. Just a heads up, so that you know what might happen if you get on my bad side."
A small funnel opened, sucking Wheatly and the portal gun in. Wheatly landed in a big suit. He connected to it.
"Code required to operate," said a voice.
"Um, well, let's see... 000000. No, uh... 000002. Wait, did I skip 000001? Never mind. Where was I? I better restart."
TEN HOURS LATER
"122438. No, 122439. Wait, 122440. No? Not that one either? 122441. Uh, 122443? Wait, I mean 122442!"
"Password correct," the voice said. "Welcome to the Aperture Science robot testing courses on Mars. Please enter the blue portal to continue. If you are color-blind, the blue one is the only portal here."
Wheatly stepped through the portal.