"The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one. And I'll be honest: killing you? Is hard. So you know what? You win. Just go."

Chell remained blank faced until GLaDOS was out of sight, then let out possibly the biggest smile she ever had. Finally she would be free of Aperture, ready to do what she would like with her life. However, those thoughts came to a close when the doors opened to reveal for turrets staring at her.

Chell glanced around the tiny elevator. There was nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide.

So this is how it ends, huh? Yeah, right. She thought to herself, and began to brainstorm. The doors will have to open for them to get a shot at me. I should be able to rush past them before taking too much damage. Of course, they could just shoot through the glass, but they've seemed to stop trying to do that ever since GLaDOS came back online... Chell shook off her rambling thoughts and tensed her legs up in preparation.

And then something unexpected happened. The turrets shut off their laser-targeting then started to...sing? The elevator started to slowly move up again, showing hundreds, maybe thousands of turrets singing goodbye… she assumed. They were singing in a language Chell couldn't understand.

The elevator started to ascend once more, faster this time, until it stopped at a heavy-looking door, which slowly opened with a creek, unveiling a massive field of wheat. Chell slowly stepped out in disbelief.

I'm out! I'm finally out of that Oum-forsaken place! Now…

CLANG!

Chell's mental celebration was cut short by a very loud sound. She whirled around in surprise to see the door had slammed shut. But just as she was about to turn around and never come back, she heard a series of smaller clangs growing louder. The door opened one last time to deploy a familiar box with pink hearts on the side before closing again, hopefully forever this time.

My Companion Cube? Why would she give me this? It's not like I need it…

Chell's thoughts were once again interrupted by a small click and the top side of the cube popping open slightly. Chell cautiously opened the lid the rest of the way, and inside, she saw a red light that she knew all too well.

"There you are."

Chell instinctively dived out of the way of the bullets. Yet, the bullets never came.

"Ha Ha Ha. Gotcha."

Chell slowly looked back in on the turret, but there was no turret, just an optic attached to a voice box.

"No hard feelings."

Of course she would do something like this. Chell rolled her eyes and took the "turret" out before chucking it over her shoulder.

"Glorious freedom!"

However, that wasn't all that was stored in the box. There was also a small, mostly white rectangular object with the Aperture logo surrounding a blue diamond shaped button. She pressed it and the two halves split apart and a screen formed between them. Chell knew that this was a new kind of scroll, one that had been popping up more and more among the scientists for a few years before GLaDOS was brought online. She slipped it into one of her jumpsuit's pockets and moved onto the next item, which turned out to be a belt with a magnetic holster for the last object:

I can't believe this, she would be willing to give me one of these? In Chell's hands there was the unmistakable design of an Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. But, it was different than the ones she used before. It was slightly bigger for one thing, the barrel seemed retracted, and it looked to have more moving parts. Also, the handle that the triggers were on appeared to be able to rotate.

Chell turned the handle counterclockwise so it was straight up, like she was used to it being. The barrel extended and lit up, a thin blue stream of energy running down the middle. Now it looked almost identical to the portal guns she used in the testing tracks. As she was about to experiment more though, the Aperture logo appeared in thin air, along with the words "Installing update."

Chell had grown so used to the reticle that helped her aim that she had almost forgotten about the Aperture Science Smart Contact Lenses that made it possible. After a few moments, the logo disappeared, being replaced with the words "Connecting to Aperture Science Variable Size Personal Communication Device."

Only Aperture would call a scroll something that complex. Chell rolled her eyes. Though I can't say it's not an accurate description, she continued as a gauge, conveniently labeled "Aura", filled up in the corner of her vision.

When that was done, the words were replaced with "Connecting to Aperture Science Handheld Multi-Functional Device." Now that got her attention. What does it mean by "Multi-Functional?"

More text popped up before she could think about the meaning for long.

"All-Surface Portal Projector: Online; Active

High-Compression Gel Distributor: Online; Stand-by

Miniature Thermal Discouragement Beam; Online: Stand-by

High-Temperature Deployable Blade: Online; Stand-by

Thank you, and have a pleasant day! (Unless you're Black Mesa.)"

Ah, so that's what it means. Well, I suppose I'll give it a test as I head to town. I think Vale is this way. Chell started walking north, according to her new scroll. Let's see… I guess I should start with first on the list.

She fired her blue portal at the ground. In direct contradiction to what was already known, it stayed there, despite not being a portalable surface. So All-Surface really does mean All-Surface. That will be useful. Alright, next up, gel.

She twisted the handle to set the gun to Gel-Mode. A gel icon appeared next to the reticle in her vision, and two panels on the back of the gun slid to the side, showing a vial of Repulsion Gel and one of Propulsion.

Chell created a runway of Propulsion Gel, and noticed that as she didn't have an unlimited supply of the stuff. A percentage for both types had appeared when she first switched modes and the orange one was now slightly lower, but still higher than what you would expect from small size of the vials.

Chell then set the gun to laser mode, causing the panels on the side of the Multi-Gun to fold up like a pair of wings, uncovering a series of vents. The claws on the front of the gun closed slightly and started to rotate slowly. Also, the barrel started to glow red. Chell held the trigger, the claws spun faster and, after a half-second of charging, a small but powerful beam erupted from the gun, singing the ground and creating a small fire, which Chell quickly stomped out. She also noticed a heat meter on her HUD that filled up whilst firing, so she couldn't fire forever like the normal sized lasers at Aperture.

Alright, last mode, let's try out the High-Temp Blade. Chell twisted the handle all the way to left, so it was ninety degrees from its portal-mode position. This triggered a much more dramatic transformation in the weapon compared to the relatively small changes of the previous modes. The barrel retreated into the back of the gun, like in it's carry mode, but it didn't stop there. The back end practically crawled up her arm and formed a kind of bracer, with a blade extending from the top, right above the hand. But the blade wasn't a normal blade, Chell noticed. It was actually red hot! Fortunately there was a guard between her hand the blade, but she would still have to be careful around it.

I'm going to need a name for this thing, Chell thought as she put the gun away. put the gun in storage mode, put it on her back, then looked around. It was getting late. Her semblance was endurance, meaning she needed very little food or rest. In fact, that was what made Aperture interested in her as a potential test subject. Still, she hadn't had a good night's rest in a long time, and even she needed sleep occasionally. Luckily she spotted a spotted a nice big tree that should be to high for a Grimm to get into easily, but low enough to just be a quick bounce away. One squirt of repulsion gel later Chell was climbing the lower branches of the tree, but not before covering the gel she used with some propulsion gel to stop some clever Beowolf. After just a few moments, she drifted off to a deep, dreamless sleep.

(A/N): Well. Here it is. My masterpiece of fanfiction. Although, can it be called a masterpiece if you haven't done anything before it? I managed to make this chapter in a day. When I first got this idea, I thought this chapter would be longer than 1300 words (excluding this note), but this is pretty much all I wanted this chapter to include. You probably noticed that the first few paragraphs were taken straight from the end of Portal 2. That's because I felt that was a better starting point then afterwords. Also, it tells the reader that Aperture was always on remnant in this AU. I have an idea for the next one or two chapters but after that I have no clue where to take this. So if anyone has any ideas or would like to collab with me, please review or PM me. If I ever decide to write more Portal related stories, I will probably reuse the Companion-Cube-having-a-portal-gun idea as that's the best way I can think of to give Chell another portal gun. You can't have a good Portal story without portals (well… maybe you can). Also, if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them to the best of my ability. Other than that, please tell me what I did right, what I did wrong, and what I could do better, because this is my first time publishing anything on the internet. Oh, also, Chell mentioned naming her gun. I already have a name picked out, but, if you have a really good suggestion, please leave it in a review along with why you picked it, and I'll take it into consideration. I don't think I have anything else to say, and I don't know how I should end this so… HEY, LOOK, A BIRD!

*plops portal under feet while you hopefully look the other way due to that excellent distraction*

Edited on 3/10/18
Changes: Slight alteration to Gel-Mode's functionality, various details added.

9/14/18 -Changed description of scroll to explain Chell's familiarity with it.