AUTHOR'S NOTE!!

Yes, hi, me again. Another Portal story. No one cares. But listen. This an an AU. Some version of the role swap au. Wheatley was the one testing, Chell is the moron who betrayed him. This has nothing to do with Wheatley though. He may come in later chapers when i feel more confident in writing him, but this is purely Chell and Space core who I'm gonna call Sc cuz it's easier. Both are androids. And here we go!!

There they were. Just floating through the dark abyss of space. Chell has gone over how she could fix herself to talk instead of beep so she could apologize if she ever say him again. Those hours she was attached to the chassis were the only times she could actually speak. She felt so powerful! So strong! So...useless...

"No more space. Wanna go home. Scared. Too much space-"

Poor Sc. He was done with his dream. He hated it now. This was more of a nightmare than a dream come true at this point. Chell reached out to the child sized android. He grabbed her hand and let her pull him closer. Sure, other cores can understand her, but it's humans who can't.

"It's ok... we'll be home soon..."

"I hope so"

Chell hugged him close. Perting his hair back and looking around them to see if there was anything to help them get out of there. Maybe spare parts floating around she could mess with...Sc probably knew all about rockets so he could help too.

As she held him close, she sighed. The artificial breathing the two had seemed to be something that kept the little one calm.

That's when Chell saw something she didn't like. Something headed straight for them. She held onto Sc tight. Turning just enough that whatever it was wouldn't hurt him.

The object crashed into her back. She didn't even flinch. If this was a way to get back, she'd take it. Besides. By the looks of things, Sc was ok. And right now, with how awful Chell feels about things, that's all that matters.

The two crashed down to earth. Chell being badly damaged and Sc having barely any scratches. He was perfectly fine because of her. As he stood up, he seemed to be a little off balance. The snow under his feet was kinda messing things up. Upon looking down at Chell, he realized she wasn't doing too well. He tried to do what he could, but without the proper tools, or knowledge for that matter, he couldn't do anything.

He grabbed her and helped her stand up. She was awake, but barely.

"Come on Chell. You gotta walk"

Silence. But she did nod. It's a miracle that she's even responsive. Her back is bashed in pretty badly and her head is a little dented. So her walking wiwith him was amazing too.

Even if she was barely on, he needed to keep her that way. So as he helped her walk, he asked her questions about what she knew.

"Do you know much about out here?"

She shook her head. The most she knew was that Aperture was not really liked among the people who are alive.

"Have you ever wanted to?"

Again, she shook her head. She felt that if she knew about the outside world, things in her mind would get mixed up.

These meaningless questions continued for hours. The light on her chest getting dim as the sun went down. Sc made sure to keep his own bright, but with seeing how out of it she was, he knew he'd have to find someone who could fix her.

Before he could get out another question, she collapsed. Her eyes closing as she shook her head once more. Tired beeps came from her as she laid there. No, technically they two can't get tired, but with her being so damaged, this was the result.

"...You can't rest. We gotta keep going"

She gave a few more beeps in response. She told him to go ahead and that she'd catch up with him. Lies. She can barely stand on her own.

He huffed and looked around. What was that...thing. He went over to it. A rainbow colored piece of plastic with a rope tied to it. It looked like people could sit on it. And after grabbing the rope and pulling, he realized it was meant for snow! Perfect!

He pulled it back to Chell and helped her get onto the thing. Well. Pulling her along was kinda hard, but if that meant he didn't lose a friend, then he'd do it.

Soon enough he had found a little town. Actually, it wasn't really soon. More of...days later. But he didn't care about how long it took.

Chell was still hanging on. Occasionally beeping so that he knew she was ok. He pulled her into a mechanic's shop, not knowing what else to do. There was a woman who looked bored. Her hair was a golden yellow, stained with oil and other things like that. She was wearing a tank top and shorts. Her green eyes were staring down at a makeshift phone. And based on the cars in the garage, nothing was as advanced as iit was at Aperture. In fact, things seemed to be from when Aperture was founded!!

"Excuse me? Can you help me?"

"Where's your car bud"

"It's actually my friend... She's uh-"

The woman looked up, seeing they were both androids. She jumped and smiled. This was amazing! Finally she can put her computer skills to use!

"Oh wow...I haven't seen anything as advanced as you... I've read about things but...wow"

The girl looked at Chell. Giving a sharp gasp through her teeth as she looked at the damage.

"Can you fix her?"

"I can but it may take a while... Can't do it for free either. You could work for payment, or actually pay with money"

"I...I'll work. But i don't know much about cars"

"That's fine. You don't have to. You look friendly and i need someone to tell people that I'm working on stuff"

"Oh. ok. I can do that"

He smiled before he heard Chell beep a small 'sorry'.

"No no no! Don't apologize! You did nothing wrong!"

The woman was a little confused. Must be some kind of language barrier she couldn't get though. Oh well.

"I'll start workin' on her right now if you get to that desk and tell people I'm busy"

"Ok. Thank you so much!"

The childlike core bounded over to the desk, excited for her to get fixed up. The woman took Chell into the back and started to work. Everything seemed like it was going to work out...