Chell fell to the ground in disbelief as she looked up at the source of all her misfortune. Her name was GLaDOS, and she was the supercomputer that ran this entire enrichment center. There was a beep, followed by the familiar computerized voice "Hello, subject name here. It seems you've finally found me. Please proceed to the Aperture Science Computer Command and Foot Massage Terminal." Chell reluctantly walked over to the terminal and took a seat in a nearby chair. She looked at the screen, reading the text while enjoying a robotic foot massage.

//COMMAND: ACTIVATE ROCKET SENTRY

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE

//COMMAND: ACTIVATE AUTOMATED MESSAGE 928

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE. AWAITING PROMPT

PROMPTED

//COMMAND: TARGET APERTURE SCIENCE CHAIR #19875 WITH ROCKET SENTRY

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE

//COMMAND: FIRE ROCKET SENTRY

That was all that Chell read before jumping out of the way. She had been just in time, as the rocket destroyed the terminal. Another beep was heard, and the computerized voice began again "Congratulations! As stated earlier, you must be the pride of subject hometown here! We will not attempt to murder you again. Please do not move, and there will be cake. As the sentry positioned itself, she created a portal behind herself, and another across the room, in line with the sentry. Everything went as planned, and the sentry was left in pieces. "The destruction of Aperture Science Rocket Sentries will result in immediate execution. Please prepare for death. Deploying experimental energy ball producer." As she spoke these words, a mechanical arm extended from the mass that was GLaDOS, holding a Combine Pulse Rifle.

Chell looked up at the arm, wondering what was about to happen. This train of thought was interrupted as a ball of energy sped toward her. Quickly she creates a portal beneath her, launching herself from one of the portals she had made earlier. GLaDOS took aim again, but was too late. Chell began flinging herself until finally making it to the arm and ripping the gun from the computer's grasp.

The former test subject sprinted toward another terminal and began working quickly. GLaDOS almost sounded worried as she asked "What are you doing? Tampering with the Aperture Science Genetic Life-form and Disk Operating System is a federal offense. We are authorized to use over 100 methods of execution in cases were it is deemed necessary to eliminate test subjects. Deploying Neuro-toxins."

Chell let out a cough as the gas began to fill the room. She worked quickly, wanting to get out of this hell as quickly as possible. Remembering something she saw in the companion cube chamber, she typed in a username and password. On a secondary screen, she could see a feed like the earlier one.

//COMMAND: LOGIN

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE

USERNAME: CJOHNSON

PASSWORD: TIER3

GENERATING MENU

GENERATION COMPLETE

//COMMAND: RELEASE APERTURE SCIENCE GLaDOS LATCHES

PERFORMING TASK

The large latches holding the enormous machine to the ceiling released. GLaDOS angrily said her last words "You wont survive out there with them. You need me, subject name here. I wouldn't be surprised if y-" That was all she could say before being smashed against the ground.

TASK COMPLETE

//COMMAND: CALL ELEVATOR #5398 TO CHAMBER 234

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE

A lift lowed into the room, stopping right above the wreckage that was one GLaDOS. Chell stepped onto it and flipped the switch. As she rode up, the small screen on the lift showed a new addition to the feed.

//COMMAND: PLAY VOCAL REPORT #308454

Chell could do nothing but collapse to the floor of the lift in tears as the report began.

"This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!"

GLaDOS was still alive.

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//COMMAND: PLAY AUTHOR MESSAGE #497

PERFORMING TASK

TASK COMPLETE

What do you think? This is my first creation, so I doubt its good. Portal, GLaDOS, Chell, the weighted companion cube, Aperture Science and everything else belongs to Valve. I own nothing. I enjoyed writing this, so I'll probably continue it. The story was broken at first, and is hopefully fixed now. This story sets Portal just before the events of Half-Life 2, and will play out over the course of Episodes 1, 2, and possibly 3 (when that comes out). I'm also using Team Fortress as part of the same world, so you may see a reference, but thats all you'll see from that series. In this chapter, I used computer commands as a big theme, but probably won't use that in later chapters.