I do have to give it to the giant murderous robot. This seems realistic. The air is missing it's metallic taste and the sting of bleach, the sun feels warm on my face, and the wind smells like clean dirt. But it's a test. It has to be. She would never just let me out like this. Especially like this.
Especially after what happened.
Chell closed her eyes and turned away from the burnt companion cube. After destroying two sentient robots, and both in the same day, she wasn't in the best mood for accepting gifts from them.
But why didn't those turrets shoot? There were hundreds!
Why did they sing?
What did they sing?
Chell curled her hands into fists and kicked the long stalks of wheat in front of her.
Wherever I am, I'm getting out. I will find someone, something out here.
Chell opened her eyes, the flame in them rekindled with a new passion.
"Miss... Chell."
She froze.
A man is standing in front of her.
A man is standing in the wheat, feet in front of her.
A man is who she did not see before, is standing in the endless rows of wheat in front of her, so close that she could hold hands with him, if he just held his out.
"I am honored to meet you. My... employers and I have been observing you for quite a while, and I want to say now, they are very impressed with both your ruthlessness, and your ability to survive against all odds."
Chell shook off her surprise and quickly went back into her familiar, 'Fuck you, I'll do what I want, when I want.' attitude with the crossing of her arms and an upturn of her nose.
"That is why they have accepted my proposal to have you help us with a certain... problem. We have... visitors that have overstayed their welcome, and we would like to, thanks to other... complications, ask you to help us with this problem. If you agree, I can help you in ways both physical and... mental."
He's another one of her tests. An android, or a hologram. A test. GLaDOS had enough physical testing and was now testing my mental strength.
Or something.
The man fixed his tie and brushed nothing off the chest of his suit.
"If you refuse to help us, I have no way to promise you won't die a slow... painful death."
Chell narrowed her eyes, but her attention was pulled away when a green... thing appeared next to the man. A thing that seemed to pull the energy from around them into it's core.
"It is your choice... Miss."