Chapter 1: Back For More
"Oh great. Sheldon's gonna get all worked up if he sees something on his chair." Leonard setting, walking towards Sheldon's spot on the couch. He grabbed the piece of paper that was there and noticed there was writing on it. He began to read it:
Dear Friends,
I'd like to thank you for having me here. It's been fun and I even learned how to speak. You've all helped me for so long so I have to apologize for doing this to you... but I'm going back. Back to the future. Wheatley brought to my attention that I still have no knowledge of where my parents are. I need to know. I can't live without knowing. Who knows, maybe I'll be back. Hopefully with my parents, who I'm sure GLaDOS has. Please don't come looking for me. I don't want any of you to get hurt or turned into death robots. I'll try my best to come back but if I don't, that means I failed on my mission to bring back my parents. Until then, thanks again, and goodbye.
~ Chell
"Chell..." Leonard ran over to Penny's room and knocked.
"Hey Leonard, what's up?" Penny asked.
"It's Chell. Read this on the way to the car." Leonard said, handing Penny the note. Soon, they all met up with Sheldon, Howard, and Raj. They all ran for the Comic Book store and pressed the button.
"Oh dear Lord, not again. The future is so...messy..." Sheldon said.
"Come on!" Leonard yelled pulling him towards the passageway. They wouldn't be far behind Chell now.
Meanwhile in the future...
Chell looked around at the post-apocalyptic world she was standing in. She found the shed. After all, it wasn't hard to forget where things were in a place so horrible as this. She opened the shed and jumped in, only to fall on a patch of grass. Looking around, she saw the ol' wheat fields that she could remember oh so well. Now it was time for the next shed. There was one problem, though. She had no long fall boots!
An idea sparked in Chell's head. She pulled out a pen and a piece of paper from the same notebook she had written Leonard a note to. She began writing:
Dear GLaDOS,
It's be a long time...how have you been? I have returned to Aperture Laboratories to continue testing but I no longer have my long fall boots to jump down, nor do I have an elevator to ride down. Please and thank you.
~ Chell
Chell knew that this was the only way to trick GLaDOS into helping her. She placed the note on the companion cube and dropped it in the shack. Almost immediately, the companion cube came back up in the elevator shaft with long fall boots, and orange jumpsuit, and a portal gun.
After Chell equipped everything, she rose the elevator down. About a minute went by and then GLaDOS was in sight.
"So...it really is you. You really came back for more testing?" GLaDOS asked.
"What do you think." Chell said.
GLaDOS was shocked. Writing was one thing but speaking..."Y-you spoke?" GLaDOS asked.
"Yes, I did, GLaDOS, and I want to see my parents. Right. Now." Chell continued.
The ground began shaking. GLaDOS moved in real close to Chell. "ARE YOU SAYING YOU DIDN'T COME HERE FOR ME!?" she boomed.
Chell looked straight at her. "Yes, that's exactly what I said." she said. Suddenly, the shaking stopped.
"Very well then. Good luck finding them." GLaDOS started when the shaking started up again. "CAUSE I WONT LET YOU!" GLaDOS yelled, using a robot arm to grab the companion cube. She threw it into the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator.
"NO!" Chell yelled as she watched her faithful companion die. But then again, it might have been one of GLaDOS' tricks like the last time. She would just have to hope for the best. Then, GLaDOS grabbed Chell and put her in the testing tracks. It was going to be a long day...
