Chell looked out the window and sighed. Well, she looked out the knothole in the side of her hideout and sighed. Finally, she seemed to come to a decision. She grabbed up a blanket and wrapped up as much food as she could fit in it, which wasn't much. She wouldn't need to travel long. Wind, however, was a different story. Chell looked around the hideout and, almost as an afterthought, picked up a gray bundle three times the size of her forearm. She also brought a large cube with pink smudges on each of its sides. She cautiously checked out the sides of the doorway, but there didn't seem to be any trouble. She took a deep breath, grabbed a stick from the doorstep, and ran. She made it a mile and began to tire out, but she kept running.
Finally, she saw an apartment building and redoubled her pace. She burst through the double doors and fell into the elevator, which slowly found its way up. She jumped off (literally) at the fifth floor, got her bearings, and hurried to apartment fifteen. She limped slightly, and winced as she remembered her long fall boots. But she couldn't wear them. She would be recognized and caught for sure. The same went for the…other thing. She opened the door and walked into a standard apartment: Window slits high on the walls, one small light bulb, and a smoked glass door over the bathroom. There was a bed, a stove/oven combo, and cabinets in the corners. Chell had managed to steal a small freezer and a pan for food that had to be refrigerated and subsequently heated up. She sat on the bed and waited for her daughter.
The door rattled. Chell got up cautiously and tiptoed to the door. She looked through the keyhole and saw a blue-gold eye looking back. Chell quickly opened the door and closed it as soon as Wind got through. 'Hey Mom' She signed. 'Hi, honey' Chell replied. 'What happened' 'Soldiers decided to rampage. Almost got me. What's in the bundle, Mom' 'Oh, this and that' Chell signed with a cryptic smile. 'Mom, please tell me. I think I might know what it is, and I want to know if I'm right' Wind signed to her adopted mother. Chell turned and began to bustle in the "kitchen" piece of the room.
"Mom?" Wind whispered after several moments of unusual silence. Chell turned and saw Wind with her long fall boots and the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. And she turned from the portal and shot another one and picked up the turret and dropped it in the acid, splash, and it shot and almost hit her and then the High Energy Ball did and she saw it fly by and then it went black and Wind was staring at her with a confused look on her face. 'Mom, what's wrong. What happened' 'It's a long story' 'So tell it' the fifteen-year-old demanded. 'Fine' Chell signed. 'Just let me finish making lunch first'
After they ate Wind confronted Chell again. 'Tell me Mom! What was an ASHPD doing in the bundle and what were those weird boots'
'Wait for me to remember properly! It is a very long story' Chell admonished the teenager. 'I'll start from the beginning-the very beginning'
I am not Valve. I Therefore, I own neither 'Half-life' (any of them), 'Team Fortress', 'Left 4 Dead'(neither 1 nor 2), or either of the two entirely awesome 'Portal's.
Thank you for reading and pressing the 1500 Megawatt Super-Colliding Super Button!