Portal 2 Chelley Fan fiction all characters belong to the Valve Corporation

One Last Trip to Aperture This story was written by Karly

Chapter 1- Karla the Complainer

Chell was finally free from Aperture and with her best friend. She wanted to scream with joy but her throat was sore from so long without talking. Instead she ran over to her Companion Cube and repeatedly said, "I'm sorry." She picked it up with some difficultly and went through the field of wheat surrounding her. "You know Companion Cube this field of wheat reminds me of, wait no more Aperture Science. You will be the only friend I have from there. When I find new clothes I'll burn this old Aperture testing uniform." Chell continued to walk while thinking about the new life she would have.

After walking for many hours Chell saw someone in the distance. She began to run towards the one person she had seen in many years. It was an older woman who looked very surprised to see Chell.

"Aperture Laboratories," the woman said reading Chell's tank top, "I used to work there back in the eighties but that was a long time ago. My name is Karla; I quit right after Mr. Johnson became sick."

"That's interesting," Chell responded "but I decided not to have anything to do with Aperture anymore."

" Oh, I can understand that." The woman said, "In the short time I worked there I realized the place was run by lunatics, whatever they invented must have been dangerous." The words dangerous and lunatics stuck out in Chell's mind that was how GLaDOS had described her when she let her go.

"Anyway," Karla continued, "you seem disoriented. Would you like me to take you to a town? Get you settled?" That was exactly what Chell wanted, to live the rest of her life away from Aperture and its insane machinery. She nodded and Karla led her to town jabbering on about how nice it was there and how her cat continually got into trouble. The town was much closer than Chell thought it would although she was happy because her arms were aching from carrying the cube.

"This is my house," Karla said, "and this is my trouble making cat." She motioned to the lazy cat lying on her chair. Karla then proceeded to show Chell the rest of her small house noting what every room was. "This is the room you will stay in, the guest room. You can stay here until you are able to support yourself. And Chell I know you want to completely forget about Aperture but will you tell me what happened? Just once, I promise I won't ask about it ever again." Chell sighed. She figured someone would want to know. She began from Bring Your Daughter to Work Day.

Karla listened and was very interested. She looked at her cat that had crawled into her lap when Chell mentioned GLaDOS' cat experiment. She was surprised when Chell mentioned Doug Rattmann. Karla frowned when she talked about Caroline running the facility. When Chell finished it was rather late. Karla sat for a while just thinking about how lucky she was that she quit before they completed the A.I.

"Well you must be starving. Is there anything specific you would like?" Karla asked realizing that Chell probably hadn't eaten real food in many years.

"Do you have any cake?" Chell wanted her cake.

"I don't have one already made but don't worry I'll make one. That will take a while though. Is there something else I could get you?

"Pizza?" Chell might have looked like a grown woman but she was still a child at heart.

"Of course, I have some frozen pizza for when my friend brings her grandson over. Come down to the living room and I'll put a movie on for you." Chell ate her pizza slowly; it tasted much better than neurotoxin. The movie Karla put on was a romance. Chell didn't care for it as much as Karla did. "I love romances," Karla said when she put the movie in, "they remind me that true love is in the world." It wasn't until after the movie was over that the cake was done.

Chell had a large slice of the Black Forest Cake and a glass of milk. After that Chell went to sleep with the Companion Cube on the floor beside the bed with a blanket covering it because Chell said it would get cold. She dreamed about space and felt guilty when she woke up. She made plans to go to Aperture and get Wheatley back once she was settled. Chell got what she deserved, cake, but Wheatley didn't deserve space forever with two of the most annoying people in the world.

Authors Note: Karla is an actual character in Portal 2. See if you can find her.