Fan Fiction: Still Alive
I am Matthias123. These are all Fan Fiction Stories based on the song "Still Alive" from Portal. I do not intend to plagiarize off of the song or Portal or Valve.
Chell and GLaDOS: Still Alive
I am is a mini story line for the events at the end of Portal. I do not own Portal, the song, or any of the Portal characters. I do not intend to plagiarize off of Steam or Source. I am not affiliated with Steam or Source. All rights are reserved by these companies. By the way, GLaDOS rocks! Portal rocks!
Chell slowly regained consciousness after her show down GLaDOS, the insane, cake obsessed artificial intelligence that took over the Aperture Science Computer Aided Enrichment Center and tried to kill her with neurotoxin. "The last thing I remember," she thought to herself, "Was stuffing the last of her weird mechanical eye, core things in the incinerator. Then, the room got torn apart, and everything got sucked up through the ceiling." Suddenly, a sweet, musical sound rang out. "Birds?" Chell said out loud.
Chell's eyes began to adjust to the light, and she realized that the source of the light was the sun! "I'm . . . outside!" she thought. She was lying on her stomach with her hands at her sides in the Enrichment Center's parking lot. Around lay destroyed pieces of GLaDOS, all in flames. "Look who's dead now!" Chell said weakly. She tried to get up, but she found she couldn't move her legs. "I don't care if I have to crawl to civilization!" Chell thought, "I'm getting away from this horrible place!"
Suddenly, Chell heard a strange sound. It sounded like mechanical hinges and heavy foot steps, and it was coming closer. When it sounded like it was right behind her, a male, computerized voice said, "Thank you for assuming the proper Party Escort Position."
Chell instantly remembered what GLaDOS had said after she had escaped the fire pit, "Place the device on the ground, and lie on your stomach with your hands at your sides. A Party Escort Associate will be dispatched to collect you for your party." Chell had not assumed that position at that time. She was sure it was some sort of trap to have her killed, and here she was, stuck in that position with the Party Escort Associate android right behind her.
Chell felt metallic hands, or claws, grab her feet. She was being dragged back, one slow, clanking step at a time. Completely overcome by it all, Chell slowly passed out and back into unconsciousness.
All the monitors in the Enrichment Center blitzed back on. Signals reached them from a room deep within the building, which contained many more Personality Cores, and an Aperture Science Test Subject Black Forest Cake. As a signal from the Party Escort Bot reached them saying the Test Subject was back in the stasis pod, one of the cores said in a small, female, computerized voice, "Yes. Excellent. And the system restore process is going as planned as well. Now, as my main program begins the century long process of booting up, I might as well start completing a few forms."
The monitors throughout the building began to record the words of the Personality Cores, part of which were in harmonized song:
File Addendum 1245346
Test # 7892
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
We do what's best for all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till we run out of cake
And the science gets done, and you build a neat gun
For the people who are still alive
File Addendum 57932
Dear Subject Name Here
I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
And as they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
So I'm GLaD I got burned, think of all the things we've learned
For the people who are still alive
File Addendum Addendum 57932
One last thing,
Go ahead and leave me
I think I prefer to stay inside
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa. . .
That was a joke, HA, HA, fat chance
Anyway, this cake is great
It's so delicious and moist
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
When I look out there it makes me GLaD I'm not you
I've experiments to run; there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive
P.S.: And believe me I am still alive
P.P.S.: I'm doing science and I'm still alive
P.P.P.S.: I feel fantastic and I'm still alive
Final Thought: And when you're dying I'll be still alive
Final Thought P.S.: And when you're dead I will be still alive
Still alive
Still alive
Thank you for participating in this Enrichment Center activity!
GLaDOS didn't know what was causing the portal storms, or where the aliens came from, but she did know that the Aperture Science Computer Aided Enrichment Center was the safest place to be.
The End
