The wheat field swayed gracefully to the wind. Birds chirping heavenly tunes could be heard all around. The sky was like an endless blue sea that you could sail across for miles. Chell couldn't believe what she was experiencing. Had she escaped? Had she really escaped the facility? It was almost like…it wasn't real.
Before Chell couldn't even think, a screeching noise pierced her ears. She yelled in pain and knelt as debris fell from above while the sound continued. Walls started to stumble on each other one by one. Chell managed to move away in time, however, her pain was still maneuvering, with the noise getting louder and louder. Then, everything stopped. The heroine looked up. The field, the birds, the sky. It all fizzled away before her eyes. The world around her was falling apart. Or as it seemed.
It was fake. A mere flicker on a silver screen. Tricking Chell to believe she was in the outside world. The metallic glass wall that was projecting the cruel trick crumbled apart. It wasn't soon before she realized a metal floor was the only surface left. One wrong move could make the thing collapse.
Chell took a glimpse below. The huge foggy, bottomless pit could be her death-bed. Falling miles and miles down. Then, a disturbing splat and crunch. Then it would all be over. She shivered at the thought.
Her daydreaming was soon disrupted when the sound of scratching metal was flowing painfully into her eardrums. The floor couldn't handle the weight of the crumbled garbage, much along with Chell with it. It would collapse any moment. Chell looked all around. Test chamber cubicles hanging to walls were everywhere. Then, she spotted a test chamber with an opening. She took this chance and backed up. She took a deep breath. Ran, and jumped!
Everything froze. The test subject opened her eyes. She had made it. Chell turned around due to the sound of a bang. The platform descended into the foggy abyss below. Chell smiled and a breath of air erupted from her mouth. Safe haven, she thought, but it wasn't the end of her adventure. She was in a testing track. Ruined, decayed, but still solvable…possibly. However, Chell was the kind of person who didn't give up. Even if she was trapped in a facility controlled by an insane super computer. Speaking of the A.I, Chell wondered what the point of this trick was. Another mind game to lower her self-esteem? Whatever it was though, she just wanted answers.
Sorry for such a short chapter. I hope you liked chapter one, though. ^^