I REALLY shouldn't put up another story, but the first days of college are closing in and inspiration of my stories is slowing down; this has been ready for weeks and I might as well start the contest with it.
The only Doctor Who/Portal crosses I saw were oneshots, it's time to make a full story. Let's see what happens when the 10th Doctor and Martha land in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center!
Also, since I couldn't think up a title (The current one is a temporary), I'm holding a contest! Whoever can give me a title I like will get a preview of a scene of one of my works in progress (or to be written stories, We'll discuss which). So start thinking of a title and start thinking of what you want a preview of.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who, Portal, or Portal 2; Doctor Who belongs to the BBC and Portal/Portal 2 belongs to Valve! May they continue their awesomeness!
Chell is thinking when italics are used.
Martha had gotten use to this sense of fun when being with the Doctor; they were always exploring new things and stopping events from happening. All of it was exhilarating, bloody brilliant, and most of the time mind-boggling! And there they were, once again inside the TARDIS, waiting for it to land to another adventure. Martha shrugged to herself, this was as good as any a time to ask, "Doctor,"
The Doctor regarded her, quickly looking away from the TARDIS controls, "Something wrong, Martha?"
Martha shook her head and smiled, "No, it's nothing like that. I just was wanting to ask you a question."
The Doctor's smile didn't leave his lips, "Well, ask away! Come on!"
Martha hesitated with the question, for only a second, "Did you have any bedtime stories when you were a kid?"
The Doctor was intrigued on why Martha asked this question; she hadn't really asked much about him or where he grew up, not that it bothered him. It was just brought out all of a sudden, so the Doctor had to ponder it as he took off his glasses and twirled them near his mouth.
"Stories of time, and what events are suppose to happen," The Doctor said, still thinking about it, "But there was one story that always peeked my interest, my… my childhood friend told me it, and he heard it from his father."
Martha walked up to the Doctor and leaned on a safe part of the TARDIS controls "What was the story?"
Doctor tried to gather his thoughts quickly, "It was about Earth, actually. Well, something on Earth. This… unique place…"
They then heard the TARDIS preparing for landing, making them both smile. The Doctor was the first to say anything about it, "Let's go see where we are!"
Martha smiled and giggled as they approached the TARDIS's door and the Doctor put on his long brown coat. She stood next to the entrance, waiting for the Doctor to open up the door. He was immediately met with a high-pitched voice and a laser, "Target acquired,"
He immediately closed the door and heard the gunshots ricocheting off of the TARDIS's door. He then heard something landing on something else, and more gunfire proceeded by the same voice saying "Whhyyyy?"
Martha heard it all as well, "Doctor, what was that?"
Doctor shrugged, now portraying a serious look, "I dunno, but whatever's out there, they've got guns."
He then opened the door slightly more cautiously that the last time.
Chell had been going through her tests for two reasons; one, she was signed up for it despite the fact she didn't remember signing for anything. Two, in the middle of the test she was promised cake at the end; it better be a huge one, she thought, these tests aren't worth a small cake. There are nineteen chambers, each tougher than the last, and the only weapon -which really wasn't much of a weapon to begin with- she had was the Aperture Science Handheld Dual Portal Device. It used to be a singular portal device, but in a later chamber she had upgraded it with ability to shoot a blue AND an orange portal that connects to each other. She didn't complain about the device, in fact she actually liked it; it was light and handy in all the situations the person on the speaker threw at her. Come to think of, the woman on the speaker hadn't told Chell her name! It didn't bother her but she'd like something to call this woman with a somehow distorted –or maybe even robotic- voice. She decided to ignore that and concentrate on the test that the elevator was about to open up to. Test Chamber Sixteen, I think, she thought, let's see what you have for me this time.
It opened up to a blank screen where the details of the chamber where listed, and the woman came on the speaker, "Due to mandatory scheduled maintenance, the appropriate chamber for this testing sequence is currently unavailable. It has been replaced with a live fire course designed for military androids. The Enrichment Center apologizes for the inconvenience and wishes you the best of luck."
Chell sighed, androids, if they can walk I'm dead. She noticed the door was now open so she saw a few white ovals with legs on the other side of some glass. She perked an eyebrow and assumed these were the androids; they don't look so tough. She then walked out to see an android around a corner, facing away from her. She examined the android and suddenly heard something, "There you are!"
Gunfire immediately ensued, but it didn't hit Chell, she rolled into the android next to her to see it fire ecstatically for a few seconds before it shut down. She then noticed the glass didn't break. Good, the glass is bulletproof. She had some relief. She went ahead through a fully metal turn and saw another laser in front of her, and she knew an android was around the corner; it was time to see what these things could do. She fired an orange portal on the wall in front of her then turned the corner quickly and shot a blue portal under the android. It fired at her until it fell through the portal and eventually shut down as well. She felt a wet liquid run down her arm and examined that the android's bullets grazed her, ok, so they just have bullets. It came to her as a slight relief, but she continued onwards down the hall until she saw another laser, this time from higher up. She opened a blue portal on the corner then quickly opened it's counterpart behind the android. Time to see if they can turn. Chell entered the portal, and the android seemed to not be aware that she was behind it. She then decided to see what would happen if she tried to pick it up with the Portal Gun. It started freaking out, looking in front of it while saying, "Put me down!"
As you wish, Chell then dropped in on the stairs to the floor bellow and watched as it spun around and fired until it, like all the others, shut down. The androids seem to have a set of phrases for some reason; it just seemed like something unnecessary, unless one wanted the enemy to know they were using Aperture brand equipment to kill them as they were shot down. She shrugged at the idea then continued along the test chamber. She saw a wall of glass separating her from one android. She also saw two cubes stacked on top of each other, opening a panel in the wall. She decided to move the cubes and go into the room. The woman didn't protest to it, Test subjects must have done this before, she shrugged and was calm; and then she saw blood on the floor. She saw the word 'help' in blood on the floor before she got inside the room, but what was inside the room was more horrifying. Many pictures were on the wall, which included portals, a lot of tally marks, an Aperture poster with a cake on it, and another Aperture poster. Above the poster were five sentences written in blood, the final letter had a drooping line, as it was the last one of the-person-who-wrote-it's life.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie
Chell was horrified as she figured out it was written in blood. If she remembered how to reach her voice, this would silence it. She didn't doubt that test subjects failed these tests, but now she knew that test subjects actually DIED here. How was she supposed to go on with the tests knowing this? Was all this really worth cake? Was this really for science as the woman said?
She then thought about it, for tests this dangerous the reward shouldn't be cake; the reward should be money, or freedom from these deranged tests! She'd go for the latter at this point.
"I don't mean you interrupt what you are doing back there, but you should consider getting back to testing," the woman said over the speakers. I have to calm myself down; maybe I can leave as soon as these tests are over; at least I hope that's the case.
It took a few minutes for Chell to calm down enough to continue testing; she had androids to deal with after all. She walked out and put and orange portal above the closest android before it shot her down. She then opened a blue portal under one of the Weighted Storage Cubes and saw that it knocked the android over. I ignored its supposedly cute shutdown sayings and proceeded to do the same thing for the android at the other end of the hall. Beyond the glass was two more of the androids, when does it end, she thought before she did the same thing for the closest android. She prepared to do the same for the other android but Chell heard a strange noise after she placed the orange portal above the android. She noticed the android look into the corner and we both saw a huge blue box.
"What is that? This is not test protocol," The woman said, "[Subject name here], stand back while the anomaly is dealt with."
Chell was deeply confused, but she noticed the android aiming at the door to the blue box. Whatever happened, she was ready with the Storage cube suspended by the Portal Gun and a blue portal under it.
Chell saw a man for a brief moment before she heard the android saying, "Target acquired."
After only a few seconds the cube was dropped, the android was on the ground firing rapidly, and the man closed the door before Chell could confirm his looks.
"Stop that!" The woman said, "This is not test protocol. Why don't you go in the room everybody likes while I deal with this?"
Chell didn't obey; she was too busy behind the glass looking at the man and woman that stepped out of the blue box. The man had spiked up brown hair, a long brown coat, a blue suit underneath, and slightly tanned skin. The woman was black and wore mostly red clothing. The man looked around at the white room and regarded Chell with a smile and a familiar accent, "Ello there!"
"Identify yourself," The woman said, "You are interfering with testing protocol,"
The man and the woman looked around to see where the noise came from and the man regarded a camera on the wall.
"Why don't you give us your name?" The man said, "It's not polite to ask a name without giving your own."
The woman didn't need a moment's pause before replying,
"I have no reason to give you a name."
The man then shook his head, "Come on now love! It's just a name!"
The woman, once again, was silent for a few seconds "Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System, the staff called me GLaDOS."
The man looked stunned and then his smile grew wider as he laughed cheerfully for a few seconds. Meanwhile Chell finally figured it out, She's a computer!
The Doctor couldn't believe it; he simply couldn't believe it! He was here! He was in the Aperture Science Laboratories, the place that was part of his favorite bedtime story. He couldn't hold back his laughing of joy, even though Martha was looking at him, thinking he lost his marbles.
"What are you laughing at," GLaDOS asked, confused by the Doctor's laughter. Martha was the first to figure it out, "Is this the place your friend told you about?"
The Doctor slowly stopped his laughing and smiled, "Oh yes. Martha, we are currently underground in Aperture Laboratories! Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Centre!"
Martha blinked, confused; she never heard of Aperture before.
"Are you sure we're on Earth?" Martha asked. The Doctor looked at her weirdly, "Of course we are."
"Stop talking." GLaDOS intervened rudely, "You obviously don't work for Black Mesa; you're too stupid."
The Doctor was offended, "Oi, it's not nice to call someone stupid when you don't know them!"
"You babble too much," GLaDOS replied with wit, "You will be forcefully removed from the test chamber to the incinerator."
The Doctor and Martha became wide eyed, "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! You don't need to do that! We're um, we came here for testing!"
Martha looked at him about to say something before he whispered to her, "It's testing or we die, trust me,"
She did trust him; he did get them out of trouble at every turn. Although the in the last adventure they had, Martha saved the Doctor. Those people- the Family-, that woman, and the poor children; she choked while thinking about it. She then started to ignore the conversation between this GLaDOS and the Doctor.
She noticed the girl the Doctor greeted coming out from behind the glass wall and looking at them curiously. She had tanned skin along with dark hair and eyes. She was wearing an orange jumpsuit and had some piece of something attached to her legs. Martha was confused about the thing, what kind of testing went on here? Her question was partially answered when she regarded the Aperture Science Handheld Dual Portal Device, AKA the Portal Gun. She then looked around to see there was an orange portal on the ceiling above the white oval and a cube. It confused her but she was about to figure it out; this ability to figure things out quicker came from her experiences with the Doctor. All theses thoughts ran through her head before GLaDOS spoke again.
"Then you shall be brought to the medical bay to evaluate you physical abilities, then you will be put in long-term stasis until your name comes up for testing," All three humanoids in the room took this with little surprise. The Doctor expected it, Martha didn't think much of it, nor did Chell; that is until the room changed. The panels above the Doctor and Martha moved and two metal claws quickly grabbed them by their waist and pulled them up.
"Doctor, what's happening?" Martha said, nearly freaking out.
"She's just putting us in the medical bay," The Doctor didn't smile, he was phased by what he was now seeing, the vastness of the Aperture facility. He saw two more claws go down and roughly handle the TARDIS; the Doctor didn't like this.
"Oi! What are you doing? Gentle with her!" The Doctor called out, nearly surprised by how quickly GLaDOS responded, "This machine shall be examined closely and perhaps dismantled for further science."
The Doctor responded with less distress, "Oh I don't think she'll like that,"
After he said that the doors of the TARDIS flew open to reveal a spherical object jet itself into one of the nearby cameras. GLaDOS was stunned, "That box just threw a yo-yo at the camera…"
The Doctor smiled then laughed at the blue box, "You found it! I've been looking for that for over ten years now!"
Martha struggled with the claw holding her, "Is this really the time for that?"
"Hmm… perhaps it would be best if this box was closely examined…for science." GLaDOS said quietly, removing dismantling from the list of things to do the TARDIS. The Doctor sighed in relief as he and Martha were slowly carried off to the medical bay.
Chell saw the man say they came for testing, they have no idea what they're in for! She would know; she's currently in progress with the test, and only for some stupid cake. It's official, I'm breaking out of here the second the test is over, and you can't stop me GLaDOS. Chell thought it weird she was finally regarding the woma- er computer by a name; she just thought of her as the lady with a distorted voice. Although the chance of it being a computer wasn't completely out of Chell's mind as she went along as it was monotone and sounded distort- er robotic. Chell sighed, it could be worse; it could be 'Bring Your Daughter to Work Day' again. She remembered participating in this in the past, as she was always in Aperture as long as she could remember. She remembered this one woman that always tested her and watched her, then one day disappeared and the woman was replaced with another tester, a nervous and babbling man with an accent like the man she just encountered. Chell couldn't help at smiling at her quick memories of that man, but for the life of her she could not remember his name. She couldn't remember the woman's name either; it perplexed her; that is until the claws entering the room disrupted her deep thoughts. Her eyes became wide and her mouth gaped as the man and his companion were lifted out of the room with their box following their fate. The panels of the room then fully closed, leaving Chell trapped in the room. This was confirmed when GLaDOS spoke to her again, "Continue testing,"
Chell regarded the camera with a look that said "Really? You expect me to continue, completely ignoring it, after seeing that?", but then she sighed and knew no matter what, she would have to complete the test; so she did, with more grazes and non vital bullet wounds. By the end of the test chamber, Chell greatly disliked the androids, and had an evil idea. She grabbed one of the shut down or sleeping androids and shoved it into the Emancipation Grill; the result, she thought, was comical. It made a strange sound to signal its pain, making Chell laugh only to find that no voice came out. She ignored GLaDOS's tellings about Android Hell and proceeded into the elevator and was left to ponder in the minutes between test chambers.
The first thing she thought about was the latest to cross her mind; her voice. She had somehow lost her voice when she was in long-term cyro-sleep. She didn't think much of it at first but then she thought it would be a problem if and when she escaped this place; vocal communication was important in society as far as she remembered. She then thought of some odd thought; what was the year? How long has she been in cryogenic storage? For all she knew it could be the year 3000, or even further!
Chell then turned her thoughts to the man, his companion, and the blue box; it came out of thin air and surprised GLaDOS. Who was this man? Will they ever meet again? Hmm… maybe I could save him before he's submitted to testing! No one should have to suffer through this shit. Chell was caught off guard by her own thoughts, where did she learn that vulgar word? Probably while passing by a failed experiment or a meeting regarding Black Mesa. Chell had a bad taste in her mouth when she thought of Black Mesa; she grew up being taught to despise them as being thieves. But she digressed; the doors opened to the next test chamber. Hopefully this one won't have those damn androids. She suddenly had the feeling that she should call them turrets before she walked out and waited for GLaDOS to make some sort of comment before she began test chamber seventeen.
I have a perfectly good reasons for having the 10th Doctor have this adventure as apposed to the others; 1-8, I have no knowledge of their personality, 9th, didn't think he fit, and the 11th because I don't think I can portray Amy's personality as well as the 10th Doctor's companions. In all honesty it could be fun using the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith is awesome! But again, I don't think I could get Amy right; so David's Doctor it is, and Martha because I picked her at random! But I'll give you Matt Smith fans a proposition; IF you want a version of this with the 11th Doctor, make a review. If there are enough reviews, I'll make one for the 11th Doctor as soon as this one is over. Deal?