There was a panel in the middle of the wheat field. A pure, black, rectangular panel, just replacing the ground where it lay, no wheat- her mind wanted to shy away from the word, but Chell wouldn't let it- crushed beneath it, not even at a different level to everything else. But, it stuck out.

She almost stepped on it, but the sheer shock of seeing something so different made her stumble back. She knelt down, unsure if this was it, this was reality, or... she brushed her fingers against it, and shivered. The same texture.

Not only that, but it retreated for a moment, as if it- he were nervous of the touch. She glanced at it, amused-terrified- curiosity killed the cat- but couldn't resist the temptation to stand up, and slowly... step onto the panel.

She was instantly seized by the feeling that there was a great empty space below her. And a voice- she froze.

"Oh... hello." A chuckle. "You look terrible." Oh no. No. No no no no no. Not... You...

"I never actually thought you'd come back." A pause. "It wasn't because of me, was it? You're not happy about this. Didn't want to see poor old Wheatley again. Not even after I let you go." Other tones crept into his voice- mostly bitterness. "I didn't stop the lift that time, did I? And you can't even be thankful about it. I even fixed the reactor core..."

She shifted slightly- it took all her strength to do it, at the time- Something like this was bound to happen eventually. Should have never let him let me leave.

"Oh yeah, you're still not happy with me. Fine." He waited, and she did too, puzzled. And then she spotted... the ground around her, in quite a large radius, crumbled away. Into the abyss... "Bet you didn't know how much of this place was supported by the facility, huh?"

She startled, understandably, trying desperately not to process the situation she was in. No... "Please..." How could something practically all-powerful sound so desperate? "Come back with me, okay? Weren't things great back then? Are you..."

He shifted into something that was practically a scream. "Are you going to just leave me here? Huh? all alone, for the rest of eternity, sure, that sounds like the perfect situation to put me in! You-you were just using me to escape, the whole time!"

And back to a pleading, quiet tone."Just for a while..." The panel started to lower slowly. "I'll need to get you some of those boots again."

After a few minutes, he spoke again, this time sounding much less... human.

"Apple."

Yes, I wrote another random drabble. I got the idea because I was thinking about doing the 100 oneshot challenge (this being for "1. Introduction." Yes, I got slightly sidetracked.) But figured I'm already writing something and I'm kinda horrible with personal projects. Also, it would be hard once school started again. I might still continue with the list, though, but not dependably. Also, I'm continuing the tradition of having a lot of "..."'s, I guess. 14 in this.

Also, I wrote this while listening to "All I Ever Wanted" by Basshunter, for some reason. I thought that was interesting.

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