"Tully's Awakenings."

The door hummed as it quietly opened, drawing the receptionists attention upwards "Oh, hello? Welcome to Aperture Science. How can I help you?" The lights in the room illuminated the figure, the girl stood out there, as the rain lashed down "Hel... Help... Volun... Volun... Teer..."
"Volunteer? Oh, for the testing program... Well, do you have any form of identification with you?" The girl shook her head, causing the receptionist to sigh "Well... Can you at least tell me your name?"
"There was a pause, before the girl answered "Tull... Lullah."
"Tullulah? And your second name?"
"Rid... Ley..."
"So, Tullulah Ridley?" The receptionist checked, head tilted slightly. Tully nodded, even as the receptionist bit her lip "Right... Now, I'm just going to need to take down a few other details..."
It was a good while later when Tully was led to the relaxation chamber, her old sodden clothes replaced with a dry, aperture jumpsuit, bright orange standing out amongst the muted creams as the security man muttered angrily "Why do I have to do all the babysitting? Damn place is being run into the ground anyway, Don't get why I get this kinda job..." He stood aside, a door opening automatically "Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment program, we hope that you enjoy your stay and that both parties can benefit greatly, Yada Yada Yada... Look Kid, you go in, lie down, then we come get you when we need you. Night." The door closed, and Tully lay on the bed, looking up at the ceiling.

Good morning. You have been asleep for -875- days. As mandatory national laws state, you must perform several exercises to keep your mental and physical health in check. Please get out of your bed. Aperture science would like to apologize for this inconvenience to your suspended animation experience./p
*BWAAAAA-*
If it wasn't the announcer's voice that woke Tully up, it was most certaintly the buzzer that came soon afterwards. She got out of bed and yawned. How long had it been? Six-seven weeks? More? Less? She felt like she had woken up yesterday./p
As usual, she stepped out of bed and yawned once more, stretching out her arms, waiting for the customary instructions. But those never came "Wha?" She asked thin air, before the voice came back Due to unforeseen circumstances with our predictive analyst bots, we here at aperture would like to offer you the chance to start your testing early! If you look down, you will see a yellow lit trail. Please follow this trail./p
Tully glanced around the room, confused before following the trail out of the room, her hands going through her hair as she wondered if anyone else was awake. She didn't know, nor did she really suppose it mattered. Right now, she just wanted to do the tests and get out of the room she felt she'd been locked into. "Ah. Hello. You must be the latest test subject... Chell? No? Oh my, we've got a mistake here... oh no, I see you now. Tullulah Ridley. Hmm. You don't seem like much... Oh well. Proceed to the first chamber." A synthesized female voice spoke to Tully now, causing her to look around confused before she frowned and continued onwards, finding her way to a chamber containing little more than a button and a box. "Is it?" She asked, tilting her head.

"Yes, this is it. Honestly, some of you subjects can be incredibly moronic. Still, even you should be able to figure this out." The voice was back, and there was an air of sarcastic annoyance to it now, as Tully flushed red, placing the box on the button and walking through the door "Hmmph." She huffed, stepping into the waiting elevator and being whisked away to the next chamber. She stepped from the tube and frowned, seeing two glass partitions, the locked exit, a small button on a raised pillar, a bigger button like the last room behind one of the glass sheets and a box behind the other "Hmm..." She pressed the small button, seeing a blue... hole opening on the side of the box. Wait... Could she see... That was her! She span, seeing an orange hole as well, through which the box was visible. "Aah!" She smiled, starting to get what was happening "Prtal." She nodded to herself, walking through to get the box, before returning to press the button. Once done, she walked through and placed the box onto the large button, watching the door open.

"Well done. You have completed this test faster than one percent of the last 10,000 subjects. Yes, that's right. You beat 100 out of 10,000 subjects. You were slower than 9,990, but Don't let that get you down. I'm sure you'll beat at least some of them. The ones that died, especially. Unless you die as well." Tully's eyes widened, before taking a deep breath and walking onwards to the door and the Elevator waiting for her. What she hadn't expected was the Elevator to take her upwards at considerable speed. She squeezed her eyes closed as the Elevator suddenly stopped, when a man grabbed her "Hey, Hey... Chillout kid. I'm getting you out of the testing, alright?" His voice stated, even as he let go of her "Wh... Who..." She asked, her voice struggling more than normal with the fear of her situation "Look, we don't have time to explain. I'm Professor Doug Rattman, but most people call me Ratman. Follow me, unless you want to end up a pile of goop in a chamber somewhere." She blinked, before swallowing her fear and nodding "Where?" She asked, causing the man to raise an eyebrow "Simple. Back to the Chambers. There's been a mixup, somewhere. You weren't meant to come out, so I'm going to put you back under, where it's safe and let the subject who was meant to come out into the Testing chambers... Hopefully that Moron Wheatley hasn't fiddled with anything..." He was rambling as they went, eventually returning to her room "Here we go... Lets get you checked back in, and Chell checked out..." He muttered as the door closed behind her "Have a nice sleep. See you when It's safe!" He called jauntily, as Tully lay back down and closed her eyes.

Alarms. That's what Tully woke up to. Alarms and gunfire, muffled by the door, but all so loud in her ears. Faintly, she could hear the announcer's voice, saying she had been asleep for... 9999999999-Error Days. But she pushed that from her mind as the door slid open "Hey, Captain! Got a live-un over here! Non-Cy!" Tully blinked, not sure how to react as another man stepped over "Right. Simmons, you pick her up. We've not got time to see if she can still walk." He told the man who had opened the door "Got it sir. Looks like this was the only unopened room in this area." Simmons called, getting a nod from his superior "Let's pull out then. We've gotten a good number of people out already, so best bet now is to get clear and blow it." The man said, before a chunk of concrete fell towards them, clipping Tully's head and knocking her unconscious...

When she woke, it was in pleasant silence, with a woman, dressed in white bandaging her head "Ahh, good. You're awake." The woman smiled, gently applying a paste to the swelling before finishing the bandages and pulling away "Now, can you tell me your name?" Tully bit her lip "Uhm... Pap... Paper?" She asked, causing the nurse to frown "Paper? Your name... Oh! I see, you want some Paper? To write your name?" Tully nodded and the Nurse smiled "Well, I'll see if I can find you some. You stay just there." She left the room as Tully looked around, wondering where she was. It wasn't Aperture. She knew that just from the wall design, the lack of pristine white. She didn't have long to wonder about that however as the Nurse walked back in "Here we go. Paper and a Pen. Now, what was your name?" Tully smiled, writing 'Tullulah Ridley' on the sheet with a smile "So... Tullulah Ridley? Do you mind if I call you Tully?" She shook her head "No." She told the Nurse, before a Mans voice came from the door "Ah, good to see your awake. I know Simmons was worried over the knock you took. I'm Corbin. Corbin Craul. Nice to properly meet you, Tully." He smiled "How would you like to help me save the world?"