Kella slowly opened her eyes and took in all senses. She smiled and sighed in relief when she felt Rick's hand in hers. Quickly squeezing it lightly she snuck out of his grip and sat up.

"What is this place?" she wondered quietly.

"One of Aperture's many holding cells." Kella let out a small squeak then slapped her hand over her mouth, embarrassed. The voice chuckled. "Don't be embarrassed. I'm pretty sure I did that same thing." Kella spun around on her butt and saw a man sitting against one of the white walls in the square room.

"Why are we here?" she asked the man. His demeanor was tired but his face was light. He had a scar running down the right side of his face and looked like he wanted to be doing something.

"Well, I overheard the scientists saying how you guys looked familiar but they couldn't find you in the mainframe anymore. And how one of you made a wireless connection to it." Kella shifted lightly hearing that. "I'm here 'cause G-Man likes me." Rick choose then to twitch then bolt upright. Before he could scream anything Kella slapped a hand over his mouth to muffle it.

"I'm right here." His eyes focused on Kella and he sighed, moving to sit beside her.

"Don't do that." Kella just smiled and grabbed his hand. "So. Where are we?" he asked.

"A holding cell," Kella replied.

"Right," Rick said while nodding. "Why are we in a holding cell?"

"We're suspicious."

"Okay. One more question." Rick opened his mouth to ask the question but Kella beat him to it.

"Don't know his name and some G-Man dude likes him." The man chuckled.

"Name's Adrian." Rick blinked.

"Adrian? As in Adrian Shephard?" Both occupants turned to him. "Wheatley had to learn Aperture and Black Mesa employees." That was an explanation for Kella, but not for Adrian. Kella went to explain but footsteps were heard outside the door. She mouthed 'later' to him then turned to the door as it opened.

Two men walked into the room, both dressed as scientists. They glared at Adrian who only only smiled innocently back then turned to Rick and Kella. Rick stared back with a content smirk while Kella just stared at them.

"Do you know why you're here?" the first asked.

"No," Rick answered for the two.

"Yes," Adrian said mockingly. The scientist growled and turned to him, seeming ready to smack him or something, before taking a deep breath and turning to the two.

"Your group seems to know and be able to do things people shouldn't. So, we've detained you for questioning and punishment." The second scientist started chuckling darkly as he wrote something on a clipboard. The first smiled sadistically as well before the two left.

"Punishment. I have an idea what our 'punishment' is going to be," Rick stated. Kella frowned.

"If I didn't have a bad feeling before, I certainly do now," Kella said quietly. She tried to access the mainframe but found she couldn't. "Darn it." Adrian glanced at her.

"Darn it? Do I like 'darn it'?" Kella shook her head.

"I only have the subconscious connection and I'm not skilled enough to use it." Rick understood her. Adrian definitely didn't.

"What?" Suddenly a panel opened on the ceiling and three items of clothing fell into the room.

"Point for me," Rick said. Kella shook her head with a light smile and reached forward, grabbing one of the black jumpsuits. Spinning it to the back she stared in shock at the symbol. It wasn't the Aperture symbol. It was the Black Mesa symbol. Kella started and threw the jumpsuit causing it to land on Adrian's head. Rick snorted and grabbed the jumpsuit revealing a quite surprised Adrian. "What was that about?" Kella shakily pointed at the back of the jumpsuit only to find the symbol was that of Aperture.

"B-b-but it was the Black Mesa symbol!" It took a few seconds before Kella realised something. "Why do I have such a huge fear of Black Mesa?" Rick and Adrian glanced at each other.

"First, that was hilarious," Rick said. Kella gaped indignantly then whacked him only to have her arm caught and her person dragged to his lap and held in place. She started to struggle half-heartedly as Rick set his chin on her shoulder. Adrian laughed at the scene before continuing the statement.

"Second, fear is something of the subconscious." The realization dawned on Kella causing her to make an 'o' shape with her mouth. Before their conversation could continue a voice appeared out of nowhere.

"Please put the jumpsuits on." Kella blinked then shrugged. She stripped her leather jacket and shirt off, revealing a wife beater underneath it all. She grabbed the jumpsuit and went to put it on but caught the two men looking at her; Rick smirking and Adrian gaping like a fish. Kella chuckled and put the jumpsuit on, scowling at how the pants really constricted her legs. She looked at the camera in the corner, knowing the scientists were watching.

"Can I have a panel please? The pants are restricting and I want to get them off." Her answer was a single panel moving forward in a place where she would be obstructed from the two boys view, a replacement immediately covering the open area. Kella snuck behind it and sighed, seeing it still in the view of the camera. Taking the jumpsuit off she shed her pants and put the suit back on in amazing speed. She moved out of the way of the panel and watched as it moved back to its original position, pants in hand.

"Put the jumpsuits on," the voice reiterated. Kella smirked and quickly closed her eyes, letting the men do the bottom half before popping her eyes open. Her smirk broadened as she saw they each had their shirts off and were putting the rest of the jumpsuit on. Rick caught her gaze and smirked as well.

"You're a pervert," he stated simply. Kella shrugged.

"There's one reason we should be dating." RIck raised an eyebrow.

"What does that mean?" Kella pointed at his bare chest.

"Put the suit on." Rick complied but had an inquisitive look in his eye still. A door different from the one that the scientists entered through opened to a black hall.

"Go through the door?" Kella wondered.

"Go through the door," the voice commanded.

"I just said that!" With that Kella grabbed the two men's hands and walked into the hall saying, "C'mon babies." Both exclaimed 'hey!' at the same time before they came to a stop in a dark room. Bright lights flashed on and the two men blinked while Kella smirked, the optical upgrades taking care of the bright flash. She glanced at the pedestals in front of them and gaped. "Oh God."

"What?" Adrian asked. His eyes landed on the devices. "Are those?" he added.

"Lady and gentlemen, say hello to our version of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device."


Oh shiz! Thing's about to get serious now! Please review and check out the poll. I need it done so I can make the next chapters.