Chapter 4: The Portal Gun
After completing his reveille chamber and the first official chamber, the Doctor stepped through the door into Test Chamber 2. There was a big glass window in front of him, and below was a small device in the center of the room on a pedestal. The device was rotating in a circle constantly, except when it stopped to fire a blue portal every 90 degrees.
"You're doing very well. Please be advised that a noticeable taste of blood is not part of testing protocol, but is an unintended side effect of the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grid, which, in some rare cases, may emancipate fillings, crowns, tooth enamel, and teeth," said GLaDOS over the intercom. Why GLaDOS was monotone at this moment, as she is usually angry or sarcastic, confused the Doctor, but he carried on anyway.
The Doctor stepped through a door on the right, and walked down a staircase. There, a blue portal was suddenly shot through a square hole onto the wall to his right. He stepped through and onto a platform overlooking the device and with a door directly to his right. The Doctor jumped down onto the level with the device, and picked it up.
"Very good. You are now in possession of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. With it, you can create your own portals. These interdimmensional gates have proven to be completely safe. The device, however, has not. Please do not touch the operational end of the device. Do not look directly at the operational end of the device. Do not submerge the device in liquids, even partially. And most importantly, do not, under no circumstances –static-," explained GLaDOS until the signal was cut. Either someone does not like GLaDOS, or there was a momentary power surge through the intercom, the Doctor thought.
He then proceeded to experiment with the portal device or portal gun as he called it, by shooting it in random directions. He noticed that every time a new blue portal was planted, the orange one on the platform changed. He walked seamlessly through the blue portal, testing that the portal gun truly made tiny holes in the universe. This has to be dangerous to the fabric of space and time, he thought. The Doctor also noticed that the portals also seemed to carry his momentum. This is way better for short travels than the TARDIS. The TARDIS takes too long to dematerialize and to rematerialize. He shook his head at the absurd thought. The TARDIS was obviously way better than the silly portal gun. It would be still cool to have, if possible. I will have to ask GLaDOS if she has more of these, or if I could keep this one.
The Doctor walked through the door and into the gridlock, as he learned it was called. When he walked through the Emancipation Grid, he noticed that the portal gun shook, and a blue light turned off that was on top of the gun. The grid must also turn off any applied portals too, he realized. He stepped into the elevator, and pondered his experience. I can make tiny holes through time and space that may possibly carry my momentum. I am not sure if this is truly dangerous to the universe, although it does indeed seem safe. 'Handheld Portal Device,' does that mean there is a larger type of portal device? he thought to himself. GLaDOS had a lot of explaining to do later on...