Final chapter, epilogue is next and then sequel! lmao Maybe it's just part two...i don't like the word sequel really...okay Part two!

...little warning...character death...

p.s. thank you coincidecless for all your brilliant ideas!


Wheatley looked to his left and to his right, making sure he was alone. He took a deep breath and waited, hoping that he was right and that CHELL was really on his side. If not…what did he truly have to lose? Chell was strong and in her stories, she always managed to best her way through anything that A.I. threw at her. She would manage to do anything...he, on the other hand...

The wall slid open and there was a small radio sitting on the catwalk. "Pick this radio up." CHELL's voice came out.

He nodded and did so, "Now follow this catwalk until you find the stairs. Take them down and be careful not to get caught. There are a few maintenance workers fixing the left catwalk. Take the right. Do NOT go left."

Wheatley nodded and tried his best to steady his nerves as he made his way to the stairs, careful not to look down.

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Chell closed her eyes. Her stomach was pained and her mouth dry. She was tempted to just go on strike and refuse to test until Glados gave her something to at least drink. Hell, even those energy bars were sounding absolutely delicious right now.

Truth be told...Chell was beginning to think that this testing track was going to end the same as the last three she went through. Why else would the tester purposefully starve her and keep her going through tests that kept getting harder and harder? She closed her eyes as the echoes of Oracle's word bounced around. Of course...when she had freedom about the center, she thought things were perfect...just felt sick again. How could she let her guard down...even for a moment?

She walked into the next test chamber and could have cried. Hidden behind the cube release button, was another bottle of water and energy bar. Chell sat down and ate the bar quickly. She easily drank half the bottle and tucked away the rest like last time. Whoever had sent this to her was an angel. She closed her eyes and stood up again, ready to tackle the test.

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Glados jumped. The screens that had previously been set on the test subject in the testing chamber were now located in another completely different room. Glados raised her brow out of confusion as she watched a larger woman, one of her guards from a few years back(who had retired to become a singer) tap the podium in front of her, "Now, begin."

In front of her was a line of the guards, male and female, young and old. The one she had been talking to was a tall man. He opened his mouth and out came a beautiful stream of baritone notes. The opera wife, as she insisted being called, stopped him and sent him on his way, calling a woman before her, who began to sing (pretty badly, Glados might add).

"Next!" the opera wife grounded out, "You know I only have four places for my special solo group and nerves are getting the best of you now?" she motioned for another candidate. This woman had a soft and melodic soprano. Opera wife sent her through to the waiting area, where she would most likely review their voices again and again until the had the four she was talking about.

Glados growled lightly, not wanting to watch their auditions for her opera group.

She turned to CHELL, who tilted her core to stare at the person, "Why aren't these cameras in the testing chamber?"

The computer immediately reconnected the cameras to Chel's testing room, hoping the girl had eaten her meal.

The scientist glared for a moment. Why did she feel something was up? What exactly was the computer getting at? She motioned for Penny, "Orange…set down that device," the girl nodded, placing her portal device on the table, along with the cleaning rag.

"Find the moron…I feel like he should be here…to witness this next test…"

Penny nodded slowly, unsure of what to think. Was Glados really going to kill the subject that had brought them success with the boots? Better question would be, why did she want Wheatley to witness it?

She marched over to her desk and pressed the buzzer for Wheatley's call button. He didn't answer, which meant he wasn't at his post. She sighed, calling into Flynn's radio.

"Yes?" the man's voice questioned.

"This is Penny, from the control center, Glados needs Wheatley Pendleton immediately."

"Hmm…strange that she should want him now…he just left…probably back to his post." the pink-eyed man lied, "Have you tried there?"

She frowned, "Yes, I'll try again in a few minutes. Thank you, Flynn…" She turned off the system and stood up, "He was just heading back to his post. I'll try again in a few minutes."

Glados nodded, "Make sure it's soon."

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Wheatley frowned. CHELL had transmitted Penny and Flynn's conversation to his radio. "What do they want with me? Did they find out? Wait…this is a trap, isn't it?" he felt panic rise as he sat down on the abandoned catwalk, "You set me up, didn't you, mate? Oh, I knew it was too good to be true and now I'm going to bloody die! Oh man, oh man, oh man, I'm doomed to suffer at the hands of that maniac! And what about Chell?"

"Calm down. I only sent that to you as a warning." CHELL spoke, "Glados had a nasty surprise waiting for Chell…you need to hurry."

The man took a deep breath and stood back up, quickening his pace. He had to reach Chell before it was too late.

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Chell grumbled under her breath. For the first time since she started these tests, she was actually stumped. It seemed impossible to make it over the acid and onto the next platform. What had she missed? The subject looked up above the platform to see a small portal spot. 'Ok, so that's where you go…' she shot the orange portal, 'and you,' she pressed her finger to the blue trigger, 'Goooo…there.' she shot a spot that had been hidden in a crevice.

She made her way into it, lading perfectly unharmed on the other side of the acid pit. Unfortunately she hadn't seen the guard, who reluctantly started shooting at her. She dove for the wall and let loose a hiss as blood spilled from her arm.

'Damn it!' she gripped the wound and closed her eyes in pain, letting the throbbing subside, before she dug into the small hole to pull the bullet out. More blood streamed afterwards and she ripped the bottom of her shirt to wrap around the wound (as she had done many times before) and stood up. It was going to be a close call, but she had to dive behind another wall to get out of the spot she was in now and passed the guard.

She took a deep breath and rushed out. She heard gunfire behind her but was lucky enough not to get shot again. This small hallway had a lone girl inside. She was dressed in grey and pink, with electric plates on her sides and wires attached to her face. She had a belt on similar to that of Coryn's, including a heart orb belt and a pink and white handkerchief tied around her neck. Chell's eyes widened. This girl was another companion cube human.

The girl turned and smiled, waving lightly.

"This is your testing partner for the next portion of the test. She cannot be injured by the guards, like you can, but take care of her, lest you mess up and get her killed. She had been instructed not to speak to you. If she does, ignore her." Glados spoke. The girl turned to face her, her long black hair falling around her face.

Chell bit her lip walking up to the girl. She had not seen wires like this on Coryn, nor had he the metal plates. His eyes also had not been so…odd. This girl's eyes were a bright pink, lacking in pupils. They seemed almost like optics.

She was probably some sort of robot hybrid, or at least something of the sort. She had a small name written on her belt: Cyan.

So she was Cyan? Odd name for someone so…pink. Chell prayed to whatever god of science or whatever existed that this wouldn't end the way test chamber 17 had. The girl bit her lip and swallowed hard remembering having to drop her cube in the incinerator.

Cyan followed behind Chell obediently, smiling and…humming? Yes, Cyan was definitely humming. It sounded almost robotic.

Chell sighed, noticing that the first part of this next room was a two button control. The buttons were on opposite sides of the room, but looked like they had to be pressed at the same time. The test subject guessed that's where Cyan came in.

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GLaDOS grinned as the girl was on the second to last test. She had managed to stumble her way through the last few tests, but had been more preoccupied with having fun with the dual portal device. She discovered that if one portal was above and one was below, she could fall forever and ever. Mel had let loose a high pitched screaming fit of laughter as she did so. Eventually, she stopped, only to set the portals side by side on the wall so she could stare at herself and have fun jumping in and out.

"You know, my sister would have had a blast with this thing…" Mel smiled.

GLaDOS had had enough of the girl's incessant talking, "I checked your file and guess what. You have no sister. I suspect I shouldn't allow you to test with the Aperture Science Companion Cube, lest you attach your deranged lunacies onto it."

Mel looked hurt as she turned to get a little more serious with the test, "That hurt. I didn't know you could be so mean…and of course I have a sister, well…she's like a sister, I guess. Her mom and dad worked here like my dad did, but they died during a terrible accident involving some new technology…She was only five at the time, but my parents were named her godparents, so they took her in just before I was born. They never changed her last name, allowing her to at least have that memory of her parents…it was sad, really…but I loved her and she loved us, so it didn't matter that she was adopted."

GLaDOS' optic widened. "A…dopted?" she whispered to herself in disbelief.

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Wheatley slipped his way onto another catwalk and closed his eyes. It was actually quite high up, with no building underneath to catch him if he fell. Up until now, he had something under him to keep him from freaking out about falling, but now there was nothing. And to make things worse, CHELL told him that Penny once again tried to contact him at his post and with no answer and no one knowing where he was, he was now public enemy number one. Every guard was supposed to be on the look-out and Glados was beyond furious.

"Just a bit further, but I'm afraid you're not going to like this next part." CHELL muttered.

"Lovely…" he groaned, speeding up to a run.

"The catwalk ends up ahead, but there is a management rail directly above, leading right into Chell's test chamber. You're going to need to use it to get across. I'll open the panel and you two will need to get out as soon as possible. I can only lock down the facility for so long so you'll have to find the lift 4-D. It's the one that will take you directly to the surface, where you can get Chell out of here."

He'd barely heard a word she'd said passed management rail. He was supposed to climb on that thin frail looking thing? Wheatley felt the blood drain from his body and run ice cold. It wasn't really something that came up in conversation often for him, so no one really knew. But he was deathly afraid of heights. The thought of falling to his death scared him more than anything. And it was odd, wasn't it? That he was extremely tall, yet hated heights?

"That's just tremendous…" he muttered sarcastically finding the rail, "T-this one?" he swallowed.

"Yes. You have to hurry, she'll be passing this spot soon." CHELL's voice held a certain urgency.

Wheatley looked down, "Ah! Oh, I just looked down…should not do that again. My head would split like a melon from this height…but hey, what's the worst that could really happen…" his face paled as he climbed to the top of the rail, "I just thought of the worst thing…oh…and another…how about I just NOT think about anything bad. Yeah, that's it…just think about Chell being safe…not the endless pit below you, mate…" he muttered to himself sliding across the rail.

He yelped as he slid off, barely able to catch himself. Wheatley bit his lip and felt himself become sick with the adrenaline rush, as he dangled over the bottomless pit. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips together. He had to get to Chell.

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Chell threw the portal onto a ledge which held a button stand on it. She grabbed Cyan's hand and jumped through landing on the spot. Before she had the chance to hit the button, the wall flew open, knocking her back. A familiar face peeked through and it almost made her choke up as memories flooded back to her, "Come on, love! We have to hurry! We're escaping! That's what we're doing now, we're escaping!" he reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her through the opening.

The girl gasped, but turned and pulled Cyan through. There was no way she was going to let her companion be killed this time.

"Unfortunately, we're going to have to get back across here…and…" Wheatley began. CHELL interrupted him on the radio, which was sitting on the catwalk across the gap.

"Hold, on. I'm trying something…" the building began to shake and the catwalk shook back and forth, getting slightly closer each time. The radio flew off, but not before they heard her faintly yell through, "Jump!"

Wheatley took a deep breath. We have to get out of here, love okay?" Chell nodded and grabbed Cyan's hand and motioned for them to jump.

"Okay, on three…one…two…three!" Wheatley suddenly backed away as Chell and Cyan landed on the swaying catwalk.

"That's too high...too high...It was too much time to think about it…I'm sorry, Chell…just go on without me, I'll be fine! I'll just slow you down anyway..." he felt his heart grip and he looked down and closed his eyes.

Chell frowned and handed the portal device to Cyan, turning back to Wheatley. Cyan gripped the device tightly as well as the railing to keep herself from falling over the edge as the catwalk continued swaying.

The test subject glared hard and took the water bottle from her pocket, throwing it at Wheatley, hitting his foot.

"Ow! What was that for? That really hurt…" he looked at her.

"NO!" she forced out. Wheatley gasped lightly, "W-we're…es…escap…ing. On…one th-this time!" Chell held out her hands, and ignored the coppery taste in her mouth and throat from being rough with her unused vocal cords.

The blue-eyed man stood shocked for a moment, but a new waved of courage rushed through him, "On one this time…" he leapt off the edge and yelped, knowing he was going to miss, "catchmecatchmecatchmecatchm-"

Chell clamped her hand tightly around his wrists, a pained look on her face as she tried to pull him up onto the catwalk, which was starting to steady. Wheatley reached out and grabbed onto the railing and locked his arm around it. He used his feet to push himself over the railing. He landed on his back, with Chell on her knees, panting beside him.

"You did it, love…" He pushed himself up, "Hurry, we need to find the lift labeled…4-D! Yeah, that's it, 4-D!" Chell took back her portal device and they began running down the catwalk.

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Glados watched as Chell slowly inched her way across the room. She was already furious that the moron had managed to disappear, but he was nothing. She had bigger fish to fry. She actually thought that with CHELL giving her information on how to make these tests harder, along with the starvation of the girl, Chell would have given up or slipped up on something, but no. She was more determined than ever to succeed. Which meant that Glados had only one option left. The final testing room was actually just a normal room. Full of guards. And neurotoxin emitters. And if that failed, the floor would open, dropping the girl down a hundred feet into an incinerator.

It didn't matter who else died. She would see this girl die for mocking her and her tests. She would see Chell suffer for getting in her way. Glados needed the girl gone before she could start the next phase of her plans.

Suddenly a panel shot open, almost, (but not quite) knocking the girl and her companion into the acid. Glados yelled out in fury and surprise. Wheatley was there talking about escape. They disappeared behind the panel, which shut immediately after.

Who had authorized that panels movement? No one but her had…the…code? She turned to the A.I. "It was you." Glados laughed lightly, "I should have figured that you would turn against me…It seems you just can't stick with your programming, can you? That's all you had to do was test and take notes…but no…you've gone against your creator. I hope you enjoy android hell, because that's where I'm about to send you."

She turned to access the intercom system to alert the guards that the test subject had escaped and should be terminated on sight, but it wouldn't work properly.

"Orange, contact the armory, tell them find and kill the moron and that test subject with any means necessary!" Glados glared, her nerves becoming frazzled, "I'll take care of you."

Penny frowned. Even her transmission links were cut. Atlas ran to the door, deciding to do things manually, but the door was locked, "What the…? We're trapped in here!"

The orange haired girl felt tears prick her eyes. The last time she had been this scared was when Glados had shut down the facility years ago. It seemed like it was happening all over again, but this time it wasn't Glados calling the shots. It was the A.I. they knew next to nothing about.

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Flynn looked up from his book, feeling the facility shake. "Well…I guess that means that he really did go to find a way of escape…"

Logan nodded, chopping up some rhubarb, "Seems so…"

The table beside them held Aaron and Mora, Alex and Curi. Curi had a sad look upon her face, "Is Wheatley going to be fine? What about Chell? Do you think we're going to be okay? Are we…are we all going to die?"

Alex grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest, "Don't think about that…think about all the pretty stars…think about getting to go with me to the moon one day!"

The red-eyed man stood up, slamming his fist into the table, "I knew she was a bad thing…but NO ONE would LISTEN TO ME!" he picked up the chair and threw it across the room, smashing a window in. Curi yelped in panic and buried her face in Alex's shoulder.

Mora stood up to calm him, but he pushed her away, "I'm going to find them and I'm going to TEAR THEM APART! Life was JUST FINE before SHE showed up!" he ran over to the broken window and leapt into the hallway on the other side.

Rick sighed, tilting his hat down, "Like hell, I'm gonna sit here and let him have all the fun!"

"Fact: Rick…shouldn't get hurt out there…" Flynn frowned.

The man only laughed, "Would you just relax, four-eyes. Go read a book, would ya?" He smiled at his friend and jumped through the window after Aaron. Mora dropped to her knees on the floor, feeling more useless than ever. Curi rubbed the girl's back, "Don't worry, Mora…he'll be fine…Won't he?"

Alex nodded happily.

Aaron blazed down the halls, intent on finding that blue-eyed moron and wringing his neck for bringing the entire facility into his mess. He would destroy…no…OBLITERATE HIM! Especially for putting Mora, Curi and Alex in danger. Admittedly, he didn't care for the other two, but his Mora did. He yelled out in a vicious rage, his face turning red. He had a hunch he knew where they would be going.

Behind him, Rick ran up, "Hey, kid, slow down, would ya? Runnin' around like a chicken with his head cut off isn't gonna get you what you want!"

He was ignored by the raging man, so he just followed after him.

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Chell felt dizzy, from lack of sleep and nutrients. Once again, she was regretting not having the adrenal vapors. She also wished she hadn't thrown that water, because she needed it more than ever.

Wheatley and Cyan managed to keep up, but with the lifts still a little ways away, they were all quickly slowing down. Chell frowned. There had to be a faster way! She searched and finally found the break she'd been looking for. They wouldn't have to ran down all the catwalks if she just placed a portal above the Lift Room door and one on the post just up ahead.

She threw the portals and jumped through. She thought for a second and frowned. Not only was the door locked, and CHELL wouldn't open it, but Wheatley and Cyan might end up hurt jumping from the portal spot. The girl untied her jumpsuit and pulled the sleeve on before 'hacking' the door Wheatley style. She retied the suit, ignoring the scrapes and cuts on her elbow, before throwing the portal inside the room. Wheatley and Cyan ran through. Chell aimed for the wall, just off the side of the catwalk and shot the portal they had entered, there. She climbed over the railing and jumped inside the portal, landing on the inside on the lift room. A huge 4 was painted on the wall opposite them, meaning they were in the right station.

"Okay, 4-D…4-D…" Wheatley ran along the rails looking for the right one. Cyan stopped and pointed to the lift. Chell grinned and nodded to her in appreciation, but motioned for them to hurry.

Suddenly the catwalks began to shake again, this time because of CHELL busy trying to fight for her life. Glados had managed to hack into the control system and was hacking through CHELL's firewalls.

"I'll give you credit. You're not as stupid as I thought you were…but still…" Glados glared at the A.I. who was swinging her chassis at Glados, trying to knock her over.

Chell frowned walking up to the lift. The red-haired man from before was standing there with his fists clenched.

"I figure you were going to find an escape lift. All I had to do was find which one." he turned to Chell, "I honestly hate you so much. Ever since you got here, you've caused nothing but trouble for us. I want you to suffer for causing Mora so much trouble. Now this whole place is going down, and you're just going to walk out of here and forget us all? You know what. Fine. Go. I was going to kill you for hurting all of us like this…but right now…as much as I hate you and hate what you've done…I just want to go back to Mora and apologize for being a prick. Get out…and I swear, if I ever so much as see your face anywhere near here again…I'll send you to hell in a hand basket…because that's all that I'll need to fit what's left of you when I'm done."

Rick walked up, panting, "You sure no how to run fast, kid…" he turned to Chell, "Well, I guess this is good-bye gorgeous. I'd go, too, of course, but I dunno…four-eyes and space nut need someone to watch over them when this guy leaves…" he tipped his hat to them, stepped forward and placed a kiss on Chell's cheek, sending a blush to her cheeks.

"I'll see ya around, pretty lady, and don't let this moron get into too much trouble…" Rick laughed. His laughter faded when a bunch of guards came flooding onto the catwalks, "Well, there's your signal to get outta here…we'll keep 'em distracted for ya." he took off his hat and hollered out in joy, before rushing off to stop the guards.

Chell, Wheatley and Cyan frowned seeing all guns aimed at Rick and Aaron. The three knew it was their fault for their deaths. Chell closed her eyes as it seemed time slowed down. She didn't want to open them ever and see them dead, but instead of gunfire, they heard the start of a song.

Her eyes shot open to see a woman standing off to the side. She was standing with her head held high directing four of the guards in the group to sing. It seemed the gaurds knew that if she was there, gunfire was not allowed, only singing. They slowed down to a finish and soon after, with guns lowered most of the remaining group started singing a beautiful Italian song. Chell didn't know what they were saying, but it calmed her enough for her to remember what they were supposed to be doing.

The trio climbed into the lift and hit the up button. CHELL felt the alarm go off in her head and she began to make the lift rise for them. She turned her attention back to Glados.

Turning away had been her mistake it was that split second that Glados needed to push passed her defense system.

"Good-bye, CHELL." She hit the delete button. CHELL screamed out in pain as a surge of electricity flooded her and sent her into eternal darkness.

Glados frowned, despite her victory. She began overriding the damage the A.I. had caused and began searching for Chell and the moron.

Wheatley yelped as the lift suddenly sped up and stopped. They were really high up, yet no where near the surface. There was a ledge just on the other side of the lift, but it was too small for any of the to squeeze passed. Chell's mind began to race. She had never been trapped like this before. Everywhere she'd been there was always someway to get out, but now…all she had was a portal device and no portal spots. Not to mention she had Wheatley and Cyan to watch out for.

The song came to an end and the opera wife couldn't stop the gaurds that wewn't part of her opera any longer. They rushed forward and detained the two men, while others went a different route to catch the enemy.

"You honestly thought you could escape?" Glados' voice rang out through the station, "It was pretty clever of you to turn my own creation against me, but let's be honest…did you really think it would work?" The lift began slowly making its way up to the ledge where the door opened to reveal guards, ready to shot on the spot. Chell turned and closed her eyes.

'…leap of faith…' her eyes snapped open and she looked down toward the catwalks. If she jumped, she would survive, but Wheatley and Cyan would not. Not to mention the dozens of guards just waiting for her to do that. Cyan whimpered as the guards took aim. She turned and pushed Chell and Wheatley from the lift, tipping the two right over the safety doors. Chell screamed out just as the guards opened fire on the companion.

Cyan smiled softly, waving. She couldn't be hurt like Chell could. But she could be captured, which is just what happened.

It honestly seemed like forever had passed as she and Wheatley began their descent. The man, who had been with her nearly every step of the way laughed softly, "You know, love…I don't care that we're falling like this…as long as I'm falling with you…" he reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her into him. She felt tears rise up. Would it really be so bad to die right here, right now? If she survived the fall, Wheatley wouldn't. Then she would be forced to carry the burden of his death as well as the core Wheatley's demise as well.

She closed her eyed as they passed the catwalks and continued falling into nothing. Chell wrapped her arms around Wheatley, letting go of the portal device. She knew they were nearing the top of the fifth level of Aperture, it was a matter of time.

The girl heard a massive explosion just as they hit…or rather…didn't hit…She felt herself roll on the cold floor with a soft thud rather than a hard…spattering kind of thud. Her heart began to race and she looked over to see Wheatley, leaned against a wall holding his head, "Ouch…that really hurt…but…I'm…not…dead! I'm not dead! We're fine! Unless this is heaven, of course…or hell…it looks like were right back inside Aperture…so I'm going to have to agree with the latter..."

Chell looked around a frowned. So they were still here? She stood up on shaky legs and searched for the device, but it was nowhere to be found. Strange. She looked up and also found it strange that there was no hole in the ceiling where they should have crashed through.

She turned to help Wheatley up and she pointed down a hall way. He nodded, "Spooky, innit?" he walked beside her.

It actually was. Chell heard every echo of every foot step, as well as their breathing. She could hear something up ahead…something eerily familiar. So many questions flashed through her head.

Why weren't they dead? If they were, what kind of place was this? Android hell perhaps? She laughed, maybe regular hell?

"I don't really see what's so funny…" Wheatley frowned at her. A loud echo bounced down the halls, scaring Wheatley, who grabbed Chell's hand. 'So she wouldn't be scared,' as he put it.

"Is anyone there?" Chell gasped, instantly recognizing the voice, "Hello?"

She looked ahead and saw a long beam of red light. The girl stopped, but Wheatley kept walking passed the little hallway.

"There you are…" Chell grabbed the back of her shirt and ripped him backwards as a spray of bullets began firing. It stopped and a small whirring sound went off, "Target lost. Sentry mode activated." The beam of light shot around searching for the missing target before steadying itself right back where it had been before.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Wheatley yelped. Chell helped him to his feet and motioned for him to press himself against the wall to peek quickly. He did so and saw a tall oval shaped thing on three legs with one red eye in the middle. It spotted him and the whirring noise came back as it opened its side panels to shoot.

"Deploying."

Wheatley pulled back and waited for it to stop, "That thing is scary, love…reminds me of those bloody guards…" he frowned.

Chell leaned against the wall. She took a deep breath and grabbed Wheatley's hand before dragging him quickly passed the little hall where the turret stood.

She pulled him through just as the turret opened fire. The test subject wiped the sweat from her brow. 'So, either Glados built turrets or something…or I'm back home…' the grey-eyed girl grabbed Wheatley's hand and pulled him down the hall, careful to avoid any more turrets. Finally they came upon a door. It was large and square shaped with a small glowing triangle at the bottom. She bit her lip and stepped up to it.

The door slid open slowly and her fears were confirmed. Hanging in the middle of the circular room, was GLaDOS, her arch nemesis , turned potato, turned ally. She let go of Wheatley's hand and held it up, saying for him to stay out of the way, and out of sight.

GLaDOS sighed watching the test subject scramble out of the way of the turrets. Mel was getting great with portals, but her sense when it came to trying to save turrets was ridiculous. She shook her core, "Remember, cake and grief counseling will be provided at the conclusion of testing." GLaDOS heard the door open behind her. 'Funny,' she thought, 'Blue and Orange shouldn't be back from test chamber clean-'

"Oh…it's you…I was actually beginning to think you'd died. Tragic that you didn't…" she said harshly. Honestly, she just wished the girl had died. "I wasn't expecting you to come back." GLaDOS turned away and back to focusing on Mel.

"Wait…you know that thing, love?" Wheatley stepped out of hiding.

GLaDOS' wires ran ice cold and then burning hot with fury, "You brought that moron back with you?" she turned and her optic widened, "Oh…funny…for a second I thought you were this little moron I used to know…" she began a slow maniacal laughter.

"I. Am. NOT. A. Moron!" Wheatley frowned, crossing his arms.

GLaDOS' laughter was cut short. Chell stepped in front of Wheatley, guarding the man.

"Oh, you are kidding me…he's a human now?" the computer moved in close, "No…he's…not from here is he? So that's where you went…well I must say, since you went through all the trouble of coming back, you must really care about me after all…" two claws came down from the ceiling and picked the two of them up. "And now I have some new science to study as well as a human co-op partner for my new little test subject…" GLaDOS dropped Wheatley into a glass box, meant for relaxation vaults and Chell went into the vital apparatus tubes, "I guess I won't need to bake the new subject after all…and this will be interesting…good luck." with that, Chell was dropped into the tube with Wheatley's scream for her echoing.

XXAPERTUREXX

Glados growled. They has searched over and over, but the girl and Wheatley had simply disappeared. There were no bodies, and only the busted portal device was left. The woman laughed lightly staring down at the trashed hunk. "So you thought you could escape, huh?" the doors opened behind her and a tired, groggy man walked in. His face was marked with sweat and a five o'clock shadow, as well as sunken worn eyes.

"I finished it…just like you asked…" he held up the newly redesigned portal device and handed it to her.

"Does it work right?" she held it up and looked down the line of sight and felt all four of the buttons.

"We haven't actually tested it yet, ma'am, we're not really sure it's functional, yet." he explained, hoping she'd give him a break.

"Very well then…" she aimed it at the wall, "Let the testing begin…"


OH! end of part one ^_^ part two will be posted seperately I might post the 'epilogue' as a next chapter here...buuuut...not really sure lol ^_^ anyways...what did you all think?

~Lady Pyrien

Thank you Coincidencless for the opera turret auditions idea ^_^

Thank you so much to everyone who read, favorited, alerted and reviewed. Things like that mean the world to me!

and remember the angrality poll is still open, at least until the epilogue is up.