A/N: If the plot is throwing you off, then my plan is working. *maniacal laugh* All will be revealed soon. Thanks for ideas you people are posting. I'll see how I can work them out. Might be good, might be a horrible failure. This will have some fluff in it. Anything only italicized is what Kella is 'reading'.


Words swam in and out of my head. I heard a lot of mumbling but did make out 'still unconscious', 'how long', 'hope she's alright', and 'I'll wait this time'. I didn't know what the voices meant. I was awake just a bit ago. I saw the black become lighter and tried to push myself awake. Just before I opened my eyes, it deepened rapidly until I sensed nothing.


When I got another chance to open my eyes, I immediately went for it. What I saw confused me. I saw my dad's office still being built. The walls were halfway built, wiring and dust was everywhere, and insulation was sitting in the corner waiting patiently. I spun around at the sound of footsteps. Into the room walked my dad wearing something you never saw. A dirty shirt and jeans with hiking boots. My eyes widened. You literally never see him wear that. Behind him was my mom in the same getup.

"Can't you smell the profit Caroline? This business will make thousands of dollars per month." said my enthusiastic father.

"What if it doesn't Cave?" whispered my worried mother. My dad turned and looked at her. He embraced her and set his forehead on her head.

"If it doesn't, then I'll blow it up and we'll live happy lives with this place never existing." he reassured.

"The supports might not keep the ground from collapsing though. I told you that." my mother said. Dad pulled a remote from his pocket.

"That's why I made it remotely detonable. We get a safe distance from it then let it blow." I was staring at my father the whole time. He had planned to deliberately and purposely blow this place back then. He barely parts with important parts for five seconds nowadays.

It seemed whoever was controlling what I saw decided that was enough information and returned my vision to black. At once I got a chance to push back towards the real world and did. I was allowed to this time.

I opened my eyes to a freaky sight and sound. The sight was everyone running from wires that were trying to connect to them. The sound was nothing. I couldn't hear a thing. I pushed my self to my elbows and rubbed my aching head.

A wire had reached Glados and plunged itself into the nearest port. She froze, her eyes went dull, and she became limp. I looked towards the chassis and started. Already connected to it was Mainframe. Instead of his eyes being the color of a turret's, the were blood red. Even though I couldn't hear anything, I saw his chest moving in laughter. He looked around the room and his eyes locked with mine. His mouth moved and I barely translated it.

Morning beautiful. I cringed in disgust. His lips moved again.

I was just fixing up the chassis back to the way I like. I also felt like learning about your friends but they wouldn't tell me anything. I glared at him and rose to my feet. Something fell to the ground and I looked at it. The smallest sphere that could fit in one's ear. I picked it up and noticed the light amount of smoke pouring from it. After another ten seconds, I crushed my fingers together. I didn't need hearing. I looked up to see Mainframe yelling at me.

Are you even listening to me? I said there's no way you can stop me. None! I won't let you use my control, so you can't call upon anything! Do you hear me? Do you!?" A slight vibration hit my eardrums and I turned. Wheatley and Ken were jumping to grab Chell who was being lifted towards the ceiling. Something inside me clicked and I felt control over the claw. Without saying anything, I had it slowly lower to the ground and gently drop Chell. I looked towards Mainframe to see his reaction, my ears still receiving only silence.

What? Who- how- what did you do?!" he screamed at me. I shrugged and had claws guide everyone towards me. I then had a panel open behind me leading to darkness. I shoved everyone down there. Slight vibrations again reached my ears. I still kept my straight face. I called the one thing I wanted from the ancient room. When it arrived, I held it in my hand. Mainframe took one look at it and cringed.

D-d-don't get any ideas. he stuttered. My brain was calling on both of my hidden abilities. My ability to read lips and my actual gift. I had one tank activate with a personality. The personality was the tired out good side, not the anger filled other. I had the tank sent into darkness along with a special keycard.

WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?!" screeched the hunk of metal connected to the chassis. I again shrugged. When I was sure everyone was safe, I twitched my thumb. I was no longer afraid of deafness, and death.

Miles Away in Kella's DreamCity:

The group of people felt a violent tremor throughout the ground. The building they flew into shook violently, causing dust to fly everywhere. The strange man in the tank huddled against the wall, shaking viscously. It was of both fear and cold. The one teen with green eyes stared out of the window. He had no idea what happened to her. She wouldn't answer any of the screams sent at her but still responded. He wouldn't give up.

Over the days, while everyone grieved but got on with life, he stood there staring out the shabby window. The new man would bring him food and try his best to comfort him, but he always stood there. His green eyes never left the window.

On the day he was about to give up, he saw a shape on the horizon. He recognised it immediately and ran out the door, screaming her name. The oldest man of the group looked up while his wife rose to her feet. The only other girl got up and dragged her tall, blonde companion to his feet. The youngest boy of the group, with his yellow hair and eyes, smiled.

The green eyed teen reached the figure and embraced her in a huge hug. She hugged back and smiled. The man spoke a question softly but wasn't answered. He looked up at the girl. She also looked at him and he repeated the question. Her eyes seemed to stay on his lips the entire time.

"It was the facility blowing up." she responded in a quiet voice. He stared in shock at her but she just hugged him again. Once the black haired girl and her excessively tall companion reached the group, the two separated and walked towards the house hand in hand.

"How did you survive?" the green eyed teen asked. He wasn't answered. He looked towards the black haired girl in confusion. Her grey eyes pierced him as she revealed her older sisters weakness.

"She's deaf."


A/N: Is this the ending? Is it only the beginning? Who knows? Oh wait, I do. *more maniacal laughter* We'll see what happens. Also, thanks to Dune the mew for the climax idea of Mainframe's other side taking over.