Chapter 9: Back To The Present

Chell walked around slowly and cautiously. She knew that Earth shouldn't have been like this. Everything looked post-apocalyptic. "Oy! So where are we actually going mates?" Wheatley asked the crew. "Well, we're going to where we first came from. Maybe we'll find answers there." said Howard. They continued going towards the future destroyed comic book store when Chell caught something shiny in the corner of her eye. It was the space core. She grabbed it as it was yelling out "Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!" and brought it with her, along with Wheatley and the companion cube.

"Look! There's a light shining from the destroyed comic book store!" shouted Sheldon. They all ran over to it and found that it was coming from a tunnel, much like the one the crew came through in the beginning. Chell insinuated she had an idea and through it through the tunnel. Immediately, a companion cube appeared out of nowhere right next to them. Except this one looked as if it had been through a lot of time and destruction.

That proved it. That tunnel led back in time. Probably to the present time. When Chell through her companion cube through it, it landed in the present and rotted with everything else into the future through time. Next up was Wheatley and the Space Core followed by Chell. She was determined to escape this wretched place. The rest of the crew followed behind. They all lost consciousness on the way there.

"They seem to be waking up!" yelled Stuart to the paramedics who were surrounding everyone. Sheldon looked around. "Stuart? What happened?" "Well lets see. You walked in, about five minutes ago and then you fainted all of a sudden with the rest of your friends and that person that I hadn't seen before." Stuart replied, pointing at Chell who was slowly waking up. The rest turned around and saw Chell there. She got up and waved. Leonard, hearing what Stuart said was in shock.

Was it all a dream and had they lost their memory of Chell? Or, did Stuart lose his memory? Either way, who could have done this? They had enough suspense for once. Sheldon and Leonard let Chell stay at their place. They'd have to sort things out afterwards.