"This is it?"
When Sophie heard the words "underground research facility", she, like most people, thought of an impressive, futuristic entrance- or at least a parking lot. So when she and Ellie drove 12 miles only to find an old shed, she was understandably confused.
"This is the only man-made thing for miles. He did say it was underground. Maybe this is an emergency elevator or something."
"More likely the Advisor sent us a bad map." Sophie grumbled. "Even if there was an elevator in there, there's no way it could still be-"
Woosh! Clank. Hiss...
*sigh* "Working."
GLaDOS had noticed the Companion Cube's signal, of course. She could feel any piece of Aperture tech in a fifty mile radius. But she had sworn off anything to do with the Lunatic or the Moron 14 years ago, and she felt no curiosty about them or their (shudder), feelings for each other. That didn't mean she hadn't taken precautions though. Precautions like rerouting the escape elevator to lead directly to the test chambers to slow intruders down. And if she got some valuable Science out of an attempted break-in, well that was what she called fate.
"Hello. And again, welcome to the Aperture Science Computer Aided Enrichment Center..."