You guys really love Leafy, but I will tell you that she's in the next chapter, just not this one. But please, read it!

Salt and OJ had caught up with Pepper, who was puzzled as to what they were supposed to do here. There was no clear way out, just a ledge that lead into the toxic lake.

"Maybe we took a wrong turn?" Shrugged Pepper. She looked about. They could turn back, but OJ insisted that they stay and look around. OJ looked at the vast amount of toxic liquid that had spread out like a lake. It must have gone on for about three miles, and yet he kept straining his eyes and getting as close to the edge as possible to see another wall. Still, nothing. He sighed, but kept looking.

Salt was inspecting the ceiling, for Pepper was searching the ground and OJ the horizon. She noticed many pipes dangling above in a circle. To Salt, however, this was not anything significant. She kept searching, until they all bumped into each other somehow, in the middle of the tubes above them. GLaDOS must have been planning this, because suddenly Turrets fell out from above, surrounding them.

"This is it..." Pepper said, not knowing what to do. Sudden and somehow, a blue portal landed in front of them, shot from who knows where. The Turrets about to fire, they jumped in.

Tear Drop smiled as they all got onto her little raft, now quiet crowded. OJ sighed with relief, and looked at their savior.

"Thanks for saving us, we owe you! Oh, you must be one of the BFDI contestants. What's your name?" OJ asked, holding out his hand to the kind stranger. Tear Drop shook his hand, but didn't speak. She frowned a little, pointing to her mouth and shaking her head.

"She can't talk. But, why?" Pepper was puzzled, but still grateful. Tear Drop dearly wished she could talk, and if she could she would. These strangers were very kind, and made her glad she had just happened to float by.

Test Tube was measuring the angle of a platform, using knowledge from all her experience. It wasn't an easy task, the platform was 5.7 yards away, and she was standing on a platform 7.3 feet above it...

"Get on with it! I don't want to be in this stupid body forever!" Flower complained. Gelatin sighed, he had to carry Flower and one of the Cherries had to hold Soap. Test Tube shot Flower a look, she was clearly trying hard. Flower sighed. Having this metal prison as a body was unusual, she could only move her eye and the odd metal handles. Soap was a bit happier in this body, the germs couldn't kill her if she were metal. She looked about, still shaken up about this whole thing. Space Core and Rick had been her only friends; Flower was a bit... whiney. Fact Core was a narcissist, Curiosity Core was a bit too curious. Rick, on the other hand, dearly missed Rick. He was nice to her, and very adventurous.

"Uh, Test Tube, this might be a bit too much to ask, but can I see Rick again?" Soap asked, and Flower was repulsed.

"You want to see him? He's so annoying! Plus, I'm never going back there!" Flower roared, and Soap wanted to shrink back. She was hurt by Flower's harsh words. Test Tube stopped, mid calculating, and thought. She remembered every pathway they took as clear as if they had been there a mere second ago.

"Sure, why not? You should take Gelatin with you, give Flower to Fries." Test Tube commanded. She smiled and got back to work. Soap's heart leapt with pure delight, she could say one last goodbye to Rick! But she wanted more, she wanted to take him with them...

Snowball had a hard time keeping up, with the Companion Cube strapped to his back. But he pressed on, ignoring every comment of him abandoning his dear, and soon got used to the weight. Blocky saw how he talked to it, or her, as Snowball would say, and it creeped him out a bit. But him and Pen got used to it. Nickel was always a bit nervous, but that might have been due to the fact that Suitcase had left the group, and most likely died. Firey had not given up on Leafy, and the others wondered why he cared. Paper also looked for OJ, he still was worried. Bomb and Bomby still couldn't get over how similar they looked, it was creepy, to say the least. Trophy stayed away from the rest of the group, he didn't want to be a part of the group. They always slowed him down, and couldn't stand most of them. He had gotten rid of Balloon, but that was only one of them. Next on his list was Cheesy, that joker twerp had kept the group waiting with his puns, which were hardly funny.

"I can't shake the feeling that something bad has happened..." Nickel said, and Baseball sighed. Nickel was really worked up about he knows what, and everyone has been acting different. It was... uncomfortable to say the least. No one knew who to trust, even the nicest of the contestants were acting strange from time to time.

Trophy walked closer to the group, now seeing the sheer drop of the edge. When the facility was last destroyed, GLaDOS most likely just filled the holes with toxic waste. He stayed as far away as possible, and Cheesy was closest to him, and he began thinking of how to rid of this fool. He looked at the edge, and looked at his Portal gun. He smirked as he shot a portal at a wall in the distance, and shot a portal under Cheesy.

"Woah, why would Cheesy abandon us?" Trophy asked, closing the portal so that Cheesy couldn't get back.

Cheesy landed on a cold, hard platform. Exactly 7.3 feet above him on a platform was a clearly surprised Test Tube. She looked about, worried.

"What are you doing here, Cheesy?" Test Tube asked, shooting a portal under him and next to her, Cheesy plopped down.

"I've been popping up everywhere... Please, don't shoot under me again..." Cheesy was still panting for breath. Luckily, Test Tube found out how to move on. But where were Gelatin, Soap, and the Cheeries?

Firey was sick of looking, his story getting old. He decided to make his main priority to get to GLaDOS, she would know where Leafy was. Speaking of GLaDOS...

"It seems you made to my lair's entrance. Looks like you're waiting on two more groups." GLaDOS said, and she was correct. Hanging about, doing nothing of importance, was YinYang, Paintbrush, Lightbulb, and FreeSmart. They all greeted each other and waited.

"Oh, and one more thing: I have a message from my dear friend..." GLaDOS said, and the voice that came after shocked everyone, especially Firey.

"Miss me, Firey?"

Wow, that took longer to write than I expected. I want to let you know that Trophy is one of my personal favorites, so don't be too hard on him. Also, the next chapter is most likely to be the finally. What do think is going to happen? Keep commenting!