Chapter 8
You decided to forego the trek to the retrieval room and make a run for it.
You dashed back to the door and yanked it open. The bots were far behind you, so they won't be able to catch up to you by the time the door closes.
You can hear GLaDOS over the intercom faintly, saying, "You both are supposed to be working for the common good, but instead you're both good at disappointing me."
You went back to the last room you left out of. There was another hallway with a different door to go through.
Upon opening it, you instantly regretted it: the only camera in the hallway was facing the door.
You panicked as you ran down the hallway and out the other door onto a catwalk.
The catwalk ended in stairs descending to another door.
"How BIG is this place," you mumbled as you scurried down the stairs.
You reached the last staircase as a stair broke in front of you.
You caught yourself on the railing, nearly dropping the portal gun. You jumped over the broken stair and reached the door.
It opened as those two robots before were waiting behind it.
"AHH!" you yelped as you jumped back in surprise.
The tall one with an orange eye was to your right and the shorter one with a blue eye was to the left. They each held their portal guns near each other.
How did they get here so fast?
You decided not to ask that out loud.
When you jumped back, they took a large step forward each and grabbed you with their free hands, pinning you to them both with the tall one grabbing your right arm, and the other one grabbing your left.
As you were struggling against their tight grip, you see names inscribed on their arms as 'Atlas' on your left on its arm, and 'P-Body' on your right on its arm.
"Good work Orange and Blue," GLaDOS said eerily cheerfully.
"I'll be sure to reward one of both of you when you bring that Human to me, so they can be…swiftly dealt with."
Enough is enough. "Don't listen to her! She's just going to kill me!" you cry out suddenly.
The robots gibbered in surprise as they turned to look at you but did not let you go.
"Don't listen to them," she said. "Just bring the Human to me, or you'll both be in trouble."
The robots began walking forward through the door you were going to enter, forcing you to walk with them when an announcement went on the intercom.
'The Retrieval Pods has arrived in the exploration wing. A count of -THREE- personality cores have been accounted for.'
"I know The Announcer didn't just announce what I thought it announced.
Announcer, identify the constructs found in the retrieval pods."
The Announcer replied, 'The following constructs have been recovered: The Space Sphere, The Adventure Sphere, and The Intelligence Dampening Sphere.'
You hear what sounds like angry growling as GLaDOS hissed, "That little idiot is back…!"
You're more interested in how they ended up in space and why she's so adverse about 'the idiot' she mentioned.
It doesn't take a genius to know that the 'idiot' is most likely the Intelligence Dampening Sphere, whatever that is.
You feel a little sad as what ever this thing is, may have been the key to destroying GLaDOS or something, and now you're captured and being sent straight to her.
"What are those things?" you dared to ask aloud.
If you're going to die, may as well get some answers.
"They are none of your business, that's what they are," GLaDOS snapped.
"You two: just continue to bring that Human back to my chamber while I go to the exploration wing.
I'm going to have a little chat with a familiar face."
With that, the robots chirped and nodded, though no cameras you could see, and pressed on.
You have got to get out of their grip, or you're done.
Struggle to page 8.