4 Days Prior: New Variables
Chell was waiting for her father.
Again.
Chell wasn't eating.
Again.
The engineers were trapped in a horrified silence.
Again.
Well, to be more accurate, that remained were oddly silent. The upset one from before never came back.
It seemed like everything that had always been a constant in Chell's life were now loose variables.
She pulled out a picture. The creases in the picture were white and craggy from being folded so much. It was a picture of her family. Her eyes were drawn towards the back of the photo, where her parents stood. They were two, perfect smiling blondes.
She was the opposite.
Dr. Olson, you are needed in the biology lab, Dr. Olson please report to the biology lab.
The world was falling to pieces around them, but only Chell seemed to notice the variables changing. Everything was slipping off of its weakened foundation.
Her family wasn't returning.
Even the engineers were silent as they walked away from their uneaten food with one, presumably Dr. Olson, shaking in fear.
They accepted their new variable.
Chell could as well.
She stood up and threw her uneaten food away as she left the cafeteria.
It was a new variable.
AN: Kinda depressing right now, but think about it. It ends with pretty much everyone dying by neurotoxin (or any of GLaDOS' other methods). Anyways, there IS more dialogue in the next chapter.