Hey guys, due to enormous request… (crickets chirping) alright…. Due to some requests I decided to write another chapter this week.
I have gotten more reviews on this story than the other, which is on hold, so I'm proud of this story. =3
I'd like to thank my awesome reviewers: Maxine the unknowingly admired, Kagetora no Tsume, thelilfox, Nullanims, I Push Teachers Into Lockers and DangerousMuteLunatic.
Thank you for reviewing!
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Big thanks goes to Kagetora no Tsume, he/she has beta'd this chapter and has put my grammar to utter shame... (D:) But, I guess that's what a beta is for o.o...
Anyways, go check out his/her profile, he/she has greats stories and music. =P (This chapter is been beta'd and will be finished soon, until then, enjoy what's beta'd so far and what's not.)
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Which people I'm planning on letting the (main) group include are :
-Wheatley (Main char)
-GlaDOS (Main char)
-Blue
-Orange
-Weighted Companion Cube (I think this name is right?)
-Chell (It's yet to be decided if she goes to school or not…)
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"I wrote this fanfiction with the greatest music I've heard in a while!'' Shouting or a voice with authority
''I'm not a moron!'' Human
''Bloody hell, I'm a bloody human!'' thoughts
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If I owned Portal 1-2 I'd make millions of money, but I don't, so I envy the maker of Portal 1-2.
Not gonna hold you up anymore, read and review, it means a lot, thanks!
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''Wheatley...''
What? Who's calling me...?
''Wheatley, wake up…''
How late is it?
''Wheatley, it's eleven in the morning, get up.''
Just five more minutes… make that fifteen…
''Wheatley''
No… Come back… I'm going to eat you!...
''WHEATLEY WAKE UP!''
I jumped and fell off the bed I was laying on, the person's shouting scaring the shit out of me.
''What? How late is it? Why did you scream in my ear?''
''You weren't waking up, and we still have to find GlaDOS, so keep your voice down!''
''Actually, it would be better that way, wouldn't it?" I asked, "GlaDOS would find us way sooner if we're being loud….''
''Yeah true, but whatever. Wheatley, get ready, we're going to search for GlaDOS soon… oh and by the way… It's eleven in the morning.''
''Alright, give me a second I have to use the bathroom..."
Walking to the bathroom I noticed that everyone else was already awake and ready to go.
I quickly used the toilet and brushed my teeth.
Washing my hands, I splashed some water on my face to help clear my mind.
Once again, my thoughts were bugging me.
My mind was screaming at me that I had forgotten something VERY important.
I couldn't seem to figure out what it was, though.
My mind was telling me to feel terrified, but for some reason, I wasn't.
Funny though, my mind is practically me, isn't it…?
That aside, just what is my mind screaming at me?
It's starting to get annoying…
''Run you idiot, you're going to die if you don't!''
''Quickly, run out of the room! Leave the rest behind! Every man for himself!''
God damn it mind, give me a break and shut up…
''Moron, get out of there!''
"…"
''A nuke is going off in this room, you will die if you don't leave right now!''
Mind, I'd appreciate it if your danger sense would be nullified right now, or you would just tell me what the problem is…
Nothing changed, however, and it kept screaming at me to get out of the room.
Ignoring my mind, as best as I could, I splashed some more water on my face before drying it off on a towel and joining everyone else in the other room.
''I'm ready, let's go…''
I really didn't want to go find GlaDOS, but if I tried to resist I'm sure they'd drag me with them regardeless, or bind me with rope so I couldn't escape…
''Alright, anyone have any idea where the Mainframe chamber is?'' (Thanks to DangerousMuteLunatic for the word! ^^)
''Nope…''
More people chimed in a second later.
''I'm sure we'll find it, it's near the room Wheatley was staying in.''
''Alright then, let's go back.''
''Bleh… I hate backtracking.''
''Why do you hate it Blue?''
''Because it's annoying, I'd rather go forward…''
''Don't you hate backtracking, Orange?''
''Nope, I don't mind it at all!''
Blue had to roll his eyes at this.
When GlaDOS made them test, they often forgot to press a button or didn't press it at the right/same time, so they had to backtrack a lot.
''I'm sure you love backtracking…'' Blue muttered to Orange.
''How did you know?''
''Call it a hunch… just call it a hunch… I haven't been testing with you for over a year or anything… just a small hunch.''
''Oh… Right… Hehe…''
''Ugh, nevermind, let's just find the Mainframe chamber, I'm quite interested to see what it looks like.''
We walked past a lot of halls and rooms that all looked the same and seriously, it was BO-RING!
It felt like we walked for hours, while in reality only thirty minutes had passed…
My mind wandered as I walked, vaguely trying to remember something.
As we continued, I kept trying to piece together more.
All I gathered so far was that last night I couldn't sleep.
However, my mind went silent as soon as we were about three halls away from the room we slept in.
Why are you so silent now, mind? I could use the company…
No response.
I sighed…
Guess my mind will only talk to (scream at) me when I'm in danger.
I shook my head to clear it, trying once again to remember more about what exactly had happened last night.
Lost in my thoughts, I slowly tuned out everything around me.
The others were still chatting with each other, though I wasn't really listening. There was something that I needed to remember about last night…Something that seemed like it was very important.
I ran through what I remembered in my head.
Last night… before I fell asleep…
I saw something…
I saw a color…
I saw blond.
Blond hair.
Then it clicked, I saw blond hair!
But what did this have to do with me?
''What about you Wheatley?''
Really, what did blond hair have to do with me? Maybe I was dreaming ab-
Someone tapped my left shoulder.
I turned my head.
''Umm, yes?''
''We were asking you a question…''
''Oh sorry, was thinking about something. Something private!'' I added quickly, seeing that they were going to begin asking me about it.
Orange giggled, Blue snickered, and I felt irritated.
''What?''
''Thinking about a certain person with blond hair?''
''What, how'd yo-… I mean, no?''
The others all began laughing as my face turned red.
''S.. S… SHUT UP!'' I said, embarrassed.
''Aww, we just wanted to know what you were thinking about… I hope it's not something perverted.''
''What, no! Of course not!''
''Alright, alright…" Chell chuckled, "Don't get so defensive… otherwise you'll make us think that you were thinking something perverted.''
''A-.. Chell! C'mon, you know I'm not like that!''
''I know, I know… Just messing with you, Wheatley.''
Sighing, I asked them to repeat what they had asked earlier.
''Oh, right, well, we wanted to know what you'd prefer, dog shit or a guy's piss.''
''WHAT THE HELL?''
''What? It's a normal question..''
''NORMAL MY ASS! WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME THIS?''
''We're not only asking you, we asked the whole group.''
''Why these two choices out of everything?''
''Well, we were just putting two things together.''
''Eww…''
''Just answer the question…''
Thinking about it for a while, even though I thought it was gross, I couldn't find an answer.
''I don't know which one I'd prefer.''
''Really?''
''Well, if it'd help you choose one, we could tell you what the rest of us chose. I would choose dog shit!''
''Blue, you don't have to be so proud to choose that…''
''Why not? The rest of the group chose guy piss!''
''So?'' Orange demanded. ''It's gross to EAT dog shit!''
''Well, I think you girls wanted to drink piss because it was from a guy!''
Uhh ohh… Bad move Blue.. Bad move…
And indeed it was, because all three girls turned and punched Blue at the same time.
Blue flew across the hall. Winding up about thirty meters away from us.
What the hell?
I stood there for a second, awed at the sheer power of the girl's punches... He'd be out for at least five minutes…
And he probably would have a bl… Scratch that… He'd probably have two blue eyes.
No pun intended here…
''Owch.. That's got to hurt…'' I muttered.
''Yep, never underestimate the power of girls!''
''I certainly won't…''
''Alright… have you chosen which one you'd prefer yet?''
''Huh, what? Oh.. Right… No I haven't…''
''Well, think about it. We're going to keep searching for the Mainframe chamber.''
''Alright…''
Psh! Like hell I am going to think more about… Dog shit and a guy's piss… I'm not gay!
''By the way, why don't we head to the lift and go to the third floor?'' Orange asked.
''Ehh..? Why the third floor?''
''Yea Orange… Why the third?''
''Did you guys forget…?''
''Forget what?" Chell and I asked.
''The place where all the cores and spheres are is on the third floor…''
''Ahh… Right.''
''Seriously… How could you forget…? It's the place where you've been for more than eighty percent of your life…''
Orange directed this at me.
''Hehe… Yea…''
''Mor…''
''Don't. Finish. That. Sentence.''
''Alright, hehe.''
''Wait a minute… why are we going there?''
''Well, since the cores are there I'd assume the Mainframe chamber is also on the third floor.''
''Why do you think that?''
''Because the first floor is for testing while the second floor is for storage.''
''Alright then, let's head to the lift.''
''Wow Orange, didn't know you knew that much about the facility.'' Chell said, surprised.
''Yep, we had to bring you back to your room once because you blacked out while testing.''
''As we were heading back, our way got blocked by a new wall that GlaDOS had put up, so we had to take an detour because the new doorway hadn't been put in yet.''
''While we were taking our detour I looked around a bit...''
''And this is when she decided to drag me along and told me to check out the rooms with her…'' Blue said dryly.
''Sh-.. Shut up… you wanted to go too!''
''What, how'd you get that idea?''
''I saw you looking at the doors in wonder, and you sometimes moved a bit to the side to check out the doors and see what was behind the glass…''
''What… How'd yo-… Nevermind…Well, you dragged me along and that's all there is to it.''
''Shut up, and aren't you supposed to be unconscious?''
''No, I woke up two minutes ago…please don't punch me again…''
Orange only stared at Blue.
At first glance, you wouldn't think that anything out of the ordinary was happening.
But if you knew Blue (even if it was only 13 hours, not counting the time spent sleeping) you would know he was ready to run away - his expression a bit like that of someone who had stolen something and had the security dog hot on his heels, ready to bite his butt.
Orange only kept her stare on Blue.
Blue did stare back, but with less 'power' in the stare.
It was an interesting contest, and Orange was winning.
Eventually Blue averted his eyes, proceeding to look anywhere but at Oranges' face.
Orange smirked triumphantly.
I could almost hear her thoughts.
''Ha, you lost!''
I chuckled at the following mental image I got of Orange and Blue as chibi characters, with Orange pointing at Blue like a salesman while making fun him.
Glancing over at Nicole, I remembered that while we were eating she had mentioned that she didn't like to be the outstanding one.
She'd rather be a normal person, which you meet at school.
Not extremely high grades, but not too bad either.
I still had to figure out what this 'school' was, though…
Sure, I knew the concept of school - it's a place where kids learn stuff.
But what do they learn, how long do they stay at school...?
Oh well… That I could ask another time.
Seeing as there wasn't much else to do, I once again tried to remember what had happened the previous night.
Speaking of which, since there's nothing to do I'll try to remember what I was remembering before now.
After about five minutes, we were already walking through the third floor and I had gathered from my 'dream' so far that I had been sleeping in my bed, had woken up, and had gone to the bathroom.
Coming back from the bathroom, I had returned to bed.
The door had then opened, and an angel opened the door, calling out to me.
Shows how much 'reality' was in it…
While I was chuckling at the thought that an angel would come for me I suddenly though about what the group asked me to answer earlier.
Supposing that I should give them an answer - even though I didn't want to think about it, since they already answered - I started to ponder what I'd rather choose.
Dog shit or Man piss?
Seriously, why this out of all other gross things?
At the thought of 'gross', a sudden image of white, wet and sticky goo came in my head.
… No… This is definitely better than THAT…
Anything but glue!
I remembered one time that GlaDOS decided to 'experiment' on me, because I was annoying her with my constant chatter.
She decided to glue me to the wall and see if I'd stay stuck there for a whole month…
I did, in fact, remain glued in place for a whole month, with nothing to do, trapped in a soundproof room, so no one could hear me.
After that I made sure never to be annoying around her anymore.
Of course, she would sometimes threaten me to stop being annoying, or she would glue me to the wall again…
But after some time she got bored of threatening me with glue, and began threatening with testing and dipping me in acid.
Anyway, deciding between dog shit and man piss I had to go with dog shit…
Because there's no way in hell I'm drinking piss from a guy…
''Hey…''
''Yea?''
Everyone looked at me.
''Ehh.. I think I'd have to go with dog shit…''
''Huh… Why?''
''Well… because I don't think I would feel comfortable if I had to drink guy piss…''
''Alright… although I've got to say I'm surprised… I was sure you were going for guy piss…''
''WHAT? What made you think that?''
''Well, because dog shit…''
''Oh… Alright… Well, I'm not going with guy piss.''
''And what about girl piss…?''
Five minutes passed in silence.
''… No idea…''
Everyone was quiet for a while after that.
I hope they're not getting crazy ideas like making everyone in the group drink the urination of… … well… a woman or man… certain woman or certain man…
''Ugh… How long until we reach that damn Mainframe chamber?''
We had been walking over an hour now, and we had gone through the lift already.
It was once again getting boring, and I was imagining if the blonde angel I 'met' in my dream was another person. I could only come up with one answer for who it could have been, but I refused to acknowledge it. Because if that were so, it probably signified my imminent death.
I mean, come on… Who else has blond hair besides her?
And if she knew I thought of her as an angel, she'd probably be angry with me for thinking that she was a human, even though an angel is more like a spirit or ghost…
Ahh, whatever…
''Hey guys!''
''Yes Orange?''
''Look, I think that's the door to the mainframe chamber!''
''Really? YES!'' I practically cheered.
''Ehh Wheatley…?''
''Yeah?''
''Why are you acting so weird...? I thought you didn't want to find GlaDOS?''
''Oh erm… It's just… no more walking!''
Chell raised an eyebrow at this.
''What's wrong with walking?''
''It's so tiring!''
''So you'd rather be testing nonstop for seven hours?'' Chell asked with feigned surprise.
''WHAT, NO!''
''That's what I thought.'' Chell smirked.
''Ehh guys, let's go in already…''
The first thing I noticed was the size of the room. It was enough to strike us all silent with awe.
The room was absolutely FILLED with computer screens, covering from wall to wall, each showing a different location in the Aperture building.
What caught my attention the most, however, was that all the screen cables were connected to one big monitor that stood about eighteen feet high and easily thirty feet wide.
Gaping like a fish, I looked at the monitor as if expecting something to happen.
Once I got over my initial shock, I noticed that the others had scattered around the room.
Orange and Blue were looking into the smaller screens, while Nicole followed Chell over to the large monitor.
Walking up behind Chell, I asked her where we should look first.
GlaDOS could be anywhere, and therewere over five hundred thousand screens to check…
That's bound to take more than a month…
Chell blinked, calmly telling me that we should all start looking at different places, like two people toward the beginning and three towards the end.
Sighing, I realized that this was going to take a while…
It wasn't like there was much else to do, but odds were that GlaDOS would find us before we were even able to search through a fourth of the screens…
I made myself comfortable.
It was time to do some serious work.
Or we could just wait for GlaDOS to come here…or, if we were lucky, she would be on one of the first few screens that we checked…
Bleh!
''Wheatley, let's take a break for a while. Orange, Blue, and Nicole seem exhausted, and even I'm a bit tired…''
''Good idea, let's go tell them…''
Walking towards Blue and Orange, we noticed that their attention was fixed on one of the screens.
''What's up guys?''
''Look at this…''
Taking a glance at what they were looking at, I felt one nerve inside me twist so far that I was left completely speechless.
My eyes must have been bulging out of their sockets.
GlaDOS was in the room where we had spent the night, asleep in the bed above mine!
What the hell?
''WHAT? How'd she end up there?''
''No idea Wheatley, no idea…''
''Well, whatever…do you want to go back and find her now, since she's still sleeping? Or do you want to take a rest?'' I asked.
Everyone was staring at me at this point, expecting me to make the final call.
I gulped, and said what I felt would be best at that moment.
"We should go to her since she's still there, otherwise she could end up anywhere and we'd never find her."
The others nodded and we all headed back to the lift.
Kind of funny, (well, ironic actually), that we'd spent less than ten minutes in the chamber that had taken us hours to find.
Sighing, I followed the others out into the hall.
Hopefully it wouldn't take as long to find our way back…
We walked at about the same pace as we had on our first trip, discussing anything that came to mind.
When I looked at my surroundings more closely, I saw that we were taking a different route.
''Why are we taking another path? Can't we just go back to the first lift?''
''There are two reasons that it's easier to take the lift over here.''
''One, it's near the bunker-like sleeping room.''
''Two… I'll let you guess it.''
Pondering what the other reason could be, I kept quiet. No one else bothered to answer, as if they actually expect me to guess.
Finally, after about ten minutes, I gave up and asked Chell why.
Chell pointed a thumb at Blue.
''Oh… right…''
''Wha-, What about me?'' Blue asked.
''You hate backtracking, don't you?''
''Yes, yes I do, because of a certain Orange…''
''Then you should know that we're doing you a favor by not going back to the other lift… and be greatful we are!'' Orange pouted.
"You see, it's not technically 'backtracking', because we're taking a new route even though we're going back to a previous location!''
''… I don't understand how that works, but hell, in your head everything seems to work out somehow…''
''Hey, that's not fair!''
''Life's not fair, not even for robots.''
''Is that so?''
''Yes, robots don't have feelings, nor can they feel things like happiness or pain.''
Blue sweat-dropped at Orange for this.
''But we're no longer robots… are we?"
''So what? We've been robots for over three years. That's about 99% of our lives, compared to the 1% of that time that we've spent as humans.''
''That's history, not the present…''
''I don't care…''
''You always find a way to talk yourself out of tight situations… mind helping me with that sometimes?''
''Sure…'' (I'm sometimes confused… If someone minds, does that mean a bad thing?)
As we continued to walk, I attempted to put more of the pieces of my dream together, knowing that GlaDOS had been in the room where we had spent the night.
Then I remembered seeing blonde hair before I fell asleep…
No freaking way…
The others noticed that my pace had slowed, and paused to look at me questioningly.
My walk slowed to a complete stop mid-stem, causing the others to stare, but I was way beyond caring at that moment.
The angel, blond hair, GlaDOS…
Everything clicked.
When the door had opened last night, GlaDOS had been the one standing there…
What had happened?
Why am I still alive?
Isn't she angry?
Did she sincerely want to kill me?
She probably did…
But I had to find out for sure…
And I wouldn't have to run away this time, because I had Chell to hide behind!
A goofy grin spread across my face at the thought, but the others translated it as my having a dirty thought and started to giggle quietly.
Then it became full blown laughter, which snapped me out of my thoughts.
''Hey, what's so funny? Damn it, I was having such a good daydream too…''
That only served to make them laugh harder.
''I-I-I'm sure y-you HAD!'' Blue gasped, clutching his stomach from laughing so hard.
''It's s-so funny I-I can't e-even BREATHE!''
I could only stand and wonder why they were cackling like chickens without heads…
Wait… That doesn't work…
Still, why were they laughing like that?
Did someone do something funny?
''Aww c'mon guys… Tell me what's so funny?''
And that only made it worse.
I stood there pouting and waited for everyone to calm down.
''Listen Wheatley, we know you want to explore how the human body works, but you don't want to make children yet…''
''Wha- WHAT? Of course not!
''Why would you even think that I-that I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT?''
''Then explain why you had such a goofy grin on your face and were staring off into space…''
''Ehh…''
My face turned red as a tomato, and they all started to laugh again.
I really hoped they didn't take that as proof that I was being a pervert…
''I swear it you guys, I'm not! And I wasn't thinking about anything perverted!''
''O r-really? T-Then why d-di-did you bec-come r-red?'' Chell asked, rolling on the floor laughing.
Rolling my eyes, I told them that if they didn't want to believe me they didn't have to.
After five minutes everyone was still chuckling but in a good enough state to continue walking.
Things were relatively calm after that, and we resumed chatting.
I asked them if they were worried that GlaDOS may have woken up and left the room already.
They shook their heads no.
Finally, we reached the damn lift, and soon we were heading back to the 2nd floor.
After a short trip down, accompanied by some boring elevator music, we headed to the bunker-like room.
Well, that is, we would have been heading there if we actually knew the way.
The 2nd floor is much larger than the third, lengthwise.
The first floor was the largest overall, the second followed that, and the third was the smallest of the three. Sighing, I suggested that we split up, and if someone found the room then they could either wait for the others to come around or go in by him/herself, wake up GlaDOS and bring her to the others…
Everyone thought that was a good idea and we all split up, everyone heading different directions.
After walking for a while, I thought it'd be so ironic if I'd be the one to find the chamber…
That'd really be fitting for a story…luckily this isn't one.
At least, I hope not…
I had always thought that the path you've got to take is already decided.
Like, everything is on a big timeline, which goes on for years.
The gods could replay anything they see and you wouldn't notice it.
You would always do the same thing that's on the tape, and when you die they can simply replay it.
I never believed in ''luck'' or ''faith'' either.
But I DO believe in bad luck… I mean, come on…
How many freaking times did I have bad luck on MY side?
For example, the first thing that happened with me as a human : stumbling and falling down on the chest of the one person that I would give my life to get away from.
Well, guess it could have been worse… She could have been awake and killed me the instant she saw me…
Which of course got me thinking about 'Death'.
Did I really fear dying that much?
I mean, is it better than being isolated in this facility?
Maybe that's what I have to do, get out of this facility and see if it's worth living in the world.
Why am I acting like an emo?
No idea, and I'm really hungry… I could go for some bacon.
Walking through the corridors, I let my thoughts wander.
As I glanced to the side, I noticed one door with a lamp hanging above it.
On the other side of the wall was a familiar door.
Oh you've gotta be fucking kidding me...
I remembered from my dream that I saw a-, scratch that... GlaDOS' shadow, when she was at this door.
I'm curious now… Why didn't she go into this door?
Were there no beds in there?
She wouldn't have been searching for us at that time, she was WAY too sleepy.
Looking at the door at the other side I felt my heart beating faster.
Turning my view back to the door in front of me, I slowly turned the knob and stepped inside.
It was a storage room.
Guess that's why she didn't go in here...
Well, now what? I thought.
I had two choices: the first was to wait for the others to show up, and the second was to endanger myself by going into the same room without any form of… protection…
But I guess if they're trying to find her for me, I could go in with her now and die without the others having to see that…it would save them from a horrible view.
Then again, I still wanted to see the outside world…
I pondered for a moment what to do before deciding to go into the room where we had spent the night, and if she was there and still asleep, I would hide somewhere and wait for either her to wake up or for the others to find us.
Crossing the hall, I took a deep breath with as little sound as possible, steeling myself.
Turning the knob, I was struck by the sudden thought that this may not even be the right room, given that many of the rooms at Aperture tended to look alike.
Feeling more confident, I opened the door, but I was still quiet, at least until my suspicions could be confirmed.
This was THE room alright.
Quickly stepping inside, I closed the door behind me to prevent any light from coming in, fearful that it might wake her.
I looked at the bed. It was the same as we had seen on the screen in the mainframe chamber – a small figure lying there asleep.
Thankful that she hadn't woken, I calmed down considerably, but I was still worried about making too much noise.
Slowly inching closer to the bed, my heart felt as if it were about to burst from my chest.
Time seemed to move quickly around me as I got nearer.
Finally, I reached the bedside, and looked down at her sleeping face.
She looked very peace full, not what you would expect from someone like GlaDOS.
I could see her chest gently rising and falling under the sheets in time to her quiet breaths.
Mesmerized, I could only stare at her.
Glancing back up at her face, I got a nagging worry that she might wake up to find me staring at her, but she was still sound asleep.
Suppressing the urge to sigh in relief, I wondered that to do now that I'd found her.
I could go into the bathroom and hide, or climb into the bed above her and hide there, but neither seemed like a very good idea.
The floor at least had carpeting, so me walking around wouldn't make too much noise.
I felt so content just watching her sleep, but my heart was racing a mile a minute.
A warm feeling filled my chest, and my stomach felt like it turned.
Is this what they call getting butterflies in your stomach? I wondered.
I always thought it would be a bit weird to have butterflies in your stomach…how many cocoons did you have to eat to get them in there…?
But now I think I kind of understand the concept.
One thing was for sure though - I wasn't going to move for a while.
Well, maybe I'll just lean against her bed…
I sat down on the bottom corner of her bed, near the ladder, thinking to myself that her sleeping face was very cute.
Suddenly her hand moved to her face.
Holding in my breath, I watched her scratch her cheek and then let her hand fall back against the pillow.
I realized that I'd been holding my breath and slowly let it out, reluctant to make any noise.
That had scared me…
After feeling that I could breathe normally (and silently) once again, I began making my way up to the top bed.
If I slipped I was doomed, if I made too much sound I was doomed, if I landed too heavily on top of the bed and made a lot of sound I was doomed, and curse the gods if the supports would give out on me as soon as I lay down on it.
Silently scaling the ladder, I cursed the socks I was still wearing.
It would make it easier for me to slip if I wasn't careful, but they were keeping my feet warm, so I kept them on.
Somehow managing to make it to the top bed without creating too much noise, I slowly lay down and pulled the covers overtop of me.
After reassuring myself that the supports wouldn't give out on me, I sighed slowly.
Realizing that I could spy on her over the edge, I quietly peeked over the left side of the bed, almost hitting my head against the wall as I did.
She had shifted position slightly, and was now facing my way.
I quickly decided to watch from the other side, because if she woke up she would be able to see me staring at her.
This was going to take a long time…
I watched her for a few seconds longer, then I lied back against the mattress, trying to get comfortable.
I wondered how long it would take for the others to find us, or if she'd wake up before they did.
I felt myself getting tired…and hungry.
Hoping that my stomach wouldn't growl and risk waking her up, I looked around the room for anything that I could eat.
There were a few candy bars sitting on a glass table.
Quietly descending the ladder, I pondered how many I should take, because there were only ten, and I was STARVING.
Taking seven, I climbed back up onto the bed and quietly munched them down.
Suddenly I heard a lot of movement from below.
Holding my breath, I listened as the movement slowed, until it had stopped completely.
Just to make sure that she was still asleep, not just lying still for the time being, I kept silent for a good five minutes.
After my heart beat finally slowed down, my curiosity reached its peak and I silently glanced over the side of the bed. GlaDOS had turned over in her sleep, so she now faced the wall.
Lying down again, I rubbed my eyes.
I was SO hoping I wouldn't get any heart problems from this…
My heart rate had already jumped abnormally high three times in the past… like what… thirty minutes?
Lying down I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if she woke up…
An image came to my mind of her waking.
She sat up sleepily, yawning, then walked towards the bathroom, wondering how she'd ended up here, because she was too tired to recall what exactly had happened the previous night.
She would then go back to inspect the bed, not realizing that I was asleep in the top bunk.
She would probably try to think of something she could stay in the room and do, because she wouldn't feel like searching for 'that Moron' at the moment…
GlaDOS would then discover the candy bars and eat one.
Her tummy would growl, still not satisfied, and she would remember what she had told the moron, and begin eating the remaining candy bars.
After that, she would look around the room again, not wanting to go back to sleep or continue her search for 'the Moron'.
She remembers this room, like all of the other rooms in her facility.
Even she would be surprised that she can remember such things, given that the human brain only has so much capacity, but it's easy enough to guess how she can remember that.
She is an 'enhanced' human.
Then, of course, she would look up at the bed where I was.
At this point, though, I would be sleeping peacefully, and so she wouldn't notice me.
Unaware that I was even in the room, GlaDOS would climb the stairs up to the bed, sitting on the edge and looking out over the room.
She would yawn again, and decide that she should get more sleep because she was still exhausted.
She would lie down, quickly falling asleep next to me without even realizing…
I would then wake up; unaware that she was right beside me.
Still sleepy, I would roll over, hugging the cool blankets against myself.
Or, at least, I thought it was the blankets…
Pulling the 'blankets' close, I fell asleep again.
I shook my head. That that would be impossible…it could never happen.
That was a weird, weird, weird, daydream.
But hell, I'm feeling really tired now, so I should probably get some sleep.
Taking one last peek at the bed below me, I fell into a peaceful slumber.
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Time skip – Seven hours later
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Startled, I woke to the sound of my mind screaming at me again.
My danger sense was going haywire.
But this time, however, it wasn't screaming for me to run away…it wanted me to be perfectly still and quiet.
I wasted no time doing exactly that as I remembered that GlaDOS was asleep in the bed beneath mine.
Wait… my bed? I don't own it… do I?
Whatever…now is NOT the time to think about this…
Listening to my mind, I realized that there were three possible reasons that it would be screaming at me:
1. The others found the room, and after trying to search for me, decided to wake up GlaDOS and try to find me.
2. The others were screaming and still trying to find the door, now frustrated.
3. SHE WAS WAKING UP.
One of those three.
Hmm… Seeing as my mind is screaming at me to stay perfectly still and silent, it's probably going to be either the first or the third scenario.
The first, because the others would find me on the top bed, and GlaDOS in the bed under me.
The third? C'mon… That's pretty obvious…
Staying perfectly still, but not perfectly silent, I was a bit surprised that my mind wasn't screaming at me to be quiet.
Though I think my mind actually understands that I can't breathe without a little noise...
Good, now for step two - shut up forever.
Suddenly I remembered something that gave me a chill.
When I first turned human, GlaDOS said she had put a chip into me somewhere, so she could hear what I said right?
Is she… Is she still using that thing?
If she is… I'm in very deep trouble…
While concerning myself over the chip, I didn't notice a certain person waking up below me.
She opened her eyes and let out a yawn, which I was still too busy freaking out over the chip to notice.
Slowly she left her bed and went to the bathroom.
The sound of a door closing snapped me out of my thoughts.
I looked in the direction the sound came from.
The bathroom door.
I quietly glanced at the bed under me, noticing for the first time that it was empty.
Two thoughts ran through my head.
1. RUN
2. I'll see you in hell, mind!
Which one should I pick? I lamely joked with myself.
At this point I was covered in a cold sweat, and was beginning to hyperventilate.
Hundreds of thoughts ran through my head, and my mind started screaming ear-piercing commands that I couldn't register.
The beginnings of a headache caused me to grasp my skull in pain, and I went with my only real option…
Lie down and hope that she wouldn't see me.
Seeing as that was the best course of action, I lay back down, cursing the fact that I still had the seven candy bar wrappers in my bed.
Stuffing them under the covers, I made sure that they wouldn't be heard.
Minutes went by, but they felt like mere seconds.
My heart rate was sky-rocking while I lay there, paralyzed.
After five minutes she still hadn't returned.
If I wasn't so terrified I would have had a tick mark on my face. Why is she taking so long?
Maybe she fell asleep on the toilet…
That was a lame joke, even for me.
Assuming that she was going to be in there for a while, my thoughts went back to the chip in my head.
Would she use it to find me?
Is she using it now?
If she was, then I would have to stop thinking.
But I can't make my mind completely blank out…when I try, something always pops up out of nowhere!
Why am I talking to myself?
AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I'm going crazy!
And I continued hyperventilating.
After Fifteen minutes later I had calmed down considerably, but I was still scared.
Scratch that, I was still terrified, but I did calm down to the point where I was no longer shaking or hyperventilating.
I glanced up at the ceiling.
This is a cruel joke, even for you… God.
This is not an anime, a cartoon, or a freaking story, so why are you setting things up like this?
Knowing that I wouldn't get an answer, I focused my gaze back on the door to the bathroom.
I could run away right now, but that would risk the chance of her just coming out of the bathroom when I was in plain view...
Suddenly I felt scared again.
The others weren't here to protect me…
She'd kill me for REAL!
As terrified as I was, I tried to calm down.
However, I found myself in a trance, and that scared me.
I stared at the door and waited - I don't remember for how long - but I waited.
She wasn't coming out, and I found myself wondering why.
Nevertheless, I rapidly suppressed my curiosity, and lay frozen where I was.
After about three more minutes which dragged by like hours, I wondered how much time had passed.
Probably around fifteen minutes total…
That was way too long… I'll have to check this out…
Yep, my curiosity just took over my suppressing power.
Slowly descending the ladder, I walked towards the bathroom.
All the beds were still empty, so I could be sure she was in there.
Taking only three steps, I could make out the sound of footsteps coming from the bathroom.
Ducking under the glass table, I looked expectantly up at the door, just to hear the footsteps continue.
It was as if someone were pacing around in there...
Assuming that she must have been pacing, I decided to go back to bed.
My curiosity overpowered that urge, however, and I crossed back over to the door.
As I took the last few steps, my heart began racing again.
My hand slowly closed around the doorknob, my brain having a "do or don't" debate with itself.
The good news? That there was at least some resistance against the 'do' urge. The bad news? The 'do' part of the argument was winning.
After 'do' won I slowly turned the door knob.
It didn't make a sound, but it sometimes turned too fast for my liking.
Having the door knob turned completely I was glad all the sides from the knob looked the same, so you couldn't tell if it was turned or not.
Pushing the door a little I couldn't see anything, but at least it didn't make a squeaking sound.
Opening the door a little more I could see GlaDOS pacing around, mumbling idle words to herself.
Deciding I had seen enough I planned on closing the door.
I closed the door successfully and turned the knob back without sound.
Taking a few steps back I let out the breath I was holding.
If she wasn't so close I'd let out a small laugh.
I started walking towards the glass table and tumbled.
My head hit the glass table and I was sure it was bleeding.
Quickly covering the wound with my hand I knew for a fact that GlaDOS had heard that.
I went towards the bed I was previously in and finally feeling pain on my head I knew it was now bleeding.
Finally after two minutes the door to the bathroom opened and she looked around the room.
She didn´t notice me and came into the room, closing the bathroom door behind her.
Walking towards the only exit she locked it.
I was scared, did she find out?
I'm so screwed if she did…
But instead of calling upon the nine layers of hell on me she started pacing here.
I first thought that i was saved, and then I had a tick mark on my head.
Why the hell was she even pacing in the bathroom?
Sighing I let out a small breath, which went unnoticed by GlaDOS.
Hoping that the others would find me soon I just stayed still on the bed.
I heard her mutter some words, and sometimes complete sentences.
Thinking it was safe I quickly turned a bit since my left arm was starting to get irritated for having the full body weight laying on it.
Looking down I saw that she stopped pacing and now looked around.
Shit, she heard me!
Staying silent i observed her looking around the room, and went back to pacing.
Wow, I'm becoming some kind of stalker… aren't I…?
After a while I had to turn again, my right arm was now getting irritated.
Moving my arm a little I accidently hit the seven candy bars' plastic.
First they made a sound, and then they started falling down.
GlaDOS had noticed the sound and looked my way.
Eyeing the plastic she slowly stepped to them and picked it up, and then throwing it on the ground again.
She sighed and went back in the bed she was previously in.
I knew that she wasn't sleeping.
She probably didn't feel like pacing anymore and just wanted to lay down.
Now I could hear what she was muttering to herself.
''The moron probably pushed the eject button…''
Wait, what?
''Stupid… Moron… moron… that MORON!''
AAACK!
''I'll kill him when I see him, because of him I'm a HUMAN!'' She spat out the word human like it had venom in it.
I'm so screwed…
''And I told him to stay in his room!''
I'm… sorry?
''And the one breaking in only was rewriting the cake recipe, not that important…''
Wait, what?
''Doesn't matter, when I find the moron I'll make sure to make him remember what happens when he messes with me, even though he can't help it, he's a moron after all'' At this GlaDOS giggled.
I blinked.
GlaDOS. Giggled.
That's so cute!
Wait… WAIT A MINUTE…
''I'M NOT A MORON!''
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And guys, how did you think this chapter was?
This one came out much later than I would have liked, so I tried to make it up by making it longer than usual ^^.
And finally, I made a cliff hanger!
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Then I stop, then I get another review encouraging me to write more.
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