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Chapter 7 - Discoveries

Grace POV - The darkness seemed to ascend around us, yet we were in an immune bubble where it couldn't touch us. It took a few short seconds to arrive at level -2, since we had been on level 0. As the doors opened, it dawned on me that I may have seen the light of day for the last time. I stepped out, aware that I was walking straight into Her layer. I didn't even like speaking or thinking Her name, for the evil she is and has caused to humans just like me. Or so Wheatley has told me.

"Look up and place me on the management rail above us," Wheatley said from my arms, waking me from my trance. I looked up, and saw the management rail which Wheatley was constantly talking about. Unsure of how to connect him, I reached up and held Wheatley up to his management rail. Instantly, he sped up and down in a short line, seemingly testing the rail.

"Yahooooo!" He yelled, as he sped around, clearly happy to be on his management rail again. "Remember," He said, suddenly becoming very serious. "She is evil. Dodge the claws, distract her, and don't die." Easier said than done, I thought sadly. Then, seemingly as an afterthought, he said, "Good luck," and sped off through a little hole level with his management rail to find his girl.

I had no idea where I was going or where She was, but I thought that I should stay hidden until She realised we were here. That way, I would have less of a chance of getting hurt. I was standing on a polished, grey, tiled floor, surrounded by walls that were grey and rounded upwards like a dome. There was nowhere to hide. So much for that plan.

"Hello," said a voice. It sounded like it came from the centre of the room and above me. I looked up. And there, hanging from the ceiling, was a giant robot thing. She had a metal arm that connected to her 'head', if you could even call it that. Her head was rectangular, and had a little yellow circle of light in the middle. The light seemed to be her eye, constantly following me. Watching me.

"Hello little human," She said politely, repeating her greeting. Though it was polite, her voice had a menacing edge to it. I was scared. Trapped. Like a goldfish in a bowl, being stared at through the glass. "What are you doing here?" She added, even more menacingly. Good, she asked a question. Maybe I could keep her talking.

"I don't really know," I replied. "I just saw the wooden shack and wondered what was inside. I went in to look and here I am." Oh, great answer Grace, i thought to myself. An evil super computer is really going to believe that. "Who are you?" I added, hoping a question could start a conversation.

"I am GLaDOS," She half-whispered, evilly. "Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. And I know you just lied to me. You have one more chance to tell me the truth." I knew I couldn't tell Her about Wheatley. What did that mean anyway? What could she even do if I told her another lie? There was nothing that I could see that she could use to hurt me. And she probably couldn't stop the lift so I couldn't get trapped. I decided to risk it and tell her another lie. This one would hopefully be more believable.

"Ok, I was lying the first time," I said, forcing myself to sound confident and hiding my fear. "I actually came because my Dad used to work here. He died and I just want to know more about him." Surely this place couldn't be that old, with its spotless appearance.

"Lying again," She said, in a fake sad voice. "How many times are you going to lie before I finally get the truth out of you?" Then, suddenly, something hit me. It threw me across the room. I hit the wall, about half way up, and slid to the ground. I couldn't breathe. My lungs stopped working. There was no pain, just suffocation, as I desperately tried to take a breath. I looked at where I had been standing, just moments ago, to see what had hit me. A giant, metal claw had materialised and was connected to Her, obviously under her control. Finally, some air found its way into my lungs. I gasped.

"Now will you tell me the truth?" She asked. I didn't know what to do.

Wheatley POV - I went as fast as possible along my management rail, searching Test Camber by Test Chamber, walkway by walkway, floor by floor. Desperation was creeping into my system now because I knew I didn't have long. GLaDOS would destroy Grace if I didn't find my little test subject and get back to her soon. Where was she? My test subject. Floor after floor I searched. I had just made it to floor -123 when I heard something. It was just a small sound, almost incomprehensible, but it was there. I froze. *Bounge* There it was again, coming from my left. I flew towards it, as fast as my management rail would allow. What was it? Please let it be my test subject. Please please please please please!