Chapter 3: Reveille
Author's Note: Thanks for reading these chapters. I write them quickly, so the chapters are short. However, I will be exerting more effort to publish longer chapters. Also, the test chambers will be more akin to Portal 2 than the original Portal, so don't be surprised when the energy spheres will be replaced with Thermal Discouragement Beams. Thank you again for staying with me. I will publish new chapters as soon as I can. By the way, I do not own Doctor Who or Portal, but if I did, that would be amazing.
The Doctor woke with a headache. He could not remember anything recent. His last vivid memory was a very fast medical examination by Martin. Such an uncool name, he thought. He sat up on the oval shaped bed. He looked down at his outfit, surprised at the orange jumpsuit and white boots. What happened last night, did I drink too much? he asked himself. No, wait, I never drink. Well, sometimes, but not recently. He stood up out of bed and stretched every muscle. He looked behind him and noticed a blue glass shield began to cover the bed. He clutched his head in pain.
The Doctor looked around intently. He was in a glass room, with a lower walkway around him. There was a timer counting down, with about two minutes remaining. A small rectangular table with rounded edges held up a clipboard and a coffee cup. He sniffed the cup and took a sip. He quickly spat it back out in disgust. "Bad coffee, very bad coffee," he said aloud. He examined the clipboard, admiring the humorous warning labels. He memorized each symbol and threw the clipboard on the ground in anger. "Ridiculous labels, warning me to be careful. I am the most careful man alive!" he exclaimed. Next, he saw the toilet. There was no water in it, but it did flush.
"Hello, and welcome," GLaDOS said over the intercom. The Doctor simply ignored the AI's speech, and jumped up and down a couple times. "The portal will open in 3, 2, 1," GLaDOS said in her conclusion.
Exactly one second after GLaDOS said, "one," a blue portal opened up in the room. The Doctor stared at it in amazement. To his right, an orange portal was on the wall, and he could see himself and the ridiculous jumpsuit he wore. "GLaDOS, this jumpsuit is not cool. Why did you make me wear this?" the Doctor asked.
"That Aperture Science Fireproof Safety Jumpsuit is very cool, as a famous designer from France told me so," responded GLaDOS angrily. "Your bowtie was ridiculous, which is what she also told me."
"Bowties are cool."
"No, they are not. Proceed with testing."
The Doctor stepped through the blue portal, and ended up right where the orange portal was. He stepped through a few more times, trying to get used to the tingling sensation of crossing the holes in the universe. He walked around the glass room, and through the door. At the end of the walkway was a door, and opened up into another whitewall room. However, there was a colossal red button sitting right in the middle, with a blue line tracing to another door, labeled with a blue X above it. Also sitting in the room was a big cube, about as tall as his waist.
The Doctor quickly decided that it was best to place the cube on the button. He picked up the cube, struggling under its heavy weight. However, he did place it on the button, and the door opened. He walked through the door and into a blue field. His eartubes felt weird, but diminished any thought of harm. There was an elevator in the next room, and he stepped inside of it, ready to tackle any challenge the tests were to put him through.
Author's Note: I want to apologize ahead of time for I will not be covering all 19 test chambers. I will only be covering test chambers where a new concept is learnt, such as obtaining the first portal gun, flinging, laser redirection, the second portal gun, acid floors, turrets, the Companion Cube, and the final chamber. It is time for the Doctor to start thinking with portals.