The flashback door led Shade back to the second memory he had seen so he left and found himself back in the code. Shade looked around the code for a different set of memories. Our founder's memories was written on one of the doors that Shade came to. "So these are your memories, Cave Johnson, well let's see where they go." Shade said as he entered the door. Shade landed on his feet this time and walked around the room he was in. "Why can't it be me?" a teenage Cave said from a few feet away. Shade walked to where Cave was standing and examined what he was doing. Cave was throwing darts at a picture of a teenage Doug. "I thought this only happened in movies." Shade said. Cave suddenly sat down. "What is it about you that makes her love you?" Cave asked as a flashback door opened. "Well I best check this out." Shade said as he jumped through the door. Now he was in a school. Caroline and Doug, both teens, were sitting and laughing together. "I never thought I would see the day that you laughed at anything." Caroline said lovingly. "You help me to forget about my problems." Doug said as he kissed Caroline. "No." Cave whispered from his location behind Shade. "I was wondering why this was in your memories." Shade said as he turned to see the angered look on Cave's face.
Shade found another door and went in, finding himself in darkness. "I will have my revenge, I will not let you take her." Cave's, now slightly demonic, voice echoed. "So this is what the memories look like for someone who wants to kill someone else." Shade said. as he walked into another door. Now Shade was in a preschool, Cave was playing with Caroline and Doug. "Can I be the turret this time?" Doug asked. "Sure thing." Cave said playfully. "No I wont." Doug said angrily, looking to his side. "Must be the Schizophrenia." Shade said with a shrug. "What'd they say?" Caroline asked in a cheerful voice. "That I should hurt you and Cave, it's always the same." Doug said. "If you're done talking with Caroline and your mind, can we play now?" Cave asked. "Right, sorry. We should." Doug said as they began playing. Shade watched the three future legends play for hours before leaving and going back to the code.
Doug Rattman's Info was written on the door as Shade approached. Shade entered and ended up in an odd black space. "So an intruder has finely come." a dark voice said from behind Shade. "Who are you?" Shade asked as he turned around. The being in front of him looked like him with blood-red as a primary color, and black eyes. "I am the virus that protects this coded door, who are you ?" the virus said. "I want a name from you first." Shade said. "SMPV." SMPV said. "What does that stand for?" Shade asked. "Schizophrenic Memory Protection Virus." SMPV said. "Nice to meet you. I'm Shade, formerly known as Kile, first techno-organic, and master hacker." Shade said. "I didn't ask for your entire title." SMPV said. "I'm also the one that your human appearance is modeled after." Shade added. "Your point. Why are you even here?" SMPV asked. "Answers, I just learned that I'm Doug Rattman and Caroline's son, that I have a twin sister, that I have a younger sister, and that the founder of Aperture Science cleared mine and my twin's memories of the truth then forced us into fake families. I'm not leaving until I have looked through Doug's memories for what information I can gather about what my life use to be like." Shade said angrily. "I'm programmed not to allow anyone, not even my creator, into these doors." SMPV said as he pointed behind him, at the double doors that led to Doug's memories.
The battle lasted about four cyber hours before Shade defeated SMPV. "Go ahead, kill me!" SMPV yelled as Shade stood over him with a glowing light-blue sword. "No. You were created for a reason, I'm not going to kill you, but I will take a copy of you with me for use in combat." Shade said as his sword vanished and he leaned down, placing his hand on SMPV's head. A moment later, Shade had his copy and walked through the door. Shade looked around the rattman den he had ended up in. "Are we safe in here for the time?" Doug asked a girl beside him. "I think so." the girl said. "I wish this was the real you." Doug said, Shade realized that the girl was actually Doug's mind's interpretation of the Companion Cube. "That explains a lot." Shade said simply. The Companion Cube, which Shade decide to simply call CC, looked like a little girl with silver hair, a pink Aperture dress, and a collar with a small companion cube on it. "I know you do, I do too, but it isn't possible, not even with this place's tech." CC said. "Yeah, and I wouldn't even be sure if I could build an android body to fit you." Doug said. "Now that sounds like an option." Shade said jokingly. "Do you still remember that Chell girl?" CC asked. "Yes, she's probably only ten by now with how strong that de-aging device was." Doug said. Shade didn't bother to stay so he just left through another door.
Now Shade was in an extended relaxation chamber, Doug was asleep and CC was leaning against the bed. "I hope you get better big brother. I hope that turret didn't do any real harm." CC said. "So he saw CC as his little sister, that ment he wanted to protect her at all costs." Shade said. "Hmm, so it was that she was strong willed and never gave up." CC said as she looked at the scattered papers of Chell's false application. "I hope your daughter is doing fine with those tests, then again she does have her twin watching out for her." CC said as she looked at Doug's sleeping body. "So in my fathers mind, I have an aunt. I'll never understand Schizophrenics." Shade said jokingly. "If only I was real, then I could watch you better big brother." CC said. "Okay that settles it, both of them want her to be real, so I'll work on that later, now to my twins memories." Shade said as he went back to the code.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter.