EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Everyone! How's Life? That's nice. So yeah, here is a new chapter. I am pretty damn tired at the moment, so forgive me if this is really brief and stuff, or I say somthing weird. This chapter, in my opinion, is a little messy in some spots, partly due to the fact that I can barely keep my eyes open right now. The other reason would be that I wanted to end this chapter at the end of the first Portal, so I really had to stretch some of the parts. But I shouldnt have those problems in the upcoming chapters, so dont worry.
I don't really have anything else of value to say, so enjoy Chapter 4!
o3o
Chapter 4: GLaDOS
"Well you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? Because despite your violent behavior, the only thing you've managed to break so far is my heart." We had finally made it. I looked at GLaDOS with an expression of hatred. She was the one who had repeatedly tried to kill us over and over again. I wasn't sure what I should do. Should I hide, to prevent some kind of rip in the space time continuum, or should I try to help Chell? GLaDOS seemed rather still, which was strange. I guess that I was so used to the way GLaDOS was in Portal 2, that I forgot how different she was in the first one. I figured that it would be better if I didn't intervene, so I looked around for a hiding spot. But sadly, it seemed it was too late. "Wait, who are you? I only remember there being one of you, not two." I sighed, and gave up on plan A. "No matter. I'll just kill you as well." Well, it looks like the universe isn't tearing at the seams, so that's a plus. She started to speak again. "You both chose this path. Now I have a surprise for you two. Deploying surprise in five, four…" As if on cue, the Morality Core fell off or her robotic frame, and hit the ground with a loud thud. "Time out for a second. That wasn't supposed to happen. Do you see that thing that fell out of me? What is that? It's not the surprise... I've never seen it before." I turned to Chell. She seemed to know what we had to do, as she usually does.
"Go over there and get ready to press the button. I'll grab the sphere." She nodded here head and portaled over to it. I went over and grabbed the sphere. It was pretty heavy, but I managed. Once I was at the incinerator, I signaled to Chell. She pressed the button, and I dropped the sphere in. A loud explosion sounded out, confirming the destruction of the core.
"You are kidding me. Did you just stuff that Aperture Science Thing We Don't Know What It Does into an Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator? That has got to be the dumbest thing that-whoah. Whoah, whoah, whoah." GLaDOS seemed appalled at what we did. She stopped talking mid-sentence, her voice changing. "Good news: I figured out what that thing you just incinerated did. It was a morality core they installed after I flooded the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the neurotoxin emitters." Large timers lit up all around us, counting down from five minutes. Green gas began to emit from nozzles on the wall. Even though I knew this was coming, I still felt panicky.
A rocket turret emerged from the ground. It went to line up with Chell, and she started to set up her portals. The turret shot a rocket that flew right through the portal and into GLaDOS's frame. One of the cores went flying off, but she caught it in some kind of gravitational beam and held it just out of reach. While Chell used her portal gun to retrieve the Curiosity Core, I jumped onto GLaDOS's body. "Get off of me!" She was surprised that I actually had the nerve to touch her. Holding on to her rocking frame, I ripped off the "Cake Core" and jumped down. Chell gave me the Curiosity Core, and I dragged both of them to the Incinerator. After I placed them on top of the hatch, Chell pressed the button. They fell straight in. Two more explosions sounded, and GLaDOS let out a big scream. I actually wasn't sure why this hurt her, because they were already detached from her body. We repeated the whole process one more time, and the last core went tumbling on into the fire. An explosion was heard, bigger than any of the previous ones. Everything in the room started to break apart and fly into the air. I covered my ears to protect them from all the noise. GLaDOS's voice became very fast and high pitched, before finally stopping. I could see Chell looking at the chaos ensuing all around us. She didn't seem to know where to go. Neither did I. I felt myself being pulled into the air, starting to float towards the ceiling, which was in ruins. I grabbed onto some pipes on the wall to prevent from being sucked upwards. I could see Chell desperately grabbing around, trying to find something to hold. She had lost the portal gun, and was about to fly past me. I grabbed her hand before that happened. Desperately, she clung onto my hand as I clung onto the pipe. I held onto it for what seemed like forever, but in reality was most likely only a minute. I started to lose my grip, and to make matters worse, the pipe had started to detach from the wall. I groaned, as I was stretched between holding onto two things at once. Things were still exploding around us, and the debris was still flying all over the room. Just as I thought I had gotten a better grip, I large piece of metal came out of nowhere and bashed me in the stomach. I let go, flying higher and higher into the air.
After flying out a hole in the roof, I was propelled at least 50 feet into the air. Bellow me was a parking lot. I started to fall back to the ground. I was surely dead. It was then that I remembered my boots. They seemed to function as advanced knee replacements, I wasn't sure why though. Then again, I also didn't know why I got a burning sensation in my gut every time I walk through an emancipation grid, so it's probably best for me not to ask questions. I directed my aching body straight, with my feet pointing towards the ground. As I hit, I felt my knees turn to jelly. While the boots do help, they aren't truly as functional as the Knee Replacements. I fell down to the ground, my conciseness fading with each passing second. I noticed Chell, miraculously, had landed a few feet away from me. She had already passed out. I tried to stay awake, but my vision faded to black.
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o3o