Hey there. Sorry for such a late update. I had started this chapter a while ago but I got sick and.. well… That's a whole different story. If you really want to know PM me and I'll tell you. Once again, sorry! Thank you to everyone that has commented. It really helps motivate me and keeps me going. (Even if it takes a while.) Love ya!

Testing: Dreams

I was shaken awake by the starting of the elevator. The slow creak of the churning machinery and the slow rise of the laboratory walls reminded me of where I was. I almost gave into the faint wish of being at home, in my warm, familiar bed. I wanted to be home. No matter how silly it seemed, I wanted my mother. Even though I don't think she would be any help with puzzles, as she always hated such things, I needed that comfort. I thought about my mother, as I tried to forget what I dreamed.

Dream World

I looked into what I believe was a CEO's office. Somebody sat in the main chair, a man with slightly wrinkled face and salt and pepper hair. He had a slight frown on his face and his eyes looked distant. He looked as if he was waiting for something. As he waited in his comfortable room, he fiddled with a pencil. Just as he was placing said pencil down, a scruffy man in a lab coat burst into the room.

"Subject is resisting capture and restraint. She says there must be some mistake." The man in the lab coat enlightened.

"Tell her there is no mistake. It must be now. There isn't any time." The CEO answered, and as he spoke his eyes grew clouded in deep thought.

The scruffy man left and the man got up. He sighed and rubbed his temples as he turned to look at a picture hanging on the wall. A brown-haired lady, about the age of 38, stood looking out of the frame. She had a very strict look on her face, yet a slight smile found its way onto her face. A younger version of the CEO sat awkwardly near the lady. The picture had a small golden nameplate that read, 'Cave Johnson and Caroline'. The CEO, now identified as Cave Johnson, turned around to leave, but stopped. He took the pencil he had just dropped and scribbled on a note-pad.

'If I don't come back here… tell Caroline or GLaDOS or whatever you inexperienced bags of filth are going to call her that I'm sorry.'

Cave Johnson placed the pencil down, coughed raggedly and started to leave the room. As he left the room, the world seemed to shimmer. The world, now unfocused, changed to something entirely different. There was a room, filled with large blue test-tube containers filled with what seemed to be liquid. Upon closer inspection, people were found inside. I found my eyes drawn to Subject 3112's case. His seemed to be emptying. With a sharp jolt, the glass of his case opened. Out dropped a young man, about 19 or 20 years age. He had on an orange jump-suit labeled Aperture Science, and his number was printed on the back. It looked like a prison uniform, and I started to wonder if maybe it was, but when I looked at his face I knew. Even while in a strange perpetual sleep, he had a kind and gentle smile on his face…either that or it was 100% mischievous, either one I admired. When the liquid finished draining, cuffs that attached his arms to the case unlocked and he was thrown to the floor. I could now see that he had dirty-blond hair plastered to the sides of his head. With that sudden face plant he did, Subject 3112's eyes fluttered open. That's when I knew I had to know more about him. His eyes, a deep emerald green, pierced into my soul, and he didn't even know I was there. Breaking my out of my trance-like state, GLaDOS's voice droned out, "Two humans are always more entertaining then one."

With that… I woke up.

Real Life

I couldn't help thinking it was just a dream. That was all too real. My mind started whirring just as the elevator cogs where. Until I got too my destination I could think. Who was that guy? What did GLaDOS mean? How the heck am I going to manage another puzzle? The elevator stopped and a new puzzle lay before me. With my new found portal gun, I could defy physics and perhaps even find this mysterious man.

After thirty minutes of sheer torture and brainwork, I hoisted myself up onto that last platform and threw myself into the door. I had to make an effort to hold onto the portal device, because the cool shiny exterior was slipping from my hands due to the amount of sweat I accumulated. I burst through the emancipation grid and sank myself to the floor inside the elevator.

"I can see you had just a bit of trouble with this test." GLaDOS chimed.

"Yeah... It's great that you're not blind GLaDOS. Do you have anything of use to tell me?" I shot back.

"Snippy, aren't we. Too bad. I was going to give you a surprise but now…" She said, and I cut her off.

"Sorry, GLaDOS. What was it that you were going to give me?" I asked happily, trying my best not to be sarcastic.

"Since you asked so nicely, While I was thinking, I came up with a surprise for you. But here, before we go into that I have a different one." Her computerized voice came.

The elevator stopped and the light for test 4 flickered on. I walked to the door, tiredly and it opened. Something about this test seemed familiar, all too familiar. At once I realized! It was the same test.

"Suprize." GLaDOS said.

"It's that same dang test." I said, anger burning my insides.

"No…" GLaDOS sang in her droid-like voice, "This one is green."

As she said this, the room changed to all different colors of green. I was reminded of the dream guy's eyes, but I shoved that thought aside. It was silly to think a dream was real. I stared in on the test again and sighed. I hated repetition.