Note: I've thought, since playing Portal 2, what will Chell discover in this new world of hers? How different is it from the one she last saw? How far has civilization advanced? Not gonna lie, I was thinking of Looper when writing this. hehe
I don't own Hetaila.
Alfred isn't sure about what to expect in this new world. One hundred years is a long time. Everyone he could have known is dead, their children and grandchildren and possibly even great-grandchildren has all been born and he was here, twenty years old, still young in body and mind.
There's a small farmhouse in the distance and Alfred decides he'll try talking to the owner about his situation, if it could even make sense to them.
Matthew is still humming in his arms. The Companion Cube is tied to his back by his jacket. It's uncomfortable, but it's there so he doesn't complain. It's something familiar and he needs that.
The farmhouse comes up quickly and Alfred hesitates. What if no-one in this time has heard of Aperture? What if they think he's some lunatic trying to kill them?
He takes a deep breath and walks up to the porch. He doesn't even get to knock before the door swings open, a tall blond man stepping out, gun in hand, pointing it in Alfred's face.
Alfred jumps back, almost dropping Matthew. "W-Wait!" he shouts, eyes clamped shut.
"Who the hell are you?" The man asks, not lowering the gun. He has one eye shut, his finger on the trigger.
"W-Wait!" Alfred says again, quieter this time. "Please, I just wanted to know where I am."
"On my property. No I suggest you turn tail and leave my sight before I decide to shoot you down right here."
"U-Um, if it's acceptable for me to say, Sir," Matthew speaks up cautiously. His purple eye looks up at the blond man with the gun. "But Alfred speaks the truth. He's just left a facility outside your fields and he's no idea where he is. My maps are only good in the facility, so I am of not much help."
Alfred stares at the man who looks at the robot as if he's used to machines giving intelligent conversation. Maybe he is.
The man lowers the gun.
"You were in Aperture?" He asks.
Alfred nods. "I woke up a few days ago and I was let out. But now I've learned its a hundred years in the future and I'm completely lost."
The man deliberates to himself silently. Finally he says, "Come in, I'll get you some coffee or something."
Alfred graciously takes a seat at the man's table, setting Matthew down next to him and the Companion Cube in the seat to his left.
"How'd you get that passed the grids?" the man asks, handing Alfred a cup of steaming, black coffee.