[A/N]

Huh. One program's telling me this is the longest chapter yet, the other is not. Weird. Anyway, this has been the hardest chapter to write. I kept on changing what GLaDOS would say. Turns out she's quite hard to write, I guess.
Then decided to help feed my misery by corrupting the chapter for some reason. Anyway, if this is not showing up as gibberish, enjoy the chapter!


Around three miles underground, Chell was still searching for a portalable surface. Last time, there seemed to be white walls every five steps. Apparently not in here.

After a while, she found a small space behind a door. Presumably a broom closet or something. The wall behind it was white. Could it be…?

A blue portal opened up with a satisfying snap.

But, instead of seeing a giant robot chassis ready to fire passive aggressive insults at her, her eyes rested upon a test chamber.

There's no way I'm going to test again, she thought tiredly. It was when she heard the snap of an aerial faith plate that she realised something was off.

She could only barely jump out the way, as a feminine, white entity soared through the portal.

It flew straight into a bookshelf, cutting it in half in the process. When the dust finally cleared, the test subject stepped towards the… well, whatever that was, anyway.

She could now see that it looked human. She gasped in shock as she bent down to the white human-looking thing.

Upon processing that this probably wasn't an AI trying to kill her, she did the first thing that came to her mind.

She spoke.

"Hey! Are you injured?" The test subject spoke. "Who are you, anyway?"

She laid her hand upon its shoulder. She could feel it twitching as she did. Its head lifted slowly, and turned to face towards her.

"Well, I guess we both have some explaining to do, then."


After helping the android through the portal, both women put down their portal guns on their corresponding pedestals, proceeded to the Central AI Chamber, and sat down to talk.

She got a good look at it. The humanoid robot was, surprisingly, wearing clothes. It was wearing a white lab coat, with a thin black shirt underneath. It wasn't wearing any shoes, for some reason.

It's skin was as white as the walls around it, it's hair seemingly silver. It- No, she's a she- Her eyes looked just like the core's, the only difference being the size. Just like 'Wheatleys', the middle was bright yellow, fading along the edges, making it look just that bit less creepy.

"Alright, first things first. You're probably wondering why I am in this thing."

She nodded.

"Oh come on, we now know you can, in fact, speak, you might as well take advantage of it."

She nodded again.

"Seriously now, I'm not continuing unless you speak up."

She took a moment of consideration, then spoke again.

"Ugh, fine."

The woman sounded a bit hoarse. She cleared her throat to compensate.

"Good."

"Now will you continue"? She said, a lot less hoarse.

"…Alright."

When the android finished her explanation as to why she was in a test chamber, or even in the android in the first place, the woman spoke up again.

"Now tell me, why did you suddenly throw me down there again?"

"Because I knew you wouldn't agree otherwise."

"Also, why the bomb? Couldn't you have just dropped it a little later? I almost died!"

"We both know you wouldn't have died."

"…Alright, fine."

The android smirked.

"Also, do you happen to have any food? I'm starving." She'd tried to refrain from asking it, hoping that her former nemesis would bring it up. She couldn't deny that she was hungry, though, and if getting food meant sitting through five minutes of constant fat jokes, so be it.

"I should be asking you", she said, prodding a finger in the test subject's belly.

"Just shut up and tell me already!" She said, slapping the android's hand away.

"Alright.", The AI responded. She took the her by the wrist and lead her to the way out.

"End of the hallway to the left. You'll find it."

She took two steps towards the receptacle, until she was stopped. The human's hand took her by the shoulder.

"Wait!" The human called.

"What is it? Are you afraid it isn't enough?"

The girl simply sighed.

"No, not at all. You can eat right?"

"Yes, why?"

"Come with me."

"As I said, why would I-"

She was interrupted by the girl taking her by the wrist, like she did a minute ago, and took her with her.

"…If you insist."