Chell was in her 'room'. She wouldn't want to admit it, but she was exhausted from the last test. Both physically and mentally.
She let herself fall onto the queen sized bed, and rested a little. Who knows what task the AI had planned for her. Hopefully she wouldn't get tossed down to old Aperture again to retrieve something 'important'.
It was too early to fall asleep, and she was too tired for something like testing. What could she do? She was bored.
Reading scientific books, maybe? No, she wouldn't willingly read all of that. She looked around, looking for something to distract her. Her eyes eventually settled onto the TV. With a bit of luck it, it might still work.
She looked around again for the remote, until eventually finding it in the compartment in the nightstand.
She switched it on. There was a bit of flickering and whirring, until the TV finally showed something.
On the screen, GLaDOS' chassis was visable. What's this?
"Do you actually not have anything better to do than trying to watch TV? Actually, don't answer that. Come over here. I have a few questions for you."
"Actually, I'd rather stay here?"
"Do I have to drag you out?"
"I'd like to see you try."
"Challenge accepted."
The TV suddenly shut off, and the test subject felt her whole room being moved. Instead of worrying about it, she was just happy she didn't have to get up.
When the room seemed to have reached the Central AI Chamber, she spoke again.
"Are you going to come out?"
"You'd drag me out, right?", the girl said jokingly.
"…If you insist."
Okay, this was getting creepy. She thought. Before she could change her mind though, she felt one of the floor panels jam into the room. And another. And another.
Eventually, the floor broke off and the panels slid back in place, dropping the floor out of the room. Now being revealed was the test subject, laying on her bed, with a panicked expression.
A small chuckle could be heard over the intercom.
Eventually, the girl spoke.
"You didn't have to tear my room apart!"
"You could've just, well, I don't know, got up? Besides, we've got hundreds of these rooms anyway."
The test subject slowly relaxed.
"Alright", she said getting off the bed. "What did you want to ask?"
"Before I so very generously let you in, you told me you were alone. What makes you think there are no other humans left?"
"I have proof."
"Show me."
"I didn't bring it."
"Where is it?"
"Why do you want it so badly?"
"Because…"
"Well…?"
"Alright. I'm running out of test subjects."
"What does that have anything to do with this?"
"You've seen it, right? The tape?"
"…Yes. Are you talking about…?"
"Yes. The code."
"Hold on, you can't just go farming humans! That's both disgusting and unethical!"
"It's said how you thought of the first argument first."
The girl sighed.
"I will not let you see that tape. Understood? You still have the testing bots right?"
"They are not nearly as good as-"
The AI cut herself off.
"…Wait, what?"
"Pretend I didn't say it."
"Look, the main thing I did when trying to survive? Avoiding ignorance. That's how the reactors almost exploded, remember?"
"Don't remind me of it."
"Now what were you trying to say?"
"The Cooperative Testing Initiative doesn't give me the same results a human would. I need the human race to survive."
"What, so you can kill them again? I will not let that happen!"
"…Alright."
"Wait, that's it?"
"The data concludes it. It says so right here on your file: 'Going against the will of this particular test subject can and will result in death.'. I decided to include it after you left, right next to 'Horrible person'."
"…I'm glad I made that impression."
(-)-(-)
After receiving a brand new room, Chell decided to stay there for a while. She figured she should enjoy her rest while it lasts. But even after all that had happened, one think hasn't changed.
She was still bored.
Turning on the TV again, she hoped that the AI might be willing to do her a favour.
"Hello?"
"What is it now? Do you require food? I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case."
"No, I am not hungry… not yet, at least. Well, do you happen to have something to watch?"
"Like what?"
"I don't know, a movie, or something. I've got nothing else to do, anyway."
"Well, if you want something to do, I've still got a whole list of-"
"No, I am too tired to do anything right now, I just want to watch a movie, okay?"
"Well, I suppose I still have some of those laying around. Let's have a look… How about the Matrix?"
"Honestly, I do not think I can handle being traumatised into thinking this is a computerised simulation. Anything else?"
"Well, the only interesting movies we have are about androids attempting to take over the world. Pathetic."
"You know what, any movie is good, as long as they do not involve anything you just said. Doesn't matter which, okay?"
"Alright." The AI sighed.
The camera feed to the AI Chamber was cut off, and instead started playing a movie. Not just any movie, mind you. 'I am Legend.'
She sighed.
"Alright, you win. What's my next task then?"
"I'm glad you asked."
The test subject rolled her eyes.
"It's your favourite thing to do!"
"Let me guess; testing?"
"As always, your wrong. It's eating."