When the girl stepped into her first test chamber in months, she sensed something was off. It took her a good minute or two to realise that there was no sarcastic remark over the intercom.

Actually, nothing could be heard over the speakers.

The test subject grinned at the thought of GLaDOS metaphorically sweating in her chamber, hoping she'd actually finish the test this time.

The girl finished the chamber quickly, and was weirdly relieved to find that the AI had gathered up the courage to speak again.

"Well. You actually finished the test. I'll have you know I already had the cooperative testing initiative ready, just in case."

"As long as you keep your promises."

The following tests went as usual, the only difference being the fact that no passive aggressive remarks made their way through the intercom. It did feel nice not to be insulted every six seconds for a change.

Nine chambers later the test subject got transported over to the Central AI Chamber, where a few things were set up.

Upon her arrival, one of the floor panels lifted up, twisted around for a bit until settling its single light on the human, and bent invitingly forward.

"Have a seat."

The girl sat down onto the panel, and watched a few panels move out the way to reveal an abnormally large monitor.

"I had a few of the Aperture Science Military Grade Tactical Satellites scan the area around the facility."

On the monitor, a wireframe-themed map showed up, with a few glowing dots showing up, and a line connecting them.

"This is our location."

The gold-coloured dot on the map was given a label;

APERTURE SCIENCE - TESTING FACILITY

"And this, is where you need to go."

The brown dot on the map now showed a label, too;

BIN-NUMB/RESIDENCE# 1130460773

"Huh. That's funny."

"What is?"

The screen switched to various different calculators and convertors.

"I have seen that number before."

"Is that important?"

"I'm working it out."

The number was changed into a bunch of ones and zeros. The girl was confused now; whatever this was, it probably wasn't important.

"Just forget it! You can work it out later! How am I going to get there?"

The screen quickly switched back to the map.

"How do you think?"

"I don't know… some weird hovercraft or something? Surely you should have something." The girl said, still facing the screen.

Said screen then switched to a cycle of futuristic-looking vehicles.

"There are a lot of Aperture-made hovercrafts. On paper. It'll take days to set up an assembly."

"Hold on; can't you just send in those robots?"

"The cooperative testing initiative? Easily distracted, frightened of anything that moves, and explode when something hits them too hard. Simply put, unqualified for a task like this."

The girl took a moment to convert whatever she just heard into English.

"…Alright. I guess I'll be walking then."

The test subject stood up, and attempted to lean on the raised panel. Before she could, however, the panel quickly retracted back into the floor, and the girl fell flat on her face.

The AI chuckled, which earned her a glare from the test subject. She quickly got up again.

A lift raised up from the floor.

"You're forgetting something."

"You just had lunch."

"Ha. Ha. What I mean is, come with me."

"Seriously?"

"If you expected me to do all the hard work, that's just disappointing. Besides, if I encounter another wolf, what am I going to do? Beat it with a stick?"

"I presume that's what you did last time."

The girl thought back to what happened all those months ago. Her thoughts drifted off to her broken bit of Companion Cube, now resting on her nightstand in her fifth room so far.

"You're a lot stronger, I presume."

"I am designed to be stronger."

"Go on then!"

Transference complete.

"Sure."

The android undid the connection from her neck to the receptacle, and took a sprint to the lift. Before the test subject could protest (The android was surprisingly fast), it jumped into the lift, pushed a button, and waved unceremoniously as the elevator ascended up into the ceiling.

The girl stood there, confused. After a few seconds, another lift car came from the floor. She just shrugged, and stepped inside.

Let's do this.

[A/N]

Alright, I'm going to try something out here; there's a little Easter Egg hidden somewhere in the chapter. The first person to decipher it and write it in a review, wins… umm. I'll get back to you on that…

Anyway, maybe I'll leave some more Easter Eggs in the next chapters, if I do, I'll leave it in an Author's Note like here, just so you know.

Reviews are greatly appreciated, and enjoy… the next chapter, when it comes out. Onto the next chapter!