"Could you close your mouth?"
The girl did as she was asked, not taking her eyes away from the monstrous piece of machinery in the middle of the room.
"I'll line up one of the satellites in orbit, give me a minute."
"Hold on! What are we going to do with a satellite?"
"There should be a hatch at the bottom. From there, I can fly it to our destination."
Silence filled the room, until the AI spoke again.
"There. Satellite aligned. Now for the beam."
Sirens filled the room again, as the object in the middle of the room started spinning. Faster, and faster, and faster. It was emitting a funnel, much like its smaller counterpart, but it was fast. Really, very fast.
It was also making a noise similar to a vacuum cleaner, just, ten times more loud and annoying. The android didn't seem to care.
The sirens stopped, and the android immediately began walking towards the enlarged tractor beam.
"Are you coming?"
And the girl followed.
They were standing right in front of it now, neither of them having any real experience with this… thing. One of them never even encountered one before, and the other didn't have a proper humanoid body until a few months ago.
"On the count of three, yeah?"
"Sure."
"Three. Two-" And the android jumped in.
"Seriously?" The girl followed.
They were going surprisingly fast. One second she was at floor-level, the other, at the roof. The beam, and by extension she, flew straight out of Aperture, and into space.
She tried speaking to the AI up ahead, but it didn't work. The same went for the tractor beams she encountered in the test chambers, they muffled out all sound. This one, however, didn't seem to allow any sound coming through.
She also noted that, the further up she went, the less fast the tractor beam took her. Maybe that was just an illusion, or maybe not. She hoped it wasn't, though, as crash landing into a satellite at her starting speed didn't at all seem pleasant.
Minutes passed, and the Earth's surface was getting further, and further away. She was by no means afraid of heights, but this?
It was evening, so it was pretty dark already, but the further up she got, the darker it went. Eventually, all she could see beside her, was darkness.
Eventually, the beam went slower, and slower, until it was around the speed of an average test chamber grade conversion funnel. The satellite was really close now. As soon as the android came into reach, she opened the hatch, and the two just flew inside.
The inside of the satellite was… cramped. Well, it wasn't your average space station, it was just a satellite, what would one expect? The test subject went to close the hatch, before she was interrupted.
"Don't!"
She immediately took her hands of the hatch.
"What!"
"A supply of oxygen is running through that funnel. Closing the hatch would result in suffocation."
"…Okay. I'll keep this one open, then."
On the right wall, around knee-height, was another plug, the same one as found down in Aperture. The android tugged on it, expecting it to come zipping out. It didn't.
She let out an annoyed huff, and lied down on the ground. She connected the plug to the port in her neck.
"I'm turning on the Aperture Science Air Replenishment System. It's the same one I used for you in the test chambers, remember?"
A confused expression spread over the human's face.
"We pump carbon dioxide out of a room, freshen it up a little, and pump it back in!"
Aaand the girl got it. She said the same thing while they were still in testing. A random science fact in an attempt to mentally disturb her.
"Close the hatch. I'm turning off the beam."
"But-"
"Aperture Science Air Replenishment System. It's fine."
Without saying another word, she closed the hatch, and firmly pressed it into place.
"Remember before when you asked something about rockets?"
"…Yes."
Rocket thrusters activating.
The announcer's now muffled voice could be heard.
"There. We are now moving towards our destination."
"The North Pole."
"Correct."
Silence.
"Hold on."
"What?"
"How are we still standing? You know, without gravity and all."
"Aperture Science Gravity Field Emitters. I thought it would be easier to stand."
"It is, but… I've always wanted to experience… you know, levitation!" The girl said, excitedly.
"So… can you turn them off, for a bit?"
A pause.
"Sure, why not."
Gravity Field Emitters, disabled.
And the human started levitating. "Whoa! This is cool!" She was now hopping around the small space as much as she could. She was upside down now, still facing the AI holding on to the floor.
"Come join! This is fun!"
"I have to control this thing. I'm afraid I can't."
"Oh. Alright!"
The test subject continued to hop around, for the rest of the trip.