Long time no see! I feel so bad because I never intended to drop this story, but at this point I'm way past finishing it, haha. I've actually started a new Portal fic, but I'm not going to post it until I'm 100% finished with it :P Learned my lesson.

But I wanted to give any readers I might still have around the gist of how 'A Deviating Path' was supposed to end. It's only fair you get some kind of closure :)

Here goes (keep in mind these were the notes I made years ago, so if it's a little lacking, I apologize XD I would rewrite this story completely if I were to do it again now):

-Lira has Doug help her create a new Deviation-destroying gene. Deviations destroyed her life and she wants to be rid of them planet-wide.

-Lira wants to use Chell as her first guinea pig, much to Doug's chagrin.

-Wheatley intervenes and takes her place. Determined to make it up to Chell.

-Wheatley's deviation is taken away as the gene is successful, but Rattmann fights back and turns off force field. Done working for Lira, not matter what he feels he owes her.

-There is a fight as all the characters team up against Lira, but her Deviation is powerful and she holds her own against all of them.

-Chell shoots a portal to the moon, sucking herself and Lira outside (force field goes back up protecting the others).

-Glados straps herself back into computer and uses her control of robotics in room to pull both Chell and Lira back in (Chell still holding onto Lira).

-Chell absorbed Lira's ability and her vocal cords are healed. Lira's ability that powerful.

-Wheatley has a heart-to-heart with Chell, but starts it off by demanding she say the word 'Apple' (and she does :P)

-Lira placed in stasis chamber that Craig locks away in a pocket dimension.

-All live in upper Aperture for now (not ready to venture out into the world just yet)

There was also supposed to be a sequel involving AEGIS from Portal Stories: Mel, but clearly I'm never going to get to that, so here we are :D Thanks for reading my story and I'm genuinely sorry it never got finished. I'll be back soon with a new Portal story to tell, so I hope you guys stick around 3

Have a beautiful day