Hello everyone! This is CoconutCode speaking, I'd like to say, this is my first fan-fiction! Well, the first one I will be writing here. I'll continue if anyone is actually interested in seeing the rest of the story, so if you'd like me to continue just review this first chapter.

Oh, and one thing. That's a temporary title for now. I'm not really original with these things. Oh, and could you leave a Title suggestion in your review as well... thanks! I have the story down just not the title. Naming things are hard. Liking trying to find a Username. I had to use a generator for mine. But, I like my username though.. as well as coconuts and codes.

Before I take up half the chapter stuck in author's notes, here's a disclaimer to keep my butt from getting sued:

I DO NOT OWN PORTAL OR TEAM FORTRESS TWO NOR THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY.

Aaand, not that's all covered, let's begin, shall we?

The elevator had finished ascending, stopping itself firmly. A metal door opened quickly with a slight delay. Chell, quickly covered her eyes squinting at the harsh sunlight. She slowly exited the small elevator, gently removing her arms from her forehead to try and trying to adjust to the sunlight more quickly. As Chell finally managed to adapt to the brightness she stared at the scenery before her. A field of golden wheat, which seem to stretch for miles. Just then, the door shut itself harshly. It gave Chell quite a shock, so she turned around quickly. What stood in front of her was an old rusted shed, the building she had just exited leading to the hell hole called Aperture Science. The door opened itself, and rolling out of it was a Companion Cube, the original one, with heavy burn marks on it. The door then shut quickly again.

Chell stared at the cube for awhile, astonished. Why the hell would she give me back this thing? She sat on the cube, and started staring at the endless field of wheat. Am I finally free? She thought to herself. She actually let me go that easily... Even after deleting Caroline. She sat up alarmingly. What if this was a trap? One of GLaDOS's holographic-panel thingies.. She grew more paranoid. She stood up and carried the Companion Cube manually, because of the absence of her portal gun. She thought it would be useful in some time.

Chell started to walk forward, the shed getting smaller and smaller in her view. She only walked in one direction: forward. As she kept walking, looking for a wall of some sort, she clutched her stomach. Chell was starving. She hasn't eaten in God knows how long. It's a miracle how she survived Aperture without nourishment. Her stomach groaned, pleading her to stop and eat something, but Chell denied. She kept going foward. The shed was no where to be seen in her vision, and she finally decided she was in fact, on the surface. No neurotoxin here, no turrets, smashy spike plates.

She kept walking for days, in hope to find something, someone, anyone. On the morning of her second day, she finally past out next to her Companion Cube. The last thing she saw was black pavement, which would most likely be a street. And a vehicle, coming down in her direction.

The engineer was driving to work on his pick up truck, when he passed by a strange looking cube next to an unconscious woman. He immediately stopped his vehicle and went out to go see if she was okay. Luckily, she still had a pulse, and it looked like she hadn't eaten in days. He carried the woman into his truck, the Companion Cube after. He continued to drive, waiting for the mysterious lady to wake up.

Chell woke up, lethargically opening her eyes and wiping the drool from her mouth. She could tell she was in motion, and was in a vehicle of some sort. Surprised, she looked around frantically around the inside of the truck. She look to her left and saw a man with a yellow hard hat, goggles, gloves, a blue shirt and some dark blue overalls.

"Ah see you're awake ma'am." The man said kindly. "Ah found you layin in the patch of wheat with some giant cube. Which looks oddly familiar..." He seemed to trail off into his own thoughts, but quickly continued talking. "Anyway, the name's Dell, Dell Conagher. You can call me the Engineer if you like, that's what most people call me at work. May I ask, what's your name, ma'am?"

Chell looked at the man. He was waiting for an answer as he stared down the road. She struggled to speak, for she did not do so for a long time. She wasn't mute like GLaDOS said she was. She can in fact speak, but at the moment it seemed she forgot how to. Because of the delay, Dell asked her this:

"Oh, ma'am.. can ya' speak?"

Chell nodded in reply, and finally managed to cough up some words. She was suprised at the sound of her own voice. She hadn't heard it in a long time.

"M-my, name.. is Chell."

"Chell, huh? Well, nice to meet you then! Do you mind tellin' me why you were in the wheat fields?

"Oh, well... you see I was trapped in an underground lab called Aperture Science, where they made me do tests. I thought it was quite innocent and just part of my job, as a test subject and all... but at the last test the person in charge tried to kill me!" Chell told the rest of the story. "Then I finally escaped.. and I haven't eaten in a long time, as well."

The engineer put on a look of worry, and tried to hide it by turning away his face. He was stuck on words. What was he going to say now? Just then, they arrived near his workplace. "Oh, we're here. If you don't mind, you'll have to stay in the base for a while." He gestured Chell to get out, which she did but then looked around.

"Where's my Companion Cube?" She asked.

"You're what?" The engineer replied.

"The big, metal box with hearts on it."

"Oh, that thing..." The engineer paused for a moment. "It's there in the back." He pointed at the back of his truck. Chell retrieved it, holding it in front of her chest.

The engineer gestured her to follow him. As she did, she was led into a small room. In it were the other members hanging around and talking. When they walked in, everyone seemed to stare at the engineer as well as the young woman near him carrying a large cube. The room went silent at the moment. Chell seemed to stare back as well.