A/N:
I have no idea why I totally just killed this game. D:
Sorry, guys. Really, I'm honestly sorry. ;n;
I just wanted to try to write some yuri, y'know, for all those gamer guys that like girl x girl action? ;D Just 's not why I made this at all. It's probably going to be a one-shot or something. I just 'unno. :l But, whatever. I guess you could say that this is slightly alternate-universe, but I like to see it as Portal...1/2 or something. :D
Basically; the beginning of this takes place sometime before Portal, like when Chell was a little girl, on 'Bring Your Daughter To Work Day' at Aperture Laboratories. In this story, Chell's parents are Caroline and Cave Johnson, being that the two married and had Chell. (Caroline, Cave, Chell. lol, triple C? ;D ) At Aperture, this is when GLaDOS was actually just built, working and everything, before she flooded the Enrichment Center with a deadly Neurotoxin. (You see what I did there? C; ) But really, this is literally right after she was built and started working, before when they were still testing it, before the scientists weren't very smart and put that anger core into GLaDOS' system. Chell is about 5 years old in this, at least, in the beginning. But I'll see how this comes along. Who knows, maybe it'll be a one-shot, maybe it'll be an on-going story with chapters and such things.
Honestly, I've also never played this game. I played a demo game of Portal, but it was just one with some tests and stuff to show you what Portal and Portal 2 were like. So, I honestly have no idea what I'm writing here. I'm so sorry. ;n;
Anyway, enjoy! (:
Rate and Review, please! Feedback is always appreciated! Plus, it tells me what I should do better or if I should just continue on.
Sorry about the lack of inspiration in Bruised Shadow, I just haven't really been in the mood for Legend of Zelda lately. Honestly, I haven't even been playing any Zelda games lately, either. It's been more Black Ops/Left 4 Dead/Portal at the moment. And, since I have a job babysitting this summer, I don't have all that much time to write. Sorry, guys! I'll try and update more soon, thuogh! Please, be patient and give ideas for me, please. (:
Copyright: I do not own Portal or Portal 2, Chell, GLaDOS, Doug Rattman (or is it Rattmann?), Cave Johnson, Caroline, or any other characters in this story, they all belong to Valve.
Sheesh. Enough comments from myself. Let's start the story! :D
The child looked out the window of the silver car she was sitting in, taking note at the lack of a building where Aperture Laboratories should have been. Her mother hadn't explained the whole "bring your daughter to work day" thing that the little girl had been dragged into. She didn't mind all that much, though, since she'd be spending some time with her mother. Her father also worked at Aperture Laboratories, but was the head of the whole business; Cave Johnson.
Cave Johnson had begun work on Aperture Laboratories before he'd met Caroline, nonetheless, before he had a daughter. He'd started it back when he'd first graduated high school, getting straight to work on his dream. Cave had managed to finish his dream, building Aperture Laboratories in a little over a year, and having met Caroline while looking for workers.
Caroline had been one of the first people to request for a job at Aperture Laboratories, even though she was still a senior in high school, and one of the only females who had worked there. She immediately grew a liking for Cave, and they actually began sneaking looks at each other during work, eventually dating and getting married and getting a child - a baby girl named Chell - in the process. But due to the tight schedual at Aperture from the lack of employees, Chell had to go to day-care since her mother and father didn't have enough time in the day to look after the her.
Chell had grown to be stubborn girl with Davy's grey eyes and dark brown hair that was usually pulled back into a pony-tail. At a total of five years, the girls' parents had managed to fit more time in their schedual for the little girl, though it still wasn't all that much. The child had already been to Aperture Laboratories plenty of times, sometimes under either of her parents' watchful eyes or, sometimes, even both. There were times that both Caroline and Cave were too busy with work that Chell was sometimes baby-sat by some of the workers that didn't have so much on their plates as her parents did. She was usually taken care of by Mr. Doug Rattman that worked at Aperture.
Mr. Rattman was a dedicated worker at Aperture, even if he wasn't as skilled as some of the other people that worked there. Besides the fact that the man had Schizophrenia, Caroline and Cave felt that he was one of the best people in the facility to take care of their daughter, Chell, until they had some more time for her.
Rattman didn't mind babysitting Chell, but he was actually looking forward to Bring Your Daughter to Work Day since the girl would be able to spend some time with her parents for once, whether it'd be at their work or not. Bring Your Daughter to Work Day was always well-looked forward to by Cave and Caroline, hoping to spend some time with their daughter for once. At least she wouldn't be the only child, since plenty of other employees had children that would be coming on the same day. Of course, since that day was basically a day off from work by showing your children around, everyone looked forward to it.
Caroline pulled her silver Lumina up to the toll booth as she rolled down her window and handed a shiny white card to the man with his hand held out. His name was Mr. Robert Michaels, not that he was all that important to Aperture. The man took the card, scanned it and his some buttons. The man handed the card back to the woman driving the car, "Have a good day, Mrs. Johnson." The woman nodded in return and drove forward, into the overly-huge parking lot that probably held less than eight cars at the moment since it was still so early.
Chell watched outside, seeing the scenery come to a stop and unbuckled her seat belt, a small click coming from her's and then from her mother's as they got out, closing their doors and walking to the small office building that was home to a cosy lounge and an office for the receptionist, along with one of the only elevators that led down to the actual Aperture Laboratories.
The woman at the desk nodded with a 'good morning' to Caroline and Chell as they passed, going straight to the elevator. Caroline clicked a button, the elevator moving and the doors opening to a new floor, which mainly looked like a section of offices for the employees that had their own little cubicle for their things. At the end of the large work area was a hallway that led to the head scientist's office with the second to-the-best, assistant scientist's office a little before the more important one in the same hall.
Caroline ignored her room, heading for the door that had a plaque inscribed with 'Cave Johnson' in little gold letters. She stopped in front of the door, placing her hand on the doorknob and knocking, "Mr. Johnson, there's someone here to see you," she said in an official voice. She listened, Chell staying quiet as the taller woman smiled at her child, with her free hand holding a finger to her mouth to indicated being quiet. Chell obliged, staying quiet and listening for some sort of answer from the other side of the door.
The voice through the door laughed heartily, "Caroline, you know you can call me Cave," the voice said, "but come in, dear." Caroline didn't wait to open the door, taking her daughter's hand and leading the small girl into the room to see her father.
Caroline had a grin on her face, literally ear-to-ear as Cave watched her come in with her daughter's hand in her's. The man sitting behind the desk's face immediately showed more than twice as much pleasure as there had been before on his features as he got up and wrapped his arms around his daughter, picking her up in his arms and spinning her around a little bit. He listened, hearing the small girl giggling in his arms as she was swung around and finally held in one spot, hugging her father's slim chest with a smile, "I missed you, daddy!" she said with a cute little smile. "You're always getting up too early, though, you should sleep in more or you're going to get sick!" she scolded him, wagging a finger at him with a disapproving look on her face, but laughing again after a little bit of finger-shaking.
Cave shook his head, amused, "You're just like your mother, always worrying about me. I'm fine, can't you tell?" he said, lifting his daughter into the air and throwing her up and catching her for a short while, hearing more giggles emitting from his daughter. He put the girl back down and looked up at his wife as he took her in his arms and gave her a light kiss, both of them chuckling when they hear a little "ew" from beside them.
Cave let Caroline go, picking up their daughter again. "Where are we going first?" he asked his daughter, heading back to his desk to put a few papers away and hit a button, sending a pre-recorded message over the intercom stating to have a nice day with your family. Cave got back up, leaving the TVs that were situated in the wall behind his desk that showed the more important testing chambers on, pre-recorded messages ready to be sent where they'd be needed. He put Chell down so he could straighten out his suit and take her hand, his wife taking her other hand and left the room to begin their day together.