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A scream from the potato on the end of the ASHPD, followed by, "Well, this is the part where he kills us."

They bounced off a panel right onto a platform in the middle of a bunch of spike-covered mashing plates.

Chell's eyes drifted to the only portalable area while Wheatley spoke on his screens cheerfully. "Hello! This is the part where I kill you. Had a brainwave. There I was, just smashing some steel plates together, and I thought to myself 'Yeah, it's deadly, but what's missing?"

The girl ignored Wheatley's rambling, noticing the conversion gel dripping on a surface below the screen then looking back to the one portable wall she'd noticed before. The angle might work—

"—It's still a work in progress, don't judge me yet. Um, but eventually I'd like to get them to sorta shoot fire at yo—"

Chell fired an orange portal at the gel and a blue one at the wall. "Nonono! Don't do that!" Wheatley protested. "Stand right—"

But the test subject was faster than him. She made a portal below her and fell in just as the spike plates sprung forth, ruining the trap.

She started to turn to run before hearing Wheatley's pleas to come back, saying he wouldn't kill her. Chell paused for a moment, then turned around and walked back, much to the surprise of both GLaDOS and Wheatley.

"Oh, you came back… I didn't plan for this," Wheatley admitted bashfully, mumbling to himself about the trap. "Oh! Could you just jump into that pit? That deadly pit…" He trailed off, wondering if she was brain damaged enough not to catch on.

Chell eyed the pit, looking down. There didn't seem to be a bottom and it was definitely a fall too long for her boots. She was amused when Wheatley started offering her things like parents and boys.

"You really must have brain damage," GLaDOS snarled. "I can't believe you came back!"

Chell raised an eyebrow before smirking up at the screen. "A-apple."

She jumped from the edge.

Wheatley's optic widen from shock. First he'd heard Chell speak, and then she'd actually jumped. Was she mad?

A panel shot out to catch the girl before she fell too far. "Ah—um—well…" Why had he done that? Why had he caught her? Wasn't her death what he wanted?

Chell blinked, before steadying herself on the panel and looking up at the screen. "S-say apple," she mocked.

"Apple!" Wheatley said immediately in an innocently cheerful way before catching himself. "W-wait, I'm the boss! You're not supposed to boss me around anymore!" His optic narrowed.

"I think you may be suffering from a slight case of serious brain damage." Chell ignored his claims of authority, her voice growing stronger as she spoke.

"You can talk? All this time, you had the ability to talk?!" GLaDOS' tiny voice grew louder as she continued, "I can't believe you didn't inform me of this and saved me the trouble of almost killing myself with that parado- Don'tthinkaboutitdon'tthinkaboutit-*Bzzzzt*"

"S-stop, I'm not brain damaged!" Wheatley paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was filled with hurt. "You didn't even try to catch me-"

"I'm sorry." Chell frowned.

"-when I fell from- You what?"

"I'm sorry."

This time Wheatley shut up before he pulled the panel closer to the screen. They met eye to eyes. After a moment, Chell sighed and smashed the screen with her boot, then used portals to escape to the catwalks.

"I forgive you."

She wouldn't hear his whisper as she moved on to the next room.

Description
A scream from the potato on the end of the ASHPD, followed by, "Well, this is the part where he kills us."

They bounced off a panel right onto a platform in the middle of a bunch of spike-covered mashing plates.

Chell's eyes drifted to the only portalable area while Wheatley spoke on his screens cheerfully. "Hello! This is the part where I kill you. Had a brainwave. There I was, just smashing some steel plates together, and I thought to myself 'Yeah, it's deadly, but what's missing?"

The girl ignored Wheatley's rambling, noticing the conversion gel dripping on a surface below the screen then looking back to the one portable wall she'd noticed before. The angle might work—

"—It's still a work in progress, don't judge me yet. Um, but eventually I'd like to get them to sorta shoot fire at yo—"

Chell fired an orange portal at the gel and a blue one at the wall. "Nonono! Don't do that!" Wheatley protested. "Stand right—"

But the test subject was faster than him. She made a portal below her and fell in just as the spike plates sprung forth, ruining the trap.

She started to turn to run before hearing Wheatley's pleas to come back, saying he wouldn't kill her. Chell paused for a moment, then turned around and walked back, much to the surprise of both GLaDOS and Wheatley.

"Oh, you came back… I didn't plan for this," Wheatley admitted bashfully, mumbling to himself about the trap. "Oh! Could you just jump into that pit? That deadly pit…" He trailed off, wondering if she was brain damaged enough not to catch on.

Chell eyed the pit, looking down. There didn't seem to be a bottom and it was definitely a fall too long for her boots. She was amused when Wheatley started offering her things like parents and boys.

"You really must have brain damage," GLaDOS snarled. "I can't believe you came back!"

Chell raised an eyebrow before smirking up at the screen. "A-apple."

She jumped from the edge.

Wheatley's optic widen from shock. First he'd heard Chell speak, and then she'd actually jumped. Was she mad?

A panel shot out to catch the girl before she fell too far. "Ah—um—well…" Why had he done that? Why had he caught her? Wasn't her death what he wanted?

Chell blinked, before steadying herself on the panel and looking up at the screen. "S-say apple," she mocked.

"Apple!" Wheatley said immediately in an innocently cheerful way before catching himself. "W-wait, I'm the boss! You're not supposed to boss me around anymore!" His optic narrowed.

"I think you may be suffering from a slight case of serious brain damage." Chell ignored his claims of authority, her voice growing stronger as she spoke.

"You can talk? All this time, you had the ability to talk?!" GLaDOS' tiny voice grew louder as she continued, "I can't believe you didn't inform me of this and saved me the trouble of almost killing myself with that parado- Don'tthinkaboutitdon'tthinkaboutit-*Bzzzzt*"

"S-stop, I'm not brain damaged!" Wheatley paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was filled with hurt. "You didn't even try to catch me-"

"I'm sorry." Chell frowned.

"-when I fell from- You what?"

"I'm sorry."

This time Wheatley shut up before he pulled the panel closer to the screen. They met eye to eyes. After a moment, Chell sighed and smashed the screen with her boot, then used portals to escape to the catwalks.

"I forgive you."

She wouldn't hear his whisper as she moved on to the next room.