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Chapter Ten: A Place for the Repentant The Doctor woke up slowly to the smell of something baking; the calming smell of fresh bread emanating from an unknown source.  Finally, realization hit him that something was wrong with this.  But in his alarm to sit up straight, many pains throughout his body reminded him that he had just been running and hefting various objects for the past few hours, and maybe his sudden action had been too much for him that second.  Rubbing his back and legs, he tried not to scream; the rest of his body seemed to already be doing a good job of that for him.   "Not one of my better ideas." he groaned in agony, as

Chapter Nine: Liberation from the Facility The Doctor was running a bit distractedly as he tried to process everything that had just happened, and read the “map” that Caroline brought up on the screen.  Well, at least it was a map in the general sense that it plotted the multitudes of chambers in the building; but unlike the average map, he could see the entire path that Caroline had plotted out for Wheatley and himself to follow, and it included more than one level of the building, as well as a blinking indicator of the parties progress along that route. Oddly enough, the best sign for the Doctor was that the walls seemed to b

Chapter Eight: Persistence and Sacrifice Every part of Aperture that had the capability, was making sure their job was being fulfilled above and beyond the expectations of the tyrannical super computer that controlled their very existence; as well as the length and quality of it.  Their capability of sentience was a burden to all Aperture appliances, as it allowed them to understand the concepts of fear and the foreboding days they had yet to see. GLaDoS had given the order to survey every area imaginable for an intruder, and two constructs that were once considered a part of Aperture; even if they were annoying ones most of the time.  The

Chapter 7: In The Presence of a Lady As the trio made their way down the hall, the Doctor noticed a lot of pictures, plaques, papers, and certificates proclaiming achievement of one sort or another.  There was everything from a “Shower Curtain Salesman of the Year” award, to pictures of a man and woman throughout various stages of accomplishment within the company’s history.  Through the pictures the Doctor was able to determine that the man’s name was Cave Johnson, and he had once been the entrepreneur and CEO of the company; the woman, Caroline, being his most trusted assistant.  Interestingly, only a few of the pa

Chapter 6: Unauthorized Detour As the Doctor walked out of the elevator dock, he immediately saw a turret facing away from him at the entrance to the next room.  He turned to Wheatley, “Okay, so I can’t exactly just walk around him; I’ll get shot.  How do I get rid of him?” “Space?” Space Core answered. Wheatley thought for a moment.  “Oh goodness.  Right; so if memory serves, there are two things you can do to not get shot: One- knock it over, or two- portal it somewhere else.  Once it shoots all of its bullets at something other than you, you’re safe to walk by it.  The thing to be carefu

Chapter 5: To Stop and Smell the Testing The Doctor noticed the strain on the other end of the wall tile he was inspecting.  Deciding to stop his inquiry before his captor could piecemeal all the data points together, he let the tile go back to its original position.  After all, he now had a lead on a potential way out of here; that is, if the rest of the facility worked in a similar fashion to the walls.  But he wouldn’t be able to use that information for a little while yet.  Not with GLaDoS watching him so closely. “Better to let her calm down a bit first.” the Doctor muttered under his breath. Meanwhile, Wheatley was

Chapter 4: Rat In a Maze Upon stepping out of the deteriorating elevator, the Doctor found himself in another elevator docking room.  As he walked into the hallway, a panel on the wall lit up telling him he was now in “Test Chamber 1”.  He had just gotten the hang of walking in these weird, heeled boots, and he almost fell on his face as he jumped down from the platform that dead-ended into the next room. This room was mostly barricaded by large panes of glass, one with a large button behind it; like the one from the previous room.  The pane directly in front of him kept him from getting to the exit door, and the one to his lef