Want You Gone (ChellDOS drabbles/oneshots)

Well, here we are again
It's always such a pleasure
Remember when you tried to kill me twice?

Nothing.

That's about as much Chell had to look at outside the facility. She had her freedom, but she had nothing for a view.

Well, nothing and wheat.

She stared at the little shack she'd just come out of, and then down at the companion cube that had come with her. She sighed and propped herself down on the little cube.

Now, Chell had, at this point, breathed in artificial oxygen, neurotoxin, and the oxygen lacking atmosphere of outer space. But she was utterly unsure she'd ever get used to /real/ air again.

She looked out at the seemingly endless fields of wheat, and an idea struck. But, no, Chell couldn't- she shouldn't- it would be idiotic to-

She banished the mere idea of going back. She was free now, and even nothingness had to be better than deadly testing and a verbally abusive AI.

Right?

Chell stared at the door for a moment, almost longingly. She desperately reminded herself that Aperture was falling apart, therefore unappealing, and that GLaDOS had basically kicked her out.

She took a moment to consider those things, and simply shrugged. She stood up and walked to the door of the small closet-sized shack she'd come out of. She hesitated and jiggled the door handle. Much to her surprise, it was unlocked and the elevator was still there. Once more she paused, taking a tentative step inside.

Just like always, the elevator reacted to weight increase. As it descended downwards, Chell was rethinking her decision, though sge couldn't come to regret it quite yet.

Yet. Because as soon as she was back in the facility and submerged in fake air, she had a feeling she'd made a mistake. This opinionated feeling strengthened when the lights flashed red and an electronic male voice calmly announced, "Intruder Alert."

Chell hadn't been noticed by anyone other than the voice yet, so she had some time to remember why she'd come back. Her eyes nearly sparkled at the view of GLaDOS she had from the elevator. Oh, she was beautiful. Chell's lips twitched into a smile as she let her mind drift into her idea of the perfect return to Aperture.

She was ripped out of her thoughts when GLaDOS spoke.

"An intruder?" The stunned AI demanded, spinning on her axis in search of whoever it was. She froze when she saw the figure in the elevator. "Oh... my God.."

Chell wiped half of the smile off her face and stepped out of the elevator. She offered a small wave as she walked closer to the machine hanging from the ceiling.

"What are you-" GLaDOS squeaked out, before calming down at least in appearance. "What do you think you're doing back here?"

Chell looked down at the solid black floor (that still had a few paint stains on it) and traced an imaginary circle with her foot in a way to say 'I missed you.'

"You're still as mute as ever, I see," the AI retorted, and Chell could practically hear the smirk in her voice.

The former test subject put her hands on her hips, lifting her head and rolling her eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but as usual, nothing came out. She clapped both hands over her mouth.

GLaDOS let out a laugh. It wasn't a sinister laugh, or even a mocking one. It was an amused laugh, and it sounded almost... human. Chell thought about that for a moment.

It sounded like Caroline.

"Oh," GLaDOS said once she recovered. "You know what that reminded me of? A deer. A newborn deer. Trying to take its first steps and failing horribly. I saw a deer once. Compared to what you just did, it looked like a scholar."

Chell's hands made their way back to her hips.

The two shared a rather intense staring contest, and GLaDOS was the first to give up.

"Well, anyway, what are you doing here? Did you come back to kill me again? Once just isn't enough for you humans, is it? You have to keep coming back."

Chell shook her head earnestly.

"That's not why you're here? What is it, then?" There was another laugh, only this time, it was in fact mocking. "Oh, that's right, you can't tell me."