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// untold horrors 
// Story: portals, ponies and cybertronians 
// by unusablechaos 
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Portal, Ponies and Cybertronians
chapter six: untold horrors

Optimus prime and Chell rode the elevator down to whatever was down there.
Optimus wondered why Chell looked so mortified, something was obviously bugging her, there was her comment about her fair share of adventures and untold horrors.
then there was the portal gun.
what had this woman been through?
could it have some thing to do with the inter-dimensional potential Ratchet had detected?
the fact that she couldn't talk didn't help.
the elevator finally stopped at a strange room witch was overgrown with ivy and a normal looking door on the other side.
there was a certain eeriness to the room as if something had once existed there, as if that something was still trying to exist, whether it was failing or succeeding prime could not tell, he wondered if this is what Chell was so worried about.
but she seemed momentary at ease but still on alert as if expecting something hat was to come later on.
then they heard a large crash and Megatrons voice echoed through the room.
"PRIME! come out and face me!"
"we'd better get moving." said Optimus.
Chell nodded nervously and moved toward the door.

the voices of Apertures computer sounded through the control room.
"warning secondary entrance has been breached, please remain calm and activate emergency defenses."
"defenses?" said GLaDOS to herself. "breach? why those protocols are so old that I don't know if I'll  able to access them any more."
"impossible." stated the computer. "all Aperture science protocols are equipped with there own hard drive to prevent deletion."
"I know that, I was being sarcastic."
she knew the computer wouldn't understand because it wasn't an intelligence, just a tool.
she accessed the files for emergency defenses and several camera shots popped up along with several commands.
on one was a giant metal man, silver and purple, taring apart the reinforced shack above Aperture.
another showed another metal man, this one red ad blue coming in Apertures internal back entrance and standing next to him was...
"no it can't be"
Chell.
"she just couldn't stay away could she."

the last prime and the mute former test subject wandered down the hall.
Chell wondered why they hadn't seen any of GLaDOS' security yet.
"this isn't so bad." said prime "perhaps slightly eerie but I don't see-"
he was cut of as several turrets came up  from the floor.
not the normal test associate sentry turrets, these were built up and looked more ready for battle.
"crap, assault turrets" thought Chell she once found an Aperture laboratories brochure and read about them, they were larger then the sentry turrets and had the capability to fire rocket's and normal rounds and on top of that they were able to right them selves when knocked over.
Optimus looked surprised.
Chell gave him a 'see what I mean' look.
she waited for the sting of bullets out of the barrel.
but it never came.
instead she heard a voice, a familiar voice, one she hoped she'd never have to here again.
"hello Chell."
"who is that?" said Optimus
"DON'T ASK THAT!" said GLaDOS. "I am so very sick of answering it!"
silence.
"good, now if you would so kindly proceed to the test area."
"and if we don't?" said the prime.
"oh that's simple, I'll kill you here and now."
more silence
Optimus reached down to pick up Chell.
"not her." said GLaDOS "I have something special planned for her."
Chell looked up at the colossus who sighed and walked toward the large door marked 'testing area'
then by some miraculous chance at that very moment Megatron burst into the room.
"PRIME!" he yelled
Optimus quickly side stepped the charging mad man and Megatron slammed strait into the line of turrets
then not caring what they were or what they were doing he began taring apart the assault turrets.
several of them tried to fight back shooting everything in their arsenal at him, including jets of water and strangely, cream pies which wasn't listed in the brochure.
then just as everything was going smoothly Megatron charged strait at the prime, knocking them both through the testing area door.
Chell, not sure what else to do ran down one of the corridors.

Celestia stood in front of the arch.
last night the portal had activated.
when that particular portal was created, none who stepped through it ever came back.
when she came outside to investigate the following morning she had found several scorch marks and hoof scuffs and a dragon's claw mark's .
she had already guessed what happened
the portal had to recharge before it could be opened again
"oh,Twilight." she thought. "try to hang on."