Chell stood dumbfounded on the platform surrounded by large panels with spikes on them, or as Wheatley called them, 'Mashy Spike Plates'. She just got catapulted by a few aerial faith plates onto the platform of which she was standing now. What just happened? She thought as she took in her situation. Of course. A death trap. Wheatley's image was made up by multiple screens and he started talking, but Chell wasn't listening. Instead she found some conversion gel leaking from a pipe under the catwalk sort of far away. She looked up and found a portal surface on the catwalk, so she worked out a plan really fast. She shot a blue portal under the conversion gel pipe, then a orange one on the portal surface on the catwalk.
"No! Nonono! Don't do that! Stand right here! Start the machine..start the machine...start the machine..." Wheatley yelled, but it was too late. Gel splashed onto Chell's platform, and she shot the blue portal under her just as the spike plates came down onto the platform. She escaped!
"Where'd you go? Come back! Come back! Please?"
I can't believe that actually worked! Chell thought as she ran toward a door.
"Look, I promise I'm not going to kill you,okay? IF you come back." He said desperately. Chell rolled her eyes and walked back into Wheatley's view. "Oh! You came back. I didn- oh, I didn't plan for this...can't exactly reset the death trap...uhm.... Oh! Could you - would you jump into that pit? Would you just jump into that pit for me?" He asked urgently.
I don't know, what's in it for me?
"Could you - would you jump into that pit, there? That deadly pit...You're saying to yourself, 'Why should I jump in the pit?' I'll tell you why. Guess who's down there? Your parents! You're not adopted after all! It's your natural parents down there in the pit. Should've mentioned it before, but I didn't. So jump on down... and...reunite with mummy and daddy. Oh, I'll tell you what's also down there. Your parents.. and there's also an escape elevator! Down there. Funny. Should've mentioned it before. What's in the pit. So pop down, jump down, you got your folks down there, and an escape elevator. And. What else is down there... Tell you what! It's only a new jumpsuit! A very trendy...designer.... come from France....down there. Which is at least exactly your size. And it- if it's a bit baggy, we've got a tailor down there as well who can take it in for you. What's this, a lovely handbag? And.. the three portal device! It's all dow- It's all down there! Um... you've got... a yacht...and...boys! Loads of boys! Fellas, hunky guys, possibly even a boyfriend! Who's to say? Not sure at this stage. But, uh. Lots of good looking fellas down there. And.. a- a boy band! As well! That have... never seen a woman in.. years. And they're not picky at all! They don't care if you've got a bit of brain damage, if you've been running around and sweating."
Chell rolled her eyes as she stood there, about to jump to get him to shut up.
"And...a farm! A pony farm! And...ah..oh..just jump down, would ya?" He said, and that got Chell's attention. She jumped down into the pit. "Oh! Wow! Good! Didn't think that would work!" Wheatley said, but only just before POTaTOS said one thing.
"You really do have brain damage, don't you? I can't believe you came back!" She snapped. Chell expected death, but instead was rewarded with sunshine.
Chell stood there, dumbfounded yet again, because she saw trees. Apple trees! She saw a barn up a hill.
"What the hell? How did the moron even DO that?" POTaTOS said calmly, obviously dumbfounded as well.
"I don't know..." Chell spoke her first words.
"Again, what the hell? You talked! This is officially the strangest day of my entire life." POTaTOS said with panic in her voice.
"Just shut up, would ya, GLaDOS?" Chell snapped, walking toward the barn.