We arrived at Test Chamber 92. Some platforms were retracting and coming out repeatedly. GLaDOS spoke again. \u201cOh well,\u201d she remarked, \u201cif it isn\u2019t the grand return of King Moron, his Mute Princess, and the Huntress. You\u2019ve come \u2018Back to the Future\u2019 of science, I see. As I said earlier, not that you were listening, I\u2019m still fixing up the place. So, hold on a moment.\u201d She managed to fix the platforms to make a bridge as we headed to a rather open chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, OH! I remember this test!\u201d cheered Wheatley \u201cI tried it once, couldn\u2019t do it, and, well, I simplified it! See if you can do it, go on!\u201d In the middle of the chamber was a weight switch that opened the door in the middle of the wall ahead. I assumed it triggered a ramp once unlocked. I summoned the Companion Cube and put it on the switch. It did as I assumed. \u201cYay!\u201d called Wheatley. \u201cYou did it! Well done you!\u201d I was about to approach the ramp, but Chell put a hand on my shoulder. She shook her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou think GLaDOS would change the test back to its factory settings?\u201d I guessed. Chell nodded. \u201cI can see why you would say that,\u201d I continued, \u201cbut, maybe, she won\u2019t notice this one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNO!\u201d snapped GLaDOS. \u201cThis is NOT an acceptable Test Chamber! Nor is it acceptable to ruin perfectly good testing scenarios! Here, let me fix it to how it was!\u201d The ramp went down and the weight switch flipped over. An energy ball emitter and its acceptor ran along the wall on the right of the door. Above them was a platform with turrets blocking the way to an excursion funnel leading to a weight switch. On the door\u2019s left, there was an Aerial Faith plate leading to the turret platform and a panel on the ceiling facing one on the floor with a target switch nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen again,\u201d I wailed, \u201cI could be the victim of wishful thinking!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to say, \u2018I told you so\u2019, but I told you so!\u201d signed Chell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI MAY have been a little hasty in thinking GLaDOS would let it slide,\u201d I sighed as I summoned the turret and cube. I sighed as Chell made a portal from the wall panel to the ceiling panel. She got me to press the button to release the energy ball. Chell then got the turret to fire on the target switch. The panel on the floor tilted towards the acceptor. The energy ball went through the portal and was directed to the acceptor. It made the part of the bridge the turrets were on tilt to let them fall into a pit. Chell then grabbed the cube with the portal gun and used the Aerial Faith plate to get onto the platform once the bridge came back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHave you ever had a fly buzzing around your head that won\u2019t leave you alone?\u201d asked GLaDOS. \u201cNo matter how hard you try, you can\u2019t get rid of it. It just keeps coming back time and time again.\u201d Chell then put the cube into the Excursion Funnel and it floated up to the weight switch. The door unlocked again and the ramp came back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYaHEY!\u201d cheered Wheatley. \u201cThat\u2019s it! Simple, isn\u2019t it really, once you\u2019ve figured it out?\u201d We went into the elevator and went up. Test Chamber 93 was our destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is one of my most recent chambers,\u201d reported GLaDOS, \u201cand you\u2019ll be glad to know I\u2019ve completely reinforced the Aerial Faith plates to account for your bubbly personality.\u201d A target switch was near the door, connecting to an Aerial Faith plate on the wall. There was one on the ground as well. We explored further to see a light bridge connecting two areas. There was an energy ball emitter and a white panel facing it on the bottom. Chell made a blue portal on the panel. I summoned the turret and got it to fire at the target switch. It tilted the Aerial Faith plate on the wall. I used the one on the ground to reach the wall one and I went to the rightmost area. I saw an Excursion Funnel with a weight switch on the ceiling, summoned the cube, and placed it in the Funnel. It floated upwards, activating the switch. It connected to the Energy Ball transmitter and released a ball. Chell came up as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust a quick FYI,\u201d warned Wheatley, \u201cthose High Energy Pellets are NOT candy and actually really hurt if you come into contact with them. Best to just use them to solve the Test Chamber and not try to eat them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid he try to do that?\u201d signed Chell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis IS Wheatley we\u2019re talking about,\u201d I reminded her. Chell went to an area where there were two moving platforms to stand on and a white panel beside them. Chell made a blue portal, thus making the portal tunnel complete, and the High Energy Pellet went through and into an acceptor. It activated a piece of wall that allowed a white panel to appear on the side. We went on the moving platforms and went into the new area. Chell saw a tilting panel and made a portal between the two panels in the area. I went down a flight of stairs and summoned the cube again. I put it on the weight switch and it brought the tilted panel up and we went into the portal to get to the elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t so hard,\u201d signed Chell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven SIGNING that is a bad idea!\u201d I protested. We entered the elevator and went up, right into GLaDOS\u2019 chamber. She had remodeled it after our last encounter and was humming to herself while looking through a door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan\u2019t even solve the test I sent them!\u201d she hummed to herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHello!\u201d called Wheatley. Idiot! We were going for stealth! \u201cWhat are you hiding there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou?!\u201d snapped GLaDOS as she turned to face us. \u201cI thought the elevator from Test Chamber 93 went to the incinerato\u2026Party\u2026Cake\u2026Location! But, this makes sense. Criminals always return to the scene of the crime! And look who else showed up.\u201d She tilted her \u201chead\u201d to a core on the ground. Cores are machines like Wheatley, but this one had an orange eye instead of Wheatley\u2019s blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpace is my favorite color!\u201d it called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Space Core?\u201d I asked. That specific core was a corrupted one obsessed with Outer Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpaaaaace!\u201d laughed the Space Core. \u201cSpaaaaace! Spaaaaace? Space. Spaaaace.\u201d Wheatley groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat guy is really annoying,\u201d he moaned. \u201cI mean, honestly, you wouldn\u2019t believe how annoying he is. Very annoying, annoying, annoying.\u201d He started flying around GLaDOS, the Space Core, and us! \u201cAnnoying! Annoying!\u201d I think you get the picture. \u201cAnd I just, I can\u2019t even be bothered. I\u2019ll explain what I mean later, but he\u2019s\u2026he\u2019s annoying!\u201d He started repeating that word again, for a while, until Chell whacked him without looking like Bruce Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGLaDOS,\u201d I demanded, \u201cI\u2019m giving you one last chance! Surrender the rift tech you have or Chell and I will take it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m surrendering NOTHING!\u201d snarled GLaDOS. \u201cYou have embarrassed me for the final time, meat-sack! If I obeyed you, my credentials as a computer more powerful than anything Black Mesa could dredge up would be at stake!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI appreciate that your reputation might be a little shaken,\u201d I conceded as I drew my i.d tag, \u201cbut not letting me have the tech now will be an action you\u2019ll regret later! Henshin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d taunted GLaDOS as I changed, \u201cbut there won\u2019t be a later. Because, here\u2019s another old friend of yours: neurotoxin!\u201d The gas came up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKamen Rider Hunt!\u201d I called. \u201cI shall always get my prey!\u201d Chell looked at me. \u201cWell, don\u2019t you have a catchphrase?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d she signed, \u201cbecause my vocal cords are paralyzed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love space!\u201d remarked the Space Core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNeurotoxin level at capacity in five minutes,\u201d said an announcer program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTime for round three, is it?\u201d asked GLaDOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d suggested Wheatley, \u201chere\u2019s my plan, I think we should try and force a good old-fashioned Core Transfer. Classic, okay? If we can find a way to damage her, then we can force that space monkey into her body!\u201d Maybe I have a dirty mind, but that couldn\u2019t have been what Wheatley meant. \u201cWhy not take a look around and see what we can use?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKeep it down!\u201d I snarled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will NOT have my core transferred!\u201d shouted GLaDOS. \u201cCan\u2019t you learn some new tricks?\u201d We found a weight switch. I summoned the cube and placed it onto the switch while Chell used the portal gun to make a portal going from a panel in front of a High Energy Pellet emitter and a panel behind GLaDOS. The energy ball came on and went through the portal. \u201cOUCH!\u201d protested GLaDOS as the pellet hit her. \u201cWhat is it with you?!\u201d The panel fell, revealing where the Space Core wandered off to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey Lady!\u201d it called. \u201cSpace! Lady! Gotta go to space! Lady! Hey\u2026space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWarning,\u201d announced the announcer program, \u201cCore Corruption at 25%.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes!\u201d cheered Wheatley. \u201cYes, this is it! You\u2019re on to something! You\u2019re on to something! Keep going with this! I like it! I love it! You look great, by the way, have you been working out?\u201d We went up a ramp made from the wreckage and summoned the turret to shoot at a target switch. It activated an excursion funnel and I used an Aerial Faith plate to launch myself into it. I used it to arrive at a button which, when I pressed it, activated another panel behind GLaDOS. Chell made a portal between the new panel and the panel in front of the emitter. The cube was put back on the weight switch and the High Energy Pellet was thrown into GLaDOS\u2019 backside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI let you go!\u201d she snapped to Chell once she recovered. \u201cI sent you away!! Why won\u2019t you leave me alone?!! FOREVER!!!!\u201d An explosion made a pipe full of repulsion gel spill its contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWarning,\u201d called the announcer program, \u201cCore Corruption at 50%.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, she does NOT like that!\u201d mused Wheatley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne more should do nicely,\u201d I pondered, \u201cand then we can initiate the core transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou cannot force me to agree to th-,\u201d GLaDOS was cut off by static. \u201cMy voice?! What\u201d more static \u201cto my\u201d more static. She regained her vocal processors. \u201cAll you need to do is turn around and leave! There is NOTHING for you here anymore!\u201d I bounced on the Repulsion Gel and landed on the platform with a button. I was about to press when\u2026it happened! At first, I didn\u2019t want to believe it, but, there, delivering a kick to my ribs, was Igura!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU?!\u201d I snarled, remembering her involvement in Vortech\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMe,\u201d confirmed Igura. \u201cAnd YOU are trespassing in Shocker Rift territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShocker Rift?\u201d I scoffed. \u201cThat\u2019s what you guys call it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot my first choice, but the troops like it,\u201d replied Igura as she revealed her belt, with the symbol of Shocker on it, an eagle holding the earth. \u201cI don\u2019t think I told you the name of my belt, did I? I call it the Talon Typhoon, so much better than the \u2018Shocker Driver\u2019 that Ambassador Hell wanted to call it.\u201d She then did her henshin sequence like in the DC Comics world. She crossed her left arm in front of her, with the hand in a clawed fashion, and slowly moved it across the front with her right hand at her hip. \u201cNova\u2026\u201d she began. Her left hand then went to her hip as her right hand moved across her front with a clawed hand. \u201cHENSHIN!\u201d She opened the wings to split the Earth it had in its talons to reveal the fan. She ran to make enough wind pressure to make it turn and activate the suit. She became Kamen Rider Talon again. She drew her foil and we clashed. We were fighting over who stayed on the platform. I kept up the attack and switched my blade to gun mode. Talon leapt out of the way of my shots. She kept her distance, my intention, as I went for the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSTOP HER!\u201d roared GLaDOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you think I\u2019m trying to do?!\u201d screeched Talon. She leapt on me, we dropped our blades, and we grappled each other. I was doing everything I could to get to the button, but Talon was holding me back. We were in a tight spot. Soon, we were trying to push each other off the platform, then Talon got me in a better position. My back was to the button! When she pushed harder, I let go and side stepped to allow her to stumble towards and accidentally press the button. Another panel behind GLaDOS popped up and Chell made the portal again. She fired off one last High Energy Pellet. It caused damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWarning,\u201d alerted the announcer. \u201cCore Corruption at 100%<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYaHEY!\u201d cheered Wheatley. \u201cGet in! That\u2019ll teach her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cManual Core Replacement required,\u201d reported the announcer program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cQuick!\u201d called Wheatley. \u201cStick Spacey in there before she figures out another way to stop us!\u201d GLaDOS tried flipping the panel the Core rested on, but Chell made a portal and grabbed it. She then installed the Space Core into the Core Replacement terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlternate Core detected,\u201d reported the announcer program. \u201cSubstitute core accepted. Substitute Core, are you ready to start the procedure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOooh! Yes! Yes! Let\u2019s go to space!\u201d answered the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCorrupted core, are you ready to start the procedure?\u201d asked the announcer program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNO! NEVER! I AM NOT CORRUPTED!\u201d shouted GLaDOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStalemate detected,\u201d reported the announcer program. \u201cTransfer procedure cannot continue unless a Stalemate Associate is present to press the Stalemate Resolution Button.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t do it!\u201d shouted GLaDOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would listen to her!\u201d supplied Talon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan\u2019t do that, sorry,\u201d I called. A button popped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo!\u201d roared GLaDOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes!\u201d I countered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u012ae!\u201d (No!) called Igura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNdiyo!\u201d (Yes!) I replied. I pressed the button. GLaDOS gasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStalemate resolved,\u201d reported the announcer program. Panels popped up around GLaDOS and machinery started their work. The Core Replacement terminal brought the Space Core down. As the machinery did its work, I heard GLaDOS screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA beautiful sound, really,\u201d signed Chell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m gonna have to debate that,\u201d I gulped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs would I!\u201d snarled Talon as she attacked us. The attacks went so rapidly that Chell couldn\u2019t sign her thoughts. We ended up in the room GLaDOS poked her head into earlier. Inside, the was a gateway, like the one on Vorton! It didn\u2019t have the Keystones, so, no powers for her. Thank goodness. Talon shoved us out of the room and back into the main chamber. The Space Core then spun around, screaming \u201cSPACE!\u201d and whacked a corner pipe off and sent it flying at Igura\u2019s head. She didn\u2019t duck fast enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVent system compromised,\u201d called the announcer program. \u201cNeurotoxin offline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, that was close!\u201d sighed Wheatley. \u201cI mean, not for me, but you two were almost done for. All right, now, let\u2019s see what she was hiding. I bet she\u2019s got tons of skeletons in her closet. Literally, there used to be loads of staff here. I\u2019ve not seen hide nor hair of them.\u201d Wheatley entered the room with us as I cancelled my transformation. He found something near the gateway. \u201cOi! What\u2019s this then? Some sort of flash drive? Valuable stuff is on it, I bet! We could use it!\u201d He then saw boxes with \u201cBlack Mesa\u201d on them. \u201cWell, I never! Where do you suppose she got these then?\u201d While Chell face-palmed, I got to work on the gateway. Chell tapped my shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d she signed as she retrieved the flash drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m setting this thing to blow once we use it to get to Vorton,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is V-O-R-T-O-N?\u201d Chell had to spell out Vorton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe base of operations for me and my team,\u201d I answered as I put the finishing touches to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNice, what are you up to?\u201d asked Wheatley, proving he hadn\u2019t paid attention. The rift opened. \u201cThat answers that, then. After you?\u201d Chell went first. I looked at Wheatley. \u201cGo on, ladies first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I need a brave knight to scout ahead with Chell,\u201d I purred. I had to stoke his ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, if you insist!\u201d called Wheatley. He went in, then I followed. The truth is, I wanted to keep an eye on him since he betrayed Chell a while ago. The rest, you know, Your Highness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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