I Don't Want To Be Free

handsomesphere:

Fact’s stony expression did not change.

“Fact: That core is Aperture Science property. Fact: It is also extremely damaged, and the Fact Construct greatly doubts you have the ability to repair it- or dispose of it in an environmentally-friendly way, if you prefer.”

He stepped forward, the three-pronged weapon protruding from his arm and crackling with energy.

“Fact: This can emit 200 000 volts of energy in under a second and arc approximately 10 metres away from the conduit.” He remarked blandly. “Fact: Your human body would most certainly not survive. Fact: the Fact Construct kindly repeats its request for that piece of equipment, while implying consequences should you refuse.”

Rick would have agreed, that was no way to treat a lady, but there wasn’t much he could do about it. Instead, the moment that Fact threatened Chell, Rick made a low, but loud rumbling noise of gears grinding. He really was making a valiant effort to be threatening, though there wasn’t much he could do. Rick didn’t want anything to happen to that spunky test subject that went out to take down that blue whiny core he had to spend time with in space.

Chell gulped and shook her head. Wait, this robot in front of her... was Fact Core? But he was a sphere last time she had seen him. But they sounded alike, and always said facts.

She felt extremely threatened, but then came to the conclusion that this construct had to be from Aperture.. That meant they had a way back into Aperture!

She looked down at the ball of metal in her hands and chucked it into the corn field and ran to the shack, grabbing her companion cube up and running into the shaft and pressing the down button in the elevator. As it started to move, she smiled happily.

handsomesphere:

Fact stepped out into plain view, gaze flicking from Chell to Rick, expression bland.

“Fact: You will hand that piece of Aperture equipment over. Immediately.” he demanded tonelessly.

Rick’s flickering optic focused on Fact for several seconds before realizing who it was. There was some angry metallic grinding suddenly from deep inside of the core. He didn’t think he could muster up the power to say anything, but he was trying to be intimidating regardless, even if that persnickety former core was now bigger than him.

Chell held the core defensively. That was no way to treat a lady, and she sure as heck wasn't going to give it up now. Shaking her head stubbornly, she backed away from Fact Core, still holding Rick. She motioned to her cube to get out of the way, but this time it decided to be a rebel and stay where it was.

Sometimes, Chell didn't understand him at all. She looked behind her to see if it was necesary to run into the feild if Fact decided to be more agressive. 

handsomesphere:

Fact waited as the lift finally reached the surface, settling into place before the door opened.

He stepped out into the sunlight, only vaguely recognizing the somewhat milestone-event that being outside was- he immediately decided it was dirty and horrid. He sniffed in disdain and looked around at the organic matter growing towards the atmosphere. His eyes caught on a trail of smoke a little ways off… and a trail through the corn that was obviously fresh. 

Then, he noticed some rustling sounds from behind the shed.

He grinned.

Fact: This was easier than he’d thought.

Rick was still activated, but his optic was starting to dim instead of just flicker. He seemed content to be on Chell’s lap. He was kind of surprised he’d survived the whole ‘meteor core’ thing he tried in the first place. At least he’d have a comfortable place to die with a pretty nice view. His eye panels adjusted themselves in a happy, or at least content manner as his voice function seemed to be broken and skipping.

Rick did catch something with his audio sensors, he turned his optic as much as he could toward the direction of the sound, trying to warn Chell.

“K-K-K-Ke——L-L-L-Loo-Look ou-ou-ou,” he attempted.

 Chell was trying to be comforting to Rick as his processor got slower and slower. She really didn't want this poor core to die! That would be bad! The bunette crinkled her nose and inhaled the fresh air, looking out beyond the distance.

Once the corrupted Adventure Core told her to look out, the brunette sat up and looked alert. She ddin't quite know what was going on, but she held the core closer to her, gripping tightly on the one functioning handle he had left. She couldn't lose him.

Upon being picked up and nuzzled, he made a positive-sounding humming noise; something that could be construed as the beginning of a word. Now that he was off of the ground, several charred and deep dents could be seen around his outer body and the sides where servos and gears were more obvious looked as though they were damaged, out of place, and were sparking. 

His optic flickered when the companion cube came into view, and then again when he could see the video recording system. With some scraping metal, he tried to turn and look at Chell, mostly failing. 

The brunette saw that the core was trying to turn to face her, so she turned the core to face her, and frowned. It looked so bent out of shape. She waited for anything to happen to save the Adventure Core.

Nothing.

Chell walked out of the shack and sighed, looking at her companion cube that was patiently on the floor, in the same spot. She held the Core in her lap as she sat down on the cube and stared up at the sky. How did this core even get back from Space?

Rick’s green optic flickered a couple of times, nearly blinking right out when Chell picked him up and dropped him again. He moved his handles slightly, to show he was still alive somehow, though it was met with the grinding of gears and metal scraping against metal. He didn’t realize it, but his higher handle was bent nearly off, completely flattened against his core body. To a human, that might not have seemed like such a bad thing, but to a core, it was like having one’s arms broken completely and then plastered across one’s body.

He tried to speak, but his voice sounding like a broken record, “H-H-H-H-H-Hey t-there d-d-d-d-darlin’, w-what-what’s the s-s-s-situation?”

His optic dimmed again, speaking probably wasn’t a good idea for a core that was critically damaged.

The former Aperture Science tester frowned at the core and picked him up and nuzzled him in her arms. He seemed like there was something wrong with him. More than usual, at least. The brunette noticed it's metal handle being crushed against it's body and frowned. What if it died in front of her?

Maybe her companion cube would know what to do! She held the core delicately in her hands as she sprinted back to the cube, who had followed her orders to stay in that same spot. Looking relieved, she showed the cube the broken core, hoping it would tell her what to do. He usually did tell her what to do.

When the Cube didn't say anything, Chell pouted. He was being unusually quiet today. When the girl realized it was either one: mad at her, or two: didn't know what to do either, she bit her lip in frustration.

Wait...

She glanced up at the shack. Of course! GLaDOS! As she ran into the shack and practically shoved the broken core at the recording video screen, she frowned.

Another Portal animation I did for shits and giggles. 

View sucked. Company sucked. Boredom sucked. Space, just as Rick had been trying to tell Space core, sucked. Zero-gravity was entertaining for all of… never and hearing Space and Wheatley babble for eternity was NOT how Rick planned on going out. He could see Earth from here; his green optic narrowed on his goal. Yeah no, if he had a choice, he’d go out in a goddamn blaze of fire. That’s what a true adventurer deserved; not to die a slow death of boredom and annoyance. 

He was no geeky scientist, so figuring out how to make a crash landing might… Woah, suddenly he was going a shitton faster than he remembered. 

“Aw fuck yeah!” he yelled, when he realized he had just accomplished on accident what he was just trying to plan out. 

He was quickly gaining a LOT of speed VERY fast, and it looked like there was a lot of fire starting in the air around him. With a mighty yell, he hit the earth, making a large crater around him. When the dust settled, his optic was almost closed and it was flickering quickly, threatening to go out. He could feel heat damage and dents all around him.

“Tha’s… th’way… t’go,” he gasped with simulated breath and began to shut down.

It had been a week. A miserable week full of many new experiences. This experience, like the others, Chell had NOT been expecting at all. She had been trying to get the knots out of her hair with her fingers for the past hour, while sitting on the companion cube. She looked like a mess, however, because of the rain earlier on the week, the kindhearted young woman didn't look as quite of a mess.

On this clear sunny day, Chell was started by something coming from the sky and almost shaking the whole area as it crashed to earth. She jumped off her best friend and looked around.

What was that? Chell saw that the thing had plummeted to earth a little off in the distance. She could go over there and check it out. GLaDOS had told her to go make some new disaster. What if this could be that thing? What if she showed the disaster to GLaDOS? It might be her ticket to getting back in.

The brunette looked at the cube and motioned for it to stay there. It didn't respond back, so she smiled. At least it was paying attention to her and obeying. She started running towards the area the object crashed, about seven miles away.

She was a bit out of breath when she finally got to the object, but she attempted to pick it up, only to toss it back on the ground from her hands being burnt. She then blinked, kneeling down to the extremely hot metal ball.

Wait, wasn't this a core that I put on Wheatley? Chell blinked, looking extremely confused. Wait, didn't... Weren't they in space?

How did this... What.

She looked around for a way to turn it around without hurting herself. She then realized she could nudge it with her longfall boot and have it turn so she could see which one it was. As she did this, she saw it's green optic trying to fade out.