Prologue:
It had been three years since Chell had been released from
Aperture, no food, portal device, or even a place to go, but her will to
survive kept her alive. For the first few days of her freedom, she searched for
any sign of human life, but she needed food and a place to sleep. After walking
through the grassy field and endless forest, she stumbled upon a small town of
smashed buildings, uprooted trees, and dead bodies, everywhere. Inside the
rubble of a house was a newspaper from 2007. The whole nation, it seemed, had
been ruined by a war that started in New Mexico, where the science facility,
Black Mesa introduced an alien species into the world. She remembered from a
speech she overheard in Aperture’s 1960’s facility that Black Mesa was
Aperture’s rival in science.
A man by the name of Wallace Breen had taken control of the
Earth by forces of his army and creatures from the Xen planet; they were
horrible, taking over human bodies, ripping limbs of others. Breen was the head
of Black Mesa, when it still functioned. After the Resonance Cascade, the
initial invasion of the alien species, all hell broke loose and he took
control, leading attack after attack on every state in the US. Aperture Science
Laboratories had apparently been affected by the war after Chell destroyed
GLaDOS the
first time.
That would explain the ruins the facility was in when she awoke from her long cryo-sleep. She stayed in the ruined town for about three months but over time, Chell moved away from the rubble and moved closer to the woods near it. She managed to build a small hut out of old concrete blocks from the ruins of the town she encountered. The only living things around the woods were an occasional deer, squirrel, and the occasional head-crab. In the town, she had found food: cans of beans, jelly, corn, and even pork. The ruins of the grocery store had lots of canned goods underneath the remains. Underneath the stones of ruined houses, she found a lead crow bar, a small pistol, very little ammunition, and an ax. She couldn't fight the occasional head-crabs with her bare hands. She was alone, but didn't feel alone. Chell was free.
first time.
That would explain the ruins the facility was in when she awoke from her long cryo-sleep. She stayed in the ruined town for about three months but over time, Chell moved away from the rubble and moved closer to the woods near it. She managed to build a small hut out of old concrete blocks from the ruins of the town she encountered. The only living things around the woods were an occasional deer, squirrel, and the occasional head-crab. In the town, she had found food: cans of beans, jelly, corn, and even pork. The ruins of the grocery store had lots of canned goods underneath the remains. Underneath the stones of ruined houses, she found a lead crow bar, a small pistol, very little ammunition, and an ax. She couldn't fight the occasional head-crabs with her bare hands. She was alone, but didn't feel alone. Chell was free.
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