Outside Aperture

Outside Aperture is a short eight-minute fan film based on the original ending of Portal, when the Party Escort Bot was not added into the game to drag Chell back into the Enrichment Center. The film centers around the assumption that Chell manages to escape the Enrichment Center and has to continue surviving with various stocked food supplies and her trusty Portal Gun.

Plot
Set directly after the events of the original ending of Portal, Chell escapes the Enrichment Center and makes effort to continue survival. Living on stocked food supplies, and daily usage of the Portal Gun, she resides inside an abandoned home. Often, she would suffer from paranoia, thinking that GLaDOS is still alive and searching for her.

She first reacts towards the television being switched to an automated commercial where Aperture Science would advertize on recruiting test subjects. Moments after realizing the voice of GLaDOS on her television, she places a portal underneath the chair holding the television and another above a fan, disconnecting the wiring on the television. Afterwards, she becomes paranoid and begins to feel that she is still being monitored by GLaDOS. She immediately turns around. Expecting a security camera behind her, she finds that there was nothing.

Eventually, Chell becomes tiresome of constantly living on beans, she searches her kitchen for a cookbook. She discovers a book for cake recipes, and begins to read as much as she can. Upon finding the type of cake she desires, she begins to shed a tear of joy and quickly attempts to bake it. She reaches out for flour containers and begins pouring it into a pan. Several recipes later, she finally prepares into the oven. After constantly checking up on it from time to time in desperation, she spends her time by playing around with the portals first. After the cake was finally ready, she begins placing in the final touches, and finally tastes it.

Unsatisfied with the results, she decided to remake another cake. This time, she adds a bit more salt and further stirs it up. Still waiting for the cake to finish in the oven, she begins drawing a graffiti of the Companion Cube and writes out what she thinks it would comment on. Alerted by the oven, she finally finds the cake ready and adds the final touches once more. This time, she adds a candle and lights it up. The film ends as she places it in the fridge after having a slice of it, and finally rests beside her Portal Gun.