How long has Gordon been gone now? Two hours? Three? Long enough for it to get well and truly dark out, if the (now working, finally) control room monitors are anything to go by. That's the only indication Alyx currently has of the passage of time.

Not that it really matters. Alyx is deeply engrossed in the process of piecing together the Borealis ( Read more... )

There was no time to program in coordinates, no time to engage any kind of safety protocol. Once they got to the control room for the portal generator, all they had time to do was hit the big red button and pray ( Read more... )

The door opens onto cool air, the hum of ventilation fans, and the slanted, golden light of the same August morning they left three months ago ( Read more... )