Complete story — includes the ending
The Combine have opened an interdimensional portal in place of the destroyed Citadel, to summon reinforcements and defeat the Resistance. Outside City 17, Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance escape the wreckage of a train they used to flee the city. They proceed to a transmission station, where they make contact with Dr. Isaac Kleiner and Dr. Eli Vance, who have arrived at the White Forest rocket facility.
Kleiner and Eli learn that a copied Combine transmission Alyx is carrying may be able to close the portal. Gordon and Alyx reach an abandoned mine, where Alyx is critically wounded by a Combine Hunter. A vortigaunt leads them to an underground outpost, where Gordon is instructed to help gather larvae from an antlion colony to heal Alyx. After the larvae are gathered, vortigaunts begin to heal Alyx. With their abilities diverted, the G-Man can now connect to Gordon. He reveals that he rescued Alyx from Black Mesa during the Resonance Cascade, and that it is imperative she reaches White Forest. The G-Man instructs an unconscious Alyx to tell Eli to "prepare for unforeseen consequences".
After Alyx recovers, they reunite with Eli, Kleiner and her pet robot, Dog, at White Forest and are introduced to Dr. Arne Magnusson. The scientists are preparing a rocket which they plan to use with the code to reverse the portal. After Gordon subdues a Combine attack on the facility, Alyx gives Kleiner a message recorded by Judith Mossman, which contains the location of the Borealis, a vanished Aperture Science research vessel. Kleiner believes the vessel contains technology capable of combating the Combine, but Eli argues the vessel should be destroyed. They agree that Alyx and Gordon should travel to the ship and locate Mossman. Alyx unconsciously delivers the G-Man's message to her father, troubling him. Gordon learns from Eli that the G-Man provided the test sample which caused the Black Mesa Incident, warning Eli with the same message as Gordon entered the test chamber. He promises to explain more after the portal is closed.
While the scientists prepare the launch, the Combine attack White Forest again. Gordon defeats them using explosive weaponry created by Magnusson. The scientists launch the rocket and close the portal, trapping all remaining Combine forces on Earth. As Alyx and Freeman prepare to leave for the Borealis, Eli warns Gordon about the ship's "cargo". The trio head to a hangar to board a helicopter, but two Combine Advisors appear and restrain them. Eli is killed by an Advisor before Dog can chase the Advisors away. Alyx, sobbing, clutches her father's body.
Kleiner and Eli learn that a copied Combine transmission Alyx is carrying may be able to close the portal. Gordon and Alyx reach an abandoned mine, where Alyx is critically wounded by a Combine Hunter. A vortigaunt leads them to an underground outpost, where Gordon is instructed to help gather larvae from an antlion colony to heal Alyx. After the larvae are gathered, vortigaunts begin to heal Alyx. With their abilities diverted, the G-Man can now connect to Gordon. He reveals that he rescued Alyx from Black Mesa during the Resonance Cascade, and that it is imperative she reaches White Forest. The G-Man instructs an unconscious Alyx to tell Eli to "prepare for unforeseen consequences".
After Alyx recovers, they reunite with Eli, Kleiner and her pet robot, Dog, at White Forest and are introduced to Dr. Arne Magnusson. The scientists are preparing a rocket which they plan to use with the code to reverse the portal. After Gordon subdues a Combine attack on the facility, Alyx gives Kleiner a message recorded by Judith Mossman, which contains the location of the Borealis, a vanished Aperture Science research vessel. Kleiner believes the vessel contains technology capable of combating the Combine, but Eli argues the vessel should be destroyed. They agree that Alyx and Gordon should travel to the ship and locate Mossman. Alyx unconsciously delivers the G-Man's message to her father, troubling him. Gordon learns from Eli that the G-Man provided the test sample which caused the Black Mesa Incident, warning Eli with the same message as Gordon entered the test chamber. He promises to explain more after the portal is closed.
While the scientists prepare the launch, the Combine attack White Forest again. Gordon defeats them using explosive weaponry created by Magnusson. The scientists launch the rocket and close the portal, trapping all remaining Combine forces on Earth. As Alyx and Freeman prepare to leave for the Borealis, Eli warns Gordon about the ship's "cargo". The trio head to a hangar to board a helicopter, but two Combine Advisors appear and restrain them. Eli is killed by an Advisor before Dog can chase the Advisors away. Alyx, sobbing, clutches her father's body.
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