My name is Ash and I'm a computer hacker. Never been employed by any of the big firms but they have shown interest. I work alone and live alone. I graduated from MIT getting degrees in computers.

I was walking around the city at the moment and I felt like I was being followed. I was supposed to meet someone at a nearby club. I didn't know who this person was because they had contacted me from a payphone this afternoon. The conversation was kind of strange but in a way it made sense.

"I know who you are Ash Malone and I know what you know." A voice came at the other end.

"Who is this?" I asked the stranger on the other end.

"I want you to meet me at the club that is nearest to where you live tonight at nine o' clock and come alone." The voice stopped abruptly after that and I put the phone down.

'That was weird. But maybe it could be something very important. I should go and check it out.' I thought to myself.

I walked towards the club and took stock that I was going to meet a complete stranger. I decided the hell with it and entered the club.

The spot lights were blaring around everywhere as the dance music continued to play. There wasn't enough space in the club so I was kind of struggling to get around.

When a good song came on more people came onto the dance floor.

I went down and sat at a table and then looked at my watch and saw that it was just about to hit nine o' clock. Maybe this person wouldn't show up and I could just forget about it.

"Good to see that you are punctual." A voice came from behind me. It was a woman. She had black hair and blue eyes. She sat down beside me. "Are you Ash Malone?"

"Yes I am. Why am I here?" I said back to her.

"Because you know something and people are following you. Am I correct?" She said to me.

"Yeah I've only just noticed that." I said to her. I looked around and saw nothing. "Whoever was following me must have given up."

"No I need you to come with me now." She said. She got up really fast and forcefully grabbed my arm and moved us to the back exit. "They'll be after you so for your own safety you need to come with me right now."

"Where are we going?" I said to her trying to get my arm out of her grip. We were headed towards her car someone opened the door from the inside.

The man who opened the door had no hair but had a moustache and a beard opened the door. "Hey! Is this another new one Trinity?" He said as we got into the car.

"Yeah Cypher we need to get her back to Morpheus and the exit." Trinity said and I just looked out the window.

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The next thing I knew we were at some big house. "Out now." The other female occupant said to me. I got out and immediately got wet. "Into the house." She said to me and I walked up the stairs.

The house was big and dusty like it had been abandoned years ago. I saw the caked on dust attached to most surfaces. I was pushed into another room. The wallpaper was a green pattern and most of it was falling off the walls. I saw two large armchairs and a table with a glass of water seated in the middle of the chairs.

"What is this place?" I said to them. I was made to sit down in one of the chairs. The people left and I was alone in the room. None of them answered my question. Why was I here? What did they want with me? Why did they say I was important?

Maybe soon I would find out.