Rated T for swearing and violence.

Disclaimer: obviously the Matrix characters aren't mine but Rogue, Syd, Angel and Dan Harris are so if you want to use these characters in your fics then ask me first. To see which characters are mine and which are from the movies then check out the characters page on my website- there should be a link to it on my profile page. Plus I'm making no money from this site or these fics so please don't sue me.

Reviews: I love em- just try to be nice cos I'm new to this whole "writing up my ideas" thing.

Note: This fic is set approx. 1 month after the first movie ended. Oh yeah there's a lot of action in these fics so I hope I don't suck too badly at writing about it.

Chapter one- Visions

San Francisco, California.

It was a beautiful night in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge was lit up, the stars were out and the full moon was casting a small glow over everything in its path. Too bad none of it was real. Through all this illusion people still went out clubbing till the early hours of the morning, married couples still had dinner together and young children still had sweet dreams about what they were getting for Christmas- despite it being the middle of June. There was one woman who saw through it all and saw the world for what it really was- a computer generated simulation called The Matrix- and right now she was trying to find her way out of that simulation. She ran through alleyways, in front of cars, jumped over rooftops, fired bullets at policemen, crashed through windows until she found herself in a run down apartment building. The woman was fairly tall with pale skin and long, black hair that was tied back and she heaved a sigh of relief as she heard a phone ringing in the distance- her ticket out of here. She followed the ringing to Room 101 and kicked the door open. Inside, a man in a brown suit smiled as he fired his gun. The woman held out her hand and reflected the bullet right back at him- he dodged it with ease. He then dropped his gun and they engaged in hand-to-hand combat, moving so fast they were just a blur within this fake world. The Agent bent the womans wrist and pushed her to the floor but she didn't give up. She started doing roundhouse kicks and combos- determined not to let this "man" prevent her escape. He counterattacked her and pinned her up against the wall with one hand around her neck. She struggled but was too weak to fend him off and found herself gagging for air.

"Not so tough now are we Mrs Carter."

The woman managed to kick him off and she collapsed to the ground, gasping to get her breath back- despite there being no air within the Matrix.

"My name's Angel!" She forced herself to get up and started attacking him again but found herself being pushed against the wall again. The Agent stood back and before "Angel" could react, he had drawn his gun and fired 2 rounds into her chest. Blood started coming out of the womans mouth but the Agent kept firing- he had to make sure this would kill her. The woman made a small whimper and fell to the side, blood seeping out of all her wounds and trailing on the wall behind her. She slumped to the ground.

"Hey! What's goin on out here?"

The Agent turned his head to see a short, fat man standing outside another room down the hallway but then started shaking. Instead another Agent took his place and moved quietly towards the dead woman.

"Check her." The first agent ordered. The second agent did as he was told. He bent down next to the woman and put 2 fingers on the dead womans neck.

"She's gone" He then got up and stood next to the first agent.

"Hm. Goodbye Mrs Cassidy."

"What do we do about the other experiments?"

"We give them new identities and they'll never know she was their only hope."

The second agent turned to see a rat run out of the open doorway that the short, fat man had come out of. The rat stood, sniffed the air and ran through a hole in the door opposite. A second later, another rat came along and did the exact same thing.

The second agent turned to the first agent.

"It's been done."

The first agent nodded his head and walked to one end of the corridor. The second agent walked to the other end of the corridor, leaving another program to come and clear up "Angel's" corpse.

Syd woke up bolt upright. She panted, gasping for air from the vividness of her dream. She turned to look at the red numbers on her digital clock. 03:30. She collapsed back into her bed again, swearing under her breath.

Usually, Syd would be clubbing at this time of night but she felt really sleepy all of a sudden at about 10- which is unusual for her because she hardly ever slept. After several unsuccessful attempts to sleep again, Syd decided to get up. She pushed her feet into her bright green slippers and padded to the bathroom. She pulled the string lightswitch and stared at her reflection. She was shocked to see herself an absolute mess- Her pale skin looked tired, her Bright Red coloured hair was all tangled and her florescent pink satin pyjamas were all wrinkled- Obviously not the most "beautiful sleep" she'd had. Syd sighed as she turned on the shower and got in. Syd let out a contented sigh as she let the warm water wash away the horrible, groggy feeling of a sleepless night. After using her favourite lavender shower gel and giving her hair a quick wash, she got out and wrapped her white dressing gown around her. She then looked in the mirror again. The shower had definitely woken her up a bit but her dream still haunted her. What the hell is up with me…it was just a dream for crying out loud! She decided to go out of the bathroom and into the spacious living room of her apartment that she shared with her sister Raven. The living room was fairly cosy- complete with an old sofa covered in a tasselled blanket, an armchair, a TV with VCR and their computer. The walls had various pictures of Syd and Raven with friends and at different places like when they all had a picnic in the Golden Gate Park. The walls also had posters from different Raves, DJs, Rock bands and Motorbikes. Syd went and lay down on the sofa. She fell asleep instantly.

Syd woke up to the smell of pancakes. Her whole body ached and her head was pounding, but she forced herself to sit up anyway. She was starving and had to find out where that delicious smell was coming from. Still half-asleep, Syd went into the kitchen, which was only partially separated from the living room by a small island counter. There was a young woman standing with her back to Syd, flipping a pancake and placing it onto the pile of pancakes that was building up on a plate. She noticed Syd watching her and smiled. "Mornin'"

Syd smiled at her sister Raven. "Hey Raven. What's with all the pancakes?"

Raven smiled again. "What? So I can't make my baby sisters favourite breakfast?"

Syd narrowed her eyes and folded her arms. "You trashed another bar didn't you?"

Raven imitated a shocked expression and put her hands on her hips. "No I didn't actually. I saw you sleeping on the couch and figured you musta had a rough night. Obviously I was right." She nodded at Syds messed up hair and wrinkled pyjamas.

Syd looked down at herself. "You're right. I'm a total mess. Can we eat now?"

Raven laughed. "yeah sure help yourself." She placed the pancake-packed plate onto the island, which had a few stools dotted around it. Syd and Raven sat around the island, grabbed some pancakes and poured golden and chocolate syrup over them. Then they tucked in.

Raven was the eldest sister, with dark brown-almost-black hair with matching dark eyes, pale skin, long legs and curves in all the right places. Syd was only a few years younger than Raven but their appearance was similar. Syd had the same naturally dark brown hair but she had coloured it Bright Red, her eyes were a lighter shade of brown but she still had the same pale complexion as her big sis. Overall, the sisters couldn't have been more different. Syd practically LIVED for the Rave atmosphere- staying up all night in all the hottest underground nightclubs, waving glowsticks and all that kinda thing. Raven, however, enjoyed the heavy metal, causing fights in biker bars, breaking speed limits with her own motorbike, headbutting anything and everything. Starting fights with members of authority e.g. cops was also a favourite pastime. Despite all this, the sisters shared a very close bond. They had the "Psychic sister language" thing going on and always had eachothers backs.

"So why were you sleeping on the couch?" Raven asked before she gulped down some orange juice.

"Huh?" Syd asked just as she stuffed a big piece of golden-syrup covered pancake into her mouth.

Raven stopped drinking and rolled her eyes. "I asked why were you sleeping on the couch? You didn't wet the bed did ya?" She asked again with a playful smile on her face. God I hope she didn't wet the bed…She thought to herself.

Syd smiled. "No I didn't wet the bed, I just had a strange dream that's all…" Her smile faded and instead of eating her food, she just sat there played with it. Raven noticed this sudden change immediately. Her dark brown eyes fixed on her sister.

"Anything we should worry about?"

Syd shook her head. "It shouldn't be…but…"

"But what?"

Syd sighed. Now she had lost all of her appetite and she stopped playing with her breakfast. "OK…this is gonna sound crazy…"

Raven leant back on her stool then leant forward, placing her slender arms onto the island. "OK Syd you got my full attention. What is it?"

Syd sighed again. "Last night I had a really weird dream. It had this woman and she was running…"

Raven nodded. "Go on…"

Syd closed her eyes as the dream re-played itself again.

"The woman ran through an apartment building until she came to a room. She kicked open the door and fought with a guy in a suit. He shot her in the chest and she died."

Raven raised a sceptical eyebrow. "That's it? Syd that's"-

"WAIT!" Syd threw out her hand at Raven. "I'm remembering something else. This woman she…"

The woman found herself outside an apartment- Room 101- and kicked the door open. Inside, a man in a brown suit smiled as he fired his gun. The woman held out her hand and reflected the bullet right back at him- he dodged it with ease.

Syds eyes were wide. "So that's what's troubling me."

"What is?" Raven held her hands in the air in frustration. All this from just one dream…

Syd looked at her sister. "The woman…She's telekinetic…"

Ravens eyes went wide. "What? You gotta be kiddin me Syd."

"I wish I was! Raven this guy in a suit fired his gun at her. She held up her hand and sent that bullet straight back at him. It's exactly the same way you do it!"

Raven shook her head and stood up. "That's crazy Syd! I seriously doubt that there's anybody else out there who can do what we can do. And anyway it was just a dream!"

Syd also stood up and marched over to her sister. "How do you know? You don't know that! There could be loadsa people out there like us and this woman's one of them! It wasn't just a dream I know there's something more to it- I just don't know what!"

Raven let out a frustrated sigh at her sister. Syd had had dreams like this back when they were kids. She had dreams about people fighting guys in suits and doing some really cool fighting moves - but that was all they were – dreams­­­­.

"Look sweetie…" Raven brought Syd to the nearest stool- the one Raven had sat in just minutes ago. Syd felt that the very little energy she had woken up with was all gone now.

"You don't believe me do you?"

Raven knelt down in front of Syd. "I want to Syd and I'm not saying that we should totally ignore this BUT I think that we should wait to see if you get any more weird dreams like this. If you do then we'll at least look into it but for now I think we should just try to carry on with our lives. That ok?"

Syd found herself smiling. I can always count on Raven to sort out a plan. I dunno what I'd do without her…

Syd nodded. "Ok. We'll see what happens."

Raven stood up. "Cool. Now get dressed or you'll be late for work."

Syd nodded again and stood up. "Ok Rave. Thanks."

Raven smiled. "No problem." She then walked across the living room and into her bedroom.

Syd washed up the plates and put the plate with the rest of the pancakes into the fridge. She then went into her room to get dressed for work.

I really don't feel like this today…