Hello. I am Raven. Most of you don't know me but I'm sure you will by the time I'm done with this fanfic. This story is a crossover between my story, Demon Chronicles, and the Matrix. Enjoy and please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix, any ideas from the Matrix or any of the characters, copyrights or anything else pertaining to the Matrix. That's the Wachowski Brothers not me. The only things I do own are my story and my thoughts. Big thanks to Andy and Larry Wachowski.
If you would like the link to the original story, just ask me.
I had spent most of the day working on a class project for Crow, a friend of mine. Even as a college student he still needed my help sometimes. But I didn't mind. I figured it was his ass if his professors found out about it.
I was fast asleep with my head on the keyboard, the headphones on my ears blaring Metallica's "Ride The Lightning". Suddenly, the computer screen went black then displayed the caption "Wake up, Raven" in bright green letters.
I raised my head and looked up at the black screen, confused at what was going on.
"What the hell?"
I hit the escape button but nothing happened. Another caption followed.
"The Matrix has you."
This time I tried the ctrl, alt, and delete combination a couple of times which would normally reboot the system. But nothing. My attempt to terminate the window was only followed by another caption.
"Follow the black crow."
"What?"
"Ding dong, Raven."
The last caption was followed by the sound of the doorbell ringing. I stood up, grabbed the disk off my desk, and walked into the living room to the front door.
I could smell the food Katrina had been cooking for dinner. The phone rang and she stopped what she was doing to answer it.
"Hello."
"Katrina, both you and Raven are in danger."
"What? Who is this?"
"That's not important now. Be careful. They're looking for you."
"Who is looking for me."
"The Matrix has you."
"What?"
The line went dead. She thought it was a prank call. I opened the door and saw Crow standing there smiling, a few of his friends standing behind him.
"Hey bro. You got that assignment ready for me?"
"Yeah right here."
As I handed him the disk I could see that Katrina was now standing next to me.
"Something the matter man? You look a little whiter than usual."
"No it's just…My computer was acting a little strange that's all."
"Sound's like you need to unplug man. You know? Get a little R & R. We're going out tonight. Want to tag along?"
"I don't know. I've got a lot of research to take care of and Katrina is cooking dinner now."
"Oh come on Raven let's go. I need a break myself. And you've been going for three days straight on this latest bounty. You could use a rest."
It was then that my mind flashed back to the computer screen just moments ago, remembering the last caption.
"Follow the black crow."
I recalled that Crow had recently gotten a tattoo of a black crow on his back. Then I remembered one of the other captions on the screen.
"The Matrix has you."
I couldn't explain it, but there was a question that compelled me to go with Crow. So I agreed to it.