Mouse again sat in an even more secluded corner, again typing on his laptop.

" What are you doing now?" Switch asked him. " Are you writing one of those 'ten ways to annoy people'? After what Neo did to you?"

" Absolutely not." Mouse replied, not looking up.

Switch bent down and surveyed his face. " That bruise on your eye is almost gone...You're lucky Morpheus saved you when he did."

" Yeah, but he confiscated my computer when he saw the one about him." Mouse said. " Nope, I'm never doing that again."

Switch looked at his computer, and burst out laughing. " You liar! 'Ten ways to annoy Trinity?' 'Tell her Smith has a crush on Neo'." Switch shook her head in disgust. " Don't even go there, Mouse. 'Say that Neo's trapped someplace but you're not telling her where'. 'Tell her a kindergartener could do a better hacking job'. 'Ask Neo for a kiss'. 'Ask her for a hug'."

" I've done that before." Mouse said. " It didn't work out well for me."

" 'Tell her Neo ran off with the Lady in the Red dress'. 'Tell her Neo is gay'. Don't even go there either, man!" Switch rolled her eyes.

" What's going on?"

" Apoc!" Mouse hurriedly shut the laptop.

Apoc eyed it suspiciously. " Heard about what happened last time. You've learned your lesson, right?"

Switch snorted. " Hardly." She showed the list to Apoc.

" You're doing Trinity now?" Apoc exclaimed. " Like Neo wasn't dangerous enough! ' Tell Trinity the Twins think she's hot'. Whoa, that's creepy. 'Instead of giving her the program she asked for, give her fashion design'. 'Ask Neo for a hug'."

" I did that too." Mouse said. " Trinity attacked me."

Apoc took the laptop from Switch. " I'll tell you what...I won't tell Trinity about this..." Mouse's face got panicked. " If you promise not to ever do one about me, or Switch!"

Mouse nodded enthusiastically. " I promise, I promise!"

Apoc handed the laptop back to him. " I would have thought you'd learned by now."

" It's just too much fun." Mouse pouted.

" Mouse!" Trinity yelled. " What are you doing with the laptop?"

Mouse stiffened, holding the laptop tight. " Nothing!"

" Can I see it?" Trinity asked, walking briskly towards him.

" No!" Mouse yelled, panicked.

Trinity smirked. " If you're not doing what I think you're doing, then you'd have nothing to worry about, right?"

Mouse turned and dashed away, holding the laptop as though it was extremely precious.

" MOUSE! YOU GET BACK HERE NOW!" Trinity bellowed, running after him.


Again, I know Apoc, Switch, and Mouse never met the Twins. But I needed them for the story, so...just pretend they never died or something.