Chapter 10: High Stakes Changes
Trinity
Mouse had screamed. There were Agents on the scaffold across from theirs.
The worst Agent Trio of all were staring them down. Agents Jones, Brown, and Smith.
Trinity looked around. It seemed that Cypher was missing. Almost as if he knew they were coming.
Agent Brown looked over at the stairs below them. He must have noticed Neo and Desmond. It would be over for them if they killed them.
Agents Jones and Smith both reached into their jackets and pulled out an Uzi, one for each agent.
Instead of firing on them from far away, they leapt over to their platform.
The Agents landed, one on each end. It appeared to be over. The Agents advanced forward, and started to fire.
Desmond
Gunshots were heard next. He looked at Neo. "They need our help." Neo said. He was right.
They scrambled the rest of the way up. He saw two agents both closing in on Trinity, Mouse, and Morpheus.
It was too late for Mouse though. She was a bullet sponge at this point, absorbing all of Smith's gunfire.
Jones however had stopped shooting a bit early. The agent looked at it, and then threw it away.
Morpheus saw them and yelled "Get out of here, Go!". Trinity leapt over the railing and onto a shipping crate. It didn't take much guesswork to know to run.
He turned around, mounted the banister, and slid down it. Neo just looked up at Trinity, who yelled "Run!"
Desmond had made three lefts, and eventually got lost in the maze of shipping containers.
He turned around, and heard something. It sounded like footsteps, the kind that seemed to be walking. It had to be an Agent.
He turned back around, and took the fourth left. It had brought him to a dead end. He knew this was the end of the line, and decided to at least try to bring down the Agent. He gripped his sword's hilt and drew it from his waist. It's showtime.
Cypher
"I need out of here guys!" he said. "Alright, we're bringing you back. Give me a second." Tank said.
He could only guess where Apoc and Switch were in the Matrix. Not that it mattered, he'd take care of them soon enough.
He only had to keep his end of the Bargain with the Agents. He felt himself being brought back to the real world.
Removing himself from the node, he walked over to the operator's controls, and just stood there.
"Whatcha doin' just standing there?" Dozer asked. Cypher didn't answer. He reached into the back of his pants, and lifted up the shirt, revealing the gun behind him. Reaching for it, he drew it.
"Hey, what are you doin' with that right there?" Tank asked. Cypher didn't answer, and instead shot him in the arm and leg once.
Tank fell to the floor. Dozer looked at him, and started to get up. Cypher shot him in the head at point blank. He fell backwards after that, stone cold dead.
"Let's take care of you now." Cypher said to himself, as he walked over to where Apoc and Switch were, and removed them from their nodes.
Trinity
She saw Apoc and Switch run to try to give help when they fell down. They then fazed out in a flash of static. They must have been removed in the real world.
She prayed that she wouldn't be unplugged. To be unplugged in the real world without being removed was an instant death.
She ran like hell, trying to find Neo and Desmond. She saw Neo inside run through an empty crate, yelling "Desmond, Desmond!"
"Neo, wait!" She yelled. He turned around. "Trinity, we have to find Desmond." He explained. "I saw him run this way, and Agent Brown was after him."
She swore violently at the news. No one had ever lived in one-on-one with an Agent. She always had to run.
She heard more Agent footsteps. Turning around, she saw Jones on top of the crate she jumped from only moments ago.
The Agent turned around and started walking back at the sound of Smith's voice.
Desmond
He saw the form of Brown walk over to where he was. Brown just calmly walked forward.
"Mr. Kingston," he said; "It's been a while. I'm sure you remember me and Jones from when we tried to get you at that lesbian bar."
Desmond stood his ground "I honestly had done nothing wrong though." He said. "I simply had a gig there. I've also commited no crime of any sort. I've gotten the occasional parking ticket, yet I've always paid them off. I'm what you call an upstanding citizen."
Brown just stared at him "Mr. Kingston. You have been an accessory to Mr. Anderson's hacking. Last I checked, you wrote him a check for a thousand dollars, with the memo of 'for doing me a computer favor.' Last I checked, your friend Mr. Anderson had been doing quite a few 'computer favors' for quite a few people. You've confirmed our suspicion that he's the hacker Neo with a simple phone call. You always call him that."
Desmond looked calm. He came back with "It's a nickname. He likes to be called that. Is there anything wrong with your best friend having a nickname?"
Brown said "Well, if his first name is Thomas, I assumed his nickname would be Tom. Not something as unrelated as Neo. And for resisting arrest, you will now be removed."
Brown then drew an Uzi from the inside of his jacket. Desmond started to swing the sword around. He had still kept it in his hand. He only had hoped to stall Brown.
Brown pulled back the cocking mechanism and fired. Desmond entered his Bullet-Time mode, slowing down his perception to block the bullets as they came.
He'd kept it up until the gun eventually ran out of ammo. At this point, he had an advantage over the agent, as his weapon didn't need ammo.
Standing in one place, he made a motion to call him to attack.
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