Demons Within
Chapter Two- The Injured, the Confused, and the Evil
by Byte
"I had visions, I was in them
I was looking into the mirror
to see a little bit clearer
rottenness and evil in me" from Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
Trinity paced around the hospital waiting room, Neo was all that was on her mind. The image of him laying on the ground bloody, burned in her mind, and refused to leave. It had been five hours since she had seen him last. And they hadn't given her a single word on his condition! He could have died in that time, hell he looked dead when she had found. And who had done to him, the Groundies or the whatever had killed them. No slaughtered them, she corrected herself. She could still smell the stench of death.
"Trin." Tank whispered, "He'll be okay."
"How the HELL do you know that?!" She yelled at him.
"It's faith. It's all we got right know."
"Well what I want right know is some information." She grumbled. She had to stay angry, her anger would get her though this, if she lost that. She was afraid of what might happen. Don't leave me now Neo she thought.
"Uh-Trinity?" A young man asked. He was tall and had short blond hair, and small glasses.
"Is Neo okay!?" She couldn't control her voice. Last time that Neo had cheated death he had been in the Matrix, but in the Matrix he was the One, and killing him would be close to impossible.
The young doctor nodded and smiled, "He made it out of surgery fine. He's still asleep but you can visit him. I'll show you the room. The doctor will come by shortly and explain what happened during surgery and what you can expect. Neo won't understand he'll still be out of it."
"When is he ever with it?" Tank asked from behind her.
"Tank, shut up. Wait here for Morpheus, and fill him in about what's happened..."
"And you'll be with. Get outta here!" Tank commanded her, and waived his hand. She smiled briefly at him and followed the young doctor down the hall. The fluorescent lights and clean floors were reminiscent of a Matrix's hospital. One thing about Zion is that medical was extremely good, and the hospital was one of the buildings that's upkeep was never neglected.
Then she skidded into room 1523. Neo lay in the bed with different tubes and wires attached to him. He looked so dead still. His face was gray, and still retained a waxy look, except for the many black and blue marks that coated his face and neck, not to mention a nasty looking black eye. Along the side of his face was a new scar, actually five new scars that looked like them had been made by brass knuckles.
"Oh Neo." She whispered and stroked the side of his face. She made sure to be careful of his bruises.
"Excuse me. Trinity is it?" An authoritative voice asked from behind, "Oh- yes. That's me. You must be Neo's doctor." She said as she stood up and spun around to face the doctor. She was of normal height and normal build with black hair tied in a bun. She was also probably in her mid forties.
The doctor nodded, "Yes I'm Doctor Artztin. I want to explain to you what happened. I assume you are his girlfriend. Okay, you may have noticed that some of the wounds on his face have already healed, and left scars. That's because we used the AHMWS method. It works quicker than the ordinary SFMWOS method, because we needed to close those wounds right away to stop the bleeding. So unfortunately the accelerated healing process results in scaring."
"I'm just glad he's alive."
Dr. Artztin smiled, "I am too. I may not be fighting the machines like you but this is my contribution." Then the doctor flushed slightly, with a kind of why-the-hell-did-I-just-say-that expression on her face. "Also he'll have to be care full, multiple bones in his hand we broken, so he shouldn't use it for a few day, also he had 4 ribs broken. He suffered a severe concussion. So make sure when he gets out of here he'll take it easy."
"Of course."
"Uh-another matter. I noticed that Neo has a lot of scarring on his chest. Bullet holes as a matter a fact, and by all academic means he should have died. Because he's been out what a month? He couldn't have had that many injuries in that short a period and survived. Do you want to tell me what exactly happened?"
Trinity regarded the doctor coldly, she didn't need to know Neo's secret, "That is none of your business. And has nothing to do with Neo's medical care." Dr Artztin scowled at her and spun around and left the room. But Trinity's attention was a groan from the bed.
She walked over and sat on the side of Neo's bed, and playing with his hair for a second, "How you feeling?" She asked a gentleness in her voice that suprised even her.
"Oh...Like crap." He closed his eyes and for a second she panicked for honestly no good reason. To her relief his eyes opened again.
"Still a little shocked that I'm alive."
Trinity felt herself smile just seeing that he was alright. But how many times was she going to have to see him flat line. But her thoughts were interrupted but an authoritative three knocks on the door. Aww damn the police.
"I'll be right back" she whispered in Neo's ear, "I want to see you in that hospital gown."
He laughed, painfully and barely audible, "I aim to please." She smiled again and walked to the door and saw two police officers. One stepped forward, he had dark brown hair and a face that had once been full of laughter, but now was marred by grim reality, he carried an air of great age, but physically looked only in his late twenties.
"I'm here to speak with Neo. So step aside." He commanded Trinity scowled and folded her arms over her chest, she was not letting this asshole push her around. Just then the second cop shorter and slightly older than his partner stepped forward.
"I'm sorry bout my partner's rudeness he's like that. The situation is rather urgent though. But some introductions should be necessary. I'm Detective Garou and this is Detective Radar." The brown haired cop didn't move.
"Trinity." She said. Garou extended his hand. His palm was rough and callous.
"I am sorry about this but we are going to have to question Neo immediately. Usually we give the victem time to rest, but we are afraid that the killer may strike again."
"I understand. But please, he's weak don't take too long." This time Radar nodded.
"Afterwards we'd also like to question you." Gaou stated.
"Okay but I really didn't see anything."
Radar then smiled wryly, "I saw picture of the scene, I think you saw too much." She did agree with him on that, every time she closed her eyes she could see the blood spilled on the concrete, and the horribly mangled corpses.
"So- Basically the Groundies beat the crap out of you and knocked you out, and when you woke up you where here." The police officer Radar summed up.
Neo nodded realizing how pathetic it sounded. "I still don't know why the killer spared me."
"You were practically dead anyway." Radar was horribly blunt also Neo had discovered in the interview while Garou was pleasant and professional.
"Has anything like this ever happened before?" Neo asked. It was probably his luck that a murder would show up at the same time he arrived in Zion. He brought new meaning to the wrong place, and the wrong time.
Garou shook his head, "Never. Most murders we get are drunken brawls. Almost every case we get has some type of narcotic involved. But nothing could do this. All Real drugs lessen reaction time, who ever did this was fully conscious."
The two police officers stood up."Thank you for your time Neo. We'll be in touch. And in the meantime if you think of anything you can reach us on contact line 547 394 2289. Or call out main station and ask for me or Radar.
"Yeah- Thanks." He wouldn't call anytime soon, he had positively no clue what happened. But he was lucky in a sense. If he had been really lucky he would have never had the crap beaten out of him, but he was alive, he was lucky. A few minutes later Trinity walked in, she smiled, and they kissed. Damn life could be great.
He walked across his room to the desk. The room was spectacular offering a view of downtown Zion, and a sound system that most people would kill to possess. But there was a piece of paper on the desk. He picked up the poorly made paper(all paper was) And he smiled at the message. He leaned over and hit the intercom.
"Heelie, cancel all my appointments today."
"Yes sir." Heelie was a good secretary, she never asked question, and always turned a blind eye to shady activities. He smiled coldly, and looked back at the sheet of paper, and the words scrawled on it.
He is the One
"Hey you know Neo, is flirting with Death your idea of good time, cause you know Trinity's gonna get jealous." Tank grinned as Neo left the hospital two days later. Neo grinned.
"Neo I believe you are taking your life's value not seriously enough. You have to take into consideration what is at stake."
"Morpheus Neo won't die on us. Pushing up daisies just isn't Neo's style." Tank reassured their leader. Morpheus though did not look convinced, in fact he looked concerned. Neo knew he was in trouble, but after years of watching his back, and unending paranoia, he knew he stood a chance.
Trinity smiled, "Neo is not going any where." She said with total assurance, and knowing Trinity she would make good on her word. It was oddly reassuring though, it was like having his own personal Guardian Angel, except not an angel, a human being.
"I should hope not. Trinity will be in charge of your security, and health. I unfortunately have been summoned again to appear before the Council. The fact of the matter is that they know I have found the One, but I haven't revealed anything about you yet."
"What about that Sagi? Can she be trusted?" Trinity snapped.
"Sagi and I have known each other for a long time. She will keep quiet about Neo being new to the crew."
"I hope so." Neo nodded, he knew there could be trouble if his identity was revealed at the wrong moment. People crucified the Son of God, and Neo was one hundred percent human. He was vulnerable here, and he didn't like that feeling.
Neo lounged on his bed, and was getting very sleepy. Damn drugs. Well his first days in Zion had been eventful enough, and not in the way he wanted it to be. He rolled over and accidentally landed on his broken hand.
"OW! Dammit! Ow!" He hissed. He started at the glass of water he had been rolling over to get. Eh- It wasn't worth it. His pouting was interrupted by a scream from the front room-Trinity.
"NEO!" She yelled, and he managed to stumble into the room. To face even more muscle heads, where the hell did all these people come from? Trinty managed to kicked one of the very large men in his jaw, and across the room, Neo heard the guy's jaw crack(ouch). The swore and all attack Trinity, didn't these guy's have a sense of chivalry?
Neo then not thinking took a running jump that connected with one guys back, right where his kidney should be. The blond haired man moaned and fell to the ground. Unfortunately that alerted all the other meatheads.
"There's the freak." A man said as he stepped forward. He had red hair that came down to his ears, and flat gray eyes. He snapped his fingers and three muscle builders stepped forward, holding Trinity. She promptly managed to kick one of the guys, in-between his legs. He practically screamed. And Neo smirked, he really hoped that it would keep the guy from reproducing.
"Can't you idiots handle a little girl!?" He snapped. Then he looked at Neo, "And you must be Neo, the One," hot damn, and aw crap, "And I am Incubus." He extended his hand, for now he was in distance to shake hands. Then of course he rammed his knee in Neo's stomach. The air left him and he crumpled to the ground.
"You...you..."Neo tried to insult him without success.
"Yes?" Incubus asked smugly. "Personally I don't see what's so special about you. Now her. She's got fire. You I've never seen someone so dumb. You think you can save your girlfriend? Nothing can save you now." Neo looked up at him, and wanted nothing more to rip his smile of his face, nothing more.
Trinity watched furiously as Incubus taunted Neo, she could hear some of the insults, nasty ones. Ones that she reserved for agents and Cypher. Then the red haired man leaned over and whispered something in Neo's ear. Neo turned his head and narrowed his eyes. Then the wierdest thing that she had ever seen, a black mist seemed to rise out of Neo's back. It seemed to take the shape of a wolfish thing. Then seeped back into Neo, and nobody around him seemed to notice it. She felt her breathing quicken. Then all hell broke loose. Neo before her eyes changed. A set of wings sprouted from his back, bat like wings. But that wasn't it, at all. A snake tattoo started at his right wrist then wrapped up his arm and it ended with the head on his neck. But his eyes wherer all wrong, the brown had morphed to blood red. She then felt it, evil it was pure unfiltered evil, that froze the blood in her veins. What the hell had happened to Neo? He was a demon, her Neo...Oh please God not her Neo...
All the hired muscle stiffened. Incubus gasped and fell. The DemonNeo stood up and flared his wings, and smiled coldly, showing pointed canine teeth.
"Time to die." It whispered. Then leaned down to Incubus then dug his fingers into the side of his face then ripped his skin, muscle and bone of half his face. Leaving part of his eyeball exposed Blood coated his fingers.And her stomach lurched. She watched in horror as he looked around.
"Who's next?" Then he shoved his hands in the two nearest goons' chests. From one he took out a lung, the other, his heart. Both men stood for a second in shock, and Trinity gasped. The EvilNeo(or whatever it was) turned to the man without one of his lungs.
"You can live with only one lung right? I just don't know you mortals are so damn fragile." Then to the other man, "You I believe are dead. Say hi to the devil for me." He grinned as both of the men dropped with a thump. Trinity was numb though, shock some rational part of her brain said, but this situation wasn't rational.
Two of the men around Trinity bolted for the door. They never made it. Whatever the hell the Neo was now, reached the two before Trinity could blink. He proceeded to rip the spinal cords out of both of the men. Then Trinity closed her eyes, she just couldn't watch anymore. A second or two later, something wet hit her cheek, Don't open your eyes, don't look! Because you know what it is! She opened her eyes to face the DemonNeo. He was six inches from her face.
He smiled, "That was fun, but you'll be more so." She felt tears in her eyes, she felt betrayed and hurt, and scared. No this can't be. She met Neo's eyes, this wasn't possible. No...Please God no...She was going to die...and Neo...
To be Continued...
Yes I know I am a horrible person. I'm sorry!! But PLEASE REVIEW!!! Pretty please?
Also I don't any of the song lyrics, or the Matrix