Chapter 7
AndrAIa made her way to the Principal Office, hoping that Matrix was there. The wind blew her hair as she zipped high above the city. It was quiet and peaceful. She watched the ordinary daily activity of Mainframe below. Some in their boats out at sea, some at work, some walked on the street pushing baby carriages, and some couples sat in a grassy area enjoying the sunny day. She arrived at the P.O. within minutes. She went inside. There were a few binomes walking around, but no one seemed to notice her. She walked through the halls to the main information computer. She looked up where Matrix' room was. She did not realize as Ray approached her.
"AndrAIa," he said. She jumped, not expecting him. She quickly turned around.
"Oh…hi Ray," she said nervously. He frowned.
"What's wrong?" he asked. She paused.
"Do you know where Matrix' room is?" she asked him still nervous.
"Yeah," he said. "AndrAIa, do you happen to know what's troubling him?" he asked. 'Does he already know?' she wondered to herself.
"Do you?" she asked hoping he didn't. Ray cocked his head slightly. She was acting different then usual.
"No," he said looking at her curious.
"Ray, could you please tell Matrix to go to sector 23?" she asked him.
" I can do that for you," he replied.
"But don't tell him I want him there, just tell him to go there, ok?" she asked.
"All right, but why?" he wondered.
"Will you just ask him?" she said again, not wanting to tell him. Ray nodded
"Well I must be going now. Excuse me," she said as she walked away. Ray watched her leave as he saw Mouse coming from the other direction.
"I just spoke with AndrAIa," he told her.
"And what did she say?" Mouse asked.
"Well she acted real nervous when I talked to her. She asked me to go tell Matrix to go to sector 23," he replied.
"That's odd. Has Dot reported back yet?" she wondered.
"I don't know. Phong hasn't said anything yet, so I'm guessing not," he told her. Mouse nodded.
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In Matrix' room, he slept seemingly peaceful on the outside, but inside, his dreams were quite a different story. As he drifted to sleep, he saw AndrAIa. She was sitting in a chair not really looking at anything. His rage had been forgotten as he saw her sitting there innocently.
"AndrAIa?" he called out. AndrAIa looked up at him. "Why did you do it?" he asked sadly. She stood up.
"What do you mean? I thought you knew," she said to him with no reaction on her face. He frowned.
"I thought you loved me," he said. AndrAIa let out a cold laugh.
"Me? Love you? Why would I ever lover you?" she said sneeringly.
"But when we were game-hopping… you stayed with me… you told me you loved me," he said.
"Ah yes, game hopping, the living Hell. Living day to day from handouts. That time should have been spent here in Mainframe, but no, we grew up in a harsh world and we owe it all to you," she said menacingly. Matrix looked down ashamed. "You couldn't win one easy little game. Because of you, I wasted my adolescence sleeping in alleys, bathing in rivers, and fighting for my life every day!" Her words were terribly painful for Matrix. But they were true. "Everywhere we went, you were always blaming yourself for where we were, which was not in Mainframe. I wanted to yell at you, 'Yes! It is your fault!' but I kept quiet for strategic reasons," Matrix looked up.
"What reasons?" he asked.
"Well protection of course. You saved my life countless times. What else is better than your own body guard?" she said coldly.
"Body guard?!" I protected you because I loved you!" he yelled. Just then Bob appeared. He walked over to AndrAIa.
"Well, I won't need you to protect me or love me anymore. I have Bob now," She gave Matrix a malicious smile as Bob put his hands around her waist and pulled her closely to him.
"You know Matrix," Bob said, "you should really keep out of this, it's not your business," he said as he kissed AndrAIa's neck. Matrix wanted to stop them, but he couldn't move. AndrAIa looked at him and smiled evilly as she went back to Bob. Matrix tried to look away, but his head was held tight. His mechanical eye blazed red.
"Aww, what's the matter? Don't you like that?" AndrAIa asked heartlessly. "What about this?" she said as she put her hand on Bob's neck and kissed him passionately.
"I like it," Bob said between kisses. Matrix was raging, but he couldn't do anything. "I suggest you give it up Matrix. She's mine now," said Bob with a smirk.
"No!!" he screamed. "Stop it!"
"No, Matrix! You stop!" AndrAIa snapped. "I don't love you! I hate you! Get over it already!" She said sinisterly. Matrix raged with all his strength trying to move.
Just then, something woke him up from the nightmare. His body shot up. He found himself in a cold sweat. He wiped the sweat away as he heard what had awoken him. It was a knock at the door. He got up and went over.
"Who is it?" he asked gruffly.
"It's me, mate" said Ray from outside.
"What do you want?" he said in no better mood.
"I need to tell you to go to sector 23" he replied.
"Why?" he wanted to know.
"I don't know someone told me to tell you to go there," Ray told him.
"Who?" he asked, not wanting to get into a big conversation.
"I don't remember," he lied. Matrix unlocked the door and came out.
"Right, surfer," he said, not believing him for a second. Ray wouldn't keep who sent for him a mystery if it would put him in danger, so he decided he would go, if only to be doing something to take his mid off of AndrAIa.
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A few minutes later Matrix was in sector 23. It was the dock area. There were a few ships in the bay and a few were tied up on the dock. The sky threatened to downpour as he grabbed a near by rock and threw it far out into the sea. AndrAIa was hidden behind a boat. She had not had to wait very long before he came. She once again tried to regain her nerve to talk to him. She quietly walked up from behind him. Matrix heard someone coming. He turned around to see AndrAIa. He had not wanted it to be her. He glanced angrily at her and started to walk away.
"Wait!" AndrAIa called. He did not even slow down She ran up in front of him trying stop him but he just walked around her. "Enzo! You have to let me talk to you! We have to work things out," she said to him.
"Work things out? What is there to work out?" he asked as he turned around.
"Enzo, I'm sorry! I can't take it back now. I want to try and make up for it. But the only way I can do that is for you to listen to me!" she said.
"You wouldn't have to try and make up for it if you didn't do it!" he yelled.
"But I didn't mean to!" AndrAIa pleaded.
"Didn't mean to?! How could you have sex with someone and 'not mean to?!" he said outraged. "What? Wasn't I good enough for you?" he asked furiously.
"No, you don't understand," she tried to explain.
"Oh I understand perfectly," he interrupted, "You had your fun with me when we were game hopping but now we're back in Mainframe and you jump the first guy you see," he said.
"No! It's not like that. Bob and I were both drunk last night and neither of us remember anything," she said. 'Drunk?' Matrix thought to himself. But he was too mad at her to be sympathetic.
"Well you shouldn't have gotten drunk in the first place!" he yelled.
"You brought this on yourself. Don't expect compassion from me." AndrAIa gaped at him.
"But it was an accident! A mistake! We've both made them in the past!" she said trying one last time to reach him.
"But you were never a fucking whore in the past!" he yelled furiously. AndrAIa was raging. She had tried to get through to him, but all he did was make her angry at him. She no longer cared if they made up. He had hurt her very bad with his words, but she showed only anger in her face.
"I don't know why I ever thought someone as heartless as you would listen to me," she said angrily as she threw out her zip-board and left in fury.
End of Chapter 7
AndrAIa made her way to the Principal Office, hoping that Matrix was there. The wind blew her hair as she zipped high above the city. It was quiet and peaceful. She watched the ordinary daily activity of Mainframe below. Some in their boats out at sea, some at work, some walked on the street pushing baby carriages, and some couples sat in a grassy area enjoying the sunny day. She arrived at the P.O. within minutes. She went inside. There were a few binomes walking around, but no one seemed to notice her. She walked through the halls to the main information computer. She looked up where Matrix' room was. She did not realize as Ray approached her.
"AndrAIa," he said. She jumped, not expecting him. She quickly turned around.
"Oh…hi Ray," she said nervously. He frowned.
"What's wrong?" he asked. She paused.
"Do you know where Matrix' room is?" she asked him still nervous.
"Yeah," he said. "AndrAIa, do you happen to know what's troubling him?" he asked. 'Does he already know?' she wondered to herself.
"Do you?" she asked hoping he didn't. Ray cocked his head slightly. She was acting different then usual.
"No," he said looking at her curious.
"Ray, could you please tell Matrix to go to sector 23?" she asked him.
" I can do that for you," he replied.
"But don't tell him I want him there, just tell him to go there, ok?" she asked.
"All right, but why?" he wondered.
"Will you just ask him?" she said again, not wanting to tell him. Ray nodded
"Well I must be going now. Excuse me," she said as she walked away. Ray watched her leave as he saw Mouse coming from the other direction.
"I just spoke with AndrAIa," he told her.
"And what did she say?" Mouse asked.
"Well she acted real nervous when I talked to her. She asked me to go tell Matrix to go to sector 23," he replied.
"That's odd. Has Dot reported back yet?" she wondered.
"I don't know. Phong hasn't said anything yet, so I'm guessing not," he told her. Mouse nodded.
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In Matrix' room, he slept seemingly peaceful on the outside, but inside, his dreams were quite a different story. As he drifted to sleep, he saw AndrAIa. She was sitting in a chair not really looking at anything. His rage had been forgotten as he saw her sitting there innocently.
"AndrAIa?" he called out. AndrAIa looked up at him. "Why did you do it?" he asked sadly. She stood up.
"What do you mean? I thought you knew," she said to him with no reaction on her face. He frowned.
"I thought you loved me," he said. AndrAIa let out a cold laugh.
"Me? Love you? Why would I ever lover you?" she said sneeringly.
"But when we were game-hopping… you stayed with me… you told me you loved me," he said.
"Ah yes, game hopping, the living Hell. Living day to day from handouts. That time should have been spent here in Mainframe, but no, we grew up in a harsh world and we owe it all to you," she said menacingly. Matrix looked down ashamed. "You couldn't win one easy little game. Because of you, I wasted my adolescence sleeping in alleys, bathing in rivers, and fighting for my life every day!" Her words were terribly painful for Matrix. But they were true. "Everywhere we went, you were always blaming yourself for where we were, which was not in Mainframe. I wanted to yell at you, 'Yes! It is your fault!' but I kept quiet for strategic reasons," Matrix looked up.
"What reasons?" he asked.
"Well protection of course. You saved my life countless times. What else is better than your own body guard?" she said coldly.
"Body guard?!" I protected you because I loved you!" he yelled. Just then Bob appeared. He walked over to AndrAIa.
"Well, I won't need you to protect me or love me anymore. I have Bob now," She gave Matrix a malicious smile as Bob put his hands around her waist and pulled her closely to him.
"You know Matrix," Bob said, "you should really keep out of this, it's not your business," he said as he kissed AndrAIa's neck. Matrix wanted to stop them, but he couldn't move. AndrAIa looked at him and smiled evilly as she went back to Bob. Matrix tried to look away, but his head was held tight. His mechanical eye blazed red.
"Aww, what's the matter? Don't you like that?" AndrAIa asked heartlessly. "What about this?" she said as she put her hand on Bob's neck and kissed him passionately.
"I like it," Bob said between kisses. Matrix was raging, but he couldn't do anything. "I suggest you give it up Matrix. She's mine now," said Bob with a smirk.
"No!!" he screamed. "Stop it!"
"No, Matrix! You stop!" AndrAIa snapped. "I don't love you! I hate you! Get over it already!" She said sinisterly. Matrix raged with all his strength trying to move.
Just then, something woke him up from the nightmare. His body shot up. He found himself in a cold sweat. He wiped the sweat away as he heard what had awoken him. It was a knock at the door. He got up and went over.
"Who is it?" he asked gruffly.
"It's me, mate" said Ray from outside.
"What do you want?" he said in no better mood.
"I need to tell you to go to sector 23" he replied.
"Why?" he wanted to know.
"I don't know someone told me to tell you to go there," Ray told him.
"Who?" he asked, not wanting to get into a big conversation.
"I don't remember," he lied. Matrix unlocked the door and came out.
"Right, surfer," he said, not believing him for a second. Ray wouldn't keep who sent for him a mystery if it would put him in danger, so he decided he would go, if only to be doing something to take his mid off of AndrAIa.
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A few minutes later Matrix was in sector 23. It was the dock area. There were a few ships in the bay and a few were tied up on the dock. The sky threatened to downpour as he grabbed a near by rock and threw it far out into the sea. AndrAIa was hidden behind a boat. She had not had to wait very long before he came. She once again tried to regain her nerve to talk to him. She quietly walked up from behind him. Matrix heard someone coming. He turned around to see AndrAIa. He had not wanted it to be her. He glanced angrily at her and started to walk away.
"Wait!" AndrAIa called. He did not even slow down She ran up in front of him trying stop him but he just walked around her. "Enzo! You have to let me talk to you! We have to work things out," she said to him.
"Work things out? What is there to work out?" he asked as he turned around.
"Enzo, I'm sorry! I can't take it back now. I want to try and make up for it. But the only way I can do that is for you to listen to me!" she said.
"You wouldn't have to try and make up for it if you didn't do it!" he yelled.
"But I didn't mean to!" AndrAIa pleaded.
"Didn't mean to?! How could you have sex with someone and 'not mean to?!" he said outraged. "What? Wasn't I good enough for you?" he asked furiously.
"No, you don't understand," she tried to explain.
"Oh I understand perfectly," he interrupted, "You had your fun with me when we were game hopping but now we're back in Mainframe and you jump the first guy you see," he said.
"No! It's not like that. Bob and I were both drunk last night and neither of us remember anything," she said. 'Drunk?' Matrix thought to himself. But he was too mad at her to be sympathetic.
"Well you shouldn't have gotten drunk in the first place!" he yelled.
"You brought this on yourself. Don't expect compassion from me." AndrAIa gaped at him.
"But it was an accident! A mistake! We've both made them in the past!" she said trying one last time to reach him.
"But you were never a fucking whore in the past!" he yelled furiously. AndrAIa was raging. She had tried to get through to him, but all he did was make her angry at him. She no longer cared if they made up. He had hurt her very bad with his words, but she showed only anger in her face.
"I don't know why I ever thought someone as heartless as you would listen to me," she said angrily as she threw out her zip-board and left in fury.
End of Chapter 7