Chapter 2
"Oh,really?"said Neo,not quite believing it.Then again,who can blame him for that?
It smiled-a crooked,snakish smile.
"Yeah,really.We used to be human once..."
Neo didn't let him finish and pulled the hair even stronger bending the thing backwards.
"That's even worse!You have betrayed your kind."The urge to crush its scull was overwhelming.Surprisingly,the creature laughed-cold,bitter laughter with a histerical edge in it.
"What do YOU know about betrayal,you self-righteous bastard?!You whine because that twit Cypher killed a bunch of Morpheus' men and you think you know what betrayal is.Fool.You just had more luck than my brother and me!"the fury blazing in those crimson eyes would have scared shitless a lesser man than Neo.Lucky for him,he knew that he was stronger than the creature.
"What do you mean by that?"he asked,not quite understanding the thing's words.
"My dear boy,your buddy Morpheus is not the goody-two-shoes you believe him to be.Did he tell you that there were other Ones before you?"it asked calmly,but the eyes still had their dangerous gleam.
"Yep,he told me.Nice try,buddy,but it won't work.And before you've tried to ask,yes,I know what happened with them-they died.Too bad for you that I am still alive."
These words caused unexpected reaction-it just froze in his arms and after that it laughted-again.This time the histerical edge was a lot stronger.
"Morpheus,you lying bastard..."it murmured and then to Neo:
"Yes,boy,you could say they died in a way,only to be reborn again into something else."
Neo had enough.
"You know I said that I won't rape you,but I haven't said that I won't beat the hell out of you."
It was going to be a very long night.
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*beep beep*
"Ah,finally."murmored Neo.
"Operator?Where have you been?You got me a bit worried here.Where are Trin and Morpheus?Did they succeed?Are they alright?"
"They are coming here and they are alright,but they lost the Keymaster.The other Twin got his hands on him.The thing was out of range of the progtamme..Did it work with your problem?"
Neo looked at the broken bleeding body at his feet.
"Oh,yes,very much.I can't kill it though."
"It does not have a body to believe it's dead,you can't kill it."
"I cannot leave that thing here,even if it helpless for now.The AIs will find a way to set it straight and then we'll be where we started."he said suddenly feeling awfully tired.
And then a bulb lit in his head.
"Listen,can you load it on an isolated computer?"
"Here?!"the operator didn't seem thrilled with the idea.
"Yeah,on the ship.An isolated computer that isn't plugged to anyhting alse.Can you do that?"
"Yeah,I can.Take it and go to the nearest exit.Man,Morpheus won't be happy."
tbc...
"Oh,really?"said Neo,not quite believing it.Then again,who can blame him for that?
It smiled-a crooked,snakish smile.
"Yeah,really.We used to be human once..."
Neo didn't let him finish and pulled the hair even stronger bending the thing backwards.
"That's even worse!You have betrayed your kind."The urge to crush its scull was overwhelming.Surprisingly,the creature laughed-cold,bitter laughter with a histerical edge in it.
"What do YOU know about betrayal,you self-righteous bastard?!You whine because that twit Cypher killed a bunch of Morpheus' men and you think you know what betrayal is.Fool.You just had more luck than my brother and me!"the fury blazing in those crimson eyes would have scared shitless a lesser man than Neo.Lucky for him,he knew that he was stronger than the creature.
"What do you mean by that?"he asked,not quite understanding the thing's words.
"My dear boy,your buddy Morpheus is not the goody-two-shoes you believe him to be.Did he tell you that there were other Ones before you?"it asked calmly,but the eyes still had their dangerous gleam.
"Yep,he told me.Nice try,buddy,but it won't work.And before you've tried to ask,yes,I know what happened with them-they died.Too bad for you that I am still alive."
These words caused unexpected reaction-it just froze in his arms and after that it laughted-again.This time the histerical edge was a lot stronger.
"Morpheus,you lying bastard..."it murmured and then to Neo:
"Yes,boy,you could say they died in a way,only to be reborn again into something else."
Neo had enough.
"You know I said that I won't rape you,but I haven't said that I won't beat the hell out of you."
It was going to be a very long night.
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*beep beep*
"Ah,finally."murmored Neo.
"Operator?Where have you been?You got me a bit worried here.Where are Trin and Morpheus?Did they succeed?Are they alright?"
"They are coming here and they are alright,but they lost the Keymaster.The other Twin got his hands on him.The thing was out of range of the progtamme..Did it work with your problem?"
Neo looked at the broken bleeding body at his feet.
"Oh,yes,very much.I can't kill it though."
"It does not have a body to believe it's dead,you can't kill it."
"I cannot leave that thing here,even if it helpless for now.The AIs will find a way to set it straight and then we'll be where we started."he said suddenly feeling awfully tired.
And then a bulb lit in his head.
"Listen,can you load it on an isolated computer?"
"Here?!"the operator didn't seem thrilled with the idea.
"Yeah,on the ship.An isolated computer that isn't plugged to anyhting alse.Can you do that?"
"Yeah,I can.Take it and go to the nearest exit.Man,Morpheus won't be happy."
tbc...