Chapter II

            "What do you want?" Neo Protested

            "Simply to educate you."

            "There's nothing you know that I don't."

            "Please, Mr. Anderson, no need to get angry." Agent Smith called out a word that Neo couldn't recognize, and before long, two agents held him firmly by the arms. "Take him to the back room. Keep him there until I come for him." He ordered them.

            "Yes, sir." One responded as he punched Neo in the side and dragged him down the hallway.

            Neo's body flinched in pain. "What's going on?" Morpheus demanded. Link sat at the main console intently.

            "Neo's been captured. They're taking him into what appears to be a basement." He clicked away at his control panels. Two agents. One Neo. He could take them out easily! After all, he is the one. He was distracted by Neo's body jolting in his seat.

            "They're beating him. Link, is there a phone near to his location?"

            Link tapped intently at his keyboard. "One. On the level above him."

            "Give him a little ring to let him know we are aware of where he is." Morpheus ordered.

            Wham! An agent's fist found Neo's nose. His hands were tied behind the chair, he was stuck. Wham! Another blow to the face. I have to get out of here, now. Wham! A punch to the stomach. He was feeling ill.

            He raised his head. He had remembered who he was. How stupid can I possibly be? I am the one. He closed his eyes. The chains that tied his hands shook, and disappeared. He was free. Ring! He thought he had imagined it. Ring! There it was again. It was above him, he could hear it. Ring! They knew where he was.

            He opened his eyes and saw an agents fist. He quickly moved his head aside, grabbed his arm, and flipped him over his back. The second agent, who was sitting at a table in the near corner, stood and aimed his pistol. Agent Smith's voice could be heard in the distance: "What's going on down there?"

            The agent fired. Neo concentrated and held up his hand. The bullet slowed to a stop right in front of his hand. The agent was amazed, his mouth agape. Neo moved his hand in a circular motion, the bullet followed this motion. It was now aimed at the agent. Neo then jerked his hand forward in a sudden movement, and the bullet went flying towards the agent, plummeting into his chest. He fell to the ground, dead.

            Neo brushed off his shirt, thinking the job was done. When suddenly he was grabbed from behind – the other agent. Neo gave him a quick elbow to the stomach, then a straight kick to the chest. The agent flew backwards into the wall, breaking the cement. He fell and then stood as if nothing had just happened. He then ran at Neo, throwing punches that Neo could barely keep up with. Head, shoulder, leg, stomach. Neo thought. Then the agent connected – a powerful hit to the chest. Neo flew backwards and slid along the ground until he met the wall. Ring! He heard it. It was directly above him. He jumped and flew right through the ceiling. Dust fell on the agent who looked on, dumbfounded.

            "What's going on in here?" Smith asked as he ran into the toom. "Where is Anderson?"

            "Sir.. I.."

            "You lost him?"

            "He flew through the ceiling, sir."

            "Imbicile!" Smith slapped the agent across the face and ran out of the room.

            Neo landed just next to the phone. It was still ringing. Good. He thought. He quickly turned his head as he heard Agent Smith yelling as he entered the large library. "I'm going to get you Anderson!"

He slowed as he finished his next sentence: "I'm going to.. going to.. get.."

            Neo was Gone.