The staring in disbelief finally over, they wandered away from each other because they found the uncanny similarities rather disconcerting. Neo was confused and wondered if the agents were trying to trick him. Ted was wondering if he had stepped into the Twilight Zone and started to whistle the theme tune. He then noticed a shop selling excellent electric guitars.
"Excellent!" he said. He went inside and tested each one of the guitars. The shop was soon empty. He waited there, expecting Bill to arrive soon.
* * *
"Trinity?" Morpheus looked at her questioningly.
"Yes, Morpheus?"
"I noticed you staring at me and wondering if my sanity had been compromised. Presumably it was during this time that Neo wandered off?"
"Yes."
"Trinity?" Morpheus continued to look at her.
"Yes?"
"You complete and utter idiot."
"Well you didn't see him wander off either. Can't we just call him on a cell phone? That's what we usually do, right?" Trinity suggested.
"Neo is too young and inexperienced for cell phones. He may be The One, but I wouldn't trust him with one of those."
"I thought he already..."
"I took it away. He kept playing games on it and running down the battery."
"Oh...and you took it away from him for that." Trinity began to shift her weight and gaze guiltily at the sky, then the floor.
"Yes I did. I don't suppose you know anything about it, do you?" asked Morpheus suspiciously.
"NO! I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, and you can't prove anything!" Trinity protested. Morpheus concluded that he had made a mistake. They called Tank and asked him to locate Neo. He replied that there was a lot of interference: it seemed that there were two Neos in the matrix. He didn't want to give any of the locations in case the interference was a trap set by the agents.
At this they all began to worry for Neo's safety. They knew that although he had been reckless, he did know how to take care of himself, but they were unsure of what had happened to him. They decided to search for him themselves.
* * *
"Uh...Ted? Ted? Dude, where are you?" Bill was beginning to worry about his friend. He attempted to work out where Ted could have gone. He decided that they had both been thirsty so he must have gone to a bar, or a café, or somewhere else. He proceeded towards the nearest bar.
Meanwhile Neo was wondering what had happened to his companions. He had gone back to the area in which they had been standing before he wandered off, but it was utterly deserted.
"MORPHEUS?! TRINITY? WHERE ARE YOU?" he shouted.
"Ah, Mr. Anderson!" said a familiar voice.
"Shit!" Neo muttered.
"That's right Mr. Anderson. I have returned. You know you cannot dispose of me. I am an invincible machine. Unlike you." Agent Smith ran forwards and there was a very impressive fight with a lot of wirework and some very nifty camera shots. They came to an agreement to postpone the rest of the fight for a while so that Smith could go to buy a nice new pair of sunglasses and Neo could go and get a quick drink. Neo asked if Smith could possibly get him some sunglasses as well. He agreed.
* * *
Ted was still in the guitar shop. He has found a very nice little fender that he wanted to keep but he didn't have enough money. He had spent all he had getting the words Wyld Stallyns printed on a t-shirt. He sat down at the back of the shop reading a booklet called: "What to do when you are stuck in a guitar shop in some weird place after travelling through time and space in a magic phone booth."
Suddenly he noticed two people dressed in black entering the shop. They were dressed a bit like the lamppost man.
"Morpheus, why would Neo go into a guitar shop?" Trinity asked.
"I do not know, but he doesn't seem to be anywhere else at the moment." Morpheus answered.
Suddenly Trinity noticed Ted.
"Neo! What the hell are you doing in here?" she demanded. "And why are you wearing those weird clothes?"
"Uh...I'm not Neo. And I think these are most triumphant clothes." Ted was hurt, but he stared at her wide-eyed. He had never met a girl like her before.
"Get up Neo. We have to leave. There's some interference in the matrix. We think it might be the agents." Trinity pulled Ted to his feet.
"I'm not Neo. This is all one bogus misunderstanding." He stopped. Perhaps if he pretended to be Neo he could get this girl to go to the prom with him, although she did look like she had already finished high school. "OK, I'll come."
Morpheus called Tank and asked where the nearest exit was. They found a phone booth and were out within the next five minutes, although Ted was becoming more confused every second.
