Chapter 2 - Neo
Katie wandered along the empty streets. It was late evening and the dull late-autumn sun was nearly gone. She could have easily caught the bus home but she needed time to think.
To think about what that woman had said. Did she have Tom? Did she know where he was? Or who had him? Thought's were swirling round her brain and crashing into each other.
She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the man walking up the road to meet her.
"Hello, Miss Anderson," his dull voice said. Katie looked up to see a man in a black suit and sunglasses. A shudder of unknown fear shot down her back. This man looked familiar and not good news.
"Who are you?" She asked. It was meant to sound rude and confident but instead it came out stuttered and sheepish.
"I am Agent Jones," he said in the same monotone vice. "I need you to come with me."
"Why?" Katie stumbled backwards.
"It is standard procedure. Please come with me."
"NO!" She screamed running back down the street. She didn't know where or why she was running, she just was. *Of course!* She thought to herself. The realisation of why she recognized him had just hit her. He was one of them, the men on the security tape. The ones that had Tom!
She was running blind. Not knowing whether there was traffic or people of him. Just running and running. Until she was picked out of the air and thrown onto the back of a motorbike.
"Got ya, Butterfly," Trinity grinned. Katie couldn't answer; she was in too much shook, she just wrapped her arms around Trinity, holding on for her life.
"Tank, I need an exit," she said into her ear-piece.
"There's one at the old Medical Factory, two blocks from your location."
"Great, send the others with the unplugging equipment." She hung up.
Not another word was said until they reached the factory. Several time Katie thought she saw Jones; but it was impossible, there was no way that he could have found them that fast. Was there?
"In," Trinity ordered.
"Who was that man?" Katie asked once they were inside.
"He's an agent. He is hunting you." Trinity slouched down against the wall. "We'll have you safe as soon as Morpheus and Neo get here."
"Neo," Katie whispered, remembering a day from years ago.
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"Tommy!" She cried running down the garden path to meet him.
"Hey, Butterfly." He grabbed his seven year old cousin and picked her up. "Happy Birthday." He carried her back into the house. "Hi, Auntie Viv."
"Hello, Tommy dear." She replied.
"I got a computer!" Katie shouted excitedly.
"Wow," Tommy smiled. "Shall we go have a look?"
"Yeah!"
She dragged Tommy into her bedroom. "Dad set it up this morning."
"You want me to show you how you can talk to me on it?" Katie nodded. "You click on this one here, then wait for a bit then, type in this," he typed in a URL address very quickly. "Then you can talk to me."
"How do I know it's you? And how will you know it's me?" She wrinkled up her nose.
"We could make up names, like code names."
"That would be very cool!" Katie squealed. "I want to be Butterfly!"
"And I'll be. Neo."
"Neo," Katie repeated. "That's a cool name." Of course, any name he'd come up with would have seemed cool to her. He was twenty-one and she was seven. He was her hero.
"Then that's whole we'll be; Neo and Butterfly."
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"You know Neo?" Trinity asked.
"If it's the same Neo," Katie shrugged.
"There is only one Neo."
"He's my cousin," Katie said excitedly. "How do you know him?"
Trinity didn't answer. The girl knew too much already.
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So, what'd you think? Next chapter coming soon.
Katie wandered along the empty streets. It was late evening and the dull late-autumn sun was nearly gone. She could have easily caught the bus home but she needed time to think.
To think about what that woman had said. Did she have Tom? Did she know where he was? Or who had him? Thought's were swirling round her brain and crashing into each other.
She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the man walking up the road to meet her.
"Hello, Miss Anderson," his dull voice said. Katie looked up to see a man in a black suit and sunglasses. A shudder of unknown fear shot down her back. This man looked familiar and not good news.
"Who are you?" She asked. It was meant to sound rude and confident but instead it came out stuttered and sheepish.
"I am Agent Jones," he said in the same monotone vice. "I need you to come with me."
"Why?" Katie stumbled backwards.
"It is standard procedure. Please come with me."
"NO!" She screamed running back down the street. She didn't know where or why she was running, she just was. *Of course!* She thought to herself. The realisation of why she recognized him had just hit her. He was one of them, the men on the security tape. The ones that had Tom!
She was running blind. Not knowing whether there was traffic or people of him. Just running and running. Until she was picked out of the air and thrown onto the back of a motorbike.
"Got ya, Butterfly," Trinity grinned. Katie couldn't answer; she was in too much shook, she just wrapped her arms around Trinity, holding on for her life.
"Tank, I need an exit," she said into her ear-piece.
"There's one at the old Medical Factory, two blocks from your location."
"Great, send the others with the unplugging equipment." She hung up.
Not another word was said until they reached the factory. Several time Katie thought she saw Jones; but it was impossible, there was no way that he could have found them that fast. Was there?
"In," Trinity ordered.
"Who was that man?" Katie asked once they were inside.
"He's an agent. He is hunting you." Trinity slouched down against the wall. "We'll have you safe as soon as Morpheus and Neo get here."
"Neo," Katie whispered, remembering a day from years ago.
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"Tommy!" She cried running down the garden path to meet him.
"Hey, Butterfly." He grabbed his seven year old cousin and picked her up. "Happy Birthday." He carried her back into the house. "Hi, Auntie Viv."
"Hello, Tommy dear." She replied.
"I got a computer!" Katie shouted excitedly.
"Wow," Tommy smiled. "Shall we go have a look?"
"Yeah!"
She dragged Tommy into her bedroom. "Dad set it up this morning."
"You want me to show you how you can talk to me on it?" Katie nodded. "You click on this one here, then wait for a bit then, type in this," he typed in a URL address very quickly. "Then you can talk to me."
"How do I know it's you? And how will you know it's me?" She wrinkled up her nose.
"We could make up names, like code names."
"That would be very cool!" Katie squealed. "I want to be Butterfly!"
"And I'll be. Neo."
"Neo," Katie repeated. "That's a cool name." Of course, any name he'd come up with would have seemed cool to her. He was twenty-one and she was seven. He was her hero.
"Then that's whole we'll be; Neo and Butterfly."
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"You know Neo?" Trinity asked.
"If it's the same Neo," Katie shrugged.
"There is only one Neo."
"He's my cousin," Katie said excitedly. "How do you know him?"
Trinity didn't answer. The girl knew too much already.
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So, what'd you think? Next chapter coming soon.
