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Chapter Three - Unplugging

It was very late. Too late. Trinity was getting worried. What was taking so long for Morpheus and Neo to get there? Butterfly had fallen asleep hours ago.

There was a soft creak from downstairs. Trinity pressed her ear against the floor, to check for voices, before standing up and staring at the door. There were no voices echoing through the old building.

"God, I hope that's them," she muttered under her breath before pulling two hand guns from her coat pockets.

The thuds of two sets of footsteps grew louder and louder with each step. She aimed at the door and released the safety catch.

The door opened with a soft click. Trinity held her breath.

"What a nice welcome," Neo grinned; knowing that she wouldn't, or couldn't, shoot him.

"Holy shit," she swore, dropping her guns back into their holsters. "What took you two so long?"

"We took a little longer than expected setting up," Morpheus explained. "Last time, if I recall, I had a little more help."

As soon as Morpheus had finished speaking he knew he shouldn't have said that. The other two looked down at the floor in mourning for their fellow shipmates.

"She's awfully young," Morpheus nodded towards the sleeping girl, attempting to change the subject.

Neo looked down her; his eyes grew wide as he realized who she was. "Butterfly!"

With Neo's outburst, she began to stir.

"You know this girl?"

"She's my cousin, Morpheus," he said sadly. "Or was? Back when.."

"Neo?" Butterfly sat up slightly, still half asleep. "Is that you?"

"I'm here, my little Butterfly." He sat down on the floor beside her.

The teenager couldn't help but burst out crying. He instantly hugged her close to him "I can't believe I found you," she sobbed into his leather jacket.

"I'm here now sweetie," he tried to comfort her. "I'm here to save you."

"That is out of the question!" Morpheus bellowed. Neo stared up at him, anger and confusion burning in his eyes.

"And why not?"

"She is far too young." Morpheus marched over to Butterfly who stood up to meet him.

"I'm fifteen!" She argued. But he ignored her.

"And how do we know she truly wants to know?"

"Know what, Morpheus?" The teenager replied. He turned round at the mention of his name. "I know that you were talking to Neo before he disappeared on a phone that had no signal number."

"How did-"

"I also know that I have been looking for something called the Matrix and every time I get close, your name come up." Butterfly smiled at the shocked look that had appeared on the three adults faces while she had been talking. "Now tell me, what is the Matrix?

Morpheus looked from Neo, to Trinity and back to Butterfly. "Very well," he sighed. "Follow me."

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"What is this place?" Butterfly asked as they entered a room in a large empty mansion. It was full of what looked like medical equipment and computers.

"It is a detector," Morpheus explained cryptically. "Now, Butterfly, you must know that once you have made your decision you can never turn back. There is no possible way to go back even if you wanted to."

She looked over to Neo who nodded for her to go on. "Ok."

"Can I do it?" Neo asked in a child-like manner. Morpheus rolled his eyes and nodded. He fished to pills out of his inner pocket and handed them to neo.

"What's that?"

"You take the blue pill and you forget that any of this ever happened. You take the red pill you come with us and we'll show you just what the Matrix really is."

Butterfly nodded and instantly took the red pill from his hand. She swallowed it without question. Her whole body went numb and the world went fuzzy.

"See you on the other side," she heard Morpheus mutter before it all went dark.