"Neo, wait." Morpheus called. Neo had left the mess hall, brushed past
Trinity and outright ignored both Niobe's commands to stop and Morpheus'
calls to wait. Neo came upon his room and opened the door, slamming it in
Morpheus' face. Morpheus counted to ten before deciding to go in.
"Neo, please, tell me, what happened in there?"
"He fucking told everyone that he would have Trinity despite me as an obstacle. And that smug look on his face- God. He looked as if he didn't care whether I was the One or not- I was just another guy in his way of getting to Trinity." Neo had sat down on the cot, placing his feet on the edge.
Morpheus sighed before moving further into the room.
"Who swung first?"
"I did. And before you reprimand me, I'd like you to know that he was completely happy when he got his hits in. He didn't stop or slow down even after I had been faking unconsciousness for some time. I waited for him to stop before attacking again."
Morpheus sighed again.
"We need everyone to get along on this ship. As Niobe stated, we may be the last free humans, we need to get along- our survival depends on it. Of course, I can look back and see that Ghost wasn't happy with your relationship with Trinity from the start. This was just a bomb waiting to explode." Morpheus shook his head.
"So, how much trouble will I get into?"
"Well, Ghost's past has always been colorful. He's faithful to the cause, always has been, but he can be too controlling when it comes to women. He's been switched from ship to ship until he came here. With a female captain, it was thought he was put in his place. But he's picked one too many fights and whether he started them or not, it has caused people not to want to side with him."
"Grace and Wish held Trinity back when we fought."
"Yes, I would think they would. Neither of them have especially liked Ghost, though they deal with it maturely, unlike him. I assume they have just been waiting for the time when he would say something and someone would snap because of it. I have no doubt that they enjoyed his beating."
"I didn't always have the upper hand."
"Yes, I can tell." Morpheus touched one particular cut on Neo's face. "Go to the medical ward. Wish will clean you up before sending you into the core."
"Why the core?"
"We still have a job to do Neo, whether you fought with Ghost or not, we still have a disk that could greatly change the numbers we have against us." Morpheus smiled gently, placing a hand on Neo's shoulder before turning and leaving.
*** "So, I assume you enjoyed that?" Neo asked, wincing at the stinging solution Wish was dabbing on his wounds.
"What makes you say that?" Wish asked as she finished cleaning off all the blood. "You have a nasty wound above your eye, all split and everything."
"You held Trinity back, you and Grace. Plus, Morpheus told me."
"In that case, yes, I did enjoy it. He can be a bit of an ass."
"Did he already come in here?"
"Yeah. Unconscious, thank God. I had Link and Grace carry him to his room on a stretcher. Stop fidgeting."
"Well it hurts."
"No shit, Sherlock." Wish shot back, placing ointment and a clear butterfly bandage on a cut underneath his lip. Placing more ointment above his eye and a larger bandage, she pulled back.
"God, you look so bad. Your eye is gonna close up." Wish commented.
"You got a mirror?" Neo asked, touching his face tenderly.
Wish turned around and then handed Neo a small mirror. Neo sucked in his breath upon seeing the bruise across his right cheek, a clear bandage over a gash on his left cheek, a split lip, a bandage on the bridge of his nose, the side of his left eye, and a bruise turning black around the same eye and a larger bandage above his right eye.
"I look like shit."
"Couldn't have said it better. Now, let me have a look at those ribs." Neo smiled, only to feel pain from the action and quickly lay down on the tabletop. As he lifted his shirt, Wish gently pressed her hands against him.
"Ow. OW!" Neo called out.
"Uh oh, looks like he broke a rib or two."
"Will this affect me inside the Matrix?" Neo asked.
"Nah, you're the One. If you can heal a bullet wound, I doubt this'll hurt you. Now, I'm gonna ask you to take off your shirt while I give you a standard dressing for those ribs." Wish paused to help him take off his shirt before beginning to wrap a gauze dressing around his midsection and over his shoulder.
When she finished the dressing and helped him put his shirt back on, she tended to his split knuckles. Sighing when she finished bandaging them up, she moved away.
"You're done. Now, before you jump off the table, there are a few ground rules you must abide by if you want those ribs to heal correctly." Neo sighed, waiting for her to continue. "There is to be no bending or twisting, don't lift heavy objects, try to avoid lifting anything at all. There will be no jumping or stretching and absolutely no sex- since you tend to bend and stretch and have a consider amount of pressure on those ribs when you do. Are we clear?" Wish looked hard at Neo.
With a look of defeat upon his features, Neo replied, "Yeah, we're clear."
"Good, now, go to the core and when you're done, come back here to get some ice for that eye and those ribs." Wish waved him out, trying not to laugh at the One looking so beat up. Oh well, it was just a reminder to him and everyone else- he was only human.
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If anyone wanted to know- I created Grace as the Logos operator because when I wrote this, I had not played "Enter the Matrix", so I was unaware of the character Sparks. Also, I didn't know about how Ghost's character was (like a spiritual person) when I wrote this either. Besides, I wanted to have friction, it's fun to write. Thanx to all. By the way, if you have any questions about any of my pieces or something, just ask, I don't mind.
"Neo, please, tell me, what happened in there?"
"He fucking told everyone that he would have Trinity despite me as an obstacle. And that smug look on his face- God. He looked as if he didn't care whether I was the One or not- I was just another guy in his way of getting to Trinity." Neo had sat down on the cot, placing his feet on the edge.
Morpheus sighed before moving further into the room.
"Who swung first?"
"I did. And before you reprimand me, I'd like you to know that he was completely happy when he got his hits in. He didn't stop or slow down even after I had been faking unconsciousness for some time. I waited for him to stop before attacking again."
Morpheus sighed again.
"We need everyone to get along on this ship. As Niobe stated, we may be the last free humans, we need to get along- our survival depends on it. Of course, I can look back and see that Ghost wasn't happy with your relationship with Trinity from the start. This was just a bomb waiting to explode." Morpheus shook his head.
"So, how much trouble will I get into?"
"Well, Ghost's past has always been colorful. He's faithful to the cause, always has been, but he can be too controlling when it comes to women. He's been switched from ship to ship until he came here. With a female captain, it was thought he was put in his place. But he's picked one too many fights and whether he started them or not, it has caused people not to want to side with him."
"Grace and Wish held Trinity back when we fought."
"Yes, I would think they would. Neither of them have especially liked Ghost, though they deal with it maturely, unlike him. I assume they have just been waiting for the time when he would say something and someone would snap because of it. I have no doubt that they enjoyed his beating."
"I didn't always have the upper hand."
"Yes, I can tell." Morpheus touched one particular cut on Neo's face. "Go to the medical ward. Wish will clean you up before sending you into the core."
"Why the core?"
"We still have a job to do Neo, whether you fought with Ghost or not, we still have a disk that could greatly change the numbers we have against us." Morpheus smiled gently, placing a hand on Neo's shoulder before turning and leaving.
*** "So, I assume you enjoyed that?" Neo asked, wincing at the stinging solution Wish was dabbing on his wounds.
"What makes you say that?" Wish asked as she finished cleaning off all the blood. "You have a nasty wound above your eye, all split and everything."
"You held Trinity back, you and Grace. Plus, Morpheus told me."
"In that case, yes, I did enjoy it. He can be a bit of an ass."
"Did he already come in here?"
"Yeah. Unconscious, thank God. I had Link and Grace carry him to his room on a stretcher. Stop fidgeting."
"Well it hurts."
"No shit, Sherlock." Wish shot back, placing ointment and a clear butterfly bandage on a cut underneath his lip. Placing more ointment above his eye and a larger bandage, she pulled back.
"God, you look so bad. Your eye is gonna close up." Wish commented.
"You got a mirror?" Neo asked, touching his face tenderly.
Wish turned around and then handed Neo a small mirror. Neo sucked in his breath upon seeing the bruise across his right cheek, a clear bandage over a gash on his left cheek, a split lip, a bandage on the bridge of his nose, the side of his left eye, and a bruise turning black around the same eye and a larger bandage above his right eye.
"I look like shit."
"Couldn't have said it better. Now, let me have a look at those ribs." Neo smiled, only to feel pain from the action and quickly lay down on the tabletop. As he lifted his shirt, Wish gently pressed her hands against him.
"Ow. OW!" Neo called out.
"Uh oh, looks like he broke a rib or two."
"Will this affect me inside the Matrix?" Neo asked.
"Nah, you're the One. If you can heal a bullet wound, I doubt this'll hurt you. Now, I'm gonna ask you to take off your shirt while I give you a standard dressing for those ribs." Wish paused to help him take off his shirt before beginning to wrap a gauze dressing around his midsection and over his shoulder.
When she finished the dressing and helped him put his shirt back on, she tended to his split knuckles. Sighing when she finished bandaging them up, she moved away.
"You're done. Now, before you jump off the table, there are a few ground rules you must abide by if you want those ribs to heal correctly." Neo sighed, waiting for her to continue. "There is to be no bending or twisting, don't lift heavy objects, try to avoid lifting anything at all. There will be no jumping or stretching and absolutely no sex- since you tend to bend and stretch and have a consider amount of pressure on those ribs when you do. Are we clear?" Wish looked hard at Neo.
With a look of defeat upon his features, Neo replied, "Yeah, we're clear."
"Good, now, go to the core and when you're done, come back here to get some ice for that eye and those ribs." Wish waved him out, trying not to laugh at the One looking so beat up. Oh well, it was just a reminder to him and everyone else- he was only human.
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If anyone wanted to know- I created Grace as the Logos operator because when I wrote this, I had not played "Enter the Matrix", so I was unaware of the character Sparks. Also, I didn't know about how Ghost's character was (like a spiritual person) when I wrote this either. Besides, I wanted to have friction, it's fun to write. Thanx to all. By the way, if you have any questions about any of my pieces or something, just ask, I don't mind.