@Kyrillia:
Hmmm... Dunno if I should let them get drunk... I'll see...
Yes, all will be explained in due time... Actually, I don't even know why they want her yet... Guess I should figure that out soon...
Yup, one Margarita comin' right up! (For Aidenn!)
@Megami:
I know about that. I did it on purpose because they're one/two people. It made sense in my head, doesn't mean it really makes sense...
Thanks for reading and reviewing, all! Hope you enjoy!
***
Meanwhile, six floors above them, Antoine (Yes, I know that's a boy's name, but I don't like Antoinette as much!) was sitting at her computer. She knew they were there, but she wasn't worried. In fact, she was amused. Soon, she thought, soon they will know...
***
Morpheus, Trinity, Neo, and Niobe were, at the same moment the Twins were sitting in the bar, driving up to the same hotel, with the same mission. And also like the Twins, with no idea why they were doing this mission. Morpheus waited until they were all out, Trinity had poked Neo into at least looking like he was with it, and then he briefed them. "Ok, look, this should be really easy. We just pop upstairs, get the girl, drive to a payphone, and get back to the Neb... Oops, no, to the Amaltheia. Easy. Any questions? Yes, Neo?"
"Well, er, Morpheus?"
"Yes?"
"What is the point of this? Why do we need/want the girl?"
"Honestly, I don't know. I'm only good at following the Oracle's instructions, not at thinking for myself."
"Yup!" Agreed Niobe, who was looking rather hyper because she had found Morpheus' Morphine stash... And it made her hyper because she's strange. "Yup yup yup yup yup!"
"Niobe, pleeeeze do us all a favor and stop that!" Trinity sighed.
Niobe turned large puppy eyes on her. "Well, okay... If you really want..."
"Thank you!"
They walked past the doorman, who just thought 'Body guards. More body guards.' and let them pass. Dumb doorman. They walked to the receptionist's desk, and she immediately began making eyes at Neo. Niobe stopped watching Morpheus for a second to watch a vein in Trinity's neck throb. She found this VERY amusing. Trinity did not. Trinity waited only long enough to hear, "Miss Antoine is (giggle) busy..." before she rushed Neo off to the waiting area. Niobe turned back to watch the receptionist, and she could have sworn she heard her mutter "Just like the other two..."
'Oh' thought Niobe 'I really hope that doesn't mean what I think that means.' She started looking around the lobby, looking for the Twins.
***
The Twins, meanwhile, were having a pretty good time. Or at least one of them was. Adrian had, by this time, finished off a bottle of tequila, and Aidenn had finished two Margaritas (One of which was sent by Kyrillia), and he was completely relaxed, because the effects of what Adrian had drunk were affecting him, too, but not as much. Adrian was getting, on the other hand, rather hyper, by the Twin's standards, and if Aidenn had been aware of this he probably would have smacked him. But he wasn't. He was just sort of limp. Women were flocking to their table, but they were only paying attention to Adrian. He was just telling them, very loudly, how very hard it was to work for the Merovingian, and how irritating Persephone was, when Aidenn suddenly pulled himself together and noticed who was sitting in the waiting area...
***
Niobe finally spotted the Twins in the bar. None of the others had noticed yet; Neo was getting "talked to" by Trinity about looking at ditzy receptionists (which he hadn't), and Morpheus was watching this, but pretending not to. She decided to walk over and see, just to be sure. She walked over to their table, trying to act like just another fascinated woman, wanting to hear about what they were saying - there, one of them had just mentioned the Merovingian. It was them. She snuck back to the waiting area and arrived just before Aidenn noticed that they were there. Fortunately for the Zionese, a worker-person came and told them they could go up and see Miss Antoine. They all trouped into the elevator and pushed the button for the sixth floor.
***
"Adrian! Look over in the waiting area, carefully..." Aidenn hissed into his Twin's ear.
Adrian looked, and instantly all traces of alcohol were gone from both of them. They were ready to kill. They paused only to exchange evil smiles, then they ghosted. All the woman around them started screaming as they vanished into the floor, but by the time they got to the waiting area Morpheus' little group was already gone. Fortunately, the Twins didn't have to worry about elevators.
They ghosted through the walls and appeared in room 606 before Morpheus' group was even halfway up. A girl of about 15 was sitting at a computer with her back to them. She didn't seem to have even noticed their arrival. They noticed in shock that her code looked like theirs, only hers was Gold instead of Silver. But it was definitely not Green like a human, or an Agent. She was wearing a golden Sari, with layers of gold, yellow and cream silk underneath. Her hair was a deep red-gold, cut short at the sides and back and left longer on top. 'She's pretty,' thought Aidenn to his twin. 'Yes. She is.
At last she turned around. Her face wasn't as pretty as the rest of her, being a little too square and masculine, but it was fairly nice. Her eyes, however, were what drew attention. They were deep, cold pools of ancient wisdom. They were very pale blue flecked with gold at the middle, and slowly grew darker until they reached a dark ring at the edge. "Ah," she said, with wisdom far beyond her apparent age evident in her voice, "You have come for me. I knew you would." She giggled, and the wisdom evaporated.
The Twins groaned. A giggly teenage girl. "Come with us, now. Don't bother fighting. You can't possibly win. Don't make us hurt you." Adrian walked slowly towards her, hands raised, a switchblade hidden in his sleeve. He spoke as a trainer would to a spooked horse, or a lion.
"Are you so sure?" Her voice grew powerful, but for such a short time that they weren't sure they hadn't only imagined it. While they thought about this, even though it was only a second, she had leapt with leonine grace from her chair to the floor, where she adopted a fighting stance. Her clothes had changed, too. She was now wearing identical clothes to theirs, only gold, cream and yellow instead of white/silver/platinum (their clothes change colour depending on the light. It's true. Don't shoot me! They're not always white! *whimper*)
It looked rather ridiculous to the Twins, but they welcomed a challenge. Usually people just gave in at the sight of them. They prepared to launch their attack, but before they could move she was between them, shrieking like a harpy, hissing, clawing, biting. But she couldn't ghost. She had no chance. Aidenn ghosted beneath her, and reappeared with a knife at her throat. "We told you it was useless. Now come along." He growled.
But instead she just began to scream. If they had bothered to turn her around and looked at her face they would have noticed that she was smiling.
***
Neo was the first to hear the screaming. Niobe had told them about the Twins in the elevator, so it didn't take a genius to figure out what was happening. "They must be after her, too! What was the room number, Morpheus?"
"606. Let's go. They might be killing her!" They all ran down the hall, missed the room, and ran back. Trinity shot out the lock, and they burst in. Aidenn still had a knife to her throat, but he pulled her back from the entrance when he saw who had entered.
"Kill them! Hurry up!" He hissed to his Twin. "Gladly..." Adrian stepped forward to kill them, but then something amazing happened. Antoine ghosted out of Aidenn's arms, which was stunning enough, but then she reappeared on her chair and yelled "Everyone, shut up!"
All movement stopped in the room.
Hmmm... Dunno if I should let them get drunk... I'll see...
Yes, all will be explained in due time... Actually, I don't even know why they want her yet... Guess I should figure that out soon...
Yup, one Margarita comin' right up! (For Aidenn!)
@Megami:
I know about that. I did it on purpose because they're one/two people. It made sense in my head, doesn't mean it really makes sense...
Thanks for reading and reviewing, all! Hope you enjoy!
***
Meanwhile, six floors above them, Antoine (Yes, I know that's a boy's name, but I don't like Antoinette as much!) was sitting at her computer. She knew they were there, but she wasn't worried. In fact, she was amused. Soon, she thought, soon they will know...
***
Morpheus, Trinity, Neo, and Niobe were, at the same moment the Twins were sitting in the bar, driving up to the same hotel, with the same mission. And also like the Twins, with no idea why they were doing this mission. Morpheus waited until they were all out, Trinity had poked Neo into at least looking like he was with it, and then he briefed them. "Ok, look, this should be really easy. We just pop upstairs, get the girl, drive to a payphone, and get back to the Neb... Oops, no, to the Amaltheia. Easy. Any questions? Yes, Neo?"
"Well, er, Morpheus?"
"Yes?"
"What is the point of this? Why do we need/want the girl?"
"Honestly, I don't know. I'm only good at following the Oracle's instructions, not at thinking for myself."
"Yup!" Agreed Niobe, who was looking rather hyper because she had found Morpheus' Morphine stash... And it made her hyper because she's strange. "Yup yup yup yup yup!"
"Niobe, pleeeeze do us all a favor and stop that!" Trinity sighed.
Niobe turned large puppy eyes on her. "Well, okay... If you really want..."
"Thank you!"
They walked past the doorman, who just thought 'Body guards. More body guards.' and let them pass. Dumb doorman. They walked to the receptionist's desk, and she immediately began making eyes at Neo. Niobe stopped watching Morpheus for a second to watch a vein in Trinity's neck throb. She found this VERY amusing. Trinity did not. Trinity waited only long enough to hear, "Miss Antoine is (giggle) busy..." before she rushed Neo off to the waiting area. Niobe turned back to watch the receptionist, and she could have sworn she heard her mutter "Just like the other two..."
'Oh' thought Niobe 'I really hope that doesn't mean what I think that means.' She started looking around the lobby, looking for the Twins.
***
The Twins, meanwhile, were having a pretty good time. Or at least one of them was. Adrian had, by this time, finished off a bottle of tequila, and Aidenn had finished two Margaritas (One of which was sent by Kyrillia), and he was completely relaxed, because the effects of what Adrian had drunk were affecting him, too, but not as much. Adrian was getting, on the other hand, rather hyper, by the Twin's standards, and if Aidenn had been aware of this he probably would have smacked him. But he wasn't. He was just sort of limp. Women were flocking to their table, but they were only paying attention to Adrian. He was just telling them, very loudly, how very hard it was to work for the Merovingian, and how irritating Persephone was, when Aidenn suddenly pulled himself together and noticed who was sitting in the waiting area...
***
Niobe finally spotted the Twins in the bar. None of the others had noticed yet; Neo was getting "talked to" by Trinity about looking at ditzy receptionists (which he hadn't), and Morpheus was watching this, but pretending not to. She decided to walk over and see, just to be sure. She walked over to their table, trying to act like just another fascinated woman, wanting to hear about what they were saying - there, one of them had just mentioned the Merovingian. It was them. She snuck back to the waiting area and arrived just before Aidenn noticed that they were there. Fortunately for the Zionese, a worker-person came and told them they could go up and see Miss Antoine. They all trouped into the elevator and pushed the button for the sixth floor.
***
"Adrian! Look over in the waiting area, carefully..." Aidenn hissed into his Twin's ear.
Adrian looked, and instantly all traces of alcohol were gone from both of them. They were ready to kill. They paused only to exchange evil smiles, then they ghosted. All the woman around them started screaming as they vanished into the floor, but by the time they got to the waiting area Morpheus' little group was already gone. Fortunately, the Twins didn't have to worry about elevators.
They ghosted through the walls and appeared in room 606 before Morpheus' group was even halfway up. A girl of about 15 was sitting at a computer with her back to them. She didn't seem to have even noticed their arrival. They noticed in shock that her code looked like theirs, only hers was Gold instead of Silver. But it was definitely not Green like a human, or an Agent. She was wearing a golden Sari, with layers of gold, yellow and cream silk underneath. Her hair was a deep red-gold, cut short at the sides and back and left longer on top. 'She's pretty,' thought Aidenn to his twin. 'Yes. She is.
At last she turned around. Her face wasn't as pretty as the rest of her, being a little too square and masculine, but it was fairly nice. Her eyes, however, were what drew attention. They were deep, cold pools of ancient wisdom. They were very pale blue flecked with gold at the middle, and slowly grew darker until they reached a dark ring at the edge. "Ah," she said, with wisdom far beyond her apparent age evident in her voice, "You have come for me. I knew you would." She giggled, and the wisdom evaporated.
The Twins groaned. A giggly teenage girl. "Come with us, now. Don't bother fighting. You can't possibly win. Don't make us hurt you." Adrian walked slowly towards her, hands raised, a switchblade hidden in his sleeve. He spoke as a trainer would to a spooked horse, or a lion.
"Are you so sure?" Her voice grew powerful, but for such a short time that they weren't sure they hadn't only imagined it. While they thought about this, even though it was only a second, she had leapt with leonine grace from her chair to the floor, where she adopted a fighting stance. Her clothes had changed, too. She was now wearing identical clothes to theirs, only gold, cream and yellow instead of white/silver/platinum (their clothes change colour depending on the light. It's true. Don't shoot me! They're not always white! *whimper*)
It looked rather ridiculous to the Twins, but they welcomed a challenge. Usually people just gave in at the sight of them. They prepared to launch their attack, but before they could move she was between them, shrieking like a harpy, hissing, clawing, biting. But she couldn't ghost. She had no chance. Aidenn ghosted beneath her, and reappeared with a knife at her throat. "We told you it was useless. Now come along." He growled.
But instead she just began to scream. If they had bothered to turn her around and looked at her face they would have noticed that she was smiling.
***
Neo was the first to hear the screaming. Niobe had told them about the Twins in the elevator, so it didn't take a genius to figure out what was happening. "They must be after her, too! What was the room number, Morpheus?"
"606. Let's go. They might be killing her!" They all ran down the hall, missed the room, and ran back. Trinity shot out the lock, and they burst in. Aidenn still had a knife to her throat, but he pulled her back from the entrance when he saw who had entered.
"Kill them! Hurry up!" He hissed to his Twin. "Gladly..." Adrian stepped forward to kill them, but then something amazing happened. Antoine ghosted out of Aidenn's arms, which was stunning enough, but then she reappeared on her chair and yelled "Everyone, shut up!"
All movement stopped in the room.
