(Don't worry, there will be a fight scene soon. Probably... Sorry!)
"Wait, we hear it too." "From the lobby." The Twins added.
"Agents!" Antoine yelled "I won't go with them! D-don't let them take me! Please!" For the first time she looked afraid, and sounded like a real fifteen-year-old.
"We won't," said Adrian, "We don't want to be deleted, which we probably will be if we don't bring you."
"We won't let them take you, either!" added Morpheus, not wanting to be left out.
Neo still looked rather stunned by having found out that he wasn't quite so special or unique as he had thought. He kept muttering "Another... Another? Another... Another?" until Trinity gently poked him.
"Never mind that! Let's just get out of here!" Antoine brought them all to reality.
Simultaneously, the Twins and Antoine all tried to ghost out. Tried. With a triple "THUD-OW!" all three hit the wall and fell over. The Twins were up in a second, and Aidenn stopped to pull Antoine up. 'What...' he thought to his Twin, 'She's almost like our sister!' 'Sure, whatever. We like her, don't we? Hmmmm?' He smirked. 'She's only fifteen! Perv!' 'You saw her! She was thirty-five before. She can be any age she wants...' 'Oh jeez...' "Ok, back to more important things," Aidenn said aloud, glaring at Adrian "Why can't we ghost?"
Antoine's eyes were huge. She looked terrified, and she was now twenty-five again. "The Agents... They must have a new weapon. To use against me. They probably don't even know any of you are here!" She shivered.
"Alright, I'm taking control here." Morpheus said, using his 'Zion-temple-voice'. "We can ALL get out of here. We just have to work together."
Trinity, who hadn't forgotten what one of the Twins had done last time, and Niobe, who was very untrusting, glared at the Twins, who glared back. Neo was still gazing at Antoine in disbelief. "Alright?"
Everyone nodded, slowly.
"Good. Now, Neo, look outside the room and see if there's a laundry bin or something in the hallway.
Neo looked outside, and sure enough there was a laundry bin. "Yeah, there is."
"Good. Is there a maid's uniform in it?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, here's the plan. It's simple, but dangerous. One of us puts the maid's uniform on, and the rest of us get into the bin and cover ourselves in clothes. Then, the 'maid' takes us downstairs, out the back way, and to our cars. Then we separate. And hopefully never see each other again..."
"What about her?" Adrian asked, pointing at Antoine, "We haven't decided who gets her."
Antoine drew herself up angrily, preparing to yell at them, but Morpheus looked at her and she shrank back down. "We have no time for that now. We'll just have to stick together until we can decide that. Somewhere else. We can't go anywhere Zionese... What about the Merovingian's Manor?"
The Twins glanced at each other. "Uh, we suppooooseee... If that's the only way..."
"It is."
"Alright. We'll have to take two cars though..." They grinned at each other, thinking 'Oh, if only they were stupid...'
"We're not stupid. One of you goes in your car with two of us and leads, the other one comes with the other two of us and Antoine. And the one in our car won't be driving."
The Twins looked at each other, looking like they were ready to fight or argue, but one of them shook his head, and they seemed to remember that they couldn't ghost. They nodded.
Trinity had been chosen to play the maid, and it did not look good. Partly because she looked like she was about to kill something. They all fit in the laundry basket, but none of them were happy about being jammed together. Neo had a running bet going with himself about who would kill who first, Niobe or the Twins.
"Ugh, you guys are heavy! Couldn't you Twins ghost, maybe?" Trinity panted as she pushed the basket into the empty elevator.
"No. We'll fall straight through. Besides, we're still under the effects of the new weapon. Just keep pushing, woman!" Aidenn said.
"Oh fine. Now hush, we're in the lobby..."
The Agents, hiding behind dark suits and glasses, glanced up, but saw only a maid pushing a laundry bin. Neo had recently discovered that he could make codes appear different. He couldn't actually change them, but he could desguise, say, three programs and three humans as six dirty sheets. In this way they passed undetected past the Agents, through the Lobby, and to the Service Entrance, where the Escalade and the Freedom Fighter's car were parked. They crept out of the bin, and Trinity hurled off the maid uniform. They got into the cars, with only the slight distraction of the Twins arguing about who got to drive and Trinity refusing to go without Neo. Finally Aidenn gave in, and was shoved into the back seat of the other car with Antoine, and Trinity agreed that it was better for them to be separated. For concentration purposes. Morpheus drove the resistance car, and they all set off for the Merovingian's.
"Wait, we hear it too." "From the lobby." The Twins added.
"Agents!" Antoine yelled "I won't go with them! D-don't let them take me! Please!" For the first time she looked afraid, and sounded like a real fifteen-year-old.
"We won't," said Adrian, "We don't want to be deleted, which we probably will be if we don't bring you."
"We won't let them take you, either!" added Morpheus, not wanting to be left out.
Neo still looked rather stunned by having found out that he wasn't quite so special or unique as he had thought. He kept muttering "Another... Another? Another... Another?" until Trinity gently poked him.
"Never mind that! Let's just get out of here!" Antoine brought them all to reality.
Simultaneously, the Twins and Antoine all tried to ghost out. Tried. With a triple "THUD-OW!" all three hit the wall and fell over. The Twins were up in a second, and Aidenn stopped to pull Antoine up. 'What...' he thought to his Twin, 'She's almost like our sister!' 'Sure, whatever. We like her, don't we? Hmmmm?' He smirked. 'She's only fifteen! Perv!' 'You saw her! She was thirty-five before. She can be any age she wants...' 'Oh jeez...' "Ok, back to more important things," Aidenn said aloud, glaring at Adrian "Why can't we ghost?"
Antoine's eyes were huge. She looked terrified, and she was now twenty-five again. "The Agents... They must have a new weapon. To use against me. They probably don't even know any of you are here!" She shivered.
"Alright, I'm taking control here." Morpheus said, using his 'Zion-temple-voice'. "We can ALL get out of here. We just have to work together."
Trinity, who hadn't forgotten what one of the Twins had done last time, and Niobe, who was very untrusting, glared at the Twins, who glared back. Neo was still gazing at Antoine in disbelief. "Alright?"
Everyone nodded, slowly.
"Good. Now, Neo, look outside the room and see if there's a laundry bin or something in the hallway.
Neo looked outside, and sure enough there was a laundry bin. "Yeah, there is."
"Good. Is there a maid's uniform in it?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, here's the plan. It's simple, but dangerous. One of us puts the maid's uniform on, and the rest of us get into the bin and cover ourselves in clothes. Then, the 'maid' takes us downstairs, out the back way, and to our cars. Then we separate. And hopefully never see each other again..."
"What about her?" Adrian asked, pointing at Antoine, "We haven't decided who gets her."
Antoine drew herself up angrily, preparing to yell at them, but Morpheus looked at her and she shrank back down. "We have no time for that now. We'll just have to stick together until we can decide that. Somewhere else. We can't go anywhere Zionese... What about the Merovingian's Manor?"
The Twins glanced at each other. "Uh, we suppooooseee... If that's the only way..."
"It is."
"Alright. We'll have to take two cars though..." They grinned at each other, thinking 'Oh, if only they were stupid...'
"We're not stupid. One of you goes in your car with two of us and leads, the other one comes with the other two of us and Antoine. And the one in our car won't be driving."
The Twins looked at each other, looking like they were ready to fight or argue, but one of them shook his head, and they seemed to remember that they couldn't ghost. They nodded.
Trinity had been chosen to play the maid, and it did not look good. Partly because she looked like she was about to kill something. They all fit in the laundry basket, but none of them were happy about being jammed together. Neo had a running bet going with himself about who would kill who first, Niobe or the Twins.
"Ugh, you guys are heavy! Couldn't you Twins ghost, maybe?" Trinity panted as she pushed the basket into the empty elevator.
"No. We'll fall straight through. Besides, we're still under the effects of the new weapon. Just keep pushing, woman!" Aidenn said.
"Oh fine. Now hush, we're in the lobby..."
The Agents, hiding behind dark suits and glasses, glanced up, but saw only a maid pushing a laundry bin. Neo had recently discovered that he could make codes appear different. He couldn't actually change them, but he could desguise, say, three programs and three humans as six dirty sheets. In this way they passed undetected past the Agents, through the Lobby, and to the Service Entrance, where the Escalade and the Freedom Fighter's car were parked. They crept out of the bin, and Trinity hurled off the maid uniform. They got into the cars, with only the slight distraction of the Twins arguing about who got to drive and Trinity refusing to go without Neo. Finally Aidenn gave in, and was shoved into the back seat of the other car with Antoine, and Trinity agreed that it was better for them to be separated. For concentration purposes. Morpheus drove the resistance car, and they all set off for the Merovingian's.
