WHOA! That's a lot of reviews. Thanks everyone!
Just me - Thanks! Yeah, I think that about all the films I see where there's some conspiracy. I am vaaaairy strange.
Nurvilyawen - Social life usually includes more than person, but I'm sorry. You are my social life. Please forgive me, o wise wonderful one, with dust like diamonds, which she collects to buy Keanu Reeves and Orlando Bloom.
KnowInSight - You review loads of my stories, so you get THANK YOU!!!! In capital letters!
Jack Cole - Whoa, you reviewed The Matrix Madness as well! Thanks! I would include stuff from the second movie, but I found it a little, um, confusing, so sorry about that. You find out why in a later chapter.
Society Finch - Sorry, I haven't had a chance to read your story yet, but I will soon! And I plan to keep going, don't worry about that!
Iden's Garden - Um, OK, cool it. COOL IT..
Im a Brandybuck - Thanks! Running out of things to say. um, the one who laughs last doesn't get the joke. Don't worry, I am a very strange and random person. as you will know if you've read my parody.
Cam-il - Aw, its your fave? THAT'S SO SWEET!!!! I'm so touched. *sniff* Thankies!
YamiStarFireDemon - I'm not telling you how many times I've seen it, cos I have also lost count.
Stormhawk - Believe me, I wanted to know what was going to happen as well at this point, I hadn't decided yet.
So here it comes! More tales of Asha, and my completely feeble attempt at describing stuff. I suck at describing stuff. you have been warned.
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Chapter 6 - The Real World
Asha opened her eyes. She had known what was going to happen; but there had still been a part of her brain that had been saying, "This is all a dream. It can't be happening." And this part of the brain was incredibly shocked when she broke the skin of the liquid encasing her, and she saw where she was.
Everyone who has seen the film will probably be able to describe it better than me. But Asha was in a pod, protruding from a massive tower, from which many others came out. They stretched off in all directions; there was no end to them. Asha couldn't believe what she was looking at. Computer graphics could not convey the horror of these human fields.
She pulled out the tube that was sticking down her throat, and nearly threw up at the pain of it. Her eyes filled with tears. Why was this happening to her?
A machine flew down towards her. Asha remembered this part in the film, and took a deep breath. As she expected, the machine seized her by the throat. Asha choked. As she felt the large wire being unscrewed from the back of her head, she started screaming. She just wanted this horrible nightmare to end.
At last, the machine dropped her. She lay down, resting her head on the side of her pod, feeling suddenly very tired. She felt all the little wires popping out of her back, and fell back into the pod. Suddenly she felt the weird gooey stuff be sucked out through the back of the pod, carrying her with it, and she was falling.
She plummeted down the pipe that led to the bottom of the tower. When she had watched the film, she'd said that it looked fun. Now she was just terrified. She saw the water rising up to meet her, and she knew that it was going to hurt. She was right.
"OW!!!" she screamed as fell into the water. She tried to swim, but found that she couldn't. She sank below the water, and saw the white light getting further and further away. 'This is it,' she thought, 'This is the end. They won't find me now. Do I even want them to?' But a much stronger side of her mind; the side that made her storm up to a girl and yell at her for talking on her mobile during a film; said 'Don't give up! Just try and swim!'
She tried to swim to the surface. It was immensely hard, because she was feeling incredibly cold and her legs just didn't seem to be working; but at last she broke the surface. She got a brief glance of the ship she assumed was the Nebuchadnezzar, when her brain gave up and she blacked out.
* * * * *
"Asha?" said a voice, echoing somewhere far off. Asha struggled to lift the grey fog that was filling her brain. She felt a cold hand rest on her forehead. "Asha?"
Her first thought was that she was ill. She was in bed, and her mum was asking her whether she was OK. She doubted she was, after the night she'd had... Ah. She struggled to open her eyes. She got them open a crack, and was immediately blinded by the white light over her head. She moaned, and closed them again.
"Asha?" said the voice again.
"Too much light..." said Asha.
"Dim the lights, Trinity," said the voice. The blinding whiteness went away. Asha tried to open her eyes again. She looked at herself. She was covered in needles.
"How are you, Asha?" said the voice to her right. She looked up and saw Morpheus.
"I'm..." Asha tried to put a finger on just how she felt. "Not Brilliant."
Morpheus smiled. "You're in the real world."
"Cool," said Asha. She tried to smile, but found it painful. "How long will I be like this?"
"Well, you've been unconscious for 24 hours. But you've nearly recovered. It's quite incredible, and just supports our suspicion. You are the second hope. Neo was like this for five days, but you should be up tomorrow."
"Where is Neo?"
Morpheus and Trinity glanced at each other.
"He got out OK, didn't he?"
"He got out," said Trinity, her voice breaking, "But only just." Asha saw her glance past Asha. Asha turned her head to the right, and looked past Morpheus. On a bed next to her was Neo, with his eyes shut.
If Asha could have done, she would have leapt straight out of bed then. But she just said, "Holy crap, what happened?"
"He was shot."
"But... I thought he could stop bullets?"
"He can. But something happened, and he was shot."
"But..." said Asha, "He can't have been injured! He's the One! Jon and I had bets over who would win in a fight, him or all the Powerpuff girls at once!"
Trinity nodded. "I thought so too." Suddenly she turned away and went to sit by Neo. Morpheus watched her.
"He can be injured," said Morpheus, "And even though you will be just as powerful, you can be as well."
"What?" said Asha, "I'm... going to be just as powerful as Neo?"
"If not more. I will tell you more when you have recovered. You are still tired."
"But-"
"Rest Asha. You will hear it all later."
"You said to Neo, 'The answers are coming'."
"But you already know the answers," said Morpheus, "You just haven't realized them."
Asha blinked. "That's just confusing."
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Asha opened her eyes. She hadn't realized that she had fallen asleep, but she obviously had been. The needles, and Morpheus, were gone; she now had a blanket, and nodes in her arms. She remembered what they were for, and felt a thrill of excitement. She had gotten over the initial shock of all that had happened, and though she still felt grief for her parents, she was getting past it.
"Well, that life has gone," she told herself, "No-one ever got anywhere by focusing on the past. They wouldn't want me to stew on them and be depressed. I've got to concentrate on the present." But when she thought of them, she felt a pain in her heart that she didn't think had anything to do with her unplugging.
Asha turned to her right. Trinity was still sitting next to Neo. She had her hand on his forehead. Neo stirred slightly.
"How is he?" she asked.
Trinity jumped. "I didn't know you were awake," she said.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"About eighteen hours. You can get up soon."
"Eighteen hours! No wonder I feel better."
Trinity nodded and turned back to Neo. Asha could see the concern in her face. "He will be OK, won't he?"
"Of course he will," said Trinity, "He was only shot in the side. He'll be up and about soon." Asha couldn't help feeling that the last bit she said was more aimed at herself, as if trying to convince herself. "Its just... he should be awake by now."
"What actually happened?"
"We don't know," sighed Trinity, "As soon as he started fighting them, the code went all strange. We couldn't tell what was happening. The next thing we knew was that Neo was calling us, asking us to get him out. As soon as he got back here, he collapsed." She gazed at his face. "He's been like this ever since."
Asha didn't know what to say. "But... there must be something we can do?"
"There is," said Trinity, "We can wait. We can look after him. He'll wake up soon." She paused. "He has to."
Just me - Thanks! Yeah, I think that about all the films I see where there's some conspiracy. I am vaaaairy strange.
Nurvilyawen - Social life usually includes more than person, but I'm sorry. You are my social life. Please forgive me, o wise wonderful one, with dust like diamonds, which she collects to buy Keanu Reeves and Orlando Bloom.
KnowInSight - You review loads of my stories, so you get THANK YOU!!!! In capital letters!
Jack Cole - Whoa, you reviewed The Matrix Madness as well! Thanks! I would include stuff from the second movie, but I found it a little, um, confusing, so sorry about that. You find out why in a later chapter.
Society Finch - Sorry, I haven't had a chance to read your story yet, but I will soon! And I plan to keep going, don't worry about that!
Iden's Garden - Um, OK, cool it. COOL IT..
Im a Brandybuck - Thanks! Running out of things to say. um, the one who laughs last doesn't get the joke. Don't worry, I am a very strange and random person. as you will know if you've read my parody.
Cam-il - Aw, its your fave? THAT'S SO SWEET!!!! I'm so touched. *sniff* Thankies!
YamiStarFireDemon - I'm not telling you how many times I've seen it, cos I have also lost count.
Stormhawk - Believe me, I wanted to know what was going to happen as well at this point, I hadn't decided yet.
So here it comes! More tales of Asha, and my completely feeble attempt at describing stuff. I suck at describing stuff. you have been warned.
* * * * *
Chapter 6 - The Real World
Asha opened her eyes. She had known what was going to happen; but there had still been a part of her brain that had been saying, "This is all a dream. It can't be happening." And this part of the brain was incredibly shocked when she broke the skin of the liquid encasing her, and she saw where she was.
Everyone who has seen the film will probably be able to describe it better than me. But Asha was in a pod, protruding from a massive tower, from which many others came out. They stretched off in all directions; there was no end to them. Asha couldn't believe what she was looking at. Computer graphics could not convey the horror of these human fields.
She pulled out the tube that was sticking down her throat, and nearly threw up at the pain of it. Her eyes filled with tears. Why was this happening to her?
A machine flew down towards her. Asha remembered this part in the film, and took a deep breath. As she expected, the machine seized her by the throat. Asha choked. As she felt the large wire being unscrewed from the back of her head, she started screaming. She just wanted this horrible nightmare to end.
At last, the machine dropped her. She lay down, resting her head on the side of her pod, feeling suddenly very tired. She felt all the little wires popping out of her back, and fell back into the pod. Suddenly she felt the weird gooey stuff be sucked out through the back of the pod, carrying her with it, and she was falling.
She plummeted down the pipe that led to the bottom of the tower. When she had watched the film, she'd said that it looked fun. Now she was just terrified. She saw the water rising up to meet her, and she knew that it was going to hurt. She was right.
"OW!!!" she screamed as fell into the water. She tried to swim, but found that she couldn't. She sank below the water, and saw the white light getting further and further away. 'This is it,' she thought, 'This is the end. They won't find me now. Do I even want them to?' But a much stronger side of her mind; the side that made her storm up to a girl and yell at her for talking on her mobile during a film; said 'Don't give up! Just try and swim!'
She tried to swim to the surface. It was immensely hard, because she was feeling incredibly cold and her legs just didn't seem to be working; but at last she broke the surface. She got a brief glance of the ship she assumed was the Nebuchadnezzar, when her brain gave up and she blacked out.
* * * * *
"Asha?" said a voice, echoing somewhere far off. Asha struggled to lift the grey fog that was filling her brain. She felt a cold hand rest on her forehead. "Asha?"
Her first thought was that she was ill. She was in bed, and her mum was asking her whether she was OK. She doubted she was, after the night she'd had... Ah. She struggled to open her eyes. She got them open a crack, and was immediately blinded by the white light over her head. She moaned, and closed them again.
"Asha?" said the voice again.
"Too much light..." said Asha.
"Dim the lights, Trinity," said the voice. The blinding whiteness went away. Asha tried to open her eyes again. She looked at herself. She was covered in needles.
"How are you, Asha?" said the voice to her right. She looked up and saw Morpheus.
"I'm..." Asha tried to put a finger on just how she felt. "Not Brilliant."
Morpheus smiled. "You're in the real world."
"Cool," said Asha. She tried to smile, but found it painful. "How long will I be like this?"
"Well, you've been unconscious for 24 hours. But you've nearly recovered. It's quite incredible, and just supports our suspicion. You are the second hope. Neo was like this for five days, but you should be up tomorrow."
"Where is Neo?"
Morpheus and Trinity glanced at each other.
"He got out OK, didn't he?"
"He got out," said Trinity, her voice breaking, "But only just." Asha saw her glance past Asha. Asha turned her head to the right, and looked past Morpheus. On a bed next to her was Neo, with his eyes shut.
If Asha could have done, she would have leapt straight out of bed then. But she just said, "Holy crap, what happened?"
"He was shot."
"But... I thought he could stop bullets?"
"He can. But something happened, and he was shot."
"But..." said Asha, "He can't have been injured! He's the One! Jon and I had bets over who would win in a fight, him or all the Powerpuff girls at once!"
Trinity nodded. "I thought so too." Suddenly she turned away and went to sit by Neo. Morpheus watched her.
"He can be injured," said Morpheus, "And even though you will be just as powerful, you can be as well."
"What?" said Asha, "I'm... going to be just as powerful as Neo?"
"If not more. I will tell you more when you have recovered. You are still tired."
"But-"
"Rest Asha. You will hear it all later."
"You said to Neo, 'The answers are coming'."
"But you already know the answers," said Morpheus, "You just haven't realized them."
Asha blinked. "That's just confusing."
* * * * *
Asha opened her eyes. She hadn't realized that she had fallen asleep, but she obviously had been. The needles, and Morpheus, were gone; she now had a blanket, and nodes in her arms. She remembered what they were for, and felt a thrill of excitement. She had gotten over the initial shock of all that had happened, and though she still felt grief for her parents, she was getting past it.
"Well, that life has gone," she told herself, "No-one ever got anywhere by focusing on the past. They wouldn't want me to stew on them and be depressed. I've got to concentrate on the present." But when she thought of them, she felt a pain in her heart that she didn't think had anything to do with her unplugging.
Asha turned to her right. Trinity was still sitting next to Neo. She had her hand on his forehead. Neo stirred slightly.
"How is he?" she asked.
Trinity jumped. "I didn't know you were awake," she said.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"About eighteen hours. You can get up soon."
"Eighteen hours! No wonder I feel better."
Trinity nodded and turned back to Neo. Asha could see the concern in her face. "He will be OK, won't he?"
"Of course he will," said Trinity, "He was only shot in the side. He'll be up and about soon." Asha couldn't help feeling that the last bit she said was more aimed at herself, as if trying to convince herself. "Its just... he should be awake by now."
"What actually happened?"
"We don't know," sighed Trinity, "As soon as he started fighting them, the code went all strange. We couldn't tell what was happening. The next thing we knew was that Neo was calling us, asking us to get him out. As soon as he got back here, he collapsed." She gazed at his face. "He's been like this ever since."
Asha didn't know what to say. "But... there must be something we can do?"
"There is," said Trinity, "We can wait. We can look after him. He'll wake up soon." She paused. "He has to."