Again, I'm reeeeally sorry that this chapter is so short, but there's a
nice cliff-hanger at the end which will probably make you want to kill me!
Mwahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Chapter 9 - Separation
Asha followed Morpheus towards the exit, trying to keep her thoughts straight. It couldn't be. He couldn't be the threat. Morpheus talked about agents before. They must be the danger. In either case...
'Be careful'
Asha stopped and shook her head. She hadn't heard that voice in her head since the night the agents came for her. And it had been right then...
"Morpheus," said Asha, "We have to get back. Something's telling me that we're in danger."
Morpheus nodded. "That's the thing with prophesied hopes," he said, "If they think you're in trouble, you listen to them."
They strode out of the building. Trinity came to meet them.
"We have to get back, Trinity," said Morpheus, "Now. Asha thinks we're in danger."
Trinity nodded. They walked quickly towards the car.
'Get down!'
Asha glanced around, and saw something that made her blood run cold. An agent, striding down the street towards them, a gun raised.
"Get down!" screamed Asha, and pulled Morpheus and Trinity to the ground. A bullet went whizzing overhead where Morpheus' head had been a second ago. The agent started running towards them.
"Go!" said Morpheus, pushing Trinity and Asha towards an alley. They didn't need telling twice. As they rounded the corner bullets exploded in the brickwork next to them.
Asha ran as fast as she could, her feet pounding on the pavement, Trinity and Morpheus just behind. She could hear footsteps behind them. She glanced back; there were agents. Three of them. Agent Smith in the lead. He saw her looking at him and smiled, a smile that had no humour in it. Asha shuddered, and put on a spurt. She was drawing slightly ahead. As she ran she looked up, and saw a pigeon fly past. She suddenly saw the same pigeon fly past again.
"Deja vu," she muttered, "Hey - Deja vu?" She heard a loud crashing sound. Looking to either side, in that split second, she saw what seemed to be the walls on either side exploding. "Look out!" she screamed, and pushed the other two back while launching herself forward. Suddenly in between them was a brick wall, about twenty feet high, stretching from either side of the alley, walling her off from the others.
Asha looked around. The alley had opened onto a square courtyard between buildings. It was a dead end. "Great, Asha," she said to herself, "You've just runs straight into a dead end." She heard shouts on the other side of the wall, and she heard Trinity cry out. She heard what sounded like a fight. She ran up to the wall, and struggled to get over it. But she couldn't.
"Damn!" she said, "Why didn't I do the jump program?" She listened, and heard the shouts suddenly stop, and feet running away down the alley. Then there was silence, so loud that she could hear her heart thumping in her chest.
"Trinity?" she called, "Morpheus?"
There was no answer. Asha kicked the wall and screamed in exasperation. Suddenly her cell phone rang, making her jump. She pulled it out of her pocket.
"H-hello?"
"Asha? Its Tank. Trinity and Morpheus are OK. The agents left, and they're running back to the car. They're going to look for a way to get to you."
"Oh, thank God."
"Asha, focus. You're the one the agents are looking for. You've got to be careful- Hey, what the hell?"
She heard the sound of a keyboard and Tank swearing down the phone.
"Tank?" She heard him swear a couple more times. He then started talking very quickly and urgently.
"Asha, be careful. The screens have suddenly messed up, I can't see you any more, I think something's happening-"
Tank was cut short by Asha's phone flying from her hand. Asha turned round, and saw a boy standing a few feet behind her, holding her cell phone. He raised an eyebrow at her, and said into the phone in a voice that made Asha's blood run cold, "Yes. I'd say something was happening as well."
* * * * *
Amy - I'm not telling you anything about what happens to Neo! Har har! Cos I'm just evil like that.
Im a Brandybuck - . Rowan Witt? Nah, I prefer Spoon Boy.
T'Lorie - Yup, agents are a'coming, but not quite yet!
Lindzs - Yeah, I'm trying to give Asha a chance to kick ass.
Cirfia - So very true. Ugly, that's what.
Yilantri - Rubber chicken? *remembers Sixth form panto at her school* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, that was funny... ew..
KnowInSight - Muffins.. *drool* Oh crap, the keyboard!
Chapter 9 - Separation
Asha followed Morpheus towards the exit, trying to keep her thoughts straight. It couldn't be. He couldn't be the threat. Morpheus talked about agents before. They must be the danger. In either case...
'Be careful'
Asha stopped and shook her head. She hadn't heard that voice in her head since the night the agents came for her. And it had been right then...
"Morpheus," said Asha, "We have to get back. Something's telling me that we're in danger."
Morpheus nodded. "That's the thing with prophesied hopes," he said, "If they think you're in trouble, you listen to them."
They strode out of the building. Trinity came to meet them.
"We have to get back, Trinity," said Morpheus, "Now. Asha thinks we're in danger."
Trinity nodded. They walked quickly towards the car.
'Get down!'
Asha glanced around, and saw something that made her blood run cold. An agent, striding down the street towards them, a gun raised.
"Get down!" screamed Asha, and pulled Morpheus and Trinity to the ground. A bullet went whizzing overhead where Morpheus' head had been a second ago. The agent started running towards them.
"Go!" said Morpheus, pushing Trinity and Asha towards an alley. They didn't need telling twice. As they rounded the corner bullets exploded in the brickwork next to them.
Asha ran as fast as she could, her feet pounding on the pavement, Trinity and Morpheus just behind. She could hear footsteps behind them. She glanced back; there were agents. Three of them. Agent Smith in the lead. He saw her looking at him and smiled, a smile that had no humour in it. Asha shuddered, and put on a spurt. She was drawing slightly ahead. As she ran she looked up, and saw a pigeon fly past. She suddenly saw the same pigeon fly past again.
"Deja vu," she muttered, "Hey - Deja vu?" She heard a loud crashing sound. Looking to either side, in that split second, she saw what seemed to be the walls on either side exploding. "Look out!" she screamed, and pushed the other two back while launching herself forward. Suddenly in between them was a brick wall, about twenty feet high, stretching from either side of the alley, walling her off from the others.
Asha looked around. The alley had opened onto a square courtyard between buildings. It was a dead end. "Great, Asha," she said to herself, "You've just runs straight into a dead end." She heard shouts on the other side of the wall, and she heard Trinity cry out. She heard what sounded like a fight. She ran up to the wall, and struggled to get over it. But she couldn't.
"Damn!" she said, "Why didn't I do the jump program?" She listened, and heard the shouts suddenly stop, and feet running away down the alley. Then there was silence, so loud that she could hear her heart thumping in her chest.
"Trinity?" she called, "Morpheus?"
There was no answer. Asha kicked the wall and screamed in exasperation. Suddenly her cell phone rang, making her jump. She pulled it out of her pocket.
"H-hello?"
"Asha? Its Tank. Trinity and Morpheus are OK. The agents left, and they're running back to the car. They're going to look for a way to get to you."
"Oh, thank God."
"Asha, focus. You're the one the agents are looking for. You've got to be careful- Hey, what the hell?"
She heard the sound of a keyboard and Tank swearing down the phone.
"Tank?" She heard him swear a couple more times. He then started talking very quickly and urgently.
"Asha, be careful. The screens have suddenly messed up, I can't see you any more, I think something's happening-"
Tank was cut short by Asha's phone flying from her hand. Asha turned round, and saw a boy standing a few feet behind her, holding her cell phone. He raised an eyebrow at her, and said into the phone in a voice that made Asha's blood run cold, "Yes. I'd say something was happening as well."
* * * * *
Amy - I'm not telling you anything about what happens to Neo! Har har! Cos I'm just evil like that.
Im a Brandybuck - . Rowan Witt? Nah, I prefer Spoon Boy.
T'Lorie - Yup, agents are a'coming, but not quite yet!
Lindzs - Yeah, I'm trying to give Asha a chance to kick ass.
Cirfia - So very true. Ugly, that's what.
Yilantri - Rubber chicken? *remembers Sixth form panto at her school* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, that was funny... ew..
KnowInSight - Muffins.. *drool* Oh crap, the keyboard!