Chapter 5
Trinity was worried. She had never seen Neo like this before. He wasn't walking through the streets of the Matrix so much as stalking. He was mad.
Trinity was packing four handguns she had grabbed randomly off the racks in the construct, two in side holsters and two in hip holsters. Morpheus had two sawed off shotguns hidden in the folds of his trench coat, and a pair of matched handguns strapped to his legs. Neo only had one handgun in a side holster. But then, being the One, he wasn't likely to even need that.
Neo was leading them, but how he knew where he was going was beyond both Trinity and Morpheus. They turned into an alley and faced a dead end. Trinity and Morpheus stopped for a second, but Neo walked right in. So they followed him.
"Hey, Tommy."
Whatever was leading Neo, apparently it had gotten him where he wanted to go. Hunter was right behind them.
As they spun, Morpheus swung up one of his two shotguns and Trinity drew two handguns. Both trained their weapons on Hunter. Neo just faced him.
"Is this how you great everyone that wants to help you?" Hunter asked.
No one moved.
"Listen, I understand the silent treatment, but I really think we should get going. I don't think the Agents are that far behind me."
"What Agents?" Neo asked.
"The Agents who have plans for my complete and total removal from the Matrix by any means possible are probably not far." Hunter's voice trailed of and he turned, pulled out a very unique handgun, and in three rapid shots, hit three people passing on the street who were beginning to morph into Agents.
"Well, you know, I'd love to stick around for a quick round of twenty questions, but right now, I think we have more to worry about from the Agents," Hunter said, rather tensely.
"There's no 'we' here until you can tell us a few things," Trinity said, in a very firm voice.
"You know what, right now you guys have two choices," Hunter said, with a tone of irritation. "You can either stand around here talking about if me stopping three Agents is reason enough to earn me at least a temporary truce so we can get back to your ship and talk safely, or do you want to wait here for those Agents to find less convenient, but no less deadly hosts?"
They stood there for a moment, Trinity and Morpheus' guns trained on Hunter. Finally, Neo broke the silence.
"You think you can use an exit to get out of here."
"I was designed to be able to," Hunter replied. "Though, obviously I've never tried."
Neo pulled out his cell phone. "Tank, we need an exit."
Trinity looked like she was about to object, but Morpheus caught her eye and shook his head. The three guns disappeared back where they had come from as Tank replied.
"There's an exit about a block from you, at 4th and Eire. You're going to want to hurry. There are a couple of Agents coming in fast."
"Let's go," Morpheus said, and they took off toward the phone.
They got to the phone with no incident, and they found out why immediately. The Agents had gotten hosts ahead of them and were waiting at the phone. They had cut the line, and had guns at the ready. Hunter and Neo pulled out their guns and started shooting. The Agents just dodged the bullets, but it did give Trinity and Morpheus enough time to jump back. Morpheus pulled out his phone and called Tank.
"We need another exit Tank."
"Got one at 1st and Balben."
"Neo lets go," Trinity shouted.
Neo had just run out of bullets and immediately hurled his gun at the Agents. Hunter, strangely, was still shooting.
"Let's go Hunter!" Neo shouted.
Neo jumped back behind the building, and Hunter was right behind him.
"Got another exit?" Neo asked.
"Yes," Morpheus replied. "Follow me."
They sprinted to the phone, but yet again, they found Agents in front of them. This time, however, the Agents had only arrived seconds before and hadn't gotten the hard line yet. Still, there were three agents, and only Neo could fight them well.
"Stay back," Neo said, and then launched himself straight at the Agents. They didn't move but tried to hit him as he came in. It was hard to see what happened next, but it almost looked like Neo slammed his fists into the two agents on the side, and simply slammed them into the one in the middle. It was impossible to see what happened next, because there was a blinding flash of light and an explosion. When the light cleared, Neo was just barely standing, and the Agents were nowhere to be seen.
Trinity rushed up to him and caught him as he started to collapse.
Neo leaned on her for a second, then seemed to shake off any weariness he had felt and said, "Come on, we need to get going."
No one wasted time asking what he had just done or if he was okay, they just hurried toward the exit.
Trinity was worried. She had never seen Neo like this before. He wasn't walking through the streets of the Matrix so much as stalking. He was mad.
Trinity was packing four handguns she had grabbed randomly off the racks in the construct, two in side holsters and two in hip holsters. Morpheus had two sawed off shotguns hidden in the folds of his trench coat, and a pair of matched handguns strapped to his legs. Neo only had one handgun in a side holster. But then, being the One, he wasn't likely to even need that.
Neo was leading them, but how he knew where he was going was beyond both Trinity and Morpheus. They turned into an alley and faced a dead end. Trinity and Morpheus stopped for a second, but Neo walked right in. So they followed him.
"Hey, Tommy."
Whatever was leading Neo, apparently it had gotten him where he wanted to go. Hunter was right behind them.
As they spun, Morpheus swung up one of his two shotguns and Trinity drew two handguns. Both trained their weapons on Hunter. Neo just faced him.
"Is this how you great everyone that wants to help you?" Hunter asked.
No one moved.
"Listen, I understand the silent treatment, but I really think we should get going. I don't think the Agents are that far behind me."
"What Agents?" Neo asked.
"The Agents who have plans for my complete and total removal from the Matrix by any means possible are probably not far." Hunter's voice trailed of and he turned, pulled out a very unique handgun, and in three rapid shots, hit three people passing on the street who were beginning to morph into Agents.
"Well, you know, I'd love to stick around for a quick round of twenty questions, but right now, I think we have more to worry about from the Agents," Hunter said, rather tensely.
"There's no 'we' here until you can tell us a few things," Trinity said, in a very firm voice.
"You know what, right now you guys have two choices," Hunter said, with a tone of irritation. "You can either stand around here talking about if me stopping three Agents is reason enough to earn me at least a temporary truce so we can get back to your ship and talk safely, or do you want to wait here for those Agents to find less convenient, but no less deadly hosts?"
They stood there for a moment, Trinity and Morpheus' guns trained on Hunter. Finally, Neo broke the silence.
"You think you can use an exit to get out of here."
"I was designed to be able to," Hunter replied. "Though, obviously I've never tried."
Neo pulled out his cell phone. "Tank, we need an exit."
Trinity looked like she was about to object, but Morpheus caught her eye and shook his head. The three guns disappeared back where they had come from as Tank replied.
"There's an exit about a block from you, at 4th and Eire. You're going to want to hurry. There are a couple of Agents coming in fast."
"Let's go," Morpheus said, and they took off toward the phone.
They got to the phone with no incident, and they found out why immediately. The Agents had gotten hosts ahead of them and were waiting at the phone. They had cut the line, and had guns at the ready. Hunter and Neo pulled out their guns and started shooting. The Agents just dodged the bullets, but it did give Trinity and Morpheus enough time to jump back. Morpheus pulled out his phone and called Tank.
"We need another exit Tank."
"Got one at 1st and Balben."
"Neo lets go," Trinity shouted.
Neo had just run out of bullets and immediately hurled his gun at the Agents. Hunter, strangely, was still shooting.
"Let's go Hunter!" Neo shouted.
Neo jumped back behind the building, and Hunter was right behind him.
"Got another exit?" Neo asked.
"Yes," Morpheus replied. "Follow me."
They sprinted to the phone, but yet again, they found Agents in front of them. This time, however, the Agents had only arrived seconds before and hadn't gotten the hard line yet. Still, there were three agents, and only Neo could fight them well.
"Stay back," Neo said, and then launched himself straight at the Agents. They didn't move but tried to hit him as he came in. It was hard to see what happened next, but it almost looked like Neo slammed his fists into the two agents on the side, and simply slammed them into the one in the middle. It was impossible to see what happened next, because there was a blinding flash of light and an explosion. When the light cleared, Neo was just barely standing, and the Agents were nowhere to be seen.
Trinity rushed up to him and caught him as he started to collapse.
Neo leaned on her for a second, then seemed to shake off any weariness he had felt and said, "Come on, we need to get going."
No one wasted time asking what he had just done or if he was okay, they just hurried toward the exit.