Chapter 6
They got into the building, and found the phone line was still intact. As they walked in, it started ringing.
"You first Morpheus," Neo said.
Instead of wasting time by arguing, Morpheus picked up the phone and placed the earpiece to his ear, and vanished from the Matrix.
Trinity hung up the phone, and it quickly began to ring again.
"You're next Trinity."
She looked more inclined to argue than Morpheus, but the look she saw in Neo's eyes brooked no argument. She picked up the phone and vanished. Neo hung up the phone. He then turned to Hunter.
"What makes you so sure that you can get out of the Matrix this way?" Neo asked.
The phone started to ring.
"The Agents programmed me so I could do what I'm doing now, with the idea that a bug would be inserted into my code, enabling them to trace your ship."
"How do you know you don't have a bug?"
"I don't know," Hunter replied. "I doubt it; they would have had to insert it by means more subtle than I think Agents are capable of. Still, from what I understand, you should be able to scan me and figure out if I have a bug in me.
"I already have," Neo said.
The phone continued ringing.
"And?" Hunter asked.
"If there's a bug in you, it's so well integrated that there isn't any way to get it out anyway."
"Good to hear," Hunter said.
"Last question, before we get out of here," Neo said. "Where are you going to go when you get out of the Matrix? You don't have a body anywhere that you'll be returning to, do you?"
"No, I am completely a computer program."
"So how are you going to get out?"
"Just have the construct running when I put this phone to my ear. I'll end up there."
The phone rang twice more, as Neo considered this. Then he pulled out his cell phone.
"You catch that Tank?"
"Not for sure," Tank replied over the phone. "Sounded like you'll be wanting me to have the construct running when you guys get out. Or something along those lines anyway."
"Right."
"How about I put both of you there?"
"Sounds good."
He hung up his cell phone, and picked up the still ringing phones receiver, and handed it to Hunter.
"I'll be right behind you," Neo said.
Hunter put the phone to his ear and vanished exactly like anyone else would.
Neo picked up the receiver and put it back on the hook. It began to ring; he picked it up. As he put it to his ear, the three Agents that had been chasing them burst in. But by the time they fired, their shots hit nothing but empty air.
"They got out," one of them snarled. One with features Neo would have found shockingly familiar, had he gotten a better look.
They got into the building, and found the phone line was still intact. As they walked in, it started ringing.
"You first Morpheus," Neo said.
Instead of wasting time by arguing, Morpheus picked up the phone and placed the earpiece to his ear, and vanished from the Matrix.
Trinity hung up the phone, and it quickly began to ring again.
"You're next Trinity."
She looked more inclined to argue than Morpheus, but the look she saw in Neo's eyes brooked no argument. She picked up the phone and vanished. Neo hung up the phone. He then turned to Hunter.
"What makes you so sure that you can get out of the Matrix this way?" Neo asked.
The phone started to ring.
"The Agents programmed me so I could do what I'm doing now, with the idea that a bug would be inserted into my code, enabling them to trace your ship."
"How do you know you don't have a bug?"
"I don't know," Hunter replied. "I doubt it; they would have had to insert it by means more subtle than I think Agents are capable of. Still, from what I understand, you should be able to scan me and figure out if I have a bug in me.
"I already have," Neo said.
The phone continued ringing.
"And?" Hunter asked.
"If there's a bug in you, it's so well integrated that there isn't any way to get it out anyway."
"Good to hear," Hunter said.
"Last question, before we get out of here," Neo said. "Where are you going to go when you get out of the Matrix? You don't have a body anywhere that you'll be returning to, do you?"
"No, I am completely a computer program."
"So how are you going to get out?"
"Just have the construct running when I put this phone to my ear. I'll end up there."
The phone rang twice more, as Neo considered this. Then he pulled out his cell phone.
"You catch that Tank?"
"Not for sure," Tank replied over the phone. "Sounded like you'll be wanting me to have the construct running when you guys get out. Or something along those lines anyway."
"Right."
"How about I put both of you there?"
"Sounds good."
He hung up his cell phone, and picked up the still ringing phones receiver, and handed it to Hunter.
"I'll be right behind you," Neo said.
Hunter put the phone to his ear and vanished exactly like anyone else would.
Neo picked up the receiver and put it back on the hook. It began to ring; he picked it up. As he put it to his ear, the three Agents that had been chasing them burst in. But by the time they fired, their shots hit nothing but empty air.
"They got out," one of them snarled. One with features Neo would have found shockingly familiar, had he gotten a better look.