--The mad jester: Thanks for your comments, I'm glad you approve. I really
do with there were more Matrix fans around, the whole Matrix universe just
has so much potential for stuff like this. Oh well, keep reading, and
thanks for your honest opinion!
Artificial Existence
By Christopher Harrison
04: Mansion
The car slowly pulled up in front of the mansion, and already Violet was unsure about the mission.
The mansion was surrounded by a massive brick wall with a large iron gate at the front. The gate was closed but seemingly unlocked. The brick walls were covered with rows of spikes, and Violet wasn't too sure that they were just there for decoration. Just behind the gate a small path made from rocks put into the ground began, which stretched up the large garden to the front door of the mansion.
The mansion itself looked like a death trap. It was at least three stories high, and the walls were completely black. Where the first floor ended, the second started, but there was a small balcony like area in front of the second floor. That same design was used for the third floor. Their were small square windows arranged around all the floors, and at the front of the mansion there was a massive door, at least 3 meter's high. The wooden door had two metal handle's attached to the front.
'Are you sure this is the place?' Server asked, hoping that they'd made a mistake. Violet just nodded contently, and got out of the car. The trio walked up to the iron gate. Violet shoved the gate with his hand, and yet it refused to open for him. Server walked back a small bit and sprinted at the gate. About a meter before the gate, Server leaped into the air and did a complete flip, managing to push herself over the gate and land on the other side. 'Impressive,' Said Violet, 'You know, we could have just knocked?' Server just ignored him and pulled down a large metal lever on the other side of the gate, making the gate slowly pull itself open. The three walked inside.
They walked up the long, stone pathway, which was decorated by gargoyles and statues on the sides of the path. During the daylight, it might have looked quite nice, but on a night like this, Violet couldn't say he was really happy to see that he was being watched by the stone sentries. Server didn't seem to be to happy about it either. There was something about the statues, they just gave of a strange feeling. Violet ignored the strange feeling and continued down the path.
'You feel that, don't you?' Asked Server. Violet nodded in reply and stepped up the steps to the front door. They must have looked like a pretty odd group. Violet wore his usual black shirt and black leather jacket. His pistols were in the inside of his jacket, whilst the MP5K's he was carrying were strapped to his pants, and his shotgun was on his back. Server had decided on skin tight, dark purple latex suit, with an even darker leather trench coat. All four of her pistols were hidden inside the coat, two at her waist, two at her thigh's. The Micro Uzi's were strapped behind her, and the two Steyr TMP's were strapped to her shoulders, as her FAMAS rifle was held limply in her hands. Binary was wearing a ridiculous looking navy blue trench coat, with lighter blue shirt and pants underneath. None of his array was visible, so he was really the only innocent looking person in the group, but then, Violet wasn't too worried about looking innocent when he's meeting a murderous program who's gone rogue and started killing off the human race.
Violet knocked on the door hard. The second he did, they heard a great rumbling behind them. The three of them spun around in unision, and behind them they saw something that they would only ever believe in the Matrix.
Slowly waking from their sleep, they stone gargoyles arose from their crouching positions, slowly stretching. Server stepped in front of the group and pulled up her rifle. The assault rifle gave off a short, three- round burst into the closest of the eight gargoyles. The stone chipped away off the gargoyles chest as the bullet's impacted onto his stone skin. It slowly turned to look at server, who fired another burst, which also had little effect on the stone creature. It spread it's wings and leaped toward the group. Binary and Violet jumped to opposite sides of the garden as the gargoyle went flying into Server at an amazing speed. Server hit the door with a loud thud. Violet rolled into a crouch as he came out of his dive, and quickly swung the shotgun around to face the stone monstrosity. He pumped the shotgun, and fired off a single shot. The metal pellet's hit stone flesh, taking a massive chunk of the gargoyles left wing away. Violet pumped the shotgun fired again as the gargoyle turned, and this time the shotgun took away the creature's left forearm. Violet stood up, and pumped his shotgun, walking toward the stunned creature, who was looking in shock at the loss of his arm. Violet got within about two meters before the creature looked up at him with dark, stone eyes. Violet pulled the shotgun to the gargoyles face and fired, knocking it away. He then jumped up and kicked the body to the ground.
On the other side of the garden, Binary was not doing nearly as well. After diving, he had pulled out his pair of .44 revolvers. They only carried eight bullets each, but the powerful pistols did a lot more damage then Servers rifle. As the first gargoyle leaped off server, he saw another one closing in on her. He fired a single bullet from the first pistol to pull the gargoyles attention, but it did much more than that. At the amazingly loud sound, the pistol took the attention of another, much closer gargoyle, who started advancing at Binary. Binary pulled his second gun in it's direction and fired, punching a massive hole through it's shoulder. A split second later he fired a shot from the alternative weapon, which hit the first creature in the thigh. The gargoyle stumbled at the loss of his upper leg, and eventually fell to the ground with a loud thud, and started dragging itself with it's claws. Binary figured he could deal with that one later, and pulled both weapons to the second gargoyle. He fired off another 4 shots, two from each gun. The bullet's managed to knock off one of the gargoyle's arms and punch two massive holes in it's chest. Binary ran and jump kicked the stone sentinel, and as it landed he pulled the trigger one more time, knocking the creatures head away. He still had four bullets in each gun, and only spent two knocking out his second opponent, bringing him down to 3 bullets per gun. He looked over to see Violet close in on his target and fire a shotgun blast into it's head. The two ran back to the stairs to cover Server.
Server had regained her strength, and had pulled her FAMAS rifle into a shouldered position, switching it into automatic fire mode. Violet yelled to them 'Binary, watch our left, Server, you cover the right, I've got point.' The three complied, turning their weapons in the respective directions. Three of the gargoyle warriors had been taken down, leaving five more. The first thing Violet heard was the roar of Server's FAMAS. She emptied the remaining bullets from her gun into a gargoyle that had been trying to sneak near them at the right. The bullets impacted the gargoyle, yet it managed to keep moving toward them. 'Shit' Server proclaimed, literally throwing her rifle at the gargoyle and pulling out her TMP pistols, and switching them to full-automatic fire. Server Ran forward, straight at the gargoyle, emptying her bullet's into it. Each gun went empty in a few seconds, but the gargoyle was also left in pieces. She holstered the weapons and picked up her rifle, popping in a new clip.
Violet had no trouble defending the front. Of the five remaining Gargoyles, only two had attacked from the front. The shotgun was down to one more shell by the time he had taken out the first gargoyle, at which point the destroyed the second one with one of his MP5K sub-machine guns at close range, taking out the gargoyle quite effectively. He noticed Binary still had not fired a shot, and yet, he could not see the other gargoyles in the garden. Server ran back to the group, carrying her rifle. 'This things gone,' Server proclaimed, throwing the rifle to the ground, 'I also used up my TMP ammo, all I've got left are pistols and the micro Uzi's.' Violet nodded, standing. 'It looks like they've spread out around the mansion,' He informed them, 'Stick together, lets find these things.' The team nodded, and Violet started slowly creeping to the right side of the garden, keeping his back to the wall. He kept sliding in silence until he heard a muffled sound behind him.
Violet spun around, aiming his rifle at the sound. Where the sound had originated, stood Binary, with a Gargoyle holding on tightly to his arm. 'Damnit, I cant get a shot!' Yelled Violet, running forward. The stone monster was hiding himself behind Binary struggling body, who couldn't move because of the grip the creature had on his arm and shoulder. 'I got this.' said Server, mainly to herself, raising one of her M1911 pistols. She aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. The bullet flew forward, penetrating the Gargoyles left shoulder, which shuddered, giving Binary control of his arm. Binary quickly spun around, and as he did it, swung his katana from it's sheath, swiping downward and dislodging the gargoyles right arm. Violet then dived forward with the shotgun, and fired a shot as Binary leaped away. The shotgun blasted knocked away the gargoyles chest, and it fell to the ground, destroyed.
'Well.' Said Server, 'that was fun.' Binary brushed himself off and looked at her for a second, then walked down and said 'We should contunue'. His thickly chinese accented voice was hard to understand, and yet, Violet and Server could just tell. Perhaps that happens when you've been around someone for so long. The three nodded in agreement, and Violet led the way through the dark, to hunt down their foe.
Artificial Existence
By Christopher Harrison
04: Mansion
The car slowly pulled up in front of the mansion, and already Violet was unsure about the mission.
The mansion was surrounded by a massive brick wall with a large iron gate at the front. The gate was closed but seemingly unlocked. The brick walls were covered with rows of spikes, and Violet wasn't too sure that they were just there for decoration. Just behind the gate a small path made from rocks put into the ground began, which stretched up the large garden to the front door of the mansion.
The mansion itself looked like a death trap. It was at least three stories high, and the walls were completely black. Where the first floor ended, the second started, but there was a small balcony like area in front of the second floor. That same design was used for the third floor. Their were small square windows arranged around all the floors, and at the front of the mansion there was a massive door, at least 3 meter's high. The wooden door had two metal handle's attached to the front.
'Are you sure this is the place?' Server asked, hoping that they'd made a mistake. Violet just nodded contently, and got out of the car. The trio walked up to the iron gate. Violet shoved the gate with his hand, and yet it refused to open for him. Server walked back a small bit and sprinted at the gate. About a meter before the gate, Server leaped into the air and did a complete flip, managing to push herself over the gate and land on the other side. 'Impressive,' Said Violet, 'You know, we could have just knocked?' Server just ignored him and pulled down a large metal lever on the other side of the gate, making the gate slowly pull itself open. The three walked inside.
They walked up the long, stone pathway, which was decorated by gargoyles and statues on the sides of the path. During the daylight, it might have looked quite nice, but on a night like this, Violet couldn't say he was really happy to see that he was being watched by the stone sentries. Server didn't seem to be to happy about it either. There was something about the statues, they just gave of a strange feeling. Violet ignored the strange feeling and continued down the path.
'You feel that, don't you?' Asked Server. Violet nodded in reply and stepped up the steps to the front door. They must have looked like a pretty odd group. Violet wore his usual black shirt and black leather jacket. His pistols were in the inside of his jacket, whilst the MP5K's he was carrying were strapped to his pants, and his shotgun was on his back. Server had decided on skin tight, dark purple latex suit, with an even darker leather trench coat. All four of her pistols were hidden inside the coat, two at her waist, two at her thigh's. The Micro Uzi's were strapped behind her, and the two Steyr TMP's were strapped to her shoulders, as her FAMAS rifle was held limply in her hands. Binary was wearing a ridiculous looking navy blue trench coat, with lighter blue shirt and pants underneath. None of his array was visible, so he was really the only innocent looking person in the group, but then, Violet wasn't too worried about looking innocent when he's meeting a murderous program who's gone rogue and started killing off the human race.
Violet knocked on the door hard. The second he did, they heard a great rumbling behind them. The three of them spun around in unision, and behind them they saw something that they would only ever believe in the Matrix.
Slowly waking from their sleep, they stone gargoyles arose from their crouching positions, slowly stretching. Server stepped in front of the group and pulled up her rifle. The assault rifle gave off a short, three- round burst into the closest of the eight gargoyles. The stone chipped away off the gargoyles chest as the bullet's impacted onto his stone skin. It slowly turned to look at server, who fired another burst, which also had little effect on the stone creature. It spread it's wings and leaped toward the group. Binary and Violet jumped to opposite sides of the garden as the gargoyle went flying into Server at an amazing speed. Server hit the door with a loud thud. Violet rolled into a crouch as he came out of his dive, and quickly swung the shotgun around to face the stone monstrosity. He pumped the shotgun, and fired off a single shot. The metal pellet's hit stone flesh, taking a massive chunk of the gargoyles left wing away. Violet pumped the shotgun fired again as the gargoyle turned, and this time the shotgun took away the creature's left forearm. Violet stood up, and pumped his shotgun, walking toward the stunned creature, who was looking in shock at the loss of his arm. Violet got within about two meters before the creature looked up at him with dark, stone eyes. Violet pulled the shotgun to the gargoyles face and fired, knocking it away. He then jumped up and kicked the body to the ground.
On the other side of the garden, Binary was not doing nearly as well. After diving, he had pulled out his pair of .44 revolvers. They only carried eight bullets each, but the powerful pistols did a lot more damage then Servers rifle. As the first gargoyle leaped off server, he saw another one closing in on her. He fired a single bullet from the first pistol to pull the gargoyles attention, but it did much more than that. At the amazingly loud sound, the pistol took the attention of another, much closer gargoyle, who started advancing at Binary. Binary pulled his second gun in it's direction and fired, punching a massive hole through it's shoulder. A split second later he fired a shot from the alternative weapon, which hit the first creature in the thigh. The gargoyle stumbled at the loss of his upper leg, and eventually fell to the ground with a loud thud, and started dragging itself with it's claws. Binary figured he could deal with that one later, and pulled both weapons to the second gargoyle. He fired off another 4 shots, two from each gun. The bullet's managed to knock off one of the gargoyle's arms and punch two massive holes in it's chest. Binary ran and jump kicked the stone sentinel, and as it landed he pulled the trigger one more time, knocking the creatures head away. He still had four bullets in each gun, and only spent two knocking out his second opponent, bringing him down to 3 bullets per gun. He looked over to see Violet close in on his target and fire a shotgun blast into it's head. The two ran back to the stairs to cover Server.
Server had regained her strength, and had pulled her FAMAS rifle into a shouldered position, switching it into automatic fire mode. Violet yelled to them 'Binary, watch our left, Server, you cover the right, I've got point.' The three complied, turning their weapons in the respective directions. Three of the gargoyle warriors had been taken down, leaving five more. The first thing Violet heard was the roar of Server's FAMAS. She emptied the remaining bullets from her gun into a gargoyle that had been trying to sneak near them at the right. The bullets impacted the gargoyle, yet it managed to keep moving toward them. 'Shit' Server proclaimed, literally throwing her rifle at the gargoyle and pulling out her TMP pistols, and switching them to full-automatic fire. Server Ran forward, straight at the gargoyle, emptying her bullet's into it. Each gun went empty in a few seconds, but the gargoyle was also left in pieces. She holstered the weapons and picked up her rifle, popping in a new clip.
Violet had no trouble defending the front. Of the five remaining Gargoyles, only two had attacked from the front. The shotgun was down to one more shell by the time he had taken out the first gargoyle, at which point the destroyed the second one with one of his MP5K sub-machine guns at close range, taking out the gargoyle quite effectively. He noticed Binary still had not fired a shot, and yet, he could not see the other gargoyles in the garden. Server ran back to the group, carrying her rifle. 'This things gone,' Server proclaimed, throwing the rifle to the ground, 'I also used up my TMP ammo, all I've got left are pistols and the micro Uzi's.' Violet nodded, standing. 'It looks like they've spread out around the mansion,' He informed them, 'Stick together, lets find these things.' The team nodded, and Violet started slowly creeping to the right side of the garden, keeping his back to the wall. He kept sliding in silence until he heard a muffled sound behind him.
Violet spun around, aiming his rifle at the sound. Where the sound had originated, stood Binary, with a Gargoyle holding on tightly to his arm. 'Damnit, I cant get a shot!' Yelled Violet, running forward. The stone monster was hiding himself behind Binary struggling body, who couldn't move because of the grip the creature had on his arm and shoulder. 'I got this.' said Server, mainly to herself, raising one of her M1911 pistols. She aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. The bullet flew forward, penetrating the Gargoyles left shoulder, which shuddered, giving Binary control of his arm. Binary quickly spun around, and as he did it, swung his katana from it's sheath, swiping downward and dislodging the gargoyles right arm. Violet then dived forward with the shotgun, and fired a shot as Binary leaped away. The shotgun blasted knocked away the gargoyles chest, and it fell to the ground, destroyed.
'Well.' Said Server, 'that was fun.' Binary brushed himself off and looked at her for a second, then walked down and said 'We should contunue'. His thickly chinese accented voice was hard to understand, and yet, Violet and Server could just tell. Perhaps that happens when you've been around someone for so long. The three nodded in agreement, and Violet led the way through the dark, to hunt down their foe.