Niyah kicked open the door to an abandoned building. Judging from the
cinder blocks that was used for the building, she figured it was one hell
of an old building. Niyah could hardly see from just the dim light of the
hallway, but found a bunch of cardboard boxes piled in the corner of the
room. Niyah decided that was a good a place as any to put Smith down. As
she did that she saw the bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling. Did she
dare hope? She pulled the ball-bearing chain and to her delighted surprise
it turned on and bathed the room in a harsh bright glare. She closed the
door and turned back to her unwilling patient. The little pup sat with
content for the moment beside what she assumed was its master.
"Why did you help me?" Smith demanded.
"Honestly, I don't know." Niyah decided his glare was enough to make anyone squirm she decided to look for something that she could use to bind his wounds. When she found a couple of rags and noticed that some of the ones in the bottom were pretty clean. Jesus, why do I care if he should die from an infection? But she did, which she found uttering perplexing. "Who was that?"
Smith didn't answer right away, but when he did, it was in a cold indifferent voice. "His name is Mobius. He the equivalent to what you would call a anti-virus program for a computer."
"He hunts things like you?"
"Exactly."
"And I saved you?" Niyah said with an incredulous tone. Smith ignored her. She came toward him with the rags when he backed away from her as much as he could. "Fine." She practically threw the rags at him to let deal with the wound himself. She sat on the floor watching him. As he lifted his jacket she saw that his white shirt was soaked. By all accounts that shot should have killed at him, or at least the body he invaded. Niyah resisted the urge to help him even if he didn't want it. She saw the pain on his face as he applied pressure to it. Was he supposed to even feel pain?
Smith looked up and saw the look on Niyah's face. "He is as much of a rogue program as I am."
"What?" Niyah did not understand what he was talking about.
"Mobius, he is program, but was specifically designed to be like an exiled program. But his purpose is to hunt all exiled programs and delete them. He was given certain commands over the code in the matrix. Like an anti-virus program he corners and blocks all possible escapes."
"He made it so you can't leave that body," Niyah finally got it.
Smith just nodded. He turned his attention to his wound. An awkward silence fell between them. Niyah then turned her attention to the pup.
"Come here, pup." Niyah smiled as the pup come to her. He gave a wide grin and flopped into her lap. She laughed. She noticed that he did not have any kind of collar. "Does he have a name?"
Smith just gave a look that conveyed everything. Niyah rolled her eyes and looked at the pup.
"I got it." Niyah picked him up and stood him on his hind legs onto her knees. "Code E." (Cody)
"What is it with you humans and naming things you find?"
Niyah gave a cold look and a small smirk appeared. "It's a human thing I guess. Hey, since I found you, can I name you? I was leaning toward Jackass." Smith glared at her and if Niyah were not in such close quarters with him she would have laughed.
A full five minutes passed as Niyah played with Code E. when Smith said, "Thank you, for helping me."
Niyah just looked at him with a shocked expression. "You're welcome."
Niyah knew that there was no way she could just leave Smith all alone. Even if she should not have cared whether he was deleted for good or not, she still felt a pang in her conscience. Niyah looked over at Smith. The extreme loss of blood caused him to lose consciousness nearly an hour ago. Niyah was not even sure if he was still alive, but the way Code E. was still lying beside him and licking his fingers every now and then, Niyah had a feeling that he was still breathing. Now was good a time as any.
"Why did you help me?" Smith demanded.
"Honestly, I don't know." Niyah decided his glare was enough to make anyone squirm she decided to look for something that she could use to bind his wounds. When she found a couple of rags and noticed that some of the ones in the bottom were pretty clean. Jesus, why do I care if he should die from an infection? But she did, which she found uttering perplexing. "Who was that?"
Smith didn't answer right away, but when he did, it was in a cold indifferent voice. "His name is Mobius. He the equivalent to what you would call a anti-virus program for a computer."
"He hunts things like you?"
"Exactly."
"And I saved you?" Niyah said with an incredulous tone. Smith ignored her. She came toward him with the rags when he backed away from her as much as he could. "Fine." She practically threw the rags at him to let deal with the wound himself. She sat on the floor watching him. As he lifted his jacket she saw that his white shirt was soaked. By all accounts that shot should have killed at him, or at least the body he invaded. Niyah resisted the urge to help him even if he didn't want it. She saw the pain on his face as he applied pressure to it. Was he supposed to even feel pain?
Smith looked up and saw the look on Niyah's face. "He is as much of a rogue program as I am."
"What?" Niyah did not understand what he was talking about.
"Mobius, he is program, but was specifically designed to be like an exiled program. But his purpose is to hunt all exiled programs and delete them. He was given certain commands over the code in the matrix. Like an anti-virus program he corners and blocks all possible escapes."
"He made it so you can't leave that body," Niyah finally got it.
Smith just nodded. He turned his attention to his wound. An awkward silence fell between them. Niyah then turned her attention to the pup.
"Come here, pup." Niyah smiled as the pup come to her. He gave a wide grin and flopped into her lap. She laughed. She noticed that he did not have any kind of collar. "Does he have a name?"
Smith just gave a look that conveyed everything. Niyah rolled her eyes and looked at the pup.
"I got it." Niyah picked him up and stood him on his hind legs onto her knees. "Code E." (Cody)
"What is it with you humans and naming things you find?"
Niyah gave a cold look and a small smirk appeared. "It's a human thing I guess. Hey, since I found you, can I name you? I was leaning toward Jackass." Smith glared at her and if Niyah were not in such close quarters with him she would have laughed.
A full five minutes passed as Niyah played with Code E. when Smith said, "Thank you, for helping me."
Niyah just looked at him with a shocked expression. "You're welcome."
Niyah knew that there was no way she could just leave Smith all alone. Even if she should not have cared whether he was deleted for good or not, she still felt a pang in her conscience. Niyah looked over at Smith. The extreme loss of blood caused him to lose consciousness nearly an hour ago. Niyah was not even sure if he was still alive, but the way Code E. was still lying beside him and licking his fingers every now and then, Niyah had a feeling that he was still breathing. Now was good a time as any.