The Matrix: Reverberations
Disclaimer: I did not create the Matrix. However. It is a
marvelous place to visit! See the monumental skyscrapers!
See the majestic Agents...
(an Agent once bit my sister. It's true. She was carving
her initials in the side of the Agent with...)
(we apologize for the fault in the disclaimer and would
like to notify the reader that those responsible have been
sacked.)
(mind you Agent bites can be very painful...)
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-Part 12-
Smith-Bane helped Trinity store the few personal items she'd brought onto the Caduceus.
"Are you all right?" he asked, already sure he knew what her answer would be.
Trinity nodded, silently.
Smith-Bane considered her silence for a moment as he tried to remember what might make a woman like Trinity suddenly go all silent when she'd been so talkative up until then.
"Look," he told her, in an almost brotherly tone, "I'm not trying to get you into the sack, or anything. Okay? I mean, I'd be a liar if I said I never thought about you in bed, but I'd never take advantage of you."
Trinity relaxed a little. If Bane believed that this was what she was afraid of, then all was well. She'd keep her eyes open, all the same. But she was beginning to think that maybe he wasn't so untrustworthy after all.
*****
"You've always wanted a baby," The Merovingian reminded Persephone. "You've been asking me to give you one for quite some time as I recall."
"Even if I had," Persephone didn't sound convinced, "I'd want to bear it myself, or find a human baby to raise, one whose mother was a bit less dangerous." she sipped her wine, and put the glass down. "Stealing an Agent's child is just too risky. Think of something else."
"That child is a rare work of art," the Merovingian explained. "And I intend to add it to my collection."
*****
Johnson aimed his weapon in the general direction of his quarry as he and two other Agents gave chase, eased back the trigger, and fired. The shot went Neo's head, missing him by a wide margine.
In that moment, the Mainframe realized the truth.
Agent Jackson aimed his gun and fired at Agent Johnson.
Agent Johnson was thrown forward by the force of the bullet as it slammed into the part of his program that made up his spine.
Agent Jackson was about to finish him off when their original quarry, now forgotten, placed a gunbarrel to his head and pulled the trigger.
As Agent Johnson's vision swam and faded, he heard voices nearby. One word escaped his lips as he recogized one of the voices.
The last thing he saw before the darkness claimed him was the face of Neo looking down at him with a face full of concern.
(tbc...)
Smith-Bane helped Trinity store the few personal items she'd brought onto the Caduceus.
"Are you all right?" he asked, already sure he knew what her answer would be.
Trinity nodded, silently.
Smith-Bane considered her silence for a moment as he tried to remember what might make a woman like Trinity suddenly go all silent when she'd been so talkative up until then.
"Look," he told her, in an almost brotherly tone, "I'm not trying to get you into the sack, or anything. Okay? I mean, I'd be a liar if I said I never thought about you in bed, but I'd never take advantage of you."
Trinity relaxed a little. If Bane believed that this was what she was afraid of, then all was well. She'd keep her eyes open, all the same. But she was beginning to think that maybe he wasn't so untrustworthy after all.
*****
"You've always wanted a baby," The Merovingian reminded Persephone. "You've been asking me to give you one for quite some time as I recall."
"Even if I had," Persephone didn't sound convinced, "I'd want to bear it myself, or find a human baby to raise, one whose mother was a bit less dangerous." she sipped her wine, and put the glass down. "Stealing an Agent's child is just too risky. Think of something else."
"That child is a rare work of art," the Merovingian explained. "And I intend to add it to my collection."
*****
Johnson aimed his weapon in the general direction of his quarry as he and two other Agents gave chase, eased back the trigger, and fired. The shot went Neo's head, missing him by a wide margine.
In that moment, the Mainframe realized the truth.
Agent Jackson aimed his gun and fired at Agent Johnson.
Agent Johnson was thrown forward by the force of the bullet as it slammed into the part of his program that made up his spine.
Agent Jackson was about to finish him off when their original quarry, now forgotten, placed a gunbarrel to his head and pulled the trigger.
As Agent Johnson's vision swam and faded, he heard voices nearby. One word escaped his lips as he recogized one of the voices.
The last thing he saw before the darkness claimed him was the face of Neo looking down at him with a face full of concern.
(tbc...)