Two days later...
"So you're saying that we shouldn't go into the Matrix until our ship is fixed?" The skeptical question bounced around the silence in the mess hall.
"Yes Neo, that's exactly it. We do not know if a sentinel attack will occur while we are inside. If we are, when we get out, we can go nowhere. We are a sitting duck." Morpheus glanced up at the One's face.
~So much is put on his shoulders. The world, two if you think about it. Quite amazing how you can still see everything in his eyes. ~ Morpheus momentarily ignored the silence, thinking.
"What do you think about all of this Tsunami?" Trinity asked, causing his gaze to lock with her own fiery one.
"I'm just the mechanic. I fix things. So far, nothing tells me that you shouldn't go into the Matrix. You have power- which means you can set off the EMP if you need to."
"We would like to avoid that if possible. We're too far out, and we're using up enough energy as it is." Morpheus interjected.
"Then why don't we just fix the Neb up enough to get her to Zion, and finish the repairs there?" Neo's quiet, yet thought-out question stopped both men from further opposition.
"I'm not sure we should-" Tsunami started, only to be cut off by Link.
"Yeah, we could do that. We've lost enough water and hydrogen stores already. We only have enough to get back, actually."
"Why are you telling me this now?" Morpheus asked, eyes widening slightly.
"Because I just found out this morning, like 20 minutes ago."
"All right, Link, go set a course for Zion. Everyone else, head on down to work on the hull." Morpheus stood, following Link out towards the cockpit.
~~*~~
"Trinity, you do know there are other ways to fix things than just banging the living shit out of them." Tsunami pointed out, wincing at the loud clang of a hammer on metal.
"It's pissing me off."
"Trinity, you do know that this thing is the only thing getting us home?" Neo poked his head around the corner.
Trinity paused, momentarily stopped. Then, lowering her hammer, she turned to him, an eyebrow arched slightly.
"Good point. Hey, when was the last time we all had a break?" Trinity dropped the hammer to the floor with a loud clank- as if telling all that she was done.
"More than four hours." Tsunami replied, putting down his own tools.
"Hmm, seems like lunchtime." Neo walked around to follow the other two out.
"With this food? More like IV time." Tsunami smiled as Neo laughed.
~~*~~
"...So he walks in and, not noticing the oil on the ramp, slides the whole way down, crashing over the railing and flipping over it, onto a pile of scrap metal. It was so funny." Tsunami finished his story of a past event on the Conquistador gaining true laughter from his audience of two. "Anything funny happen on this ship?"
"Well, some things before Neo and a few after him, but not many." Trinity replied, scooping some goop into her mouth.
"Oh come on, tell. Spill."
"Well, let's see, one before Neo...Ahh, I got a good one. There was this one day when we were all working on fixing some of the wiring in the core, Mouse was no where to be found, so we set about to do it without our key technician. Anyway, we're going through all this shit, and I find these two wires, a red one and a green one. Thinking they must go together since they were the only two wires unconnected and close together, I twist them together. Well, on all of the screens flashes the Woman in Red -a computer program designed by Mouse for sexual pleasure- completely naked, saying all sorts of stuff. Everyone stops working, looking at the screens, then they slowly turn to look at me and my face is literally white.
"The first thing I did was untwist the wires, then yell as loud as possible Mouse's name and "We found the Woman in Red". My God, I have never seen him get in there so fast, and the moment he found out what we found, oh boy. It was so hilarious, but you had to be there, and know him and the program's point itself. After that incident, he always kept his Woman in Red on disks instead of always running, just not hooked up."
Glancing around at the two men laughing, Neo harder than Tsunami since he understood Mouse and the Woman and Red subject better, before laughing herself.
"Okay, so how about one after Neo's unplugging?" Tsunami asked.
"One week ago, Trinity had mess hall duty..."
"No, you cannot tell him that one! You promised." Trinity quickly turned to Neo, trying to stop him- the soldier in her forgotten for the moment.
"Scrubbing bubbles!" Neo laughed out, Trinity laughing as well.
"Hey guys, it'd be funnier if you explained it." Tsunami pointed out, smiling softly.
"Well, she's scrubbing the dishes since she had mess hall duty that night. She was really ripped that day because Morpheus forbid her from entering the Matrix since there were so many sentinel attacks. And I walk in behind her, and she has yet to notice me, she's so into it. I finally tap her on the shoulder and all these bubbles come flying out of the sink because she had been scrubbing so hard, she made bubbles. To top it off, the water splashed all over her shirt and all the bubbles began popping around her. It was just something you would never see in a lifetime." Neo paused, listening to Tsunami's laughter.
A few minutes later, Neo rose to rinse out his dishes, ready to go back to work. Trinity quickly followed, leaving Tsunami to trail behind.
"You know guys, it's getting late anyway, and I think that was more dinner than lunch. Why don't you two call it a night? I'll finish up down there and then come on up."
Neo and Trinity glanced at each other for a moment before Trinity responded.
"All right, see you tomorrow."
"Night."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hmmm, painting the bad guy as a guy trying to worm his way in? Or is he thinking about screwing the agents over to help out the Neb? Hmmm, I do not know as of yet. But, I do know I already have a few ideas for the next chapter!
"So you're saying that we shouldn't go into the Matrix until our ship is fixed?" The skeptical question bounced around the silence in the mess hall.
"Yes Neo, that's exactly it. We do not know if a sentinel attack will occur while we are inside. If we are, when we get out, we can go nowhere. We are a sitting duck." Morpheus glanced up at the One's face.
~So much is put on his shoulders. The world, two if you think about it. Quite amazing how you can still see everything in his eyes. ~ Morpheus momentarily ignored the silence, thinking.
"What do you think about all of this Tsunami?" Trinity asked, causing his gaze to lock with her own fiery one.
"I'm just the mechanic. I fix things. So far, nothing tells me that you shouldn't go into the Matrix. You have power- which means you can set off the EMP if you need to."
"We would like to avoid that if possible. We're too far out, and we're using up enough energy as it is." Morpheus interjected.
"Then why don't we just fix the Neb up enough to get her to Zion, and finish the repairs there?" Neo's quiet, yet thought-out question stopped both men from further opposition.
"I'm not sure we should-" Tsunami started, only to be cut off by Link.
"Yeah, we could do that. We've lost enough water and hydrogen stores already. We only have enough to get back, actually."
"Why are you telling me this now?" Morpheus asked, eyes widening slightly.
"Because I just found out this morning, like 20 minutes ago."
"All right, Link, go set a course for Zion. Everyone else, head on down to work on the hull." Morpheus stood, following Link out towards the cockpit.
~~*~~
"Trinity, you do know there are other ways to fix things than just banging the living shit out of them." Tsunami pointed out, wincing at the loud clang of a hammer on metal.
"It's pissing me off."
"Trinity, you do know that this thing is the only thing getting us home?" Neo poked his head around the corner.
Trinity paused, momentarily stopped. Then, lowering her hammer, she turned to him, an eyebrow arched slightly.
"Good point. Hey, when was the last time we all had a break?" Trinity dropped the hammer to the floor with a loud clank- as if telling all that she was done.
"More than four hours." Tsunami replied, putting down his own tools.
"Hmm, seems like lunchtime." Neo walked around to follow the other two out.
"With this food? More like IV time." Tsunami smiled as Neo laughed.
~~*~~
"...So he walks in and, not noticing the oil on the ramp, slides the whole way down, crashing over the railing and flipping over it, onto a pile of scrap metal. It was so funny." Tsunami finished his story of a past event on the Conquistador gaining true laughter from his audience of two. "Anything funny happen on this ship?"
"Well, some things before Neo and a few after him, but not many." Trinity replied, scooping some goop into her mouth.
"Oh come on, tell. Spill."
"Well, let's see, one before Neo...Ahh, I got a good one. There was this one day when we were all working on fixing some of the wiring in the core, Mouse was no where to be found, so we set about to do it without our key technician. Anyway, we're going through all this shit, and I find these two wires, a red one and a green one. Thinking they must go together since they were the only two wires unconnected and close together, I twist them together. Well, on all of the screens flashes the Woman in Red -a computer program designed by Mouse for sexual pleasure- completely naked, saying all sorts of stuff. Everyone stops working, looking at the screens, then they slowly turn to look at me and my face is literally white.
"The first thing I did was untwist the wires, then yell as loud as possible Mouse's name and "We found the Woman in Red". My God, I have never seen him get in there so fast, and the moment he found out what we found, oh boy. It was so hilarious, but you had to be there, and know him and the program's point itself. After that incident, he always kept his Woman in Red on disks instead of always running, just not hooked up."
Glancing around at the two men laughing, Neo harder than Tsunami since he understood Mouse and the Woman and Red subject better, before laughing herself.
"Okay, so how about one after Neo's unplugging?" Tsunami asked.
"One week ago, Trinity had mess hall duty..."
"No, you cannot tell him that one! You promised." Trinity quickly turned to Neo, trying to stop him- the soldier in her forgotten for the moment.
"Scrubbing bubbles!" Neo laughed out, Trinity laughing as well.
"Hey guys, it'd be funnier if you explained it." Tsunami pointed out, smiling softly.
"Well, she's scrubbing the dishes since she had mess hall duty that night. She was really ripped that day because Morpheus forbid her from entering the Matrix since there were so many sentinel attacks. And I walk in behind her, and she has yet to notice me, she's so into it. I finally tap her on the shoulder and all these bubbles come flying out of the sink because she had been scrubbing so hard, she made bubbles. To top it off, the water splashed all over her shirt and all the bubbles began popping around her. It was just something you would never see in a lifetime." Neo paused, listening to Tsunami's laughter.
A few minutes later, Neo rose to rinse out his dishes, ready to go back to work. Trinity quickly followed, leaving Tsunami to trail behind.
"You know guys, it's getting late anyway, and I think that was more dinner than lunch. Why don't you two call it a night? I'll finish up down there and then come on up."
Neo and Trinity glanced at each other for a moment before Trinity responded.
"All right, see you tomorrow."
"Night."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hmmm, painting the bad guy as a guy trying to worm his way in? Or is he thinking about screwing the agents over to help out the Neb? Hmmm, I do not know as of yet. But, I do know I already have a few ideas for the next chapter!