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Chapter 3
The sound of a slamming door woke Lara up. She didn't know how long she had slept, but the sun was up now, and the rain had passed. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking around her small 1 room apartment. She glanced at her answering machine, which flashed "1 New Message."
Her stomach leaped as she fell over and pressed play.
"Come to the corner of South Main and South Lincoln. A limo will be waiting there. Bring any form of weaponry at your disposal. Tonight, midnight. Come alone."
Lara leaned against the wall of a large building at the correct corner, a 7 mm pistol in an inside pocket of her trench coat.
She checked her watch. 11:59. She didn't think Morpheus would be fasionably late..
Just as this thought ran through her head, a limo pulled up and the back door flew open. No one was in the back seat, but in the front 2 seats she saw a man and a woman.
She got in and looked at both of them. The man was probably in his late 20's, and the woman was probably 30-something.
"My name is Glitch," said the man, not looking back at Lara. "This is Ahzeem."
Lara nodded and stuffed her hand into her trench coat and cocked her pistol.
They drove for a while. A long while. Eventually, Lara fell asleep, listening to the soft hum of the car.
She woke up with a cold metal ring to her head. She blinked and looked to her right and saw a man in sunglasses and a tux.
"Who are you?!" she said, immidiatly ripping out her pistol and putting it to his neck. She glanced over and saw Ahzeem, dead on the ground, and Glitch, still alive but, but totally knocked out.
She looked back at the tux'd man and saw that he was smiling.
Suddenly, almost by reflects, she grabbed the man's wrist and twisted it. Sudden shock appeared on the man's face. Then anger flashed in his eyes. And then came the undeniable sensation of complete and utter pain.
Lara pushed him down with her foot, grabbed the gun from his hand and aimed both of the guns at his neck.
"I asked you a question!" she yelled, cocking the guns together.
"Disgusting," said the man, glaring at Lara.
Glitch stirred. When he opened his eyes he saw a dead body. An old woman's dead body. He turned and saw Lara huddled in what was left of the car. He knew an Agent had come, and killed Ahzeem. He had attempted to kill Glitch too, but he managed to hang onto life. Lara's gun, and the Agent's gun, laid at her feet.
"You did that?" he asked. Lara nodded, tears streaming her face.
Glitch blinked in utter shock. "You shot an agent?"
"What? No, I shot this old woman. I thought..I thought she was a man in a tux.." she whimpered, her voice cracking.
"No!" said Glitch, standing. "You killed an Agent! Well..Not killed. More of..Got rid of it's host. Well..You saved both of us."
"But, I killed the woman," said Lara.
"Heh. She was already dead inside."
"I wasn't quick enough to save Ahzeem," sighed Lara, not feeling the least bit better about killing the woman.
"It was her time," said Glitch. "It's only about a mile to the place we need to meet Morpheus. I think we can walk."
Lara nodded, "I can walk.."
Chapter 3
The sound of a slamming door woke Lara up. She didn't know how long she had slept, but the sun was up now, and the rain had passed. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking around her small 1 room apartment. She glanced at her answering machine, which flashed "1 New Message."
Her stomach leaped as she fell over and pressed play.
"Come to the corner of South Main and South Lincoln. A limo will be waiting there. Bring any form of weaponry at your disposal. Tonight, midnight. Come alone."
Lara leaned against the wall of a large building at the correct corner, a 7 mm pistol in an inside pocket of her trench coat.
She checked her watch. 11:59. She didn't think Morpheus would be fasionably late..
Just as this thought ran through her head, a limo pulled up and the back door flew open. No one was in the back seat, but in the front 2 seats she saw a man and a woman.
She got in and looked at both of them. The man was probably in his late 20's, and the woman was probably 30-something.
"My name is Glitch," said the man, not looking back at Lara. "This is Ahzeem."
Lara nodded and stuffed her hand into her trench coat and cocked her pistol.
They drove for a while. A long while. Eventually, Lara fell asleep, listening to the soft hum of the car.
She woke up with a cold metal ring to her head. She blinked and looked to her right and saw a man in sunglasses and a tux.
"Who are you?!" she said, immidiatly ripping out her pistol and putting it to his neck. She glanced over and saw Ahzeem, dead on the ground, and Glitch, still alive but, but totally knocked out.
She looked back at the tux'd man and saw that he was smiling.
Suddenly, almost by reflects, she grabbed the man's wrist and twisted it. Sudden shock appeared on the man's face. Then anger flashed in his eyes. And then came the undeniable sensation of complete and utter pain.
Lara pushed him down with her foot, grabbed the gun from his hand and aimed both of the guns at his neck.
"I asked you a question!" she yelled, cocking the guns together.
"Disgusting," said the man, glaring at Lara.
Glitch stirred. When he opened his eyes he saw a dead body. An old woman's dead body. He turned and saw Lara huddled in what was left of the car. He knew an Agent had come, and killed Ahzeem. He had attempted to kill Glitch too, but he managed to hang onto life. Lara's gun, and the Agent's gun, laid at her feet.
"You did that?" he asked. Lara nodded, tears streaming her face.
Glitch blinked in utter shock. "You shot an agent?"
"What? No, I shot this old woman. I thought..I thought she was a man in a tux.." she whimpered, her voice cracking.
"No!" said Glitch, standing. "You killed an Agent! Well..Not killed. More of..Got rid of it's host. Well..You saved both of us."
"But, I killed the woman," said Lara.
"Heh. She was already dead inside."
"I wasn't quick enough to save Ahzeem," sighed Lara, not feeling the least bit better about killing the woman.
"It was her time," said Glitch. "It's only about a mile to the place we need to meet Morpheus. I think we can walk."
Lara nodded, "I can walk.."