Disclaimer: I don't own it, I don't claim to own it ^_^ Any characters that you recognise from the Matrix trilogy belong to the Wachowskis and not me.

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White Striped Skittle: FF.Net does that to me too sometimes . . . I passed my test, aren't I just the best :D Oh, I'm a poet and I don't know it. And I'm weird. Anyways . . . If we all had Two's optimism then I'm pretty sure we'd all be very depressed. Amy-chan? That's so cute ^_^ Awe, cool. Thanx for reviewing, and leaving such a long one, I love those.

Meikaida: Yes I am evil and why a cattle prod? Cows are scary, I have an abnormal fear of cows. Revenge is at hand . . .

LadyTiger06: Ouch, poor Vlad o_o Unfortunately we don't hear much from the Neb, I couldn't think of anything . . . and I didn't want to involve them too much in this story. Thankyou ^_^

Virius Ambience: Dark indeed. Thanx, I thought it was gory enough, anymore gory and I would've cried : ) Lol, you didn't have to cry ^_^

Priestess of Anubis: Twisted? Cool! Awesome? Wicked! Here's Amanda ^_^ Somewhere in this chapter . . .

Tashilover: Yessums, I am evil ^_^ Wait a sec, how did I take away their coolness? Seriously, they're only chained to the wall and begging Vlad to stop hurting Chance . . . shirtless . . . cold . . . venerable. . . Where was I? I updated so you can stop not updating now :D Do you need a drink . . . ?

Shivvone: SHI! Yes, I'm evil, as many other people have said . . . I hadn't realized he had an answer for everything until you told me, how strange, and I love that line too. Ah, but will it be Kit that saves Chance and the Twins, or will it be Amanda . . .? Beeee jealous . . . ^_^ I passed my test but I almost hit a car today on the roundabout -_-;; I'm glad your well again ^_^

Da Buffster: Glad you liked the cookie ^_^ *Goes to get a cookie* *Munch munch munch* damn, I need another one now. Ahwell, I'll get another one soon . . . I don't know how Kit bleeds when Chance gets hurt and visa versa, it just . . . happens. Send me your pics, I'd love to see them and maybe add them to my chapters so everybody else could see them too? No torturing people unless it's necessary, or unless the've been complete a******s lately. Like Vlad. And I passed my test ^_^ Yay me.

Lupe: Yes, I'm evil ^_^ Again with the 'Your so evil.' I know I am :D Ah, I'm sure that if Two had a spork then he would gouge Vlad eyes out with it, but as it is, all his has is the floor he's sitting on, and some clothes . . . yeah, really not much to work with. Vlad deserves all the pain the world has to offer right now . . .

Matrix-Twin1: EVIL! KILL KILL KILL! Lol, night night Tinks ^_^ Lunar Shadowsong: Thankyou, I'm happy that you think it's cool ^_^

WinterGirl: I look foreword to her revenge too . . . should be quite a show I've heard.

Cossa Nova: Here's more!

Note: BOO! Mwheheheee . . . I hope your all well. You know, you might be weirded out by the fact that this is the second to last chapter, strange eh? Ahwell, it was fun to write.

I passed my driving test ^_^ But I almost hit I car yesterday when I was going round a roundabout. Twas a scary moment.

Well, be good and enjoy the chapter and review . . . and a note to my friend Alex . . . I have a question for you, so you have to review to answer it! Mwaha! And the question is . . . *Two does drum roll in the background* . . . Did I or did I not do my coursework that I have to hand in tomorrow, the fifth of January? HA! Gotcha! Mwahahahaaaaaa!

Read on faithful REVIEWERS . . . the end is near . . .

Chapter 7

Chance cut her bonds tying her hands. She moved slightly so that she could cut the rope tying her feet.

Her wing was still nailed down to the floor but the nails were loosely embedded in the wood. Not loose enough that she could lift her wing to free herself but loose enough that she could pull them out with her hand using some force.

It took Chance a whole fifteen minutes to extract the nails from her feathers. Each one was agony.

Just as Chance freed the last nail out of her right wing Vlad walked back into the room. He turned to face the Angel and quickly grabbed the dart gun from the table.

Chance was scared. She needed to be free so she could at least try to take Vlad on. She panicked when she saw him pick up the gun and pulled hard on her left wing.

She hadn't meant to but in that one instant she realised that she would rather have the pain than be tortured by Vlad anymore. (AN: I know, this sentence doesn't actually make sense. Go with the flow.)

Her lower feathers ripped and tore because of the nails and most of the bones in that wing were broken. The force of her pulling made her fall back against the wall.

Chance dropped the blade that she had been holding onto. She went to grab it but Vlad managed to step on it. She reeled back from him and into a dark corner.

Vlad picked up the blade and moved towards Chance who put her right wing up protectively, she cried out in pain, it still had the large and deep cut right next to it where Vlad had tried to cut it out.

Chance hugged her knees towards her and made sure that her good wing was in front of her so that Vlad couldn't get to her so easily.

The Vampire lifted the gun up slightly and aimed it at Chances wing.

"Not again." Chance sobbed.

"Look at you, cowering on the floor like a child. You used to be so high and mighty, trying to stand up against me." Vlad said mockingly.

"Leave her alone!" One shouted but Vlad ignored him.

Chance just sobbed quietly behind her knees.

"Not anymore." Vlad said as he shot the black dart into Chance's wing.

The Angel slumped sideways to the floor. She was unconscious again, the sobbing sound stopped.

Vlad walked over to Chance's limp form. He grabbed her arm and dragged her back to where she had previously been tied up.

He nailed some metal shackles to the floor and made sure that Chance was securely tied (AN: Can't think of the word.)

He made sure that Chance was lying on her front again and continued to cut her wing out.

The Twins looked on in horror as Vlad worked. They were very much glad that Chance was unconscious and in some ways they hoped that she wouldn't wake up anytime in the near future.

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I worked hard on what I was doing. I had heard about an eleven year old boy that had managed to hack into NASA, he got noticed. I wanted to get noticed too.

I love being in the chateau but now that I know what I know I wanted to be free. And the idea that Kit might be free meant that I might be able to see her again.

That was the most important thing.

I wanted to attract the resistance's attention, but to do that I needed to hack something really big, and seeing as how I was short on ideas, I went for NASA.

I was working on it for ages, all the time wondering where Chance and the Twins were. After about three hours of messing up security systems Persephone came back.

I quickly saved what I had got so far and closed what I was doing. I got out of my seat so Persephone could sit down. She quickly opened a few programmes and a few files.

"I called my husband and he told me what to do." She said simply as she started to download the phasing programme back into the Twins codes.

I wondered what took her so long. I didn't really want to ask her though.

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Chance was slowly regaining consciousness. She was lying on her back. She woke slower than normal because of her amazing blood loss problem. She was amazed she was still alive.

She looked straight up into Vlad's eyes. He was leaning over her, his hair hanging around his face.

"Now that's a face for radio." Chance said weakly.

Vlad sneered and turned away. Chance realised that she was lying unevenly. She looked around her and noticed something on the floor near her that made her heart miss several beats.

Vlad heard the change and turned back around to look at her. Her eyes were wide and she was looking at her detached wing. It was lying limply beside her.

The pain in Chance's back suddenly registered. Not only was she lying on her broken wing but also the other wing had been cut out of her back. She tried to fight the pain. It wasn't working.

As the minutes passed Chance's back and wing hurt more and more. It was the after affects of the dart.

Vlad felt happy with himself and decided to leave. He was hungry again and needed someone to eat.

"Don't go anywhere." He said evilly as he walked out of the door again.

Chance felt that she was safe for a while and fell back into unconsciousness.

The Twins looked on helplessly.

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