Chapter 2
He stepped out into the stream of humanity. He looked around. Then he walked into the crowd, planning to get a computer and send messages for the purpose of finding those that wanted out of the Matrix.
As he walked toward an alley, he saw an Agent at the end. They regarded one another for a moment. Then the program said simply, "Come with me."
The Agent the turned and walked through a door.
Intrigued, Neo followed him. When he entered the area, he found that there were five more agents in the complex, with six people tied to chairs, facing him. Three Agents walked up to him.
"These are some," began one.
"who show the characteristics," continued the second.
"most commonly shown," continued the third,"
"by those who wish to leave the Matrix," finished the Agent who had first addressed him.
"We wish to be left alone, you idiots!" one of the captives screamed.
Neo looked around. There was a telephone in the corner of the room.
"Is there a ship on the other end to pick them up?" Neo asked the Agent.
"The Icarus,"
"is standing by. They only,"
"need to be"
"unplugged."
"What's he talking about, tough guy?" one of the captives asked Neo in what was meant to be a tough voice.
Neo looked at him.
"Unless I miss my guess, you and your friends are here because you want to know what the Matrix is."
The looks on their faces was answer enough, if he had needed one.
"Well, I'm going to tell you."
Neo proceeded to tell them the same things Morpheus had told him and he had told to countless people since when they were about to be given the chance to be unplugged.
At the end, he looked at the Agents.
"How do we run the trace?"
"There is no need,"
"to run a trace program. It has,"
"already been initiated. They need only"
"pick up the phone."
"If you want to know what the Matrix is," Neo began with a flick of his wrist "pick up that phone when it rings."
Two things accompanied Neo flicking his wrist. The first was the ropes tying them to their chairs disappeared. The second was the phone started ringing.
At first they weren't sure what was going on.
"What if we don't want to do what you say?"
Neo looked to the Agents. "Blue pill?"
"No need."
"Direct memory wipes?"
The head Agent nodded.
It took a while, but eventually, they all picked up the phone and disappeared from the Matrix. Neo turned to the Agents.
"It would be easier if, next time, you just point them out to me."
The command Agent nodded at him. Then they turned and left.
Neo took a deep breath.
Then he walked out the door. After all, there was much work to do before his job was done.
He turned and looked up, and noticed the window he had seen earlier, with the girl sitting in front of her computer. Neo smiled and walked up the stairs. He sent an thought through the computer code to her computer which wiped clean what she was looking at and wrote a simple phrase on the screen, chosen for old times sake.
"Knock, knock."
I hope you get the idea. If you think this isn't a complete enough ending, or if you think it could be improved, you can e-mail me. Or you could review. That would be nice. REVIEW!! Please?
He stepped out into the stream of humanity. He looked around. Then he walked into the crowd, planning to get a computer and send messages for the purpose of finding those that wanted out of the Matrix.
As he walked toward an alley, he saw an Agent at the end. They regarded one another for a moment. Then the program said simply, "Come with me."
The Agent the turned and walked through a door.
Intrigued, Neo followed him. When he entered the area, he found that there were five more agents in the complex, with six people tied to chairs, facing him. Three Agents walked up to him.
"These are some," began one.
"who show the characteristics," continued the second.
"most commonly shown," continued the third,"
"by those who wish to leave the Matrix," finished the Agent who had first addressed him.
"We wish to be left alone, you idiots!" one of the captives screamed.
Neo looked around. There was a telephone in the corner of the room.
"Is there a ship on the other end to pick them up?" Neo asked the Agent.
"The Icarus,"
"is standing by. They only,"
"need to be"
"unplugged."
"What's he talking about, tough guy?" one of the captives asked Neo in what was meant to be a tough voice.
Neo looked at him.
"Unless I miss my guess, you and your friends are here because you want to know what the Matrix is."
The looks on their faces was answer enough, if he had needed one.
"Well, I'm going to tell you."
Neo proceeded to tell them the same things Morpheus had told him and he had told to countless people since when they were about to be given the chance to be unplugged.
At the end, he looked at the Agents.
"How do we run the trace?"
"There is no need,"
"to run a trace program. It has,"
"already been initiated. They need only"
"pick up the phone."
"If you want to know what the Matrix is," Neo began with a flick of his wrist "pick up that phone when it rings."
Two things accompanied Neo flicking his wrist. The first was the ropes tying them to their chairs disappeared. The second was the phone started ringing.
At first they weren't sure what was going on.
"What if we don't want to do what you say?"
Neo looked to the Agents. "Blue pill?"
"No need."
"Direct memory wipes?"
The head Agent nodded.
It took a while, but eventually, they all picked up the phone and disappeared from the Matrix. Neo turned to the Agents.
"It would be easier if, next time, you just point them out to me."
The command Agent nodded at him. Then they turned and left.
Neo took a deep breath.
Then he walked out the door. After all, there was much work to do before his job was done.
He turned and looked up, and noticed the window he had seen earlier, with the girl sitting in front of her computer. Neo smiled and walked up the stairs. He sent an thought through the computer code to her computer which wiped clean what she was looking at and wrote a simple phrase on the screen, chosen for old times sake.
"Knock, knock."
I hope you get the idea. If you think this isn't a complete enough ending, or if you think it could be improved, you can e-mail me. Or you could review. That would be nice. REVIEW!! Please?