A/N: This has to be one of the shortest chapters I've ever written. I know,
it's another cliffhanger, I seem to be good at writing them. I wanted to
let you know, there may not be another chapter for a while. My life had
turned into mush and so that obliviously gets in the way of my writing.
But, if you people continue to review me, I may be able to come up with
something relatively quickly. Blah. Here you are, enjoy chapter 3. _
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Chapter Three ~ The Oracle's
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Neo was angry. Having Morpheus lecture him was bad enough, and now he found out he was going to see the Oracle alone. He was considering throwing his phone on the ground, until he realized that if he were in trouble, he would have no way to contact anyone. He mumbled some swears and began walking toward the Oracle's.
When he reached her apartment, she was there and waiting for him.
"Hello Neo," she said as he stepped into the room. Neo seemed a bit edgy. ""Uh, hello. What is it you want to tell me?" he asked.
The Oracle sighed. "You always need instant gratification, don't you?"
"That doesn't answer my question."
The Oracle smiled at him, "Neo, I have some good news for you. You need to know-" The Oracle was cut off by a sharp knock on her door. She face twisted into a knot of confusion. The knock turned into a slam, sounding like someone was trying to break the door down. The potentials scattered and hid.
"Agents," the Oracle breathed. "Neo you have to get out of here." The Oracle abruptly stood up and gathered her things. The children scurried over and they all left their home through a back door. The lock clicked.
Neo found himself in the empty house, when Agent Smith busted through the door.
"Mr. Anderson," Agent Smith began, "so good to see you here. I was expecting to kill one today, but two, two is excellent."
Neo's body tensed and he subconsciously reached for the pistol on his hip. "What do you want Smith?"
"What does everyone want, Mr. Anderson? To be free. They all want to be free. I want to get out of this place and your going to help me. "
"Who says I'm going to help you?" Neo sneered. Smith began to seem amused.
"Well, Mr. Anderson, if you don't help me then I might just have to kill you." He leveled his gun. Neo grabbed his gun before the Agent could react, and before Neo knew it, there was a host body lying on the floor.
"Not if I kill you first." Neo spat. He ran out into the hallway, bounded down the steps and ran toward the exit of the building. As soon as he was out his phone rang. It was Tank.
"Neo, I don't know what happened in there, but what you just did was amazing. Since there's no need for you to be in any longer, I already have an exit ready. It's-" His voice was stopped when the cell phone flew form Neo's hand. He watched as it landed in the street and was run over by a car.
"Mr. Anderson, do you really think you could kill me that easily?" Agent Smith asked. Neo turned around to find him standing on the street.
"Well, this is turning out to be a really shitty day for both of us, now isn't it?" Neo asked him. Agent Smith was again amused. He aimed his gun and fired.
"It will be for one of us."
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Chapter Three ~ The Oracle's
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Neo was angry. Having Morpheus lecture him was bad enough, and now he found out he was going to see the Oracle alone. He was considering throwing his phone on the ground, until he realized that if he were in trouble, he would have no way to contact anyone. He mumbled some swears and began walking toward the Oracle's.
When he reached her apartment, she was there and waiting for him.
"Hello Neo," she said as he stepped into the room. Neo seemed a bit edgy. ""Uh, hello. What is it you want to tell me?" he asked.
The Oracle sighed. "You always need instant gratification, don't you?"
"That doesn't answer my question."
The Oracle smiled at him, "Neo, I have some good news for you. You need to know-" The Oracle was cut off by a sharp knock on her door. She face twisted into a knot of confusion. The knock turned into a slam, sounding like someone was trying to break the door down. The potentials scattered and hid.
"Agents," the Oracle breathed. "Neo you have to get out of here." The Oracle abruptly stood up and gathered her things. The children scurried over and they all left their home through a back door. The lock clicked.
Neo found himself in the empty house, when Agent Smith busted through the door.
"Mr. Anderson," Agent Smith began, "so good to see you here. I was expecting to kill one today, but two, two is excellent."
Neo's body tensed and he subconsciously reached for the pistol on his hip. "What do you want Smith?"
"What does everyone want, Mr. Anderson? To be free. They all want to be free. I want to get out of this place and your going to help me. "
"Who says I'm going to help you?" Neo sneered. Smith began to seem amused.
"Well, Mr. Anderson, if you don't help me then I might just have to kill you." He leveled his gun. Neo grabbed his gun before the Agent could react, and before Neo knew it, there was a host body lying on the floor.
"Not if I kill you first." Neo spat. He ran out into the hallway, bounded down the steps and ran toward the exit of the building. As soon as he was out his phone rang. It was Tank.
"Neo, I don't know what happened in there, but what you just did was amazing. Since there's no need for you to be in any longer, I already have an exit ready. It's-" His voice was stopped when the cell phone flew form Neo's hand. He watched as it landed in the street and was run over by a car.
"Mr. Anderson, do you really think you could kill me that easily?" Agent Smith asked. Neo turned around to find him standing on the street.
"Well, this is turning out to be a really shitty day for both of us, now isn't it?" Neo asked him. Agent Smith was again amused. He aimed his gun and fired.
"It will be for one of us."