Chapter 13

The dread locked man, dressed in a pale suit and trench coat charges Neo at full speed. He reaches under his coat to pull out a switchblade. Standing, Neo grips the jacket of the man he has pinned to the ground, tossing him effortlessly like a rag doll at his brother. With force enough to knock the wind out of a gorilla, the man hurtles at the charging Twin. Without skipping a beat, the running man phases, allowing his brother to fly through him. The man lifts his arm high, swiping down attempting to slice Neo across the face and chest. Neo dodges to the left effortlessly, glancing to the rising twin that he recently tossed. Gaining his stance briefly, Neo ducks the forward slash intended for his throat. He reaches up and grabs the arm of his attacker. The Twin tries to phase to no avail. He realizes that Neo has hard coded his mind to react to the ghosting ability that once gave them the advantage as his arm is twisted behind his back. The wall is approaching swiftly. Neo charges the man toward the wall with one hand, blocking the attacks of the other Twin with the other hand. The Twin headed for the wall phases the rest of his body, disappearing into the wall. Neo anticipates his move and swings the man around, slamming him into his brother, knocking both of them to the ground. Neo faces them. The Twins snap to their feet.

"Why.."

".fight us? You know we'll."

".never stop."

Neo tilts his head to the side. "Try me."

The Trainman hurries from the front of the train to the passenger cars. The train begins to depart in time for him to look out the window and see one Twin embedded in the wall, with Neo's heel collapsing on the crown of the other with a brutal axe kick. Alarmed, he looks through the window in front of him into the next passenger car, only to see Morpheus with the rest of his crew waiting patiently for him. He storms into the next car with a vengeance. Morpheus stands in the isle with Niobe and Ghost holding the henchmen at gunpoint. Seraph stands behind Morpheus with the Kid sitting down 2 seats ahead of them all. Anger boils from deep inside the trainman as he begins to scream at the waiting crew.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing on my train?! Haven't you learned? I make the rules! I set the standard!" He storms in their direction, death on his mind. He's about to strike when suddenly he finds himself careening to the floor, striking his chin on the ground. He pulls himself from the floorboard of the car, looking behind him to see the Kid, sitting in his seat, foot extended. There is a look of shock on his face.

"I don't know what you just did, runt, but there's Hell to pay for that." He walks in front of the Kids seat. He lifts his hands above his head, fists clenched together. Before he can land his bone crushing blow, the Kid's heel connects with the Trainman's solar plexus, sending him back into the adjoining seat; breaking the windows behind him. The Kid stands to his feet. His fists clenched. "Don't call me runt."

A demonic laugh emerges from the gut of the Trainman. Seemingly hysterical, his guttural laugh turns to maniacal howling. The Kid is puzzled. He looks at Morpheus for answers, but finds nothing. He returns his gaze to the giggling fool. "What's so funny?"

Through tears of laughter, the Trainman tries to compose himself. "You're the one. I mean, not the actual One, but the one. The one I couldn't find. Mr. "Free Myself" himself. It's the only way. Couldn't find you anywhere, kid."

Morpheus interjects. "How could you know that he freed himself?"

The Trainman snarls. "Humans are so ignorant. I was looking for him before he broke out. Do you think that you're the only one that's talked to the Oracle?" He stands face to face with the Kid, towering over him. "It's not to late to trade up kid. Trust me, it's better on this side of." before he can continue, a hand is wrapped around his throat, forcing him to the ground.

The Kid is furious with his arrogance. "The only thing that I trust, is that you'll take us to Hamaan." The Trainman tries to land several punches on the Kids' kidneys and ribs. The Kid blocks each one.

Through a strained vocal chord, the Trainman replies. "We're already en route. Now let me GO!"

In the train station, a man is thrown in front of an oncoming train, impacting hard on the railing of the drive car. Seeing his opportunity, Neo grabs the remaining sibling by the collar, slamming him hard into the ground. Hails of impacts from Neo's fists embed themselves on the chest of the sibling, burying him into the concrete. He begins to change into his ghost form to disappear into the crater. Neo allows the man to sink out of sight. Neo's leg snaps high into the air; the sole of his foot connecting with the neck of the Twin that is in mid-flight. He lands hard on the ground. Neo walks over to him, sliding his foot under the cradle of his neck. He puts his hand on the Twin's throat. "No weaseling out of this one. I have some questions for you and your brother." The other Twin lands behind Neo, gripping his shoulder. Neo grabs the hand that was placed on him and flings the man over his shoulder, creating another crater on the ground beside his brother.

"What does your boss want with Hamaan?"

The Twin resting on Neo's foot reluctantly speaks first. "We have no."

".reason to tell you."

Neo releases both men, standing to his feet. "No, you don't. But then again, you don't have a reason to continue existing do you?"

Standing to their feet, the Twins glance at each other, then back to Neo.

"If you won't talk, then I'll go to the Merovingian myself."

The Twin's speak with arrogance in their tone. "You'll never find him."

Neo smirks. "Wouldn't you guys love to be around to find out if I do."

Neo dives between the Twins, rolling to a kneeling position, swiping at both legs of the men standing before him. Both men leap forward into a somersault, spinning around to attack Neo. The Twin on the left lunges forward with a flood of punches directed at Neo's chest and head. Neo dodges every attempt, resolving to grab the wrist of the man attacking him and spinning him around in time to deflect the attacks of the other Twin. Neo stands to his side, lifting his arm up, beckoning the men to attack again. With his free hand, Neo reaches into his pocket, pulling out a tiny green pill. One sibling takes his razor sharp blade from his jacket pocket, whipping it open, he charges Neo again, swiping fiercely at him. Blocking every assault, Neo is unfazed, deftly avoiding any injury intended for him. Neo finally blocks both arms of the Twin, sending the man backwards, off balance. He quickly reaches out and grabs the man by the chin, opening his mouth. Neo reaches inside and deposits the pill at the back of his throat. The One lands a bone-shattering uppercut to the chin of the Twin, sending him to the ground. Upon landing, the man swallows the pill, unknowing of what it will do to him. Slowly he feels his coding begin to change.

"What have you."

".done to him?"

Pulling himself to his knees, gritting his teeth, he clinches his head with both hands, letting out an ear-piercing shriek. A faint rumbling of a train can be heard beneath the wailing of the man. His sibling stares at him in fear of the worst. The screams emanating from the man stop as sudden as they started, and he is left hunched and unmoving on the ground.

The man left facing Neo has a countenance of both dread and anger. "Don't think this." His brother is not able to finish his sentence. A train rushes through the terminal as the man phases into his ghostly form, flying at top speed. He grabs his brother, changing him as well. Neo stands alone as the ghosts disappear onto the fleeting train.

"Trust me, this is far from over."