Disclaimer: Chapter 10, and you still haven't had it pounded into your brains enough.  I.  Don't.  Own.  The.  Matrix.

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Megami no Inazumi: Yes, now it is perfect.

Bloodredcherry: Yah, I can understand the Twins speech mannerisms really well as a result of two certain friends of mine who have adapted those mannerisms.

Boo: No, girl is nameless because she just is. She's just 'Girl', and that's her name.

In the beginning, there was much waiting…then there was the next chapter…and much rejoicing.  Last time, the Rebels found One, Morpheus and Apoc were forcefully sent back to the ship for being tactless around poor One, and One found Two's code, which he, Trinity, and Switch are now following in hopes of finding and pounding Smelrond (basically, One got to be the star of the chapter).  Chapter 10 was brought to you by Free Time; "The rarest and much valued substance ever."

Chapter 10: Crowded

We are finally back with Girl, who now has Two for company and not just Angnor and Connus, both of whom are now ignoring everyone else.

Girl: You followed Smelrond around all day and then got captured just to rescue me?

Two: Yeah.  But we weren't planning on the 'captured' part.  Or the 'complete and total separation from us' part.

Girl: Aaaaawwwww…poor Two…poor both of you.

Two:  *depressed silence* We want us back.  We need us back.  We're completely lost without our voice of sanity and reason.

DVS (Disembodied Voice of Smelrond): So sorry to interrupt your mental anguish, but I must tell you that you'll be completely lost for quite some time, as there is no possibility of me putting your other self in there with you.  However, you will be having another guest soon, possibly two.  Your other self will be with them, but I think I'll miss him on purpose…

Girl: GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE YOU EVIL, SADISTIC PSYCHO!!!

DVS: …In fact, I believe that I'll temporarily re-write the NetherCube so that you can hear every bit of what is going on when I spring my trap…

Girl:  I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!! *kicks the walls of the Cube* GO AWAY!!!

DVS: Angnor and Connus will come out, of course.  Not only will they take up unnecessary space, but in your current mood you will most likely kill them, which I cannot have…

Girl:  That part would be good BUT I STILL HATE YOU!!!  WHEN I GET OUT OF THIS BLOODY CUBE, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE A SLOW, PAINFUL DEATH THAT WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH COW MANURE AND A BRITTANY SPEARS CD!!!

DVS: I would be very afraid of that threat, but fortunately for me you never will get out of the NetherCube.  Goodbye for now.

Girl: AND GOOD RIDDANCE!!! *sits on floor of the Cube and glares as Angnor and Connus disappear into thin air and supposedly reappear outside the Cube* I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him…He's 50 million times worse than the French Miroku poser…at least he left me pretty much alone after that meeting…I should have kicked him harder that first time I met him…I should have broken his bloody leg…he deserves it…DAMMIT I HATE HIM!!!

Two: *wisely saying nothing*

Back to Trinity, Switch, and One…

One has followed Two's code to the door of an old warehouse.

Trinity: So it definitely goes in here?

One: We're sure of it.

Switch: This is a little too cliché, and I don't like it.  There's always some sort of stupid trap in an old, abandoned warehouse.

Trinity: Well, we'll just have to be careful.

One: *very happy at the prospect of seeing Two again soon, so begins sing-chanting* We're going to save us, we're going to save us!

Trinity (thinking): If we fail, I'm gonna feel reeeeeally guilty…

All three: *furtively walk inside and see NetherCube on table*

One: US! *runs towards Cube*

Back to Cube Perspective…

Smelrond has re-written Cube so that Two and Girl can hear what is going on (just to be mean).  The Cube on the table is actually not the NetherCube, just a decoy (Smelrond is hiding in the shadows with the real one), and they know this.

One (as heard from inside Cube): US! *sound of running feet*

Two: US!  *begins trying to ghost through Cube, but it doesn't work and he just winds up repeatedly whamming into the wall* IT'S *wham* A *wham* TRAP *wham* DON'T *wham* FALL *wham* FOR *wham* IT!!! *wham*

Girl: *tries unsuccessfully to hold Two back* Two!  Stop it before hurt yourself!

Two: WE *wham* DON'T *wham* CARE!!! *wham* UUUUUSSSSS!!! *wham*

One (as heard from inside Cube): Wait, we're not in here!

Trinity (AHFIC): What?

One (AHFIC): There isn't anyone in here!

Switch (AHFIC): A decoy!

Girl: DON'T JUST STAND THERE YOU IDIOTS!!! *begins whamming into the wall as well* RUN *wham* AWAY *wham* WHILE *wham* YOU *wham* STILL *wham* CAN!!! *wham*

Smith (AHFIC): Yes, a decoy.  You fell right into my trap.  And now…you're mine. *there is a short silence, and Switch appears inside the Cube*

Switch: Wha…? *looks at Girl and Two, who are still slamming repeatedly into the side and yelling*

Two:  US!!! *wham* GET *wham* OUT *wham* OF *wham* HERE!!! *wham*

Girl: DON'T *wham* TRY *wham* SAVING *wham* US *wham* NOW *wham* YOU'LL *wham* JUST *wham* GET *wham* CAUGHT!!! *wham*

Back outside the Cube…

Trinity and One stare horrified at the now empty space where Switch had been just a second before, then back up at Smith, who is holding the real NetherCube in plain sight…and aiming at them.

Trinity: We have to run for it, One! *pulls him by the arm towards the exit*

One: Not…without…us!

Trinity: *barely dodges beam of code from Cube* We won't be able to rescue anyone unless we get out of here! *pulls him behind pile of boxes as temporary shield from the NetherCube*

One: We have to get that Cube and save us!

Trinity: Not right now!  Think about it!  If we get caught, there won't be anyone to save us!  Do you think the other Twin would like you to get captured?

One: *drops head* All right…we'll go.

Trinity: Come on, we'll have to make a run for it.  *very loudly* ON THREE WE'LL RUN!  ONE…

Smith: Come on out, now…I'm sure your friends would love to have some more company…

Trinity (loudly): TWO…

One: This won't work! He'll be waiting for us!

Trinity: Trust me on this one. *shouts* FIVE!!!

Smith: Huh? *drops guard in confusion*

Trinity: *yanks One up and both run out the door, escaping*

Smith: Damn.

Back inside the Cube…

Girl:  Hah!  The old Monty Python 5-instead-of-3 joke!  And stupid Smelrond fell for it!

DVS: Shut up. At least I caught one of them.

Girl: *turns and sees Switch for first time* Dammit, he did.  I didn't notice.

Switch: I know, you were too busy smashing into the wall.

Girl: We were trying to warn you.

Switch: We? Oh, the other Twin. *turns to Two* You blend into the wall.

Two: Our name is Two.

Switch: Why am I not surprised?

Two: We were with you, weren't we?  How are we?  What are we doing?

Switch: He's still rather depressed, actually.  At the moment he's probably moping about not rescuing you.

Girl: Poor One…Smelrond needs to be beaten up severely.  First he separates them, now he's rubbing it in.  Rawr.

DVS: Oh, I'm sure I'll be 'rubbing it in' more in the future, as it is obvious that they're going to try again.  And this time, they won't escape.

Girl: I get the feeling that this thing is going to start getting really crowded if Smelrond has his way.

Two: It already is crowded by the law of one of your strange and repetitive human sayings. Three's a crowd, if we remember correctly.

Girl: Good point.

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A/N: Yes, I know this chapter stunk.  I'm very sorry about the general suckiness, it was more to help the plot along than anything else. *sighs*