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Chapter 10: Brown's Training

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The next day, Neo and Brown woke up at the same time. It was about 4:00AM.

Neo had asked Brown for a few hours of training. Brown, excited, accepted the offer.

Link, who was groggy, hooked them in the jump program. Brown looked like an Agent again. He looked at Neo, "What happens here?"

"You see that building over there?" Neo pointed.

"Yes."

"We have to jump there." Neo replied.

"Ah." Brown smiled, "Ok, let's go!" he began running.

"Wait, Brown!" Neo ran after him.

Brown jumped, and he pretty much flew to the other side. He landed, turned around, and smiled at Neo, who had just landed.

"Everybody falls the first time!" Neo exclaimed.

"Not me." Brown grinned. Soon, he got a phone call. "Yes?"

"Congratulations, Brown! You are the first person to not fall in the jump program." it was Link, who then hung up the phone.

Neo cocked his head at him. Brown nodded, "I'm an Agent, remember? I'm programmed to know these things."

Neo paced. "So . . . you're a good jumper . . ." he looked at Brown, "But how good a fighter are you?"

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The scenery changed and they appeared in a strange dojo-like area. It was very large. There were tatami mats, large windows, wooden beams . . . lots of stuff. Brown realized he was no longer wearing his suit. He was wearing a white karate uniform. His glasses were still on, though. He saw Neo, who was wearing a black karate suit. "This is the kung fu training program. This place has the same rules as the Matrix, such as gravity. However, like a computer, some rules can be bent, others can be broken." Neo explained.

Brown looked around and nodded. "I understand that you humans download information and the moves for these programs. I do not need these methods, for I know all of it already."

Neo nodded. "Are you ready?"

Brown nodded in reply.

"Then hit me, if you can." Neo said.

Link laughed, for he had heard Morpheus say that many, many times.

Neo did the movements of the horse, or whatever that is. Brown, smiling like an Agent, did a strange movement. He moved his arms outward smoothly like wings, jumped in the air, did a flip and landed with one leg raised, and arms outward like a vulture.

Link was confused, "Woah. I've never seen that one before."

Neo smiled, "Ah, you must be fairly advanced if you know that movement."

Brown did not move at all. He was like a living, breathing statue.

Link phone in, "Yo, Neo? What's that called?"

"It's called the Eagle's Balance." Neo replied.

"Ok . . . lessee . . ." Link checked on the computers, "One legged moves . . . far range moves . . ."

"I don't need help, Link." then, Neo clicked off his phone.

Neo motioned Brown to come at him, but Brown did not move. Neo, confused, did it again, but Brown still didn't move. Neo decided to attack Brown first. He ran at Brown and punched at him . . . or tried.

Brown quickly ducked to the floor, and tripped Neo with one leg. He watched Neo fall to the ground, then get back up. Neo kicked Brown, but Brown recovered with a handstand kick. Neo tried low-kicking Brown, but Brown jumped in the air and landed behind Neo. Neo tried kicking at him again, but this time Brown grabbed him by the foot and threw him to the ground. Brown then ran to one of the beams, ran up it, and jumped backwards.

Neo, thinking Brown would land behind him, waited. However, Brown actually dropped like a dead weight in mid-air over Neo, trying to crush him with his knee. Neo, just in the nick of time, jumped out of the way. Neo stared at the still smiling Agent.
First, it was just training, then it was a fight. Neo was now worried it would turn into a beating, or worse . . . a slaughter.

Neo got up and ran at the still balancing on one foot Brown. Everything turned to slow motion. Brown swung his arms down, jumped up and kicked Neo in the jaw carefully, then landed on the other leg. Neo flew backwards and landed on his back. Brown grinned. Neo was flat on his back as he shook his head, trying to remember what Link had said.

"Far range? I've got it." Neo said quietly and ran at Brown. Brown tried to trip him, but Neo jumped it. He began to have close-range combat with Brown, who was moving almost slowly and clumsily. He could still fight, but not as well.

Neo punched Brown backwards into a beam. Brown broke the beam and fell.

"No more . . ." was heard from Brown, "I do not want to kill you."

Neo nodded. "You probably would've. Do you know how I beat you? I figured out that you specialize in far range attacks. That's still good, but you are a sucker for close range combat."

Brown nodded, and got up.

Neo's phone rang, "Hello?"

"Neo, we got a problem!" Link replied.

A/N: Yay! The most annoying chapter I've ever written is now complete! The next chapter is cool, and everyone realizes the problem of having an android on board. Heh heh . . . oops, spoilers! Anyway, please R & R! And No flames!