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A young Hacker finds herself in a world of trouble when she comes too close to the Truth.
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Bare with me! This is my first fanfic, ever. And I am just posting the two chapters or so, to see if its worth persueing. Please Review, but be nice, this is my first try! ^^;;
Oh yea, I don't own the Matrix, but I do own my character. ^_^
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"There's that hacker again," Sparks said with a sigh, He sat at the main computers with Ghost behind him. "Pushing it alittle to far, your gonna get yourself killed."
"Who?" Ghost asked, leaning forward.
"Some hacker, for the past... 3 years, I think, this kids been trying to get all the information available on the Matrix, Morpheus and odd events happening in the city."
"Thats being taken care of." Niobe said, walking onto the main deck.
"The Neb. has been reporting several other siteings aswell; all the same person." Sparks replied.
"Its becoming a problem" Niobe said.
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Genesis took up the role of a computer nerd when she was diagnossed as an Insomniac. With nothing better to do all night, she sat at her computer for hours on end, looking around the net.
For the last couple years, she had been following several unexplained events that had been happening around her city; all leading no where. And all had been attempted to be covered up.
Every once in awile, she would stumble across some information concerning "The Matrix", all leading to quite a few dissaperances of some of the worlds best hackers.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking at the clock.
3:03 A.M.
It was Saturday, time to keep her appointment.
Later that day, she leaft her apartment, locking the door behind her.
Walking down the crowded streets of New York, she made her way down 14th street, and came to an alley between to big corperate buildings.
Standing in the dark, dank alley, she waited. He was always late.
5 minutes.
10 minutes.
20 minutes.
Just as she was about to leave, he finally showed up.
"You got it?" Asked the tall thin man with jet black hair that was approaching her.
"Yea, I got it" She said, handing him a small disk, immediatly, he replaced it with a clip of cash.
She started to walk away, when he stopped her.
"What?" She asked, frustrated from her high strung nerves.
"Muse needs his worm by tomorrow night, you know he'll kill you if y--"
"I know! I got it, damn" She said as she turned to head out of the alley.
Always a quick grand, but after all these years, even though she had not been caught, she was still nervous. This time especially, which scared her even more.
Hands shaking, she shoved the folded cash into her pocket and zipped up her jacket as if for some kind of comfort, turning out of the alley.
Just as she did, she looked down the street where three men in grey suites and earpeices leaned against a new black suburban.
She knew it, something wasn't right.
She cursed herself and walked the other direction, pulling up her hood to cover her face.
Should have trusted her instincts.
Only getting 20 or so paces down the street, she heard a car driving slowly next to her, but she kept looking forward. Ahead of her was a thick group of people that were waiting for the light to change, she had to think of something fast.
Slowly pushing her way through the crowd, and purposely ran into a man with a breifcase. It opened when it hit the ground, and a dozen papers flew out.
Something happened then, that she couldn't believe. It was as if time slowed, and everything was moving in slow motion, yet she could see it all happening.
She stared as the papers stood caught in mid-air.
Then everything sped back up, and she stood dumbfounded.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" she said, bringing herself back to reality, bending down to pick up several papers, purposely kicking them farther from the man.
A few people bent down to help him, creating a little block in front of an office building door.
"Now" she thought to herself.
Staying low, she pushed open the door and ran inside.
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Ghost sat in the GTO across the street from the whole scene. He smiled to himself. Whoever he was, he was good.
The Agents screeched away in their car.
Waiting quietly, 20 or so minutes later, he saw the door open and the hacker come out of the building, wearing his hood still.
If he were to persue, it would have to be now.
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Turning onto a diffrent alley, she figured she'd have to stay some where else tonight, figureing they already had her apartment. The system was so predictable.
As she turned away from the side street, she heard someone walk onto the same alley way.
"Damn it" they were still following her.
She continued to walk, trying to think of somewere close she could go, if she were to run.
Looking up, she saw a chain link fence that ran all the way down the alley along the side of a building. Without another thought, she quickly climbed it.
If she couldn't outrun them, she'd just have to hide.
Staying in the shadows, she worked her way across the top of the fence down the alley, not wanting to push it, she stopped and stayed quiet, wanting him to come to her.
Waiting, she watched as a tall Asian man with a mustache and goutee made his way closer.
She stayed silent, waiting in anticipation, and fear.
Just when he was in front of her, she jumped off the fence and, landing suprisingly close, rolled off his shoulder.
Making a 360, she held the gun in her hand and cocked it, holding it to the back of his head.
Ghost smirked. He -was- good, even plugged in.
"You want to give me back my gun?" he asked in a monotone voice.
"Shut the fuck up!" she yelled, her hands shaking. "Why the fuck are you following me?" She asked, trying to keep the gun firm in her hands, feeling beads of sweet forming at her temples.
His eyebrows went up at the sound of the voice. The hacker was female. Quite a suprise. With a sudden movement that was impossibly fast, he turned around and grabbed the gun from her hand, twisting her arm behind her.
He pointed the gun to the side of her head while she struggled.
"I'm here to tell you something, not to kill you."
Feeling the cold barrel of the gun pressed to her temple, she let her body go limp, showing her surrender.
Thats all he needed, he immediatly put his gun down and loosened his grip, giving just the chance -she- needed.
Twisting back around, right out of his grip, she turned to run but he had already cought her wrists. As she had turned, her arms folded over her chest.
Breathing hard, she struggled one last time, then gave up.
With her back against his chest, he pulled her back against a wall into a shadow.
They both looked as one of the suited men came around the corner. The same man that was chasing her.
Suddenly, she felt horribly afraid. She squeezed her eyes shut and whimpered into Ghosts hand that covered her mouth to silence her.
"Shhh...." he breathed into her ear. She opened her eyes and saw the man turn and walk away.
It was quiet for a moment, before he spoke again.
"If you want answers, you have to trust me first," he said silently, "But we've run out of time, meet me same time in the 16th street apartments, room 503."
Letting her go, she turned and he was gone.
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Knocking on the door to Noble's apartment, she stood in the cold night air looking around with paranoya.
There was a clattter, a curse, and the door opened.
"Genesis..... What are you doing here?"
She didn't even answer, she pushed by him and went to his window, closing the blinds.
"Whats this all about?" he asked, rubbing one eye.
"Did you use the disk yet?" She asked, frantically.
"Wha---" he started.
"The Disk! Did you use it?" she yelled, loosing patients.
"No, I was going to---"
"Can I stay here?"
"Uh.... yea sure, why?"
"I just.. need to crash here tonight."
"Yea.. yea, sure" he nodded.
That was the great thing about him, never asked questions.
She put down her stuff and looked at him. He had on a pair of plad boxers, and a old wrinkly "Linux" shirt.
He noticed her stare "What? Its 4 AM ok?"
Finding his way into the dark kitchen, he fumbled around in the fridge.
She looked around his apartment, no wonder he never had a girlfriend. The floor was covered in comics and old CDs. The kitchen table was fulled with his computers, and the counters were covered in parts, right next to empty beer cans.
"So, what was with the entrance?" he asked, handing her a beer.
"Just alittle paranoid," she said, gratefully taking the bottle, "That disk could put me away for life."
"Yea, thats why we dont get caught."
They both smirked, never once had they been caught, they were the best at what they did, and everyone knew it.
She looked around the room, and her eyes fell on his computer.
"Hey, let me use your comp."
"Sure," he said standing.
"I just got this badass graphics card, and the hub is set up so--"
"Why dont you go to bed?" She asked.
He gave her a sideways glare. "What are you gonna do?" He asked, just as she kicked him. "Ok, ok." he said, putting his hands up in surrender.
Once she heard his door close, she started up her search.
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What seemed like only an hour later, (which was more like 4), Noble walked into the room and stared at her, eyes glued to the screen, several empty bottles around her.
"Hey, going to work. I'll pick up more beer on the way home"
She nodded, not taking her eyes off the scren.
He turned to walk out the door.
"Hey, Nob.," she paused, "Thanks for letting me stay"
"Anytime" He said, shutting the door
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Looking at her watch, her stomic growled.
1:15
She left the computer and turned on the TV flipping to the news. There was an overhead helicopter shot of this house with a three bodybags laying in the front yard, several ambulances and cop cars surrounded.
She was about to change the channel but she stopped dead. That was Muse's house.
"At eight'o'clock early this morning, two cops are dead in a persute of another who is also now deceased. A computer hacker being brought in for fraud, under the hacker alias "Muse", was shot down as he fought and killed two police men. This is the first time, the world known hacker has been caught, and is now his last."
She turned it off.
How could that happen? They had never been caught, and the time he does, he is killed.
She couldn't believe it.. dead.
Quickly gathering her things, she figured she'd stop at Noble's office and catch him on his break, ask him what he knew.
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"The hackers been contacted." Ghost said, as Niobe walked onto the main deck.
"Good. I've already spoke with another ship to have it taken care of."
Ghost paused, looking up at Niobe confused.
"What do you mean?"
She stared at him, "The hacker is to be killed, that was the plan. He is too much of a neusence, and could put an end to all of us."
"Its a she, and she might be useful."
Niobe gave him a blank stare, "How do you mean, -useful-"
"She can hack into any system that she's gone up against, and has never been caught or has come close. She has potential, and, I think, her mind can withstand the Truth."
Niobe was quiet for a second. "She is of no use, only a target for the agents. If they catch her, it could be the end of us, the end of Neo. And that can't happen."
"I know," Ghost said, looking at her in the eyes, "But thats not going to happen."
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Half was down the street, Genesis paused, mid step, staring ahead of her.
A large group of people stood surounding the entrence to Noble's building.
She had a sudden feeling of dread, but continued to walk, and pushed her way through the crowd.
There they were, the suited men, pulling Noble, cuffed, shoving him into the back of their black cadalac.
One stopped just as he was to enter the car, and pressed his finger to his earpiece.
His head slowly turned and looked directly in Genesis's direction.
Pushing back through in horrer, she began to run down the opposite direction, making her way down the street. She ran in the only direction she could think of.
16th Street.
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A young Hacker finds herself in a world of trouble when she comes too close to the Truth.
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Bare with me! This is my first fanfic, ever. And I am just posting the two chapters or so, to see if its worth persueing. Please Review, but be nice, this is my first try! ^^;;
Oh yea, I don't own the Matrix, but I do own my character. ^_^
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"There's that hacker again," Sparks said with a sigh, He sat at the main computers with Ghost behind him. "Pushing it alittle to far, your gonna get yourself killed."
"Who?" Ghost asked, leaning forward.
"Some hacker, for the past... 3 years, I think, this kids been trying to get all the information available on the Matrix, Morpheus and odd events happening in the city."
"Thats being taken care of." Niobe said, walking onto the main deck.
"The Neb. has been reporting several other siteings aswell; all the same person." Sparks replied.
"Its becoming a problem" Niobe said.
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Genesis took up the role of a computer nerd when she was diagnossed as an Insomniac. With nothing better to do all night, she sat at her computer for hours on end, looking around the net.
For the last couple years, she had been following several unexplained events that had been happening around her city; all leading no where. And all had been attempted to be covered up.
Every once in awile, she would stumble across some information concerning "The Matrix", all leading to quite a few dissaperances of some of the worlds best hackers.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking at the clock.
3:03 A.M.
It was Saturday, time to keep her appointment.
Later that day, she leaft her apartment, locking the door behind her.
Walking down the crowded streets of New York, she made her way down 14th street, and came to an alley between to big corperate buildings.
Standing in the dark, dank alley, she waited. He was always late.
5 minutes.
10 minutes.
20 minutes.
Just as she was about to leave, he finally showed up.
"You got it?" Asked the tall thin man with jet black hair that was approaching her.
"Yea, I got it" She said, handing him a small disk, immediatly, he replaced it with a clip of cash.
She started to walk away, when he stopped her.
"What?" She asked, frustrated from her high strung nerves.
"Muse needs his worm by tomorrow night, you know he'll kill you if y--"
"I know! I got it, damn" She said as she turned to head out of the alley.
Always a quick grand, but after all these years, even though she had not been caught, she was still nervous. This time especially, which scared her even more.
Hands shaking, she shoved the folded cash into her pocket and zipped up her jacket as if for some kind of comfort, turning out of the alley.
Just as she did, she looked down the street where three men in grey suites and earpeices leaned against a new black suburban.
She knew it, something wasn't right.
She cursed herself and walked the other direction, pulling up her hood to cover her face.
Should have trusted her instincts.
Only getting 20 or so paces down the street, she heard a car driving slowly next to her, but she kept looking forward. Ahead of her was a thick group of people that were waiting for the light to change, she had to think of something fast.
Slowly pushing her way through the crowd, and purposely ran into a man with a breifcase. It opened when it hit the ground, and a dozen papers flew out.
Something happened then, that she couldn't believe. It was as if time slowed, and everything was moving in slow motion, yet she could see it all happening.
She stared as the papers stood caught in mid-air.
Then everything sped back up, and she stood dumbfounded.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" she said, bringing herself back to reality, bending down to pick up several papers, purposely kicking them farther from the man.
A few people bent down to help him, creating a little block in front of an office building door.
"Now" she thought to herself.
Staying low, she pushed open the door and ran inside.
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Ghost sat in the GTO across the street from the whole scene. He smiled to himself. Whoever he was, he was good.
The Agents screeched away in their car.
Waiting quietly, 20 or so minutes later, he saw the door open and the hacker come out of the building, wearing his hood still.
If he were to persue, it would have to be now.
* * * * * * *
Turning onto a diffrent alley, she figured she'd have to stay some where else tonight, figureing they already had her apartment. The system was so predictable.
As she turned away from the side street, she heard someone walk onto the same alley way.
"Damn it" they were still following her.
She continued to walk, trying to think of somewere close she could go, if she were to run.
Looking up, she saw a chain link fence that ran all the way down the alley along the side of a building. Without another thought, she quickly climbed it.
If she couldn't outrun them, she'd just have to hide.
Staying in the shadows, she worked her way across the top of the fence down the alley, not wanting to push it, she stopped and stayed quiet, wanting him to come to her.
Waiting, she watched as a tall Asian man with a mustache and goutee made his way closer.
She stayed silent, waiting in anticipation, and fear.
Just when he was in front of her, she jumped off the fence and, landing suprisingly close, rolled off his shoulder.
Making a 360, she held the gun in her hand and cocked it, holding it to the back of his head.
Ghost smirked. He -was- good, even plugged in.
"You want to give me back my gun?" he asked in a monotone voice.
"Shut the fuck up!" she yelled, her hands shaking. "Why the fuck are you following me?" She asked, trying to keep the gun firm in her hands, feeling beads of sweet forming at her temples.
His eyebrows went up at the sound of the voice. The hacker was female. Quite a suprise. With a sudden movement that was impossibly fast, he turned around and grabbed the gun from her hand, twisting her arm behind her.
He pointed the gun to the side of her head while she struggled.
"I'm here to tell you something, not to kill you."
Feeling the cold barrel of the gun pressed to her temple, she let her body go limp, showing her surrender.
Thats all he needed, he immediatly put his gun down and loosened his grip, giving just the chance -she- needed.
Twisting back around, right out of his grip, she turned to run but he had already cought her wrists. As she had turned, her arms folded over her chest.
Breathing hard, she struggled one last time, then gave up.
With her back against his chest, he pulled her back against a wall into a shadow.
They both looked as one of the suited men came around the corner. The same man that was chasing her.
Suddenly, she felt horribly afraid. She squeezed her eyes shut and whimpered into Ghosts hand that covered her mouth to silence her.
"Shhh...." he breathed into her ear. She opened her eyes and saw the man turn and walk away.
It was quiet for a moment, before he spoke again.
"If you want answers, you have to trust me first," he said silently, "But we've run out of time, meet me same time in the 16th street apartments, room 503."
Letting her go, she turned and he was gone.
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Knocking on the door to Noble's apartment, she stood in the cold night air looking around with paranoya.
There was a clattter, a curse, and the door opened.
"Genesis..... What are you doing here?"
She didn't even answer, she pushed by him and went to his window, closing the blinds.
"Whats this all about?" he asked, rubbing one eye.
"Did you use the disk yet?" She asked, frantically.
"Wha---" he started.
"The Disk! Did you use it?" she yelled, loosing patients.
"No, I was going to---"
"Can I stay here?"
"Uh.... yea sure, why?"
"I just.. need to crash here tonight."
"Yea.. yea, sure" he nodded.
That was the great thing about him, never asked questions.
She put down her stuff and looked at him. He had on a pair of plad boxers, and a old wrinkly "Linux" shirt.
He noticed her stare "What? Its 4 AM ok?"
Finding his way into the dark kitchen, he fumbled around in the fridge.
She looked around his apartment, no wonder he never had a girlfriend. The floor was covered in comics and old CDs. The kitchen table was fulled with his computers, and the counters were covered in parts, right next to empty beer cans.
"So, what was with the entrance?" he asked, handing her a beer.
"Just alittle paranoid," she said, gratefully taking the bottle, "That disk could put me away for life."
"Yea, thats why we dont get caught."
They both smirked, never once had they been caught, they were the best at what they did, and everyone knew it.
She looked around the room, and her eyes fell on his computer.
"Hey, let me use your comp."
"Sure," he said standing.
"I just got this badass graphics card, and the hub is set up so--"
"Why dont you go to bed?" She asked.
He gave her a sideways glare. "What are you gonna do?" He asked, just as she kicked him. "Ok, ok." he said, putting his hands up in surrender.
Once she heard his door close, she started up her search.
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What seemed like only an hour later, (which was more like 4), Noble walked into the room and stared at her, eyes glued to the screen, several empty bottles around her.
"Hey, going to work. I'll pick up more beer on the way home"
She nodded, not taking her eyes off the scren.
He turned to walk out the door.
"Hey, Nob.," she paused, "Thanks for letting me stay"
"Anytime" He said, shutting the door
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Looking at her watch, her stomic growled.
1:15
She left the computer and turned on the TV flipping to the news. There was an overhead helicopter shot of this house with a three bodybags laying in the front yard, several ambulances and cop cars surrounded.
She was about to change the channel but she stopped dead. That was Muse's house.
"At eight'o'clock early this morning, two cops are dead in a persute of another who is also now deceased. A computer hacker being brought in for fraud, under the hacker alias "Muse", was shot down as he fought and killed two police men. This is the first time, the world known hacker has been caught, and is now his last."
She turned it off.
How could that happen? They had never been caught, and the time he does, he is killed.
She couldn't believe it.. dead.
Quickly gathering her things, she figured she'd stop at Noble's office and catch him on his break, ask him what he knew.
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"The hackers been contacted." Ghost said, as Niobe walked onto the main deck.
"Good. I've already spoke with another ship to have it taken care of."
Ghost paused, looking up at Niobe confused.
"What do you mean?"
She stared at him, "The hacker is to be killed, that was the plan. He is too much of a neusence, and could put an end to all of us."
"Its a she, and she might be useful."
Niobe gave him a blank stare, "How do you mean, -useful-"
"She can hack into any system that she's gone up against, and has never been caught or has come close. She has potential, and, I think, her mind can withstand the Truth."
Niobe was quiet for a second. "She is of no use, only a target for the agents. If they catch her, it could be the end of us, the end of Neo. And that can't happen."
"I know," Ghost said, looking at her in the eyes, "But thats not going to happen."
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Half was down the street, Genesis paused, mid step, staring ahead of her.
A large group of people stood surounding the entrence to Noble's building.
She had a sudden feeling of dread, but continued to walk, and pushed her way through the crowd.
There they were, the suited men, pulling Noble, cuffed, shoving him into the back of their black cadalac.
One stopped just as he was to enter the car, and pressed his finger to his earpiece.
His head slowly turned and looked directly in Genesis's direction.
Pushing back through in horrer, she began to run down the opposite direction, making her way down the street. She ran in the only direction she could think of.
16th Street.
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