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"Sit down," Trinity ordered.
"Why should I?" Jamie asked with a smile.
In a flash, Trinity swung her leg and knocked Jamie's gun from her hand and out the window. "Because I
have a gun and won't hesitate to shoot you."
Jamie reluctantly took a seat at another desk against the wall.
"Give me your belt."
"What?"
"Give me your belt."
Jamie unhooked her leather belt and handed it questioningly to the woman in black, who used it to fasten
her wrist to the chair. Trinity walked to the computer and sat down, laying her gun on top of the monitor. She opened
up a folder and clicked on a document labeled FINAL COPY. A message box came up, asking for a password.
She looked over at Jamie, who was tugging at the belt and trying to undo the complicate knot Trinity had
tied. "What's the password?" she asked impatiently, still hearing the sirens.
Jamie smiled, "Yeah right, like I'm gonna tell you."
Trinity snatched up her gun and shot past Jamie's head. "What's the password?"
Jamie swallowed, "7F4DF451."
Trinity almost smiled, "Clever." Most people used a name or something, not thinking that numbers and
letters would be harder to guess. Of course, with time, Trinity could find it out, but time was exactly what she didn't
have.
She entered the password and it brought up the document. She didn't read it, but caught a few phrases
mentioning The Matrix and even the name Morpheus appeared. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed, "I'm
sending it now." There was a pause as she hammered on the keyboard, apparently mailing the file.
When she did that, she turned to Jamie, "How many other copies?"
"None."
"Don't lie to me." The gun in her hand told Jamie what would happen if she did.
"Two. Just two."
Trinity immediately found and deleted the back ups and emptied the recycling bin, phone still between her
head and shoulder. Jamie had the knot halfway undone...
"Morpheus- give me Neo."
Jamie's head jerked up at the mention of these names, "Morpheus?" she asked in disbelief, "Who the hell
are you?"
Trinity didn't answer, but got up and knelt in front of Jamie, finishing the untangling of the knot. She
grabbed her wrist and pulled her to her feet talking as she pulled her roughly out the door, "Neo- are you okay?"
She crossed through the lobby and onto the elevator, "Yeah, I got her...front? Are you insane?"
Jamie was breathing heavily, watching Trinity like a hawk and straining to hear the voice on the other end.
All she could pick up was a distant mumble.
Trinity didn't release her grip, "Fine- we won't have a problem with security cause she turned off the alarm
when she went in." She looked at Jamie and added, "I assume."
Jamie nodded, "I said I was staying late so they never turned it off." The elevator doors opened to the first
floor entrance/exit. "I said I'd turn them off, so maybe I'll just do that-" she tried to pull away but Trinity yanked her
back, dragging her out of the elevator and through the front doors.
Trinity slammed her cell phone shut and slipped it into her pocket as she ushered Jamie into the cold night
air where Neo was waiting in one of the cars the agents had arrived in. The window was down and Trinity glanced
about the empty streets, "What happened to the police?" she asked.
Neo looked straight ahead and the back at her, "They, uh, ran into some road trouble." Trinity thrust Jamie
into the back seat and climbed in the passenger seat beside Neo.
Jamie looked at the two strangers, "You're kidnaping me, aren't you?"
She thought she heard the driver laugh, but Trinity elbowed him sharply in the side as he pulled out. "No,
Jamie," she half sighed, "We're stopping you from destroying everything we're trying to keep protected."
"That was a bad explanation," Neo cut in. Jamie scooted behind Trinity to catch a glimpse of his handsome
face. He went on, "We're trying to stop you from destroying everything they've protected."
"Who?" Jamie asked.
At that moment, a man in a sharp black suit took the opportunity to step out into the center of the road.
"Them." Neo spun the wheel and the car swerved right, sending Jamie flying left where she hit her head on
the door and slumped between the back seat and the front. She stared up at the ceiling and the felt sick as
the car turned right again.
"Damn it, Neo," Trinity muttered. She leaned back to smile at Jamie, "You might want to put your seatbelt
on."
Jamie's hands shook as she tried to buckle her seatbelt.
"Go left," Trinity was saying to Neo.
"It's right," he protested.
"No, I'm absolutely sure it's left."
"Well I'm absolutely sure its right!"
Jamie listened to them argue in frustration, "Where are you trying to go?" she asked.
"Vine Street," they both answered in unison.
"I'm pretty sure it's a right."
Trinity looked at Neo who nodded, "She lives here, remember?"
"She better not be wrong," Trinity muttered as Neo turned right.
"She's not," he said somewhat gloatingly.
Trinity pointed out the windshield at an abandoned warehouse, "There it is."
"What are we going to do?" Neo asked.
Trinity sighed, "We have to unplug her."
"What?!"
"It's the only thing we can do, Neo! She already knows about the resistance and I assume she's a pretty
good with computers!"
"But-"
"Oh shit," Trinity appeared to have just had a revelation.
"What?" Neo glanced over at her.
"I left my gun in the office."
Jamie looked out the window- the car was moving too fast to make a jump without being seriously injured.
Yet something else kept her in the car....curiosity? Trinity, Neo- she'd heard the names before. And the resistance?
That was what her bogus article was on. Her jaw dropped as she remembered Trinity deleting her article that was to
be published in the tabloids the next day and Jamie put two and two together. Her article wasn't bogus...its was real!
"Well you were wearing gloves...." Jamie tuned back into the argument her captors were having.
"It doesn't matter anyway," Trinity dismissed the matter as Neo pulled into the warehouse. "Let them think
what they want- she's going one way or another- and its better with us than with the agents."
"How so?" Jamie piped up.
Neo turned off the car, "With us you'll escape with your life."
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"Sit down," Trinity ordered.
"Why should I?" Jamie asked with a smile.
In a flash, Trinity swung her leg and knocked Jamie's gun from her hand and out the window. "Because I
have a gun and won't hesitate to shoot you."
Jamie reluctantly took a seat at another desk against the wall.
"Give me your belt."
"What?"
"Give me your belt."
Jamie unhooked her leather belt and handed it questioningly to the woman in black, who used it to fasten
her wrist to the chair. Trinity walked to the computer and sat down, laying her gun on top of the monitor. She opened
up a folder and clicked on a document labeled FINAL COPY. A message box came up, asking for a password.
She looked over at Jamie, who was tugging at the belt and trying to undo the complicate knot Trinity had
tied. "What's the password?" she asked impatiently, still hearing the sirens.
Jamie smiled, "Yeah right, like I'm gonna tell you."
Trinity snatched up her gun and shot past Jamie's head. "What's the password?"
Jamie swallowed, "7F4DF451."
Trinity almost smiled, "Clever." Most people used a name or something, not thinking that numbers and
letters would be harder to guess. Of course, with time, Trinity could find it out, but time was exactly what she didn't
have.
She entered the password and it brought up the document. She didn't read it, but caught a few phrases
mentioning The Matrix and even the name Morpheus appeared. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed, "I'm
sending it now." There was a pause as she hammered on the keyboard, apparently mailing the file.
When she did that, she turned to Jamie, "How many other copies?"
"None."
"Don't lie to me." The gun in her hand told Jamie what would happen if she did.
"Two. Just two."
Trinity immediately found and deleted the back ups and emptied the recycling bin, phone still between her
head and shoulder. Jamie had the knot halfway undone...
"Morpheus- give me Neo."
Jamie's head jerked up at the mention of these names, "Morpheus?" she asked in disbelief, "Who the hell
are you?"
Trinity didn't answer, but got up and knelt in front of Jamie, finishing the untangling of the knot. She
grabbed her wrist and pulled her to her feet talking as she pulled her roughly out the door, "Neo- are you okay?"
She crossed through the lobby and onto the elevator, "Yeah, I got her...front? Are you insane?"
Jamie was breathing heavily, watching Trinity like a hawk and straining to hear the voice on the other end.
All she could pick up was a distant mumble.
Trinity didn't release her grip, "Fine- we won't have a problem with security cause she turned off the alarm
when she went in." She looked at Jamie and added, "I assume."
Jamie nodded, "I said I was staying late so they never turned it off." The elevator doors opened to the first
floor entrance/exit. "I said I'd turn them off, so maybe I'll just do that-" she tried to pull away but Trinity yanked her
back, dragging her out of the elevator and through the front doors.
Trinity slammed her cell phone shut and slipped it into her pocket as she ushered Jamie into the cold night
air where Neo was waiting in one of the cars the agents had arrived in. The window was down and Trinity glanced
about the empty streets, "What happened to the police?" she asked.
Neo looked straight ahead and the back at her, "They, uh, ran into some road trouble." Trinity thrust Jamie
into the back seat and climbed in the passenger seat beside Neo.
Jamie looked at the two strangers, "You're kidnaping me, aren't you?"
She thought she heard the driver laugh, but Trinity elbowed him sharply in the side as he pulled out. "No,
Jamie," she half sighed, "We're stopping you from destroying everything we're trying to keep protected."
"That was a bad explanation," Neo cut in. Jamie scooted behind Trinity to catch a glimpse of his handsome
face. He went on, "We're trying to stop you from destroying everything they've protected."
"Who?" Jamie asked.
At that moment, a man in a sharp black suit took the opportunity to step out into the center of the road.
"Them." Neo spun the wheel and the car swerved right, sending Jamie flying left where she hit her head on
the door and slumped between the back seat and the front. She stared up at the ceiling and the felt sick as
the car turned right again.
"Damn it, Neo," Trinity muttered. She leaned back to smile at Jamie, "You might want to put your seatbelt
on."
Jamie's hands shook as she tried to buckle her seatbelt.
"Go left," Trinity was saying to Neo.
"It's right," he protested.
"No, I'm absolutely sure it's left."
"Well I'm absolutely sure its right!"
Jamie listened to them argue in frustration, "Where are you trying to go?" she asked.
"Vine Street," they both answered in unison.
"I'm pretty sure it's a right."
Trinity looked at Neo who nodded, "She lives here, remember?"
"She better not be wrong," Trinity muttered as Neo turned right.
"She's not," he said somewhat gloatingly.
Trinity pointed out the windshield at an abandoned warehouse, "There it is."
"What are we going to do?" Neo asked.
Trinity sighed, "We have to unplug her."
"What?!"
"It's the only thing we can do, Neo! She already knows about the resistance and I assume she's a pretty
good with computers!"
"But-"
"Oh shit," Trinity appeared to have just had a revelation.
"What?" Neo glanced over at her.
"I left my gun in the office."
Jamie looked out the window- the car was moving too fast to make a jump without being seriously injured.
Yet something else kept her in the car....curiosity? Trinity, Neo- she'd heard the names before. And the resistance?
That was what her bogus article was on. Her jaw dropped as she remembered Trinity deleting her article that was to
be published in the tabloids the next day and Jamie put two and two together. Her article wasn't bogus...its was real!
"Well you were wearing gloves...." Jamie tuned back into the argument her captors were having.
"It doesn't matter anyway," Trinity dismissed the matter as Neo pulled into the warehouse. "Let them think
what they want- she's going one way or another- and its better with us than with the agents."
"How so?" Jamie piped up.
Neo turned off the car, "With us you'll escape with your life."