Escape by DreamerMatrix

Disclaimer: IS ON EVERY OTHER PAGE SO FAR, DAMMIT! Oh well, OK...

The Matrix trilogy does not belong to me. I wish it did, but it doesn't. It is the property of the Wachowski brothers, Andy and Larry, who shouldn't bother suing me because the amount they gained wouldn't cover the lawyer's fees. 'Program Reality', as far as I know, is mine.

A/N: TY to Lupe for giving me the Twins way into the fic. Inadvertantly.

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TRINITY: You're welcome.

NEO: Is anyone else getting annoyed by the Author repeating the last line of each...

The computer appears to be glaring at NEO.

NEO: Hey, how come *I* always get the psycho sentient computers?

AUTHOR: (VO) Just because.

NEO: Oh... hey isn't this the chapter where I get to kick Cypher's ass?

TRINITY: You need to jack into the Matrix first.

NEO: Oh, OK. Let me in.

NEO runs and jumps into his chair, which proceeds to collapse underneath him. TRINITY smirks, LINK chokes down laughter and MORPHEUS cracks up. NEO pouts.

NEO: (standing and giving remains a kick) Lousy set.

NEO sits in MORPHEUS' chair, and TRINITY jacks him in before MORPHEUS, still helpless with laughter, can complain.

Cut to

A safe house in the Matrix. NEO appears, grinning his no longer hungover socks off, and pulls out his phone, dialling 0 for Operator.

NEO: Whoooooo! OK, Link, got an exit for me?

LINK: (over phone) NO. Find it yourself.

There is a smack! sound over the phone as TRINITY hits LINK.

LINK: (over phone) Damn, Neo, can't you sort Trin out?

NEO: I might not be the brightest button in the bunch, but I'm not *that* thick. Gimme the damned exit, Link. And don't say Wab Ash and Lake. That one got hit by a truck.

LINK: (over phone) There's one just off the freeway.

NEO: Got it.

NEO runs off.

CUT to

The Nebuchadnezzar, int.

MORPHEUS (having stopped laughing) and TRINITY are glaring at LINK, who sends himself cross-eyed glaring back at the two of them.

LINK: What?!

MORPHEUS: You just sent Neo on a suicide mission!

NEO: (waking up in chair) No he didn't. I'm fine. The freeway was closed for resurfacing.

TRINITY: Oh. Right. Smartass.

Proximity screens start bleeping. LINK, MORPHEUS, NEO and TRINITY all hit their heads on the ceiling.

MORPHEUS: How come we keep hitting our heads on the ceiling?

LINK: Charging EMP!

LINK charges the EMP. Squiddies fall like flies around the Nebuchadnezzar. Except one.

NEO: Dude! Albino Squiddie!

TRINITY: Follow that Squiddie!

Cut to

Est. shot, the sewer.

The Nebuchadnezzar is following the albino sentinel. They go through an invisible forcefield, into Program Reality. The Squiddie dusappears, and Link sets the Nenuchadnezzar down on a docking platform. The four crew members walk out.

LINK: I don't remember this being on any maps I've seen...

The TWINS appear out of the floor

TWIN 1: (looking at LINK) A human in Programme Reality

TWIN 2: We are vexed.

TWIN 1: Yes

The AUTHOR walks up to the group. The TWINS nod heads in subservience.

AUTHOR: They are here because I called them here. You two go find Lupe.

The TWINS disappear in search of LUPE. (A/N: Just because I felt like it)... The crew members of the Nebuchadnezzar look at the AUTHOR.

NEO: Can I kick Cypher's ass now, please?

AUTHOR: Of course. Follow me.

The AUTHOR leads the way to a room where NEO can jack into the Construct Dojo.

AUTHOR: CYPHER! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!

CYPHER'S GHOST appears. There is a clap of thunder, and he suddenly has a body all over again. The AUTHOR pushes CYPHER into a seat and jacks him into the Construct Dojo.

CUT to

Est shot, the Construct Dojo.

NEO is in the black Dojo Master PJs, CYPHER is in the cream novice ones.

NEO: You never managed to hit Morpheus, did you?

CYPHER runs towards NEO, who side-steps and trips him, kicking him hard enough to send him flying through a wooden pillar. CYPHER morphs into an AGENT.

NEO: Meep!

----TBC----

hehe... see you in part 11...