"What?!" Morpheus stood up and looked around franticly.
*Bullet-Time*
The phone line went dead. Morpheus dropped the phone. Three bullets went straight for Morpheus. His coat swung as he turned. He looked at them, scared. The bullets slowed in the air. They could see the bullets movement through time. They stopped about a foot away from Morpheus. Then, she stood up.
*Matrix Normal-Time*
Naz stood up, hand held out, defending herself and her friends from the small, metal, implantations of death. Her eyes were closed, her breath stood still, as the agents turned and ran. A whisper in Josey's ear told her there was a new anomaly, and that it must be destroyed. Josey ripped the earpiece off and cursed at herself loudly. Niobe lay still on the floor in amazement, gawking at the very sight of the unmoving bullets. And Morpheus, he stood an inch behind Naz, astonished at what had happened, looking down over her, towards the bullets. Naz opened her eyes. She had the look of a bewildered weasel on her face. It looked as if she hadn't even a clue to what had happened, and, as it turns out....
"Argh! Jesus! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! What do I do? What do I do? What happened?!?!?" shouted Naz. She began to shake in fear. Morpheus then realised that the bullets could move again any second; especially since Naz didn't even know that she'd done it. Morpheus grabbed her and fell with her to the ground. Naz opened her eyes, only to see the bullets drop down a centimetre away from her face. "Aaaah!" screamed Naz once more as she jumped back up to her feet.
"Well, that's what you get when not informing people on the details..." blamed Josey, unknowingly. Josey blinked hard and stood up. "Dude! How did you do that?" she questioned, eager to know how.
"Huh? Do what? Your friends tried to kill us!" stumbled Naz. Josey bent down to pick up her earpiece and once again stuck it into her ear. "What are you doing? They'll hear your thoughts!"
"What thoughts?" Josey replied in a sad tone of voice. She turned away from Naz and the free-minds and took a seat on a nearby bench. She listened to the whispers of her colleagues. Her eyes widened and she shook her head.
"What...what's wrong? Why do you sound so sad?" asked Naz coming to join her. Josey's head leant against Naz's arm.
"I lied," said Josey. She turned and looked up at Naz with sorrowful eyes. She sighed, "when the agents asked if that was all I knew about Smith and Mr Anderson, eh Neo, I said yes, but that was a lie."
"What do you mean?" Morpheus had now walked over to them, Niobe on his heel. Naz and Josey's head's turned to look at them.
"But, we saw them die! And, you told the agents that! We saw them die!" insisted Naz.
"Perhaps, but how could've they have died, if they still live?" Josey's eyes flashed bright blue for a split second. Niobe tugged on Morpheus' sleeve.
"Morpheus, they're coming." Niobe stated, heading for a room in the back.
"Are you coming?" rushed Morpheus, making a grab for Naz. Naz grabbed Josey anyway and they were all dragged into the room. The entire system was set up and ready for them, well, one of them at least.
"What's going on here?" asked Naz. "Why is there only one chair?"
"Well, you see, we weren't expecting Josey to turn up, so we only set up one chair." Said Morpheus, a bit ashamed. Inside the room, Ghost was fiddling around with a bunch of stuff. He looked up at them and smiled.
"That means, we can only unplug one of you today, as they are coming." Ghost added in. Josey and Naz looked at each other. Josey's face fell to a sad but congratulating look and she took a few steps backwards. She turned and went to runaway but a hand landed on her shoulder.
"No..." Josey whispered. She removed the hand that was on her shoulder and took a few more steps forward.
"But, Josey...." began Naz.
"It's YOU they're after now! You and your silly tricks! We would've been fine, Mr Anderson, if only you hadn't messed about!" Josey screamed as she turned around to face her friend. Josey shook her head violently and looked up at the four surprised faces. "Look! I'm safe here! I can dodge bullets, you can't! I heard on my earpiece that there was a NEW anomaly and that all agents should destroy it. They didn't say a thing about 'a traitor'. Now, quick! Get out of here while you still can! I hear them coming!" and Josey ran to the door of the church, until getting caught again.
"How will we contact you?" called Morpheus.
"Just watch the news!" and she was gone.
* * * * * * * * * *
Josey ran and ran to the top of the hill. She was even panting, though there was no need. She looked around, glad to be wearing sunglasses as the day was bright and warm. She collapsed on the hill and sat head in hands. From a distance she could hear great screaming and shouts coming from the church.
"Goddamnit, I shouldn't lie...." she said to herself.
"It was the only way"
"I know, but they had to get out first"
"Don't feel bad, Miss Josey, hopefully things will turn out better soon..."
"Yeah, hopefully. God, I'm going to miss her for the next day or so, that is, if I don't get caught..."
"Well, we WOULD'VE been fine if Mr Anderson hadn't of step in"
"Agreed. But he couldn't have left Morpheus to die, no matter how much of a stupid git he was."
"This is going to be a painful process..."
"Yes, but telling them that they weren't looking for a traitor was the only way to get her out today."
"Wait! I feel something...."
It was only then did Josey realise that everyone had gone. It was only her left, as well as her thoughts.
"Stop considering me as a thought!" she shouted all over the grass banks.
"Sorry Smith...." She trailed off. She let him guide her back down to the church. Reluctant to go in, she squeaked through the door and walked down the isle.
"This is very much like your dream, except that I am not in corporeal form...."
"Smith! I'd prefer it if you didn't go through my memory logs!" Josey scowled. But, inside, she could just feel him gleaming.
She reached the door of the room where Naz had just been unplugged and poked her head in. Everything was gone, everything but a cloud of dust that was swirling on the floor.
"He'll be arriving back soon, just as you will..." Josey said excitedly.
"Hmm..."
* * * * * * * * * * *
Back outside Josey had strolled along to a nearby car park and ripped the bottom of the steering wheel out.
"Won't be needing that..."
And she managed to start the car.
"Where we off to?" was Smith's voice coming from inside her.
"Check!" Josey replied, pulling out onto the motorway.
"Don't you think the other drivers will find it strange that a thirteen- year-old girl is driving a BMW down a motor way, towards London?"
"Hey! I'm fourteen in a week and a half!"
"Technically...."
And Josey revved up the car.
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Well that was fun. Finally got that finished. Now I have to work outside the Matrix, and boy is that gonna be weird. I'm going to have to make Naz bald *shudder*. Anyway, R&R plz as I go and look for stories to update!
~ ~ ~ ~ Josey ~ ~ ~ ~
*Bullet-Time*
The phone line went dead. Morpheus dropped the phone. Three bullets went straight for Morpheus. His coat swung as he turned. He looked at them, scared. The bullets slowed in the air. They could see the bullets movement through time. They stopped about a foot away from Morpheus. Then, she stood up.
*Matrix Normal-Time*
Naz stood up, hand held out, defending herself and her friends from the small, metal, implantations of death. Her eyes were closed, her breath stood still, as the agents turned and ran. A whisper in Josey's ear told her there was a new anomaly, and that it must be destroyed. Josey ripped the earpiece off and cursed at herself loudly. Niobe lay still on the floor in amazement, gawking at the very sight of the unmoving bullets. And Morpheus, he stood an inch behind Naz, astonished at what had happened, looking down over her, towards the bullets. Naz opened her eyes. She had the look of a bewildered weasel on her face. It looked as if she hadn't even a clue to what had happened, and, as it turns out....
"Argh! Jesus! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! What do I do? What do I do? What happened?!?!?" shouted Naz. She began to shake in fear. Morpheus then realised that the bullets could move again any second; especially since Naz didn't even know that she'd done it. Morpheus grabbed her and fell with her to the ground. Naz opened her eyes, only to see the bullets drop down a centimetre away from her face. "Aaaah!" screamed Naz once more as she jumped back up to her feet.
"Well, that's what you get when not informing people on the details..." blamed Josey, unknowingly. Josey blinked hard and stood up. "Dude! How did you do that?" she questioned, eager to know how.
"Huh? Do what? Your friends tried to kill us!" stumbled Naz. Josey bent down to pick up her earpiece and once again stuck it into her ear. "What are you doing? They'll hear your thoughts!"
"What thoughts?" Josey replied in a sad tone of voice. She turned away from Naz and the free-minds and took a seat on a nearby bench. She listened to the whispers of her colleagues. Her eyes widened and she shook her head.
"What...what's wrong? Why do you sound so sad?" asked Naz coming to join her. Josey's head leant against Naz's arm.
"I lied," said Josey. She turned and looked up at Naz with sorrowful eyes. She sighed, "when the agents asked if that was all I knew about Smith and Mr Anderson, eh Neo, I said yes, but that was a lie."
"What do you mean?" Morpheus had now walked over to them, Niobe on his heel. Naz and Josey's head's turned to look at them.
"But, we saw them die! And, you told the agents that! We saw them die!" insisted Naz.
"Perhaps, but how could've they have died, if they still live?" Josey's eyes flashed bright blue for a split second. Niobe tugged on Morpheus' sleeve.
"Morpheus, they're coming." Niobe stated, heading for a room in the back.
"Are you coming?" rushed Morpheus, making a grab for Naz. Naz grabbed Josey anyway and they were all dragged into the room. The entire system was set up and ready for them, well, one of them at least.
"What's going on here?" asked Naz. "Why is there only one chair?"
"Well, you see, we weren't expecting Josey to turn up, so we only set up one chair." Said Morpheus, a bit ashamed. Inside the room, Ghost was fiddling around with a bunch of stuff. He looked up at them and smiled.
"That means, we can only unplug one of you today, as they are coming." Ghost added in. Josey and Naz looked at each other. Josey's face fell to a sad but congratulating look and she took a few steps backwards. She turned and went to runaway but a hand landed on her shoulder.
"No..." Josey whispered. She removed the hand that was on her shoulder and took a few more steps forward.
"But, Josey...." began Naz.
"It's YOU they're after now! You and your silly tricks! We would've been fine, Mr Anderson, if only you hadn't messed about!" Josey screamed as she turned around to face her friend. Josey shook her head violently and looked up at the four surprised faces. "Look! I'm safe here! I can dodge bullets, you can't! I heard on my earpiece that there was a NEW anomaly and that all agents should destroy it. They didn't say a thing about 'a traitor'. Now, quick! Get out of here while you still can! I hear them coming!" and Josey ran to the door of the church, until getting caught again.
"How will we contact you?" called Morpheus.
"Just watch the news!" and she was gone.
* * * * * * * * * *
Josey ran and ran to the top of the hill. She was even panting, though there was no need. She looked around, glad to be wearing sunglasses as the day was bright and warm. She collapsed on the hill and sat head in hands. From a distance she could hear great screaming and shouts coming from the church.
"Goddamnit, I shouldn't lie...." she said to herself.
"It was the only way"
"I know, but they had to get out first"
"Don't feel bad, Miss Josey, hopefully things will turn out better soon..."
"Yeah, hopefully. God, I'm going to miss her for the next day or so, that is, if I don't get caught..."
"Well, we WOULD'VE been fine if Mr Anderson hadn't of step in"
"Agreed. But he couldn't have left Morpheus to die, no matter how much of a stupid git he was."
"This is going to be a painful process..."
"Yes, but telling them that they weren't looking for a traitor was the only way to get her out today."
"Wait! I feel something...."
It was only then did Josey realise that everyone had gone. It was only her left, as well as her thoughts.
"Stop considering me as a thought!" she shouted all over the grass banks.
"Sorry Smith...." She trailed off. She let him guide her back down to the church. Reluctant to go in, she squeaked through the door and walked down the isle.
"This is very much like your dream, except that I am not in corporeal form...."
"Smith! I'd prefer it if you didn't go through my memory logs!" Josey scowled. But, inside, she could just feel him gleaming.
She reached the door of the room where Naz had just been unplugged and poked her head in. Everything was gone, everything but a cloud of dust that was swirling on the floor.
"He'll be arriving back soon, just as you will..." Josey said excitedly.
"Hmm..."
* * * * * * * * * * *
Back outside Josey had strolled along to a nearby car park and ripped the bottom of the steering wheel out.
"Won't be needing that..."
And she managed to start the car.
"Where we off to?" was Smith's voice coming from inside her.
"Check!" Josey replied, pulling out onto the motorway.
"Don't you think the other drivers will find it strange that a thirteen- year-old girl is driving a BMW down a motor way, towards London?"
"Hey! I'm fourteen in a week and a half!"
"Technically...."
And Josey revved up the car.
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Well that was fun. Finally got that finished. Now I have to work outside the Matrix, and boy is that gonna be weird. I'm going to have to make Naz bald *shudder*. Anyway, R&R plz as I go and look for stories to update!
~ ~ ~ ~ Josey ~ ~ ~ ~