You Promised
The statue stared at me, as I walked away from it. I could feel it staring at me, something new.
I walked back towards the city, away from this park. I looked around me as I walked, buildings all around this place, there is nowhere to go. I walked looking away. Ah!
Smith- Err!
I backed away from whatever just happened. What the hell was that? It felt painful whatever it was. I looked around, quickly. What was that? Why did it hurt? Why? I looked down, my foot had stepped onto the grass. Was that it? Grass? I placed my foot lightly on the grass. Ah! It feels different! It different! Why?! I placed my foot on it again. I can feel it. The grass. Through my shoes, I could feel it. It was different from concrete, it was. . . Not as solid. Well of course, but. . . Why does it feel different? Why does it almost hurt to stand on it? The grass is different than the concrete, and I can feel that. But why is it different? Because this is my first time standing on it. Is that it? This new sensation? It is. I hate this place. A simple piece of grass nearly scared me!
I walked away, not wanting to step on anything. *sigh* I need to find a map. That child said there should be maps here. I don't want this to be like the mall, there has to be a map here. There! I suppose it wasn't that bad. I walked to my right, towards the map. This map is pretty large. I didn't realize Zon is so huge. Let's see, grid E, to level 7. Is this where Isis is? I suppose so. Where is that? I looked up to the right, there, that is the building. I started towards it. Walking through the humans, and entering the building. The building itself was a little dirty, nothing unexpected here. I went into the elevator to the 80 th floor. Her she was, room 837.
I opened the door and. . . Oh my God. . . This can't be a child's room. All over the place were thick wires, all over the walls, all spreading into the corner where there were five large monitors. It was a dark room, and the monitors said she had mail. Wires crawled by, connecting to more wires. And a camera robot floated by and blinked at me. This couldn't be hers. It was as complicated as. . . as a sentinel.
Isis- Smith is that you?!
Her voice seemed like it came from the ceiling, I looked up. This couldn't be hers. It's far too complicated. Far too. . .
Smith- This is Smith!
Isis- Give me a sec. This damn coil won't fit! Ow! Get a towel, please!
I looked around. There was nowhere to get a towel. All I could see were wires. Then Isis's head poke out from the ceiling in the wires.
Isis- You're late, you know. Urh! This damn coil! Fit!
Smith- What are you attempting to do?
Isis- One sec. Hah! Take that stupid coil!
Her head came out of the wires again. She looked at me with some grease on her face.
Isis- I'm trying to fix this main power source, I've been running on auxiliary for the passed two days. Oh. Could you flip that switch, the green one over there? Thanks.
This can't be. She is just a child! I flipped the switch.
Isis- Ow! Dammit! You stupid coil! Smith, hand me the hammer!
I handed her the hammer, she took it and disappeared into the wires on the ceiling again.
Isis- Hah! Take this coil!
I could hear these banging noises, from the ceiling.
Isis- Okay, try the switch again.
I did, and the whole ceiling turned brighter, with a blue light.
Isis- Oh Boo Yah! I'm good!
She dropped from the ceiling and landed on her feet. She grabbed a rag, and wiped her hands and face.
Isis- I can finally go full power.
She walked passed me, and turned on all five of her monitors.
Isis- Cool, mail from Aries.
She acted like this was nothing. Like this room, and this machinery was nothing. She couldn't have done this!
Isis- So did you have a nice trip?
Smith- It was. . . New.
Isis- I guess that's a good thing.
Smith- what is. . . This place?
Isis- my room.
Your room!?
Smith- What are these things?
Isis- most of it is really stuff for hacking.
Smith- Hacking what?
Isis- Stuff. Anyway, this monitor here let's me see the whole city, thanks to Neo I got cameras in the sky, man. This one here does most of the scanning, like scanning all files going into my computer, and the others are really just adding speed.
How could she?. . .
Isis- Come on, I'll show you your room.
Before she got up, she some headphones, and put them on. Must do something with her computer.
She led me down her hall, and the wires began to lessen. To a room all the way down the hall. It was a small room, no color, and a large window on the right.
Isis- Sorry it's so small, but if you look through the window you can see the whole city.
I looked through the window. How could she do this? She did all this to her apartment?
Smith- How could you build those things?
Isis- *sigh* Get this through your Agent head. Smith equals ex- Agent. Isis equals thirteen-year-old genius!
I didn't know she was at this level of intelligence.
Smith- This city is. . . impressive. Interesting humans built in only six years.
Isis- Humans can do a lot when they need to begin a new. Hold on a sec.
She walked to the hall, and put her hand on the headphones.
Isis- No, I can't. No. No. What? You sure? Yeah. Whatever. No. I have to go. No. No. Go away, I got to go!
She was obviously talking to someone.
Isis- Sorry. So you like this place.
Smith- It is not what I expected.
Isis- I guess that is a good thing. Come on, let's go watch some broadcasts from the web.
Smith- what about the Sentinels? You said we were to go see them.
Isis- Yeah, well we'll do that tomorrow.
Smith- I'd rather go today, get it over with.
Isis- Well to bad.
Smith- It would be more efficient if- -
Isis- Nope, I can't today, sorry.
Smith- The only reason I'm here is because you promised you would take me to see these Sentinels.
Isis- I can't today!
Smith- I would have never come if- -
Isis- Fine, you want Sentinels? Here!
She threw something at me, and I caught it. I looked down at it. It looked like a claw, connected to a thick armored arm.
Smith- What is this.
Isis- A Squidie's hand, and here, this is a Sentinel's eye.
I held the eye. It was just purely red, I did not realize how red they were, it was strange.
Smith- You promised- -
Isis- Yeah, I promised. So I promise tomorrow, first thing in the morning. Okay?
There was no changing her mind, no use, I don't want to argue anyway.
Isis- Come on, sit here.
She sat on an old red couch, and turned on one of her monitors to a broadcast.
Smith- I rather stand.
Isis- Whatever.
She watched the monitor, it had some entertainment show on. I stood close to her with the Sentinel parts in my hands.
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Next Chapter: Raining Code
Don't worry people! Two more chapters until Neo, Trinity, and Raven! ^_^
The statue stared at me, as I walked away from it. I could feel it staring at me, something new.
I walked back towards the city, away from this park. I looked around me as I walked, buildings all around this place, there is nowhere to go. I walked looking away. Ah!
Smith- Err!
I backed away from whatever just happened. What the hell was that? It felt painful whatever it was. I looked around, quickly. What was that? Why did it hurt? Why? I looked down, my foot had stepped onto the grass. Was that it? Grass? I placed my foot lightly on the grass. Ah! It feels different! It different! Why?! I placed my foot on it again. I can feel it. The grass. Through my shoes, I could feel it. It was different from concrete, it was. . . Not as solid. Well of course, but. . . Why does it feel different? Why does it almost hurt to stand on it? The grass is different than the concrete, and I can feel that. But why is it different? Because this is my first time standing on it. Is that it? This new sensation? It is. I hate this place. A simple piece of grass nearly scared me!
I walked away, not wanting to step on anything. *sigh* I need to find a map. That child said there should be maps here. I don't want this to be like the mall, there has to be a map here. There! I suppose it wasn't that bad. I walked to my right, towards the map. This map is pretty large. I didn't realize Zon is so huge. Let's see, grid E, to level 7. Is this where Isis is? I suppose so. Where is that? I looked up to the right, there, that is the building. I started towards it. Walking through the humans, and entering the building. The building itself was a little dirty, nothing unexpected here. I went into the elevator to the 80 th floor. Her she was, room 837.
I opened the door and. . . Oh my God. . . This can't be a child's room. All over the place were thick wires, all over the walls, all spreading into the corner where there were five large monitors. It was a dark room, and the monitors said she had mail. Wires crawled by, connecting to more wires. And a camera robot floated by and blinked at me. This couldn't be hers. It was as complicated as. . . as a sentinel.
Isis- Smith is that you?!
Her voice seemed like it came from the ceiling, I looked up. This couldn't be hers. It's far too complicated. Far too. . .
Smith- This is Smith!
Isis- Give me a sec. This damn coil won't fit! Ow! Get a towel, please!
I looked around. There was nowhere to get a towel. All I could see were wires. Then Isis's head poke out from the ceiling in the wires.
Isis- You're late, you know. Urh! This damn coil! Fit!
Smith- What are you attempting to do?
Isis- One sec. Hah! Take that stupid coil!
Her head came out of the wires again. She looked at me with some grease on her face.
Isis- I'm trying to fix this main power source, I've been running on auxiliary for the passed two days. Oh. Could you flip that switch, the green one over there? Thanks.
This can't be. She is just a child! I flipped the switch.
Isis- Ow! Dammit! You stupid coil! Smith, hand me the hammer!
I handed her the hammer, she took it and disappeared into the wires on the ceiling again.
Isis- Hah! Take this coil!
I could hear these banging noises, from the ceiling.
Isis- Okay, try the switch again.
I did, and the whole ceiling turned brighter, with a blue light.
Isis- Oh Boo Yah! I'm good!
She dropped from the ceiling and landed on her feet. She grabbed a rag, and wiped her hands and face.
Isis- I can finally go full power.
She walked passed me, and turned on all five of her monitors.
Isis- Cool, mail from Aries.
She acted like this was nothing. Like this room, and this machinery was nothing. She couldn't have done this!
Isis- So did you have a nice trip?
Smith- It was. . . New.
Isis- I guess that's a good thing.
Smith- what is. . . This place?
Isis- my room.
Your room!?
Smith- What are these things?
Isis- most of it is really stuff for hacking.
Smith- Hacking what?
Isis- Stuff. Anyway, this monitor here let's me see the whole city, thanks to Neo I got cameras in the sky, man. This one here does most of the scanning, like scanning all files going into my computer, and the others are really just adding speed.
How could she?. . .
Isis- Come on, I'll show you your room.
Before she got up, she some headphones, and put them on. Must do something with her computer.
She led me down her hall, and the wires began to lessen. To a room all the way down the hall. It was a small room, no color, and a large window on the right.
Isis- Sorry it's so small, but if you look through the window you can see the whole city.
I looked through the window. How could she do this? She did all this to her apartment?
Smith- How could you build those things?
Isis- *sigh* Get this through your Agent head. Smith equals ex- Agent. Isis equals thirteen-year-old genius!
I didn't know she was at this level of intelligence.
Smith- This city is. . . impressive. Interesting humans built in only six years.
Isis- Humans can do a lot when they need to begin a new. Hold on a sec.
She walked to the hall, and put her hand on the headphones.
Isis- No, I can't. No. No. What? You sure? Yeah. Whatever. No. I have to go. No. No. Go away, I got to go!
She was obviously talking to someone.
Isis- Sorry. So you like this place.
Smith- It is not what I expected.
Isis- I guess that is a good thing. Come on, let's go watch some broadcasts from the web.
Smith- what about the Sentinels? You said we were to go see them.
Isis- Yeah, well we'll do that tomorrow.
Smith- I'd rather go today, get it over with.
Isis- Well to bad.
Smith- It would be more efficient if- -
Isis- Nope, I can't today, sorry.
Smith- The only reason I'm here is because you promised you would take me to see these Sentinels.
Isis- I can't today!
Smith- I would have never come if- -
Isis- Fine, you want Sentinels? Here!
She threw something at me, and I caught it. I looked down at it. It looked like a claw, connected to a thick armored arm.
Smith- What is this.
Isis- A Squidie's hand, and here, this is a Sentinel's eye.
I held the eye. It was just purely red, I did not realize how red they were, it was strange.
Smith- You promised- -
Isis- Yeah, I promised. So I promise tomorrow, first thing in the morning. Okay?
There was no changing her mind, no use, I don't want to argue anyway.
Isis- Come on, sit here.
She sat on an old red couch, and turned on one of her monitors to a broadcast.
Smith- I rather stand.
Isis- Whatever.
She watched the monitor, it had some entertainment show on. I stood close to her with the Sentinel parts in my hands.
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Next Chapter: Raining Code
Don't worry people! Two more chapters until Neo, Trinity, and Raven! ^_^