Chapter 3.
A violent tremor ran through the mechanics of the Neb, causing all the crew to jolt into consciousness. Morpheus and Link were the first to reach the core of the ship, followed closely by Neo and Trinity, who came through opposite doors.
Raising his eyebrows slightly at the pair, Link started tapping away at a keyboard. The red emergency light was flashing readily, but there was no sign of sentinels or anything remotely dangerous. Link frowned, "Well the code is fine, and there's no squiddies, but maybe someone should go into the matrix and check." Morpheus turned slightly and nodded at Neo, "You go".
Neo climbed into the chair without argument, and gently closed his eyes as Link jacked him in. Trinity stood looking impassive, arms folded across her chest. Link raised his eyebrows at her, "You two had a fight or something?" She just shook her head and sighed, "Its nothing".
Suddenly the mechanics jolted violently again, causing Morpheus, Link and Trinity to stumble backwards. "What the..." "What's going on?" Link swiftly regained his balance at stared into the monitor, a look of confusion spreading over his face. "Neo? Neo? Are you okay?" He demanded into the headset, worry setting into his eyes. Morpheus and Trinity stared into the screen as well, watching. Neo stood on the street, seemingly dumbfounded. He was looking at his hands and pulling at his clothes. He looked...lost somehow.
Trinity's brow furrowed with confusion, "Jack me in, I want to see what's wrong with him".
Link loaded her up and pushed the needle into the back of her neck, but nothing happened. He frowned and pulled it out again. "What the hell is going on?" She demanded "It...it's not working" "Why not?" "I don't know"
Morpheus stared at the screens and shook his head, "You can't get in when the emergency signals are on". "But then how did Neo get in?" she asked quietly "I...don't know".
Shocked silence followed his words. It was very seldom that Morpheus didn't know what was going on, unless the problem was deadly serious.
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Rosie walked quietly along the sun-illuminated sidewalks, down numerous streets and across a few backyards. She was dressed in black slacks and a white blouse, immaculately forgettable clothing. Her dark blonde hair was down and blowing in her face, she looked like a perfectly normal, forgettable citizen, and that was the way she liked it.
William had given her the street address that he...Neo...was supposed to be appearing in, but she wasn't exactly all that great at reading maps, so she was already late.
Finally stumbling onto the correct street, she quickened her pace, hoping like hell that he hadn't wandered off already. Her hopes were confirmed when she rounded the corner to find him standing in the middle of the square. It was obvious to her who he was, thanks to the many pictures of him that had 'magically' appeared on the Internet. Probably courtesy of those...'agent'...things that David had told her about.
Carefully, she approached. He caught site of her only when she was in a few feet of him, and jumped visibly.
Smiling pleasantly, she held out her hand, "Hi...I'm Rosie."
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A/N: Don't know when I'll get time to write the next chapter, I'm in school for the next ten weeks... I'll try update on the weekends and thank you so much to people who read and review :)
Oh, and sorry if I make grammatical or spelling mistakes, I usually overlook it a bit, please forgive me.
Luv yaz, Nyx.
A violent tremor ran through the mechanics of the Neb, causing all the crew to jolt into consciousness. Morpheus and Link were the first to reach the core of the ship, followed closely by Neo and Trinity, who came through opposite doors.
Raising his eyebrows slightly at the pair, Link started tapping away at a keyboard. The red emergency light was flashing readily, but there was no sign of sentinels or anything remotely dangerous. Link frowned, "Well the code is fine, and there's no squiddies, but maybe someone should go into the matrix and check." Morpheus turned slightly and nodded at Neo, "You go".
Neo climbed into the chair without argument, and gently closed his eyes as Link jacked him in. Trinity stood looking impassive, arms folded across her chest. Link raised his eyebrows at her, "You two had a fight or something?" She just shook her head and sighed, "Its nothing".
Suddenly the mechanics jolted violently again, causing Morpheus, Link and Trinity to stumble backwards. "What the..." "What's going on?" Link swiftly regained his balance at stared into the monitor, a look of confusion spreading over his face. "Neo? Neo? Are you okay?" He demanded into the headset, worry setting into his eyes. Morpheus and Trinity stared into the screen as well, watching. Neo stood on the street, seemingly dumbfounded. He was looking at his hands and pulling at his clothes. He looked...lost somehow.
Trinity's brow furrowed with confusion, "Jack me in, I want to see what's wrong with him".
Link loaded her up and pushed the needle into the back of her neck, but nothing happened. He frowned and pulled it out again. "What the hell is going on?" She demanded "It...it's not working" "Why not?" "I don't know"
Morpheus stared at the screens and shook his head, "You can't get in when the emergency signals are on". "But then how did Neo get in?" she asked quietly "I...don't know".
Shocked silence followed his words. It was very seldom that Morpheus didn't know what was going on, unless the problem was deadly serious.
*********
Rosie walked quietly along the sun-illuminated sidewalks, down numerous streets and across a few backyards. She was dressed in black slacks and a white blouse, immaculately forgettable clothing. Her dark blonde hair was down and blowing in her face, she looked like a perfectly normal, forgettable citizen, and that was the way she liked it.
William had given her the street address that he...Neo...was supposed to be appearing in, but she wasn't exactly all that great at reading maps, so she was already late.
Finally stumbling onto the correct street, she quickened her pace, hoping like hell that he hadn't wandered off already. Her hopes were confirmed when she rounded the corner to find him standing in the middle of the square. It was obvious to her who he was, thanks to the many pictures of him that had 'magically' appeared on the Internet. Probably courtesy of those...'agent'...things that David had told her about.
Carefully, she approached. He caught site of her only when she was in a few feet of him, and jumped visibly.
Smiling pleasantly, she held out her hand, "Hi...I'm Rosie."
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A/N: Don't know when I'll get time to write the next chapter, I'm in school for the next ten weeks... I'll try update on the weekends and thank you so much to people who read and review :)
Oh, and sorry if I make grammatical or spelling mistakes, I usually overlook it a bit, please forgive me.
Luv yaz, Nyx.