Chapter 4
Neo's dark eyes searched blankly around the soft peach walls of Rosie's high-rise apartment. It was quite nice, he supposed...very neat...but somehow it seemed out of place.
There had been a guy in the apartment when they had arrived, sitting neatly on a chair by the front door...almost as if he had been waiting for them. He introduced himself as William, giving him a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, and ushering him quickly to sit down.
A door on his left was pushed open, and Rosie slid out of it coolly, holding fast to two mugs of steaming hot liquid. She smiled and sat down, handing William one of the mugs.
"Now, I take it you don't know who you are?" She asked him softly, her movements too precise and her tone too sweet. Neo shook his head. "No, no idea" "Very well then...I suppose we should make an effort to find out, but we need something to call you in the meantime...how about...John? As in John doe?" She smiled sweetly again and took a tiny sip of whatever was in her mug. "Neo frowned. There was nothing wrong with the name, but it didn't seem to fit." "How about...Thomas" He replied calmly. Somehow the name seemed familiar. Rosie shrugged, "I don't see the harm in it..." she murmured to William, who had been sitting silently at her side for the past few minutes. William just nodded, "Whatever you like Rosie" And so with another sickly sweet smile, she nodded to Neo. "Okay, your name is Thomas now."
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Trinity paced furiously in front of the monitors, her blue eyes shining with indescribable frustration and anger. Of course the matrix code had shown that...girl take Neo back to her apartment, but they didn't know what was being said. The emergency light was still flashing, but had started to calm down a little bit. The crew was just waiting for it to stop so they could go in and rescue Neo.
"This is ridiculous" Hissed Trinity, trying in vain to keep her emotions under control, but failing to succeed. Morpheus nodded "Yes Trinity, incredibly ridiculous...there must be something wrong with the systems...Link? Have you checked the programming?" He nodded briskly "Yes sir" "Well check it again" "Yes Sir" *********
Neo lay awake in the pitch-blackness, clutching at the warm white duvet that he was curled up in. He had been in a bit of a daze for the past few hours, but now he was wide-awake and fully aware that this was definitely not right. What the hell had happened? Who was he? Questions swirled around in his head like trapped and frantic butterflies, crashing into the sides and giving him one hell of a headache.
Groaning softly to himself, he rolled over and buried his head into the soft white pillows, trying to banish the throbbing in his brain.
There was something wrong about Rosie...or not quite wrong, but something totally out of place. As if she was...fake somehow, or made of plastic...maybe programmed. Definitely something strange about that guy William as well, he was just too quiet...and too observant...it was slightly unnerving.
Gripping the blankets more tightly around his body, Neo curled onto his side and closed his eyes against the compelling darkness.
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Flash, Flash, Flash...the red light continued to illuminate the steel equipment around the monitors. Suddenly, the flashing stopped, causing Trinity to jump slightly. Half grinning, Link emerged holding a plug in his hand. "Wish I'd have thought of this before" Climbing quickly into one of the chairs, she nodded grimly to Morpheus and Link. "I'm going in"
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A/N: Hope you like this chapter more than I do!!! Been busy with school lately...might be awhile til I can write the next chapter... Luv, Nyx.
Neo's dark eyes searched blankly around the soft peach walls of Rosie's high-rise apartment. It was quite nice, he supposed...very neat...but somehow it seemed out of place.
There had been a guy in the apartment when they had arrived, sitting neatly on a chair by the front door...almost as if he had been waiting for them. He introduced himself as William, giving him a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, and ushering him quickly to sit down.
A door on his left was pushed open, and Rosie slid out of it coolly, holding fast to two mugs of steaming hot liquid. She smiled and sat down, handing William one of the mugs.
"Now, I take it you don't know who you are?" She asked him softly, her movements too precise and her tone too sweet. Neo shook his head. "No, no idea" "Very well then...I suppose we should make an effort to find out, but we need something to call you in the meantime...how about...John? As in John doe?" She smiled sweetly again and took a tiny sip of whatever was in her mug. "Neo frowned. There was nothing wrong with the name, but it didn't seem to fit." "How about...Thomas" He replied calmly. Somehow the name seemed familiar. Rosie shrugged, "I don't see the harm in it..." she murmured to William, who had been sitting silently at her side for the past few minutes. William just nodded, "Whatever you like Rosie" And so with another sickly sweet smile, she nodded to Neo. "Okay, your name is Thomas now."
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Trinity paced furiously in front of the monitors, her blue eyes shining with indescribable frustration and anger. Of course the matrix code had shown that...girl take Neo back to her apartment, but they didn't know what was being said. The emergency light was still flashing, but had started to calm down a little bit. The crew was just waiting for it to stop so they could go in and rescue Neo.
"This is ridiculous" Hissed Trinity, trying in vain to keep her emotions under control, but failing to succeed. Morpheus nodded "Yes Trinity, incredibly ridiculous...there must be something wrong with the systems...Link? Have you checked the programming?" He nodded briskly "Yes sir" "Well check it again" "Yes Sir" *********
Neo lay awake in the pitch-blackness, clutching at the warm white duvet that he was curled up in. He had been in a bit of a daze for the past few hours, but now he was wide-awake and fully aware that this was definitely not right. What the hell had happened? Who was he? Questions swirled around in his head like trapped and frantic butterflies, crashing into the sides and giving him one hell of a headache.
Groaning softly to himself, he rolled over and buried his head into the soft white pillows, trying to banish the throbbing in his brain.
There was something wrong about Rosie...or not quite wrong, but something totally out of place. As if she was...fake somehow, or made of plastic...maybe programmed. Definitely something strange about that guy William as well, he was just too quiet...and too observant...it was slightly unnerving.
Gripping the blankets more tightly around his body, Neo curled onto his side and closed his eyes against the compelling darkness.
*******
Flash, Flash, Flash...the red light continued to illuminate the steel equipment around the monitors. Suddenly, the flashing stopped, causing Trinity to jump slightly. Half grinning, Link emerged holding a plug in his hand. "Wish I'd have thought of this before" Climbing quickly into one of the chairs, she nodded grimly to Morpheus and Link. "I'm going in"
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A/N: Hope you like this chapter more than I do!!! Been busy with school lately...might be awhile til I can write the next chapter... Luv, Nyx.