(Author's note: I hope the second chapter was a bit more fast-paced.
Heehee. Oh, yay! Reviews! *Hands out cookies to Angel-of-Lightness and
Calliope* Anyways...here's the third chapter. Enjoy.)
Chapter 3
She lay with wide opened eyes in her bed. She was too scared to go to sleep. Men were out there, trying to find her and kill her. Would they attack her in her own house in her own bed? She wasn't sure if she had seen them with guns, but she was sure they had them. She looked at her clock. It was midnight. She couldn't sleep. She refused to.
She sat her desk and pulled out a small notebook. It was her notebook of her random thoughts and ideas. She turned the pages, glancing at some of the older stuff she had written in there. The more recent pages were filled with dark lines and illegible writing. It was filled with numerous questions, like, "Who is Neo?" and "Is the Matrix real?". One of them had nothing except "WHAT IS THE MATRIX?" in dark bold letters.
She turned it to a new page and stared at it. It stared back at her with its glaring whiteness. She took a pencil and started to draw random lines everywhere. Eventually, she started drawing Neo. After a while, she finished his chiselled features and his hair. But, she didn't know what his eyes were like because in her dreams, he was always wearing sunglasses. She drew his mouth and nose. She didn't want to draw sunglasses because she thought it would make him look untrustworthy and evil. So, she left it blank. She stared at it for a long time. A man's head with only his hair, nose and mouth. She tore it out of her notebook and folded it twice. She slipped it into her pocket and looked at another blank page. It was waiting to be filled by her thoughts, her feelings, her words.
She rested her head in her arms on her desk. She draped a sweater over herself. She lay like that for several hours. She was in a place between sleep and consciousness. She just lay with her eyes open, but not seeing. She was hearing, but not listening.
Finally, after long hours, morning finally came. The sun peeked over the horizon and was like a person stretching after they woke up. Then, grey clouds started to invade the sky. Sydney looked outside. It looked like it might rain.
Soon, the rain came pouring down on the city. Sydney realized she had to go to the university to check out some books for her project. She started the car and started to drive. She nervously checked her mirrors every few second for anything suspicious. She kept thinking every single car was following her.
She stopped at a red light and gripped the wheel. She watched the rain beat against her windshield and the windshield wipers move back and forth. She watched the move back and forth...back and forth...back and forth. It started to slow down and she could see every little raindrop falling and hitting her window. Suddenly, the car behind her honked his horn and Sydney jumped. She saw that the light had turned green and started to drive again.
It was still raining when Sydney got to the university. She parked the car and ran up to the university library's big doors. She pulled one open and walked inside. She was grateful to be out of the rain. She walked to the elevators and pressed "Floor 5". That was the science and technologies floor. The doors opened and Sydney walked out.
It was horribly silent in the library. But, that's the why people liked it. She walked over to one of the huge shelves and started to look for books. She pulled out some books with titles relating to her science project topic and skimmed through them. She noticed one book that had an "M" on the side of it. That meant it belonged in the mathematics section. She pulled it out and stared at the title. It said, "Understanding the Matrix and More Advanced Calculus".
She opened it and started to read it. It talked about stuff she already knew from calculus class. Her cell phone rang. Everyone looked up and glared at her. Sydney blushed a little and picked it up.
"Hello?" she whispered.
"Hello, Sydney," Neo answered. She quickly ducked into an empty study booth.
"Are they after me again?" she asked urgently.
"No. But, they will be if you don't listen to what I say." Sydney thought for a moment.
"What do I have to do?" she asked confidently.
"Go to the door that's marked 'Employees Only'. Then, take the elevator inside to the basement. Go to the third door on your left."
"Gee, genius. What if they catch me?" Sydney asked sarcastically.
"They won't." Then, he hung up. Sydney got out of the study booth and looked around. She could see the door. She looked around again to make sure no one was watching her. When she reached the door, she gripped the door knob tightly and turned it. It opened. She looked inside and saw no one.
It was a large room with shelves of books and several computers. There was also a coffee maker. She saw the elevator and walked straight for it. She pressed the down button and waited anxiously. The doors opened and Sydney ran inside. She hurriedly pressed the "Basement" button and repeatedly pressed the "Close Doors" button. When they closed, she sighed in relief.
The doors opened again when it reached the basement. Sydney ran down the hall to the third door. She stood outside, breathing hard. Her heart was beating rapidly. If she opened the door, then she would finally meet Neo and get all the answers. But, what if the answers hurt her or someone else? What if they weren't what she was expecting? But, if she didn't open it, she could get killed by those men. She closed her eyes and turned the knob. She pushed the door open.
She opened her eyes and saw three chairs in a small circle. Two men were sitting in two of them. One of them was Neo. The other, she didn't recognized. They both smiled.
"Hello, Sydney," Neo said.
(Dun dun dun....cliffhanger...watch out for chapter 4, coming soon!)
Chapter 3
She lay with wide opened eyes in her bed. She was too scared to go to sleep. Men were out there, trying to find her and kill her. Would they attack her in her own house in her own bed? She wasn't sure if she had seen them with guns, but she was sure they had them. She looked at her clock. It was midnight. She couldn't sleep. She refused to.
She sat her desk and pulled out a small notebook. It was her notebook of her random thoughts and ideas. She turned the pages, glancing at some of the older stuff she had written in there. The more recent pages were filled with dark lines and illegible writing. It was filled with numerous questions, like, "Who is Neo?" and "Is the Matrix real?". One of them had nothing except "WHAT IS THE MATRIX?" in dark bold letters.
She turned it to a new page and stared at it. It stared back at her with its glaring whiteness. She took a pencil and started to draw random lines everywhere. Eventually, she started drawing Neo. After a while, she finished his chiselled features and his hair. But, she didn't know what his eyes were like because in her dreams, he was always wearing sunglasses. She drew his mouth and nose. She didn't want to draw sunglasses because she thought it would make him look untrustworthy and evil. So, she left it blank. She stared at it for a long time. A man's head with only his hair, nose and mouth. She tore it out of her notebook and folded it twice. She slipped it into her pocket and looked at another blank page. It was waiting to be filled by her thoughts, her feelings, her words.
She rested her head in her arms on her desk. She draped a sweater over herself. She lay like that for several hours. She was in a place between sleep and consciousness. She just lay with her eyes open, but not seeing. She was hearing, but not listening.
Finally, after long hours, morning finally came. The sun peeked over the horizon and was like a person stretching after they woke up. Then, grey clouds started to invade the sky. Sydney looked outside. It looked like it might rain.
Soon, the rain came pouring down on the city. Sydney realized she had to go to the university to check out some books for her project. She started the car and started to drive. She nervously checked her mirrors every few second for anything suspicious. She kept thinking every single car was following her.
She stopped at a red light and gripped the wheel. She watched the rain beat against her windshield and the windshield wipers move back and forth. She watched the move back and forth...back and forth...back and forth. It started to slow down and she could see every little raindrop falling and hitting her window. Suddenly, the car behind her honked his horn and Sydney jumped. She saw that the light had turned green and started to drive again.
It was still raining when Sydney got to the university. She parked the car and ran up to the university library's big doors. She pulled one open and walked inside. She was grateful to be out of the rain. She walked to the elevators and pressed "Floor 5". That was the science and technologies floor. The doors opened and Sydney walked out.
It was horribly silent in the library. But, that's the why people liked it. She walked over to one of the huge shelves and started to look for books. She pulled out some books with titles relating to her science project topic and skimmed through them. She noticed one book that had an "M" on the side of it. That meant it belonged in the mathematics section. She pulled it out and stared at the title. It said, "Understanding the Matrix and More Advanced Calculus".
She opened it and started to read it. It talked about stuff she already knew from calculus class. Her cell phone rang. Everyone looked up and glared at her. Sydney blushed a little and picked it up.
"Hello?" she whispered.
"Hello, Sydney," Neo answered. She quickly ducked into an empty study booth.
"Are they after me again?" she asked urgently.
"No. But, they will be if you don't listen to what I say." Sydney thought for a moment.
"What do I have to do?" she asked confidently.
"Go to the door that's marked 'Employees Only'. Then, take the elevator inside to the basement. Go to the third door on your left."
"Gee, genius. What if they catch me?" Sydney asked sarcastically.
"They won't." Then, he hung up. Sydney got out of the study booth and looked around. She could see the door. She looked around again to make sure no one was watching her. When she reached the door, she gripped the door knob tightly and turned it. It opened. She looked inside and saw no one.
It was a large room with shelves of books and several computers. There was also a coffee maker. She saw the elevator and walked straight for it. She pressed the down button and waited anxiously. The doors opened and Sydney ran inside. She hurriedly pressed the "Basement" button and repeatedly pressed the "Close Doors" button. When they closed, she sighed in relief.
The doors opened again when it reached the basement. Sydney ran down the hall to the third door. She stood outside, breathing hard. Her heart was beating rapidly. If she opened the door, then she would finally meet Neo and get all the answers. But, what if the answers hurt her or someone else? What if they weren't what she was expecting? But, if she didn't open it, she could get killed by those men. She closed her eyes and turned the knob. She pushed the door open.
She opened her eyes and saw three chairs in a small circle. Two men were sitting in two of them. One of them was Neo. The other, she didn't recognized. They both smiled.
"Hello, Sydney," Neo said.
(Dun dun dun....cliffhanger...watch out for chapter 4, coming soon!)