Neo's eyes snapped open as Morpheus pulled the iron spike from his head,
and he sat up with amazing speed. "Send me back!" he cried frantically,
"Send me back!"
"What is it, Neo?" Morpheus said in his deep voice, alarmed.
Neo calmed slightly "There was a gun, they shot out the phone and Trinity's still there." He turned to Morpheus. "You have to send me back." Link had been listening to Neo in amazement but at this he turned back looking for Trinity's signal on the screen.
It was gone
* * *
Trinity felt her hair grabbed in a rough hand, her faced jerked up by her captor, and she was again looking into the eyes of the Man. He looked at her and sighed. "You have angered me." He lowered his face to her level. "I'M FURIOUS!!!!!"
The roar was deep, primal and terrifying, and the sudden change in attitude and emotion took Trinity completely by surprise, leaving her frozen and speechless. The man began to pace, angry, hands clenched at his sides. "I wanted the One. Not his puppy, the One! And instead I have YOU!" He paused, and seemed to take a big calming breath. His voice again normal level, he suddenly smiled. "But you have your possibilities. I see you carry a burden - I believe I can have some fun with that. And I see your connection to the One". his lip curled in a sneer "love? Pathetic. However I may amuse myself with that too. lovers make great killers."
Trinity's eyes widened, and she began struggling again, desperate to escape. The Man might have sounded crazy but there was no sparkle of insanity in his eyes, only a glitter of impish cruelty. She didn't doubt his words. He was out for fun, and she was to be the butt of his joke. Her and Neo. For the first time she felt a prickle of fear. Before she had been shocked, and frantic for Neo, but now - now the future was looming, and it was decidedly uncertain. Her gun was still in her hand, twisted behind her back, and carefully, gently, as the Man raved, she twisted it until it was pointed at the hands of the captor behind her. He was oblivious, gripping her tightly and listening to his master. The gun was at point-blank range
Slowly, don't attract attention.
She felt his grip on her arms relax slightly - she had stopped struggling. Now!
Lightening fast she yanked the trigger, and swung her leg up as he loosened his grip to hit him square on the forehead. She swung her arm to thump the minion with her remaining gun hilt, and took flight. Reeling, the figures fell to the floor and enraged, the Man swung a foot into the ribs of his nearest footmen. The other raised to his shoulder a long-barreled object, and fired a shot. Trinity, twenty metres away, staggered as she felt the barb in her back then regained her balanced and kept running, slowed somewhat. Any second now and they would be upon her. Any second.
Don't turn around, Trinity
Don't look
It was too much, and she turned her head for a split second, looking back through the deserted alleyway, she had to see!
It was empty.
* * *
"Sir? May I ask you something?" the footman asked timidly.
"You just did. Therefore we have a paradox, and how might that be solved?"
The footman was silent, fear and puzzlement ghosting across his face. The Man looked at him and smiled.
"Usually I wouldn't tolerate such an impasse, but paradoxes amuse me. What is your question?"
"Why did you let her go?"
"But I haven't let her go, Servant. I have had her the whole time. A freemind in the Matrix still exists as a program, able to be hacked like anything else. I have hacked her mind. Certain - discrepancies were apparent. An emotional virus. Guilt. I have seen her secret fears-and making them come true will be" he smiled "such fun."
* * *
"What is it, Neo?" Morpheus said in his deep voice, alarmed.
Neo calmed slightly "There was a gun, they shot out the phone and Trinity's still there." He turned to Morpheus. "You have to send me back." Link had been listening to Neo in amazement but at this he turned back looking for Trinity's signal on the screen.
It was gone
* * *
Trinity felt her hair grabbed in a rough hand, her faced jerked up by her captor, and she was again looking into the eyes of the Man. He looked at her and sighed. "You have angered me." He lowered his face to her level. "I'M FURIOUS!!!!!"
The roar was deep, primal and terrifying, and the sudden change in attitude and emotion took Trinity completely by surprise, leaving her frozen and speechless. The man began to pace, angry, hands clenched at his sides. "I wanted the One. Not his puppy, the One! And instead I have YOU!" He paused, and seemed to take a big calming breath. His voice again normal level, he suddenly smiled. "But you have your possibilities. I see you carry a burden - I believe I can have some fun with that. And I see your connection to the One". his lip curled in a sneer "love? Pathetic. However I may amuse myself with that too. lovers make great killers."
Trinity's eyes widened, and she began struggling again, desperate to escape. The Man might have sounded crazy but there was no sparkle of insanity in his eyes, only a glitter of impish cruelty. She didn't doubt his words. He was out for fun, and she was to be the butt of his joke. Her and Neo. For the first time she felt a prickle of fear. Before she had been shocked, and frantic for Neo, but now - now the future was looming, and it was decidedly uncertain. Her gun was still in her hand, twisted behind her back, and carefully, gently, as the Man raved, she twisted it until it was pointed at the hands of the captor behind her. He was oblivious, gripping her tightly and listening to his master. The gun was at point-blank range
Slowly, don't attract attention.
She felt his grip on her arms relax slightly - she had stopped struggling. Now!
Lightening fast she yanked the trigger, and swung her leg up as he loosened his grip to hit him square on the forehead. She swung her arm to thump the minion with her remaining gun hilt, and took flight. Reeling, the figures fell to the floor and enraged, the Man swung a foot into the ribs of his nearest footmen. The other raised to his shoulder a long-barreled object, and fired a shot. Trinity, twenty metres away, staggered as she felt the barb in her back then regained her balanced and kept running, slowed somewhat. Any second now and they would be upon her. Any second.
Don't turn around, Trinity
Don't look
It was too much, and she turned her head for a split second, looking back through the deserted alleyway, she had to see!
It was empty.
* * *
"Sir? May I ask you something?" the footman asked timidly.
"You just did. Therefore we have a paradox, and how might that be solved?"
The footman was silent, fear and puzzlement ghosting across his face. The Man looked at him and smiled.
"Usually I wouldn't tolerate such an impasse, but paradoxes amuse me. What is your question?"
"Why did you let her go?"
"But I haven't let her go, Servant. I have had her the whole time. A freemind in the Matrix still exists as a program, able to be hacked like anything else. I have hacked her mind. Certain - discrepancies were apparent. An emotional virus. Guilt. I have seen her secret fears-and making them come true will be" he smiled "such fun."
* * *