DISCLAIMER: if I owned the Matrix, I would tell you. But I don't. Evie and her Mustang Mach 1 are mine, though (I neglected to tell you about the car in the last chapter). Sadly, I don't own a Mach 1. The only car I have to my name is our Jeep, which is about as old as me and in serious need of a paint job, which it will have before I have to drive it.
Evie's eyes snapped open. Tank was pulling the cable out from the back of her head. She sat in the chair, gasping like a swimmer who has resurfaced from the depths of a swimming pool.
" Are you all right?" Trinity asked, her face filled with concern.
" Yes," Evie managed to whisper.
" That was close," Switch remarked as she heaved Evie out of the chair.
" You have absolutely no idea," Evie said as she staggered.
" Did you see him?" Morpheus asked. Evie shook her head. She had not seen Neo Anderson, and, thankfully, neither had the agents.
" Then we still have time to act. Rest up, Evie," Morpheus said as he patted her shoulder. Evie stood and slowly made her way to her bunkroom. Once inside, she shut the door and fell on her bed, asleep before she even it the pillow.
" Evie, wake up!" Trinity whispered urgently.
" Huh?" Evie asked groggily.
" Morpheus wants us to go back into the Matrix and try to make contact with Neo," Trinity answered, trying not to laugh at Evie's bed head. Evie glared at her and pushed herself out of bed.
" Alright," she said. Trinity stood and walked out of the room, leaving Evie to pull her boots on. After they were all buckled up, she stood and stretched like a cat, wincing at her slightly sore muscles.
" Are you ready?" Morpheus asked as she walked towards the chairs.
" Yes," she answered quietly as she lowered her tall, slender frame into one.
" You are going to a club in Chicago," Tank notified her.
" I do not think I am old enough to go clubbing," Evie remarked as her hands and feet were strapped down by Dozer. Tank laughed.
" You are going to be standing by the door and keeping a good eye out until Trinity gets back," Morpheus said.
" Yes, captain," Evie said calmly just before the cable was pushed into the circular plug into the base of her neck. Trinity and Evie were now in the matrix and standing in a darkened alley. Across the street, Evie could see the pulsing neon lights of the club.
" Is that it?" Evie asked.
" Yes, he should be in there. Once we get inside, you stay near the door and keep your phone ready," Trinity ordered.
" Naturally," Evie whispered as the two set out across the scummy street, their trench coats fluttering like winged bats in the slight breeze. Evie glanced the crowd over as she pulled her black wife beater tank top down over the top of her black cargo pants.
" I think we over dressed," she whispered to Trinity as two scantily clad women walked by. Trinity managed the ghost of a smile at Evie's remark. This was serious business, calling for an equally serious attitude. They got in line and stood quietly until they reached the door. The man looked them over and let them in without any questions. Shows how much security they have, letting someone young like me in here, Evie thought in distaste as she moved to the side of the door.
" Hold this," Trinity ordered coolly as she handed Evie her trench coat. Evie took it and waited for further orders, which she knew, were not long in coming.
" If anyone talks to you, tell them you are waiting for someone. If there is trouble, you know what to do," Trinity dictated, arching her eyebrow with the last statement. Evie patted her pocket were she always kept her gun. Trinity nodded and began to weave into the crowd. Evie watched her go, wondering who Neo Anderson was. The blaring club music filled her ears as she waited, causing her head to pound. Out of nervous habit, she started running her hands through her hair. More time past, and she began to attack her nails with a vicious will, another nervous tendency. Evie craned her neck and tried to spot Trinity. After a moment she found her in the shadows against a wall, talking to a tall, pale man with black hair. That must be Neo, she thought as she watched the two. Trinity didn't waste time. She said what she was supposed to, then began to make her way back to Evie.
" Let's go," she ordered curtly as Evie handed her trench coat to her. Once outside, Evie's natural curiosity took over.
" Was that him?" she asked eagerly as the club faded.
" Yes," Trinity replied simply.
" What did you say?" Evie asked.
" What I was told to," she answered simply.
" What are we going to do next?" Evie persisted.
" I don't know," Trinity answered, now smiling down at the girl. Evie's phone rang and she once again became business.
" What is it?" she asked.
" I've got an exit for you, down the street at a pay phone. Hurry, I don't know how long your presence is going to go unnoticed," Tank said quickly, then hung up.
" This way," Evie said curtly as she snapped her phone shut and quickened her pace down the street. They reached the phone booth without event, but Evie was on edge. The phone rang.
" You go," Trinity said.
" I have the gun, so I'll go last," Evie countered. Trinity knew the argument was pointless, so she picked the phone up. Within seconds, she disappeared and dropped the phone, leaving it dangling by its cord. Evie lifted it and set it back on the receiver. She glanced around warily as she waited for it to ring again. She jumped a mile when it did and, without hesitation, she put it to her face and too was gone.
That was a short little chapter. I would have gotten it up faster, but I felt the pressing need to watch the movie first. I'm trying to decide what is going to happen next, so the next chapter might be a little slow in coming or I may suddenly figure out what I want to happen at the next chapter may be up at warp speed! One can never tell
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