Day 9

Warious woke up in what looked like a dorm room. "What?" she yelled.

"Ouch. Could you please lower your voice?" Haldir said. "I'm right next to you."

"Sorry H."

"H?"

"Your new nickname."

Haldir sighed and got up. "Where are we?"

"I don't know." Then Warious realized something. "I CAN'T FEEL THE FORCE!!!!"

Haldir covered his ears. "Please not so loud!!!!"

"Sorry," she whispered.

"Now that you mentioned it," Haldir said, "I can't feel the earth either."

"Let's go outside and see where we are." Warious suggested heading for the door.

"Wait," Haldir said. He readjusted his quiver. "Ok. Now we can go."

Rolling her eyes Darth Warious opened the door to see a man on the other side of it. He was tall with dark hair and wore sunglasses. "Who are you?" Warious demanded.

"Welcome to the Matrix Miss Warious. My name is Agent Smith." The man replied.

"The Matrix, I thought that was a movie?"

"No it's not. You are here for a purpose." Mr. Smith said.

"What purpose?" Haldir asked confused, "What is the Matrix?"

"This is the Matrix, Mr. Haldir. Your purpose is to destroy Neo Anderson and his friends." Smith held up a picture. A group of people were gathered around a telephone. "We have brought you here to kill every last one of them."

Warious took the picture and went into a sithly hunting mode. "Where were these people last seen?" she asked. The agent nodded, there was a flash of light and they were standing on a busy street in downtown New York. "They were last seen here. Watch out for the other agents, and if you have any further questions, I am everywhere." The Agent handed Warious a gun, then disappeared into a crowd of people.

"That man looked a lot like Lord Elrond." Haldir said to Warious.

She shook her head. "Let's get started." Warious said moving down the street.

"Oi! Wait a minute Warious. Why do we have to kill these people? I don't want to kill anyone." Haldir said blocking her path.

"You aren't the one who is going to kill them, Haldir. I am. Pushee Wumpa!" Warious shoved past the elf and started her search.

..........

Haldir wandered around the city for some time. He tried to avoid the woman population, after one scantly clad lady pinned him in an ally way and tried to kiss him, and other things that are not appropriate to speak about.

At about late morning Haldir saw the man Warious was to kill, walking with another person who had been in the picture Agent Smith showed them earlier. He approached them and the encounter went something like this...

"Neo Anderson?" Haldir asked.

Neo stopped walking and looked at the elf way. "Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Haldir. I have something to tell you; it is important."

Neo and his female companion led him to a quiet place.

"What do you have to say, Mr. Haldir?" the woman asked.

Haldir quickly explained what had happened that morning. "And now my friend Warious seems to have lost her mind and is looking for you to kill you."

Neo looked at his friend. "What do you think Trinity?"

Trinity cast a seemingly neutral look in Haldir's direction before answering. "He seems to be honest, and you don't have elves walking around in the Matrix. It isn't in the program."

Neo looked at the elf. "Well Mr. Haldir, we will take your word for it, for now. But if push comes to shove, your friend may die."

Haldir's mouth was dry but he managed to say, "I understand."

"Come on; let's go catch up with the others. You may come too if you like." Neo told me.

Meanwhile...

Warious had been searching for five hours now and hadn't found any trace of them. Warious began to feel sorry for leaving Haldir behind. 'Maybe I should go look for him...Nah.'

Then Warious saw Neo and a female friend, who was in the photo, cross to the side of the street Warious was on.

Warious prepared to shoot them with the gun Agent Smith had given her but then she saw Haldir walking with them.

'Do I shoot?' Warious hesitated. Haldir turned his head in Warious' direction and saw her. 'Shit!' Warious thought. She raised my gun at Neo Anderson and shot, but it was too late. Haldir warned them in time and now the crowd on the street was in a mad panic.

Warious followed the direction she had seen them go in and down a darkened ally. 'There they are!' Warious shot the gun at them trying to avoid her friend. They split up and Warious followed Neo, firing her weapon at him. Haldir strung his bow, fitted an arrow to the string, aimed and shot Warious' right arm.

When Warious thought she had Neo cornered, Warious felt a sharp pain in her upper firing arm. Then her right leg started hurting immensely. Warious felt something graze her side. It was an arrow.

Warious turned to look behind her. Haldir had his bow out and strung. She watched as he knocked an arrow to the string. To Haldir it seemed that Darth Warious had turned into a diseased animal. Warious turned back to see where Neo was. Neo had hid in a doorway, and Warious couldn't see him anywhere. Warious looked back at Haldir. He let the string go and time seemed to slow as the arrow sped towards her. The arrow went through Warious' chest and she stumbled back from the force.

Haldir ran to catch Warious as she fell, letting his bow clatter to the ground. Their eyes met and Warious heard him say, "I'm sorry," before everything went black.

Haldir thought Warious was going to die, but Neo and Trinity helped him take Warious to the hospital. The doctors said she would be fine. But Haldir decided to wait and see for himself. They let Haldir stay with her because he said he was her guardian.

Neo and Trinity left leaving Haldir alone with Warious.

...............

A/N: Now why did you go and do that you nasty co author?

Co-A/N H: You wrote that, not me.

Co-A/N M: Review.