Adventures- Chapter 2
The room was a dark, messy place. Wires were everywhere, connected to monitors and also to 5 crude chairs. Two of these chairs were occupied. The occupants were Rio, a young, brown haired man of 23 and Beam a 22-year-old blonde. A thick cable connected into her head, almost identical to the one connected to Rio.
It was that cable the allowed them to connect to the artificial world of the Matrix, a prison designed by the machines to control human minds.
Rio's body jerked slightly as he regained consciousness. "Welcome back to reality, or 'hell' as I like to call it!" The words of Apex, the 14-year-old operator of the ship and the youngest of the crew, he was the one who worked on the computers that allowed the crew to jack-in to the Matrix.
"Reality for you maybe, I'm still getting used to this." Rio had only recently been freed from the matrix, but he'd quickly mastered many of the skills of a resistance fighter. "Hey, where's Phoenix?" Asked Beam. "I dunno, I saw him earlier, he look kind of pleased with himself." Apex answered. "You don't think he's got it in his head that he can one-up me does he?" Replied Beam. "Even Phoenix isn't THAT stupid." "You are kidding right, he take stupidity to a whole new level!" Apex, Rio and Beam laughed.
"What do you mean whole new level, I'm smarter than any of you!" Exclaimed Phoenix, who felt somewhat offended. "That's a dirty lie and you know it!" "Yeah, it's an insult to the food!" "I'm the only one here that can get you in and out of the Matrix, baby-sit you while you're in and keep sentinels off our backs at the same time! You can't even think of being smarter than me!" "Ah." Was all Phoenix managed to say.
"Hey is that my. YOU PRICK! YOU'VE BEEN IN MY QUARTERS!" "Oh shit." Beam began to chase Phoenix. It didn't take long for her to catch him. Even outside of the Matrix, Beam was the fittest of the crew. She punched Phoenix several times until he gave her a black, leather bound book. "Now get out of here before I decide to punish you for taking my diary!" Phoenix took the opportunity to limp away. "You keep a diary?" Asked Rio. "Some habits die hard, I used to keep a diary of all my thoughts before I was freed." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I think my diary needs updating," With that, Beam walked off.
"What the hell was that?" It was Razor, a 28-year-old man with a shaven head. "Just Phoenix and Beam fighting sir." Replied Rio. "What have I said Rio, just because I'm the captain, doesn't mean you have to be all official style about it, just call me Razor." "Yes captain.I mean sir.Razor." Apex laughed.
Suddenly, alarms sounded and warning lights flickered all over the ship.
The room was a dark, messy place. Wires were everywhere, connected to monitors and also to 5 crude chairs. Two of these chairs were occupied. The occupants were Rio, a young, brown haired man of 23 and Beam a 22-year-old blonde. A thick cable connected into her head, almost identical to the one connected to Rio.
It was that cable the allowed them to connect to the artificial world of the Matrix, a prison designed by the machines to control human minds.
Rio's body jerked slightly as he regained consciousness. "Welcome back to reality, or 'hell' as I like to call it!" The words of Apex, the 14-year-old operator of the ship and the youngest of the crew, he was the one who worked on the computers that allowed the crew to jack-in to the Matrix.
"Reality for you maybe, I'm still getting used to this." Rio had only recently been freed from the matrix, but he'd quickly mastered many of the skills of a resistance fighter. "Hey, where's Phoenix?" Asked Beam. "I dunno, I saw him earlier, he look kind of pleased with himself." Apex answered. "You don't think he's got it in his head that he can one-up me does he?" Replied Beam. "Even Phoenix isn't THAT stupid." "You are kidding right, he take stupidity to a whole new level!" Apex, Rio and Beam laughed.
"What do you mean whole new level, I'm smarter than any of you!" Exclaimed Phoenix, who felt somewhat offended. "That's a dirty lie and you know it!" "Yeah, it's an insult to the food!" "I'm the only one here that can get you in and out of the Matrix, baby-sit you while you're in and keep sentinels off our backs at the same time! You can't even think of being smarter than me!" "Ah." Was all Phoenix managed to say.
"Hey is that my. YOU PRICK! YOU'VE BEEN IN MY QUARTERS!" "Oh shit." Beam began to chase Phoenix. It didn't take long for her to catch him. Even outside of the Matrix, Beam was the fittest of the crew. She punched Phoenix several times until he gave her a black, leather bound book. "Now get out of here before I decide to punish you for taking my diary!" Phoenix took the opportunity to limp away. "You keep a diary?" Asked Rio. "Some habits die hard, I used to keep a diary of all my thoughts before I was freed." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I think my diary needs updating," With that, Beam walked off.
"What the hell was that?" It was Razor, a 28-year-old man with a shaven head. "Just Phoenix and Beam fighting sir." Replied Rio. "What have I said Rio, just because I'm the captain, doesn't mean you have to be all official style about it, just call me Razor." "Yes captain.I mean sir.Razor." Apex laughed.
Suddenly, alarms sounded and warning lights flickered all over the ship.