A/N: Whew, this has never happened to me before. I had writer's block.
shakes fists at the evil Writer's Block Demon Must be the excuse for the
last chapter. Yeah, it really stank. Sorry. Hands readers clothes pins
And I can't do the little squiggly separation thing! Grrr. Oh well, I'll
have to try something else...
Luthien33: Hannon le! gives her bowl of single-ceiled protein
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Chapter 13 Rescue?
Meanwhile, back with our friends of the Nebuchadnezzar...
'So, now what do we do?' asks Switch
'Well, we try and rescue her.' Good ol' Morpheus always has an answer.
'And how do you propose we do that? We don't even know where she is!'
'...Good point...'
They all sit down and try to think of where THEY would store an insane Teenager.
'Deep, deep underground, in some abandoned, sealed-off salt mine.' Mumbles Mouse They all turn and glare at him.
'-What?'
'You're not helping.'
'Can't blame a fellow for trying. Sheesh.'
Suddenly, Cypher, who has been silent this whole time, jumps up shouting: 'I KNOW!'
'Yes, you know a lot of things. Too many, actually.' Replies Trinity.
'Gee, Trin, you know you're really hot when you talk like that?'
Trinity edges away from him.
'Don't get any ideas, Creep.'
'Fine then. If you're gonna talk like that, I may as well defect.'
'Good for you.'
'We're not getting anywhere, people...' Snaps Apoc, breaking in. 'In my opinion, we should just leave her... save me a LOT of trouble...'
'What, you don't WANT to be Dan's knight in Shining Armor?' Mouse grins at him
'Ha-ha. Very funny. I say we vote. Whoever is for abandoning the Nut, raise their hand!'
All hands reach for the sky.
'Good,' says Morpheus. 'We agreed on something. Take note of that, my crew. If we all just work together, and try and get along...' He is smothered by his crew before he can preach anymore.
At this moment, the Author realized that if this fic is going to go anywhere, the crew of the Neb can't leave our heroine. She decides to take drastic measures, and zaps everyone back into character. Morpheus whips our his cellphone.
'Operator' says Tank.
'We got trouble. We think that Danae has been kidnapped by the Agents. Can you find her?'
'Hang on... wait, do you mean you're gonna actually try and RESCUE her?! Those are Agents holding her! I dunno how many of 'em. I want Dan back too, but what you're talking about is-'
'Stop quoting yourself and do as I say.'
'Yessir. Just as you say. Right away. No problem. On it.'
A few minutes later...
'Got her! She's not with the agents. I think she's been kidnapped by the Merovingian.'
'Right.' Morpheus hangs up, then turns to his crew. 'We need a helicopter.'
'A Helicopter? What for?' puzzles Neo, who is soundly hit over the head by Trinity.
'To rescue Dan, dimwit.'
'Oh. Where does one find a helicopter in the middle of the city?'
'Good question...'
Morpheus takes command. 'Everyone split up. Look for a helicopter. Come back here in an hour.'
'Why a helicopter?' insists Neo
'It's dramatic.'
'Oh. Okay!' Neo flies off, the crew members split up and run all over the city looking for the dramatic helicopter.
An hour later, the crew re-assembles, with no luck.
'Well... I found something that might work instead...' Mouse says haltingly.
'What?'
'Lemmie show you.'
They follow him to the outskirts of the city, and stop in front of a Ranch, with a big sign that reads: 'ATTACK LLAMAS SOLD HERE'
'Attack... Llamas...?' gapes Switch
'You find anything better?'
'No...'
They all troop into the ranch, causing quite a stir with their very cool outfits. They buy one llama each.
Outside...
'So. How does one ride an attack llama?'
Trinity sighs, and calls Tank.
'Operator.'
'Tank, I need a pilot program for a 2-year-old-attack-llama. Hurry!'
Trinity's eyes flutter as the information surges into her brain. She swings up onto hers. 'Let's go.'
'Hey, wait for us!'
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Luthien33: Hannon le! gives her bowl of single-ceiled protein
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Chapter 13 Rescue?
Meanwhile, back with our friends of the Nebuchadnezzar...
'So, now what do we do?' asks Switch
'Well, we try and rescue her.' Good ol' Morpheus always has an answer.
'And how do you propose we do that? We don't even know where she is!'
'...Good point...'
They all sit down and try to think of where THEY would store an insane Teenager.
'Deep, deep underground, in some abandoned, sealed-off salt mine.' Mumbles Mouse They all turn and glare at him.
'-What?'
'You're not helping.'
'Can't blame a fellow for trying. Sheesh.'
Suddenly, Cypher, who has been silent this whole time, jumps up shouting: 'I KNOW!'
'Yes, you know a lot of things. Too many, actually.' Replies Trinity.
'Gee, Trin, you know you're really hot when you talk like that?'
Trinity edges away from him.
'Don't get any ideas, Creep.'
'Fine then. If you're gonna talk like that, I may as well defect.'
'Good for you.'
'We're not getting anywhere, people...' Snaps Apoc, breaking in. 'In my opinion, we should just leave her... save me a LOT of trouble...'
'What, you don't WANT to be Dan's knight in Shining Armor?' Mouse grins at him
'Ha-ha. Very funny. I say we vote. Whoever is for abandoning the Nut, raise their hand!'
All hands reach for the sky.
'Good,' says Morpheus. 'We agreed on something. Take note of that, my crew. If we all just work together, and try and get along...' He is smothered by his crew before he can preach anymore.
At this moment, the Author realized that if this fic is going to go anywhere, the crew of the Neb can't leave our heroine. She decides to take drastic measures, and zaps everyone back into character. Morpheus whips our his cellphone.
'Operator' says Tank.
'We got trouble. We think that Danae has been kidnapped by the Agents. Can you find her?'
'Hang on... wait, do you mean you're gonna actually try and RESCUE her?! Those are Agents holding her! I dunno how many of 'em. I want Dan back too, but what you're talking about is-'
'Stop quoting yourself and do as I say.'
'Yessir. Just as you say. Right away. No problem. On it.'
A few minutes later...
'Got her! She's not with the agents. I think she's been kidnapped by the Merovingian.'
'Right.' Morpheus hangs up, then turns to his crew. 'We need a helicopter.'
'A Helicopter? What for?' puzzles Neo, who is soundly hit over the head by Trinity.
'To rescue Dan, dimwit.'
'Oh. Where does one find a helicopter in the middle of the city?'
'Good question...'
Morpheus takes command. 'Everyone split up. Look for a helicopter. Come back here in an hour.'
'Why a helicopter?' insists Neo
'It's dramatic.'
'Oh. Okay!' Neo flies off, the crew members split up and run all over the city looking for the dramatic helicopter.
An hour later, the crew re-assembles, with no luck.
'Well... I found something that might work instead...' Mouse says haltingly.
'What?'
'Lemmie show you.'
They follow him to the outskirts of the city, and stop in front of a Ranch, with a big sign that reads: 'ATTACK LLAMAS SOLD HERE'
'Attack... Llamas...?' gapes Switch
'You find anything better?'
'No...'
They all troop into the ranch, causing quite a stir with their very cool outfits. They buy one llama each.
Outside...
'So. How does one ride an attack llama?'
Trinity sighs, and calls Tank.
'Operator.'
'Tank, I need a pilot program for a 2-year-old-attack-llama. Hurry!'
Trinity's eyes flutter as the information surges into her brain. She swings up onto hers. 'Let's go.'
'Hey, wait for us!'
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