Sorry I haven't updated for ages. I don't have an internet connection up
yet here in Thailand because my family just relocated here and . . . ah
well, it's a long story, so I won't waste any more of your time explaining.
Instead, let's see what I can think up. . .
First Encounter
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~ * ~ * ~
"I want to go with them to see how they do."
"But only if they can fit you into their strategy, Trinity."
"I know."
Everyone looked at Alpha and Omega.
"Any plan yet, you two?"
The Duo looked up at Neo.
"Why don't all of you go as well?"
"Do you need us?"
"Not if we plan this a different way."
"What do you need us to do?" Morpheus asked.
"Lure the Twins out of the restaurant."
"What?"
"Aren't they usually there during the day with the Merovingian?"
"I see."
"Okay." Trinity said. "How are we going to execute this?"
"Basically, the three of you go in, kill the rest of the bodyguards and make sure the Merovingian doesn't escape."
"Why don't we kill the Merovingian as well?"
"If you kill him, the Matrix will become unstable and goodness knows what might happen."
"What exactly did you mean when you said 'kill the rest of the bodyguards and make sure the Merovingian doesn't escape'?"
"Elaboration: We only want the Twins out. Not the rest. Go in through the reception as per-normal. Once inside, lock and seal the doors. We do not want any panicking patrons to disrupt our plans. Eliminate all the henchmen apart from the Twins. The Merovingian will have no choice but to send them after you. Escape through the back door and lock that as well." Omega explained. She tapped the control panel in the middle of the table they were gathered around. A holographic map of the chateau sprang up.
"You'll exit here with the Twins coming after you." Alpha said as she defined their escape route on the map. "Take the first left turning and go straight until you see the elevators on your right. Opposite the elevators and slightly farther up is another corridor where we will be waiting. Continue past us. The turns here and there will force the Twins to follow you on the same level. They'll lose you if they go through the floor. When they reach us, we'll launch our attack. You all will take the third right turn after the elevators and get out of the building by the stairs. Got that?"
"Sounds good." Trinity nodded.
"Should work." Morpheus said.
"Will work." Alpha smiled certainly.
"When are we going to do it?" Neo asked.
"If we are to get it done, it might as well be today." Omega reasoned while checking her weapons.
"Let's go."
~ @ ~ @ ~
"Everybody clear on what to do? No questions?"
"No." answered Neo and Trinity simultaneously. Morpheus stood looking thoughtful.
"I have a question."
"Always the doubting one." Omega muttered.
"What if something goes wrong?"
Alpha had to restrain herself from swearing. Didn't he trust them? Had they not been created to get rid of the Twins? A program always performed its main function the best and often without any faults at all.
"Nothing will go wrong."
"There's always a possibility that something could."
"Never mind Morpheus." Neo quickly said, sensing Alpha's frustration. "We have to go."
'Before she kills you' Neo silently added in his mind. He pulled Morpheus in the direction of the reception area.
"Good luck." Omega said to Neo, Trinity and Morpheus as they began to walk off. "We'll be ready and waiting."
~ * ~ * ~
(In the restaurant)
Morpheus turned around and used a welding gun to seal the colossal front doors together. Patron started to feel rather uncomfortable, but they were quickly assured by Neo and company that they were in no danger.
Once again, Neo, Trinity and Morpheus walked up to the owner of the restaurant and stood before one of the most dangerous programs in the entire Matrix.
"Merovingian."
"What are you doing here? You have already taken the Keymaker. There is nothing here for you."
"As a matter of fact, there is something that we need."
"Whatever it is, listen carefully. I will only say this once. You are not getting it so you might as well leave." The Merovingian snapped.
"We need it. And we will not leave until we have it."
"You will not need anything apart from a grave stone if you are dead."
His henchmen immediately took the hint and surrounded the trio with their guns drawn out and ready to fire.
"Out. Now."
"You are such a bastard." Trinity said, geared up for some action. She windmill-kicked the trained assassins which circled them, sending about half of them flying and crashing into the countless display shelves of worthless bottles of wine from all over World. Shards of glass cut their throats and slashed them to bits.
People were starting to leave their seats, unsure about whether what was going on could endanger their lives.
Morpheus pulled out his machineguns and shot two of the henchmen, killing both of them instantly. They fell to the ground, splattering blood onto the previously spotless marble around the Merovingian.
All the tables were now vacant. Everyone who was not either fighting or dead was pounding on the sealed door in attempt to get out, but to no avail.
Five down, Neo was taking on the remaining four. He grabbed a chair and smashed it on the ground. Grabbing the splintered pieces he impaled the last ones that they were supposed to kill.
Only the Twins were left now.
"You two," The Merovingian commanded the Twins. "Kill them."
Everything was going according to plan.
Trinity led the way out the back door which no one but they and the Merovingian knew about and sealed it the same way Morpheus had the front door, then Neo took over, leading them closer and closer to where the Duo were going to intercept the Twins.
Morpheus, taking up the rear, glanced over his shoulder. Shit. The Twins weren't following; at least not on the same level. What was going to happen now? He sure damn hoped that the Duo had a backup plan. Hoping for the best, he attempted to direct his mind back to the task at hand which currently was: running.
"Running forwards and looking in the opposite direction is not a good idea, Morpheus." Stated a British accent from in front of Morpheus.
Morpheus stopped moving and found himself facing one of the Twins.
"Thought you could escape us by winding your way through these corridors, didn't you?"
'Are you going to do what we want you to do, albinos? Are you going to follow us? Thinking that you are going to kill us?' Morpheus thought. Part of him felt relived that their plan would be successful, after all. The other half of him was trying to figure out a way to get past the Twin- now both twins, as the other rose up through the floor- and rejoin Neo and Trinity.
He rammed his elbow into the wall as hard as he could and shattered a few of the tiles. As the jagged edged pieces began to fall, he caught the biggest shard there was and flung it at the Twins in an outwards throw. The Twins had no other option but to phase. Morpheus charged through them as if they were non-existent and ran to catch up with his mission partners.
Undaunted, the Twins phased back to normal and ran down the long hallway after the three exiles.
Neo, Trinity and Morpheus had already taken the first left turn and they could see the elevators up ahead.
Now they were at the elevators.
Now they were passing the Duo.
Alpha and Omega whipped out their weapons. They could hear the Twins approaching. Nearer, nearer...
'Now.' Alpha signaled. They leapt out from behind the corner and knocked the Twins to the ground, holding daggers against their throats.
"Who are you, little girls?" the Twins mockingly asked their attackers. Two teenagers with daggers and whose suits slightly resembled Trinity's? What could they do? The Twins always thought of outside people this way: useless, pathetic, easy to kill; but underestimating the Duo was something no one should ever do. Unfortunately, the Twins didn't know that.
They phased and stood up, expecting the identical girls to freak and run away screaming. Instead, the Duo did the one thing that the Twins had always thought impossible. The girls transed and shifted into the same ghostly state that the Twins were in.
"What the Hell?" the Twins gaped.
While they were still in a state of shock, Alpha and Omega ran forwards and delivered a power-packed punch to the Twins' guts. Doubled over in pain, the Twins realized that the Duo was more than what they had ever expected of anyone, and that they would have to give this first- and hopefully last- fight all they had, in order to quickly rid themselves of these new enemies. These threats to both their reputations and futures.
They whipped out their switchblades and flung them at the two forms of darkness. If the Duo had been in the same form as the blades, they would have gotten hurt, but they transed and returned to their other state, so the only thing the 'untouchable' blades did was pass right though them. Alpha and Omega looked behind them. Two pearl-handled switchblades were stuck three inches into the solid black jade wall.
The Twins didn't need any real weapons to dispose of these adversaries. Aggression and malice flowed through their coding.
Agreeing on the same move, the Twins moved forwards and in one quick fluid motion they had locked Alpha and Omega's heads in a painful position; twisted, over ninety degrees to the side. That alone would have killed most people, but the Duo had come prepared for this sort of fight.
Ignoring the dull pain in their necks as a result of the head lock they were in, Alpha and Omega worked their arms between the Twins' and pushed the albinos off balance, but the Twins swiftly counter-attacked by shoving the girls up against the wall by their necks, not in the least minding the spiked leather bands, leaving them to choke to death.
The Twins had come to realize that as long as they were in the same state as the Duo, Alpha and Omega wouldn't be able to avoid any of their attacks by transing.
'Time to use our weapons, sis.'
'After you.'
One moment the Twins had the upper hand and the next, either daggers were lodged between their shoulder blades from behind, or multiple blades connected by a chain were digging into their necks.
They staggered backwards, their clothes now a mess of white and red.
Quickly, the Duo attacked them at the throat with a Y hand strike, before creating deep gashes in the side of the face using the curved blades which they had on the outer arm.
Satisfied, the identical sisters transed and disappeared through the wall, leaving the Twins stunned and alone in the hallway.
~ @ ~ * ~
"How'd it go?"
"Well enough. We can get rid of them the next time we meet."
Neo had a confused, worried and yet somehow a calm expression on his face.
"What's the matter Neo?"
"It seems . . . strange that the end of the war has suddenly become so much nearer after the creation of you two. I mean, was the solution there all along? Is it really all so simple? Just two more people- well, programs actually- and everything . . . may be over soon?" Neo voiced his thoughts.
"I agree Neo. It does seem strange." Morpheus said. "But most things don't happen as we expect or plan them to."
Neo nodded. "So when are you planning on meeting up with them again?"
"The sooner the better-"
"-And we don't want to give them too much time to recover from the shock we've given them-"
"-so if we are to do it, it should be tomorrow. . ."
". . . and if is going to be tomorrow, it could have been today. . ."
". . . and if it was today, it also could have happened yesterday. . ."
". . . In which case our purpose is fulfilled and Neo is one step closer to defeating the Matrix."
"Tomorrow, they will die."
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No humor for this chapter . . . not even the slightest bit of it . . . and I don't think there will be any in the next one either. But it will come.
And you know, I'm really, really, REALLY getting caught up with my story and even though I am far from finishing this fic, I'm already done planning the prologue and sequel.
Prologue = Bridge from Revolutions to this: Why Neo, Trinity and Morpheus are back in the scene; why Smith had to be re-deleted; why everything is the same as before. . .
Sequel = Yes, the Matrix was defeated in Revolutions, and was rebuilt very quickly after, and also a positive answer to the question if Neo got the upper hand over the newest Matrix in 'The Twins Meets Their Match: The Duo'. In this sequel, the Matrix cyber world is reconstructing itself again, even though in the real world the Sentinels/squddies etc are all gone and the Earth is beginning to repopulate. How? Wait, read, and find out. . .
First Encounter
: .: . : . : . : .: . : . : .
~ * ~ * ~
"I want to go with them to see how they do."
"But only if they can fit you into their strategy, Trinity."
"I know."
Everyone looked at Alpha and Omega.
"Any plan yet, you two?"
The Duo looked up at Neo.
"Why don't all of you go as well?"
"Do you need us?"
"Not if we plan this a different way."
"What do you need us to do?" Morpheus asked.
"Lure the Twins out of the restaurant."
"What?"
"Aren't they usually there during the day with the Merovingian?"
"I see."
"Okay." Trinity said. "How are we going to execute this?"
"Basically, the three of you go in, kill the rest of the bodyguards and make sure the Merovingian doesn't escape."
"Why don't we kill the Merovingian as well?"
"If you kill him, the Matrix will become unstable and goodness knows what might happen."
"What exactly did you mean when you said 'kill the rest of the bodyguards and make sure the Merovingian doesn't escape'?"
"Elaboration: We only want the Twins out. Not the rest. Go in through the reception as per-normal. Once inside, lock and seal the doors. We do not want any panicking patrons to disrupt our plans. Eliminate all the henchmen apart from the Twins. The Merovingian will have no choice but to send them after you. Escape through the back door and lock that as well." Omega explained. She tapped the control panel in the middle of the table they were gathered around. A holographic map of the chateau sprang up.
"You'll exit here with the Twins coming after you." Alpha said as she defined their escape route on the map. "Take the first left turning and go straight until you see the elevators on your right. Opposite the elevators and slightly farther up is another corridor where we will be waiting. Continue past us. The turns here and there will force the Twins to follow you on the same level. They'll lose you if they go through the floor. When they reach us, we'll launch our attack. You all will take the third right turn after the elevators and get out of the building by the stairs. Got that?"
"Sounds good." Trinity nodded.
"Should work." Morpheus said.
"Will work." Alpha smiled certainly.
"When are we going to do it?" Neo asked.
"If we are to get it done, it might as well be today." Omega reasoned while checking her weapons.
"Let's go."
~ @ ~ @ ~
"Everybody clear on what to do? No questions?"
"No." answered Neo and Trinity simultaneously. Morpheus stood looking thoughtful.
"I have a question."
"Always the doubting one." Omega muttered.
"What if something goes wrong?"
Alpha had to restrain herself from swearing. Didn't he trust them? Had they not been created to get rid of the Twins? A program always performed its main function the best and often without any faults at all.
"Nothing will go wrong."
"There's always a possibility that something could."
"Never mind Morpheus." Neo quickly said, sensing Alpha's frustration. "We have to go."
'Before she kills you' Neo silently added in his mind. He pulled Morpheus in the direction of the reception area.
"Good luck." Omega said to Neo, Trinity and Morpheus as they began to walk off. "We'll be ready and waiting."
~ * ~ * ~
(In the restaurant)
Morpheus turned around and used a welding gun to seal the colossal front doors together. Patron started to feel rather uncomfortable, but they were quickly assured by Neo and company that they were in no danger.
Once again, Neo, Trinity and Morpheus walked up to the owner of the restaurant and stood before one of the most dangerous programs in the entire Matrix.
"Merovingian."
"What are you doing here? You have already taken the Keymaker. There is nothing here for you."
"As a matter of fact, there is something that we need."
"Whatever it is, listen carefully. I will only say this once. You are not getting it so you might as well leave." The Merovingian snapped.
"We need it. And we will not leave until we have it."
"You will not need anything apart from a grave stone if you are dead."
His henchmen immediately took the hint and surrounded the trio with their guns drawn out and ready to fire.
"Out. Now."
"You are such a bastard." Trinity said, geared up for some action. She windmill-kicked the trained assassins which circled them, sending about half of them flying and crashing into the countless display shelves of worthless bottles of wine from all over World. Shards of glass cut their throats and slashed them to bits.
People were starting to leave their seats, unsure about whether what was going on could endanger their lives.
Morpheus pulled out his machineguns and shot two of the henchmen, killing both of them instantly. They fell to the ground, splattering blood onto the previously spotless marble around the Merovingian.
All the tables were now vacant. Everyone who was not either fighting or dead was pounding on the sealed door in attempt to get out, but to no avail.
Five down, Neo was taking on the remaining four. He grabbed a chair and smashed it on the ground. Grabbing the splintered pieces he impaled the last ones that they were supposed to kill.
Only the Twins were left now.
"You two," The Merovingian commanded the Twins. "Kill them."
Everything was going according to plan.
Trinity led the way out the back door which no one but they and the Merovingian knew about and sealed it the same way Morpheus had the front door, then Neo took over, leading them closer and closer to where the Duo were going to intercept the Twins.
Morpheus, taking up the rear, glanced over his shoulder. Shit. The Twins weren't following; at least not on the same level. What was going to happen now? He sure damn hoped that the Duo had a backup plan. Hoping for the best, he attempted to direct his mind back to the task at hand which currently was: running.
"Running forwards and looking in the opposite direction is not a good idea, Morpheus." Stated a British accent from in front of Morpheus.
Morpheus stopped moving and found himself facing one of the Twins.
"Thought you could escape us by winding your way through these corridors, didn't you?"
'Are you going to do what we want you to do, albinos? Are you going to follow us? Thinking that you are going to kill us?' Morpheus thought. Part of him felt relived that their plan would be successful, after all. The other half of him was trying to figure out a way to get past the Twin- now both twins, as the other rose up through the floor- and rejoin Neo and Trinity.
He rammed his elbow into the wall as hard as he could and shattered a few of the tiles. As the jagged edged pieces began to fall, he caught the biggest shard there was and flung it at the Twins in an outwards throw. The Twins had no other option but to phase. Morpheus charged through them as if they were non-existent and ran to catch up with his mission partners.
Undaunted, the Twins phased back to normal and ran down the long hallway after the three exiles.
Neo, Trinity and Morpheus had already taken the first left turn and they could see the elevators up ahead.
Now they were at the elevators.
Now they were passing the Duo.
Alpha and Omega whipped out their weapons. They could hear the Twins approaching. Nearer, nearer...
'Now.' Alpha signaled. They leapt out from behind the corner and knocked the Twins to the ground, holding daggers against their throats.
"Who are you, little girls?" the Twins mockingly asked their attackers. Two teenagers with daggers and whose suits slightly resembled Trinity's? What could they do? The Twins always thought of outside people this way: useless, pathetic, easy to kill; but underestimating the Duo was something no one should ever do. Unfortunately, the Twins didn't know that.
They phased and stood up, expecting the identical girls to freak and run away screaming. Instead, the Duo did the one thing that the Twins had always thought impossible. The girls transed and shifted into the same ghostly state that the Twins were in.
"What the Hell?" the Twins gaped.
While they were still in a state of shock, Alpha and Omega ran forwards and delivered a power-packed punch to the Twins' guts. Doubled over in pain, the Twins realized that the Duo was more than what they had ever expected of anyone, and that they would have to give this first- and hopefully last- fight all they had, in order to quickly rid themselves of these new enemies. These threats to both their reputations and futures.
They whipped out their switchblades and flung them at the two forms of darkness. If the Duo had been in the same form as the blades, they would have gotten hurt, but they transed and returned to their other state, so the only thing the 'untouchable' blades did was pass right though them. Alpha and Omega looked behind them. Two pearl-handled switchblades were stuck three inches into the solid black jade wall.
The Twins didn't need any real weapons to dispose of these adversaries. Aggression and malice flowed through their coding.
Agreeing on the same move, the Twins moved forwards and in one quick fluid motion they had locked Alpha and Omega's heads in a painful position; twisted, over ninety degrees to the side. That alone would have killed most people, but the Duo had come prepared for this sort of fight.
Ignoring the dull pain in their necks as a result of the head lock they were in, Alpha and Omega worked their arms between the Twins' and pushed the albinos off balance, but the Twins swiftly counter-attacked by shoving the girls up against the wall by their necks, not in the least minding the spiked leather bands, leaving them to choke to death.
The Twins had come to realize that as long as they were in the same state as the Duo, Alpha and Omega wouldn't be able to avoid any of their attacks by transing.
'Time to use our weapons, sis.'
'After you.'
One moment the Twins had the upper hand and the next, either daggers were lodged between their shoulder blades from behind, or multiple blades connected by a chain were digging into their necks.
They staggered backwards, their clothes now a mess of white and red.
Quickly, the Duo attacked them at the throat with a Y hand strike, before creating deep gashes in the side of the face using the curved blades which they had on the outer arm.
Satisfied, the identical sisters transed and disappeared through the wall, leaving the Twins stunned and alone in the hallway.
~ @ ~ * ~
"How'd it go?"
"Well enough. We can get rid of them the next time we meet."
Neo had a confused, worried and yet somehow a calm expression on his face.
"What's the matter Neo?"
"It seems . . . strange that the end of the war has suddenly become so much nearer after the creation of you two. I mean, was the solution there all along? Is it really all so simple? Just two more people- well, programs actually- and everything . . . may be over soon?" Neo voiced his thoughts.
"I agree Neo. It does seem strange." Morpheus said. "But most things don't happen as we expect or plan them to."
Neo nodded. "So when are you planning on meeting up with them again?"
"The sooner the better-"
"-And we don't want to give them too much time to recover from the shock we've given them-"
"-so if we are to do it, it should be tomorrow. . ."
". . . and if is going to be tomorrow, it could have been today. . ."
". . . and if it was today, it also could have happened yesterday. . ."
". . . In which case our purpose is fulfilled and Neo is one step closer to defeating the Matrix."
"Tomorrow, they will die."
- . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . -
No humor for this chapter . . . not even the slightest bit of it . . . and I don't think there will be any in the next one either. But it will come.
And you know, I'm really, really, REALLY getting caught up with my story and even though I am far from finishing this fic, I'm already done planning the prologue and sequel.
Prologue = Bridge from Revolutions to this: Why Neo, Trinity and Morpheus are back in the scene; why Smith had to be re-deleted; why everything is the same as before. . .
Sequel = Yes, the Matrix was defeated in Revolutions, and was rebuilt very quickly after, and also a positive answer to the question if Neo got the upper hand over the newest Matrix in 'The Twins Meets Their Match: The Duo'. In this sequel, the Matrix cyber world is reconstructing itself again, even though in the real world the Sentinels/squddies etc are all gone and the Earth is beginning to repopulate. How? Wait, read, and find out. . .