Chapter 5

Indigo awoke the next morning to the sound of birds chirping outside her window. She got up, showered and got dressed in one of the black suits that was provided for her. After she was done primping and fixing her make-up, she heard a knock at the door.

"Come in!" she said.

At that moment, agents Jones and Brown entered the room.

"Where is Smith?" she asked.

"Mr. Smith is visiting The Oracle." said Jones.

"But he has instructed us to give you a tour of the surroundings. So you don't feel so confined." Brown replied.

"Okay gentlemen," she said with a sigh and slight smile, "let's do this tour then."

"After you Miss Miller." Jones said as he showed her to the door.

The three of them entered the green lighted hall and all the way down as far as the eye could see all Indigo could see were doors and they all looked the same.

"This way." Brown told her.

The three of them made a right and walked all the way down to the elevator at the end of the hall, they entered. All this time except for the initial meeting between Smith and herself. Smith had been quite the gentleman and now the other agents were following suit. Even though her hosts had shown her their hospitality and courtesy, she was still a little suspicious of them. Who could really blame her though, they were agents and she was human after all.

They reached the lobby of the building and they were greeted by a heavyset black man who was the head of security. He was a very happy looking man who smiled quite a bit, he recognized both Jones and Brown right away and greeted them.

"So how are we doing this fine day gentlmen?" said the security chief.

"Wonderful!" said Jones.

The security chief made eye contact with Indigo.

"And who would this charming young lady be?" he asked the agents.

"Oh this is Indigo. Indigo, meet our chief of security, Carl Winslow." said Brown.

"Indigo, what a lovely name!" He said taking her hand, "It is such a pleasure to meet you!"

"Like wise." Indigo replied.

Indigo was confused as to why the agents called her by her real world name instead of Miss Miller when they introduced her but she thought little of it. Maybe they were doing their best to make her stay in the matrix more pleasant.

"So are you enjoying your stay with us Miss Indigo?" Carl asked.

"Yeah...surprisingly." she answered.

"Well if you ever need anything, just feel free to let one of us know." Carl said as he smiled at her.

"I will keep that in mind, thank you Carl." she said.

After exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Winslow the three headed out the door and the tour began. Jones and Brown showed her the sights of the nieghborhood and even went to the local Starbucks for coffee. Jones ordered a tall mocha, Brown ordered a tall caramel marchiato and Indigo would have a venti caramel frappacino. They sat outside and watched the people walk by. There was the blonde woman in red and she recognized the two agents, she raised her hand from across the street to say hello and when she had clearance she walked across the street to greet them.

"Oh shit! Here she comes!" said Jones

"Whatever you do. Don't make eye contact and if she comes over and starts chatting...well...just smile and nod." instructed Brown.

By then it was too late and she walked on over.

"So how are you guys doing?" asked the woman in red in very annoying high pitched voice.

"You know the ususal." said Brown.

"So who's your friend?" asked the lady in red as she looked at Indigo.

Indigo could not believe how annoying the lady in red's voice was. It was damned near splitting her ears.

"I'm Indigo."

"Nice to meet you! You know you're really pretty for a human." she said in the high pitched nasally tone.

"Uh ... thanks." Indigo didn't know weather to take that as a compliment or an insult.

At that point Jones looked at his watch and said "Oh damn! Look at the time! Brown we gotta get going!"

Brown looked at Jones for a second and then realized what he was doing and finally answered, "Oh yeah! We gotta do that thing we do."

And Indigo chimed in, "Oh I know what thing you're talking about!"

"Yeah! That thing we have to do today...." said Jones

"And we are sooooo gonna be late!" finished Brown.

"Yeah! So it was nice to meet you!" said Indigo with somewhat of a grimace.

"Well alright it was nice meeting you too! Bye fellas!" she said as they took their leave.

Indigo could not believe how annoying the lady in red sounded. One would think the architect of the matrix would make her more pleasant sounding. She pondered this as they were walking back to the building.

"Please tell me that not all the programs here are that annoying."

"Oh no, just her." Brown said.

That's why whenever she tries to engage in small talk with any of the programs here, all we do is just smile and nod." said Jones.

"Well why can't a program that is annoying just be deleted?" she asked.

"Well it used to be that way long ago but the architect decided that flaws would make the matrix more interesting and more like the real world. And we could learn about humanity." said Brown.

"Hmm .... I guess that would make some sense." Indigo replied.

They realized it was getting dark and decided to head back to the building, once inside they were greeted by Carl who asked them how their day went. They made small chit chat and headed upstairs to the top floor. Once there, Indigo noticed a door that she didn't realize existed. It was the only door that had numbers on it. Those numbers were 303.

"Why is this door the only one with numbers on it?" she asked.

"Actually we don't go there and that door and what is behind it is off limits." said Brown.

"Why is it off limits?" Indigo asked again.

"The only one that goes in there is Smith ... no one else. If we did we could be in serious trouble." said Jones.

"Okay, good to know." said Indigo.

The agents walked her to her door and she wished them a good night. She let the door close behind her, once she was inside she waited for until she heard no more footsteps in the hall. She then peeked her out of the door to see if the coast was clear and she made her way to room 303. When she reached the door she held her breath and opened the door. Behind that door would be answers to what Smith was hiding.