Luis meets Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, Niobe, and Ghost and learned about the Matrix. The only thing he has to do is to choose. The red pill or the blue pill?
Chapter Notes:
This is another scene from the first Matrix movie.
Narrative: Italics
Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix
Chapter 4: Red Pill, Blue Pill
LM: So I left the house and waited at the corner for something to happen. Many thoughts were still in my head about Neo. Jackson said that Neo is a terrorist, but Neo himself said that he's an angle freeing people from their eternal prisons. Even though I was young, I didn't know what that meant. But what will happen that night would change my life forever.
Luis was standing in the corner of Kennedy and 45th for ten minutes waiting for a car to come and pick him up. Neo did said to him to wait for someone at 8:30 PM at the same corner he was standing on. Luis looked at his watch as it reads, 8:29, almost on the dot. Just then, a black Mustang came down the street and parked at the corner where Luis was. The tinted window slid down, showing two people in the front seat. The one in the drivers seat was a woman with light brown skin and small braids in her hair, wearing a red leather coat and a pair of weird looking sunglasses. The other one in the passenger seat was an Asian man with short black hair, wearing some type of business suit.
Woman 1: Are you LM?
Luis: Uh, yes, yes I am.
Woman 1: Get in we don't have much time.
Luis opened the back seat door and entered the back passenger seat. When he sat down he looked at another female with white skin and black hair tied to a bun. She wore a long silk black jacket, black gloves, black boots, and another pair of weird looking sunglasses. The car drove out of the corner and into the street. But when they were in the streets, both the Asian man and the white woman in the back took out their pistols and pointed them at Luis, scaring him for a second.
Luis: Hey, what the hell is this?
Woman 1: forgive us LM, for it's our protection.
Luis: Protection? Protection from what?
Woman 1: Yourself.
Luis: You mean you're going to kill me?
Woman 2: We're not here to kill you LM, we're here to save you.
The white woman flipped a switch on the gun and turned into a weird looking shot with a needle sticking out of the gun hole. Luis was about to say something, but she implanted the needle to his shoulder and pulled the trigger. Luis could feel the blood sucking out of his body, but just as soon as it started, it quickly stopped. The needle was removed as Luis placed his hand on his arm, feeling the pain after the shot.
Luis: Son of a bitch! What the hell was that about?
Woman 2: Tell me something LM; did you ever have a blood test recently?
Luis: Yeah, just last month. Why did you ask?
The woman then handed him the tube filled with blood. But in the blood was some type of metal slug squirming around. Luis got startled, opened the window, and threw it out of the car.
Luis: Jesus Christ, what was that thing?
Woman 2: That was a bug. The doctors working for the agents must've implanted it into your body to watch your every move. Hoping if you ever made contact with Neo or us, they would track you down and take us out in a matter of seconds.
Luis: Well then, thanks Ms.
Woman 2: I'm Trinity; the two in the front are captain Niobe and Ghost from the Logos.
Luis looked at the two from the front seat and nervously smiled.
Luis: Uh… Hello. (in thought) Oh God what have I got myself into.
After a full fifteen minutes, the car was parked at a rundown apartment but there's one light coming out of one of the windows on the top floor. When they got out of the car, entered the broken down apartment, went up to the top floor, and approached the two wooden doors.
Trinity: I just want to let you know, when you enter these doors, there's no turning back.
Luis nodded as both Niobe and Ghost opened the two doors. He went into the room the same time the doors closed behind him. In the room were two chairs facing each other, between the chairs is a small table with an old telephone, a small case, and a glass of water on top of it, and a fireplace that's not litted up. Luis then looked at a man staring out of a window.
Luis: Uh excuse me.
The man then turned around, showing his face to Luis. He was an African American man with a baldhead, wearing a long black leather suit that went down to his feet, a black tie, a purple undershirt that's under the suit, and a pair of sunglasses with no holders for the ears.
Man 1: LM, so glad to meet you. My name is Morpheus.
Mropheus held his hand out for a handshake and Luis shook it.
Luis: Nice to meet you too.
They then let go of their handshake.
Morpheus: Please, have a seat.
Luis sat in one chair as Morpheus sat on the other. Morpheus then grabbed the small case from the table and slowly toyed with it.
Morpheus: I believe Neo told you about me, did he?
Luis: Yeah, he told me you could see the future.
Morpheus: I do more then foresee the future, I envision a prophecy.
Luis: What prophesy?
Morpheus: Ending the war that lasted for over a century.
Luis: You know, Neo told me that but the truth is, I never seen it in any news report.
Man 2: That's because the beings in our world don't want you to know about it.
Luis looked around when he heard another voice. Just then, another male came out of a hallway. He had white skin and a black short hair, and was wearing an all black-buttoned coat that went down to his feet and some oddly shaped sunglasses. Luis stood up and looked at the man with confusion but understood who he is.
Luis: Are you Neo?
Neo: Yes LM, it's an honor meeting you for the first time. You looked surprised.
Luis: Well, yeah I am. For the moment I thought that you were my age. You know, like a teenager.
Morpheus: Looks can be deceiving LM, which leads us to the main reason why you're here. Sit back down.
Luis took his seat then looked at Morpheus with a look of concern.
Morpheus: Tell me something LM, have you ever heard of the Matrix?
Luis: Well, Neo didn't tell me about it.
Morpheus: The Matrix is all around you. It's where you live, where you shop, where you go to school, and where you grew up in. It's where you eat, sleep, and breathe. It's the reality that shields your eyes from the truth. You were living a lie LM. Your family, your friends, your own life, all a lie.
Luis: A lie? Impossible, how can I that it's all not true.
Morpheus: By your dream LM. What you dreamed up was actually real. You saw an actual city that went to hell. Those metal creatures you saw were actually sentinels from the other world. And those cylinder structures you saw holding red pods, they're a huge human power plant. All of that was real.
Luis: I don't understand.
Morpheus: You see; only the most exceptional people become aware of the Matrix. Those who learn that it exist must have posses a rare degree of intuition, sensitivity, and a questioning nature.
Neo: He has a point LM, I for one understood the Matrix when Morpheus found me and got me out of it. He can free you from your prison.
Luis: What do you mean he can free me? What prison are you talking about?
Morpheus: You are a slave LM, same as anyone in the Matrix. No matter where you go, you're still a prisoner in this world. I can help you escape from your imprisonment, to free your mind from the lie that you're living in.
Luis: Exactly, how are you going to do that? I mean it's not easy to free someone in a world that they live in.
Morpheus: Is it?
Morpheus then opened small casing he was toying with and took something out of it. He opened his other hand and something dropped in it. With both fists closed, he held them out at Luis.
Morpheus: It's now time to choose LM, you decide your faith. (opening one hand) You take the blue pill, you wake up, and you'll live the same life you always have, remembering nothing. (opening the other hand) You take the red pill, then you will see what your dream truly meant. What's it going to be?
Luis thought long and hard on what to choose. If he took the blue pill, he'll continue his normal life. But if he takes the red pill, he will experience the truth. With confidence in his face, Luis took the red pill and put it in his mouth. He then grabbed the glass of water on the table and drank it, swallowing the pill.
Morpheus: You made the right choice LM. The red pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location.
Luis: And in English that means…
Neo: You'll find out tomorrow.
Luis: And what happens tomorrow?
Suddenly, the two doors opened and Ghost and Niobe entered the room.
Ghost: It's time to go.
Luis: (stood up) I said what happens tomorrow?
Neo: Don't worry LM, tomorrow you will save yourself.
Luis didn't know what he said but took it as an option. He then went with Ghost and Niobe and left the room. Both Morpheus and Neo just stood there.
Morpheus: You know it would've been better if I handled the freeing procedure.
Neo: No, that would freak him out. I'm still trying to forget about that weird liquid coursing through my body. Besides, I'm sure that he'll do what's best for himself.
Thirty minutes later, Luis was in the black Mustang with Ghost, Niobe, and Trinity. Trinity looked at Luis and noticed that he's a little confused.
Trinity: Don't feel bad about it LM. Neo is helping you through this tough time. You just have to get use to it.
Luis: I don't feel bad about it. It's just that what both Neo and Morpheus said about me living a lie and my dream was real it's kind of-
Trinity: Strange?
Luis: Yeah.
Trinity: We all had that type of feeling when we start understanding the Matrix. You just have to give it some time.
Luis: Fine.
The car soon stopped at the same corner they picked Luis up. Luis got out of the car and was about to leave until the front seat window opened showing both Niobe's and Ghost's faces.
Niobe: Let me leave with a short reminder. Keep your eyes peeled and watch your back. They will stop at nothing to take you out one way or the other.
Luis: Who are they?
Niobe: Agents.
The Mustang quickly drove out of the corner and down the road.
Luis: Agents? And I thought the bullies in school are tough.
Luis then left the corner and headed back home.
End of Chapter 4. The next chapter is going to be like an action flick. Believe me, it's going to be real good. Please Review.
