This is chapter 10 of LM's History. LM makes friends at the Orphanage and learns about the agents and Smith.
Chapter Notes
These friends are the soon to be crewmembers of Last Hope from the Teen Matrix story. The agent program is like the scene from the original Matrix movie.
Narrative: Italics
Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix.
Chapter 10: Friends and Smith
LM had been in his room for two hours after the training and he was getting use to his surroundings. He then felt his stomach growling, knowing that he needs food, even though the taste a little soggy and unnatural. He exits his room and proceeded down to the cafeteria. The cafeteria was heavily crowded with a number of orphans big and small. LM was holding a tray that has a bowl of white liquid, a tin cup of water, and a piece of bread.
LM: Well, at least they have something edible.
He looked around to see if there's an empty table, unfortunately there's place for him to sit.
LM: Great, this is like finding a needle in the haystack.
He continued looking only to find a vacant seat at a table filled with six teenage people. One's a male with brown skin; the other four males are white, and a white female.
LM: Better then standing up eating.
LM then approached the table where the people were talking.
LM: Excuse me; is this seat occupied or something?
Man 1: Not at all, come and sit.
LM sat down with the rest of the people then looked at the bowl filled with the gross liquidy he had yesterday and this morning.
LM: I just don't get why we don't get anything else then this shit.
Man 2: Don't worry man, if you can close your eyes it can almost taste like runny eggs.
Man 3: Yeah, either that or a bowl of snot.
Man 2: Do you know what the bread reminds me of? Tasty wheat.
Man 4: Here we go again.
Man 2: Now the bread has wheat in it, but we don't know if it is wheat even though it tasted like it. Sometimes mostly everything we have in the Matrix taste like the same. Take chicken for example. When we eat foods like fish, or liver, or maybe even crabmeat, they all still taste like chicken. That's kind of funny because-
Female: Max, shut up would ya. (looking at LM) By the way you look I say you're new around here.
LM: You could say that. My names LM, I've been in this orphanage since yesterday.
Female: I'm Silent Night; the fast talker next to you is Max Speed.
Max Speed: Sup.
Man 1: My name is Connecter, and the other two are Night Owl and Kill Switch.
LM: Kill Switch? Night Owl? What type of names are those?
Connecter: Well, our names match our personal traits in the Matrix. For instance, I'm a hacker, Night Owl is our spy, Silent Night is the silent killer, Max is the fastest person in the Matrix, and Kill Switch is our arsenal specialist.
Kill Switch: That's right, I can posses any type of weapon known to man and a real risk taker.
Max Speed: Yeah, and a hot head to go along with it.
Kill Switch: What did you say Max Speed?
Max Speed: You heard me; you go nuts whenever there's a mission going on. Remember the last recon mission with the Nobalies? You got kicked out of the team when you blew up an entire building.
Kill Switch: Hey I was trying to take some drastic steps, I mean there were S.W.A.T. teams and three agents were in there I had to do something.
Max Speed: And did you realize that the team was in there too? You almost killed them!
Kill Switch: That's it! I'm going to-
Connecter: Easy guys, let's not argue about this over our new guest. (looking at LM) So LM, what are your special talents?
LM: Actually I don't have any yet since I'm new here and all. But Neo is going to train me after I-
All except LM: NEO!?
LM: Yeah, you know him?
Kill Switch: Know him? He's a legend in Zion homes!
Night Owl: Yeah man, everyone knows Neo. He's the one destined to save the city from the machines.
Max Speed: We believe he can do it, that he can take away our biggest fear. Still I don't get why Neo would train you?
Silent Night: Yeah, Neo never trains anybody on his talents. What makes you so special that Neo wants to train you?
LM: Well for starters, before I was set free I was having dreams about the real world that kept on coming. Neo then found me on a local chat room and then helped me out of it.
Connecter: Really? Why don't you tell us more?
Soon enough, LM started talk about Neo with his new friends.
LM: It was nice to have friends but the friends I had in the Matrix were all just illusions and lies. But now I had real friends and they like me because I know about Neo. In the road ahead they would be my teammates, but that's another story that's yet to be told. The next day I continued with Morpheus's basic training. I was going through a special training program that only the crew from the Nebuchadezzar knows. I was in for a real surprise.
Morpheus and LM were walking down a sidewalk of a busy street in a city. The sidewalk was filled with many people, many races, and the two of them walked right past those people.
Morpheus: The Matrix is a system LM, and that system is our enemy. Look around you, what do you see? Teachers, lawyers, doctors, the very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You see most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so hopelessly depended on the system that they will fight to protect it.
LM was listening to Morpheus's every word when a beautiful woman with blond hair and a red dress distracted him. He continued to stare as she walked past him.
Morpheus: Are you listening to me LM or are you looking at the woman in the red dress?
LM: (looking at Morpheus) I was-
Morpheus: Look again.
LM looked behind him and saw an agent taking out a pistol and aiming it at LM. LM covered his face and closed his eyes.
Morpheus: Freeze it.
LM soon opened his eyes and noticed that the agent hasn't fired yet. He looked at the agent and saw that he was still pointing the gun, but not firing. He even notices that everyone around him except Morpheus froze in their places. He then waved his hand in front of the agents face to see if he's still moving.
LM: Is he-
Morpheus: Real? No LM, it's only a copy of an agent we downloaded in this program. It's designed to teach one thing and one thing only. If you're not one of us, you're one of them.
LM: And what are they?
Morpheus: Sentient Programs. They can move in and out of any software still hard wire to their system. That manes that anyone we haven't unplugged is actually an agent.
LM: I don't understand.
Morpheus: Think about it LM. How do you think the two agents survived fatal crash at the freeway, when they show up every time you go a different direction? Do you even know how one slam you in the side with a car while the other rammed you in the back with a truck?
LM shook his head.
Morpheus: To us, these agents are more like guardians, protecting the Matrix from potential threats. They can move from one person to another so they won't lose track of you. We can't run or hide from them, and if a man or woman stood their ground and fought them, they would be dead.
LM: What do you mean?
Morpheus: I've seen an agent that went right through a brick wall and yet still stand; I've seen men firing full clips at him and hit nothing but air. These agents indestructible and unstoppable! But there's one agent that's stronger then the others (pointing at the frozen agent) and that's Smith.
LM: (looking at the agent) Smith?
Morpheus: Smith was the most dangerous agent the system knows. When he sees you, he won't stop nor rest until he destroys you.
LM: So what happened to him?
Morpheus: Neo fought with Smith two years ago. The battle was tough and hard until Neo did what no one would ever do, defeat Smith, deleted an agent from the system for good. Ever since that day, all the agents wanted to take out Neo and end him for good. Unfortunately they never succeeded, no matter how many upgrades they had. Please understand LM, they are extremely tough that no one would survive against their wrath. And since you are still at training you wouldn't last one second with them. That's why we're here LM, to help train you to be a brave soldier. And when I'm done with the basics, Neo we'll teach you the techniques you'll need to survive. Let's move, there's much for you to learn.
Morpheus started to walk away but LM stared at the frozen agent and whispered the agent's name.
LM: (whispering) Smith…
LM quickly left the frozen agent and followed Morpheus into the frozen crowd.
Well, that's the end of Chapter 10. I know the last two chapters were a little lame, but give me some time and I'll make this story more interesting. Please Review.
