LM's still doing some undercover work at the Chateau looking for the device and found out that it is. But when Merovingian finds out who LM really is, things will start to get hairy. Will LM be able to alert Zion about this predicament before it's too late?

Chapter Notes

This weapon's name I got from one of the military websites I searched in Google. I can't tell you the name of this device but all I could say is that it's a ground to aerial type of weapon. The city it's going to attack is the city from the two part series of the Teen Titans episode, "Titans East". Of course this is before the Titans East was formed.

Narrative: Italics

Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix or both the ground-to-aerial weapon and the Teen Titans.

Chapter 16: Found Out

The Hammers team jacked out of the Matrix and were in the Mjolnir ship. Well everyone except LM, he was strapped to the dentist chair and still connected to the Matrix. The Hammers were at the control council as Commander Lock was on one of the screens.

Commander Lock: (on the screen) You mean to tell me that your team got kicked out of the club and one of your members are with Merovingian. Not only that, one of your members is the rookie, LM!

Roland: Yes sir, for what we know, LM must had a connection with what happened back there. But we don't have the proof we need about LM betraying us.

Commander Lock: (on the screen) I see. Do you know where he is right now?

Roland: Well, I got AK following his every move. For what we know so far, he's somewhere in the mountains. What makes this difficult is that he hasn't been jacked in for hours. If we unplug him when he's in the Matrix, he'll die.

Colt: I got a better idea, why don't we unplug him now so we can be over with it.

Cas: Colt's right captain. He pulled that damn prank, not to mention that he was walking with Merovingain with no cuffs on or anything.

Roland: Colt, you don't give the orders. I'm the captain of this ship I give the orders. Although unplugging him would be a good payback on what he did.

Commander Lock: (on the screen) No captain, I won't let you do that.

Roland: What do you mean?

Commander Lock: (on the screen) You maybe the captain of the Hammers, but I'm the commander of Zion. If you unplug LM while he's in the Matrix, you will commit murder and be judged by the council. Besides, I think what LM did was a great plan.

Roland: Excuse me?

Commander Lock: (on the screen) Your orders were to investigate and search for the device Merovingian has. LM somehow found a way to do so; by gaining the Frenchman's trust and gain access to his base of operations. You should be proud of him.

Roland: Good god I can't believe this.

Commander Lock: (on the screen) But your right for one thing. LM disobeyed a direct order by me, and that's to join the Mjolnir and stay with them. Now captain, it's not your responsibility to punish LM, it's mine. And once he jacks out of the Matrix, I will have a long talk with LM. Commander Lock, signing out.

The screen quickly went to static and then black. Roland sighed and was disappointed.

Mauser: Should we call him to let him know what Lock said?

Roland: No, right now he's doing a little undercover, we don't want blow it. When he's ready to jack out, he'll call us. Right now, it's best we monitor him.

Meanwhile in Lock's office, the commander shook his head and had his hands on his face.

Commander Lock: I can't believe that rookie disobeyed an order from me. He's just like Neo, he can't follow any directions and does what he want to do. What else can happen?

Just like that, there's a knock at the metal door.

Commander Lock: Come in.

The door opened and two Zion soldiers entered the office.

Zion Soldier 1: Sir, we have a problem.

Commander Lock: What is it?

Zion Soldier 2: We were going through the inventory and noticed that some equipment for hacking into the Matrix are mysteriously missing.

Commander Lock: What? Do you know who took them?

Zion Soldier 1: We don't know. All we know is that group of people must've carried all equipment.

Commander Lock: Well, find them and the equipment! I don't care if you go door to door on every level; I want the people responsible for stealing hacking material out of the inventory!

LM: I've been spending a few days in Merovingian's mansion, or Chateau as what he calls it. I learned everything about his army from protective armor to weapons research. I even looked at the security office, where they had monitors observing many areas of the mansion. However, I never got a chance to find out about Merv's little device he has. I'm hoping that he will show me sooner or later. Of course, the next day, things would take an unexpected turn for the worse.

LM was in the guest room going through with the plans he wrote down on the study desk. His plan was simple actually. First, once he knows about this device Merovingain has, he'll disable the security field, both the monitors and the defense system. Then he'll take out what's left of the defenses by taking out guards operating the sentry guns at the main and rear entrance. Finally, he'll turn on his cell phone, which has a built in tracking device, and hide it in a secretive place. After all that's done, he'll sit back and watch the reinforcements from Zion do a clean sweep with the rest of the army in the base. All simple, all clean, no problem at all. Suddenly there's a knock at the door from the outside. LM quickly put all the papers and pencils into the desk dwares. He then approached the door and opened it, revealing one of the pale skin guards.

Guard: Merovingian wants you in his office at once. Please follow me.

The Guard walked down the hallways with LM following him. They finally reached the two wooden doors and the guard opened them. LM soon entered a huge office. Merovingain was sitting at the desk talking on an old fashion phone, while Cain and Abel were sitting at the sitting area on the other end.

Merovingian: Now I don't care if you have the artillery or not, all I care about is the safety of my well being. Now do you have anything tough enough that can protect me and my wife? (pause) I see, and how much is their ammo capacity? (pause) Fameux. Just deliver ten crates full of those weapons and their ammunition first thing tomorrow to the train depot in the south end of Metro City. The number is 487. (pause) Au revoir. (hangs up the phone and looked at LM) LM, so glad to see you again. Are you enjoying my wonderful Chateau?

LM: Your place has many great things everyone would die to have. It's real cozy. (in thought) For someone who's mind is twisted.

Merovingian: Parfait. Well I think it's time to show you something that will make you quite interested. (standing up) Come, this way. Cain, Abel, come with me.

Merovingian left his desk and approached a closet door at the opposite end of his office. LM, Cain, and Abel followed him as he took out another key out of his wool pants pocket and inserted it in the keyhole. He opened the door and entered through it with LM, Cain, and Abel entering after him. When LM passed the door, he noticed that instead of entering into another part of the mansion, he was in the insides of a warehouse filled with boxes and metal crates. When they exited the warehouse, LM saw he was in a train depot with multiple mini warehouse and storage containers that are stacked up high. They then entered another warehouse but this one had train tracks through it. When they entered, LM noticed a bullet train inside the warehouse that's colored all black and had an M on the sides of the engine. The train had a private car, two passenger cars, two storage cars and what look like a huge black casing between the passenger and storage car.

Merovingian: Well, here it is.

LM: Here what is? All I see is a bullet train.

Merovingian: Ah yes, you are looking at my private train. But as the old saying goes, "It's not the outside that counts, it's what's on the inside".

Merovingian then took out a remote with a red button and pushed it. Soon the black casing slowly opened up like a clam standing up. Once it was opened it revealed a military canister rising up from its foundation. Once it stopped halfway up for LM to look and ah.

Merovingian: Magnifique, don't you think?

LM: Uh… yeah, if I know what the hell is that thing?

Merovingian: Surely you should know that this is one of the many launch pads from the military. The steel casing is used to cover the canister from the public. You know, if the police gets a little suspicious.

LM: So you mean to tell me that you're going to use missiles to destroy a city.

Merovingian: Not any missiles my ami, come with me.

LM followed Merovingian to the launch pad control panel. Merovingian punched in a few key sequences on the keyboard.

Merovingian: Examiner.

LM looked at the screen and saw a 3D picture of a missile that's all black with a white cone on the top.

LM: So what am I looking at?

Merovingian: That is the MIM-104 Patriot TMD, a ground-to-aerial missile capable of destroying an aircraft. There are four missiles in this canister capable of destroying four different sectors of a city.

LM: That sounds great, but you said that the missiles are ground-to-aerial type. How are you going to attack a city that's connected to the ground?

Merovingain: Not to worry LM. You see the missiles have a guided weapon system connected to the computer. Meaning that it has coordinates set launch on a city of my choice.

LM: And what city have you targeted, New York, Boston, Los Angeles?

Merovingain: No, those cities are well protective of a surprise attack. Tell me something LM, have you ever heard of Steel City?

LM: I heard it's one of US's industrial cities.

Merovingain: Correction, the only industrial city in the United States. It is the main power source that keeps this country to survive. With it's lumber, steel, and water industries, the US demands more and more of those resources. But there's one main resource that keeps the city alive, and that's oil. There are multiple oil pipelines that are connected to all the factories across the city that help heat up furnaces and to create metal and iron works.

LM: So you're going to blow up the oil refinery and pipelines and destroy Steel City.

Merovingian: You are really catching on my ami.

LM: But what I really don't understand is what's destroying Steel City had to do with taking over the world.

Merovingian: Quite simple. You see, some countries have all the power in world when in reality they really don't. They deserve more power and the only way to do that is to take power away from another country, like the United States for instance. By blowing up the oil refinery and Steel City, it will cause a major decline on the US economic market. No one won't know who did it, so nations will start pointing fingers with each other. One nation blames the other nation, they attack that nation. Soon a world war starts raging killing many people in its wake. Tout enfer grace violer desserrer! And then amidst the ashes, a new dawn will emerge. I can see it now, with all the nations dead, the new world will belong to me, and I will rule it with an iron fist. My dream will soon become a reality.

LM: Fascinating. But what would happen if the government finds out that you destroyed the city? I'm pretty sure that they have surveillance satellites to search for unusual activity.

Merovingain: That's not a problem. This train here has the equipment necessary to block out any surveillance transmission across the globe. Beginning tomorrow, my plan will be set and nothing will stop me from reaching my goal.

LM: When I heard Merovingian said he was going to start his plan tomorrow I know it was time to take action, and what better way to do it then to start tonight.

That night, LM was ready to start his operation. He checked through the chateau's blueprints one final time and grabbed his crossbow he took weaponry room.

LM: Time to shut down Frenchy's little plan.

LM exited the guest room and walked down the hallway. He then entered another corridor that had an elevator one end of the wall, a bookcase filled with books on the other, and a couple of chairs and a head statue. He checked the area to see if no one's around then approached the bookcase, and pulled a book out halfway. The bookcase opened like a door, revealing a secret passage. LM entered through it and the bookcase door closed behind him. Meanwhile Merovingian was in his office looking at the map of Steel City, finding the correct targets to pinpoint. The phone suddenly rang, so Merovingian picked it up to see who's calling.

Merovingian: Bonjour, this is Merovingian. (pause) We, this is he. Who's calling? (pause) Ah, hello my friend, did you enjoy the club? (pause) Well then what is it, I'm real busy here. (pause) Who? LM? Why sure I have him why do you ask? (pause) Vraiment? (pause) I see. Well then I do something about that. (hangs up the phone) Twins, Vlad!

Three people appeared through the door and approached the office desk. Two were identical twins with matching white suits, long white dreadlocks, and their skin were a white complexion. The man between the twins had dark gothic attire, messy long black hair, and his face look like he was with the dead for a long time.

Merovingian: Gentlemen, we have a situation here.

French Dictionary

Fameux - excellent
Au revoir – good bye
Parfait – perfect
Magnifique – Magnificent
Ami – Friend
Examiner – Take a look.
Tout enfer grace violer desserrer! – All Hell will break loose!
Bonjour – Hello
Vraiment – really

Well that's it for Chapter 16. Now I know that there are many questions in your head. Who stole hacking equipment from the Zion inventory and who talked to Merovingian about LM? Those questions will be answered on the next chapter. This is like one hard chapter to put together. The next one's going to be long and tough, and with college work, this is going to take a while. In the meantime, please review.