Chapter 19 Agent Rage
Smith and Mia both turned towards the sound of the door opening. Mia gasped as she saw Lewis standing in the doorway with a MAC 11 in his hand. She looked over at Smith who had the look of supreme rage on his face. Before he could do anything, she leaped up and over the coffee table knocking it over in the process. She started yelling as she ran towards him, "Lewis, are you mad! What are you doing here? Get out the Hell out of here! He will KILL you!" Mia chanced a look back at Smith who was now in full Agent mode. He had his sunglasses on and was pulling his Desert Eagle from his jacket. Lewis started screaming, "Mia, we have to get out of here – NOW! I had to know what it is you're doing here with him! "Mia shook her head and went to push him out of the door and said, "Lewis – GO!" He yelled back, "Not without you! I'm not leaving you with him!" He grabbed Mia around the shoulders but his arm slipped up around her throat chocking her. He pointed gun at Smith and yelled, "Stay back or… I'll shoot!" He was now waving the gun around and Mia could tell he was close to losing it. She looked at Smith who had stopped walking and said, "In the most deadly calm voice, "Mr. Lewis, I would advise you to release Mia and I will make your death as less painful as possible." Mia was struggling against Lewis and felt him sweating against her. She looked at Smith and said, "Smith, let me work this out. He won't hurt me…" Lewis looked at her and growled, "So, just Smith is it? Are you his whore too? Several things seemed to happen at once. She ducked as Lewis fired off several shots and watched as Smith dodged every bullet. She made a grab for the gun and just saw a blur as Smith knocked her out of the way and to the floor. She saw Smith hit Lewis so hard he went slamming into the wall. He then reached down and grabbed Lewis by the throat and with one hand lifted him off his feet. He body slammed him against the wall and snarled up at him as he closed his fingers around his throat. "You will not ever threaten Mia again!" He squeezed his fingers and began to cut off his oxygen. Mia was on her feet and yelling for Smith to stop. He did not appear to hear her and continued to strangle Lewis in front of her. She began screaming and tried to pull Lewis from him but Smith ignored her. Mia could see that Smith had Lewis several feet above the ground and Lewis was losing consciousness. She got between them and tried yelling at Smith but his eyes never left Lewis. Lewis was now no longer clawing at Smith's fingers. Mia had tried beating on Smith's chest but he still did not seem to notice. She knew if she didn't do something soon, he would kill him. Mia didn't know what else to do so she brought her lips to his and kissed him. When she still didn't get a response, she took his face in her hands and kissed him deeper. She felt Smith move ever so slightly and then he was looking at her. Mia reached up and pulled his face closer to hers and whispered, "Smith, let him go! Please! Please don't kill him!" She saw him blink and then she heard the sound of Lewis hitting the floor behind her. She held on to his face and whispered, "Smith, thank you." She immediately turned and looked at Lewis. He was out cold and there was blood all over the left side of his face. Mia bent down and checked to see if he was still breathing and was relieved that he was. She pulled him flat out on the floor and checked to see how badly he was hurt. She heard Smith say behind her, "He should not have tried to harm you. " Mia couldn't think of anything to say as she tried to think of how she was going to get Lewis to an exit. When she was sure he was not in any immediate danger of dying, she turned and faced Smith. She watched as he removed his sun glasses and for once, tossed them on the counter top. Mia watched them bounce across the counter top and realized just angry Smith was. Smith looked at her and then down at Lewis and said, "What does this human mean to you? It is quite obvious that he had some sort of attachment to you. Is he your lover – was he your lover?" Mia didn't like the look in Smith's eyes but refused to back down. She could see jealousy raging just beneath the surface and it didn't surprise her. She only stared at him and said, "No. Lewis and I are not lovers nor were we ever lovers. Lewis… was jealous of you and I think he thought there was something going on between us. I think he came here hoping to catch me with you." Smith nodded and simply said, "I will kill him then." Mia looked horrified and answered, "NO! He didn't see anything. We were not doing anything so he knows nothing!" Smith looked from her to Lewis lying on the floor and said, "I would have killed him had you not stopped me. I wonder if he saw how you stopped me." Mia shook her head and whispered, "No, I don't think he was conscious. I have to get him back. Smith, it's going to take me longer than 5 minutes to get to an exit. I need to ask you please give me more time to get out of the Matrix this time. And next time, I promise I'll make it up to you some how – I swear." Smith simply said, "I will give you ten minutes to get to an exit." Mia went towards Lewis but Smith caught her arm and with a confused look on his face pulled her towards him. Mia felt a flood of emotions that ranged everything from revulsion to sympathy. Smith was doing only what he thought was right. He had thought Lewis had meant to harm her and wanted to protect her. Part of her was grateful but another part was reminded that he wasn't some simple program that she was playing with. She reached up and gently kissed him. She forced the images of The Agent out of her mind and let him wrap his arms around her. She heard him whisper, ""Mia, you will come back won't you? Your superiors, they must understand that he was not meant to come here and allow you to return. We have unfinished business. I was only doing what I was programmed for." She clung to him and whispered, "Yes, they will let me come back." But as she thought of Lewis laying on the floor in a bloody mess, she doubted it.
Mia let go of Smith and walked over to Lewis. He was still out and she could tell by his labored breathing that several ribs had been cracked. She got his cell phone from his pocket and got it ready. She bent down and caught Lewis beneath his arm and hoisted him to his feet. She stepped out of the apartment and dialed the emergency code.
The phone ringing on the ship sent off a warning bell that woke the entire ship.
Mia took the elevator down as there was no way she was going to get him down the steps. She heard the phone answer at the other end and heard Captain Jackson say, "Mia what's happened?" She had no time for questions and shouted, "I need an exit and I need it now! I want the closest one you can give me and for the Gods sake, HURRY!" She got the address and shook her head, it was three blocks away and Lewis was getting heavier by the minute. She didn't dare check her watch. She spotted a shopping cart out side a grocery store and got an idea. She lowered Lewis in to it. He was already injured. It really wouldn't matter much if she didn't get both of them out the Matrix. She rolled the cart down the street and could hear someone yelling as she sped away. She almost took out a parked car as she rounded the bend and hurled towards the ringing telephone. She glanced at her watch and saw that her ten minutes was just about up. She pushed Lewis into the phone booth and put the phone to his ear. She stepped back as he was pulled out of the Matrix. She hung the phone up and waited for it to start ringing again for her. She looked around and then looked at her watch, she had exactly 34 seconds left. As she looked up, she saw Agent Brown standing there watching her and wondered how long he'd been standing there. The phone rang and she answered it on the first ring and was gone.
Agent Brown watched as Mia was whisked out of the Matrix. He could see that someone else was with her and from the looks of it, had encountered Agent Smith. He was amazed that she had some how managed to get the human male away from Agent Smith. He was now very curious to see what type of mood he was going to be when he got back to head-quarters.
Smith was furious. He wanted to know how the human had traced the location. As he walked from the apartment he turned and looked towards the door. He narrowed his eyes as he saw the phone stuck above the door frame. He pulled it down and could tell just by looking at the code that it had a transmitter in it. He growled and crushed the phone in his fist. He let the pieces fall to the ground and stepped on them as he walked down the hall. Mia had to have put the phone there and he was not pleased. He was angry at himself for allowing this female to get tangled up in his thought processes. He almost had her where he wanted her. He was sure that she was starting to get emotional ties to him. He sighed with disgust. Humans were so typical and Mia had turned out to have to typical emotions that he had expected. Females were so stupid, they confused sex with love. Smith ignored the Mainframe's feather light touch within his subconscious and turned his thoughts to other matters.
Agent Smith walked into Head-Quarters and seeing Agent Brown, growled, "I want the report from the trace program NOW!" Agent Brown let his eyes follow Agent Smith as he walked into the office and slammed the door. He frowned as he got the reports ready. He waited until Agent Jones came into the room and said, "Agent Smith is waiting for these reports. Agent Brown could hear Smith's voice though the wall as he shouted the reports were not complete enough. He nodded with some satisfaction, better Agent Jones take the blunt of Smith's fury than he. He was very curious as to what had happened. He was able to guess much of it but he wanted details and he knew from the sounds of it, Agent Smith was in no mood to talk.
Smith and Mia both turned towards the sound of the door opening. Mia gasped as she saw Lewis standing in the doorway with a MAC 11 in his hand. She looked over at Smith who had the look of supreme rage on his face. Before he could do anything, she leaped up and over the coffee table knocking it over in the process. She started yelling as she ran towards him, "Lewis, are you mad! What are you doing here? Get out the Hell out of here! He will KILL you!" Mia chanced a look back at Smith who was now in full Agent mode. He had his sunglasses on and was pulling his Desert Eagle from his jacket. Lewis started screaming, "Mia, we have to get out of here – NOW! I had to know what it is you're doing here with him! "Mia shook her head and went to push him out of the door and said, "Lewis – GO!" He yelled back, "Not without you! I'm not leaving you with him!" He grabbed Mia around the shoulders but his arm slipped up around her throat chocking her. He pointed gun at Smith and yelled, "Stay back or… I'll shoot!" He was now waving the gun around and Mia could tell he was close to losing it. She looked at Smith who had stopped walking and said, "In the most deadly calm voice, "Mr. Lewis, I would advise you to release Mia and I will make your death as less painful as possible." Mia was struggling against Lewis and felt him sweating against her. She looked at Smith and said, "Smith, let me work this out. He won't hurt me…" Lewis looked at her and growled, "So, just Smith is it? Are you his whore too? Several things seemed to happen at once. She ducked as Lewis fired off several shots and watched as Smith dodged every bullet. She made a grab for the gun and just saw a blur as Smith knocked her out of the way and to the floor. She saw Smith hit Lewis so hard he went slamming into the wall. He then reached down and grabbed Lewis by the throat and with one hand lifted him off his feet. He body slammed him against the wall and snarled up at him as he closed his fingers around his throat. "You will not ever threaten Mia again!" He squeezed his fingers and began to cut off his oxygen. Mia was on her feet and yelling for Smith to stop. He did not appear to hear her and continued to strangle Lewis in front of her. She began screaming and tried to pull Lewis from him but Smith ignored her. Mia could see that Smith had Lewis several feet above the ground and Lewis was losing consciousness. She got between them and tried yelling at Smith but his eyes never left Lewis. Lewis was now no longer clawing at Smith's fingers. Mia had tried beating on Smith's chest but he still did not seem to notice. She knew if she didn't do something soon, he would kill him. Mia didn't know what else to do so she brought her lips to his and kissed him. When she still didn't get a response, she took his face in her hands and kissed him deeper. She felt Smith move ever so slightly and then he was looking at her. Mia reached up and pulled his face closer to hers and whispered, "Smith, let him go! Please! Please don't kill him!" She saw him blink and then she heard the sound of Lewis hitting the floor behind her. She held on to his face and whispered, "Smith, thank you." She immediately turned and looked at Lewis. He was out cold and there was blood all over the left side of his face. Mia bent down and checked to see if he was still breathing and was relieved that he was. She pulled him flat out on the floor and checked to see how badly he was hurt. She heard Smith say behind her, "He should not have tried to harm you. " Mia couldn't think of anything to say as she tried to think of how she was going to get Lewis to an exit. When she was sure he was not in any immediate danger of dying, she turned and faced Smith. She watched as he removed his sun glasses and for once, tossed them on the counter top. Mia watched them bounce across the counter top and realized just angry Smith was. Smith looked at her and then down at Lewis and said, "What does this human mean to you? It is quite obvious that he had some sort of attachment to you. Is he your lover – was he your lover?" Mia didn't like the look in Smith's eyes but refused to back down. She could see jealousy raging just beneath the surface and it didn't surprise her. She only stared at him and said, "No. Lewis and I are not lovers nor were we ever lovers. Lewis… was jealous of you and I think he thought there was something going on between us. I think he came here hoping to catch me with you." Smith nodded and simply said, "I will kill him then." Mia looked horrified and answered, "NO! He didn't see anything. We were not doing anything so he knows nothing!" Smith looked from her to Lewis lying on the floor and said, "I would have killed him had you not stopped me. I wonder if he saw how you stopped me." Mia shook her head and whispered, "No, I don't think he was conscious. I have to get him back. Smith, it's going to take me longer than 5 minutes to get to an exit. I need to ask you please give me more time to get out of the Matrix this time. And next time, I promise I'll make it up to you some how – I swear." Smith simply said, "I will give you ten minutes to get to an exit." Mia went towards Lewis but Smith caught her arm and with a confused look on his face pulled her towards him. Mia felt a flood of emotions that ranged everything from revulsion to sympathy. Smith was doing only what he thought was right. He had thought Lewis had meant to harm her and wanted to protect her. Part of her was grateful but another part was reminded that he wasn't some simple program that she was playing with. She reached up and gently kissed him. She forced the images of The Agent out of her mind and let him wrap his arms around her. She heard him whisper, ""Mia, you will come back won't you? Your superiors, they must understand that he was not meant to come here and allow you to return. We have unfinished business. I was only doing what I was programmed for." She clung to him and whispered, "Yes, they will let me come back." But as she thought of Lewis laying on the floor in a bloody mess, she doubted it.
Mia let go of Smith and walked over to Lewis. He was still out and she could tell by his labored breathing that several ribs had been cracked. She got his cell phone from his pocket and got it ready. She bent down and caught Lewis beneath his arm and hoisted him to his feet. She stepped out of the apartment and dialed the emergency code.
The phone ringing on the ship sent off a warning bell that woke the entire ship.
Mia took the elevator down as there was no way she was going to get him down the steps. She heard the phone answer at the other end and heard Captain Jackson say, "Mia what's happened?" She had no time for questions and shouted, "I need an exit and I need it now! I want the closest one you can give me and for the Gods sake, HURRY!" She got the address and shook her head, it was three blocks away and Lewis was getting heavier by the minute. She didn't dare check her watch. She spotted a shopping cart out side a grocery store and got an idea. She lowered Lewis in to it. He was already injured. It really wouldn't matter much if she didn't get both of them out the Matrix. She rolled the cart down the street and could hear someone yelling as she sped away. She almost took out a parked car as she rounded the bend and hurled towards the ringing telephone. She glanced at her watch and saw that her ten minutes was just about up. She pushed Lewis into the phone booth and put the phone to his ear. She stepped back as he was pulled out of the Matrix. She hung the phone up and waited for it to start ringing again for her. She looked around and then looked at her watch, she had exactly 34 seconds left. As she looked up, she saw Agent Brown standing there watching her and wondered how long he'd been standing there. The phone rang and she answered it on the first ring and was gone.
Agent Brown watched as Mia was whisked out of the Matrix. He could see that someone else was with her and from the looks of it, had encountered Agent Smith. He was amazed that she had some how managed to get the human male away from Agent Smith. He was now very curious to see what type of mood he was going to be when he got back to head-quarters.
Smith was furious. He wanted to know how the human had traced the location. As he walked from the apartment he turned and looked towards the door. He narrowed his eyes as he saw the phone stuck above the door frame. He pulled it down and could tell just by looking at the code that it had a transmitter in it. He growled and crushed the phone in his fist. He let the pieces fall to the ground and stepped on them as he walked down the hall. Mia had to have put the phone there and he was not pleased. He was angry at himself for allowing this female to get tangled up in his thought processes. He almost had her where he wanted her. He was sure that she was starting to get emotional ties to him. He sighed with disgust. Humans were so typical and Mia had turned out to have to typical emotions that he had expected. Females were so stupid, they confused sex with love. Smith ignored the Mainframe's feather light touch within his subconscious and turned his thoughts to other matters.
Agent Smith walked into Head-Quarters and seeing Agent Brown, growled, "I want the report from the trace program NOW!" Agent Brown let his eyes follow Agent Smith as he walked into the office and slammed the door. He frowned as he got the reports ready. He waited until Agent Jones came into the room and said, "Agent Smith is waiting for these reports. Agent Brown could hear Smith's voice though the wall as he shouted the reports were not complete enough. He nodded with some satisfaction, better Agent Jones take the blunt of Smith's fury than he. He was very curious as to what had happened. He was able to guess much of it but he wanted details and he knew from the sounds of it, Agent Smith was in no mood to talk.