Chapter 27 - Try again
Agent Brown looked towards Mia and then back towards Agent Smith. He stepped forward and caught Mia's arm and said," Explain to me what she meaning she has. She is just a human female and as you are always saying 'Humans are virus. A disease.' I want to know what meaning she has to you." Smith narrowed his eyes and stepped into the room and said," You will release Mia - NOW." Mia tried not to wince as Agent Brown's fingers were once again digging into her arm. She looked towards Agent Brown to see what he was going to do and she wondered if Smith would actually fire on a fellow Agent. Mia felt Agent Brown loosen his grip and watched as he stepped away from her. Mia reached up and rubbed her arm where Agent Brown had held her and hurried over to where Smith stood. He was still staring at Agent Brown as he holstered his gun and without looking at her asked," Are you uninjured?" Mia only answered "Yes" as she watched the two Agents stare each other down. Agent Brown looked at Mia standing next to Agent Smith and said, "Curious. She goes towards you for protection when you have the highest body count of any Agent within the Matrix. Is it because you are intimate with the human that she acts this way?" Mia heard a low growl come from within Agent Smith as he said," My business with Mia is not your concern." Agent Brown tilted his head and said," I wish to know more about physical contact. As I believe that it must be enjoyable for you to continue to engage in this practice with this human female. The marks on her neck are clearly from you and from the information I was able to gather, show that you enjoy it. I also have observed that you refer to the human as Mia and not as a virus." Mia looked towards Smith and saw him narrow his eyes to mere slits and she instinctively reached up and placed her hand on his arm. Mia could feel the anger building in Smith and was afraid of the outcome. Smith ignored her hand and said through clenched teeth, "Agent Brown, the questions that you are asking have answers that I am not willing to give you. The *relationship* that I have with the *human* is irrelevant to your assignment within the Matrix." Agent Brown never blinked and answered back, "I believe that *it is* relevant to my assignment. If you are seeking pleasure with a human, I am curious as to why? I need to know if your programming has been corrupted and if not, has the experience of physical contact with the human female made you understand them better. And if this is the case, I wish to experience the feeling of physical contact and being that this particular human female has shown a willingness to experience it with an Agent, I would like to experience it with - as you call her, Mia." Agent Brown then looked over at Mia as if waiting for her answer. Mia tightened her grip on Smith - more for herself than anything else. She heard Smith growl deep within his throat and say, "Mia is mine. You will not touch her - ever." He turned towards Mia and said," It is time for you to go back to your ship. I will handle this." He removed Mia's hand from his arm but then reached out and put his arm around her shoulders and led her towards the telephone. He kept himself between Agent Brown and Mia until they reached the other side of the room. Mia felt herself shudder as they walked past Agent Brown as his eyes never left her. They reached the telephone and Smith hung it up back in the cradle. He positioned himself so he had his back to Agent Brown and was blocking his view of Mia. Mia searched Smith's eyes and went to say something but Smith shook his head slightly. He reached out and gently touched her face and said, "I will handle this situation. You will have nothing to fear the next time you come back into the Matrix. As always, I will be waiting." He then lifted the receiver and dialed zero and handed the receiver to Mia. She heard Lewis answer on the other end answer, "Operator?"
Mia leaned forward and brushed her lips against Smith's cheek and then placed the receiver against her ear. She then spoke in to the receiver, "Lewis, bring me home." She chanced a look over Smith's shoulder as she was whisked out of the Matrix and thought Agent Brown looked positively furious.
Mia came into awareness with both Lewis and Captain Jackson standing there staring at her. Mia felt herself still shaking. She felt drained and slowly slipped off of the chair, leaning against it. Her muscles were stiff and she ached all over. She looked over at Lewis and her Captain but they were both waiting for her to say something. Mia rubbed her back and said, "Okay, that whole thing just sucked." Captain Jackson shook his head and said, "Mia are you going to tell us what the Hell just happened or do we have to guess? Start with Smith. How the Hell did you make it in to the apartment?" Mia grinned and said, "He told me to go into through the roof and once there, I just had to make it inside the apartment and I was home free." She looked at Captain Jackson and said, "Captain, he saved me because he wants to continue the meetings. He says the machines want to reopen the dialogue between us again. He said he saved me as a gesture of his good will." Mia looked over at Lewis but he wasn't looking at her. She knew that Lewis was aware of what was really going on and that Smith had an ulterior motive for wanting her back in to the Matrix. She looked at Captain Jackson and waited to see what he had to say. Mia watched as he sat down heavily into a chair and just rubbed his face. He looked up at Mia and said, "Mia, I don't know what to tell you. In all my years as a captain I have never seen anything like this - ever. I honestly don't know what the counsel will say about this."
Captain Jackson looked over at Lewis to see if he had something to say but Lewis seemed to have found something on a control panels that required his total attention. Mia held her breath and hoped that he wouldn't say something that would ruin her chances of ever going back inside the Matrix ever again. Captain Jackson saw that Lewis had nothing to say so he looked at Mia and said, "What did that other Agent want and how did Smith keep him from killing you after your five minutes were up? " Mia rubbed her head and said, "Agent Brown followed me and wanted to know about Smith. " She saw Captain Jackson close his eyes but she continued on and said, "I don't think Agent Smith is sharing the data that he gathers from our meetings with the other Agents and Agent Brown has grown curious. I'm just glad that I was able to let Smith know that Agent Brown had caught me. I - I don't know what he would have done had Smith not gotten there when he did. Mia wrapped her arms around herself and shuddered. She had a pretty good idea of what might have happened but she wasn't going to share it with her Captain and Lewis.
Mia looked at them both and said, "I need some rest and I think some pain meds would be very nice as well. Good night gentlemen." She then turned and started walking away but she heard Captain Jackson call out for her to wait. Mia turned and watched as he walked up to her and put his hands on her shoulders and said, "Mia, this is just getting crazy. I'll send off a report to the counsel tonight. I think, in the morning you should do the same. I'm just glad you made it out of there alive - rest well." Mia turned and walked away and had only made it a few feet when she heard Lewis call out, "Mia, wait up. I'll walk with you." Mia only nodded as she expected he would have something to say about recent events. They walked in silence until they reached her quarters. Lewis turned and said," Hannah is bunking somewhere else in order to give you some privacy and time to recoup." He turned the handle and went in. Mia took a deep breathe and followed him in - she knew what ever he would have to say, she wasn't going to like it.
Agent Brown looked towards Mia and then back towards Agent Smith. He stepped forward and caught Mia's arm and said," Explain to me what she meaning she has. She is just a human female and as you are always saying 'Humans are virus. A disease.' I want to know what meaning she has to you." Smith narrowed his eyes and stepped into the room and said," You will release Mia - NOW." Mia tried not to wince as Agent Brown's fingers were once again digging into her arm. She looked towards Agent Brown to see what he was going to do and she wondered if Smith would actually fire on a fellow Agent. Mia felt Agent Brown loosen his grip and watched as he stepped away from her. Mia reached up and rubbed her arm where Agent Brown had held her and hurried over to where Smith stood. He was still staring at Agent Brown as he holstered his gun and without looking at her asked," Are you uninjured?" Mia only answered "Yes" as she watched the two Agents stare each other down. Agent Brown looked at Mia standing next to Agent Smith and said, "Curious. She goes towards you for protection when you have the highest body count of any Agent within the Matrix. Is it because you are intimate with the human that she acts this way?" Mia heard a low growl come from within Agent Smith as he said," My business with Mia is not your concern." Agent Brown tilted his head and said," I wish to know more about physical contact. As I believe that it must be enjoyable for you to continue to engage in this practice with this human female. The marks on her neck are clearly from you and from the information I was able to gather, show that you enjoy it. I also have observed that you refer to the human as Mia and not as a virus." Mia looked towards Smith and saw him narrow his eyes to mere slits and she instinctively reached up and placed her hand on his arm. Mia could feel the anger building in Smith and was afraid of the outcome. Smith ignored her hand and said through clenched teeth, "Agent Brown, the questions that you are asking have answers that I am not willing to give you. The *relationship* that I have with the *human* is irrelevant to your assignment within the Matrix." Agent Brown never blinked and answered back, "I believe that *it is* relevant to my assignment. If you are seeking pleasure with a human, I am curious as to why? I need to know if your programming has been corrupted and if not, has the experience of physical contact with the human female made you understand them better. And if this is the case, I wish to experience the feeling of physical contact and being that this particular human female has shown a willingness to experience it with an Agent, I would like to experience it with - as you call her, Mia." Agent Brown then looked over at Mia as if waiting for her answer. Mia tightened her grip on Smith - more for herself than anything else. She heard Smith growl deep within his throat and say, "Mia is mine. You will not touch her - ever." He turned towards Mia and said," It is time for you to go back to your ship. I will handle this." He removed Mia's hand from his arm but then reached out and put his arm around her shoulders and led her towards the telephone. He kept himself between Agent Brown and Mia until they reached the other side of the room. Mia felt herself shudder as they walked past Agent Brown as his eyes never left her. They reached the telephone and Smith hung it up back in the cradle. He positioned himself so he had his back to Agent Brown and was blocking his view of Mia. Mia searched Smith's eyes and went to say something but Smith shook his head slightly. He reached out and gently touched her face and said, "I will handle this situation. You will have nothing to fear the next time you come back into the Matrix. As always, I will be waiting." He then lifted the receiver and dialed zero and handed the receiver to Mia. She heard Lewis answer on the other end answer, "Operator?"
Mia leaned forward and brushed her lips against Smith's cheek and then placed the receiver against her ear. She then spoke in to the receiver, "Lewis, bring me home." She chanced a look over Smith's shoulder as she was whisked out of the Matrix and thought Agent Brown looked positively furious.
Mia came into awareness with both Lewis and Captain Jackson standing there staring at her. Mia felt herself still shaking. She felt drained and slowly slipped off of the chair, leaning against it. Her muscles were stiff and she ached all over. She looked over at Lewis and her Captain but they were both waiting for her to say something. Mia rubbed her back and said, "Okay, that whole thing just sucked." Captain Jackson shook his head and said, "Mia are you going to tell us what the Hell just happened or do we have to guess? Start with Smith. How the Hell did you make it in to the apartment?" Mia grinned and said, "He told me to go into through the roof and once there, I just had to make it inside the apartment and I was home free." She looked at Captain Jackson and said, "Captain, he saved me because he wants to continue the meetings. He says the machines want to reopen the dialogue between us again. He said he saved me as a gesture of his good will." Mia looked over at Lewis but he wasn't looking at her. She knew that Lewis was aware of what was really going on and that Smith had an ulterior motive for wanting her back in to the Matrix. She looked at Captain Jackson and waited to see what he had to say. Mia watched as he sat down heavily into a chair and just rubbed his face. He looked up at Mia and said, "Mia, I don't know what to tell you. In all my years as a captain I have never seen anything like this - ever. I honestly don't know what the counsel will say about this."
Captain Jackson looked over at Lewis to see if he had something to say but Lewis seemed to have found something on a control panels that required his total attention. Mia held her breath and hoped that he wouldn't say something that would ruin her chances of ever going back inside the Matrix ever again. Captain Jackson saw that Lewis had nothing to say so he looked at Mia and said, "What did that other Agent want and how did Smith keep him from killing you after your five minutes were up? " Mia rubbed her head and said, "Agent Brown followed me and wanted to know about Smith. " She saw Captain Jackson close his eyes but she continued on and said, "I don't think Agent Smith is sharing the data that he gathers from our meetings with the other Agents and Agent Brown has grown curious. I'm just glad that I was able to let Smith know that Agent Brown had caught me. I - I don't know what he would have done had Smith not gotten there when he did. Mia wrapped her arms around herself and shuddered. She had a pretty good idea of what might have happened but she wasn't going to share it with her Captain and Lewis.
Mia looked at them both and said, "I need some rest and I think some pain meds would be very nice as well. Good night gentlemen." She then turned and started walking away but she heard Captain Jackson call out for her to wait. Mia turned and watched as he walked up to her and put his hands on her shoulders and said, "Mia, this is just getting crazy. I'll send off a report to the counsel tonight. I think, in the morning you should do the same. I'm just glad you made it out of there alive - rest well." Mia turned and walked away and had only made it a few feet when she heard Lewis call out, "Mia, wait up. I'll walk with you." Mia only nodded as she expected he would have something to say about recent events. They walked in silence until they reached her quarters. Lewis turned and said," Hannah is bunking somewhere else in order to give you some privacy and time to recoup." He turned the handle and went in. Mia took a deep breathe and followed him in - she knew what ever he would have to say, she wasn't going to like it.