Disclaimer: I don't own any of the matrix.
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The two rebels were stood by the silent phone, sitting covered with dust on the side, both hurriedly talking in between flicking their anxious eyes over to the phone as if looking at it would make the call come faster.
One began rummaging through the inside pocket of his long swooping cloak when the door flew open, kicking up a cloud of dust. The both turned sharply, and drew their guns, pointing them at whoever just made such a dramatic entrance.
The dust settled, and the door was closed. The rebels' mouths dropped in both horror and suprize, when they saw an Agent standing there, dust littered over the usually immaculate suit. But not just any Agent, Agent Smith.
The rebel closest to the door went to fire his gun, when Smith put his hand sharply in the air as if to tell him to stop. The rebel glanced at his companion from behind his glasses.
"Shadow, shoot him, what are you waiting for?!." his colleague shrieked, fear trembling in his voice.
"Wait!." Smith's smooth and almost monotone voice said in a hoarse attempt at a shout.
Shadow glanced at the Agent, then back at his colleague, and lowered his gun, but kept his finger close to the trigger, just in case this was a trick of the Agent's intelligent A.I mind.
"What are you doing?!."
"Shut up, Thanatos!."
Shadow looked away from Thanatos, and looked at Smith, who had his back against the door, and looked very out of breath.
"Please...." Smith whispered in between gasps. "I need......I need your help."
Shadow couldn't help but laugh out loud in a deliberately sarcastic manner, before stepping a bit too close to the presumably dangerous Agent Smith.
"Let me get this straight, you want our help?. I thought we were all 'viruses' infecting the planet?!. That's what you said to Morpheus, isn't it?. And yet, here you are, asking for assistance from those you were created to kill. Doesn't seem right to me, seems like you got some other plan in that 'mind' of yours, Smith. Maybe, this is all some trick just so you can score points with the Mainframe for doing the job that nobody else could?. You tell me, why I shouldn't shoot you right now, I wonder if you can." he stepped back a little, looking at the exhausted Smith with a smug smile playing on his lips.
"Because, I am a virus now. A human being. I am like you. I need your help, please, or else I will die at the hands of those who used to serve me." Smith looked up at Shadow, stretching up to his full height, looking at him with pleading in his blue eyes.
Shadow seemed a little shocked by Smith's statement; he certainly wasn't expecting him to say that, that hadn't even crossed his apparently free mind. He glanced at Thanatos, and walked up to him, so he could talk in whispers with him.
"What do you think?." Shadow said quietly, occasionally glancing at Smith who still had his back pressed up against the door.
"I dunno, how can we trust him?, he's an Agent, whether the war's over or not, I still don't trust him."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Okay, how about this, we give him somewhere to hide for now, and talk it over with the Council and Commander Locke, and see what they have to say about this."
"Alright, but where can we hide him?. I think he has the most recognizable face...I certainly can't think of anywhere...."
Shadow moved away from his colleague without replying, and moved towards Smith, as the phone sent out a shrill ring.
"Alright, this is the deal. We give you somewhere to hide, for now, and we check back with the Council, and what happens to you is over to them."
"Thank you." Smith said, as Shadow whispered directions is his ear before walking away, and jacking out, leaving Smith there with nothing but the words to his safety lingering in his mind.
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The two rebels were stood by the silent phone, sitting covered with dust on the side, both hurriedly talking in between flicking their anxious eyes over to the phone as if looking at it would make the call come faster.
One began rummaging through the inside pocket of his long swooping cloak when the door flew open, kicking up a cloud of dust. The both turned sharply, and drew their guns, pointing them at whoever just made such a dramatic entrance.
The dust settled, and the door was closed. The rebels' mouths dropped in both horror and suprize, when they saw an Agent standing there, dust littered over the usually immaculate suit. But not just any Agent, Agent Smith.
The rebel closest to the door went to fire his gun, when Smith put his hand sharply in the air as if to tell him to stop. The rebel glanced at his companion from behind his glasses.
"Shadow, shoot him, what are you waiting for?!." his colleague shrieked, fear trembling in his voice.
"Wait!." Smith's smooth and almost monotone voice said in a hoarse attempt at a shout.
Shadow glanced at the Agent, then back at his colleague, and lowered his gun, but kept his finger close to the trigger, just in case this was a trick of the Agent's intelligent A.I mind.
"What are you doing?!."
"Shut up, Thanatos!."
Shadow looked away from Thanatos, and looked at Smith, who had his back against the door, and looked very out of breath.
"Please...." Smith whispered in between gasps. "I need......I need your help."
Shadow couldn't help but laugh out loud in a deliberately sarcastic manner, before stepping a bit too close to the presumably dangerous Agent Smith.
"Let me get this straight, you want our help?. I thought we were all 'viruses' infecting the planet?!. That's what you said to Morpheus, isn't it?. And yet, here you are, asking for assistance from those you were created to kill. Doesn't seem right to me, seems like you got some other plan in that 'mind' of yours, Smith. Maybe, this is all some trick just so you can score points with the Mainframe for doing the job that nobody else could?. You tell me, why I shouldn't shoot you right now, I wonder if you can." he stepped back a little, looking at the exhausted Smith with a smug smile playing on his lips.
"Because, I am a virus now. A human being. I am like you. I need your help, please, or else I will die at the hands of those who used to serve me." Smith looked up at Shadow, stretching up to his full height, looking at him with pleading in his blue eyes.
Shadow seemed a little shocked by Smith's statement; he certainly wasn't expecting him to say that, that hadn't even crossed his apparently free mind. He glanced at Thanatos, and walked up to him, so he could talk in whispers with him.
"What do you think?." Shadow said quietly, occasionally glancing at Smith who still had his back pressed up against the door.
"I dunno, how can we trust him?, he's an Agent, whether the war's over or not, I still don't trust him."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Okay, how about this, we give him somewhere to hide for now, and talk it over with the Council and Commander Locke, and see what they have to say about this."
"Alright, but where can we hide him?. I think he has the most recognizable face...I certainly can't think of anywhere...."
Shadow moved away from his colleague without replying, and moved towards Smith, as the phone sent out a shrill ring.
"Alright, this is the deal. We give you somewhere to hide, for now, and we check back with the Council, and what happens to you is over to them."
"Thank you." Smith said, as Shadow whispered directions is his ear before walking away, and jacking out, leaving Smith there with nothing but the words to his safety lingering in his mind.