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The moment I wake up I shoot up and I am jerked back by something in my arm. A plug, what the hell they're all over me, oh wait yeah remember dumbass you're unplugged now. I pull the needle out of the plug in my arm. I look down at what I'm wearing two off white long sleeved shirts on t-shirt and one jumper the jumper's a faded bluish colour and a pair of fairly ordinary black canvas trousers. All are at least four sizes too large for me. I sit up and find a pair of large boots with lots of buckles next to the bed. My head is still reeling slightly from sitting up that fast so I lie down again. I play with my sleeves as I always do to keep myself occupied. Ok head's feeling better lets try and sit up slowly. No dizziness thank god. Next legs they might not want to work so we'll go slow. I plant my feet on the floor and push myself off the bed and stand…they work! I could do some kind of jig right now. I always thought that may could have been the reason he made me part program but obviously not. I jump up and down a bit then put the boots on they are the only thing that actually fit properly, I found that there was string in trousers so I do them up so that they wouldn't fall down easily. I walk out of the room after wrestling with the door for about five minutes, it wasn't my fault it wouldn't open it was being bad. Christ I am going mad. I wander, I like doing this.

It's ten minutes later and I am…temporally misplaced or lost as most other people would put it. Ah buzzing follow that.

Trinity jumps as I walk into the room where the buzzing is coming from. It looks like some kind of kitchen.

"Hello Runner woken up I see" says Morpheus from behind me making me jump and turn and Trinity laugh. He smiles at my reaction to him then surprises me again by putting his hands on my shoulders and looking into my eyes. I look up into his dark eyes that are still smiling slightly. I won't even attempt the innocent look somehow I know it wouldn't work on him or anyone else here.

"How long was I asleep?" I ask

"Four days." He says it as if it was nothing "Hungry?" he asks and turns me round his hands still on my shoulders I look up at him over my shoulder then at Trinity who was smiling.

"What have you done to them kid?" asks another voice one I hadn't heard before and I turn to meet a short quite dark man with short closely curled hair and also dark.

"You're real" I say it came out more excited than I meant it to "I mean…well you know what I mean"

He narrows his eyes at me and I just look at me. "Where did you get this one from? She knows too much for a newbie." said the man "And the hair you're one unique kid. By the way I'm Tank." He holds his hand out and I shake it

"Uh Runner" I say

"Practical," he says and smiles at me "Anyway what have you done to them?" and he points at Trinity "Especially her. They're nice I'm mean it's weird" he makes a display of shaking. I laugh as does Morpheus but Trinity just gives him an icy glare. Oh if looks could kill. Tank just smiles obviously used to this, he hides behind me of all people and pushes me forward. "Now she can't hurt me she wouldn't anyone under 16" he says laughing. Hang on I am 16 what is he talking about.

"Not much help there then seeing as I'm 16" I say and they look at me as if I'm mad again, I'm getting a little sick of that look. "What?"

"You're 14" Morpheus says

"Really?" I'm not all that bothered, to be quite honest.

"Yes" he says "I said so on your record, born on march 2nd 1988. Ring any bells on all your files"

"No" I say "But that would be because five years ago I was found with no memory of before and I looked about 11 so that was my age. I can't remember anything before then at all" they are staring at me oddly again.

"That would explain why it says that you died when you were nine from cancer" he pauses "Two years after your parents died in…a…car…crash" he says this he glances strays to Trinity for some reason but I don't look at her.

I shake my head they seem shocked that I'm not upset "I don't remember anything at all the first thing I can remember is being hit around the face by a police officer then running away. That's basically what I've been doing for the last five years running as bait and as other…things. I don't care that I'm younger than I think I am means I have longer to live, in theory that is because I know that this is dangerous life" They are still looking at me oddly except Trinity who isn't looking at anything. I turn to her and look right into her eyes with a look that I use when I want to get the truth out of people. She looks back at me with almost exactly the same look.

"Morpheus you won't need the introduction program" she says quietly after a minute "Don't ask why because I can see she knows. Don't you?" and I nod "Do you want something to eat?" she says as the two men look on in fascination she obviously wants to change the subject. I go along with it not entirely sure why we are but I don't want to piss her off she's quite scary.

"Yes please" I say politely.

"Neo come and get some too" she says not turning round and I hear small laugh from the doorway.

"You know me too well Trin" he says and walks over to the table and sits down next to me ruffling my hair, I know he is just doing it to annoy me again another of my weird feelings, I jerk my head away and he laughs "You're going to be fine here" he says passing me a bowl of…um well it looked like runny porridge "It's not as bad as it looks" then he turns and looks at the other two who are still staring at us "What is wrong with you?"

"This is surreal" Morpheus says "You would think you had been here forever in fact I find it hard to imagine you not here"

"I'm going back to the core" Tank says suddenly "Someone has to do some work"

Morpheus sits down next to Trinity after Tank leaves and takes the gloop that she hands him. I nervously pick up a spoonful of it and sniff it cautiously. I put a spoonful in my mouth. It isn't too bad really it just looks horrible. I eat it slowly watching the others as they eat and talk. I hear Zion mentioned more than once and they look at me as if to ask if I want to know what it was but I know I've heard tell from some of the lot we used to get through sometimes. They finish before me and Neo and Trinity get up to go to steer the ship but not before he ruffles my hair. Morpheus looks at me then stands up and I stand too.

"I will give you a tour" he walks out "Seeing as I can't do much else" I smile.

I found the tour interesting, surprisingly, and I asked lots of questions which seemed to make Morpheus happy as he answered all of them then he decided he should 'Jack me in' to see me in the construct. I had told him that I didn't know why the war had started so he showed me. God humans are such pricks I mean what they, we even, did ugh I can't believe it. I spent the rest of the day after the tour talking to Tank by his screens and learning about the code well more about the code I knew what it was but I'd never seen it before. I did that as well as having Tank chasing me all around the ship because I stole his hat, well I didn't even steal it he said I did but he put it on my head and I walked off wearing it by accident then he chased me. He nearly caught me twice because I didn't know where I was going but it was Morpheus was the one who caught me. Almost literally, he picked me up and turned me upside-down scarily easily. He carried me around the ship like that while he checked things. Neo and Tank almost had a fit after watching this.

Trinity just asked what I'd done and I wasn't allowed to speak as Tank beat me to it. I'm in my room now seeing as once he did put me back on my feet I could hardly walk in a straight line so I was told to go and rest. I'm not of course I barely sleep apart from when I really need to. I'm just lying on my bed, letting my legs return to normal.

I'd been lying like this, with my feet against the wall where my head should be and my hands under my head for about fifteen minutes when the door opened to reveal Trinity.

"Hello" I say smiling slightly.

"Hello topsy" she says sitting on the chair next to the bed.

"Topsy?" I ask with raised eyebrows. Oh crap she got a glint in her eye she grabs my ankles and I am too slow to react so I'm soon on my head with her holding my feet "I get it. Can you put me down now?" I ask. She pretends to drop me which completely freaks me. My face makes her laugh obviously. She lowers me down then I glare at her. "Please tell me that isn't everyday practice"

"No, I think Morpheus just likes having a kid, well younger person around again. We lost all of our crew except Neo, Morpheus, Tank and me from a backsliding wretch called Cypher he killed them all and told the agents about everything… ugh I hate him so much" she's going to blow a fuse in a minute a swear. I put a hand on her arm hoping it might calm her down.

"I'm sorry" I say quietly. It seems to work and she looks at me.

"It's ok you didn't know he just makes me mad"

"Don't go psycho please" I say hiding behind my hands which makes her laugh.

"What makes you think that I'll go psycho?" she says. I just look with a look that I hoped says 'I've been talking to Tank all day' and she laughs at me and I join her.

"Trinity do you know what my real name in the…thing was? I could never remember it." I ask after a minute.

"Matrix is the word your looking for" she says "And yes I do but before I tell you I'll have you know that I have been here for 12 years and I'm 27 I was 15 when Morpheus took me out. My name in there was Jasmine Mary Fellows." She takes a breath before going on, this is making me nervous but I don't interrupt "Your name was Helena Hope Fellows"

TBC

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