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THE NEWCOMER
Path A1A3B by John
[Chose Path A1A3B to wait and think.]
Cy stares at the frozen Brad, and decides not to call Flick. Besides, with Brad frozen, perhaps she can have her way with him, he-he-he.
She decides to start with a kiss. She slowly gets up and moves silently towards him as if she were floating. Now, so close, she pauses and begins to savor the moment. Finally, her dream can come true in a way. She is about to kiss Brad Pitt!!
She wraps her arms around him, slowly entwining him with them as if they were snakes. One serpent goes around his waist as if she were helping him put on his belt. The other slithers up and around his neck as if he were putting on a tie. Now, she pokes out her pink tongue from between her red lush lips and runs it out and up, then down and in. She steadies her aim, turning her head like she saw his leading ladies do, and then when she is sure of her aim she closes her eyes and her digital lips make contact with his, and she massages them.
She is now in the moment, totally convinced that this is really Brad Pitt. She is so happy that she fails to notice that he is kissing her back and his arms are coming around her. But, then it hits like a slap and she opens her eyes to see Brad moving. This shocks her into pushing herself away as strongly and quickly as possible.
She has managed to loose her balance and she falls on the bed. She looks up to see a face that is .. is ... so strange. How else can she describe it but that it is swimming between Brad Pitt and other faces she cannot recognize. At first it reminds her of the time of her escape when she saw that one person morphing into An Agent. One of the rebels somehow managed to cut a power cord and struck the morphing Agent/person with it. At first, the person seemed to move back and forth between the Agent and the person. It was the freakiest thing she had ever witnessed .. until now, that is.
"Do not be afraid."
"How did you get here? Are you here to kill me?"
"My method of entry is not important, but it was facilitated by your very meaningful kiss."
As soon as Morphing Brad said that, it seemed like the face turned feminine with long dark locks for a moment, but she could not be sure. "What?"
"Please, our time is short. I must ask you to try to meet us."
"Us?" Cy sits up in bed.
"Me, us, whatever."
"What are you talking about, meet you where?" Cy pushes her self to the head board as far as she can get from this thing and crosses her arms.
"Inside The Matrix, of course."
"You are talking to me from inside The Matrix right now? Man, Flicker is really going to get it!"
"Of course you don't believe me. It has been difficult creating and controlling this pirate signal. There is precious little time, and we/I need your help and you need ours/mine."
"How can I believe you?"
"You will be attacked soon. You have a very good chance of surviving even past the anomaly. But, it may be up to you."
"What are you talking about?"
"But, then again, you may find that there will be two and one. We/I cannot see it clearly for some reason. Listen. Perhaps right then, or soon after, we/I will make contact with you again. But, in case I don't, I must give you vital information.
"Um, OK."
"You mu-ust me-ee-ee-ee-ee-t uh-me-uh-me-us must -- You must meet uh-uh-uh at precisely ten-thirteen Nos's ti-ime at the-eeese coor-or-di-nates."
"You're breaking up, I am having trouble getting this."
"Ju-uh-st li-i-i-i....ten. Gri-id cor .... Cuh-um to-to-to-to to this region: 02:02:6.20, 12:06:05.20. That's ... of Vern-an-dwells."
"Can you repeat that, please?" But, the morphing Brad has frozen again.
"Wait, come back!"
But the face morphs back into Brad.
"You have to tell me what this is all about!"
But soon Brad is in his prior position, mid-blink and everything.
In desperation, Cy moves and pushes her way over to the other side of the bed. She launches herself at Brad and jams her lips upon his.
No movement.
She does it again, with more desperation and then looks at Brad again.
There, now he is moving. Thank God.
"Damn girl, I know I'm cute, but you don't have to be so impatient!"
"Ha ha, now tell me the coordinates again. I think I know them but .."
"Coordinates? What are you talking about?"
"Damn. Flicker?"
"Who's Flicker, Cy sweetie?"
Shut up, Brad, can't you see I'm on the phone?"
Brad blinks more as her jaw drops and his shoulders seem to droop. "But, what about our big night? I didn't put on my lucky underwear on for nothing, did I?"
"Quiet Brad! Flicker, pause the construct again and answer me."
"Yes, Cy? What do mean 'pause the construct'?"
"Just do it again. No, forget it, just get me out of here."
"Wow, that was quick. Did I program Brad with a hair trigger or what?"
"Come on honey, we can work this out. Did you just want to snuggle? I can give you a nice non-sexual message if you want. Cy? Oh my God, where did she go!"
Cy disappears before his very eyes. But, before he can totally fathom this odd occurrence the program ends around him and everything is white and he falls back into the formless void.
> Choose Path A1A3B1 to tell Flicker what happened.
> Choose Path A1A3B2 to skip the explanation and run to your room to record the info.
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