Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Matrix ❯ The Matrix- Part 6 ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Neo Rabbit 
Non Anime: Sonic Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Thriller / Sci-fi / Martial Arts / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.26.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 244 | Status: Work In Progress
Non Anime: Sonic Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Thriller / Sci-fi / Martial Arts / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.26.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 244 | Status: Work In Progress
Dissolve To:
Int.
Later, manic sits on his bunk resting his arms on his knees.The light flickers on and off flashing across the dingy metal wall of the cabin. Tails entered.
Tails: Morning. Did you sleep?
Manic: (shakes head)
Tails: You will tonight. I guarantee it. (approaches, extends hand) I'm Tails.I'll be your operator.
Manic: You don't -- you don't have any--
Tails: Holes? Nope. Me and my friends cyrus, we're both 100% pure, old fashioned, homegrown mobians, born free right here in the real world. Genuine child of Floating Island.
Manic: Floating Island?
Tails: If the war was over tomorrow, floating island's where the party would be.
Manic: It's a land?
Tails: The last mobian land. The only place we have left.
Manic: Where is it?
Tails: (sits down) Way in the sky, high above the earth's atmosphere where it's still warm. You live long enough, you might even see it.
Manic: (paused)
Tails: Goddamn, I--(stands up)--I got to tell you, I'm--I'm fairly excited to see what you're capable of, if shadow is right and all. We're not suppose to talk about this, but if you are, it's a very exciting time. We got a lot to go. We gotta get to it.
Cut To:
Int. Core
Tails climbs into a chair next to manic.
Tails: Now...we're supposed to start with these operation programs first. That's major boring shit. Let's do something a little more fun. How about...combat training?
Tails flips the disk in the drive. On the monitor, a computer generated figure appears next to a diagram of a brain.
Manic: Jijitsu? (looks at tails) I'm going to learn Jijitsu?
Tails winks and punches the keyboard. Manic closes his eyes and shudders in his chair. His eyes pop wide open.
Manic: (panting) Holy shit!
Tails: Hey, mikey, I think he likes it. How about some more?
Manic: Hell, yes. (panting) Hell, yeah.
Dissolve To:
The computer generated figure performs a series of martial arts moves as words flash. Kempo, Tae-Kwan-Doe, and drunken boxing. Shadow approaches, resting his hands on tails' shoulder.
Shadow: How is he?
Tails: 10 hours straight. He's a machine.
A word flashes on the monitor. Load. As manic lies with his eyes close, his brows twitches. He opens his eyes and looks around.
Manic: I know kung fu.
Shadow: Show me.
Cut To:
Int.
Now in a dojo...
Shadow: This is a sparring program. Similar to the programmed reality of the matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different than the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent, others can be broken. Understand?
Manic: (nods)
Shadow: Then hit me...if you can.
Taking an offensive stance, manic swiftly circles his arms thrusting one in front. Shadow settles into a defensive posture. Facing manic with one leg gracely extended.
Manic lunges forward throwing series of quick punches. Shadow blocks them all. Smiling, manic hops like a boxer than bends his knees and thunbs his nose taunting shadow, who waves him on. Jumping 6 feet high, manic delivers a string of scissor kicks. Shadow blocks them away from his face then ducks under a roundhouse kick. Catching manic's foot, shadow twist it sending manic spinning and dropping to the floor.
Shadow: Good! Adaptation, and Improvisation. But your weakness is not your technique.
Shadow ducks another roundhouse from manic and delivers one of his own.
Int.
On the ship, ray finds the others.
Ray: Shadow is fighting manic.
The crew scrambles to watch.
Int. Dojo
Shadow lands a foot to manic's stomach. Regaining his balance, manic kicks back. Shadow catches his legs and shoves him to the floor. Twirling his legs, manic leaps to his feets and charges with a flying kick. Shadow ducks then catches manic's arms and throws him to the floor. Jumping 15 feet high, shadow hovers above manic then comes crashing down as manic rolls out the way. Manic handsprings across the room. Then attacks, Shadow blocks one punch after another then slugs manic to the floor again.
Int. Ship
Manic's body thrashes on the chair.
Nack: (smirks)
Int. Dojo
Manic gets to his feet and bends his knees in an offensive stance. Mirroring his posture, shadow approaches then kicks him hard. Manic grabs shadow's arm and flips him. Shadow lands on his feet. Reversing the move, he flips manic to the floor. Manic somersaults over a low kick then runs up a vertical pole and pushes off the wall volting over shadow's head in slow-motion. As manic lands, shadow kicks him across the room into a post. It snapped in half. Manic collapses.
Shadow: How did I beat you?
Manic warily pushes himself to his knees.
Manic: You're -- You're too fast.
Shadow: Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles in this place?
Out of breath, manic shakes his head.
Shadow: You think that's air you're breathing now?
Bending to meet manic's uncertain gaze, shadow arches his brow.
Shadow: Hmm.
With a rye smile, shadow straightens and turns his back to manic.
Shadow: Again.
Int. Ship
The crew watches the monitors as Shadow and Manic face-off.
Int. Dojo
Shadow attacks. Manic blocks his flurry of punches and kicks.
Int. Ship
Ray: Jesus christ, he's fast. Take a look at these neuro-kinetics. They're way above normal.
Int. Dojo
Manic sends off slicing blows. Shadow's fist stop inches from manic's face having him back up defensively.
Shadow: What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. (extends hand) Don't think you are, know you are.
Shadow waves him over in challenge but manic holds his ground. Shadow charges punching. As manic dodges the strikes, shadow blocks his arms.
Shadow: Come on, stop trying to hit me and hit me.
Shadow easily fends off his attacks. Suddenly, manic's rapidly swinging hands blur. His fist stops inches from shadow's wide-eyed face.
On Ray
Ray: I don't believe it.
Ray gazes at the monitor.
Int.
Manic: I know what you're trying to do.
Shadow: I'm trying to free your mind, manic, but I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it. (paused) Tails, load the jump program.
Int. Ship
Tails types and presses the "Load" button on his computer screen.
Int.
Whiteness surrounds manic and shadow. Then, an aerial view of the city races toward their feets. Now they stand on a skyscraper rooftop.
Shadow: You have to let it all go, manic. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free...your mind.
Shadow take sa running leap, arked high in the air, and lands on another rooftop a block away. Manic gazed.
Manic: Whoa.
He steps to the edge of the rooftop and tentatively peers down.
Manic: Okey-dokey. Free my mind.
Int. Ship
Ray: So what if he makes it?
Tails: No one's ever made their first jump.
Ray: I know, I know. But what if he does?
Trevor: (shakes head) He won't.
Bunnie: Come on.
Int.
Manic: (rubs hands) All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. No problem, right.
Manic sprints across the rooftop and jumps off. He rises for a moment.
Manic: Aaaaahhhh!
Then, frails his arms as he plummets to the ground. As he hits the streets, it elastically bends to a shape then throws him back to the air.
Manic: Waaaahhh!
He lands again on hard pavement.
Manic: Uhh! Uhh!
Int. Ship
Trevor: Ooh!
Ray: (shakes head) Wh-what does that mean? What--
Hershey: It doesn't mean anything.
Nack: Everybody falls the first time, right, bunnie?
Nack glances over but bunnie was gone.
Int. Core
Manic's chair lowers. Shadow sits calmly as cyrus removes the probe from his head. Manic gasps as tails removes his probe. As manic starts to stand, he whins.
Manic: Ooh!
He feels the inside of his mouth. Blood stains his fingers.
Manic: (looks at shadow) I thought it wasn't real.
Shadow: Your mind makes it real.
Manic: (paused, looks at fingers) If you're killed in the matrix, you die here?
Shadow: The body cannot live without the mind.
Manic: (looks at him)
Cut To:
Int.
Later, bunnie brings a tray of food to manic's cabin. He sleeps on his stomach. One arm dangling over the edge of his low bunk. Bunnie crouches and sits the tray on the floor. Pausing to study manic's face. Stepping softly out of the room, she closes the door behing her.
Int. Hall
Nack leans against the wall. His arms crossed.
Nack: I don't remember you ever bringing me dinner.
He rests his hand on the door to manic's cabin.
Nack: There is something about him, isn't there?
Bunnie: Don't tell me you're a believer now.
Nack: I just keep wondering, if shadow is so sure...why didn't he take him to see aleena?
Bunnie: Shadow will take him when he's ready. (walks away)
Int.
Later, manic sits on his bunk resting his arms on his knees.The light flickers on and off flashing across the dingy metal wall of the cabin. Tails entered.
Tails: Morning. Did you sleep?
Manic: (shakes head)
Tails: You will tonight. I guarantee it. (approaches, extends hand) I'm Tails.I'll be your operator.
Manic: You don't -- you don't have any--
Tails: Holes? Nope. Me and my friends cyrus, we're both 100% pure, old fashioned, homegrown mobians, born free right here in the real world. Genuine child of Floating Island.
Manic: Floating Island?
Tails: If the war was over tomorrow, floating island's where the party would be.
Manic: It's a land?
Tails: The last mobian land. The only place we have left.
Manic: Where is it?
Tails: (sits down) Way in the sky, high above the earth's atmosphere where it's still warm. You live long enough, you might even see it.
Manic: (paused)
Tails: Goddamn, I--(stands up)--I got to tell you, I'm--I'm fairly excited to see what you're capable of, if shadow is right and all. We're not suppose to talk about this, but if you are, it's a very exciting time. We got a lot to go. We gotta get to it.
Cut To:
Int. Core
Tails climbs into a chair next to manic.
Tails: Now...we're supposed to start with these operation programs first. That's major boring shit. Let's do something a little more fun. How about...combat training?
Tails flips the disk in the drive. On the monitor, a computer generated figure appears next to a diagram of a brain.
Manic: Jijitsu? (looks at tails) I'm going to learn Jijitsu?
Tails winks and punches the keyboard. Manic closes his eyes and shudders in his chair. His eyes pop wide open.
Manic: (panting) Holy shit!
Tails: Hey, mikey, I think he likes it. How about some more?
Manic: Hell, yes. (panting) Hell, yeah.
Dissolve To:
The computer generated figure performs a series of martial arts moves as words flash. Kempo, Tae-Kwan-Doe, and drunken boxing. Shadow approaches, resting his hands on tails' shoulder.
Shadow: How is he?
Tails: 10 hours straight. He's a machine.
A word flashes on the monitor. Load. As manic lies with his eyes close, his brows twitches. He opens his eyes and looks around.
Manic: I know kung fu.
Shadow: Show me.
Cut To:
Int.
Now in a dojo...
Shadow: This is a sparring program. Similar to the programmed reality of the matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different than the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent, others can be broken. Understand?
Manic: (nods)
Shadow: Then hit me...if you can.
Taking an offensive stance, manic swiftly circles his arms thrusting one in front. Shadow settles into a defensive posture. Facing manic with one leg gracely extended.
Manic lunges forward throwing series of quick punches. Shadow blocks them all. Smiling, manic hops like a boxer than bends his knees and thunbs his nose taunting shadow, who waves him on. Jumping 6 feet high, manic delivers a string of scissor kicks. Shadow blocks them away from his face then ducks under a roundhouse kick. Catching manic's foot, shadow twist it sending manic spinning and dropping to the floor.
Shadow: Good! Adaptation, and Improvisation. But your weakness is not your technique.
Shadow ducks another roundhouse from manic and delivers one of his own.
Int.
On the ship, ray finds the others.
Ray: Shadow is fighting manic.
The crew scrambles to watch.
Int. Dojo
Shadow lands a foot to manic's stomach. Regaining his balance, manic kicks back. Shadow catches his legs and shoves him to the floor. Twirling his legs, manic leaps to his feets and charges with a flying kick. Shadow ducks then catches manic's arms and throws him to the floor. Jumping 15 feet high, shadow hovers above manic then comes crashing down as manic rolls out the way. Manic handsprings across the room. Then attacks, Shadow blocks one punch after another then slugs manic to the floor again.
Int. Ship
Manic's body thrashes on the chair.
Nack: (smirks)
Int. Dojo
Manic gets to his feet and bends his knees in an offensive stance. Mirroring his posture, shadow approaches then kicks him hard. Manic grabs shadow's arm and flips him. Shadow lands on his feet. Reversing the move, he flips manic to the floor. Manic somersaults over a low kick then runs up a vertical pole and pushes off the wall volting over shadow's head in slow-motion. As manic lands, shadow kicks him across the room into a post. It snapped in half. Manic collapses.
Shadow: How did I beat you?
Manic warily pushes himself to his knees.
Manic: You're -- You're too fast.
Shadow: Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles in this place?
Out of breath, manic shakes his head.
Shadow: You think that's air you're breathing now?
Bending to meet manic's uncertain gaze, shadow arches his brow.
Shadow: Hmm.
With a rye smile, shadow straightens and turns his back to manic.
Shadow: Again.
Int. Ship
The crew watches the monitors as Shadow and Manic face-off.
Int. Dojo
Shadow attacks. Manic blocks his flurry of punches and kicks.
Int. Ship
Ray: Jesus christ, he's fast. Take a look at these neuro-kinetics. They're way above normal.
Int. Dojo
Manic sends off slicing blows. Shadow's fist stop inches from manic's face having him back up defensively.
Shadow: What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. (extends hand) Don't think you are, know you are.
Shadow waves him over in challenge but manic holds his ground. Shadow charges punching. As manic dodges the strikes, shadow blocks his arms.
Shadow: Come on, stop trying to hit me and hit me.
Shadow easily fends off his attacks. Suddenly, manic's rapidly swinging hands blur. His fist stops inches from shadow's wide-eyed face.
On Ray
Ray: I don't believe it.
Ray gazes at the monitor.
Int.
Manic: I know what you're trying to do.
Shadow: I'm trying to free your mind, manic, but I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it. (paused) Tails, load the jump program.
Int. Ship
Tails types and presses the "Load" button on his computer screen.
Int.
Whiteness surrounds manic and shadow. Then, an aerial view of the city races toward their feets. Now they stand on a skyscraper rooftop.
Shadow: You have to let it all go, manic. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free...your mind.
Shadow take sa running leap, arked high in the air, and lands on another rooftop a block away. Manic gazed.
Manic: Whoa.
He steps to the edge of the rooftop and tentatively peers down.
Manic: Okey-dokey. Free my mind.
Int. Ship
Ray: So what if he makes it?
Tails: No one's ever made their first jump.
Ray: I know, I know. But what if he does?
Trevor: (shakes head) He won't.
Bunnie: Come on.
Int.
Manic: (rubs hands) All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. No problem, right.
Manic sprints across the rooftop and jumps off. He rises for a moment.
Manic: Aaaaahhhh!
Then, frails his arms as he plummets to the ground. As he hits the streets, it elastically bends to a shape then throws him back to the air.
Manic: Waaaahhh!
He lands again on hard pavement.
Manic: Uhh! Uhh!
Int. Ship
Trevor: Ooh!
Ray: (shakes head) Wh-what does that mean? What--
Hershey: It doesn't mean anything.
Nack: Everybody falls the first time, right, bunnie?
Nack glances over but bunnie was gone.
Int. Core
Manic's chair lowers. Shadow sits calmly as cyrus removes the probe from his head. Manic gasps as tails removes his probe. As manic starts to stand, he whins.
Manic: Ooh!
He feels the inside of his mouth. Blood stains his fingers.
Manic: (looks at shadow) I thought it wasn't real.
Shadow: Your mind makes it real.
Manic: (paused, looks at fingers) If you're killed in the matrix, you die here?
Shadow: The body cannot live without the mind.
Manic: (looks at him)
Cut To:
Int.
Later, bunnie brings a tray of food to manic's cabin. He sleeps on his stomach. One arm dangling over the edge of his low bunk. Bunnie crouches and sits the tray on the floor. Pausing to study manic's face. Stepping softly out of the room, she closes the door behing her.
Int. Hall
Nack leans against the wall. His arms crossed.
Nack: I don't remember you ever bringing me dinner.
He rests his hand on the door to manic's cabin.
Nack: There is something about him, isn't there?
Bunnie: Don't tell me you're a believer now.
Nack: I just keep wondering, if shadow is so sure...why didn't he take him to see aleena?
Bunnie: Shadow will take him when he's ready. (walks away)