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.THE MATRIX : BACKSTREET STYLE * PAGE 4.

[TEN HOURS LATER NICK WAKES UP AND FINDS HIMSELF SEATED IN A CHAIR]
NICK: Dude, where am I? Is this where Steve Perry lives?
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Noooo.... this is where Evil Agent Howard lives.
NICK: Man, that doesn't sound good, I think I'll get outta here... [TRIES GETTING OUT OF THE CHAIR BUT FINDS THAT HE IS SUPERGLUED IN IT] NOooo way dude! This sucks!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Doesn't it? [SLAPS A FOLDER ON THE TABLE AND STARTS UNWINDING THE RED STRING THING SLOWLY]
NICK: [WATCHES THE STRING GET UNWINDED]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [FINISHES UNWINDING THE STRING... AND STARTS WINDING IT BACK UP AGAIN]
NICK: [WATCHES THE STRING GET WINDED UP AGAIN]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [UNWINDS THE STRING AGAIN]
NICK: [WATCHES THE STRING GET UNWINDED]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [WINDS UP THE STRING AGAIN]
NICK: [WATCHES THE STRING GET WINDED UP] Hey dude... you gotta stop that I'm getting dizzy...
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Muahahahahha! [EVIL LAUGH AND UNWINDS THE STING TOTALLY AND OPENS THE FOLDER] Now let's see... By morning you are Nickolas Gene Carter, some high business executive... by afternoon you are Nickolas Gene Carter, superstar singer... and by night you are Nickolas Gene Carter, computer hacker. [RAISES EYEBROW] Are you really that good to be a computer hacker, Nickolas Gene Carter?
NICK: Well......
[EVIL AGENT HOWARD'S EYEBROW GETS HIGHER]
NICK: Well.....
[HIS EYEBROW GETS HIGHER STILL]
NICK: Stooppppp thatttt!! You're scaring me!!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Okay. [EYEBROW GOES BACK TO POSITION] So? Do you really know how to hack computers?
NICK: Well..... nOOOoo I don't! I only pretend that I do! But I really don't! I don't even know what the entrance button does!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: You mean the enter button?
NICK: Yeah, that thing. I dunno what that does! I only pretend that I'm the genius computer hacker Neo, but I'm not. [POUT]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [CRACKS KNUCKLES] I see....
NICK: I hope you do! Because if you don't then you'd be blind! [STARTS CRACKING UP AT HIS OWN JOKE]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [GIVES NICK THE EVIL EYE]
NICK: HAHAHAHAHhahahha...... [HE STOPS LAUGHING AS ALL OF A SUDDEN HIS MOUTH STARTS TO STICK TOGETHER] MmmmpPppHHhhh!! I mmmpphhn't mmphsing annymmmphhhooree!!! MMPPPHHHH [STARTS JUMPING AT EVIL AGENT HOWARD BUT REALIZES THAT HE'S STILL STUCK TO HIS CHAIR]
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Hahahahaha SUCKER!!! [EVIL AGENT HOWARD RUNS OUT OF THE ROOM LEAVING NICK STUCK TO THE CHAIR]
NICK: MMMMPPHHHH COME BACCCKKKKKKKK!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: [COMES BACK]
NICK: Mmphyou cammmphhe mmphback!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Yes! I came back! But Just to do THIS!!! MUAHAHAHAHA [SHOOTS A BUG INTO NICK'S STOMACH]
NICK: EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!
EVIL AGENT HOWARD: Hahahahaha [THROWS POWDER ON GROUND] POOF! I am GONE! [EVIL AGENT HOWARD IS GONE]

[NICKOLAS GENE CARTER IS SLEEPING.... AND THE ALARM RINGS]
NICK: Wowzers! I'm in my own bed! With my own alarm clock! Wow! [LOOKS AROUND IN AMAZEMENT]
BRIAN: [WHISPERS BEHIND HIM] Come with me, I have the answers again.
NICK: AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! [DIVES UNDER HIS PILLOW] Don't hurt me!!!!
BRIAN: [Sigh] No, I'm not here to hurt you... I'm here to give you the answers.
NICK: [PEEKS OUT FROM UNDER HIS PILLOW WITH ONE EYE] Oh. Okay. Where are the answers?
BRIAN: You have to come with me.
NICK: Okay, lemme get ready. [STARTS PACKING UP HIS NINTENDO, PLAYSTATION, SEGA DREAMCAST, GAMEBOY, AND PLAYSTATION2 AND GAMES] Okay, I'm ready.
BRIAN: Drop the games and let's go.
NICK: But I wannnaaaaa plaaaayyyyyyy...........!!!
BRIAN: Where we're going...... you're gonna be INSIDE a game.
NICK: Really??!!! WOW!!! Let's go!!! [DROPS HIS GAMES AND DASHES OUT THE DOOR]
BRIAN: [SLOWLY WALKS OUTSIDE TO FIND NICK JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SKIPPING]
NICK: I'm gonna be in a videooooo gameeeee I'm gonna be in a videooooo gaaaammeeeeeeeee!!! [SKIPS UP TO A STRANGER] HEY YOU! I'm gonna be in a VIDEO GAME and YOU'RE NOT!!! Hhahahah Na na na naaa naaaaaa [STICKS OUT HIS TONGUE]
BRIAN: Nickolas!! [TRIES TO GRAB NICK BY THE HAIR BUT REALIZES THAT HE'S TOO SHORT]
NICK: [BENDS HIS HEAD DOWN A LITTLE AND AS BRIAN JUMPS UP HE PULLS HIS HEAD BACK UP] Na na na naaa naaaa!!! You can't touch MY HEAAAAADDDD!!! [NICK STARTS JUMPING UP AND DOWN AGAIN]
BRIAN: Nickolas!!! Stop that!! Let's go!
NICK: You can't make me you can't make me!! hahahahah! [STICKS HIS TONGUE OUT AGAIN]
BRIAN: Yes I can.
NICK: NO you can't!!! [STARTS SKIPPING AWAY]
BRIAN: Yes I can.
NICK: No you can't!!
BRIAN: I'm gonna burn all your video games.
NICK: [STOPS SKIPPING AND RUNS BACK] NOoOOO!!! You wouldn't REALLY do that would you?!
BRIAN: [NODS GRAVELY]
NICK: AAHhhhhhhhhh Okay okay I'm going I'm going!!!
BRIAN: Man, why did that evil eye power wear off.... Follow me Nickolas.
NICK: [FOLLOWS BRIAN] So where we goin?
BRIAN: To the place with the answers. But we gotta get that bug outta you first.
NICK: Eeeeewwww THAT bug!!! YuCK!!!
BRIAN: Exactly. We're gonna go visit some friends. Okay?
NICK: Okay okay! When do I get to be inside the video game??!! Huh huh?!
BRIAN: Let's get that bug out of you first. [STOPS]
NICK: Where are we? [STOPS AND WALKS INTO BRIAN]
BRIAN: [TRIPS AND FALLS] NICKOLAS!!! Stop that!
NICK: Sorry dude.... so where are we?! [LOOKS UP AND SEES TWO GOLDEN ARCHES] Wow, those look pretty.
BRIAN: Okay Nick... this is a dilapidated McDonalds in case you can't tell. It's been abandoned. Oh wait I need to get that bug out of you first. Stand still Nickolas. [PULLS OUT A BIG BUG REMOVER GUN THING] Don't move.
NICK: Okay okay I won't move. [STANDS STILL]
BRIAN: [SHOVES BIG BUG REMOVER GUN THING AT NICK'S STOMACH AND FIRES] I got the bug! [A BIG BLUE LIGHT COMES OUT OF NICK'S STOMACH AND A BIG BLACK THING COMES OUT AFTER IT]
NICK: OoOOoOO That was COOOOOOLLLL!!! Do that again!!!
BRIAN: No.
NICK: Pleaaaseeeee?
BRIAN: No.
NICK: [POUT] Okay fine.
BRIAN: Come on in Nickolas.
NICK: [FOLLOWS BRIAN INTO THE MCDONALDS AND THE INTO A SECRET PASSAGEWAY BEHIND THE FRIES MACHINE LEADING DOWN INTO A BASEMENT] Wowwwww. [STEPS ON A CARTON OF OLD MUSHY FRIES] Eeewwww.
BRIAN: That must've been left by AJ. Don't worry about it, there's probably more. [TRIPS ON SOMETHING] Oh look, I think I just found AJ's four month old hamburger too.
NICK: Yuck. [TRIPS ON AN OLD CUP OF COKE AND ROLLS THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN THE STAIRS] Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
BRIAN: [FOLLOWS AFTER HIM AND PATS OFF THE DUST & STUFF] There there Nick, all better.
NICK: I think I got a boo-boo.
BRIAN: Too bad. Korpheus, he's here.
NICK: Where? Where? I can't see him. [THE PLACE IS ALL SHADOWY AND DARK]
[A FIGURE STEPS OUT FROM THE DARKNESS INTO A LITTLE PATCH OF LIGHT]
KEVIN: I am. [DRUM ROLL MUSIC IN BACKGROUND] KORPHEUS!!! [THROWS HIS CAPE BEHIND HIM AND SNAPS HIS FINGERS] [THE LIGHTS GO ON]
NICK: Wowzers. That was cool. Do that again!
KEVIN: No. Now......... Nickolas......... [HE TALKS VERY DELIBERATELY] [STOPS TO THINK] What...... are you... doing here??
NICK: Brian threatened to burn all my video games if I didn't come.
KEVIN: I see......
NICK: I sure hope you do, because if you didn't then you'd be blind!!! Hahahahhahaha! [STARTS LAUGHING AGAIN]
KEVIN: Shut...... up..... no more..... [STARES AT NICK EVILY]
NICK: [CLAMPS HANDS OVER MOUTH]
KEVIN: Now. Nickolas...... Gene Carter...
NICK: Thaaaaaaaat's ME!
KEVIN: Very well. Let's just get to the point. What color do you like better? Red? Or Bluuee?
NICK: [THINKS] I like green.
KEVIN: I said..... red..... or.... blue?
NICK: [THINKS AGAIN] I think I still like green.
KEVIN: [TURNING RED] I said...... RED.... or BLUE?!?!!?!
NICK: I still like green..... [SEES KEVIN'S FACE] Hahahahahaha!! Lookit you!! You're turning RED!!! Hahahaha!
KEVIN: Okay.... here.. eat this. [HANDS NICK THE RED PILL]
NICK: What is it?
KEVIN: Uh.. it's.... candy.
NICK: Oh boy!! Is it cherry?! I LOVE cherry!
KEVIN: Uh.. sure.
NICK: Oh boy!! [GRABS THE PILL AND SHOVES IT DOWN HIS THROAT] [GAGS] YUCK! This isn't cherry!! It's like STRAWBERRY!
KEVIN: Close enough.
NICK: So why did I eat that?
KEVIN: To get into..... [DRUM ROLL MUSIC AGAIN] THE BATRIX. [ECHO] Batrix... Atrix... Trix... trix... trix...
NICK: Wow! How cool! [TURNS AROUND AND SEES A MIRROR] Look!! A mirror!! [TOUCHES IT AND GETS SUCKED IN] Ahhhhhh this is nnnnooootttt coooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllll.................. [STARTS WHIRLING AROUND AND AROUND IN THE MIRROR] [LANDS IN A POOL OF WATER] Grosss what was THAT?! Man, my hair must be messed up. [RAISES HIS HAND TO TOUCH HIS HAIR] [HE FINDS THAT HE HAS NO HAIR] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! [SCREAMS SO LOUDLY THE WALLS SHAKE] KORRPPHEEEEUUUSSSSS WHEEEREEEE AREEEEE YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KEVIN: [APPEARS WHILE RUBBING HIS EARS] Dude..... that... was... LOUD.
NICK: [JUMPS OUT OF THE POOL] KORPHEUS!! I HAVE. NO. HAIR.
KEVIN: [PATS HIS SHOULDER CALMLY] Completely natural. You had ugly hair anyways.
NICK: NO I DIDN'T!! [STARTS TO WHINE] I had the most prettiest hair ever!
KEVIN: Now now..... it'll grow back. And you'll look better than ever. Trust me.
NICK: Nnnooooooooooo. You know WHAT?!
KEVIN: What.
NICK: I have no hair.... which means....... I'm BALD!!!
KEVIN: Very good Nickolas....
NICK: Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
KEVIN: [TAKES OUT HIS CELL PHONE] AJ, we need you here and fast.
AJ: Roger that. [APPEARS BEHIND KEVIN] I'm here sir.
KEVIN: You know what to do.
AJ: Yes sir. Shaddup Nick [SLAPS NICK UPSIDE THE HEAD AGAIN] Your hair will be just like mine... really cool.
NICK: Oooowww... that hurts more now that I have no hair to cover my poor head.
AJ: Good.
NICK: [SNIFF] Will my hair really be as cool as yours?
AJ: Yeap.
NICK: And will you help me make it pretty colors? [SNIFF]
AJ: Yeap.
NICK: [SMILES] Oh boy AJ! You're the best!!!
AJ: Another thing Nick, we hafta call each other by our code names here now. I'm Ank, and you're Neo. Brian is Brinity and well.. Korpheus is always Korpheus.
NICK: Okey dokey AJ! I mean Ank!
KEVIN: Very well. Let's continue. Shall we go practice Neo?
NICK: Practice? Practice for what?
KEVIN: Everything. [JUMPING SIMULATOR LOADS UP] Jump Neo.... to that other building over there... see it?
NICK: No way Kohsay! Do you see how FAR away that thing is?
KEVIN: Steve Perry lives there.
NICK: HE DOES???!!! HOLY MOLEY!!! [RUNS LIKE HECK TO GET A HEAD START AND JUMPS ACROSS BUT DOESN'T MAKE IT]
KEVIN: Come back up here.
NICK: [CLIMBS BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING] Wahhhhh I didn't get to see Steve Perrrryyyyyyyyy!!!!
KEVIN: Try again... go.
NICK: Steeeveeeeee Peeeerrryyyyy herrreeeeeee I coooomeeeeeeeeee. [NICK FLIES ACROSS TO THE OTHER BUILDING AND KEVIN COMES AFTER HIM] Hey... wait a minute... I don't see him here.
KEVIN: Oh you don't? He must've moved or somethin then.
NICK: Nooo.. YOU TRICKED ME AGAIN KORPHEUS!!!
KEVIN: No no.. he must've moved.
NICK: Nnoooo you TRICKED meeeeeeee!!!
KEVIN: Uh.. how bout we go on?
NICK: No!!! You TRICKED ME!!!
KEVIN: Ank!!! This is a good time to load up that fighting simulator!!
NICK: [STARTS RUNNING AFTER KEVIN AND STARTS DOING KARATE PUNCHES AND EVERYTHING] This will.... [PUNCH PUNCH KICK KICK] teach you... to not... [PUNCH KICK] trick me.. again!!!!! RAAAARRRRR [DOES A HIGH-FLYING TWISTY TURNY KICKY THING]
KEVIN: [FIGHTS BACK]
[NICK & KEVIN CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL FINALLY AFTER FIVE HOURS AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES NICK FINALLY LANDS A PUNCH]
NICK: Hhahaha! I win!!!
KEVIN: Good...job.... Let's go back now.
NICK: Okay.
KEVIN: Ank, get us back.
[BUZZZZ BLEEEPPPP BEEEEPPPP BUZZ BUZZZZZ BLLOOOPPP] [NICK GETS SENT BACK TO THE ACTUAL MATRIX WHERE BRINITY, AND ANK ARE WAITING FOR THEM]

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