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Ron rammed a fist at the wall.He hoped that the eighth floor really missed that rum.Siddhartha never slept on the fourth floor. He spent all day and all night – the time in Kenselton Hotelbeing decided by the clocks – sitting in the cafeteria. Just what he did there, no one quite knew,although the more observant people noticed a fairly large quantity of discarded sweet wrappers in hisvicinity.One of the disadvantages of having the second-largest room – the only one other than the supply-cumcommonroom that had an attached bathroom, computer and television set – was that other people gotthe idea that they could come in as and when they liked, and stay there.Taking into account the shortage of beds and his habit of staying up way into the unnatural hours of theearly morning, Neo supposed that he couldn’t really blame Johnny Utah for hijacking his bed. All thesame, he didn't like the way that his nice, peaceful, steady clicking of keyboard keys was being rudelyinterrupted by snores. It disrupted his concentration (and concentration was totally needed whenplaying Neopets and making fake Keanu MySpace accounts), and it was starting to get on his nerves.On the other bed, further from the glow of the computer screen, Ted muttered something aboutdisembowelled pelicans and rolled over.****Neo yawned. He closed the Internet windows, shut down the computer, got off the chair and spentseveral moments contemplating the possible consequences of pushing Johnny off the bed. Neo didn’tthink it fair that he had taken his bed. Heck, there were three spare ones in the other rooms – the firstrooms on both sides of the front stairwell door – that he was pretty sure didn't have anyone sleeping onthem. The only occupants of those rooms were Bob Arctor and memories of the recently murdered;people avoided the latter because just because ghosts did not exist in some of their universes did notmean that the same held true at Kenselton Hotel. The blood-infused sheets probably had some part toplay in that as well.Neo wanted neither a brain-damaged dude nor dead people for roommates, and stood before hishijacked bed with increasing frustration.Johnny slept on, blissfully unaware of the fact that he was at present the target of angry feelings from aguy who knew kung fu.Neo gave up and left for the common room. The kitchenette light was still on; meanwhile, the cardplayers had either returned to other rooms or had fallen asleep on various parts of the carpet. .He contemplated pushing Kevin Lomax off the sofa, and had just started moving forward to do it, whenhe tripped over someone's leg and grabbed wildly at the table to break his fall. Neo's feet gratefullyfound ground away from the cornflakes guy. And then the numbers and letters on not-Tim's wrist tag –half-revealed by the violent table-hug and now inches from his face – finally registered fully in his mind.206/964...Neo's blood ran cold.For a few seconds he stood frozen in that uncomfortable position too close to the table. His gazemoved slowly and nervously from the wrist tag to not-Tim's sleeping face. He was easily one of theoldest in here, in direct defiance of what the 964 suggested.Neo swallowed.He looked back at not-Tim's wrist tag, still partly obscured by the sleeve, and reached out a shakingfinger to hook the sleeve further back-.../REE.
Neo yanked his finger away to safety, his pulse racing. Gasping out a synonym for sacred faeces, hestumbled backwards, fell over, got back to his feet, fumbled with the door handle, got out, and hurtleddown the corridor away from the common room on unsteady legs that refused to cooperate."Hi Bob," he managed to say seconds later after an unnecessarily clumsy entrance into the room. Neomade his way onto the top bunk, sleep suddenly far from his mind, and lay in the dark filled withtumultuous thoughts until fatigue finally caught up and dragged him unwillingly off to dreamland.**Neo was woken the next morning by the sound of the door opening. In his groggy state, it took him awhile to remember just where he was. He peered over the side of his bunk; and then he was jolted fullyawake by the realisation that the newcomer happened to be not-Tim with a tray of food.Neo swore and immediately regretted it as not-Tim looked up to see where the sudden expletive hadcome from.A pause."Good morning to you too, Neo."Not-Tim glanced at Bob, saw that he was still asleep, and put the food tray down on the table. "I'venever seen you in here before."Neo pulled himself up into a sitting position, hands gripping the rails much tighter than was necessary."You can come down from there, you know," not-Tim suggested. He laughed. "I'm not a cannibal."Neo tightened his grip on the bunk rails and started to engage in low-level hyperventilation."Are you feeling all right?" not-Tim asked, concern in his voice. "You don't look too good."Neo felt decidedly not all right. He was dimly aware that he was trembling, and his eyes didn't seem tobe focusing all that well. A sickening chill was making its way up the back of his neck – his dinnerwanted out, and now.Reflexes suddenly kicking in, Neo dropped off the bunk, pushed past not-Tim, went out of the door andbroke into a mad dash for his room's attached bathroom where he fell to his knees and threw upviolently into the toilet.Not-Tim ran in after him, close behind and looking alarmed.Spitting the last remnants of his stomach contents into the toilet, Neo backed away, stumbling slightly."Stay away from me," he gasped."Okay, Neo, calm down-""I know who you are.""Just take a deep breath, and-""NO!"Silence.Not-Tim shrugged. "All right then, I'll go."He turned towards the bathroom door, outside of which both Ted and Johnny had been watching theexchange with general confusion.Neo took a shaky breath. "Keanu-"Not-Tim stopped. For a while he just stood there; then he turned around and looked at Neo for whatseemed an eternity."Call me Chuck," he finally said, and left the room.
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Page 24 and 25: Alex looked up."...That's Paul, tha
Page 26 and 27: The floor hackers stared at their l
Page 28 and 29: "Okay," Conor continued. "Situation
Page 30 and 31: "We want to get out as much as you
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Page 35 and 36: Jack lunged at his neck. Both of th
Page 37 and 38: Then they fell silent again as Neo
Page 39 and 40: "I did you a favour, Jack," Griffin
Page 41 and 42: "That's one," Neo said helpfully, p
Page 43 and 44: New guy gave a start. "Uh," he said
Page 45 and 46: His mom made better waffles than th
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Page 67 and 68: Human beings have a strange tendenc
Page 69 and 70: Jack shrugged. "Suit yourself." He
Page 71 and 72: "-but we won't know for sure either
Page 73 and 74: **"We were just trying to get home!
Page 75 and 76: "It's John, assholes."John Constant
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Page 79 and 80: "What?"A sudden telepathic message
Page 81 and 82: At the rear, not-Tim turned to face
Page 83 and 84: The lift dinged and opened its door
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Page 87 and 88: "Nah," Jesse said. "Might n-... - h
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Group D: Neo, EddieStanding about d
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The cornflakes guy looked at him.Je
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"At least it meant we had heat," Ha
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Group B: Shane, Perry, Tommy, Chris
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"I can't bring them back to life,"
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Someone running after him from behi
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Then a ripple in the air; and sudde
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Nelson smirked and walked on to the
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"Yes sir," Ludlow hissed into his e
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Alex got slowly to his feet. He dim
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The face that looked up at him held
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First Combined MeetingThomas Ludlow
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- Reeves clears throat.- Utah shuts
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Griffin isn't the only one in the r
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He realised that he was not standin
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Ludlow smirked. "Thank you. Now I k
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Seventeen suspicious-looking, mostl
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Scott emerged from the alley he had
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Julian finished the stitches, close
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Stuck in House: Chris Townsend, Mat
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Loose in Kenselton Holding Facility
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Paul and the kids stared back at hi
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"Arctor, Robert," Dem said. "Get on
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With measured reluctance he tries t
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