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The lift opened on <strong>the</strong> fourth floor with a soft ding. The lift lobby had only one exit, so Neo went throughthat into a stairwell with ano<strong>the</strong>r door at right angles to him on h<strong>is</strong> right; he went through that as well andemerged in <strong>the</strong> fourth floor corridor of Block F.All was quiet, <strong>the</strong> only sound that of air circulating through vents and Neo's muted footsteps down <strong>the</strong>fluorescent-lit passageway. Again everything was new: <strong>the</strong> carpet, <strong>the</strong> walls, <strong>the</strong> neat rows of doors onboth sides-A sudden no<strong>is</strong>e startled him as a door opened to h<strong>is</strong> left. Then he recogn<strong>is</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> teenager that steppedout, and blinked in surpr<strong>is</strong>e."...Ted?"A sudden grin. "Neo!""What are you doing h-"Ted grabbed him in a hug, cutting him off. "I m<strong>is</strong>sed you, dude," he said.The teen pulled away with a smile and pointed at <strong>the</strong> room he had come out from. "That one's <strong>the</strong>biggest, and it's got a bathroom. Let's take it.""How long have you been here?" Neo asked.Ted shrugged. "About five minutes.""What did <strong>the</strong>y say to you when you got here?"Ano<strong>the</strong>r shrug. "Th<strong>is</strong> reception<strong>is</strong>t babe said to go to <strong>the</strong> fourth floor, so I went to <strong>the</strong> fourth floor and<strong>the</strong>n you found me." A pause. "She was kinda cute." Ano<strong>the</strong>r pause, <strong>the</strong>n a more suspicious tone:"And I think she was a robot."Ted frowned slightly, <strong>the</strong>n dropped <strong>the</strong> matter with a shrug, moving past Neo towards <strong>the</strong> next room."Hey, check out th-""Ted. Did she say anything else?""Huh? Oh. Nah... no, wait. Yeah. There was th<strong>is</strong> notice thing on <strong>the</strong> door with lots of words on it.Something about how <strong>the</strong>re's no escape, or something heinous like that..."Ted looked as if some of th<strong>is</strong> had finally sunk in. "What are <strong>the</strong>y going to do with us, dude?"Neo was silent. He pushed open <strong>the</strong> door nearest to him. Bunk beds on <strong>the</strong> left, closet on <strong>the</strong> right,table and chair against <strong>the</strong> opposite wall. He looked down at <strong>the</strong> rows of similar doors, and <strong>the</strong>rhetorical question escaped him in quiet despair:"How many of us are <strong>the</strong>re?"**Warm light flickered on when Neo flicked <strong>the</strong> light switch in <strong>the</strong> common room, which upon opening <strong>the</strong>door <strong>the</strong>y had seen was much larger than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r rooms. A small round table a little way in front of<strong>the</strong>m, chairs around it; a counter, coffee machine, water cooler, sink, stove, cupboards soon d<strong>is</strong>coveredto be stocked with utensils and food of <strong>the</strong> snack variety; a sofa, telev<strong>is</strong>ion set, an array of random DVDmovies in an open cardboard box, and all over were <strong>the</strong> shelves – filled with strange things like whitetablecloths and not so strange things like books. And boxes... lots of boxes, holding who knew what.Ano<strong>the</strong>r bathroom sat at <strong>the</strong> corner fur<strong>the</strong>st from <strong>the</strong> entrance.Neo shook h<strong>is</strong> head. "What <strong>is</strong> th<strong>is</strong> place?" he asked, despite having already heard quite a sat<strong>is</strong>factoryanswer from Adwin."...There are a fair amount of Keanu-haters out <strong>the</strong>re with murderous tendencies, but I'll just direct 'em toone of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r guys when we get <strong>the</strong>m here…"Th<strong>is</strong> floor could hold at least twenty, perhaps thirty, people."...watch as everyone dies around you..."

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