Jackie stared as he pulled up his sleeves and quickly did the same with her own. Yup, he wasn't kidding, there they were. All ominous looking and everything. She put her hands around her back to feel along her spine. They didn't seem dangerous but she still couldn't shake the frightening feeling of having them there where they shouldn't be.

"Matrix? What's that? Wasn't I home before all this craziness started? How'd I get into a machine?"