The code cascaded down in spirals, totally different than what it had ever done before. Raven felt herself being inexplicably caught up in it, torn to bits and flung every which way. As the separate parts of her consciousness sped through the system, she passed through different events, events that had determined the course the system would take. A man, dark hair a stark contrast against his pale skin, slumped against a wall and slid down its surface, leaving a thick trail of blood behind. A woman, with the same contrasting features, dove out a top story window, twisting and firing at an obscure figure. Suddenly, Raven could feel the rain on her face. Funny, she had never felt rain before. At least, not like this. It was so real, so tangible, far unlike anything the Matrix could ever produce. She was standing in the middle of a street, dripping wet and shivering. There was a deep crater in the asphalt nearby. She walked over to it, tentatively, though. Raven knew something was off, she just didn't know what. She peered over the edge and down into the chasm. Neo, bloody and broken, lay sprawled over the remnants of a light pole. He was...dead.

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Raven awoke with a start. She had had that dream before, though it had never ceased to scare her. She sat up and pulled the scratchy maroon blanket over her shoulders. It would probably bee a good idea to check the Matrix. Just to make sure. After all, every time that dream happened, something went wrong. "Hmmph. Maybe I'm precognitive." Funny idea. Somehow, that thought had never occurred to her before. Maybe that particular power showed up later. Ah, genetics is a wonderful thing. Apart from a pair of icy blue eyes and a serious skill for martial arts and computer hacking, she had also inherited Neo's powers as the One. The ability to fly was pretty new. Of course, Raven had never actually seen what the Matrix looked like. She had always seen in code.

Pat. Pat. Patpatpat. The escalating footsteps startled Trinity out of her half-doze into immediate wakefulness. Raven appeared down the ladder to the core, feet first and carrying a tangle of what looked like wires. But you could never be sure with her. Raven had been known to turn a CD into a hand grenade. "You're sitting in my chair."

Trinity blinked, surprised. The wires appeared to be moving. No, wait. They were just swinging. False alarm. "Strange. I had never thought you to be so possessive."

The reigning Ice Queen smiled. "Not possessive. Just...emotionally attached. Now get up." Raven sighed inwardly. She really hated to do this to her own mother, but she did have a reputation to keep up.

Trinity scooted the swivel chair halfway across the room. "I like the chair. You can kneel." She scooted herself all the way across the deck. "While you're reassuring yourself, I'm going to run a Sentinel scan."

"Fine. But really, I don't think there's anything out there. You're way to uptight for your own good, did you know that?" Raven shook her head and dropped the blanket to the floor, pushing her long black hair out of her pale face. "I'm just going to run an anomaly check and finish up this new thing I'm working on."

Trinity didn't answer, too busy with the computers spread along one wall.

Raven glanced back over her shoulder. It was unlike her mom to resist an opportunity to pry. "Hey, mother dearest, is everything okay?"

"No. You might want to come here."

Raven pushed herself away from the monitors and walked over. "What's up?" Trinity pointed wordlessly at the screen. "Oh...shit." Raven scrambled back up the ladder. "Dad! Hey, dad! Get your lazy ass out of bed because it's calamari time!"

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