What the Matrix does for some

Chapter 1

The darkness swirled around her, what could she remember, remembers making a choice, a choice between the truth and the dream. She opened her eyes to dimly see she was in a bath of some sort, pain seared in her head, 'my eyes', she thought 'what's wrong with my eyes', she whispered quietly to herself. She closes her eyes again and sudden pain erupts on her back and arms, suddenly the water she was in swirled and she was sucked through, what she could only think of as a huge drain. Halfway between gasps of air and fighting for survival she fainted.

The girl awoke to a face, a kindly face, which looked upon her with concern. She closed her eyes, she felt tired, she was only young, perhaps sixteen or seventeen, and was frightened. The man who looked upon her turned to an older man, 'captain, she's starting to come around', he turned back to the girl and smiled 'hello' he said 'my name is Morpheus, welcome to real world'.

She looked up, a smile coming to her face; this was the man she had met once, in a bar where she used to live. Morpheus looked about eighteen, a strong man of unknown wisdom. 'Get some rest', he told her, 'you will need it for tomorrow'. 'What happens tomorrow' she asked him in a hoarse voice. 'Tomorrow will see the start of your training' he replied.

The next day went by as a blur, she was taught many things combat, hacking, weapons, espionage, and all manna of things. Another young man was her operator, his name was Jason. Jason also told her about the real world and the Matrix, it was a strange experience for her, she always thought something was wrong in the world, but she couldn't quite fathom what that was, now she knows. She was lying on her bunk when Morpheus came in to see her. 'It is time we enter The Matrix'.

She was sitting in a chair; the same sort of chair she used during training, the captain looked over at her 'this will fell a bit strange' he said 'but do not worry, we will be with you'. Jason came over to her, and put what she thought of as a probe in to the plug on her head. The world around her changed.

She was standing in an abandoned building, she looked about every thing felt different, and she felt strong, she felt quick, she felt as she could do anything. 'Where are we' she asked the captain. 'We are in the matrix, the world until a week ago you called home', he answered. 'And what are we doing here' she asked. 'We are here to see the oracle, the oracle has much wisdom and she can tell you your past, you're present and your future' Morpheus answered.

They walked a ways, after perhaps ten minutes they arrived at a building, they walked inside and went up some stairs when they got to a door, Morpheus said, 'here is the door, you must walk in'

She opened the door, and inside was a woman sitting on a chair. 'Welcome Niobe' she said.