Ah, a muscular four reviews, marvellous stuff.
P.S: To the Angel of Lightness/Naz/Whatever, thank you for the review type thing which appears to be a review, if you review again, please tell me what your opinion of the last chapter of Real was, i'm curious to see your opinion seeing as you gave it the most reviews.
Chapter Four: They're here
The Nebuchadnezzar flew slowly and eloquently down one of the old sewer tunnels. The ventral floodlights, which were usually used to locate the newly unplugged after they fell in the fossilised waste infected lakes, were now searching for wreckage, bodies, or anything belonging to the 'Hope'.
The search was still in its early stage, and the crew were confident that the problem was simply mechanical and that sooner or later they would stumble upon the hovercraft.
Silas, Neo and Cypher were seated in the mess hall, gradually working their way through the rectangular bowls of 'food' in front of them.
"Shame," said Cypher, whilst holding his spoon up to the light, "despite everything that has happened over the last month, I mean bringing the sun back and ending the war, we're still forced to eat this crap."
"Well if it makes you feel any better, when you were in the Matrix your body ate nothing but liquefied dead people."
Silas and Cypher stared at Neo for a few seconds, his grisly comment suddenly made their food seem all the more appealing.
As the three swallowed another ghastly spoonful, all heads turned to face the hatch as it opened, shortly followed by Gemini, Trinity, Morpheus and Orion stepping through. Cypher was fairly disturbed to see that all eight of the newcomer's eyes were staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
"The Oracle wishes to speak with you Cypher," said Morpheus with rare traces of confussion finding their way into his voice.
"What?" Cypher half-shouted, "why does she want to see me?"
"I don't know, but we'll be reaching broadcast depth in fifteen minutes, I want you, Silas, Trinity and Neo to go in and hear what she has to say."
Cypher nodded, and began to wonder why the Oracle had chosen him, the suggestions that sprung to mind were accompanied shortly thereafter by traces of fear.
"Any sign of the 'Hope'?" Asked Silas whilst swallowing another spoonful.
"None" replied Orion.
With that, everyone except Cypher, who was lost in his own confussion, stood up and left the room.
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The Nebuchadnezzar came to a halt and rested on the ceiling of yet another pipe. Now that the war was over, there was no need to find secluded, secure broadcasting positions.
"Alright," said Morpheus loudly as the four selected for the mission were being secured in the appropriate seats, "I don't want to spend any more time here then we have to. If the 'Hope' is seriously damaged and in need of assistance then we'll be the only ones who can offer it."
Link inserted the spike into Silas' cranium and walked back over to the operating station. When he saw that Link had sat down, Silas closed his eyes and waited.
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Moments later, Silas opened his eyes to the sound of a ringing telephone. He was in the same room he arrived in the last time he had entered the Matrix, it was night however, and cold.
"We're in" said Trinity who had picked up the ringing phone. She returned it to its resting position moments later, and followed the others out of the door where the same black car was waiting.
"Why do you think she wanted me?" Cypher whispered to Silas.
"I don't know?" He replied with traces, "my guess would be that you'll have some important part to play in the program war."
"Oh shit." Cypher whispered.
"You never know," Silas said quickly, trying to piece together a re-assuring sentence, "maybe that's a good thing."
Cypher nodded and exhaled for an extended period of time, he looked to Silas as if he was going to his own execution as opposed to a meeting with the Oracle.
"We're here" said Neo suddenly.
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Silas, Neo, Trinity and Seraph, who had greeted them at the door, sat in another awkward silence within the Oracle's living room. The place was still the same; there was even a faint whiff of cookies from the kitchen.
Despite his best efforts, Silas found that he could not overhear Cypher and the Oracle's conversation. This was made all the more hard when the kitchen door was slammed suddenly. Presumably, the Oracle had known that he was eves-dropping and thwarted him.
Having nothing better to do, Silas sat back and waited in silence with the others. Five long minutes seemed more like five long hours, nothing happened. This unspeakably dull atmosphere of the room was eventually destroyed however by a sudden, seemingly nervous look on Neo's face. For a brief instant, Silas' mind was cast back to the meeting of the crews in 'Reloadedâ„¢, and Neo's facial expressions before the agents arrived.
Trinity, Neo, Seraph and Silas shot to their feet and readied their side arms. Neo seemed to be focused on the door, which was where everyone's guns were soon pointed.
"Cypher!" Yelled Trinity, seconds before a loud 'thud' came from the door. Cypher emerged from the kitchen shortly before Seraph moved into it so as to protect the Oracle. Another loud 'thud' followed this.
The door was struck again, and this time it flew open. Someone outside rolled in a smoke grenade. As the dense gas filled the room, Neo raised his hand and the smoke appeared to retreat back through the door.
A window smashed on the far side of the room, this was quickly followed by the sound of continuous gunfire. Trinity started to shoot back through the window but whoever had been firing had vanished.
Cypher kept his aim fixed on the door whilst Neo moved towards it. There was nothing, and the room had fallen quiet once again.
Neo, who had been silently standing by the door, suddenly sprung out at such a fast speed that he was hard to see. After a few seconds, there came a shout from outside.
"There's nothing out here."
Inside, there was silence, Neo quickly made his way back to the door and charged inside, he had expected to find the mysterious gun man inside, who he believed had gotten inside through the window, and then he saw why the others had remained silent;
Silas was dead.
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To be continued
A bit of a short one I know, the next one should be longer.
P.S: To the Angel of Lightness/Naz/Whatever, thank you for the review type thing which appears to be a review, if you review again, please tell me what your opinion of the last chapter of Real was, i'm curious to see your opinion seeing as you gave it the most reviews.
Chapter Four: They're here
The Nebuchadnezzar flew slowly and eloquently down one of the old sewer tunnels. The ventral floodlights, which were usually used to locate the newly unplugged after they fell in the fossilised waste infected lakes, were now searching for wreckage, bodies, or anything belonging to the 'Hope'.
The search was still in its early stage, and the crew were confident that the problem was simply mechanical and that sooner or later they would stumble upon the hovercraft.
Silas, Neo and Cypher were seated in the mess hall, gradually working their way through the rectangular bowls of 'food' in front of them.
"Shame," said Cypher, whilst holding his spoon up to the light, "despite everything that has happened over the last month, I mean bringing the sun back and ending the war, we're still forced to eat this crap."
"Well if it makes you feel any better, when you were in the Matrix your body ate nothing but liquefied dead people."
Silas and Cypher stared at Neo for a few seconds, his grisly comment suddenly made their food seem all the more appealing.
As the three swallowed another ghastly spoonful, all heads turned to face the hatch as it opened, shortly followed by Gemini, Trinity, Morpheus and Orion stepping through. Cypher was fairly disturbed to see that all eight of the newcomer's eyes were staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
"The Oracle wishes to speak with you Cypher," said Morpheus with rare traces of confussion finding their way into his voice.
"What?" Cypher half-shouted, "why does she want to see me?"
"I don't know, but we'll be reaching broadcast depth in fifteen minutes, I want you, Silas, Trinity and Neo to go in and hear what she has to say."
Cypher nodded, and began to wonder why the Oracle had chosen him, the suggestions that sprung to mind were accompanied shortly thereafter by traces of fear.
"Any sign of the 'Hope'?" Asked Silas whilst swallowing another spoonful.
"None" replied Orion.
With that, everyone except Cypher, who was lost in his own confussion, stood up and left the room.
*********************************
The Nebuchadnezzar came to a halt and rested on the ceiling of yet another pipe. Now that the war was over, there was no need to find secluded, secure broadcasting positions.
"Alright," said Morpheus loudly as the four selected for the mission were being secured in the appropriate seats, "I don't want to spend any more time here then we have to. If the 'Hope' is seriously damaged and in need of assistance then we'll be the only ones who can offer it."
Link inserted the spike into Silas' cranium and walked back over to the operating station. When he saw that Link had sat down, Silas closed his eyes and waited.
*********************************
Moments later, Silas opened his eyes to the sound of a ringing telephone. He was in the same room he arrived in the last time he had entered the Matrix, it was night however, and cold.
"We're in" said Trinity who had picked up the ringing phone. She returned it to its resting position moments later, and followed the others out of the door where the same black car was waiting.
"Why do you think she wanted me?" Cypher whispered to Silas.
"I don't know?" He replied with traces, "my guess would be that you'll have some important part to play in the program war."
"Oh shit." Cypher whispered.
"You never know," Silas said quickly, trying to piece together a re-assuring sentence, "maybe that's a good thing."
Cypher nodded and exhaled for an extended period of time, he looked to Silas as if he was going to his own execution as opposed to a meeting with the Oracle.
"We're here" said Neo suddenly.
*********************************
Silas, Neo, Trinity and Seraph, who had greeted them at the door, sat in another awkward silence within the Oracle's living room. The place was still the same; there was even a faint whiff of cookies from the kitchen.
Despite his best efforts, Silas found that he could not overhear Cypher and the Oracle's conversation. This was made all the more hard when the kitchen door was slammed suddenly. Presumably, the Oracle had known that he was eves-dropping and thwarted him.
Having nothing better to do, Silas sat back and waited in silence with the others. Five long minutes seemed more like five long hours, nothing happened. This unspeakably dull atmosphere of the room was eventually destroyed however by a sudden, seemingly nervous look on Neo's face. For a brief instant, Silas' mind was cast back to the meeting of the crews in 'Reloadedâ„¢, and Neo's facial expressions before the agents arrived.
Trinity, Neo, Seraph and Silas shot to their feet and readied their side arms. Neo seemed to be focused on the door, which was where everyone's guns were soon pointed.
"Cypher!" Yelled Trinity, seconds before a loud 'thud' came from the door. Cypher emerged from the kitchen shortly before Seraph moved into it so as to protect the Oracle. Another loud 'thud' followed this.
The door was struck again, and this time it flew open. Someone outside rolled in a smoke grenade. As the dense gas filled the room, Neo raised his hand and the smoke appeared to retreat back through the door.
A window smashed on the far side of the room, this was quickly followed by the sound of continuous gunfire. Trinity started to shoot back through the window but whoever had been firing had vanished.
Cypher kept his aim fixed on the door whilst Neo moved towards it. There was nothing, and the room had fallen quiet once again.
Neo, who had been silently standing by the door, suddenly sprung out at such a fast speed that he was hard to see. After a few seconds, there came a shout from outside.
"There's nothing out here."
Inside, there was silence, Neo quickly made his way back to the door and charged inside, he had expected to find the mysterious gun man inside, who he believed had gotten inside through the window, and then he saw why the others had remained silent;
Silas was dead.
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To be continued
A bit of a short one I know, the next one should be longer.
