Kobra the machine was almost 7 ft tall. Totally android, she had two
glowing red eyes and no mouth. Her arms were metal and many circuits and
wires ran through them. Her hands were normal, but her fingers were
separated by joints. Retractably claws were in her knuckles. Her legs bent
backwards. They were shining silver like the rest of her. She glistened
brightly. Her feet were more like a dogs; she was up and her toes and the
rest of her foot were off the ground. A huge claw shot out of the back of
each foot for more support. The sentinels stared at her and stopped firing.
Neo's mouth dropped open. Literally.
"This band of rebels in under my control." She spoke in a deep voice with a lot of command. The sentinels nodded (or what would pass for nodding) and flew away.
Neo stared. But soon he returned to his senses. He pulled out his gun and shot Kobra once, twice, three times. All of the bounced off harmlessly.
"That was futile, Neo." Her voice sounded much more like the Kobra they knew now.
"You little…….." his voice showed anger with little restraint.
Kobra's image of the human shimmered and reappeared. "I just saved your ass!!"
"You're going to kill us!!"
"You really think that?!"
"Yes! I do!"
Kobra's image disappeared. "It is well within my power. But no, I was not going to kill you. Maybe Kajir….but not the rest of you. And this is called a hologram."
"Go away!"
"You were right when talking to Sag. I am a machine."
"huh? How do you……..?"
"Simple. I put up a hologram of the wall. See watch." Kobra made her hologram so it looked exactly like Neo. "see?" She said in Neo's tone.
"Bitch."
Her hologram reappeared as who they knew. "I could just call the sentinels back, you know."
Neo narrowed his eyes and walked out angrily
"oh and Neo, don't tell anyone."
Neo shook his head angrily.
Later that night………
"damn her……" Neo said under his breath.
"Who Neo?" Trinity asked.
Neo jumped. "Oh. No one."
"Neo." Trinity said lamely. "You are so pathetic sometimes."
"I can't tell."
"You swore someone?"
"Yeah. Sort of."
"Neo…….I've known you for along time. Can you just tell me?"
"Yeah Neo, why don't you tell her? Secrets aren't nice."
Kobra was hanging in the doorframe. Neo shot her a cold look.
"Neo?"
"Huh? Oh, Trinity."
"Neo, you have something against Kobra."
"Uh…Trinity? Kobra's not human….."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!"
"Trinity, shut up!" Neo yelled in a whisper.
Trinity looked over at Kobra. Kobra walked in and dropped her hologram. Trinity screamed and Morpheus rushed in, but Kobra disappeared.
"Trinity what's wrong?" Morpheus asked cautiously.
"Kobra's not human. She's a machine." Trinity whispered.
Morpheus nodded. "Yes. I suspected this."
"How?" Neo asked.
"No one can pilot this ship like she did before. She had to be connected some how. And then that beam thing."
"But……….."
"Neo, you have to accept her. She is willing to fight with us."
"But she could………"
"Neo, just shut up and let me help you guys."
Kobra smirked and shot a look at him. He stole an angry glance back.
"So Morpheus."
"yes Kobra?"
"Nothing. Just. So Morpheus."
"hmm. Kobra, didn't you know you were a machine in the Matrix?"
"No. cause I was in the Matrix. When I was released and came to my senses, I realized that I wasn't human."
"But when Kajir did the plugs……..I think you felt human."
"High powered hologram. Can only hold it up for a couple of hours. This one I can go non-stop."
"Flesh and blood?"
"Hologram."
Neo shook his head. "There has GOT to be a catch."
"There is. I'm a hard wired pacifist."
"Huh?"
"I cannot harm anything intentionally. Anything. And if sometime is stronger then me I'd have no choice but to let it destroy me."
"You mean….."
"My programming."
"But you must have overthrown it if you're working with us."
"Neo. I was not programmed to not do anything. I'm a test subject. 17."
"Huh?"
"If the machines can make other machines to power themselves, they can destroy the humans. That's the main goal of the it all. However, there was a flaw. A tweak that alerted me that all was not right. That's why I hacked. Why was I so smart? I was created with that knowledge. But I was to rebel, they made it so I couldn't. Or, we could be spies."
Morpheus nodded. Kobra laughed.
"Soon, Morpheus, they're going to realize that rebels took test subject no. 17. they're going to track me and send lots of sentinels to destroy you and me and everyone else. I'm big neon sign."
"What do want us to do with you?" Morpheus asked.
"dunno."
"Kobra. They can track yes. But they can't get through Zion's gates."
Kobra grinned. "Cool. Zion."
"This band of rebels in under my control." She spoke in a deep voice with a lot of command. The sentinels nodded (or what would pass for nodding) and flew away.
Neo stared. But soon he returned to his senses. He pulled out his gun and shot Kobra once, twice, three times. All of the bounced off harmlessly.
"That was futile, Neo." Her voice sounded much more like the Kobra they knew now.
"You little…….." his voice showed anger with little restraint.
Kobra's image of the human shimmered and reappeared. "I just saved your ass!!"
"You're going to kill us!!"
"You really think that?!"
"Yes! I do!"
Kobra's image disappeared. "It is well within my power. But no, I was not going to kill you. Maybe Kajir….but not the rest of you. And this is called a hologram."
"Go away!"
"You were right when talking to Sag. I am a machine."
"huh? How do you……..?"
"Simple. I put up a hologram of the wall. See watch." Kobra made her hologram so it looked exactly like Neo. "see?" She said in Neo's tone.
"Bitch."
Her hologram reappeared as who they knew. "I could just call the sentinels back, you know."
Neo narrowed his eyes and walked out angrily
"oh and Neo, don't tell anyone."
Neo shook his head angrily.
Later that night………
"damn her……" Neo said under his breath.
"Who Neo?" Trinity asked.
Neo jumped. "Oh. No one."
"Neo." Trinity said lamely. "You are so pathetic sometimes."
"I can't tell."
"You swore someone?"
"Yeah. Sort of."
"Neo…….I've known you for along time. Can you just tell me?"
"Yeah Neo, why don't you tell her? Secrets aren't nice."
Kobra was hanging in the doorframe. Neo shot her a cold look.
"Neo?"
"Huh? Oh, Trinity."
"Neo, you have something against Kobra."
"Uh…Trinity? Kobra's not human….."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!"
"Trinity, shut up!" Neo yelled in a whisper.
Trinity looked over at Kobra. Kobra walked in and dropped her hologram. Trinity screamed and Morpheus rushed in, but Kobra disappeared.
"Trinity what's wrong?" Morpheus asked cautiously.
"Kobra's not human. She's a machine." Trinity whispered.
Morpheus nodded. "Yes. I suspected this."
"How?" Neo asked.
"No one can pilot this ship like she did before. She had to be connected some how. And then that beam thing."
"But……….."
"Neo, you have to accept her. She is willing to fight with us."
"But she could………"
"Neo, just shut up and let me help you guys."
Kobra smirked and shot a look at him. He stole an angry glance back.
"So Morpheus."
"yes Kobra?"
"Nothing. Just. So Morpheus."
"hmm. Kobra, didn't you know you were a machine in the Matrix?"
"No. cause I was in the Matrix. When I was released and came to my senses, I realized that I wasn't human."
"But when Kajir did the plugs……..I think you felt human."
"High powered hologram. Can only hold it up for a couple of hours. This one I can go non-stop."
"Flesh and blood?"
"Hologram."
Neo shook his head. "There has GOT to be a catch."
"There is. I'm a hard wired pacifist."
"Huh?"
"I cannot harm anything intentionally. Anything. And if sometime is stronger then me I'd have no choice but to let it destroy me."
"You mean….."
"My programming."
"But you must have overthrown it if you're working with us."
"Neo. I was not programmed to not do anything. I'm a test subject. 17."
"Huh?"
"If the machines can make other machines to power themselves, they can destroy the humans. That's the main goal of the it all. However, there was a flaw. A tweak that alerted me that all was not right. That's why I hacked. Why was I so smart? I was created with that knowledge. But I was to rebel, they made it so I couldn't. Or, we could be spies."
Morpheus nodded. Kobra laughed.
"Soon, Morpheus, they're going to realize that rebels took test subject no. 17. they're going to track me and send lots of sentinels to destroy you and me and everyone else. I'm big neon sign."
"What do want us to do with you?" Morpheus asked.
"dunno."
"Kobra. They can track yes. But they can't get through Zion's gates."
Kobra grinned. "Cool. Zion."