Teen Titans: Matrix Meltdown
Chapter 9: Trouble in the Program
Geo and Raven returned from Nevermore to Raven's room at Titans Tower. Geo was still confused on why Raven took him to Nevermore to see Love. But something else ran through Geo's mind. He saw a vision of Jump City, Metropolis, and Gotham City in ruins. Buildings were demolished. The sky was green with dark clouds forming into a storm. There standing on top on of the buildings was a figure. It was Agent Smith. He heard Agent Smith giving out an evil laugh. He heard him say some chilling words that sounded like a threat.
"It's your fault Mr. Anderson!" Smith said, "Lives have been lost because of you!"
Geo looks around at his surroundings. He saw what appears to be a crater. Dead bodies of men, women, and even children. He looked behind his back and saw the titans, Z, Sam, and Trini. All dead! Geo looks back at Smith with a shocked face.
"IT'S YOUR FAULT!" Smith yelled.
Geo snapped out his trance. Raven, who was standing next to him, realized that something was wrong.
"Geo, what's wrong?" Raven worried.
"It's a vision." Geo said timidly.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I don't know. It's something terrible."
"Sit down on my bed Geo."
Geo sits on Rae's bed as she sits next to him for comfort.
"Tell me what happened?" Raven asked.
"Okay." Geo said. "I saw…Jump City, Metropolis, and Gotham City. Those cities were destroyed."
"How?"
"As I looked around…I saw a crater. It was the size of the same crater that destroyed the dinosaurs. Buildings were demolished. Grass was now turned to ashes. There was no sign of life but me."
Geo pauses as he wipes a tear from his eye. Raven saw his tear. She knows that something deep inside Geo's mind is causing him pain and misery.
"I walked down the street." He continued. "There were people there. All of them were dead. Men, women, and children were lost. There weren't any signs of birds in the skies because all the animals were killed. The sky was green and black with thunderstorms. There was fire and smoke everywhere. I saw Titans Tower in flames. I wanted to see if anyone was alive but there was nobody left. I saw Z and Trini. They were KIA. I went back to the city and I saw you and the Titans."
"What happened?" Raven asked.
"You were killed and everybody else were. Then I heard somebody laughing and there he was. Smith! Laughing evilly. He said 'IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT MR. ANDERSON.' I was so shocked. I don't what he meant. That nightmare I had the other day was the same one that I'm talking about."
Raven stood up and got on her knees in front of Geo. Geo had his head down in shame of what he was telling. Raven places her right hand on Geo's cheek to meet him in eye level.
"Geo, what are you trying tell me?" Raven asked caressing his cheek.
"Well, I, I…"Geo was cut-off when Raven scooted up to his face and gently gives him a passionate kiss on his lips. The kiss wasn't that long because it lasted only for 10 seconds. They broke it apart and went for another one. Raven loved Geo and Geo loves her as much as anything. They felt that they are in heaven and felt like they were meant to be for each other. They continued for another two minutes until both of them needed air.
Raven smiles at him and says, "Nothing bad is going to happen to me and you."
Geo clears his throat and says, "But what if…"
"Shhh." Raven said as she cuts him off by placing a finger on his lips. "Let's not talk. Nothing bad is going to happen."
"But…"
"Shhhhh."
Raven kisses him one last time.
"Why does she kiss me a lot?" Geo thought. "I guess she doesn't want me to die and she wants to be her protector."
Raven breaks the kiss and says, "It's getting late. You need to rest."
"Of course." Geo replied. "Thanks for everything and for believing in me."
Geo got up and left Raven's room. He walks out the door and heads back to the lab. Just as he entered the place, the alarm went off.
"TITANS!" Robin yelled on the intercom. "TROUBLE!"
Geo didn't want to leave to help. He called Z on his laptop to give Robin a message.
"Z here." Z said. "What's going on Geo?"
"Tell Robin I'm not going." He replied.
"Huh? Why? Plasmus is attacking Jump City."
"I know but I got work to do. Just go without me."
"If you insist. Over and out."
Geo had work to do on the Past Matrix. The computer read PAST MATRIX DOWNLOADING AT 99. COUNTDOWN 0:20 SECS. Geo kept his patience as he waited for the final countdown. All he had with him is a cup of water and his laptop. He sat on his chair like a lazy bum with a disgruntled face.
"Can't this damn thing go any faster?" Geo said to himself.
The countdown of the progress was now reading 10 seconds. Geo stood up on his chair and places his finger right next to the ENTER key on the computer.
"Here we go." Geo said. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…(presses Enter Key).
Suddenly, the lights around the tower and the lab went out.
"OH NOW WHAT?" Geo yelled.
Not only did the tower black out but the city itself did too. At the fight scene between the Titans and Plasmus, Trini notices that all lights in the city were shut off.
"Uh guys." Trini said to the Titans, "Why is there a black out?"
"Probably a storm coming?" Beast Boy said.
"I doubt that it is a storm." Terra said, "I think whomever works at the electrical company must have blown a fuse."
"Yeah it could be it." Cyborg said.
"I doubt that it is any that." Robin added, "It's something else. But what?"
"Robin," Starfire said. "Our home has also the black out."
"I'll contact Geo and see what's going on." Raven said.
Raven takes out her communicator and contacts Geo.
"Geo are you there?" Raven asked. There was no reply but static sounds. Right before she was going to say something else, Z cuts her off.
"Guys, why is the sky green?" Z said.
Meanwhile, in the matrix of Zion, something bad was really happening. Inside the virtual world, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus found themselves fading.
"Trinity what's going on?" Neo panic.
"I don't know?" Trinity replied, "But not are we fading but buildings and people are too."
Trinity was right. Thousands of people in Metro City are disappearing in matrix codes and buildings are also disappearing in matrix codes as well. Morpheus took out his cell and contacted Link.
"Link, what the hell is going on?" Morpheus asked.
"I don't know." Link replied. "It's looks like you're being downloaded."
"Downloaded?"
"Yeah. Somebody must have connected the program and is being downloaded by somebody from another dimension. And…(loses contact)…hello? Morpheus?"
Just before Link can finish, Morpheus, Trinity, and Neo were gone. They have disappeared. Link watches as all matrix codes have vanished.
"What happened?" Link asked himself.
Back in the past of 2003, the Titans and the Andersons were still puzzled about the sky and the black out. As they were about to leave, they saw a green light being shot from the sky. The light took form of a huge ring and exploded around the city.
"TITANS WATCH OUT!" Robin yelled.
The Titans and the Andersons took shelter at a nearby store. They saw the green ring spread everywhere. What they don't know is that the explosion went around the world causing a chain reaction. The Earth itself has become a green planet. The titans and the Andersons went to look outside and notices that the whole place is green and the power is back. They also saw people that they never seen before.
"What just happened?" Cyborg asked.
"Z? Trini?" Came a voice from behind.
The titans and The Andersons looked back to find to their surprise…Trinity, Neo, and Morpheus.
"Father?" Z said in a shocked way. "Master?"
"Mother?" Trini said the same.
"What the hell is going on here?" Morpheus said to the titans.
"I'm not sure what the hell is going on here, Morpheus." Robin said.
"Where's Geo?"
"He's back at the tower. Why?"
"He has something to do with this. I know it."
Back at Titans Tower, Geo was happy that the power came back on.
"Now to finish…wait a minute. What's this?" Geo pauses he read something on his computer. "…. Oh shit."
Author's note: Stay tune for Chapter 10: The World is in the Matrix.