I still remember the world
From the eyes of a child
-Evanescense "Fields of Innocence"
"We're in." Morpheus said and closed his cell phone. All five of them were standing in front of a so familiar building. The Sun was still rising but it was already light enough to notice the state of the street they were in. Obviously, Neo's last flight couldn't stay unnoticed for long.
"Interesting, how are they going to cover this up?" Niobe asked, looking at the mess around . "Let's hope they won't need to." Neo answered, heading straight towards the entrance of the building.
"So, what are we looking for?" Niobe asked as they followed Neo upstairs.
"Back doors," Neo answered not turning his head, "Any abnormalities in a code. Anything that will lead us towards the Architect."
"What automatically makes you the one in charge?" Devil noticed, "We can't read the code from inside the Matrix and I doubt Link will notice anything smaller than the Statue of Liberty."
Morpheus grinned, "You are lucky he can't hear you."
"I know," Devil nodded seriously, "That's exactly why I'm telling you this."
Everyone laughed. Finally they had reached the door Keymaster had used as the entrance towards the Architect's floor. Neo took his sunglasses off in attempt to make his vision more clear.
"The code," He said to himself, "Concentrate on the code."
Green symbols flashed in front of his eyes, unwilling to reveal their secret.
"It's strange," Devil suddenly said from behind him, "We are inside the Matrix that doesn't exist. I mean it is a program and it had to run until the certain point. Everything that is happening now wasn't meant to happen."
"The Matrix wasn't meant to happen at all." Morpheus replied a little bit sharply, earning the disapproving look from Trinity, who even took her eyes off of Neo for that.
"No, Morpheus. She is right," Neo said quietly, "This should not be happening. Which means."
Neo opened the door and smiled slightly when the white corridor appeared at the other side of it. He could almost sense the Architect somewhere near. But at the same moment some inner sense was telling him that everything wasn't going to be that easy.
"Not that it was easy before," he thought, "But it doesn't make the future any lighter."
Neo opened his cell phone only to discover that it didn't work. Well, considering they were in an area that didn't exist, and of a program that didn't exist either, that was quite normal.
"Any ideas of what to expect?" Trinity asked, following Neo down the corridor.
"Definitely not Smith," He answered, "He and the Matrix don't seem to get along well right now. I doubt he will manage to get in here again. But there are still other agents, so be careful."
"We are always careful. You better worry about something else." Morpheus cut off. Neo's look was clearly saying, "Yeah, sure. I remember how you take care of yourself." Fortunately, no one except Trinity saw the look, and she definitely wasn't going to pass this message to Morpheus.
Neo couldn't tell how long it had been until he stopped in front of the required door. But despite his expectations, there was no white room or Architect behind it. Instead, the door lead into another corridor, this time a stone one.
"Looks like medieval castle." He heard Devil murmuring as she closed the door after herself and followed others. Neo could help but agree with her. It really looked like medieval castle, save the strong feeling of the Architect's presence. His thoughts were interrupted by gunshot. Neo cursed under his breath, as he noticed they weren't in the passageway anymore. Instead, they were standing practically in the center of the hall and no less than ten snipers were aiming at them.
"GO!" Morpheus pushed Neo towards the exit of the hall; "I'll handle them while you find the Architect."
Neo was about to notice it was easier for him than for Morpheus to evade bullets, but didn't have a chance as Trinity pulled him towards the door. After a short hesitation, Devil followed them. Niobe stayed near Morpheus, who was too busy with bullets to send her away.
"There will be more of them, Neo." Devil promised, when the three of them were almost sprinting down the passageway.
"Thanks. I feel so much more relieved now." Neo said ironically. Devil caught Trinity's gaze and didn't make an attempt to reply.
There were more. Not long after the first one, another hall appeared on their way. Not less than ten agents were waiting for them near the opposite door. Neo prepared for the fight, when Trinity shook her head.
"Don't even think about this. He is close, isn't he?" And not waiting for Neo to answer she continued, "We'll deal with them. You need to go and save the world."
"I hate it." Neo thought leaving the hallway behind. Yes, the Architect was really near. The problem was that Neo had no idea of what to do when he would finally meet him. "Stop the Sentinels." That would be easy to say.
Devil allowed her body to do whatever it wanted to do. Right now, it wanted to fight the agents and she had nothing against it. Devil was looking at the fight like she wasn't involved. In fact, she felt calm.
"Ten more minutes," She thought as though she didn't give a care, "Fifteen maybe. And they would win. Well, it's been long enough already."
Trinity and Devil carefully stepped back to the door Neo had gone into. The second break and hopeless fight was to start again, soon. Both of them knew that perfectly well; that this fight could not be won. It was all about buying time, nothing more. At that very moment, something completely unexpected happened. It was something that made both Devil and Trinity fall onto their knees and gasp for air.
"Neo!" Devil could read in Trinity's eyes.
"Go." Devil managed to whisper, standing up. "GO!" Her eyes shouted, "GO! I'll be fine. He needs you."
Trinity couldn't understand where the strength to get up came from, but she didn't have much time to wonder as she started running down the passageway. Her body cried in pain, but her mind ignored it. Actually, her mind ignored everything around her, concentrated on the one and only goal. Neo.
Devil leaned against the wall. Time. She had to buy enough time. She remembered the phrase Morpheus liked to repeat. Everyone who confronted an agent died. Death then? She suddenly realized she wasn't afraid of death as much as she expected herself to be. Maybe it was because Morpheus always told her that life of the One is more precious than the life of everyone else. Did she start to believe this? Hardly. Or was this childish faith in happy endings? She always knew that everything was to be fine. Would she refuse to give up hope?
"Everything is going to be fine." She whispered, as many agents started to attack.
From the eyes of a child
-Evanescense "Fields of Innocence"
"We're in." Morpheus said and closed his cell phone. All five of them were standing in front of a so familiar building. The Sun was still rising but it was already light enough to notice the state of the street they were in. Obviously, Neo's last flight couldn't stay unnoticed for long.
"Interesting, how are they going to cover this up?" Niobe asked, looking at the mess around . "Let's hope they won't need to." Neo answered, heading straight towards the entrance of the building.
"So, what are we looking for?" Niobe asked as they followed Neo upstairs.
"Back doors," Neo answered not turning his head, "Any abnormalities in a code. Anything that will lead us towards the Architect."
"What automatically makes you the one in charge?" Devil noticed, "We can't read the code from inside the Matrix and I doubt Link will notice anything smaller than the Statue of Liberty."
Morpheus grinned, "You are lucky he can't hear you."
"I know," Devil nodded seriously, "That's exactly why I'm telling you this."
Everyone laughed. Finally they had reached the door Keymaster had used as the entrance towards the Architect's floor. Neo took his sunglasses off in attempt to make his vision more clear.
"The code," He said to himself, "Concentrate on the code."
Green symbols flashed in front of his eyes, unwilling to reveal their secret.
"It's strange," Devil suddenly said from behind him, "We are inside the Matrix that doesn't exist. I mean it is a program and it had to run until the certain point. Everything that is happening now wasn't meant to happen."
"The Matrix wasn't meant to happen at all." Morpheus replied a little bit sharply, earning the disapproving look from Trinity, who even took her eyes off of Neo for that.
"No, Morpheus. She is right," Neo said quietly, "This should not be happening. Which means."
Neo opened the door and smiled slightly when the white corridor appeared at the other side of it. He could almost sense the Architect somewhere near. But at the same moment some inner sense was telling him that everything wasn't going to be that easy.
"Not that it was easy before," he thought, "But it doesn't make the future any lighter."
Neo opened his cell phone only to discover that it didn't work. Well, considering they were in an area that didn't exist, and of a program that didn't exist either, that was quite normal.
"Any ideas of what to expect?" Trinity asked, following Neo down the corridor.
"Definitely not Smith," He answered, "He and the Matrix don't seem to get along well right now. I doubt he will manage to get in here again. But there are still other agents, so be careful."
"We are always careful. You better worry about something else." Morpheus cut off. Neo's look was clearly saying, "Yeah, sure. I remember how you take care of yourself." Fortunately, no one except Trinity saw the look, and she definitely wasn't going to pass this message to Morpheus.
Neo couldn't tell how long it had been until he stopped in front of the required door. But despite his expectations, there was no white room or Architect behind it. Instead, the door lead into another corridor, this time a stone one.
"Looks like medieval castle." He heard Devil murmuring as she closed the door after herself and followed others. Neo could help but agree with her. It really looked like medieval castle, save the strong feeling of the Architect's presence. His thoughts were interrupted by gunshot. Neo cursed under his breath, as he noticed they weren't in the passageway anymore. Instead, they were standing practically in the center of the hall and no less than ten snipers were aiming at them.
"GO!" Morpheus pushed Neo towards the exit of the hall; "I'll handle them while you find the Architect."
Neo was about to notice it was easier for him than for Morpheus to evade bullets, but didn't have a chance as Trinity pulled him towards the door. After a short hesitation, Devil followed them. Niobe stayed near Morpheus, who was too busy with bullets to send her away.
"There will be more of them, Neo." Devil promised, when the three of them were almost sprinting down the passageway.
"Thanks. I feel so much more relieved now." Neo said ironically. Devil caught Trinity's gaze and didn't make an attempt to reply.
There were more. Not long after the first one, another hall appeared on their way. Not less than ten agents were waiting for them near the opposite door. Neo prepared for the fight, when Trinity shook her head.
"Don't even think about this. He is close, isn't he?" And not waiting for Neo to answer she continued, "We'll deal with them. You need to go and save the world."
"I hate it." Neo thought leaving the hallway behind. Yes, the Architect was really near. The problem was that Neo had no idea of what to do when he would finally meet him. "Stop the Sentinels." That would be easy to say.
Devil allowed her body to do whatever it wanted to do. Right now, it wanted to fight the agents and she had nothing against it. Devil was looking at the fight like she wasn't involved. In fact, she felt calm.
"Ten more minutes," She thought as though she didn't give a care, "Fifteen maybe. And they would win. Well, it's been long enough already."
Trinity and Devil carefully stepped back to the door Neo had gone into. The second break and hopeless fight was to start again, soon. Both of them knew that perfectly well; that this fight could not be won. It was all about buying time, nothing more. At that very moment, something completely unexpected happened. It was something that made both Devil and Trinity fall onto their knees and gasp for air.
"Neo!" Devil could read in Trinity's eyes.
"Go." Devil managed to whisper, standing up. "GO!" Her eyes shouted, "GO! I'll be fine. He needs you."
Trinity couldn't understand where the strength to get up came from, but she didn't have much time to wonder as she started running down the passageway. Her body cried in pain, but her mind ignored it. Actually, her mind ignored everything around her, concentrated on the one and only goal. Neo.
Devil leaned against the wall. Time. She had to buy enough time. She remembered the phrase Morpheus liked to repeat. Everyone who confronted an agent died. Death then? She suddenly realized she wasn't afraid of death as much as she expected herself to be. Maybe it was because Morpheus always told her that life of the One is more precious than the life of everyone else. Did she start to believe this? Hardly. Or was this childish faith in happy endings? She always knew that everything was to be fine. Would she refuse to give up hope?
"Everything is going to be fine." She whispered, as many agents started to attack.