Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies
Aristotle
Neo was running down some kind of cave, Trinity alongside him. Down and down to the center of the Earth." He thought to himself. Just a few minutes after the "search group" had split up, Neo understood that he knew were Smith was going to. Just like he was able to feel him in the Matrix. So now two of them were running after Smith, who was probably leading them into the trap. Not the best plan possible, but Neo couldn't think out anything else at the moment. Letting Smith to wander around wasn't really the option for Neo.
After some time Neo felt, that Smith had stopped. "A trap." - He thought to himself. - " But is in real world for the first time. He didn't have enough time to setup the trap. Doesn't make sense." But then again, when did anything about this life make sense?
Soon enough Neo actually saw Smith. He was standing in few hundred meters from them, at the other end of the cave, they've just entered. The cave itself reminded Neo of the Temple in Zion, only that the Temple didn't have lava-lake in the middle of it. Bane-Smith was standing near the opposite exit, looking as if he was waiting for something.
" He is up to something." Neo said, not really sure what did he exactly mean by this. " And when Smith is up to something it is not safe."
"Do we have choice?" Trinity asked raising her eyebrow.
"Not really." Neo answered, heading towards Smith.
There were about fifty steps left between them, when Smith suddenly smiled. "I'll miss you, Mr. Anderson." And he went out of the cave. Before Neo could make another step, rocks behind Smith's back started to fall, blocking the way, making it impossible to follow him
"Well, well, well. " Someone said behind Neo's back. " Only look what do we have here."
Neo and Trinity turned at once, to see the man standing not far from them. "The One himself." Man continued. He could be called beautiful, but there was something unpleasant about him. His skin was pale, his hair dark and long and his eyes were as dark that it was impossible to tell their color. But the most confusing thing about him were wings behind his back. Broken, but still wings.
"Who are you?" Neo managed to ask.
"Does it matter?" Winged man asked ironically. "You are going to die very soon. You don't need to know who am I or how to call me."
"You are not human." Trinity stated, her voice a little more quiet than usual.
"No, I'm not. " Stranger nodded. " But it's not like you are the usual people yourself, are you?" For a moment there silence fell upon the cave. Then man continued. "You see I came here to kill you. Both of you. But now, when I'm thinking about this. Yes, it will be a lot funnier to give you a choice. You can both die. Or one of you can kill another one. I think, I will enjoy this even more. "
Neo felt how Trinity reluctantly moved closer to him and caught his hand in hers. "Let her go." Neo was almost pleading. "She has nothing to do with this."
"Wrong you are." Stranger smiled. "She has everything to do with this. Well, while you are thinking I can to tell you the fairy-tale. Some people call it legend." He paused, giving them time to interrupt him. But nether of them did. They knew, that they had no choice but to listen. The man was staying right between them and the only exit, and somehow they both felt that their weapon couldn't hurt him. So, they listened and waited. " Very well then. This legend was well known to the ancient people already. It is said that once winged people lived on the Earth. They were complete and because of that - perfect. Nothing was impossible to them and they possessed strength world had never seen. But Gods became jealous of their happiness and each person was divided at two. Every one had only one wing now and they couldn't fly anymore. All they power and happiness were gone. People dedicated their lives to searching for their counter-parts, but only a few succeeded." Stranger looked at Neo and Trinity for the moment and then continued. "For a long time I thought all of them were dead. Because when they lost their hope, they lost their remaining wing. But I was wrong. I'll have an honor of killing the last two."
"You want to say." Neo started completely confused.
"Yes." The man confirmed. " You two did succeed in finding your counter- parts. It's even a pity it has to end that soon. You are curious creatures. For example, you had to twist the laws of love. Instead of "I'll die when you die" you had to invent "You'll live until I live". Curious, isn't it?" He smiled once again. "So? Do you have the answer?"
They didn't and he knew it perfectly well. Killing each other was out of discussion. Dying together. No matter what they weren't suicidal. And so they kept silence waiting for something to happen. And something happened.
"Leave them alone." Voice echoed from the walls.
"Sorry? " Stranger waved his hand in Neo and Trinity's direction and turned to the exit. Both Neo and Trinity felt they couldn't move a finger, what didn't prevent them from seeing whom the voice belonged to. Devil.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Stranger asked one more time.
"Leave. Them. Alone." Devil repeated moving towards him. Her hair was a mess, she breathed heavily but her voice was confident and her face expression - unreadable.
"Are you ordering me? " Stranger laughed and waved his hand once more. Devil was pushed by some invisible force and sent to the flight. The loud splash confirmed that she landed into the lava-lake.
"So, where were we?" Man asked turning his attention back to Neo and Trinity. "Oh, yes. Your death. I think you had enough time to decide. What will it be then? "
Strangely familiar voice answered him instead. " I said: leave them alone. Or it will be your death, Azrail."
Aristotle
Neo was running down some kind of cave, Trinity alongside him. Down and down to the center of the Earth." He thought to himself. Just a few minutes after the "search group" had split up, Neo understood that he knew were Smith was going to. Just like he was able to feel him in the Matrix. So now two of them were running after Smith, who was probably leading them into the trap. Not the best plan possible, but Neo couldn't think out anything else at the moment. Letting Smith to wander around wasn't really the option for Neo.
After some time Neo felt, that Smith had stopped. "A trap." - He thought to himself. - " But is in real world for the first time. He didn't have enough time to setup the trap. Doesn't make sense." But then again, when did anything about this life make sense?
Soon enough Neo actually saw Smith. He was standing in few hundred meters from them, at the other end of the cave, they've just entered. The cave itself reminded Neo of the Temple in Zion, only that the Temple didn't have lava-lake in the middle of it. Bane-Smith was standing near the opposite exit, looking as if he was waiting for something.
" He is up to something." Neo said, not really sure what did he exactly mean by this. " And when Smith is up to something it is not safe."
"Do we have choice?" Trinity asked raising her eyebrow.
"Not really." Neo answered, heading towards Smith.
There were about fifty steps left between them, when Smith suddenly smiled. "I'll miss you, Mr. Anderson." And he went out of the cave. Before Neo could make another step, rocks behind Smith's back started to fall, blocking the way, making it impossible to follow him
"Well, well, well. " Someone said behind Neo's back. " Only look what do we have here."
Neo and Trinity turned at once, to see the man standing not far from them. "The One himself." Man continued. He could be called beautiful, but there was something unpleasant about him. His skin was pale, his hair dark and long and his eyes were as dark that it was impossible to tell their color. But the most confusing thing about him were wings behind his back. Broken, but still wings.
"Who are you?" Neo managed to ask.
"Does it matter?" Winged man asked ironically. "You are going to die very soon. You don't need to know who am I or how to call me."
"You are not human." Trinity stated, her voice a little more quiet than usual.
"No, I'm not. " Stranger nodded. " But it's not like you are the usual people yourself, are you?" For a moment there silence fell upon the cave. Then man continued. "You see I came here to kill you. Both of you. But now, when I'm thinking about this. Yes, it will be a lot funnier to give you a choice. You can both die. Or one of you can kill another one. I think, I will enjoy this even more. "
Neo felt how Trinity reluctantly moved closer to him and caught his hand in hers. "Let her go." Neo was almost pleading. "She has nothing to do with this."
"Wrong you are." Stranger smiled. "She has everything to do with this. Well, while you are thinking I can to tell you the fairy-tale. Some people call it legend." He paused, giving them time to interrupt him. But nether of them did. They knew, that they had no choice but to listen. The man was staying right between them and the only exit, and somehow they both felt that their weapon couldn't hurt him. So, they listened and waited. " Very well then. This legend was well known to the ancient people already. It is said that once winged people lived on the Earth. They were complete and because of that - perfect. Nothing was impossible to them and they possessed strength world had never seen. But Gods became jealous of their happiness and each person was divided at two. Every one had only one wing now and they couldn't fly anymore. All they power and happiness were gone. People dedicated their lives to searching for their counter-parts, but only a few succeeded." Stranger looked at Neo and Trinity for the moment and then continued. "For a long time I thought all of them were dead. Because when they lost their hope, they lost their remaining wing. But I was wrong. I'll have an honor of killing the last two."
"You want to say." Neo started completely confused.
"Yes." The man confirmed. " You two did succeed in finding your counter- parts. It's even a pity it has to end that soon. You are curious creatures. For example, you had to twist the laws of love. Instead of "I'll die when you die" you had to invent "You'll live until I live". Curious, isn't it?" He smiled once again. "So? Do you have the answer?"
They didn't and he knew it perfectly well. Killing each other was out of discussion. Dying together. No matter what they weren't suicidal. And so they kept silence waiting for something to happen. And something happened.
"Leave them alone." Voice echoed from the walls.
"Sorry? " Stranger waved his hand in Neo and Trinity's direction and turned to the exit. Both Neo and Trinity felt they couldn't move a finger, what didn't prevent them from seeing whom the voice belonged to. Devil.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Stranger asked one more time.
"Leave. Them. Alone." Devil repeated moving towards him. Her hair was a mess, she breathed heavily but her voice was confident and her face expression - unreadable.
"Are you ordering me? " Stranger laughed and waved his hand once more. Devil was pushed by some invisible force and sent to the flight. The loud splash confirmed that she landed into the lava-lake.
"So, where were we?" Man asked turning his attention back to Neo and Trinity. "Oh, yes. Your death. I think you had enough time to decide. What will it be then? "
Strangely familiar voice answered him instead. " I said: leave them alone. Or it will be your death, Azrail."