"I'm telling you, Morpheus! I saw a shadow and the only thought that sprang into my mind when I studied him was… Smith," shouted Neo, half-pleading. "But it doesn't make any sense! You said the Agents tried to kill him… they were shooting at one of their own kind!" Morpheus insisted. "I think I can explain that. When I accessed the new leader Agent Blackwell's information database, it said that he was created after Smith "BETRAYED" them. I'm guessing that whatever I did last time didn't kill Smith, but severed his connection with the Mainframe and the rest of the Agents," Neo said.

Morpheus put his hand on his chin, thinking. "We've got to help him," he said, while Neo gaped at him.

"What?! Help that maniac? He tried to kill me once, remember? Heck, not once… a lotta times! And he escaped the Agents! He must have some deadly powers left!" shouted Neo frantically.

"No, Neo. Compassion. That's what humans have and machines don't. Maybe Smith will contribute some information regarding how to shut down the Matrix. After all, he's not in it anymore. He will be a worthy ally if his powers are still working," explained Morpheus.

Neo walked through the streets in the Matrix. "If I didn't know better, Smith was trying to kill me," he thought. But then a nagging voice at the back of his head replied, "He wasn't carrying a gun, was he? He served as cannon fodder to save you. Couldn't you just be thankful for a change?"

Three Agents in the distance are pushing their way through a crowd. Neo charged and fired several energy balls at them. Smith appeared beside him. "… Smith…!" exclaimed Neo. "N-Neo…" Smith offered Neo a hand. Neo shook it. "Whatever happened to Mister Anderson…?" asked Neo, sarcastically. "What happened to you…? Did my infiltration into your host do serious damage to your software?" asked Neo, this time, with sympathy.

"My left eye is damaged," he said, indicating the single lens in his left eye, with a golden chain attached to it. "And a permanent scar on my left cheek. I had it sewed, " answered Smith. "I meant… what happened to you?! Mentally. You've changed… a lot. Agents are shooting at you, you called me Neo, and you are… polite!" said Neo.

Smith shook his head and looked down. He replied solemnly, "That… by melding your human and my program form together, you triggered my dormant human cells. I am but a human again. When I regained this form, I regain all my past knowledge and the ones when I was Smith. Neo, do you remember Robert?"

Neo swallowed hard. "Y-yea… he disappeared right after he told me he found out what the Matrix is. He said he had to go on a very important mission and promised that he would tell me all about it when all of this is over. He never returned after that. How did you know about him?" said Neo, sadly. "I… ahhh!" Smith screamed, shot in the shoulder. "Eat this," said Neo, handing him a red pill. He swallowed it and then was carried to an old abandoned building, where Neo told him to take refuge whenever he was hurt. "It's protected by an anti-Agent energy shield," said Neo.

Morpheus was eager to unplug Smith. "Sit on this chair," said Morpheus, ushering Smith to the ratty old chair. Smith sat down obediently, not struggling. Tank flipped a few switches and tapped some buttons on the console, then Smith dematerialized.

Smith awoke on an examining table with millions of needles sticking out of his body. "What happened?" he asked Neo who was monitoring his status. "Oh, you're awake. Your muscles have atrophied and I'm rebuilding them."

"Neo… on May 16 1995 Matrix Time, Robert went on a quest to exit the Matrix destroy it. Exactly one month later, June 15 1995, he was turned into an Agent, together with his colleagues, James Robinson and Charles Fox.

"So… so you mean Robbie switched his allegiance?"

"No. I… am… Zero."