Shadows…
That's what death felt like..
Endless shadows and cold….
Feeling ones blood stop….
The pain had been unimaginable.
But…was he dead?
Banner sat up, dazed. He felt his face, all there. His hands, still attached. His whole body was fine. His ear felt funny though. He put his hand up to it….his earpiece. He couldn't hear out of it any more. Fear flooded through him…fear? Fear was for humans, yet Banner had interrogated enough humans to understand fear. But he COULDN"T feel fear. He was an Agent, a program. But he felt definite fear now. He stood up looking around at his surroundings. He was surrounded by pure white. Except for…a door. A brown door to his left. He walked toward the door. His hand touched it. He turned the knob and opened it. Then he walked inside. Inside was completely different. There he saw a hallway. This hallway was made up of codes, describing the data here. Banner looked at his hand, it too was in code, like seeing the Matrix in code, and this had the same principle. At the end, yet another door was to be seen. He walked up to it. Then he felt a feeling inside of his mind, telling him not to open it. He faltered. Looking it from top to bottom he could see nothing wrong with it. Again the feeling came, bad things would happen if the door were opened. Banner decided to trust the feeling….Trust, also new. He turned around and began to walk back. Suddenly he felt something behind him. He turned around to see two figures. Impossible to see normally because of the strange code that seemed to surround every thing. One of the two figure "spoke" , "13352/BANNER/beta you have been deemed obsolete by the Source as of today. Please come quietly and you will be deleted. If you are needed again , the Source will upload you." "No" Banner said in a quiet voice. "What?' "NO!!!!! IM NOT GONNA DIE YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!!!" Banner screeched. And with that, he started running. He new the figures were following him. Suddenly ,as he almost reached the end of the hallway he was tackled from behind. He new it was over, all done, over a hundred years of service and now… Banner looked at his arm, it felt funny. All he could see was the coded version of him. He scanned his entire system, then he picked up an anomaly. Human data. Scanning, he learned it was special human data….Thomas A. Andersons. He realized what had happened. When Neo had entered his body, some of his blood had combined with Banner's. Now he had a part of Neo. He was going to put that to use.
Banner jumped up, knocking his two opponents off of him. Then he went into a fighting pose. The Figures attacked. Banner blocked every blow. Then he lashed out twice, hitting each enemy once. The two programs fell to their backs. Then Banner ran. He ran until he reached the beginning of the hallway. He jumped through the door and…. Onto a roof of a skyscraper. He felt pain as he fell on his face. He stood up and looked around…He was back in the Matrix. From the looks of things, he was in Chicago, about mid-afternoon. Banner grinned. He was free…
Dragon awoke on the Neb. He had passed out about four hours earlier. He felt like complete crap. Only six hours ago he had been living his "normal" life. Now his world had been turned upside down. He remembered almost everything up to the point when he had freaked, after Morpheus had told him the truth. Dragon looked around his new room. It was littered with tools and clothing. Dragon looked down at the clothes he wore. Basically they sucked, to put it VERY bluntly. He shook his head. Why was this happening? Was some Supreme Being so pissed at him that now Dragon had to live on a ship with a bunch of locos, in the future, trying to save everybody from being batteries??? His door opening interrupted his thoughts. A black man with long hair and a short beard was standing in his doorway. This was the guy called…Tank, yeah Tank. Tank looked Dragon up and down, "Hi," he said. Dragon new very little English but he understood what Link said. "H-h-hey." Tank began talking slowly in English. NOW Dragon was confused. He just gave Link a look that universally said, "Ummmm…ok, I think ". Tank looked very lost. The he said one word that Dragon knew well. "Blah blah blah, Neo." And at the mention of his name Neo emerged. He started speaking to Dragon in Japanese, telling him that Link was going to give him some training. Dragon nodded got up and began his training.
Banner was walking down the street. It was raining. He was soaked. He looked out at the sky. That artificial, yet so real looking sky. Banner remembered when he had existed outside of the Matrix. Before the sky had been scorched. It sometimes got rainy like this…. Banner slapped himself mentally. This was completely stupid. Thinking about the old days, come on. Nothing mattered except for now. Then Banner noticed a man moving toward him. He stopped and so did the man.
The man looked at Banner and said, "Use this key, and you may enter the Refuge. Use it anywhere you want." Before Banner could respond, the man walked off. Banner watched him go for a while then decided to go to his hotel room. He had gotten it last night. He had found a wallet and used that money to pay for the room. When Banner reached the room he hesitated, then opened the door with the special key he had just received. A huge warehouse replaced the ratty hotel room. This warehouse was filled with people. Wait, not people programs. Banner walked in. The door suddenly closed behind him. Banner looked around and then saw a man in a gray suit walk up to him and shook his hand. The man put a giant grin on his face and said to Banner, "Welcome to the Refuge".
That's what death felt like..
Endless shadows and cold….
Feeling ones blood stop….
The pain had been unimaginable.
But…was he dead?
Banner sat up, dazed. He felt his face, all there. His hands, still attached. His whole body was fine. His ear felt funny though. He put his hand up to it….his earpiece. He couldn't hear out of it any more. Fear flooded through him…fear? Fear was for humans, yet Banner had interrogated enough humans to understand fear. But he COULDN"T feel fear. He was an Agent, a program. But he felt definite fear now. He stood up looking around at his surroundings. He was surrounded by pure white. Except for…a door. A brown door to his left. He walked toward the door. His hand touched it. He turned the knob and opened it. Then he walked inside. Inside was completely different. There he saw a hallway. This hallway was made up of codes, describing the data here. Banner looked at his hand, it too was in code, like seeing the Matrix in code, and this had the same principle. At the end, yet another door was to be seen. He walked up to it. Then he felt a feeling inside of his mind, telling him not to open it. He faltered. Looking it from top to bottom he could see nothing wrong with it. Again the feeling came, bad things would happen if the door were opened. Banner decided to trust the feeling….Trust, also new. He turned around and began to walk back. Suddenly he felt something behind him. He turned around to see two figures. Impossible to see normally because of the strange code that seemed to surround every thing. One of the two figure "spoke" , "13352/BANNER/beta you have been deemed obsolete by the Source as of today. Please come quietly and you will be deleted. If you are needed again , the Source will upload you." "No" Banner said in a quiet voice. "What?' "NO!!!!! IM NOT GONNA DIE YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!!!" Banner screeched. And with that, he started running. He new the figures were following him. Suddenly ,as he almost reached the end of the hallway he was tackled from behind. He new it was over, all done, over a hundred years of service and now… Banner looked at his arm, it felt funny. All he could see was the coded version of him. He scanned his entire system, then he picked up an anomaly. Human data. Scanning, he learned it was special human data….Thomas A. Andersons. He realized what had happened. When Neo had entered his body, some of his blood had combined with Banner's. Now he had a part of Neo. He was going to put that to use.
Banner jumped up, knocking his two opponents off of him. Then he went into a fighting pose. The Figures attacked. Banner blocked every blow. Then he lashed out twice, hitting each enemy once. The two programs fell to their backs. Then Banner ran. He ran until he reached the beginning of the hallway. He jumped through the door and…. Onto a roof of a skyscraper. He felt pain as he fell on his face. He stood up and looked around…He was back in the Matrix. From the looks of things, he was in Chicago, about mid-afternoon. Banner grinned. He was free…
Dragon awoke on the Neb. He had passed out about four hours earlier. He felt like complete crap. Only six hours ago he had been living his "normal" life. Now his world had been turned upside down. He remembered almost everything up to the point when he had freaked, after Morpheus had told him the truth. Dragon looked around his new room. It was littered with tools and clothing. Dragon looked down at the clothes he wore. Basically they sucked, to put it VERY bluntly. He shook his head. Why was this happening? Was some Supreme Being so pissed at him that now Dragon had to live on a ship with a bunch of locos, in the future, trying to save everybody from being batteries??? His door opening interrupted his thoughts. A black man with long hair and a short beard was standing in his doorway. This was the guy called…Tank, yeah Tank. Tank looked Dragon up and down, "Hi," he said. Dragon new very little English but he understood what Link said. "H-h-hey." Tank began talking slowly in English. NOW Dragon was confused. He just gave Link a look that universally said, "Ummmm…ok, I think ". Tank looked very lost. The he said one word that Dragon knew well. "Blah blah blah, Neo." And at the mention of his name Neo emerged. He started speaking to Dragon in Japanese, telling him that Link was going to give him some training. Dragon nodded got up and began his training.
Banner was walking down the street. It was raining. He was soaked. He looked out at the sky. That artificial, yet so real looking sky. Banner remembered when he had existed outside of the Matrix. Before the sky had been scorched. It sometimes got rainy like this…. Banner slapped himself mentally. This was completely stupid. Thinking about the old days, come on. Nothing mattered except for now. Then Banner noticed a man moving toward him. He stopped and so did the man.
The man looked at Banner and said, "Use this key, and you may enter the Refuge. Use it anywhere you want." Before Banner could respond, the man walked off. Banner watched him go for a while then decided to go to his hotel room. He had gotten it last night. He had found a wallet and used that money to pay for the room. When Banner reached the room he hesitated, then opened the door with the special key he had just received. A huge warehouse replaced the ratty hotel room. This warehouse was filled with people. Wait, not people programs. Banner walked in. The door suddenly closed behind him. Banner looked around and then saw a man in a gray suit walk up to him and shook his hand. The man put a giant grin on his face and said to Banner, "Welcome to the Refuge".