The Neb
Morpheus, Trinity and Link all stared at 'Neo' in shock. He had just killed the Keymaker. Morpheus stared blankly from 'Neo', to the body on the floor. Their one chance at ending the war was lost. He couldn't believe it. Neo was the one, he was meant to end the war, to save them all, not doom them. He knew that Neo had been acting a bit out of character lately, but Morpheus' trust in him had always been unwavering, unconditional. Neo couldn't have done this, there must have been a mistake. "No" he choked
Trinity didn't hear Morpheus, she was waiting for Neo to gasp, or drop his gun, once he realised what had happened. Neo wouldn't have done this on purpose, it must have been an accident. But there he was, no look of shock or guilt on his face, just....satisfaction. For god's sake, he was smiling at them!
Is this what his odd behaviour had been about? Had he decided that he had, had enough? had he flipped?
"Neo...why?" Morpheus gasped
'Neo' sighed, smiling "Well, I thought that was obvious, even to *you*"
'Neo' was cut off. "Don't even try it" snarled Bane.
Link had been creeping out of the computer room while 'Neo's' attention had been on the other two. He thought that if he could just get to the supply room he could get the spare guns, and they could sedate Neo, or do *something*. But he had been stopped short by Banes gun, rammed up against his temple.
"uh...o.ok" he stuttered and edged back to his seat
Trinity glared angrily at Bane "Is that it?" she demaned "Has Bane done something to you? Is he blackmailing you?"
'Neo' raised an eyebrow and laughed bitterly
"Please Neo" Trinity continued, more softly "You don't want to do this, I, I don't know what he has said he'll do, but you don't have to do this" she pleaded.
"*Please* I am not doing *anything* because of Bane. He's helping *me*" 'Neo' stated , and pointed the gun at Morpheus and Trinity.
"Sit down." he ordered, but they didn't move.
"Sit. Down!" he yelled, Both Morpheus and Trinity sat down sharply on the edge of the loading chairs.
'Neo' smiled "Good. Now, if you *really* want to know why I'm doing this, why I am going to kill you, and tell the source the position of every ship, in and out of Zion..."
Morpheus barely stifled a gasp of horror. and Trinity looked suddenly very fearful.
"...Then I will. It is because of you."
The Source
Neo gaped, open mouthed at the screen. "No! That's not true" he yelled, knowing full well that the crew couldn't hear him.
Brown watched, intrigued at his reaction. Did Mr Anderson not realise that it was physically impossible for his voice to travel out of the source, out of the matrix, and to his ship?
But then maybe it was just one of those odd things humans did that he would never understand.
Neo put his head in his hands, trying to think. He was hoping for a little more time than this. He had barely progressed at all with getting out of here, and time kept slipping away.
He focused on the darkness again, watching it blend into the speeding figures, and trying to ignore what was happening on the screen.
The Neb/The Screen
"What...what do you mean" whispered Trinity
"What do I mean?" replied 'Neo' mockingly "What I mean is, how can I bare to be here with you people a second longer! How can I bare to be in *this place* a second longer!"
"You all believe so blindly that *The One* will be able to save you, just because of a prophecy, he can free all of these people. To this? This *reality*? Why? What is here for them?"
"You think it is easy, with everyone continually adding pressure, with everyone asking to watch over their family, to help protect Zion and end a war with no idea how too? Don't you understand how hard it is to try and protect everyone, to try and use powers you don't understand, to do things you don't know how to do? People are always telling me to do things, asking me questions, I would like some answers too you know! I don't understand how I do the things I do, and that makes people either fear me, or expect me to solve all their problems. Well I can't!"
'Neo' was breathing heavily now. Smith didn't understand how he had delved so much into Andersons hidden troubles and personality. And quite frankly he didn't want to delve any further. He didn't want to end up forgetting who he was, or losing sight of his mission. But he hadn't realised that Anderson wasn't as contented as he seemed on the surface, Anderson was almost as frustrated as he himself was. Was it being in Anderson's body that had given him that insight?
The Source
Neo was still looking at the neon green figures, only he wasn't seeing them any more. He was listening to what Smith was saying. He had tried to block it out at first, he had told himself that it was just Smith talking, trying to get revenge, but what was worrying him was that Smith was starting to say things, that *he* beloved, that *he* had thought.
How could Smith know exactly how it felt to be the One? And if what Smith was saying now was true....
No. he knew he would never have ended up doing something as drastic as betraying the whole crew, and the rest of the rebels like that. Even if being the One did bring a lot of pressure and pain at times, even if it meant he had to distance himself from the ones he loved, he still did believe he was trying to do the right thing by freeing people. They at least deserved a choice.
And if he didn't find away to stop Smith, they never would.
The Neb/The Screen
'Neo' had calmed down slightly now after his outburst. Trinity had never realised, that was how he had felt. God, why hadn't see known? She was supposed to be his soul mate, the one he confided in. She should have known as soon as he had come back form the Matrix, after his run in with Smith that something wasn't right. She just hadn't ever expected him to ever betray them like this.
'Neo' had paused from his thoughts and looked at her with sudden inspiration. "But do you know what the hardest thing was Trinity?" he questioned "What?" she replied, with an unaccountable feeling of dread.
"Pretending to love you" he sneered
Trinity felt as if she had been kicked in the stomach, in spit of herself tears started to stream down her cheeks, he couldn't mean it, he would never say that!
"You..You don't love me?" she gasped, begging, praying, it wasn't true, that it was just another twisted nightmare, that she would wake up in Neo's arms, look into his eyes, and know that it could *never* be true.
'Neo' laughed curly and walked over to her, and meeting her pleading eyes with cold hard ones, and whispered
"I never did."
I would just like to say BAD BAD AGENT SMITH!!! He he, well it gets worse!
