In the infirmary Trinity sat holding Neo's hand, his breathing had slowed
and she was worried. The wires off his head said his vital signs were
normal and yet she worried. There was a slight clunk from behind the door,
as she turned she did not see Neo's eyes suddenly open and as if they were
knives carve a message in the ceiling. He closed his eyes a split second
before Trinity looked back at him. She fought back tears at how helpless he
looked; to rid herself of them she looked up and gasped. A message was
etched on the ceiling. PLUG IN.I MUST SPEAK TO YOU ALL it read. She gaped,
and then yelled at the top of her lungs "MORPHEUS".
He ran into the infirmary "What is it, is Neo ok?" he followed her gaze upward "What the." they both knew it was Neo, but how had he done it? They looked at each other and as one they left the infirmary. Side by side they walked to the core, "Link plug us in" Link obeyed Morpheus, a little nervous. With a sudden jolt Morpheus and Trinity were standing in a dark tunnel. They were dressed in black as usual and were unsure what do to until a boy appeared at the end of the tunnel and ran toward then. By reflex they both went into a defensive stance. "Do not be afraid" said the boy calmly "I will not harm you. Come he is waiting" with that the boy motioned them to follow him.
"Who is waiting?" asked Morpheus.
"Neo, of course you know that, we must wait he is not ready" said the boy and suddenly they came to a door. The boy looked back at them and smiled, he held out a spoon. As they watched the spoon began to bend and twist into all kinds of shapes before snapping back into its original position.
"How did you do that?" asked Morpheus weakly.
The boy handed him the spoon and said, "Do not try to bend the spoon for that is impossible, instead try to realise the truth".
"What truth?" asked Morpheus.
"There is no spoon" said the boy.
"There is no spoon?"
"Then you will realise it is not the spoon that bends it is only yourself" and suddenly the spoon bent slightly and snapped back into shape. "He will see you now". The boy opened the door and instead of a room there was a garden, more like a waterfall clearing actually. It had many water features and plants, it was beautiful. Fake sunlight filtered through a jungle canopy and shone brightly illuminating the surroundings. Beside the pool where the waterfall met the water sat a man, Neo, he looked like he had after they'd first awoken him. His sleeves were rolled back and you could see the plugs on his arms. Somehow Trinity knew he was aware of them and yet their presence did not move him. He just sat starring at the clear water surface as ripples crossed the water. She and Morpheus looked at each other, what was going on? Then Neo spoke "Would you like to sit?" he said looking up at them his large brown eyes gazing at them as if he was studying them.
"No thank you" they answered simultaneously.
Neo laughed and got to his feet "If you won't sit then I must stand" he walked over to them in the clothes he wore in the real world. He smiled at them and suddenly looked down. A small boy was tugging at his sleeve, the boy had tear tracks down his face as he handed Neo a pen. It was bent in a very complex pattern. Neo looked at it for a moment and then as if by magic the pen began to unfold itself and became perfectly straight. The boy smiled and hugged Neo tightly "Thank you, I always get so confused and then I can't unravel what I ravelled" said the boy who could be no more than seven.
Neo smiled he held up the spoon and said "If you are confused so is the pen, do not wonder how just think about why".
The child smiled again "Mother said to tell you dinner will be ready soon".
"I understand" Neo replied and the child ran out of the clearing. Neo turned back to them, "I take it you found my message on the ceiling?" he asked smiling.
"Yes, how did you do that?" asked Trinity.
"How did I kill the Sentinels?" he replied as he raised an eyebrow. He laughed and waved his hand meaning the question was intended to be rhetorical. "I did not ask you to come here to tell you how; I asked you come here to tell you to believe. Though I cannot leave here there is another. The agents nearly went insane when they realised there were two of us" he said laughing.
"Two of you?" asked Morpheus.
"Yes, two One's you might say, I am part of a systematic anomaly, I recur every 100 or so years apparently. But I am also the first to love another and so the other anomaly was created before the machines could stop the process. It is love that created him, love the drives him and love that makes him search for.that is irrelevant however. He can do everything I can and he is the One as much as me. He is also the only one who can free me from this coma, whether he believes it or not" Neo answered.
"How do we find him?" asked Trinity, she wanted him back.
"You will not find him, you cannot. He will disappear and reappear where and when he chooses. As I said you cannot find him he must find you" Neo said simply.
Then a voice called "Neo, hun, dinner is ready, you don't want it to go cold do you?" the voice was oddly familiar.
"No" Neo sighed, "what's for dinner?"
"Asparagus and Spinach Pie, with pork of course" she replied as Neo pulled a face and began to attempt to sneak away. "No you don't, greens are good for you and you will it them!"
"Alright alright, I'll just say goody bye to Trinity and Morpheus" he called back.
"Morpheus and Trinity are here? Why didn't you say so? Come in Morpheus, you to Trinity," said the voice.
"Sorry guys," said Neo "follow me". He turned and suddenly there was a blue front door just to his left. He turned the handle and opened it, motioning them to follow. They walked through the door and suddenly they were in the flat where the Oracle lived. Neo led them into the living room where about five children sat in a circle playing some kind of card game. Neo smiled at them and went through the door into the kitchen Trinity and Morpheus right behind him. The kitchen looked much the same as the last time they had visited. On one of the desktops a plate of pie, gravy and potatoes sat smoking as it cooled. Neo picked it up as well as a fork from the draw and began to eat it. "What do you say?" said the Oracle from the corner, looking up from her knitting.
"Thank you Mother" he said with his mouthful.
"Isaac wanted to talk to you, something involving a game," said the Oracle obviously meaning one of the children "and don't talk with your mouth full".
"Yes Mother" he said as he went into the living room still eating.
"I'm glad you are here, even if it is at his request" she said to Morpheus.
"Is what he said true? About there being another like him?" asked Trinity
"Ah yes, he told you I take it? Did you like his garden? He created it himself. A masterpiece, he had a lot of spare time you understand. The children love him too, he has taught them a great deal. Especially Antonio, he taught him a lot about the art of bending objects for no reason" at this comment the Oracle chuckled softly. "The answer to your question Trinity is no he cannot escape, the coma has trapped him here, only when the other awakens his body shall his mind return. Alas finding the other is hard because you cannot find him at all, he must find you and to do that he must believe you need him. But in a way he does I suppose. He believes in Neo, even if he not aware he does, and nothing else, if he believes Neo needs him he will come, of that you can be sure" she smiled at them and said "do not lose hope, he can still save you. And Trinity no matter what that stubborn git in there says he misses you sorely, he loves you very much". With that Trinity and Morpheus exited into the living room. Neo had joined the circle of children and was watching their game, except it was unlike any game they'd ever seen. Neo was still eating but was watching the children at the same time. The children were playing a juggling game but in a peculiar way. A black haired child held out his hands and suddenly the three wooden blocks on the floor lifted up into the air and began to rotate up and down as if he were juggling them. The boy looked at the child to his left and nodded, the child then added another block and another, the black haired boy was eventually juggling seven. He nodded and the child added another block but suddenly all the blocks dropped to the floor. Then Trinity and Morpheus understood, this game was meant to test mental stamina, how many blocks they could juggle using their mental capacity before the effort became too much. "You're turn, Neo" said the boy who'd just juggled. Neo set aside his dinner and held out his hands, the three blocks rose into the air. He began to juggle them and the boys began to add more blocks, both Trinity and Morpheus were amazed when he got past ten blocks and was juggling fifteen! He was still strong at seventeen, but at twenty the blocks finally fell to the floor with a thud. "Neo, hun, show the guests out will you and give the instructions" the Oracle called. Neo nodded and got to his feet. Suddenly in a whirl of colour they were standing in his garden. Trinity looked around; she couldn't believe her Neo had created this. Neo smiled at them and suddenly there was a large oak door. Morpheus opened it and was about to go through it when Neo's hand on his shoulder stopped him. "You need your instructions," he said. His eyes were clouded with worry as he handed Morpheus a bundle of cloth. Morpheus could feel something inside it. "Do not open it, you will know what to do with it when the time comes" he turned sad eyes to Trinity and said "I will not leave you, you know that, have faith and believe. You must hurry agents draw near" Trinity nodded. Morpheus went out and looked back at Trinity who gave him a 'I'll catch up in a minute' look. She turned to Neo and embraced him, she felt so comfortable in his arms. She could feel his breath on her cheek and the warmth of his body against hers. "I miss you" she whispered in his ear.
He held her tight and said, "I know".
"I can't help thinking that you will never come back," she whispered.
"I will not leave, I will not let go, and you know that. I love you Trin, and don't you forget it!" he muttered back. He pulled back and smiled; she put her forehead against his and closed her eyes. She pulled back when Morpheus called her name. She looked at him and he kissed her cheek. "I will always be in your heart" he said as she shut the door and followed Morpheus. She looked back after a few steps but the door was gone.
Trinity and Morpheus were walking back to the exit near the freeway when they found the agents. They stood there, three of them. Their sunglasses glistening, "the anomaly cannot" said one. "Save you now" finished the other. Morpheus was immediately picked up and thrown against a concrete wall. It was obvious that Morpheus was seriously hurt and couldn't fight. She went into the defensive stance. One of the agents charged at her, she leapt over him only to have her ankle grabbed by another agent and was flung into the wall. She almost screamed in pain.
Far away in his garden Neo suddenly screamed in agony. The Oracle ran into the garden to see him cradling his head in his arms. "Neo, hun, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"Trinity" he whimpered.
"Oh, no" was all she said.
Suddenly Neo's eyes rolled up into his head so all you could see were the whites. He muttered something hoarsely, the Oracle leant closer to hear it better as he muttered it again, "he is coming".
"Who?" she asked.
"The One" he said as if in a trance. Because he knew far away his silent plea had been heard.
In a supermarket Jack Conerly was reading magazines. He looked like he normally did, baggy jeans, baggy black t-shirt and of course vans trainers. His messy black hair was in his eyes again, he brushed it away angrily; he really should get it cut. He sniffed slightly, he was suddenly aware of the security camera watching him. The hairs on the back of his neck began to rise, what was wrong with him today? He was unusually wary, he shook his head. He put down the magazine he was reading and left the shop. Jack was born fourteen years ago but it felt like twenty-four for some reason, just his imagination. What many people did not know about Jack was that he led a double life. In one of his lives he was an ordinary school boy with A's in Physiques and Math. But in the other he was one of the most wanted hackers in the world with the well known alias of Eon. There was no code he could not crack, no answer he could not find.
He walked back to his one roomed flat and sat down in front of his computer. The auto-search was still on; he must have left it when he went to the shop. Jack (later I may refer to him as Eon) was obsessed with finding someone, someone he could not name but in his heart he knew them. It was almost as if they shared the same blood, but that was crazy, he was an only child. He brushed his black hair out of his eyes and stared at the screen. Suddenly a red box appeared in the corner of the screen. Tracer has been activated it read. "Oh shit" he muttered, the FBI tracer had picked up his data path and now he had to get outta their system before they tracked the computer. His fingers began to move at an incredible speed on the keyboard. Another box appeared Tracer locking on signal. "Oh shit" he repeated, they'd find him if he wasn't fast. Suddenly he was in another data stream and far away from the FBI D-base. He let out a long sigh. There was a knock on his flat door; he called "who is it?"
"Eon it's Perry" called a muffled voice through the door.
He opened the door an inch "You're late, you got the money?"
"Here, two thousand grand like agreed" Perry replied. Eon looked at his bouncers behind him.
"Wait a moment" he said and closed the door. He went up to his bookcase and pulled down a book with the title 'Great Expectations' and opened it. It revealed a secret compartment cut into the pages. There were discs in the box with labels on. Eon briefly leafed through them till he found the one he needed. He went back to the door "Here and if you ever get caught using that."
"Yeah, yeah, I know the drill, you don't exist and this never happened." said Perry and Eon nodded.
"Have a nice party and come by if ya need anything else" Eon replied and shut the door after Perry and his boys had left.
He needed some air; he decided to take a walk. He left the flat and wandered down the road until he came to a crossing. He was crossed the road and went down a dark alley. The city stank of decay and booze, but the alley was worse. Tipped over dustbins, Yuk!
Suddenly he felt pain lap over him like waves, he heard a voice screaming! Someone, the same someone he'd been searching for needed his help! Eon was sure it was him! He must help him if he is in this much pain so Eon turned around, wait, this guy didn't need help but he wanted him to help someone else! He stood there for a moment thinking, if someone wanted his help then he should give it! He picked up a wooden pole from the ground and with amazing agility scaled the alley wall and came to the roof. He didn't know how he did it, he just did it. He instinctively knew what to do in these sorts of situations. Now to more important matters. Where were they? His eyes scanning, suddenly he heard a thud, flesh on concrete. He started toward the sound; jumping from roof to roof to get to his destination. He came to a ledge far too wide for any normal human to jump, he back up and leapt soaring high into the air and landing so hard the concrete on the roof he landed on smashed. How the hell did he do that? No time for questions now he decided. The sent of pollution on the air was heavy and sweat tracked down his back. He arrived and looked down on a hopeless scene, they were trapped guns pointed at their heads. He had to do something, he just had to, but what? No, not the time to wonder how or why, it was time to stop death and blood from staining the pavement. He didn't know who they were but he felt that they mustn't get killed. No matter what it cost him. He took a deep breath and leapt, plummeting down toward them.
Trinity looked up at the barrel of the gun, this was it. She was going to die. She never told Neo how much she loved him. She could feel tears on her face and she closed her eyes waiting for it to come. Suddenly a pole appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of her. It stood vertical and straight, everyone looked up. Balance perfectly on the top of the pole was a boy about fourteen years old. "Hello" he said and in one fluid movement he jumped off the pole and using the toe of his shoe while he was in mid air to hit the end of the pole and making it spin up to smash an agent just below the jaw. He landed on the concrete and caught the pole as it fell; he went into a defensive stance. The agents regrouped and looked at him, he cocked his head on one side and smiled at them, they charged and like a pole-vaulter he leapt straight over them. He had his back to them when one charged at him; he couldn't see the agent coming! Suddenly, using the pole for support he swung round and leapt into the air, he somersaulted and as he came down he unfolded and landed on the agent's shoulders! He used his feet to grip the agent's neck and flipped backward like a gymnast and the agent flipped with him. As the boy landed on his hands his feet let go of the agent's neck and sent him flying into the brick wall, taking a large chunk out of it as he hit. The next agent ran for the boy, the boy dropped his elbow using it to drive the agents face into his knee. He did a powerful side kick the sent the agent flying into the wall. The agent got up and ran toward the boy and just as the agent reached him the boy leapt into the air and did a round kick sending the agent sailing into another wall. The last agent looked at the boy. He ran for and the boy got ready to fight, suddenly the agent leapt into the air and landed right on top of the boy! Crushing him with his weight! He grabbed the boy's pole and put it under his neck like a garrotte wire, strangling him. "Only human" he muttered in the boy's ear. Trinity closed her eyes, there was no hope for the kid now, he'd been innocent but now he had to die horribly. "No" she heard the boy gasp and looked up "I.am.much more" and suddenly the boy pushed up and threw the agent so hard it was almost impossible to believe. In a flash of blue lightning the agents were gone. The boy looked at them in a way that suggested he didn't have a clue what had just happened but he felt like running and running fast. He slowly and warily walked up to them; he stopped in front of Trinity and offered his hand to help her up. She took it and pulled herself to her feet and just stared at him for a moment before helping Morpheus. He cocked his head on one side and said something that neither of them expected "I've seen some scary shit in my time but that rates a 9.5 on my weird shit-o-metre". He looked at the agents on the ground.
"Who are you?" said Morpheus in wonder.
"I'm Jack, Jack Conerly" the boy replied.
"How the hell did you do that?"
"I dunno, I always seem to know what to do in these situations" said the boy and suddenly there was the sound of a gun loading and Eon felt cold metal press into the back of his head. He swallowed and turned slowly to see a police officer panting heavily with a very powerful handgun pointed right at his head..
******* A/N: my first well thought out fic, I saw reloaded and had this idea, please review.
He ran into the infirmary "What is it, is Neo ok?" he followed her gaze upward "What the." they both knew it was Neo, but how had he done it? They looked at each other and as one they left the infirmary. Side by side they walked to the core, "Link plug us in" Link obeyed Morpheus, a little nervous. With a sudden jolt Morpheus and Trinity were standing in a dark tunnel. They were dressed in black as usual and were unsure what do to until a boy appeared at the end of the tunnel and ran toward then. By reflex they both went into a defensive stance. "Do not be afraid" said the boy calmly "I will not harm you. Come he is waiting" with that the boy motioned them to follow him.
"Who is waiting?" asked Morpheus.
"Neo, of course you know that, we must wait he is not ready" said the boy and suddenly they came to a door. The boy looked back at them and smiled, he held out a spoon. As they watched the spoon began to bend and twist into all kinds of shapes before snapping back into its original position.
"How did you do that?" asked Morpheus weakly.
The boy handed him the spoon and said, "Do not try to bend the spoon for that is impossible, instead try to realise the truth".
"What truth?" asked Morpheus.
"There is no spoon" said the boy.
"There is no spoon?"
"Then you will realise it is not the spoon that bends it is only yourself" and suddenly the spoon bent slightly and snapped back into shape. "He will see you now". The boy opened the door and instead of a room there was a garden, more like a waterfall clearing actually. It had many water features and plants, it was beautiful. Fake sunlight filtered through a jungle canopy and shone brightly illuminating the surroundings. Beside the pool where the waterfall met the water sat a man, Neo, he looked like he had after they'd first awoken him. His sleeves were rolled back and you could see the plugs on his arms. Somehow Trinity knew he was aware of them and yet their presence did not move him. He just sat starring at the clear water surface as ripples crossed the water. She and Morpheus looked at each other, what was going on? Then Neo spoke "Would you like to sit?" he said looking up at them his large brown eyes gazing at them as if he was studying them.
"No thank you" they answered simultaneously.
Neo laughed and got to his feet "If you won't sit then I must stand" he walked over to them in the clothes he wore in the real world. He smiled at them and suddenly looked down. A small boy was tugging at his sleeve, the boy had tear tracks down his face as he handed Neo a pen. It was bent in a very complex pattern. Neo looked at it for a moment and then as if by magic the pen began to unfold itself and became perfectly straight. The boy smiled and hugged Neo tightly "Thank you, I always get so confused and then I can't unravel what I ravelled" said the boy who could be no more than seven.
Neo smiled he held up the spoon and said "If you are confused so is the pen, do not wonder how just think about why".
The child smiled again "Mother said to tell you dinner will be ready soon".
"I understand" Neo replied and the child ran out of the clearing. Neo turned back to them, "I take it you found my message on the ceiling?" he asked smiling.
"Yes, how did you do that?" asked Trinity.
"How did I kill the Sentinels?" he replied as he raised an eyebrow. He laughed and waved his hand meaning the question was intended to be rhetorical. "I did not ask you to come here to tell you how; I asked you come here to tell you to believe. Though I cannot leave here there is another. The agents nearly went insane when they realised there were two of us" he said laughing.
"Two of you?" asked Morpheus.
"Yes, two One's you might say, I am part of a systematic anomaly, I recur every 100 or so years apparently. But I am also the first to love another and so the other anomaly was created before the machines could stop the process. It is love that created him, love the drives him and love that makes him search for.that is irrelevant however. He can do everything I can and he is the One as much as me. He is also the only one who can free me from this coma, whether he believes it or not" Neo answered.
"How do we find him?" asked Trinity, she wanted him back.
"You will not find him, you cannot. He will disappear and reappear where and when he chooses. As I said you cannot find him he must find you" Neo said simply.
Then a voice called "Neo, hun, dinner is ready, you don't want it to go cold do you?" the voice was oddly familiar.
"No" Neo sighed, "what's for dinner?"
"Asparagus and Spinach Pie, with pork of course" she replied as Neo pulled a face and began to attempt to sneak away. "No you don't, greens are good for you and you will it them!"
"Alright alright, I'll just say goody bye to Trinity and Morpheus" he called back.
"Morpheus and Trinity are here? Why didn't you say so? Come in Morpheus, you to Trinity," said the voice.
"Sorry guys," said Neo "follow me". He turned and suddenly there was a blue front door just to his left. He turned the handle and opened it, motioning them to follow. They walked through the door and suddenly they were in the flat where the Oracle lived. Neo led them into the living room where about five children sat in a circle playing some kind of card game. Neo smiled at them and went through the door into the kitchen Trinity and Morpheus right behind him. The kitchen looked much the same as the last time they had visited. On one of the desktops a plate of pie, gravy and potatoes sat smoking as it cooled. Neo picked it up as well as a fork from the draw and began to eat it. "What do you say?" said the Oracle from the corner, looking up from her knitting.
"Thank you Mother" he said with his mouthful.
"Isaac wanted to talk to you, something involving a game," said the Oracle obviously meaning one of the children "and don't talk with your mouth full".
"Yes Mother" he said as he went into the living room still eating.
"I'm glad you are here, even if it is at his request" she said to Morpheus.
"Is what he said true? About there being another like him?" asked Trinity
"Ah yes, he told you I take it? Did you like his garden? He created it himself. A masterpiece, he had a lot of spare time you understand. The children love him too, he has taught them a great deal. Especially Antonio, he taught him a lot about the art of bending objects for no reason" at this comment the Oracle chuckled softly. "The answer to your question Trinity is no he cannot escape, the coma has trapped him here, only when the other awakens his body shall his mind return. Alas finding the other is hard because you cannot find him at all, he must find you and to do that he must believe you need him. But in a way he does I suppose. He believes in Neo, even if he not aware he does, and nothing else, if he believes Neo needs him he will come, of that you can be sure" she smiled at them and said "do not lose hope, he can still save you. And Trinity no matter what that stubborn git in there says he misses you sorely, he loves you very much". With that Trinity and Morpheus exited into the living room. Neo had joined the circle of children and was watching their game, except it was unlike any game they'd ever seen. Neo was still eating but was watching the children at the same time. The children were playing a juggling game but in a peculiar way. A black haired child held out his hands and suddenly the three wooden blocks on the floor lifted up into the air and began to rotate up and down as if he were juggling them. The boy looked at the child to his left and nodded, the child then added another block and another, the black haired boy was eventually juggling seven. He nodded and the child added another block but suddenly all the blocks dropped to the floor. Then Trinity and Morpheus understood, this game was meant to test mental stamina, how many blocks they could juggle using their mental capacity before the effort became too much. "You're turn, Neo" said the boy who'd just juggled. Neo set aside his dinner and held out his hands, the three blocks rose into the air. He began to juggle them and the boys began to add more blocks, both Trinity and Morpheus were amazed when he got past ten blocks and was juggling fifteen! He was still strong at seventeen, but at twenty the blocks finally fell to the floor with a thud. "Neo, hun, show the guests out will you and give the instructions" the Oracle called. Neo nodded and got to his feet. Suddenly in a whirl of colour they were standing in his garden. Trinity looked around; she couldn't believe her Neo had created this. Neo smiled at them and suddenly there was a large oak door. Morpheus opened it and was about to go through it when Neo's hand on his shoulder stopped him. "You need your instructions," he said. His eyes were clouded with worry as he handed Morpheus a bundle of cloth. Morpheus could feel something inside it. "Do not open it, you will know what to do with it when the time comes" he turned sad eyes to Trinity and said "I will not leave you, you know that, have faith and believe. You must hurry agents draw near" Trinity nodded. Morpheus went out and looked back at Trinity who gave him a 'I'll catch up in a minute' look. She turned to Neo and embraced him, she felt so comfortable in his arms. She could feel his breath on her cheek and the warmth of his body against hers. "I miss you" she whispered in his ear.
He held her tight and said, "I know".
"I can't help thinking that you will never come back," she whispered.
"I will not leave, I will not let go, and you know that. I love you Trin, and don't you forget it!" he muttered back. He pulled back and smiled; she put her forehead against his and closed her eyes. She pulled back when Morpheus called her name. She looked at him and he kissed her cheek. "I will always be in your heart" he said as she shut the door and followed Morpheus. She looked back after a few steps but the door was gone.
Trinity and Morpheus were walking back to the exit near the freeway when they found the agents. They stood there, three of them. Their sunglasses glistening, "the anomaly cannot" said one. "Save you now" finished the other. Morpheus was immediately picked up and thrown against a concrete wall. It was obvious that Morpheus was seriously hurt and couldn't fight. She went into the defensive stance. One of the agents charged at her, she leapt over him only to have her ankle grabbed by another agent and was flung into the wall. She almost screamed in pain.
Far away in his garden Neo suddenly screamed in agony. The Oracle ran into the garden to see him cradling his head in his arms. "Neo, hun, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"Trinity" he whimpered.
"Oh, no" was all she said.
Suddenly Neo's eyes rolled up into his head so all you could see were the whites. He muttered something hoarsely, the Oracle leant closer to hear it better as he muttered it again, "he is coming".
"Who?" she asked.
"The One" he said as if in a trance. Because he knew far away his silent plea had been heard.
In a supermarket Jack Conerly was reading magazines. He looked like he normally did, baggy jeans, baggy black t-shirt and of course vans trainers. His messy black hair was in his eyes again, he brushed it away angrily; he really should get it cut. He sniffed slightly, he was suddenly aware of the security camera watching him. The hairs on the back of his neck began to rise, what was wrong with him today? He was unusually wary, he shook his head. He put down the magazine he was reading and left the shop. Jack was born fourteen years ago but it felt like twenty-four for some reason, just his imagination. What many people did not know about Jack was that he led a double life. In one of his lives he was an ordinary school boy with A's in Physiques and Math. But in the other he was one of the most wanted hackers in the world with the well known alias of Eon. There was no code he could not crack, no answer he could not find.
He walked back to his one roomed flat and sat down in front of his computer. The auto-search was still on; he must have left it when he went to the shop. Jack (later I may refer to him as Eon) was obsessed with finding someone, someone he could not name but in his heart he knew them. It was almost as if they shared the same blood, but that was crazy, he was an only child. He brushed his black hair out of his eyes and stared at the screen. Suddenly a red box appeared in the corner of the screen. Tracer has been activated it read. "Oh shit" he muttered, the FBI tracer had picked up his data path and now he had to get outta their system before they tracked the computer. His fingers began to move at an incredible speed on the keyboard. Another box appeared Tracer locking on signal. "Oh shit" he repeated, they'd find him if he wasn't fast. Suddenly he was in another data stream and far away from the FBI D-base. He let out a long sigh. There was a knock on his flat door; he called "who is it?"
"Eon it's Perry" called a muffled voice through the door.
He opened the door an inch "You're late, you got the money?"
"Here, two thousand grand like agreed" Perry replied. Eon looked at his bouncers behind him.
"Wait a moment" he said and closed the door. He went up to his bookcase and pulled down a book with the title 'Great Expectations' and opened it. It revealed a secret compartment cut into the pages. There were discs in the box with labels on. Eon briefly leafed through them till he found the one he needed. He went back to the door "Here and if you ever get caught using that."
"Yeah, yeah, I know the drill, you don't exist and this never happened." said Perry and Eon nodded.
"Have a nice party and come by if ya need anything else" Eon replied and shut the door after Perry and his boys had left.
He needed some air; he decided to take a walk. He left the flat and wandered down the road until he came to a crossing. He was crossed the road and went down a dark alley. The city stank of decay and booze, but the alley was worse. Tipped over dustbins, Yuk!
Suddenly he felt pain lap over him like waves, he heard a voice screaming! Someone, the same someone he'd been searching for needed his help! Eon was sure it was him! He must help him if he is in this much pain so Eon turned around, wait, this guy didn't need help but he wanted him to help someone else! He stood there for a moment thinking, if someone wanted his help then he should give it! He picked up a wooden pole from the ground and with amazing agility scaled the alley wall and came to the roof. He didn't know how he did it, he just did it. He instinctively knew what to do in these sorts of situations. Now to more important matters. Where were they? His eyes scanning, suddenly he heard a thud, flesh on concrete. He started toward the sound; jumping from roof to roof to get to his destination. He came to a ledge far too wide for any normal human to jump, he back up and leapt soaring high into the air and landing so hard the concrete on the roof he landed on smashed. How the hell did he do that? No time for questions now he decided. The sent of pollution on the air was heavy and sweat tracked down his back. He arrived and looked down on a hopeless scene, they were trapped guns pointed at their heads. He had to do something, he just had to, but what? No, not the time to wonder how or why, it was time to stop death and blood from staining the pavement. He didn't know who they were but he felt that they mustn't get killed. No matter what it cost him. He took a deep breath and leapt, plummeting down toward them.
Trinity looked up at the barrel of the gun, this was it. She was going to die. She never told Neo how much she loved him. She could feel tears on her face and she closed her eyes waiting for it to come. Suddenly a pole appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of her. It stood vertical and straight, everyone looked up. Balance perfectly on the top of the pole was a boy about fourteen years old. "Hello" he said and in one fluid movement he jumped off the pole and using the toe of his shoe while he was in mid air to hit the end of the pole and making it spin up to smash an agent just below the jaw. He landed on the concrete and caught the pole as it fell; he went into a defensive stance. The agents regrouped and looked at him, he cocked his head on one side and smiled at them, they charged and like a pole-vaulter he leapt straight over them. He had his back to them when one charged at him; he couldn't see the agent coming! Suddenly, using the pole for support he swung round and leapt into the air, he somersaulted and as he came down he unfolded and landed on the agent's shoulders! He used his feet to grip the agent's neck and flipped backward like a gymnast and the agent flipped with him. As the boy landed on his hands his feet let go of the agent's neck and sent him flying into the brick wall, taking a large chunk out of it as he hit. The next agent ran for the boy, the boy dropped his elbow using it to drive the agents face into his knee. He did a powerful side kick the sent the agent flying into the wall. The agent got up and ran toward the boy and just as the agent reached him the boy leapt into the air and did a round kick sending the agent sailing into another wall. The last agent looked at the boy. He ran for and the boy got ready to fight, suddenly the agent leapt into the air and landed right on top of the boy! Crushing him with his weight! He grabbed the boy's pole and put it under his neck like a garrotte wire, strangling him. "Only human" he muttered in the boy's ear. Trinity closed her eyes, there was no hope for the kid now, he'd been innocent but now he had to die horribly. "No" she heard the boy gasp and looked up "I.am.much more" and suddenly the boy pushed up and threw the agent so hard it was almost impossible to believe. In a flash of blue lightning the agents were gone. The boy looked at them in a way that suggested he didn't have a clue what had just happened but he felt like running and running fast. He slowly and warily walked up to them; he stopped in front of Trinity and offered his hand to help her up. She took it and pulled herself to her feet and just stared at him for a moment before helping Morpheus. He cocked his head on one side and said something that neither of them expected "I've seen some scary shit in my time but that rates a 9.5 on my weird shit-o-metre". He looked at the agents on the ground.
"Who are you?" said Morpheus in wonder.
"I'm Jack, Jack Conerly" the boy replied.
"How the hell did you do that?"
"I dunno, I always seem to know what to do in these situations" said the boy and suddenly there was the sound of a gun loading and Eon felt cold metal press into the back of his head. He swallowed and turned slowly to see a police officer panting heavily with a very powerful handgun pointed right at his head..
******* A/N: my first well thought out fic, I saw reloaded and had this idea, please review.