Dr. Hakov was well known in his profession, he was the main doctor of the
Emergency room, people who were injured in car crashes and that sort of
thing. But nothing could have prepared him for a special patient who was
just about to arrive. The Ambulance skidded into a parking position and the
doors were thrown open. "What have we got?" Dr. Hakov asked the paramedic.
"Young boy, around fourteen years of age, hit by a truck. Severe rib injuries and heavy lacerations to the head. His legs are intact, I don't know how though, a blow like he had should have ripped him in half" said the paramedic.
"Take him to X-ray" ordered Dr. Hakov. He looked down at the boy; you couldn't see his face it was covered by a blood-soaked bandanna. He was also wearing one of those hats skaters wore. The only part of his face visible was his eyes but they were closed. Suddenly the boy began to open his eyes, as he looked into those eyes Dr. Hakov knew the boy was scared but not by his injuries. He was scared of something else, but the doctor didn't know what. The boy's dark eyes also seemed dead, devoid of life, glazed almost. Dr. Hakov shook his head; he went to his desk and waited for the boy's X-ray results.
"Should we eliminate the boy?" said Agent Jones. The two agents stood in a dark room and on the desk was a tv screen where they could see Eon lying in the X-ray room.
"No" said Agent Brown "let the humans believe what they want to believe, he is easy to eliminate anyway. If he gets to much of a problem all we need to do is pull the trigger".
"I suppose" replied Agent Jones, he looked over the rim of his glasses, "have you informed the Architect?"
"Yes, he believes the only way to avoid a complete system crash is to leave things as we find them".
"Come, the rebels have a meeting soon and we must prepare" with that the two agents left the room and the room itself was no more.
Dr. Hakov looked at the X-rays and nearly chocked on his coffee. All of the showed metal objects that penetrated the boy's very skin and from these penetrations short metal cables ran into main arteries. But that was impossible, this kind of surgery would kill the patient, there was no way he would have survived, that could only mean one thing, this boy was a medical miracle!
Eon opened his eyes; he was starring at a hospital tiled ceiling. Shit! He was in a public place, he was doomed, and agents would appear any time now. He tried to sit up but it hurt to even breathe. He could feel the bandages on his face that probably meant he was hurt pretty bad. "No!" a voice said sharply, "don't try to move too much or you will damage yourself more!"
Eon looked over to the doorway; a man in a white coat stood there, obviously a doctor. He had dark hair and blue eyes, Eon already didn't like him. "Who are you?" he asked.
"I am Dr. Hakov and you, young man, are extremely lucky to be alive-"
"Yeah, whatever".
"Would you mind explaining those metal rings on your arms?" Dr. Hakov asked, silently hopeful the boy would answer.
Eon looked down at his plugs, so they had seen; he was in really deep shit. "Maybe, depends why you wanna know".
"You are a medical miracle, will you please tell me where you got these...uh -"
"Plugs" Eon supplied the word, "and you wouldn't believe me if I told you".
"At least tell me your name-"
"Why?" Eon cut in, "I don't have to tell you anything!!"
"Please calm down, all I want is to know more about you. Are there others like you? Others with plugs?"
Eon wondered how much to tell him, "Yes" he answered finally.
"How many" said Dr. Hakov eagerly.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
"Yes!"
"Millions, I am one of millions, the only difference between me and them is that my friends and I know they're there".
"What is the purpose of the plugs? Is it a medical purpose? I say this because it would be ten times easier to get chemicals into your major arteries".
"No it is not a medical purpose".
"Then what is the use?"
"That knowledge Dr. Hakov is given to only a select group of people, people who we know can handle it. People who you despise but we love and cherish, people you think are wierd and we think are one of our own".
"What kind of people are they?"
"Hackers, computer geeks, people who want to know, people who know something isn't right in the world, people who want to know the Truth".
"You were one of those people?"
"Yes, now please could I make a phonecall? Oh, and by the way did you find my mobile?"
"Yes, one of the paramedics brought it in".
"Can I have it then?"
"Yes, here you are" Dr. Hakov picked up the mobile from the bedside table and handed it to Eon.
"Do you mind?" Eon said glaring at Dr. Hakov.
Dr. Hakov sighed and left. Eon watched him leave, glaring in spite of himself. As soon as the Doctor was gone Eon flipped the phone open and pressed the automatic dial.
"Operator" said a very familiar voice.
"Link it's me".
"Eon? Is that you?"
"Was last time I looked" he replied.
"Man, what happened? You didn't appear at the meeting spot and I couldn't put a trace on you, where are you?"
"I'm in hospital, I was hit by a truck. Listen how long will it take to repair the circuits and get me out of here?"
"Almost five hours".
"Shit!"
"Tell me about it, keep on the run and I'll ring you at our earliest convineince" Link said the last bit in a girly voice.
"Shut up, Link and remember to ring me!" with that he cut the phone off, there was now only one problem. How to get out of the hospital.
Sam Daniels was just a normal man with a normal life until one fatal crash. He was on his way back to the station, he was a police officer and he thought the world of it. It was a bright day, the sun was shinning and he could hear children laughing as they played. He was talking on his radio when suddenly his car hit a bump and he dropped the radio. He bent down to get it and in doing so he lost sight of the road. He looked up just to see a boy in bloodstained clothes and with messy hair standing right in the centre of the road! He was going to hit the boy, but the boy didn't move he just stood there staring calmly at the appraoching 4x4.
Suddenly behind the boy a door appeared, it was made of oak and had a golden handle. It swung open and a man in a tattered grey shirt and similar trousers and what looked like army boots walked out into the road behind the boy. He put a hand on the boy's shoulder and looked right into Sam's eyes.
It was like he had hit an invisible brick wall, the front of the car buckled and bent whilst the back of the car, wheels and all, lifted clean into the air. The car landed back on the ground with a crash and Sam looked around. He was okay!
Sam watched as the man swung the boy around and glared at him. "What have I told you about doing this in the middle of a road? You were lucky last time! Don't do it again!" With that the man turned went back through the door and slammed it.
"I love you too" said the boy sarcasticly. The boy then walked up to the car where Sam was still sitting, completely stunned. The boy wrenched the car door open and with supreme strength pulled Sam out, onto his feet and brushed him down. "Sorry about that" he said casually, "I was being stupid and last time I did that I got hit by a truck and nearly ripped in half".
"When? I mean when did you get hit by a truck?" asked Sam, he was all but nervous.
"Oh, that, yesturday lunch time" said the boy as though it meant nothing, "I see he blocked you signal to 'them'. Good, saves me a great deal of trouble".
"What's you name? And who blocked my signal? The man who went through the door?"
"Yes, he blocked your signal and my name's Eon by the way".
"Hey would you like to come back to my place? Or do you have a home?"
"I don't have a home but as good as, could you come with me? In case I do somethin' stupid again".
"Sure". With that they walked casually down the road past the people who were staring in awe and disappeared into a back alley.
"So" asked Sam a few minutes later, "Where are we going?"
"The House" and suddenly there was an enormous house in front of them! Eon pulled something out of his pocket (A/N: package Neo gives Mopheus from earlier chapter). It was something wrapped in a piece of cloth, he unraveled the cloth and revieled a key. He walked up to the door of the boarded up house. It had tiles missing from its roof and even holes in the walls and roof. Eon placed the key in the lock of the door and turned it. The door came open with a soft click and they went into the house.
Sam stepped over the threshold and into a very big hallway. Eon shut the door behind him, "Follow me" he said to Sam. Sam followed Eon from the cavernous hall down a corridor. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and at some points there were holes where there should have been plaster. He suddenly heard the patter of rain coming from a room to his left; he pushed the door open and couldn't believe what he saw.
It was raining but inside a house, further more the rain the fell to the floor never actually hit it, it disappeared seconds before! He walked into the centre of the room and marveled, like the floor wasn't getting we neither was he! He looked up through the rain and saw a hole in the roof; he could see the bright sunshine outside. "There you are" said a voice, Eon was standing in the doorway. He motioned Sam out of the room.
Once they were out of the room Eon shut the door and turned to Sam, "let's get things straight before the weirdness of The House turns ya head off" he said calmly. "How would you get a cat, just a general question".
Now baffled Sam answered "from a pet store".
"I don't have the problem, watch" suddenly part of the wall pulled itself free and came to rest levitating about three feet off the floor between them. It began to crack and break; soon it was hundreds of little pieces zooming about in a circle. Eon clapped his hands and the pieces began to form something, as that something became solid it fell to the floor. Instead of a bit of the wall lying on the floor in front of him sat a cat, exactly the same colour as the wall had been.
"How did you do that?" he whispered in awe.
"You see things and you say 'why'; but I dream things that never were and I say 'why not?' Eon's only reply was.
"What are you trying tell me? That there's some new law of physiques?" that was the only logical answer after all.
"No, what I'm trying to tell you is that in The House, my house, the laws of physiques don't apply".
"Why you house and not the rest of the real world?"
"What do you mean 'the rest of the real world'?"
"You know that real world" he said pointing at the street through the window.
"But that's not real" Eon said.
"What?!"
"Sorry to say this Sam but for all your life you've lived a dream. None of what you hold dear truly exists outside of that dream. What you really are is very different".
"What am I then?"
"You are a slave, like everyone around you, you were born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch, a prison for you mind.
"Young boy, around fourteen years of age, hit by a truck. Severe rib injuries and heavy lacerations to the head. His legs are intact, I don't know how though, a blow like he had should have ripped him in half" said the paramedic.
"Take him to X-ray" ordered Dr. Hakov. He looked down at the boy; you couldn't see his face it was covered by a blood-soaked bandanna. He was also wearing one of those hats skaters wore. The only part of his face visible was his eyes but they were closed. Suddenly the boy began to open his eyes, as he looked into those eyes Dr. Hakov knew the boy was scared but not by his injuries. He was scared of something else, but the doctor didn't know what. The boy's dark eyes also seemed dead, devoid of life, glazed almost. Dr. Hakov shook his head; he went to his desk and waited for the boy's X-ray results.
"Should we eliminate the boy?" said Agent Jones. The two agents stood in a dark room and on the desk was a tv screen where they could see Eon lying in the X-ray room.
"No" said Agent Brown "let the humans believe what they want to believe, he is easy to eliminate anyway. If he gets to much of a problem all we need to do is pull the trigger".
"I suppose" replied Agent Jones, he looked over the rim of his glasses, "have you informed the Architect?"
"Yes, he believes the only way to avoid a complete system crash is to leave things as we find them".
"Come, the rebels have a meeting soon and we must prepare" with that the two agents left the room and the room itself was no more.
Dr. Hakov looked at the X-rays and nearly chocked on his coffee. All of the showed metal objects that penetrated the boy's very skin and from these penetrations short metal cables ran into main arteries. But that was impossible, this kind of surgery would kill the patient, there was no way he would have survived, that could only mean one thing, this boy was a medical miracle!
Eon opened his eyes; he was starring at a hospital tiled ceiling. Shit! He was in a public place, he was doomed, and agents would appear any time now. He tried to sit up but it hurt to even breathe. He could feel the bandages on his face that probably meant he was hurt pretty bad. "No!" a voice said sharply, "don't try to move too much or you will damage yourself more!"
Eon looked over to the doorway; a man in a white coat stood there, obviously a doctor. He had dark hair and blue eyes, Eon already didn't like him. "Who are you?" he asked.
"I am Dr. Hakov and you, young man, are extremely lucky to be alive-"
"Yeah, whatever".
"Would you mind explaining those metal rings on your arms?" Dr. Hakov asked, silently hopeful the boy would answer.
Eon looked down at his plugs, so they had seen; he was in really deep shit. "Maybe, depends why you wanna know".
"You are a medical miracle, will you please tell me where you got these...uh -"
"Plugs" Eon supplied the word, "and you wouldn't believe me if I told you".
"At least tell me your name-"
"Why?" Eon cut in, "I don't have to tell you anything!!"
"Please calm down, all I want is to know more about you. Are there others like you? Others with plugs?"
Eon wondered how much to tell him, "Yes" he answered finally.
"How many" said Dr. Hakov eagerly.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
"Yes!"
"Millions, I am one of millions, the only difference between me and them is that my friends and I know they're there".
"What is the purpose of the plugs? Is it a medical purpose? I say this because it would be ten times easier to get chemicals into your major arteries".
"No it is not a medical purpose".
"Then what is the use?"
"That knowledge Dr. Hakov is given to only a select group of people, people who we know can handle it. People who you despise but we love and cherish, people you think are wierd and we think are one of our own".
"What kind of people are they?"
"Hackers, computer geeks, people who want to know, people who know something isn't right in the world, people who want to know the Truth".
"You were one of those people?"
"Yes, now please could I make a phonecall? Oh, and by the way did you find my mobile?"
"Yes, one of the paramedics brought it in".
"Can I have it then?"
"Yes, here you are" Dr. Hakov picked up the mobile from the bedside table and handed it to Eon.
"Do you mind?" Eon said glaring at Dr. Hakov.
Dr. Hakov sighed and left. Eon watched him leave, glaring in spite of himself. As soon as the Doctor was gone Eon flipped the phone open and pressed the automatic dial.
"Operator" said a very familiar voice.
"Link it's me".
"Eon? Is that you?"
"Was last time I looked" he replied.
"Man, what happened? You didn't appear at the meeting spot and I couldn't put a trace on you, where are you?"
"I'm in hospital, I was hit by a truck. Listen how long will it take to repair the circuits and get me out of here?"
"Almost five hours".
"Shit!"
"Tell me about it, keep on the run and I'll ring you at our earliest convineince" Link said the last bit in a girly voice.
"Shut up, Link and remember to ring me!" with that he cut the phone off, there was now only one problem. How to get out of the hospital.
Sam Daniels was just a normal man with a normal life until one fatal crash. He was on his way back to the station, he was a police officer and he thought the world of it. It was a bright day, the sun was shinning and he could hear children laughing as they played. He was talking on his radio when suddenly his car hit a bump and he dropped the radio. He bent down to get it and in doing so he lost sight of the road. He looked up just to see a boy in bloodstained clothes and with messy hair standing right in the centre of the road! He was going to hit the boy, but the boy didn't move he just stood there staring calmly at the appraoching 4x4.
Suddenly behind the boy a door appeared, it was made of oak and had a golden handle. It swung open and a man in a tattered grey shirt and similar trousers and what looked like army boots walked out into the road behind the boy. He put a hand on the boy's shoulder and looked right into Sam's eyes.
It was like he had hit an invisible brick wall, the front of the car buckled and bent whilst the back of the car, wheels and all, lifted clean into the air. The car landed back on the ground with a crash and Sam looked around. He was okay!
Sam watched as the man swung the boy around and glared at him. "What have I told you about doing this in the middle of a road? You were lucky last time! Don't do it again!" With that the man turned went back through the door and slammed it.
"I love you too" said the boy sarcasticly. The boy then walked up to the car where Sam was still sitting, completely stunned. The boy wrenched the car door open and with supreme strength pulled Sam out, onto his feet and brushed him down. "Sorry about that" he said casually, "I was being stupid and last time I did that I got hit by a truck and nearly ripped in half".
"When? I mean when did you get hit by a truck?" asked Sam, he was all but nervous.
"Oh, that, yesturday lunch time" said the boy as though it meant nothing, "I see he blocked you signal to 'them'. Good, saves me a great deal of trouble".
"What's you name? And who blocked my signal? The man who went through the door?"
"Yes, he blocked your signal and my name's Eon by the way".
"Hey would you like to come back to my place? Or do you have a home?"
"I don't have a home but as good as, could you come with me? In case I do somethin' stupid again".
"Sure". With that they walked casually down the road past the people who were staring in awe and disappeared into a back alley.
"So" asked Sam a few minutes later, "Where are we going?"
"The House" and suddenly there was an enormous house in front of them! Eon pulled something out of his pocket (A/N: package Neo gives Mopheus from earlier chapter). It was something wrapped in a piece of cloth, he unraveled the cloth and revieled a key. He walked up to the door of the boarded up house. It had tiles missing from its roof and even holes in the walls and roof. Eon placed the key in the lock of the door and turned it. The door came open with a soft click and they went into the house.
Sam stepped over the threshold and into a very big hallway. Eon shut the door behind him, "Follow me" he said to Sam. Sam followed Eon from the cavernous hall down a corridor. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and at some points there were holes where there should have been plaster. He suddenly heard the patter of rain coming from a room to his left; he pushed the door open and couldn't believe what he saw.
It was raining but inside a house, further more the rain the fell to the floor never actually hit it, it disappeared seconds before! He walked into the centre of the room and marveled, like the floor wasn't getting we neither was he! He looked up through the rain and saw a hole in the roof; he could see the bright sunshine outside. "There you are" said a voice, Eon was standing in the doorway. He motioned Sam out of the room.
Once they were out of the room Eon shut the door and turned to Sam, "let's get things straight before the weirdness of The House turns ya head off" he said calmly. "How would you get a cat, just a general question".
Now baffled Sam answered "from a pet store".
"I don't have the problem, watch" suddenly part of the wall pulled itself free and came to rest levitating about three feet off the floor between them. It began to crack and break; soon it was hundreds of little pieces zooming about in a circle. Eon clapped his hands and the pieces began to form something, as that something became solid it fell to the floor. Instead of a bit of the wall lying on the floor in front of him sat a cat, exactly the same colour as the wall had been.
"How did you do that?" he whispered in awe.
"You see things and you say 'why'; but I dream things that never were and I say 'why not?' Eon's only reply was.
"What are you trying tell me? That there's some new law of physiques?" that was the only logical answer after all.
"No, what I'm trying to tell you is that in The House, my house, the laws of physiques don't apply".
"Why you house and not the rest of the real world?"
"What do you mean 'the rest of the real world'?"
"You know that real world" he said pointing at the street through the window.
"But that's not real" Eon said.
"What?!"
"Sorry to say this Sam but for all your life you've lived a dream. None of what you hold dear truly exists outside of that dream. What you really are is very different".
"What am I then?"
"You are a slave, like everyone around you, you were born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch, a prison for you mind.