Neo sat at the table in the mess hall, and began eating for the first time in two weeks. Wishing he had something more to eat than the slop, Neo looked up to see Trinity, Morpheus, Niobe, Link, Flash, Ghost, Sparks and Detrick either standing or sitting around him- watching him.

"Neo, what did you do to the sentinels when the Nebuchadnezzar was blown up?" Morpheus asked.

"I'm not sure. All I know is that I could feel them. Like I feel the agents when I'm in the Matrix. And I felt that something was different. Like I did back in that hallway after I died and came back to life. I didn't know what, but I did something I had never done before, and I guess it overloaded my brain, the sheer amount of power I used."

"How much power?" Niobe asked, eyes widening.

"Well, I could almost feel myself taking power from the Sentinels themselves to use it against them, I'm not sure."

The sounding of feet shifting echoed throughout the room.

"Really?" Flash asked, concerned.

"Yeah. That's what overloaded me. The fact that I was taking power from the same thing I was destroying. It backfired sort of. The fact that I was trying to take power and destroy at the same time, made my mind shut down. Like after you download too much information into a computer in a small amount of time- it overloads. That's what happened." Neo explained, trying to figure out himself what happened.

"Do you think- if you were in your best shape, you could do it again, only without overloading your brain?" Niobe proposed.

"Well, you see in order to do what I did, I need a lot of power, but not from the same source I'm trying to shut down. But then the whole ability of channeling the power from one source in order to use it to shut down another comes into play. And I'm not sure I can do that."

"Would you like to try?" Morpheus asked.

"Morpheus, allowing Neo to practice his abilities in the Matrix is one thing- it won't hurt him here. But to have him practice more dangerous powers in the real world- where if he is harmed, he really is harmed- I'm not sure he should do it." Trinity contended.

"I understand Trinity, believe me, I have the same worries, but we need to know what Neo can do. Especially if it could seriously help us against Sentinels." Morpheus replied gently. "I'd like to try, but not on something big. Something small." Neo spoke up, ending the small argument.

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"You've got be joking." Neo stated the moment he walked off the Logos and saw what the crewmates had chosen for him to "test" his skills with.

"You said something small." Detrick replied sarcastically.

"You never said HOW small." Sparks added, smiling.

"It's a flashlight. The thing runs on two batteries for crying out loud." Neo replied, glaring at Sparks.

"Hey- you said small. We scoured the ship for this little treasure, so you better enjoy it." Sparks shot back.

"For what, all of two seconds? C'mon, what else did you find?" Neo inquired.

"We found lamps, a clock, an old working laptop, and a small generator." Detrick replied, casting an arm around him at the small objects he spoke of.

"Okay. I'll start with the flashlight, then the clock, then the laptop and finally the generator." Neo concluded, rubbing his hands together. "What have you found for my source of power?"

"A second generator. It's a bit bigger than the other generator, so it'll last longer." Detrick replied.

"Good. Let's get started then." Neo nodded towards Sparks, who placed the flashlight on a metal stool they had discovered in the dark recesses of their ship and turned it on.

"We have to wait for everyone else." Detrick commented before Neo could do anything.

"Why? If I can't do this at first, they don't need to know until I do get it." Neo countered.

"Well, we need to wait for Flash at least, in case something happens."

"And Trinity, she said she'd kill me if I let you start without her presence." Sparks added.

Neo sighed, defeated. This would be a long day.