Chapter 3
Neo woke in his cabin and found that he was looking at Trinity's concerned face. She was sitting on his bunk, looking into his eyes, clearly hoping to see what it was that had troubled him so deeply. But his eyes only told her that he was hurting inside. A lot.
"Neo," Trinity said, concern flowing freely through her voice. "What happened?"
"I met a dead man," he replied.
"What?"
"My brother. He died a few years before I was unplugged. At least that's what I thought."
"Neo, what are you talking about?"
"The guy on the roof with me. I think the Agents took my brothers mind and put it into some program. The code wasn't like anything I've seen in the Matrix before."
"Neo, what are you talking about? It wasn't an Agent you were fighting? Splinter and I thought you must have found a quicker way of deleting Agents."
"No," Neo said. "He just..."
"What?"
"It was like either he or someone else was... well, disassembling and scattered his code. I can't think of any other way to describe it." Neo was clearly frustrated by his inability to describe, much less understand what he had seen.
"Well, if his code was pulled apart, you shouldn't need to worry about him anymore."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Neo said.
Trinity was about to reply, when the door opened, and the stubbly brown haired head of Splinter poked in.
"Doggone it Splinter, knock when you come in!" Neo snapped in frustration.
"What, did I in'errup' some'm?" he asked playfully. Then in a more serious tone, he said, "Neo, Morphious wan'ed ya ta come up ta tha bridge ta look at some'm."
"What?" Neo asked.
"Dunno," Splinter replied with a shrug. "Morpheus didn't say. I 'as workin' on a trainin' sim an' he told me ta get ya up ta tha bridge. I think he wan'ed ya ta take a look a' some code in tha Matrix."
"I'd better get moving. Thanks for the pep talk Trin. I needed it."
And then, with a quick kiss, he was out the door and up the ladder to the main deck.
"Some guy's get all the luck," Splinter complained. "And the girls."
"Shut up Splinter," Trinity said, trying her best to sound irritated.
Splinter snapped into a mock salute. "Ma'am yes ma'am."
"I told you to shut up." The irritation came easier this time. She brushed past him and headed up the ladder to follow Neo. Splinter just grinned, and followed them both up.
Neo woke in his cabin and found that he was looking at Trinity's concerned face. She was sitting on his bunk, looking into his eyes, clearly hoping to see what it was that had troubled him so deeply. But his eyes only told her that he was hurting inside. A lot.
"Neo," Trinity said, concern flowing freely through her voice. "What happened?"
"I met a dead man," he replied.
"What?"
"My brother. He died a few years before I was unplugged. At least that's what I thought."
"Neo, what are you talking about?"
"The guy on the roof with me. I think the Agents took my brothers mind and put it into some program. The code wasn't like anything I've seen in the Matrix before."
"Neo, what are you talking about? It wasn't an Agent you were fighting? Splinter and I thought you must have found a quicker way of deleting Agents."
"No," Neo said. "He just..."
"What?"
"It was like either he or someone else was... well, disassembling and scattered his code. I can't think of any other way to describe it." Neo was clearly frustrated by his inability to describe, much less understand what he had seen.
"Well, if his code was pulled apart, you shouldn't need to worry about him anymore."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Neo said.
Trinity was about to reply, when the door opened, and the stubbly brown haired head of Splinter poked in.
"Doggone it Splinter, knock when you come in!" Neo snapped in frustration.
"What, did I in'errup' some'm?" he asked playfully. Then in a more serious tone, he said, "Neo, Morphious wan'ed ya ta come up ta tha bridge ta look at some'm."
"What?" Neo asked.
"Dunno," Splinter replied with a shrug. "Morpheus didn't say. I 'as workin' on a trainin' sim an' he told me ta get ya up ta tha bridge. I think he wan'ed ya ta take a look a' some code in tha Matrix."
"I'd better get moving. Thanks for the pep talk Trin. I needed it."
And then, with a quick kiss, he was out the door and up the ladder to the main deck.
"Some guy's get all the luck," Splinter complained. "And the girls."
"Shut up Splinter," Trinity said, trying her best to sound irritated.
Splinter snapped into a mock salute. "Ma'am yes ma'am."
"I told you to shut up." The irritation came easier this time. She brushed past him and headed up the ladder to follow Neo. Splinter just grinned, and followed them both up.