The men were far from human, but in respectable appearance looked the part
in every way. Other than their constant anti-benevolent behavior, they
might have passed as just another human. But they were not. They were the
agents of a complex, twisted system named the matrix.
They stood around a leather chair, where the body of a man named Darrel McGuire sat, wires hooked into his head from all directions. At times he shifted his position, but he was completely oblivious to the agents surrounding him.
In unison, the three agents grabbed their white earpieces, and nodded.
" Smith is coming," they said simultaneously. The door to the small room they were in opened and a man in similar garb stepped in. His removed his sunglasses and placed them in his breast pocket.
" Agent Smith," one of the men nodded in acknowledgement.
" Is this the test subject?" the new arrival asked.
" Yes," the greeter replied. " He was captured this afternoon here, in the matrix. We have plugged him into the altermatrix. He is currently sleeping within it. He awoke and gave no indication that he knew that he was not in the true matrix. We even used his own memory cells to generate real-time responses to him by his 'operator' in the real world. The operation is thus far a success. Might we inquire, however, sir, as to why we are doing this?"
"I do not see how it could hurt," Smith replied. " We have identified the next target of the famous one called Morpheus. They believe he could be what they call 'The One'."
" The anomaly?"
" The same. One of Morpheus crew members had contacted us. He wishes that he could be reinserted in the matrix, in exchange for his treachery to his own crew. He will compromise the anomaly, in exchange for reinsertion. So we have agreed to it."
" But, sir," the inquiring agent asked. " Reinsertion is impossible."
Agent Smith smiled. " Of course it is. That is why we are testing this one they call.Fire. We will deceive this one called Cypher by entering him into a much simpler computer program, not the real matrix. He will not know the difference."
" There is only one problem, sir. These simpler programs only consist of one hemisphere each. Should the subjects leave these perimeters, they will wake up."
" That is why these alternate matrices are designed so as to keep them from leaving those boundaries. Such as your Fire. He is wondering why he cannot leave the matrix. We will give him clues, places to go, to find the answer. The distance of these places will seem plausible to the sub-reality that he expects of the matrix, but short of the boundaries of awakening."
Smith's gaze dropped down to the body of Darrell McGuire. " He is about to receive that first clue very soon. Just remember, gentlemen.do not let him wake up."
With that, the agent took his leave.
They stood around a leather chair, where the body of a man named Darrel McGuire sat, wires hooked into his head from all directions. At times he shifted his position, but he was completely oblivious to the agents surrounding him.
In unison, the three agents grabbed their white earpieces, and nodded.
" Smith is coming," they said simultaneously. The door to the small room they were in opened and a man in similar garb stepped in. His removed his sunglasses and placed them in his breast pocket.
" Agent Smith," one of the men nodded in acknowledgement.
" Is this the test subject?" the new arrival asked.
" Yes," the greeter replied. " He was captured this afternoon here, in the matrix. We have plugged him into the altermatrix. He is currently sleeping within it. He awoke and gave no indication that he knew that he was not in the true matrix. We even used his own memory cells to generate real-time responses to him by his 'operator' in the real world. The operation is thus far a success. Might we inquire, however, sir, as to why we are doing this?"
"I do not see how it could hurt," Smith replied. " We have identified the next target of the famous one called Morpheus. They believe he could be what they call 'The One'."
" The anomaly?"
" The same. One of Morpheus crew members had contacted us. He wishes that he could be reinserted in the matrix, in exchange for his treachery to his own crew. He will compromise the anomaly, in exchange for reinsertion. So we have agreed to it."
" But, sir," the inquiring agent asked. " Reinsertion is impossible."
Agent Smith smiled. " Of course it is. That is why we are testing this one they call.Fire. We will deceive this one called Cypher by entering him into a much simpler computer program, not the real matrix. He will not know the difference."
" There is only one problem, sir. These simpler programs only consist of one hemisphere each. Should the subjects leave these perimeters, they will wake up."
" That is why these alternate matrices are designed so as to keep them from leaving those boundaries. Such as your Fire. He is wondering why he cannot leave the matrix. We will give him clues, places to go, to find the answer. The distance of these places will seem plausible to the sub-reality that he expects of the matrix, but short of the boundaries of awakening."
Smith's gaze dropped down to the body of Darrell McGuire. " He is about to receive that first clue very soon. Just remember, gentlemen.do not let him wake up."
With that, the agent took his leave.