"Hello little one, we've been expecting you"
"What am I doing here?"
"You're inside one of the most complex computer programs ever created, that was
designed to keep control of the human race from discovering the truth.that they are
merely a slave to the machines and act only as an energy source."
"What the hell are you talking about? I'm a human and I have never been subjected to that crap."
"Ah well you see little one, you are special. You are pure human, but your parents are not."
Hope smiled ironically and said with a laugh,"Let guess they're machines."
With a menacing laugh, "No, no little one, there are human, but they have been freed
from the world of the Matrix. Have you never wondered what those strange marks are on
the back of their heads, on their arms and back?"
"Yes.but that doesn't prove that your story is true. They could have been from anything."
"Anything? Tell me. what else could it be?"
"Well.I.I don't."
"Yes, you don't know. Believe it little one, they were slaves too."
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"I thought you'd never ask. The reason I'm here is because of your father."
"My -?"
"Patience! Let me finish. Your father has.as gift shall we say. He is known among us as The One. He is an anomaly. He has the power to break the rules of the Matrix, much like you, I'd imagine."
"But I don't have any powers. I'm just a normal teenager, you said yourself, I'm only human."
"Yes, but that's what makes you special, you haven't been trained yet, but you will learn fast. No doubt your Uncle will be teaching you soon. Your father can't go on forever."
"But.I don't understand."
"You will. You are a danger to us as you too are an anomaly but more so that your father because you have no plug and yet, you're here."
Hope reaches for the back of her neck and is met by and icy laugh, "Oh,ho little one, you
won't feel that in here. Even your parents don't. That's what makes you dangerous. You
don't need a plug and yet you have access to the Matrix."
"But I never even heard of it before, how can I possibly know how to do these things."
"You will wake up and realise this was a dream, but this time when you get up, that iron- clad veil will no longer prevent you from discovering what's behind that empty edifice that you've been positively dying to get into."
"But how do you know that I won't be stopped by Mum, Dad or Uncle Morpheus?"
"You will understand some day soon. I look forward to when we will meet again little one. I couldn't kill you now, it just wouldn't be fair. I need to see the level of your talent."
Hope sat up with a start. Sweat was pouring down her forehead and her clothes stuck to
her like the gloop she ate for breakfast. Knowing that she was not going to go back to
sleep easily while mulling over what the strange man had said to her, she got up for a
drink. On her way to the mess hall she looked at the control room door: it had been left
open, (that iron-clad veil will no longer prevent you from discovering what's behind that
empty edifice that you've been positively dying to get into.) she repeated in her mind.
She found herself being led closer and closer to the door. She placed a tentative on the
handle and when she was met by no resistance she boldly walked into another world.
There were wires everywhere, the place looked an absolute tip and yet in middle of it all
sat her eccentric, yet favourite Uncle Link. He had a headset attached to his ear with a
microphone that was strategically placed to enable him to speak clearly into it so that it
would deliver a clear message to the recipient. There were two mini keyboards and
monitors that were placed symmetrically around another two larger keyboards and
monitors. Yet the two large screens displayed an enigmatic green code. Unable to draw
her eyes away, Hope stared intensely at the screen when all of a sudden she felt a change.
The code was rearranging into a distinguishable picture. Her eyes widened when she
realised what and who were on the screen.Her Mum and Dad.
"Uncle Link what's happening? Why are Mum and Dad on that monitor?"
Link whirred round in a panic. His brain was starting to fumble around for an answer.
Like the rest of the crew, Link agreed that Hope should be kept as safe as possible due to
her father's rather interesting abilities, and what effect that would have on her as she
grew up; despite the fact that she was human. Link's brain started to slow down as he
realised that this was the day when there was no turning back, Hope had breeched their
only security.
Looking at him with a bemused, questioning look Hope asked again, "Uncle Link why are Mum and Dad on the computer?"
Link moved his head in the direction of the chairs in which Neo and Trinity were settled
with the plugs in the back of their heads. "Oh my God!" cried Hope hysterically. "Uncle
Link what are you doing to them? You have to help me get them out of this." Hope
latched her fingers around the plug that was inserted into her father's neck. "No!"
shouted Link quickly and with fear in his voice. "If you do that then you'll kill them."
"What?!" Hope's voice was raising to a level that caused her vocal chords to come under
strain and made a squeak rather than sounding like an actual word.
"The plugs are their link to the Matrix.they.they have to be brought back to the real world by an exit through a phone line."
"So it's true. What that weird man said to me.it was true?"
"What do you mean, weird man?"
"Link, haven't I told you to keep your nightly duty activities to a minimum
noise.level." Morpheus looked around the operations room and sensed something had
changed, something was not quite right. The expression of Link's face was one of pure
fear and anxious anticipation of some dreadful fate that would befall him. Hope looked at
her Uncle. She could feel her cheeks growing hot already. Her Uncle was one of the most
quite, yet mystical men she had ever met (that wasn't many but she still had some sort of
comparison) she thought. He frightened her in a way that caused her to keep silent
wherever he appeared. She remembered how she was always reluctant to answer his
questions, but always had a deep respect for him as he seemed to carry around with him
all the wisest solutions to any problem she had while she was growing up, that she felt
she could not tell her parents. She trusted him. However, when she felt his eyes on her,
her eyes met the floor. He walked up to her in his slow, graceful way that was her Uncle
and put his index finger under her chin so that her eyes now had to make contact with his.
"Hope why are you in here?"
Hope didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell Uncle Morpheus about the dream she
had. The man in it had frightened her into thinking that she was not at liberty to tell them.
A solid silence had filled the air, until Link broke through it and continued his
questioning before Morpheus had entered. "Hope what do you mean that weird man?"
Unsure of what to say she looked about her and then stared straight at Link. There was no
way she was going to get out of this situation easily so she gave in to her nagging
concerns about keeping it to herself and mentioned how a man had come to her in her
dreams and explained what the Matrix was and that he kept talking about Neo having
special powers, but that she was even more special."
Hope looked at both her Uncles. Link was sitting their amazed with his mouth drooping
open and Morpheus stood their in his rigid stance with his hands behind his back in a
soldier's pose, and took a deep breath.
"So it is true. His powers have been transferred to her. She has the gift of sight."
"Uncle Morpheus what do you mean? What powers? Is Dad really gifted, can he do things that no one else can? Not even Mum?"
"Yes Hope that is exactly what I mean. But I wouldn't discredit your mother. She is very agile within the Matrix, as well as in the real world." Morpheus bent down at this point to
level his gaze with Hope's and said quietly but with a touch of humour and a smile, "You
wouldn't want to mess with her if you know what I mean." Immediately he straightened
up and Hope was left to stare up at her Uncle.
"What don't you and I go to the mess hall for a drink, while Uncle Link attempts to bring your parents out of the Matrix, hmm?"
Hope was astounded. She had no idea how to respond to any of the events that had just
unfolded in front of her eyes. She had certainly never seen this side of her Uncle before.
He was always so distant and a figure to be admired from a distance. Nobody ever
seemed to get close to him, yet here he was offering an explanation for what was
happening, over a friendly drink. Interrupting her train of thoughts, Morpheus said, "Oh
and I would like to take this opportunity to remind you both that this goes no further. All
will be revealed to Trinity and Neo in time. Link, remember the utmost discretion
needed" Added Morpheus seriously.
"Uhh, yes sir. The utmost discretion."
"Come Hope, you have much to learn."
Hope followed as if in a daze. She couldn't believe this was happening. New worlds, her
Dad gifted? What did her have that was so special? And what was it that made her
special? She couldn't do anything, could she?
There you are folks. I did this instead of performing my Arturo Ui speech as if I was Hitler, just because you've all been so good at sending me lovely encouraging reviews. More to come soon, Trinity.
"What am I doing here?"
"You're inside one of the most complex computer programs ever created, that was
designed to keep control of the human race from discovering the truth.that they are
merely a slave to the machines and act only as an energy source."
"What the hell are you talking about? I'm a human and I have never been subjected to that crap."
"Ah well you see little one, you are special. You are pure human, but your parents are not."
Hope smiled ironically and said with a laugh,"Let guess they're machines."
With a menacing laugh, "No, no little one, there are human, but they have been freed
from the world of the Matrix. Have you never wondered what those strange marks are on
the back of their heads, on their arms and back?"
"Yes.but that doesn't prove that your story is true. They could have been from anything."
"Anything? Tell me. what else could it be?"
"Well.I.I don't."
"Yes, you don't know. Believe it little one, they were slaves too."
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"I thought you'd never ask. The reason I'm here is because of your father."
"My -?"
"Patience! Let me finish. Your father has.as gift shall we say. He is known among us as The One. He is an anomaly. He has the power to break the rules of the Matrix, much like you, I'd imagine."
"But I don't have any powers. I'm just a normal teenager, you said yourself, I'm only human."
"Yes, but that's what makes you special, you haven't been trained yet, but you will learn fast. No doubt your Uncle will be teaching you soon. Your father can't go on forever."
"But.I don't understand."
"You will. You are a danger to us as you too are an anomaly but more so that your father because you have no plug and yet, you're here."
Hope reaches for the back of her neck and is met by and icy laugh, "Oh,ho little one, you
won't feel that in here. Even your parents don't. That's what makes you dangerous. You
don't need a plug and yet you have access to the Matrix."
"But I never even heard of it before, how can I possibly know how to do these things."
"You will wake up and realise this was a dream, but this time when you get up, that iron- clad veil will no longer prevent you from discovering what's behind that empty edifice that you've been positively dying to get into."
"But how do you know that I won't be stopped by Mum, Dad or Uncle Morpheus?"
"You will understand some day soon. I look forward to when we will meet again little one. I couldn't kill you now, it just wouldn't be fair. I need to see the level of your talent."
Hope sat up with a start. Sweat was pouring down her forehead and her clothes stuck to
her like the gloop she ate for breakfast. Knowing that she was not going to go back to
sleep easily while mulling over what the strange man had said to her, she got up for a
drink. On her way to the mess hall she looked at the control room door: it had been left
open, (that iron-clad veil will no longer prevent you from discovering what's behind that
empty edifice that you've been positively dying to get into.) she repeated in her mind.
She found herself being led closer and closer to the door. She placed a tentative on the
handle and when she was met by no resistance she boldly walked into another world.
There were wires everywhere, the place looked an absolute tip and yet in middle of it all
sat her eccentric, yet favourite Uncle Link. He had a headset attached to his ear with a
microphone that was strategically placed to enable him to speak clearly into it so that it
would deliver a clear message to the recipient. There were two mini keyboards and
monitors that were placed symmetrically around another two larger keyboards and
monitors. Yet the two large screens displayed an enigmatic green code. Unable to draw
her eyes away, Hope stared intensely at the screen when all of a sudden she felt a change.
The code was rearranging into a distinguishable picture. Her eyes widened when she
realised what and who were on the screen.Her Mum and Dad.
"Uncle Link what's happening? Why are Mum and Dad on that monitor?"
Link whirred round in a panic. His brain was starting to fumble around for an answer.
Like the rest of the crew, Link agreed that Hope should be kept as safe as possible due to
her father's rather interesting abilities, and what effect that would have on her as she
grew up; despite the fact that she was human. Link's brain started to slow down as he
realised that this was the day when there was no turning back, Hope had breeched their
only security.
Looking at him with a bemused, questioning look Hope asked again, "Uncle Link why are Mum and Dad on the computer?"
Link moved his head in the direction of the chairs in which Neo and Trinity were settled
with the plugs in the back of their heads. "Oh my God!" cried Hope hysterically. "Uncle
Link what are you doing to them? You have to help me get them out of this." Hope
latched her fingers around the plug that was inserted into her father's neck. "No!"
shouted Link quickly and with fear in his voice. "If you do that then you'll kill them."
"What?!" Hope's voice was raising to a level that caused her vocal chords to come under
strain and made a squeak rather than sounding like an actual word.
"The plugs are their link to the Matrix.they.they have to be brought back to the real world by an exit through a phone line."
"So it's true. What that weird man said to me.it was true?"
"What do you mean, weird man?"
"Link, haven't I told you to keep your nightly duty activities to a minimum
noise.level." Morpheus looked around the operations room and sensed something had
changed, something was not quite right. The expression of Link's face was one of pure
fear and anxious anticipation of some dreadful fate that would befall him. Hope looked at
her Uncle. She could feel her cheeks growing hot already. Her Uncle was one of the most
quite, yet mystical men she had ever met (that wasn't many but she still had some sort of
comparison) she thought. He frightened her in a way that caused her to keep silent
wherever he appeared. She remembered how she was always reluctant to answer his
questions, but always had a deep respect for him as he seemed to carry around with him
all the wisest solutions to any problem she had while she was growing up, that she felt
she could not tell her parents. She trusted him. However, when she felt his eyes on her,
her eyes met the floor. He walked up to her in his slow, graceful way that was her Uncle
and put his index finger under her chin so that her eyes now had to make contact with his.
"Hope why are you in here?"
Hope didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell Uncle Morpheus about the dream she
had. The man in it had frightened her into thinking that she was not at liberty to tell them.
A solid silence had filled the air, until Link broke through it and continued his
questioning before Morpheus had entered. "Hope what do you mean that weird man?"
Unsure of what to say she looked about her and then stared straight at Link. There was no
way she was going to get out of this situation easily so she gave in to her nagging
concerns about keeping it to herself and mentioned how a man had come to her in her
dreams and explained what the Matrix was and that he kept talking about Neo having
special powers, but that she was even more special."
Hope looked at both her Uncles. Link was sitting their amazed with his mouth drooping
open and Morpheus stood their in his rigid stance with his hands behind his back in a
soldier's pose, and took a deep breath.
"So it is true. His powers have been transferred to her. She has the gift of sight."
"Uncle Morpheus what do you mean? What powers? Is Dad really gifted, can he do things that no one else can? Not even Mum?"
"Yes Hope that is exactly what I mean. But I wouldn't discredit your mother. She is very agile within the Matrix, as well as in the real world." Morpheus bent down at this point to
level his gaze with Hope's and said quietly but with a touch of humour and a smile, "You
wouldn't want to mess with her if you know what I mean." Immediately he straightened
up and Hope was left to stare up at her Uncle.
"What don't you and I go to the mess hall for a drink, while Uncle Link attempts to bring your parents out of the Matrix, hmm?"
Hope was astounded. She had no idea how to respond to any of the events that had just
unfolded in front of her eyes. She had certainly never seen this side of her Uncle before.
He was always so distant and a figure to be admired from a distance. Nobody ever
seemed to get close to him, yet here he was offering an explanation for what was
happening, over a friendly drink. Interrupting her train of thoughts, Morpheus said, "Oh
and I would like to take this opportunity to remind you both that this goes no further. All
will be revealed to Trinity and Neo in time. Link, remember the utmost discretion
needed" Added Morpheus seriously.
"Uhh, yes sir. The utmost discretion."
"Come Hope, you have much to learn."
Hope followed as if in a daze. She couldn't believe this was happening. New worlds, her
Dad gifted? What did her have that was so special? And what was it that made her
special? She couldn't do anything, could she?
There you are folks. I did this instead of performing my Arturo Ui speech as if I was Hitler, just because you've all been so good at sending me lovely encouraging reviews. More to come soon, Trinity.