I've taken a little while longer this time, but here is my next chapter. I
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I thought I'd go mad then, and I probably would have had I stayed. Every attempt I had ever made to help those around me left them worse off. First, Trinity had become a Believer, what's more, she didn't jus believe in Zion, she believed in Morpheus! Now, Cypher, my Cypher, had turned from a slave, into a volunteer. As much as I loved the System, I had never considered sacrificing the memories of years of my life. Cypher seemed eager to do so. He wanted to forget, and all of it was my fault! I taught him to hate the Real, and hate it he did. He hated it too much. I had never thought that that was possible, but obviously, it was.
I couldn't look at him, and so I left the Nebuchadnezzar. I requested a transfer to Zion. Normally, I couldn't stand that pit in the ground, but now I saw that it was better than living with my biggest failure yet, and also the reminder of my next Truth. You cannot choose who you love, for I still loved Cypher. It hurt me to look at him. So, I left.
I descended into my own personal hell. Everything in Zion was used, recycled. Even the air. I didn't want to breathe it, but what could I do? I needed it. Down in the Earth, it's walls were all that protected me. It's reused air and water were all that kept me alive. I hated Zion, and even more, I hated needing Zion. I hated that when I was there, I had to rely on Zion to survive.
I plunged into every meaningless piece of labour Zion assigned me. I didn't think. I didn't want to. Thought would mean emotion, and emotion would mean pain. And, so my body became a vessel, filled with one emotion that I let in, and one that I was not able to block. Hatred and fear were all that lived inside of me then.
They sent me down to the engineering level to work on those goddamned water filtration systems. It was ironic. I was helping to maintain the very systems that I hated so much. As I worked on them, I was surprised to see that it brought me a sort of comfort. I realized that I was in control. I depended on the systems of Zion, yes, but they in turn depended on me. Once again, I had found a System to Control. I saw it. Zion, it a way, was not unlike the Matrix. It was a System, but it too was a System that I could Control. I smiled. I clearly remember that I smiled. How? Easily. It was the first time I had smiled since Cypher betrayed me, since he broke my heart.
And so it was that in Zion, the one place that I loathed above all others, I found peace. Sadly, that peace was not meant to last.
And, so ends this chapter. Liked it? Hated it? Can't make up your mind? Want to point out some tiny little inconsistency? Review!!! Please.
For a disclaimer, see the first chapter.
Btw, thank you to those who reviewed. It means a lot to me. :)
And now, on with the story. . . . . .
I thought I'd go mad then, and I probably would have had I stayed. Every attempt I had ever made to help those around me left them worse off. First, Trinity had become a Believer, what's more, she didn't jus believe in Zion, she believed in Morpheus! Now, Cypher, my Cypher, had turned from a slave, into a volunteer. As much as I loved the System, I had never considered sacrificing the memories of years of my life. Cypher seemed eager to do so. He wanted to forget, and all of it was my fault! I taught him to hate the Real, and hate it he did. He hated it too much. I had never thought that that was possible, but obviously, it was.
I couldn't look at him, and so I left the Nebuchadnezzar. I requested a transfer to Zion. Normally, I couldn't stand that pit in the ground, but now I saw that it was better than living with my biggest failure yet, and also the reminder of my next Truth. You cannot choose who you love, for I still loved Cypher. It hurt me to look at him. So, I left.
I descended into my own personal hell. Everything in Zion was used, recycled. Even the air. I didn't want to breathe it, but what could I do? I needed it. Down in the Earth, it's walls were all that protected me. It's reused air and water were all that kept me alive. I hated Zion, and even more, I hated needing Zion. I hated that when I was there, I had to rely on Zion to survive.
I plunged into every meaningless piece of labour Zion assigned me. I didn't think. I didn't want to. Thought would mean emotion, and emotion would mean pain. And, so my body became a vessel, filled with one emotion that I let in, and one that I was not able to block. Hatred and fear were all that lived inside of me then.
They sent me down to the engineering level to work on those goddamned water filtration systems. It was ironic. I was helping to maintain the very systems that I hated so much. As I worked on them, I was surprised to see that it brought me a sort of comfort. I realized that I was in control. I depended on the systems of Zion, yes, but they in turn depended on me. Once again, I had found a System to Control. I saw it. Zion, it a way, was not unlike the Matrix. It was a System, but it too was a System that I could Control. I smiled. I clearly remember that I smiled. How? Easily. It was the first time I had smiled since Cypher betrayed me, since he broke my heart.
And so it was that in Zion, the one place that I loathed above all others, I found peace. Sadly, that peace was not meant to last.
And, so ends this chapter. Liked it? Hated it? Can't make up your mind? Want to point out some tiny little inconsistency? Review!!! Please.