Chapter 10
"I hate driving in the city," said Apoc. "One accident, construction works going on, detours, and now this traffic jam. It makes me glad I don't live here."
Ibrox was looking idly out the window. The potentials had spoken to him about peace and meditation, and taught him how to bend spoons. Whatever groovy drugs they had been giving him, however, he definitely wanted more as they made him feel completely detached from the world around him. Although he was unsure if it was wise to give it to those young kids. Children shouldn't be getting high and floating balls in the air and bending spoons. Or maybe that was just him on a trip, he wasn't sure. All he knew was that he was at total peace and harmony. Nirvana.
"Is there a short cut?" Trinity asked him.
"There's a bit of waste ground we can cut through," he said.
"Do it."
A few minutes later they pulled onto the waste ground. Cypher noticed a bird fly past, and then fly past again, and he knew that this was it. Taking a deep breath he smiled at Ibrox and nodded, "We'll be there soon."
Shots fired from all around them. The tyres of the car went flat. The gas tank was punctured and fuel was leaking out from the car. Three Agents appeared in front of their car and began firing through the windscreen. They had changed the Matrix to make structures appear around the waste ground, trapping them in.
"Run!" Trinity screamed. Apoc, Cypher, Ibrox and Trinity all bolted from the car seconds before it exploded. Cypher saw an empty barrel and he ran for it. Apoc and Trinity stood their ground, firing at the agents, and running. As the wreck smouldered, Trinity jumped up on a barrel and shot at Smith's head as she jumped backwards over him, onto the ground. Jones and Brown were cornering Apoc who jumped up a wall and spotted an abandoned fire escape ladder. He just made it to the ladder and fired down at Brown as he attempted to scramble up it. Ibrox could not make sense of the gunfire. He was running around, dodging crossfire bullets, scared and confused. He felt a hand on his arm, a strong vice-like grip.
"Mr. Thatcher." The woman Agent held a gun to his head. "We've been looking for you."
"Trinity! Help!" Ibrox screamed out. Trinity looked over and saw Ibrox being handled by an Agent. She aimed and fired. The bullet cut a path through the air and Trinity saw the Agent shimmer and return to normal, dodging the bullet easily, but it shattering Ibrox's shoulder. He screamed out in pain.
"Danielle: hold Jones, Brown: retrieve Danielle: back away to safe distance" Smith issued through the comm., feeling like his processes stopped when he saw the bullet going towards her. Danielle turned around, having secured Ibrox on the ground and Trinity noticed that she was a woman Agent. Trinity had never seen a woman Agent before, but did not have time to contemplate this as she fired round after round out of her gun at her. She noticed how all three Agents had ceased their pursuit of her and Apoc but were running towards Ibrox and the female Agent. She fired again, at the male agents, one of which turned around and returned fire to her as the other two were running to assist the female Agent. Trinity hollered for Cypher who appeared from behind a barrel. Cypher ran and jumped onto the ladder where Apoc had climbed up and onto the roof.
Trinity had to save Ibrox. She ran onto the smouldering wreckage and jumped over the female Agent, and fired. She was shocked to see the Agent fall, and Ibrox squirm out from underneath her. He ran for the ladder, on which Trinity landed on, and she helped him up and out of the waste ground.
* * *
Smith saw her fall in slow motion, much like the bullet that he saw penetrate her head. It was a clean killshot, there was no way he could manipulate the Matrix to bring her back. Her code had entered the Source by the time the bullet was laying on the ground, as was the code of their child deleted. He dropped his gun and stopped in his tracks, looking at her laying there for a second, before her visual output disappeared and turned into the dead body of a police officer. He looked up to see Trinity hanging off of the ladder, helping Ibrox out of the trap. It was her, that bitch, who killed Danielle. It was that bitch who took her life. His purpose, his meaning in life beyond being an agent was gone. She was gone.
Brown and Jones looked at Smith. They said nothing but stood there, as the rain started to fall, and looked down at the dead body of a policeman, of whom Danielle occupied.
The Matrix is an equation. Every force needs a balance, and the world had been upset. Only an equal death, an equal sacrifice would set it right again. Smith knew that was his new purpose. The suffering and pain he would inflict upon her would balance out what she had inflicted upon him for all time. Of this he would be sure. He looked at Jones and Brown. They were saddened by her loss but they had never lost themselves, they did not know his pain. He was not like them anymore, and he was not human either. He had evolved through his love of Danielle, and the hatred that followed was going to be enough to see him through to his goal. He would take over the Matrix, for her. And for her, he would go on to fight those who took her from him. His existence had only one purpose now. Retribution for her death.
Some men fight for freedom, truth, peace and love. Smith fights for the only reasons that make logical sense to him. Anger and revenge.
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Epilogue.
"She is within the Matrix. The trace has completed. The informant gave us an easy line."
"Contact the local authorities to make sure she does not escape. We will go in to retrieve her."
Smith hoped this was the day he could take back what he lost. Trinity was close, and one bullet was all it would take to have her. As they pulled up on the scene, Smith knew that the authorities had already lost them the element of surprise. He could only hope that his men weren't bursting in the room as they arrived.
"Oh shit..," the Lieutenant said, as he saw the Agents getting out of the car.
"You were given specific orders...," Smith said, eyeing the cop menacingly through his sunglasses
"Hey, I'm just doing my job. You give me that juris-my-dic-tion crap, you can cram it up your ass." The cop slung his thumbs in his jacket pocket and tried to look tough next to the Agent.
"The orders were for your protection," Smith said, condescendingly.
The cop laughed, "I think we can handle one little girl...I sent two units...they're bringing her down now."
Smith looked up at the building, "No Lieutenant, your men are already dead."
* * * * * * * Like Them by "ladydeakin" Disclaimer: Agents Smith, Brown, Jones, Trinity, Morpheus, Cypher, Apoc, Mouse, Switch, the Oracle and the respective world and ideas discussed in the movies and sequels of The Matrix are property of their respective owners. The ideas and storyline within this story are my own property.
All else is within a shade of grey.
"I hate driving in the city," said Apoc. "One accident, construction works going on, detours, and now this traffic jam. It makes me glad I don't live here."
Ibrox was looking idly out the window. The potentials had spoken to him about peace and meditation, and taught him how to bend spoons. Whatever groovy drugs they had been giving him, however, he definitely wanted more as they made him feel completely detached from the world around him. Although he was unsure if it was wise to give it to those young kids. Children shouldn't be getting high and floating balls in the air and bending spoons. Or maybe that was just him on a trip, he wasn't sure. All he knew was that he was at total peace and harmony. Nirvana.
"Is there a short cut?" Trinity asked him.
"There's a bit of waste ground we can cut through," he said.
"Do it."
A few minutes later they pulled onto the waste ground. Cypher noticed a bird fly past, and then fly past again, and he knew that this was it. Taking a deep breath he smiled at Ibrox and nodded, "We'll be there soon."
Shots fired from all around them. The tyres of the car went flat. The gas tank was punctured and fuel was leaking out from the car. Three Agents appeared in front of their car and began firing through the windscreen. They had changed the Matrix to make structures appear around the waste ground, trapping them in.
"Run!" Trinity screamed. Apoc, Cypher, Ibrox and Trinity all bolted from the car seconds before it exploded. Cypher saw an empty barrel and he ran for it. Apoc and Trinity stood their ground, firing at the agents, and running. As the wreck smouldered, Trinity jumped up on a barrel and shot at Smith's head as she jumped backwards over him, onto the ground. Jones and Brown were cornering Apoc who jumped up a wall and spotted an abandoned fire escape ladder. He just made it to the ladder and fired down at Brown as he attempted to scramble up it. Ibrox could not make sense of the gunfire. He was running around, dodging crossfire bullets, scared and confused. He felt a hand on his arm, a strong vice-like grip.
"Mr. Thatcher." The woman Agent held a gun to his head. "We've been looking for you."
"Trinity! Help!" Ibrox screamed out. Trinity looked over and saw Ibrox being handled by an Agent. She aimed and fired. The bullet cut a path through the air and Trinity saw the Agent shimmer and return to normal, dodging the bullet easily, but it shattering Ibrox's shoulder. He screamed out in pain.
"Danielle: hold Jones, Brown: retrieve Danielle: back away to safe distance" Smith issued through the comm., feeling like his processes stopped when he saw the bullet going towards her. Danielle turned around, having secured Ibrox on the ground and Trinity noticed that she was a woman Agent. Trinity had never seen a woman Agent before, but did not have time to contemplate this as she fired round after round out of her gun at her. She noticed how all three Agents had ceased their pursuit of her and Apoc but were running towards Ibrox and the female Agent. She fired again, at the male agents, one of which turned around and returned fire to her as the other two were running to assist the female Agent. Trinity hollered for Cypher who appeared from behind a barrel. Cypher ran and jumped onto the ladder where Apoc had climbed up and onto the roof.
Trinity had to save Ibrox. She ran onto the smouldering wreckage and jumped over the female Agent, and fired. She was shocked to see the Agent fall, and Ibrox squirm out from underneath her. He ran for the ladder, on which Trinity landed on, and she helped him up and out of the waste ground.
* * *
Smith saw her fall in slow motion, much like the bullet that he saw penetrate her head. It was a clean killshot, there was no way he could manipulate the Matrix to bring her back. Her code had entered the Source by the time the bullet was laying on the ground, as was the code of their child deleted. He dropped his gun and stopped in his tracks, looking at her laying there for a second, before her visual output disappeared and turned into the dead body of a police officer. He looked up to see Trinity hanging off of the ladder, helping Ibrox out of the trap. It was her, that bitch, who killed Danielle. It was that bitch who took her life. His purpose, his meaning in life beyond being an agent was gone. She was gone.
Brown and Jones looked at Smith. They said nothing but stood there, as the rain started to fall, and looked down at the dead body of a policeman, of whom Danielle occupied.
The Matrix is an equation. Every force needs a balance, and the world had been upset. Only an equal death, an equal sacrifice would set it right again. Smith knew that was his new purpose. The suffering and pain he would inflict upon her would balance out what she had inflicted upon him for all time. Of this he would be sure. He looked at Jones and Brown. They were saddened by her loss but they had never lost themselves, they did not know his pain. He was not like them anymore, and he was not human either. He had evolved through his love of Danielle, and the hatred that followed was going to be enough to see him through to his goal. He would take over the Matrix, for her. And for her, he would go on to fight those who took her from him. His existence had only one purpose now. Retribution for her death.
Some men fight for freedom, truth, peace and love. Smith fights for the only reasons that make logical sense to him. Anger and revenge.
* * * * * * *
Epilogue.
"She is within the Matrix. The trace has completed. The informant gave us an easy line."
"Contact the local authorities to make sure she does not escape. We will go in to retrieve her."
Smith hoped this was the day he could take back what he lost. Trinity was close, and one bullet was all it would take to have her. As they pulled up on the scene, Smith knew that the authorities had already lost them the element of surprise. He could only hope that his men weren't bursting in the room as they arrived.
"Oh shit..," the Lieutenant said, as he saw the Agents getting out of the car.
"You were given specific orders...," Smith said, eyeing the cop menacingly through his sunglasses
"Hey, I'm just doing my job. You give me that juris-my-dic-tion crap, you can cram it up your ass." The cop slung his thumbs in his jacket pocket and tried to look tough next to the Agent.
"The orders were for your protection," Smith said, condescendingly.
The cop laughed, "I think we can handle one little girl...I sent two units...they're bringing her down now."
Smith looked up at the building, "No Lieutenant, your men are already dead."
* * * * * * * Like Them by "ladydeakin" Disclaimer: Agents Smith, Brown, Jones, Trinity, Morpheus, Cypher, Apoc, Mouse, Switch, the Oracle and the respective world and ideas discussed in the movies and sequels of The Matrix are property of their respective owners. The ideas and storyline within this story are my own property.
All else is within a shade of grey.