I'm inside your open eyes
I'm you
Metallica "Sad but true"
It couldn't be, but it was happening. Devil was standing near the lava- lake, waiting for the answer. Yet, she was not the Devil Neo and Trinity knew. Her hair reached her hips now, just like in the Matrix. Her skin seemed to be red, or was it just the illusion? But no illusion could explain two small horns visible in her hair and a long tail. She looked like the real devil now. Something Azrail didn't seem to be surprised about.
"Are you so sure of that? I do not have intension to die anytime soon." He smiled widely.
"Like if I cared." Devil answered coldly moving slowly towards him. " You are leaving now or you are dying. What will it be?"
Azrail shook his head. "You are not in the position to order. In fact, you should be begging me to keep you alive." He paused and then added, as if remembering something. "Oh, and what would you do with your victory anyway? Do you really think they'll accept as the one them? Even if they will be able to forget about your appearance. I doubt it."
"This is my problem." Devil's voice was as emotionless as before and her face expression never changed. "If I were you, I'd worry about myself."
"You really should do that." As soon as this words escaped his mouth Azrail covered the space between them in one jump and hit Devil in her face. At least, tried to hit. Just the moment before she made a step to the left and moved behind his back. For Neo and Trinity it looked like the two were almost dancing. They moved around each other, too quick to receive a hit or to allow others to understand what's going on. It lasted for about seven minutes and then the crack in the earth appeared near them.
"Everything that falls there disappears forever." Azrail informed. "And you are the one to fall there." Devil really was too close to the crack. "Gladly." She whispered. "But only if you come along." That was something Azrail was not prepared for. Devil grabbed his hand and jumped into the abyss, taking Azrail with her.
Neo felt that he could move again and immediately heard two voices calling "Devil". His voice and Trinity's. For awfully long second nothing happened, then there was the burst of flames at the abyss edge. When flames disappeared, Devil could be seen. She got up from her knees and smiled weakly. "Remind me never to do this again."
"Um. Fine." Neo managed to say. "By the way, care to explain what was this all about?"
"This is the long story." Devil sighed. "I'm not sure if." She stopped in the middle of the sentence and turned her head. "Morpheus, Niobe. Nice to see you. "
Only now Neo noticed his captain and Niobe coming to them. "Morpheus, Niobe." What was he supposed to say? "Some winged guy wanted to kill us but Devil turned into the devil and saved us?" Bullshit. Trinity seemed to have the same problem as she greeted the captains and became silent.
Morpheus stared at Devil for some time and then demanded "Didn't I order you not to leave the ship?"
"I never told you I'd listen to your orders." Devil snapped back.
"Great." Morpheus said. "Then explain your appearance please. I hardly recognized you."
"I don't believe it's Halloween now. "Niobe added.
Devil nodded and opened her mouth to answer, but closed it immediately. "Not now." She said after a pause.
"Smith." Neo said, now feeling him too. "And he is not alone." He gave Devil questioning look.
"Sentinels. " She answered absent-mindly, thinking about something else. "He copied himself into the Sentinels. Not the whole program, but enough to make them work."
"How do you know?" Morpheus asked.
"Just that I do. I'll explain later." Devil said. "Right now we have to get out of here."
"But where?" Neo asked. "This cave has only one exit. A long and narrow tunnel. There is no way we can leave, before they enter this tunnel."
"I thought you were the optimist." Devil said sarcastically and headed towards the tunnel, Neo was talking about. Others followed her, still confused. After about two minutes Devil disappeared. A moment ago she was walking in front of them, and the next moment she was gone.
"What the ." Morpheus started.
"Nothing is going on. There is just another tunnel here." Devil was standing in front of them once again. "And if you don't want to meet Smith you'd better go there."
Morpheus made a few steps and saw what Devil was talking about. The other tunnel was almost completely hidden by especially big rock. It was hard to notice it was there, if you weren't looking for it.
"How did you know it was there?" Morpheus asked puzzled.
"Later, remember? " Devil reminded him. "Go now."
One by one they disappeared in the tunnel, until the only ones left were Trinity and Devil.
"Go." Devil said. "We have to hurry."
"No." Trinity shook her head. This was the first time she spoke with Devil since they left the ship. "Not before you tell me what is wrong."
"I told you already, I'll explain everything later" Devil said.
"No, you'll tell me now." Trinity certainly wasn't going to leave, and she blocked the entrance to the tunnel, so that Devil couldn't escape this conversation. " Something is wrong with you. You've changed. And don't mean your appearance."
"And what if?" Devil asked. "What if I did really change? Why do we have to discuss it here and now?"
"Because you don't seem to be happy with it." Trinity stated, as if it explained everything.
"And what if I'm not?" Devil asked bitterly. "It's nothing, Trinity. Really. It's just my world falling apart. I can survive this. I just don't want your worlds to be destroyed because of this." She smiled weakly. "Come on. Others are waiting."
Trinity nodded and entered the tunnel. Devil followed her shortly. "May be Azrail was wrong after all." She thought. "May be it is possible."
I'm you
Metallica "Sad but true"
It couldn't be, but it was happening. Devil was standing near the lava- lake, waiting for the answer. Yet, she was not the Devil Neo and Trinity knew. Her hair reached her hips now, just like in the Matrix. Her skin seemed to be red, or was it just the illusion? But no illusion could explain two small horns visible in her hair and a long tail. She looked like the real devil now. Something Azrail didn't seem to be surprised about.
"Are you so sure of that? I do not have intension to die anytime soon." He smiled widely.
"Like if I cared." Devil answered coldly moving slowly towards him. " You are leaving now or you are dying. What will it be?"
Azrail shook his head. "You are not in the position to order. In fact, you should be begging me to keep you alive." He paused and then added, as if remembering something. "Oh, and what would you do with your victory anyway? Do you really think they'll accept as the one them? Even if they will be able to forget about your appearance. I doubt it."
"This is my problem." Devil's voice was as emotionless as before and her face expression never changed. "If I were you, I'd worry about myself."
"You really should do that." As soon as this words escaped his mouth Azrail covered the space between them in one jump and hit Devil in her face. At least, tried to hit. Just the moment before she made a step to the left and moved behind his back. For Neo and Trinity it looked like the two were almost dancing. They moved around each other, too quick to receive a hit or to allow others to understand what's going on. It lasted for about seven minutes and then the crack in the earth appeared near them.
"Everything that falls there disappears forever." Azrail informed. "And you are the one to fall there." Devil really was too close to the crack. "Gladly." She whispered. "But only if you come along." That was something Azrail was not prepared for. Devil grabbed his hand and jumped into the abyss, taking Azrail with her.
Neo felt that he could move again and immediately heard two voices calling "Devil". His voice and Trinity's. For awfully long second nothing happened, then there was the burst of flames at the abyss edge. When flames disappeared, Devil could be seen. She got up from her knees and smiled weakly. "Remind me never to do this again."
"Um. Fine." Neo managed to say. "By the way, care to explain what was this all about?"
"This is the long story." Devil sighed. "I'm not sure if." She stopped in the middle of the sentence and turned her head. "Morpheus, Niobe. Nice to see you. "
Only now Neo noticed his captain and Niobe coming to them. "Morpheus, Niobe." What was he supposed to say? "Some winged guy wanted to kill us but Devil turned into the devil and saved us?" Bullshit. Trinity seemed to have the same problem as she greeted the captains and became silent.
Morpheus stared at Devil for some time and then demanded "Didn't I order you not to leave the ship?"
"I never told you I'd listen to your orders." Devil snapped back.
"Great." Morpheus said. "Then explain your appearance please. I hardly recognized you."
"I don't believe it's Halloween now. "Niobe added.
Devil nodded and opened her mouth to answer, but closed it immediately. "Not now." She said after a pause.
"Smith." Neo said, now feeling him too. "And he is not alone." He gave Devil questioning look.
"Sentinels. " She answered absent-mindly, thinking about something else. "He copied himself into the Sentinels. Not the whole program, but enough to make them work."
"How do you know?" Morpheus asked.
"Just that I do. I'll explain later." Devil said. "Right now we have to get out of here."
"But where?" Neo asked. "This cave has only one exit. A long and narrow tunnel. There is no way we can leave, before they enter this tunnel."
"I thought you were the optimist." Devil said sarcastically and headed towards the tunnel, Neo was talking about. Others followed her, still confused. After about two minutes Devil disappeared. A moment ago she was walking in front of them, and the next moment she was gone.
"What the ." Morpheus started.
"Nothing is going on. There is just another tunnel here." Devil was standing in front of them once again. "And if you don't want to meet Smith you'd better go there."
Morpheus made a few steps and saw what Devil was talking about. The other tunnel was almost completely hidden by especially big rock. It was hard to notice it was there, if you weren't looking for it.
"How did you know it was there?" Morpheus asked puzzled.
"Later, remember? " Devil reminded him. "Go now."
One by one they disappeared in the tunnel, until the only ones left were Trinity and Devil.
"Go." Devil said. "We have to hurry."
"No." Trinity shook her head. This was the first time she spoke with Devil since they left the ship. "Not before you tell me what is wrong."
"I told you already, I'll explain everything later" Devil said.
"No, you'll tell me now." Trinity certainly wasn't going to leave, and she blocked the entrance to the tunnel, so that Devil couldn't escape this conversation. " Something is wrong with you. You've changed. And don't mean your appearance."
"And what if?" Devil asked. "What if I did really change? Why do we have to discuss it here and now?"
"Because you don't seem to be happy with it." Trinity stated, as if it explained everything.
"And what if I'm not?" Devil asked bitterly. "It's nothing, Trinity. Really. It's just my world falling apart. I can survive this. I just don't want your worlds to be destroyed because of this." She smiled weakly. "Come on. Others are waiting."
Trinity nodded and entered the tunnel. Devil followed her shortly. "May be Azrail was wrong after all." She thought. "May be it is possible."