Chapter 2
Waking up didn't feel like waking up.
Waking up felt more like being slapped in the face, then having your eyes open. When I woke up, I was outside. The birds twittered in the trees and the wind was soft and gentle. It was morning, the sun was just rising over the horizon. I remembered this place. it was the rooftop. I turned my head, and found The Oracle sitting beside me, looking straight ahead.
"Mornin'" She said. "Its about time you woke up."
"Where am I?"
"On a rooftop."
Well, I knew that. "Why am I here?"
She smiled at me. "Do you always ask the same questions?"
I turned away, staring at the ground, wondering how I had gotten here. I decided to keep my questions to myself.
"You know why you're here as well as I do. I'd love to make it simpler but its not."
She looked sad. I wondered vaguely why she was so depressed, then realized it. "Because of.my dream."
She nodded, then turned around in her seat. She motioned for Seraph to leave. "Yes, that's one of the reasons."
"I can't help what I see."
"I know that. But there are things you can help."
"I don't understand."
"You will. I can't give away everything, but very soon you will be faced with a choice."
No.I've had enough choices..no more.
"And even though it feels right.its not. That's all I can say."
"No." I said abruptly, surprised by my own voice. The Oracle jumped slightly.
I got up, then began walking to the ledge of the building, looking out over the fake city.
"The last choice I was given I screwed it up. I don't want to do that again."
"You didn't make a mistake Neo, you did the right thing." She said sympathetically.
"Then why does it feel so wrong?"
The Oracle was silent. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her, she was crying.
"The choices I make don't matter. I chose the door so I could save Trinity, but she died anyway. It doesn't matter. Whether I had chosen the other door or not, Zion would have been all right. It really doesn't matter."
I turned around, walking towards the door. I walked past The Oracle without looking at her. When she spoke again, her voice sounded weak and almost.scared.
"Neo, that's not true."
I walked away without saying anymore.
Waking up didn't feel like waking up.
Waking up felt more like being slapped in the face, then having your eyes open. When I woke up, I was outside. The birds twittered in the trees and the wind was soft and gentle. It was morning, the sun was just rising over the horizon. I remembered this place. it was the rooftop. I turned my head, and found The Oracle sitting beside me, looking straight ahead.
"Mornin'" She said. "Its about time you woke up."
"Where am I?"
"On a rooftop."
Well, I knew that. "Why am I here?"
She smiled at me. "Do you always ask the same questions?"
I turned away, staring at the ground, wondering how I had gotten here. I decided to keep my questions to myself.
"You know why you're here as well as I do. I'd love to make it simpler but its not."
She looked sad. I wondered vaguely why she was so depressed, then realized it. "Because of.my dream."
She nodded, then turned around in her seat. She motioned for Seraph to leave. "Yes, that's one of the reasons."
"I can't help what I see."
"I know that. But there are things you can help."
"I don't understand."
"You will. I can't give away everything, but very soon you will be faced with a choice."
No.I've had enough choices..no more.
"And even though it feels right.its not. That's all I can say."
"No." I said abruptly, surprised by my own voice. The Oracle jumped slightly.
I got up, then began walking to the ledge of the building, looking out over the fake city.
"The last choice I was given I screwed it up. I don't want to do that again."
"You didn't make a mistake Neo, you did the right thing." She said sympathetically.
"Then why does it feel so wrong?"
The Oracle was silent. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her, she was crying.
"The choices I make don't matter. I chose the door so I could save Trinity, but she died anyway. It doesn't matter. Whether I had chosen the other door or not, Zion would have been all right. It really doesn't matter."
I turned around, walking towards the door. I walked past The Oracle without looking at her. When she spoke again, her voice sounded weak and almost.scared.
"Neo, that's not true."
I walked away without saying anymore.