Good, Evil, Easy and Hard

A/N: Replies at bottom of page. Enjoy.

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"Oracle! We have some unexpected guests." Coughed the Priestess while entering the room.

"Unexpected? I don't think so dear." Laughed the Oracle. She turned round and gasped. "Why, this is unexpected!"

"Why do they always do that?" Trinity whispered into Neo's ear. Neo giggled and looked away slightly.

"What do people always do, Trinity?" Questioned the Oracle.

"Whenever we walk into a room or something, people gasp and/or take a step backwards." Answered Trinity, confusingly.

"That would be called 'surprise' dear. So, what business have you come to discuss? I really wasn't expecting you." Pondered the Oracle.

"We have come on behave of," Neo uncovered the baby from under his arm, and it tumbled slightly, "this baby."

"OH MY GOD! TAKE HIM BACK TO WHERE YOU FOUND HIM!" Screamed the Oracle.

"But what-" Wondered Trinity, carefully taking the baby back off Neo and huddling him closely, so that he wasn't startled by the Oracle's outburst. "He's only a baby. Probably no more than 3 months old. You expect me to put him back on the rubbish bags I found him on when he probably has no mother?"

"Yes! Please just take him back and never contact him again." Ordered the Oracle.

"Why? What's wrong with him? We'll look after him. We we're hoping that you would take care of him until he was old enough to be unplugged." Stated Neo sadly.

"No. That child has no place in the real world or this one. Replace him. I cannot tell you why, mainly because I do not really know, but I can tell you that he is unwelcome here and will only bring sorrow." Sighed the Oracle, unsurely.

"I don't believe it!" Shouted Neo at a rather shocked Oracle, "We brought this child to you to live and you want to kill it?!?!? Despicable!!! How could you?!?! A child- A BABY!!!" Neo Corrected himself "And you would rather him die than have a loving family in a world that is not a lie?!?!?!"

"Neo..trust me..this is no child of go-" Attempted the Oracle, but Neo was too blind in fury to notice.

"No! I don't see how I could trust you! Hypothetically, if we let him live and you are correct, then the child will grow up nourished in love but will still turn out evil. Now, if you are incorrect, then the child will be as loving as Trinity and me and will be happy knowing his life is not a lie and he is not being controlled and enslaved by machines. But if you are correct and we kill him, then that wouldn't necessarily mean that we are saviours, because we would've ended a life of a innocent human being. Then again," Neo said a lot slower and a lot more understandable "if you are wrong, and the word if is underlined, then that would mean that we are killing a small, helpless human being that has done nothing and will do nothing wrong in his life." Neo takes a incredibly deep breath, "Do we really, honestly want to inflict that much terror on a 3 month old baby AND the people who will have to dispose of him?"

"The problem is choice." Mumbled Trinity to herself; although she knew that everyone in the room would hear her.

"Exactly." Prised the Oracle, while still being taken aback by Neo's furious speech. "So, you do understand the dilemma but you just don't want to. Hand me the child, Trinity?" Requested the Oracle.

"What? No-" Complained Trinity, then Neo put his hand on her shoulder and nodded. Trinity sighed and slowly stepped forward to the Oracle. Once she had cautiously put the baby into the Oracle's arms, she turned to Neo and hugged him, not taking her eye off what the Oracle was doing. The Oracle looked deep into the baby's eyes and let her comforting chocolate eyes sooth him. This did not work. He carried on staring up at her, piercing into her mind with his sharp blue eyes, struggling to get back to Trinity and Neo.

"This child has no family. He has no friends. No relatives to care for him within the Matrix." Sniffed the Oracle.

"What happened to them?" Asked Trinity.

"His only family was his mother, and ..." Her voice trailed off.

"And? You have to finish your sentences..." urged Neo.

"What did you see before finding the baby, Trinity?" Quietened the Oracle.

"I saw a agent carefully toss the baby to the side and run off. Why?" Replied Trinity, slowly walking back up to the Oracle.

"Are you positive it wasn't anybody else?" Whispered the Oracle to Trinity.

"Well, I only saw him from behind, but it sure looked like a agent to me." Smiled Trinity, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice and on her grin.

"Take the child!" Said the Oracle quickly. Trinity grabbed the baby from her arms and watched her fall back against the sideboard. "Banish him! BANISH HIM! TAKE HIM AWAY FROM HERE AND DISPOSE OF HIM. HE'S EVIL! A HEART OF PURE DARKNESS AND NO OTHER. HE'S PLOTTING SOMETHING, AND WHEN HE UNLEASHES IT, YOU WILL BE NONE THE WISER!!!" Shouted the Oracle madly, as if the baby's piercing eyes had triggered something. "Fuck you!" Shouted Neo back. He grabbed Trinity's arm and quickly dragged her out of the room.

"Neo?" Came a small voice from below him.

'That voice..' He thought quietly to himself.

"Do not try and bend the spoon, that is impossible, instead, only try to realise the truth. There is no spoon." Came the small voice again.

"Spoon boy?" Asked Neo, looking down. "Dude? What happened to you? I haven't seen you in ages. You've gotten taller." Trinity looks at the two and lifts her right eyebrow slightly. Spoon boy only just reached Neo's waistline.

"My name is-" Started the kid, but got interrupted by Neo rushing out of the room with Trinity hot on his heels. "Damnit! No-one's ever going to know my name!" He swore loudly. The other potentials dropped their blocks, books, chest pieces and nearly a baby. "Oops! Sorry." He said. Then he heard Neo's voice out in the corridor. 'The Oracle may need some help in there.' It said, and a door slammed behind it.

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(Replies)

Everyone: to help you on understanding the 'Cuban cigar' subject, I will explain to you. Ever seen movies where a new father buys everyone cigars to celebrate the birth of their newborn child?? Especially those rich and powerful control freaks? If not, you need to watch more TV and the feeling he got was 'fatherhood'.

Richard the pedantic: Thanks for the review. Trinity is an odd material loon. She just doesn't like people catching on. I took Bigfoot into a library to shut him up, from all the yodelling and all, but because he made so much noise, they, uh, um, shot him! I'm so sorry!! *Sobs immensely, gets over it and stares at Justin Timberlake Magnets* Whew! Glad that's out of my system! Anyway, he'll be out of casualty in about 2 weeks. I'm going to get them to remove his voice box but he's the only one who'll read in book club. Keanu is undercover, Hugo is too big headed, even though I love them both, Carrie-Ann is just a snob and I have this weird speech going on. I burst out into famous Matrix lines all the time. It's annoying. My math teacher thinks I call him Mr. Anderson on purpose. IT'S NOT TRUE DAMNIT!!!

Citti Kitty Monroe: Twas me who recommended you to someone, which would be my friend, Angel-of-lightness, but why wouldn't I? Your work is great! But I need more of it I'm afraid! You're just too damn good! Read on to see if Neo likes the baby or not! Coz I'm not all that sure myself! I'm just trying my best not to write myself into a corner and mess up. Thanks for the Review!!!

Angel Leviathan: Sounds as if your computer is evil and/or possessed. I write what I see going on in my head, so seeing Neo shout at the Oracle is kinda funny, but in a serious kinda way, but try picturing Smith with a bright blue baby carrier on, that's even funnier. Thanks for the review, and plz update your story! My friend and me are melting waiting for it...

Angel-Of-Lightness: Neeeeeeeeeeed mooooooooooooreeeeeeeee pieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! *cough cough* You are a lettuce Natalie! We meaning I. Argh! The Pain! Justin Rocks!!! Go shorty, it's your birthday! *cough cough* O.k.. that was weird! Too many personalities! You're right! You are a sequin! You belong on my hat, my very pretty hat, and YOU ARE NOT GETTING MY MAGNETS!!!!! *cough cough* Oops! Hope this isn't the personality with the turrets. *Waits awkwardly for 3 minutes* Tum tee dum.. Good not it! If you are so goddamn tormented, dump them all on me! I'm used to it! Racks are rather comfortable actually! *Big medieval body stretching thingy*. My quote of last week: Dead vampires come in envelopes... Quote of this week: Not all hearts are red...

Thanks for the reviews and I REALLY need for you to tell everyone about this fic and my other stories!!!! I don't like getting discourage coz then I just stop what I'm doing, I mean look at my tamagotchi for Christ sake! He got a beak instead of legs and I nearly flushed him down the toilet *but didn't* !!!! Anyway, inflammable means flammable and it turns out that's what I am, so no flames plz!!

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