It was nearly a week later when Morpheus told me that I was going to see
that Oracle, I didn't know who or what an Oracle was, but it looked like I
was about to find out. We were already in the Matrix, Trinity was driving
with Morpheus riding shotgun, I sat in the back with Neo.
"We're here, Kat, come with me." My thought were interrupted my Morpheus' voice. We rode up in the elevator in silence. I was about to ask him if he was going to knock on the door, when a woman opened it from the other side.
"You're right on time, Katana. Morpheus, wait here." She said, then she led me into a kitchen where another woman sat at a table smoking a cigarette. She stood up as I entered and came over to me; she held my face in her hands, making humming sounds.
"You won't make it out this time, but they won't leave you. You must find the strength inside yourself." She said. What the hell does that mean? I wondered. Then she turned and picked a plate up of the table.
"Take a brownie." She said. She sat down at the table again and ignored me, it was fairly obvious the meeting, or whatever you want to call it was over, so I left the kitchen and rejoined Morpheus, he stood up as I came out.
"What she told you was only for you, tell no one." He said.
"To tell someone I'd need to understand what she told me in the first place." I muttered under my breath. I followed him back down to the car, we rode back towards the safe house in silence, no one asked me what the Oracle had said and I didn't bring it up. That is until we were broadsided by another car, which was being driven by an agent, the engine died. Instantly Morpheus started barking orders, we split up and started running. Running away from agents is your only hope, but what the hell do you do when the only direction they're not coming at you is above? For a moment I froze, but then I ran right at the one in front of me, what the hell, might as well give it a shot. I'm dead. My mind screamed. I felt a prick in my neck and my first thought was that some stupid insect had bitten me, but I knew that wasn't the case when I crashed to the ground. What the fuck was going on? I wondered, I thought that I had tripped and was cursing my shit luck, because it's not a good thing to happen when agents are all around you, an agent leaned close to my ear.
"Good try, Miss. Anderson." He whispered. I wanted to tell him to fuck off, but the only thing that escaped my lips was a sort of half moan half grunt, then he put some kind of a hood over my head and picked me up like I was a sack of potatoes.
By then everyone else had made it back to the real world, but as soon as Neo found out that I sister had been captured by agents he wanted to go back in.
"We don't know where she is yet. Until we do you'll do her no good if you get yourself caught." Morpheus reasoned. Neo didn't like it, but he had to agree that Morpheus was right, for the next few hours he walked between Tank, as the other man searched the Matrix for Katana's signal, and the chair that his sister still sat in, her body kept bucking and jerking, blood soaking her clothes, Trinity was trying to hold her steady. Suddenly a message flashed on one of the screens 'INCOMING TRANSMISSION'. Morpheus came over to them.
"Is it another ship?" He asked. Tank shook his head.
"No, it's coming from inside the Matrix. Do you want me to put it through?" Tank said. Morpheus nodded; knowing that the operator would scramble the transmission, ensuring that whoever it was would not be able to find them. Tank hit a couple of keys and the screen faded from black into a picture of Katana, naked, blindfolded and handcuffed to a bed, she was covered in cuts and bruises. Then some agents moved into the picture, their suits faded away, they moved towards Katana one of them held her legs, while the other climbed on top of her, her mouth opened as with great force he rammed himself into her. Katana's mouth opened in a scream and they could hear her begging, pleading with them to stop.
"Give us what we want and we'll let her go." A voice, obviously an agents said over the sounds of her howls. The picture faded, Neo stood staring at the now blank screen, his face a mask of anger and sadness. He strode over to the chairs, his intent clear. Morpheus turned to Tank, one eyebrow raised in silent question.
"I have the co-ordinates right here." He said quietly. Morpheus nodded once, went over to Trinity whispered a few words to her and then he to joined Neo, Tank loaded them both in.
In the compound where the agents were keeping me, I tried to block out what they were doing to me. Blood drenched the bed I was on, finally he got of me and I thought that it was over, but then another took his place and it started all over again. He kept slamming, ripping into me, I screamed even louder tears soaking the blindfold over my eyes, suddenly he pulled himself out of me and stood up, I didn't dare to hope that it was really over. But no more of them took over the torture they had been putting me through for what felt like years. I heard whispered conversation.
"Here.now.her." I had no idea what they were talking about, nor did I care. I just wanted to die, I curled myself up on the bed and lay that way for a very long time, I could hear what sounded like a fight going on outside, but I ignored it. A while later I heard someone coming into the room and I knew that it was going to start again. I could feel somebody covering me with a blanket or something and then touched my shoulder, I jerked away.
"Don't touch me!" I shrieked, as I huddled against the wall.
"Katana, it's me, Neo." I barely recognised my brothers' voice, and I prayed that this wasn't some cruel joke that the agents were playing on me. I wanted to bury my face in his chest and cry like a baby, but I was afraid that if I did he'd turn out to be an agent. He kept speaking quietly to me, I'm not sure what he said, eventually I let him hold me and I sobbed unrestrainedly. After a long time Morpheus came in.
"We have to go before more agents come, Kat." He said. Neo nodded and helped me to stand up with his help, my knees buckled underneath me and I crashed against him. He picked me up gently in his arms and followed Morpheus, I rested my head against him, I fell asleep.
"How can they do that? I thought you said it wasn't possible." I heard Neo's voice.
"It shouldn't be, but her system shows evidence of some kind of drug that we've never seen before. Apparently it causes damage done in the Matrix to affect a person here as well." Morpheus said. I slowly came back to consciousness, to feel the agony that I was in, I groaned loudly. They both turned at the sound and came over to me, Morpheus stuck a needle in my arm and injected what I presume was a painkiller into me. I looked from one to the other, my gaze resting on neither of them, I didn't want to see the look in their eyes, I heard the door of the medbay opening and closing quietly, as Morpheus left. Neo pulled a chair up by the bed and sat down, he reached out and took my hand in both of his.
"I.I know that what they did to you was terrible and you might think that I don't understand. You're probably right. But I want you to know that I'm here if you want to talk to me." He said. I nodded once before closing my eyes. He sat silently for a moment, thinking that I had gone back to sleep.
"Why.I mean why did they do it to me?" I whispered painfully, tears ran down my face. His head shot up, the look on his told me that he wasn't sure whether to tell me or not.
"They were laying a trap, for me. They knew that if they took you then I wouldn't stop looking for you." He answered.
"They were right, I won't stop, not now, not ever." He looked away from me, but not before that he was crying as well, I was shocked, I don't think I've ever seen him crying before. As I drifted off to sleep, feeling safe again.
"We're here, Kat, come with me." My thought were interrupted my Morpheus' voice. We rode up in the elevator in silence. I was about to ask him if he was going to knock on the door, when a woman opened it from the other side.
"You're right on time, Katana. Morpheus, wait here." She said, then she led me into a kitchen where another woman sat at a table smoking a cigarette. She stood up as I entered and came over to me; she held my face in her hands, making humming sounds.
"You won't make it out this time, but they won't leave you. You must find the strength inside yourself." She said. What the hell does that mean? I wondered. Then she turned and picked a plate up of the table.
"Take a brownie." She said. She sat down at the table again and ignored me, it was fairly obvious the meeting, or whatever you want to call it was over, so I left the kitchen and rejoined Morpheus, he stood up as I came out.
"What she told you was only for you, tell no one." He said.
"To tell someone I'd need to understand what she told me in the first place." I muttered under my breath. I followed him back down to the car, we rode back towards the safe house in silence, no one asked me what the Oracle had said and I didn't bring it up. That is until we were broadsided by another car, which was being driven by an agent, the engine died. Instantly Morpheus started barking orders, we split up and started running. Running away from agents is your only hope, but what the hell do you do when the only direction they're not coming at you is above? For a moment I froze, but then I ran right at the one in front of me, what the hell, might as well give it a shot. I'm dead. My mind screamed. I felt a prick in my neck and my first thought was that some stupid insect had bitten me, but I knew that wasn't the case when I crashed to the ground. What the fuck was going on? I wondered, I thought that I had tripped and was cursing my shit luck, because it's not a good thing to happen when agents are all around you, an agent leaned close to my ear.
"Good try, Miss. Anderson." He whispered. I wanted to tell him to fuck off, but the only thing that escaped my lips was a sort of half moan half grunt, then he put some kind of a hood over my head and picked me up like I was a sack of potatoes.
By then everyone else had made it back to the real world, but as soon as Neo found out that I sister had been captured by agents he wanted to go back in.
"We don't know where she is yet. Until we do you'll do her no good if you get yourself caught." Morpheus reasoned. Neo didn't like it, but he had to agree that Morpheus was right, for the next few hours he walked between Tank, as the other man searched the Matrix for Katana's signal, and the chair that his sister still sat in, her body kept bucking and jerking, blood soaking her clothes, Trinity was trying to hold her steady. Suddenly a message flashed on one of the screens 'INCOMING TRANSMISSION'. Morpheus came over to them.
"Is it another ship?" He asked. Tank shook his head.
"No, it's coming from inside the Matrix. Do you want me to put it through?" Tank said. Morpheus nodded; knowing that the operator would scramble the transmission, ensuring that whoever it was would not be able to find them. Tank hit a couple of keys and the screen faded from black into a picture of Katana, naked, blindfolded and handcuffed to a bed, she was covered in cuts and bruises. Then some agents moved into the picture, their suits faded away, they moved towards Katana one of them held her legs, while the other climbed on top of her, her mouth opened as with great force he rammed himself into her. Katana's mouth opened in a scream and they could hear her begging, pleading with them to stop.
"Give us what we want and we'll let her go." A voice, obviously an agents said over the sounds of her howls. The picture faded, Neo stood staring at the now blank screen, his face a mask of anger and sadness. He strode over to the chairs, his intent clear. Morpheus turned to Tank, one eyebrow raised in silent question.
"I have the co-ordinates right here." He said quietly. Morpheus nodded once, went over to Trinity whispered a few words to her and then he to joined Neo, Tank loaded them both in.
In the compound where the agents were keeping me, I tried to block out what they were doing to me. Blood drenched the bed I was on, finally he got of me and I thought that it was over, but then another took his place and it started all over again. He kept slamming, ripping into me, I screamed even louder tears soaking the blindfold over my eyes, suddenly he pulled himself out of me and stood up, I didn't dare to hope that it was really over. But no more of them took over the torture they had been putting me through for what felt like years. I heard whispered conversation.
"Here.now.her." I had no idea what they were talking about, nor did I care. I just wanted to die, I curled myself up on the bed and lay that way for a very long time, I could hear what sounded like a fight going on outside, but I ignored it. A while later I heard someone coming into the room and I knew that it was going to start again. I could feel somebody covering me with a blanket or something and then touched my shoulder, I jerked away.
"Don't touch me!" I shrieked, as I huddled against the wall.
"Katana, it's me, Neo." I barely recognised my brothers' voice, and I prayed that this wasn't some cruel joke that the agents were playing on me. I wanted to bury my face in his chest and cry like a baby, but I was afraid that if I did he'd turn out to be an agent. He kept speaking quietly to me, I'm not sure what he said, eventually I let him hold me and I sobbed unrestrainedly. After a long time Morpheus came in.
"We have to go before more agents come, Kat." He said. Neo nodded and helped me to stand up with his help, my knees buckled underneath me and I crashed against him. He picked me up gently in his arms and followed Morpheus, I rested my head against him, I fell asleep.
"How can they do that? I thought you said it wasn't possible." I heard Neo's voice.
"It shouldn't be, but her system shows evidence of some kind of drug that we've never seen before. Apparently it causes damage done in the Matrix to affect a person here as well." Morpheus said. I slowly came back to consciousness, to feel the agony that I was in, I groaned loudly. They both turned at the sound and came over to me, Morpheus stuck a needle in my arm and injected what I presume was a painkiller into me. I looked from one to the other, my gaze resting on neither of them, I didn't want to see the look in their eyes, I heard the door of the medbay opening and closing quietly, as Morpheus left. Neo pulled a chair up by the bed and sat down, he reached out and took my hand in both of his.
"I.I know that what they did to you was terrible and you might think that I don't understand. You're probably right. But I want you to know that I'm here if you want to talk to me." He said. I nodded once before closing my eyes. He sat silently for a moment, thinking that I had gone back to sleep.
"Why.I mean why did they do it to me?" I whispered painfully, tears ran down my face. His head shot up, the look on his told me that he wasn't sure whether to tell me or not.
"They were laying a trap, for me. They knew that if they took you then I wouldn't stop looking for you." He answered.
"They were right, I won't stop, not now, not ever." He looked away from me, but not before that he was crying as well, I was shocked, I don't think I've ever seen him crying before. As I drifted off to sleep, feeling safe again.
