Chapter 7
The next morning, Sydney awoke and got up. She opened the door and walked to the chairs and monitors. She saw Trinity coming out of a door she didn't notice before.
"Hey! Want some breakfast?" Trinity asked her. Sydney walked over to her and entered what she assumed was mess hall. There was a counter and a table with a few chairs around it. There were two faucet-looking things attached to the ceiling and came down all the way to nearly eye-level with Sydney. Trinity turned one of them and white glop came out of it into a silver container. She gave it to Sydney and handed her a spoon. It jiggled when she put it on the table.
Sydney poked it with her spoon and put a small spoonful of it. It looked like rice with small red beads in water. She found it was tasteless and you had to chew the small red beads because they were hard.
"Erm...what is it?" she asked.
"It's some combo of vitamins and minerals or some other shit like that," Neo said. Sydney ate it hungrily even though it wasn't real food. She just needed something for her stomach to digest. As she ate, she secretly watched Trinity and Neo. They were sitting next to each other, but were busy eating. She still didn't know exactly how she felt about this. When she finished eating, she put it on the counter with everyone else's containers. She followed them to the cockpit.
"Sydney, we have to get you to Zion," Morpheus told her.
"Zion?"
"Zion is the last human city that exists." Sydney looked at him.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because it's not safe for you to stay here." Sydney's face fell. She wanted to stay. But, maybe it would be better if she went to the city. Neo noticed her sad face.
"We could use another crew member," Neo said. Sydney looked at him and smiled gratefully. She turned to Morpheus. He sighed and said, "Fine."
For the next few days, Sydney underwent long hours of training and how to defend herself within the Matrix. She learned karate, tae kwon do, boxing, kung fu, judo and several other forms of martial arts. She also learned about how to assemble and use guns and pursuit and evasion driving techniques. Neo helped her during all of the programs. She was glad he did because she felt safe every time he was around her.
It was so exciting for her. She had also seen Neo flying. The scariest training program she went through was the agent training program. She learned that they could move through any program and become any person. That's why she had seen that old lady she knocked over turn into an agent.
One night, as she lay in bed, she thought of her parents. She wondered what they were doing. Had she been reported missing or did they not remember her at all? She wanted to know. Of course, she missed her home and her bed. She actually missed school and her boring classes. A tear rolled down her cheek. She refused to cry again. 'It's not real,' she told herself. She clenched her jaw to stop any tears from coming. She closed her eyes and forced herself to go to sleep.
The next morning, Sydney got up and ate breakfast. Morpheus told everyone to meet at the plug-in site. Everyone gathered around the chairs.
"Okay, everyone. We're going in."
"The Oracle?" Neo asked.
"Who's the Oracle?" Sydney asked, sitting down on one of the chairs. Neo smiled.
"You'll find out soon enough." A few moments later, they were inside a car. Sydney was dressed in a tight black t-shirt and black baggy pants. She wore a flowing black coat. Her hair was put in a bun, but not completely. It was tied so that the ends of her hair stuck out in all directions. She even had sunglasses.
Sydney stared out the window. She was squished into the back with Neo and Trinity. They didn't talk much. They stopped in front of a derelict building and got out. Trinity stayed in the car. She jumped into the driver's seat.
"We'll be back soon," he said. She nodded and drove away. 'Maybe, she's gone to find a parking space,' Sydney said. She didn't voice this. Every time she said something she was feeling, she always felt stupid and annoying to them. So, she kept quiet.
They went up to the seventh floor and stopped in apartment #702. Neo opened the door and walked in. It was a small apartment. There was a door on the right as soon as you entered. It looked like a kitchen. The hall extended to a living room. Morpheus closed the door. There were a few chairs across from the apartment. They sat down in those.
"What does she do?" Sydney asked.
"Her purpose is different for each person."
"Is the she the one who told you about the One?" she asked. Morpheus looked at her. "Neo told me," she said.
"Yes, she was." They sat in silence for a few minutes. Finally, Neo finally came out. They stood up to leave, but Neo stopped them.
"She wants to see Sydney," he said. Sydney looked at him in surprise. Morpheus nodded and Sydney walked up to the door. She opened it and entered. A woman's voice said, "Come in." Sydney walked into the kitchen. A fifty-to-sixty year old black woman sat at a table, smoking. Sydney wasn't sure what to do, but she took her sunglasses off.
"So, you're Sydney," the Oracle said. "It's so nice to meet you."
"You, too," Sydney said. The Oracle stood up and looked at Sydney closely.
"Well, now. How do you feel?"
"Um...fine, considering everything that's happened since I've been unplugged," she replied. The Oracle nodded.
"You like him, don't you?" the Oracle asked. Sydney did a double- take.
"Do you mean Neo?" Sydney wasn't sure if she could lie.
"It's okay. You don't have to lie. Whatever is said here doesn't go past that door," the Oracle said.
"Yes, I do," she said finally. "But, he loves Trinity. He won't ever have feelings for me the way he does for Trinity."
"Observant, ain't you? Well, life can't always go our way. Now, you know that, don't you?" she said to Sydney, looking at her over the top her glasses. "How old are you?" she asked.
"Well, why are you asking if you already know?" Sydney asked. The Oracle chuckled.
"I get that a lot."
"I'm 24." The Oracle nodded and smiled.
"He may love Trinity, but he needs your help to fulfill what he is destined to do." The Oracle took a cookie from a plate and handed it to her.
The next morning, Sydney awoke and got up. She opened the door and walked to the chairs and monitors. She saw Trinity coming out of a door she didn't notice before.
"Hey! Want some breakfast?" Trinity asked her. Sydney walked over to her and entered what she assumed was mess hall. There was a counter and a table with a few chairs around it. There were two faucet-looking things attached to the ceiling and came down all the way to nearly eye-level with Sydney. Trinity turned one of them and white glop came out of it into a silver container. She gave it to Sydney and handed her a spoon. It jiggled when she put it on the table.
Sydney poked it with her spoon and put a small spoonful of it. It looked like rice with small red beads in water. She found it was tasteless and you had to chew the small red beads because they were hard.
"Erm...what is it?" she asked.
"It's some combo of vitamins and minerals or some other shit like that," Neo said. Sydney ate it hungrily even though it wasn't real food. She just needed something for her stomach to digest. As she ate, she secretly watched Trinity and Neo. They were sitting next to each other, but were busy eating. She still didn't know exactly how she felt about this. When she finished eating, she put it on the counter with everyone else's containers. She followed them to the cockpit.
"Sydney, we have to get you to Zion," Morpheus told her.
"Zion?"
"Zion is the last human city that exists." Sydney looked at him.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because it's not safe for you to stay here." Sydney's face fell. She wanted to stay. But, maybe it would be better if she went to the city. Neo noticed her sad face.
"We could use another crew member," Neo said. Sydney looked at him and smiled gratefully. She turned to Morpheus. He sighed and said, "Fine."
For the next few days, Sydney underwent long hours of training and how to defend herself within the Matrix. She learned karate, tae kwon do, boxing, kung fu, judo and several other forms of martial arts. She also learned about how to assemble and use guns and pursuit and evasion driving techniques. Neo helped her during all of the programs. She was glad he did because she felt safe every time he was around her.
It was so exciting for her. She had also seen Neo flying. The scariest training program she went through was the agent training program. She learned that they could move through any program and become any person. That's why she had seen that old lady she knocked over turn into an agent.
One night, as she lay in bed, she thought of her parents. She wondered what they were doing. Had she been reported missing or did they not remember her at all? She wanted to know. Of course, she missed her home and her bed. She actually missed school and her boring classes. A tear rolled down her cheek. She refused to cry again. 'It's not real,' she told herself. She clenched her jaw to stop any tears from coming. She closed her eyes and forced herself to go to sleep.
The next morning, Sydney got up and ate breakfast. Morpheus told everyone to meet at the plug-in site. Everyone gathered around the chairs.
"Okay, everyone. We're going in."
"The Oracle?" Neo asked.
"Who's the Oracle?" Sydney asked, sitting down on one of the chairs. Neo smiled.
"You'll find out soon enough." A few moments later, they were inside a car. Sydney was dressed in a tight black t-shirt and black baggy pants. She wore a flowing black coat. Her hair was put in a bun, but not completely. It was tied so that the ends of her hair stuck out in all directions. She even had sunglasses.
Sydney stared out the window. She was squished into the back with Neo and Trinity. They didn't talk much. They stopped in front of a derelict building and got out. Trinity stayed in the car. She jumped into the driver's seat.
"We'll be back soon," he said. She nodded and drove away. 'Maybe, she's gone to find a parking space,' Sydney said. She didn't voice this. Every time she said something she was feeling, she always felt stupid and annoying to them. So, she kept quiet.
They went up to the seventh floor and stopped in apartment #702. Neo opened the door and walked in. It was a small apartment. There was a door on the right as soon as you entered. It looked like a kitchen. The hall extended to a living room. Morpheus closed the door. There were a few chairs across from the apartment. They sat down in those.
"What does she do?" Sydney asked.
"Her purpose is different for each person."
"Is the she the one who told you about the One?" she asked. Morpheus looked at her. "Neo told me," she said.
"Yes, she was." They sat in silence for a few minutes. Finally, Neo finally came out. They stood up to leave, but Neo stopped them.
"She wants to see Sydney," he said. Sydney looked at him in surprise. Morpheus nodded and Sydney walked up to the door. She opened it and entered. A woman's voice said, "Come in." Sydney walked into the kitchen. A fifty-to-sixty year old black woman sat at a table, smoking. Sydney wasn't sure what to do, but she took her sunglasses off.
"So, you're Sydney," the Oracle said. "It's so nice to meet you."
"You, too," Sydney said. The Oracle stood up and looked at Sydney closely.
"Well, now. How do you feel?"
"Um...fine, considering everything that's happened since I've been unplugged," she replied. The Oracle nodded.
"You like him, don't you?" the Oracle asked. Sydney did a double- take.
"Do you mean Neo?" Sydney wasn't sure if she could lie.
"It's okay. You don't have to lie. Whatever is said here doesn't go past that door," the Oracle said.
"Yes, I do," she said finally. "But, he loves Trinity. He won't ever have feelings for me the way he does for Trinity."
"Observant, ain't you? Well, life can't always go our way. Now, you know that, don't you?" she said to Sydney, looking at her over the top her glasses. "How old are you?" she asked.
"Well, why are you asking if you already know?" Sydney asked. The Oracle chuckled.
"I get that a lot."
"I'm 24." The Oracle nodded and smiled.
"He may love Trinity, but he needs your help to fulfill what he is destined to do." The Oracle took a cookie from a plate and handed it to her.