Chapter 16
Sydney was in complete darkness. She looked around and saw Neo standing beside her.
"What do you see?" she asked Neo.
"It's different. The code is different somehow. It's not encrypted, but there are parts missing to it," Neo replied. Suddenly, a beam of light cut through the darkness. It started to move towards them.
Niobe continued to drive. She was nearing the exit. She turned to see Neo and Sydney. She was alarmed to see them gone. She stopped at the exit and called Link.
"What's happened to them?" she asked.
"I don't know. I can't find them," Link said. "Hurry, just get out." Niobe hung up and answered the ringing payphone she was standing near. When she woke up, she hurried to the monitors.
"What happened?" she asked again. Link typed something.
"It's like they disappeared. I can't find them anywhere," Link replied.
"The door...they're finding out the location of the door," Morpheus realized.
The light grew brighter as it came closer. It surrounded them and was suddenly put out like a fire. They found themselves in front of a building. It was tall and looked evil as it stared down at them. The doors blew open and revealed a dark long hallway.
They entered and lights turned on by themselves. The walls were extremely white and blank. There were identical doors lining the hallway. One of the doors flew open. Neo and Sydney walked to it. There was darkness in the room. As they stepped into the room, they started to fall once again.
They woke up with everyone staring at them. Sydney's head was spinning. She couldn't figure out what had just happened.
"Did you find it?" Morpheus asked. It took a moment for Sydney to realize that he was talking about the door.
"Yes. We did. But I don't know where it is," Sydney said. Trinity rushed to Neo's side.
"Neo, I was so worried," she said. He hugged her and Trinity squeezed his hand.
"I remember something distinctive about the code," Neo said. "It was strange. There was something different about it, like a different language, in a way." He got up and walked over to the monitors. He typed something. The streams of data stopped and something was highlighted. It zoomed into and the coding of that single piece of data was shown.
"The building is in New York. Wait, what's this?" Link said. He typed something and the coding of the building stopped. Another piece of data was highlighted and the coding was shown.
"The door is closed. I think it can be only opened at a certain time," Sydney said. Everyone looked at her, then at each other.
"Maybe we must go to the Oracle again," Morpheus said.
"Now?" Sydney asked. Morpheus shook his head.
"You must rest. We can go in again in an hour or sooner, if possible," he replied. Sydney got up and went to the dining room. She poured some food into a container and ate it. She pushed it aside when she finished and rested her head in her arms. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The door was open. The door was white, like the walls, but there was evil darkness coming from the room. Sydney looked around for Neo. He wasn't there. She was all alone. She started to run towards the door. It started to move away from her. She reached out to try and grab it, but it kept moving away. Suddenly, she tripped. When she got up again, the door was gone.
She woke up with Trinity gently shaking her shoulder. She looked around to figure out where she was and realized she was in the dining room.
"Oh, God. Is it time to go?" she asked.
"They're waiting," Trinity said. She turned to leave and Sydney followed her out. She was still a bit tired, but she knew that she had to stay awake. She lay back on the chair and Link plugged her in.
She was in front of another apartment building with Neo. They went up to one of the apartments and opened the door. It was dark and they saw that there was only one lamp on. They walked to the living room and found the Oracle watching the news.
"Why, hello," she greeted them. She turned the television off. "I know you've found the door."
"Obviously, we have. Are you going to tell us when we must open it?" Neo asked.
"When an old day ends, a new day begins. At that exact second can the door be opened."
"At midnight," Sydney said.
"No later or sooner," the Oracle emphasized. She got up and started to walk.
"What if we fail?" Sydney asked. The Oracle thought for a moment.
"If you fail, then we are doomed to oblivion," the Oracle replied. Sydney gave a small silent sigh and looked at Neo. He looked kind of worried, too, now. They left the building. They reached their exit and woke up.
"That was fast," Niobe said.
"The door must be opened at midnight. We can't be late," Neo said.
"That's only in four hours. Did she say anything else?" Morpheus asked. He was nervous. The prophecy was about to be fulfilled soon. What was going to happen? He didn't know and he was excited at the same time. He had dreamed of the prophecy's fulfillment his whole life.
"No, she didn't," Sydney said.
"Get some more rest. You must be fully prepared," he told her. Sydney nodded and sighed. Niobe and the rest of her crew left as they went back to their rooms. Neo put his arm around Trinity and they left to their room. Sydney went to her room and plopped herself on the cot. She closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of the old mattress.
Sydney was in complete darkness. She looked around and saw Neo standing beside her.
"What do you see?" she asked Neo.
"It's different. The code is different somehow. It's not encrypted, but there are parts missing to it," Neo replied. Suddenly, a beam of light cut through the darkness. It started to move towards them.
Niobe continued to drive. She was nearing the exit. She turned to see Neo and Sydney. She was alarmed to see them gone. She stopped at the exit and called Link.
"What's happened to them?" she asked.
"I don't know. I can't find them," Link said. "Hurry, just get out." Niobe hung up and answered the ringing payphone she was standing near. When she woke up, she hurried to the monitors.
"What happened?" she asked again. Link typed something.
"It's like they disappeared. I can't find them anywhere," Link replied.
"The door...they're finding out the location of the door," Morpheus realized.
The light grew brighter as it came closer. It surrounded them and was suddenly put out like a fire. They found themselves in front of a building. It was tall and looked evil as it stared down at them. The doors blew open and revealed a dark long hallway.
They entered and lights turned on by themselves. The walls were extremely white and blank. There were identical doors lining the hallway. One of the doors flew open. Neo and Sydney walked to it. There was darkness in the room. As they stepped into the room, they started to fall once again.
They woke up with everyone staring at them. Sydney's head was spinning. She couldn't figure out what had just happened.
"Did you find it?" Morpheus asked. It took a moment for Sydney to realize that he was talking about the door.
"Yes. We did. But I don't know where it is," Sydney said. Trinity rushed to Neo's side.
"Neo, I was so worried," she said. He hugged her and Trinity squeezed his hand.
"I remember something distinctive about the code," Neo said. "It was strange. There was something different about it, like a different language, in a way." He got up and walked over to the monitors. He typed something. The streams of data stopped and something was highlighted. It zoomed into and the coding of that single piece of data was shown.
"The building is in New York. Wait, what's this?" Link said. He typed something and the coding of the building stopped. Another piece of data was highlighted and the coding was shown.
"The door is closed. I think it can be only opened at a certain time," Sydney said. Everyone looked at her, then at each other.
"Maybe we must go to the Oracle again," Morpheus said.
"Now?" Sydney asked. Morpheus shook his head.
"You must rest. We can go in again in an hour or sooner, if possible," he replied. Sydney got up and went to the dining room. She poured some food into a container and ate it. She pushed it aside when she finished and rested her head in her arms. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The door was open. The door was white, like the walls, but there was evil darkness coming from the room. Sydney looked around for Neo. He wasn't there. She was all alone. She started to run towards the door. It started to move away from her. She reached out to try and grab it, but it kept moving away. Suddenly, she tripped. When she got up again, the door was gone.
She woke up with Trinity gently shaking her shoulder. She looked around to figure out where she was and realized she was in the dining room.
"Oh, God. Is it time to go?" she asked.
"They're waiting," Trinity said. She turned to leave and Sydney followed her out. She was still a bit tired, but she knew that she had to stay awake. She lay back on the chair and Link plugged her in.
She was in front of another apartment building with Neo. They went up to one of the apartments and opened the door. It was dark and they saw that there was only one lamp on. They walked to the living room and found the Oracle watching the news.
"Why, hello," she greeted them. She turned the television off. "I know you've found the door."
"Obviously, we have. Are you going to tell us when we must open it?" Neo asked.
"When an old day ends, a new day begins. At that exact second can the door be opened."
"At midnight," Sydney said.
"No later or sooner," the Oracle emphasized. She got up and started to walk.
"What if we fail?" Sydney asked. The Oracle thought for a moment.
"If you fail, then we are doomed to oblivion," the Oracle replied. Sydney gave a small silent sigh and looked at Neo. He looked kind of worried, too, now. They left the building. They reached their exit and woke up.
"That was fast," Niobe said.
"The door must be opened at midnight. We can't be late," Neo said.
"That's only in four hours. Did she say anything else?" Morpheus asked. He was nervous. The prophecy was about to be fulfilled soon. What was going to happen? He didn't know and he was excited at the same time. He had dreamed of the prophecy's fulfillment his whole life.
"No, she didn't," Sydney said.
"Get some more rest. You must be fully prepared," he told her. Sydney nodded and sighed. Niobe and the rest of her crew left as they went back to their rooms. Neo put his arm around Trinity and they left to their room. Sydney went to her room and plopped herself on the cot. She closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of the old mattress.