(Author's Note: I'm sorry it took me long to post this chapter, but my
Internet wasn't working for the past few days. Anyways, here it is!)
Chapter 17
It was the door again. She and Neo were running towards it. It was like her dream. The door refused to be opened. As she and Neo got closer to it, the door seemed to de-materialize. As they reached it, it disappeared in front of them.
"What are we going to do now?" Sydney screamed.
"There's nothing we can do," Neo said sadly.
"No! We have to end the war!" Sydney screamed. She ran to the other doors in the hall and tried to open them. Sydney started crying.
Her eyes shot open. She realized she had been dreaming. She was too nervous, but the nightmares made her more nervous. She had been thinking about this ever since the Oracle had told them about the keys and the door. She was excited and nervous. She wasn't sure about what they would find. She lay awake in her bed for another hour. Finally, she got up and went to the plug-in site.
Everyone was gathered around the chairs. Sydney closed her eyes to calm herself. Morpheus nodded and extended his hand to one of the chairs. Everyone could feel the tension and anxiety building in the small area. Neo sat down. She lay back on one of the chairs and felt the needle being inserted. She felt that sensation of entering the Matrix. She blinked and once again, she was in the city.
It was dark and the sky was cloudy. It was noisy, even though it was near midnight. Neo and Sydney started to walk down the block to the building. It started to rain. The rain beat down on them. Sydney could see her breath in the cold air.
They reached the building and went inside. They left trails of water as they walked down the hall. The hallway and doors seemed endless. They walked down the hall until they stopped at a door. There were two locks, one on each side of the door. Neo and Sydney fished out their keys and glanced at their watches. There was three more seconds...two...one.
They inserted their keys into the locks and turned it. The door flew open and a gust of wind blew. Sydney and Neo stepped into the darkness of the room. A sudden burst of light flashed and illuminated the entire room.
The room was huge and the walls were completely white. It made it seem the room went on forever. In the middle of the room was a man sitting in a chair. He was extremely old and wrinkled. He had no hair except for a long beard that trailed on the floor. He wore a long, flowing white robe that looked like a warlock's robe. He had a gnarled mahogany stick for a cane. He stood up.
"At last. I have been expecting you," he said.
"Who are you?" Sydney asked.
"I am called The Governor."
"The Governor? Are you the one who created the Matrix?" Neo asked. The Governor chuckled.
"Oh, no. Certainly not. The machines are the ones did that."
"Then, what do you do?" Sydney asked.
"I control all the programs within the Matrix," the Governor replied. He obviously saw Sydney's confused face. "Within the Matrix, there are millions of programs which govern it. A program was created to govern animals, plants, the sky, weather, etc and etc. However, my function is to govern all of those programs. I decide when and what to do with the programs."
"Do the agents answer to you?" Sydney asked, remembering they had been called programs.
"Oh, yes. They are the ones who carry out my orders," the Governor said.
"Including trying to kill people?" Neo asked sarcastically. The Governor sighed.
"Sometimes, it is necessary, especially in cases where anomalies have been detected," the Governor answered.
"Anomalies? What kind?"
"Well, anomalies like yourselves," the Governor said, pointing at them with his cane.
"We're anomalies?" Sydney asked.
"Well, of course you are. The One is the result of a miscalculation in one side of the equation of the Matrix while the Second One is the result of the same miscalculation being applied to the other side."
"We're here about Zion," Neo said.
"Ah, yes. Zion," the Governor mused.
"Will it be saved now that we reached the source?" Sydney asked.
"Oh, no. Of course not," the Governor said. Sydney and Neo glanced at each other. What did he mean? "The war can only end if the source or the One is destroyed. Or both."
"Why?" Sydney asked.
"I'm sure the Oracle has told you that the source and the One are connected. If one end of the connection is severed, the other is lost," the Governor replied. Sydney clenched her jaws. This is definitely not what she had been expecting.
"So what do we have to do to end the war?" Neo asked.
"Well, you can either destroy the source or yourself," the Governor replied.
"Where exactly is the source?" Neo asked. The Governor sighed.
"The source is...the machines. The machine that controls over all of the other machines. It is not in the machine city because they are not there," the Governor said, sounding as if he was talking to himself.
"They're on their way to Zion," Sydney said.
Meanwhile, in the Logos, a blaring alarm sounded. Everyone looked up. Niobe, Morpheus and some of her crew ran to the cockpit to check the holographics.
"Shit," she whispered.
"Oh, my God," Soren said. There were millions of sentinels swarming in front of them. They were flying around a huge machine. It was shaped like a hammer and it was moving extremely slowly. Morpheus ran back to Link.
"They have to get out!" he said.
"I'm trying! The signal's been blocked by something," Link said, frantically trying to call Sydney and Neo.
Sydney looked around at the room. She felt as if something was wrong. The Governor sat down in his chair. He rested his hands on his cane.
"I'm afraid that our time together is over," he said to them, almost sadly. Sydney stared at him. She felt numb. Neo touched her arm and started to walk to the door. As soon as they exited the door, their phone rang.
"Hello?" Sydney said.
"You have to get to your exit fast! There are millions of sentinels here!" Morpheus practically screamed. Neo and Sydney ran out of their building and started to run to their exit.
Chapter 17
It was the door again. She and Neo were running towards it. It was like her dream. The door refused to be opened. As she and Neo got closer to it, the door seemed to de-materialize. As they reached it, it disappeared in front of them.
"What are we going to do now?" Sydney screamed.
"There's nothing we can do," Neo said sadly.
"No! We have to end the war!" Sydney screamed. She ran to the other doors in the hall and tried to open them. Sydney started crying.
Her eyes shot open. She realized she had been dreaming. She was too nervous, but the nightmares made her more nervous. She had been thinking about this ever since the Oracle had told them about the keys and the door. She was excited and nervous. She wasn't sure about what they would find. She lay awake in her bed for another hour. Finally, she got up and went to the plug-in site.
Everyone was gathered around the chairs. Sydney closed her eyes to calm herself. Morpheus nodded and extended his hand to one of the chairs. Everyone could feel the tension and anxiety building in the small area. Neo sat down. She lay back on one of the chairs and felt the needle being inserted. She felt that sensation of entering the Matrix. She blinked and once again, she was in the city.
It was dark and the sky was cloudy. It was noisy, even though it was near midnight. Neo and Sydney started to walk down the block to the building. It started to rain. The rain beat down on them. Sydney could see her breath in the cold air.
They reached the building and went inside. They left trails of water as they walked down the hall. The hallway and doors seemed endless. They walked down the hall until they stopped at a door. There were two locks, one on each side of the door. Neo and Sydney fished out their keys and glanced at their watches. There was three more seconds...two...one.
They inserted their keys into the locks and turned it. The door flew open and a gust of wind blew. Sydney and Neo stepped into the darkness of the room. A sudden burst of light flashed and illuminated the entire room.
The room was huge and the walls were completely white. It made it seem the room went on forever. In the middle of the room was a man sitting in a chair. He was extremely old and wrinkled. He had no hair except for a long beard that trailed on the floor. He wore a long, flowing white robe that looked like a warlock's robe. He had a gnarled mahogany stick for a cane. He stood up.
"At last. I have been expecting you," he said.
"Who are you?" Sydney asked.
"I am called The Governor."
"The Governor? Are you the one who created the Matrix?" Neo asked. The Governor chuckled.
"Oh, no. Certainly not. The machines are the ones did that."
"Then, what do you do?" Sydney asked.
"I control all the programs within the Matrix," the Governor replied. He obviously saw Sydney's confused face. "Within the Matrix, there are millions of programs which govern it. A program was created to govern animals, plants, the sky, weather, etc and etc. However, my function is to govern all of those programs. I decide when and what to do with the programs."
"Do the agents answer to you?" Sydney asked, remembering they had been called programs.
"Oh, yes. They are the ones who carry out my orders," the Governor said.
"Including trying to kill people?" Neo asked sarcastically. The Governor sighed.
"Sometimes, it is necessary, especially in cases where anomalies have been detected," the Governor answered.
"Anomalies? What kind?"
"Well, anomalies like yourselves," the Governor said, pointing at them with his cane.
"We're anomalies?" Sydney asked.
"Well, of course you are. The One is the result of a miscalculation in one side of the equation of the Matrix while the Second One is the result of the same miscalculation being applied to the other side."
"We're here about Zion," Neo said.
"Ah, yes. Zion," the Governor mused.
"Will it be saved now that we reached the source?" Sydney asked.
"Oh, no. Of course not," the Governor said. Sydney and Neo glanced at each other. What did he mean? "The war can only end if the source or the One is destroyed. Or both."
"Why?" Sydney asked.
"I'm sure the Oracle has told you that the source and the One are connected. If one end of the connection is severed, the other is lost," the Governor replied. Sydney clenched her jaws. This is definitely not what she had been expecting.
"So what do we have to do to end the war?" Neo asked.
"Well, you can either destroy the source or yourself," the Governor replied.
"Where exactly is the source?" Neo asked. The Governor sighed.
"The source is...the machines. The machine that controls over all of the other machines. It is not in the machine city because they are not there," the Governor said, sounding as if he was talking to himself.
"They're on their way to Zion," Sydney said.
Meanwhile, in the Logos, a blaring alarm sounded. Everyone looked up. Niobe, Morpheus and some of her crew ran to the cockpit to check the holographics.
"Shit," she whispered.
"Oh, my God," Soren said. There were millions of sentinels swarming in front of them. They were flying around a huge machine. It was shaped like a hammer and it was moving extremely slowly. Morpheus ran back to Link.
"They have to get out!" he said.
"I'm trying! The signal's been blocked by something," Link said, frantically trying to call Sydney and Neo.
Sydney looked around at the room. She felt as if something was wrong. The Governor sat down in his chair. He rested his hands on his cane.
"I'm afraid that our time together is over," he said to them, almost sadly. Sydney stared at him. She felt numb. Neo touched her arm and started to walk to the door. As soon as they exited the door, their phone rang.
"Hello?" Sydney said.
"You have to get to your exit fast! There are millions of sentinels here!" Morpheus practically screamed. Neo and Sydney ran out of their building and started to run to their exit.