Chapter: 5 Blue, like mine, and secret venom

The next day, Kat was awoken, by a most unusual sensation. She heard Smith, saying something, but couldn't quite focus. Finally, she felt herself being lifted off the ground and let go. The fall wasn't far, but it woke her up! She looked above and saw Smith, his head tilted to the side like a confused puppy. "Why did you just pick me up and drop me!?" She said in a half awake half still wanting sleep mood. His expression didn't change but he said simply, "I didn't," She stared at him squinting. "You were dreaming, and you were thrashing around. I tried to control you, but you didn't let me near, so I began to try to wake you up by yelling," He actually smiled slyly. "I guess it worked better than I thought, you flew right off the sofa," She murmured a slight "Yeah, I know, talk about a rude awakening,"

She grumpily got up off the floor and walked right by him into the shower upstairs. It was dirty, but the only way to get clean. After being refreshed she stepped out and looked in her jacket pocket. She found some of her perfume. She stared at it for a while, and sprayed it all over her body. Smith was outside her apartment when she came out. He looked at her and said. "I have something to show you." She stared at him confused, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her with him. She had to follow. When they past the park, and larger of the buildings, he turned to her and said, "Close your eyes." Kat suddenly felt fear. He was going to kill her, wait; he was going to clone her. He was going to do it way out here so no one would see it. But, for some reason she felt that wasn't quite the reason. She felt him pick her up and lead her to another part. He put her down and said, "Open your eyes." She did. And she gasped when she saw the most beautiful sight she had ever seen.

An empty field of grass and trees lay in the sunlight, and pink and white flowers were sprouting everywhere. And, there was a blue pond with orange and white coy in the water. Kat couldn't even speak she was so taken back with surprise and joy. Smith stood behind her watching her, amused. He watched her take in all the sites and smells. Soon, she turned around and had the biggest grin on her face. She ran to him and gave him the biggest bear hug she ever could manage. Smith, on the other hand, was taken back by her. She was so friendly to him. He had never known such kindness.....from anybody before. He slowly wrapped his arms around her, and held her. He smelt her silky black hair; it smelt like flowers. It smelt good, really good. None of the other people whom he had ever met smelt this good. "You smell good." Smith said as the hug ended. Kat looked up into his sunglasses. She reached up slowly, and removed them swiftly. Smith might have been more surprised with that conclusion more than she was. Kat stared into his clear blue eyes, and smiled. "They're blue." she said her smile getting sheepish "Blue....like mine."

Even though Smith was not usually a machine to mess with, for some reason he tolerated Kat. Her reaction to what he showed her yesterday was........cute. Smith blinked and almost socked himself for thinking this way, with ......emotions. Smith sighed; he had been developing emotions long before Kat. Even before Mr. Anderson. That name drove smith insane with anger. Ah! Anger! Another emotion! Smith rubbed his temple, that was it. He would try to have as little as possible of connection with her. Her. Kat. It would be difficult now since well, he had grown.....attached to the little human. Attachment. Smith shook his head, yes, he'd better end this now.

When Kat woke up that morning, she felt that yesterday went quite well. Well? It went GREAT! Kat was so proud of herself and even more, Smith! She had shown Smith beauty, and he showed her it right back! She was making progress, and even, maybe if she could stay long enough, she could break his shell once and for all. She smiled and walked outside her door.

Kat came out of the apartment to see Smith standing outside as usual. She ran up and gave him a hug. He tried to ignore her presence/smell. She pulled away and looked at his face. Her usually jolly attitude was fading quickly as she looked at his sunglasses. She reached for them again, but smith grabbed her hand mid-way, and met her with a glare. Kat was wide eyed. Something had happened. Something bad. Smith let her hand go and stood up straight. He was looking at something near the wall when he spoke. "I do not want you around me any longer." He said. Kat almost seemed sad, yet confused as well. But, Smith couldn't see her, he didn't want to. So he kept going. "I am letting you go."

Kat's mouth almost fell to the floor. He was letting her go..home! She was about to speak when he said. "You can call them this afternoon if you'd like. It does not matter to me." Kat looked at him and wondered why he wasn't looking at her. But, she couldn't wait to see her friends again and her father, and the ship, Zion....but, for some reason. Kat didn't really want to go. "Why are you letting me go? Wasn't I your bait?" Smith met her stare. She continued. "You're not going to even kill me? Why?" Kat asked inquisitively. Smith looked away again and said. "You.are different....and I am afraid......" He stopped; he just admitted he was afraid of what might happen if she stayed. "You bother me, just leave me now! Go!" He barked at her suddenly. She stepped back a few feet, but didn't go to the phone exit. "Why don't you leave? Or, would you like me to kill you?" He asked menacingly as he neared her. Kat stood her ground and looked down at the ground. "Why don't you run? Run back to Zion and tell them that Smith is actually afraid! Do you think they'll believe you? Do you think any of them would trust you again? Well, if you'd prefer I can save you the humiliation and end it now!" He came not more than an inch in front of her. "Well!?" Kat didn't budge, but she spoke quietly.

"I don't' want to leave." Smith almost thought he had mistaken her words for a moment, but as she went on, it quieted his doubt. "I don't think you want me to leave either. And I personally believe that you are making me leave and treating me rudely to scare me away. You're trying to get rid of me so, I .....you won't end up liking me." She looked up at him. He couldn't even speak, that's exactly what he was thinking. "I know, I saw it in your eyes, that day you took me to that beautiful place, I knew you had something in you." She kept going monotone, "And, I really want to stay with you Smith, that's the truth and if what I have said is completely and utterly wrong then you can just kill me, because I am not going to budge from this spot." Her head was still up, but she closed her eyes. "Do with me what you will."

He just stared at her. He completely admired her. He thought she was beautiful. But, she had emotions, and she was so strong. Smith was so confused up to this point, when he felt like he should do something to comfort her. He came up closer to her and pulled her chin up higher. She opened her eyes, and he took off his sunglasses. He wrapped his hand around the back of her neck and reached down to kiss her. He kissed her passionately, it was slow at first, he wasn't quite sure how it worked, but she seemed to have mastered it. And he loved it. He loved her. He had no idea, not even the slightest clue on how good it felt to be in love, and be loved in return. When the kiss ended, Kat began to cry. Smith wondered why.but realized it probably wasn't in sadness, but in joy. Kat flung herself on Smith and kept crying. He held her and stroked her back. She managed to get out a few words between sobs. "I....never wa, want......to leave you!" He just held her there and kissed her hair. "Neither do I," he thought, "neither do I."

After she had quieted down her tears, she told Smith that she should return to her friends and father just for the moment so, they wouldn't worry about her anymore. But, Kat thought twice about it, and knew that the great Agent Smith, wouldn't just "let her go," She tried to explain to him that it would need to seem as if he was still the enemy. And, if he just let her go, then it would seem suspicious. Smith seemed to agree with this, but suggested that she tell Zion that she had just escaped. She grinned at him. "I couldn't escape last time, what makes it any different this time? You going soft?" He frowned. He didn't like being called soft. She laughed and told him she was just joking. He still frowned, he didn't quite understand all these emotions; he knew the more he denied them the more trouble they'd cause bothering him. "I'll arrange a meeting with Smokeswind, Halo and the team to come down and get me, then you can give whatever message you want to the Zion Trust. Smith nodded. It was a deal.

"Commander Carter!" Cried Smokeswind, "Commander, Commander! I have news of Kat!" Com. Carter turned in his chair to see Smokeswind fly through the open chamber door. "Well, speak up now, we don't have all day!" He said hurriedly. Smokeswind stood up respectively and spoke enthusiastically. "Sir! Your daughter is alive! In fact, she is perfectly healthy and unhurt!" Smokeswind was out of breath when he finished that. "What! How do you know!?" The Commander asked. Smokeswind smiled as he told Com. Carter about the message she left. Com. Carter smiled. His daughter was alive! But, she was still in the hands of that beast Smith. Smokeswind spoke up, "Sir, he said meet him tomorrow at the alley next to where she was caught." The Commander looked up at Smokeswind. "You plan to do things his way?"

Smokeswind almost stopped breathing when he heard him say that. "What do you mean, sir?" The Commander shook his head. "That's what his plan is..to get all of you in one place and BAM! Kill you!" But Smokeswind shook his head and cried out, "But it was Kat's voice! I promise you! And, she said everything will be fine if you do things HIS way!" Commander shook his head. "No, he could have been manipulating her," Smokeswind just stared at him. "We are not going in?" "No." "But what about your daughter!?" Smokeswind screamed. "What about Kat!?" Just, then, Trevor (who had been listening outside the door) came in and said.

"You know Commander, earlier you said he could have just been manipulating her...well, I may have more proof of that than you may need to know," Trevor told him about what he had seen go one between Smith and Kat and their "relationship". Com. Carter looked in awe as his story went on. But, Smokeswind replied abruptly in the middle of it. "You lie!"

Trevor stared in disgust at Smokeswind. "Why should I lie about such an important subject? This is her life! I saw them kiss with my very own eyes Smokeswind!" Trevor and Smokeswind went on arguing on how it was the truth and how Trevor is just a big liar, that Kat is loyal to Zion and would not do such things. While they were arguing, the Com. yelled, "Silence!"

The two recruits stared silently at the Commander. "Whatever goes on, whatever he said, whatever she/he might have ...done, this is not going his way! We will not send any I repeat ANY resistances out there after her, it's just too risky. "But sir!" "That's an order Smokeswind! I dismiss you from my sight!" roared the Commander. Smokeswind stared at the Commander for a few troubled moments, and then gave up. He saluted and walked out, but not before a glaring at Trevor.

Smokeswind was sitting alone in the ship the Sacrifice, when Trevor walked in. Sensing a presence, and not caring who it was, he replied shortly, "Go away," Trevor simply ignored this and sat next to him. There was a bit of silence between them. Then Trevor broke the silence.

"You know, we don't have to do things the Commander's way either." Smokeswind scoffed and looked away. "Really, we need to do what's best for Kat, and waiting for a surprise attack from the Zion Trust, isn't helping," Smokeswind couldn't help but silently agree within his own worried thoughts. Smokeswind replied, "I know, I don't' like waiting either, but....he's her father, what are you going to do?" Smokeswind looked at him directly. "Disobey him?" Trevor smiled. Smokeswind was completely shocked, but before he could tell Trevor how nuts he was, Trevor spoke first. "I understand we could be held for disobedience to the Council, but I mean what's that punishment to Kat...oh wait. I forgot. She's probably in steady hands already.." He never got to finish.

Smokeswind pinned him up to the wall in one swift movement and stared at him in the eyes. "You are a freaking liar Trevor," Trevor managed to say out of shock, "No I am not, and even if I was, that doesn't change the fact that Kat is there and not here safely." Smokeswind (after a moment) nodded his head and defeat and let Trevor down. He put his head in his hands and mumbled. "Even if we did somehow manage to do that without getting caught, how would we save Kat? I mean that's Smith. We'd be completely down, even with our weapons, we'd never stand a chance Trevor." Trevor leaned down and said to him, "that's where Bio comes in," "What?" Smokeswind looked up at Trevor like he was mad. "You mean Chemistry? Man, I failed that subject in high school!"

Trevor shook his head, "No, I mean my friend Bio. He works specially with armory and, of course, chemistry. He studies all that chemical war fare." Smokeswind lifted his head up and glared at Trevor, "You're mad," "No I am not. I talked to him 2 days after Kat's capture, and he said that he and his team (who are specially designed to decoding) had made a serum to destroy special coding from the inside out. It's called, the Virus Control Serum. It's only been tested once, but it worked. It took down the agent." Trevor grabbed Smokeswind's jacket and made him look at him closer.

"We could use that on Smith," He smiled, "What more of a surprise is that, then to have a code destroying agent get a literal sense of taste of his own medicine?" Smokeswind shook his head and made Trevor let go. He stood up and said, "So, I mean is he just going to, hand it over to us? Come on man! Have some common sense! He's part of that new research group if you're explaining this to me correctly. They won't let us have it if they think we are going to do some crazy suicide mission with it." Trevor stared blankly at him. "Well, Smokeswind, if that's what you really think, then I will just find Halo, and Haler to come with me. And, if not them others, and if no one else, than I will go myself." Smokeswind threw up his arms and was about to tell Trevor how crazy he was when again, Trevor beat him to it. "Please, Smokeswind, Bio will let us have the serum if he knows it's for a good purpose..don't' you call this a good purpose?"

Smokeswind couldn't disagree. He sighed, defeated. Trevor continued after a small silence, "We will meet Smith and Kat tomorrow in that alley, this way, we'll make sure that the threat of mankind is gone......forever."

*****woah!! This is the end of chapter 5 folks! Keep reviewing and reading if you like me to continue....well even if you didn't I would have to finish, just so not to drive me crazy about it! Lol ^_^