Tetsujin was in the mess hall with his fellow crewmates. They were
all trying to comprehend what happened in the matrix.
"It was shut down. The machines shut it down themselves, we were there, now how the hell can it be up and running again?" said Ratz with apparent bitterness.
"The machines didn't reboot it. And no way in hell we would." Zombie said adding his insight.
"Load what exactly happened, why didn't u notice it before we even went in?" Kid asked his operator.
"It showed up when u entered a certain point, sir. As soon as you stepped onto that grass, it showed up. But it wasn't a complete code. And there was massive distortion." Load could not provide valid information.
"We know all this already. We should contact Zion and see what's goin on there." Sela offered.
Tetsujin all the while was not listening. This conversation was extremely predictable. All Tetsujin could think about is the agent staring at his comrades and himself. And he remembered the suit. The face... and the smile. The maniacal smile. Like he knew something that everyone else was oblivious to. And as Tetsujin was thinking he realized something.
"Now when we contact Zion, we should follow instructions to the fullest and-"Kid was cut short.
"When the matrix was first established it spread all over wherever there was something that could pick it up. Once the matrix was shut down, we relinquished the firewalls we had setup. But now that its come back online, everyone connected by this time, will be dependant on the system. The main way of contacting the machines is hooking up. Which means anyone hooked up is now dependant on the system." Tetsujin said, stating his knowledge.
The crew was staring at him. They knew he was right. Which meant some of the greatest minds alive now were now re-hooked into the matrix. And those great minds were probably the minds that discovered how to unhook people.
"Then we're screwed. Most definitely great advisors, and commanders are hooked up. Shit." Said Kid.
"If we could find out who started this, and how to get to them. We might be able to shut the matrix down." Sela replied.
"Then we need to find a program that will explain things. A program that knows all that goes inside the matrix." Ratz said, leading up to something.
"A program like that would only be found in the matrix itself. And we're not sure if it's safe to enter the matrix now." Load said.
"There are a few possibilities right off the bat to go to. The oracle, -"Sela became cut off.
"The Merovingian." Tetsujin finished Sela's thought. "He is the information source. Anything we wanted to know we could find from him, to a certain extent." Tetsujin said.
"Yeah, but the Merovingian wants power more than anything in the entire world. And we can't just go running into the matrix and act like it was a normal mission, like they did ten years ago. We have to first make sure its safe to enter the matrix, then decide how to deal with the Merovingian." Zombie said, stating the obvious truth, but the truth nonetheless.
"Then for right now we have to wait." Kid said.
"We can't wait! We have to go and find out what the deal is before this becomes a problem, worse than it already is!" Tetsujin exploded. "Don't you understand??!? This is not something regular that would happen. This could be a huge problem! We have to eliminate it NOW!"
"Tetsujin, calm down, we know that, but we could just be wasting our time, and destroying the only chance we have for rushing into this." Zach said. "Now sit down, and realize that this is bigger than us. We know how big this problem is. But we have to deal with it logically."
"THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Tetsujin was exploding, fuming.
"LIUTENANT! YOU WILL SIT DOWN, CALM DOWN, AND BE QUIET OR YOU WILL BE RELIEVED OF DUTY. I AM YOUR CAPTAIN, AND YOU ARE MY JUNIOR OFFICER. MY SECOND OFFICER TRULY ENOUGH BUT YOU MUST LEARN TO CALM YOURSELF." Kid said in a loud voice taking control. "SIT DOWN LIUTENANT.... NOW!"
Tetsujijn did as he was told, not liking it, but knew he couldn't win. Even when Kid was downsizing him, he couldn't help but admire the man. He knew how to take control.
"We must wait, that's all that's in our power." Kid said regaining his repose. "Everyone needs rest, we'll go to bed and think this over."
Everyone got up and began to leave. Tetsujin stayed where he was.
"Tet, you need rest. We can't do anything. Just sleep" Sela said trying to reason with Tetsujin. "I know your angry-"
"This isn't because of defiance. I respect and understand Kid more than anyone. This is because I can't sleep. I just need to stay here for a while." Tetsujin replied very calmly.
Sela tilted her head, and just looked at Tetsujin. She smiled, went over to him, and kissed him on the cheek. "Goodnight Tet"
She departed. Tetsujin just kept staring at her, speechless. He was alone in the mess room. The lights dimmed. And Tetsujin sat there staring, thinking, not moving, trying to understand....
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"It was shut down. The machines shut it down themselves, we were there, now how the hell can it be up and running again?" said Ratz with apparent bitterness.
"The machines didn't reboot it. And no way in hell we would." Zombie said adding his insight.
"Load what exactly happened, why didn't u notice it before we even went in?" Kid asked his operator.
"It showed up when u entered a certain point, sir. As soon as you stepped onto that grass, it showed up. But it wasn't a complete code. And there was massive distortion." Load could not provide valid information.
"We know all this already. We should contact Zion and see what's goin on there." Sela offered.
Tetsujin all the while was not listening. This conversation was extremely predictable. All Tetsujin could think about is the agent staring at his comrades and himself. And he remembered the suit. The face... and the smile. The maniacal smile. Like he knew something that everyone else was oblivious to. And as Tetsujin was thinking he realized something.
"Now when we contact Zion, we should follow instructions to the fullest and-"Kid was cut short.
"When the matrix was first established it spread all over wherever there was something that could pick it up. Once the matrix was shut down, we relinquished the firewalls we had setup. But now that its come back online, everyone connected by this time, will be dependant on the system. The main way of contacting the machines is hooking up. Which means anyone hooked up is now dependant on the system." Tetsujin said, stating his knowledge.
The crew was staring at him. They knew he was right. Which meant some of the greatest minds alive now were now re-hooked into the matrix. And those great minds were probably the minds that discovered how to unhook people.
"Then we're screwed. Most definitely great advisors, and commanders are hooked up. Shit." Said Kid.
"If we could find out who started this, and how to get to them. We might be able to shut the matrix down." Sela replied.
"Then we need to find a program that will explain things. A program that knows all that goes inside the matrix." Ratz said, leading up to something.
"A program like that would only be found in the matrix itself. And we're not sure if it's safe to enter the matrix now." Load said.
"There are a few possibilities right off the bat to go to. The oracle, -"Sela became cut off.
"The Merovingian." Tetsujin finished Sela's thought. "He is the information source. Anything we wanted to know we could find from him, to a certain extent." Tetsujin said.
"Yeah, but the Merovingian wants power more than anything in the entire world. And we can't just go running into the matrix and act like it was a normal mission, like they did ten years ago. We have to first make sure its safe to enter the matrix, then decide how to deal with the Merovingian." Zombie said, stating the obvious truth, but the truth nonetheless.
"Then for right now we have to wait." Kid said.
"We can't wait! We have to go and find out what the deal is before this becomes a problem, worse than it already is!" Tetsujin exploded. "Don't you understand??!? This is not something regular that would happen. This could be a huge problem! We have to eliminate it NOW!"
"Tetsujin, calm down, we know that, but we could just be wasting our time, and destroying the only chance we have for rushing into this." Zach said. "Now sit down, and realize that this is bigger than us. We know how big this problem is. But we have to deal with it logically."
"THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Tetsujin was exploding, fuming.
"LIUTENANT! YOU WILL SIT DOWN, CALM DOWN, AND BE QUIET OR YOU WILL BE RELIEVED OF DUTY. I AM YOUR CAPTAIN, AND YOU ARE MY JUNIOR OFFICER. MY SECOND OFFICER TRULY ENOUGH BUT YOU MUST LEARN TO CALM YOURSELF." Kid said in a loud voice taking control. "SIT DOWN LIUTENANT.... NOW!"
Tetsujijn did as he was told, not liking it, but knew he couldn't win. Even when Kid was downsizing him, he couldn't help but admire the man. He knew how to take control.
"We must wait, that's all that's in our power." Kid said regaining his repose. "Everyone needs rest, we'll go to bed and think this over."
Everyone got up and began to leave. Tetsujin stayed where he was.
"Tet, you need rest. We can't do anything. Just sleep" Sela said trying to reason with Tetsujin. "I know your angry-"
"This isn't because of defiance. I respect and understand Kid more than anyone. This is because I can't sleep. I just need to stay here for a while." Tetsujin replied very calmly.
Sela tilted her head, and just looked at Tetsujin. She smiled, went over to him, and kissed him on the cheek. "Goodnight Tet"
She departed. Tetsujin just kept staring at her, speechless. He was alone in the mess room. The lights dimmed. And Tetsujin sat there staring, thinking, not moving, trying to understand....
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