I'm going to slow the action down for a bit but I'll pick it up later.
After the battle against the Teen Titans, LM heads to The Garden to meet
his only friend and teacher. Guess who it is.
Seventh Chapter notes:
At the beginning of Enter the Matrix game, Sparks says, "When I cart your bodies back to Zion do you prefer cremation or The Garden?" I have to visualize what the Garden should look like and I believe that it could match what Sparks said. Also on the tombstone I put the birth date of Keanu Reeves, the death date is the date release of the second Matrix movie. And if you guys are wondering who was the orphan that gave the spoon to Kid on Reloaded, you'll get your answer.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in the story
Chapter 7: Zion
LM awoke out of the Matrix and was back at Zion. Kid took out the download needle out of LMs neck as Last Hope gathered around him and checked to see if he's O.K.
Night Owl: Captain, are you all right?
LM: Yeah, I'm cool. Just bruised up here and there. Nothing else.
Silent Night: You want something to make you feel better?
LM: No Night, I can take care of myself. (turning to Connecter) Connecter, did you give the disk to Lock?
Connecter: Yes sir. Even as we speak the commander is reading the information from the disk.
LM: That's good. Kid, could you come here a minute.
Kid headed to LM and knew what he's going to say.
LM: You injected the accelerator booster again didn't you?
Kid: Sorry sir, I had no choice. You were outnumbered and there was nothing else to do.
LM stood up put of his chair and tried to calm Kid down.
LM: Kid listen, we've been friends ever since the orphanage. What you did was right, but next time you do something like that, don't do it.
Kid: Yes sir. It will never happen again.
LM: Let's hope you don't.
LM left the room as his team thought that he would explode.
Kill Switch: Well that went well then we thought.
At breakfast the team was eating some disgusting cold white soup containing iron, protein, and vitamins. It was silent at the table but Kid broke the silence and talked to LM.
Kid: You know captain, I hacked the security cameras in the subway station where you were fighting the Titans.
LM: And how did I do?
Kid: You did a great job captain.
Max Speed: Yeah, took on all the Titans yourself with or without the shot.
The rest of the team agreed with both Max and Kid.
LM: Uh thanks guys, but you know me. I always like to take on any challenge in the Matrix, some easy, some hard. What I believed is that the battle with the Titans was a little boring for me. I mean the Titans were skilled and battle ready, but they didn't show any challenge what so ever.
Silent Night: Well they are teenagers just like us. Besides, it's just one battle. By now they must be devising a plan to stop you.
Night Owl: Night has a point, they could be training more and finding your weakness.
LM: Guys, guys, guys. First of all, I'm older then the Titans and you guys, I mean I'm 20 for god sakes. And besides, I don't think I'll be going back to Jump City anytime soon and take on the so-called, Teen Titans.
Kid: You know, Cyborg's 20.
LM: Whatever.
LM finished eating, put the bowl and spoon in the dishwasher, and was about to exit.
Max Speed: Captain, where are you going?
LM: Going to see him again. Call me when something happens. (exits)
Kill Switch: Not again. Why would our captain always sees him after every mission we go through?
Silent Night: Because he was the only person LM trusted.
LM left Last Hope Headquarters and looked down Zion. Zion, as most of you people know, is an underground city where the last remaining humans lived. But now that the war is over and a peace treaty's been signed, Zion has nothing to fear anymore. At the docks, humans and machines were working together to repair the damage that was done thanks to a gruesome battle, The Siege. At the same time, big towing machines called Transporters were carrying pods containing humans that had awaken from the Matrix, and sending them to Zion. LM went into a big freight elevator and pushed the bottom button that read "The Garden". When the elevator reached the bottom LM walked out and entered the gates of The Garden. The Garden is a cemetery in the earths crust. The reason why it's called The Garden is the types of plants growing all over cemetery. There were different types of tombstones that read the names of families, friends, and soldiers who fought and died during the century war. But LM seemed to be most interested on the grave on the top of the hill. He approached it and stared at it. There was a light over the grave and the tombstone is a pointed black marble with an inscription that reads...
NEO
September 2, 1964 – May 15, 2003
A Soldier
A Savior
A Friend
LM stared at Neo's grave and remembers the sad memories that hunt his mind.
Flashback 1
It was raining in Metro City when LM was watching the final battle between Neo and Smith on the rooftop of a skyscraper. He watched them fight on the ground and in the air until Neo sacrificed his own body and destroyed all the Smiths. In shock, LM jumped down to the streets and headed for the crater that Neo and Smith both fought. The only person he saw was the Oracle lying on the ground still alive. He continued searching the street for Neo.
LM: Neo! Neo! Where are you Neo?
He continued searching until he spotted a pair of sunglasses over a hole of a building that Neo went through. LM picked it up inspected them. Though broken and scratched, he could tell that it was Neo's glasses. A horrible thought came into LM's head and was realizing that Neo's gone.
LM: No, no, no. It can't be, it can't be. You can't be dead Neo, you can't be.
Flashback 2
There was a funeral in the temple a few days after the end of the war. That funeral was for Neo. Everyone who believed in Neo was there, even his friend Morpheus. Before the funeral ended, LM was the last person to move forward to the opened casket revealing Neo's body. He took out something out of shredded pants pocket and placed in Neo's hands. It was a spoon that he held on hoping for Neo's return. LM remembered giving Kid another spoon and told him to give it to Neo before he left a week ago. LM took one final look at Neo, with a tear shedding on his cheek. He walked away from the coffin, knowing that he will never see his teacher again.
Present
LM continued staring at the grave and has a tear on his cheek. He wiped the tear off his cheek and started talking to Neo's grave.
LM: Neo, It's been a year after you were gone. Ever since that day I started my own team with a few friends at the orphanage. But you were the only friend that I trusted and believed. Most of my teammates think I'm crazy cause I always see you after our missions and I always hold your glasses in the Matrix for good luck. But they don't know that it was hard for me to miss you. You helped me out and saved my life. You trained me taught me how to do all the special abilities that no one else can do. What I'm trying to say Neo is that not only you were a teacher but a special friend. I missed you Neo I missed you so much.
Suddenly, a beeping noise interrupted LM's silence. It was his communication linkage that came from his back belt. LM took out his headset from the linkage, placed it over his head, and turned on the linkage.
LM: Yeah.
Kid: (on the linkage) Sorry to interrupt your privacy captain but we have a council meeting in half an hour. You see, Commander Lock found some important information from the disk and he needs every team in Zion to come to the meeting at once.
LM: All right, I'm heading up there now.
LM turned off the linkage and headed to the elevator. But he quickly turned back to Neo's grave and said something to it.
LM: What was the old saying again. It is only inevitable?
He headed back down the hill and exits The Garden. At the same time a leaf from a vine fell on Neo's grave.
It's a short one but it's good enough. Review this chapter NOW!
Seventh Chapter notes:
At the beginning of Enter the Matrix game, Sparks says, "When I cart your bodies back to Zion do you prefer cremation or The Garden?" I have to visualize what the Garden should look like and I believe that it could match what Sparks said. Also on the tombstone I put the birth date of Keanu Reeves, the death date is the date release of the second Matrix movie. And if you guys are wondering who was the orphan that gave the spoon to Kid on Reloaded, you'll get your answer.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in the story
Chapter 7: Zion
LM awoke out of the Matrix and was back at Zion. Kid took out the download needle out of LMs neck as Last Hope gathered around him and checked to see if he's O.K.
Night Owl: Captain, are you all right?
LM: Yeah, I'm cool. Just bruised up here and there. Nothing else.
Silent Night: You want something to make you feel better?
LM: No Night, I can take care of myself. (turning to Connecter) Connecter, did you give the disk to Lock?
Connecter: Yes sir. Even as we speak the commander is reading the information from the disk.
LM: That's good. Kid, could you come here a minute.
Kid headed to LM and knew what he's going to say.
LM: You injected the accelerator booster again didn't you?
Kid: Sorry sir, I had no choice. You were outnumbered and there was nothing else to do.
LM stood up put of his chair and tried to calm Kid down.
LM: Kid listen, we've been friends ever since the orphanage. What you did was right, but next time you do something like that, don't do it.
Kid: Yes sir. It will never happen again.
LM: Let's hope you don't.
LM left the room as his team thought that he would explode.
Kill Switch: Well that went well then we thought.
At breakfast the team was eating some disgusting cold white soup containing iron, protein, and vitamins. It was silent at the table but Kid broke the silence and talked to LM.
Kid: You know captain, I hacked the security cameras in the subway station where you were fighting the Titans.
LM: And how did I do?
Kid: You did a great job captain.
Max Speed: Yeah, took on all the Titans yourself with or without the shot.
The rest of the team agreed with both Max and Kid.
LM: Uh thanks guys, but you know me. I always like to take on any challenge in the Matrix, some easy, some hard. What I believed is that the battle with the Titans was a little boring for me. I mean the Titans were skilled and battle ready, but they didn't show any challenge what so ever.
Silent Night: Well they are teenagers just like us. Besides, it's just one battle. By now they must be devising a plan to stop you.
Night Owl: Night has a point, they could be training more and finding your weakness.
LM: Guys, guys, guys. First of all, I'm older then the Titans and you guys, I mean I'm 20 for god sakes. And besides, I don't think I'll be going back to Jump City anytime soon and take on the so-called, Teen Titans.
Kid: You know, Cyborg's 20.
LM: Whatever.
LM finished eating, put the bowl and spoon in the dishwasher, and was about to exit.
Max Speed: Captain, where are you going?
LM: Going to see him again. Call me when something happens. (exits)
Kill Switch: Not again. Why would our captain always sees him after every mission we go through?
Silent Night: Because he was the only person LM trusted.
LM left Last Hope Headquarters and looked down Zion. Zion, as most of you people know, is an underground city where the last remaining humans lived. But now that the war is over and a peace treaty's been signed, Zion has nothing to fear anymore. At the docks, humans and machines were working together to repair the damage that was done thanks to a gruesome battle, The Siege. At the same time, big towing machines called Transporters were carrying pods containing humans that had awaken from the Matrix, and sending them to Zion. LM went into a big freight elevator and pushed the bottom button that read "The Garden". When the elevator reached the bottom LM walked out and entered the gates of The Garden. The Garden is a cemetery in the earths crust. The reason why it's called The Garden is the types of plants growing all over cemetery. There were different types of tombstones that read the names of families, friends, and soldiers who fought and died during the century war. But LM seemed to be most interested on the grave on the top of the hill. He approached it and stared at it. There was a light over the grave and the tombstone is a pointed black marble with an inscription that reads...
NEO
September 2, 1964 – May 15, 2003
A Soldier
A Savior
A Friend
LM stared at Neo's grave and remembers the sad memories that hunt his mind.
Flashback 1
It was raining in Metro City when LM was watching the final battle between Neo and Smith on the rooftop of a skyscraper. He watched them fight on the ground and in the air until Neo sacrificed his own body and destroyed all the Smiths. In shock, LM jumped down to the streets and headed for the crater that Neo and Smith both fought. The only person he saw was the Oracle lying on the ground still alive. He continued searching the street for Neo.
LM: Neo! Neo! Where are you Neo?
He continued searching until he spotted a pair of sunglasses over a hole of a building that Neo went through. LM picked it up inspected them. Though broken and scratched, he could tell that it was Neo's glasses. A horrible thought came into LM's head and was realizing that Neo's gone.
LM: No, no, no. It can't be, it can't be. You can't be dead Neo, you can't be.
Flashback 2
There was a funeral in the temple a few days after the end of the war. That funeral was for Neo. Everyone who believed in Neo was there, even his friend Morpheus. Before the funeral ended, LM was the last person to move forward to the opened casket revealing Neo's body. He took out something out of shredded pants pocket and placed in Neo's hands. It was a spoon that he held on hoping for Neo's return. LM remembered giving Kid another spoon and told him to give it to Neo before he left a week ago. LM took one final look at Neo, with a tear shedding on his cheek. He walked away from the coffin, knowing that he will never see his teacher again.
Present
LM continued staring at the grave and has a tear on his cheek. He wiped the tear off his cheek and started talking to Neo's grave.
LM: Neo, It's been a year after you were gone. Ever since that day I started my own team with a few friends at the orphanage. But you were the only friend that I trusted and believed. Most of my teammates think I'm crazy cause I always see you after our missions and I always hold your glasses in the Matrix for good luck. But they don't know that it was hard for me to miss you. You helped me out and saved my life. You trained me taught me how to do all the special abilities that no one else can do. What I'm trying to say Neo is that not only you were a teacher but a special friend. I missed you Neo I missed you so much.
Suddenly, a beeping noise interrupted LM's silence. It was his communication linkage that came from his back belt. LM took out his headset from the linkage, placed it over his head, and turned on the linkage.
LM: Yeah.
Kid: (on the linkage) Sorry to interrupt your privacy captain but we have a council meeting in half an hour. You see, Commander Lock found some important information from the disk and he needs every team in Zion to come to the meeting at once.
LM: All right, I'm heading up there now.
LM turned off the linkage and headed to the elevator. But he quickly turned back to Neo's grave and said something to it.
LM: What was the old saying again. It is only inevitable?
He headed back down the hill and exits The Garden. At the same time a leaf from a vine fell on Neo's grave.
It's a short one but it's good enough. Review this chapter NOW!