Alone.
She was alone.
Horizon could not grasp the idea of being alone. She missed Evangel horribly, but she kept in her mind that he would be waiting for her. But how long would it be before she made it to the Nebuchadnezzar?
She was so tired, and soon she fell asleep. She woke up when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Trinity. "Wake up, Horizon. It is time," she said. She looked at the clock. It was exactly midnight. Horizon stood up and began walking down the hallway, Trinity following. They walked into the room and Trinity closed the door. "Where is everyone?" Horizon asked.
"Neo and Morpheus went back to the real world to be there for Evangel, and the Oracle is sleeping, strangely enough."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The Oracle is not human, she will never be human. She is a software program."
"Really? Wow..."
"If she was human, she'd most likely be in the real world now."
"I suppose you are right."
"Suppose? I am right. Anyways, take a seat."
Horizon sat down in the only shoddy chair in the room. Trinity handed her a red pill. "Take it," she said.
"What is it? I don't want to take some kind of random drug."
"Don't worry. It is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location."
She looked at the pill in her hand. She had to do this, she had to meet Evangel in the real world, she just had to... Horizon picked up the glass of water that was sitting on a small table next to the chair. She drew in a deep breath and said, "I don't want to be cliché, but alas this is the truth. Goodbye, cruel world. You are just a fabrication to me, you always have been." She popped the pill into her mouth and took a big, long drink of water.
"You know, you are some kind of interesting," Trinity said.
"But isn't it all?"
"You're right. Now, do you feel anything?"
"No, nothing yet."
"Well you should soon."
She was waiting in the chair for a couple of minutes and then all of a sudden she felt this crawling sensation on her legs and moved upward. What was this? She lifted up her pant leg and discovered, to her horror, there were little spiders swarming over her. Horizon was terrified of spiders. They were soon everywhere, all over her. Creeping, creeping.
"Trinity..."
"Yes?"
"I think I'm feeling that thing now... and... help!"
"Okay, just calm down! It's only a figment of your mind's eye. It will all be over soon. I just have to wait for a signal."
"How long, how long? Hurry!"
Her vision became blurry and her body was numb from all of the spiders. The spiders kept crawling. They were at her neck now. She was shivering.
Trinity called. "Horizon, it's alright. I got you, I got you..."
That was the last thing she heard.
She was alone.
Horizon could not grasp the idea of being alone. She missed Evangel horribly, but she kept in her mind that he would be waiting for her. But how long would it be before she made it to the Nebuchadnezzar?
She was so tired, and soon she fell asleep. She woke up when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Trinity. "Wake up, Horizon. It is time," she said. She looked at the clock. It was exactly midnight. Horizon stood up and began walking down the hallway, Trinity following. They walked into the room and Trinity closed the door. "Where is everyone?" Horizon asked.
"Neo and Morpheus went back to the real world to be there for Evangel, and the Oracle is sleeping, strangely enough."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The Oracle is not human, she will never be human. She is a software program."
"Really? Wow..."
"If she was human, she'd most likely be in the real world now."
"I suppose you are right."
"Suppose? I am right. Anyways, take a seat."
Horizon sat down in the only shoddy chair in the room. Trinity handed her a red pill. "Take it," she said.
"What is it? I don't want to take some kind of random drug."
"Don't worry. It is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location."
She looked at the pill in her hand. She had to do this, she had to meet Evangel in the real world, she just had to... Horizon picked up the glass of water that was sitting on a small table next to the chair. She drew in a deep breath and said, "I don't want to be cliché, but alas this is the truth. Goodbye, cruel world. You are just a fabrication to me, you always have been." She popped the pill into her mouth and took a big, long drink of water.
"You know, you are some kind of interesting," Trinity said.
"But isn't it all?"
"You're right. Now, do you feel anything?"
"No, nothing yet."
"Well you should soon."
She was waiting in the chair for a couple of minutes and then all of a sudden she felt this crawling sensation on her legs and moved upward. What was this? She lifted up her pant leg and discovered, to her horror, there were little spiders swarming over her. Horizon was terrified of spiders. They were soon everywhere, all over her. Creeping, creeping.
"Trinity..."
"Yes?"
"I think I'm feeling that thing now... and... help!"
"Okay, just calm down! It's only a figment of your mind's eye. It will all be over soon. I just have to wait for a signal."
"How long, how long? Hurry!"
Her vision became blurry and her body was numb from all of the spiders. The spiders kept crawling. They were at her neck now. She was shivering.
Trinity called. "Horizon, it's alright. I got you, I got you..."
That was the last thing she heard.