Chapter Six: Love or Zion?
Crystal gasped, her heart thumping with worry of what the agents were going to do with the program that she was trying to make human. She swallowed her tears and asked Mouse, stuttering, "W-what do y-you m-mean when you say they've got P-peter?"
"I mean that the agents are talking to Fox right now and have threatened to delete Peter unless you tell them what you did to the general."
"But the agents are supposed to think that the general is dead, that's what the lasers were for..."
"They do, but they think you killed the general, the only man that could give them the codes to the city gates, and now they think that you have the codes, so they're threatening to delete Peter unless you give it to them. They know the code signaled from the laser is fake."
"Well, I do have the codes, the general revealed them to me because of his absolute trust...But which should I choose, my true love Peter? Or the last human city, Zion?"
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In the heart of New York City, Fox, a woman dressed in all white, sprinted through the streets, desperately trying to outrun the agents, who were torturing her for the information of where Crystal would appear. Fox refused to give up the location of the woman who had saved Zion a few hours before. But for that decision, she could die an extremely painful death. Fox was running out of breath and weakened by the constant torture of the agents. She gave up, crumpling to the ground and bracing herself for her death.
Like a burst of thunder, Neo came spinning out of the sky, with kung fu, tae kwon do, countless other martial arts, and his own moves defying the rules of physics and gravity, he was bending the rules of the Matrix. Fox sighed in relief for she thought she had been a goner for sure until Neo came to her rescue.
"Mr. Andersen, why don't you give up? It is inevitable, we will invade your city, no matter what it takes!" Agent Smith and Neo engaged in a series of fantastic moves.
However, both were stopped when Crystal emerged outside a telephone booth, holding a microchip tightly in her hand.
"Crystal, don't give him the codes! A program isn't worth it!" Neo yelled frantically. If Crystal gave him the codes, then Zion would be doomed, and the humans would lose any chance of freedom.
"Silence! I will decide what I want to do with these codes! And Peter is not an ordinary program, he is the program I yearn to make a human, he is the program that I am in love with, therefore, I would give up the world for him to love me!" Crystal defiantly squinted at the sun.
"Come here, Agent Smith, I'll give you your codes if you release Peter from your grasp and make him human!" Crystal held the microchip high above her head.
"Stupid girl, do you really think I'll fall into your pathetic attempt at a trap? You fooled me once by sending those fake codes through the laser signal, why should I be so sure that you won't betray me again?" Agent Smith kept a meter distance away from Crystal, knowing that Neo would once again engage in fighting him if he got nearer than that.
"I'm telling the truth this time! I would give anything for Peter, and he is worth the city of Zion! I'll even prove that these are the true codes, come with me! Neo, don't you even try to get near me, or I'll tell Mouse to unplug you back at the Nebacanezer! It seems I have more friends than I thought," cackled Crystal as she disappeared into the dark mist, the agent closely behind her.
"I knew she couldn't be trusted," Trinity said through clenched teeth.
"Why, Crystal, why? I thought I could trust you," muttered Neo sadly as tears filled his eyes at the thought of the extinction of the last human city, the last ray of hope in defeating the machines.
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Crystal had led Agent Smith to the caves of Zion, with the impatient agent tapping his foot at how long this was taking. "I'll delete Peter if this takes any longer," the indignant agent snapped.
"Chill out, it's almost done," mumbled Crystal. She took the microchip in her hand and placed it in the slot before her and a deafening creak of the opening gates of Zion reached everyone's ears. "See? I told you I was telling the truth," said Crystal with a devious grin.
"At last! The superior machines will defeat the insignificant humans and we will be in control," grinned Agent Smith.
"Now, release Peter!"
"Fool, never trust an agent in a deal, you'll always get the bad end."
"Maybe, but never trust a human when she gives up her city because she usually has something up her sleeve. Now, Mouse!"
A silver bullet penetrated the back of Agent Smith's head and he fell with a thud.
"Nice work, Crystal, you're a great actress," beamed Mouse.
"I didn't go to Actors Academy for nothing, those dumb classes finally came in handy," laughed Crystal.
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"I knew she could be trusted," said Trinity hypocritically when Crystal and Mouse told everyone in the dining room of the Nebacanezur how an agent was murdered and how Crystal acted extraordinarily well.
Once again, the dining room was a site of celebration and everyone was laughing and being jublious, except for a tear-streaked woman sobbing in a corner: Crystal. Crystal should've been proud to be such a hero for Zion, but she could only think how her plan to have both Peter and Zion had failed because the agent had not held up his end of the bargain. Now Crystal was stuck once again with trying to discover the codes that would make Peter human. She thought sadly that true love wasn't meant for her, God had put her on the earth to have her suffer of heartbreak to teach all humans that love wasn't worth it. The thought of it all brought even more tears.
Trinity was busy patrolling the Matrix, so Neo saw how miserable Crystal was and went to talk to her.
"What's wrong? You saved Zion, you should be proud! And you even had me convinced that you were evil, that was incredible acting!"
"But I couldn't save Peter, the only man in this world who could ever love me!"
Neo hesitated.
"That's not true."
"How do you know?"
"Because I love you."
Crystal gasped, her heart thumping with worry of what the agents were going to do with the program that she was trying to make human. She swallowed her tears and asked Mouse, stuttering, "W-what do y-you m-mean when you say they've got P-peter?"
"I mean that the agents are talking to Fox right now and have threatened to delete Peter unless you tell them what you did to the general."
"But the agents are supposed to think that the general is dead, that's what the lasers were for..."
"They do, but they think you killed the general, the only man that could give them the codes to the city gates, and now they think that you have the codes, so they're threatening to delete Peter unless you give it to them. They know the code signaled from the laser is fake."
"Well, I do have the codes, the general revealed them to me because of his absolute trust...But which should I choose, my true love Peter? Or the last human city, Zion?"
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In the heart of New York City, Fox, a woman dressed in all white, sprinted through the streets, desperately trying to outrun the agents, who were torturing her for the information of where Crystal would appear. Fox refused to give up the location of the woman who had saved Zion a few hours before. But for that decision, she could die an extremely painful death. Fox was running out of breath and weakened by the constant torture of the agents. She gave up, crumpling to the ground and bracing herself for her death.
Like a burst of thunder, Neo came spinning out of the sky, with kung fu, tae kwon do, countless other martial arts, and his own moves defying the rules of physics and gravity, he was bending the rules of the Matrix. Fox sighed in relief for she thought she had been a goner for sure until Neo came to her rescue.
"Mr. Andersen, why don't you give up? It is inevitable, we will invade your city, no matter what it takes!" Agent Smith and Neo engaged in a series of fantastic moves.
However, both were stopped when Crystal emerged outside a telephone booth, holding a microchip tightly in her hand.
"Crystal, don't give him the codes! A program isn't worth it!" Neo yelled frantically. If Crystal gave him the codes, then Zion would be doomed, and the humans would lose any chance of freedom.
"Silence! I will decide what I want to do with these codes! And Peter is not an ordinary program, he is the program I yearn to make a human, he is the program that I am in love with, therefore, I would give up the world for him to love me!" Crystal defiantly squinted at the sun.
"Come here, Agent Smith, I'll give you your codes if you release Peter from your grasp and make him human!" Crystal held the microchip high above her head.
"Stupid girl, do you really think I'll fall into your pathetic attempt at a trap? You fooled me once by sending those fake codes through the laser signal, why should I be so sure that you won't betray me again?" Agent Smith kept a meter distance away from Crystal, knowing that Neo would once again engage in fighting him if he got nearer than that.
"I'm telling the truth this time! I would give anything for Peter, and he is worth the city of Zion! I'll even prove that these are the true codes, come with me! Neo, don't you even try to get near me, or I'll tell Mouse to unplug you back at the Nebacanezer! It seems I have more friends than I thought," cackled Crystal as she disappeared into the dark mist, the agent closely behind her.
"I knew she couldn't be trusted," Trinity said through clenched teeth.
"Why, Crystal, why? I thought I could trust you," muttered Neo sadly as tears filled his eyes at the thought of the extinction of the last human city, the last ray of hope in defeating the machines.
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Crystal had led Agent Smith to the caves of Zion, with the impatient agent tapping his foot at how long this was taking. "I'll delete Peter if this takes any longer," the indignant agent snapped.
"Chill out, it's almost done," mumbled Crystal. She took the microchip in her hand and placed it in the slot before her and a deafening creak of the opening gates of Zion reached everyone's ears. "See? I told you I was telling the truth," said Crystal with a devious grin.
"At last! The superior machines will defeat the insignificant humans and we will be in control," grinned Agent Smith.
"Now, release Peter!"
"Fool, never trust an agent in a deal, you'll always get the bad end."
"Maybe, but never trust a human when she gives up her city because she usually has something up her sleeve. Now, Mouse!"
A silver bullet penetrated the back of Agent Smith's head and he fell with a thud.
"Nice work, Crystal, you're a great actress," beamed Mouse.
"I didn't go to Actors Academy for nothing, those dumb classes finally came in handy," laughed Crystal.
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"I knew she could be trusted," said Trinity hypocritically when Crystal and Mouse told everyone in the dining room of the Nebacanezur how an agent was murdered and how Crystal acted extraordinarily well.
Once again, the dining room was a site of celebration and everyone was laughing and being jublious, except for a tear-streaked woman sobbing in a corner: Crystal. Crystal should've been proud to be such a hero for Zion, but she could only think how her plan to have both Peter and Zion had failed because the agent had not held up his end of the bargain. Now Crystal was stuck once again with trying to discover the codes that would make Peter human. She thought sadly that true love wasn't meant for her, God had put her on the earth to have her suffer of heartbreak to teach all humans that love wasn't worth it. The thought of it all brought even more tears.
Trinity was busy patrolling the Matrix, so Neo saw how miserable Crystal was and went to talk to her.
"What's wrong? You saved Zion, you should be proud! And you even had me convinced that you were evil, that was incredible acting!"
"But I couldn't save Peter, the only man in this world who could ever love me!"
Neo hesitated.
"That's not true."
"How do you know?"
"Because I love you."