Chapter 13
Crystal discreetly walked in alley ways and crowded streets in order to avoid being caught by the agents once again. While she kept putting one foot in front of the other, her mind wandered far away, to the feelings she thought she had pushed back so far that they would never come up again. Yet they had, and now Crystal learned that feelings as strong as her couldn't be ignored, so she let out a deep sigh and reflected, talking to herself in her mind.
"I know I'm on my way to see Peter, but how do I explain to a program the deep feelings a complex human can feel? What do I want with him? Do I want revenge from him tricking me into his trap? Do I want to know, once and for all, if he could actually love me? Or do I just want closure to this disaster of a relationship? The only conclusion to all these unanswered questions is that I just want to see him one last time, I just want to hear his voice...Yet I still want revenge, somehhow...I can't stand being tricked by a program! Yes, I know what I want: I want one last kiss, one last look, and then my revenge," she decided angrily as she clenched her fist.
What Crystal didn't realize was that the agents had meddled with Crystal's mind while she had been in the interrogation room. The agents had just begun with the process of getting the codes to Zion, but since the process was interrupted before completion, the result had been disastrous to Crystal's mind. In simplest terms, the agents had mistakenly enlarged the affect of how Crystal's emotions would make her act. Crystal's feelings all led her to hasty decisions and spur-of-the-moment actions. Crystal's feelings were completley controlling her, and she could hold back nothing that she felt until several hours later, when the effect would wear off.
Crystal ignorantly knocked on Peter's door with an ignorant smile.
"Crystal! I'm so glad to see you alive, there's something I need to tell you," beamed Peter as he hugged Crystal with more love than she had ever felt.
"Those games won't work with me anymore, Peter! I know you led me into that awful trap, I know you don't really love me, and I know that you have hurt me enough! I'm tired of being hurt, I'm sick of being completley obsessed with you! You have no idea how hard it is to love with all one's might and not be loved in return," sobbed Crystal as she pushed Peter away.
"Crystal, I didn't know those agents were there, honest! I was worried about you! I..."
"Enough of your excuses! You need a taste of your own medicine, how unrequited love feels. Well, let me tell you, it feels like a bullet to the heart!" yelled Crystal with narrowed eyes.
"You have to believe me! Forget the past and embrace the present! I'm human now, not a program, and I need to ask you a question. Will..."
"We'll see if you're human or not! There's only one way to find out!" Crystal passionatly kissed Peter then said,
"One last kiss, and now you'll feel the true agony of unrequite love!" Crystal angrily yelled as she stabbed Peter with a knife and watched him fall to the ground, drenched in blood.
She spat on him and said,
"So long, program, they made you so real that you even bleed like a real human!"
Neo ran out from behind a cupboard, a bewildered look on his face and asked with eyes wide in shock,
"Crystal, what have you done? I helped Peter turn into a human and he was about to propose to you!"
Crystal dropped her knife in surprise and slumped to the ground, and everything went black.