Raven looked around as the black Corvette slowly passed the people outside. The Matrix was not real, she reminded herself, but everything remained the same: same pizza shops, same whining children...

She smiled inwardly as a small dog chased a man down the street.

The world paused, and the dog ran past again. Raven shook her head. "Weird."

Ghost turned around from shotgun. "What?" Niobe slammed the brakes on the car and pulled to the curb.

"Déjà vu," Raven said quietly. Niobe kicked her door open, and Ghost did the same to his. Raven jumped out, now profusely scared. "What's going on?" she asked.

"Déjà vu. A glitch in the system. Only happens when the machines change something," Ghost told her while Niobe cocked the hammers on her S9000s.

"But why would the machines change anything around us if the war is over?" Rae asked, recalling what she remembered of Zion's history.

"Exactly," Niobe said, grimacing.

Ghost scanned the area, no one seeming to notice the three heavily armed people by the Corvette, until Ghost realized what had been changed.

"GET AWAY!" he shouted as he collided into the two females. They flew away from the car as an explosion tore through the streets.

Bodies flew as rubble from the car bomb littered the cracked pavement. Ghost drew himself up, and whipped out his Sig Sauers at the sound of the nearing person.

"What do we do now?" Raven asked Niobe, now understanding how dangerous it must be to be freed.

"I don't know," replied the Captain, not scared but full of adrenaline.

"I do. You will go to jail, friend Raven."

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The phone rang. Seraph slowly reached a hand down to it, and lifted the receiver to his ear. "Yes?"

"I need to talk to her."

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"Did you see it?" he asked.

"Yes, I did. They are getting out of control. The humans will think you are not keeping your word."

"Tell them not to worry."

"I can only tell them. They choose whether or not to worry."

"Of course. I suspect you'll be able to see what will happen? After all, you know everything. I'm just the writer."

"I don't know everything. I've told you before, we cannot see past the choices we don't understand."

The man on the other line paused for a moment, then continued, "I see. Well then, give my best to whoever is guarding you nowadays. We'll see what happens next."

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"Starfire," Raven whispered, somewhat surprised.

"Raven, why did you do it? Why have you left?" she asked. "Why are you joining with these bad men? Why did you blow up that car? Is this what you wanted from the beginning?"

If Raven didn't know the truth, she would have felt guilt... but only briefly.

"Shut up, Star. I KNOW that you're just a program in the Matrix. I don't want to hurt you."

Starfire lifted her now glowing hands and pointed them at Niobe and Ghost. "I don't want to hurt you, but I will hurt them."

"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" Raven yelled as she grabbed Niobe and Ghost and pulled them into the earth.

"Where to now?" Raven asked Niobe telepathically. "The Oracle's. Go onto West Third Street," she replied. Raven pulled them out of the ground, right in the Oracle's apartment building lobby.

Niobe quickly tapped the button on the elevator. The elevator slowly crept down and the Logos crew stepped in.

"So, now, why are we going to the Oracle's?" Raven asked. "Aren't we looking for Agent Brown?"

"She'll tell us where he is. Knowing her, he's probably waiting for us in the apartment anyways."