By nomen nihil

Disclaimer: I do not own the matrix or any of its characters, if I did, the last movie woldn't have sucked.

Leaning over the balcony of the ship, Aries pondered what the outcome of this historic battle would be. Tex and Winter were loading up the guns, Sian, Snow, and Lurcant were in the gunners seats, and captain Shorlain was flying. Aries was pondering not the great battle that would begin in the next five minutes, but the war itself. What will the outcome be? When, if ever, will it end? Who is responsible for the machines finding Zion? As he pondered these things, he wondered if any of the answers were influenced by him. Could he possibly have a role in the path of the one? Could he be responsible for the invasion of Zion?

"Yo Aries, get yo bitch ass over here and charge the EMP while I look out for sentinels," Leapfrog, the computer operator said in a furious tone. "We in fuckin' war you can't be over there thinkin' 'bout you're family, I got a family, too but I aint thinkin' 'bout them. I'm tryin' a win a war. They in my hearts, but they aint in my minds"

"I was thinking about strategy, how we can win this battle," Aries replied "I'm not just mindlessly pondering"

"Just get down here and charge the EMP, will ya" Leapfrog replied in a kinder tone.

"Just lay off next time okay" Aries was trying to lighten the tone

"Muthafucka , there may not be a next time" Leapfrog said in a cocky tone

"Good point," Aries realized the truth in this comment.

They were landing, right in the spot Locke had ordered, with not a sentinel in sight. "Okay, you machine shits, come and get it," Winter said in an anxious tone "I'm ready"

That's when it happened. The haywire EMP. Just before the sentinels attack. "What the hell just happened" Shorlain said in a petrified tone.

"I don't know sir, we think an EMP went off," Tex replied.

"Man how the Fuck did an EMP go off" Leapfrog said as if he were about to cry.

"Is there any thing we can do," Aries asked

"I got an idea," Tex said "If we jack someone in, we might just get enough static power to get this ship started"
" Get to it" Shorlain was anxious. Very anxious.

Leapfrog charged it up. "Sir, whoever goes in will have to be unplugged immediately."

"I'll do it," Aries said

"Thank you" Shorlain said

"When I'm gone, tell my little girl the last thing I said was I love her." Aries said in a melancholy tone.

Aries felt the sharp pain of the plug in his brain, then, he heard voices, surely he was dreaming. "Fire up the ship," one voice said.

"Oh lord," Aries recognized Tex' voice. Then screams. And a red stain was all he saw.