Chapter 6
Smith entered The Oracle's apartment and was greeted by Sati.
"How did you and Indigo like the cookies?" she asked.
Smith was puzzled at Sati's question. It wasn't that long ago that he copied himself using this child, but yet she seemed forgiving when she spoke. He knew what he did was wrong then and he was glad for this little girl's forgiveness. It was the first step to him and the other agent regaining their original programming. Finally Smith answered her question.
"They were quite good ... thank you."
"I'm glad to hear that." said Sati. "Are you here to see The Oracle?"
"Well actually..."
"Smith, so good to see you son!" The Oracle said as she came around the corner.
The Oracle now stood in front of him, smiling like a very proud parent.
"You are such a handsome boy. How is Indigo?" she asked.
"Miss Miller is getting used to her surroundings." he replied.
"That's good to hear sweetheart." said The Oracle.
He took off his sunglasses and stared down at the floor for a long moment, The Oracle studied his body language and knew there was something on his mind, something he wanted to tell her. Mothers knew these sorts of things because their children can't hide their feelings too well from them.
"Somethings on your mind Smith."
"No, not really. Just thinking...."
"Are you thinking about why you weren't deleted after the death of Neo?"
"Well ... yes. I now understand after all this time that what I did was wrong. To be honest I would have deleted me."
"Well baby, you weren't deleted. You are still here for a reason."
"I still don't know what that purpose is?"
The Oracle smiled at him and said, "Only you will know what that purpose is when the time is right."
"You're not going to tell me are you?" he grinned at her.
"No, you'll have find out on your own." she said as she straightened his tie. "And try not to wear those damned sunglasses so much, they hide those pretty blue eyes of yours."
Smith started to leave and Sati went to give him a hug.
"Tell Indigo 'hi'." she said.
"I will." was his reply as he hugged her back.
He left the apartment and his thoughts went back to Indigo. Smith pondered the past. He thought about the days when he fought with Neo. He also thought about the program he was then and how he didn't like being that program anymore. His thoughts went back even further, back to the first matrix when everyone was happy and there was no war and no famine. He remembered the program he was then. He remembered the time when he protected humans in the early days. He also remembered back to when he could originally fly and he was not so angry at the artificial world for taking his gift of flight away. He wanted that back so badly but he knew would have to earn it and prove himself.
Indigo opened the door to room 303, she looked both ways to see if the coast was clear.
'Good, no agents.' she thought to herself as she crept inside.
She closed the door behind her, and once inside she looked around the room. There were no windows to speak of. The only thing in this room was a white feather that was suspended underneath a glass dome. Indigo looked at it for the longest time and studied it, she was fascinated that this feather was not being held up by anything, it just stood there and floated all on its own. Finally she was about to lift the glass dome when all of a sudden the door quickly opened and there was Smith looking at her with such anger in his eyes.
She thought to herself, 'this is it, he's going to kill me now!'
"Step away from that now!" he said in a very stern voice.
"I .... uh ..." she stammered.
"Do you even realize what you could have done?" he asked as his voice started to raise.
"I'm sorry Smith ... I didn't realize ..." as she made her way around the desk and he was still staring at her with a look that could have killed her where she stood.
"You should have listened! Why did you not listen when you were told this room was off limits!" he started to scream at her.
"I said was sorry GODDAMMIT!" she screamed back
Smith screamed back "GET THE FUCK OUT!"
With that a table flew across the room nearly missing Indigo.
"I SAID GET THE FUCK OUT!" he screamed at her.
"FINE I WILL!" she screamed back.
She ran down the hallway and ran to the elevator, agents Jackson and Johnson tried to stop her.
"Miss Miller! What are you doing?" asked Jackson as he ran after her.
"Smith is fucking crazy! I can't stay here one more minute! No offense to you guys, you're cool, but I don't want to be near that man anymore!" she said.
She stepped inside the elevator and Johnson tried to stop it from closing but it was too late, Indigo was leaving the building. And once she reached the lobby she ran like hell into the cold winter night and she kept running and running until she turned into a dark alley. She leaned against the cold wall and started to walk down the dark cold snow-covered street. Over her shoulder she noticed two pale men with white dreadlocks following her. She started to walk a bit faster but they picked up their pace. She tried not to notice them and she tried not to show her fear. By this time she had decided to run, they ran after her.
