Author's Note:

The lyrics you are about to read are to Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. This song seems fitting since Smith and the other agents have gotten their wings back. But Smith still misses Indigo. Enjoy!

Chapter 23

Cutter entered Indigo's cell hoping that she would give him the answer he would be expecting although he already knew about her 'delicate' condition.

"Hello Indigo." He unusually pleasant.

Indigo just glared at him and didn't say a word.

"So what will your answer be?"

She stood up and faced him, hatred blazing in her eyes.

"I'm afraid my answer is going to have to be no Cutter."

He stepped closer to her.

"That's quite unwise on your part."

"Like I really give a shit?"

Cutter was angered at her defiance and then he slapped her hard. Instead of giving Cutter the satisfaction of crying in front of him, she spit in his face instead.

"You little whore!" He punched her in the face, breaking her nose and knocking her to the floor.

Cutter grabbed her hair, dragged her to the cot and threw her down like a rag doll. He pinned her.

"What does that program have that I don't?" He hissed.

"More than you'll ever have asshole!" She screamed back at him.

He smacked her again.

"He's not even human!" He shouted back.

Cutter kept hitting her with a closed fist and in his sick mind he had hoped that the beating would make Indigo miscarry the baby.

"YOU FUCKING WHORE!" He screamed as he continued hitting her.

Just then something in Indigo fought back. She jerked her knees and nailed Cutter right in the balls making him double over in pain. He fell off the cot and stumbled to the floor. Indigo quickly got off the cot and grabbed him by the hair. She backed him up against the wall and punched him as hard and as fast she could screaming the whole time. Her fists were a blur as she hit him over and over again.. He slumped over in a heap, but she wasn't done with him yet. She threw him against the wall making him leave a huge dent. Just as Indigo was about to finish him off she heard a voice behind her.

"Indigo stop!" It was Doc.

But she wouldn't listen. She just kept throwing Cutter around her cell like a rag doll.

"Stop it! You're going to kill him!" Doc yelled.

Finally Doc jumped on her back and put a hypo spray in her neck rendering her unconscious. Cutter was not unconscious but he was in serious pain. Doc turned to him.

"Thanks Doc. She could have killed me if it weren't for you" Cutter said.

Doc turned and just glared at him.

"I should have let her kill you. Now get out of my sight and leave my patient alone!"

Cutter just smirked holding his jaw as he walked out. Doc followed behind.Cutter turned to face him.

"Anything else Doc?"

"Yeah as matter of fact there is."

And then out of nowhere Doc punched Cutter in the nose making him bleed some more. Doc grabbed Cutter by his shirt and backed him up against the wall.

"The next time you pull any shit with Indigo, I will make sure to it that she does succeed in killing your sorry ass and if she doesn't kill you I will! Do we understand each other?"

"Crystal clear Doc."

He let go of his shirt and shoved him away. He watched as Cutter walked down the corridor and disappeared from sight. There were more important things like attending to his patient.

Back in the matrix, Onyx and Smith parted ways. Once he was alone. He went to the tallest building in the city. And he was alone with his thoughts.

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

He spread his arms.

And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

His thoughts drifted to Indigo and how much he missed her.

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

His continued to spread his arms and leaned toward the earth slowly.

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

As he fell tears streamed out of his eyes he continued to fall to earth.

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And just as he was about to fall, he felt wings sprouting from his back.

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And then he started to fly. He kept flying above the clouds and he had never felt so free. But his thoughts still drifted to the woman he loved. Being the program he was not the same and he was sad that she wasn't there to share in his transformation. He gently landed on the ground as his retracted back into his body. He would have given anything to hold Indigo as he flew at that moment.

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

In the real world Indigo, was groggy from the sedative that Doc had given her. Doc in the meantime was still fascinated as to how Indigo got the superhuman strength to beat the living hell out of Cutter the way she did. Maybe it had something to do with the baby, but who knew at this point. Indigo was still waking up when Onyx walked in. He had a look of shock on his face when he saw how battered and bruised his sister was.

"What the fuck happened to you?"

"I'm fine little bro. Really."

He quickly sat down at his sister's side.

"Who the hell did this to you? I swear to God..."

"I fought back."

"Did Cutter do this to you?"

"Yeah. But from what Doc told me, he looks even worse."

"But how?"

"Doc explained that it has something to do with the baby. We're thinking that she ... I mean the baby sensed I was in danger and that was when I started to fight back."

"What?"

"It was unreal Onyx. The only time I ever fought like that I was in the matrix, not in the real world."

"So did you beat the living shit out of him?"

A smile crossed Indigo's somewhat swollen face.

"What do you think?"

Onyx let out a small laugh.

"The asshole had it coming for a long time."

And then he hugged her. Indigo started to cry.

"I miss him Onyx. I miss him so much."

"I know sis. I know."

He just held her and let her cry.

Smith walked along the streets of the city still thinking about Indigo and about their child. He wished he could be there to help her through it and to be there for her. He looked at all the happy couples holding hands. He also observed the families. Maybe it was wishful thinking but he had secretly hoped it would be himself and Indigo one day as well. And then he thought back to the time during the days of Neo when he copied himself.

'No I can't do that.' He thought.

He didn't want to be that program anymore, but yet he would walk through the fires of hell just to be with her. He would even risk being deleted because he missed her that much. And then his mind was made up. He spied a rebel who looked similar to him but was just a few inches shorter than he was. He noticed that the rebel was talking on his cell.

"Talon here. I need a way out." The rebel said.

If Smith was going to make his move, he had better do it at that moment or he would miss his chance. He followed the man to an abandoned warehouse where he heard a phone ringing. The rebel crept inside, the phone still rang. The rebel had met another man.

"You okay?" Talon asked.

"Yeah I'll make it." His partner responded.

Talon picked up the phone and handed it to his friend.

"You first."

The man put the receiver to his ear and disappeared in a flash of green light. Finally it was Talon's turn. The phone rang once more. Smith bursted through the door. Talon turned around quickly drawing his gun and firing on Smith.

"What the fuck?"

Smith moved quickly and disarmed the rebel. He plunged his hand into Talon's chest making him writhe in pain.

"Oh God!" Talon said as a coldness spread over him and finally taking him over.

"Smith will suffice." Not soon after that Smith had another perfect copy of himself.

"Thank you." The copy responded.

"The crazy things we do when we're in love." Said Smith as he straightened his copy's tie.

The copy smiled like he understood. The phone rang once more and the copy picked up. He disappeared I flash of green light.

"I will see you soon my love." And then Smith made his way out of the building, hoping he made the right decision.